diff --git a/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h b/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
index bd442cd..f3222a9 100644
--- a/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
+++ b/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
@@ -1039,18 +1039,25 @@ inline bool DrawDialogTitleBar(const char* title, bool* p_open, ImU32 accent_col
 // "A blur overlay was drawn this frame" flag + a 1-frame latch. App::render builds its
 // effect-suppression guard at the TOP of the frame, before dialogs dispatch, so it reads the
 // LAST-frame latch (a stable signal) rather than this frame's in-progress state.
-inline bool& BlurOverlayDrawnThisFrameRef()  { static bool v = false; return v; }
-inline bool& BlurOverlayActiveLastFrameRef() { static bool v = false; return v; }
-inline void  MarkBlurOverlayDrawn() { BlurOverlayDrawnThisFrameRef() = true; }
+inline bool&  BlurOverlayDrawnThisFrameRef()  { static bool  v = false;   return v; }
+inline bool&  BlurOverlayActiveLastFrameRef() { static bool  v = false;   return v; }
+inline bool*& BlurOverlayOpenFlagRef()        { static bool* p = nullptr; return p; }
+// Record that a blur overlay drew this frame, along with its open flag (so the latch below can tell
+// "still open next frame" from "closed this frame" and match the modal's actual open state — no
+// extra frame of suppression on close).
+inline void  MarkBlurOverlayDrawn(bool* openFlag) { BlurOverlayDrawnThisFrameRef() = true; BlurOverlayOpenFlagRef() = openFlag; }
 inline bool  AnyBlurOverlayActiveLastFrame() { return BlurOverlayActiveLastFrameRef(); }
-// Latch this frame's state for the next frame's guard; on the open->closed transition, invalidate
-// the acrylic capture so the other glass panels re-capture the (overlay-free) background. Call once
-// at the end of App::render.
+// Latch whether an overlay will still be up next frame (drew this frame AND its open flag is still
+// set after this frame's Esc/Close/outside-click handling); on the open->closed transition,
+// invalidate the acrylic capture so the other glass panels re-capture the (overlay-free)
+// background. Call once at the end of App::render.
 inline void  LatchBlurOverlayActive() {
-    bool now = BlurOverlayDrawnThisFrameRef();
-    if (BlurOverlayActiveLastFrameRef() && !now) effects::ImGuiAcrylic::InvalidateCapture();
-    BlurOverlayActiveLastFrameRef() = now;
+    bool* pf = BlurOverlayOpenFlagRef();
+    bool stillOpen = BlurOverlayDrawnThisFrameRef() && (!pf || *pf);
+    if (BlurOverlayActiveLastFrameRef() && !stillOpen) effects::ImGuiAcrylic::InvalidateCapture();
+    BlurOverlayActiveLastFrameRef() = stillOpen;
     BlurOverlayDrawnThisFrameRef() = false;
+    BlurOverlayOpenFlagRef() = nullptr;
 }
 
 // True during the frames a blur overlay is (re)capturing the live backdrop — the scroll-fade shader
@@ -1197,7 +1204,7 @@ inline bool BeginOverlayDialog(const OverlayDialogSpec& spec)
     // few frames on open/resize, then reuse the frozen blurred snapshot. Low-spec / acrylic-off falls
     // back to an opaque base inside DrawFullWindowBlurBackdrop (no blur cost).
     if (blur) {
-        MarkBlurOverlayDrawn();
+        MarkBlurOverlayDrawn(spec.p_open);
         BlurCaptureState& st = BlurCaptureStateFor(scrimId);
         int frame = ImGui::GetFrameCount();
         bool justOpened = (st.lastSeenFrame < frame - 1);