diff --git a/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectCards.tsx b/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectCards.tsx
index c46a800d3..4c387b60c 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectCards.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/projects/ui/ProjectCards.tsx
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ const PROJECT_STAT_ITEMS = [
   },
 ] as const;
 
+/**
+ * Textual commit/PR/issue counts. Repository lists show these next to the
+ * activity bar; project lists show the bar alone (counts via its tooltips).
+ */
 export function ProjectStatsRow({
   summary,
   fixedColumns = false,
@@ -226,7 +230,10 @@ export function ProjectActivityBar({
     // z-10 lifts the bar above the card's full-surface open button so it
     // can receive hover events. Fixed h-2 wrapper keeps layout stable
     // while the inner bar grows on hover.
-    <div className="group/activity-bar relative z-10 flex h-2 w-full items-center">
+    <div
+      className="group/activity-bar relative z-10 flex h-2 w-full items-center"
+      data-testid="project-activity-bar"
+    >
       <div className="flex h-1.5 w-full gap-px overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-muted/60 transition-all duration-150 group-hover/activity-bar:h-2">
         {total > 0
           ? items
@@ -547,13 +554,8 @@ export function ProjectGridCard({
           />
         </div>
 
-        <div className="mt-auto">
-          <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center px-4 pb-2 pt-1">
-            <ProjectStatsRow summary={summary} />
-          </div>
-          <div className="px-4 pb-3">
-            <ProjectActivityBar summary={summary} />
-          </div>
+        <div className="mt-auto px-4 pb-3 pt-2">
+          <ProjectActivityBar summary={summary} />
         </div>
       </div>
     </Card>
@@ -618,11 +620,10 @@ export function ProjectListRow({
             />
           </div>
           <div
-            className="hidden items-center gap-3 xl:flex"
+            className="hidden items-center xl:flex"
             data-testid="projects-row-summary"
           >
-            <ProjectStatsRow fixedColumns summary={summary} />
-            <div className="w-20 shrink-0">
+            <div className="w-32 shrink-0">
               <ProjectActivityBar summary={summary} />
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/desktop/tests/e2e/project-commit-detail.spec.ts b/desktop/tests/e2e/project-commit-detail.spec.ts
index 4b386f57e..95e09b505 100644
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/project-commit-detail.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/project-commit-detail.spec.ts
@@ -73,10 +73,19 @@ test("top-level project lists align dates and overflow actions", async ({
   ).toBeVisible();
   await expect(page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Local" })).toBeVisible();
   await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
-  const projectPositions = await trailingPositions(
-    page.locator('[data-testid^="project-row-"]').first(),
-    { summaryTestId: "projects-row-summary" },
-  );
+  const projectRow = page.locator('[data-testid^="project-row-"]').first();
+  const projectPositions = await trailingPositions(projectRow, {
+    summaryTestId: "projects-row-summary",
+  });
+  // Project rows show the activity bar alone — counts stay in its tooltips.
+  await expect(
+    projectRow
+      .getByTestId("projects-row-summary")
+      .getByTestId("project-activity-bar"),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(
+    projectRow.getByTestId("projects-row-summary"),
+  ).not.toContainText("commits");
 
   await page.getByTestId("projects-section-repositories").click();
   await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Filter repositories" }).click();
@@ -100,11 +109,9 @@ test("top-level project lists align dates and overflow actions", async ({
     dateTestId: "repositories-row-date",
     summaryTestId: "repositories-row-summary",
   });
-  expect(
-    Math.abs(
-      (repositoryPositions.summaryX ?? 0) - (projectPositions.summaryX ?? 0),
-    ),
-  ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(ALIGNMENT_TOLERANCE_PX);
+  // No summaryX comparison: repository rows carry text stats next to the bar
+  // while project rows show the bar alone, so the columns differ in width by
+  // design. The right-anchored date and menu still align across the lists.
   expect(
     Math.abs(repositoryPositions.rowHeight - projectPositions.rowHeight),
   ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(ALIGNMENT_TOLERANCE_PX);