diff --git a/lib/reducers/thread-reducer.js b/lib/reducers/thread-reducer.js
--- a/lib/reducers/thread-reducer.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/thread-reducer.js
@@ -94,16 +94,10 @@
       {
         type: 'remove_all',
       },
-      ...Object.keys(newThreadInfos).map((id: string) => {
-        invariant(
-          newThreadInfos[id].minimallyEncoded,
-          'newThreadInfos must be minimallyEncoded for current clients',
-        );
-        return {
-          type: 'replace',
-          payload: { id, threadInfo: newThreadInfos[id] },
-        };
-      }),
+      ...Object.keys(newThreadInfos).map((id: string) => ({
+        type: 'replace',
+        payload: { id, threadInfo: newThreadInfos[id] },
+      })),
     ];
     const updatedThreadStore = processThreadStoreOperations(
       state,
diff --git a/lib/types/socket-types.js b/lib/types/socket-types.js
--- a/lib/types/socket-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/socket-types.js
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
   type ClientClientResponse,
 } from './request-types.js';
 import type { SessionState, SessionIdentification } from './session-types.js';
-import { type RawThreadInfos } from './thread-types.js';
+import type {
+  RawThreadInfos,
+  MinimallyEncodedRawThreadInfos,
+} from './thread-types.js';
 import {
   type ClientUpdatesResult,
   type ClientUpdatesResultWithUserInfos,
@@ -184,14 +187,12 @@
 export const fullStateSyncActionType = 'FULL_STATE_SYNC';
 export type BaseFullStateSync = {
   +messagesResult: MessagesResponse,
-  +threadInfos: RawThreadInfos,
   +rawEntryInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawEntryInfo>,
   +userInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<UserInfo>,
   +updatesCurrentAsOf: number,
 };
 const baseFullStateSyncValidator = tShape<BaseFullStateSync>({
   messagesResult: messagesResponseValidator,
-  threadInfos: t.dict(tID, rawThreadInfoValidator),
   rawEntryInfos: t.list(rawEntryInfoValidator),
   userInfos: t.list(userInfoValidator),
   updatesCurrentAsOf: t.Number,
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@
 
 export type ClientFullStateSync = {
   ...BaseFullStateSync,
+  +threadInfos: MinimallyEncodedRawThreadInfos,
   +currentUserInfo: CurrentUserInfo,
 };
 export type StateSyncFullActionPayload = {
@@ -215,10 +217,12 @@
 
 export type ServerFullStateSync = {
   ...BaseFullStateSync,
+  +threadInfos: RawThreadInfos,
   +currentUserInfo: CurrentUserInfo,
 };
 const serverFullStateSyncValidator = tShape<ServerFullStateSync>({
   ...baseFullStateSyncValidator.meta.props,
+  threadInfos: t.dict(tID, rawThreadInfoValidator),
   currentUserInfo: currentUserInfoValidator,
 });