diff --git a/changes/fix-lens-scroll.md b/changes/fix-lens-scroll.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3349ac3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/fix-lens-scroll.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fixed
+
+- Liquid Glass scrolls smoothly: the lens pauses while the page scrolls and returns 150 ms after it stops, keeping the blur and colour.
+- Settings > Appearance can turn the pause off for Liquid Glass's full refraction while scrolling.
diff --git a/e2e/glass.spec.ts b/e2e/glass.spec.ts
index c93954064..7c38f702f 100644
--- a/e2e/glass.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/glass.spec.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,69 @@ test.describe('glass lens', () => {
     await expect(page.locator('.rp-popover').first()).toBeVisible();
     expect((await surface(page, '.rp-popover')).filter).toContain('url("#doona-lens-sm")');
   });
+  // Scrolling pauses the refraction, which Chromium redraws on every frame, and keeps the blur and colour.
+  test('pauses the lens while the page scrolls', async ({page}) => {
+    await page.goto('/#/overview');
+    await expect(page.locator('html')).toHaveAttribute('data-lens', '');
+    const card = `.rp-content ${pageCard}`;
+    const lensed = (await surface(page, card, '::before')).filter;
+    expect(lensed).toContain('url("#doona-lens")');
+    // Read in the scroll event's own task, before the 150 ms resume can run.
+    const paused = await page
+      .locator(card)
+      .first()
+      .evaluate(
+        element =>
+          new Promise<string>(resolve => {
+            addEventListener('scroll', () => resolve(getComputedStyle(element, '::before').backdropFilter), {once: true});
+            scrollBy(0, 200);
+          })
+      );
+    expect(paused).toBe(lensed.replace(/url\([^)]*\)\s*/g, ''));
+    await expect(page.locator('html')).not.toHaveAttribute('data-lens-paused');
+    expect((await surface(page, card, '::before')).filter).toBe(lensed);
+  });
+  test('keeps refraction while scrolling when the stored pause is off', async ({page}) => {
+    await page.addInitScript(() => localStorage.setItem('doona-lens-pause', 'off'));
+    await page.goto('/#/overview');
+    await expect(page.locator('html')).toHaveAttribute('data-lens', '');
+    const card = `.rp-content ${pageCard}`;
+    const lensed = (await surface(page, card, '::before')).filter;
+    expect(lensed).toContain('url("#doona-lens")');
+    const scrolling = await page
+      .locator(card)
+      .first()
+      .evaluate(
+        element =>
+          new Promise<{paused: boolean; filter: string}>(resolve => {
+            addEventListener(
+              'scroll',
+              () => resolve({paused: document.documentElement.hasAttribute('data-lens-paused'), filter: getComputedStyle(element, '::before').backdropFilter}),
+              {once: true}
+            );
+            scrollBy(0, 200);
+          })
+      );
+    expect(scrolling.paused).toBe(false);
+    expect(scrolling.filter).toBe(lensed);
+    await expect(page.locator('html')).toHaveAttribute('data-lens-steady', '');
+    await expect(page.locator('html')).not.toHaveAttribute('data-lens-paused');
+  });
+  test('turns the scroll pause off and on in Settings', async ({page}) => {
+    await page.goto('/#/settings?tab=appearance');
+    const root = page.locator('html');
+    await expect(root).toHaveAttribute('data-lens', '');
+    const toggle = page.getByRole('switch', {name: 'Pause refraction while scrolling', exact: true});
+    await expect(toggle).toBeChecked();
+    await expect(root).not.toHaveAttribute('data-lens-steady');
+    await toggle.press('Space');
+    await expect(root).toHaveAttribute('data-lens-steady', '');
+    await page.reload();
+    await expect(toggle).not.toBeChecked();
+    await expect(root).toHaveAttribute('data-lens-steady', '');
+    await toggle.press('Space');
+    await expect(root).not.toHaveAttribute('data-lens-steady');
+  });
   // At 32px the lens shows only as a bright rim, so controls on the wallpaper keep the cards' fill with a plain blur.
   test('keeps controls on the wallpaper to a plain blur', async ({page}) => {
     await page.goto('/#/logs');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e5b09178..cc2485450 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   },
   "sizeBudget": {
     "startupLogin": 238300,
-    "startupActivity": 341850,
+    "startupActivity": 342050,
     "startupCss": 30500,
     "locale": 38000,
     "fontCss": 36000,
diff --git a/src/api/storage.test.ts b/src/api/storage.test.ts
index 1e2ccd45c..5d94db263 100644
--- a/src/api/storage.test.ts
+++ b/src/api/storage.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ it('keeps the keys browsers already hold', () => {
     'doona-wordmark',
     'doona-mirror',
     'doona-country-flags',
+    'doona-lens-pause',
     'doona-sparklines',
     'doona-flag-overrides',
     'doona-toast-placement',
diff --git a/src/api/storage.ts b/src/api/storage.ts
index 4247a1037..3dba965fd 100644
--- a/src/api/storage.ts
+++ b/src/api/storage.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const storageKeys = {
   wordmark: 'doona-wordmark',
   mirror: 'doona-mirror',
   countryFlags: 'doona-country-flags',
+  lensPause: 'doona-lens-pause',
   sparklines: 'doona-sparklines',
   flagOverrides: 'doona-flag-overrides',
   toastPlacement: 'doona-toast-placement',
diff --git a/src/features/settings/Settings.tsx b/src/features/settings/Settings.tsx
index 77038b43c..64571163f 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Fragment, useId, type ReactNode} from 'react';
+import {Fragment, lazy, Suspense, useId, type ReactNode} from 'react';
 import {LANGS, useT, type Lang} from '../../i18n';
 import {
   ActionHelp,
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../ui/ui';
 import {SelectBoxGroup} from '../../ui/SelectBoxGroup';
 import {preloadGlass, swatchSections} from '../../shell/swatches';
-import {BlurSetting, WallpaperSettings} from './WallpaperSettings';
 import type {DateFormat, PaletteId, Scheme, TimeFormat, ToastPlacement, Wordmark} from '../../shell/preferences';
 import {useSettingsPage} from './useSettingsPage';
 import {useSignOut} from './useSignOut';
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ import {cardTab, settingsCard, settingsCards, settingsTab, settingsTabs, type Se
 const glassIntent = (event: React.SyntheticEvent) => {
   if (event.target instanceof Element && event.target.closest('[data-key^="glass/"]')) preloadGlass();
 };
+const GlassSettings = lazy(() => import('./WallpaperSettings'));
 const cards = {backend: settingsCard('backend'), appearance: settingsCard('appearance'), about: settingsCard('about')};
 
 export function Settings({query}: PageProps) {
@@ -292,9 +292,11 @@ export function Settings({query}: PageProps) {
             help={ap.shownPalette === 'glass/glass' ? t('palette.glassNote') : undefined}
           />
         </div>
-        {ap.palette.startsWith('glass/') && <WallpaperSettings />}
-        {/* Tinted draws no blur, so it has nothing to scale. */}
-        {ap.palette.startsWith('glass/') && ap.palette !== 'glass/tinted' && <BlurSetting value={ap.blur} onChange={ap.pickBlur} />}
+        {ap.palette.startsWith('glass/') && (
+          <Suspense fallback={null}>
+            <GlassSettings palette={ap.palette} blur={ap.blur} onBlurChange={ap.pickBlur} lensPause={ap.lensPause} onLensPauseChange={ap.pickLensPause} />
+          </Suspense>
+        )}
         <div className="rp-field" data-setting="countryFlags">
           <Switch isSelected={ap.countryFlags} onChange={ap.pickCountryFlags} aria-describedby={countryFlagsHelpId}>
             {t('settings.countryFlags')}
diff --git a/src/features/settings/WallpaperSettings.tsx b/src/features/settings/WallpaperSettings.tsx
index 68e83d2e0..c17d46402 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/WallpaperSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/WallpaperSettings.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {FileButton} from '../../ui/FileButton';
 import {Slider} from '../../ui/Slider';
 import {WallpaperThumb} from '../../ui/WallpaperThumb';
 import {DEFAULT_DIM, MAX_DIM, setWallpaper, useWallpaper, wallpaperState} from '../../shell/wallpaper';
-import {MAX_BLUR} from '../../shell/preferences';
+import {MAX_BLUR, type PaletteId} from '../../shell/preferences';
 import {prepareWallpaper, WallpaperError, type WallpaperProblem} from './wallpaperImage';
 
 const problems: Record<WallpaperProblem, Key> = {
@@ -102,3 +102,41 @@ export function BlurSetting({value, onChange}: {value: number; onChange: (value:
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+function LensPauseSetting({value, onChange}: {value: boolean; onChange: (value: boolean) => void}) {
+  const t = useT();
+  const helpId = useId();
+  return (
+    <div className="rp-field" data-setting="lensPause">
+      <Switch isSelected={value} onChange={onChange} aria-describedby={helpId}>
+        {t('settings.lensPause')}
+      </Switch>
+      <span id={helpId} className="rp-label">
+        {t('settings.lensPauseHelp')}
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default function GlassSettings({
+  palette,
+  blur,
+  onBlurChange,
+  lensPause,
+  onLensPauseChange
+}: {
+  palette: PaletteId;
+  blur: number;
+  onBlurChange: (value: number) => void;
+  lensPause: boolean;
+  onLensPauseChange: (value: boolean) => void;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <WallpaperSettings />
+      {/* Tinted draws no blur, so it has nothing to scale. */}
+      {palette !== 'glass/tinted' && <BlurSetting value={blur} onChange={onBlurChange} />}
+      {palette === 'glass/glass' && <LensPauseSetting value={lensPause} onChange={onLensPauseChange} />}
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/features/settings/nav.ts b/src/features/settings/nav.ts
index e62e2b6cf..a7989c2f5 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/nav.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/nav.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ type SettingsFieldId =
   | 'mirrored'
   | 'wallpaper'
   | 'blur'
+  | 'lensPause'
   | 'probeMethod'
   | 'probeFamily'
   | 'probeWarmth'
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export const settingsFields: ReadonlyArray<SettingsField> = [
   {id: 'mirrored', card: 'appearance', labelKey: 'settings.mirror', aliases: ['rtl']},
   {id: 'wallpaper', card: 'appearance', labelKey: 'settings.wallpaper', aliases: ['background', 'image']},
   {id: 'blur', card: 'appearance', labelKey: 'settings.blur'},
+  {id: 'lensPause', card: 'appearance', labelKey: 'settings.lensPause'},
   {id: 'probeMethod', card: 'probes', labelKey: 'settings.probeMethod'},
   {id: 'probeFamily', card: 'probes', labelKey: 'settings.probeFamily', aliases: ['ipv4', 'ipv6']},
   {id: 'probeWarmth', card: 'probes', labelKey: 'settings.probeWarmth'},
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 60f0d29bb..b03f3abd6 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -1794,6 +1794,8 @@
   "settings.installed": "Installed",
   "settings.invalidResponse": "The response has no API version information. Check the backend URL.",
   "settings.invalidUrl": "Enter http(s)://host[:port][/prefix] without credentials, a query, or a fragment, or enter mock.",
+  "settings.lensPause": "Pause refraction while scrolling",
+  "settings.lensPauseHelp": "Keeps scrolling smooth. Edges bend again once the page stops.",
   "settings.logBuffer": "Log records kept",
   "settings.logLevel": "Log level",
   "settings.mirror": "Mirrored layout",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json b/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
index 22686495c..65a486475 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.json
@@ -1593,6 +1593,8 @@
   "settings.installed": "已安装",
   "settings.invalidResponse": "响应缺少 API 版本信息：请检查后端网址。",
   "settings.invalidUrl": "请输入 http(s)://主机[:端口][/前缀] 或 mock。网址不能包含账号密码、查询参数或片段。",
+  "settings.lensPause": "滚动时暂停折射",
+  "settings.lensPauseHelp": "滚动更流畅，页面停下后边缘恢复折射。",
   "settings.logBuffer": "日志保留条数",
   "settings.logLevel": "日志级别",
   "settings.mirror": "镜像布局",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.json b/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.json
index 9f1bc2fe8..28df2c98d 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.json
@@ -1593,6 +1593,8 @@
   "settings.installed": "已安裝",
   "settings.invalidResponse": "回應缺少 API 版本資訊：請確認後端網址。",
   "settings.invalidUrl": "請輸入 http(s)://主機[:連接埠][/前綴] 或 mock。網址不可含帳號密碼、查詢參數或片段。",
+  "settings.lensPause": "捲動時暫停折射",
+  "settings.lensPauseHelp": "捲動更流暢，頁面停下後邊緣恢復折射。",
   "settings.logBuffer": "日誌保留筆數",
   "settings.logLevel": "日誌等級",
   "settings.mirror": "鏡像版面",
diff --git a/src/shell/preferences.test.ts b/src/shell/preferences.test.ts
index 739033bb5..739a14a6d 100644
--- a/src/shell/preferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/shell/preferences.test.ts
@@ -189,11 +189,13 @@ it.each([null, '', 'last', 'login', 'unknown', 'rules?tab=dns'])('defaults an in
 
 it.each([
   ['countryFlags', 'doona-country-flags'],
+  ['lensPause', 'doona-lens-pause'],
   ['sparklines', 'doona-sparklines']
 ] as const)('defaults %s on and preserves an explicit off preference', (key, stored) => {
   expect(readSettings(storageFrom())[key]).toBe(true);
   expect(readSettings(storageFrom([[stored, 'on']]))[key]).toBe(true);
   expect(readSettings(storageFrom([[stored, 'true']]))[key]).toBe(true);
+  expect(readSettings(storageFrom([[stored, 'off']]))[key]).toBe(false);
   const storage = storageFrom();
   writeSetting(key, 'off', storage);
   expect(readSettings(storage)[key]).toBe(false);
diff --git a/src/shell/preferences.ts b/src/shell/preferences.ts
index f6b9ec801..fc6fef195 100644
--- a/src/shell/preferences.ts
+++ b/src/shell/preferences.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export type Settings = {
   wordmark: Wordmark;
   mirrored: boolean;
   countryFlags: boolean;
+  lensPause: boolean;
   sparklines: boolean;
   flagOverrides: FlagOverrides;
   toastPlacement: ToastPlacement;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export function writeSetting(
     | 'wordmark'
     | 'mirror'
     | 'countryFlags'
+    | 'lensPause'
     | 'sparklines'
     | 'flagOverrides'
     | 'toastPlacement'
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ export function readSettings(storage?: StoragePort): Settings {
     mirrored: read(storageKeys.mirror) === 'on',
     startPage: startPage !== null && isRoutePath(startPage) ? startPage : defaultRoute,
     countryFlags: read(storageKeys.countryFlags) !== 'off',
+    lensPause: read(storageKeys.lensPause) !== 'off',
     sparklines: read(storageKeys.sparklines) !== 'off',
     flagOverrides: readFlagOverrides(storage),
     toastPlacement: TOAST_PLACEMENTS.find(item => item === placement) ?? 'bottom'
@@ -117,9 +120,11 @@ type Appearance = {
   pickWordmark: (value: Wordmark) => void;
   mirrored: boolean;
   countryFlags: boolean;
+  lensPause: boolean;
   flagOverrides: FlagOverrides;
   pickMirrored: (value: boolean) => void;
   pickCountryFlags: (value: boolean) => void;
+  pickLensPause: (value: boolean) => void;
   sparklines: boolean;
   pickSparklines: (value: boolean) => void;
   pickFlag: (name: string, value: string) => void;
diff --git a/src/shell/useAppearance.ts b/src/shell/useAppearance.ts
index 2536d3526..5a3d74e59 100644
--- a/src/shell/useAppearance.ts
+++ b/src/shell/useAppearance.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export function useAppearance(stored: Settings) {
   const [mirrored, setMirrored] = useState(stored.mirrored);
   const [flagOverrides, setFlagOverrides] = useState(stored.flagOverrides);
   const [countryFlags, setCountryFlags] = useState(stored.countryFlags);
+  const [lensPause, setLensPause] = useState(stored.lensPause);
   const [sparklines, setSparklines] = useState(stored.sparklines);
   const [toastPlacement, setToastPlacement] = useState<ToastPlacement>(stored.toastPlacement);
   const [startPage, setStartPage] = useState<RoutePath>(stored.startPage);
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ export function useAppearance(stored: Settings) {
   const sysDark = useMediaQuery('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
   const dark = scheme === 'dark' || (scheme === 'system' && sysDark);
   useLayoutEffect(() => applyAppearance(dark, palette, wordmark, blur), [dark, palette, wordmark, blur]);
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    const root = document.documentElement;
+    root.toggleAttribute('data-lens-steady', !lensPause);
+    if (!lensPause) root.removeAttribute('data-lens-paused');
+  }, [lensPause]);
   const pickScheme = useCallback((next: Scheme) => {
     withCrossfade(() => setScheme(next));
     writeSetting('scheme', next);
@@ -125,6 +131,10 @@ export function useAppearance(stored: Settings) {
     setCountryFlags(next);
     writeSetting('countryFlags', next ? 'on' : 'off');
   }, []);
+  const pickLensPause = useCallback((next: boolean) => {
+    setLensPause(next);
+    writeSetting('lensPause', next ? 'on' : 'off');
+  }, []);
   const pickSparklines = useCallback((next: boolean) => {
     setSparklines(next);
     writeSetting('sparklines', next ? 'on' : 'off');
@@ -176,6 +186,8 @@ export function useAppearance(stored: Settings) {
       pickFlag,
       countryFlags,
       pickCountryFlags,
+      lensPause,
+      pickLensPause,
       sparklines,
       pickSparklines,
       toastPlacement,
@@ -205,6 +217,8 @@ export function useAppearance(stored: Settings) {
       pickFlag,
       countryFlags,
       pickCountryFlags,
+      lensPause,
+      pickLensPause,
       sparklines,
       pickSparklines,
       toastPlacement,
diff --git a/src/ui/lens.ts b/src/ui/lens.ts
index 8ec9f3329..ae74c32da 100644
--- a/src/ui/lens.ts
+++ b/src/ui/lens.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,29 @@ export function installLens(): boolean {
     })
     .join('');
   document.body.append(svg);
+  pauseWhileScrolling();
   installed = true;
   return true;
 }
+
+// Chromium redraws every lens on the CPU each frame the page moves under it, about 11 ms a frame on a desktop page of
+// cards, so the root carries data-lens-paused while the page scrolls and for 150 ms after, and the stylesheet drops the
+// refraction meanwhile.
+function pauseWhileScrolling() {
+  const root = document.documentElement;
+  let timer: number | undefined;
+  const resume = () => {
+    timer = undefined;
+    root.removeAttribute('data-lens-paused');
+  };
+  addEventListener(
+    'scroll',
+    () => {
+      if (root.hasAttribute('data-lens-steady')) return;
+      if (!root.hasAttribute('data-lens-paused')) root.setAttribute('data-lens-paused', '');
+      if (timer !== undefined) clearTimeout(timer);
+      timer = window.setTimeout(resume, 150);
+    },
+    {passive: true}
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/styles/palettes/glass.css b/src/ui/styles/palettes/glass.css
index 145aad1a0..86107b82f 100644
--- a/src/ui/styles/palettes/glass.css
+++ b/src/ui/styles/palettes/glass.css
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@
 :root[data-flavour='glass'][data-scheme='dark'][data-lens] {
   --rp-float-fill: rgba(36, 36, 40, 0.62);
 }
+/* While the page scrolls, src/ui/lens.ts pauses the lens: the same blur and colour without the refraction. */
+:root[data-flavour='glass'][data-lens][data-lens-paused] {
+  --rp-panel-filter: var(--rp-flow-table-filter);
+  --rp-lens-sm: blur(calc(6px * var(--rp-blur-scale))) saturate(1.8) brightness(1.04);
+}
 /* Reduce Transparency, Increase Contrast and forced colours turn every material into the solid recipe with a clear
    edge. The selector matches the flavour blocks above in specificity and follows them. */
 @media (prefers-reduced-transparency: reduce), (prefers-contrast: more), (forced-colors: active) {