diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/workhub-surface.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/workhub-surface.tsx
index 8a7cf93ad2..ded6df065b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/renderer/workhub-surface.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/renderer/workhub-surface.tsx
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ export function WorkHubSurface(props: {
         <div className="maka-chat-shell">
           <ChatMessageList
             className="maka-chat-message-list maka-chatContent workhub-message-list"
-            density="compact"
             gap={4}
             isStreaming={pending}
           >
@@ -508,7 +507,6 @@ export function WorkHubCoordinationStatus(props: {
         <div className="maka-chat-shell">
           <ChatMessageList
             className="maka-chat-message-list maka-chatContent workhub-message-list"
-            density="compact"
             gap={4}
             isStreaming={resolving}
           >
@@ -769,12 +767,12 @@ function WorkHubMessageFrame(props: {
       data-state={props.state}
       data-link-state={props.linkState}
     >
-      <ChatMessage sender="user" density="compact" className="workhub-message">
+      <ChatMessage sender="user" className="workhub-message">
         <ChatMessageBubble className="maka-chat-message-bubble maka-chat-message-bubble-user workhub-user-bubble">
           <p>{props.text}</p>
         </ChatMessageBubble>
       </ChatMessage>
-      <ChatMessage sender="assistant" density="compact" className="workhub-message">
+      <ChatMessage sender="assistant" className="workhub-message">
         <ChatMessageBubble
           variant="ghost"
           width="100%"
diff --git a/apps/desktop/stories/workhub.stories.tsx b/apps/desktop/stories/workhub.stories.tsx
index be53b4e57e..610f5d637e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/stories/workhub.stories.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/stories/workhub.stories.tsx
@@ -134,5 +134,21 @@ export const SubmittedWorkKeepsTargetMetadataInside: Story = {
     expect(button.getBoundingClientRect().bottom).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(
       project.getBoundingClientRect().bottom,
     );
+
+    // #4914: WorkHub's conversation is one surface — the user bubble rounds
+    // like the composer plate beneath it, both resolving Astryx's
+    // `--radius-chat`. `density="compact"` on WorkHub's chat primitives had
+    // pinned the bubble to `--radius-container` (12px) while the composer
+    // stayed 28px, splitting a transcript and a dock on the same surface by
+    // more than 2x. Compared against the real composer plate, not a literal,
+    // so an upstream `--radius-chat` change moves both or fails here.
+    const bubble = canvasElement.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
+      '.workhub-projected-turn .workhub-user-bubble',
+    );
+    const plate = canvasElement.querySelector('.maka-composer-astryx')?.firstElementChild;
+    if (!bubble || !plate) throw new Error('WorkHub bubble or composer plate is missing');
+    const bubbleRadius = getComputedStyle(bubble).borderTopLeftRadius;
+    expect(bubbleRadius).not.toBe('0px');
+    expect(bubbleRadius).toBe(getComputedStyle(plate).borderTopLeftRadius);
   },
 };