diff --git a/PR.md b/PR.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7fb995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PR.md
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# fix(strutil): center-aligned Resize/Align overflows the requested length
+
+## Problem
+
+`strutil.Resize` / `strutil.Align` (and their utf8 variants) with
+`comdef.Center` alignment produce strings longer than the requested length for
+almost every non-empty input:
+
+```go
+strutil.Resize("ab", 6, comdef.Center)   // "  ab   " (len 7), want "  ab  " (len 6)
+strutil.Resize("ab", 4, comdef.Center)   // " ab  "   (len 5), want " ab "   (len 4)
+strutil.Resize("abc", 7, comdef.Center)  // "  abc   "(len 8), want "  abc  "(len 7)
+```
+
+The extra space that centers an odd amount of padding is added unconditionally
+whenever the input is non-empty, not only when the padding is actually odd.
+
+## Root cause
+
+`strutil/padding.go`, `resize`:
+
+```go
+if align == comdef.Center {
+    padLn := (wantLen - sLen) / 2
+    if diff = wantLen - padLn*2; diff > 0 {  // wrong: missing "- sLen"
+        s += " "
+    }
+    ...
+}
+```
+
+The condition is meant to detect an odd amount of total padding
+(`wantLen - sLen`). Simplifying the buggy expression:
+
+```
+wantLen - 2*padLn = wantLen - 2*floor((wantLen-sLen)/2)
+                  = sLen + ((wantLen - sLen) mod 2)
+```
+
+so `diff > 0` is true whenever `sLen > 0`, regardless of the padding parity.
+The result is one space too long for every non-empty string with even padding.
+
+The existing `TestResize("title", 20, PosMiddle)` case did not catch this
+because its padding (15) is odd, where the extra space is legitimately needed.
+
+## Fix
+
+Compare against the actual leftover padding by subtracting `sLen`:
+
+```go
+if diff = wantLen - sLen - padLn*2; diff > 0 {
+    s += " "
+}
+```
+
+This adds the extra space only when `(wantLen - sLen)` is odd, keeping the odd
+case (e.g. the "title" test) unchanged.
+
+## Test
+
+Added `TestResize_center_length` in `strutil/padding_test.go` asserting both the
+exact result and `len(result) == wantLen` for even- and odd-padding cases.
+
+- Gate: `go test ./strutil/ -run TestResize` -> ok (PASS)
+- `go vet ./strutil/` -> exit 0
+- `go build ./...` -> exit 0
+
+Counterfactual: reverting the change makes the new test fail with
+`actual: int(7)` / `actual: "  ab   "` vs the expected length 6 / `"  ab  "`.
+
+Note: `TestDateSNv3/dateLen4_base62` in `strutil/gensn_test.go` is flaky and
+already fails on the unmodified base commit (it asserts uniqueness of randomly
+generated serial numbers); it is unrelated to this change.
diff --git a/strutil/padding.go b/strutil/padding.go
index cfb01d1..e18b23b 100644
--- a/strutil/padding.go
+++ b/strutil/padding.go
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ func resize(s string, sLen, wantLen int, align comdef.Align, cutOverflow bool) s
 
 	if align == comdef.Center {
 		padLn := (wantLen - sLen) / 2
-		if diff = wantLen - padLn*2; diff > 0 {
+		// add a single extra space only when the total padding is odd,
+		// otherwise the result overflows the requested length.
+		if diff = wantLen - sLen - padLn*2; diff > 0 {
 			s += " "
 		}
 		padStr := string(RepeatBytes(' ', padLn))
diff --git a/strutil/padding_test.go b/strutil/padding_test.go
index 3d2351d..fc028b9 100644
--- a/strutil/padding_test.go
+++ b/strutil/padding_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,29 @@ func TestPadding(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Eq(t, "hi,你好000", strutil.Utf8Padding(s, "0", 10, strutil.PosRight))
 }
 
+func TestResize_center_length(t *testing.T) {
+	// Center alignment must always produce a string of exactly the requested
+	// length; the extra padding space is only needed when the total padding
+	// (wantLen - len(s)) is odd.
+	tests := []struct {
+		give string
+		len  int
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"ab", 6, "  ab  "},   // even padding (4): 2 + 2
+		{"ab", 4, " ab "},     // even padding (2): 1 + 1
+		{"ab", 5, " ab  "},    // odd padding (3): 1 + 2
+		{"abc", 7, "  abc  "}, // even padding (4): 2 + 2
+		{"a", 4, " a  "},      // odd padding (3): 1 + 2
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := strutil.Resize(tt.give, tt.len, comdef.Center)
+		assert.Eq(t, tt.len, len(got), "Resize(%q,%d,Center)=%q", tt.give, tt.len, got)
+		assert.Eq(t, tt.want, got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResize(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		want, give string