diff --git a/lib/Dashboard/TalkWidget.php b/lib/Dashboard/TalkWidget.php
index a5feb0b6c73..f30bf74ea12 100644
--- a/lib/Dashboard/TalkWidget.php
+++ b/lib/Dashboard/TalkWidget.php
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@
 use OCA\Talk\Config;
 use OCA\Talk\Manager;
 use OCA\Talk\Model\BreakoutRoom;
+use OCA\Talk\Model\Message;
 use OCA\Talk\Participant;
 use OCA\Talk\Room;
 use OCA\Talk\Service\AvatarService;
 use OCA\Talk\Service\ParticipantService;
+use OCA\Talk\Service\ProxyCacheMessageService;
+use OCP\AppFramework\Db\DoesNotExistException;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Utility\ITimeFactory;
-use OCP\Comments\IComment;
 use OCP\Dashboard\IAPIWidget;
 use OCP\Dashboard\IButtonWidget;
 use OCP\Dashboard\IConditionalWidget;
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		protected ParticipantService $participantService,
 		protected MessageParser $messageParser,
 		protected ChatManager $chatManager,
+		protected ProxyCacheMessageService $pcmService,
 		protected ITimeFactory $timeFactory,
 	) {
 	}
@@ -156,13 +159,13 @@ public function getItems(string $userId, ?string $since = null, int $limit = 7):
 			$participant = $this->participantService->getParticipant($room, $userId);
 			$attendee = $participant->getAttendee();
 
-			if ($attendee->getLastMentionMessage() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage()) {
+			if (($room->isFederatedConversation() && $attendee->getLastMentionMessage())
+				|| (!$room->isFederatedConversation() && $attendee->getLastMentionMessage() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage())) {
 				return true;
 			}
 
 			return ($room->getType() === Room::TYPE_ONE_TO_ONE || $room->getType() === Room::TYPE_ONE_TO_ONE_FORMER)
-				&& $room->getLastMessage()
-				&& $room->getLastMessage()->getId() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage()
+				&& $room->getLastMessageId() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage()
 				&& $this->chatManager->getUnreadCount($room, $attendee->getLastReadMessage()) > 0;
 		});
 
@@ -200,14 +203,15 @@ public function getItemsV2(string $userId, ?string $since = null, int $limit = 7
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if ($attendee->getLastMentionMessage() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage()) {
+			if (($room->isFederatedConversation() && $attendee->getLastMentionMessage())
+				|| (!$room->isFederatedConversation() && $attendee->getLastMentionMessage() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage())) {
 				// Really mentioned
 				$mentions[] = $room;
 				continue;
 			}
 
 			if (($room->getType() === Room::TYPE_ONE_TO_ONE || $room->getType() === Room::TYPE_ONE_TO_ONE_FORMER)
-				&& $room->getLastMessage()?->getId() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage()) {
+				&& $room->getLastMessageId() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage()) {
 				// If there are "unread" messages in one-to-one or former one-to-one
 				// we check if they are actual messages or system messages not
 				// considered by the read-marker
@@ -242,33 +246,29 @@ protected function prepareRoom(Room $room, string $userId): WidgetItem {
 		$participant = $this->participantService->getParticipant($room, $userId);
 		$subtitle = '';
 
-		$lastMessage = $room->getLastMessage();
-		if ($lastMessage instanceof IComment) {
+		if ($room->getLastMessageId() && $room->isFederatedConversation()) {
+			try {
+				$cachedMessage = $this->pcmService->findByRemote(
+					$room->getRemoteServer(),
+					$room->getRemoteToken(),
+					$room->getLastMessageId(),
+				);
+				$message = $this->messageParser->createMessageFromProxyCache($room, $participant, $cachedMessage, $this->l10n);
+				$subtitle = $this->getSubtitleFromMessage($message);
+			} catch (DoesNotExistException $e) {
+				// Fallback to empty subtitle
+			}
+		} elseif ($room->getLastMessageId() && !$room->isFederatedConversation()) {
 			$message = $this->messageParser->createMessage($room, $participant, $room->getLastMessage(), $this->l10n);
 			$this->messageParser->parseMessage($message);
-
-			$now = $this->timeFactory->getDateTime();
-			$expireDate = $message->getComment()->getExpireDate();
-			if ((!$expireDate instanceof \DateTime || $expireDate >= $now)
-				&& $message->getVisibility()) {
-				$placeholders = $replacements = [];
-
-				foreach ($message->getMessageParameters() as $placeholder => $parameter) {
-					$placeholders[] = '{' . $placeholder . '}';
-					if ($parameter['type'] === 'user' || $parameter['type'] === 'guest') {
-						$replacements[] = '@' . $parameter['name'];
-					} else {
-						$replacements[] = $parameter['name'];
-					}
-				}
-
-				$subtitle = str_replace($placeholders, $replacements, $message->getMessage());
-			}
+			$subtitle = $this->getSubtitleFromMessage($message);
 		}
 
+		$attendee = $participant->getAttendee();
 		if ($room->getCallFlag() !== Participant::FLAG_DISCONNECTED) {
 			$subtitle = $this->l10n->t('Call in progress');
-		} elseif ($participant->getAttendee()->getLastMentionMessage() > $participant->getAttendee()->getLastReadMessage()) {
+		} elseif (($room->isFederatedConversation() && $attendee->getLastMentionMessage())
+			|| (!$room->isFederatedConversation() && $attendee->getLastMentionMessage() > $attendee->getLastReadMessage())) {
 			$subtitle = $this->l10n->t('You were mentioned');
 		}
 
@@ -280,6 +280,30 @@ protected function prepareRoom(Room $room, string $userId): WidgetItem {
 		);
 	}
 
+	protected function getSubtitleFromMessage(Message $message): string {
+		$expireDate = $message->getExpirationDateTime();
+		if ($expireDate instanceof \DateTimeInterface
+			&& $expireDate <= $this->timeFactory->getDateTime()) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		if (!$message->getVisibility()) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		$placeholders = $replacements = [];
+		foreach ($message->getMessageParameters() as $placeholder => $parameter) {
+			$placeholders[] = '{' . $placeholder . '}';
+			if ($parameter['type'] === 'user' || $parameter['type'] === 'guest') {
+				$replacements[] = '@' . $parameter['name'];
+			} else {
+				$replacements[] = $parameter['name'];
+			}
+		}
+
+		return str_replace($placeholders, $replacements, $message->getMessage());
+	}
+
 	protected function sortRooms(Room $roomA, Room $roomB): int {
 		if ($roomA->getCallFlag() !== $roomB->getCallFlag()) {
 			return $roomA->getCallFlag() !== Participant::FLAG_DISCONNECTED ? -1 : 1;
diff --git a/lib/Manager.php b/lib/Manager.php
index 5b6f7c1838d..e4be038c654 100644
--- a/lib/Manager.php
+++ b/lib/Manager.php
@@ -1326,7 +1326,10 @@ public function isGuestUser(string $userId): bool {
 	}
 
 	protected function loadLastMessageInfo(IQueryBuilder $query): void {
-		$query->leftJoin('r', 'comments', 'c', $query->expr()->eq('r.last_message', 'c.id'));
+		$query->leftJoin('r', 'comments', 'c', $query->expr()->andX(
+			$query->expr()->eq('r.last_message', 'c.id'),
+			$query->expr()->emptyString('r.remote_server'),
+		));
 		$query->selectAlias('c.id', 'comment_id');
 		$query->selectAlias('c.parent_id', 'comment_parent_id');
 		$query->selectAlias('c.topmost_parent_id', 'comment_topmost_parent_id');
diff --git a/lib/Room.php b/lib/Room.php
index 0f2f5cfce43..2ff0872afb2 100644
--- a/lib/Room.php
+++ b/lib/Room.php
@@ -356,7 +356,11 @@ public function setLastMessageId(int $lastMessageId): void {
 	}
 
 	public function getLastMessage(): ?IComment {
-		if ($this->lastMessageId && $this->lastMessage === null && !$this->isFederatedConversation()) {
+		if ($this->isFederatedConversation()) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		if ($this->lastMessageId && $this->lastMessage === null) {
 			$this->lastMessage = $this->manager->loadLastCommentInfo($this->lastMessageId);
 			if ($this->lastMessage === null) {
 				$this->lastMessageId = 0;
diff --git a/tests/integration/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php b/tests/integration/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
index 8104c2ef672..6888e9ba4ac 100644
--- a/tests/integration/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
+++ b/tests/integration/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
@@ -2357,12 +2357,14 @@ public function userGetsDashboardWidgetItems($user, $widgetId, $apiVersion = 'v1
 			$actualItems = $data[$widgetId]['items'];
 		}
 
+		$actualItems = array_filter($actualItems, static fn ($item) => $item['title'] !== 'Note to self' && $item['title'] !== 'Talk updates ✅');
+
 		if (empty($expectedItems)) {
 			Assert::assertEmpty($actualItems);
 			return;
 		}
 
-		Assert::assertCount(count($expectedItems), $actualItems);
+		Assert::assertCount(count($expectedItems), $actualItems, json_encode($actualItems, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
 
 		foreach ($expectedItems as $key => $item) {
 			$token = self::$identifierToToken[$item['link']];
diff --git a/tests/integration/features/federation/chat.feature b/tests/integration/features/federation/chat.feature
index 67b8160fb41..de9aee824f9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/features/federation/chat.feature
+++ b/tests/integration/features/federation/chat.feature
@@ -246,7 +246,18 @@ Feature: federation/chat
     Given user "participant2" joins room "LOCAL::room" with 200 (v4)
     Given user "participant2" leaves room "LOCAL::room" with 200 (v4)
     And user "participant2" sends message "Message 1" to room "LOCAL::room" with 201
+    Then user "participant2" sees the following entries for dashboard widgets "spreed" (v1)
+      | title | subtitle           | link        | iconUrl                                                               | sinceId | overlayIconUrl |
+    Then user "participant2" sees the following entries for dashboard widgets "spreed" (v2)
+      | title | subtitle           | link        | iconUrl                                                               | sinceId | overlayIconUrl |
+      | room  | Message 1          | LOCAL::room | {$BASE_URL}ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v1/room/{token}/avatar{version} |         |                |
     When user "participant1" sends reply "Message 1-1" on message "Message 1" to room "room" with 201
+    Then user "participant2" sees the following entries for dashboard widgets "spreed" (v1)
+      | title | subtitle           | link        | iconUrl                                                               | sinceId | overlayIconUrl |
+      | room  | You were mentioned | LOCAL::room | {$BASE_URL}ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v1/room/{token}/avatar{version} |         |                |
+    Then user "participant2" sees the following entries for dashboard widgets "spreed" (v2)
+      | title | subtitle           | link        | iconUrl                                                               | sinceId | overlayIconUrl |
+      | room  | You were mentioned | LOCAL::room | {$BASE_URL}ocs/v2.php/apps/spreed/api/v1/room/{token}/avatar{version} |         |                |
     And user "participant1" sends message 'Hi @"federated_user/participant2@{$REMOTE_URL}" bye' to room "room" with 201
     And user "participant1" sends message 'Hi @all bye' to room "room" with 201
     Then user "participant2" has the following notifications