diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
index 7fe4580d38..6c0bfd7806 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
@@ -659,12 +659,12 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
 
   // Reset description expanded state when task changes
   useEffect(() => {
-    setDescriptionExpanded(false);
-  }, [task.id]);
+    setDescriptionExpanded(task.column === "triage");
+  }, [task.column, task.id]);
 
   const [logSubview, setLogSubview] = useState<"activity" | "agent-log">("activity");
   const [highlightStallCode, setHighlightStallCode] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [descriptionExpanded, setDescriptionExpanded] = useState(false);
+  const [descriptionExpanded, setDescriptionExpanded] = useState(() => task.column === "triage");
   const [attachments, setAttachments] = useState<TaskAttachment[]>(task.attachments || []);
   const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false);
   const [dependencies, setDependencies] = useState<string[]>(task.dependencies || []);
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.rendering.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.rendering.test.tsx
index bccaa831e3..0c4acc6c41 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.rendering.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.rendering.test.tsx
@@ -1300,6 +1300,54 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
   });
 
   describe("description truncation", () => {
+    it("expands long triage title by default with Show less button", () => {
+      const longTitle = "Triage title ".repeat(25);
+      const { container } = render(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({
+            column: "triage",
+            title: longTitle,
+            description: "Triage planning context",
+          })}
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      const h2 = container.querySelector("h2.detail-title");
+      expect(h2?.textContent).toBe(longTitle);
+      const toggle = container.querySelector(".detail-description-toggle");
+      expect(toggle?.textContent).toBe("Show less");
+    });
+
+    it("expands long triage description by default when title is missing", () => {
+      const longDescription = "Triage description ".repeat(20);
+      const { container } = render(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({
+            column: "triage",
+            title: undefined,
+            description: longDescription,
+          })}
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      const h2 = container.querySelector("h2.detail-title");
+      expect(h2?.textContent).toBe(longDescription);
+      const toggle = container.querySelector(".detail-description-toggle");
+      expect(toggle?.textContent).toBe("Show less");
+    });
+
     it("truncates description over 200 characters with Show more button", () => {
       const longDescription = "A".repeat(250);
       const { container } = render(
@@ -1350,6 +1398,43 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       expect(toggle.textContent).toBe("Show less");
     });
 
+    it("lets Show less and Show more override the triage default for the current task", async () => {
+      const longDescription = "C".repeat(250);
+      const { container } = render(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({
+            column: "triage",
+            title: undefined,
+            description: longDescription,
+          })}
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      const toggle = container.querySelector(".detail-description-toggle") as HTMLButtonElement;
+      expect(container.querySelector("h2.detail-title")?.textContent).toBe("C".repeat(250));
+      expect(toggle.textContent).toBe("Show less");
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        fireEvent.click(toggle);
+      });
+
+      expect(container.querySelector("h2.detail-title")?.textContent).toBe("C".repeat(200) + "…");
+      expect(toggle.textContent).toBe("Show more");
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        fireEvent.click(toggle);
+      });
+
+      expect(container.querySelector("h2.detail-title")?.textContent).toBe("C".repeat(250));
+      expect(toggle.textContent).toBe("Show less");
+    });
+
     it("collapses description when Show less is clicked", async () => {
       const longDescription = "C".repeat(250);
       const { container } = render(
@@ -1383,6 +1468,29 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       expect(toggle.textContent).toBe("Show more");
     });
 
+    it("does not show toggle for empty title and description fallback to task id", () => {
+      const { container } = render(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({
+            id: "FN-EMPTY",
+            column: "triage",
+            title: undefined,
+            description: undefined,
+          })}
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      const h2 = container.querySelector("h2.detail-title");
+      expect(h2?.textContent).toBe("FN-EMPTY");
+      expect(container.querySelector(".detail-description-toggle")).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it("does not show toggle for description under 200 characters", () => {
       const shortDescription = "Short description";
       const { container } = render(
@@ -1449,6 +1557,52 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       expect(toggle?.textContent).toBe("Show more");
     });
 
+    it("resets to expanded when switching from a non-triage task to a triage task", async () => {
+      const todoDescription = "G".repeat(250);
+      const triageDescription = "H".repeat(250);
+      const { container, rerender } = render(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({
+            id: "FN-TODO",
+            column: "todo",
+            title: undefined,
+            description: todoDescription,
+          })}
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      expect(container.querySelector("h2.detail-title")?.textContent).toBe("G".repeat(200) + "…");
+      expect(container.querySelector(".detail-description-toggle")?.textContent).toBe("Show more");
+
+      rerender(
+        <TaskDetailModal
+          task={makeTask({
+            id: "FN-TRIAGE",
+            column: "triage",
+            title: undefined,
+            description: triageDescription,
+          })}
+          onClose={noop}
+          onMoveTask={noopMove}
+          onDeleteTask={noopDelete}
+          onMergeTask={noopMerge}
+          onOpenDetail={noopOpenDetail}
+          addToast={noop}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(container.querySelector("h2.detail-title")?.textContent).toBe("H".repeat(250));
+      });
+      expect(container.querySelector(".detail-description-toggle")?.textContent).toBe("Show less");
+    });
+
     it("resets expanded state when task changes", async () => {
       const longDescription1 = "E".repeat(250);
       const longDescription2 = "F".repeat(250);
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.test-helpers.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.test-helpers.ts
index 54a77bd518..72f0f32778 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.test-helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.test-helpers.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ vi.mock("lucide-react", () => ({
   GitMerge: () => null,
   GitBranch: () => null,
   AlertTriangle: () => null,
+  Play: () => null,
+  Flag: () => null,
+  Terminal: () => null,
+  Shield: () => null,
+  PauseCircle: () => null,
+  Split: () => null,
+  Merge: () => null,
+  Repeat: () => null,
+  ClipboardCheck: () => null,
+  ListChecks: () => null,
+  Code2: () => null,
 }));
 
 vi.mock("../../hooks/useAgentLogs", () => ({