diff --git a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/ChatContent.qml b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/ChatContent.qml
index 66cbf63..3fdf1db 100644
--- a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/ChatContent.qml
+++ b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/ChatContent.qml
@@ -541,13 +541,16 @@ Item {
 		bg.border.color: Colors.palette.m3outlineVariant
 		bg.color: Colors.tPalette.m3surfaceContainerLowest
 		fastGlow: Chat.busy
+		glow.opacity: input.activeFocus && (!Chat.busy || ChatState.isWindow)
 		font: Tokens.font.body.small
 		implicitHeight: Math.min(root.height / 5, contentHeight + topPadding + bottomPadding)
 		focus: true
 		placeholderText: qsTr("Send a message")
 		sendIcon.font: Tokens.font.icon.medium
-		sendIcon.icon: "arrow_upward"
+		sendIcon.icon: Chat.busy ? "stop" : "arrow_upward"
 		sendIcon.padding: Tokens.padding.extraSmall
+		sendIcon.opacity: text || Chat.busy ? 1.0 : 0.5
+		sendIcon.enabled: text || Chat.busy
 
 		Component.onCompleted: {
 			root.focusInput();
@@ -568,6 +571,11 @@ Item {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		onSendPressed: root.send(text)
+		onButtonPressed: {
+			if (Chat.busy)
+				Chat.stop();
+			else
+				root.send(text);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/ChatInput.qml b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/ChatInput.qml
index 34d2275..ceb4e77 100644
--- a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/ChatInput.qml
+++ b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/ChatInput.qml
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ TextAreaBase {
 
 	readonly property alias bg: bg
 	readonly property alias sendIcon: sendIcon
+	readonly property alias glow: glow
 
 	property bool fastGlow: false
 
-	signal sendPressed
+	signal buttonPressed
 
 	bottomPadding: Tokens.padding.large
 	leftPadding: Tokens.padding.extraLarge
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ TextAreaBase {
 		GeminiGlow {
 			id: glow
 			glowSize: 32
+			z: 5
 
 			opacity: root.activeFocus ? 1 : 0
 			visible: opacity > 0
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ TextAreaBase {
 			}
 		}
 
-		onClicked: root.sendPressed()
+		onClicked: root.buttonPressed()
 	}
 
 	TapHandler {
diff --git a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/Content/ChatHost.qml b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/Content/ChatHost.qml
index d708ce5..3ee1c15 100644
--- a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/Content/ChatHost.qml
+++ b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/Content/ChatHost.qml
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ Item {
 		});
 
 		const attach = () => {
-			incubator.object.anchors.fill = container;
+			incubator.object.anchors.top = container.top;
+			incubator.object.anchors.bottom = container.bottom;
+			incubator.object.anchors.margins = Tokens.padding.medium;
+			incubator.object.anchors.horizontalCenter = container.horizontalCenter;
 			incubator.object.requestClose.connect(root.requestClose);
+			incubator.object.implicitWidth = Qt.binding(() => Math.max(Math.min(container.width - Tokens.padding.medium * 2, 800), Config.sidebar.sizes.width));
 			currentItem = incubator.object;
 			root.loading = false;
 			if (!noAnim)
diff --git a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/SidebarView.qml b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/SidebarView.qml
index afc93d9..748a3ae 100644
--- a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/SidebarView.qml
+++ b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Chat/SidebarView.qml
@@ -126,9 +126,8 @@ Item {
 		z: 0
 		anchors.top: parent.top
 		anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
-		anchors.margins: Tokens.padding.medium
 		anchors.right: parent.right
-		implicitWidth: root.width - leftMargin - sidebar.anchors.margins - Tokens.spacing.medium * 2 - anchors.margins * 2
+		implicitWidth: root.width - leftMargin - sidebar.anchors.margins - Tokens.spacing.medium * 2
 
 		states: State {
 			name: "wide"
@@ -151,10 +150,7 @@ Item {
 		ChatHost {
 			id: convHost
 
-			anchors.top: parent.top
-			anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
-			anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
-			implicitWidth: Math.max(Math.min(parent.width, 800), Config.sidebar.sizes.width)
+			anchors.fill: parent
 			clip: true
 
 			onLoadingChanged: if (!loading)
diff --git a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Content.qml b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Content.qml
index 1a6cea8..41a6728 100644
--- a/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Content.qml
+++ b/Modules/Notifications/Sidebar/Content.qml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 
 import ZShell.Config
+import ZShell.Llm
 import QtQuick
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 import qs.Components
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@ Item {
 			visible: height > 0
 		}
 
-		CustomClippingRect {
+		Item {
 			Layout.fillHeight: true
 			Layout.fillWidth: true
-			radius: Tokens.rounding.small
+			clip: true
 
 			Item {
 				id: pages
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ Item {
 				}
 
 				CustomRect {
+					id: bg
 					anchors.fill: parent
 					color: Colors.tPalette.m3surfaceContainerLow
 					radius: Tokens.rounding.small
@@ -96,11 +98,63 @@ Item {
 					CustomRect {
 						anchors.fill: parent
 						color: Colors.tPalette.m3surfaceContainerLow
-						radius: Tokens.rounding.small
+						radius: Tokens.rounding.large
 
 						ChatPanel {
 							anchors.fill: parent
 						}
+
+						GeminiGlow {
+							innerGlow: 50
+							z: 5
+							opacity: Chat.busy ? 1.0 : 0.0
+							glowSize: 0
+							visible: opacity > 0 && !ChatState.isWindow
+
+							layer.enabled: true
+							layer.effect: OpacityMask {
+								maskSource: fadeMask
+							}
+
+							Behavior on opacity {
+								Anim {
+									type: Anim.DefaultEffects
+								}
+							}
+						}
+
+						Rectangle {
+							id: fadeMask
+
+							readonly property real fadeStartPos: {
+								const h = Math.max(1, height);
+								const nh = (h - h / 3) / h;
+								return nh;
+							}
+
+							anchors.fill: parent
+							layer.enabled: true
+							visible: false
+
+							gradient: Gradient {
+								orientation: Gradient.Vertical
+
+								GradientStop {
+									color: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
+									position: 0
+								}
+
+								GradientStop {
+									color: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
+									position: fadeMask.fadeStartPos
+								}
+
+								GradientStop {
+									color: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0)
+									position: 1.0
+								}
+							}
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/assets/shaders/geminiglow.frag b/assets/shaders/geminiglow.frag
index ea19795..1edf7f7 100644
--- a/assets/shaders/geminiglow.frag
+++ b/assets/shaders/geminiglow.frag
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ void main()
     float r = clamp(radius, 0.0, min(rectSize.x, rectSize.y) * 0.5);
     float d = sdRoundBox(p, rectSize * 0.5, r);
 
+    // ~1px antialiasing width
+    float aa = max(fwidth(d), 0.75);
+
+    // Coverage of the shape: 1 inside, 0 outside, soft across the edge
+    float inside = 1.0 - smoothstep(-aa, aa, d);
+
+    // Only skip work when clearly outside and there's no outer glow
+    if (glowSize <= 0.0 && d > aa) {
+        fragColor = vec4(0.0);
+        return;
+    }
+
     float ang = atan(p.y, p.x);
     float a2  = phase * TAU;
     float u = ang / TAU + 0.5 + phase;
@@ -59,20 +71,28 @@ void main()
     float g = 0.0;
     if (d > 0.0) {
         float t = clamp(d / max(glowSize, 0.001), 0.0, 1.0);
-        g = pow(1.0 - t, 3.0);
+        g = (glowSize > 0.0) ? pow(1.0 - t, 3.0) : 0.0;
     } else if (innerGlow > 0.0) {
-        g = exp(d / innerGlow * 3.0);
+        float t = clamp(-d / innerGlow, 0.0, 1.0);
+        g = pow(1.0 - t, 3.0);
     }
 
     float pulse = 0.9 + 0.1 * sin(a2 * 2.0 + ang);
     g *= pulse;
 
+    // Line: inside only, with a soft inner edge AND a soft outer edge
     float line = 0.0;
-    if (lineWidth > 0.0)
-        line = 1.0 - smoothstep(0.0, lineWidth, abs(d));
+    if (lineWidth > 0.0) {
+        float inner = 1.0 - smoothstep(lineWidth - aa, lineWidth + aa, -d);
+        line = inner * inside;
+    }
 
     float a = clamp(g * intensity + line * 0.9, 0.0, 1.0);
 
+    // Antialias the outer silhouette when there is no outer glow
+    if (glowSize <= 0.0)
+        a *= inside;
+
     col = mix(col, vec3(1.0), line * 0.25);
 
     a += (hash(gl_FragCoord.xy) - 0.5) / 255.0;
diff --git a/assets/shaders/geminiglow.frag.qsb b/assets/shaders/geminiglow.frag.qsb
index 233240e..487934a 100644
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