diff --git a/webviews/common/common.css b/webviews/common/common.css
index e627c12ff9..891b88e33c 100644
--- a/webviews/common/common.css
+++ b/webviews/common/common.css
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ body img.avatar {
 	margin-right: 0;
 }
 
+.status-check-link-placeholder {
+	visibility: hidden;
+}
+
 .automerge-section {
 	display: flex;
 }
diff --git a/webviews/components/merge.tsx b/webviews/components/merge.tsx
index b13faf6ca2..edb7fa16c9 100644
--- a/webviews/components/merge.tsx
+++ b/webviews/components/merge.tsx
@@ -705,14 +705,12 @@ const StatusCheckDetails = ({ statuses }: { statuses: PullRequestCheckStatus[] }
 							<a href={s.targetUrl} title={s.targetUrl}>
 								Details
 							</a>
-						) : null}
-						{s.isCheckRun && s.databaseId ? (
-							s.state === CheckState.Failure ? (
-								<button className="icon-button" title="View Logs" onClick={() => handleViewLogs(s)}>
-									{loadingLogId === s.id ? loadingIcon : outputIcon}
-								</button>
-							) : <span className="view-check-logs-placeholder" />
-						) : null}
+						) : <span className="status-check-link-placeholder" aria-hidden="true">Details</span>}
+						{s.isCheckRun && s.databaseId && s.state === CheckState.Failure ? (
+							<button className="icon-button" title="View Logs" onClick={() => handleViewLogs(s)}>
+								{loadingLogId === s.id ? loadingIcon : outputIcon}
+							</button>
+						) : <span className="view-check-logs-placeholder" aria-hidden="true" />}
 					</div>
 				</div>
 			))}
diff --git a/webviews/editorWebview/index.css b/webviews/editorWebview/index.css
index 90b10eccd0..6877797ca3 100644
--- a/webviews/editorWebview/index.css
+++ b/webviews/editorWebview/index.css
@@ -380,8 +380,9 @@ body .comment-container .review-comment-header {
 	gap: 4px;
 }
 
+.status-check .icon-button,
 .view-check-logs-placeholder {
-	width: 20px;
+	flex: 0 0 22px;
 }
 
 #merge-on-github {
diff --git a/webviews/editorWebview/test/overview.test.tsx b/webviews/editorWebview/test/overview.test.tsx
index b8d4243c8d..cc30d6280f 100644
--- a/webviews/editorWebview/test/overview.test.tsx
+++ b/webviews/editorWebview/test/overview.test.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import { default as assert } from 'assert';
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, wait, waitForElement } from 'react-testing-library';
 import { createSandbox, SinonSandbox } from 'sinon';
 
-import { GithubItemStateEnum, PullRequestMergeability } from '../../../src/github/interface';
+import { PullRequestBuilder } from './builder/pullRequest';
+import { CheckState, GithubItemStateEnum, PullRequestCheckStatus, PullRequestMergeability } from '../../../src/github/interface';
+import { Overview as ActivityBarOverview } from '../../activityBarView/overview';
 import { PRContext, default as PullRequestContext } from '../../common/context';
 import { Overview } from '../overview';
-import { PullRequestBuilder } from './builder/pullRequest';
 
 describe('Overview', function () {
 	let sinon: SinonSandbox;
@@ -60,6 +63,106 @@ describe('Overview', function () {
 		assert.strictEqual(openOnGitHub.callCount, 2);
 	});
 
+	it('reserves details and log action slots for every status check', async function () {
+		const cases: Pick<PullRequestCheckStatus, 'state' | 'isCheckRun' | 'databaseId'>[] = [
+			{ state: CheckState.Failure, isCheckRun: false, databaseId: undefined },
+			{ state: CheckState.Failure, isCheckRun: true, databaseId: 1 },
+			{ state: CheckState.Pending, isCheckRun: true, databaseId: 2 },
+			{ state: CheckState.Success, isCheckRun: true, databaseId: 3 },
+			{ state: CheckState.Neutral, isCheckRun: true, databaseId: 4 },
+			{ state: CheckState.Unknown, isCheckRun: true, databaseId: 5 },
+			{ state: CheckState.Failure, isCheckRun: true, databaseId: null },
+			{ state: CheckState.Failure, isCheckRun: true, databaseId: undefined },
+			{ state: CheckState.Failure, isCheckRun: true, databaseId: 0 },
+		];
+		const statuses: PullRequestCheckStatus[] = cases.map((check, index) => ({
+			...check,
+			id: `check-${index}`,
+			context: `Check ${index}`,
+			description: null,
+			workflowName: undefined,
+			event: undefined,
+			url: undefined,
+			avatarUrl: undefined,
+			targetUrl: index === cases.length - 1 ? null : `https://example.com/checks/${index}`,
+			isRequired: index % 2 === 0,
+		}));
+		const pr = new PullRequestBuilder().status(status => status.state(CheckState.Failure).statuses(statuses)).build();
+		const context = new PRContext(pr);
+		const viewCheckLogs = sinon.stub(context, 'viewCheckLogs').resolves();
+		const out = render(
+			<PullRequestContext.Provider value={context}>
+				<Overview {...pr} />
+			</PullRequestContext.Provider>,
+		);
+
+		const rows = out.container.querySelectorAll('.status-check');
+		assert.strictEqual(rows.length, statuses.length);
+		for (const status of statuses) {
+			const row = [...rows].find(row => row.querySelector('.status-check-detail-text')?.textContent?.trim() === status.context);
+			assert(row);
+			const actions = row.lastElementChild;
+			assert(actions);
+			assert.strictEqual(actions.querySelector('.label')?.textContent ?? null, status.isRequired ? 'Required' : null);
+			assert.strictEqual(actions.querySelector('a')?.getAttribute('href') ?? null, status.targetUrl);
+			const linkPlaceholder = actions.querySelector('.status-check-link-placeholder');
+			if (status.targetUrl) {
+				assert.strictEqual(linkPlaceholder, null);
+			} else {
+				assert(linkPlaceholder);
+				assert.strictEqual(linkPlaceholder.textContent, 'Details');
+				assert.strictEqual(linkPlaceholder.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), 'true');
+			}
+			const slot = actions.lastElementChild;
+			assert(slot);
+			if (status.isCheckRun && status.databaseId && status.state === CheckState.Failure) {
+				assert.strictEqual(slot.getAttribute('title'), 'View Logs');
+				assert.strictEqual(actions.querySelector('.view-check-logs-placeholder'), null);
+				fireEvent.click(slot);
+				await wait(() => assert(viewCheckLogs.calledOnceWithExactly(status)));
+			} else {
+				assert(slot.classList.contains('view-check-logs-placeholder'));
+				assert.strictEqual(slot.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), 'true');
+				assert.strictEqual(actions.querySelector('button'), null);
+			}
+		}
+		assert.strictEqual(viewCheckLogs.callCount, 1);
+	});
+
+	it('keeps Details placeholders invisible in both PR overviews using shared styles', function () {
+		const status: PullRequestCheckStatus = {
+			id: 'missing-details', state: CheckState.Failure, context: 'Check without details',
+			description: null, targetUrl: null, workflowName: undefined, event: undefined,
+			url: undefined, avatarUrl: undefined, isRequired: false, isCheckRun: false, databaseId: undefined,
+		};
+		const pr = new PullRequestBuilder().status(checks => checks.state(CheckState.Failure).statuses([status])).build();
+		const sharedCss = readFileSync(path.resolve('webviews', 'common', 'common.css'), 'utf8');
+		const placeholderRule = /^\.status-check-link-placeholder\s*\{[^}]*\}/m.exec(sharedCss);
+		assert(placeholderRule);
+		const sharedStyles = document.createElement('style');
+		sharedStyles.textContent = placeholderRule[0];
+		document.head.appendChild(sharedStyles);
+		try {
+			for (const Component of [Overview, ActivityBarOverview]) {
+				const out = render(
+					<PullRequestContext.Provider value={new PRContext(pr)}>
+						<Component {...pr} />
+					</PullRequestContext.Provider>,
+				);
+				const placeholder = out.container.querySelector('.status-check-link-placeholder');
+				assert(placeholder);
+				assert.strictEqual(placeholder.textContent, 'Details');
+				assert.strictEqual(placeholder.getAttribute('aria-hidden'), 'true');
+				const style = window.getComputedStyle(placeholder);
+				assert.strictEqual(style.visibility, 'hidden');
+				assert.notStrictEqual(style.display, 'none');
+				out.unmount();
+			}
+		} finally {
+			sharedStyles.remove();
+		}
+	});
+
 	it('shows the stack position and ordered pull requests in the merge section', async function () {
 		const pr = new PullRequestBuilder().number(794).stack({
 			position: 2,