diff --git a/templates/repo/commit_statuses.tmpl b/templates/repo/commit_statuses.tmpl
index 8250a85817..8858fb8402 100644
--- a/templates/repo/commit_statuses.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/commit_statuses.tmpl
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-{{if eq (len .Statuses) 1}}{{$status := index .Statuses 0}}{{if $status.TargetURL}}<a class="ui link commit-statuses-trigger gt-vm" href="{{$status.TargetURL}}">{{template "repo/commit_status" .Status}}</a>{{end}}{{end}}
-<div class="ui commit-statuses-popup commit-statuses tippy-target">
-	<div class="ui relaxed list divided">
+{{if .Statuses}}
+	{{if and (eq (len .Statuses) 1) .Status.TargetURL}}
+		<a class="gt-vm gt-tdn" data-tippy="commit-statuses" href="{{.Status.TargetURL}}">
+			{{template "repo/commit_status" .Status}}
+		</a>
+	{{else}}
+		<span class="gt-vm" data-tippy="commit-statuses" tabindex="0">
+			{{template "repo/commit_status" .Status}}
+		</span>
+	{{end}}
+	<div class="tippy-target ui relaxed list divided">
 		{{range .Statuses}}
 			<div class="ui item singular-status gt-df">
 				{{template "repo/commit_status" .}}
@@ -11,4 +19,4 @@
 			</div>
 		{{end}}
 	</div>
-</div>
+{{end}}
diff --git a/tests/integration/git_test.go b/tests/integration/git_test.go
index 420a8676b9..d21f3994a1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/git_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/git_test.go
@@ -630,8 +630,17 @@ func doAutoPRMerge(baseCtx *APITestContext, dstPath string) func(t *testing.T) {
 
 		commitID := path.Base(commitURL)
 
+		addCommitStatus := func(status api.CommitStatusState) func(*testing.T) {
+			return doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, commitID, api.CreateStatusOption{
+				State:       status,
+				TargetURL:   "http://test.ci/",
+				Description: "",
+				Context:     "testci",
+			})
+		}
+
 		// Call API to add Pending status for commit
-		t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, commitID, api.CommitStatusPending))
+		t.Run("CreateStatus", addCommitStatus(api.CommitStatusPending))
 
 		// Cancel not existing auto merge
 		ctx.ExpectedCode = http.StatusNotFound
@@ -660,7 +669,7 @@ func doAutoPRMerge(baseCtx *APITestContext, dstPath string) func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, pr.HasMerged)
 
 		// Call API to add Failure status for commit
-		t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, commitID, api.CommitStatusFailure))
+		t.Run("CreateStatus", addCommitStatus(api.CommitStatusFailure))
 
 		// Check pr status
 		pr, err = doAPIGetPullRequest(ctx, baseCtx.Username, baseCtx.Reponame, pr.Index)(t)
@@ -668,7 +677,7 @@ func doAutoPRMerge(baseCtx *APITestContext, dstPath string) func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, pr.HasMerged)
 
 		// Call API to add Success status for commit
-		t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, commitID, api.CommitStatusSuccess))
+		t.Run("CreateStatus", addCommitStatus(api.CommitStatusSuccess))
 
 		// wait to let gitea merge stuff
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
diff --git a/tests/integration/pull_status_test.go b/tests/integration/pull_status_test.go
index e60d17edc0..736d1ee4f0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/pull_status_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/pull_status_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ func TestPullCreate_CommitStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		for _, status := range statusList {
 
 			// Call API to add status for commit
-			t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(testCtx, commitID, status))
+			t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(testCtx, commitID, api.CreateStatusOption{
+				State:       status,
+				TargetURL:   "http://test.ci/",
+				Description: "",
+				Context:     "testci",
+			}))
 
 			req = NewRequestf(t, "GET", "/user1/repo1/pulls/1/commits")
 			resp = session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
@@ -88,15 +93,13 @@ func TestPullCreate_CommitStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-func doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx APITestContext, commitID string, status api.CommitStatusState) func(*testing.T) {
+func doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx APITestContext, commitID string, data api.CreateStatusOption) func(*testing.T) {
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
-		req := NewRequestWithJSON(t, http.MethodPost, fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/statuses/%s?token=%s", ctx.Username, ctx.Reponame, commitID, ctx.Token),
-			api.CreateStatusOption{
-				State:       status,
-				TargetURL:   "http://test.ci/",
-				Description: "",
-				Context:     "testci",
-			},
+		req := NewRequestWithJSON(
+			t,
+			http.MethodPost,
+			fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/statuses/%s?token=%s", ctx.Username, ctx.Reponame, commitID, ctx.Token),
+			data,
 		)
 		if ctx.ExpectedCode != 0 {
 			ctx.Session.MakeRequest(t, req, ctx.ExpectedCode)
diff --git a/tests/integration/repo_commits_test.go b/tests/integration/repo_commits_test.go
index cbd83c6deb..e74e3867f4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/repo_commits_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/repo_commits_test.go
@@ -52,14 +52,19 @@ func doTestRepoCommitWithStatus(t *testing.T, state string, classes ...string) {
 
 	// Call API to add status for commit
 	ctx := NewAPITestContext(t, "user2", "repo1", auth_model.AccessTokenScopeRepo)
-	t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, path.Base(commitURL), api.CommitStatusState(state)))
+	t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, path.Base(commitURL), api.CreateStatusOption{
+		State:       api.CommitStatusState(state),
+		TargetURL:   "http://test.ci/",
+		Description: "",
+		Context:     "testci",
+	}))
 
 	req = NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user2/repo1/commits/branch/master")
 	resp = session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 
 	doc = NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
-	// Check if commit status is displayed in message column
-	sel := doc.doc.Find("#commits-table tbody tr td.message a.commit-statuses-trigger .commit-status")
+	// Check if commit status is displayed in message column (.tippy-target to ignore the tippy trigger)
+	sel := doc.doc.Find("#commits-table tbody tr td.message .tippy-target .commit-status")
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, sel.Length())
 	for _, class := range classes {
 		assert.True(t, sel.HasClass(class))
@@ -145,7 +150,12 @@ func TestRepoCommitsStatusParallel(t *testing.T) {
 		go func(parentT *testing.T, i int) {
 			parentT.Run(fmt.Sprintf("ParallelCreateStatus_%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
 				ctx := NewAPITestContext(t, "user2", "repo1", auth_model.AccessTokenScopeRepoStatus)
-				runBody := doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, path.Base(commitURL), api.CommitStatusState("pending"))
+				runBody := doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, path.Base(commitURL), api.CreateStatusOption{
+					State:       api.CommitStatusPending,
+					TargetURL:   "http://test.ci/",
+					Description: "",
+					Context:     "testci",
+				})
 				runBody(t)
 				wg.Done()
 			})
@@ -153,3 +163,43 @@ func TestRepoCommitsStatusParallel(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 }
+
+func TestRepoCommitsStatusMultiple(t *testing.T) {
+	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
+
+	session := loginUser(t, "user2")
+
+	// Request repository commits page
+	req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user2/repo1/commits/branch/master")
+	resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+
+	doc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
+	// Get first commit URL
+	commitURL, exists := doc.doc.Find("#commits-table tbody tr td.sha a").Attr("href")
+	assert.True(t, exists)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, commitURL)
+
+	// Call API to add status for commit
+	ctx := NewAPITestContext(t, "user2", "repo1", auth_model.AccessTokenScopeRepo)
+	t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, path.Base(commitURL), api.CreateStatusOption{
+		State:       api.CommitStatusSuccess,
+		TargetURL:   "http://test.ci/",
+		Description: "",
+		Context:     "testci",
+	}))
+
+	t.Run("CreateStatus", doAPICreateCommitStatus(ctx, path.Base(commitURL), api.CreateStatusOption{
+		State:       api.CommitStatusSuccess,
+		TargetURL:   "http://test.ci/",
+		Description: "",
+		Context:     "other_context",
+	}))
+
+	req = NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user2/repo1/commits/branch/master")
+	resp = session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+
+	doc = NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
+	// Check that the data-tippy="commit-statuses" (for trigger) and commit-status (svg) are present
+	sel := doc.doc.Find("#commits-table tbody tr td.message [data-tippy=\"commit-statuses\"] .commit-status")
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, sel.Length())
+}
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-commit.js b/web_src/js/features/repo-commit.js
index e2eef3ee59..d22aa8e980 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-commit.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-commit.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function initRepoCommitLastCommitLoader() {
 }
 
 export function initCommitStatuses() {
-  $('.commit-statuses-trigger').each(function () {
+  $('[data-tippy="commit-statuses"]').each(function () {
     const top = $('.repository.file.list').length > 0 || $('.repository.diff').length > 0;
 
     createTippy(this, {
diff --git a/web_src/less/_base.less b/web_src/less/_base.less
index fae29d0d60..fc04df4f94 100644
--- a/web_src/less/_base.less
+++ b/web_src/less/_base.less
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ a.label,
 .ui.search .results a,
 .ui .menu a,
 .ui.cards a.card,
-.issue-keyword a,
-a.commit-statuses-trigger {
+.issue-keyword a {
   text-decoration: none !important;
 }
 
diff --git a/web_src/less/_repository.less b/web_src/less/_repository.less
index f489335712..3bec5f58fb 100644
--- a/web_src/less/_repository.less
+++ b/web_src/less/_repository.less
@@ -1,28 +1,4 @@
 .repository {
-  .popup.commit-statuses {
-    // we had better limit the max size of the popup, and add scroll bars if the content size is too large.
-    // otherwise some part of the popup will be hidden by viewport boundary
-    max-height: 45vh;
-    max-width: 60vw;
-
-    &.ui.right {
-      // Override `.ui.attached.header .right:not(.dropdown) height: 30px;` which would otherwise lead to
-      // the status popup box having its height fixed at 30px. See https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/18498
-      height: auto;
-    }
-
-    overflow: auto;
-    padding: 0;
-
-    .list {
-      padding: .8em; // to make the scrollbar align to the border, we move the padding from outer `.popup` to this inside `.list`
-
-      > .item {
-        line-height: 2;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   .repo-header {
     .ui.compact.menu {
       margin-left: 1rem;