diff --git a/web/app/(app)/dashboard/(components)/message-history/index.tsx b/web/app/(app)/dashboard/(components)/message-history/index.tsx
index 5f96860..346adec 100644
--- a/web/app/(app)/dashboard/(components)/message-history/index.tsx
+++ b/web/app/(app)/dashboard/(components)/message-history/index.tsx
@@ -208,7 +208,13 @@ export default function MessageHistory() {
         <div className='overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-border'>
           {days.map((day) => (
             <section key={day.key}>
-              <h3 className='sticky top-14 z-10 border-b border-border bg-muted/70 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground backdrop-blur md:top-0'>
+              {/* Deliberately not sticky. On mobile it pinned to the same
+                  offset as the sticky search bar and landed on top of message
+                  rows, translucent, with text bleeding through. On desktop it
+                  covered rows scrolled beneath it and swallowed their clicks.
+                  A page holds 20 messages, so groups are short and a pinned
+                  header bought little in exchange for that. */}
+              <h3 className='border-b border-border bg-muted px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground'>
                 {day.label}
               </h3>
               <div className='divide-y divide-border'>
diff --git a/web/components/shared/footer.tsx b/web/components/shared/footer.tsx
index 262a0f7..b7cf54e 100644
--- a/web/components/shared/footer.tsx
+++ b/web/components/shared/footer.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ const linkClass =
 export default function Footer() {
   return (
     <footer className='border-t border-border bg-muted/30'>
-      <div className='mx-auto flex max-w-7xl flex-col items-center gap-4 px-4 py-6 sm:px-6 md:flex-row md:justify-between lg:px-8'>
+      {/* Left-aligned on mobile: centred links in a single column read as a
+          ragged stack with no common edge to scan down. */}
+      <div className='mx-auto flex max-w-7xl flex-col items-start gap-4 px-4 py-6 sm:items-center sm:px-6 md:flex-row md:justify-between lg:px-8'>
         <div className='flex items-center gap-2'>
           <Image
             src='/images/logo.png'
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ export default function Footer() {
 
         {/* Stacked on mobile: wrapped inline links produced a ragged two-line
             block that was hard to scan and gave small tap targets. */}
-        <nav className='flex w-full flex-col items-center gap-3 sm:w-auto sm:flex-row sm:flex-wrap sm:justify-center sm:gap-x-5 sm:gap-y-2'>
+        <nav className='flex w-full flex-col items-start gap-3 sm:w-auto sm:flex-row sm:flex-wrap sm:items-center sm:justify-center sm:gap-x-5 sm:gap-y-2'>
           {links.map((link) => (
             <Link
               key={link.label}
diff --git a/web/components/ui/alert-dialog.tsx b/web/components/ui/alert-dialog.tsx
index 57760f2..bf504e5 100644
--- a/web/components/ui/alert-dialog.tsx
+++ b/web/components/ui/alert-dialog.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const AlertDialogContent = React.forwardRef<
     <AlertDialogPrimitive.Content
       ref={ref}
       className={cn(
-        "fixed left-[50%] top-[50%] z-50 grid w-full max-w-lg translate-x-[-50%] translate-y-[-50%] gap-4 border bg-background p-6 shadow-lg duration-200 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:fade-in-0 data-[state=closed]:zoom-out-95 data-[state=open]:zoom-in-95 data-[state=closed]:slide-out-to-left-1/2 data-[state=closed]:slide-out-to-top-[48%] data-[state=open]:slide-in-from-left-1/2 data-[state=open]:slide-in-from-top-[48%] sm:rounded-lg",
+        "fixed left-[50%] top-[50%] z-50 grid w-full max-w-lg translate-x-[-50%] translate-y-[-50%] gap-4 border bg-background p-6 shadow-lg duration-150 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:fade-in-0 sm:rounded-lg",
         className
       )}
       {...props}
diff --git a/web/components/ui/dialog.tsx b/web/components/ui/dialog.tsx
index 65fcc1e..a40c17e 100644
--- a/web/components/ui/dialog.tsx
+++ b/web/components/ui/dialog.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const DialogOverlay = React.forwardRef<
   <DialogPrimitive.Overlay
     ref={ref}
     className={cn(
-      "fixed inset-0 z-50 bg-black/80  data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:fade-in-0",
+      "fixed inset-0 z-50 bg-black/80 duration-150 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:fade-in-0",
       className
     )}
     {...props}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const DialogContent = React.forwardRef<
     <DialogPrimitive.Content
       ref={ref}
       className={cn(
-        "fixed left-[50%] top-[50%] z-50 grid w-full max-w-lg translate-x-[-50%] translate-y-[-50%] gap-4 border bg-background p-6 shadow-lg duration-200 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:fade-in-0 data-[state=closed]:zoom-out-95 data-[state=open]:zoom-in-95 data-[state=closed]:slide-out-to-left-1/2 data-[state=closed]:slide-out-to-top-[48%] data-[state=open]:slide-in-from-left-1/2 data-[state=open]:slide-in-from-top-[48%] sm:rounded-lg",
+        "fixed left-[50%] top-[50%] z-50 grid w-full max-w-lg translate-x-[-50%] translate-y-[-50%] gap-4 border bg-background p-6 shadow-lg duration-150 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:fade-in-0 sm:rounded-lg",
         className
       )}
       {...props}
diff --git a/web/e2e/message-history.spec.ts b/web/e2e/message-history.spec.ts
index ea7bc59..cc14f04 100644
--- a/web/e2e/message-history.spec.ts
+++ b/web/e2e/message-history.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,75 @@ test.describe('message history (mocked API, no real backend)', () => {
     await expect(page.getByText('Reply from a customer')).toBeVisible()
   })
 
+  // Checked at both widths: the mobile break was a header pinned to the same
+  // offset as the search bar, and the desktop one was a header covering rows
+  // and swallowing their clicks.
+  for (const viewport of [
+    { name: 'mobile', width: 390, height: 700 },
+    { name: 'desktop', width: 1280, height: 800 },
+  ]) {
+    test(`day headers never overlap message rows on ${viewport.name}`, async ({
+      page,
+      context,
+    }) => {
+      await page.setViewportSize({
+        width: viewport.width,
+        height: viewport.height,
+      })
+      await authenticate(context)
+      await mockApi(page)
+
+      // Enough messages across several days to force scrolling.
+      const at = (days: number, hours: number) =>
+        new Date(Date.now() - days * 86400000 - hours * 3600000).toISOString()
+      await page.route('**/api/v1/gateway/devices/*/messages*', (route) =>
+        route.fulfill({
+          status: 200,
+          contentType: 'application/json',
+          body: JSON.stringify({
+            data: Array.from({ length: 12 }).map((_, i) => ({
+              _id: `m${i}`,
+              sender: `+2519403617${40 + i}`,
+              message: 'A message long enough to wrap onto a second line here',
+              status: 'received',
+              type: 'received',
+              receivedAt: at(Math.floor(i / 3), i),
+              createdAt: at(Math.floor(i / 3), i),
+            })),
+            meta: { total: 12, page: 1, limit: 20, totalPages: 1 },
+          }),
+        })
+      )
+
+      await page.goto('/dashboard/messaging/history')
+      await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Today' })).toBeVisible()
+      await page.evaluate(() => window.scrollTo(0, 420))
+
+      const headers = await page.locator('h3').all()
+      const rows = await page.getByRole('button', { name: /\+2519/ }).all()
+
+      for (const header of headers) {
+        const hb = await header.boundingBox()
+        if (!hb) continue
+        for (const row of rows) {
+          const rb = await row.boundingBox()
+          if (!rb) continue
+          const overlap =
+            Math.min(hb.y + hb.height, rb.y + rb.height) - Math.max(hb.y, rb.y)
+          expect(
+            overlap,
+            'a day header must not cover a message row'
+          ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1)
+        }
+      }
+
+      // A covering header also swallowed the row's click, so the row must
+      // still be clickable after scrolling.
+      await page.getByRole('button', { name: /\+2519/ }).first().click()
+      await expect(page.getByRole('dialog')).toBeVisible()
+    })
+  }
+
   test('search is sent to the server, not applied to the loaded page', async ({
     page,
     context,
diff --git a/web/test/fixtures.ts b/web/test/fixtures.ts
index f59ee59..f66cd00 100644
--- a/web/test/fixtures.ts
+++ b/web/test/fixtures.ts
@@ -107,9 +107,18 @@ export const mockWebhookNotifications = { data: [], total: 0 }
 // The real endpoint populates `device` (select: _id brand model buildId
 // enabled), so the fixtures carry it too: replying reads message.device._id,
 // and without it the mocked path would not exercise what production does.
-// Dates are relative so the day-grouped list always has a "Today" section.
-const hoursAgo = (hours: number) =>
-  new Date(Date.now() - hours * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()
+// Anchored to local midnight rather than "N hours ago": a message 2 hours old
+// falls on the previous day when the suite runs just after midnight, which
+// made the Today/Yesterday grouping assertions depend on the wall clock.
+const startOfToday = () => {
+  const d = new Date()
+  d.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0)
+  return d.getTime()
+}
+// Now is always today and never in the future.
+const todayIso = () => new Date().toISOString()
+// An hour before local midnight is always yesterday.
+const yesterdayIso = () => new Date(startOfToday() - 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()
 
 export const mockMessages = {
   data: [
@@ -120,8 +129,8 @@ export const mockMessages = {
       status: 'sent',
       type: 'sent',
       device: { _id: 'device_1', brand: 'Google', model: 'Pixel 8' },
-      requestedAt: hoursAgo(2),
-      createdAt: hoursAgo(2),
+      requestedAt: todayIso(),
+      createdAt: todayIso(),
     },
     {
       _id: 'msg_2',
@@ -130,8 +139,8 @@ export const mockMessages = {
       status: 'received',
       type: 'received',
       device: { _id: 'device_1', brand: 'Google', model: 'Pixel 8' },
-      receivedAt: hoursAgo(30),
-      createdAt: hoursAgo(30),
+      receivedAt: yesterdayIso(),
+      createdAt: yesterdayIso(),
     },
   ],
   meta: { total: 2, page: 1, limit: 20, totalPages: 1 },