diff --git a/.changeset/tabled-ansi-width.md b/.changeset/tabled-ansi-width.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9b7160a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tabled-ansi-width.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@smooai/smooth': patch
+---
+
+th-6e77b7: `th admin` tables no longer over-widen columns containing coloured status cells — tabled's `ansi` feature makes its width calc strip escape sequences.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b61e96d..14428235 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi-str"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "060de1453b69f46304b28274f382132f4e72c55637cf362920926a70d090890d"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansitok",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ansitok"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0a8acea8c2f1c60f0a92a8cd26bf96ca97db56f10bbcab238bbe0cceba659ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+ "vte",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -82,6 +101,12 @@ version = "1.0.102"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arrayvec"
+version = "0.7.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f02882884d3e1bc524fb12c79f107f6ad0e1cfd498c536ffb494301740995dfe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ascii"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -2280,6 +2305,8 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b915f831b85d984193fdc3d3611505871dc139b2534530fa01c1a6a6707b6723"
 dependencies = [
+ "ansi-str",
+ "ansitok",
  "bytecount",
  "fnv",
  "unicode-width",
@@ -4153,6 +4180,8 @@ version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "121d8171ee5687a4978d1b244f7d99c43e7385a272185a2f1e1fa4dc0979d444"
 dependencies = [
+ "ansi-str",
+ "ansitok",
  "papergrid",
  "tabled_derive",
 ]
@@ -4922,6 +4951,16 @@ version = "0.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vte"
+version = "0.14.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "231fdcd7ef3037e8330d8e17e61011a2c244126acc0a982f4040ac3f9f0bc077"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayvec",
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vtparse"
 version = "0.6.2"
diff --git a/crates/smooth-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/smooth-cli/Cargo.toml
index 09b6e190..60243b59 100644
--- a/crates/smooth-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/smooth-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ quick-xml = { version = "0.37", features = ["serialize"] }
 # `tabled` is what nushell uses — best-of-class in the Rust table-
 # rendering space. Builder API for dynamic JSON, rich modifier chain
 # for theming, 10+ built-in styles.
-tabled = "0.18"
+tabled = { version = "0.18", features = ["ansi"] } # `ansi`: width calc strips escapes — coloured status cells were over-widening columns (th-6e77b7)
 
 # Pearl th-fcb579: browser-based `th auth login`.
 # - `tiny_http`: minimal blocking HTTP listener for the OAuth
diff --git a/crates/smooth-cli/src/admin/render.rs b/crates/smooth-cli/src/admin/render.rs
index 327b5411..787fbdb8 100644
--- a/crates/smooth-cli/src/admin/render.rs
+++ b/crates/smooth-cli/src/admin/render.rs
@@ -366,6 +366,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(opts.label, Some("users"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn ansi_escapes_do_not_widen_columns_th_6e77b7() {
+        // Explicit escapes (owo-colors may no-op off-TTY): the coloured
+        // cell must render the same table width as the plain one.
+        let table_width = |cell: &str| {
+            let mut b = Builder::default();
+            b.push_record(["status"]);
+            b.push_record([cell]);
+            let mut t = b.build();
+            apply_modern_style(&mut t);
+            t.to_string().lines().next().map_or(0, |l| l.chars().count())
+        };
+        assert_eq!(table_width("\u{1b}[32;1mactive\u{1b}[0m"), table_width("active"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn colour_status_known_values_get_colour_codes_other_passthrough() {
         // Coloured = contains an ANSI escape. The actual code depends