diff --git a/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js b/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
index 0581fda..9eb5b45 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
+++ b/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
@@ -81,7 +81,19 @@ globalThis.dispatchEvent = function(event) {
   return !event.defaultPrevented;
 };
 
-const _dom = (cmd, a1, a2) => Deno.core.ops.op_dom(cmd, String(a1 ?? ""), String(a2 ?? ""));
+let _domMutationEpoch = 0;
+const _DOM_MUTATION_COMMANDS = new Set([
+  "append_child", "insert_before", "remove_child",
+  "set_attribute", "remove_attribute",
+  "set_text_content", "set_inner_html", "set_inner_html_context",
+  "create_element", "create_text_node", "create_comment_node",
+  "create_document_fragment", "clone_node",
+]);
+const _dom = (cmd, a1, a2) => {
+  const result = Deno.core.ops.op_dom(cmd, String(a1 ?? ""), String(a2 ?? ""));
+  if (_DOM_MUTATION_COMMANDS.has(cmd)) _domMutationEpoch++;
+  return result;
+};
 
 const _nativeFns = new Set();
 // Exact toString override for members whose native form is not just
@@ -2556,6 +2568,23 @@ class Element extends Node {
     return this.getAttribute("href") || "";
   }
   set href(v) { this.setAttribute("href", v); }
+  // HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils / HTMLAnchorElement reflected content
+  // attributes. Real-world locale, routing, and analytics code commonly
+  // enumerates `[hreflang]` links and reads the IDL property rather than
+  // getAttribute(); leaving it undefined aborts the entire component even
+  // though the attribute is present in the DOM.
+  get hreflang() { return this.getAttribute("hreflang") || ""; }
+  set hreflang(v) { this.setAttribute("hreflang", v); }
+  get rel() { return this.getAttribute("rel") || ""; }
+  set rel(v) { this.setAttribute("rel", v); }
+  get target() { return this.getAttribute("target") || ""; }
+  set target(v) { this.setAttribute("target", v); }
+  get download() { return this.getAttribute("download") || ""; }
+  set download(v) { this.setAttribute("download", v); }
+  get ping() { return this.getAttribute("ping") || ""; }
+  set ping(v) { this.setAttribute("ping", v); }
+  get referrerPolicy() { return this.getAttribute("referrerpolicy") || ""; }
+  set referrerPolicy(v) { this.setAttribute("referrerpolicy", v); }
   // HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils URL-decomposition members, live on <a>/<area>.
   get protocol() { const u = (this.localName === 'a' || this.localName === 'area') ? _elemHrefURL(this) : null; return u ? u.protocol : ''; }
   set protocol(v) { if (this.localName === 'a' || this.localName === 'area') _setElemHrefPart(this, 'protocol', v); }
@@ -5863,12 +5892,21 @@ globalThis.getComputedStyle = (el) => {
   // cascade/layout. Fetch it once per CSSStyleDeclaration proxy: reading a
   // dozen properties must not trigger a dozen layout/native crossings.
   let rendered = null;
-  if (typeof Deno.core.ops.op_computed_style === 'function' && el?._nid != null) {
-    try {
-      const raw = Deno.core.ops.op_computed_style(String(el._nid | 0));
-      rendered = raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : null;
-    } catch (e) {}
-  }
+  let renderedEpoch = -1;
+  let computedNames = [];
+  const refreshRendered = () => {
+    if (renderedEpoch === _domMutationEpoch) return;
+    renderedEpoch = _domMutationEpoch;
+    rendered = null;
+    if (typeof Deno.core.ops.op_computed_style === 'function' && el?._nid != null) {
+      try {
+        const raw = Deno.core.ops.op_computed_style(String(el._nid | 0));
+        rendered = raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : null;
+      } catch (e) {}
+    }
+    computedNames = rendered ? Object.keys(rendered) : [];
+  };
+  refreshRendered();
   // React virtualization libraries (react-window, tanstack-virtual,
   // react-virtuoso) all compute container dimensions via getComputedStyle.
   // The defaults table previously returned `auto` for width/height and
@@ -5924,6 +5962,7 @@ globalThis.getComputedStyle = (el) => {
 
   const lookup = (rawProp) => {
     if (typeof rawProp !== 'string') return '';
+    refreshRendered();
     const kebab = rawProp.replace(/([A-Z])/g, '-$1').toLowerCase();
     if (rendered && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(rendered, kebab))
       return rendered[kebab];
@@ -5944,8 +5983,14 @@ globalThis.getComputedStyle = (el) => {
       if (prop === Symbol.toPrimitive || prop === Symbol.toStringTag) return undefined;
       if (prop === 'getPropertyValue') return (name) => lookup(name);
       if (prop === 'getPropertyPriority') return () => '';
-      if (prop === 'item') return (i) => '';
-      if (prop === 'length') return 0;
+      if (prop === 'item') return (i) => {
+        refreshRendered();
+        return computedNames[i | 0] || '';
+      };
+      if (prop === 'length') {
+        refreshRendered();
+        return computedNames.length;
+      }
       if (prop === 'cssText') return '';
       if (prop === 'parentRule') return null;
       // CSSStyleDeclaration's `has` trap intentionally reports every known
diff --git a/crates/obscura-js/src/ops.rs b/crates/obscura-js/src/ops.rs
index 97197b7..f18177d 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-js/src/ops.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-js/src/ops.rs
@@ -2473,10 +2473,23 @@ fn op_computed_style(state: &OpState, #[string] nid_str: String) -> String {
     let nid: u32 = nid_str.parse().unwrap_or(0);
     let nid = obscura_dom::tree::NodeId::new(nid);
     let mut gs = shared.borrow_mut();
-    ensure_prepared_render(&mut gs)
-        .and_then(|prepared| prepared.computed_style(nid))
-        .and_then(|snapshot| serde_json::to_string(&snapshot).ok())
-        .unwrap_or_default()
+    let Some(prepared) = ensure_prepared_render(&mut gs) else {
+        return String::new();
+    };
+    let Some(snapshot) = prepared.computed_style(nid) else {
+        return String::new();
+    };
+    let custom = prepared
+        .computed_custom_properties(nid)
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let mut object = serde_json::Map::with_capacity(snapshot.len() + custom.len());
+    for (name, value) in snapshot {
+        object.insert(name.to_string(), serde_json::Value::String(value));
+    }
+    for (name, value) in custom {
+        object.insert(name, serde_json::Value::String(value));
+    }
+    serde_json::Value::Object(object).to_string()
 }
 
 /// Root scrolling overflow in CSS pixels. The JS CSSOM probes this op only in
diff --git a/crates/obscura-js/src/runtime.rs b/crates/obscura-js/src/runtime.rs
index 1607826..770a655 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-js/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-js/src/runtime.rs
@@ -2168,6 +2168,52 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn hyperlink_content_attributes_reflect_through_the_idl_surface() {
+        let mut rt = setup_runtime(
+            r#"<html><body>
+                <a id="locale" hreflang="en-US" rel="alternate"
+                   target="_blank" download="guide.pdf"
+                   ping="/audit" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">English</a>
+            </body></html>"#,
+        );
+        let result = rt
+            .evaluate(
+                r#"
+                const link = document.getElementById("locale");
+                const initial = [
+                    link.hreflang, link.rel, link.target, link.download,
+                    link.ping, link.referrerPolicy,
+                    link.hreflang.split("-")[1]
+                ];
+                link.hreflang = "de-DE";
+                link.referrerPolicy = "origin";
+                return [
+                    initial,
+                    link.getAttribute("hreflang"),
+                    link.getAttribute("referrerpolicy")
+                ];
+                "#,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            result,
+            serde_json::json!([
+                [
+                    "en-US",
+                    "alternate",
+                    "_blank",
+                    "guide.pdf",
+                    "/audit",
+                    "no-referrer",
+                    "US"
+                ],
+                "de-DE",
+                "origin"
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "render")]
     #[test]
     fn computed_style_uses_renderer_stylesheet_cascade_and_invalidates() {
@@ -2239,6 +2285,78 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "render")]
+    #[test]
+    fn computed_style_exposes_cascaded_custom_properties_and_invalidates() {
+        let dom = parse_html(
+            r#"<html><head><style>
+                :root { --inherited-space: 17px; --derived-space: var(--inherited-space); }
+                #nav {
+                    --r-globalnav-font-size:17px;
+                    --local-scale:1.25;
+                    font-size:var(--r-globalnav-font-size);
+                }
+            </style></head><body>
+                <nav id="nav"><span id="child"></span></nav>
+            </body></html>"#,
+        );
+        let mut rt = ObscuraJsRuntime::new();
+        rt.set_dom(dom);
+        rt.set_viewport(400.0, 200.0);
+        rt.run_page_init();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            rt.evaluate(
+                r#"
+                const nav = document.getElementById("nav");
+                const child = document.getElementById("child");
+                const navStyle = getComputedStyle(nav);
+                const childStyle = getComputedStyle(child);
+                let enumeratesBase = false;
+                for (let i = 0; i < navStyle.length; i++) {
+                    if (navStyle.item(i) === "--r-globalnav-font-size")
+                        enumeratesBase = true;
+                }
+                return [
+                    navStyle.fontSize,
+                    navStyle.getPropertyValue("--r-globalnav-font-size"),
+                    parseInt(navStyle.fontSize) /
+                        parseInt(navStyle.getPropertyValue("--r-globalnav-font-size")),
+                    navStyle.getPropertyValue("--inherited-space"),
+                    navStyle.getPropertyValue("--derived-space"),
+                    navStyle.getPropertyValue("--local-scale"),
+                    childStyle.getPropertyValue("--inherited-space"),
+                    childStyle.getPropertyValue("--local-scale"),
+                    enumeratesBase
+                ];
+                "#,
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+            serde_json::json!([
+                "17px", "17px", 1,
+                "17px", "17px", "1.25", "17px", "1.25", true
+            ])
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            rt.evaluate(
+                r#"
+                const nav = document.getElementById("nav");
+                const computed = getComputedStyle(nav);
+                nav.style.setProperty("--inherited-space", "23px");
+                nav.style.fontSize = "19px";
+                return [
+                    computed.fontSize,
+                    computed.getPropertyValue("--inherited-space"),
+                    computed.getPropertyValue("--derived-space")
+                ];
+                "#,
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+            serde_json::json!(["19px", "23px", "17px"])
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
     async fn idle_event_loop_flushes_resolved_promise_continuations() {
         let mut rt = setup_runtime("<html><body><div id='state'>pending</div></body></html>");
diff --git a/crates/obscura-render/src/css.rs b/crates/obscura-render/src/css.rs
index 7fd8a5d..1729a49 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-render/src/css.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-render/src/css.rs
@@ -955,7 +955,9 @@ impl Stylesheet {
         }
         let registration_changed_props = resolved_props != *parent_props;
         let has_own = !own.is_empty();
+        let mut own_names = std::collections::HashSet::new();
         for (k, v) in own {
+            own_names.insert(k.clone());
             let registration = self.registered_custom_properties.get(&k);
             let set_initial = |props: &mut HashMap<String, String>| {
                 if let Some(initial) = registration.and_then(|entry| entry.initial_value.as_ref()) {
@@ -997,6 +999,29 @@ impl Stylesheet {
                 }
             }
         }
+        // Custom properties inherit their computed value, not their original
+        // token stream. Resolve only declarations won on this element against
+        // the complete same-element environment (so forward references work),
+        // then pass those substituted values to descendants. Re-resolving an
+        // inherited `--b:var(--a)` after a child overrides `--a` is observably
+        // wrong: browsers keep the parent's already-computed `--b`.
+        let resolution_environment = resolved_props.clone();
+        for name in own_names {
+            let Some(value) = resolution_environment.get(&name) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            if let Some(computed) = substitute_var_value(value, &resolution_environment, 0) {
+                resolved_props.insert(name, computed);
+            } else if let Some(initial) = self
+                .registered_custom_properties
+                .get(&name)
+                .and_then(|entry| entry.initial_value.clone())
+            {
+                resolved_props.insert(name, initial);
+            } else {
+                resolved_props.remove(&name);
+            }
+        }
         let effective = if has_own || registration_changed_props {
             Some(resolved_props)
         } else {
@@ -1419,7 +1444,11 @@ fn substitute_declarations(css: &str, props: &HashMap<String, String>) -> String
 /// represents CSS's guaranteed-invalid value. Crucially, invalidity propagates
 /// through an intermediate custom property so an outer var() can use its own
 /// fallback (`--toggle:var(--missing) dark; color:var(--toggle,light)`).
-fn substitute_var_value(input: &str, props: &HashMap<String, String>, depth: u8) -> Option<String> {
+pub(crate) fn substitute_var_value(
+    input: &str,
+    props: &HashMap<String, String>,
+    depth: u8,
+) -> Option<String> {
     if depth > 16 {
         return None;
     }
diff --git a/crates/obscura-render/src/dom.rs b/crates/obscura-render/src/dom.rs
index 5f11ad7..295d972 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-render/src/dom.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-render/src/dom.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,13 @@ impl OverflowClip {
 pub struct DomLayout {
     pub rects: HashMap<NodeId, Rect>,
     pub styles: HashMap<NodeId, crate::LayoutStyle>,
+    /// Computed custom properties in force for each element. Values are
+    /// reference-counted because the overwhelmingly common case is inheritance
+    /// without an override: an entire subtree can share one cascade map while
+    /// CSSOM still exposes every inherited `--token` through
+    /// `getComputedStyle()`.
+    pub custom_properties:
+        HashMap<NodeId, std::rc::Rc<HashMap<String, String>>>,
     /// The per-axis clip inherited from ancestor non-visible overflow, keyed
     /// per node, in SCREEN space (the clip owner's box shifted by the owner's
     /// accumulated translate; see `resolve_clip_rects`). `None` means
@@ -1348,6 +1355,7 @@ fn cascade_walk(
     sheet: &crate::css::Stylesheet,
     matcher: &mut obscura_dom::selector::Matcher,
     styles: &mut HashMap<NodeId, crate::LayoutStyle>,
+    custom_properties: &mut HashMap<NodeId, std::rc::Rc<HashMap<String, String>>>,
     parent_props: &std::rc::Rc<HashMap<String, String>>,
     container_evaluator: &mut Option<&mut crate::css::ContainerQueryEvaluator<'_>>,
     quirks_mode: bool,
@@ -1471,6 +1479,7 @@ fn cascade_walk(
         if let Some(m) = effective_props {
             this_props = std::rc::Rc::new(m);
         }
+        custom_properties.insert(id, this_props.clone());
         let (before_pseudo, after_pseudo) =
             if let Some(evaluator) = container_evaluator.as_deref_mut() {
                 sheet.pseudo_styles_with_container_queries(
@@ -1508,6 +1517,7 @@ fn cascade_walk(
             sheet,
             matcher,
             styles,
+            custom_properties,
             &this_props,
             container_evaluator,
             quirks_mode,
@@ -1960,6 +1970,7 @@ fn layout_dom_once(
     let t1 = std::time::Instant::now();
     let mut matcher = tree.matcher();
     let mut styles: HashMap<NodeId, crate::LayoutStyle> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut custom_properties = HashMap::new();
     let root_props = std::rc::Rc::new(HashMap::new());
     let mut evaluator =
         snapshot.map(|snapshot| crate::css::ContainerQueryEvaluator::new(tree, snapshot));
@@ -1980,6 +1991,7 @@ fn layout_dom_once(
         &sheet,
         &mut matcher,
         &mut styles,
+        &mut custom_properties,
         &root_props,
         &mut evaluator_ref,
         quirks_mode,
@@ -3948,6 +3960,7 @@ fn layout_dom_once(
         DomLayout {
             rects,
             styles,
+            custom_properties,
             clip_rects,
             translates,
             text_runs,
diff --git a/crates/obscura-render/src/paint.rs b/crates/obscura-render/src/paint.rs
index f98ef74..69ea183 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-render/src/paint.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-render/src/paint.rs
@@ -461,6 +461,26 @@ impl PreparedRender {
             css_color(style.background_color.unwrap_or([0, 0, 0, 0])),
         );
         out.insert("color", css_color(style.color.unwrap_or([0, 0, 0, 255])));
+        out.insert("font-size", css_px(style.font_size.unwrap_or(16.0)));
+        out.insert(
+            "font-weight",
+            style
+                .font_weight
+                .clone()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| "400".to_string()),
+        );
+        if let Some(family) = &style.font_family {
+            out.insert("font-family", family.clone());
+        }
+        out.insert(
+            "line-height",
+            match style.line_height.unwrap_or(crate::LineHeight::Normal) {
+                crate::LineHeight::Normal => "normal".to_string(),
+                crate::LineHeight::Ratio(value) => css_number(value),
+                crate::LineHeight::Px(value) => css_px(value),
+                crate::LineHeight::Relative(value) => dimension_css(value, "normal"),
+            },
+        );
 
         if let Some(rect) = rect {
             let horizontal_non_content =
@@ -621,6 +641,18 @@ impl PreparedRender {
         Some(out)
     }
 
+    /// Cascaded custom properties exposed by CSSOM alongside the compact
+    /// fixed-property snapshot above. These maps are shared across unchanged
+    /// inherited subtrees by `DomLayout`, so reading one does not require a
+    /// second cascade or duplicate every design token for every descendant.
+    pub fn computed_custom_properties(
+        &self,
+        id: obscura_dom::tree::NodeId,
+    ) -> Option<HashMap<String, String>> {
+        let properties = self.layout.custom_properties.get(&id)?;
+        Some(properties.as_ref().clone())
+    }
+
     /// Border box in the current root viewport. This is the read-only geometry
     /// path used by a later CSSOM integration and shares paint's clamped scroll,
     /// fixed-subtree, and sticky-positioning derivatives.