diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/components/model-load-status.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/components/model-load-status.tsx
index 292c7884fd..3d87d29b8c 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/components/model-load-status.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/chat/components/model-load-status.tsx
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 import { Progress } from "@/components/ui/progress";
 import { Spinner } from "@/components/ui/spinner";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
 type ModelLoadDescriptionProps = {
   title?: string | null;
   message?: string | null;
   progressPercent?: number | null;
   progressLabel?: string | null;
+  // Extra classes for the root row (e.g. a titleless caller dropping min-h-12).
+  className?: string;
 };
 
 function clampProgress(value: number): number {
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ export function ModelLoadDescription({
   message,
   progressPercent,
   progressLabel,
+  className,
 }: ModelLoadDescriptionProps) {
   const hasProgress = typeof progressPercent === "number";
   // Split once at the top so the JSX below stays flat (no IIFE).
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ export function ModelLoadDescription({
     splitProgressLabel(progressLabel);
 
   return (
-    <div className="relative flex min-h-12 w-full items-stretch gap-2">
+    <div className={cn("relative flex min-h-12 w-full items-stretch gap-2", className)}>
       <div className="flex h-full shrink-0 items-center self-center">
         <Spinner className="size-3.5 text-muted-foreground" />
       </div>
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/images/images-page.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/images/images-page.tsx
index d2e61431bb..dae4656677 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/images/images-page.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/images/images-page.tsx
@@ -933,6 +933,10 @@ export function ImagesPage() {
               >
                 <div className="w-72 max-w-full rounded-xl bg-background/85 p-3 shadow-lg ring-1 ring-border backdrop-blur">
                   <ModelLoadDescription
+                    // Drop the chat min-height: this floating card has no layout to
+                    // stabilise, and it would otherwise center the thin bar and
+                    // leave empty space above it (most visible with no title).
+                    className="min-h-0"
                     title={
                       genDone != null && count > 1
                         ? `Run ${genDone + 1}/${count}`