diff --git a/web/src/components/app/contacts/ContactsTable.tsx b/web/src/components/app/contacts/ContactsTable.tsx
index 15190d4b..40d6ad7c 100644
--- a/web/src/components/app/contacts/ContactsTable.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/app/contacts/ContactsTable.tsx
@@ -1625,7 +1625,10 @@ function LeadStatusPill({ lead }: { lead?: ContactCampaignProgress | null }) {
                 <Icon className="w-3 h-3 shrink-0" />
             )}
             <span className="sr-only">{meta.label}</span>
-            <span aria-hidden className="hidden sm:inline truncate" {...(title ? {} : clippedTitle)}>
+            {/* The reason, when there is one, is worth more than the word it
+                covers — and React owning the attribute is what clears any word
+                the tooltip helper left here before the lead changed state. */}
+            <span aria-hidden className="hidden sm:inline truncate" title={title} {...(title ? {} : clippedTitle)}>
                 {meta.label}
             </span>
         </span>
diff --git a/web/src/lib/helper/clippedTitle.test.ts b/web/src/lib/helper/clippedTitle.test.ts
index fb713232..825058ed 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/helper/clippedTitle.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/helper/clippedTitle.test.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ describe("clippedTitle", () => {
         expect(el.getAttribute("title")).toBe("Could not send: mailbox rejected the recipient");
     });
 
+    // A caller can start supplying a title after we have already titled the
+    // element, so ownership has to be judged on the value, not the element.
+    it("stands down when a caller titles an element it had titled", () => {
+        const el = span("Queued", 420, 160);
+        fire(clippedTitle.onMouseEnter, el);
+        expect(el.getAttribute("title")).toBe("Queued");
+        el.title = "Could not send: mailbox rejected the recipient";
+        fire(clippedTitle.onMouseEnter, el);
+        expect(el.getAttribute("title")).toBe("Could not send: mailbox rejected the recipient");
+        fire(clippedTitle.onMouseLeave, el);
+        expect(el.getAttribute("title")).toBe("Could not send: mailbox rejected the recipient");
+    });
+
     // Nothing removes the attribute on re-render, so it must not outlive the
     // hover that set it: a row whose text changes underneath a resting cursor
     // would otherwise show the previous value.
diff --git a/web/src/lib/helper/clippedTitle.ts b/web/src/lib/helper/clippedTitle.ts
index 213ad14a..9fa11d96 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/helper/clippedTitle.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/helper/clippedTitle.ts
@@ -7,19 +7,22 @@
 
 import type { MouseEvent } from "react";
 
-// Only ever remove a title this module put there. An element with its own
-// `title` prop keeps it: React rewrites that attribute only when the prop value
-// changes, so taking it away once would lose it for good.
-const ours = new WeakSet<HTMLElement>();
+// The exact string this module last wrote on an element. Anything else in the
+// attribute belongs to the caller and is left alone: React rewrites a `title`
+// prop only when its value changes, so clobbering it once would lose it for
+// good. Matching on the value rather than the element matters because a caller
+// can start supplying a title after we have already titled it.
+const ours = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, string>();
 
 function titleWhenClipped(e: MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) {
     const el = e.currentTarget;
-    if (el.hasAttribute("title") && !ours.has(el)) return;
+    const current = el.getAttribute("title");
+    if (current !== null && current !== ours.get(el)) return;
     const text = el.textContent ?? "";
     if (text && el.scrollWidth > el.clientWidth) {
         el.title = text;
-        ours.add(el);
-    } else if (ours.has(el)) {
+        ours.set(el, text);
+    } else if (current !== null) {
         el.removeAttribute("title");
         ours.delete(el);
     }
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ function titleWhenClipped(e: MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) {
 
 function clearTitle(e: MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) {
     const el = e.currentTarget;
-    if (!ours.has(el)) return;
+    if (el.getAttribute("title") !== ours.get(el)) return;
     el.removeAttribute("title");
     ours.delete(el);
 }