diff --git a/apps/web/src/decision-view-control.tsx b/apps/web/src/decision-view-control.tsx
index ae1260a50..2ddad7c7c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/decision-view-control.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/decision-view-control.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function DecisionViewControl(
 				aria-current={view === "plan" ? "page" : undefined}
 				aria-label={view === "plan" ? undefined : documentActivityLabel(documentActivity)}
 				aria-pressed={view === "plan"}
-				className={`btn btn-sm relative transition-[background-color,box-shadow,color] ${
+				className={`btn btn-sm gap-1.5 transition-[background-color,box-shadow,color] ${
 					view === "plan"
 						? "bg-ground font-medium text-gray-800"
 						: "text-text-tertiary hover:bg-hover"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export function DecisionViewControl(
 				type="button"
 			>
 				Document
-				{view !== "plan" && <DocumentActivityDot activity={documentActivity} placement="corner" />}
+				{view !== "plan" && <DocumentActivityDot activity={documentActivity} />}
 			</button>
 			<button
 				aria-current={view === "decisions" ? "page" : undefined}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/document-activity.test.ts b/apps/web/src/document-activity.test.ts
index 037040fa7..032171163 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/document-activity.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/document-activity.test.ts
@@ -64,12 +64,8 @@ test("labels name the activity for assistive technology", () => {
 	expect(documentActivityLabel(undefined)).toBe("Document");
 });
 
-test("the writing pulse only runs when motion is allowed", () => {
+test("the document mark stays still while the Planner writes", () => {
 	let css = readFileSync(join(import.meta.dir, "theme.css"), "utf8");
-	let rule = /\.document-activity-dot\[data-document-activity="writing"\]\s*\{[^}]*animation:/;
-	let allowed = css.match(
-		/@media \(prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference\) \{\s*\.document-activity-dot[^]*?\n\}/,
-	);
-	expect(allowed?.[0]).toMatch(rule);
-	expect(css.replace(allowed![0], "")).not.toMatch(rule);
+	expect(css).not.toMatch(/\[data-document-activity[^{]*\{[^}]*animation:/);
+	expect(css).not.toMatch(/\.activity-dot[^{]*\{[^}]*animation:/);
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/document-activity.tsx b/apps/web/src/document-activity.tsx
index bc3979596..d9798133a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/document-activity.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/document-activity.tsx
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ export function documentActivityLabel(activity: DocumentActivity): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * A quiet petrol mark: a breathing ring while the Planner writes, a filled dot
- * once changes wait. `corner` sits in the button's padding so nothing shifts.
+ * A solid petrol dot, the same mark as Chat's unread badge, while the Planner writes or once
+ * changes wait. `inline` follows a label; `corner` sits on an icon, knocked out of its surface.
  */
 export function DocumentActivityDot(
 	{ activity, placement = "inline" }: {
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ export function DocumentActivityDot(
 	return (
 		<span
 			aria-hidden="true"
-			className={`document-activity-dot shrink-0 rounded-full ${
-				activity === "writing" ? "size-2 border-2 border-brand" : "size-1.5 bg-brand"
-			} ${placement === "corner" ? "absolute right-0 top-1" : "ml-1"}`}
+			className={`activity-dot ${placement === "corner" ? "activity-badge" : ""}`}
 			data-document-activity={activity}
 		/>
 	);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/icon-assets.test.ts b/apps/web/src/icon-assets.test.ts
index 050c5125f..1afc56a64 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/icon-assets.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/icon-assets.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test("the sidebar owns the panel-close asset and the workspace uses line icons",
 	expect(sidebar).toContain("assets/icons/panel-close.svg");
 	expect(workspace).not.toContain("assets/icons/panel-close.svg");
 	expect(workspace).toContain("ExpandIcon");
-	expect(workspace).toContain("CollapseIcon");
+	expect(workspace).toContain("MessageIcon");
 	expect(existsSync(join(root, "assets/figma/navigation/collapse.svg"))).toBe(false);
 	expect(existsSync(join(root, "assets/icons/chat-close.svg"))).toBe(false);
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/phone-workspace.css b/apps/web/src/phone-workspace.css
index 6c3586d83..dd37122b3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/phone-workspace.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/phone-workspace.css
@@ -504,15 +504,19 @@
 	left: calc(100% - var(--spacing) * 2);
 }
 
-.phone-tab-dot {
+/* The phone's Chat and Document marks: the shared activity badge, placed for a 24px glyph. */
+.phone-tab-dot,
+.phone-tab-icon > .activity-badge {
 	position: absolute;
 	top: 0;
 	right: calc(var(--spacing) * -0.5);
 	width: calc(var(--spacing) * 2);
 	height: calc(var(--spacing) * 2);
-	border: 2px solid var(--color-page);
 	border-radius: var(--radius-full);
 	background: var(--color-brand);
+	outline-style: solid;
+	outline-width: calc(var(--spacing) / 2);
+	outline-color: var(--color-page);
 }
 
 /* A single circular control at the end of the bar (`phoneAction`); slices add its contents. */
diff --git a/apps/web/src/room-workspace.tsx b/apps/web/src/room-workspace.tsx
index 8f2a71ab9..796d62b9a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/room-workspace.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/room-workspace.tsx
@@ -1613,6 +1613,7 @@ export function RoomWorkspace(
 					title={
 						<DocumentTitle
 							{...titleProps}
+							icon
 							path={zoomChild}
 						/>
 					}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/theme.css b/apps/web/src/theme.css
index cb6835bf9..754dbc082 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/theme.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/theme.css
@@ -763,6 +763,24 @@ body {
 	align-items: center;
 }
 
+/* After the Chat toggle's rule, the project sits as far in as the toggle's glyph sits from the edge. */
+.workspace-surface-toggle-slot + .document-title-slot {
+	padding-inline-start: var(--control-padding-inline);
+}
+
+/* Both bars read at one size: the views' control text. */
+.document-title-bar
+	:is(.document-project-prefix, .document-project-separator, .document-title-crumb, .title-control) {
+	font-size: var(--text-sm);
+	line-height: var(--text-sm--line-height);
+}
+
+/* The repository glyph sits as far from the project as the Chat toggle's glyph from its label. */
+.document-title-bar .document-title > [data-nucleo-icon] {
+	margin-inline-end: calc(var(--spacing) / 2);
+	color: var(--color-text-tertiary);
+}
+
 .document-title-trailing {
 	display: flex;
 	align-self: stretch;
@@ -996,6 +1014,37 @@ body {
 	}
 }
 
+/* Unread and new-change marks: one solid petrol dot, still so it never competes with reading. */
+.activity-dot {
+	display: block;
+	flex: none;
+	width: calc(var(--spacing) * 2);
+	height: calc(var(--spacing) * 2);
+	border-radius: var(--radius-full);
+	background: var(--color-brand);
+}
+
+/* On an icon's corner, a ring in the surface colour cuts the dot out of the glyph beneath. */
+.activity-badge {
+	position: absolute;
+	top: calc(var(--spacing) * -0.75);
+	right: calc(var(--spacing) * -0.75);
+	outline-style: solid;
+	outline-width: calc(var(--spacing) / 2);
+	outline-color: var(--activity-badge-ring, var(--color-page));
+}
+
+/* The ring follows the ghost button's own fill so the knockout never shows as a halo. */
+@media (hover: hover) {
+	.btn-ghost:hover:not(:disabled) {
+		--activity-badge-ring: var(--color-gray-200);
+	}
+}
+
+.btn-ghost:active:not(:disabled) {
+	--activity-badge-ring: var(--color-gray-300);
+}
+
 /* On the ground a white composer is the brightest thing in the column. */
 .workspace-root .chat-composer .field {
 	background: var(--color-inset);
@@ -2057,11 +2106,6 @@ button.question-add:disabled {
 	border-radius: var(--radius-full);
 }
 
-@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
-	.document-activity-dot[data-document-activity="writing"] {
-		animation: chat-work-dot calc(var(--duration-base) * 8) var(--motion-move) infinite;
-	}
-}
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
 	.chat-work-lattice > span,
 	.chat-work-headline-motion,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/workspace.tsx b/apps/web/src/workspace.tsx
index 8c8db5b9e..716ded4c1 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/workspace.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/workspace.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useEffect, useId, useLayoutEffect, useReducer, useRef, useState } from
 import { Count } from "@chopin/editor/count";
 import { ContentSwapLayer } from "@chopin/editor/content-swap";
 import { useTransitionPresence } from "@chopin/editor/transition-presence";
-import { ArrowLeftIcon, ChevronIcon, CollapseIcon, ExpandIcon } from "@chopin/icons";
+import { ArrowLeftIcon, ChevronIcon, ExpandIcon, MessageIcon } from "@chopin/icons";
 import { usePhone } from "@chopin/editor/pointer";
 
 import {
@@ -204,22 +204,20 @@ export function SurfaceToggle(
 			type="button"
 		>
 			<span
-				className={`${feedback} grid size-(--icon-size-default)`}
+				className={`${feedback} relative grid size-(--icon-size-default)`}
 				data-motion-feedback="icon"
 				key={expanded ? "restore" : "expand"}
 			>
-				{expanded ? <CollapseIcon size={14} /> : <ExpandIcon size={14} />}
+				{expanded ? <MessageIcon size={14} /> : <ExpandIcon size={14} />}
+				{expanded && status && (
+					<span
+						aria-hidden="true"
+						className={`activity-dot activity-badge ${unread ? feedback : ""}`}
+						data-motion-feedback={unread ? "count" : undefined}
+					/>
+				)}
 			</span>
 			{expanded && <span>Chat</span>}
-			{expanded && status && (
-				<span
-					aria-hidden="true"
-					className={`absolute right-1 top-1 size-1.5 rounded-full bg-brand ${
-						unread ? feedback : ""
-					}`}
-					data-motion-feedback={unread ? "count" : undefined}
-				/>
-			)}
 		</button>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/e2e/document-activity.e2e.ts b/e2e/document-activity.e2e.ts
index c5ed8ed4b..a5c736c5f 100644
--- a/e2e/document-activity.e2e.ts
+++ b/e2e/document-activity.e2e.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ for (
 
 		await expect(documentTab).toHaveAccessibleName("Document, new changes");
 		await expect(documentTab.locator("[data-document-activity='unseen']")).toBeVisible();
+		if (name === "desktop") {
+			// A still dot after the label, inside the tab and centred on its text.
+			let dot = documentTab.locator("[data-document-activity='unseen']");
+			await expect(dot).toHaveCSS("animation-name", "none");
+			let mark = (await dot.boundingBox())!;
+			let tab = (await documentTab.boundingBox())!;
+			expect(mark.x + mark.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(tab.x + tab.width);
+			expect(Math.abs(mark.y + mark.height / 2 - (tab.y + tab.height / 2))).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+		}
 
 		await documentTab.click();
 		await expect(content(page)).toContainText("Revised paragraph.");
diff --git a/e2e/responsive-activity.e2e.ts b/e2e/responsive-activity.e2e.ts
index 406d04851..90aad2973 100644
--- a/e2e/responsive-activity.e2e.ts
+++ b/e2e/responsive-activity.e2e.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ test("a closed desktop Chat tab keeps unread activity visible", async ({ join, p
 	let toggle = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Show chat, 1 unread" });
 	await expect(toggle).toBeVisible();
 	await expect(toggle.locator('span[aria-hidden="true"]')).toHaveCount(1);
+	// The badge sits on the Chat glyph's corner, clear of the label.
+	let badge = (await toggle.locator('span[aria-hidden="true"]').boundingBox())!;
+	let label = (await toggle.getByText("Chat", { exact: true }).boundingBox())!;
+	expect(badge.x + badge.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(label.x);
 	let count = toggle.locator('[data-motion-feedback="count"]');
 	expect(
 		await count.evaluate(element =>
diff --git a/scripts/design-contract/exceptions/dynamic-web.json b/scripts/design-contract/exceptions/dynamic-web.json
index f8c552d4a..1c07e47ba 100644
--- a/scripts/design-contract/exceptions/dynamic-web.json
+++ b/scripts/design-contract/exceptions/dynamic-web.json
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 				1
 			]
 		],
-		"sourceHash": "f6dc937a28e2d6641497848821c5fae44a597375191207598dfba0fa58fea5ee"
+		"sourceHash": "6dcdd2c5d6243bdc297c311742fc47e8e5da433d201b6e1b728c42c714d9a9c4"
 	},
 	{
 		"file": "apps/web/src/navigation-dialog.tsx",