diff --git a/lib/handlers/db-ops-handler.react.js b/lib/handlers/db-ops-handler.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/handlers/db-ops-handler.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { opsProcessingFinishedActionType } from '../actions/db-ops-actions.js';
+import { useDispatch, useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
+
+function DBOpsHandler(): React.Node {
+  const queueFront = useSelector(state => state.dbOpsStore.queuedOps[0]);
+
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!queueFront) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!queueFront.ops) {
+      dispatch({
+        type: opsProcessingFinishedActionType,
+      });
+    }
+  }, [queueFront, dispatch]);
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+export { DBOpsHandler };
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import { NeynarClientProvider } from 'lib/components/neynar-client-provider.react.js';
 import PrekeysHandler from 'lib/components/prekeys-handler.react.js';
 import { StaffContextProvider } from 'lib/components/staff-provider.react.js';
+import { DBOpsHandler } from 'lib/handlers/db-ops-handler.react.js';
 import { IdentitySearchProvider } from 'lib/identity-search/identity-search-context.js';
 import { CallKeyserverEndpointProvider } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/call-keyserver-endpoint-provider.react.js';
 import { TunnelbrokerProvider } from 'lib/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js';
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@
       <BackupHandler />
       <IntegrityHandler />
       <AccessTokenHandler />
+      <DBOpsHandler />
     </>
   );
   let navigation;
diff --git a/web/root.js b/web/root.js
--- a/web/root.js
+++ b/web/root.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import KeyserverConnectionsHandler from 'lib/components/keyserver-connections-handler.js';
 import PrekeysHandler from 'lib/components/prekeys-handler.react.js';
 import ReportHandler from 'lib/components/report-handler.react.js';
+import { DBOpsHandler } from 'lib/handlers/db-ops-handler.react.js';
 import { CallKeyserverEndpointProvider } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/call-keyserver-endpoint-provider.react.js';
 import { reduxLoggerMiddleware } from 'lib/utils/action-logger.js';
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
             <SQLiteDataHandler />
             <IntegrityHandler />
             <ReportHandler canSendReports={true} />
+            <DBOpsHandler />
           </IdentityServiceContextProvider>
         </InitialReduxStateGate>
       </CallKeyserverEndpointProvider>