diff --git a/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js b/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
--- a/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { useGetAndUpdateDeviceListsForUsers } from '../hooks/peer-list-hooks.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from '../keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import { cookieSelector } from '../selectors/keyserver-selectors.js';
 import { usersWithMissingDeviceListSelector } from '../selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import { useTunnelbroker } from '../tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js';
 import { relationshipActions } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
+import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from '../utils/authoritative-keyserver.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from '../utils/errors.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
@@ -43,7 +45,15 @@
 
   const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
 
+  const cookie = useSelector(cookieSelector(authoritativeKeyserverID()));
+  const hasUserCookie = !!(cookie && cookie.startsWith('user='));
+  const currentUserID = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo?.id);
+  const loggedInToAuthKeyserver = !!currentUserID && hasUserCookie;
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!loggedInToAuthKeyserver) {
+      return;
+    }
     const newUserIDs = Object.keys(userInfosWithMissingUsernames).filter(
       id => !requestedIDsRef.current.has(id),
     );
@@ -89,6 +99,7 @@
     findUserIdentities,
     userInfos,
     userInfosWithMissingUsernames,
+    loggedInToAuthKeyserver,
   ]);
 
   const usersWithMissingDeviceList = useSelector(