diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/account/Profile.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/account/Profile.tsx
index c6ce2c0ff..198686f31 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/account/Profile.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/account/Profile.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import { ModalWide } from '../../../styles/Modal.css';
 import { createUploadAtom, UploadSuccess } from '../../../state/upload';
 import { CompactUploadCardRenderer } from '../../../components/upload-card';
 import { useCapabilities } from '../../../hooks/useCapabilities';
-import { useUserPresence } from '../../../hooks/useUserPresence';
+import { Presence, useUserPresence } from '../../../hooks/useUserPresence';
 import { ProfileDecoration } from './ProfileDecoration';
 import { EmojiBoard } from '../../../components/emoji-board';
 
@@ -365,13 +365,26 @@ function ProfileStatus() {
 
   // Sync input when another device changes the status.
   // Skipped while the user has unsaved local edits to avoid clobbering
-  // mid-flight input (e.g. an emoji being inserted).
+  // mid-flight input (e.g. an emoji being inserted), and while presence data has
+  // not loaded yet (presence === undefined is "no info", NOT a clear).
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!statusDirtyRef.current && presence?.status) {
-      setStatusMsg(presence.status);
-      localStorage.setItem(STATUS_MSG_KEY(userId), presence.status);
+    if (statusDirtyRef.current || !presence) return;
+    // An offline/invisible presence carries an empty status_msg by design (see
+    // usePresenceUpdater.setOffline), so ignore it — reading it as a clear would
+    // wipe the saved status on every invisible toggle.
+    if (presence.presence === Presence.Offline) return;
+    const remoteStatus = presence.status ?? '';
+    if (remoteStatus) {
+      setStatusMsg(remoteStatus);
+      localStorage.setItem(STATUS_MSG_KEY(userId), remoteStatus);
+    } else {
+      // Another device CLEARED the status. Mirror it locally AND drop the stored
+      // value, otherwise usePresenceUpdater.readStatus() re-sends the stale
+      // message on the next presence heartbeat.
+      setStatusMsg('');
+      localStorage.removeItem(STATUS_MSG_KEY(userId));
     }
-  }, [presence?.status, userId]);
+  }, [presence, userId]);
 
   const [saveState, saveStatus] = useAsyncCallback(
     useCallback(
diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useSoundboardPacks.ts b/src/app/hooks/useSoundboardPacks.ts
index 2370241f4..0083ea0c5 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useSoundboardPacks.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useSoundboardPacks.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Room } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
-import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { AccountDataEvent } from '../../types/matrix/accountData';
 import { StateEvent } from '../../types/matrix/room';
 import {
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ export const useRoomSoundboardPack = (room: Room, stateKey: string): SoundboardP
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const [roomPack, setRoomPack] = useState(() => getRoomSoundboardPack(room, stateKey));
 
+  // Resync when the room/stateKey arg changes — the useState initializer only
+  // runs on mount, so without this a re-target (e.g. a different room) kept
+  // showing the first room's pack.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setRoomPack(getRoomSoundboardPack(room, stateKey));
+  }, [room, stateKey]);
+
   useStateEventCallback(
     mx,
     useCallback(
@@ -102,6 +109,11 @@ export const useRoomSoundboardPacks = (room: Room): SoundboardPack[] => {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const [roomPacks, setRoomPacks] = useState(() => getRoomSoundboardPacks(room));
 
+  // Resync on room change (see useRoomSoundboardPack).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setRoomPacks(getRoomSoundboardPacks(room));
+  }, [room]);
+
   useStateEventCallback(
     mx,
     useCallback(
@@ -124,6 +136,12 @@ export const useRoomsSoundboardPacks = (rooms: Room[]): SoundboardPack[] => {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const [roomPacks, setRoomPacks] = useState(() => rooms.flatMap(getRoomSoundboardPacks));
 
+  // Resync when the room list changes (callers pass a memoized array, so this
+  // fires only on an actual change — see useRoomSoundboardPack).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setRoomPacks(rooms.flatMap(getRoomSoundboardPacks));
+  }, [rooms]);
+
   useStateEventCallback(
     mx,
     useCallback(
diff --git a/src/app/pages/client/ClientNonUIFeatures.tsx b/src/app/pages/client/ClientNonUIFeatures.tsx
index 2e3171d44..ccf88f5dc 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/client/ClientNonUIFeatures.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/client/ClientNonUIFeatures.tsx
@@ -134,7 +134,12 @@ function FaviconUpdater() {
 function InviteNotifications() {
   const audioRef = useRef<HTMLAudioElement>(null);
   const invites = useAtomValue(allInvitesAtom);
-  const perviousInviteLen = usePreviousValue(invites.length, 0);
+  // Seed the baseline with the invite count present at mount, NOT 0. allInvitesAtom
+  // populates synchronously from cache on a warm reload while sync is already
+  // SYNCING, so a 0 seed made every pre-existing invite look "new" and re-fired the
+  // toast+sound on each reload. Starting from the current length means only a
+  // genuine INCREASE (a newly-arrived invite) notifies.
+  const perviousInviteLen = usePreviousValue(invites.length, invites.length);
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
 
   const navigate = useNavigate();