diff --git a/.changelog/15759.txt b/.changelog/15759.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2791ec28e06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/15759.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+ui: Scale down logger height in the UI when the sidebar container also has task events
+```
diff --git a/ui/app/components/task-context-sidebar.hbs b/ui/app/components/task-context-sidebar.hbs
index a9a9c2bcd494..e98d7fee4228 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/task-context-sidebar.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/components/task-context-sidebar.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Portal @target="log-sidebar-portal">
 	<div
-		class="sidebar task-context-sidebar has-subnav {{if this.wide "wide"}} {{if this.isSideBarOpen "open"}} {{if this.isSideBarOpen "open"}}"
+		class="sidebar task-context-sidebar has-subnav {{if this.wide "wide"}} {{if @task?.events?.length "has-events"}} {{if this.isSideBarOpen "open"}}"
 		{{on-click-outside
 			@fns.closeSidebar
 			capture=true