diff --git a/LOTUS_BUGS.md b/LOTUS_BUGS.md
index de0aba624..9a4800519 100644
--- a/LOTUS_BUGS.md
+++ b/LOTUS_BUGS.md
@@ -84,14 +84,48 @@ This document tracks identified bugs, edge cases, and architectural discrepancie
 
 ### 3. Inconsistent Settings Dropdown Styling
 **File:** `src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx`
-**Status:** UI Consistency
+**Status:** ✅ RESOLVED (June 2026)
 
-*   **Issue:** The dropdowns for "Join & Leave Sounds" and "UI Font" use raw HTML `<select>` elements, which look different from the custom-styled `Menu` used elsewhere.
-*   **Recommended Fix:** Replace raw selects with the `Menu` + `PopOut` pattern used in the "Message Layout" setting.
+*   **Issue:** The dropdowns for "Join & Leave Sounds", "UI Font", and "Seasonal Theme" used raw HTML `<select>` elements, which render differently from the custom-styled `Menu`+`PopOut` used for "Message Layout" and other settings.
+*   **Fix Applied:** All three raw `<select>` elements replaced with a reusable `SettingsSelect` component using the Menu+PopOut+FocusTrap pattern consistent with the rest of the settings UI.
 
 ### 4. No Camera Focus During Screenshare
 **File:** `src/app/features/call/CallControls.tsx`
-**Status:** UX Bug
+**Status:** UX Bug — blocked by Element Call internals
 
 *   **Issue:** When someone is screensharing and another participant turns on their camera, there is no way to switch the primary display to the camera or go fullscreen on it.
-*   **Recommended Fix:** Implement a "Pin/Focus" toggle on participant tiles that overrides the automatic screenshare spotlight.
+*   **Root Cause:** Element Call's spotlight/layout is controlled internally by EC. Lotus Chat injects the call iframe and cannot easily override EC's participant tile behavior without forking the EC widget.
+*   **Recommended Fix:** Implement a "Pin/Focus" toggle on participant tiles that overrides the automatic screenshare spotlight — requires EC upstream changes or a custom message bridge.
+
+### 5. Ringing Modal Fires in Persistent Voice Rooms
+**File:** `src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx` (line 337–342)
+**Status:** ✅ RESOLVED (June 2026)
+
+*   **Issue:** Joining a persistent voice room (not a DM or transient group call) showed the incoming call ringing modal and animation.
+*   **Root Cause:** The `isPrivateGroup` condition included `JoinRule.Restricted` and `JoinRule.Knock` rooms. Lotus Guild voice rooms are `Restricted` join-rule rooms. Their `m.space.parent` state event was being checked but some rooms were set up with only the space-side `m.space.child` relationship, leaving no `m.space.parent` on the room itself — so they passed as `isPrivateGroup` and triggered ringing.
+*   **Fix Applied:** Narrowed `isPrivateGroup` to only `JoinRule.Invite` to match the exact set of rooms where the call button is shown. Also added `room.isCallRoom()` early-exit so rooms with `m.join_rule.call` type never ring.
+
+### 6. Animated Chat Backgrounds Affect Message Content
+**File:** `src/app/features/lotus/chatBackground.ts`
+**Status:** ✅ RESOLVED (June 2026)
+
+*   **Issue:** Animated backgrounds that use `filter: brightness()` or `opacity` animations (Digital Rain glow, Grid Pulse brightness, Fireflies glow/blink) applied those effects to the entire `<Page>` element, causing all message content and the composer to flash/flicker in sync with the animation.
+*   **Root Cause:** `filter` and `opacity` CSS properties affect an element AND all its descendants. Applying these as part of the `animation` shorthand on the `Page` container made them "inherited" visually by everything inside the room view.
+*   **Side Effect:** `filter` animation also created a CSS stacking context on Page, which pushed Seasonal Theme overlays (position:fixed; z-index:9997) behind the Page compositor layer.
+*   **Fix Applied:** Removed `animRainGlowKeyframe`, `animGridBrightnessKeyframe`, `animFirefliesGlowKeyframe`, and `animFirefliesBlinkKeyframe` from `chatBackground.ts`. Only `backgroundPosition` / `backgroundSize` animations remain — these are safe and do not affect descendants or create stacking contexts.
+
+### 7. Seasonal Themes Display Behind Chat Background
+**File:** `src/app/components/seasonal/SeasonalEffect.tsx`
+**Status:** ✅ RESOLVED (June 2026) — root cause was Bug #6
+
+*   **Issue:** Seasonal theme overlays (position:fixed; z-index:9997) appeared behind animated chat backgrounds.
+*   **Root Cause:** The `filter` animation on `<Page>` created a CSS stacking context, causing Page's GPU compositing layer to render above the fixed-position seasonal overlay in some browsers. Removing the filter animations (Bug #6 fix) resolves the stacking context issue.
+*   **Fix Applied:** See Bug #6. No additional changes to SeasonalEffect required.
+
+### 8. Avatar Decoration Images Not Rendering in Settings
+**File:** `src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx`
+**Status:** ✅ RESOLVED (June 2026)
+
+*   **Issue:** Under Settings → Account → Avatar Decoration, no decoration images were visible.
+*   **Root Cause:** The `DecorationPreviewCell` used `loading="lazy"` on decoration images. The browser's lazy-loading algorithm determines image visibility from the viewport, but the decoration grid is inside a nested `overflowY: auto` scroll container inside a settings panel — the browser did not correctly detect these images as near the viewport and never triggered them to load.
+*   **Fix Applied:** Changed `loading="lazy"` to `loading="eager"` in `DecorationPreviewCell`. The settings panel is user-initiated, so eager loading is appropriate.
diff --git a/LOTUS_TODO.md b/LOTUS_TODO.md
index f6d730b61..ddcb1ec4c 100644
--- a/LOTUS_TODO.md
+++ b/LOTUS_TODO.md
@@ -363,6 +363,24 @@ Themes:
 
 ---
 
+### [ ] P5-35 · Desktop — Notification Click Opens Room (DEFERRED)
+
+**What:** Clicking a system tray notification navigates to the relevant room. Quick-reply from the notification toast would send the reply without opening the window.  
+**Status:** Deferred — `tauri-plugin-notification` has no Rust click/action callback API. Quick-reply would need a custom WinRT toast activator + COM registration, which can't be compile-tested without a Windows build environment.  
+**Note:** Tray icon and `matrix:` deep links already bring the window forward on most interactions. Revisit when tauri-plugin-notification gains click handler support upstream.  
+**Complexity:** High (platform-specific native code required).
+
+---
+
+### [ ] P5-36 · Desktop — Windows Jump List (DEFERRED)
+
+**What:** Right-clicking the taskbar icon shows a jump list with recent/favorite rooms for quick navigation.  
+**Status:** Deferred — implementing the Windows COM jump list API in Tauri requires iterating on C++/COM code that can only be compile-checked on Windows, making blind CI iteration impractical.  
+**Action when unblocked:** Revisit when a Tauri plugin abstracts the Windows Shell `ICustomDestinationList` interface, or when a Windows build environment is available for local iteration.  
+**Complexity:** High (Windows-only native COM).
+
+---
+
 ## Blocked Features
 
 These features are confirmed desirable but cannot be built until the listed dependency is resolved.
diff --git a/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx b/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
index ed3183e67..87f3e3369 100644
--- a/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
@@ -325,21 +325,15 @@ function IncomingCallListener({ callEmbed, joined }: IncomingCallListenerProps)
       );
       if (!hasCallPermission) return;
 
-      // Only ring for DMs or private non-space group chats.
-      // Space voice channels and public rooms fire room-level RTC notifications
-      // whenever anyone joins — ringing every member is incorrect behaviour.
+      // Only ring in rooms where the call button is visible: DMs or invite-only rooms
+      // with no space parent. Persistent voice rooms (call rooms), space channels,
+      // restricted rooms, and public rooms must never trigger ringing.
+      if (room.isCallRoom()) return;
       const isDirect = directs.has(room.roomId);
-      // m.space.parent uses the parent space ID as the state key, so getStateEvent
-      // (which defaults to stateKey='') always returns undefined. Use getStateEvents
-      // (no key filter) to detect any space parent relationship.
       const isSpaceChild = getStateEvents(room, StateEvent.SpaceParent).length > 0;
       const joinRule = room.getJoinRule();
-      const isPrivateGroup =
-        !isSpaceChild &&
-        (joinRule === JoinRule.Invite ||
-          joinRule === JoinRule.Knock ||
-          joinRule === JoinRule.Restricted);
-      if (!isDirect && !isPrivateGroup) return;
+      const isPrivateInviteGroup = !isSpaceChild && joinRule === JoinRule.Invite;
+      if (!isDirect && !isPrivateInviteGroup) return;
 
       const info: IncomingCallInfo = {
         room,
diff --git a/src/app/features/lotus/chatBackground.ts b/src/app/features/lotus/chatBackground.ts
index 4dafefcd6..ea36da248 100644
--- a/src/app/features/lotus/chatBackground.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/lotus/chatBackground.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@ import { CSSProperties } from 'react';
 import { ChatBackground } from '../../state/settings';
 import {
   animRainKeyframe,
-  animRainGlowKeyframe,
   animStarsDriftKeyframe,
   animGridPulseKeyframe,
-  animGridBrightnessKeyframe,
   animAuroraKeyframe,
   animFirefliesKeyframe,
-  animFirefliesGlowKeyframe,
-  animFirefliesBlinkKeyframe,
 } from '../../styles/Animations.css';
 
 export const BG_OPTIONS: { value: ChatBackground; label: string }[] = [
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@ const DARK: Record<ChatBackground, CSSProperties> = {
     ].join(','),
     backgroundSize: '40px 200px, 12px 200px',
     backgroundPosition: '0 0, 0 0',
-    animation: `${animRainKeyframe} 8s linear infinite, ${animRainGlowKeyframe} 2.1s ease-in-out infinite`,
+    animation: `${animRainKeyframe} 8s linear infinite`,
   },
 
   // Animated: drifting star field — three seamlessly-tiling layers at different speeds
@@ -236,7 +232,7 @@ const DARK: Record<ChatBackground, CSSProperties> = {
       'linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,212,255,0.06) 1px, transparent 1px)',
     ].join(','),
     backgroundSize: '60px 60px, 60px 60px, 12px 12px, 12px 12px',
-    animation: `${animGridPulseKeyframe} 4s ease-in-out infinite, ${animGridBrightnessKeyframe} 3.3s ease-in-out infinite`,
+    animation: `${animGridPulseKeyframe} 4s ease-in-out infinite`,
   },
 
   // Animated: aurora borealis — four bands each travel an independent path
@@ -263,7 +259,7 @@ const DARK: Record<ChatBackground, CSSProperties> = {
     ].join(','),
     backgroundSize: '200px 200px, 280px 280px, 160px 160px',
     backgroundPosition: '0 0, 120px 80px, 60px 140px',
-    animation: `${animFirefliesKeyframe} 30s linear infinite, ${animFirefliesGlowKeyframe} 2.3s ease-in-out infinite, ${animFirefliesBlinkKeyframe} 1.7s ease-in-out infinite`,
+    animation: `${animFirefliesKeyframe} 30s linear infinite`,
   },
 };
 
@@ -481,7 +477,7 @@ const LIGHT: Record<ChatBackground, CSSProperties> = {
     ].join(','),
     backgroundSize: '200px 200px, 280px 280px, 160px 160px',
     backgroundPosition: '0 0, 120px 80px, 60px 140px',
-    animation: `${animFirefliesKeyframe} 30s linear infinite, ${animFirefliesGlowKeyframe} 2.3s ease-in-out infinite, ${animFirefliesBlinkKeyframe} 1.7s ease-in-out infinite`,
+    animation: `${animFirefliesKeyframe} 30s linear infinite`,
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx
index 943ba1d19..d2c6da7cf 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function DecorationPreviewCell({
       <img
         src={`${DECORATION_CDN}/${slug}.png`}
         alt={name}
-        loading="lazy"
+        loading="eager"
         decoding="async"
         style={{
           position: 'absolute',
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
index a0c3c457d..bcaffea6f 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
@@ -154,6 +154,82 @@ function SelectTheme({ disabled }: { disabled?: boolean }) {
   );
 }
 
+type SettingsSelectOption<T extends string> = { value: T; label: string };
+
+function SettingsSelect<T extends string>({
+  value,
+  options,
+  onChange,
+}: {
+  value: T;
+  options: SettingsSelectOption<T>[];
+  onChange: (v: T) => void;
+}) {
+  const [menuCords, setMenuCords] = useState<RectCords>();
+  const selectedLabel = options.find((o) => o.value === value)?.label ?? value;
+
+  const handleMenu: MouseEventHandler<HTMLButtonElement> = (evt) => {
+    setMenuCords(evt.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect());
+  };
+
+  const handleSelect = (v: T) => {
+    onChange(v);
+    setMenuCords(undefined);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Button
+        size="300"
+        variant="Secondary"
+        outlined
+        fill="Soft"
+        radii="300"
+        after={<Icon size="300" src={Icons.ChevronBottom} />}
+        onClick={handleMenu}
+      >
+        <Text size="T300">{selectedLabel}</Text>
+      </Button>
+      <PopOut
+        anchor={menuCords}
+        offset={5}
+        position="Bottom"
+        align="End"
+        content={
+          <FocusTrap
+            focusTrapOptions={{
+              initialFocus: false,
+              onDeactivate: () => setMenuCords(undefined),
+              clickOutsideDeactivates: true,
+              isKeyForward: (evt: KeyboardEvent) =>
+                evt.key === 'ArrowDown' || evt.key === 'ArrowRight',
+              isKeyBackward: (evt: KeyboardEvent) =>
+                evt.key === 'ArrowUp' || evt.key === 'ArrowLeft',
+              escapeDeactivates: stopPropagation,
+            }}
+          >
+            <Menu>
+              <Box direction="Column" gap="100" style={{ padding: config.space.S100 }}>
+                {options.map((opt) => (
+                  <MenuItem
+                    key={opt.value}
+                    size="300"
+                    variant={opt.value === value ? 'Primary' : 'Surface'}
+                    radii="300"
+                    onClick={() => handleSelect(opt.value)}
+                  >
+                    <Text size="T300">{opt.label}</Text>
+                  </MenuItem>
+                ))}
+              </Box>
+            </Menu>
+          </FocusTrap>
+        }
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
 function SystemThemePreferences() {
   const themeKind = useSystemThemeKind();
   const themeNames = useThemeNames();
@@ -417,42 +493,25 @@ function Appearance() {
           title="Seasonal Theme"
           description="Decorative overlays that activate automatically on holidays and events, or choose one manually."
           after={
-            <select
+            <SettingsSelect
               value={seasonalThemeOverride ?? 'auto'}
-              onChange={(e) =>
-                setSeasonalThemeOverride(
-                  e.target.value as typeof seasonalThemeOverride,
-                )
-              }
-              style={{
-                background: 'var(--bg-surface-variant)',
-                color: 'inherit',
-                border: '1px solid var(--border-interactive)',
-                borderRadius: '6px',
-                padding: '4px 8px',
-                fontSize: '14px',
-                fontFamily: 'inherit',
-                cursor: 'pointer',
-              }}
-            >
-              <option value="auto">🗓 Auto (date-based)</option>
-              <option value="off">Off</option>
-              <optgroup label="Holidays">
-                <option value="newyear">🎆 New Year (Dec 31–Jan 2)</option>
-                <option value="lunar">🏮 Lunar New Year (Jan 22–Feb 5)</option>
-                <option value="valentines">💖 Valentine&apos;s Day (Feb 10–15)</option>
-                <option value="stpatricks">🍀 St. Patrick&apos;s Day (Mar 15–18)</option>
-                <option value="aprilfools">🃏 April Fool&apos;s Day (Apr 1)</option>
-                <option value="earthday">🌱 Earth Day (Apr 22)</option>
-                <option value="autumn">🍂 Autumn (Sep 21–Oct 31)</option>
-                <option value="halloween">🎃 Halloween (Oct 15–Nov 1)</option>
-                <option value="christmas">❄️ Christmas (Dec 10–Jan 2)</option>
-              </optgroup>
-              <optgroup label="Events">
-                <option value="arcade">👾 Retro Arcade Day (Sep 12)</option>
-                <option value="deepspace">🚀 Deep Space Week (Oct 4–10)</option>
-              </optgroup>
-            </select>
+              onChange={(v) => setSeasonalThemeOverride(v as typeof seasonalThemeOverride)}
+              options={[
+                { value: 'auto', label: '🗓 Auto (date-based)' },
+                { value: 'off', label: 'Off' },
+                { value: 'newyear', label: '🎆 New Year' },
+                { value: 'lunar', label: '🏮 Lunar New Year' },
+                { value: 'valentines', label: '💖 Valentine\'s Day' },
+                { value: 'stpatricks', label: '🍀 St. Patrick\'s Day' },
+                { value: 'aprilfools', label: '🃏 April Fool\'s Day' },
+                { value: 'earthday', label: '🌱 Earth Day' },
+                { value: 'autumn', label: '🍂 Autumn' },
+                { value: 'halloween', label: '🎃 Halloween' },
+                { value: 'christmas', label: '❄️ Christmas' },
+                { value: 'arcade', label: '👾 Retro Arcade Day' },
+                { value: 'deepspace', label: '🚀 Deep Space Week' },
+              ]}
+            />
           }
         />
       </SequenceCard>
@@ -556,26 +615,18 @@ function Appearance() {
           title="UI Font"
           description="Font used throughout the interface."
           after={
-            <select
+            <SettingsSelect
               value={fontFamily ?? 'inter'}
-              onChange={(e) =>
-                setFontFamily(e.target.value as 'system' | 'inter' | 'jetbrains-mono' | 'fira-code')
+              onChange={(v) =>
+                setFontFamily(v as 'system' | 'inter' | 'jetbrains-mono' | 'fira-code')
               }
-              style={{
-                background: 'var(--bg-surface)',
-                color: 'inherit',
-                border: '1px solid var(--border-interactive-normal)',
-                borderRadius: '6px',
-                padding: '4px 8px',
-                fontSize: '14px',
-                cursor: 'pointer',
-              }}
-            >
-              <option value="system">System Default</option>
-              <option value="inter">Inter (default)</option>
-              <option value="jetbrains-mono">JetBrains Mono</option>
-              <option value="fira-code">Fira Code</option>
-            </select>
+              options={[
+                { value: 'system', label: 'System Default' },
+                { value: 'inter', label: 'Inter (default)' },
+                { value: 'jetbrains-mono', label: 'JetBrains Mono' },
+                { value: 'fira-code', label: 'Fira Code' },
+              ]}
+            />
           }
         />
       </SequenceCard>
@@ -1263,25 +1314,17 @@ function Calls() {
             title="Idle Timeout"
             description="How long to wait before auto-muting."
             after={
-              <select
-                value={afkTimeoutMinutes}
-                onChange={(e) => setAfkTimeoutMinutes(Number(e.target.value))}
-                style={{
-                  background: 'var(--bg-surface)',
-                  color: 'inherit',
-                  border: '1px solid var(--border-interactive-normal)',
-                  borderRadius: '6px',
-                  padding: '4px 8px',
-                  fontSize: 'inherit',
-                  cursor: 'pointer',
-                }}
-              >
-                <option value={1}>1 minute</option>
-                <option value={5}>5 minutes</option>
-                <option value={10}>10 minutes</option>
-                <option value={20}>20 minutes</option>
-                <option value={30}>30 minutes</option>
-              </select>
+              <SettingsSelect
+                value={String(afkTimeoutMinutes ?? 10)}
+                onChange={(v) => setAfkTimeoutMinutes(Number(v))}
+                options={[
+                  { value: '1', label: '1 minute' },
+                  { value: '5', label: '5 minutes' },
+                  { value: '10', label: '10 minutes' },
+                  { value: '20', label: '20 minutes' },
+                  { value: '30', label: '30 minutes' },
+                ]}
+              />
             }
           />
         )}
@@ -1291,26 +1334,16 @@ function Calls() {
           title="Join & Leave Sounds"
           description="Play a sound when someone joins or leaves a call you are in."
           after={
-            <select
+            <SettingsSelect
               value={callJoinLeaveSound}
-              onChange={(e) =>
-                handleJoinLeaveSoundChange(e.target.value as 'off' | 'chime' | 'soft' | 'retro')
-              }
-              style={{
-                background: 'var(--bg-surface)',
-                color: 'inherit',
-                border: '1px solid var(--border-interactive-normal)',
-                borderRadius: '6px',
-                padding: '4px 8px',
-                fontSize: 'inherit',
-                cursor: 'pointer',
-              }}
-            >
-              <option value="off">Off</option>
-              <option value="chime">Chime</option>
-              <option value="soft">Soft</option>
-              <option value="retro">Retro</option>
-            </select>
+              onChange={(v) => handleJoinLeaveSoundChange(v as 'off' | 'chime' | 'soft' | 'retro')}
+              options={[
+                { value: 'off', label: 'Off' },
+                { value: 'chime', label: 'Chime' },
+                { value: 'soft', label: 'Soft' },
+                { value: 'retro', label: 'Retro' },
+              ]}
+            />
           }
         />
       </SequenceCard>