fix(wallet): replace text-marker hack with proper raw event API (room.sendRaw + MsgLikeKind.Other)

- Add Timeline.sendRaw() to send custom Matrix events
- Add CustomEventContent type for receiving custom events
- Update TimelineEventContentMapper to handle MsgLikeKind.Other
- Update TimelineItemContentFactory to intercept payment events
- Rewrite DefaultPaymentEventSender to use sendRaw instead of text markers
- Update TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory to parse raw JSON
- Remove text-marker detection from TimelineItemContentMessageFactory
- Update tests to use raw event API
- Mark raw event SDK blocker as RESOLVED in BLOCKERS.md

Event type: co.sulkta.payment.request (reverse-domain format)
Status updates: co.sulkta.payment.status

Benefits:
- Proper Matrix protocol compliance
- No JSON embedded in text messages
- Events won't be indexed by search
- Clean separation from regular messages

BLOCKERS.md

@@ -156,55 +156,51 @@
 
 ---
 
-## Task 8: Raw Event Handling ✅ COMPLETE
+## Task 8: Raw Event Handling ✅ COMPLETE (UPGRADED)
+
+### ✅ RESOLVED: SDK Raw Event API
+**Previous blocker:** Matrix Rust SDK did not expose raw event sending or raw JSON access.
+
+**Resolution:** The SDK (version 26.03.24) now provides:
+- `Timeline.sendRaw(eventType: String, content: String)` — Sends custom event types
+- `MsgLikeKind.Other` with `eventType` field — Receives custom events
+- `TimelineItemDebugInfo.originalJson` — Access to raw event JSON via debug info provider
+
+**Implementation updated to use proper raw events instead of text markers.**
 
 ### Completed
 - ✅ **PaymentEventSender.kt** — Interface for sending payment events
-- ✅ **DefaultPaymentEventSender.kt** — Implementation
+- ✅ **DefaultPaymentEventSender.kt** — Implementation using raw events
-  - Sends payment as formatted text message with JSON payload
+  - Uses `timeline.sendRaw(eventType, content)` to send custom events
-  - Format: `[cardano-payment:v1]{...json...}\n💰 Sent X ADA`
+  - Event type: `co.sulkta.payment.request` (reverse-domain format)
-  - HTML body includes data-payment attribute for future parsing
+  - Status updates: `co.sulkta.payment.status`
-  - Status updates use separate marker: `[cardano-payment-status:v1]`
+  - No text marker hack — proper Matrix custom events
-- ✅ **TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory.kt** — Parser for payment messages
+- ✅ **TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory.kt** — Parser for payment events
-  - `isPaymentEvent(body)` — Detects payment marker
+  - `isPaymentEventType(eventType)` — Checks for payment event type
-  - `isPaymentStatusUpdate(body)` — Detects status update marker
+  - `isStatusUpdateEventType(eventType)` — Checks for status update type
-  - `createFromBody(body, isSentByMe)` — Parses text message body
+  - `createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe)` — Parses raw JSON from custom events
-  - `createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe)` — Parses raw JSON (for future SDK extension)
+  - Supports both camelCase and snake_case field names
   - Graceful error handling — returns null on malformed JSON
-- ✅ **TimelineItemContentMessageFactory.kt** — Modified to intercept payments
+- ✅ **TimelineEventContentMapper.kt** — Maps `MsgLikeKind.Other` to `CustomEventContent`
-  - Added paymentFactory dependency
+- ✅ **TimelineItemContentFactory.kt** — Handles `CustomEventContent` for payments
-  - Added isSentByMe parameter to create()
+  - Gets raw JSON via `timelineItemDebugInfoProvider().originalJson`
-  - TextMessageType checks for payment marker before creating text content
+  - Delegates to paymentFactory for payment event types
-- ✅ **TimelineItemContentFactory.kt** — Passes isSentByMe to message factory
+- ✅ **CustomEventContent.kt** — New EventContent type for custom events
+- ✅ **Timeline.sendRaw()** — Added to Timeline interface and RustTimeline implementation
 - ✅ **FakePaymentEventSender.kt** — Test fake
-- ✅ **TimelineItemContentPaymentFactoryTest.kt** — Unit tests
+- ✅ **TimelineItemContentPaymentFactoryTest.kt** — Updated unit tests
-
-### SDK Limitations & Approach
-The Matrix Rust SDK does NOT expose:
-- Raw event sending (`room.sendRawEvent()`)
-- Raw JSON access for UnknownContent
-
-**Workaround implemented:**
-Instead of custom event types, we encode payment data in standard text messages:
-```
-[cardano-payment:v1]{"amount_lovelace":10000000,"to_address":"...","from_address":"...","tx_hash":"...","status":"pending","network":"testnet"}
-💰 Sent 10 ADA
-```
-
-This approach:
-- Works with existing SDK (no fork needed)
-- Falls back gracefully (non-wallet clients see "💰 Sent 10 ADA")
-- Can be upgraded to proper custom events when SDK exposes raw event APIs
 
 ### m.replace Status Updates
-**Decision:** Due to SDK limitations (no direct access to m.replace relations), status updates are sent as new messages rather than event replacements.
+**Decision:** Status updates are sent as separate events of type `co.sulkta.payment.status`.
 
 **Future improvement:** When SDK exposes event relations, refactor to use m.replace for cleaner status update thread.
 
-### Potential Issues
+### Benefits of Raw Event Approach
-- ⚠️ Status updates create new timeline events (not ideal, but works)
+- ✅ Proper Matrix protocol compliance (custom event types, not hacked text)
-- ⚠️ Payment messages may be indexed by search (contains JSON)
+- ✅ Non-wallet clients see "Unknown event" instead of JSON-in-text
-- ⚠️ Very long addresses in JSON may hit message length limits (unlikely in practice)
+- ✅ Clean separation of payment events from regular messages
+- ✅ Events won't be indexed by message search
+- ✅ No message length limits concern
 
 ---
 

features/messages/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/messages/impl/timeline/factories/event/TimelineItemContentFactory.kt

@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.StateContent
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.StickerContent
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.UnableToDecryptContent
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.UnknownContent
+import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.CustomEventContent
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.getDisambiguatedDisplayName
+import io.element.android.features.wallet.impl.timeline.TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory
 
 @Inject
 class TimelineItemContentFactory(
@@ -49,9 +51,25 @@ class TimelineItemContentFactory(
     private val stateFactory: TimelineItemContentStateFactory,
     private val failedToParseMessageFactory: TimelineItemContentFailedToParseMessageFactory,
     private val failedToParseStateFactory: TimelineItemContentFailedToParseStateFactory,
+    private val paymentFactory: TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory,
     private val sessionId: SessionId,
 ) {
     suspend fun create(eventTimelineItem: EventTimelineItem): TimelineItemEventContent {
+        val isOutgoing = sessionId == eventTimelineItem.sender
+        
+        // Check for custom event types that we handle specially
+        val content = eventTimelineItem.content
+        if (content is CustomEventContent && paymentFactory.isPaymentEventType(content.eventType)) {
+            // Try to get raw JSON from debug info for payment events
+            val rawJson = eventTimelineItem.timelineItemDebugInfoProvider().originalJson
+            if (rawJson != null) {
+                val paymentContent = paymentFactory.createFromRaw(rawJson, isOutgoing)
+                if (paymentContent != null) {
+                    return paymentContent
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
         return create(
             itemContent = eventTimelineItem.content,
             eventId = eventTimelineItem.eventId,
@@ -78,7 +96,6 @@ class TimelineItemContentFactory(
                     senderProfile = senderProfile,
                     content = itemContent,
                     eventId = eventId,
-                    isSentByMe = isOutgoing,
                 )
             }
             is ProfileChangeContent -> {
@@ -100,6 +117,10 @@ class TimelineItemContentFactory(
             is UnableToDecryptContent -> utdFactory.create(itemContent)
             is CallNotifyContent -> TimelineItemRtcNotificationContent()
             is UnknownContent -> TimelineItemUnknownContent
+            is CustomEventContent -> {
+                // Custom events that weren't handled above (e.g., unknown custom event types)
+                TimelineItemUnknownContent
+            }
             is LiveLocationContent -> {
                 val lastKnownLocation = itemContent.locations.mapNotNull { beacon ->
                     Location.fromGeoUri(beacon.geoUri)

features/messages/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/messages/impl/timeline/factories/event/TimelineItemContentMessageFactory.kt

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import io.element.android.features.messages.impl.timeline.model.event.TimelineIt
 import io.element.android.features.messages.impl.timeline.model.event.TimelineItemVideoContent
 import io.element.android.features.messages.impl.timeline.model.event.TimelineItemVoiceContent
 import io.element.android.features.messages.impl.utils.TextPillificationHelper
-import io.element.android.features.wallet.impl.timeline.TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory
+
 import io.element.android.libraries.androidutils.filesize.FileSizeFormatter
 import io.element.android.libraries.androidutils.text.safeLinkify
 import io.element.android.libraries.core.mimetype.MimeTypes
@@ -66,14 +66,12 @@ class TimelineItemContentMessageFactory(
     private val htmlConverterProvider: HtmlConverterProvider,
     private val permalinkParser: PermalinkParser,
     private val textPillificationHelper: TextPillificationHelper,
-    private val paymentFactory: TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory,
 ) {
     fun create(
         content: MessageContent,
         senderId: UserId,
         senderProfile: ProfileDetails,
         eventId: EventId?,
-        isSentByMe: Boolean = false,
     ): TimelineItemEventContent {
         return when (val messageType = content.type) {
             is EmoteMessageType -> {
@@ -257,13 +255,7 @@ class TimelineItemContentMessageFactory(
             }
             is TextMessageType -> {
                 val body = messageType.body.trimEnd()
-                // Check for Cardano payment events embedded in text messages
+                createTextContent(body, messageType, content.isEdited)
-                if (paymentFactory.isPaymentEvent(body)) {
-                    paymentFactory.createFromBody(body, isSentByMe)
-                        ?: createTextContent(body, messageType, content.isEdited)
-                } else {
-                    createTextContent(body, messageType, content.isEdited)
-                }
             }
             is OtherMessageType -> {
                 val body = messageType.body.trimEnd()

features/wallet/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/wallet/impl/payment/DefaultPaymentEventSender.kt

@@ -21,14 +21,10 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 /**
  * Default implementation of [PaymentEventSender].
  *
- * Sends payment events as specially formatted text messages that can be
+ * Sends payment events as custom Matrix events using the raw event API.
- * parsed by wallet-enabled clients while remaining readable for others.
  *
- * Message format:
+ * Event type: co.sulkta.payment.request
- * ```
+ * Event content: JSON-serialized [PaymentEventData]
- * [cardano-payment:v1]{"amount_lovelace":...,"to_address":"...","from_address":"...","tx_hash":"...","status":"...","network":"..."}
- * 💰 Sent X ADA
- * ```
  */
 @Inject
 @ContributesBinding(SessionScope::class)
@@ -53,13 +49,11 @@ class DefaultPaymentEventSender : PaymentEventSender {
             network = network,
         )
 
-        val fallbackText = "💰 Sent ${TimelineItemPaymentContent.formatAda(signedTx.actualAmount)}"
+        val content = json.encodeToString(paymentData)
-        val messageBody = formatPaymentMessage(paymentData, fallbackText)
 
-        return timeline.sendMessage(
+        return timeline.sendRaw(
-            body = messageBody,
+            eventType = PAYMENT_EVENT_TYPE,
-            htmlBody = formatPaymentHtml(paymentData, fallbackText),
+            content = content,
-            intentionalMentions = emptyList(),
         )
     }
 
@@ -69,44 +63,25 @@ class DefaultPaymentEventSender : PaymentEventSender {
         newStatus: String,
         network: String,
     ): Result<Unit> {
-        // Status updates use m.relates_to with m.replace relation
-        // Since the SDK doesn't expose raw event editing, we send a new event
-        // with a reference to the original transaction
         val statusData = PaymentStatusUpdateData(
             txHash = txHash,
             status = newStatus,
             network = network,
         )
 
-        val statusText = when (newStatus.lowercase()) {
+        val content = json.encodeToString(statusData)
-            "confirmed" -> "✅ Payment confirmed"
-            "failed" -> "❌ Payment failed"
-            else -> "⏳ Payment $newStatus"
-        }
 
-        val messageBody = "[cardano-payment-status:v1]${json.encodeToString(statusData)}\n$statusText (tx: ${txHash.take(8)}...)"
+        return timeline.sendRaw(
-
+            eventType = STATUS_UPDATE_EVENT_TYPE,
-        return timeline.sendMessage(
+            content = content,
-            body = messageBody,
-            htmlBody = null,
-            intentionalMentions = emptyList(),
         )
     }
 
-    private fun formatPaymentMessage(data: PaymentEventData, fallbackText: String): String {
-        val jsonPayload = json.encodeToString(data)
-        return "$PAYMENT_MARKER$jsonPayload\n$fallbackText"
-    }
-
-    private fun formatPaymentHtml(data: PaymentEventData, fallbackText: String): String {
-        val jsonPayload = json.encodeToString(data)
-        // Embed payment data in a data attribute for potential future parsing
-        return """<span data-mx-payment="$PAYMENT_MARKER" data-payment-json='$jsonPayload'>$fallbackText</span>"""
-    }
-
     companion object {
-        const val PAYMENT_MARKER = "[cardano-payment:v1]"
+        /** Custom event type for Cardano payment requests (reverse-domain format) */
-        const val STATUS_MARKER = "[cardano-payment-status:v1]"
+        const val PAYMENT_EVENT_TYPE = "co.sulkta.payment.request"
+        /** Custom event type for payment status updates */
+        const val STATUS_UPDATE_EVENT_TYPE = "co.sulkta.payment.status"
     }
 }
 

features/wallet/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/features/wallet/impl/timeline/TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory.kt

@@ -9,14 +9,20 @@ package io.element.android.features.wallet.impl.timeline
 import dev.zacsweers.metro.Inject
 import io.element.android.features.wallet.api.PaymentCardStatus
 import io.element.android.features.wallet.api.timeline.TimelineItemPaymentContent
+import io.element.android.features.wallet.impl.payment.DefaultPaymentEventSender
 import io.element.android.features.wallet.impl.payment.PaymentEventData
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonObject
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonPrimitive
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.long
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.longOrNull
 import timber.log.Timber
 
 /**
- * Factory for creating [TimelineItemPaymentContent] from payment event messages.
+ * Factory for creating [TimelineItemPaymentContent] from raw payment events.
  *
- * Parses messages that start with the payment marker and extracts the JSON payload.
+ * Parses custom events with type "co.sulkta.payment.request" and extracts the payment data.
  */
 @Inject
 class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory {
@@ -26,41 +32,49 @@ class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Check if a message body contains a payment event.
+     * Check if an event type is a payment event.
      */
-    fun isPaymentEvent(body: String): Boolean {
+    fun isPaymentEventType(eventType: String): Boolean {
-        return body.startsWith(PAYMENT_MARKER)
+        return eventType == DefaultPaymentEventSender.PAYMENT_EVENT_TYPE
     }
 
     /**
-     * Check if a message body contains a payment status update.
+     * Check if an event type is a payment status update.
      */
-    fun isPaymentStatusUpdate(body: String): Boolean {
+    fun isStatusUpdateEventType(eventType: String): Boolean {
-        return body.startsWith(STATUS_MARKER)
+        return eventType == DefaultPaymentEventSender.STATUS_UPDATE_EVENT_TYPE
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create a [TimelineItemPaymentContent] from a payment message body.
+     * Create a [TimelineItemPaymentContent] from raw JSON event content.
      *
-     * @param body The message body starting with [PAYMENT_MARKER]
+     * @param rawJson The raw JSON content from the Matrix event
-     * @param isSentByMe Whether the current user sent this message
+     * @param isSentByMe Whether the current user sent this event
      * @return The parsed payment content, or null if parsing failed
      */
-    fun createFromBody(body: String, isSentByMe: Boolean): TimelineItemPaymentContent? {
+    fun createFromRaw(rawJson: String, isSentByMe: Boolean): TimelineItemPaymentContent? {
         return try {
-            val jsonStart = body.indexOf(PAYMENT_MARKER) + PAYMENT_MARKER.length
+            // Try to parse the content field from the raw event JSON
-            val jsonEnd = body.indexOf('\n', jsonStart).takeIf { it != -1 } ?: body.length
+            val eventJson = json.parseToJsonElement(rawJson).jsonObject
-            val jsonPayload = body.substring(jsonStart, jsonEnd)
+            val content = eventJson["content"]?.jsonObject ?: eventJson
-            val fallbackText = if (jsonEnd < body.length) {
+            
-                body.substring(jsonEnd + 1).trim()
+            val data = parsePaymentData(content)
+            if (data != null) {
+                TimelineItemPaymentContent(
+                    amountLovelace = data.amountLovelace,
+                    toAddress = data.toAddress,
+                    fromAddress = data.fromAddress,
+                    txHash = data.txHash,
+                    status = parseStatus(data.status),
+                    network = data.network,
+                    isSentByMe = isSentByMe,
+                    fallbackText = "💰 ${TimelineItemPaymentContent.formatAda(data.amountLovelace)}",
+                )
             } else {
-                "Payment"
+                null
             }
-
-            val data = json.decodeFromString<PaymentEventData>(jsonPayload)
-            createFromData(data, isSentByMe, fallbackText)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            Timber.w(e, "Failed to parse payment event from body")
+            Timber.w(e, "Failed to parse payment event from raw JSON")
             null
         }
     }
@@ -71,7 +85,6 @@ class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory {
     fun createFromData(
         data: PaymentEventData,
         isSentByMe: Boolean,
-        fallbackText: String,
     ): TimelineItemPaymentContent {
         return TimelineItemPaymentContent(
             amountLovelace = data.amountLovelace,
@@ -81,35 +94,40 @@ class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory {
             status = parseStatus(data.status),
             network = data.network,
             isSentByMe = isSentByMe,
-            fallbackText = fallbackText,
+            fallbackText = "💰 ${TimelineItemPaymentContent.formatAda(data.amountLovelace)}",
         )
     }
 
-    /**
+    private fun parsePaymentData(content: JsonObject): PaymentEventData? {
-     * Create a [TimelineItemPaymentContent] from raw JSON.
-     *
-     * This is the method called from TimelineItemContentFactory when
-     * handling UnknownContent (if we had access to raw JSON).
-     *
-     * @param rawJson The raw JSON content
-     * @param isSentByMe Whether the current user sent this event
-     * @return The parsed payment content, or null if parsing failed
-     */
-    fun createFromRaw(rawJson: String, isSentByMe: Boolean): TimelineItemPaymentContent? {
         return try {
-            val data = json.decodeFromString<PaymentEventData>(rawJson)
+            val amountLovelace = content["amount_lovelace"]?.jsonPrimitive?.longOrNull
-            TimelineItemPaymentContent(
+                ?: content["amountLovelace"]?.jsonPrimitive?.longOrNull
-                amountLovelace = data.amountLovelace,
+                ?: return null
-                toAddress = data.toAddress,
+            
-                fromAddress = data.fromAddress,
+            val toAddress = content["to_address"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content
-                txHash = data.txHash,
+                ?: content["toAddress"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content
-                status = parseStatus(data.status),
+                ?: return null
-                network = data.network,
+            
-                isSentByMe = isSentByMe,
+            val fromAddress = content["from_address"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content
-                fallbackText = "💰 ${TimelineItemPaymentContent.formatAda(data.amountLovelace)}",
+                ?: content["fromAddress"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content
+                ?: return null
+            
+            val txHash = content["tx_hash"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content
+                ?: content["txHash"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content
+            
+            val status = content["status"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content ?: "pending"
+            val network = content["network"]?.jsonPrimitive?.content ?: "mainnet"
+            
+            PaymentEventData(
+                amountLovelace = amountLovelace,
+                toAddress = toAddress,
+                fromAddress = fromAddress,
+                txHash = txHash,
+                status = status,
+                network = network,
             )
         } catch (e: Exception) {
-            Timber.w(e, "Failed to parse payment event from raw JSON")
+            Timber.w(e, "Failed to parse payment data from JSON object")
             null
         }
     }
@@ -124,7 +142,9 @@ class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory {
     }
 
     companion object {
-        const val PAYMENT_MARKER = "[cardano-payment:v1]"
+        /** Custom event type for Cardano payment requests */
-        const val STATUS_MARKER = "[cardano-payment-status:v1]"
+        const val PAYMENT_EVENT_TYPE = DefaultPaymentEventSender.PAYMENT_EVENT_TYPE
+        /** Custom event type for payment status updates */
+        const val STATUS_UPDATE_EVENT_TYPE = DefaultPaymentEventSender.STATUS_UPDATE_EVENT_TYPE
     }
 }

features/wallet/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/features/wallet/impl/timeline/TimelineItemContentPaymentFactoryTest.kt

@@ -8,34 +8,60 @@ package io.element.android.features.wallet.impl.timeline
 
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import io.element.android.features.wallet.api.PaymentCardStatus
+import io.element.android.features.wallet.impl.payment.DefaultPaymentEventSender
 import org.junit.Test
 
 class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactoryTest {
     private val factory = TimelineItemContentPaymentFactory()
 
     @Test
-    fun `isPaymentEvent returns true for valid payment marker`() {
+    fun `isPaymentEventType returns true for payment event type`() {
-        val body = "[cardano-payment:v1]{\"amount_lovelace\":10000000}\n💰 Sent 10 ADA"
+        assertThat(factory.isPaymentEventType(DefaultPaymentEventSender.PAYMENT_EVENT_TYPE)).isTrue()
-        assertThat(factory.isPaymentEvent(body)).isTrue()
+        assertThat(factory.isPaymentEventType("co.sulkta.payment.request")).isTrue()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `isPaymentEvent returns false for regular message`() {
+    fun `isPaymentEventType returns false for other event types`() {
-        val body = "Hello, this is a regular message"
+        assertThat(factory.isPaymentEventType("m.room.message")).isFalse()
-        assertThat(factory.isPaymentEvent(body)).isFalse()
+        assertThat(factory.isPaymentEventType("m.room.member")).isFalse()
+        assertThat(factory.isPaymentEventType("co.other.event")).isFalse()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `isPaymentEvent returns false for empty string`() {
+    fun `isStatusUpdateEventType returns true for status update event type`() {
-        assertThat(factory.isPaymentEvent("")).isFalse()
+        assertThat(factory.isStatusUpdateEventType(DefaultPaymentEventSender.STATUS_UPDATE_EVENT_TYPE)).isTrue()
+        assertThat(factory.isStatusUpdateEventType("co.sulkta.payment.status")).isTrue()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `createFromBody parses valid payment event`() {
+    fun `isStatusUpdateEventType returns false for other event types`() {
-        val body = """[cardano-payment:v1]{"amount_lovelace":10000000,"to_address":"addr_test1abc","from_address":"addr_test1xyz","tx_hash":"hash123","status":"pending","network":"testnet"}
+        assertThat(factory.isStatusUpdateEventType("m.room.message")).isFalse()
-💰 Sent 10 ADA"""
+        assertThat(factory.isStatusUpdateEventType("co.sulkta.payment.request")).isFalse()
+    }
 
-        val result = factory.createFromBody(body, isSentByMe = true)
+    @Test
+    fun `createFromRaw parses valid payment JSON`() {
+        val json = """{"amountLovelace":25000000,"toAddress":"addr1","fromAddress":"addr2","txHash":"abc123","status":"confirmed","network":"mainnet"}"""
+
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = false)
+
+        assertThat(result).isNotNull()
+        assertThat(result!!.amountLovelace).isEqualTo(25_000_000)
+        assertThat(result.amountAda).isEqualTo("25 ADA")
+        assertThat(result.toAddress).isEqualTo("addr1")
+        assertThat(result.fromAddress).isEqualTo("addr2")
+        assertThat(result.txHash).isEqualTo("abc123")
+        assertThat(result.status).isEqualTo(PaymentCardStatus.CONFIRMED)
+        assertThat(result.network).isEqualTo("mainnet")
+        assertThat(result.isTestnet).isFalse()
+        assertThat(result.isSentByMe).isFalse()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `createFromRaw parses snake_case field names`() {
+        val json = """{"amount_lovelace":10000000,"to_address":"addr_test1abc","from_address":"addr_test1xyz","tx_hash":"hash123","status":"pending","network":"testnet"}"""
+
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = true)
 
         assertThat(result).isNotNull()
         assertThat(result!!.amountLovelace).isEqualTo(10_000_000)
@@ -45,25 +71,34 @@ class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactoryTest {
         assertThat(result.status).isEqualTo(PaymentCardStatus.PENDING)
         assertThat(result.network).isEqualTo("testnet")
         assertThat(result.isSentByMe).isTrue()
-        assertThat(result.fallbackText).isEqualTo("💰 Sent 10 ADA")
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `createFromBody parses confirmed status`() {
+    fun `createFromRaw parses wrapped event JSON with content field`() {
-        val body = """[cardano-payment:v1]{"amount_lovelace":5000000,"to_address":"addr","from_address":"addr2","tx_hash":"hash","status":"confirmed","network":"mainnet"}"""
+        val json = """{"type":"co.sulkta.payment.request","content":{"amountLovelace":5000000,"toAddress":"addr","fromAddress":"addr2","txHash":"hash","status":"confirmed","network":"mainnet"}}"""
 
-        val result = factory.createFromBody(body, isSentByMe = false)
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = false)
+
+        assertThat(result).isNotNull()
+        assertThat(result!!.amountLovelace).isEqualTo(5_000_000)
+        assertThat(result.status).isEqualTo(PaymentCardStatus.CONFIRMED)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `createFromRaw parses confirmed status`() {
+        val json = """{"amountLovelace":5000000,"toAddress":"addr","fromAddress":"addr2","txHash":"hash","status":"confirmed","network":"mainnet"}"""
+
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = false)
 
         assertThat(result).isNotNull()
         assertThat(result!!.status).isEqualTo(PaymentCardStatus.CONFIRMED)
-        assertThat(result.isSentByMe).isFalse()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `createFromBody parses failed status`() {
+    fun `createFromRaw parses failed status`() {
-        val body = """[cardano-payment:v1]{"amount_lovelace":1000000,"to_address":"a","from_address":"b","tx_hash":null,"status":"failed","network":"testnet"}"""
+        val json = """{"amountLovelace":1000000,"toAddress":"a","fromAddress":"b","txHash":null,"status":"failed","network":"testnet"}"""
 
-        val result = factory.createFromBody(body, isSentByMe = true)
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = true)
 
         assertThat(result).isNotNull()
         assertThat(result!!.status).isEqualTo(PaymentCardStatus.FAILED)
@@ -71,34 +106,13 @@ class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactoryTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `createFromBody returns null for malformed JSON`() {
+    fun `createFromRaw defaults to pending for unknown status`() {
-        val body = "[cardano-payment:v1]{not valid json}\n💰 Sent 10 ADA"
+        val json = """{"amountLovelace":1000000,"toAddress":"a","fromAddress":"b","status":"unknown_status","network":"mainnet"}"""
 
-        val result = factory.createFromBody(body, isSentByMe = true)
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = true)
-
-        assertThat(result).isNull()
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun `createFromBody returns null for missing marker`() {
-        val body = """{"amount_lovelace":10000000,"to_address":"addr","from_address":"addr2","status":"pending","network":"testnet"}"""
-
-        val result = factory.createFromBody(body, isSentByMe = true)
-
-        assertThat(result).isNull()
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun `createFromRaw parses valid JSON`() {
-        val json = """{"amount_lovelace":25000000,"to_address":"addr1","from_address":"addr2","tx_hash":"abc123","status":"confirmed","network":"mainnet"}"""
-
-        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = false)
 
         assertThat(result).isNotNull()
-        assertThat(result!!.amountLovelace).isEqualTo(25_000_000)
+        assertThat(result!!.status).isEqualTo(PaymentCardStatus.PENDING)
-        assertThat(result.amountAda).isEqualTo("25 ADA")
-        assertThat(result.status).isEqualTo(PaymentCardStatus.CONFIRMED)
-        assertThat(result.isTestnet).isFalse()
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -111,13 +125,30 @@ class TimelineItemContentPaymentFactoryTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `isPaymentStatusUpdate returns true for valid status marker`() {
+    fun `createFromRaw returns null for missing required fields`() {
-        val body = "[cardano-payment-status:v1]{\"tx_hash\":\"abc\"}\n✅ Payment confirmed"
+        val json = """{"amountLovelace":1000000}"""
-        assertThat(factory.isPaymentStatusUpdate(body)).isTrue()
+
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = true)
+
+        assertThat(result).isNull()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `isPaymentStatusUpdate returns false for regular message`() {
+    fun `createFromRaw returns null for empty JSON`() {
-        assertThat(factory.isPaymentStatusUpdate("Hello")).isFalse()
+        val json = "{}"
+
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = true)
+
+        assertThat(result).isNull()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `createFromRaw formats fallback text correctly`() {
+        val json = """{"amountLovelace":1500000,"toAddress":"a","fromAddress":"b","status":"pending","network":"mainnet"}"""
+
+        val result = factory.createFromRaw(json, isSentByMe = true)
+
+        assertThat(result).isNotNull()
+        assertThat(result!!.fallbackText).isEqualTo("💰 1.5 ADA")
     }
 }

libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/timeline/Timeline.kt

@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ interface Timeline : AutoCloseable {
         intentionalMentions: List<IntentionalMention>,
     ): Result<Unit>
 
+    /**
+     * Send a raw/custom event to the room.
+     *
+     * @param eventType The event type (e.g., "co.sulkta.payment.request")
+     * @param content The JSON content of the event
+     * @return Result indicating success or failure
+     */
+    suspend fun sendRaw(
+        eventType: String,
+        content: String,
+    ): Result<Unit>
+
     suspend fun editMessage(
         eventOrTransactionId: EventOrTransactionId,
         body: String,

libraries/matrix/api/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/api/timeline/item/event/EventContent.kt

@@ -118,3 +118,14 @@ data object LegacyCallInviteContent : EventContent
 data object CallNotifyContent : EventContent
 
 data object UnknownContent : EventContent
+
+/**
+ * Content for custom/unknown message-like events that we want to handle specially.
+ *
+ * @param eventType The Matrix event type (e.g., "co.sulkta.payment.request")
+ * @param rawJson The raw JSON content of the event, if available
+ */
+data class CustomEventContent(
+    val eventType: String,
+    val rawJson: String?,
+) : EventContent

libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/RustTimeline.kt

@@ -279,6 +279,15 @@ class RustTimeline(
         }
     }
 
+    override suspend fun sendRaw(
+        eventType: String,
+        content: String,
+    ): Result<Unit> = withContext(dispatcher) {
+        runCatchingExceptions {
+            inner.sendRaw(eventType, content)
+        }
+    }
+
     override suspend fun redactEvent(eventOrTransactionId: EventOrTransactionId, reason: String?): Result<Unit> = withContext(dispatcher) {
         runCatchingExceptions {
             inner.redactEvent(

libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/item/event/TimelineEventContentMapper.kt

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.StateContent
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.StickerContent
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.UnableToDecryptContent
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.UnknownContent
+import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.CustomEventContent
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.api.timeline.item.event.UtdCause
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.impl.media.map
 import io.element.android.libraries.matrix.impl.poll.map
@@ -111,7 +112,14 @@ class TimelineEventContentMapper(
                             // Live location messages are a special kind of message that we want to treat as unknown content for now
                              UnknownContent
                         }
-                        is MsgLikeKind.Other -> UnknownContent
+                        is MsgLikeKind.Other -> {
+                            // MsgLikeKind.Other contains custom event types
+                            // Pass through the event type so downstream handlers can process it
+                            CustomEventContent(
+                                eventType = kind.eventType,
+                                rawJson = null, // Raw JSON accessed via TimelineItemDebugInfoProvider
+                            )
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 is TimelineItemContent.ProfileChange -> {