diff --git a/keyserver/src/responders/relationship-responders.js b/keyserver/src/responders/relationship-responders.js
--- a/keyserver/src/responders/relationship-responders.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/responders/relationship-responders.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import t, { type TInterface } from 'tcomb';
 
 import {
-  type RelationshipRequest,
+  type TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
   type RelationshipErrors,
   relationshipActionsList,
 } from 'lib/types/relationship-types.js';
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 import type { Viewer } from '../session/viewer.js';
 import { updateRelationships } from '../updaters/relationship-updaters.js';
 
-export const updateRelationshipInputValidator: TInterface<RelationshipRequest> =
-  tShape<RelationshipRequest>({
+export const updateRelationshipInputValidator: TInterface<TraditionalRelationshipRequest> =
+  tShape<TraditionalRelationshipRequest>({
     action: t.enums.of(relationshipActionsList, 'relationship action'),
     userIDs: t.list(t.String),
   });
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 async function updateRelationshipsResponder(
   viewer: Viewer,
-  request: RelationshipRequest,
+  request: TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
 ): Promise<RelationshipErrors> {
   return await updateRelationships(viewer, request);
 }
diff --git a/keyserver/src/updaters/relationship-updaters.js b/keyserver/src/updaters/relationship-updaters.js
--- a/keyserver/src/updaters/relationship-updaters.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/updaters/relationship-updaters.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import { sortUserIDs } from 'lib/shared/relationship-utils.js';
 import { messageTypes } from 'lib/types/message-types-enum.js';
 import {
-  type RelationshipRequest,
+  type TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
   type RelationshipErrors,
   type UndirectedRelationshipRow,
   relationshipActions,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 async function updateRelationships(
   viewer: Viewer,
-  request: RelationshipRequest,
+  request: TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
 ): Promise<RelationshipErrors> {
   const { action } = request;
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
 
 async function createPersonalThreads(
   viewer: Viewer,
-  request: RelationshipRequest,
+  request: TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
 ) {
   invariant(
     request.action === relationshipActions.FRIEND ||
diff --git a/lib/actions/relationship-actions.js b/lib/actions/relationship-actions.js
--- a/lib/actions/relationship-actions.js
+++ b/lib/actions/relationship-actions.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type {
-  RelationshipRequest,
+  TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
   RelationshipErrors,
 } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import type { CallSingleKeyserverEndpoint } from '../utils/call-single-keyserver-endpoint.js';
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 const updateRelationships =
   (
     callSingleKeyserverEndpoint: CallSingleKeyserverEndpoint,
-  ): ((request: RelationshipRequest) => Promise<RelationshipErrors>) =>
+  ): ((
+    request: TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
+  ) => Promise<RelationshipErrors>) =>
   async request => {
     const errors = await callSingleKeyserverEndpoint(
       'update_relationships',
diff --git a/lib/types/relationship-types.js b/lib/types/relationship-types.js
--- a/lib/types/relationship-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/relationship-types.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 });
 export type RelationshipButton = $Values<typeof relationshipButtons>;
 
-export type RelationshipRequest = {
+export type TraditionalRelationshipRequest = {
   +action: RelationshipAction,
   +userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
diff --git a/native/profile/relationship-list-item.react.js b/native/profile/relationship-list-item.react.js
--- a/native/profile/relationship-list-item.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/relationship-list-item.react.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type { ReactRef } from 'lib/types/react-types.js';
 import {
-  type RelationshipRequest,
+  type TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
   type RelationshipAction,
   type RelationshipErrors,
   userRelationshipStatus,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   // async functions that hit server APIs
   +updateRelationships: (
-    request: RelationshipRequest,
+    request: TraditionalRelationshipRequest,
   ) => Promise<RelationshipErrors>,
   // withOverlayContext
   +overlayContext: ?OverlayContextType,