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An override is a promise to maintain it

Component shape tokens inherit from the profile until you override one. After that the value is pinned: it survives a profile change, which is exactly what you want for a deliberate exception and exactly what you don't want for a value you set once and forgot. The difference between the two is visible here, not at publish time.

Generated

Produced by the profile's component mapping. Changes when the profile changes.

Derived

Computed from another token — a complete shape composed from corner values, for instance. Follows its source.

Overridden

Set by you. Frozen until reset, and listed in Customize so it can never hide.

Before you override

  1. Is the whole family wrong? If controls everywhere feel too round, that is a profile or a scale value — one change instead of twelve.
  2. Is it one part, on purpose? A search field that should stay a pill while every other input squares off is a genuine exception. Override it and it will survive.
  3. Does it still differ? An override whose value equals the inherited one is noise: it will silently block the next profile change from reaching that part.