diff --git a/lib/shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js b/lib/shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js
--- a/lib/shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js
+++ b/lib/shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 
 import { dmOpSpecs } from './dm-op-specs.js';
+import type { DMOperationSpecification } from './dm-op-utils.js';
 import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from '../../hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import { useGetLatestMessageEdit } from '../../hooks/latest-message-edit.js';
 import { useDispatchWithMessageSource } from '../../hooks/ops-hooks.js';
 import { mergeUpdatesWithMessageInfos } from '../../reducers/message-reducer.js';
+import { usePeerToPeerCommunication } from '../../tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-context.js';
 import type { MessageSourceMetadata } from '../../types/db-ops-types.js';
 import {
   type DMOperation,
@@ -108,4 +110,19 @@
   );
 }
 
-export { useProcessDMOperation };
+function useProcessAndSendDMOperation(): (
+  dmOperationSpecification: DMOperationSpecification,
+) => Promise<void> {
+  const processDMOps = useProcessDMOperation();
+  const { sendDMOperation } = usePeerToPeerCommunication();
+
+  return React.useCallback(
+    async (dmOperationSpecification: DMOperationSpecification) => {
+      await processDMOps(dmOperationSpecification.op);
+      await sendDMOperation(dmOperationSpecification);
+    },
+    [processDMOps, sendDMOperation],
+  );
+}
+
+export { useProcessDMOperation, useProcessAndSendDMOperation };