diff --git a/src/lotus/lotusActions.test.ts b/src/lotus/lotusActions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..787acce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lotus/lotusActions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 Lotus Guild
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
+*/
+
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+
+import { LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS, LotusWidgetActions } from "./lotusActions";
+
+describe("LotusWidgetActions", () => {
+  test("every action value is namespaced under io.lotus.*", () => {
+    for (const value of Object.values(LotusWidgetActions)) {
+      expect(value).toMatch(/^io\.lotus\./);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS contains exactly the toWidget actions", () => {
+    // CallState is the only fromWidget action (host <- widget); everything
+    // else is toWidget (host -> widget) and must be allow-listed so
+    // `initializeWidget` accepts it.
+    const expectedToWidget = [
+      LotusWidgetActions.FocusParticipant,
+      LotusWidgetActions.InjectAudio,
+      LotusWidgetActions.SetQuality,
+      LotusWidgetActions.Decorations,
+      LotusWidgetActions.SetDeafen,
+    ];
+
+    expect(new Set(LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS)).toEqual(new Set(expectedToWidget));
+    expect(LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS).toHaveLength(expectedToWidget.length);
+  });
+
+  test("LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS excludes the fromWidget actions", () => {
+    // CallState, RequestState and DenoiseState are all fromWidget (widget ->
+    // host) per their doc comments in lotusActions.ts, so none of them should
+    // ever be allow-listed as a toWidget action.
+    expect(LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS).not.toContain(LotusWidgetActions.CallState);
+    expect(LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS).not.toContain(
+      LotusWidgetActions.RequestState,
+    );
+    expect(LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS).not.toContain(
+      LotusWidgetActions.DenoiseState,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lotus/lotusActions.ts b/src/lotus/lotusActions.ts
index f11029a2..f2fdf7f2 100644
--- a/src/lotus/lotusActions.ts
+++ b/src/lotus/lotusActions.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@ export enum LotusWidgetActions {
   Decorations = "io.lotus.decorations",
   /** toWidget: deafen remote audio (and optionally mute screenshare audio). */
   SetDeafen = "io.lotus.set_deafen",
+  /**
+   * fromWidget: sent on (re)registration of a lotus toWidget handler (e.g.
+   * decorations) so the host can re-push state that would otherwise only be
+   * sent on change (decorations roster, the current focus pin) after an
+   * EC-side reconnect/remount. cinny's `resendForkState()` should respond to
+   * this the same way it responds to a fresh join.
+   */
+  RequestState = "io.lotus.request_state",
+  /**
+   * fromWidget: real state of the in-source denoise engine —
+   * `{ active: boolean, model: string, error?: string }` — sent once the
+   * processor attaches (or after the rnnoise fallback also fails), so the host
+   * toggle can reflect reality rather than the requested state.
+   */
+  DenoiseState = "io.lotus.denoise_state",
 }
 
 /** toWidget Lotus actions that must be allow-listed in `initializeWidget`. */
diff --git a/src/widget.ts b/src/widget.ts
index 768de69a..f9ac07c1 100644
--- a/src/widget.ts
+++ b/src/widget.ts
@@ -115,14 +115,30 @@ export const initializeWidget = (
         ElementWidgetActions.JoinCall,
         ElementWidgetActions.HangupCall,
         ElementWidgetActions.DeviceMute,
-        // [lotus] custom toWidget actions handled by the fork (focus, audio-inject)
-        ...LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS,
       ].forEach((action) => {
         api.on(`action:${action}`, (ev: CustomEvent<IWidgetApiRequest>) => {
           ev.preventDefault();
           lazyActions.emit(action, ev);
         });
       });
+      // [lotus] custom toWidget actions handled by the fork (focus,
+      // audio-inject, decorations, ...). Unlike the upstream actions above
+      // (whose handlers are process-lifetime), lotus handlers are
+      // registered/torn down with their owning React effect, so a request can
+      // arrive while none is mounted. `LazyEventEmitter.emit` would otherwise
+      // backlog it forever (never replied to, replayed stale on the next
+      // registration — see LazyEventEmitter), and the host's
+      // `transport.send` would hang until its own timeout. Reply immediately
+      // with `{}` when there's no handler instead, so a torn-down lotus
+      // action behaves like a no-op rather than a silent stall.
+      LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS.forEach((action) => {
+        api.on(`action:${action}`, (ev: CustomEvent<IWidgetApiRequest>) => {
+          ev.preventDefault();
+          if (!lazyActions.emit(action, ev)) {
+            api.transport.reply(ev.detail, {});
+          }
+        });
+      });
 
       // Now, initialize the matryoshka MatrixClient (so named because it routes
       // all requests through the host client via the widget API)