diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2c6fb12..c8907e7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ heading, and (b) bumping `pubspec.yaml` `version:` in the same commit.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Folded activity and agent-run cards in the Claude conversation now use the
+  same bottom spacing as the prose cards around them, instead of sitting
+  cramped 3px below the next card. (T-282)
 - The welcome screen no longer overflows on a short or narrow window — its
   content scrolls when it can't fit and stays centred when it can, and a long
   git-branch name on a recent-project row now truncates with an ellipsis. (T-273)
diff --git a/lib/builtin/claude/src/holder_card.dart b/lib/builtin/claude/src/holder_card.dart
index 8f841682..83bd6697 100644
--- a/lib/builtin/claude/src/holder_card.dart
+++ b/lib/builtin/claude/src/holder_card.dart
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ class _ClideHolderCardState extends State<ClideHolderCard> {
       label: '${widget.title}, ${widget.stepLabel}, ${_expanded ? 'expanded' : 'collapsed'}',
       excludeSemantics: true,
       child: Padding(
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 3),
+        // Match ConversationCard's inter-card margin (bottom 14, no top) so a
+        // folded activity / agent-run card sits in the same rhythm as the prose
+        // cards around it — not crammed 3px below the next one (T-282).
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 14),
         child: _expanded ? _expandedFrame(tokens) : _tickerRow(tokens),
       ),
     );
diff --git a/test/builtin/claude/holder_card_test.dart b/test/builtin/claude/holder_card_test.dart
index 89a4cd60..0f3aa11c 100644
--- a/test/builtin/claude/holder_card_test.dart
+++ b/test/builtin/claude/holder_card_test.dart
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ void main() {
     expect(f.services.clipboard.readAs<String>(), 'copied from a held card');
     // And the holder stayed expanded (the copy tap wasn't a background toggle).
     expect(find.bySemanticsLabel('Activity, 2 steps, expanded'), findsOneWidget);
+
+    // The hover starts a ClideTooltip show-delay (a Future.delayed that exit
+    // can't cancel). Move off and advance past the delay so it fires and leaves
+    // no pending timer at teardown.
+    await g.moveTo(const Offset(-100, -100));
+    await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 600));
   });
 
   testWidgets('the explicit control is keyboard-focusable and toggles on Activate (a11y)', (tester) async {
diff --git a/test/goldens/goldens/linux/holder_card.png b/test/goldens/goldens/linux/holder_card.png
index 40053c31..155dbb87 100644
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