diff --git a/apps/desktop/e2e/group-mention-surface.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/e2e/group-mention-surface.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1343dbdb38..0000000000
--- a/apps/desktop/e2e/group-mention-surface.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-import { type MockBackendFixture, setupMockBackend, waitForAppReady } from './fixtures'
-import { expect, test } from './test'
-
-let fixture: MockBackendFixture | null = null
-
-async function openBots(page: MockBackendFixture['page']): Promise<void> {
-  const tab = page
-    .getByRole('button', { name: 'Bots', exact: true })
-    .or(page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Bots', exact: true }))
-    .first()
-  await tab.click()
-  await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'New bot or group chat' })).toBeVisible()
-}
-
-async function createAgent(page: MockBackendFixture['page'], name: string, title: string): Promise<void> {
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'New bot or group chat' }).click()
-  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'New Bot' }).click()
-
-  const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'New Bot' })
-  await dialog.getByPlaceholder('inbox-triage').fill(name)
-  await dialog.getByPlaceholder('Inbox Triage').fill(title)
-  await dialog.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create Bot' }).click()
-  await expect(dialog).toBeHidden({ timeout: 30_000 })
-  await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: new RegExp(`^${title}\\b`) }).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 })
-}
-
-test.beforeAll(async () => {
-  fixture = await setupMockBackend()
-  await waitForAppReady(fixture, 120_000)
-})
-
-test.afterAll(async () => {
-  await fixture?.cleanup()
-  fixture = null
-})
-
-test('group mentions cover expanded posts in light and dark mode', async () => {
-  test.setTimeout(240_000)
-  const page = fixture!.page
-  await openBots(page)
-  await createAgent(page, 'programmer', 'Programmer')
-  await createAgent(page, 'reviewer', 'Reviewer')
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'New bot or group chat' }).click()
-  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'New Group Chat' }).click()
-  const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'New Group Chat' })
-  for (const title of ['Programmer', 'Reviewer']) {
-    await dialog.getByText(title, { exact: true }).locator('xpath=ancestor::label').getByRole('checkbox').click()
-  }
-  await dialog.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Group name' }).fill('Mention surface')
-  await dialog.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create Group (2)' }).click()
-  const composer = page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Message Mention surface', exact: true }).filter({ visible: true })
-  await expect(composer).toBeVisible()
-  await composer.fill(
-    Array.from({ length: 32 }, (_, i) => `Post line ${i + 1}: content behind the mention menu.`).join('\n\n')
-  )
-  await composer.press('Enter')
-  await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Collapse thread', exact: true })).toBeVisible()
-
-  for (const mode of ['light', 'dark']) {
-    // The real theme switch updates the semantic surface tokens, not just a
-    // class on the menu. The shortcut is registered by the desktop shell.
-    const dark = await page.locator('html').evaluate(el => el.classList.contains('dark'))
-    if (dark !== (mode === 'dark')) {
-      await composer.press('Tab')
-      await page.keyboard.press('Shift+X')
-    }
-    await expect(page.locator('html')).toHaveClass(mode === 'dark' ? /dark/ : /^(?!.*\bdark\b)/)
-    await composer.fill('')
-    await composer.fill('@')
-    const option = page.getByRole('button', { name: /^@everyone / }).filter({ visible: true })
-    await expect(option).toBeVisible()
-    const painted = await option.evaluate(el => {
-      const menu = el.parentElement!
-      const style = getComputedStyle(menu)
-      const canvas = document.createElement('canvas')
-      canvas.width = canvas.height = 1
-      const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')!
-      ctx.fillStyle = style.backgroundColor
-      ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 1, 1)
-      const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
-      return {
-        alpha: ctx.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1).data[3],
-        receivesPointer: el.contains(document.elementFromPoint(rect.left + 8, rect.top + rect.height / 2))
-      }
-    })
-    expect(painted.alpha, `${mode}: transcript must not show through the menu`).toBe(255)
-    expect(painted.receivesPointer).toBe(true)
-    await page.screenshot({ path: test.info().outputPath(`mentions-${mode}.png`) })
-    await composer.press('ArrowDown')
-    await composer.press('Enter')
-    await expect(composer).toHaveValue('@all ')
-    await composer.fill('@')
-    await composer.press('Escape')
-    await expect(option).toBeHidden()
-  }
-})
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-parts.test.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-parts.test.tsx
index fe227f5016..76d49e70d0 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-parts.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-parts.test.tsx
@@ -171,6 +171,20 @@ describe('insertion', () => {
     expect(options().some(label => label.startsWith('@builder'))).toBe(true)
     expect(options().some(label => label.startsWith('@undefined'))).toBe(false)
   })
+
+  it('paints the popover on the elevated surface token, never a translucent fill (#113713)', async () => {
+    const { input } = await mount()
+
+    typeInto(input, '@')
+
+    // `--ui-bg-primary` is a hover/interactive FILL (accent mixed into a 10%
+    // base over transparent) — on it the transcript read straight through the
+    // menu. Floating menus sit on `--ui-bg-elevated`, an opaque surface.
+    const menu = screen.getByRole('button', { name: /^@everyone/ }).parentElement
+
+    expect(menu?.className).toContain('bg-(--ui-bg-elevated)')
+    expect(menu?.className).not.toMatch(/bg-\(--ui-bg-(?:primary|secondary|tertiary)\)/)
+  })
 })
 
 // #89884: the composer used to be a single-line Input whose form submitted on