diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/You/YouScreen.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/You/YouScreen.swift
index 414b3e0e1..e52957ebc 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/You/YouScreen.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/You/YouScreen.swift
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ struct YouScreen: View {
                 )
             },
             bannerControls: { EmptyView() },
+            coverAccessory: { EmptyView() },
             rowActions: {
                 ProfileEditCapsule {
                     router.push(.editProfile)
diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ChatMuteStatusLabel.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ChatMuteStatusLabel.swift
index 90c84bc56..a67d562e3 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ChatMuteStatusLabel.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ChatMuteStatusLabel.swift
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import SwiftUI
 import FlipcashCore
 import FlipcashUI
 
-/// What the chat's mute currently is, drawn in the action row of both profile headers —
-/// "Muted until 5:56 PM" for a timed mute, plain "Muted" for an indefinite one, and nothing at all
-/// while the chat is audible.
+/// What the chat's mute currently is, drawn on the cover of both profile headers —
+/// "Muted until 5:56 PM" for a timed mute, plain "Muted" for an indefinite one or a timed one too
+/// wide for the space, and nothing at all while the chat is audible.
 ///
 /// Stating the deadline is what makes a timed mute trustworthy: without it a timed mute can't be
 /// told apart from an indefinite one, and the user has no way to know when the chat comes back.
@@ -74,16 +74,19 @@ struct ChatMuteStatusLabel: View {
             }
 
             if let text {
-                chipLabel(text)
-                    .accessibilityIdentifier("chat-mute-status")
-                    // Replaced rather than resized. A chip that keeps its identity across a text
-                    // change interpolates its width, and the glyphs inside don't interpolate with
-                    // it: they are drawn at the new string's size against a frame still growing
-                    // from the old one's, so the label either spills out of the capsule or slides
-                    // sideways into place. Keying identity on the string makes every change an
-                    // insert and a remove, which has no width to interpolate.
-                    .transition(.scale(scale: 0.85).combined(with: .opacity))
-                    .id(text)
+                ViewThatFits(in: .horizontal) {
+                    chipLabel(text)
+                    chipLabel("Muted")
+                }
+                .accessibilityIdentifier("chat-mute-status")
+                // Replaced rather than resized. A chip that keeps its identity across a text
+                // change interpolates its width, and the glyphs inside don't interpolate with
+                // it: they are drawn at the new string's size against a frame still growing
+                // from the old one's, so the label either spills out of the capsule or slides
+                // sideways into place. Keying identity on the string makes every change an
+                // insert and a remove, which has no width to interpolate.
+                .transition(.scale(scale: 0.85).combined(with: .opacity))
+                .id(text)
             }
         }
         .padding(.top, reservesSpace ? 3 : 0)
@@ -109,5 +112,6 @@ struct ChatMuteStatusLabel: View {
 
     private func chipLabel(_ string: String) -> some View {
         ProfileStatusChip(systemImage: "bell.slash", text: string, tint: .warning, fill: .warningSecondary)
+            .lineLimit(1)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ChatProfileScreen.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ChatProfileScreen.swift
index 3cc25e79f..a5570a85d 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ChatProfileScreen.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ChatProfileScreen.swift
@@ -125,10 +125,14 @@ struct ChatProfileScreen: View {
                             )
                         },
                         bannerControls: { EmptyView() },
-                        rowActions: {
+                        // On the cover rather than in the action row: a timed mute's label is
+                        // wide enough to wrap Edit Group and push Share off the screen.
+                        coverAccessory: {
                             if isMember {
                                 ChatMuteStatusLabel(conversationID: conversationID, reservesSpace: false)
                             }
+                        },
+                        rowActions: {
                             if canEdit {
                                 ProfileEditCapsule(title: "Edit Group") {
                                     router.push(.editGroup(conversationID))
diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ProfileHeaderView.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ProfileHeaderView.swift
index 1ea6b0331..065df1b2a 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ProfileHeaderView.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/ProfileHeaderView.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ enum ProfileHeaderMetrics {
 ///
 /// The caller lets the view run under the status bar. A nil `title` leaves the text block out,
 /// for a profile that has not named itself yet.
-struct ProfileHeaderView<Avatar: View, BannerControls: View, RowActions: View, UnderSubtitle: View>: View {
+struct ProfileHeaderView<Avatar: View, BannerControls: View, CoverAccessory: View, RowActions: View, UnderSubtitle: View>: View {
 
     let cover: ProfileCover
     let title: String?
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ struct ProfileHeaderView<Avatar: View, BannerControls: View, RowActions: View, U
     /// Drawn at ``ProfileHeaderMetrics/avatarSize``; the header adds the ring and the overlap.
     @ViewBuilder let avatar: () -> Avatar
     @ViewBuilder let bannerControls: () -> BannerControls
+    /// Sits on the cover's bottom edge beside the avatar. The cover is a fixed height, so content
+    /// that arrives late, such as a status chip, never moves the rest of the header.
+    @ViewBuilder let coverAccessory: () -> CoverAccessory
     @ViewBuilder let rowActions: () -> RowActions
     @ViewBuilder let underSubtitle: () -> UnderSubtitle
 
@@ -41,6 +44,15 @@ struct ProfileHeaderView<Avatar: View, BannerControls: View, RowActions: View, U
                 cover: cover,
                 controls: bannerControls
             )
+            .overlay(alignment: .bottomLeading) {
+                HStack(spacing: 0) {
+                    coverAccessory()
+                }
+                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+                .padding(.leading, ProfileHeaderMetrics.inset + ProfileHeaderMetrics.avatarSize + 12)
+                .padding(.trailing, ProfileHeaderMetrics.inset)
+                .padding(.bottom, 8)
+            }
 
             HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 0) {
                 avatar()
diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/UserProfileScreen.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/UserProfileScreen.swift
index b0085370d..ea377fee5 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/UserProfileScreen.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Profile/UserProfileScreen.swift
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ private struct UserProfileContent: View {
                             )
                         },
                         bannerControls: { EmptyView() },
+                        coverAccessory: { statusBadges },
                         rowActions: {
-                            statusBadges
                             shareButton
                         },
                         underSubtitle: { EmptyView() }
@@ -226,12 +226,14 @@ private struct UserProfileContent: View {
 
     // MARK: - Status badges -
 
-    /// Blocked and muted are separate settings, so each gets its own badge. They sit in the action
-    /// row, whose height the share button sets, so one coming or going never moves the bio below.
+    /// Blocked and muted are separate settings, so each gets its own badge. They sit on the cover,
+    /// whose height is fixed, so one coming or going never moves the bio below.
     private var statusBadges: some View {
         HStack(spacing: 8) {
             if isBlocked {
                 ProfileStatusChip(systemImage: "nosign", text: "Blocked", tint: .warning, fill: .warningSecondary)
+                    // The mute chip gives up width first, falling back to plain "Muted".
+                    .fixedSize()
                     .accessibilityIdentifier("profile-blocked-badge")
             }
             if let dmID {