diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/status_test.go b/internal/tui/components/core/status_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b24dc321d8863c8bad2bc4fc38e38020230a7f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/status_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package core_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"image/color"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/crush/internal/tui/components/core"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/golden"
+)
+
+func TestStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		opts  core.StatusOpts
+		width int
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Default",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Title:       "Status",
+				Description: "Everything is working fine",
+			},
+			width: 80,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "WithCustomIcon",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Icon:        "✓",
+				Title:       "Success",
+				Description: "Operation completed successfully",
+			},
+			width: 80,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "NoIcon",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				NoIcon:      true,
+				Title:       "Info",
+				Description: "This status has no icon",
+			},
+			width: 80,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "WithColors",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Icon:             "⚠",
+				IconColor:        color.RGBA{255, 165, 0, 255}, // Orange
+				Title:            "Warning",
+				TitleColor:       color.RGBA{255, 255, 0, 255}, // Yellow
+				Description:      "This is a warning message",
+				DescriptionColor: color.RGBA{255, 0, 0, 255}, // Red
+			},
+			width: 80,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "WithExtraContent",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Title:        "Build",
+				Description:  "Building project",
+				ExtraContent: "[2/5]",
+			},
+			width: 80,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "LongDescription",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Title:       "Processing",
+				Description: "This is a very long description that should be truncated when the width is too small to display it completely without wrapping",
+			},
+			width: 60,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "NarrowWidth",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Icon:        "●",
+				Title:       "Status",
+				Description: "Short message",
+			},
+			width: 30,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "VeryNarrowWidth",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Icon:        "●",
+				Title:       "Test",
+				Description: "This will be truncated",
+			},
+			width: 20,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "EmptyDescription",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Icon:  "●",
+				Title: "Title Only",
+			},
+			width: 80,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "AllFieldsWithExtraContent",
+			opts: core.StatusOpts{
+				Icon:             "🚀",
+				IconColor:        color.RGBA{0, 255, 0, 255}, // Green
+				Title:            "Deployment",
+				TitleColor:       color.RGBA{0, 0, 255, 255}, // Blue
+				Description:      "Deploying to production environment",
+				DescriptionColor: color.RGBA{128, 128, 128, 255}, // Gray
+				ExtraContent:     "v1.2.3",
+			},
+			width: 80,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			output := core.Status(tt.opts, tt.width)
+			golden.RequireEqual(t, []byte(output))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatusTruncation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	opts := core.StatusOpts{
+		Icon:         "●",
+		Title:        "Very Long Title",
+		Description:  "This is an extremely long description that definitely needs to be truncated",
+		ExtraContent: "[extra]",
+	}
+
+	// Test different widths to ensure truncation works correctly
+	widths := []int{20, 30, 40, 50, 60}
+
+	for _, width := range widths {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("Width%d", width), func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			output := core.Status(opts, width)
+			golden.RequireEqual(t, []byte(output))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/AllFieldsWithExtraContent.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/AllFieldsWithExtraContent.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e6f7fb0be25997b79c3d39bddedee2f2d7b11b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/AllFieldsWithExtraContent.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+🚀 Deployment Deploying to production environment v1.2.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/Default.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/Default.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a0066dedd418dafe54757dc3159b3a6b11d106ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/Default.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Status Everything is working fine
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/EmptyDescription.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/EmptyDescription.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9c4d759b50d02598791a6462f8e9cab2e0a0b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/EmptyDescription.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Title Only 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/LongDescription.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/LongDescription.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f008176649f7941b9f1ee6276f6e65fea36d4c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/LongDescription.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Processing This is a very long description that should be…
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/NarrowWidth.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/NarrowWidth.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b9efd7dbb74dcf56344567c1918b470f90eace7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/NarrowWidth.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Status Short message
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/NoIcon.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/NoIcon.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..09e14574c853264a4b18dfafcfac256b38045a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/NoIcon.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Info This status has no icon
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/VeryNarrowWidth.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/VeryNarrowWidth.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26628ae3bc28acd49e8f30e60f65912fe563c0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/VeryNarrowWidth.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Test This will be…
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithColors.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithColors.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff0e3a6ec4847c4786387d26c9752f664d78cd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithColors.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+⚠ Warning This is a warning message
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithCustomIcon.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithCustomIcon.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6857f0d29dd58886308e15ea50c7e0822834f2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithCustomIcon.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+✓ Success Operation completed successfully
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithExtraContent.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithExtraContent.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..47b02e81b5ec4fc0d0c5dd54545d9634811b1636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatus/WithExtraContent.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Build Building project [2/5]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width20.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width20.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4437cba67aa068c2597e558000b9b3005478b378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width20.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Very Long Title  [extra]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width30.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width30.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b09cc983c97382e4d92719bb5606d22f9dc2301f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width30.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Very Long Title Thi… [extra]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width40.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width40.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5113ce07a0b07d1cfddbcbae0c14046546308f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width40.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Very Long Title This is an ex… [extra]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width50.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width50.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..25bd8723b0cd461311364ecaac92a2b93f00ecd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width50.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Very Long Title This is an extremely lo… [extra]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width60.golden b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width60.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0152f1c2d0ac9e011d744e0cd02283c18edc8d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/components/core/testdata/TestStatusTruncation/Width60.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+● Very Long Title This is an extremely long descrip… [extra]
\ No newline at end of file