diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
index 831057941..10ec32d29 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
@@ -3018,7 +3018,12 @@ class Account(
                                 val innerEvent =
                                     com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.Event
                                         .fromJson(json)
-                                val isNew = cache.justConsume(innerEvent, null, false)
+                                // wasVerified=true: these events were already verified
+                                // via MLS credential identity when first decrypted (see
+                                // GroupEventHandler). Persisted inner events are
+                                // unsigned per MIP-03, so justVerify would fail and
+                                // reactions/deletions would silently drop here.
+                                val isNew = cache.justConsume(innerEvent, null, true)
                                 val innerNote = cache.getOrCreateNote(innerEvent.id)
                                 if (isNew) {
                                     innerNote.event = innerEvent
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
index 100760c5e..6226c6fd8 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
@@ -592,7 +592,15 @@ class GroupEventHandler(
                         "GroupEventHandler.add: ApplicationMessage decrypted innerKind=${innerEvent.kind} " +
                             "innerId=${innerEvent.id.take(8)}… author=${innerEvent.pubKey.take(8)}…"
                     }
-                    if (cache.justConsume(innerEvent, null, false)) {
+                    // wasVerified=true: MIP-03 inner events are unsigned (sig is empty
+                    // or placeholder), so justVerify() would fail. Authenticity is
+                    // already guaranteed by the MLS layer — MarmotInboundProcessor
+                    // enforces innerEvent.pubKey == MLS sender credential identity
+                    // before returning ApplicationMessage. Without this, side-channel
+                    // inner events from other Marmot clients (kind:7 reactions,
+                    // kind:5 deletions) are silently dropped by LocalCache, so a
+                    // WhiteNoise reaction never attaches to its target chat bubble.
+                    if (cache.justConsume(innerEvent, null, true)) {
                         val innerNote = cache.getOrCreateNote(innerEvent.id)
                         innerNote.event = innerEvent