diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerBannerStack.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerBannerStack.browser.test.tsx
index dc23c4452b4f7..e1eeea73a20d8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerBannerStack.browser.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerBannerStack.browser.test.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import { InfoIcon } from "lucide-react";
-import { expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
 
 import "~/index.css";
 
 import { render } from "../../../test/render";
 import { ComposerBanner } from "./ComposerBanner";
-import { ComposerBannerStack, type ComposerBannerStackItem } from "./ComposerBannerStack";
+import {
+  ComposerBannerStack,
+  NoticeText,
+  type ComposerBannerStackItem,
+} from "./ComposerBannerStack";
 
 function notice(title: string, group?: ComposerBannerStackItem["group"]): ComposerBannerStackItem {
   return { id: title, variant: "default", icon: <InfoIcon />, title, ...(group ? { group } : {}) };
@@ -33,3 +38,73 @@ it("leaves the next attachment its own top edge when there are no notices", asyn
   expect(surface.borderTopWidth).toBe("1px");
   expect(surface.borderTopLeftRadius).not.toBe("0px");
 });
+
+function noticeRow(width: string, children: ReactNode) {
+  return (
+    <div data-testid="row" className="flex items-center gap-1.5" style={{ width }}>
+      <NoticeText detailsLabel="Show details" className="min-w-0 truncate">
+        {children}
+      </NoticeText>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+it("leaves out the details button when only a link's hit area reaches past the text", async () => {
+  // Phones lay out in device pixels, so a range can measure one float32 step (2^-17 px at
+  // this size) wider than its element. Headless Chromium's rects agree exactly.
+  const rangeRect = Range.prototype.getBoundingClientRect;
+  using _rangeRect = vi
+    .spyOn(Range.prototype, "getBoundingClientRect")
+    .mockImplementation(function (this: Range) {
+      const rect = rangeRect.call(this);
+      return new DOMRect(rect.x, rect.y, rect.width + 2 ** -17, rect.height);
+    });
+  // The flicker is a details button that mounts and then unmounts, so record every insertion.
+  const inserted: Node[] = [];
+  using observing = new DisposableStack();
+  const mutations = new MutationObserver((records) =>
+    inserted.push(...records.flatMap((record) => [...record.addedNodes])),
+  );
+  mutations.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
+  observing.defer(() => mutations.disconnect());
+  await using screen = await render(
+    noticeRow(
+      "20rem",
+      <>
+        Needs input{" "}
+        <button type="button" className="relative after:absolute after:-inset-x-10 after:inset-y-0">
+          Review
+        </button>
+      </>,
+    ),
+  );
+
+  await expect.element(screen.getByText("Review")).toBeVisible();
+  const details = [
+    ...inserted,
+    ...mutations.takeRecords().flatMap((record) => [...record.addedNodes]),
+  ].filter(
+    (node) =>
+      node instanceof Element &&
+      (node.matches('[aria-label="Show details"]') ||
+        node.querySelector('[aria-label="Show details"]')),
+  );
+  expect(details).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+it("shows the details button while text or nested text is cut, until it fits again", async () => {
+  await using screen = await render(noticeRow("4rem", "Waiting on a subagent with a long name"));
+  const details = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Show details" });
+  await expect.element(details).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+  screen.getByTestId("row").element().style.width = "40rem";
+  await expect.element(details).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+  await screen.rerender(
+    noticeRow(
+      "40rem",
+      <span className="inline-block max-w-16 truncate align-bottom">A long nested name</span>,
+    ),
+  );
+  await expect.element(details).toBeInTheDocument();
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerBannerStack.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerBannerStack.tsx
index 755d20ba8c6ae..ceafe9afeac2d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerBannerStack.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerBannerStack.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ export function ComposerBannerStack({
   ));
 }
 
+const SUBPIXEL_ROUNDING = 0.001;
+
 export function NoticeText({
   children,
   className,
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ export function NoticeText({
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     const text = textRef.current;
     if (!text) return;
+    const range = document.createRange();
     const measure = () => {
       // Ignore the space taken by the details button itself so it cannot
       // sustain its own overflow after the text would otherwise fit.
@@ -83,9 +86,17 @@ export function NoticeText({
       const hidden = getComputedStyle(text).position === "absolute";
       setShowDetails(
         hidden ||
-          [text, ...text.querySelectorAll("*")].some(
-            (element) => element.scrollWidth > element.clientWidth + recoveredWidth,
-          ),
+          [text, ...text.querySelectorAll("*")].some((element) => {
+            // A range spans laid-out content only; scrollWidth also counts positioned layers
+            // such as a link's touch hit area, which overflow without cutting any text.
+            // The two rects can disagree by float rounding (~0.00001px on phones); real
+            // overflow is at least one layout unit, 1/64 of a device pixel.
+            range.selectNodeContents(element);
+            return (
+              range.getBoundingClientRect().width >
+              element.getBoundingClientRect().width + recoveredWidth + SUBPIXEL_ROUNDING
+            );
+          }),
       );
     };
     measure();