diff --git a/.changeset/chat-tag-filter-padding.md b/.changeset/chat-tag-filter-padding.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5f388fbad
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Give the chat sidebar tag filter proper inner padding so "All tags" is not cramped.
+category: fix
+dev: Updates `.chat-tag-filter select` padding in ChatView.css to `var(--space-sm) var(--space-md)`; pinned by a stylesheet-source regression test.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/ChatView.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/ChatView.css
index 7c60c18012..a2ed978016 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/ChatView.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/ChatView.css
@@ -2486,9 +2486,15 @@ Thinking-section text uses the defined muted text token across all themes. The m
   border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color-warning) 55%, transparent);
 }
 
-/* FNXC:ChatTags 2026-08-05-10:55: shared ChatView hosts expose Direct-only tag filters and compact chips without introducing a second sidebar layout. */
+/*
+FNXC:ChatTags 2026-08-05-10:55:
+Shared ChatView hosts expose Direct-only tag filters and compact chips without introducing a second sidebar layout.
+
+FNXC:ChatTags 2026-08-23-15:51:
+The tag filter select must use the sibling sidebar search input's comfortable token-based inner padding so "All tags" is not flush against its border across desktop, narrow, and mobile hosts.
+*/
 .chat-tag-filter { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-xs); color: var(--text-muted); }
-.chat-tag-filter select { flex: 1; min-width: 0; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius-md); background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); padding: var(--space-xs); }
+.chat-tag-filter select { flex: 1; min-width: 0; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius-md); background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); padding: var(--space-sm) var(--space-md); }
 .chat-session-tags { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var(--space-xs); overflow: hidden; }
 .chat-session-tag { max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 var(--space-xs); border-radius: var(--radius-sm); background: var(--surface-2); color: var(--text-muted); font-size: var(--font-size-xs); }
 /* FNXC:ChatTags 2026-08-05-12:15: direct-conversation tag controls keep assignment, rename, and deletion in the existing context menu so shared Chat hosts do not grow another sidebar action row. */
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/ChatView.tag-filter-padding.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/ChatView.tag-filter-padding.test.ts
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@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+/*
+FNXC:ChatTags 2026-08-23-15:51:
+The shared Direct-scope tag filter must preserve the sidebar search input's comfortable token-based padding in every ChatView host. jsdom does not compute cascaded external stylesheet padding, so this stylesheet-source assertion is the enforceable regression seam for the cramped "All tags" control.
+*/
+const chatViewCss = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "../ChatView.css"), "utf8");
+
+function uncomment(css: string): string {
+  return css.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, "");
+}
+
+function collectTagFilterBlocks(css: string): Array<{ selector: string; block: string }> {
+  const blocks: Array<{ selector: string; block: string }> = [];
+  const rulePattern = /([^{}]+)\{([^{}]*)\}/g;
+
+  for (const match of uncomment(css).matchAll(rulePattern)) {
+    const selector = match[1].trim();
+    if (selector.split(",").some((part) => part.trim().includes(".chat-tag-filter select"))) {
+      blocks.push({ selector, block: match[2] });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return blocks;
+}
+
+function paddingDeclaration(block: string): string | undefined {
+  return block.match(/(?:^|;)\s*padding\s*:\s*([^;]+)/)?.[1]?.trim();
+}
+
+describe("ChatView tag filter padding", () => {
+  it("keeps the All tags select aligned with the sidebar search input across stylesheet rules", () => {
+    const blocks = collectTagFilterBlocks(chatViewCss);
+    expect(blocks.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+
+    const base = blocks.find(({ selector }) => selector === ".chat-tag-filter select");
+    expect(base, "base .chat-tag-filter select rule must exist").toBeDefined();
+
+    const basePadding = paddingDeclaration(base!.block);
+    expect(basePadding).toContain("var(--space-sm)");
+    expect(basePadding).toContain("var(--space-md)");
+
+    for (const { selector, block } of blocks) {
+      const padding = paddingDeclaration(block);
+      if (!padding) continue;
+
+      expect(padding, `tag filter rule "${selector}" must not restore cramped padding`).not.toMatch(
+        /^var\(--space-xs\)$/,
+      );
+      expect(padding, `tag filter rule "${selector}" must use design tokens, not raw dimensions or colors`).not.toMatch(
+        /(?:\d(?:\.\d+)?(?:px|rem)|#[0-9a-f]{3,8})/i,
+      );
+      expect(padding, `tag filter rule "${selector}" must use only --space-* tokens`).toMatch(
+        /^var\(--space-[a-z0-9-]+\)(?:\s+var\(--space-[a-z0-9-]+\)){0,3}$/,
+      );
+    }
+  });
+});