diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx
index 33e5c491229b9b34050ee9ca15e0048931d493fc..859650ca0a9f4867e3ba387983c246c963fde8a4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx
@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ function PullRequestBadge({
           className={cn("contents font-normal text-xs tabular-nums", presentation.toneClassName)}
         >
           <presentation.Icon aria-hidden className="size-3 shrink-0" />
-          {presentation.text}
+          {/* An element, not bare text: bare text takes its line box from the control, which
+              inherits the row's size, so beside a text-sm title it sat below the other meta. */}
+          <span>{presentation.text}</span>
         </span>
       </TooltipTrigger>
       <TooltipPopup side="top">{presentation.label}</TooltipPopup>