diff --git a/lib/socket/socket.react.js b/lib/socket/socket.react.js
--- a/lib/socket/socket.react.js
+++ b/lib/socket/socket.react.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 import type { DispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/action-utils.js';
 import {
   setNewSessionActionType,
-  fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials,
+  resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation,
 } from '../utils/action-utils.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../utils/config.js';
 import { ServerError, SocketTimeout, SocketOffline } from '../utils/errors.js';
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
       const cookie = sessionChange ? sessionChange.cookie : this.props.cookie;
       this.invalidationRecoveryInProgress = true;
 
-      const recoverySessionChange = await fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials(
+      const recoverySessionChange = await resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation(
         this.props.dispatch,
         cookie,
         this.props.urlPrefix,
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
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 // here, on the assumption that only native clients will call this. (Native
 // clients don't specify a sessionID, indicating to the server that it should
 // use the cookieID as the sessionID.)
-async function fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials(
+async function resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation(
   dispatch: Dispatch,
   cookie: ?string,
   urlPrefix: string,
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
     sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
   ) => {
     const newAnonymousCookie = sessionChange.cookie;
-    const newSessionChange = await fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials(
+    const newSessionChange = await resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation(
       dispatch,
       newAnonymousCookie,
       urlPrefix,
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
 export {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   setNewSessionActionType,
-  fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials,
+  resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation,
   createBoundServerCallsSelector,
   registerActiveSocket,
   useServerCall,
diff --git a/native/account/logged-out-modal.react.js b/native/account/logged-out-modal.react.js
--- a/native/account/logged-out-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/account/logged-out-modal.react.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import { useInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage } from 'lib/shared/crypto-utils.js';
 import { logInActionSources } from 'lib/types/account-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
-import { fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
+import { resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { usingCommServicesAccessToken } from 'lib/utils/services-utils.js';
 import { ashoatKeyserverID } from 'lib/utils/validation-utils.js';
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
       const actionSource = loggedIn
         ? logInActionSources.appStartReduxLoggedInButInvalidCookie
         : logInActionSources.appStartCookieLoggedInButInvalidRedux;
-      const sessionChange = await fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials(
+      const sessionChange = await resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation(
         dispatch,
         cookie,
         urlPrefix,
diff --git a/native/data/sqlite-data-handler.js b/native/data/sqlite-data-handler.js
--- a/native/data/sqlite-data-handler.js
+++ b/native/data/sqlite-data-handler.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   logInActionSources,
   type LogInActionSource,
 } from 'lib/types/account-types.js';
-import { fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
+import { resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { ashoatKeyserverID } from 'lib/utils/validation-utils.js';
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   const callFetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials = React.useCallback(
     async (source: LogInActionSource) => {
       try {
-        await fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials(
+        await resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation(
           dispatch,
           cookie,
           urlPrefix,
diff --git a/native/socket.react.js b/native/socket.react.js
--- a/native/socket.react.js
+++ b/native/socket.react.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import { setConnectionIssueActionType } from 'lib/types/socket-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
-  fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials,
+  resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { ashoatKeyserverID } from 'lib/utils/validation-utils.js';
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         return;
       }
 
-      await fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials(
+      await resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidation(
         dispatch,
         cookie,
         urlPrefix,