diff --git a/lib/shared/dm-ops/dm-op-utils.js b/lib/shared/dm-ops/dm-op-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/dm-ops/dm-op-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/dm-ops/dm-op-utils.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 import { type ProcessDMOperationUtilities } from './dm-op-spec.js';
 import { dmOpSpecs } from './dm-op-specs.js';
 import { useProcessAndSendDMOperation } from './process-dm-ops.js';
+import { useFindUserIdentities } from '../../actions/user-actions.js';
+import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from '../../hooks/account-hooks.js';
+import { useGetLatestMessageEdit } from '../../hooks/latest-message-edit.js';
 import { mergeUpdatesWithMessageInfos } from '../../reducers/message-reducer.js';
 import type {
   CreateThickRawThreadInfoInput,
@@ -359,9 +362,32 @@
   return newUpdateInfos;
 }
 
+function useSendDMOperationUtils(): $ReadOnly<{
+  ...ProcessDMOperationUtilities,
+  viewerID: ?string,
+}> {
+  const fetchMessage = useGetLatestMessageEdit();
+  const threadInfos = useSelector(state => state.threadStore.threadInfos);
+  const entryInfos = useSelector(state => state.entryStore.entryInfos);
+  const findUserIdentities = useFindUserIdentities();
+  const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
+  const viewerID = loggedInUserInfo?.id;
+  return React.useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      viewerID,
+      fetchMessage,
+      threadInfos,
+      entryInfos,
+      findUserIdentities,
+    }),
+    [viewerID, fetchMessage, threadInfos, entryInfos, findUserIdentities],
+  );
+}
+
 export {
   createMessagesToPeersFromDMOp,
   useAddDMThreadMembers,
   getCreateThickRawThreadInfoInputFromThreadInfo,
   getThreadUpdatesForNewMessages,
+  useSendDMOperationUtils,
 };
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
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@
   dmOperationSpecificationTypes,
   type OutboundComposableDMOperationSpecification,
   getThreadUpdatesForNewMessages,
+  useSendDMOperationUtils,
 } from './dm-op-utils.js';
 import { useProcessBlobHolders } from '../../actions/holder-actions.js';
-import {
-  processNewUserIDsActionType,
-  useFindUserIdentities,
-} from '../../actions/user-actions.js';
-import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from '../../hooks/account-hooks.js';
-import { useGetLatestMessageEdit } from '../../hooks/latest-message-edit.js';
+import { processNewUserIDsActionType } from '../../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { useDispatchWithMetadata } from '../../hooks/ops-hooks.js';
 import { getAllPeerUserIDAndDeviceIDs } from '../../selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import {
@@ -37,25 +33,6 @@
 import { extractUserIDsFromPayload } from '../../utils/conversion-utils.js';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from '../../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
-function useSendDMOperationUtils() {
-  const fetchMessage = useGetLatestMessageEdit();
-  const threadInfos = useSelector(state => state.threadStore.threadInfos);
-  const entryInfos = useSelector(state => state.entryStore.entryInfos);
-  const findUserIdentities = useFindUserIdentities();
-  const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
-  const viewerID = loggedInUserInfo?.id;
-  return React.useMemo(
-    () => ({
-      viewerID,
-      fetchMessage,
-      threadInfos,
-      entryInfos,
-      findUserIdentities,
-    }),
-    [viewerID, fetchMessage, threadInfos, entryInfos, findUserIdentities],
-  );
-}
-
 function useProcessDMOperation(): (
   dmOperationSpecification: DMOperationSpecification,
   dmOpID: ?string,