diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7c6abd406f..9991cb9ece 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## Base
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM node:24.13.1-alpine AS base
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM node:24.15.0-alpine AS base
 ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
 ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 RUN corepack enable
diff --git a/src/app/components/setting-menu-selector/options.ts b/src/app/components/setting-menu-selector/options.ts
index c9a2e50c1e..5ff7f03928 100644
--- a/src/app/components/setting-menu-selector/options.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/setting-menu-selector/options.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ export const PER_ROOM_SHOW_ROOM_ICON_OPTIONS: SettingMenuOption<ShowRoomIconValu
   ...SHOW_ROOM_ICON_OPTIONS,
 ];
 
+/** Sentinel for rooms that follow the account wide media-blur setting. */
+export const PRIVACY_BLUR_DEFAULT = 'default';
+export type PrivacyBlurValue = typeof PRIVACY_BLUR_DEFAULT | 'on' | 'off';
+
+export const PER_ROOM_PRIVACY_BLUR_OPTIONS: SettingMenuOption<PrivacyBlurValue>[] = [
+  { value: PRIVACY_BLUR_DEFAULT, label: 'Default' },
+  { value: 'on', label: 'Blur' },
+  { value: 'off', label: "Don't Blur" },
+];
+
 /** Labels are the current date rendered in each pattern, so they are built at render. */
 export const DATE_FORMATS: DateFormat[] = [
   'D MMM YYYY',
diff --git a/src/app/features/common-settings/cosmetics/Cosmetics.tsx b/src/app/features/common-settings/cosmetics/Cosmetics.tsx
index 90de9a01c2..dafa76c725 100644
--- a/src/app/features/common-settings/cosmetics/Cosmetics.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/common-settings/cosmetics/Cosmetics.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ import { CustomStateEvent } from '$types/matrix/room';
 import { AvatarUploadTile } from '$components/avatar-upload-tile/AvatarUploadTile';
 import type { CustomRoomMemberEventContent } from '$unstable/CustomRoomMemberEventContent';
 import * as prefix from '$unstable/prefixes';
+import { useSetting } from '$state/hooks/settings';
+import { settingsAtom } from '$state/settings';
+import {
+  PER_ROOM_PRIVACY_BLUR_OPTIONS,
+  PRIVACY_BLUR_DEFAULT,
+  SettingMenuSelector,
+  type PrivacyBlurValue,
+} from '$components/setting-menu-selector';
 
 const log = createLogger('Cosmetics');
 
@@ -237,6 +245,33 @@ function CosmeticsFont({
   );
 }
 
+function SelectPerRoomPrivacyBlur({ roomId }: { roomId: string }) {
+  const [perRoomBlurArray, setPerRoomBlurArray] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'perRoomPrivacyBlur');
+  const override = perRoomBlurArray?.find((item) => item.roomId === roomId);
+  const value: PrivacyBlurValue =
+    override === undefined ? PRIVACY_BLUR_DEFAULT : override.blur ? 'on' : 'off';
+
+  const handleSelect = (next: PrivacyBlurValue) => {
+    const filtered = perRoomBlurArray.filter((item) => item.roomId !== roomId);
+    setPerRoomBlurArray(
+      next === PRIVACY_BLUR_DEFAULT ? filtered : [...filtered, { roomId, blur: next === 'on' }]
+    );
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <SettingMenuSelector
+      value={value}
+      options={PER_ROOM_PRIVACY_BLUR_OPTIONS}
+      onSelect={handleSelect}
+      renderOption={({ option, selected }) => (
+        <Box grow="Yes">
+          <Text size="T300">{selected ? <b>{option.label}</b> : option.label}</Text>
+        </Box>
+      )}
+    />
+  );
+}
+
 type CosmeticsProps = {
   requestBack?: () => void;
   requestClose: () => void;
@@ -407,12 +442,20 @@ export function Cosmetics({ requestBack, requestClose }: CosmeticsProps) {
               </Box>
               <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
                 <Text size="L400">Settings</Text>
-                <SequenceCard
-                  className={SequenceCardStyle}
-                  variant="SurfaceVariant"
-                  direction="Column"
-                  gap="400"
-                ></SequenceCard>
+                {!isSpace && (
+                  <SequenceCard
+                    className={SequenceCardStyle}
+                    variant="SurfaceVariant"
+                    direction="Column"
+                    gap="400"
+                  >
+                    <SettingTile
+                      title="Blur Media"
+                      description="Override your account-wide media-blurring preference for this room only."
+                      after={<SelectPerRoomPrivacyBlur roomId={room.roomId} />}
+                    />
+                  </SequenceCard>
+                )}
                 <SequenceCard
                   className={SequenceCardStyle}
                   variant="SurfaceVariant"
diff --git a/src/app/pages/client/client-non-ui/appearance.tsx b/src/app/pages/client/client-non-ui/appearance.tsx
index d15b771140..fa90036796 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/client/client-non-ui/appearance.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/client/client-non-ui/appearance.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router';
 import { useSetting } from '$state/hooks/settings';
 import { settingsAtom } from '$state/settings';
+import { matchRoomIdOrAlias } from '$pages/pathUtils';
+import { useResolvedRoomIdOrAlias } from '$hooks/router/useResolvedRoomId';
 
 export function SystemEmojiFeature() {
   const [twitterEmoji] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'twitterEmoji');
@@ -30,12 +33,23 @@ export function PrivacyBlurFeature() {
   const [blurMedia] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'privacyBlur');
   const [blurAvatars] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'privacyBlurAvatars');
   const [blurEmotes] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'privacyBlurEmotes');
+  const [perRoomBlur] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'perRoomPrivacyBlur');
+
+  const location = useLocation();
+  // Read straight from the URL rather than any "last visited room" bookkeeping,
+  // so this works on a fresh load/refresh and not just after in-app navigation.
+  const roomIdOrAlias = matchRoomIdOrAlias(location.pathname);
+  const { roomId: activeRoomId } = useResolvedRoomIdOrAlias(roomIdOrAlias);
+  const roomOverride = activeRoomId
+    ? perRoomBlur.find((entry) => entry.roomId === activeRoomId)
+    : undefined;
+  const effectiveBlurMedia = roomOverride ? roomOverride.blur : blurMedia;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    document.body.classList.toggle('sable-blur-media', blurMedia);
+    document.body.classList.toggle('sable-blur-media', effectiveBlurMedia);
     document.body.classList.toggle('sable-blur-avatars', blurAvatars);
     document.body.classList.toggle('sable-blur-emotes', blurEmotes);
-  }, [blurMedia, blurAvatars, blurEmotes]);
+  }, [effectiveBlurMedia, blurAvatars, blurEmotes]);
 
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/pages/pathUtils.ts b/src/app/pages/pathUtils.ts
index c8493c93cf..7b48e16e41 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/pathUtils.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/pathUtils.ts
@@ -266,6 +266,29 @@ export const resolveSection = (pathname: string): SectionNav | null => {
   return null;
 };
 
+const ROOM_ID_OR_ALIAS_PATH_PATTERNS = [
+  HOME_ROOM_PATH,
+  HOME_ROOM_FORUM_PATH,
+  DIRECT_ROOM_PATH,
+  DIRECT_ROOM_FORUM_PATH,
+  SPACE_ROOM_PATH,
+  SPACE_ROOM_FORUM_PATH,
+];
+
+/**
+ * Extracts the room id/alias segment straight from a pathname, independent of any
+ * navigation history. Route components normally get this via `useParams`, but that
+ * requires being mounted inside the matched route element — callers mounted above
+ * the router (e.g. app-wide feature components) need to match the pathname directly.
+ */
+export const matchRoomIdOrAlias = (pathname: string): string | undefined => {
+  for (const pattern of ROOM_ID_OR_ALIAS_PATH_PATTERNS) {
+    const encoded = matchPath({ path: pattern, end: false }, pathname)?.params.roomIdOrAlias;
+    if (encoded) return decodeURIComponent(encoded);
+  }
+  return undefined;
+};
+
 export const getSettingsPath = (section?: string, focus?: string): string => {
   const path = trimTrailingSlash(generatePath(SETTINGS_PATH, { section: section ?? null }));
   if (!focus) return path;
diff --git a/src/app/state/settings.ts b/src/app/state/settings.ts
index 22e5287c7f..920c7f818e 100644
--- a/src/app/state/settings.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/settings.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export type PerRoomShowRoomIcon = {
   display: ShowRoomIcon;
 };
 
+export type PerRoomPrivacyBlur = {
+  roomId: string;
+  blur: boolean;
+};
+
 export type JumboEmojiSize = 'none' | 'extraSmall' | 'small' | 'normal' | 'large' | 'extraLarge';
 
 /** Reorderable inline trigger buttons in the message composer. */
@@ -248,6 +253,7 @@ export interface Settings {
   showPersonaSetting: boolean;
   closeFoldersByDefault: boolean;
   perRoomShowRoomIcon: PerRoomShowRoomIcon[];
+  perRoomPrivacyBlur: PerRoomPrivacyBlur[];
   showRoomIcon: ShowRoomIcon;
   roomIconOverlay: boolean;
   showRoomBanners: boolean;
@@ -443,6 +449,7 @@ export const defaultSettings: Settings = {
   showPersonaSetting: false,
   closeFoldersByDefault: false,
   perRoomShowRoomIcon: [],
+  perRoomPrivacyBlur: [],
   showRoomIcon: ShowRoomIcon.Strict,
   roomIconOverlay: true,
   showRoomBanners: true,