diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat.tsx
index f27c5a37..f5378152 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat.tsx
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ const AgentChat: React.FC<AgentChatProps> = ({ sessionId: sessionIdProp, onClose
     if (wasActive && isTerminal) {
       if (id) {
         dispatch(fadeGlowingBrowserCards(id));
-        setTimeout(() => dispatch(clearGlowingBrowserCards(id)), 2800);
+        setTimeout(() => dispatch(clearGlowingBrowserCards(id)), 600);
       }
 
       const nextQueued = messageQueueRef.current.shift();
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/TetherLayer.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/TetherLayer.tsx
index f22fd450..b57481bc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/TetherLayer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/canvas/TetherLayer.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import type { ClaudeTokens } from '@/shared/styles/claudeTokens';
 import type { Tether } from '../geometry/dashboardTethers';
 
-const TETHER_FADE_MS = 2500;
+const TETHER_FADE_MS = 500;
 
 interface TetherLayerProps {
   tethers: Tether[];
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
index ae40d12e..f6542331 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
@@ -716,9 +716,10 @@ const BrowserCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
   const accentColor = c.accent.primary;
 
   const glowingBrowserCards = useAppSelector((s) => s.dashboardLayout.glowingBrowserCards);
-  const isGlowingFromRedux = !!glowingBrowserCards[browserId];
+  const browserGlow = glowingBrowserCards[browserId];
 
-  const showGlow = isGlowingFromRedux;
+  // Drop the glow the moment the agent's done (fading) so it eases off via the 0.4s box-shadow transition, instead of holding full until the entry clears. The tether arrow already keyed off `fading`; the card never did.
+  const showGlow = !!browserGlow && !browserGlow.fading;
 
   const agentBorder = isHighlighted
     ? `2px solid ${c.accent.primary}`