diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index bf2dc3da4..b1641090e 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -312,20 +312,25 @@ button.extension-widget-trigger:focus-visible {
 .extension-status-line {
   display: flex;
   flex: 1 1 0;
-  align-items: center;
+  align-items: flex-start;
   min-width: 0;
-  height: 35px;
-  padding: 0 12px;
+  min-height: 35px;
+  max-height: min(144px, 18dvh);
+  padding: 8px 12px;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  overscroll-behavior: contain;
+  scrollbar-gutter: stable;
 }
 
 .extension-status-text {
+  flex: 1;
   min-width: 0;
-  overflow: hidden;
   color: var(--text-muted);
   font-family: var(--font-mono);
   font-size: 11px;
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-  white-space: nowrap;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
 }
 ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
   background: var(--text-dim);
diff --git a/components/ExtensionStatusBar.test.mjs b/components/ExtensionStatusBar.test.mjs
index 9747c119f..1be91ae34 100644
--- a/components/ExtensionStatusBar.test.mjs
+++ b/components/ExtensionStatusBar.test.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import test from "node:test";
 import React from "react";
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
@@ -39,13 +40,25 @@ test("sorts status text by hidden key like the Pi CLI footer", () => {
   );
 });
 
-test("sanitizes status text for a single-line display", () => {
+test("preserves status line breaks while normalizing horizontal whitespace", () => {
   assert.equal(
     sanitizeExtensionStatusText("  first\tsecond \r\n third  "),
-    "first second third",
+    "first second\nthird",
   );
 });
 
+test("allows multiline status text to wrap and scroll within the footer", async () => {
+  const css = await readFile(new URL("../app/globals.css", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+  const statusLineRule = css.match(/\.extension-status-line\s*\{([^}]*)\}/)?.[1] ?? "";
+  const statusTextRule = css.match(/\.extension-status-text\s*\{([^}]*)\}/)?.[1] ?? "";
+
+  assert.match(statusLineRule, /max-height:/);
+  assert.match(statusLineRule, /overflow-y:\s*auto/);
+  assert.match(statusTextRule, /overflow-wrap:\s*anywhere/);
+  assert.match(statusTextRule, /white-space:\s*pre-wrap/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(statusTextRule, /text-overflow:\s*ellipsis/);
+});
+
 test("renders a single status line without identifier keys", () => {
   const html = renderStatusBar({
     statuses: [
diff --git a/components/ExtensionStatusBar.tsx b/components/ExtensionStatusBar.tsx
index fad86391e..61add835b 100644
--- a/components/ExtensionStatusBar.tsx
+++ b/components/ExtensionStatusBar.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import { ExtensionWidgets } from "./ExtensionWidgets";
 
 export function sanitizeExtensionStatusText(text: string): string {
   return text
-    .replace(/[\r\n\t]/g, " ")
-    .replace(/ +/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n")
+    .split("\n")
+    .map((line) => line.replace(/\t/g, " ").replace(/ +/g, " ").trim())
+    .join("\n")
     .trim();
 }