diff --git a/.github/pages/template.html b/.github/pages/template.html
index 8379663..23d890d 100644
--- a/.github/pages/template.html
+++ b/.github/pages/template.html
@@ -164,10 +164,14 @@
   p.banner { display: block; margin: 0 auto 26px; max-width: 640px; max-inline-size: 100%; }
   p.banner img { display: block; width: 100%; }
 
-  p.badges { margin: 1.5em 0 0; gap: 7px; }
+  /* line-height: 0 matters -- two of these badges are wrapped in links, and
+     an inline image inside an <a> carries line-box leading, which made those
+     flex items 37.5px tall against the bare images' 28px */
+  p.badges { margin: 1.5em 0 0; gap: 7px; line-height: 0; }
+  p.badges a { display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; }
   /* shields.io renders for-the-badge at 28px tall; pin it so every badge in
      the row matches exactly, and keep flex out of their sizing */
-  p.badges img { height: 28px; width: auto; flex: 0 0 auto; }
+  p.badges img { display: block; height: 28px; width: auto; flex: 0 0 auto; }
 
   /* screenshots get a terminal frame rather than a bare border */
   p.shot {
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 7e2ac07..e079c00 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ python3 install.py           # --cli-only, --dev, --prefix, --verify, --uninstal
 # Pipe a single command (non-interactive; cli.py detects a non-tty stdin)
 echo '/search "q2 plan"' | python3 -m glean_code
 
-# Run the full test suite (1,108 tests, stdlib unittest — works with or without pytest)
+# Run the full test suite (1,109 tests, stdlib unittest — works with or without pytest)
 python3 -m pytest tests/
 python3 -m unittest discover tests/
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44f3f28..3333f45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ The full Glean Code REPL — slash commands, status bar, mock/live switching, se
 | 🔐 **[SSO / OAuth](docs/SSO_OAUTH.md)** · **[Secure tokens](docs/SECURE_TOKENS.md)** | Browser sign-in, secure refs, the masking matrix |
 | 🔌 **[MCP server](docs/MCP.md)** | Glean as native tools in Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor |
 | 🏛️ **[Architecture](docs/ARCHITECTURE.md)** · **[REST paths](docs/REST_PATHS.md)** | Module map, request flow, endpoints, how to add a command |
-| ✅ **[Testing](docs/TESTING.md)** | Running the 1,108-test suite and what it covers |
+| ✅ **[Testing](docs/TESTING.md)** | Running the 1,109-test suite and what it covers |
 | 🛟 **[Support](SUPPORT.md)** · **[Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)** | How to report a bug · release history |
 
 > [!NOTE]
diff --git a/docs/TESTING.md b/docs/TESTING.md
index 39c71c0..e26b391 100644
--- a/docs/TESTING.md
+++ b/docs/TESTING.md
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ files, and they outrank the `Glean Code.app` launcher in `Cmd+Space`:
 export PYTHONPYCACHEPREFIX="$HOME/.cache/python"
 ```
 
-1,108 tests covering the client and every mock response, commands and dispatch, config, UI, auth, completion, help docs, the mock corpus, indexing-walk, scaffold, the installer, the MCP server, the flow mapper, the Pages site builder, and Glean Personal (text extraction, the index, the content graph, ranking explanations, local mode, and the local MCP tools).
+1,109 tests covering the client and every mock response, commands and dispatch, config, UI, auth, completion, help docs, the mock corpus, indexing-walk, scaffold, the installer, the MCP server, the flow mapper, the Pages site builder, and Glean Personal (text extraction, the index, the content graph, ranking explanations, local mode, and the local MCP tools).
 
 ## Development notes
 
 Notes on the test suite added during development of glean-code-cli.
 
-All 1,108 tests pass. Here's what was added across the development passes:
+All 1,109 tests pass. Here's what was added across the development passes:
 
 `tests/test_commands_extended.py` (155 new tests) — covers all previously untested commands:
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pages_build.py b/tests/test_pages_build.py
index b978e93..18cd321 100644
--- a/tests/test_pages_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_pages_build.py
@@ -290,10 +290,16 @@ class TestTemplate(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.css = (REPO_ROOT / ".github" / "pages" / "template.html").read_text()
 
+    def _rule(self, selector):
+        body = self.css[self.css.index(selector) + len(selector):]
+        return body[:body.index("}")]
+
     def test_badge_height_is_pinned(self):
         # Without an explicit height the flex line stretched the badges and the
         # widest one, clamped by the space left, stayed shorter than the rest.
-        self.assertIn("p.badges img { height: 28px; width: auto; flex: 0 0 auto; }", self.css)
+        rule = self._rule("p.badges img {")
+        for decl in ("display: block", "height: 28px", "width: auto", "flex: 0 0 auto"):
+            self.assertIn(decl, rule)
 
     def test_tagline_is_set_in_the_mono_face(self):
         rule = self.css[self.css.index('[align="center"] .banner + p {'):]
@@ -308,9 +314,17 @@ def test_headings_and_table_headers_use_the_mono_face(self):
             rule = self.css[self.css.index(selector):]
             self.assertIn("font-family: var(--mono)", rule[:rule.index("}")], selector)
 
+    def test_badge_links_are_not_leaded(self):
+        # Two badges are wrapped in links. An inline image inside an <a> carries
+        # line-box leading, which made those flex items 37.5px tall against the
+        # bare images' 28px -- the row's cross size, and the misalignment.
+        self.assertIn("line-height: 0", self._rule("p.badges {"))
+        anchor = self._rule("p.badges a {")
+        self.assertIn("display: flex", anchor)
+        self.assertIn("flex: 0 0 auto", anchor)
+
     def test_image_rows_do_not_stretch_their_items(self):
-        row = self.css[self.css.index("p.imgrow {"):]
-        self.assertIn("align-items: center", row[:row.index("}")])
+        self.assertIn("align-items: center", self._rule("p.imgrow {"))
 
 
 class TestIcons(unittest.TestCase):