diff --git a/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectOriginReference.tsx b/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectOriginReference.tsx
index 6cd9915615..d5f3d1d8b4 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectOriginReference.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectOriginReference.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function ProjectOriginReference({
   if (channelId) {
     return (
       <span
-        className="inline-flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1"
+        className="inline-flex max-w-full min-w-0 items-center gap-1"
         title={
           channel
             ? "Origin is claimed by the event author and is not relay-verified."
@@ -27,20 +27,30 @@ export function ProjectOriginReference({
               `Origin channel ${channelId} is not visible to you. Origin is claimed by the event author and is not relay-verified.`
         }
       >
-        <span>started from</span>
+        <span
+          className="shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap"
+          data-project-metadata-phrase
+        >
+          started from
+        </span>
         {channel ? (
           <button
             aria-label={`Open author-claimed origin channel #${channel.name}`}
-            className="truncate font-medium text-foreground underline-offset-2 hover:underline"
+            className="min-w-0 truncate font-medium text-foreground underline-offset-2 hover:underline"
             onClick={() => void goChannel(channel.id)}
             type="button"
           >
             #{channel.name}
           </button>
         ) : (
-          <span>a private channel</span>
+          <span className="shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap">a private channel</span>
         )}
-        <span>(author-claimed)</span>
+        <span
+          className="shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap"
+          data-project-metadata-phrase
+        >
+          (author-claimed)
+        </span>
       </span>
     );
   }
@@ -48,10 +58,15 @@ export function ProjectOriginReference({
   if (agentName) {
     return (
       <span
-        className="inline-flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1"
+        className="inline-flex max-w-full min-w-0 items-center gap-1"
         title="The private conversation identifier is intentionally omitted."
       >
-        <span>started privately with</span>
+        <span
+          className="shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap"
+          data-project-metadata-phrase
+        >
+          started privately with
+        </span>
         <span className="truncate font-medium text-foreground">
           {agentName}
         </span>
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectPullRequestsPanel.tsx b/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectPullRequestsPanel.tsx
index d4804ef6fe..3544c42c49 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectPullRequestsPanel.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectPullRequestsPanel.tsx
@@ -359,9 +359,15 @@ export function PullRequestDetailHeader({
           testId="project-pull-request-copy-link"
         />
       </h3>
-      <p className="flex items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground">
-        <GitPullRequest className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
-        <span className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1">
+      <p
+        className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-1 gap-y-1 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground"
+        data-testid="project-pull-request-detail-metadata"
+      >
+        <GitPullRequest className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0" />
+        <span
+          className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1"
+          data-project-metadata-phrase
+        >
           <AuthorIdentity
             avatarSize="xs"
             profiles={profiles}
@@ -372,7 +378,11 @@ export function PullRequestDetailHeader({
             {authorLabel}
           </ProfileAuthorName>
         </span>
-        <span title={formatExactTimestamp(pullRequest.createdAt)}>
+        <span
+          className="shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap"
+          data-project-metadata-phrase
+          title={formatExactTimestamp(pullRequest.createdAt)}
+        >
           created {relativeTime(pullRequest.createdAt)}
         </span>
         <ProjectOriginReference
diff --git a/desktop/tests/e2e/project-inbox.spec.ts b/desktop/tests/e2e/project-inbox.spec.ts
index 377d25aad1..b9febd3abf 100644
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/project-inbox.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/project-inbox.spec.ts
@@ -143,4 +143,41 @@ test("Buzz Git pull request renders and stays actionable in Inbox", async ({
   await detail.screenshot({
     path: "test-results/project-inbox/01-pull-request-detail.png",
   });
+
+  // At the wide two-column breakpoint, metadata may wrap between phrases but
+  // must never compress individual phrases into word-wide columns.
+  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  await expect
+    .poll(() =>
+      layout.evaluate(
+        (element) =>
+          getComputedStyle(element)
+            .gridTemplateColumns.split(" ")
+            .filter(Boolean).length,
+      ),
+    )
+    .toBe(2);
+  await expect(
+    detail.getByRole("button", {
+      name: "Open author-claimed origin channel #general",
+    }),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  const metadataPhrases = detail.locator("[data-project-metadata-phrase]");
+  await expect(metadataPhrases).not.toHaveCount(0);
+  const phraseLayouts = await metadataPhrases.evaluateAll((phrases) =>
+    phrases.map((phrase) => {
+      const style = getComputedStyle(phrase);
+      return {
+        height: phrase.getBoundingClientRect().height,
+        lineHeight: Number.parseFloat(style.lineHeight),
+      };
+    }),
+  );
+  for (const phrase of phraseLayouts) {
+    expect(phrase.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(phrase.lineHeight * 1.5);
+  }
+  await waitForAnimations(page);
+  await detail.screenshot({
+    path: "test-results/project-inbox/02-pull-request-detail-wide.png",
+  });
 });