diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Flow/FlowNode.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Flow/FlowNode.tsx
index c87029c..a85f7e4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Flow/FlowNode.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Flow/FlowNode.tsx
@@ -226,11 +226,14 @@ function FlowNodeComponent({ data, selected }: NodeProps) {
               {typeLabel}
             </span>
           </span>
-          {/* Each control sits in a slot that is there whether the control
-              is or not. They come and go with what the node is doing — and a
-              node running many times a second comes and goes that often — so
-              in the flex row itself they would resize the card on every
-              execution, which reads as a flickering shape. */}
+          {/* This and the dot below sit in slots that are there whether the
+              control is or not: both come and go on their own — a node running
+              many times a second mounts and unmounts this on every execution —
+              and in the flex row itself that resizes the card each time, which
+              reads as a flickering shape. The traceback button below is left
+              in the row on purpose: it appears when a node newly fails and
+              goes when someone acknowledges it, which is a thing to notice
+              rather than a flicker, and a slot for it costs the title 34px. */}
           <span className="flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center">
             {running ? (
               <Tooltip>
@@ -259,48 +262,46 @@ function FlowNodeComponent({ data, selected }: NodeProps) {
             ) : null}
           </span>
 
-          <span className="flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center">
-            {(status === "error" || failedEarlier) && onShowLogs ? (
-              <Tooltip>
-                <TooltipTrigger asChild>
-                  <Button
-                    variant="ghost"
-                    size="icon-sm"
-                    // `nodrag` keeps xyflow from reading the press as a drag; the
-                    // click itself is stopped so the node panel stays closed.
-                    className={cn(
-                      "nodrag nopan size-6 shrink-0 hover:text-destructive",
-                      // Red while it is the only thing left saying so, and named
-                      // in words beside it: colour never carries a status alone.
-                      failedEarlier
-                        ? "text-destructive"
-                        : "text-muted-foreground",
-                    )}
-                    aria-label={
-                      failedEarlier
-                        ? `Failed at ${failedAt} — show the traceback`
-                        : "Show what this node printed"
-                    }
-                    data-testid="node-traceback"
-                    onClick={(event) => {
-                      event.stopPropagation()
-                      onShowLogs(definition.id)
-                      // Reading it is what dismisses it: nothing else does, and a
-                      // marker that never goes away stops meaning anything.
-                      liveStore.acknowledgeFailure(nodeId)
-                    }}
-                  >
-                    <Bug />
-                  </Button>
-                </TooltipTrigger>
-                <TooltipContent>
-                  {failedEarlier
-                    ? `Failed at ${failedAt} — show the traceback`
-                    : "Show the traceback"}
-                </TooltipContent>
-              </Tooltip>
-            ) : null}
-          </span>
+          {(status === "error" || failedEarlier) && onShowLogs ? (
+            <Tooltip>
+              <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+                <Button
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  size="icon-sm"
+                  // `nodrag` keeps xyflow from reading the press as a drag; the
+                  // click itself is stopped so the node panel stays closed.
+                  className={cn(
+                    "nodrag nopan size-6 shrink-0 hover:text-destructive",
+                    // Red while it is the only thing left saying so, and named
+                    // in words beside it: colour never carries a status alone.
+                    failedEarlier
+                      ? "text-destructive"
+                      : "text-muted-foreground",
+                  )}
+                  aria-label={
+                    failedEarlier
+                      ? `Failed at ${failedAt} — show the traceback`
+                      : "Show what this node printed"
+                  }
+                  data-testid="node-traceback"
+                  onClick={(event) => {
+                    event.stopPropagation()
+                    onShowLogs(definition.id)
+                    // Reading it is what dismisses it: nothing else does, and a
+                    // marker that never goes away stops meaning anything.
+                    liveStore.acknowledgeFailure(nodeId)
+                  }}
+                >
+                  <Bug />
+                </Button>
+              </TooltipTrigger>
+              <TooltipContent>
+                {failedEarlier
+                  ? `Failed at ${failedAt} — show the traceback`
+                  : "Show the traceback"}
+              </TooltipContent>
+            </Tooltip>
+          ) : null}
 
           <span className="flex size-2 shrink-0 items-center justify-center">
             {style ? (