diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3937d57..abc2bb2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1407,10 +1407,23 @@ Things I chose while building, with the reasoning:
     painted the dark palette over the bright wallpaper, until a theme toggle re-applied the
     classes. The stored value now decides alone and the class is toggled explicitly;
     `tests/mobile-test.mjs` pins it with a dark-`colorScheme` browser context. And the surfaces
-    drop their thick white veils (a card top measured ~71% white) for a 14% base veil plus the
-    gloss over the pre-blurred wallpaper — the scene is clearly visible through the glass, small
-    chrome (rows, chips, segments, buttons) keeps slightly more veil, and the pixel-contrast scan
-    that re-runs in the deploy e2e gate still passes.
+    drop their thick white veils (a card top measured ~71% white) for thin veils over the
+    pre-blurred wallpaper — the scene is clearly visible through the glass, and the
+    pixel-contrast scan still passes.
+
+67. **The Aero wallpaper URL is cache-busted, and every surface is one glass.** Two fixes from
+    one report. The background "didn't change" because the service worker's asset cache kept
+    serving the previous wallpaper bytes (stale-while-revalidate returns the cached copy first,
+    and the old worker can outlive a deploy): both aero images now carry a `?v=3` query, so a
+    stale cache cannot answer for them, and future wallpaper swaps get a new query too. And
+    "everything should look like the Ask button" is now literal: the rail, the cards, the chips,
+    the segments and the buttons all share one recipe — the pre-blurred wallpaper under a ~15%
+    veil (the minimum the pixel-contrast scan needs) with the bright rim. The blur bake is
+    shadow-lifted (gamma 0.86) and slightly saturated so the scene's colours stay vivid instead
+    of washing out to a milky film, the wizard's phone action bar (Aero's `--page` token was the
+    saturated water blue, a heavy slab over the photo) joins in, and nested chrome inside sheets
+    keeps its flat fills (the sheet itself is the real glass there). `tests/contrast.mjs` is back
+    to 0 findings across every screen and theme.
 
 65. **Slide content never flex-shrinks, and the AI note appears once.** A long typed answer in a
     short-answer activity shrank the textarea inside the slide's flex column (58px instead of its
diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index 3c1f0da..82ec22e 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
   --surface: #ffffff;
   --surface-raised: #ffffff;
   --surface-strong: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.72);
-  --card-hover-bg: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.9);
+  --card-hover-bg: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.5);
   --surface-sunken: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.5);
   --hairline: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.75);
   --card-border: var(--glass-border);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
      wizard's step help): darker here, because they sit on the water. */
   --color-frost-600: #16324a;
   --color-frost-700: #102a41;
-  --hover: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.45);
+  --hover: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.32);
   --focus: #0369a1;
 
   /* Pale blue glass, like the mock: bright enough for dark navy text. */
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
    in public/aero/). Only the moving bubbles are drawn on top; the image
    already has grass, sun, water and clouds. */
 .aero .ice-scene {
-  background-image: url("/aero/background.webp");
+  background-image: url("/aero/background.webp?v=3");
   background-size: cover;
   background-position: center 42%;
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
@@ -288,17 +288,17 @@
 
 /* The Aero gloss for the floating surfaces (sheets, dropdowns and the sticky
    chrome keep a real backdrop-filter — they sit over scrolling content).
-   Thin like the card glass: the old 75% top read as a white lid. */
+   Thin like the card glass: a whisper of sheen, not a white lid. */
 .aero .glass-panel,
 .aero .study-chrome,
 .aero .tabbar,
 .aero .glass {
   background-image: linear-gradient(
     180deg,
-    rgb(255 255 255 / 0.5) 0%,
-    rgb(255 255 255 / 0.18) 46%,
-    rgb(255 255 255 / 0.05) 47%,
-    rgb(255 255 255 / 0.14) 100%
+    rgb(255 255 255 / 0.32) 0%,
+    rgb(255 255 255 / 0.1) 46%,
+    rgb(255 255 255 / 0.03) 47%,
+    rgb(255 255 255 / 0.1) 100%
   );
 }
 
@@ -361,10 +361,8 @@
   @apply backdrop-blur-md backdrop-saturate-150;
 }
 
-/* The thin glass the Ask / Import JSON buttons use: a 34% white tint over the
-   sharp wallpaper with a bright rim — no pre-blurred layer, so it reads as
-   glass rather than as a white chip. Rail rows, the active nav item and the
-   active segment all match it. */
+/* Bright white rims on the study/homework segments (the frosted fill itself
+   comes from the shared glass recipe below). */
 .aero .segmented > button,
 .aero .segmented > a {
   border-color: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.5);
@@ -388,44 +386,28 @@
    stay thin too. Contrast is pixel-scanned in all three themes, so the tints
    cannot drop below what the text needs. */
 .aero {
-  --glass-bg: rgb(228 246 255 / 0.3);
-  --glass-solid-bg: rgb(232 248 255 / 0.42);
-  --glass-sheet-bg: rgb(232 248 255 / 0.74);
-  --surface-strong: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.32);
-  --surface-sunken: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.24);
-  --nav-active-bg: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.38);
+  --glass-bg: rgb(228 246 255 / 0.26);
+  --glass-solid-bg: rgb(232 248 255 / 0.34);
+  --glass-sheet-bg: rgb(232 248 255 / 0.68);
+  --surface-strong: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.26);
+  --surface-sunken: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.2);
+  --nav-active-bg: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.3);
 }
 
-/* Liquid glass without the per-frame cost: every surface shows a pre-blurred
-   copy of the wallpaper, glued to the viewport (`background-attachment:
-   fixed`), with the tint and the gloss layered on top. Blurring the live
-   scene instead measured 66ms per frame at 2x CPU throttle — the bubbles move
-   behind every surface, so a real backdrop-filter re-runs ~60 times a second
-   (vs 17ms with nothing blurring). The look is the same; the cost is zero. */
+/* Liquid glass — one recipe for every surface, so the rail, the cards, the
+   chips, the segments and the buttons all read exactly like the Ask pill: a
+   pre-blurred, slightly lifted copy of the wallpaper (glued to the viewport,
+   same cover/42% geometry as the scene) under a whisper-thin veil and a
+   bright rim. Real backdrop-filter is skipped on purpose: the bubbles move
+   behind every surface, so it re-runs ~60 times a second (measured 66ms per
+   frame at 2x CPU throttle vs 17ms with nothing blurring). The veils are the
+   minimum the pixel-contrast scan needs to hold 4.5:1 for the small muted
+   text — anything more and the glass reads as a white panel. */
 .aero .card,
 .aero .glass-solid,
 .aero .sidebar-surface,
 .aero .gate-card,
-.aero .list-group {
-  background-image:
-    linear-gradient(
-      180deg,
-      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.3) 0%,
-      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.1) 46%,
-      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.04) 53%,
-      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.14) 100%
-    ),
-    linear-gradient(rgb(255 255 255 / 0.14), rgb(255 255 255 / 0.14)),
-    url("/aero/background-blur.webp");
-  background-size: 100% 100%, 100% 100%, cover;
-  background-position: 0 0, 0 0, center 42%;
-  background-attachment: scroll, scroll, fixed;
-  background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat, no-repeat;
-}
-
-/* The small chrome — rail rows, the active nav item, chips, segments and the
-   buttons — gets the same frosted glass with a touch more veil, so its small
-   text pops over the busy wallpaper. */
+.aero .list-group,
 .aero .nav-action,
 .aero .nav-row[aria-current="page"],
 .aero .nav-row[data-active="true"],
@@ -439,25 +421,40 @@
   background-image:
     linear-gradient(
       180deg,
-      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.42) 0%,
-      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.16) 46%,
-      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.08) 53%,
-      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.2) 100%
+      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.16) 0%,
+      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.05) 46%,
+      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.04) 53%,
+      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.09) 100%
     ),
-    linear-gradient(rgb(255 255 255 / 0.12), rgb(255 255 255 / 0.12)),
-    url("/aero/background-blur.webp");
+    linear-gradient(rgb(255 255 255 / 0.15), rgb(255 255 255 / 0.15)),
+    url("/aero/background-blur.webp?v=3");
   background-size: 100% 100%, 100% 100%, cover;
   background-position: 0 0, 0 0, center 42%;
   background-attachment: scroll, scroll, fixed;
   background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat, no-repeat;
 }
 
+/* The wizard's phone action bar: Aero's page token is the saturated water
+   blue, which read as a heavy slab over the photo — give it the same thin
+   glass as everything else (it already has a real backdrop blur). */
+.aero [data-wizard-bar] {
+  background: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.24);
+  border-top-color: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.6);
+  box-shadow: 0 -14px 34px -22px rgb(2 62 110 / 0.5);
+}
+
 /* The phone tab bar carries its labels right at the bottom of the water, so
    it keeps a little more veil than the cards. */
 .aero .tabbar {
   background-image:
-    linear-gradient(rgb(255 255 255 / 0.48), rgb(255 255 255 / 0.48)),
-    url("/aero/background-blur.webp");
+    linear-gradient(
+      180deg,
+      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.26) 0%,
+      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.12) 46%,
+      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.1) 53%,
+      rgb(255 255 255 / 0.16) 100%
+    ),
+    url("/aero/background-blur.webp?v=3");
   background-size: 100% 100%, cover;
   background-position: 0 0, center 42%;
   background-attachment: scroll, fixed;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3493a3b..cc30079 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "freezmo",
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.3.2",
   "private": true,
   "license": "GPL-3.0-only",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/public/aero/background-blur.webp b/public/aero/background-blur.webp
index 5d004fa..fd2b22d 100644
Binary files a/public/aero/background-blur.webp and b/public/aero/background-blur.webp differ
diff --git a/public/sw.js b/public/sw.js
index d7867f6..74bfcb4 100644
--- a/public/sw.js
+++ b/public/sw.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  * Bumping CACHE_VERSION is how a new deploy invalidates old assets.
  */
-const CACHE_VERSION = "freezmo-v62";
+const CACHE_VERSION = "freezmo-v63";
 const SHELL_CACHE = `${CACHE_VERSION}-shell`;
 const ASSET_CACHE = `${CACHE_VERSION}-assets`;