diff --git a/crates/op-editor-ui/src/widgets/canvas_viewport_overlay.rs b/crates/op-editor-ui/src/widgets/canvas_viewport_overlay.rs
index 24aef582d..2ad0e81c2 100644
--- a/crates/op-editor-ui/src/widgets/canvas_viewport_overlay.rs
+++ b/crates/op-editor-ui/src/widgets/canvas_viewport_overlay.rs
@@ -115,11 +115,25 @@ pub fn paint_fill_then_stroke(
 ) {
     let r = node.corner_radius * zoom;
     let use_round = r > 0.5;
-    // Gradients win over solid `fill` when present. The scene
-    // builder leaves the first stop's colour in `fill` as a
-    // fallback for paint paths that don't grok gradients yet, so
-    // the gradient body is the more faithful representation here.
-    if let Some(gradient) = node.gradient.as_ref() {
+    // Shader / gradient bodies win over solid `fill` when present. The
+    // scene builder leaves a representative colour in `fill` as a
+    // fallback for paint paths that don't grok them yet, so the richer
+    // body is the more faithful representation here.
+    if let Some(shader) = node.shader.as_ref() {
+        let uniforms: Vec<(&str, &[f32])> = shader
+            .uniforms
+            .iter()
+            .map(|u| (u.name.as_str(), u.values.as_slice()))
+            .collect();
+        cx.backend.fill_round_rect_shader(
+            world_rect,
+            if use_round { r } else { 0.0 },
+            &shader.sksl,
+            &uniforms,
+            shader.opacity,
+            shader.fallback,
+        );
+    } else if let Some(gradient) = node.gradient.as_ref() {
         paint_gradient_rect(cx, gradient, world_rect, if use_round { r } else { 0.0 });
     } else if let Some(fill) = fill {
         if use_round {
@@ -243,16 +257,23 @@ pub(crate) fn paint_gradient_rect(
             );
         }
         SceneGradient::Mesh {
-            colors, opacity, ..
+            rows,
+            cols,
+            colors,
+            opacity,
         } => {
-            // No mesh-gradient method on the RenderBackend yet —
-            // degrade to the first vertex colour (same fallback the
-            // scene builder bakes into `SceneNode.fill`).
-            if let Some(first) = colors.first() {
-                let mut c = *first;
-                c.a = (c.a * opacity).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
-                cx.backend.fill_round_rect(rect, corner_radius, c);
-            }
+            // Real Gouraud interpolation on backends that override the
+            // Painter method (the native Skia host); the trait default
+            // degrades to the first vertex colour elsewhere (CanvasKit
+            // web — documented parity gap, same as jian's own painters).
+            cx.backend.fill_round_rect_mesh_gradient(
+                rect,
+                corner_radius,
+                *rows,
+                *cols,
+                colors,
+                *opacity,
+            );
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/op-editor-ui/src/widgets/canvas_viewport_tests.rs b/crates/op-editor-ui/src/widgets/canvas_viewport_tests.rs
index 5792b7447..3379de15f 100644
--- a/crates/op-editor-ui/src/widgets/canvas_viewport_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/op-editor-ui/src/widgets/canvas_viewport_tests.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ struct RecordingBackend {
     strokes: usize,
     text: usize,
     dots: usize,
+    mesh_fills: usize,
+    shader_fills: usize,
 }
 
 impl crate::RenderBackend for RecordingBackend {
@@ -74,6 +76,30 @@ impl crate::RenderBackend for RecordingBackend {
         self.strokes += 1;
         self.ops.push(Op::Stroke);
     }
+    fn fill_round_rect_mesh_gradient(
+        &mut self,
+        _: Rect,
+        _: f32,
+        _: u32,
+        _: u32,
+        _: &[Color],
+        _: f32,
+    ) {
+        self.mesh_fills += 1;
+        self.ops.push(Op::Fill);
+    }
+    fn fill_round_rect_shader(
+        &mut self,
+        _: Rect,
+        _: f32,
+        _: &str,
+        _: &[(&str, &[f32])],
+        _: f32,
+        _: Color,
+    ) {
+        self.shader_fills += 1;
+        self.ops.push(Op::Fill);
+    }
     fn resize(&mut self, _: u32, _: u32) {}
     fn dpi_scale(&self) -> f32 {
         1.0
@@ -798,3 +824,80 @@ fn arc_handle_positions_none_for_non_ellipse() {
     node.bounds = Rect::xywh(0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 100.0);
     assert!(super::arc_handle_positions(&node).is_none());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn shader_fill_dispatches_through_the_shader_backend_method() {
+    use crate::layout_scene::{SceneShader, SceneShaderUniform};
+    let mut node = SceneNode::leaf("s1", NodeKind::Rect);
+    node.bounds = Rect::xywh(0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 100.0);
+    node.fill = Some(Color::WHITE); // fallback colour the builder bakes in
+    node.fill_type = SceneFillType::Shader;
+    node.shader = Some(SceneShader {
+        sksl: "half4 main(float2 p){ return half4(1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0); }".to_string(),
+        uniforms: vec![SceneShaderUniform {
+            name: "u_mix".to_string(),
+            values: vec![0.5],
+        }],
+        opacity: 1.0,
+        fallback: Color::WHITE,
+    });
+
+    let mut backend = RecordingBackend::default();
+    {
+        let mut cx = PaintCx {
+            backend: &mut backend,
+        };
+        crate::widgets::canvas_viewport_overlay::paint_fill_then_stroke(
+            &mut cx,
+            &node,
+            node.bounds,
+            1.0,
+            node.fill,
+        );
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        backend.shader_fills, 1,
+        "shader body must route through fill_round_rect_shader, not the solid fill"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        backend.rects, 0,
+        "no plain-fill fallback when a shader is present"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mesh_gradient_dispatches_through_the_mesh_backend_method() {
+    use crate::layout_scene::SceneGradient;
+    let mut node = SceneNode::leaf("m1", NodeKind::Rect);
+    node.bounds = Rect::xywh(0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 100.0);
+    node.fill = Some(Color::WHITE);
+    node.fill_type = SceneFillType::MeshGradient;
+    node.gradient = Some(SceneGradient::Mesh {
+        rows: 2,
+        cols: 2,
+        colors: vec![Color::WHITE; 4],
+        opacity: 1.0,
+    });
+
+    let mut backend = RecordingBackend::default();
+    {
+        let mut cx = PaintCx {
+            backend: &mut backend,
+        };
+        crate::widgets::canvas_viewport_overlay::paint_fill_then_stroke(
+            &mut cx,
+            &node,
+            node.bounds,
+            1.0,
+            node.fill,
+        );
+    }
+    assert_eq!(
+        backend.mesh_fills, 1,
+        "mesh body must route through fill_round_rect_mesh_gradient"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        backend.rects, 0,
+        "no flat first-vertex fill at the dispatch layer"
+    );
+}
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/frame_backend.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/frame_backend.rs
index 182ca9f1f..ed6d035d7 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/frame_backend.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/frame_backend.rs
@@ -237,6 +237,46 @@ impl<'a> RenderBackend for NativeFrameBackend<'a> {
         );
     }
 
+    fn fill_round_rect_mesh_gradient(
+        &mut self,
+        rect: Rect,
+        radius: f32,
+        rows: u32,
+        cols: u32,
+        colors: &[Color],
+        opacity: f32,
+    ) {
+        self.inner.fill_round_rect_mesh_gradient(
+            self.canvas,
+            rect,
+            radius,
+            rows,
+            cols,
+            colors,
+            opacity,
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn fill_round_rect_shader(
+        &mut self,
+        rect: Rect,
+        radius: f32,
+        sksl: &str,
+        uniforms: &[(&str, &[f32])],
+        opacity: f32,
+        fallback: Color,
+    ) {
+        self.inner.fill_round_rect_shader(
+            self.canvas,
+            rect,
+            radius,
+            sksl,
+            uniforms,
+            opacity,
+            fallback,
+        );
+    }
+
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     fn fill_round_rect_radial_gradient(
         &mut self,
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/skia.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/skia.rs
index 3e92ad5e0..8ea01cc0c 100644
--- a/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/skia.rs
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/skia.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pub(super) fn jian_color_to_color4f(c: Color) -> skia_safe::Color4f {
 mod font_script;
 mod gradient;
 mod image;
+mod mesh_shader;
 mod path;
 mod text;
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -132,6 +133,11 @@ pub struct NativeBackend {
     svg_raster_cache: std::collections::HashMap<path::SvgRasterKey, path::SvgRasterCacheEntry>,
     svg_raster_cache_order: std::collections::VecDeque<path::SvgRasterKey>,
     dot_point_buffer: Vec<skia_safe::Point>,
+    /// Compiled-SkSL `RuntimeEffect` cache for shader fills — compiles
+    /// each distinct source once (failures cached too), same rationale
+    /// as the typeface caches above. Shared type with jian-skia so both
+    /// render paths key sources identically.
+    shader_cache: jian_skia::shader_cache::ShaderCache,
 }
 
 /// Maximum number of decoded chat images held at once. Decoded RGBA
@@ -198,6 +204,7 @@ impl NativeBackend {
             svg_raster_cache: std::collections::HashMap::new(),
             svg_raster_cache_order: std::collections::VecDeque::new(),
             dot_point_buffer: Vec::new(),
+            shader_cache: jian_skia::shader_cache::ShaderCache::new(),
         };
         // Pre-warm the per-codepoint typeface cache with every CJK
         // glyph that appears in the chrome (top bar, layer panel,
diff --git a/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/skia/mesh_shader.rs b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/skia/mesh_shader.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18bd72b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/op-host-native/src/backend/skia/mesh_shader.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+//! Mesh-gradient + SkSL-shader fill methods on [`NativeBackend`].
+//!
+//! Ports jian-skia's `draw_mesh_gradient_rect` / `draw_shader_rect`
+//! (vendor/jian/crates/jian-skia/src/backend.rs) onto the editor's
+//! direct-canvas painter so canvas nodes with `PenFill::MeshGradient`
+//! / `PenFill::Shader` render for real on the native host instead of
+//! falling back to the jian `Painter` trait's first-vertex / fallback
+//! solid defaults (which remain the web/CanvasKit behaviour — the
+//! documented parity gap). Carved into a sibling file per the 800-line
+//! cap, same as `gradient.rs`.
+
+use super::{jian_color_to_color4f, to_sk_rect, NativeBackend};
+use op_editor_ui::{Color, Rect};
+
+impl NativeBackend {
+    /// Gouraud-fill a (round-)rect from a row-major `rows`×`cols`
+    /// vertex-colour lattice. Grid cells triangulate into two CCW
+    /// triangles each; `opacity` rides in the paint alpha so the
+    /// vertex colours stay at their authored values.
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub fn fill_round_rect_mesh_gradient(
+        &self,
+        canvas: &skia_safe::Canvas,
+        rect: Rect,
+        radius: f32,
+        rows: u32,
+        cols: u32,
+        colors: &[Color],
+        opacity: f32,
+    ) {
+        use skia_safe::{vertices::VertexMode, BlendMode, Color4f, Paint, Vertices};
+
+        let rows = rows.max(2);
+        let cols = cols.max(2);
+        let vcount = (rows * cols) as usize;
+        if colors.len() != vcount {
+            // Malformed lattice — paint the first-vertex fallback so the
+            // node stays visible (mirrors the trait default).
+            if let Some(first) = colors.first() {
+                let mut c = *first;
+                c.a = (c.a * opacity).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+                self.fill_round_rect(canvas, rect, radius, c);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let mut positions: Vec<skia_safe::Point> = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);
+        let mut sk_colors: Vec<skia_safe::Color> = Vec::with_capacity(vcount);
+        let denom_c = (cols - 1) as f32;
+        let denom_r = (rows - 1) as f32;
+        for r in 0..rows {
+            for c in 0..cols {
+                let fx = rect.origin.x + (c as f32 / denom_c) * rect.size.x;
+                let fy = rect.origin.y + (r as f32 / denom_r) * rect.size.y;
+                positions.push(skia_safe::Point::new(fx, fy));
+                let jc = colors[(r * cols + c) as usize];
+                sk_colors.push(jian_color_to_color4f(jc).to_color());
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Index of vertex (r, c) is `r * cols + c`.
+        let mut indices: Vec<u16> = Vec::with_capacity(((rows - 1) * (cols - 1) * 6) as usize);
+        for r in 0..(rows - 1) {
+            for c in 0..(cols - 1) {
+                let tl = (r * cols + c) as u16;
+                let tr = (r * cols + c + 1) as u16;
+                let bl = ((r + 1) * cols + c) as u16;
+                let br = ((r + 1) * cols + c + 1) as u16;
+                indices.extend_from_slice(&[tl, tr, bl, tr, br, bl]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        let vertices = Vertices::new_copy(
+            VertexMode::Triangles,
+            &positions,
+            &positions,
+            &sk_colors,
+            Some(&indices),
+        );
+
+        // Clip to the round-rect so the Gouraud fill respects corner
+        // radius, then draw. A default Paint is opaque black — seed it
+        // white and Modulate (white × vertex == vertex) so the vertex
+        // colours pass through unchanged; `opacity` rides in the alpha.
+        let restore_count = canvas.save();
+        if radius > 0.0 {
+            let rrect = skia_safe::RRect::new_rect_xy(to_sk_rect(rect), radius, radius);
+            canvas.clip_rrect(rrect, None, Some(true));
+        } else {
+            canvas.clip_rect(to_sk_rect(rect), None, Some(true));
+        }
+        let mut paint = Paint::default();
+        paint.set_anti_alias(true);
+        paint.set_color4f(Color4f::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, opacity.clamp(0.0, 1.0)), None);
+        canvas.draw_vertices(&vertices, BlendMode::Modulate, &paint);
+        canvas.restore_to_count(restore_count);
+    }
+
+    /// Fill a (round-)rect with a compiled SkSL program. The compile is
+    /// cached per distinct source (failures too) in `shader_cache`;
+    /// uniform bind errors are ignored per-uniform so one bad binding
+    /// doesn't sink the fill. On compile failure the visible `fallback`
+    /// solid paints instead.
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub fn fill_round_rect_shader(
+        &mut self,
+        canvas: &skia_safe::Canvas,
+        rect: Rect,
+        radius: f32,
+        sksl: &str,
+        uniforms: &[(&str, &[f32])],
+        opacity: f32,
+        fallback: Color,
+    ) {
+        use skia_safe::runtime_effect::RuntimeShaderBuilder;
+        use skia_safe::{Paint, PaintStyle};
+
+        let shader = self.shader_cache.get_or_compile(sksl).and_then(|effect| {
+            // `RuntimeEffect` is an RCHandle — the clone handed to the
+            // builder is a refcount bump, not a recompile.
+            let mut builder = RuntimeShaderBuilder::new(effect);
+            for (name, values) in uniforms {
+                let _ = builder.set_uniform_float(name, values);
+            }
+            builder.make_shader(&skia_safe::Matrix::default())
+        });
+
+        let mut paint = Paint::default();
+        paint.set_anti_alias(true);
+        paint.set_style(PaintStyle::Fill);
+        match shader {
+            Some(s) => {
+                paint.set_shader(s);
+                paint.set_alpha_f(opacity.clamp(0.0, 1.0));
+            }
+            None => {
+                let mut c = jian_color_to_color4f(fallback);
+                c.a = (c.a * opacity).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+                paint.set_color4f(c, None);
+            }
+        }
+        if radius > 0.0 {
+            let rrect = skia_safe::RRect::new_rect_xy(to_sk_rect(rect), radius, radius);
+            canvas.draw_rrect(rrect, &paint);
+        } else {
+            canvas.draw_rect(to_sk_rect(rect), &paint);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use op_editor_ui::Point2D;
+
+    fn raster_canvas_run(
+        w: i32,
+        h: i32,
+        f: impl FnOnce(&mut NativeBackend, &skia_safe::Canvas),
+    ) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut surface = skia_safe::surfaces::raster_n32_premul((w, h)).expect("raster surface");
+        let mut backend = NativeBackend::with_dpi(1.0);
+        f(&mut backend, surface.canvas());
+        let image = surface.image_snapshot();
+        let pixmap = image.peek_pixels().expect("cpu raster pixels");
+        pixmap.bytes().expect("pixel bytes").to_vec()
+    }
+
+    fn rect_full(w: f32, h: f32) -> Rect {
+        Rect {
+            origin: Point2D::new(0.0, 0.0),
+            size: Point2D::new(w, h),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mesh_gradient_interpolates_between_vertex_colors() {
+        // 2×2 lattice: red / red on top, blue / blue on bottom — the
+        // vertical midline must be neither pure red nor pure blue.
+        let red = Color {
+            r: 1.0,
+            g: 0.0,
+            b: 0.0,
+            a: 1.0,
+        };
+        let blue = Color {
+            r: 0.0,
+            g: 0.0,
+            b: 1.0,
+            a: 1.0,
+        };
+        let px = raster_canvas_run(64, 64, |b, canvas| {
+            b.fill_round_rect_mesh_gradient(
+                canvas,
+                rect_full(64.0, 64.0),
+                0.0,
+                2,
+                2,
+                &[red, red, blue, blue],
+                1.0,
+            );
+        });
+        // BGRA/RGBA layout differs per platform; compare channel maxes
+        // instead of fixed offsets. Top row ≈ red-ish, bottom ≈ blue-ish,
+        // middle has BOTH components clearly present (interpolated).
+        let at = |x: usize, y: usize| -> (u8, u8, u8) {
+            let i = (y * 64 + x) * 4;
+            (px[i], px[i + 1], px[i + 2])
+        };
+        let (m0, m1, m2) = at(32, 32);
+        let mid_channels = [m0, m1, m2];
+        let strong = mid_channels.iter().filter(|v| **v > 60).count();
+        assert!(
+            strong >= 2,
+            "midline should be an interpolated mix, got {mid_channels:?}"
+        );
+        let top = at(32, 2);
+        let bottom = at(32, 61);
+        assert_ne!(top, bottom, "gradient must vary across the lattice");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn shader_fill_compiles_and_beats_the_fallback() {
+        let green_fallback = Color {
+            r: 0.0,
+            g: 1.0,
+            b: 0.0,
+            a: 1.0,
+        };
+        // Constant-red program: any pixel being red proves the shader
+        // ran; green would mean the fallback painted instead.
+        let px = raster_canvas_run(16, 16, |b, canvas| {
+            b.fill_round_rect_shader(
+                canvas,
+                rect_full(16.0, 16.0),
+                0.0,
+                "half4 main(float2 p){ return half4(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0); }",
+                &[],
+                1.0,
+                green_fallback,
+            );
+        });
+        let i = (8 * 16 + 8) * 4;
+        let channels = [px[i], px[i + 1], px[i + 2]];
+        assert!(
+            channels.contains(&255) && channels.contains(&0),
+            "expected pure shader red, got {channels:?}"
+        );
+        // Green channel must NOT be the strong one (that's the fallback).
+        assert!(px[i + 1] < 60, "fallback green leaked: {channels:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn shader_compile_failure_paints_fallback() {
+        let fallback = Color {
+            r: 0.0,
+            g: 1.0,
+            b: 0.0,
+            a: 1.0,
+        };
+        let px = raster_canvas_run(8, 8, |b, canvas| {
+            b.fill_round_rect_shader(
+                canvas,
+                rect_full(8.0, 8.0),
+                0.0,
+                "this is not sksl",
+                &[],
+                1.0,
+                fallback,
+            );
+        });
+        let i = (4 * 8 + 4) * 4;
+        assert_eq!(px[i + 1], 255, "fallback green expected");
+    }
+}