diff --git a/ui/src/components/AgentConfigHistory.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/AgentConfigHistory.test.tsx
index c46ce697484..d31ff5b51e9 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/AgentConfigHistory.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/AgentConfigHistory.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { flushSync } from "react-dom";
 import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { AgentConfigRevision } from "@paperclipai/shared";
-import { AgentConfigHistory } from "./AgentConfigHistory";
+import { AgentConfigHistory, revisionDiff } from "./AgentConfigHistory";
 
 (globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
 
@@ -44,4 +44,34 @@ describe("AgentConfigHistory", () => {
     flushSync(() => confirmButton?.click());
     expect(onRestore).toHaveBeenCalledWith("revision-1");
   });
+
+  it("expands legacy whole-object changes into field-level rows", () => {
+    const legacyRevision = {
+      ...revision,
+      changedKeys: ["adapterConfig"],
+      beforeConfig: { adapterConfig: { effort: "high", graceSec: 15, headers: { version: "1" } } },
+      afterConfig: { adapterConfig: { effort: "high", graceSec: 42, headers: { version: "2" } } },
+    } satisfies AgentConfigRevision;
+
+    expect(revisionDiff(legacyRevision)).toEqual([
+      { key: "adapterConfig.graceSec", before: 15, after: 42 },
+      { key: "adapterConfig.headers.version", before: "1", after: "2" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("uses the same human-readable labels as the review changes popover", () => {
+    const labelRevision = {
+      ...revision,
+      changedKeys: ["adapterConfig.graceSec"],
+      beforeConfig: { adapterConfig: { graceSec: 15 } },
+      afterConfig: { adapterConfig: { graceSec: 42 } },
+    } satisfies AgentConfigRevision;
+    flushSync(() => root.render(<AgentConfigHistory revisions={[labelRevision]} onRestore={vi.fn()} restoring={false} />));
+
+    const viewDiffButton = container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button[aria-label="View revision diff"]');
+    flushSync(() => viewDiffButton?.click());
+
+    expect(document.body.textContent).toContain("Grace Sec");
+    expect(document.body.textContent).toContain("Grace Sec1542");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/components/AgentConfigHistory.tsx b/ui/src/components/AgentConfigHistory.tsx
index 16b74644274..455df8a39dc 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/AgentConfigHistory.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/AgentConfigHistory.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   AlertDialogTitle,
 } from "@/components/ui/alert-dialog";
 import { formatDate } from "../lib/utils";
-import { formatAgentConfigValue } from "../lib/agent-config-changeset";
+import { formatAgentConfigValue, labelForAgentConfigKey } from "../lib/agent-config-changeset";
 
 function valueAt(snapshot: Record<string, unknown>, key: string): unknown {
   if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(snapshot, key)) return snapshot[key];
@@ -29,11 +29,27 @@ function valueAt(snapshot: Record<string, unknown>, key: string): unknown {
 }
 
 export function revisionDiff(revision: AgentConfigRevision) {
-  return revision.changedKeys.map((key) => ({
-    key,
-    before: valueAt(revision.beforeConfig, key),
-    after: valueAt(revision.afterConfig, key),
-  }));
+  return revision.changedKeys.flatMap((key) => expandRevisionDiff(key, valueAt(revision.beforeConfig, key), valueAt(revision.afterConfig, key)));
+}
+
+function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return Boolean(value) && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
+}
+
+function expandRevisionDiff(key: string, before: unknown, after: unknown): Array<{ key: string; before: unknown; after: unknown }> {
+  if (!isRecord(before) && !isRecord(after)) return [{ key, before, after }];
+  if (before !== undefined && !isRecord(before)) return [{ key, before, after }];
+  if (after !== undefined && !isRecord(after)) return [{ key, before, after }];
+
+  const beforeRecord = isRecord(before) ? before : {};
+  const afterRecord = isRecord(after) ? after : {};
+  const fields = [...new Set([...Object.keys(beforeRecord), ...Object.keys(afterRecord)])].sort();
+  return fields.flatMap((field) => {
+    const fieldBefore = beforeRecord[field];
+    const fieldAfter = afterRecord[field];
+    if (JSON.stringify(fieldBefore) === JSON.stringify(fieldAfter)) return [];
+    return expandRevisionDiff(key + "." + field, fieldBefore, fieldAfter);
+  });
 }
 
 function RevisionDiffRows({ revision }: { revision: AgentConfigRevision }) {
@@ -41,7 +57,7 @@ function RevisionDiffRows({ revision }: { revision: AgentConfigRevision }) {
     <div className="divide-y divide-border">
       {revisionDiff(revision).map((entry) => (
         <div key={entry.key} className="space-y-2 py-3">
-          <div className="font-mono text-xs text-muted-foreground">{entry.key}</div>
+          <div className="text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground">{labelForAgentConfigKey(entry.key)}</div>
           <div className="grid gap-2 text-xs sm:grid-cols-2">
             <div className="min-w-0 rounded-md bg-muted/40 p-2 font-mono break-words">{formatAgentConfigValue(entry.before)}</div>
             <div className="min-w-0 rounded-md bg-muted/40 p-2 font-mono break-words">{formatAgentConfigValue(entry.after)}</div>
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/agent-config-changeset.ts b/ui/src/lib/agent-config-changeset.ts
index e5cd3968a44..3bd4eebe493 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/agent-config-changeset.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/agent-config-changeset.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export type AgentConfigChange = {
 
 type OverlayGroup = "identity" | "adapterConfig" | "heartbeat" | "runtime";
 
-function labelForKey(key: string): string {
+export function labelForAgentConfigKey(key: string): string {
   return key.replace(/^.*\./, "").replace(/([a-z0-9])([A-Z])/g, "$1 $2").replace(/^./, (value) => value.toUpperCase());
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function buildAgentConfigChanges(agent: Agent, overlay: AgentConfigOverla
           : group === "runtime"
             ? field
             : `adapterConfig.${field}`;
-      changes.push({ key, label: labelForKey(key), section: sectionForKey(key), before: originalValue(agent, group, field), after });
+      changes.push({ key, label: labelForAgentConfigKey(key), section: sectionForKey(key), before: originalValue(agent, group, field), after });
     }
   };
   addGroup("identity");