diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe08c2857e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/** Regression coverage for #77429: native picker options must paint a readable surface. */
+
+import { act, cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import type { QuickEntryStatePush } from '@/store/quick-entry'
+
+import { QuickEntryApp } from './quick-entry-app'
+
+const initialHermesDesktop = window.hermesDesktop
+
+describe('QuickEntryApp', () => {
+  let pushState: ((payload: QuickEntryStatePush) => void) | undefined
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    pushState = undefined
+    window.hermesDesktop = {
+      quickEntry: {
+        dismiss: vi.fn(),
+        onShown: vi.fn(() => vi.fn()),
+        onState: vi.fn(callback => {
+          pushState = callback
+
+          return vi.fn()
+        }),
+        submit: vi.fn()
+      }
+    } as never
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup()
+    window.hermesDesktop = initialHermesDesktop
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('paints every native target option with matching theme foreground and background tokens', () => {
+    render(<QuickEntryApp />)
+
+    act(() => {
+      pushState?.({
+        connected: true,
+        sessions: [{ id: 'session-1', title: 'A recent session' }]
+      })
+    })
+
+    const options = screen.getAllByRole('option') as HTMLOptionElement[]
+    expect(options).toHaveLength(3)
+
+    for (const option of options) {
+      expect(option.style.color).toBe('var(--ui-text-primary, var(--foreground))')
+      expect(option.style.backgroundColor).toBe('var(--ui-bg-elevated, var(--background))')
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.tsx
index 7f99e8b7fb..69e8e581f2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ import {
   type QuickComposerState
 } from '@/store/quick-entry'
 
+// Native select popups do not reliably inherit the closed control's colors.
+// Paint both sides of the contrast pair on every option so Chromium cannot
+// combine a dark-theme foreground with an OS-provided light popup surface.
+const QUICK_TARGET_OPTION_STYLE = {
+  backgroundColor: 'var(--ui-bg-elevated, var(--background))',
+  color: 'var(--ui-text-primary, var(--foreground))'
+}
+
 /**
  * The Quick Entry composer — the whole renderer surface of the global-hotkey
  * mini window. Deliberately one input plus a session-target picker and nothing
@@ -187,10 +195,14 @@ export function QuickEntryApp() {
             }}
             value={state.target}
           >
-            <option value={QUICK_TARGET_CURRENT}>Current chat</option>
-            <option value={QUICK_TARGET_NEW}>New session</option>
+            <option style={QUICK_TARGET_OPTION_STYLE} value={QUICK_TARGET_CURRENT}>
+              Current chat
+            </option>
+            <option style={QUICK_TARGET_OPTION_STYLE} value={QUICK_TARGET_NEW}>
+              New session
+            </option>
             {state.sessions.map(session => (
-              <option key={session.id} value={session.id}>
+              <option key={session.id} style={QUICK_TARGET_OPTION_STYLE} value={session.id}>
                 {session.title}
               </option>
             ))}