diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProxy.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProxy.swift
index 918d90822..cbf876159 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProxy.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Timeline/TimelineItemProxy.swift
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ final nonisolated class EventTimelineItemProxy: Sendable {
         }
     }
     
-    /// The item's own pending send or, when it has already gone out, our pending edit or redaction of it.
+    /// The item's own pending send or, when it has already gone out, our pending edit, redaction or failed reaction on it.
     var pendingSend: (target: SendTarget, state: EventSendState)? {
         if let state = item.localSendState {
             (.event, state)
@@ -115,11 +115,25 @@ final nonisolated class EventTimelineItemProxy: Sendable {
             (.edit, state)
         } else if let state = item.redactionSendState {
             (.redaction, state)
+        } else if let (key, state) = failedReaction {
+            (.reaction(key: key), state)
         } else {
             nil
         }
     }
     
+    /// Only failed reactions are surfaced as they block the send queue, in-flight ones would flash a sending indicator on every tap.
+    private var failedReaction: (key: String, state: EventSendState)? {
+        for reaction in item.reactions {
+            for sender in reaction.senders {
+                if let state = sender.sendState, case .sendingFailed = state {
+                    return (reaction.key, state)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+    
     var canBeRepliedTo: Bool {
         item.canBeRepliedTo
     }