diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/view/subcomponents/SessionCompletionBell.test.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/view/subcomponents/SessionCompletionBell.test.tsx
index 3add728..9753a95 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/view/subcomponents/SessionCompletionBell.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/view/subcomponents/SessionCompletionBell.test.tsx
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ test('SessionCompletionBell shows localized environmental guidance without a rep
   ] as const satisfies readonly (readonly [CompletionNotificationReason, string])[]) {
     const html = await renderBell({ error });
     assert.match(html, new RegExp(message.replace(/[.?]/g, '\\$&')), `${error} explains what prevents notifications`);
-    assert.match(html, /class="max-w-48 text-xs text-destructive"/, `${error} guidance is visible`);
+    // Visible text in the row's action slot squeezed the open button; the guidance is a tooltip.
+    assert.doesNotMatch(html, /max-w-48|text-xs text-destructive/, `${error} guidance is not visible row text`);
+    assert.match(html, /class="sr-only" role="status"/, `${error} guidance is still announced`);
+    const bellTitle = /<button[^>]*title="([^"]*)"/.exec(html)?.[1] ?? '';
+    assert.ok(bellTitle.includes(message.replace(/'/g, '&#x27;')), `${error} guidance is the bell's tooltip`);
     assert.equal((html.match(/<button/g) ?? []).length, 1, `${error} does not offer repair`);
   }
 });
@@ -161,6 +165,17 @@ test('SessionCompletionBell announces errors without changing pressed owner inte
   }
 });
 
+test('SessionCompletionBell shows repair as a wrench with the sentence as its tooltip, never as row text', async () => {
+  const watchedItem = item(true);
+  const html = await renderBell({ item: watchedItem, target: watchedItem.target ?? null, deviceRepairRequired: true, globalPaused: true });
+  const repair = enSidebar.completionNotifications.repair;
+  assert.match(html, /lucide-wrench/);
+  assert.ok(html.includes(`title="${repair}" aria-label="${repair}"`), 'the wrench carries the repair sentence');
+  assert.doesNotMatch(html, /max-w-48|text-xs text-destructive/, 'no visible status text in the row');
+  assert.match(html, /class="sr-only" role="status"/);
+  assert.equal((html.match(/<button/g) ?? []).length, 2);
+});
+
 test('SessionCompletionBell composes paused status with concurrent error and pending state', async () => {
   const watchedItem = item(true);
   const pausedWithError = await renderBell({
diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/view/subcomponents/SessionCompletionBell.tsx b/src/components/sidebar/view/subcomponents/SessionCompletionBell.tsx
index 240b8f9..519ec42 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/view/subcomponents/SessionCompletionBell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/view/subcomponents/SessionCompletionBell.tsx
@@ -106,13 +106,19 @@ export default function SessionCompletionBell({ descriptor, className }: Session
   const environmentalReason = reason !== null && ENVIRONMENTAL_REASONS.includes(reason);
 
   const statusRequiresAction = environmentalReason || repairRequired;
+  // Visible text here squeezed the row's open button to nothing and pushed the
+  // wrench out of the sidebar, so the status is only read out and shown as a
+  // tooltip: on the wrench when repair is required, otherwise on the bell.
+  const bellTitle = statusRequiresAction && !repairRequired && statusText
+    ? `${watchLabel}\n${statusText}`
+    : watchLabel;
 
   return (
     <span className={cn('flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1', className)}>
       {statusText && (
         <span
           id={statusId}
-          className={statusRequiresAction ? 'max-w-48 text-xs text-destructive' : 'sr-only'}
+          className="sr-only"
           role="status"
           aria-live="polite"
         >
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ export default function SessionCompletionBell({ descriptor, className }: Session
       )}
       <button
         type="button"
-        title={watchLabel}
+        title={bellTitle}
         aria-label={watchLabel}
         aria-describedby={statusText ? statusId : undefined}
         aria-pressed={watched}