diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/Board.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/Board.tsx
index 9a2211a94c..4502759b59 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/Board.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/Board.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ import { sortTasksForDisplayColumn } from "./taskSorting";
 import { Column } from "./Column";
 import "./Lane.css";
 import type { ToastType } from "../hooks/useToast";
-import { useState, useMemo, useEffect, useCallback, useRef, type KeyboardEvent, type MouseEvent } from "react";
+import { useState, useMemo, useEffect, useCallback, useRef } from "react";
 import { Pencil, Plus } from "lucide-react";
 import { fetchWorkflowSteps, fetchBoardWorkflows, promoteTask, type ModelInfo, type BoardWorkflowDefinition, type BoardWorkflowsPayload } from "../api";
 import { useBlockerFanout } from "../hooks/useBlockerFanout";
 import { MOBILE_MEDIA_QUERY } from "../hooks/useViewportMode";
 import { recordResumeEvent } from "../utils/resumeInstrumentation";
-import { getScopedItem, setScopedItem } from "../utils/projectStorage";
 import { subscribeSse } from "../sse-bus";
 import { getBoardCanDropTaskRejection } from "./boardCanDropTask";
 
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ function areWorkflowNameLookupsEqual(previous: ReadonlyMap<string, string>, next
 
 export function Board({ tasks, projectId, maxConcurrent, onMoveTask, onPauseTask, onOpenDetail, onOpenGroupModal, addToast, onQuickCreate, onNewTask, autoMerge, onToggleAutoMerge, globalPaused, onUpdateTask, onRetryTask, onArchiveTask, onUnarchiveTask, onDeleteTask, onArchiveAllDone, onLoadArchivedTasks, searchQuery = "", availableModels, onPlanningMode, onSubtaskBreakdown, onOpenDetailWithTab, favoriteProviders, favoriteModels, onToggleFavorite, onToggleModelFavorite, taskStuckTimeoutMs, onOpenMission, staleHighFanoutBlockerAgeThresholdMs, lastFetchTimeMs, prAuthAvailable, onOpenWorkflowEditor, onCreateWorkflow }: BoardProps) {
   const [archivedCollapsed, setArchivedCollapsed] = useState(true);
-  const [workflowToolbarCollapsed, setWorkflowToolbarCollapsed] = useState<boolean>(() => getScopedItem("kb-dashboard-board-workflow-collapsed", projectId) === "1");
   const archivedLoadedRef = useRef(false);
   const [workflowStepNameLookup, setWorkflowStepNameLookup] = useState<ReadonlyMap<string, string>>(EMPTY_WORKFLOW_STEP_NAME_LOOKUP);
   const boardRef = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
@@ -111,29 +109,6 @@ export function Board({ tasks, projectId, maxConcurrent, onMoveTask, onPauseTask
     archived: [],
   });
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
-      setScopedItem("kb-dashboard-board-workflow-collapsed", workflowToolbarCollapsed ? "1" : "0", projectId);
-    }
-  }, [workflowToolbarCollapsed, projectId]);
-
-  const toggleWorkflowToolbarCollapsed = useCallback(() => {
-    setWorkflowToolbarCollapsed((collapsed) => !collapsed);
-  }, []);
-
-  const handleWorkflowToolbarKeyDown = useCallback((event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
-    if (event.key === "Enter" || event.key === " ") {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      toggleWorkflowToolbarCollapsed();
-    }
-  }, [toggleWorkflowToolbarCollapsed]);
-
-  const handleExpandedWorkflowToolbarClick = useCallback((event: MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-    if (event.target === event.currentTarget) {
-      toggleWorkflowToolbarCollapsed();
-    }
-  }, [toggleWorkflowToolbarCollapsed]);
-
   useEffect(() => {
     recordResumeEvent({
       view: "Board",
@@ -490,71 +465,45 @@ export function Board({ tasks, projectId, maxConcurrent, onMoveTask, onPauseTask
     return (
       <div className="board-workflow-view">
         {(workflowOptions.length > 1 || onCreateWorkflow || onOpenWorkflowEditor) && (
-          <div
-            className="board-workflow-toolbar"
-            data-collapsed={workflowToolbarCollapsed || undefined}
-            onClick={workflowToolbarCollapsed ? undefined : handleExpandedWorkflowToolbarClick}
-            onKeyDown={workflowToolbarCollapsed ? undefined : handleWorkflowToolbarKeyDown}
-            tabIndex={workflowToolbarCollapsed ? undefined : 0}
-            aria-expanded={workflowToolbarCollapsed ? undefined : true}
-            aria-label={workflowToolbarCollapsed ? undefined : "Collapse workflow toolbar"}
-            data-testid={workflowToolbarCollapsed ? undefined : "board-workflow-collapse-toggle"}
-          >
-            {workflowToolbarCollapsed ? (
-              <span
-                className="board-workflow-collapsed-label"
-                role="button"
-                tabIndex={0}
-                onClick={toggleWorkflowToolbarCollapsed}
-                onKeyDown={handleWorkflowToolbarKeyDown}
-                aria-expanded={false}
-                aria-label="Expand workflow toolbar"
-                data-testid="board-workflow-collapse-toggle"
+          <div className="board-workflow-toolbar">
+            {workflowOptions.length > 1 && (
+              <label className="list-workflow-selector board-workflow-selector">
+                <span>Workflow</span>
+                <select
+                  className="select list-workflow-select"
+                  value={selectedWorkflow.id}
+                  onChange={(event) => setSelectedWorkflowId(event.target.value)}
+                  aria-label="Select workflow"
+                >
+                  {workflowOptions.map((workflow) => (
+                    <option key={workflow.id} value={workflow.id}>
+                      {workflow.name}
+                    </option>
+                  ))}
+                </select>
+              </label>
+            )}
+            {onOpenWorkflowEditor && (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="btn btn-icon btn-sm board-workflow-edit-btn"
+                onClick={() => onOpenWorkflowEditor(selectedWorkflow.id)}
+                title="Edit workflows"
+                aria-label="Edit workflows"
               >
-                Workflow
-              </span>
-            ) : (
-              <>
-                {workflowOptions.length > 1 && (
-                  <label className="list-workflow-selector board-workflow-selector">
-                    <span>Workflow</span>
-                    <select
-                      className="select list-workflow-select"
-                      value={selectedWorkflow.id}
-                      onChange={(event) => setSelectedWorkflowId(event.target.value)}
-                      aria-label="Select workflow"
-                    >
-                      {workflowOptions.map((workflow) => (
-                        <option key={workflow.id} value={workflow.id}>
-                          {workflow.name}
-                        </option>
-                      ))}
-                    </select>
-                  </label>
-                )}
-                {onOpenWorkflowEditor && (
-                  <button
-                    type="button"
-                    className="btn btn-icon btn-sm board-workflow-edit-btn"
-                    onClick={() => onOpenWorkflowEditor(selectedWorkflow.id)}
-                    title="Edit workflows"
-                    aria-label="Edit workflows"
-                  >
-                    <Pencil size={15} />
-                  </button>
-                )}
-                {onCreateWorkflow && (
-                  <button
-                    type="button"
-                    className="btn btn-icon btn-sm board-workflow-create-btn"
-                    onClick={onCreateWorkflow}
-                    title="New workflow"
-                    aria-label="New workflow"
-                  >
-                    <Plus size={15} />
-                  </button>
-                )}
-              </>
+                <Pencil size={15} />
+              </button>
+            )}
+            {onCreateWorkflow && (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="btn btn-icon btn-sm board-workflow-create-btn"
+                onClick={onCreateWorkflow}
+                title="New workflow"
+                aria-label="New workflow"
+              >
+                <Plus size={15} />
+              </button>
             )}
           </div>
         )}
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css
index 240bf16f36..5cd16313ea 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css
@@ -36,34 +36,6 @@
   background: var(--surface);
 }
 
-.board-workflow-toolbar[data-collapsed] {
-  justify-content: flex-start;
-  gap: var(--space-sm);
-  padding: var(--space-xs) var(--space-md);
-}
-
-.board-workflow-toolbar:not([data-collapsed]),
-.board-workflow-collapsed-label {
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-
-.board-workflow-toolbar:focus-visible,
-.board-workflow-collapsed-label:focus-visible {
-  outline: none;
-  box-shadow: var(--focus-ring-strong);
-}
-
-.board-workflow-collapsed-label {
-  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
-  color: var(--text-muted);
-  font-size: 0.8rem;
-}
-
-.board-workflow-collapsed-label:hover,
-.board-workflow-collapsed-label:focus-visible {
-  color: var(--text);
-}
-
 .board-workflow-selector {
   margin-left: auto;
 }
@@ -199,11 +171,3 @@
     scroll-snap-type: x proximity;
   }
 }
-
-@media (max-width: 768px) {
-  .board-workflow-toolbar[data-collapsed] {
-    flex-direction: row;
-    flex-wrap: nowrap;
-    align-items: center;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Board.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Board.test.tsx
index d11cf98e8f..172a44b499 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Board.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/Board.test.tsx
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ vi.mock("../Lane", () => ({
   ),
 }));
 
-const BOARD_WORKFLOW_COLLAPSED_KEY = "kb-dashboard-board-workflow-collapsed";
-
 const DEFAULT_WORKFLOW = {
   id: "builtin:coding",
   name: "Coding (built-in)",
@@ -1047,173 +1045,28 @@ describe("Board", () => {
       expect(onOpenWorkflowEditor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
-    describe("workflow toolbar collapsible", () => {
-      function renderWorkflowToolbarBoard() {
-        const onCreateWorkflow = vi.fn();
-        const onOpenWorkflowEditor = vi.fn();
-        enableFlag(
-          { "FN-1": "builtin:coding", "FN-2": "wf-custom" },
-          [DEFAULT_WORKFLOW, CUSTOM_WORKFLOW],
-        );
-        renderBoard({
-          tasks: [mkTask({ id: "FN-1" }), mkTask({ id: "FN-2", column: "intake" })],
-          onCreateWorkflow,
-          onOpenWorkflowEditor,
-        });
-        return { onCreateWorkflow, onOpenWorkflowEditor };
-      }
-
-      function expectNoEmptyWorkflowToolbarIconButtons() {
-        const toolbar = document.querySelector(".board-workflow-toolbar");
-        expect(toolbar).not.toBeNull();
-        const emptyIconButtons = Array.from(toolbar?.querySelectorAll("button.btn-icon") ?? [])
-          .filter((button) => !button.querySelector("svg") && button.textContent?.trim() === "");
-        expect(emptyIconButtons).toHaveLength(0);
-        expect(toolbar?.querySelector("button.board-workflow-collapse-toggle")).toBeNull();
-      }
-
-      it("defaults to expanded (not collapsed)", async () => {
-        renderWorkflowToolbarBoard();
-
-        expect(await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle").getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
+    it("renders workflow toolbar actions without a collapse affordance", async () => {
+      const onCreateWorkflow = vi.fn();
+      const onOpenWorkflowEditor = vi.fn();
+      enableFlag(
+        { "FN-1": "builtin:coding", "FN-2": "wf-custom" },
+        [DEFAULT_WORKFLOW, CUSTOM_WORKFLOW],
+      );
+      renderBoard({
+        tasks: [mkTask({ id: "FN-1" }), mkTask({ id: "FN-2", column: "intake" })],
+        onCreateWorkflow,
+        onOpenWorkflowEditor,
       });
 
-      it("does not render a chevron icon in the workflow toolbar collapse toggle", async () => {
-        renderWorkflowToolbarBoard();
-
-        await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow");
-        const toolbar = document.querySelector(".board-workflow-toolbar");
-        expect(toolbar?.querySelector(".lucide-chevron-left, .lucide-chevron-right")).toBeNull();
-      });
-
-      it("does not render an empty btn-icon button in the workflow toolbar", async () => {
-        renderWorkflowToolbarBoard();
-
-        await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow");
-        expectNoEmptyWorkflowToolbarIconButtons();
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-        expect(screen.getByText("Workflow")).toBeDefined();
-        expectNoEmptyWorkflowToolbarIconButtons();
-      });
-
-      it("clicking the toggle collapses the toolbar", async () => {
-        renderWorkflowToolbarBoard();
-        await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow");
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-
-        expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle").getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
-        expect(screen.getByText("Workflow")).toBeDefined();
-      });
-
-      it("clicking the toggle again expands the toolbar", async () => {
-        renderWorkflowToolbarBoard();
-        await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow");
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-        expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeNull();
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-
-        expect(screen.getByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle").getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
-      });
-
-      it("toggles the workflow toolbar from the keyboard", async () => {
-        renderWorkflowToolbarBoard();
-        await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow");
-
-        fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"), { key: "Enter" });
-        expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle").getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
-
-        fireEvent.keyDown(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"), { key: " " });
-        expect(screen.getByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle").getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
-      });
-
-      it("persists collapsed state to localStorage", async () => {
-        renderWorkflowToolbarBoard();
-        await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow");
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-        expect(window.localStorage.getItem(BOARD_WORKFLOW_COLLAPSED_KEY)).toBe("1");
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-        expect(window.localStorage.getItem(BOARD_WORKFLOW_COLLAPSED_KEY)).toBe("0");
-      });
-
-      it("reads collapsed state from localStorage on mount", async () => {
-        window.localStorage.setItem(BOARD_WORKFLOW_COLLAPSED_KEY, "1");
-
-        renderWorkflowToolbarBoard();
-        await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle")).toBeDefined());
-
-        expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle").getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
-        expect(screen.getByText("Workflow")).toBeDefined();
-      });
-
-      it("collapses and expands a single-workflow toolbar with action callbacks", async () => {
-        const onCreateWorkflow = vi.fn();
-        const onOpenWorkflowEditor = vi.fn();
-        enableFlag({ "FN-1": "builtin:coding" }, [DEFAULT_WORKFLOW]);
-        renderBoard({
-          tasks: [mkTask({ id: "FN-1", column: "triage" })],
-          onCreateWorkflow,
-          onOpenWorkflowEditor,
-        });
-
-        await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("column-triage")).toBeDefined());
-        expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeDefined();
-        expectNoEmptyWorkflowToolbarIconButtons();
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle").getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
-        expectNoEmptyWorkflowToolbarIconButtons();
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeDefined();
-      });
-
-      it("collapses and expands a multi-workflow toolbar without action callbacks", async () => {
-        enableFlag(
-          { "FN-1": "builtin:coding", "FN-2": "wf-custom" },
-          [DEFAULT_WORKFLOW, CUSTOM_WORKFLOW],
-        );
-        renderBoard({
-          tasks: [mkTask({ id: "FN-1" }), mkTask({ id: "FN-2", column: "intake" })],
-          onCreateWorkflow: undefined,
-          onOpenWorkflowEditor: undefined,
-        });
-
-        expect(await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeDefined();
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeNull();
-        expectNoEmptyWorkflowToolbarIconButtons();
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-        expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeNull();
-        expect(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle").getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
-
-        fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle"));
-        expect(screen.getByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeDefined();
-      });
+      expect(await screen.findByLabelText("Select workflow")).toBeDefined();
+      expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New workflow" })).toBeDefined();
+      expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit workflows" })).toBeDefined();
+      const toolbar = document.querySelector(".board-workflow-toolbar");
+      expect(toolbar).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(toolbar?.hasAttribute("data-collapsed")).toBe(false);
+      expect(toolbar?.querySelector(".board-workflow-collapse-toggle")).toBeNull();
+      expect(toolbar?.querySelector(".board-workflow-collapsed-label")).toBeNull();
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId("board-workflow-collapse-toggle")).toBeNull();
     });
 
     it("renders one selected workflow at a time and switches workflows from the dropdown", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/utils/__tests__/projectStorage.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/utils/__tests__/projectStorage.test.ts
index efb370805f..aef6e5fa2e 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/utils/__tests__/projectStorage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/utils/__tests__/projectStorage.test.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ describe("projectStorage", () => {
         "kb-dashboard-list-selected-task",
         "kb-dashboard-list-sidebar-width",
         "kb-dashboard-mailbox-sidebar-width",
-        "kb-dashboard-board-workflow-collapsed",
         "kb-quick-entry-text",
         "kb-inline-create-text",
         "fn-agent-view",
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ describe("projectStorage", () => {
         "fusion-plugin-dependency-graph:positions",
       ]),
     );
-    expect(PROJECT_STORAGE_KEYS).toHaveLength(26);
+    expect(PROJECT_STORAGE_KEYS).toHaveLength(25);
   });
 
   it("stores branch filter values as scoped strings per project", () => {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/utils/projectStorage.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/utils/projectStorage.ts
index a7d6455598..a7418c9a6d 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/utils/projectStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/utils/projectStorage.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export const PROJECT_STORAGE_KEYS: string[] = [
   "kb-dashboard-list-selected-task",
   "kb-dashboard-list-sidebar-width",
   "kb-dashboard-mailbox-sidebar-width",
-  "kb-dashboard-board-workflow-collapsed",
   "kb-quick-entry-text",
   "kb-inline-create-text",
   "fn-agent-view",