diff --git a/lib/types/endpoints.js b/lib/types/endpoints.js
--- a/lib/types/endpoints.js
+++ b/lib/types/endpoints.js
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 });
 type SessionChangingEndpoint = $Values<typeof sessionChangingEndpoints>;
 
+const endpointsNotRequiringAuthentication = Object.freeze({
+  VERIFY_INVITE_LINK: 'verify_invite_link',
+  VERSION: 'version',
+});
+
 // We do uploads over HTTP as well. This is because Websockets use TCP, which
 // guarantees ordering. That means that if we start an upload, any messages we
 // try to send the server after the upload starts will have to wait until the
@@ -136,3 +141,10 @@
 export function endpointIsSocketOnly(endpoint: Endpoint): boolean {
   return socketOnlyEndpointSet.has(endpoint);
 }
+
+const endpointsNotRequiringAuthenticationSet = new Set(
+  Object.values(endpointsNotRequiringAuthentication),
+);
+export function endpointRequiresAuthentication(endpoint: Endpoint): boolean {
+  return !endpointsNotRequiringAuthenticationSet.has(endpoint);
+}
diff --git a/lib/utils/action-utils.js b/lib/utils/action-utils.js
--- a/lib/utils/action-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/action-utils.js
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
   logInActionSource: ?LogInActionSource,
   keyserverID: string,
   urlPrefix: string,
+  temporary?: boolean,
 ) {
   dispatch({
     type: setNewSessionActionType,
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@
       logInActionSource,
       keyserverID,
       urlPrefix,
+      temporary,
     },
   });
 }
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@
     const innerBoundSetNewSession = (
       sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
       error: ?string,
+      temporary?: boolean,
     ) => {
       newSessionChange = sessionChange;
       setNewSession(
@@ -224,6 +227,7 @@
         logInActionSource,
         keyserverID,
         urlPrefix,
+        temporary,
       );
     };
     try {
@@ -319,6 +323,7 @@
   const boundSetNewSession = (
     sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
     error: ?string,
+    temporary?: boolean,
   ) =>
     setNewSession(
       dispatch,
@@ -331,6 +336,7 @@
       undefined,
       keyserverID,
       urlPrefix,
+      temporary,
     );
   // This function gets called before callServerEndpoint sends a request,
   // to make sure that we're not in the middle of trying to recover
diff --git a/lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js b/lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js
--- a/lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js
+++ b/lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import { updateLastCommunicatedPlatformDetailsActionType } from '../actions/device-actions.js';
 import { callServerEndpointTimeout } from '../shared/timeouts.js';
 import type { PlatformDetails } from '../types/device-types.js';
+import { endpointRequiresAuthentication } from '../types/endpoints.js';
 import {
   type Endpoint,
   type SocketAPIHandler,
@@ -75,7 +76,11 @@
 
 async function callServerEndpoint(
   cookie: ?string,
-  setNewSession: (sessionChange: ClientSessionChange, error: ?string) => void,
+  setNewSession: (
+    sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
+    error: ?string,
+    temporary?: boolean,
+  ) => void,
   waitIfCookieInvalidated: () => Promise<?CallServerEndpoint>,
   cookieInvalidationRecovery: (
     sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
@@ -204,7 +209,8 @@
         return await maybeReplacement(endpoint, input, options);
       }
     }
-    setNewSession(clientSessionChange, error);
+    const temporary = !endpointRequiresAuthentication(endpoint);
+    setNewSession(clientSessionChange, error, temporary);
   }
 
   if (!error && shouldSendPlatformDetails) {