diff --git a/Darling/Darling.Tests/PlanViewerRuntimeSummaryNestingTests.cs b/Darling/Darling.Tests/PlanViewerRuntimeSummaryNestingTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0fc9b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Darling/Darling.Tests/PlanViewerRuntimeSummaryNestingTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Erik Darling, Darling Data LLC
+ *
+ * This file is part of the SQL Server Performance Monitor.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using PerformanceMonitor.PlanAnalysis;
+using PerformanceMonitor.Ui;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Darling.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// #4836: the Runtime Summary card nests the early abort reason under Optimization, as
+/// erikdarlingdata/PerformanceStudio#614 does. The nested row's LABEL gets a 12px left indent and its VALUE
+/// stays in the same column as every other value. <see cref="Viewer4570Tests"/> pins which row is nested (the
+/// pure row model, which runs anywhere); these render the card in a live <see cref="PlanViewerControl"/> and
+/// read the margins back, so they also prove the control applies the indent to the label and only the label.
+/// They need STA and WPF. <c>ShowRuntimeSummary</c> stays <c>private</c>, called through reflection (the shape
+/// <c>PlanViewer4632FallbackTests</c> in Lite.Tests uses for <c>CriticalOrangeBrush</c>), so this adds no
+/// product surface; <see cref="PlanViewerControl.LoadPlan"/> is not used because it awaits <c>Task.Run</c>
+/// and nothing here pumps a dispatcher.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class PlanViewerRuntimeSummaryNestingTests
+{
+    private static PlanStatement StatementWith(string? optimizationLevel, string? earlyAbortReason) => new()
+    {
+        StatementText = "SELECT 1",
+        StatementOptmLevel = optimizationLevel,
+        StatementOptmEarlyAbortReason = earlyAbortReason,
+        CardinalityEstimationModelVersion = 160
+    };
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RuntimeSummary_EarlyAbortUnderOptimization_IndentsItsLabelOnly()
+    {
+        OnStaThread(() =>
+        {
+            var control = new PlanViewerControl();
+            try
+            {
+                var grid = RenderRuntimeSummary(control, StatementWith("FULL", "TimeOut"));
+
+                var ceModel = RowOf(grid, "CE model");
+                var optimization = RowOf(grid, "Optimization");
+                var earlyAbort = RowOf(grid, "Early abort");
+
+                // Optimization, then its reason on the next row, at the end of the card.
+                Assert.Equal(Grid.GetRow(ceModel.Label) + 1, Grid.GetRow(optimization.Label));
+                Assert.Equal(Grid.GetRow(optimization.Label) + 1, Grid.GetRow(earlyAbort.Label));
+                Assert.Equal(grid.RowDefinitions.Count - 1, Grid.GetRow(earlyAbort.Label));
+
+                // The label alone moves: 12px in, every other margin edge as on the un-nested rows.
+                Assert.Equal(new Thickness(12, 1, 8, 1), earlyAbort.Label.Margin);
+                Assert.Equal(new Thickness(0, 1, 8, 1), optimization.Label.Margin);
+                Assert.Equal(new Thickness(0, 1, 8, 1), ceModel.Label.Margin);
+
+                // The value stays where every other value sits: same column, same margin.
+                Assert.Equal("TimeOut", earlyAbort.Value.Text);
+                Assert.Equal(1, Grid.GetColumn(earlyAbort.Value));
+                Assert.Equal(Grid.GetColumn(optimization.Value), Grid.GetColumn(earlyAbort.Value));
+                Assert.Equal(optimization.Value.Margin, earlyAbort.Value.Margin);
+
+                // Nothing but the early abort label is indented.
+                Assert.All(
+                    grid.Children.OfType<TextBlock>().Where(t => Grid.GetColumn(t) == 0 && t.Text != "Early abort"),
+                    t => Assert.Equal(0d, t.Margin.Left));
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                control.Cleanup();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RuntimeSummary_EarlyAbortWithNoOptimizationRow_IsNotIndented()
+    {
+        OnStaThread(() =>
+        {
+            var control = new PlanViewerControl();
+            try
+            {
+                var grid = RenderRuntimeSummary(control, StatementWith(optimizationLevel: null, earlyAbortReason: "TimeOut"));
+
+                var earlyAbort = RowOf(grid, "Early abort");
+
+                Assert.Equal(new Thickness(0, 1, 8, 1), earlyAbort.Label.Margin);
+                Assert.Equal(1, Grid.GetColumn(earlyAbort.Value));
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                control.Cleanup();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /* ── card lookups ── */
+
+    /// <summary>Runs the control's private <c>ShowRuntimeSummary</c> and returns the card's grid.</summary>
+    private static Grid RenderRuntimeSummary(PlanViewerControl control, PlanStatement statement)
+    {
+        var method = typeof(PlanViewerControl).GetMethod("ShowRuntimeSummary", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
+        Assert.True(method is not null, "PlanViewerControl.ShowRuntimeSummary no longer exists under that name - this pin's reflection anchor moved.");
+        method!.Invoke(control, new object[] { statement });
+
+        return Assert.IsType<Grid>(Assert.Single(control.RuntimeSummaryContent.Children));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>The label (column 0) and value (column 1) TextBlocks of the card row with this label.</summary>
+    private static (TextBlock Label, TextBlock Value) RowOf(Grid grid, string label)
+    {
+        var texts = grid.Children.OfType<TextBlock>().ToList();
+        var labelText = texts.Single(t => Grid.GetColumn(t) == 0 && t.Text == label);
+        var valueText = texts.Single(t => Grid.GetColumn(t) == 1 && Grid.GetRow(t) == Grid.GetRow(labelText));
+        return (labelText, valueText);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>WPF objects require STA; same shape as the other WPF tests here.</summary>
+    private static void OnStaThread(Action body)
+    {
+        Exception? error = null;
+        var thread = new Thread(() =>
+        {
+            try { body(); }
+            catch (Exception ex) { error = ex; }
+        });
+        thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
+        thread.Start();
+        thread.Join();
+
+        if (error is not null)
+        {
+            throw error;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Darling/Darling.Tests/Viewer4570Tests.cs b/Darling/Darling.Tests/Viewer4570Tests.cs
index 00b2a61db..ff726f854 100644
--- a/Darling/Darling.Tests/Viewer4570Tests.cs
+++ b/Darling/Darling.Tests/Viewer4570Tests.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public void MemoryGrantColorKey_LowUtilizationNoSpill_IsError()
     // --- BuildRuntimeSummaryRows: row order (E11) ------------------------------------------
 
     [Fact]
-    public void BuildRuntimeSummaryRows_ActualPlan_OrdersElapsedCpuElapsedDopCpuCompileMemoryOptCe()
+    public void BuildRuntimeSummaryRows_ActualPlan_OrdersElapsedCpuElapsedDopCpuCompileMemoryCeOptEarlyAbort()
     {
         var stmt = Statement();
         stmt.QueryTimeStats = new QueryTimeInfo { ElapsedTimeMs = 1000, CpuTimeMs = 2000 };
@@ -140,15 +140,52 @@ public void BuildRuntimeSummaryRows_ActualPlan_OrdersElapsedCpuElapsedDopCpuComp
         stmt.CompileTimeMs = 5;
         stmt.MemoryGrant = new MemoryGrantInfo { GrantedMemoryKB = 1024, MaxUsedMemoryKB = 512 };
         stmt.StatementOptmLevel = "FULL";
+        stmt.StatementOptmEarlyAbortReason = "TimeOut";
         stmt.CardinalityEstimationModelVersion = 160;
 
         var labels = PlanDisplayText.BuildRuntimeSummaryRows(stmt).Select(r => r.Label).ToArray();
 
+        // #4836 (PerformanceStudio#613/#614): CE model moved above Optimization, and Early abort
+        // follows Optimization, so Optimization and its reason end the card.
         Assert.Equal(
-            new[] { "Elapsed", "CPU:Elapsed", "DOP", "CPU", "Compile", "Memory grant", "Optimization", "CE model" },
+            new[] { "Elapsed", "CPU:Elapsed", "DOP", "CPU", "Compile", "Memory grant", "CE model", "Optimization", "Early abort" },
             labels);
     }
 
+    // --- #4836: the early abort reason nests under Optimization ----------------------------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildRuntimeSummaryRows_EarlyAbortWithOptimizationLevel_IsNestedAndNothingElseIs()
+    {
+        var stmt = Statement();
+        stmt.QueryTimeStats = new QueryTimeInfo { ElapsedTimeMs = 1000, CpuTimeMs = 2000 };
+        stmt.StatementOptmLevel = "FULL";
+        stmt.StatementOptmEarlyAbortReason = "GoodEnoughPlanFound";
+        stmt.CardinalityEstimationModelVersion = 160;
+
+        var rows = PlanDisplayText.BuildRuntimeSummaryRows(stmt);
+
+        var earlyAbort = rows.Single(r => r.Label == "Early abort");
+        Assert.Equal("GoodEnoughPlanFound", earlyAbort.Value);
+        Assert.True(earlyAbort.Nested);
+        Assert.False(rows.Single(r => r.Label == "Optimization").Nested);
+        Assert.All(rows.Where(r => r.Label != "Early abort"), r => Assert.False(r.Nested, r.Label));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildRuntimeSummaryRows_EarlyAbortWithoutOptimizationLevel_IsNotNested()
+    {
+        var stmt = Statement();
+        stmt.StatementOptmEarlyAbortReason = "TimeOut";
+        stmt.CardinalityEstimationModelVersion = 160;
+
+        var rows = PlanDisplayText.BuildRuntimeSummaryRows(stmt);
+
+        // No Optimization row to sit under, so the reason is a plain row, still after CE model.
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "CE model", "Early abort" }, rows.Select(r => r.Label).ToArray());
+        Assert.All(rows, r => Assert.False(r.Nested, r.Label));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void BuildRuntimeSummaryRows_EstimatedPlan_SkipsRuntimeOnlyRows()
     {
diff --git a/PerformanceMonitor.PlanAnalysis/PlanDisplayText.cs b/PerformanceMonitor.PlanAnalysis/PlanDisplayText.cs
index 502b52fdf..83fcfb9f6 100644
--- a/PerformanceMonitor.PlanAnalysis/PlanDisplayText.cs
+++ b/PerformanceMonitor.PlanAnalysis/PlanDisplayText.cs
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ namespace PerformanceMonitor.PlanAnalysis;
 /// <summary>
 /// One row of the runtime summary card: a label, a display value, and an optional theme brush
 /// resource key ("ErrorBrush"/"WarningBrush"), where null means the card's default value color.
+/// <c>Nested</c> marks a row that is a detail of the row above it (the early abort reason under
+/// Optimization): the card indents its label, and its value stays in the same column as every other.
 /// </summary>
-public readonly record struct RuntimeSummaryRow(string Label, string Value, string? ColorKey = null);
+public readonly record struct RuntimeSummaryRow(string Label, string Value, string? ColorKey = null, bool Nested = false);
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Small, pure display-text helpers shared by every plan-analysis surface (viewer, MCP, drill-down),
@@ -143,9 +145,12 @@ public static string FormatMemoryGrantKB(long kb)
     /// <summary>
     /// Builds the runtime summary card's rows in erikdarlingdata/PerformanceStudio@40ade29 (E11)'s
     /// order: Elapsed, CPU:Elapsed, DOP (or Serial reason), CPU, UDF CPU, UDF elapsed, Compile,
-    /// Cached plan size, Memory grant, Branches, Threads, Optimization, Early abort, CE model. A row
-    /// is omitted entirely when its underlying value isn't present, matching the WPF card's own
-    /// omission rules.
+    /// Cached plan size, Memory grant, Branches, Threads, then, as erikdarlingdata/PerformanceStudio#613
+    /// and #614 reordered them, CE model, Optimization, Early abort. The early abort reason is part
+    /// of the optimization result rather than a fact of its own, so its row sits under Optimization
+    /// and is <see cref="RuntimeSummaryRow.Nested"/> when the Optimization row is present; with no
+    /// optimization level there is nothing to nest under and it is a plain row. A row is omitted
+    /// entirely when its underlying value isn't present, matching the WPF card's own omission rules.
     /// </summary>
     public static IReadOnlyList<RuntimeSummaryRow> BuildRuntimeSummaryRows(
         PlanStatement statement)
@@ -248,12 +253,13 @@ public static IReadOnlyList<RuntimeSummaryRow> BuildRuntimeSummaryRows(
             }
         }
 
-        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(statement.StatementOptmLevel))
-            rows.Add(new RuntimeSummaryRow("Optimization", statement.StatementOptmLevel));
-        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(statement.StatementOptmEarlyAbortReason))
-            rows.Add(new RuntimeSummaryRow("Early abort", statement.StatementOptmEarlyAbortReason));
         if (statement.CardinalityEstimationModelVersion > 0)
             rows.Add(new RuntimeSummaryRow("CE model", statement.CardinalityEstimationModelVersion.ToString()));
+        var hasOptimizationRow = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(statement.StatementOptmLevel);
+        if (hasOptimizationRow)
+            rows.Add(new RuntimeSummaryRow("Optimization", statement.StatementOptmLevel!));
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(statement.StatementOptmEarlyAbortReason))
+            rows.Add(new RuntimeSummaryRow("Early abort", statement.StatementOptmEarlyAbortReason, Nested: hasOptimizationRow));
 
         return rows;
     }
diff --git a/PerformanceMonitor.Ui/PlanViewerControl.Properties.cs b/PerformanceMonitor.Ui/PlanViewerControl.Properties.cs
index 6b2dbac08..a377cc920 100644
--- a/PerformanceMonitor.Ui/PlanViewerControl.Properties.cs
+++ b/PerformanceMonitor.Ui/PlanViewerControl.Properties.cs
@@ -1610,7 +1610,10 @@ private void ShowRuntimeSummary(PlanStatement statement)
         grid.ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition { Width = new GridLength(1, GridUnitType.Star) });
         int rowIndex = 0;
 
-        void AddRow(string label, string value, string? colorKey)
+        // nested (#4836): the row is a detail of the row above it (the early abort reason under
+        // Optimization), so only its label gets a 12px left indent; its value stays in the same
+        // column as every other value, as in erikdarlingdata/PerformanceStudio#614.
+        void AddRow(string label, string value, string? colorKey, bool nested)
         {
             grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition { Height = GridLength.Auto });
 
@@ -1620,7 +1623,7 @@ void AddRow(string label, string value, string? colorKey)
                 FontSize = 11,
                 Foreground = labelBrush,
                 HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left,
-                Margin = new Thickness(0, 1, 8, 1)
+                Margin = new Thickness(nested ? 12 : 0, 1, 8, 1)
             };
             Grid.SetRow(labelText, rowIndex);
             Grid.SetColumn(labelText, 0);
@@ -1641,7 +1644,7 @@ void AddRow(string label, string value, string? colorKey)
         }
 
         foreach (var row in PlanDisplayText.BuildRuntimeSummaryRows(statement))
-            AddRow(row.Label, row.Value, row.ColorKey);
+            AddRow(row.Label, row.Value, row.ColorKey, row.Nested);
 
         RuntimeSummaryContent.Children.Add(grid);
         SetInsightQuiet(RuntimeSummaryTitle, TooltipFgBrush, RuntimeSummaryAccent, isEmpty: false);