diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e76f00c..a64465b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "buildpulse",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.4.5",
+  "version": "0.4.6",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "api": "node --env-file=../.env server/index.mjs",
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index b3eadf3..eab344d 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ function App() {
     <div className="app-shell">
       <header className="mobile-shell-header card">
         <div>
-          <p className="eyebrow">BuildPulse v0.4.5</p>
+          <p className="eyebrow">BuildPulse v0.4.6</p>
           <h1>BuildPulse</h1>
           <p className="hero-goal compact-goal">
             <strong>Current goal:</strong> {appState.project.current_goal || 'Classify new ideas before they become work.'}
@@ -1589,8 +1589,8 @@ function App() {
         <div className="top-status-row">
           <span className={`status-dot ${backendMode === 'appwrite' ? 'healthy' : backendMode === 'connecting' ? 'connecting' : 'degraded'}`} aria-hidden="true" />
           <span>{backendMode === 'appwrite' ? 'Live' : backendMode === 'connecting' ? 'Syncing' : 'Local'}</span>
-          <button type="button" className="ghost small" onClick={() => setActiveTab('status')}>
-            System Status
+          <button type="button" className="ghost small" aria-label="Open system status" onClick={() => setActiveTab('status')}>
+            Status
           </button>
         </div>
       </header>
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ function App() {
                 aria-controls="today-command-drawer"
                 onClick={() => setTodayCommandDrawerOpen((current) => !current)}
               >
-                {todayCommandDrawerOpen ? 'Hide commands' : 'Commands'}
+                {todayCommandDrawerOpen ? 'Hide' : 'More'}
               </button>
             </div>
 
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index c1fe76c..059adab 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -3109,3 +3109,124 @@ button.ghost,
     border: 1px solid rgba(125, 211, 252, 0.34);
   }
 }
+
+/* v0.4.6 — compress mobile top chrome and give edge controls breathing room. */
+@media (max-width: 760px) {
+  .app-shell {
+    width: min(100% - 1rem, 100%);
+    padding-top: 0.28rem;
+  }
+
+  .mobile-shell-header.card {
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+    align-items: end;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    padding: 0.18rem 0.1rem 0.05rem;
+  }
+
+  .mobile-shell-header .eyebrow {
+    margin-bottom: 0.05rem;
+    font-size: 0.56rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
+  }
+
+  .mobile-shell-header h1 {
+    font-size: 1.32rem;
+    line-height: 0.9;
+  }
+
+  .compact-goal {
+    max-width: 34ch;
+    -webkit-line-clamp: 1;
+    margin-top: 0.12rem;
+    font-size: 0.7rem;
+    line-height: 1.2;
+  }
+
+  .top-status-row {
+    justify-self: end;
+    width: auto;
+    gap: 0.28rem;
+    padding: 0.24rem 0.34rem;
+    font-size: 0.67rem;
+  }
+
+  .top-status-row .ghost.small {
+    padding: 0.16rem 0.28rem;
+    font-size: 0.64rem;
+  }
+
+  .tab-bar {
+    margin-top: 0.32rem;
+  }
+
+  .today-card > .section-heading {
+    padding-top: 0.45rem;
+  }
+
+  .today-command-bar {
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    padding-inline: 0.08rem;
+  }
+
+  .today-primary-command {
+    min-height: 2.68rem;
+  }
+
+  .today-drawer-toggle {
+    min-width: 4.25rem;
+    padding-inline: 0.44rem;
+  }
+
+  .feature-column-details summary {
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+    gap: 0.65rem;
+    align-items: center;
+    padding-right: 0.18rem;
+  }
+
+  .feature-column-details summary::after {
+    min-width: 3.2rem;
+    text-align: right;
+    font-size: 0.58rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  }
+
+  .feature-column-details[open] summary::after {
+    content: 'Fold';
+  }
+
+  .feature-column-details:not([open]) summary::after {
+    content: 'Open';
+  }
+}
+
+/* v0.4.6a — keep the compact controls readable, not cramped. */
+@media (max-width: 760px) {
+  .today-drawer-toggle {
+    min-width: 4.95rem;
+    font-size: 0.78rem;
+  }
+
+  .today-primary-command {
+    font-size: 0.94rem;
+  }
+
+  .pill,
+  .tap-chip {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    font-size: 0.62rem;
+    line-height: 1;
+    padding: 0.18rem 0.38rem;
+  }
+
+  .item-card-header {
+    align-items: flex-start;
+  }
+
+  .item-card-header .pill {
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+  }
+}