diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 4c02c9b4e..a1ef194b3 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -2122,6 +2122,8 @@
       "critical": "Kritisch"
     },
     "assessmentTitle": "Einschätzung",
+    "assessmentShowMore": "Mehr anzeigen",
+    "assessmentShowLess": "Weniger anzeigen",
     "bloodPressureSectionTitle": "Blutdruck",
     "weightSectionTitle": "Gewicht",
     "pulseSectionTitle": "Puls",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index b8a03d7ef..c5b164939 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -2122,6 +2122,8 @@
       "critical": "Critical"
     },
     "assessmentTitle": "Assessment",
+    "assessmentShowMore": "Show more",
+    "assessmentShowLess": "Show less",
     "bloodPressureSectionTitle": "Blood Pressure",
     "weightSectionTitle": "Weight",
     "pulseSectionTitle": "Pulse",
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index 952da3362..9103c1a91 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -2122,6 +2122,8 @@
       "critical": "Crítico"
     },
     "assessmentTitle": "Valoración",
+    "assessmentShowMore": "Mostrar más",
+    "assessmentShowLess": "Mostrar menos",
     "bloodPressureSectionTitle": "Presión arterial",
     "weightSectionTitle": "Peso",
     "pulseSectionTitle": "Pulso",
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index c609638e0..282e00420 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -2122,6 +2122,8 @@
       "critical": "Critique"
     },
     "assessmentTitle": "Évaluation",
+    "assessmentShowMore": "Afficher plus",
+    "assessmentShowLess": "Afficher moins",
     "bloodPressureSectionTitle": "Tension artérielle",
     "weightSectionTitle": "Poids",
     "pulseSectionTitle": "Pouls",
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index 5932fb12e..7cf07cb29 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -2122,6 +2122,8 @@
       "critical": "Critico"
     },
     "assessmentTitle": "Valutazione",
+    "assessmentShowMore": "Mostra altro",
+    "assessmentShowLess": "Mostra meno",
     "bloodPressureSectionTitle": "Pressione arteriosa",
     "weightSectionTitle": "Peso",
     "pulseSectionTitle": "Polso",
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index 05b1d234a..f8875743b 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -2122,6 +2122,8 @@
       "critical": "Krytyczny"
     },
     "assessmentTitle": "Ocena",
+    "assessmentShowMore": "Pokaż więcej",
+    "assessmentShowLess": "Pokaż mniej",
     "bloodPressureSectionTitle": "Ciśnienie krwi",
     "weightSectionTitle": "Waga",
     "pulseSectionTitle": "Tętno",
diff --git a/src/components/insights/__tests__/insight-status-card.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/__tests__/insight-status-card.test.tsx
index 84454479b..da2994d2b 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/__tests__/insight-status-card.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/__tests__/insight-status-card.test.tsx
@@ -90,6 +90,36 @@ describe("<InsightStatusCard>", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("No analysis yet.");
   });
 
+  it("never surfaces a cached badge, even when the text came from the warm cache", () => {
+    // v1.11.5 — the top-right "cached" label was removed. The caching
+    // behaviour is unchanged (the prop is still threaded), but the card
+    // no longer announces it, so the assessment reads as authoritative.
+    const html = render(
+      <InsightStatusCard
+        {...baseProps}
+        cached
+        text="Pulse stayed inside the band."
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain("Pulse stayed inside the band.");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Cached");
+  });
+
+  it("does not paint the show-more toggle in SSR (overflow is measured client-side)", () => {
+    // v1.11.5 — the toggle mounts only on a measured three-line overflow,
+    // computed in a layout effect that never runs under SSR, so the
+    // server output carries the prose but no toggle. A short assessment
+    // that fits never grows a useless affordance.
+    const html = render(
+      <InsightStatusCard
+        {...baseProps}
+        text="A short assessment that comfortably fits inside three lines."
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain("A short assessment");
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="assessment-show-more"');
+  });
+
   it("renders the structured skeleton (v1.4.37) when loading instead of a centred spinner", () => {
     const html = render(
       <InsightStatusCard {...baseProps} text={null} loading />,
diff --git a/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
index 66d9561c6..c728988a3 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 import { Card, CardContent, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { useTranslations, useFormatters } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ interface InsightStatusCardProps {
   icon: React.ReactNode;
   text: string | null;
   hasProvider: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether the rendered text came from the warm cache rather than a
+   * fresh generation. Retained on the contract so every caller can keep
+   * threading it, but the card no longer surfaces a "cached" badge — the
+   * label devalued the assessment and the caching is an implementation
+   * detail the user does not need to see.
+   */
   cached: boolean;
   updatedAt: string | null;
   loading?: boolean;
@@ -34,7 +41,6 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
   icon,
   text,
   hasProvider,
-  cached,
   updatedAt,
   loading = false,
   preparing = false,
@@ -171,16 +177,12 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
       className="animate-insight-in gap-2 py-4 md:gap-3 md:py-5"
     >
       <CardHeader className="pb-2">
-        <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-            {icon}
-            <CardTitle className="text-base">{title}</CardTitle>
-          </div>
-          {cached && (
-            <span className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
-              {t("insights.cached")}
-            </span>
-          )}
+        {/* v1.11.5 — the top-right "cached" label was removed: it surfaced
+            an implementation detail and devalued the assessment. The card
+            still consumes the warm cache; it just no longer announces it. */}
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+          {icon}
+          <CardTitle className="text-base">{title}</CardTitle>
         </div>
       </CardHeader>
       <CardContent className="space-y-2">
@@ -202,35 +204,51 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
  * v1.4.27 MB7 / CF-39 — collapsible status copy. The assessment text
  * routinely lands at 3-5 paragraphs of dense narrative which dominates
  * the surface on phones. The default collapses to 3 lines via
- * `line-clamp-3`; a "Show more" toggle reveals the full body. Desktop
- * users see the full text immediately because the clamp + toggle only
- * mount when the source string is long enough to actually clip.
+ * `line-clamp-3`; a "Show more" toggle reveals the full body.
+ *
+ * v1.11.5 — the toggle now mounts only when the clamped prose actually
+ * overflows three lines, measured against the live layout rather than a
+ * character-count guess. The previous ~220-character heuristic painted a
+ * "Show more" affordance on text that already fit (and could miss text
+ * that wrapped past three lines on a narrow column), so a tap revealed
+ * nothing. We compare the paragraph's `scrollHeight` against its
+ * `clientHeight` while clamped; the toggle renders only on a true
+ * overflow, and re-measures on resize / font load via `ResizeObserver`.
  */
 function StatusBody({ text }: { text: string }) {
-  const { locale } = useTranslations();
+  const { t } = useTranslations();
   const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
-  // Cheap heuristic — only mount the toggle when the text is long
-  // enough that the 3-line clamp will hide content. ~220 characters
-  // covers the worst-case sm-viewport line at typical insights text
-  // density; below that we render plain so the user never sees a
-  // useless "Show more" affordance.
-  const isLong = text.length > 220;
-  if (!isLong) {
-    return (
-      <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">{text}</p>
-    );
-  }
-  // v1.4.27 MB7 / CF-39 — toggle copy is two short strings; rather
-  // than reach into the catalogue (which this bucket cannot edit per
-  // the dispatch brief), the labels resolve against the locale prefix
-  // inline. The translation catalogue can claim these strings in a
-  // later cycle without breaking the contract.
-  const isDe = locale.startsWith("de");
-  const showMoreLabel = isDe ? "Mehr anzeigen" : "Show more";
-  const showLessLabel = isDe ? "Weniger anzeigen" : "Show less";
+  const [overflows, setOverflows] = useState(false);
+  const paragraphRef = useRef<HTMLParagraphElement | null>(null);
+
+  // Measure the clamped paragraph against its scroll height. When the
+  // text fits inside the three-line clamp `scrollHeight` equals
+  // `clientHeight`; an overflow means the clamp is hiding content and the
+  // toggle earns its place. We measure against the *clamped* element, so
+  // the check is gated on `!expanded` — once expanded the paragraph is no
+  // longer clamped and the comparison would always read "fits".
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (expanded) return;
+    const node = paragraphRef.current;
+    if (!node) return;
+
+    const measure = () => {
+      setOverflows(node.scrollHeight > node.clientHeight + 1);
+    };
+    measure();
+
+    if (typeof ResizeObserver === "undefined") return;
+    const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure);
+    observer.observe(node);
+    return () => observer.disconnect();
+    // Re-measure whenever the source text changes (a fresh assessment) or
+    // the user collapses the card again.
+  }, [text, expanded]);
+
   return (
     <div className="space-y-1">
       <p
+        ref={paragraphRef}
         className={cn(
           "text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed",
           !expanded && "line-clamp-3",
@@ -238,17 +256,25 @@ function StatusBody({ text }: { text: string }) {
       >
         {text}
       </p>
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        onClick={() => setExpanded((prev) => !prev)}
-        aria-expanded={expanded}
-        className={cn(
-          "text-foreground/80 hover:text-foreground inline-flex text-xs font-medium",
-          "focus-visible:ring-ring/50 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
-        )}
-      >
-        {expanded ? showLessLabel : showMoreLabel}
-      </button>
+      {/* Only render the toggle on a genuine overflow. When the full text
+          fits inside three lines there is nothing more to show, so no
+          affordance is painted. */}
+      {(overflows || expanded) && (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={() => setExpanded((prev) => !prev)}
+          aria-expanded={expanded}
+          data-slot="assessment-show-more"
+          className={cn(
+            "text-foreground/80 hover:text-foreground inline-flex text-xs font-medium",
+            "focus-visible:ring-ring/50 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+          )}
+        >
+          {expanded
+            ? t("insights.assessmentShowLess")
+            : t("insights.assessmentShowMore")}
+        </button>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -258,7 +284,9 @@ function LastUpdatedFooter({ updatedAt }: { updatedAt: string | null }) {
   const fmt = useFormatters();
   if (!updatedAt) return null;
   return (
-    <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
+    // v1.11.5 — right-aligned so the timestamp tucks to the trailing edge
+    // of the card for a tidier read against the left-aligned prose above.
+    <p className="text-muted-foreground text-right text-xs">
       {t("insights.lastUpdated")}: {fmt.dateTime(updatedAt)}
     </p>
   );