diff --git a/clarity.controlplane/src/components/GitCommitDrawer.tsx b/clarity.controlplane/src/components/GitCommitDrawer.tsx
index efdabd4..fb07ebc 100644
--- a/clarity.controlplane/src/components/GitCommitDrawer.tsx
+++ b/clarity.controlplane/src/components/GitCommitDrawer.tsx
@@ -1,74 +1,127 @@
-import { useEffect, useState, useRef } from 'react';
-import { Button, Drawer, Intent, NonIdealState, Spinner, Tag, Tooltip } from '@blueprintjs/core';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Button, Collapse, Drawer, Icon, Intent, NonIdealState, Spinner, Tag, Tooltip } from '@blueprintjs/core';
 import { html as diff2htmlHtml } from 'diff2html';
 import 'diff2html/bundles/css/diff2html.min.css';
-import hljs from 'highlight.js';
-import 'highlight.js/styles/github.css';
-import { getCommitDetail, type CommitDetail } from '../api/opcApi';
+import { getCommitDetail, type CommitDetail, type CommitFile } from '../api/opcApi';
 
 interface Props {
   hash: string | null;
   onClose: () => void;
 }
 
+function fileStatusIntent(status: string): Intent {
+  if (status === 'added')   return Intent.SUCCESS;
+  if (status === 'deleted') return Intent.DANGER;
+  if (status === 'renamed') return Intent.WARNING;
+  return Intent.NONE;
+}
+
+function fileStatusIcon(status: string): string {
+  if (status === 'added')   return 'plus';
+  if (status === 'deleted') return 'minus';
+  if (status === 'renamed') return 'arrow-right';
+  return 'edit';
+}
+
+function FileDiff({ file }: { file: CommitFile }) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(true);
+
+  const diffHtml = file.patch
+    ? diff2htmlHtml(file.patch, {
+        drawFileList:           false,
+        matching:               'lines',
+        outputFormat:           'line-by-line',
+        renderNothingWhenEmpty: true,
+      })
+    : '';
+
+  const displayPath = file.status === 'renamed' && file.oldPath && file.oldPath !== file.path
+    ? `${file.oldPath} → ${file.path}`
+    : file.path;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="gcd-file-section">
+      <button
+        className={`gcd-file-header ${open ? 'gcd-file-header--open' : ''}`}
+        onClick={() => setOpen(o => !o)}
+        type="button"
+      >
+        <Icon icon={open ? 'chevron-down' : 'chevron-right'} size={14} className="gcd-file-chevron" />
+        <Icon icon={fileStatusIcon(file.status)} size={13} intent={fileStatusIntent(file.status)} className="gcd-file-status-icon" />
+        <span className="gcd-file-path">{displayPath}</span>
+        <span className="gcd-file-stats">
+          {file.additions > 0 && <span className="gcd-adds">+{file.additions}</span>}
+          {file.deletions > 0 && <span className="gcd-dels">-{file.deletions}</span>}
+        </span>
+      </button>
+      <Collapse isOpen={open} keepChildrenMounted>
+        {diffHtml
+          ? <div className="git-diff-container" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: diffHtml }} />
+          : <div className="gcd-no-diff">Binary or empty file — no textual diff available.</div>
+        }
+      </Collapse>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 export function GitCommitDrawer({ hash, onClose }: Props) {
   const [detail,  setDetail]  = useState<CommitDetail | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [error,   setError]   = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const diffRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!hash) { setDetail(null); setError(null); return; }
-    setLoading(true); setDetail(null); setError(null);
+    if (!hash) {
+      // Delay clearing so the closing animation doesn't flash blank
+      const t = setTimeout(() => { setDetail(null); setError(null); }, 300);
+      return () => clearTimeout(t);
+    }
+    setLoading(true);
+    setError(null);
     getCommitDetail(hash)
-      .then(setDetail)
+      .then(d  => { setDetail(d); setError(null); })
       .catch(e => setError(String(e)))
       .finally(() => setLoading(false));
   }, [hash]);
 
-  // After diff HTML is injected, run highlight.js over code blocks
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (detail && diffRef.current) {
-      diffRef.current.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('code[class]').forEach(el => {
-        hljs.highlightElement(el);
-      });
-    }
-  }, [detail]);
-
-  const combinedPatch = detail?.files.map(f => f.patch).join('\n') ?? '';
-  const diffHtml = combinedPatch
-    ? diff2htmlHtml(combinedPatch, {
-        drawFileList:    true,
-        matching:        'lines',
-        outputFormat:    'line-by-line',
-        renderNothingWhenEmpty: false,
-      })
-    : '';
+  const totalAdds = detail?.files.reduce((a, f) => a + f.additions, 0) ?? 0;
+  const totalDels = detail?.files.reduce((a, f) => a + f.deletions, 0) ?? 0;
 
   return (
     <Drawer
       isOpen={!!hash}
       onClose={onClose}
-      title={detail ? (
-        <span className="git-drawer-title">
-          <code className="git-drawer-hash">{detail.shortHash}</code>
-          <span className="git-drawer-subject">{detail.subject}</span>
-        </span>
-      ) : 'Commit Diff'}
+      title={
+        detail ? (
+          <span className="git-drawer-title">
+            <code className="git-drawer-hash">{detail.shortHash}</code>
+            <span className="git-drawer-subject">{detail.subject}</span>
+          </span>
+        ) : 'Commit Diff'
+      }
       size="70%"
       position="right"
       className="git-commit-drawer"
     >
-      <div className="git-drawer-body">
-        {loading && <NonIdealState icon={<Spinner size={24} />} title="Loading diff…" />}
-        {error   && <NonIdealState icon="error" intent={Intent.DANGER} title="Failed to load commit" description={error} />}
+      {/* Scrollable body */}
+      <div className="gcd-body">
+        {/* Loading overlay — keeps old content visible while fetching next */}
+        {loading && (
+          <div className="gcd-loading-overlay">
+            <Spinner size={28} />
+          </div>
+        )}
 
-        {detail && (
+        {error && (
+          <NonIdealState icon="error" intent={Intent.DANGER}
+            title="Failed to load commit" description={error} />
+        )}
+
+        {!error && detail && (
           <>
             {/* Metadata bar */}
             <div className="git-commit-meta-bar">
               <div className="git-commit-meta-left">
-                <Tooltip content="Copy full hash">
+                <Tooltip content="Copy full hash" placement="bottom">
                   <code
                     className="git-commit-hash-chip"
                     onClick={() => navigator.clipboard.writeText(detail.hash)}
@@ -81,26 +134,33 @@ export function GitCommitDrawer({ hash, onClose }: Props) {
                 <span className="git-commit-date">{detail.date}</span>
               </div>
               <div className="git-commit-meta-right">
-                <Tag intent={Intent.SUCCESS} minimal round icon="add">
-                  +{detail.files.reduce((a, f) => a + f.additions, 0)}
+                {totalAdds > 0 && (
+                  <Tag intent={Intent.SUCCESS} minimal round>+{totalAdds}</Tag>
+                )}
+                {totalDels > 0 && (
+                  <Tag intent={Intent.DANGER} minimal round>-{totalDels}</Tag>
+                )}
+                <Tag minimal round>
+                  {detail.files.length} file{detail.files.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''}
                 </Tag>
-                <Tag intent={Intent.DANGER} minimal round icon="remove">
-                  -{detail.files.reduce((a, f) => a + f.deletions, 0)}
-                </Tag>
-                <Tag minimal round>{detail.files.length} file{detail.files.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''}</Tag>
               </div>
             </div>
 
-            {/* Commit body if multiline */}
+            {/* Extended commit message */}
             {detail.body.trim() !== detail.subject.trim() && (
               <pre className="git-commit-body">{detail.body.trim()}</pre>
             )}
 
-            {/* Diff */}
-            {diffHtml
-              ? <div ref={diffRef} className="git-diff-container" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: diffHtml }} />
-              : <NonIdealState icon="git-commit" title="No diff" description="This commit has no file changes." />
-            }
+            {/* Per-file diffs */}
+            {detail.files.length === 0 ? (
+              <NonIdealState icon="git-commit" title="No file changes" />
+            ) : (
+              <div className="gcd-files-list">
+                {detail.files.map(f => (
+                  <FileDiff key={f.path} file={f} />
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            )}
           </>
         )}
 
@@ -109,7 +169,8 @@ export function GitCommitDrawer({ hash, onClose }: Props) {
         )}
       </div>
 
-      <div className="git-drawer-footer">
+      {/* Footer — sticky at bottom */}
+      <div className="gcd-footer">
         <Button text="Close" onClick={onClose} />
       </div>
     </Drawer>
diff --git a/clarity.controlplane/src/index.css b/clarity.controlplane/src/index.css
index 84300b7..b563624 100644
--- a/clarity.controlplane/src/index.css
+++ b/clarity.controlplane/src/index.css
@@ -850,10 +850,50 @@ body {
 }
 
 /* ── Git Commit Drawer ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-.git-commit-drawer .bp5-drawer-header {
+
+/* Drawer shell: full-height flex column */
+.git-commit-drawer.bp6-drawer {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  height: 100%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.git-commit-drawer .bp6-drawer-header {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
   padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
 }
 
+/*
+ * .gcd-body is the scrollable content area.
+ * Blueprint v6 renders children directly inside .bp6-drawer — no body wrapper.
+ */
+.git-commit-drawer .gcd-body {
+  flex: 1 1 0;         /* 0 basis — don't size from content, allow shrink */
+  min-height: 0;       /* flex children won't shrink past content without this */
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  overflow-x: hidden;
+  padding: 1rem;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  position: relative;  /* loading overlay anchor */
+}
+
+/* Children of the scroll container must NOT shrink — if they do, content
+ * never overflows and the scrollbar never appears. */
+.git-commit-drawer .gcd-body > * {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+/* Footer rendered as last child — sits below the scroll area */
+.git-commit-drawer .gcd-footer {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+}
+
 .git-drawer-title {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
@@ -871,6 +911,95 @@ body {
   font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', 'Fira Code', monospace;
 }
 
+/* Loading overlay — keeps old diff visible while fetching next commit */
+.gcd-loading-overlay {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  z-index: 10;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+/* Per-file accordion */
+.gcd-files-list {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0;
+  border: 1px solid #dce0e6;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  margin: 0.75rem 0;
+}
+
+.gcd-file-section {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #dce0e6;
+}
+
+.gcd-file-section:last-child {
+  border-bottom: none;
+}
+
+.gcd-file-header {
+  all: unset;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 0.45rem 0.75rem;
+  background: #f6f8fa;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  user-select: none;
+  transition: background 0.1s;
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', 'Fira Code', monospace;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  color: #1c2127;
+}
+
+.gcd-file-header:hover,
+.gcd-file-header--open {
+  background: #edf2f7;
+}
+
+.gcd-file-chevron {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  color: #738091;
+}
+
+.gcd-file-status-icon {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.gcd-file-path {
+  flex: 1;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.gcd-file-stats {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.4rem;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  font-size: 0.73rem;
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', 'Fira Code', monospace;
+}
+
+.gcd-adds { color: #1a7f37; font-weight: 600; }
+.gcd-dels { color: #cf222e; font-weight: 600; }
+
+.gcd-no-diff {
+  padding: 0.6rem 1rem;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  color: #738091;
+  font-style: italic;
+  background: #fafafa;
+}
+
 .git-drawer-subject {
   font-size: 0.92rem;
   font-weight: 600;
@@ -880,21 +1009,6 @@ body {
   color: #1c2127;
 }
 
-.git-drawer-body {
-  flex: 1;
-  overflow-y: auto;
-  padding: 1rem;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 1rem;
-}
-
-.git-drawer-footer {
-  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
-  border-top: 1px solid #d3d8de;
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: flex-end;
-}
 
 .git-commit-meta-bar {
   display: flex;
@@ -961,7 +1075,8 @@ body {
   font-size: 0.78rem;
   line-height: 1.45;
   border-radius: 6px;
-  overflow: hidden;
+  overflow-x: auto;   /* horizontal scroll for wide diffs, not clip */
+  overflow-y: visible;
   border: 1px solid #d0d7de;
 }