diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.test.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.test.ts
index 002a37b964b..4dc5ed0935a 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.test.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ describe("channel-streaming", () => {
         lines: ["x".repeat(160)],
         formatLine: (line) => `\`${line}\``,
       }),
-    ).toBe(`Shelling\n• \`${"x".repeat(107)}…\``);
+    ).toBe(`Shelling\n• \`${"x".repeat(71)}…\``);
   });
 
   it("keeps compacted raw progress lines from leaking unmatched markdown backticks", () => {
@@ -274,9 +274,7 @@ describe("channel-streaming", () => {
       lines: line ? [line] : [],
     });
 
-    expect(text).toBe(
-      "Shelling\n🛠️ run node script…/some/really/deep/path/that/keeps/going/and/going/index…",
-    );
+    expect(text).toBe("Shelling\n🛠️ run node script…th/that/keeps/going/and/going/index…");
     expect(text.match(/`/g) ?? []).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.ts
index 87b4b2cb1e2..45a516cf297 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_PROGRESS_DRAFT_LABELS = [
 ] as const;
 
 export const DEFAULT_PROGRESS_DRAFT_INITIAL_DELAY_MS = 5_000;
-const DEFAULT_PROGRESS_DRAFT_MAX_LINE_CHARS = 108;
+const DEFAULT_PROGRESS_DRAFT_MAX_LINE_CHARS = 72;
 
 const NON_WORK_PROGRESS_TOOL_NAMES = new Set([
   "message",