diff --git a/.changeset/fn-8806-task-title-flicker.md b/.changeset/fn-8806-task-title-flicker.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfd070b552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fn-8806-task-title-flicker.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Keep expanded task titles stable without flickering during resize.
+category: fix
+dev: Measures the persistent title text box so its control cannot alter overflow eligibility.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.css
index bc6268fd7f..fbd54b94fe 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.css
@@ -205,9 +205,19 @@ the previous direct-child flex contract so the transcript and agent log still fi
   margin-bottom: var(--space-md);
   overflow-wrap: anywhere;
   word-break: break-word;
+  position: relative;
 }
 
-.detail-title--collapsed {
+/*
+FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-17:54:
+The measured text stays in flow while the interactive overlay changes state, so eligibility has
+one geometry in every task-detail host instead of depending on whether its button is present.
+*/
+.detail-title-measurement {
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.detail-title--collapsed .detail-title-measurement {
   display: -webkit-box;
   -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
   -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
@@ -236,10 +246,12 @@ Summarize-as-title is an in-field affordance, not a separate full-width row: it
 .detail-title-control {
   display: block;
   width: 100%;
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
   padding: 0;
   border: 0;
   background: transparent;
-  color: inherit;
+  color: transparent;
   font: inherit;
   text-align: inherit;
   cursor: pointer;
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
index 761767fea1..2ada0ed57d 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskDetailModal.tsx
@@ -1207,17 +1207,18 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
   const [highlightStallCode, setHighlightStallCode] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [descriptionExpanded, setDescriptionExpanded] = useState(false);
   const [titleOverflows, setTitleOverflows] = useState(false);
-  const titleRef = useRef<HTMLHeadingElement | null>(null);
+  const titleRef = useRef<HTMLSpanElement | null>(null);
   const displayTitleText = task.title || task.description || task.id;
 
   /*
-  FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-16:42:
-  Title overflow eligibility belongs to the stable two-line collapsed layout, while expanded or
-  collapsed display is an explicit operator choice. Do not mutate the live expanded heading to
-  measure it: ResizeObserver callbacks caused by that class change can otherwise replace the
-  title-owned control and flicker the detail view. Reset both values before paint only when this
-  task identity or its displayed title/fallback changes; ordinary rerenders and resize callbacks
-  must never reverse the choice.
+  FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-18:48:
+  Browser layout proved that swapping bare heading text for the semantic title button can alter the
+  exact box whose overflow decides whether that button exists. Measure an always-present text span
+  with the collapsed two-line rules instead; the button is an out-of-flow accessible overlay and
+  cannot feed back into eligibility. Expansion remains an operator-owned state across modal,
+  full-panel, split-pane, right-dock, and floating-window hosts. Reset only for a new task or its
+  title/description/id fallback, never from a resize delivery. Kept-alive hidden pop-outs are not a
+  live layout authority: disconnect and fence their callbacks until their host is visible again.
   */
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     setDescriptionExpanded(false);
@@ -1281,6 +1282,10 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
   const [prCreateOpen, setPrCreateOpen] = useState(false);
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    // A kept-alive floating detail can be hidden while another view owns its layout. Its stale
+    // ResizeObserver delivery must not change eligibility before the host becomes visible again.
+    if (!active) return;
+
     const titleElement = titleRef.current;
     if (!titleElement) {
       setTitleOverflows(false);
@@ -1311,7 +1316,7 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
       resizeObserver?.disconnect();
       window.removeEventListener("resize", measureTitleOverflow);
     };
-  }, [descriptionExpanded, displayTitleText, task.id]);
+  }, [active, descriptionExpanded, displayTitleText, task.id]);
 
   /*
   FNXC:WorkflowBadges 2026-06-29-00:00:
@@ -4797,10 +4802,10 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
                   FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-04-18:00:
                   An overflowing task-detail title is its own sole expansion control. Keep the semantic button inside the h2 so pointer, touch, and keyboard activation share one accessible target; the separate Show more/Show less row must not return.
                   */}
-                  <h2
-                    ref={titleRef}
-                    className={`detail-title${descriptionExpanded ? "" : " detail-title--collapsed"}`}
-                  >
+                  <h2 className={`detail-title${descriptionExpanded ? "" : " detail-title--collapsed"}`}>
+                    <span ref={titleRef} className="detail-title-measurement">
+                      {displayTitleText}
+                    </span>
                     {titleOverflows || descriptionExpanded ? (
                       <button
                         type="button"
@@ -4810,10 +4815,8 @@ export function TaskDetailContent({
                           ? t("taskDetail.title.collapse", "Collapse task title")
                           : t("taskDetail.title.expand", "Expand task title")}
                         onClick={() => setDescriptionExpanded((expanded) => !expanded)}
-                      >
-                        {displayTitleText}
-                      </button>
-                    ) : displayTitleText}
+                      />
+                    ) : null}
                   </h2>
                   {showSummarizeTitleButton && (
                     <button
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.rendering.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.rendering.test.tsx
index d5b953be3a..cec943e2ee 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.rendering.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/TaskDetailModal.rendering.test.tsx
@@ -2334,13 +2334,13 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "scrollHeight", {
         configurable: true,
         get() {
-          return this instanceof HTMLElement && this.classList.contains("detail-title") ? titleScrollHeight : 0;
+          return this instanceof HTMLElement && this.classList.contains("detail-title-measurement") ? titleScrollHeight : 0;
         },
       });
       Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "clientHeight", {
         configurable: true,
         get() {
-          return this instanceof HTMLElement && this.classList.contains("detail-title") ? titleClientHeight : 0;
+          return this instanceof HTMLElement && this.classList.contains("detail-title-measurement") ? titleClientHeight : 0;
         },
       });
     });
@@ -2401,13 +2401,16 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       renderDetail({ title: longTitle });
 
       const titleControl = await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Expand task title" });
+      const measuredText = document.querySelector(".detail-title-measurement");
       const collapsedObserver = titleResizeObservers.at(-1);
       expect(collapsedObserver).toBeDefined();
+      expect(measuredText?.textContent).toBe(longTitle);
 
       await userEvent.click(titleControl);
       expect(document.querySelector("h2.detail-title")).not.toHaveClass("detail-title--collapsed");
       expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Collapse task title" })).toBe(titleControl);
       expect(titleControl).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "true");
+      expect(document.querySelector(".detail-title-measurement")).toBe(measuredText);
       expect(document.querySelector("h2.detail-title")?.textContent).toBe(longTitle);
       expect(collapsedObserver?.disconnected).toBe(true);
 
@@ -2424,6 +2427,7 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       await userEvent.click(titleControl);
       const recollapsedObserver = titleResizeObservers.at(-1);
       expect(document.querySelector("h2.detail-title")).toHaveClass("detail-title--collapsed");
+      expect(document.querySelector(".detail-title-measurement")).toBe(measuredText);
       expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Expand task title" })).toBe(titleControl);
       expect(titleControl).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
       expect(recollapsedObserver).not.toBe(collapsedObserver);
@@ -2483,6 +2487,36 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
       Object.defineProperty(window, "innerWidth", { configurable: true, value: originalInnerWidth });
     });
 
+    it("ignores title observer deliveries while a kept-alive pop-out is hidden", async () => {
+      setTitleLayout({ scrollHeight: 40, clientHeight: 40 });
+      const props = {
+        embedded: true,
+        active: true,
+        initialTab: "definition" as const,
+        onMoveTask: noopMove,
+        onDeleteTask: noopDelete,
+        onMergeTask: noopMerge,
+        onOpenDetail: noopOpenDetail,
+        addToast: noop,
+      };
+      const { rerender } = render(<TaskDetailContent {...props} task={makeTask({ id: "FN-HIDDEN", title: "Visibility fenced title" })} />);
+      const visibleObserver = titleResizeObservers.at(-1);
+      expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: /task title/ })).toBeNull();
+
+      rerender(<TaskDetailContent {...props} active={false} task={makeTask({ id: "FN-HIDDEN", title: "Visibility fenced title" })} />);
+      expect(visibleObserver?.disconnected).toBe(true);
+      setTitleLayout({ scrollHeight: 120, clientHeight: 40 });
+      await act(async () => {
+        visibleObserver?.callback([], {} as ResizeObserver);
+        visibleObserver?.callback([], {} as ResizeObserver);
+      });
+      expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: /task title/ })).toBeNull();
+
+      rerender(<TaskDetailContent {...props} active task={makeTask({ id: "FN-HIDDEN", title: "Visibility fenced title" })} />);
+      expect(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Expand task title" })).toHaveAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
+      expectNoStandaloneTitleToggle();
+    });
+
     it("supports keyboard activation through the title control", async () => {
       renderDetail({ title: "Keyboard title ".repeat(25) });
 
@@ -2667,8 +2701,8 @@ describe("TaskDetailModal", () => {
     it("has desktop and mobile CSS rules that preserve the two-line title clamp", () => {
       const css = readDashboardStylesSource();
       expect(css).toContain(".detail-title--collapsed");
-      expectBaseRule(css, ".detail-title--collapsed", "-webkit-line-clamp: 2");
-      expectBaseRule(css, ".detail-title--collapsed", "line-clamp: 2");
+      expectBaseRule(css, ".detail-title--collapsed .detail-title-measurement", "-webkit-line-clamp: 2");
+      expectBaseRule(css, ".detail-title--collapsed .detail-title-measurement", "line-clamp: 2");
       expectBaseRule(css, ".detail-title-control", "width: 100%");
       expectBaseRule(css, ".detail-title-control:focus-visible", "box-shadow: var(--focus-ring-strong)");
       expect(css).toContain("@media (max-width: 768px)");
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/task-modal-touch-resize-e2e-fixture.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/task-modal-touch-resize-e2e-fixture.tsx
index 94a614106c..8f6a748fb6 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/task-modal-touch-resize-e2e-fixture.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/task-modal-touch-resize-e2e-fixture.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useState } from "react";
+import type { Task } from "@fusion/core";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import i18n from "i18next";
 import { I18nextProvider, initReactI18next } from "react-i18next";
@@ -6,6 +7,13 @@ import "./styles.css";
 import "./components/TaskDetailModal.css";
 import "./components/FloatingWindow.css";
 import { FloatingWindow } from "./components/FloatingWindow";
+import { App } from "./App";
+import { TaskDetailContent } from "./components/TaskDetailModal";
+import { AppModals } from "./components/AppModals";
+import { MainContent } from "./components/dashboard/MainContent";
+import { ListView } from "./components/ListView";
+import { useRightDockController } from "./components/useRightDockController";
+import { NavigationHistoryProvider } from "./hooks/useNavigationHistory";
 import { NewTaskModal } from "./components/NewTaskModal";
 import { AgentListModal } from "./components/AgentListModal";
 import { SetupWizardModal } from "./components/SetupWizardModal";
@@ -13,6 +21,7 @@ import { ConfirmDialogProvider } from "./hooks/useConfirm";
 
 const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
 const surface = params.get("surface") ?? "new-task";
+const titleMode = params.get("titleMode") ?? "overflow";
 if (params.has("reset")) localStorage.clear();
 
 /*
@@ -44,15 +53,141 @@ Their minimal API payloads keep first render deterministic so the CDP assertions
 geometry before each committed screenshot is captured.
 */
 window.fetch = async (input) => {
-  const url = String(input);
-  const payload = url.includes("/models")
-    ? { models: [], favoriteProviders: [], favoriteModels: [] }
-    : url.includes("/settings") ? {}
-      : url.includes("/agents") || url.includes("/nodes") ? []
-        : [];
+  const url = input instanceof Request ? input.url : String(input);
+  const pathname = new URL(url, window.location.href).pathname;
+  const payload = url.includes("/projects/across-nodes")
+    ? [{ id: "fixture", name: "Fixture", path: "/fixture", status: "active" }]
+    : url.includes("/tasks/board-workflows")
+      ? { flagEnabled: true, defaultWorkflowId: "fixture-workflow", taskWorkflowIds: { [fixtureTask.id]: "fixture-workflow" }, workflows: [{ id: "fixture-workflow", name: "Fixture", columns: [{ id: "todo", name: "Todo", flags: {} }] }] }
+      : url.includes(`/tasks/${fixtureTask.id}/prompt`)
+        ? { id: fixtureTask.id, prompt: "" }
+        : pathname === `/api/tasks/${fixtureTask.id}`
+          ? fixtureTask
+          : pathname === "/api/tasks"
+            ? [fixtureTask]
+          : url.includes("/insights")
+            ? { insights: [], count: 0 }
+            : url.includes("/evals")
+              ? { results: [] }
+              : url.includes("/missions")
+                ? []
+                : url.includes("/goals")
+                  ? { goals: [] }
+        : url.includes("/models")
+          ? { models: [], favoriteProviders: [], favoriteModels: [] }
+          : url.includes("/settings") ? { taskPopupsBoardListOnly: false }
+            : url.includes("/agents") || url.includes("/nodes") ? []
+              : [];
   return new Response(JSON.stringify(payload), { headers: { "content-type": "application/json" } });
 };
 
+const fixtureTitle = titleMode === "fit"
+  ? "Fitting browser title"
+  : titleMode === "threshold"
+    ? "A threshold title whose real host width crosses the two line clamp"
+    : titleMode === "description" ? undefined : titleMode === "id" ? "" : "A browser measured task title that crosses the two line clamp threshold without changing the operator selected expanded state ".repeat(3);
+const fixtureDescription = titleMode === "description" ? "A browser measured description fallback that crosses the two line clamp threshold without changing the operator selected expanded state ".repeat(3) : titleMode === "id" ? "" : "Fixture description";
+const fixtureTask = {
+  id: titleMode === "id" ? "FN-8806" : "FN-TITLE-FLICKER",
+  title: fixtureTitle,
+  description: fixtureDescription,
+  column: "todo",
+  status: "pending",
+  prompt: "",
+  steps: [],
+  attachments: [],
+  dependencies: [],
+  createdAt: "2026-08-05T00:00:00.000Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-08-05T00:00:00.000Z",
+} as unknown as Task;
+
+/*
+FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-18:48:
+The App pop-out browser route hydrates the same project and task caches used after a discarded
+session, so its board card exists on App's first render. This removes timing retries from the
+fixture while App still revalidates the stable mocked API data through its production hooks.
+*/
+if (surface === "task-detail-title-app-floating") {
+  const savedAt = Date.now();
+  localStorage.setItem("kb-dashboard-projects-cache", JSON.stringify({ savedAt, data: [{ id: "fixture", name: "Fixture", path: "/fixture", status: "active" }] }));
+  localStorage.setItem("kb-dashboard-current-project-cache", JSON.stringify({ savedAt, data: "fixture" }));
+  localStorage.setItem("kb-dashboard-tasks-cache:fixture", JSON.stringify({ savedAt, data: [fixtureTask] }));
+}
+
+const detailProps = {
+  task: fixtureTask,
+  initialTab: "definition" as const,
+  onMoveTask: async () => fixtureTask,
+  onDeleteTask: async () => fixtureTask,
+  onMergeTask: async () => ({ success: true } as never),
+  onOpenDetail: () => undefined,
+  addToast: () => undefined,
+};
+
+/*
+FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-17:54:
+The Chromium fixture renders the production TaskDetailModal and embedded TaskDetailContent paths,
+not a title lookalike, so browser geometry can expose control-driven clamp feedback that jsdom does
+not calculate. The adapters keep API data inert while preserving the real heading, observer, and
+accessible control contract.
+*/
+const noop = () => undefined;
+const asyncTask = async () => fixtureTask;
+const asyncMerge = async () => ({ success: true } as never);
+
+/*
+FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-19:01:
+The browser regression must enter each production owner rather than wrapping TaskDetailContent in
+fixture-only geometry. These minimal adapters provide inert dependencies but retain AppModals,
+MainContent, ListView, the right-dock controller, and the task FloatingWindow render paths.
+*/
+function TaskDetailTitleModalHarness() {
+  const modalManager = {
+    detailTask: fixtureTask,
+    detailTaskOrigin: "board",
+    closeDetailTask: noop,
+    updateDetailTask: noop,
+    openNewTaskWithDescription: noop,
+    openWorkflowEditor: noop,
+  };
+  return <div data-testid="title-host-modal"><NavigationHistoryProvider value={{ pushNav: noop, replaceCurrent: noop, removeNav: noop }}><AppModals projectId="fixture" tasks={[fixtureTask]} projects={[]} currentProject={null} addToast={noop} toasts={[]} removeToast={noop} modalManager={modalManager as never} projectActions={{} as never} taskHandlers={{} as never} taskOperations={{ moveTask: asyncTask, deleteTask: asyncTask, mergeTask: asyncMerge, archiveTask: asyncTask, retryTask: asyncTask, pauseTask: asyncTask, unpauseTask: asyncTask, resetTask: asyncTask, duplicateTask: asyncTask }} deepLink={{ handleDetailClose: noop }} settings={{ prAuthAvailable: false, autoMerge: true, taskDetailChatFirst: false, themeMode: "system", colorTheme: "default", dashboardFontScalePct: 100, shadcnCustomColors: {}, resolvedThemeMode: "light", setThemeMode: noop, setColorTheme: noop, setDashboardFontScalePct: noop, setShadcnCustomColors: noop, setQuickChatButtonModeImmediate: noop, setMobileNavPrimaryItemsImmediate: noop }} /></NavigationHistoryProvider></div>;
+}
+
+function TaskDetailTitleMainPanelHarness() {
+  return <div data-testid="title-host-main-panel" className="fn-8806-constrained-title-host"><MainContent {...{ taskView: "task-detail", mainPanelDetailTask: fixtureTask, tasks: [fixtureTask], currentProject: null, addToast: noop, moveTask: asyncTask, deleteTask: asyncTask, mergeTask: asyncMerge, retryTask: asyncTask, pauseTask: asyncTask, unpauseTask: asyncTask, resetTask: asyncTask, duplicateTask: asyncTask, closeTaskDetailMainPanel: noop, setMainPanelDetailTask: noop, openTaskDetailInMainPanel: noop, popOutTaskDetail: noop, modalManager: { openNewTaskWithDescription: noop }, globalPaused: false, prAuthAvailable: false, autoMerge: true, taskDetailChatFirst: false } as unknown as React.ComponentProps<typeof MainContent>} /></div>;
+}
+
+function TaskDetailTitleListHarness() {
+  localStorage.setItem("kb:fixture:kb-dashboard-list-selected-task", fixtureTask.id);
+  return <div data-testid="title-host-list"><ListView {...{ tasks: [fixtureTask], projectId: "fixture", onMoveTask: asyncTask, onDeleteTask: asyncTask, onMergeTask: asyncMerge, addToast: noop, onOpenDetail: noop, onNewTask: noop, onQuickCreate: noop, availableModels: [], autoMerge: true, columnFlagsByTaskId: new Map() } as unknown as React.ComponentProps<typeof ListView>} /></div>;
+}
+
+function TaskDetailTitleDockHarness() {
+  localStorage.setItem("fusion:right-dock-open", "true");
+  localStorage.setItem("fusion:right-dock-view", "tasks");
+  const dock = useRightDockController({ active: true, projectId: "fixture", tasks: [fixtureTask], addToast: noop, settingsLoaded: true, researchReadinessVersion: 0, workflowSteps: [], subscribePluginEvents: () => noop, openDetailTask: noop, openTaskPopup: noop, openMobileTasksInPopup: false, openFileInBrowser: noop, onMoveTask: asyncTask, onDeleteTask: asyncTask, onMergeTask: asyncMerge, openSettings: noop, onSendSelectionToTask: noop, onCreateTaskFromInsight: noop, onNavigateToMission: noop, onTaskCreated: noop, prAuthAvailable: false, autoMerge: true, taskDetailChatFirst: false, visibilityOptions: {}, footerVisible: false });
+  React.useEffect(() => { dock.openTaskInDock(fixtureTask); }, []);
+  return <div data-testid="title-host-dock" className="fn-8806-constrained-title-host">{dock.dock}</div>;
+}
+
+function TaskDetailTitleFloatingHarness() {
+  return <div data-testid="title-host-floating"><FloatingWindow windowKey="fn-8806-task-floating" title={fixtureTask.id} onClose={noop} hideHeader dragHandleSelector=".task-detail-content--embedded > .modal-header" className="floating-window--task-detail" defaultSize={{ width: 560, height: 480 }} minSize={{ width: 320, height: 240 }} layer="task-detail"><TaskDetailContent {...detailProps} embedded onRequestClose={noop} /></FloatingWindow></div>;
+}
+
+/*
+FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-18:34:
+The floating-title browser route renders App itself, then opens the task through its board-detail
+Pop out control. This retains App's live-row selection, origin-view identity, visibility gate, and
+usePoppedOutTasks persistence instead of treating a hand-composed FloatingWindow as host coverage.
+*/
+function TaskDetailTitleAppFloatingHarness() {
+  return <App />;
+}
+
+function TaskDetailTitleEmbeddedHarness() {
+  return <div data-testid="title-host-embedded" className="fn-8806-constrained-title-host" style={{ width: "24rem", height: "36rem" }}><TaskDetailContent {...detailProps} embedded /></div>;
+}
+
 function TaskDetailResizeHarness() {
   return <FloatingWindow
     windowKey="task-detail-fixture"
@@ -141,7 +276,7 @@ function GenericFloatingWindowHarness() {
 function Fixture() {
   return <I18nextProvider i18n={i18n}>
     <ConfirmDialogProvider skipConfirmations>
-      {surface === "agent-list-modal" ? <AgentListModal isOpen onClose={() => undefined} addToast={() => undefined} /> : surface === "setup-wizard-modal" ? <SetupWizardModal onProjectRegistered={() => undefined} onClose={() => undefined} /> : surface === "floating-window" ? <FloatingWindowHarness /> : surface === "floating-window-headerless" ? <HeaderlessFloatingWindowHarness /> : surface === "floating-window-generic" ? <GenericFloatingWindowHarness /> : surface === "task-detail" ? <TaskDetailResizeHarness /> : <NewTaskModal
+      {surface === "task-detail-title-app-floating" ? <TaskDetailTitleAppFloatingHarness /> : surface === "agent-list-modal" ? <AgentListModal isOpen onClose={() => undefined} addToast={() => undefined} /> : surface === "setup-wizard-modal" ? <SetupWizardModal onProjectRegistered={() => undefined} onClose={() => undefined} /> : surface === "floating-window" ? <FloatingWindowHarness /> : surface === "floating-window-headerless" ? <HeaderlessFloatingWindowHarness /> : surface === "floating-window-generic" ? <GenericFloatingWindowHarness /> : surface === "task-detail-title-modal" ? <TaskDetailTitleModalHarness /> : surface === "task-detail-title-main-panel" ? <TaskDetailTitleMainPanelHarness /> : surface === "task-detail-title-list" ? <TaskDetailTitleListHarness /> : surface === "task-detail-title-dock" ? <TaskDetailTitleDockHarness /> : surface === "task-detail-title-floating" ? <TaskDetailTitleFloatingHarness /> : surface === "task-detail-title-embedded" ? <TaskDetailTitleEmbeddedHarness /> : surface === "task-detail" ? <TaskDetailResizeHarness /> : <NewTaskModal
         isOpen
         tasks={[]}
         onClose={() => undefined}
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/task-modal-touch-resize-browser.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/task-modal-touch-resize-browser.test.ts
index de19a313b0..0f1af60490 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/task-modal-touch-resize-browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/task-modal-touch-resize-browser.test.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,21 @@ const browserCandidates = process.platform === "darwin"
   ? ["/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome", "/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium"]
   : ["/usr/bin/google-chrome", "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable", "/usr/bin/chromium", "/usr/bin/chromium-browser"];
 const executablePath = [process.env.FUSION_BROWSER_SMOKE_BROWSER, process.env.CHROME_BIN, ...browserCandidates].find((candidate): candidate is string => Boolean(candidate) && existsSync(candidate));
+/*
+FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-19:18:
+FN-8806's acceptance evidence is real Chromium geometry across production hosts. A skipped browser
+lane can neither observe ResizeObserver delivery nor reject the original flicker, so fail discovery
+explicitly instead of allowing a green suite without this required rendering-engine regression.
+*/
 if (!executablePath) {
-  console.warn(
-    "[task-modal-touch-resize] Skipping Chromium CDP touch geometry: no browser found via FUSION_BROWSER_SMOKE_BROWSER, CHROME_BIN, or platform candidates.",
+  throw new Error(
+    "[task-modal-touch-resize] Chromium is required for task-title stability coverage; set FUSION_BROWSER_SMOKE_BROWSER or CHROME_BIN.",
   );
 }
 const screenshots = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8602");
 const floatingWindowScreenshots = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8605");
 const fn8607Screenshots = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8607");
+const fn8806Screenshots = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8806");
 
 async function touchDrag(cdp: Cdp, point: Point, delta = { x: 48, y: 36 }) {
   await cdp.send("Input.dispatchTouchEvent", { type: "touchStart", touchPoints: [{ x: point.x, y: point.y, id: 1 }] });
@@ -115,13 +122,49 @@ async function targetCenter(page: Page, selector: string): Promise<Point> {
   return { x: box.x + box.width / 2, y: box.y + box.height / 2 };
 }
 
+async function openProductionTitleHost(page: Page, name: string, hostTestId: string) {
+  await page.evaluate(async ({ name, hostTestId }) => {
+    const nextFrames = async () => {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => resolve())));
+    };
+    await nextFrames();
+    if (name === "list-split") {
+      document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("tr[data-id]")?.click();
+      await nextFrames();
+    }
+    if (name === "floating-window") {
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 6 && !document.querySelector("[data-id]"); frame++) await nextFrames();
+      const taskCard = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-id]");
+      if (!taskCard) throw new Error("App fixture did not render its live board task before opening the production pop-out path");
+      taskCard.click();
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 6 && !document.querySelector("[data-testid='task-detail-pop-out']"); frame++) await nextFrames();
+      const popOut = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>("[data-testid='task-detail-pop-out']");
+      if (!popOut) throw new Error("App board detail did not expose its production Pop out control");
+      popOut.click();
+      await nextFrames();
+    }
+    let host: HTMLElement | null = null;
+    let detailContent: HTMLElement | null = null;
+    for (let frame = 0; frame < 6 && (!host || !detailContent); frame++) {
+      host = name === "floating-window"
+        ? document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-testid^='${hostTestId}']`)
+        : document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-testid='${hostTestId}']`);
+      detailContent = name === "floating-window"
+        ? host?.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".task-detail-content") ?? null
+        : document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".task-detail-content");
+      if (!host || !detailContent) await nextFrames();
+    }
+    if (!host || !detailContent) throw new Error(`${name} did not render its intended production host and TaskDetailContent (host=${Boolean(host)} content=${Boolean(detailContent)} body=${document.body.textContent?.slice(0, 500) ?? ""})`);
+  }, { name, hostTestId });
+}
+
 /*
 FNXC:TaskModalResize 2026-07-26-15:12:
 Browser CDP gestures are required because jsdom cannot resolve CSS hit targets. This fixture mounts
 both production resize paths and sends CSS-pixel touch input through Chromium so elementFromPoint,
 pointer capture, persistence, and header-drag isolation use the same browser input path.
 */
-describe.runIf(executablePath)("Task modal tablet touch resize browser regression", () => {
+describe("Task modal tablet touch resize browser regression", () => {
   let server: ViteDevServer; let browser: Browser; let baseUrl = "";
   beforeAll(async () => {
     server = await createServer({ root: process.cwd(), server: { host: "127.0.0.1", port: 0, watch: null }, logLevel: "error" });
@@ -510,6 +553,224 @@ describe.runIf(executablePath)("Task modal tablet touch resize browser regressio
     await page.close();
   }, 30_000);
 
+  /*
+  FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-17:54:
+  Chromium samples real TaskDetailModal and embedded TaskDetailContent after multiple animation
+  frames. Browser layout—not jsdom's fixed geometry—is the regression authority for a title whose
+  control used to change the same clamp geometry that decided whether the control existed.
+  */
+  /*
+  FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-19:01:
+  Each row enters the actual modal orchestration, board main panel, List split pane, right-dock
+  controller, or App task pop-out path. The floating row renders App, opens a live board task, and
+  activates its production Pop out control before sampling. Sample both desktop and constrained widths:
+  a title control must not change its own overflow eligibility after an operator expands or collapses.
+  */
+  it.each([
+    ["modal", "title-host-modal", "task-detail-title-modal", 1024],
+    ["main-panel", "title-host-main-panel", "task-detail-title-main-panel", 1024],
+    ["list-split", "title-host-list", "task-detail-title-list", 1024],
+    ["right-dock", "title-host-dock", "task-detail-title-dock", 1024],
+    ["floating-window", "floating-window-overlay-task-detail-", "task-detail-title-app-floating", 1024],
+    ["modal", "title-host-modal", "task-detail-title-modal", 720],
+    ["main-panel", "title-host-main-panel", "task-detail-title-main-panel", 720],
+    ["list-split", "title-host-list", "task-detail-title-list", 820],
+    ["right-dock", "title-host-dock", "task-detail-title-dock", 820],
+    ["floating-window", "floating-window-overlay-task-detail-", "task-detail-title-app-floating", 720],
+  ] as const)("keeps the %s production title host %s via %s stable at %dpx after one activation", async (name, hostTestId, surface, width) => {
+    const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: { width, height: 844 } });
+    page.on("pageerror", (message) => console.error(`[task-title-${name}] ${message.message ?? ""}\n${(message as { stack?: string }).stack ?? ""}`));
+    await page.goto(`${baseUrl}app/task-modal-touch-resize-e2e-fixture.html?surface=${surface}&reset=1${name === "floating-window" ? "&project=fixture" : ""}`);
+    const samples = await page.evaluate(async ({ hostTestId, name }) => {
+      const nextFrames = async () => {
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => resolve())));
+      };
+      await nextFrames();
+      if (name === "list-split") {
+        document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("tr[data-id='FN-TITLE-FLICKER']")?.click();
+        await nextFrames();
+      }
+      if (name === "floating-window") {
+        // The fixture hydrates App's production project/task caches, then awaits its React commit
+        // through animation frames rather than a wall-clock delay.
+        for (let frame = 0; frame < 6 && !document.querySelector("[data-id='FN-TITLE-FLICKER']"); frame++) await nextFrames();
+        const taskCard = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-id='FN-TITLE-FLICKER']");
+        if (!taskCard) throw new Error("App fixture did not render its live board task before opening the production pop-out path");
+        taskCard.click();
+        for (let frame = 0; frame < 6 && !document.querySelector("[data-testid='task-detail-pop-out']"); frame++) await nextFrames();
+        const popOut = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>("[data-testid='task-detail-pop-out']");
+        if (!popOut) throw new Error(`App board detail did not expose its production Pop out control; title:${document.querySelector("h2.detail-title")?.textContent ?? "missing"}`);
+        popOut.click();
+        await nextFrames();
+      }
+      const host = name === "floating-window"
+        ? document.querySelector(`[data-testid^='${hostTestId}']`)
+        : document.querySelector(`[data-testid='${hostTestId}']`);
+      const title = name === "floating-window"
+        ? host?.querySelector<HTMLHeadingElement>("h2.detail-title") ?? null
+        : document.querySelector<HTMLHeadingElement>("h2.detail-title");
+      const control = name === "floating-window"
+        ? host?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".detail-title-control") ?? null
+        : document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".detail-title-control");
+      const detailContent = title?.closest<HTMLElement>(".task-detail-content") ?? null;
+      if (!host || !title || !control || !detailContent) throw new Error(`${name} did not render its production title host, TaskDetailContent, and overflow control (host=${Boolean(host)} title=${Boolean(title)} content=${Boolean(detailContent)} control=${Boolean(control)} aria-hidden=${host?.getAttribute("aria-hidden")}): ${document.querySelector("[data-testid='list-split-detail-content']") ? "split-detail-without-title" : document.querySelector("[data-testid='list-view-body']") ? "list-without-split-detail" : "host-missing"}`);
+      const controlIdentity = control;
+      const sample = () => {
+        const liveTitle = name === "floating-window"
+          ? host.querySelector<HTMLHeadingElement>("h2.detail-title")
+          : document.querySelector<HTMLHeadingElement>("h2.detail-title");
+        const liveControl = name === "floating-window"
+          ? host.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".detail-title-control")
+          : document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".detail-title-control");
+        return {
+          collapsed: liveTitle?.classList.contains("detail-title--collapsed") ?? true,
+          expanded: liveControl?.getAttribute("aria-expanded") ?? null,
+          controls: document.querySelectorAll(".detail-title-control").length,
+          sameControl: liveControl === controlIdentity,
+          height: liveTitle?.getBoundingClientRect().height ?? 0,
+        };
+      };
+      control.click();
+      const expanded = [];
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 6; frame++) { await nextFrames(); expanded.push(sample()); }
+
+      // Resize the live production heading row, then yield native ResizeObserver delivery frames.
+      // This is intentionally not a fixed jsdom geometry stub: Chromium recomputes the real host's
+      // flex and clamp layout while the operator-owned expansion remains selected.
+      const headingRow = title.parentElement;
+      const originalInlineSize = headingRow?.style.inlineSize ?? "";
+      const widthBeforeResize = title.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+      if (headingRow) headingRow.style.inlineSize = "75%";
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event("resize"));
+      const expandedAfterResize = [];
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 6; frame++) { await nextFrames(); expandedAfterResize.push(sample()); }
+      const widthAfterResize = title.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+
+      (name === "floating-window"
+        ? host.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".detail-title-control")
+        : document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".detail-title-control"))?.click();
+      const collapsed = [];
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 6; frame++) { await nextFrames(); collapsed.push(sample()); }
+      if (headingRow) headingRow.style.inlineSize = originalInlineSize;
+      return { expanded, expandedAfterResize, collapsed, widthBeforeResize, widthAfterResize };
+    }, { hostTestId, name });
+    expect(samples.expanded.every((sample) => !sample.collapsed && sample.expanded === "true" && sample.controls === 1 && sample.sameControl)).toBe(true);
+    expect(new Set(samples.expanded.map((sample) => sample.height))).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(samples.widthAfterResize).toBeLessThan(samples.widthBeforeResize);
+    expect(samples.expandedAfterResize.every((sample) => !sample.collapsed && sample.expanded === "true" && sample.controls === 1 && sample.sameControl)).toBe(true);
+    expect(new Set(samples.expandedAfterResize.map((sample) => sample.height))).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(samples.collapsed.every((sample) => sample.collapsed && sample.expanded === "false" && sample.controls === 1 && sample.sameControl)).toBe(true);
+    expect(new Set(samples.collapsed.map((sample) => sample.height))).toHaveLength(1);
+    if (name === "modal" && (width === 1024 || width === 720)) {
+      await mkdir(fn8806Screenshots, { recursive: true });
+      await page.screenshot({
+        path: path.join(fn8806Screenshots, width === 1024 ? "task-title-stable-modal-desktop.png" : "task-title-stable-modal-narrow.png"),
+      });
+    }
+    await page.close();
+  }, 30_000);
+
+  /*
+  FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-19:39:
+  FN-8806 requires Chromium—not fixed jsdom dimensions—to prove the no-control fitting state, both
+  display fallbacks, and a real host-width threshold transition. Every production host and viewport
+  must keep the control absent when fitting, render exactly one accessible control when overflowing,
+  and update only eligibility when native ResizeObserver geometry crosses the clamp boundary.
+  */
+  const titleHostRows = [
+    ["modal", "title-host-modal", "task-detail-title-modal", 1024],
+    ["main-panel", "title-host-main-panel", "task-detail-title-main-panel", 1024],
+    ["list-split", "title-host-list", "task-detail-title-list", 1024],
+    ["right-dock", "title-host-dock", "task-detail-title-dock", 1024],
+    ["floating-window", "floating-window-overlay-task-detail-", "task-detail-title-app-floating", 1024],
+    ["modal", "title-host-modal", "task-detail-title-modal", 720],
+    ["main-panel", "title-host-main-panel", "task-detail-title-main-panel", 720],
+    ["list-split", "title-host-list", "task-detail-title-list", 820],
+    ["right-dock", "title-host-dock", "task-detail-title-dock", 820],
+    ["floating-window", "floating-window-overlay-task-detail-", "task-detail-title-app-floating", 720],
+  ] as const;
+
+  for (const [titleMode, expectedText, expectsControl] of [
+    ["fit", "Fitting browser title", false],
+    ["description", "A browser measured description fallback", true],
+    ["id", "FN-8806", false],
+  ] as const) {
+    it.each(titleHostRows)("renders %s host %s via %s at %dpx with title fallback state", async (name, hostTestId, surface, width) => {
+      const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: { width, height: 844 } });
+      page.on("pageerror", (message) => console.error(`[task-title-${name}-${titleMode}] ${message.message ?? ""}`));
+      await page.goto(`${baseUrl}app/task-modal-touch-resize-e2e-fixture.html?surface=${surface}&titleMode=${titleMode}&reset=1${name === "floating-window" ? "&project=fixture" : ""}`);
+      await openProductionTitleHost(page, name, hostTestId);
+      const state = await page.evaluate(({ name, hostTestId }) => {
+        const host = name === "floating-window"
+          ? document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-testid^='${hostTestId}']`)
+          : document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-testid='${hostTestId}']`);
+        const title = name === "floating-window"
+          ? host?.querySelector<HTMLHeadingElement>("h2.detail-title") ?? null
+          : document.querySelector<HTMLHeadingElement>("h2.detail-title");
+        const controls = name === "floating-window"
+          ? host?.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>(".detail-title-control") ?? []
+          : document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>(".detail-title-control");
+        return {
+          text: title?.textContent ?? "",
+          collapsed: title?.classList.contains("detail-title--collapsed") ?? false,
+          controls: controls.length,
+          ariaLabels: [...controls].map((control) => control.getAttribute("aria-label")),
+          expanded: [...controls].map((control) => control.getAttribute("aria-expanded")),
+        };
+      }, { name, hostTestId });
+      expect(state.text).toContain(expectedText);
+      expect(state.collapsed).toBe(true);
+      expect(state.controls).toBe(expectsControl ? 1 : 0);
+      expect(state.ariaLabels).toEqual(expectsControl ? ["Expand task title"] : []);
+      expect(state.expanded).toEqual(expectsControl ? ["false"] : []);
+      await page.close();
+    }, 30_000);
+  }
+
+  it.each(titleHostRows)("crosses the clamp threshold in real Chromium for %s host %s via %s at %dpx", async (name, hostTestId, surface, width) => {
+    const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: { width, height: 844 } });
+    await page.goto(`${baseUrl}app/task-modal-touch-resize-e2e-fixture.html?surface=${surface}&titleMode=threshold&reset=1${name === "floating-window" ? "&project=fixture" : ""}`);
+    await openProductionTitleHost(page, name, hostTestId);
+    const state = await page.evaluate(async ({ name, hostTestId }) => {
+      const nextFrames = async () => {
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => resolve())));
+      };
+      const host = name === "floating-window"
+        ? document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-testid^='${hostTestId}']`)
+        : document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[data-testid='${hostTestId}']`);
+      const title = name === "floating-window"
+        ? host?.querySelector<HTMLHeadingElement>("h2.detail-title")
+        : document.querySelector<HTMLHeadingElement>("h2.detail-title");
+      const headingRow = title?.parentElement as HTMLElement | null;
+      if (!title || !headingRow) throw new Error(`${name} did not retain its production title heading row`);
+      const sample = () => ({
+        width: title.getBoundingClientRect().width,
+        controls: name === "floating-window"
+          ? host?.querySelectorAll(".detail-title-control").length ?? 0
+          : document.querySelectorAll(".detail-title-control").length,
+        collapsed: title.classList.contains("detail-title--collapsed"),
+      });
+      headingRow.style.inlineSize = "100rem";
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event("resize"));
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 6; frame++) await nextFrames();
+      const fitting = sample();
+      headingRow.style.inlineSize = "12rem";
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event("resize"));
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 6; frame++) await nextFrames();
+      const overflowing = sample();
+      headingRow.style.inlineSize = "100rem";
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event("resize"));
+      for (let frame = 0; frame < 6; frame++) await nextFrames();
+      const fittingAgain = sample();
+      return { fitting, overflowing, fittingAgain };
+    }, { name, hostTestId });
+    expect(state.fitting.width).toBeGreaterThan(state.overflowing.width);
+    expect(state.fitting).toEqual({ width: state.fitting.width, controls: 0, collapsed: true });
+    expect(state.overflowing).toEqual({ width: state.overflowing.width, controls: 1, collapsed: true });
+    expect(state.fittingAgain).toEqual({ width: state.fittingAgain.width, controls: 0, collapsed: true });
+    await page.close();
+  }, 30_000);
+
   it("keeps the true-phone sheet free of active resize targets", async () => {
     const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: { width: 390, height: 844 } });
     const cdp = await page.context().newCDPSession(page);