diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/AppSidebarLayout.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/AppSidebarLayout.tsx
index f7b3209f661ac..383c6b3123e86 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/AppSidebarLayout.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/AppSidebarLayout.tsx
@@ -290,9 +290,7 @@ function SidebarControl() {
   const { toggleSidebar, isMobile, mobileSheetMounted } = useSidebar();
   const isSidebarVisible = useSidebarVisibility();
   const environmentIdentificationMode = useEnvironmentIdentificationMode();
-  const stageBackdropVariant = useSidebarStageBackdropVariant(
-    environmentIdentificationMode === "artwork",
-  );
+  const stageBackdropVariant = useSidebarStageBackdropVariant(environmentIdentificationMode);
   const shortcutLabel = shortcutLabelForCommand(keybindings, "sidebar.toggle", {
     context: { usagePageOpen },
   });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/SidebarStageBackdrop.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/SidebarStageBackdrop.tsx
index b272c5724feb7..9aa7ecc9af694 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/SidebarStageBackdrop.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/SidebarStageBackdrop.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useAtomValue } from "@effect/atom-react";
+import type { EnvironmentIdentificationMode } from "@t3tools/contracts";
 import { useId } from "react";
 
 import { APP_STAGE_LABEL } from "../branding";
@@ -12,9 +13,11 @@ const STAGE_BACKDROP_VIEW_BOX = "0 0 8192 96";
 
 export function resolveSidebarStageBackdropVariant(
   stageLabel: string,
-  enabled = true,
+  mode: EnvironmentIdentificationMode = "artwork",
 ): SidebarStageBackdropVariant | null {
-  if (!enabled) return null;
+  if (mode === "nightly-artwork") return "nightly";
+  if (mode === "dev-artwork") return "dev";
+  if (mode !== "artwork") return null;
   const normalized = stageLabel.trim().toLowerCase();
   if (normalized === "nightly") return "nightly";
   if (normalized === "dev") return "dev";
@@ -40,8 +43,10 @@ export function useEnvironmentStageLabel(): string {
   });
 }
 
-export function useSidebarStageBackdropVariant(enabled = true): SidebarStageBackdropVariant | null {
-  return resolveSidebarStageBackdropVariant(useEnvironmentStageLabel(), enabled);
+export function useSidebarStageBackdropVariant(
+  mode: EnvironmentIdentificationMode,
+): SidebarStageBackdropVariant | null {
+  return resolveSidebarStageBackdropVariant(useEnvironmentStageLabel(), mode);
 }
 
 export function SidebarStageBackdrop({ variant }: { variant: SidebarStageBackdropVariant }) {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPrimaryActions.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPrimaryActions.tsx
index 35af48b4de402..c612464e4812e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPrimaryActions.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerPrimaryActions.tsx
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ export const ComposerPrimaryActions = memo(function ComposerPrimaryActions({
     }) === "queue";
   const alternateAction = alternateComposerDispatchAction(followUpBehavior);
   const isSendDisabled = !canOperateThread || sendDisabledReason !== null;
-  const stageBackdropVariant = useSidebarStageBackdropVariant(
-    environmentIdentificationMode === "artwork",
-  );
+  const stageBackdropVariant = useSidebarStageBackdropVariant(environmentIdentificationMode);
 
   const renderStopGenerationButton = (insidePendingAction: boolean) => (
     <Tooltip key="interrupt">
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/AppearanceSettingsPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/settings/AppearanceSettingsPanel.tsx
index e0877c8574acc..08722ec2b061e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/AppearanceSettingsPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/AppearanceSettingsPanel.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import {
   MIN_PANEL_ANIMATION_DURATION_MS,
 } from "@t3tools/contracts/settings";
 import {
-  resolveEnvironmentIdentificationPillLabel,
+  resolveSidebarStageBackdropVariant,
+  type SidebarStageBackdropVariant,
   useEnvironmentStageLabel,
 } from "../SidebarStageBackdrop";
 import { useCustomThemes } from "../../hooks/useCustomThemes";
@@ -35,10 +36,40 @@ import { TypographySection } from "./TypographySettings";
 
 const ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_LABELS: Record<EnvironmentIdentificationMode, string> = {
   artwork: "Artwork",
+  "nightly-artwork": "Nightly artwork",
+  "dev-artwork": "Dev artwork",
   pill: "Version pill",
   none: "None",
 };
 
+// The default "artwork" follows the running channel, so it is labeled as that channel's art,
+// or as "None" on Latest. The other channel's art is offered as a fixed choice.
+function environmentIdentificationOptions(
+  stageVariant: SidebarStageBackdropVariant | null,
+): ReadonlyArray<readonly [EnvironmentIdentificationMode, string]> {
+  if (stageVariant === "dev") {
+    return [
+      ["artwork", "Dev artwork"],
+      ["nightly-artwork", "Nightly artwork"],
+      ["pill", "Version pill"],
+      ["none", "None"],
+    ];
+  }
+  if (stageVariant === "nightly") {
+    return [
+      ["artwork", "Nightly artwork"],
+      ["dev-artwork", "Dev artwork"],
+      ["pill", "Version pill"],
+      ["none", "None"],
+    ];
+  }
+  return [
+    ["artwork", "None"],
+    ["nightly-artwork", "Nightly artwork"],
+    ["dev-artwork", "Dev artwork"],
+  ];
+}
+
 const CHAT_WIDTH_LABELS: Record<ChatWidth, string> = {
   comfortable: "Comfortable",
   wide: "Wide",
@@ -61,8 +92,13 @@ export function AppearanceSettingsPanel() {
   const settings = useScopedSettings();
   const updateSettings = useUpdateScopedSettings();
   const environmentStageLabel = useEnvironmentStageLabel();
-  const showEnvironmentIdentification =
-    resolveEnvironmentIdentificationPillLabel(environmentStageLabel) !== null;
+  const environmentStageVariant = resolveSidebarStageBackdropVariant(environmentStageLabel);
+  const environmentIdentificationOptionList =
+    environmentIdentificationOptions(environmentStageVariant);
+  const environmentIdentificationLabel =
+    environmentIdentificationOptionList.find(
+      ([value]) => value === settings.environmentIdentificationMode,
+    )?.[1] ?? ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_LABELS[settings.environmentIdentificationMode];
   const glassOpacityRatio =
     (settings.glassOpacity - MIN_GLASS_OPACITY) / (MAX_GLASS_OPACITY - MIN_GLASS_OPACITY);
   const glassOpacitySliderStyle = {
@@ -316,52 +352,52 @@ export function AppearanceSettingsPanel() {
               ) : null
             }
           />
-          {showEnvironmentIdentification ? (
-            <SettingsRow
-              {...searchableSetting("environment-identification")}
-              description="Choose how Dev and Nightly environments are identified."
-              resetAction={
-                settings.environmentIdentificationMode !==
-                DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_MODE ? (
-                  <SettingResetButton
-                    label="environment identification"
-                    onClick={() =>
-                      updateSettings({
-                        environmentIdentificationMode: DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_MODE,
-                      })
-                    }
-                  />
-                ) : null
-              }
-              control={
-                <Select
-                  value={settings.environmentIdentificationMode}
-                  onValueChange={(value) => {
-                    if (value === "artwork" || value === "pill" || value === "none") {
-                      updateSettings({ environmentIdentificationMode: value });
-                    }
-                  }}
+          <SettingsRow
+            {...searchableSetting("environment-identification")}
+            description={
+              environmentStageVariant
+                ? "Choose how Dev and Nightly environments are identified."
+                : "Show Dev or Nightly artwork in the sidebar header."
+            }
+            resetAction={
+              settings.environmentIdentificationMode !== DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_MODE ? (
+                <SettingResetButton
+                  label="environment identification"
+                  onClick={() =>
+                    updateSettings({
+                      environmentIdentificationMode: DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_MODE,
+                    })
+                  }
+                />
+              ) : null
+            }
+            control={
+              <Select
+                value={settings.environmentIdentificationMode}
+                onValueChange={(value) => {
+                  const option = environmentIdentificationOptionList.find(
+                    ([optionValue]) => optionValue === value,
+                  );
+                  if (option) updateSettings({ environmentIdentificationMode: option[0] });
+                }}
+              >
+                <SelectTrigger
+                  size="sm"
+                  className="w-full sm:w-40"
+                  aria-label="Environment identification"
                 >
-                  <SelectTrigger
-                    size="sm"
-                    className="w-full sm:w-40"
-                    aria-label="Environment identification"
-                  >
-                    <SelectValue>
-                      {ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_LABELS[settings.environmentIdentificationMode]}
-                    </SelectValue>
-                  </SelectTrigger>
-                  <SelectPopup align="end" alignItemWithTrigger={false}>
-                    {Object.entries(ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_LABELS).map(([value, label]) => (
-                      <SelectItem hideIndicator key={value} value={value}>
-                        {label}
-                      </SelectItem>
-                    ))}
-                  </SelectPopup>
-                </Select>
-              }
-            />
-          ) : null}
+                  <SelectValue>{environmentIdentificationLabel}</SelectValue>
+                </SelectTrigger>
+                <SelectPopup align="end" alignItemWithTrigger={false}>
+                  {environmentIdentificationOptionList.map(([value, label]) => (
+                    <SelectItem hideIndicator key={value} value={value}>
+                      {label}
+                    </SelectItem>
+                  ))}
+                </SelectPopup>
+              </Select>
+            }
+          />
           <SettingsRow
             {...searchableSetting("composer-context")}
             description="Keep branch and worktree controls below the composer after a thread starts."
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
index 5840566dc1ca1..4416ba8cd3486 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_SEARCH_ITEMS = [
     id: "environment-identification",
     title: "Environment identification",
     to: "/settings/appearance",
-    searchTerms: ["dev nightly artwork pill label hide none"],
+    searchTerms: ["dev nightly latest channel artwork pill label hide none"],
     targetId: "appearance-interface",
   },
   {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
index d7207e3e376c4..ec161e9998548 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const SidebarChromeHeader = memo(function SidebarChromeHeader({
   const environmentIdentificationMode = useEnvironmentIdentificationMode();
   const backdropVariant = resolveSidebarStageBackdropVariant(
     stageLabel,
-    environmentIdentificationMode === "artwork",
+    environmentIdentificationMode,
   );
   const pillLabel =
     environmentIdentificationMode === "pill"
diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/useSettings.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/useSettings.ts
index 9da33c507c7e6..0b05de04ce272 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/hooks/useSettings.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/useSettings.ts
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ export function resolveEnvironmentIdentificationMode(input: {
   paletteThemeAllowsArtwork?: boolean;
 }): EnvironmentIdentificationMode {
   if (!input.settingsHydrated) return "none";
-  return input.paletteThemeActive && !input.paletteThemeAllowsArtwork && input.mode === "artwork"
+  const isArtwork = input.mode !== "pill" && input.mode !== "none";
+  return input.paletteThemeActive && !input.paletteThemeAllowsArtwork && isArtwork
     ? "pill"
     : input.mode;
 }
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts b/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
index 649e0e0ab0ec5..2350ab7bccb04 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,15 @@ export const TerminalFontSize = Schema.Int.check(
 export type TerminalFontSize = typeof TerminalFontSize.Type;
 const DEFAULT_TERMINAL_FONT_SIZE: TerminalFontSize = 12;
 
-export const EnvironmentIdentificationMode = Schema.Literals(["artwork", "pill", "none"]);
+// "artwork" follows the running channel and shows nothing on Latest. The fixed artwork
+// modes let any channel opt into a specific channel's art.
+export const EnvironmentIdentificationMode = Schema.Literals([
+  "artwork",
+  "nightly-artwork",
+  "dev-artwork",
+  "pill",
+  "none",
+]);
 export type EnvironmentIdentificationMode = typeof EnvironmentIdentificationMode.Type;
 export const DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_IDENTIFICATION_MODE: EnvironmentIdentificationMode = "artwork";