diff --git a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/changesView.ts b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/changesView.ts
index 6c50fec1c5c..abf43f478b6 100644
--- a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/changesView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/changesView.ts
@@ -444,15 +444,14 @@ export class ChangesViewPane extends ViewPane {
 		const ciMinHeight = CIStatusWidget.HEADER_HEIGHT + CIStatusWidget.MIN_BODY_HEIGHT + ciMarginTop;
 
 		// Top pane: file tree
-		const self = this;
 		const treePane: IView = {
 			element: this.contentContainer,
 			minimumSize: ciMinHeight,
 			maximumSize: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
 			onDidChange: Event.None,
 			layout: (height) => {
-				self.contentContainer!.style.height = `${height}px`;
-				self._layoutTreeInPane(height);
+				this.contentContainer!.style.height = `${height}px`;
+				this._layoutTreeInPane(height);
 			},
 		};
 
diff --git a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/ciStatusWidget.ts b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/ciStatusWidget.ts
index 9d0923012e2..c1ca007b580 100644
--- a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/ciStatusWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/ciStatusWidget.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { IOpenerService } from '../../../../platform/opener/common/opener.js';
 import { ChatViewPaneTarget, IChatWidgetService } from '../../../../workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chat.js';
 import { DEFAULT_LABELS_CONTAINER, IResourceLabel, ResourceLabels } from '../../../../workbench/browser/labels.js';
 import { ActionBar } from '../../../../base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.js';
-import { GitHubCheckConclusion, GitHubCheckStatus, GitHubCIOverallStatus, IGitHubCICheck } from '../../github/common/types.js';
+import { GitHubCheckConclusion, GitHubCheckStatus, IGitHubCICheck } from '../../github/common/types.js';
 import { GitHubPullRequestCIModel } from '../../github/browser/models/githubPullRequestCIModel.js';
 import { CICheckGroup, buildFixChecksPrompt, getCheckGroup, getCheckStateLabel, getFailedChecks } from './fixCIChecksAction.js';
 
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ class CICheckListRenderer implements IListRenderer<ICICheckListItem, ICICheckTem
 }
 
 /**
- * A collapsible widget that shows the CI status of a PR.
- * Rendered beneath the changes tree in the changes view.
+ * A widget that shows the CI status of a PR.
+ * Rendered beneath the changes tree in the changes view as a SplitView pane.
  */
 export class CIStatusWidget extends Disposable {
 
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ export class CIStatusWidget extends Disposable {
 			}
 
 			const checks = model.checks.read(reader);
-			const overallStatus = model.overallStatus.read(reader);
 
 			if (checks.length === 0) {
 				this._checkCount = 0;
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ export class CIStatusWidget extends Disposable {
 			this._checkCount = sorted.length;
 
 			this._domNode.style.display = '';
-			this._renderHeader(checks, overallStatus);
+			this._renderHeader(checks);
 			this._renderHeaderActions(getFailedChecks(checks));
 			this._renderBody(sorted);
 
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ export class CIStatusWidget extends Disposable {
 		});
 	}
 
-	private _renderHeader(checks: readonly IGitHubCICheck[], _overallStatus: GitHubCIOverallStatus): void {
+	private _renderHeader(checks: readonly IGitHubCICheck[]): void {
 		const counts = getCheckCounts(checks);
 
 		// Update count badges
@@ -307,6 +306,7 @@ export class CIStatusWidget extends Disposable {
 
 		if (failedChecks.length === 0) {
 			this._headerActionBarContainer.classList.remove('has-actions');
+			this._domNode.classList.remove('has-fix-actions');
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ export class CIStatusWidget extends Disposable {
 
 		this._headerActionBar.push([fixChecksAction], { icon: true, label: false });
 		this._headerActionBarContainer.classList.add('has-actions');
+		this._domNode.classList.add('has-fix-actions');
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/media/changesView.css b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/media/changesView.css
index 1c3c0d76403..e609113c3ce 100644
--- a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/media/changesView.css
+++ b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/media/changesView.css
@@ -3,16 +3,12 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-.flex-grow {
-	flex-grow: 1;
-}
-
 .changes-view-body {
 	display: flex;
 	flex-direction: column;
 	height: 100%;
 	padding: 8px;
-		box-sizing: border-box;
+	box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
 /* SplitView container */
@@ -28,10 +24,10 @@
 	flex-direction: column;
 	align-items: center;
 	justify-content: center;
-		flex: 1;
-		padding: 20px;
-		text-align: center;
-		gap: 8px;
+	flex: 1;
+	padding: 20px;
+	text-align: center;
+	gap: 8px;
 }
 
 .changes-view-body .changes-welcome-icon.codicon {
@@ -102,29 +98,27 @@
 	white-space: nowrap;
 	overflow: hidden;
 	text-overflow: ellipsis;
-	border: 1px solid var(--vscode-input-border);
-	border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
 /* Line counts in header */
 .changes-view-body .changes-summary .working-set-lines-added {
 	color: var(--vscode-chat-linesAddedForeground);
 	font-size: 11px;
-		font-weight: 500;
+	font-weight: 500;
 }
 
 .changes-view-body .changes-summary .working-set-lines-removed {
 	color: var(--vscode-chat-linesRemovedForeground);
 	font-size: 11px;
-		font-weight: 500;
+	font-weight: 500;
 }
 
 /* Actions container */
 .changes-view-body .chat-editing-session-actions {
 	display: flex;
 	flex-direction: row;
-		flex-wrap: nowrap;
-		gap: 6px;
+	flex-wrap: nowrap;
+	gap: 6px;
 	align-items: center;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/media/ciStatusWidget.css b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/media/ciStatusWidget.css
index cf4aa36e6f5..c1e1ca57a6d 100644
--- a/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/media/ciStatusWidget.css
+++ b/src/vs/sessions/contrib/changes/browser/media/ciStatusWidget.css
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 /* Header */
 .ci-status-widget-header {
+	position: relative;
 	display: flex;
 	align-items: center;
 	gap: 6px;
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@
 	padding-right: 8px;
 }
 
-.ci-status-widget:hover .ci-status-widget-counts {
-	padding-right: 0;
+.ci-status-widget.has-fix-actions:hover .ci-status-widget-counts {
+	visibility: hidden;
 }
 
 .ci-status-widget-count-badge {
@@ -84,10 +85,10 @@
 }
 
 .ci-status-widget-header-actions {
-	flex: 0 0 auto;
+	position: absolute;
+	right: 0;
 	display: none;
 	align-items: center;
-	margin-left: auto;
 }
 
 .ci-status-widget:hover .ci-status-widget-header-actions.has-actions {
@@ -143,7 +144,6 @@
 	overflow: hidden;
 }
 
-
 .ci-status-widget-check-label .monaco-icon-label {
 	display: flex;
 	flex: 1;
@@ -166,19 +166,15 @@
 	color: var(--vscode-foreground);
 }
 
-.ci-status-widget-title.ci-status-success .codicon,
 .ci-status-widget-check.ci-status-success .monaco-icon-label::before {
 	color: var(--vscode-testing-iconPassed, #73c991);
 }
 
-.ci-status-widget-title.ci-status-failure .codicon,
 .ci-status-widget-check.ci-status-failure .monaco-icon-label::before {
 	color: var(--vscode-testing-iconFailed, #f14c4c);
 }
 
-.ci-status-widget-title.ci-status-running .codicon,
-.ci-status-widget-check.ci-status-running .monaco-icon-label::before,
-.ci-status-widget-title.ci-status-pending .codicon {
+.ci-status-widget-check.ci-status-running .monaco-icon-label::before {
 	color: var(--vscode-testing-iconQueued, var(--vscode-editorWarning-foreground));
 }
 
@@ -186,7 +182,6 @@
 	color: var(--vscode-descriptionForeground);
 }
 
-.ci-status-widget-title.ci-status-neutral .monaco-icon-label::before,
 .ci-status-widget-check.ci-status-neutral .monaco-icon-label::before {
 	color: var(--vscode-descriptionForeground);
 }