diff --git a/src/components/layout/topbar.tsx b/src/components/layout/topbar.tsx
index 4088783f..5ba5b563 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/topbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/topbar.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ export function Topbar({ ports, user, leadingSlot }: TopbarProps) {
     // Three-column grid: breadcrumbs left, search center, actions right.
     // The brand logo lives in the sidebar header (per design feedback) so the
     // topbar center is dedicated to the global search bar.
-    <header className="grid h-14 grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_minmax(420px,800px)_minmax(0,1fr)] items-center border-b border-border bg-background gap-3 px-4 shrink-0">
+    //
+    // Center column min-width: 280 at tablet, 420 at lg+. The earlier
+    // single 420 min starved the left column to ~100px at 768 viewport
+    // width (when the sidebar is hidden under a Sheet on tablet) — that
+    // was hiding the new logo-trigger leadingSlot AppShell mounts. Two
+    // breakpoints split the difference cleanly.
+    <header className="grid h-14 grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_minmax(280px,800px)_minmax(0,1fr)] items-center border-b border-border bg-background gap-3 px-4 shrink-0 lg:grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_minmax(420px,800px)_minmax(0,1fr)]">
       {/* LEFT: optional sidebar trigger (tablet) + optional back button + breadcrumbs */}
       <div className="min-w-0 flex items-center gap-1.5">
         {leadingSlot}
@@ -85,9 +91,13 @@ export function Topbar({ ports, user, leadingSlot }: TopbarProps) {
           translate-X that shifts left by half the sidebar width.
           Without the translate the topbar's grid centers inside the
           area-after-the-sidebar, so the search visually drifts right
-          by half the sidebar width. */}
+          by half the sidebar width.
+          The translate is gated to `lg:` because at tablet (768-1023)
+          the sidebar is HIDDEN behind a Sheet — translating left there
+          shifts the search into the leading-slot column, hiding the
+          AppShell-mounted logo trigger. */}
       <div className="flex items-center justify-center min-w-0">
-        <div className="w-full max-w-2xl mx-auto min-w-0 sm:-translate-x-[calc(var(--width-sidebar)/2)]">
+        <div className="w-full max-w-2xl mx-auto min-w-0 lg:-translate-x-[calc(var(--width-sidebar)/2)]">
           <CommandSearch />
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/shared/page-header.tsx b/src/components/shared/page-header.tsx
index 5de5dac0..8501f153 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/page-header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/shared/page-header.tsx
@@ -46,18 +46,21 @@ export function PageHeader({
       ) : null}
 
       {/* Tablet + desktop: full strip with title, eyebrow, description, kpi line, actions.
-          Stacks vertically at sm (640px) up to lg (1024px) so the title
-          doesn't get truncated next to a wide actions row on tablet — the
-          previous `sm:flex-row sm:flex-nowrap` forced four-button toolbars
-          (e.g. the dashboard's DateRange + ExportPdf + Rearrange + Customize)
-          onto one row at 768px, crushing the title. At lg+ the row layout
-          returns. */}
+          Stacks vertically at sm (640px) up to xl (1280px). The earlier
+          revision moved the stack point from sm to lg, which fixed the
+          tablet (768) crush but introduced a SECOND crush at exactly
+          1024: that's where the desktop shell mounts (sidebar = 256px)
+          AND `lg:flex-row` kicks in, leaving the title cell to compete
+          with a four-button action row in only ~720px of content. Moving
+          to xl (1280) means the strip stays stacked through tablet AND
+          the narrowest desktop width; horizontal layout returns once
+          there's actual room. */}
       <div
         className={cn(
           // Removed `sm:mb-6` - the parent shell already provides
           // appropriate gap-y between header and the next section, and the
           // double-spacing produced an oversized top margin on dashboards.
-          'hidden sm:flex flex-col gap-3 lg:flex-row lg:items-start lg:justify-between lg:gap-4',
+          'hidden sm:flex flex-col gap-3 xl:flex-row xl:items-start xl:justify-between xl:gap-4',
           isGradient &&
             'rounded-xl border border-slate-200 bg-gradient-brand-soft px-5 py-4 shadow-xs',
           className,
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ export function PageHeader({
           ) : null}
         </div>
         {actions ? (
-          <div className="flex shrink-0 flex-wrap items-center gap-2 lg:flex-nowrap">{actions}</div>
+          <div className="flex shrink-0 flex-wrap items-center gap-2 xl:flex-nowrap">{actions}</div>
         ) : null}
       </div>
     </>