diff --git a/client/src/components/dashboard-components/job-lifecycle/job-lifecycle-dashboard.component.jsx b/client/src/components/dashboard-components/job-lifecycle/job-lifecycle-dashboard.component.jsx
index bc0c209ad..1c9d706d2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/dashboard-components/job-lifecycle/job-lifecycle-dashboard.component.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/dashboard-components/job-lifecycle/job-lifecycle-dashboard.component.jsx
@@ -142,17 +142,37 @@ export default function JobLifecycleDashboardComponent({ data, bodyshop, ...card
             title={t("job_lifecycle.content.legend_title")}
             style={{ marginTop: "10px" }}
           >
-            <div>
+            <div
+              style={{
+                display: "flex",
+                flexWrap: "wrap",
+                gap: 8
+              }}
+            >
               {lifecycleData.summations.map((key) => (
-                <Tag key={key.status} color={key.color} style={{ width: "13vh", padding: "4px", margin: "4px" }}>
+                <Tag
+                  key={key.status}
+                  color={key.color}
+                  style={{
+                    // IMPORTANT: let the tag grow with its content
+                    width: "auto",
+                    padding: 0,
+                    margin: 0,
+                    display: "inline-flex",
+                    alignItems: "center",
+                    justifyContent: "center",
+                    boxSizing: "border-box"
+                  }}
+                >
                   <div
                     aria-label={`${key.status} | ${key.roundedPercentage} | ${key.humanReadable}`}
                     title={`${key.status} | ${key.roundedPercentage} | ${key.humanReadable}`}
                     style={{
                       backgroundColor: "var(--tag-wrapper-bg)",
                       color: "var(--tag-wrapper-text)",
-                      padding: "4px",
-                      textAlign: "center"
+                      padding: "4px 8px",
+                      textAlign: "center",
+                      whiteSpace: "nowrap" // keep it on one line while letting the pill expand
                     }}
                   >
                     {key.status} [{lifecycleData.statusCounts[key.status]}] ({key.roundedPercentage})
diff --git a/client/src/components/job-lifecycle/job-lifecycle.component.jsx b/client/src/components/job-lifecycle/job-lifecycle.component.jsx
index e5b99a9f2..5b0e1c082 100644
--- a/client/src/components/job-lifecycle/job-lifecycle.component.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/job-lifecycle/job-lifecycle.component.jsx
@@ -222,17 +222,37 @@ export function JobLifecycleComponent({ bodyshop, job, statuses }) {
                 </div>
               </BlurWrapperComponent>
               <Card type="inner" title={t("job_lifecycle.content.legend_title")} style={{ marginTop: "10px" }}>
-                <div>
+                <div
+                  style={{
+                    display: "flex",
+                    flexWrap: "wrap",
+                    gap: 8
+                  }}
+                >
                   {lifecycleData.durations.summations.map((key) => (
-                    <Tag key={key.status} color={key.color} style={{ width: "13vh", padding: "4px", margin: "4px" }}>
+                    <Tag
+                      key={key.status}
+                      color={key.color}
+                      style={{
+                        // let the tag grow with its content
+                        width: "auto",
+                        padding: 0,
+                        margin: 0,
+                        display: "inline-flex",
+                        alignItems: "center",
+                        justifyContent: "center",
+                        boxSizing: "border-box"
+                      }}
+                    >
                       <div
                         aria-label={`${key.status} | ${key.roundedPercentage} | ${key.humanReadable}`}
                         title={`${key.status} | ${key.roundedPercentage} | ${key.humanReadable}`}
                         style={{
                           backgroundColor: "var(--tag-wrapper-bg)",
                           color: "var(--tag-wrapper-text)",
-                          padding: "4px",
-                          textAlign: "center"
+                          padding: "4px 8px",
+                          textAlign: "center",
+                          whiteSpace: "nowrap" // single line; tag gets wider instead of text escaping
                         }}
                       >
                         {key.status} (