diff --git a/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListView.stories.tsx/toast-over-sticky-section-1.png b/packages/shared-components/__vis__/linux/__baselines__/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListView.stories.tsx/toast-over-sticky-section-1.png
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diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListToast/RoomListToast.module.css b/packages/shared-components/src/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListToast/RoomListToast.module.css
index 288ec1000e..0844a1add7 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/src/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListToast/RoomListToast.module.css
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListToast/RoomListToast.module.css
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@
     right: var(--cpd-space-3x);
     width: fit-content;
     margin: 0 auto;
+    /* Put the toast over the sticky headers  */
+    z-index: 3;
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListView.stories.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListView.stories.tsx
index 822b8bc2b4..82f350e0c6 100644
--- a/packages/shared-components/src/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListView.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/room-list/RoomListView/RoomListView.stories.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import React, { type JSX } from "react";
-import { fn } from "storybook/test";
+import { expect, fn, waitFor } from "storybook/test";
 
 import type { Meta, StoryObj } from "@storybook/react-vite";
 import type { FilterId } from "../RoomListPrimaryFilters";
@@ -266,3 +266,33 @@ export const UnreadActivityBelow: Story = {
         toast: "unread_activity",
     },
 };
+
+export const ToastOverStickySection: Story = {
+    tags: ["autodocs", "!snapshot"],
+    args: {
+        isFlatList: false,
+        toast: "unread_activity",
+    },
+    play: async ({ canvas, canvasElement }) => {
+        // Wait for the virtualized list to mount its rows before scrolling.
+        await canvas.findByRole("button", { name: "Toggle Favourites section" });
+        const scroller = canvasElement.querySelector<HTMLElement>('[role="treegrid"]')!;
+
+        // Scroll to the end of the list so the last section header ("Low-priority") gets mounted.
+        scroller.scrollTop = scroller.scrollHeight;
+        await canvas.findByRole("button", { name: "Toggle Low-priority section" });
+
+        // Scroll until the header row sits just above the bottom edge of the viewport, overlapping the toast.
+        const bottomOffset = 28;
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            const header = canvas.getByRole("button", { name: "Toggle Low-priority section" });
+            const gap = scroller.getBoundingClientRect().bottom - header.getBoundingClientRect().bottom;
+            if (Math.abs(gap - bottomOffset) > 1) {
+                scroller.scrollTop -= gap - bottomOffset;
+                throw new Error(`Header is not parked over the toast yet (gap: ${gap}px)`);
+            }
+        });
+
+        await expect(canvasElement).toMatchImageSnapshot();
+    },
+};