diff --git a/src/components/onboarding/module-tour-trigger.tsx b/src/components/onboarding/module-tour-trigger.tsx
index a502cbf16..717a3fa01 100644
--- a/src/components/onboarding/module-tour-trigger.tsx
+++ b/src/components/onboarding/module-tour-trigger.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * opens the spotlight narrowed to that single module card on the
  * current page (no cross-page navigation, no completion flip).
  *
- * Anchors to the page's `data-tour="<…>-hero"` element via the launcher
+ * Anchors to the page's `data-tour-id="<…>-hero"` element via the launcher
  * → overlay path. The button itself carries no anchor — it only fires
  * the event.
  */
diff --git a/src/components/settings/section-nav-heading-spacer.tsx b/src/components/settings/section-nav-heading-spacer.tsx
index 5a5bcf962..e8d7c13e6 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/section-nav-heading-spacer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/section-nav-heading-spacer.tsx
@@ -14,11 +14,18 @@
  *
  * It is only rendered on `md+` (the desktop sticky sidebar); the mobile chip
  * strip has no heading-to-align-with.
+ *
+ * v1.18.6 (L11) — pass the active section's resolved `title` so the h1 line
+ * wraps identically when a locale's title runs to two lines, rather than
+ * reserving a single `&nbsp;` line. The subtitle copy lives per-page in the
+ * section frame and is not threaded up here, so the spacer reserves one
+ * subtitle line; a subtitle that wraps to two lines in a given locale is the
+ * residual known limitation the original comment called out.
  */
-export function SectionNavHeadingSpacer() {
+export function SectionNavHeadingSpacer({ title }: { title?: string }) {
   return (
     <div aria-hidden="true" className="invisible mb-6 select-none">
-      <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold tracking-tight">&nbsp;</h1>
+      <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold tracking-tight">{title || " "}</h1>
       <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">&nbsp;</p>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings-shell.tsx b/src/components/settings/settings-shell.tsx
index f99b74e2f..fd6c3464e 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings-shell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings-shell.tsx
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ export function SettingsShell({ active, children }: SettingsShellProps) {
   const visibleSections = SETTINGS_SECTIONS.filter(
     (section) => !section.moduleGate || modules?.[section.moduleGate] !== false,
   );
+  const activeSection = visibleSections.find(
+    (section) => section.slug === activeSlug,
+  );
 
   // v1.4.33 IW4 — keep the active chip in view inside the horizontal
   // mobile strip. On a 393 CSS px viewport the strip is wider than the
@@ -360,8 +363,13 @@ export function SettingsShell({ active, children }: SettingsShellProps) {
           <div className="sticky top-20">
             {/* v1.18.6 (W9) — push the first nav item down to the top of the
                 first card (level with the page heading's following gap), so
-                the menu reads symmetric with the content column. */}
-            <SectionNavHeadingSpacer />
+                the menu reads symmetric with the content column. Feed the
+                active title so the spacer's h1 wraps the same way (L11). */}
+            <SectionNavHeadingSpacer
+              title={
+                activeSection ? t(activeSection.titleKey) : undefined
+              }
+            />
             <ul className="space-y-1">
               {visibleSections.map((section) => {
                 const isActive = section.slug === activeSlug;