diff --git a/src/components/GlassyRecordCard.css b/src/components/GlassyRecordCard.css
index 895c5f9..4aa8d45 100644
--- a/src/components/GlassyRecordCard.css
+++ b/src/components/GlassyRecordCard.css
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@
   color: var(--record-title-hover);
 }
 
-.glassy-record-card--open .glassy-record-card__button {
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
-}
-
 .glassy-record-card__copy,
 .glassy-record-card__aside {
   min-width: 0;
@@ -121,6 +117,7 @@
 
 .glassy-record-card__aside {
   display: grid;
+  align-self: start;
   grid-template-columns:
     minmax(15rem, 1fr) minmax(8.75rem, 9.5rem)
     7.75rem 1.25rem;
diff --git a/tests/unit/glassy-record-card.test.tsx b/tests/unit/glassy-record-card.test.tsx
index 58af24e..864bec5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/glassy-record-card.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/unit/glassy-record-card.test.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test("record cards retain the complete summary for expansion", () => {
   assert.match(html, /glassy-record-card--open/);
 });
 
-test("record cards use visual ellipsis only while collapsed", () => {
+test("record cards reveal summaries without moving their metadata grid", () => {
   const css = readFileSync(
     join(process.cwd(), "src/components/GlassyRecordCard.css"),
     "utf8",
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ test("record cards use visual ellipsis only while collapsed", () => {
   assert.match(expandedRule, /overflow:\s*visible/);
   assert.match(expandedRule, /white-space:\s*normal/);
 
-  assert.match(
+  assert.doesNotMatch(
     css,
-    /\.glassy-record-card--open \.glassy-record-card__button\s*\{[^}]*grid-template-columns:\s*minmax\(0, 1fr\)/s,
+    /\.glassy-record-card--open \.glassy-record-card__button\s*\{/,
   );
+
+  assert.match(css, /\.glassy-record-card__aside\s*\{[^}]*align-self:\s*start/);
 });