diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx
index 41e4b1d35f8c..6d526a8dcf65 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/index.tsx
@@ -273,7 +273,10 @@ export function ComposerStatusStack({ queue, sessionId }: ComposerStatusStackPro
       // Sits in the overlay lane above the composer. The composer root has pt-2
       // before the actual surface; translate by that amount so the stack returns
       // to its original attachment point without intruding into the repo strip.
-      className="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-full z-3 flex max-h-[40vh] flex-col translate-y-2"
+      // pl matches the surface's own left edge: `inset-x-0` resolves against the
+      // root's PADDING box, while the surface and the underside strip sit in its
+      // CONTENT box, so without it the lane hangs 5px further left than both.
+      className="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-full z-3 flex max-h-[40vh] flex-col translate-y-2 pl-[0.3125rem]"
       onPointerDownCapture={() => blurComposerInput()}
       ref={stackRef}
     >