shorter.
Ideally, everything should be customizable by two new Eglot options:
eglot-mode-line-format and eglot-mode-line-position (e.g. middle/end).
The second one is redundant. There is already ample machinery to juggle elements around in relation to other elements. But the first one is absolutely what's needed, and fixes other issues, so anyone should feel free to start working on it, the default value of course producing exactly what is seen now, perhaps with the "defer to protect" semantics.
João