diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx
index 54a601203..9fc43b44e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx
@@ -980,9 +980,6 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
   sidebarHeaderGroup: {
     paddingTop: theme.spacing[2],
     gap: 2,
-    // Distance from History's bottom edge to the divider. WorkspacesSectionHeader
-    // uses a slightly smaller paddingTop to balance the action buttons' centering
-    // offset so the divider reads as visually centered between the two.
     paddingBottom: theme.spacing[1.5],
     borderBottomWidth: 1,
     borderBottomColor: theme.colors.border,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx
index ebe40cf7c..47b120d85 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar-workspace-list.tsx
@@ -2398,7 +2398,9 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
   },
   listContent: {
     paddingHorizontal: theme.spacing[2],
-    paddingTop: theme.spacing[2],
+    // Optical inset: aligns the visible Pinned/Workspaces glyph edge with the
+    // Schedules icon across the divider; their layout boxes have different insets.
+    paddingTop: 2,
     paddingBottom: theme.spacing[4],
   },
   projectListContainer: {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-status-list.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-status-list.tsx
index 7860067bc..c3e6b1259 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-status-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/sidebar/sidebar-status-list.tsx
@@ -722,7 +722,8 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
   },
   listContent: {
     paddingHorizontal: theme.spacing[2],
-    paddingTop: theme.spacing[2],
+    // Keep status mode's Pinned/Workspaces boundary identical to project mode.
+    paddingTop: 2,
     paddingBottom: theme.spacing[4],
   },
   pinnedSection: {