diff --git a/lib/shared/community-utils.js b/lib/shared/community-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/community-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/community-utils.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import { threadPermissions } from '../types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from '../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { ThreadJoinPayload } from '../types/thread-types.js';
+import { FetchTimeout } from '../utils/errors.js';
 import { useCurrentUserFID } from '../utils/farcaster-utils.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
@@ -357,9 +358,13 @@
         await joinThreadPromise;
         setStep('join_thread');
       } catch (e) {
-        setLinkStatus?.((status: LinkStatus) =>
-          status === 'valid' ? 'invalid' : status,
-        );
+        if (e instanceof FetchTimeout) {
+          setLinkStatus?.('timed_out');
+        } else {
+          setLinkStatus?.((status: LinkStatus) =>
+            status === 'valid' ? 'invalid' : status,
+          );
+        }
         ongoingJoinData.reject();
         setOngoingJoinData(null);
       } finally {
@@ -411,9 +416,13 @@
         setStep('finished');
         ongoingJoinData.resolve();
       } catch (e) {
-        setLinkStatus?.((status: LinkStatus) =>
-          status === 'valid' ? 'invalid' : status,
-        );
+        if (e instanceof FetchTimeout) {
+          setLinkStatus?.('timed_out');
+        } else {
+          setLinkStatus?.((status: LinkStatus) =>
+            status === 'valid' ? 'invalid' : status,
+          );
+        }
         ongoingJoinData.reject();
       } finally {
         setOngoingJoinData(null);