diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index e9e31950..c7ec0528 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ resolves consistently in native captures; the approved JSON weights stay unchang
 Nav, picker names, labels and pill weights use that same mapping. Nav label colour
 fades for 200 ms ease-out; the blob retains its critically damped spring.
 
+Settings pills have a separate 1 dp stroke (2 px on the stage), not a focus ring.
+The stroke is inset within the fixed 20 dp / 40 px height; horizontal border-box
+padding includes it. The 6 px dash / 4 px gap follows the browser's 3:2 stroke-width
+ratios. Resting borders are white at 22% opacity; focused borders use ink at 40%.
+
 The small gear under the final person opens Settings with Requests focused.
 Settings groups hand off to existing upstream pages; the Requests entry explicitly
 has no request data yet. **Advanced settings → Wolfskin screens** is the persistent
diff --git a/wolfskin-design/shell-tokens.json b/wolfskin-design/shell-tokens.json
index 2f2bcdf6..3c605746 100644
--- a/wolfskin-design/shell-tokens.json
+++ b/wolfskin-design/shell-tokens.json
@@ -215,6 +215,32 @@
       "dp": 20.0,
       "source": "locked index.html:71-92, 256-263, 303-328; spec 6.1 and nav-shell measured bounds"
     },
+    "settingsPillStroke": {
+      "$type": "dimension",
+      "px": 2,
+      "dp": 1.0,
+      "source": "index.html:122; pill border 2 px inside its 40 px border-box"
+    },
+    "settingsPillDashRatio": {
+      "$type": "number",
+      "$value": 3,
+      "source": "st-091 frozen browser top border: 6 px dashes at 2 px stroke width"
+    },
+    "settingsPillDashGapRatio": {
+      "$type": "number",
+      "$value": 2,
+      "source": "st-091 frozen browser top border: 4 px gaps at 2 px stroke width"
+    },
+    "settingsPillBorder": {
+      "$type": "color",
+      "$value": "#ffffff38",
+      "source": "index.html:122; white at 22 percent opacity, rounded to 8-bit alpha"
+    },
+    "settingsPillFocusedBorder": {
+      "$type": "color",
+      "$value": "#0b0b1066",
+      "source": "index.html:328; focused pill ink at 40 percent opacity"
+    },
     "settingsPillPadding": {
       "$type": "dimension",
       "px": 16,
diff --git a/wolfskin-design/src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/SettingsList.kt b/wolfskin-design/src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/SettingsList.kt
index 9823c319..91bf3bb3 100644
--- a/wolfskin-design/src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/SettingsList.kt
+++ b/wolfskin-design/src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/SettingsList.kt
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
-import androidx.compose.ui.draw.drawBehind
+import androidx.compose.ui.draw.drawWithCache
 import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.CornerRadius
+import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Offset
+import androidx.compose.ui.geometry.Size
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.PathEffect
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.drawscope.Stroke
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalDensity
@@ -108,10 +110,19 @@ fun SettingsRow(group: SettingsGroup, focused: Boolean, openRequests: Int?, modi
 @Composable
 private fun SettingsPill(label: String, focused: Boolean) {
     val foreground = if (focused) C.onFocus else C.dim
-    Box(Modifier.height(S.settingsPillHeight).drawBehind {
-        val stroke = WolfskinTokens.Focus.ringButtonRing.toPx()
-        drawRoundRect(foreground.copy(alpha = .4f), cornerRadius = CornerRadius(WolfskinTokens.Radius.pill.toPx()), style = Stroke(stroke, pathEffect = PathEffect.dashPathEffect(floatArrayOf(stroke * 2, stroke * 2))))
-    }.padding(horizontal = S.settingsPillPadding), contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
+    val border = if (focused) S.settingsPillFocusedBorder else S.settingsPillBorder
+    Box(Modifier.height(S.settingsPillHeight).drawWithCache {
+        val stroke = S.settingsPillStroke.toPx()
+        val inset = Offset(stroke / 2, stroke / 2)
+        val bounds = Size(size.width - stroke, size.height - stroke)
+        val outline = Stroke(stroke, pathEffect = PathEffect.dashPathEffect(
+            floatArrayOf(stroke * S.settingsPillDashRatio, stroke * S.settingsPillDashGapRatio),
+        ))
+        val radius = CornerRadius(WolfskinTokens.Radius.pill.toPx())
+        onDrawBehind {
+            drawRoundRect(border, topLeft = inset, size = bounds, cornerRadius = radius, style = outline)
+        }
+    }.padding(horizontal = S.settingsPillPadding + S.settingsPillStroke), contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
         Text(label, color = foreground, style = WolfskinTokens.Type.caption.copy(fontWeight = WolfskinTokens.Type.label.fontWeight))
     }
 }
diff --git a/wolfskin-design/src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/WolfskinTokens.kt b/wolfskin-design/src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/WolfskinTokens.kt
index bb9d3e7d..7cca9d38 100644
--- a/wolfskin-design/src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/WolfskinTokens.kt
+++ b/wolfskin-design/src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/WolfskinTokens.kt
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ object WolfskinTokens {
         val settingsRowGap = 12.0.dp
         val settingsIcon = 18.0.dp
         val settingsPillHeight = 20.0.dp
+        val settingsPillStroke = 1.0.dp
+        const val settingsPillDashRatio = 3.0f
+        const val settingsPillDashGapRatio = 2.0f
+        val settingsPillBorder = ComposeColor(0x38FFFFFF)
+        val settingsPillFocusedBorder = ComposeColor(0x660B0B10)
         val settingsPillPadding = 8.0.dp
         val settingsPillGap = 6.0.dp
         val settingsChevron = 15.0.dp
diff --git a/wolfskin-design/tokens.css b/wolfskin-design/tokens.css
index be4c0c23..a159ea0b 100644
--- a/wolfskin-design/tokens.css
+++ b/wolfskin-design/tokens.css
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@
   --shell-settingsRowGap: 24.0px;
   --shell-settingsIcon: 36.0px;
   --shell-settingsPillHeight: 40.0px;
+  --shell-settingsPillStroke: 2.0px;
+  --shell-settingsPillBorder: #ffffff38;
+  --shell-settingsPillFocusedBorder: #0b0b1066;
   --shell-settingsPillPadding: 16.0px;
   --shell-settingsPillGap: 12.0px;
   --shell-settingsChevron: 30.0px;
diff --git a/wolfskin-design/tokens.sha256 b/wolfskin-design/tokens.sha256
index dc2c36e9..8bc44413 100644
--- a/wolfskin-design/tokens.sha256
+++ b/wolfskin-design/tokens.sha256
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 1438f7ca4a2b6f951c9e643ab0afacbf2f7fc98e57905295d518c6225e054de4  generate_tokens.py
-2d98b185e68c2f964cb744bb640dea94d3c5eaad183816d422646806b41327a3  shell-tokens.json
-965e802974d8fd440c65a1178f49e7824e986648c49f4068efcc587f9b5b384f  src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/WolfskinTokens.kt
-3db2663abf8fc15dc8ddee8adb18ad411065aff5ca8486b533c344596514e1d9  tokens.css
+1052c79be79e0fb85e64ba5b48a77e7e9dddd114c656e5572f39c0a85e09b9f5  shell-tokens.json
+f380580c85d518e70f76991632b1c0be394f2d237c07097b2eec362950a14d20  src/main/java/org/justinvisser/wolfskin/design/WolfskinTokens.kt
+900a8d995b74083cdf911fc4055c1c90827384fb1b0f5799c8823a8d0f0e48b2  tokens.css
 5b939f1f3eb90b428008fda75720f6e3a4e844c486668931db3d52bffb987b53  tokens.json