diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index 7b3e4a7..a990ad2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -1366,13 +1366,22 @@ fun SettingsScreen(state: DesktopState) {
 @Composable
 fun PipelinePanel(p: PipelineUi) {
     SonarCard(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth()) {
+        // SonarCard's Surface places un-wrapped siblings in a Box — without
+        // this Column every row stacked on top of the headline (the
+        // "text overlapping while summarizing" garble).
+        Column(
+            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(Shonar.CardPadding),
+            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(Shonar.Space1),
+        ) {
         Row(
             modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
             horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.SpaceBetween,
             verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
         ) {
             Text(p.headline, style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleSmall,
-                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary)
+                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary,
+                modifier = Modifier.weight(1f, fill = false),
+                maxLines = 1, overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis)
             Text(
                 buildString {
                     p.elapsedSec?.let { append("${DesktopState.fmtMMSS(it)} elapsed") }
@@ -1427,5 +1436,6 @@ fun PipelinePanel(p: PipelineUi) {
                 )
             }
         }
+        }
     }
 }