diff --git a/lib/hooks/relationship-prompt.js b/lib/hooks/relationship-prompt.js
--- a/lib/hooks/relationship-prompt.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/relationship-prompt.js
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
 } from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
 import { getSingleOtherUser } from '../shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
-import {
-  type RelationshipAction,
-  relationshipActions,
-} from '../types/relationship-types.js';
+import { relationshipActions } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
+import type { TraditionalRelationshipAction } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import type { UserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from '../utils/action-utils.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@
     serverUpdateRelationships,
   );
   const updateRelationship = React.useCallback(
-    async (action: RelationshipAction) => {
+    async (action: TraditionalRelationshipAction) => {
       try {
         invariant(otherUserID, 'Other user info id should be present');
         return await callUpdateRelationships({
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const onButtonPress = React.useCallback(
-    (action: RelationshipAction) => {
+    (action: TraditionalRelationshipAction) => {
       void dispatchActionPromise(
         updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
         updateRelationship(action),
diff --git a/lib/shared/relationship-utils.js b/lib/shared/relationship-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/relationship-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/relationship-utils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   userRelationshipStatus,
   relationshipButtons,
   relationshipActions,
-  type RelationshipAction,
+  type TraditionalRelationshipAction,
 } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import type { UserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
 function getRelationshipDispatchAction(
   relationshipButton: RelationshipButton,
-): RelationshipAction {
+): TraditionalRelationshipAction {
   if (relationshipButton === relationshipButtons.BLOCK) {
     return relationshipActions.BLOCK;
   } else if (
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
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 export type RelationshipButton = $Values<typeof relationshipButtons>;
 
 export type TraditionalRelationshipRequest = {
-  +action: RelationshipAction,
+  +action: TraditionalRelationshipAction,
   +userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 
diff --git a/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-edit-relationship.react.js b/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-edit-relationship.react.js
--- a/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-edit-relationship.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-edit-relationship.react.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import { getSingleOtherUser } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import {
-  type RelationshipAction,
+  type TraditionalRelationshipAction,
   type RelationshipButton,
 } from 'lib/types/relationship-types.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       serverUpdateRelationships,
     );
     const updateRelationship = React.useCallback(
-      async (action: RelationshipAction) => {
+      async (action: TraditionalRelationshipAction) => {
         try {
           return await callUpdateRelationships({
             action,
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 RelationshipAction,
+  type TraditionalRelationshipAction,
   type RelationshipErrors,
   userRelationshipStatus,
   relationshipActions,
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
     this.onPressUpdateFriendship(relationshipActions.UNFRIEND);
   };
 
-  onPressUpdateFriendship(action: RelationshipAction) {
+  onPressUpdateFriendship(action: TraditionalRelationshipAction) {
     const { id } = this.props.userInfo;
     const customKeyName = `${updateRelationshipsActionTypes.started}:${id}`;
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
   }
 
   async updateFriendship(
-    action: RelationshipAction,
+    action: TraditionalRelationshipAction,
   ): Promise<RelationshipErrors> {
     try {
       return await this.props.updateRelationships({
diff --git a/web/settings/relationship/add-users-list-modal.react.js b/web/settings/relationship/add-users-list-modal.react.js
--- a/web/settings/relationship/add-users-list-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/settings/relationship/add-users-list-modal.react.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type {
   UserRelationshipStatus,
-  RelationshipAction,
+  TraditionalRelationshipAction,
 } from 'lib/types/relationship-types.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   +excludedStatuses: $ReadOnlySet<UserRelationshipStatus>,
   +confirmButtonContent: React.Node,
   +confirmButtonColor?: ButtonColor,
-  +relationshipAction: RelationshipAction,
+  +relationshipAction: TraditionalRelationshipAction,
 };
 
 function AddUsersListModal(props: Props): React.Node {