diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssuesList.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssuesList.tsx
index e9f7ac8d..3770d10d 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssuesList.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssuesList.tsx
@@ -591,39 +591,50 @@ export function IssuesList({
                 <Link
                   key={issue.id}
                   to={`/issues/${issue.identifier ?? issue.id}`}
-                  className="flex flex-col gap-1 py-2.5 pl-2 pr-3 text-sm border-b border-border last:border-b-0 cursor-pointer hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors no-underline text-inherit sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:gap-2 sm:py-2 sm:pl-1"
+                  className="flex items-start gap-2 py-2.5 pl-2 pr-3 text-sm border-b border-border last:border-b-0 cursor-pointer hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors no-underline text-inherit sm:items-center sm:py-2 sm:pl-1"
                 >
-                  {/* Title line - first on mobile, middle on desktop */}
-                  <span className="line-clamp-2 text-sm pl-1 sm:order-2 sm:flex-1 sm:min-w-0 sm:pl-0 sm:line-clamp-none sm:truncate">
-                    {issue.title}
+                  {/* Status icon - left column on mobile, inline on desktop */}
+                  <span className="shrink-0 pt-0.5 sm:hidden" onClick={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); }}>
+                    <StatusIcon
+                      status={issue.status}
+                      onChange={(s) => onUpdateIssue(issue.id, { status: s })}
+                    />
                   </span>
 
-                  {/* Metadata line - second on mobile, first on desktop */}
-                  <span className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:order-1 sm:shrink-0">
-                    {/* Spacer matching caret width so status icon aligns with group title (hidden on mobile) */}
-                    <span className="w-3.5 shrink-0 hidden sm:block" />
-                    <PriorityIcon priority={issue.priority} />
-                    <span className="shrink-0" onClick={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); }}>
-                      <StatusIcon
-                        status={issue.status}
-                        onChange={(s) => onUpdateIssue(issue.id, { status: s })}
-                      />
+                  {/* Right column on mobile: title + metadata stacked */}
+                  <span className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-1 sm:contents">
+                    {/* Title line */}
+                    <span className="line-clamp-2 text-sm sm:order-2 sm:flex-1 sm:min-w-0 sm:line-clamp-none sm:truncate">
+                      {issue.title}
                     </span>
-                    <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground font-mono shrink-0">
-                      {issue.identifier ?? issue.id.slice(0, 8)}
-                    </span>
-                    {liveIssueIds?.has(issue.id) && (
-                      <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 sm:gap-1.5 px-1.5 sm:px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full bg-blue-500/10">
-                        <span className="relative flex h-2 w-2">
-                          <span className="animate-ping absolute inline-flex h-full w-full rounded-full bg-blue-400 opacity-75" />
-                          <span className="relative inline-flex rounded-full h-2 w-2 bg-blue-500" />
-                        </span>
-                        <span className="text-[11px] font-medium text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400 hidden sm:inline">Live</span>
+
+                    {/* Metadata line */}
+                    <span className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:order-1 sm:shrink-0">
+                      {/* Spacer matching caret width so status icon aligns with group title (hidden on mobile) */}
+                      <span className="w-3.5 shrink-0 hidden sm:block" />
+                      <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><PriorityIcon priority={issue.priority} /></span>
+                      <span className="hidden shrink-0 sm:inline-flex" onClick={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); }}>
+                        <StatusIcon
+                          status={issue.status}
+                          onChange={(s) => onUpdateIssue(issue.id, { status: s })}
+                        />
+                      </span>
+                      <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground font-mono shrink-0">
+                        {issue.identifier ?? issue.id.slice(0, 8)}
+                      </span>
+                      {liveIssueIds?.has(issue.id) && (
+                        <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 sm:gap-1.5 px-1.5 sm:px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full bg-blue-500/10">
+                          <span className="relative flex h-2 w-2">
+                            <span className="animate-ping absolute inline-flex h-full w-full rounded-full bg-blue-400 opacity-75" />
+                            <span className="relative inline-flex rounded-full h-2 w-2 bg-blue-500" />
+                          </span>
+                          <span className="text-[11px] font-medium text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400 hidden sm:inline">Live</span>
+                        </span>
+                      )}
+                      <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:hidden">&middot;</span>
+                      <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:hidden">
+                        {timeAgo(issue.updatedAt)}
                       </span>
-                    )}
-                    <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:hidden">&middot;</span>
-                    <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:hidden">
-                      {timeAgo(issue.updatedAt)}
                     </span>
                   </span>
 
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/Dashboard.tsx b/ui/src/pages/Dashboard.tsx
index 23296bba..f782555e 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/pages/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -315,25 +315,33 @@ export function Dashboard() {
                       to={`/issues/${issue.identifier ?? issue.id}`}
                       className="px-4 py-3 text-sm cursor-pointer hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors no-underline text-inherit block"
                     >
-                      <div className="flex flex-col gap-1 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:gap-3">
-                        <span className="line-clamp-2 text-sm sm:order-2 sm:flex-1 sm:min-w-0 sm:line-clamp-none sm:truncate">
-                          {issue.title}
-                        </span>
-                        <span className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:order-1 sm:shrink-0">
-                          <PriorityIcon priority={issue.priority} />
+                      <div className="flex items-start gap-2 sm:items-center sm:gap-3">
+                        {/* Status icon - left column on mobile */}
+                        <span className="shrink-0 pt-0.5 sm:hidden">
                           <StatusIcon status={issue.status} />
-                          <span className="text-xs font-mono text-muted-foreground">
-                            {issue.identifier ?? issue.id.slice(0, 8)}
+                        </span>
+
+                        {/* Right column on mobile: title + metadata stacked */}
+                        <span className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-1 sm:contents">
+                          <span className="line-clamp-2 text-sm sm:order-2 sm:flex-1 sm:min-w-0 sm:line-clamp-none sm:truncate">
+                            {issue.title}
                           </span>
-                          {issue.assigneeAgentId && (() => {
-                            const name = agentName(issue.assigneeAgentId);
-                            return name
-                              ? <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><Identity name={name} size="sm" /></span>
-                              : null;
-                          })()}
-                          <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:hidden">&middot;</span>
-                          <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground shrink-0 sm:order-last">
-                            {timeAgo(issue.updatedAt)}
+                          <span className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:order-1 sm:shrink-0">
+                            <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><PriorityIcon priority={issue.priority} /></span>
+                            <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><StatusIcon status={issue.status} /></span>
+                            <span className="text-xs font-mono text-muted-foreground">
+                              {issue.identifier ?? issue.id.slice(0, 8)}
+                            </span>
+                            {issue.assigneeAgentId && (() => {
+                              const name = agentName(issue.assigneeAgentId);
+                              return name
+                                ? <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><Identity name={name} size="sm" /></span>
+                                : null;
+                            })()}
+                            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:hidden">&middot;</span>
+                            <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground shrink-0 sm:order-last">
+                              {timeAgo(issue.updatedAt)}
+                            </span>
                           </span>
                         </span>
                       </div>
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/Inbox.tsx b/ui/src/pages/Inbox.tsx
index 66fe71c4..4091e36e 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/Inbox.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/pages/Inbox.tsx
@@ -841,9 +841,14 @@ export function Inbox() {
               {staleIssues.map((issue) => (
                 <div
                   key={issue.id}
-                  className="group/stale relative flex items-start gap-3 overflow-hidden px-4 py-3 transition-colors hover:bg-accent/50"
+                  className="group/stale relative flex items-start gap-2 overflow-hidden px-3 py-3 transition-colors hover:bg-accent/50 sm:items-center sm:gap-3 sm:px-4"
                 >
-                  <Clock className="mt-0.5 h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground sm:mt-0" />
+                  {/* Status icon - left column on mobile; Clock icon on desktop */}
+                  <span className="shrink-0 pt-0.5 sm:hidden">
+                    <StatusIcon status={issue.status} />
+                  </span>
+                  <Clock className="mt-0.5 h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground hidden sm:block sm:mt-0" />
+
                   <Link
                     to={`/issues/${issue.identifier ?? issue.id}`}
                     className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 cursor-pointer flex-col gap-1 no-underline text-inherit sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:gap-3"
@@ -852,8 +857,8 @@ export function Inbox() {
                       {issue.title}
                     </span>
                     <span className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:order-1 sm:shrink-0">
-                      <PriorityIcon priority={issue.priority} />
-                      <StatusIcon status={issue.status} />
+                      <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><PriorityIcon priority={issue.priority} /></span>
+                      <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><StatusIcon status={issue.status} /></span>
                       <span className="shrink-0 text-xs font-mono text-muted-foreground">
                         {issue.identifier ?? issue.id.slice(0, 8)}
                       </span>
@@ -900,54 +905,90 @@ export function Inbox() {
                   <Link
                     key={issue.id}
                     to={`/issues/${issue.identifier ?? issue.id}`}
-                    className="flex min-w-0 cursor-pointer flex-col gap-1 px-3 py-3 no-underline text-inherit transition-colors hover:bg-accent/50 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:gap-3 sm:px-4"
+                    className="flex min-w-0 cursor-pointer items-start gap-2 px-3 py-3 no-underline text-inherit transition-colors hover:bg-accent/50 sm:items-center sm:gap-3 sm:px-4"
                   >
-                    <span className="line-clamp-2 text-sm sm:order-2 sm:flex-1 sm:min-w-0 sm:line-clamp-none sm:truncate">
-                      {issue.title}
+                    {/* Status icon - left column on mobile, inline on desktop */}
+                    <span className="shrink-0 pt-0.5 sm:hidden">
+                      <StatusIcon status={issue.status} />
                     </span>
-                    <span className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:order-1 sm:shrink-0">
-                      {(isUnread || isFading) ? (
-                        <span
-                          role="button"
-                          tabIndex={0}
-                          onClick={(e) => {
-                            e.preventDefault();
-                            e.stopPropagation();
-                            markReadMutation.mutate(issue.id);
-                          }}
-                          onKeyDown={(e) => {
-                            if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") {
+
+                    {/* Right column on mobile: title + metadata stacked */}
+                    <span className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-1 sm:contents">
+                      <span className="line-clamp-2 text-sm sm:order-2 sm:flex-1 sm:min-w-0 sm:line-clamp-none sm:truncate">
+                        {issue.title}
+                      </span>
+                      <span className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:order-1 sm:shrink-0">
+                        {(isUnread || isFading) ? (
+                          <span
+                            role="button"
+                            tabIndex={0}
+                            onClick={(e) => {
                               e.preventDefault();
                               e.stopPropagation();
                               markReadMutation.mutate(issue.id);
-                            }
-                          }}
-                          className="inline-flex h-4 w-4 shrink-0 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-full transition-colors hover:bg-blue-500/20"
-                          aria-label="Mark as read"
-                        >
-                          <span
-                            className={`h-2 w-2 rounded-full bg-blue-600 dark:bg-blue-400 transition-opacity duration-300 ${
-                              isFading ? "opacity-0" : "opacity-100"
-                            }`}
-                          />
+                            }}
+                            onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                              if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") {
+                                e.preventDefault();
+                                e.stopPropagation();
+                                markReadMutation.mutate(issue.id);
+                              }
+                            }}
+                            className="hidden sm:inline-flex h-4 w-4 shrink-0 cursor-pointer items-center justify-center rounded-full transition-colors hover:bg-blue-500/20"
+                            aria-label="Mark as read"
+                          >
+                            <span
+                              className={`h-2 w-2 rounded-full bg-blue-600 dark:bg-blue-400 transition-opacity duration-300 ${
+                                isFading ? "opacity-0" : "opacity-100"
+                              }`}
+                            />
+                          </span>
+                        ) : (
+                          <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex h-4 w-4 shrink-0" />
+                        )}
+                        <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><PriorityIcon priority={issue.priority} /></span>
+                        <span className="hidden sm:inline-flex"><StatusIcon status={issue.status} /></span>
+                        <span className="text-xs font-mono text-muted-foreground">
+                          {issue.identifier ?? issue.id.slice(0, 8)}
+                        </span>
+                        <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:hidden">
+                          &middot;
+                        </span>
+                        <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:order-last">
+                          {issue.lastExternalCommentAt
+                            ? `commented ${timeAgo(issue.lastExternalCommentAt)}`
+                            : `updated ${timeAgo(issue.updatedAt)}`}
                         </span>
-                      ) : (
-                        <span className="inline-flex h-4 w-4 shrink-0" />
-                      )}
-                      <PriorityIcon priority={issue.priority} />
-                      <StatusIcon status={issue.status} />
-                      <span className="text-xs font-mono text-muted-foreground">
-                        {issue.identifier ?? issue.id.slice(0, 8)}
-                      </span>
-                      <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:hidden">
-                        &middot;
-                      </span>
-                      <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground sm:order-last">
-                        {issue.lastExternalCommentAt
-                          ? `commented ${timeAgo(issue.lastExternalCommentAt)}`
-                          : `updated ${timeAgo(issue.updatedAt)}`}
                       </span>
                     </span>
+
+                    {/* Unread dot - right side, vertically centered (mobile only; desktop keeps inline) */}
+                    {(isUnread || isFading) && (
+                      <span
+                        role="button"
+                        tabIndex={0}
+                        onClick={(e) => {
+                          e.preventDefault();
+                          e.stopPropagation();
+                          markReadMutation.mutate(issue.id);
+                        }}
+                        onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                          if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") {
+                            e.preventDefault();
+                            e.stopPropagation();
+                            markReadMutation.mutate(issue.id);
+                          }
+                        }}
+                        className="shrink-0 self-center cursor-pointer sm:hidden"
+                        aria-label="Mark as read"
+                      >
+                        <span
+                          className={`block h-2 w-2 rounded-full bg-blue-600 dark:bg-blue-400 transition-opacity duration-300 ${
+                            isFading ? "opacity-0" : "opacity-100"
+                          }`}
+                        />
+                      </span>
+                    )}
                   </Link>
                 );
               })}