diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/composer-title.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/composer-title.test.tsx
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+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { EmailComposer } from '../email-composer';
+
+// ─── Heavy component mocks (mirrors reply-addressing.test.tsx) ────────────────
+
+const editorKeyDown = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+const toastError = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+
+vi.mock('@/components/email/rich-text-editor', () => ({
+  RichTextEditor: () => React.createElement('div', {
+    'data-testid': 'rich-text-editor',
+    onKeyDown: (event: React.KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (!event.defaultPrevented) editorKeyDown();
+    },
+  }),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/components/plugins/plugin-slot', () => ({ PluginSlot: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/ui/avatar', () => ({ Avatar: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/identity/sub-address-helper', () => ({ SubAddressHelper: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/templates/template-picker', () => ({ TemplatePicker: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/templates/template-form', () => ({ TemplateForm: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/components/files/file-preview-modal', () => ({ FilePreviewModal: () => null }));
+vi.mock('@/hooks/use-focus-trap', () => ({
+  useFocusTrap: () => ({ current: null }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/hooks/use-pro-multi-account-identities', () => ({
+  useProMultiAccountIdentities: () => ({ enabled: false, groups: [], allIdentities: [] }),
+  stripCrossAccountIdentityPrefix: (id: string) => ({ localAccountId: null, rawId: id }),
+}));
+
+// ─── Store mocks ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/auth-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    client: null,
+    identities: [],
+    primaryIdentity: null,
+    isAuthenticated: false,
+    isDemoMode: false,
+    activeAccountId: null,
+    connectionLost: false,
+    getClientForAccount: () => undefined,
+    getAllConnectedClients: () => new Map(),
+    syncIdentities: () => {},
+    refreshIdentities: async () => {},
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useAuthStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/identity-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    identities: [{ id: 'id-me', email: 'me@example.com', name: 'Me' }],
+    defaultIdentityId: 'id-me',
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useIdentityStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/account-store', () => {
+  const state = { accounts: [], getAccountById: () => undefined };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useAccountStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/email-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    draftSaveEnabled: false,
+    sendRawEmail: async () => ({ sent: true }),
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useEmailStore: hook };
+});
+
+const updateSetting = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/settings-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    timeFormat: '24h',
+    plainTextMode: false,
+    subAddressDelimiter: '+',
+    autoSelectReplyIdentity: true,
+    attachmentReminderEnabled: false,
+    attachmentReminderKeywords: [],
+    emptySubjectWarningEnabled: true,
+    sendDelaySeconds: 0,
+    signaturePosition: 'above_quote',
+    signatureSeparatorEnabled: false,
+    requestReadReceiptDefault: false,
+    addTrustedSender: () => {},
+    trustedSendersAddressBook: null,
+    updateSetting: (...args: unknown[]) => updateSetting(...args),
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useSettingsStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/contact-store', () => {
+  const state = {
+    contacts: [],
+    getAutocomplete: async () => [],
+    addToTrustedSendersBook: async () => {},
+  };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useContactStore: hook };
+});
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/template-store', () => {
+  const state = { templates: [], addTemplate: async () => {} };
+  const hook = (sel?: (s: typeof state) => unknown) =>
+    typeof sel === 'function' ? sel(state) : state;
+  hook.getState = () => state;
+  hook.setState = (p: Partial<typeof state>) => Object.assign(state, p);
+  return { useTemplateStore: hook };
+});
+
+// ─── Misc dependency mocks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+vi.mock('@/stores/toast-store', () => ({
+  toast: { info: () => {}, error: toastError, success: () => {} },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/plugin-hooks', () => ({
+  emailHooks: {
+    onComposerOpen: { call: async () => [] },
+    onRecipientChange: { call: async () => [] },
+    getRecipientSuggestions: { call: async () => [] },
+    onRecipientChipsChange: { transform: async (chips: unknown) => chips },
+    onDraftChange: { emit: () => {} },
+    onBeforeDraftAutoSave: { transform: async (draft: unknown) => draft },
+    onBeforeEmailSend: { intercept: async () => true },
+    onComposeSend: { takeOver: async () => 'default' },
+    onTransformOutgoingEmail: { transform: async (email: unknown) => email },
+  },
+  contactHooks: {
+    search: { call: async () => [] },
+    onProvideRecipientSuggestions: { transform: async (initial: unknown) => initial },
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/email-sanitization', () => ({
+  sanitizeSignatureHtml: (v: string) => v,
+  sanitizeEmailHtml: (v: string) => v,
+  parseHtmlSafely: (html: string) => new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html'),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/email-threading', () => ({
+  computeReplyThreadingHeaders: () => ({ inReplyTo: [], references: [] }),
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/signature-utils', () => ({
+  appendPlainTextSignature: (body: string) => body,
+  getPlainTextSignature: () => '',
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/sub-addressing', () => ({ generateSubAddress: () => '' }));
+vi.mock('@/lib/debug', () => ({ debug: { log: () => {}, warn: () => {}, error: () => {} } }));
+vi.mock('@/components/email/quoted-html', () => ({
+  buildQuotedHtmlBlock: () => '',
+  serializeEditorContent: () => '',
+}));
+vi.mock('@/lib/template-utils', () => ({ substitutePlaceholders: (s: string) => s }));
+
+// ─── Tests ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// The title said "New Message" for replies and forwards too.
+
+const DATA = {
+  to: 'bob@example.com',
+  cc: '',
+  bcc: '',
+  subject: 'Re: Lunch',
+  body: '<p>Hello there</p>',
+  showCc: false,
+  showBcc: false,
+  selectedIdentityId: 'id-me',
+  subAddressTag: '',
+  draftId: null,
+};
+
+describe('composer title', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    toastError.mockClear();
+    updateSetting.mockClear();
+    editorKeyDown.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['compose', 'new_message'],
+    ['reply', 'reply'],
+    ['replyAll', 'reply_all'],
+    ['forward', 'forward'],
+  ] as const)('names a %s composer %s', (mode, title) => {
+    render(<EmailComposer initialData={{ ...DATA, mode }} mode={mode} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { level: 3 })).toHaveTextContent(title);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/components/email/email-composer.tsx b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
index 509b6e5bc..e4e9dbfe5 100644
--- a/components/email/email-composer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
@@ -2927,7 +2927,9 @@ export function EmailComposer({
             <X className="w-5 h-5 md:w-4 md:h-4" />
           </Button>
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2" data-testid="composer-save-status" data-status={saveStatus}>
-            <h3 className="font-semibold text-base">{t('new_message')}</h3>
+            <h3 className="font-semibold text-base">
+              {mode === 'reply' ? t('reply') : mode === 'replyAll' ? t('reply_all') : mode === 'forward' ? t('forward') : t('new_message')}
+            </h3>
             {saveStatus === 'saving' && (
               <div className="flex items-center gap-1 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
                 <Save className="w-3 h-3 animate-pulse" />