diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx
index 7a1b83e6a0e..37cbc94e548 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx
@@ -597,6 +597,66 @@ describe("IssueRow", () => {
         ),
       ).toEqual({ state: "in_progress", text: "Recovery in progress" });
     });
+
+    // PAP-17070: the chip was painted twice on mobile — once in the `sm:hidden`
+    // leading cluster and again beside the identifier, whose copy had no desktop
+    // gate. Because badges are `whitespace-nowrap shrink-0`, that duplicate
+    // pushed a 390px document out to 403px. Exactly one copy may be visible at
+    // any one breakpoint.
+    it.each([
+      ["needed", {}],
+      [
+        "in_progress",
+        { status: "in_progress", executionRunId: "run-1", assigneeAgentId: "cto-agent" },
+      ],
+      [
+        "observe_only",
+        { status: "in_progress", executionRunId: "run-1", assigneeAgentId: "coder-agent" },
+      ],
+      ["escalated", { activeRecoveryAction: { ...recoveryAction, status: "escalated" } }],
+    ] as const)("renders one %s chip per breakpoint, never two at once", (state, overrides) => {
+      const root = createRoot(container);
+      act(() => {
+        root.render(
+          <IssueRow
+            issue={createIssue({
+              activeRecoveryAction: recoveryAction,
+              ...(overrides as Partial<Issue>),
+            })}
+          />,
+        );
+      });
+
+      const chips = Array.from(
+        container.querySelectorAll('[data-testid="issue-row-recovery-indicator"]'),
+      );
+      expect(chips.map((chip) => chip.getAttribute("data-recovery-state"))).toEqual([state, state]);
+
+      // Classify each copy by the breakpoint gate on its ancestors.
+      const visibility = chips.map((chip) => {
+        let node = chip.parentElement;
+        while (node && node !== container) {
+          const classes = node.className;
+          if (typeof classes === "string") {
+            if (classes.includes("sm:hidden")) return "mobile";
+            if (classes.includes("hidden") && classes.includes("sm:inline-flex")) return "desktop";
+          }
+          node = node.parentElement;
+        }
+        return "always";
+      });
+      expect(visibility.sort()).toEqual(["desktop", "mobile"]);
+
+      // A hard width ceiling is the backstop for a long label in either slot.
+      chips.forEach((chip) => {
+        expect(chip.className).toContain("max-w-(--sz-12rem)");
+        expect(chip.querySelector("span")?.className).toContain("truncate");
+      });
+
+      act(() => {
+        root.unmount();
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   it("keeps the hover wash on the row root while the overlay link stays a bare positioning layer", () => {
diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueRow.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueRow.tsx
index d3c651553b3..b6cf5c51072 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssueRow.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueRow.tsx
@@ -279,8 +279,18 @@ export function IssueRow({
               <span className="shrink-0 font-mono text-xs text-muted-foreground">
                 {identifier}
               </span>
-              {parkedBlockerIndicator}
-              {recoveryIndicator}
+              {/* Desktop-only copies. The mobile row already renders both chips
+                  in its `sm:hidden` leading cluster above, so leaving these
+                  ungated painted a SECOND nowrap chip beside the identifier at
+                  390px — and because badges are `whitespace-nowrap shrink-0`
+                  inside a cluster with no `min-w-0`, that duplicate pushed the
+                  document from 390px to 403px (PAP-17070). */}
+              {parkedBlockerIndicator || recoveryIndicator ? (
+                <span className="hidden min-w-0 shrink-0 items-center sm:inline-flex">
+                  {parkedBlockerIndicator}
+                  {recoveryIndicator}
+                </span>
+              ) : null}
             </>
           )}
           {mobileMeta ? (
@@ -357,14 +367,18 @@ function renderRecoveryChip(
       role="status"
       aria-label={label}
       className={cn(
-        "ml-1.5 gap-0.5 text-(length:--text-nano)",
+        // `max-w` caps the chip even though badges are `shrink-0`: it is the only
+        // thing standing between a long recovery label and a row wider than a
+        // 390px viewport. Every current label fits well inside 12rem, so this is
+        // a ceiling, not a truncation the operator will normally see.
+        "ml-1.5 max-w-(--sz-12rem) gap-0.5 text-(length:--text-nano)",
         tone.className,
         selected ? "!border-muted-foreground !text-muted-foreground" : null,
       )}
       title={`${label} — open the source task to act.`}
     >
       <Icon className="h-2.5 w-2.5" aria-hidden />
-      {label}
+      <span className="min-w-0 truncate">{label}</span>
     </Badge>
   );
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/components/RecoveryProgressLine.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/RecoveryProgressLine.test.tsx
index e8aa7735d91..22482fae7ec 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/RecoveryProgressLine.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/RecoveryProgressLine.test.tsx
@@ -212,8 +212,37 @@ describe("RecoveryProgressLine", () => {
     const label = toggle?.querySelector("span");
     expect(label?.className).toContain("truncate");
     // The "Details" hint is desktop-only so the owner name keeps the mobile row.
-    const hint = toggle?.querySelectorAll("span")[1];
+    const hint = host.querySelector('[data-testid="recovery-progress-line-hint"]');
     expect(hint?.className).toContain("hidden");
     expect(hint?.className).toContain("sm:inline");
   });
+
+  // PAP-17070: `text-muted-foreground/70` measured 2.71:1 (light) and 4.20:1
+  // (dark) against the surfaces this line renders on — a serious axe
+  // `color-contrast` violation at 12px. The undiluted token measures 4.73:1 and
+  // 7.63:1, and 4.53:1 against the `hover:bg-muted/50` wash, so the hint must
+  // inherit the button's colour rather than fade it further.
+  it("does not dilute the disclosure hint below WCAG AA contrast", () => {
+    for (const open of [false, true]) {
+      const host = render(
+        <RecoveryProgressLine
+          state="in_progress"
+          defaultOpen={open}
+          action={buildAction()}
+          agentMap={agentMap}
+        />,
+      );
+      const hint = host.querySelector('[data-testid="recovery-progress-line-hint"]');
+      expect(hint?.textContent).toContain(open ? "Hide details" : "Details");
+      // No opacity-diluted foreground token anywhere on the hint...
+      expect(hint?.className).not.toMatch(/text-(muted-)?foreground\/\d+/);
+      // ...and no diluted token on the button it inherits from either.
+      const toggle = host.querySelector('[data-testid="recovery-progress-line-toggle"]');
+      expect(toggle?.className).toContain("text-muted-foreground");
+      expect(toggle?.className).not.toMatch(/text-(muted-)?foreground\/\d+/);
+      // Hierarchy is carried by weight: the label is medium, the hint is not.
+      expect(host.querySelector(".truncate")?.className).toContain("font-medium");
+      expect(hint?.className).toContain("font-normal");
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/components/RecoveryProgressLine.tsx b/ui/src/components/RecoveryProgressLine.tsx
index 20d5d34a400..d142bec4d68 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/RecoveryProgressLine.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/RecoveryProgressLine.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ export function RecoveryProgressLine({
       >
         <Icon className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
         <span className="truncate font-medium">{label}</span>
-        <span className="hidden shrink-0 text-muted-foreground/70 sm:inline">
+        {/* Inherits the button's `text-muted-foreground`; the hint must NOT be
+            diluted further (`text-muted-foreground/70` measured 2.71:1 light /
+            4.20:1 dark and failed WCAG AA — PAP-17070). Weight, not contrast,
+            is what keeps this subordinate to the label. */}
+        <span data-testid="recovery-progress-line-hint" className="hidden shrink-0 font-normal sm:inline">
           · {open ? "Hide details" : "Details"}
         </span>
         <ChevronDown
diff --git a/ui/storybook/stories/source-issue-recovery.stories.tsx b/ui/storybook/stories/source-issue-recovery.stories.tsx
index 55b217ee6d6..6000f5d47e7 100644
--- a/ui/storybook/stories/source-issue-recovery.stories.tsx
+++ b/ui/storybook/stories/source-issue-recovery.stories.tsx
@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@ function ActiveRunPanel() {
 
 function InboxRowPanel() {
   const baseIssue = createIssue();
+  // Liveness now decides the chip, so each row pins the signals for the state it
+  // is meant to demonstrate: an ownerless task with no live run reads `needed`,
+  // the recovery owner holding the live run reads `in_progress`, and a live run
+  // owned by somebody else folds down to `observe_only`.
   return (
     <div className="rounded-lg border border-border/70 bg-background/80">
       <IssueRow
@@ -372,6 +376,20 @@ function InboxRowPanel() {
           identifier: "PAP-9065",
           title: "Add full company search page",
           status: "in_progress",
+          executionRunId: null,
+          scheduledRetry: null,
+          activeRecoveryAction: buildAction(),
+        }}
+      />
+      <IssueRow
+        issue={{
+          ...baseIssue,
+          id: "issue-recovery-in-progress",
+          identifier: "PAP-9101",
+          title: "Owner is live on the source task — recessed in-progress chip",
+          status: "in_progress",
+          assigneeAgentId: claudeAgent.id,
+          executionRunId: "run-recovery-owner-live",
           activeRecoveryAction: buildAction(),
         }}
       />
@@ -402,6 +420,11 @@ function InboxRowPanel() {
           identifier: "PAP-10409",
           title: "Phase 6 follow-up failed: git workspace lost",
           status: "blocked",
+          // No live run, so this keeps the `needed` state and its longer
+          // "Workspace recovery needed" label — the widest chip the row has to
+          // survive at 390px.
+          executionRunId: null,
+          scheduledRetry: null,
           activeRecoveryAction: buildAction({
             kind: "workspace_validation",
             cause: "workspace_validation_failed",