diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/cached_responses.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/cached_responses.rb
index 05d7be1..b17e29a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/cached_responses.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/cached_responses.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module CachedResponses
   end
 
   def perform_caching
-    return false unless super && @response_cache_version.present? && !ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.active_connection?&.transaction_open?
+    return false unless super && @response_cache_version.present? && !FragmentCache.transaction_open?
 
     # Check again after authentication, before the first native fragment lookup.
     # Later renders retain this immutable namespace and cannot poison a new epoch.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ module CachedResponses
         !authenticated_by.bot_key? && flash.empty? &&
         !request.headers["If-None-Match"] && !request.headers["If-Modified-Since"] &&
         !Rails.application.config.content_security_policy_nonce_generator &&
-        !ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.active_connection?&.transaction_open?
+        !FragmentCache.transaction_open?
     end
 
     def response_cache_key(encoding)
diff --git a/app/models/fragment_cache.rb b/app/models/fragment_cache.rb
index bb0f7e9..40147b3 100644
--- a/app/models/fragment_cache.rb
+++ b/app/models/fragment_cache.rb
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@ class FragmentCache
   def self.store
     STORE
   end
+
+  def self.transaction_open?
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection(&:transaction_open?)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/record_cache.rb b/app/models/record_cache.rb
index 2446093..1db362d 100644
--- a/app/models/record_cache.rb
+++ b/app/models/record_cache.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The observer must still see the captured epoch after lookup and admission.
 class RecordCache
   def self.fetch(key, version)
-    return yield unless version && ResponseCache.instance.budget.positive? && !ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.active_connection?&.transaction_open?
+    return yield unless version && ResponseCache.instance.budget.positive? && !FragmentCache.transaction_open?
 
     key = ActiveSupport::Cache.expand_cache_key([ "record-snapshot-v1", version, key ])
     return yield if key.bytesize > ResponseCache::MAX_KEY_BYTES
diff --git a/app/views/messages/_actions.html.erb b/app/views/messages/_actions.html.erb
index 48973d6..8948783 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/_actions.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/messages/_actions.html.erb
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@
     <div class="message__actions-menu border shadow" data-popup-target="menu">
       <div class="quick-boosts">
         <% boost_path = message_boosts_path(message) %>
+        <% boost_frame = dom_id(message, :boosting) %>
         <% EmojiHelper::REACTIONS.each do |character, title| %>
-          <%= form_with url: boost_path, data: { turbo_frame: dom_id(message, :boosting), action: "popup#close"} do |form| %>
+          <form data-turbo-frame="<%= boost_frame %>" data-action="popup#close" action="<%= boost_path %>" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post">
             <%= hidden_field_tag "boost[content]", character %>
-            <%= form.button type: "submit", title: title, class: "btn message__action-btn", data: { emoji: character } do %>
+            <button name="button" type="submit" title="<%= title %>" class="btn message__action-btn" data-emoji="<%= character %>">
               <figure class="margin-none boost-character"><%= character %></figure>
               <span class="for-screen-reader"><%= title %></span>
-            <% end %>
-          <% end %>
+            </button>
+          </form>
         <% end %>
 
         <%= link_to new_message_boost_path(message),
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
       </div>
 
       <div class="flex flex-wrap border-top margin-block-start-half pad-block-start-half message__actions-grid">
-        <% if message.content_type.attachment? %>
+        <% if message.attachment? %>
           <%= link_to rails_blob_path(message.attachment, disposition: "attachment", only_path: true), class: "btn message__action-btn center full-width hide-in-ios-pwa", title: "Download", aria: { label: "Download" } do %>
             <%= image_tag "download.svg", class: "colorize--black", size: 20, aria: { hidden: "true" } %>
           <% end %>
diff --git a/test/controllers/messages/boosts_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/messages/boosts_controller_test.rb
index 733741e..8599892 100644
--- a/test/controllers/messages/boosts_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/messages/boosts_controller_test.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,32 @@ class Messages::BoostsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     end
   end
 
+  test "quick boost controls submit their displayed reaction to the message" do
+    get room_url(@message.room)
+    forms = css_select("##{dom_id(@message)} .quick-boosts form")
+    assert_equal EmojiHelper::REACTIONS.size, forms.size
+    forms.each do |form|
+      assert_equal "post", form["method"]
+      assert_equal message_boosts_path(@message), form["action"]
+      assert_equal dom_id(@message, :boosting), form["data-turbo-frame"]
+      assert_equal "popup#close", form["data-action"]
+      input = form.at_css('input[name="boost[content]"]')
+      button = form.at_css('button[type="submit"]')
+      assert_equal input["value"], button["data-emoji"]
+      assert_equal EmojiHelper::REACTIONS.fetch(input["value"]), button["title"]
+      assert_nil form.at_css('input[name="authenticity_token"]')
+    end
+
+    form = forms.first
+    reaction = form.at_css('input[name="boost[content]"]')["value"]
+    assert_difference -> { @message.boosts.count }, 1 do
+      post form["action"], params: { boost: { content: reaction } }, headers: {
+        "Sec-Fetch-Site" => "same-origin", "Origin" => "http://www.example.com" }
+      assert_redirected_to message_boosts_url(@message)
+    end
+    assert_equal reaction, @message.boosts.order(:id).last.content
+  end
+
   test "destroy" do
     assert_turbo_stream_broadcasts [ @message.room, :messages ], count: 1 do
       assert_difference -> { @message.boosts.count }, -1 do