diff --git a/nobilis b/nobilis
index 9cc8e8b..9945800 160000
--- a/nobilis
+++ b/nobilis
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9cc8e8b4d2079e7b778a4f8a60489ca446f2ae76
+Subproject commit 9945800375e78c2b7c24690b7bb9407a90dbc98f
diff --git a/scripts/probe-stoat-manage.mjs b/scripts/probe-stoat-manage.mjs
index d31114d..6429018 100644
--- a/scripts/probe-stoat-manage.mjs
+++ b/scripts/probe-stoat-manage.mjs
@@ -259,6 +259,18 @@ try {
   check('and bob’s alongside it, and taken away again, leave the count right', (await tally())?.count === 1 && (await tally())?.me === false, JSON.stringify(await tally()))
   await as('bob', 'DELETE', `/channels/${channelId.General}/messages/${counted._id}`).catch(() => {})
 
+  // --- Reading here is reading there: what arrives in the channel on screen is told to Stoat as read, even two in a few seconds.
+  await page.call('Emulation.setFocusEmulationEnabled', { enabled: true })
+  await ev(`window.__mohoShots.store.selectBuffer(${JSON.stringify(general)})`)
+  await sleep(2500)
+  const lastRead = async () => (await as('alice', 'GET', '/sync/unreads')).find((u) => u._id.channel === channelId.General)?.last_id
+  const first = await as('bob', 'POST', `/channels/${channelId.General}/messages`, { content: 'read me once' })
+  await sleep(2000)
+  const second = await as('bob', 'POST', `/channels/${channelId.General}/messages`, { content: 'read me twice' })
+  check('a message that arrives in the open channel is told to Stoat as read, and a second soon after is too', !!(await until(async () => (await lastRead()) === second._id, 15000)), JSON.stringify([first._id, second._id, await lastRead()]))
+  await as('bob', 'DELETE', `/channels/${channelId.General}/messages/${first._id}`).catch(() => {})
+  await as('bob', 'DELETE', `/channels/${channelId.General}/messages/${second._id}`).catch(() => {})
+
   // --- An emoji from a server this account is not in is still a picture.
   const away = await as('bob', 'POST', '/servers/create', { name: `Elsewhere ${Date.now().toString(36).slice(-4)}` })
   const awayServer = away.server?._id ?? away._id
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/Composer.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/Composer.tsx
index af7064b..27f22ee 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/Composer.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/Composer.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ interface StagedAttachment {
   preview?: string
   /** In bytes, once it has been asked. */
   size?: number | null
-  /** Sent hidden behind a spoiler: Discord and Steam. */
+  /** Sent hidden behind a spoiler: Discord, Steam, Telegram and Stoat. */
   spoiler: boolean
 }
 
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ export function Composer({ thread = false }: { thread?: boolean } = {}): JSX.Ele
               {/* On the card's corner, and there only while it is pointed at
                   or focused - they would be a dozen buttons otherwise. */}
               <div className="staged-actions">
-                {(service === 'discord' || service === 'steam' || service === 'telegram') && (
+                {(service === 'discord' || service === 'steam' || service === 'telegram' || service === 'stoat') && (
                   <button
                     type="button"
                     className={classes('staged-action', att.spoiler && 'on')}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/state/store.ts b/src/renderer/src/state/store.ts
index 59ea803..5e59814 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/state/store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/state/store.ts
@@ -2734,11 +2734,28 @@ export class ChatStore {
   ackIfReading(bufferId: string): void {
     if (bufferId !== this.state.activeBufferId || !this.windowIsActive()) return
     const now = Date.now()
-    if (now - (this.ackedAt.get(bufferId) ?? 0) < 5000) return
+    const wait = 5000 - (now - (this.ackedAt.get(bufferId) ?? 0))
+    if (wait > 0) {
+      // Too soon after the last: said when the few seconds are up instead of never. A message that arrived inside them is
+      // the newest, and without this it was left unread on the phone until another one came.
+      if (!this.ackLater.has(bufferId)) {
+        this.ackLater.set(
+          bufferId,
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.ackLater.delete(bufferId)
+            this.ackIfReading(bufferId)
+          }, wait + 50)
+        )
+      }
+      return
+    }
     this.ackedAt.set(bufferId, now)
     bestEffort(this.ackRead(bufferId), 'ack read')
   }
 
+  /** A conversation's turn to be told is read that came too soon after the last, waiting for it. */
+  private ackLater = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>()
+
   private windowIsActive(): boolean {
     return document.visibilityState === 'visible' && document.hasFocus()
   }