diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useTauriToastActions.ts b/src/app/hooks/useTauriToastActions.ts
index 4b608cb08..074b6062f 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useTauriToastActions.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useTauriToastActions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { MsgType } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import { useSetAtom } from 'jotai';
+import { Icons } from 'folds';
 import { useMatrixClient } from './useMatrixClient';
 import { useTauriEvent } from './useTauri';
+import { createErrorToast, toastQueueAtom } from '../state/toast';
 
 /** Payload of the `lotus-notification-activate` event (a plain body click). */
 interface ActivateDetail {
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ interface ReplyDetail {
 export function useTauriToastActions(): void {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
+  const setToast = useSetAtom(toastQueueAtom);
 
   useTauriEvent<ActivateDetail>('lotus-notification-activate', ({ path }) => {
     if (path) navigate(path);
@@ -34,6 +38,17 @@ export function useTauriToastActions(): void {
 
   useTauriEvent<ReplyDetail>('lotus-notification-reply', ({ roomId, text }) => {
     if (!roomId || !text) return;
-    mx.sendMessage(roomId, { msgtype: MsgType.Text, body: text }).catch(() => undefined);
+    // #79 — a quick-reply failure (offline, no send permission, etc.) used to
+    // be swallowed with no feedback, leaving the user believing it was sent.
+    // Surface it via the in-app error toast instead.
+    mx.sendMessage(roomId, { msgtype: MsgType.Text, body: text }).catch(() => {
+      setToast(
+        createErrorToast(
+          'Your quick reply could not be sent. Please try again.',
+          Icons.Warning,
+          'Reply failed',
+        ),
+      );
+    });
   });
 }