diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channels_page.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channels_page.dart
index deacde27b6..b60bd5eb66 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channels_page.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channels_page.dart
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ class ChannelsPage extends HookConsumerWidget {
           : filterContentHeight,
       useNativeNavigation: messagesFilters == null,
     );
+    // A sheet's dim barrier can't composite over Home's native soft edge, so
+    // use the Flutter backdrop while another route covers this page.
+    final route = ModalRoute.of(context);
+    final headerNativeSuppressed = useValueNotifier(false);
+    headerNativeSuppressed.value =
+        messagesFilters != null && !(route?.isCurrent ?? true);
     final communityAvatarKey = useMemoized(GlobalKey.new);
     final nativeCommunityAvatarBounds = useRef<Rect?>(null);
     final headerKey = useMemoized(GlobalKey.new);
@@ -607,6 +613,7 @@ class ChannelsPage extends HookConsumerWidget {
         onNativeReadyChanged: (ready) => nativeHeaderReady.value = ready,
         nativeTitle: '',
         useNativeNavigation: messagesFilters == null,
+        nativeViewSuppressed: headerNativeSuppressed,
         nativeLeading: messagesFilters != null
             ? null
             : IosNavigationAction(
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/home/home_page_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/home/home_page_test.dart
index bca16bfc6f..c844d199fd 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/home/home_page_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/home/home_page_test.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'package:buzz/features/home/messages_filters.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/home/messages_navigation_bar.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/widgets/ios_message_create_button.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/widgets/ios_glass_navigation_button.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/widgets/ios_navigation_bar.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/search/search_page.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/theme/theme.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
@@ -576,6 +577,20 @@ void main() {
       await tester.pumpAndSettle();
       expect(tester.widget<Opacity>(homeOpacity).opacity, 1);
       expect(find.text('Messages'), findsOneWidget);
+      // A sheet's dim barrier can't composite over the native header edge.
+      final headerNativeView = find.descendant(
+        of: find.byType(FrostedAppBar),
+        matching: find.byType(IosNavigationBar),
+      );
+      expect(headerNativeView, findsOneWidget);
+      await tester.longPress(find.text('General'));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.text('Copy channel name'), findsOneWidget);
+      expect(headerNativeView, findsNothing);
+      await tester.tapAt(const Offset(20, 20));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.text('Copy channel name'), findsNothing);
+      expect(headerNativeView, findsOneWidget);
       await tester.pumpWidget(const SizedBox.shrink());
       debugDefaultTargetPlatformOverride = null;
     },