diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f42f9fd..2004624 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2122,9 +2122,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mxlink"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a3a0be3d60a77da93df2ab59f09ad7e12fd9ed072c70f57e9adb01b662040fa"
+checksum = "195f0bd9764068de3e3e446bbac81a54489ff51674d80e387057b805c7dab96c"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "chacha20poly1305",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ebfe1a4..0893e53 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ base64 = "0.22.*"
 # We'd rather not depend on this, but we cannot use the ruma-events EventContent macro without it.
 matrix-sdk = { version = "0.7.1", default-features = false }
 mxidwc = "1.0.*"
-mxlink = "1.1.*"
+mxlink = "1.2.*"
 etke_openai_api_rust = "0.1.*"
 quick_cache = "0.6.*"
 regex = "1.10.*"
diff --git a/src/bot/messaging.rs b/src/bot/messaging.rs
index 11967be..61498bd 100644
--- a/src/bot/messaging.rs
+++ b/src/bot/messaging.rs
@@ -317,6 +317,13 @@ impl Messaging {
 
         let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
 
+        let _typing_notice_guard = self
+            .bot
+            .matrix_link()
+            .rooms()
+            .start_typing_notice(message_context.room())
+            .await;
+
         let event_span = tracing::error_span!("message_controller", ?controller_type);
 
         crate::controller::dispatch_controller(&controller_type, &message_context, &self.bot)
diff --git a/src/bot/reacting.rs b/src/bot/reacting.rs
index 019a377..0c4b4bd 100644
--- a/src/bot/reacting.rs
+++ b/src/bot/reacting.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ impl Reacting {
 
         tracing::info!("Handling reaction via reaction controller");
 
+        let _typing_notice_guard = self
+            .bot
+            .matrix_link()
+            .rooms()
+            .start_typing_notice(message_context.room())
+            .await;
+
         let event_span = tracing::error_span!("reaction_controller");
 
         crate::controller::reaction::handle(
diff --git a/src/controller/agent/create/mod.rs b/src/controller/agent/create/mod.rs
index e97d82f..ea382b1 100644
--- a/src/controller/agent/create/mod.rs
+++ b/src/controller/agent/create/mod.rs
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ pub async fn handle_room_local(
         return Ok(());
     };
 
-    message_context.room().typing_notice(true).await?;
-
     if !try_to_ping_agent_or_complain(bot, message_context, &parsed_config.agent).await {
         return Ok(());
     }
@@ -215,8 +213,6 @@ pub async fn handle_global(
         return Ok(());
     };
 
-    message_context.room().typing_notice(true).await?;
-
     if !try_to_ping_agent_or_complain(bot, message_context, &parsed_config.agent).await {
         return Ok(());
     }
diff --git a/src/controller/chat_completion/mod.rs b/src/controller/chat_completion/mod.rs
index 171c093..59ceb92 100644
--- a/src/controller/chat_completion/mod.rs
+++ b/src/controller/chat_completion/mod.rs
@@ -337,8 +337,6 @@ async fn handle_stage_text_generation(
     )
     .await?;
 
-    _ = message_context.room().typing_notice(true).await;
-
     let prefixes_to_strip = match controller_type {
         ChatCompletionControllerType::ViaText { prefixes_to_strip } => prefixes_to_strip.clone(),
         ChatCompletionControllerType::ViaAudio => vec![],
@@ -498,8 +496,6 @@ async fn handle_stage_speech_to_text_actual_transcribing(
         .get_media_content(&media_request, true)
         .await?;
 
-    _ = message_context.room().typing_notice(true).await;
-
     let span = tracing::debug_span!(
         "speech_to_text_generation",
         agent_id = agent.identifier().as_string()
diff --git a/src/controller/image/generation.rs b/src/controller/image/generation.rs
index 4e58b8c..e0924a9 100644
--- a/src/controller/image/generation.rs
+++ b/src/controller/image/generation.rs
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ pub async fn handle_image(
         original_prompt.to_owned()
     };
 
-    message_context.room().typing_notice(true).await?;
-
     let span = tracing::debug_span!(
         "image_generation",
         agent_id = agent.identifier().as_string()
@@ -139,8 +137,6 @@ pub async fn handle_sticker(
         return Ok(());
     };
 
-    message_context.room().typing_notice(true).await?;
-
     let span = tracing::debug_span!(
         "sticker_generation",
         agent_id = agent.identifier().as_string()
diff --git a/src/controller/utils/text_to_speech.rs b/src/controller/utils/text_to_speech.rs
index 28e74f9..e55f81e 100644
--- a/src/controller/utils/text_to_speech.rs
+++ b/src/controller/utils/text_to_speech.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ pub async fn generate_and_send_tts_for_message(
     text_message_event_id: &OwnedEventId,
     text_content: &str,
 ) -> bool {
-    _ = message_context.room().typing_notice(true).await;
-
     let reaction_event_response = bot
         .reacting()
         .react_no_fail(