diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/copyToClipboard.tsx b/packages/html-reporter/src/copyToClipboard.tsx
index 17b1dfbf95..8171cdd6c3 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/copyToClipboard.tsx
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/copyToClipboard.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const CopyToClipboard: React.FunctionComponent<CopyToClipboardProps> = ({
     });
   }, [value]);
   const iconElement = icon === 'check' ? icons.check() : icon === 'cross' ? icons.cross() : icons.copy();
-  return <button className='copy-icon' aria-label='Copy to clipboard' onClick={handleCopy}>{iconElement}</button>;
+  return <button className='copy-icon' title='Copy to clipboard' aria-label='Copy to clipboard' onClick={handleCopy}>{iconElement}</button>;
 };
 
 type CopyToClipboardContainerProps = CopyToClipboardProps & {
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/metadataView.css b/packages/html-reporter/src/metadataView.css
index 70d6ba78ab..0cbced5250 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/metadataView.css
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/metadataView.css
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   cursor: pointer;
   user-select: none;
   margin-left: 5px;
+  color: var(--color-fg-default);
 }
 
 .metadata-view {
@@ -26,16 +27,46 @@
   margin-top: 8px;
 }
 
+.metadata-view .metadata-section {
+  margin: 8px 10px 8px 32px;
+}
+
+.metadata-view span:not(.copy-button-container),
+.metadata-view a {
+  display: inline-block;
+  line-height: 24px;
+}
+
+.metadata-section {
+  align-items: center;
+}
+
+.metadata-properties {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: normal;
+  gap: 8px;
+}
+
+.metadata-properties > div {
+  height: 24px;
+}
+
 .metadata-separator {
   height: 1px;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border-default);
 }
 
-.metadata-view .copy-value-container {
-  margin-top: -2px;
-}
-
 .git-commit-info a {
   color: var(--color-fg-default);
   font-weight: 600;
 }
+
+.copyable-property {
+  white-space: pre;
+}
+
+.copyable-property > span {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+}
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/metadataView.tsx b/packages/html-reporter/src/metadataView.tsx
index ed050f4480..03a5ed06f4 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/metadataView.tsx
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/metadataView.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export const MetadataContext = React.createContext<MetadataEntries>([]);
 export function MetadataProvider({ metadata, children }: React.PropsWithChildren<{ metadata: Metadata }>) {
   const entries = React.useMemo(() => {
     // TODO: do not plumb actualWorkers through metadata.
-
     return Object.entries(metadata).filter(([key]) => key !== 'actualWorkers');
   }, [metadata]);
 
@@ -88,30 +87,43 @@ const InnerMetadataView = () => {
       <GitCommitInfoView info={gitCommitInfo}/>
       {entries.length > 0 && <div className='metadata-separator' />}
     </>}
-    {entries.map(([key, value]) => {
-      const valueString = typeof value !== 'object' || value === null || value === undefined ? String(value) : JSON.stringify(value);
-      const trimmedValue = valueString.length > 1000 ? valueString.slice(0, 1000) + '\u2026' : valueString;
-      return <div className='m-1 ml-5' key={key}>
-        <span style={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }} title={key}>{key}</span>
-        {valueString && <CopyToClipboardContainer value={valueString}>: <span title={trimmedValue}>{linkifyText(trimmedValue)}</span></CopyToClipboardContainer>}
-      </div>;
-    })}
+    <div className='metadata-section metadata-properties'>
+      {entries.map(([propertyName, value]) => {
+        const valueString = typeof value !== 'object' || value === null || value === undefined ? String(value) : JSON.stringify(value);
+        const trimmedValue = valueString.length > 1000 ? valueString.slice(0, 1000) + '\u2026' : valueString;
+        return (
+          <div key={propertyName} className='copyable-property'>
+            <CopyToClipboardContainer value={valueString}>
+              <span style={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }} title={propertyName}>{propertyName}</span>
+              : <span title={trimmedValue}>{linkifyText(trimmedValue)}</span>
+            </CopyToClipboardContainer>
+          </div>
+        );
+      })}
+    </div>
   </div>;
 };
 
 const GitCommitInfoView: React.FC<{ info: GitCommitInfo }> = ({ info }) => {
   const email = info['revision.email'] ? ` <${info['revision.email']}>` : '';
   const author = `${info['revision.author'] || ''}${email}`;
+  const subject = info['revision.subject'] || '';
   const shortTimestamp = Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { dateStyle: 'medium' }).format(info['revision.timestamp']);
   const longTimestamp = Intl.DateTimeFormat(undefined, { dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(info['revision.timestamp']);
-  return <div className='hbox pl-4 pr-2 git-commit-info' style={{ alignItems: 'center' }}>
-    <div className='vbox'>
-      <a className='m-2' href={info['revision.link']} target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>
-        <span title={info['revision.subject'] || ''}>{info['revision.subject'] || ''}</span>
-      </a>
-      <div className='hbox m-2 mt-1'>
-        <div className='mr-1'>{author}</div>
-        <div title={longTimestamp}> on {shortTimestamp}</div>
+  return <div className='hbox git-commit-info metadata-section'>
+    <div className='vbox metadata-properties'>
+      <div>
+        {info['revision.link'] ? (
+          <a href={info['revision.link']} target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' title={subject}>
+            {subject}
+          </a>
+        ) : <span title={subject}>
+          {subject}
+        </span>}
+      </div>
+      <div className='hbox'>
+        <span className='mr-1'>{author}</span>
+        <span title={longTimestamp}> on {shortTimestamp}</span>
         {info['ci.link'] && (
           <>
             <span className='mx-2'>·</span>
@@ -126,9 +138,10 @@ const GitCommitInfoView: React.FC<{ info: GitCommitInfo }> = ({ info }) => {
         )}
       </div>
     </div>
-    {!!info['revision.link'] && <a href={info['revision.link']} target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>
-      <span title='View commit details'>{info['revision.id']?.slice(0, 7) || 'unknown'}</span>
-    </a>}
-    {!info['revision.link'] && !!info['revision.id'] && <span>{info['revision.id'].slice(0, 7)}</span>}
+    {!!info['revision.link'] ? (
+      <a href={info['revision.link']} target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' title='View commit details'>
+        {info['revision.id']?.slice(0, 7) || 'unknown'}
+      </a>
+    ) : !!info['revision.id'] && <span>{info['revision.id'].slice(0, 7)}</span>}
   </div>;
 };
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/testFileView.css b/packages/html-reporter/src/testFileView.css
index 72858846bb..37bf428490 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/testFileView.css
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/testFileView.css
@@ -69,4 +69,11 @@
 
 .test-file-test-status-icon {
   flex: none;
+}
+
+.test-file-header-info {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  color: var(--color-fg-subtle);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/testFilesView.tsx b/packages/html-reporter/src/testFilesView.tsx
index dcac5e8cea..49e2233669 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/testFilesView.tsx
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/testFilesView.tsx
@@ -69,14 +69,16 @@ export const TestFilesHeader: React.FC<{
 }> = ({ report, filteredStats, metadataVisible, toggleMetadataVisible }) => {
   const metadataEntries = useMetadata();
   if (!report)
-    return;
+    return null;
   return <>
     <div className='mx-1' style={{ display: 'flex', marginTop: 10 }}>
-      {metadataEntries.length > 0 && <div className='metadata-toggle' role='button' onClick={toggleMetadataVisible} title={metadataVisible ? 'Hide metadata' : 'Show metadata'}>
-        {metadataVisible ? icons.downArrow() : icons.rightArrow()}Metadata
-      </div>}
-      {report.projectNames.length === 1 && !!report.projectNames[0] && <div data-testid='project-name' style={{ color: 'var(--color-fg-subtle)' }}>Project: {report.projectNames[0]}</div>}
-      {filteredStats && <div data-testid='filtered-tests-count' style={{ color: 'var(--color-fg-subtle)', padding: '0 10px' }}>Filtered: {filteredStats.total} {!!filteredStats.total && ('(' + msToString(filteredStats.duration) + ')')}</div>}
+      <div className='test-file-header-info'>
+        {metadataEntries.length > 0 && <div className='metadata-toggle' role='button' onClick={toggleMetadataVisible} title={metadataVisible ? 'Hide metadata' : 'Show metadata'}>
+          {metadataVisible ? icons.downArrow() : icons.rightArrow()}Metadata
+        </div>}
+        {report.projectNames.length === 1 && !!report.projectNames[0] && <div data-testid='project-name'>Project: {report.projectNames[0]}</div>}
+        {filteredStats && <div data-testid='filtered-tests-count'>Filtered: {filteredStats.total} {!!filteredStats.total && ('(' + msToString(filteredStats.duration) + ')')}</div>}
+      </div>
       <div style={{ flex: 'auto' }}></div>
       <div data-testid='overall-time' style={{ color: 'var(--color-fg-subtle)', marginRight: '10px' }}>{report ? new Date(report.startTime).toLocaleString() : ''}</div>
       <div data-testid='overall-duration' style={{ color: 'var(--color-fg-subtle)' }}>Total time: {msToString(report.duration ?? 0)}</div>
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
index acb54f3b31..2c7915a357 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ for (const useIntermediateMergeReport of [true, false] as const) {
         - link "Logs"
         - link "Pull Request"
         - link /^[a-f0-9]{7}$/
-        - text: 'foo: value1 bar: {"prop":"value2"} baz: ["value3",123]'
+        - text: 'foo : value1 bar : {"prop":"value2"} baz : ["value3",123]'
       `);
     });