diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/components/app-sidebar.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/components/app-sidebar.tsx
index 8087b30b91..5bc6391ad8 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/components/app-sidebar.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/components/app-sidebar.tsx
@@ -672,11 +672,12 @@ export function AppSidebar() {
       // Recents label text at 16px.
       variant === "project" ? "pl-[39px]" : "pl-3",
       variant === "project"
-        ? "group-hover/project-chat-item:pr-8 group-has-[.sidebar-row-action[data-state=open]]/project-chat-item:pr-8"
+        ? "group-hover/project-chat-item:pr-6 group-has-[.sidebar-row-action[data-state=open]]/project-chat-item:pr-6"
         : isPinned
           ? // Pinned rows show an extra unpin button on hover, so reserve more room.
-            "group-hover/recent-item:pr-16 group-has-[.sidebar-row-action[data-state=open]]/recent-item:pr-8"
-          : "group-hover/recent-item:pr-8 group-has-[.sidebar-row-action[data-state=open]]/recent-item:pr-8",
+            "group-hover/recent-item:pr-16 group-has-[.sidebar-row-action[data-state=open]]/recent-item:pr-6"
+          : // Hover room for the kebab only; title keeps one more character.
+            "group-hover/recent-item:pr-6 group-has-[.sidebar-row-action[data-state=open]]/recent-item:pr-6",
     );
 
     const isRenamingThis =
@@ -962,7 +963,8 @@ export function AppSidebar() {
         )}
       </SidebarHeader>
 
-      <SidebarGroup className="group-data-[collapsible=icon]:px-0 px-1.5 pt-[9px] pb-px shrink-0">
+      {/* Uniform pl-1.5 pr-2 keeps every hover pill the same width, inset from the edge. */}
+      <SidebarGroup className="group-data-[collapsible=icon]:px-0 pl-1.5 pr-2 pt-[9px] pb-px shrink-0">
         <SidebarGroupContent>
           <SidebarMenu>
             <NavItem
@@ -1002,7 +1004,7 @@ export function AppSidebar() {
           scrolled && "is-scrolled",
         )}
       >
-        <SidebarGroup className="group-data-[collapsible=icon]:px-0 px-1.5 py-0 shrink-0">
+        <SidebarGroup className="group-data-[collapsible=icon]:px-0 pl-1.5 pr-2 py-0 shrink-0">
           <SidebarGroupContent>
             <SidebarMenu>
               <NavItem
@@ -1074,7 +1076,7 @@ export function AppSidebar() {
               </CollapsibleTrigger>
             </SidebarGroupLabel>
             <CollapsibleContent>
-              <SidebarGroupContent className="px-1.5">
+              <SidebarGroupContent className="pl-1.5 pr-2">
                 <SidebarMenu>
                   <NavItem
                     icon={TestTubeOutlineIcon}
@@ -1124,7 +1126,7 @@ export function AppSidebar() {
                 </CollapsibleTrigger>
               </SidebarGroupLabel>
               <CollapsibleContent>
-                <SidebarGroupContent className="pl-1 pr-1.5">
+                <SidebarGroupContent className="pl-1.5 pr-2">
                   <SidebarMenu>
                     {pinnedChatItems.map((item) =>
                       renderChatSidebarItem(item, "recent"),
@@ -1146,7 +1148,7 @@ export function AppSidebar() {
                 </CollapsibleTrigger>
               </SidebarGroupLabel>
               <CollapsibleContent>
-                <SidebarGroupContent className="pl-1 pr-1.5">
+                <SidebarGroupContent className="pl-1.5 pr-2">
                   <SidebarMenu>
                     {recentChatItems.map((item) =>
                       renderChatSidebarItem(item, "recent"),