diff --git a/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx b/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
index 3a71a83..2b286a8 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/BridgeView.jsx
@@ -193,7 +193,40 @@ export function buildSteps(rows, {
 
 // Plot geometry, also pure: given the steps and a canvas size, where does each
 // bar and label land? Exported so collisions and overflow can be checked.
-export function layoutSteps(steps, width, H = 340, PAD = { t: 24, r: 16, b: 64, l: 68 }) {
+// Break a label to the bar's width, on word boundaries.
+//
+// SVG text does not wrap, so the labels were cut at twelve characters and
+// "04 - Forecast" and "04 - Forecasting" read the same. Character width is
+// estimated rather than measured -- measuring means a DOM round trip per label
+// on every render, and at this font a digit is about 0.55em, which is close
+// enough for a centred label with a bar's width to play with.
+//
+// Three lines maximum, and a word longer than the line is left to overflow
+// rather than broken: a truncated word helps nobody, and the bars are wide
+// enough that it only happens to things like a pasted part number.
+function wrapLabel(label, barW, fontSize = 10, maxLines = 3) {
+  const perLine = Math.max(6, Math.floor(barW / (fontSize * 0.55)))
+  const words = String(label || '').split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
+  const lines = []
+  let line = ''
+  for (const w of words) {
+    const next = line ? `${line} ${w}` : w
+    if (next.length <= perLine) { line = next; continue }
+    if (line) lines.push(line)
+    line = w
+    if (lines.length === maxLines) break
+  }
+  if (line && lines.length < maxLines) lines.push(line)
+  if (!lines.length) return ['']
+  // anything that did not fit is marked on the last line rather than dropped
+  const used = lines.join(' ').length
+  if (used < String(label).replace(/\s+/g, ' ').length) {
+    lines[lines.length - 1] = `${lines[lines.length - 1]}…`
+  }
+  return lines
+}
+
+export function layoutSteps(steps, width, H = 340, PAD = { t: 24, r: 16, b: 84, l: 68 }) {
   const plotW = Math.max(120, width - PAD.l - PAD.r)
   const plotH = H - PAD.t - PAD.b
   const values = steps.flatMap(s => [s.start, s.end])
@@ -427,6 +460,8 @@ export default function BridgeView({
                   const h    = Math.max(2, bot - top)
                   const x    = xOf(i)
                   const on   = hover?.key === s.key
+                  const labelLines = wrapLabel(s.label, barW)
+                  const subY = PAD.t + plotH + 16 + labelLines.length * 11 + 2
                   return (
                     <g key={s.key}
                        onMouseEnter={() => setHover({ ...s, x: x + barW / 2, y: top })}
@@ -447,15 +482,18 @@ export default function BridgeView({
                         {isAnchor ? fmt(s.end, 0) : fmtSigned(s.delta, 0)}
                       </text>
                       <text x={x + barW / 2} y={PAD.t + plotH + 16} textAnchor="middle" fontSize="10" fill={INK}>
-                        {s.label.length > 12 ? `${s.label.slice(0, 11)}…` : s.label}
+                        {labelLines.map((ln, li) => (
+                          <tspan key={li} x={x + barW / 2} dy={li === 0 ? 0 : 11}>{ln}</tspan>
+                        ))}
                       </text>
+                      {/* below the label, however many lines it took */}
                       {!isAnchor && s.entries > 1 && (
-                        <text x={x + barW / 2} y={PAD.t + plotH + 29} textAnchor="middle" fontSize="9" fill={INK_DIM}>
+                        <text x={x + barW / 2} y={subY} textAnchor="middle" fontSize="9" fill={INK_DIM}>
                           ×{s.entries}
                         </text>
                       )}
                       {!s.tagged && !isAnchor && (
-                        <text x={x + barW / 2} y={PAD.t + plotH + 29} textAnchor="middle" fontSize="9" fill={INK_DIM}>
+                        <text x={x + barW / 2} y={subY} textAnchor="middle" fontSize="9" fill={INK_DIM}>
                           untagged
                         </text>
                       )}