diff --git a/keyserver/src/creators/farcaster-channel-tag-creator.js b/keyserver/src/creators/farcaster-channel-tag-creator.js
--- a/keyserver/src/creators/farcaster-channel-tag-creator.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/creators/farcaster-channel-tag-creator.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import { Viewer } from '../session/viewer.js';
 import { updateThread } from '../updaters/thread-updaters.js';
 import { thisKeyserverID } from '../user/identity.js';
-import { neynarClient } from '../utils/fc-cache.js';
+import { fcCache } from '../utils/fc-cache.js';
 import { getAndAssertKeyserverURLFacts } from '../utils/urls.js';
 
 async function createOrUpdateFarcasterChannelTag(
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@
   }
 
   const neynarChannelDescriptionPromise = (async () => {
-    if (!neynarClient) {
+    if (!fcCache) {
       return '';
     }
-    const channelInfo = await neynarClient?.fetchFarcasterChannelByID(
+    const channelInfo = await fcCache?.getFarcasterChannelForChannelID(
       request.farcasterChannelID,
     );
     return channelInfo?.description ?? '';
diff --git a/keyserver/src/responders/farcaster-webhook-responders.js b/keyserver/src/responders/farcaster-webhook-responders.js
--- a/keyserver/src/responders/farcaster-webhook-responders.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/responders/farcaster-webhook-responders.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 import { thisKeyserverAdmin, thisKeyserverID } from '../user/identity.js';
 import { getFarcasterBotConfig } from '../utils/farcaster-bot.js';
 import { getVerifiedUserIDForFID } from '../utils/farcaster-utils.js';
-import { neynarClient } from '../utils/fc-cache.js';
+import { neynarClient, fcCache } from '../utils/fc-cache.js';
 import { getNeynarConfig } from '../utils/neynar-utils.js';
 
 const taggedCommFarcasterInputValidator =
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
   const keyserverAdminPromise = thisKeyserverAdmin();
 
   const neynarChannel =
-    await neynarClient?.fetchFarcasterChannelByID(channelID);
+    await fcCache?.getFarcasterChannelForChannelID(channelID);
   if (!neynarChannel) {
     throw new ServerError('channel_not_found');
   }
diff --git a/keyserver/src/updaters/thread-updaters.js b/keyserver/src/updaters/thread-updaters.js
--- a/keyserver/src/updaters/thread-updaters.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/updaters/thread-updaters.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   verifyUserOrCookieIDs,
 } from '../fetchers/user-fetchers.js';
 import type { Viewer } from '../session/viewer.js';
-import { neynarClient } from '../utils/fc-cache.js';
+import { neynarClient, fcCache } from '../utils/fc-cache.js';
 import { findUserIdentities } from '../utils/identity-utils.js';
 import { redisCache } from '../utils/redis-cache.js';
 import RelationshipChangeset from '../utils/relationship-changeset.js';
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@
     })(),
   );
 
-  const channelInfo = await neynarClient?.fetchFarcasterChannelByID(
+  const channelInfo = await fcCache?.getFarcasterChannelForChannelID(
     communityFarcasterChannelTag,
   );
   if (channelInfo) {
diff --git a/keyserver/src/utils/fc-cache.js b/keyserver/src/utils/fc-cache.js
--- a/keyserver/src/utils/fc-cache.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/utils/fc-cache.js
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
 import { getNeynarConfig } from './neynar-utils.js';
 
-let getFCNames: ?GetFCNames;
 let neynarClient: ?NeynarClient;
+let fcCache: ?FCCache;
+let getFCNames: ?GetFCNames;
 async function initFCCache() {
   const neynarSecret = await getNeynarConfig();
 
@@ -20,9 +21,10 @@
     return;
   }
   neynarClient = new NeynarClient(neynarKey);
-  const fcCache = new FCCache(neynarClient);
+  const newFCCache = new FCCache(neynarClient);
+  fcCache = newFCCache;
   getFCNames = <T: ?BaseFCNamesInfo>(users: $ReadOnlyArray<T>): Promise<T[]> =>
-    baseGetFCNames(fcCache, users);
+    baseGetFCNames(newFCCache, users);
 }
 
-export { initFCCache, getFCNames, neynarClient };
+export { initFCCache, neynarClient, fcCache, getFCNames };
diff --git a/native/community-settings/tag-farcaster-channel/tag-farcaster-channel-by-name.react.js b/native/community-settings/tag-farcaster-channel/tag-farcaster-channel-by-name.react.js
--- a/native/community-settings/tag-farcaster-channel/tag-farcaster-channel-by-name.react.js
+++ b/native/community-settings/tag-farcaster-channel/tag-farcaster-channel-by-name.react.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
   const onPressTagChannel = React.useCallback(async () => {
     const channelInfo =
-      await neynarClientContext.client.fetchFarcasterChannelByID(
+      await neynarClientContext.fcCache.getFarcasterChannelForChannelID(
         channelSelectionText,
       );
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     }
 
     createTag(channelInfo.id);
-  }, [channelSelectionText, createTag, neynarClientContext.client]);
+  }, [channelSelectionText, createTag, neynarClientContext.fcCache]);
 
   const errorMessage = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!error) {
diff --git a/web/tag-farcaster-channel/create-farcaster-channel-tag-modal.react.js b/web/tag-farcaster-channel/create-farcaster-channel-tag-modal.react.js
--- a/web/tag-farcaster-channel/create-farcaster-channel-tag-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/tag-farcaster-channel/create-farcaster-channel-tag-modal.react.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   const neynarClientContext = React.useContext(NeynarClientContext);
   invariant(neynarClientContext, 'NeynarClientContext is missing');
 
-  const { client } = neynarClientContext;
+  const { client, fcCache } = neynarClientContext;
 
   const [channelOptions, setChannelOptions] = React.useState<
     $ReadOnlyArray<DropdownOption>,
@@ -89,15 +89,13 @@
     }
 
     const channelInfo =
-      await neynarClientContext.client.fetchFarcasterChannelByID(
-        channelNameText,
-      );
+      await fcCache.getFarcasterChannelForChannelID(channelNameText);
     if (!channelInfo) {
       setError('channel_not_found');
       return;
     }
     createTag(channelInfo.id);
-  }, [channelNameText, createTag, neynarClientContext.client, selectedOption]);
+  }, [channelNameText, createTag, fcCache, selectedOption]);
 
   const buttonDisabled =
     isLoading ||