diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 792aa3815fcf1587426829032d60a3f48112ff4c..96f059fb23eac7217ea2237d88bcd8fe7a5b01fb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -4325,7 +4325,7 @@ export default function Sidebar() {
         fixedHeader={
           // Lifted above the stage backdrop, whose fade bleeds below the
           // header and would otherwise paint across the search row's outline.
-          <SidebarGroup className="relative z-[1] p-[var(--sidebar-content-inset)]">
+          <SidebarGroup className="relative z-[1] p-[var(--sidebar-content-inset)] pt-1">
             <SidebarThreadHeader
               searchFieldRef={headerSearchRef}
               hasProjects={projectGroups.length > 0}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx
index f215d6c25e11a26f94a32ce58d436ef736b41923..c29068934efa86a164e771014777d5861a4ba0dc 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsSidebarNav.tsx
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export function SettingsSidebarNav({ pathname }: { pathname: string }) {
           )}
         </SidebarGroup>
       </SidebarContent>
-      <SidebarFooter className="p-[var(--sidebar-content-inset)]">
+      <SidebarFooter className="px-[var(--sidebar-content-inset)] py-1">
         <Suspense fallback={null}>
           <T3ConnectSidebarSignIn />
         </Suspense>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
index 4f115a7514227857217590d59adeb28ae90487bf..afbbf7671dfc69a898a004b8c3faa8cddb316fb8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ export const SidebarUtilityMenu = memo(function SidebarUtilityMenu() {
 
 export const SidebarChromeFooter = memo(function SidebarChromeFooter() {
   return (
-    <SidebarFooter className="p-[var(--sidebar-content-inset)]">
+    <SidebarFooter className="px-[var(--sidebar-content-inset)] py-1">
       <SidebarProviderUpdatePill />
       <SidebarUpdateArchitectureWarning />
       <SidebarUtilityMenu />
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx
index 6dba220311d61e1e27449fa0b574aa25557497e0..a7abcb3bb550325b36023b1d300f7bf70c77a665 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ function SidebarContent({
         hideScrollbars
         scrollFade
         scrollFadePadding={false}
-        className="h-auto min-h-0 flex-1"
+        className="h-auto min-h-0 flex-1 [&>[data-slot=scroll-area-viewport]]:[--fade-size:0.75rem]"
       >
         <div
           // Reordered rows must not pull the viewport to their new position.