diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/viewer-quick-reply-words.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/viewer-quick-reply-words.test.tsx
index f980a7c93..2262a4ba1 100644
--- a/components/email/__tests__/viewer-quick-reply-words.test.tsx
+++ b/components/email/__tests__/viewer-quick-reply-words.test.tsx
@@ -85,3 +85,18 @@ describe('quick reply wording', () => {
     expect(onReply).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Thanks, will do');
   });
 });
+
+// compose-p2-17: the toasts lift over the box by its height (toast.tsx).
+describe('quick reply box and the toasts', () => {
+  it('marks the box and gives the page its height, and takes both back when it goes', async () => {
+    const height = vi.spyOn(HTMLElement.prototype, 'offsetHeight', 'get').mockReturnValue(96);
+    const { unmount } = render(<EmailViewer email={message} isLoading={false} mailboxes={mailboxes} selectedMailbox="inbox" currentMailboxRole="inbox" onQuickReply={vi.fn()} onReply={vi.fn()} />);
+    await act(async () => { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10)); });
+
+    expect(document.querySelector('[data-quick-reply-box]')).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--quick-reply-height')).toBe('96px');
+    unmount();
+    expect(document.documentElement.style.getPropertyValue('--quick-reply-height')).toBe('');
+    height.mockRestore();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/components/email/email-viewer.tsx b/components/email/email-viewer.tsx
index 80ffc1c4c..7cdfca9a8 100644
--- a/components/email/email-viewer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-viewer.tsx
@@ -3516,6 +3516,21 @@ export function EmailViewer({
   // Not on spam: a reply confirms the address to the sender.
   const showQuickReply = !!email && quickReplyEnabled && !mvReplyRow && !replyComposerOpen && !isDraft && !isScheduled && !isBodyLoading && !isInJunkFolder
     && (!effectiveEmailContent.isHtml || iframeReady);
+  // Toasts sit above the quick reply box, as above a composer's footer
+  // (compose-p2-17): its height for toast.tsx, as it grows when focused.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const box = quickReplyBoxRef.current;
+    if (!showQuickReply || !box || typeof ResizeObserver === 'undefined') return;
+    const root = document.documentElement;
+    const update = () => root.style.setProperty('--quick-reply-height', `${box.offsetHeight}px`);
+    update();
+    const observer = new ResizeObserver(update);
+    observer.observe(box);
+    return () => {
+      observer.disconnect();
+      root.style.removeProperty('--quick-reply-height');
+    };
+  }, [showQuickReply]);
   // The plain-text body, where reader-above-quote mounts between text and quote.
   const [plainBodyEl, setPlainBodyEl] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   // Read aloud (browser speech): the body as shown, HTML frame or plain text.
@@ -6191,7 +6206,7 @@ ${printWatermark ? printWatermark.html : ''}
           )}
 
           {/* Quick Reply Section - hidden for drafts and while loading a new email */}
-          {showQuickReply && (<div ref={quickReplyBoxRef} className="bg-background border-t border-border px-6 mt-auto max-sm:scroll-mb-16" style={{ paddingBlock: 'var(--density-header-py)' }}>
+          {showQuickReply && (<div ref={quickReplyBoxRef} data-quick-reply-box="" className="bg-background border-t border-border px-6 mt-auto max-sm:scroll-mb-16" style={{ paddingBlock: 'var(--density-header-py)' }}>
             <div className="flex items-start" style={{ gap: 'var(--density-item-gap)' }}>
               <div className="flex-shrink-0">
                 <Avatar
diff --git a/components/ui/__tests__/toast-layout.test.tsx b/components/ui/__tests__/toast-layout.test.tsx
index 335d03634..7b1e42f30 100644
--- a/components/ui/__tests__/toast-layout.test.tsx
+++ b/components/ui/__tests__/toast-layout.test.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ describe('toast layout', () => {
     expect(container).toHaveClass('[html[data-composer-open]_&]:bottom-20');
   });
 
+  // compose-p2-17: "Draft saved" covered the quick reply box.
+  it('sits over the quick reply box, by its height', () => {
+    render(<Toasts />);
+    const container = toastContainer();
+    expect(container).toHaveClass('[html:has([data-quick-reply-box])_&]:bottom-[calc(var(--quick-reply-height,5rem)+0.75rem)]');
+    expect(container).toHaveClass('max-sm:[html:has([data-quick-reply-box])_&]:bottom-[calc(var(--quick-reply-height,5rem)+0.75rem)]');
+  });
+
   it('sits above a registered bottom bar on the desktop too, such as a form footer', () => {
     render(<Toasts />);
     const container = toastContainer();
diff --git a/components/ui/toast.tsx b/components/ui/toast.tsx
index 33ebeab9b..8de8acca0 100644
--- a/components/ui/toast.tsx
+++ b/components/ui/toast.tsx
@@ -475,10 +475,13 @@ export function ToastContainer({ toasts, onClose }: { toasts: Toast[]; onClose:
         // lifted over a registered bottom bar (a form's Save/Cancel footer)
         // and over an open composer's footer.
         "fixed bottom-[max(1.25rem,calc(var(--bottom-controls-height,0px)+0.75rem))] end-5 z-[99999] flex flex-col gap-2.5 [html[data-composer-open]_&]:bottom-20",
+        // And over the reader's quick reply box (compose-p2-17).
+        "[html:has([data-quick-reply-box])_&]:bottom-[calc(var(--quick-reply-height,5rem)+0.75rem)]",
         // Phone: full width with 12px margins, above the bottom controls
         // (the tab bar, or whichever bar registered with useBottomControls).
         "max-sm:inset-x-3 max-sm:bottom-[calc(var(--bottom-controls-height,3.75rem)+0.75rem)]",
         "max-sm:[html[data-composer-open]_&]:bottom-[max(5rem,calc(var(--bottom-controls-height,3.75rem)+0.75rem))]",
+        "max-sm:[html:has([data-quick-reply-box])_&]:bottom-[calc(var(--quick-reply-height,5rem)+0.75rem)]",
         // Out of the way of the focused element: the top end corner.
         dodge && "top-5 bottom-auto!",
         held && "invisible"