diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/styles/workbar/inspector.css b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/styles/workbar/inspector.css
index 6e5ad01d2b..d8d378d734 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/styles/workbar/inspector.css
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/styles/workbar/inspector.css
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   height: 100%;
   min-height: 0;
   overflow-y: auto;
+  container: maka-inspector / inline-size;
 }
 
 /* The live region is a wrapper only; its children carry their own spacing. */
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@
   font: var(--maka-text-label);
   color: var(--destructive-text);
   min-width: 0;
-  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
 .maka-inspector-turn-meta {
@@ -141,6 +142,37 @@
   color: var(--foreground-secondary);
 }
 
+/* The default 480px workbar does not leave enough room for the timestamp,
+   failure and measurement to remain one useful line in every locale. Reflow
+   from the inspector's own width rather than the window's: the workbar can be
+   resized independently, and the same panel can also live in the bottom
+   placement. The identity gets the first row; status and measurement become
+   a compact comparison row below it. Keeping the failure phrase atomic avoids
+   the character-by-character column that `overflow-wrap: anywhere` produced. */
+@container maka-inspector (max-width: 32rem) {
+  .maka-inspector-turn-head {
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+    row-gap: var(--space-1);
+  }
+
+  .maka-inspector-turn-label {
+    grid-column: 1 / -1;
+    min-width: 0;
+    white-space: normal;
+  }
+
+  .maka-inspector-turn-failure {
+    grid-column: 1;
+  }
+
+  .maka-inspector-turn-meta {
+    grid-column: 2;
+    justify-self: end;
+    margin-left: 0;
+  }
+}
+
 .maka-inspector-steps {
   gap: var(--space-1);
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/stories/session-workbar.stories.tsx b/apps/desktop/stories/session-workbar.stories.tsx
index 35f3fb080a..3dce3fcf81 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/stories/session-workbar.stories.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/stories/session-workbar.stories.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import type { CSSProperties } from 'react';
 import type { Decorator, Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react-vite';
+import { expect, waitFor } from 'storybook/test';
 import type { ArtifactRecord } from '@maka/core/artifacts';
 import type { BrowserState } from '@maka/core/browser';
 import type { GitReviewSnapshot } from '@maka/core/git-review';
@@ -433,6 +434,18 @@ const populatedTrace: SessionTrace = {
   },
 };
 
+const narrowTrace: SessionTrace = {
+  ...populatedTrace,
+  turns: populatedTrace.turns.map((turn) =>
+    turn.turnId === 'turn-2'
+      ? {
+          ...turn,
+          failure: { code: 'turn_aborted', message: 'turn was aborted' },
+        }
+      : turn,
+  ),
+};
+
 const populatedContext: ContextDiagnosticsResult = {
   status: 'available',
   providerId: 'zai',
@@ -933,6 +946,39 @@ export const Trace: Story = {
   render: () => <Workbar tab="inspector" />,
 };
 
+// Real path: resize the right workbar to its 320px floor while a failed turn
+// is visible. The timestamp owns the first row; the failure and measurement
+// share the second without squeezing the failure into a vertical word.
+export const TraceMinimumWidth: Story = {
+  decorators: [bridge({ trace: narrowTrace, context: populatedContext })],
+  render: () => <Workbar tab="inspector" width={320} />,
+  play: async ({ canvasElement }) => {
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const failure = canvasElement.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
+        '[data-maka-contract="session-inspector-turn-failed"]',
+      );
+      const turn = failure?.closest<HTMLElement>(
+        '[data-maka-contract="session-inspector-turn"]',
+      );
+      const label = turn?.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.maka-inspector-turn-label');
+      const meta = turn?.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.maka-inspector-turn-meta');
+      expect(failure).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(turn).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(label).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(meta).not.toBeNull();
+      if (!failure || !turn || !label || !meta) return;
+
+      const failureRect = failure.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const labelRect = label.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const metaRect = meta.getBoundingClientRect();
+      expect(failureRect.top).toBeGreaterThan(labelRect.top);
+      expect(Math.abs(failureRect.top - metaRect.top)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+      expect(failureRect.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(metaRect.height + 1);
+      expect(turn.scrollWidth).toBeLessThanOrEqual(turn.clientWidth);
+    });
+  },
+};
+
 // Real path: the first bounded page of a longer trace. The continuation control
 // sits before the ascending timeline because earlier records are inserted at
 // that edge, not after the newest turn.