diff --git a/lib/components/secondary-device-qr-auth-context-provider.react.js b/lib/components/secondary-device-qr-auth-context-provider.react.js
--- a/lib/components/secondary-device-qr-auth-context-provider.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/secondary-device-qr-auth-context-provider.react.js
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 import { getContentSigningKey } from '../utils/crypto-utils.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from '../utils/errors.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
+import {
+  waitUntilDatabaseDeleted,
+  databaseResetStatus,
+  getDatabaseResetStatus,
+} from '../utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +children: React.Node,
@@ -88,6 +93,10 @@
   const identityClient = identityContext?.identityClient;
 
   const openSecondaryQRAuth = React.useCallback(async () => {
+    if (getDatabaseResetStatus() !== databaseResetStatus.ready) {
+      await waitUntilDatabaseDeleted();
+    }
+
     const [ed25519, rawAESKey] = await Promise.all([
       getContentSigningKey(),
       generateAESKey(),
diff --git a/lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js b/lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js
--- a/lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js
+++ b/lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
 // @flow
 
+const databaseResetStatus = Object.freeze({
+  resetInProgress: 'RESET_IN_PROGRESS',
+  ready: 'READY',
+});
+
+export type DatabaseResetStatus = 'RESET_IN_PROGRESS' | 'READY';
+
 let waitingOnDatabaseDeletion = [];
+let currentDatabaseStatus: DatabaseResetStatus = 'READY';
+
+function setDatabaseResetStatus(newStatus: DatabaseResetStatus) {
+  currentDatabaseStatus = newStatus;
+}
+
+function getDatabaseResetStatus(): DatabaseResetStatus {
+  return currentDatabaseStatus;
+}
 
 function waitUntilDatabaseDeleted(): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
@@ -17,4 +33,10 @@
   }
 }
 
-export { waitUntilDatabaseDeleted, reportDatabaseDeleted };
+export {
+  databaseResetStatus,
+  setDatabaseResetStatus,
+  getDatabaseResetStatus,
+  waitUntilDatabaseDeleted,
+  reportDatabaseDeleted,
+};
diff --git a/native/data/sqlite-data-handler.js b/native/data/sqlite-data-handler.js
--- a/native/data/sqlite-data-handler.js
+++ b/native/data/sqlite-data-handler.js
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { supportingMultipleKeyservers } from 'lib/utils/services-utils.js';
-import { reportDatabaseDeleted } from 'lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js';
+import {
+  reportDatabaseDeleted,
+  databaseResetStatus,
+  setDatabaseResetStatus,
+} from 'lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js';
 
 import { resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidationUsingNativeCredentials } from '../account/legacy-recover-keyserver-session.js';
 import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from '../authoritative-keyserver.js';
@@ -44,7 +48,9 @@
 
 async function clearSensitiveData() {
   try {
+    setDatabaseResetStatus(databaseResetStatus.resetInProgress);
     await commCoreModule.clearSensitiveData();
+    setDatabaseResetStatus(databaseResetStatus.ready);
     reportDatabaseDeleted();
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(
diff --git a/web/shared-worker/sqlite-data-handler.js b/web/shared-worker/sqlite-data-handler.js
--- a/web/shared-worker/sqlite-data-handler.js
+++ b/web/shared-worker/sqlite-data-handler.js
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 import { shouldClearData } from 'lib/shared/data-utils.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
-import { reportDatabaseDeleted } from 'lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js';
+import {
+  reportDatabaseDeleted,
+  databaseResetStatus,
+  setDatabaseResetStatus,
+} from 'lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js';
 
 import { getCommSharedWorker } from './shared-worker-provider.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
@@ -43,7 +47,9 @@
       shouldClearData(sqliteStampedUserID, currentLoggedInUserID)
     ) {
       try {
+        setDatabaseResetStatus(databaseResetStatus.resetInProgress);
         await sharedWorker.init({ clearDatabase: true });
+        setDatabaseResetStatus(databaseResetStatus.ready);
         reportDatabaseDeleted();
       } catch (error) {
         console.error(