diff --git a/apps/native/Sources/VisionNativeUI/Components/VisionCard.swift b/apps/native/Sources/VisionNativeUI/Components/VisionCard.swift
index 1652bb077..50a131265 100644
--- a/apps/native/Sources/VisionNativeUI/Components/VisionCard.swift
+++ b/apps/native/Sources/VisionNativeUI/Components/VisionCard.swift
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import AppKit
 import SwiftUI
 import VisionNativeCore
 
-/// The web `<Card>` surface (`card-material premium-frame rounded-card`, plus `glass-thin`, or
-/// `glass-regular` under Full effects: index.css; components/ui/card.tsx): the material gradient,
+/// The web `<Card>` surface (`card-material premium-frame rounded-card glass-regular`: index.css;
+/// components/ui/card.tsx, whose `glass-thin` without Full effects the Swift app does not switch to): the material gradient,
 /// the `--border`/0.7 frame, the embossed inset edge (a top highlight and, in light mode, a bottom
 /// hairline) and the soft drop shadow. Print reports keep a flat white card with a hairline.
 ///
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ struct VisionCardBackground: View {
         let palette = theme.palette
         let dark = theme.isDark
         let lifted = interactive && hovering
-        // card.tsx: `fullEffects ? "glass-regular" : "glass-thin"`.
-        let material = (fullEffects ? GlassMaterialSpec.regular : GlassMaterialSpec.thin).appearance(isDark: dark)
+        // card.tsx switches `glass-thin` to `glass-regular` under Full effects, which changes the
+        // card's colour. The Swift app keeps one card colour whatever the profile (Tor,
+        // 2026-11-14): `glass-regular`, the look of the default Standard tier with Full effects
+        // on auto. Full effects still raises the hover highlight below.
+        let material = GlassMaterialSpec.regular.appearance(isDark: dark)
         // `.premium-frame` sets `--border`/0.7, but in dark mode `.dark .glass-regular` (two
         // classes) outranks it with `--glass-border`/0.08; the hover frame outranks both.
         let restingFrame: Color =
-            fullEffects && dark && !opaque
+            dark && !opaque
             ? Color(token: palette.color(material.border.color), opacity: material.border.alpha)
             : theme.border.opacity(0.7)
         // `.premium-frame-interactive:hover` frame: `--primary` at 0.4, dark 0.5.
diff --git a/apps/native/Sources/VisionNativeUI/ShellGlassViews.swift b/apps/native/Sources/VisionNativeUI/ShellGlassViews.swift
index da07b31b6..025dcebff 100644
--- a/apps/native/Sources/VisionNativeUI/ShellGlassViews.swift
+++ b/apps/native/Sources/VisionNativeUI/ShellGlassViews.swift
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ struct SidebarGlassBackground: View {
             if visualEffects == .reduced || reduceTransparency {
                 Color(token: glass.sidebarTop)
             } else {
-                VibrancyBackground(
-                    material: .sidebar,
-                    blendingMode: visualEffects == .enhanced ? .behindWindow : .withinWindow)
+                // Within the window on every tier (Tor, 2026-11-14: colours stay the same across
+                // performance profiles in the Swift app): desktop vibrancy behind the window let the
+                // wallpaper tint the sidebar on Enhanced only.
+                VibrancyBackground(material: .sidebar, blendingMode: .withinWindow)
                 // No second blur pass over the vibrancy, Full effects or not: the desktop rail
                 // filters with saturate alone (`.app-sidebar.glass-chrome`, index.css phase D),
                 // which SwiftUI cannot apply to a backdrop.
@@ -80,22 +81,16 @@ struct SidebarGlassBackground: View {
     }
 }
 
-/// The detail column is opaque in Standard and Reduced. Enhanced opts into desktop
-/// vibrancy, tinted with the page's background; Reduce Transparency always wins.
+/// The detail column: the opaque page background under the aurora on every tier. The web's
+/// Enhanced tier lets the desktop show through (`html.electron-mac.vibrancy body` at 0.72); the
+/// Swift app keeps one background colour across performance profiles (Tor, 2026-11-14), so
+/// the tiers differ only in their effects.
 struct DetailGlassBackground: View {
     @Environment(\.visionTheme) var theme
-    @Environment(\.visionVisualEffects) private var visualEffects
-    @Environment(\.accessibilityReduceTransparency) private var reduceTransparency
 
     var body: some View {
-        let glass = theme.glass
         ZStack {
-            if visualEffects == .enhanced && !reduceTransparency {
-                VibrancyBackground(material: .underWindowBackground, blendingMode: .behindWindow)
-                Color(token: glass.detailTint, opacity: glass.detailTintOpacity)
-            } else {
-                Color(token: glass.detailTint)
-            }
+            Color(token: theme.glass.detailTint)
             AuroraCanvas()
         }
         .ignoresSafeArea()