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diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/chat-auto-scroll.spec.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/chat-auto-scroll.spec.ts
index 8a7f6f9197d..cc0e1cd8b0c 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/chat-auto-scroll.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/chat-auto-scroll.spec.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ async function settle(page: Page, frames = 2) {
   )
 }
 
+async function open(page: Page) {
+  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  const list = page.locator(".message-list")
+  await expect(list).toBeVisible()
+  await page.evaluate(() => document.fonts.ready)
+  await settle(page, 10)
+
+  await list.hover()
+  await page.mouse.wheel(0, -2 * (await list.evaluate((el) => el.clientHeight)))
+  const bottom = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Scroll to bottom" })
+  await expect(bottom).toBeVisible()
+  await settle(page, 10)
+  await bottom.click()
+}
+
 async function distance(page: Page) {
   return page.locator(".message-list").evaluate((el) => el.scrollHeight - el.clientHeight - el.scrollTop)
 }
@@ -37,7 +52,7 @@ async function state(page: Page) {
 }
 
 test("keeps following after a stable-height layout correction", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  await open(page)
   const list = page.locator(".message-list")
   await expect(list).toBeVisible()
   await settle(page, 10)
@@ -61,7 +76,7 @@ test("keeps following after a stable-height layout correction", async ({ page })
 })
 
 test("keeps the reading position when the prompt rail scrolls upward", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  await open(page)
   const list = page.locator(".message-list")
   await expect(list).toBeVisible()
   await settle(page, 10)
@@ -81,7 +96,7 @@ test("keeps the reading position when the prompt rail scrolls upward", async ({
 })
 
 test("pauses on a native scrollbar drag and resumes at the bottom", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  await open(page)
   const list = page.locator(".message-list")
   await expect(list).toBeVisible()
   await settle(page, 10)
@@ -152,7 +167,7 @@ test("pauses on a native scrollbar drag and resumes at the bottom", async ({ pag
 })
 
 test("keeps a long native scrollbar drag user-controlled", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  await open(page)
   const list = page.locator(".message-list")
   await expect(list).toBeVisible()
   await settle(page, 10)
@@ -194,7 +209,7 @@ test("keeps a long native scrollbar drag user-controlled", async ({ page }) => {
 })
 
 test("pauses on an upward wheel over the Copy response button", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  await open(page)
   const list = page.locator(".message-list")
   const copy = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Copy response" }).first()
   await expect(list).toBeVisible()
@@ -210,7 +225,7 @@ test("pauses on an upward wheel over the Copy response button", async ({ page })
 })
 
 test("keeps a one-pixel upward wheel pause through delayed streaming", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  await open(page)
   const list = page.locator(".message-list")
   const copy = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Copy response" }).first()
   await expect(list).toBeVisible()
@@ -235,7 +250,7 @@ test("keeps a one-pixel upward wheel pause through delayed streaming", async ({
 })
 
 test("keeps the pause after a pending bottom scroll event", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  await open(page)
   const list = page.locator(".message-list")
   const copy = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Copy response" }).first()
   const bottom = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Scroll to bottom" })
@@ -267,7 +282,7 @@ test("keeps the pause after a pending bottom scroll event", async ({ page }) =>
 
 for (const input of ["wheel", "keyboard"] as const) {
   test(`keeps new upward ${input} input before a pending return-to-bottom scroll`, async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+    await open(page)
     const list = page.locator(".message-list")
     const bottom = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Scroll to bottom" })
     await expect(list).toBeVisible()
@@ -316,7 +331,7 @@ for (const input of ["wheel", "keyboard"] as const) {
 }
 
 test("preserves the pause across working status changes", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.goto(`/iframe.html?id=${STORY_ID}&viewMode=story&globals=${GLOBALS}`, { waitUntil: "load" })
+  await open(page)
   const list = page.locator(".message-list")
   const bottom = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Scroll to bottom" })
   await expect(list).toBeVisible()
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/prompt-spacing.spec.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/prompt-spacing.spec.ts
index 23def9af192..cb90d300637 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/prompt-spacing.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/prompt-spacing.spec.ts
@@ -49,10 +49,23 @@ test.describe("prompt spacing", () => {
     expect(value.left).toBeCloseTo(8.4, 1)
     expect(value.right).toBeCloseTo(8.4, 1)
     expect(value.top).toBe("0px")
-    expect(value.bottom).toBe("8.4px")
+    expect(value.bottom).toBe("6px")
     expect(value.gutter).toBe("max(6px, 2cqi)")
   })
 
+  test("keeps a small bottom margin in wide Agent Manager chat", async ({ page }) => {
+    await open(page, "agentmanager--readable-chat-1280", 1280)
+    const value = await spacing(page)
+
+    expect(value.left).toBeCloseTo(value.right, 1)
+    expect(value.bottom).toBe("6px")
+    const gap = await page.locator(".prompt-input-container").evaluate((el) => {
+      const host = el.closest(".chat-view")!
+      return host.getBoundingClientRect().bottom - el.getBoundingClientRect().bottom
+    })
+    expect(gap).toBeCloseTo(6, 1)
+  })
+
   test("keeps the minimum gutter in the New Worktree prompt", async ({ page }) => {
     await open(page, "agentmanager--new-worktree-variant-dropdown-1280", 1280)
     const value = await spacing(page, ".am-prompt-input-container")
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/styles/chat-layout.css b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/styles/chat-layout.css
index 8d849ec4e85..f0c36728ff6 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/styles/chat-layout.css
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/styles/chat-layout.css
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
 }
 
 .chat-view .prompt-input-container {
-  margin-block: var(--prompt-gutter);
+  margin-block: var(--prompt-gutter) var(--prompt-min-gutter);
 }
 
 .chat-view .chat-input > .startup-error-banner,