diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 945a03c..cedde91 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2747,6 +2747,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "swactor-wasm-actor"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "proptest",
  "swactor",
  "wasmtime",
  "wat",
diff --git a/crates/wasm-actor/tests/wasm_actor.rs b/crates/wasm-actor/tests/wasm_actor.rs
index 05e86a4..14f3b36 100644
--- a/crates/wasm-actor/tests/wasm_actor.rs
+++ b/crates/wasm-actor/tests/wasm_actor.rs
@@ -1202,6 +1202,79 @@ fn native_handler_spawns_wasm_actor_and_forwards_message() {
     assert_eq!(received.0, b"spawned-echo");
 }
 
+// ── Bounded mailbox: WASM actor with backpressure ────────────────────────────
+
+#[test]
+fn bounded_mailbox_applies_to_wasm_actor() {
+    // With a bounded mailbox of capacity 3, sending 10 messages should
+    // result in only 3 being processed (DropNewest policy).
+    use swactor::runtime::MailboxOverflow;
+
+    let engine = SharedEngine::new().unwrap();
+    let actor = WasmActorBuilder::new(engine, guest_wasm("echo"))
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let config = RuntimeConfig {
+        default_mailbox_capacity: 3,
+        mailbox_overflow: MailboxOverflow::DropNewest,
+        ..RuntimeConfig::default()
+    };
+    let rt = Runtime::new(config);
+    let inbox = rt.new_inbox::<ByteMessage>().unwrap();
+    let addr = rt.spawn(actor).unwrap();
+
+    // Send 10 messages before any tick — only first 3 should be kept
+    for i in 0u8..10 {
+        rt.send_to(addr, framed_msg(inbox.addr(), &[i])).unwrap();
+    }
+    rt.tick();
+
+    let mut received = Vec::new();
+    while let Some(msg) = inbox.try_recv() {
+        received.push(msg.0[0]);
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(received.len(), 3, "bounded mailbox should limit to 3 messages");
+    // DropNewest keeps the first 3 sent
+    assert_eq!(received, vec![0, 1, 2]);
+}
+
+// ── Property: alloc failures never kill the actor ────────────────────────────
+
+proptest! {
+    #[test]
+    fn prop_any_alloc_return_value_never_kills_actor(alloc_val in -100i32..70000) {
+        // Regardless of what alloc returns (negative, zero, OOB, valid),
+        // sending a message should never kill the actor.
+        let alloc_const = format!("i32.const {alloc_val}");
+        let wat = format!(r#"
+            (module
+                (import "swactor" "send" (func $send (param i32 i32 i32)))
+                (memory (export "memory") 1)
+                (func (export "alloc") (param i32) (result i32)
+                    {alloc_const}
+                )
+                (func (export "handle") (param i32 i32))
+            )
+        "#);
+        let wasm = wat::parse_str(&wat).unwrap();
+        let engine = SharedEngine::new().unwrap();
+        let actor = WasmActorBuilder::new(engine, wasm).build().unwrap();
+
+        let rt = Runtime::new(RuntimeConfig::default());
+        let addr = rt.spawn(actor).unwrap();
+
+        // Send a message — should never panic or poison
+        rt.send_to(addr, ByteMessage(vec![0u8; 100])).unwrap();
+        rt.tick();
+
+        // Actor should still accept messages (not poisoned)
+        let result = rt.send_to(addr, ByteMessage(vec![1]));
+        prop_assert!(result.is_ok(), "actor should survive any alloc return value: {alloc_val}");
+    }
+}
+
 // ── Multi-worker: WASM actors across threads ─────────────────────────────────
 
 #[test]