fix(web): pinned thread marker stays put when hovering the row

[flamboh]

Hovering a sidebar row changed the width of its status slot, moving the pin and Woke label. The slot now reserves room for both states: status and actions overlap in one grid cell, while Woke keeps its own column. Slim Woke rows also reserve action space. Main’s pin placement, sweep controls, and any-hover behavior are preserved. Reserving this space can truncate project labels sooner.

Taken over from @flamboh’s original work in #11122, merged with current main and rebuilt around its newer controls.

Verification on the rebuilt head:

• PR tests: 0 → 0; no existing rendered-row harness proves CSS geometry. Existing Sidebar logic/snooze/drag/motion and thread-action suites: 241 passed. Web typecheck, scoped lint, formatting and diff checks passed.
• One independent review round with Claude Opus 5.5 and Codex GPT-6 Sol: no code blockers. Historical static/absolute concern was rechecked against Tailwind Merge.
• Actual isolated Linux web app, matching data and 1280×800 viewport: before, pin x187 →138.09 and Woke x188.23 →107.32 on hover; after, pin stays138.09 and Woke107.32. Pin stays fixed with keyboard focus and the snooze popover open.
• Slim layout and sweep paths were reviewed in source; macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Electron desktop were not run. No provider-specific or wire changes.

Before (rest / pin hover / Woke hover):

After (rest / pin hover / Woke hover):

Before recording · After recording

Implementation: Codex GPT-6.1 Sol high; test pass: Codex GPT-6 Astra high, through Codex in T3 Code.

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Verdict: Approved at 1d087d2

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped single-file CSS fix that stabilizes sidebar markers without changing application logic, data contracts, or product defaults. An unresolved Medium-severity correctness finding about slim-row positioning remains an independent blocker to automatic approval.

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📝 Walkthrough

The sidebar changes action positioning in slim rows and the layout and visibility of status labels and controls in card rows. Woke-row actions use static positioning. Card-row status and controls share a grid cell.

Changes: Sidebar status and actions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Row status and actions apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx	Slim-row actions use static positioning whenever the row is Woke. In card rows, status labels and controls share a grid cell. Read-only status fades on hover or control focus and hides when the snooze menu is open. Woke status remains interactive, and controls stay visible while the snooze menu is open.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, maria-rcks, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0c133

Hovering a narrow sidebar-row state can hide its status or time label without showing an action. This is a localized presentation issue; the PR is otherwise mergeable, though the visibility condition should be fixed.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: keeping the pinned-thread marker stationary during row hover.

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[maria-rcks]

i... dont love it on the right, can we think of something better?

[flamboh]

@maria-rcks yes! I'll try some stuff and reach u with some options

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[flamboh]

@maria-rcks

1

Cap.2026-09-11.at.20.31.03.mp4

2

Cap.2026-09-11.at.20.31.52.mp4

1 is on the PR right now since it's the more minimal change, but I do like 2 a bit more since it avoids the project title truncation.

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[juliusmarminge]

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The recordings show the pin staying stable, but Maria's placement question is still open and the PR keeps option 1. Could Maria confirm which placement should proceed? The contribution guide leaves that unresolved product choice with maintainers.

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[juliusmarminge]

Taking over this one. I will keep the marker placement from main, preserve the newer sweep and hover controls, and verify stable pin and Woke positions before pushing to this branch.

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[t3dotgg]

Why the fuck did we merge this it is hideous

[t3dotgg]

Seriously how the fuck did we let this merge I am pissed

[flamboh]

@t3dotgg SORRY i should've closed it before the takeover ran away with it

[flamboh]

mainly left it open hoping to revisit it, didn't think it'd land in the current state

[t3dotgg]

Not your fault @flamboh - not your runaway agent that did this