diff --git a/lib/ops/entries-store-ops.js b/lib/ops/entries-store-ops.js
--- a/lib/ops/entries-store-ops.js
+++ b/lib/ops/entries-store-ops.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 export type ClientDBReplaceEntryOperation = {
   +type: 'replace_entry',
   +payload: ClientDBEntryInfo,
+  +isBackedUp: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBEntryStoreOperation =
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
       return {
         type: 'replace_entry',
         payload: convertEntryInfoIntoClientDBEntryInfo(operation.payload),
+        isBackedUp: operation.payload.isBackedUp,
       };
     });
   },
diff --git a/lib/ops/entries-store-ops.test.js b/lib/ops/entries-store-ops.test.js
--- a/lib/ops/entries-store-ops.test.js
+++ b/lib/ops/entries-store-ops.test.js
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
             id: key,
             entry: JSON.stringify(entryStore.entryInfos[key]),
           },
+          isBackedUp: false,
         },
       ]);
     });
diff --git a/lib/ops/message-store-ops.js b/lib/ops/message-store-ops.js
--- a/lib/ops/message-store-ops.js
+++ b/lib/ops/message-store-ops.js
@@ -80,16 +80,19 @@
 export type ClientDBReplaceMessageOperation = {
   +type: 'replace',
   +payload: ClientDBMessageInfo,
+  +isBackedUp: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBReplaceThreadsOperation = {
   +type: 'replace_threads',
   +payload: { +threads: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBThreadMessageInfo> },
+  +isBackedUp: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBReplaceLocalMessageInfoOperation = {
   +type: 'replace_local_message_info',
   +payload: ClientDBLocalMessageInfo,
+  +isBackedUp: boolean,
 };
 
 export type MessageStoreOperation =
@@ -201,6 +204,7 @@
           payload: translateRawMessageInfoToClientDBMessageInfo(
             messageStoreOperation.payload.messageInfo,
           ),
+          isBackedUp: messageStoreOperation.payload.isBackedUp,
         };
       }
 
@@ -224,6 +228,7 @@
           payload: {
             threads: dbThreadMessageInfos,
           },
+          isBackedUp: messageStoreOperation.payload.isBackedUp,
         };
       } else if (messageStoreOperation.type === 'replace_local_message_info') {
         return {
@@ -234,6 +239,7 @@
               messageStoreOperation.payload.localMessageInfo,
             ),
           },
+          isBackedUp: messageStoreOperation.payload.isBackedUp,
         };
       }
       return messageStoreOperation;
diff --git a/lib/ops/thread-activity-store-ops.js b/lib/ops/thread-activity-store-ops.js
--- a/lib/ops/thread-activity-store-ops.js
+++ b/lib/ops/thread-activity-store-ops.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 export type ClientDBReplaceThreadActivityEntryOperation = {
   +type: 'replace_thread_activity_entry',
   +payload: ClientDBThreadActivityEntry,
+  +isBackedUp: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBThreadActivityStoreOperation =
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@
           id,
           threadActivityStoreEntry,
         }),
+        isBackedUp: threadActivityStoreOperation.payload.isBackedUp,
       };
     });
   },
diff --git a/lib/ops/thread-store-ops.js b/lib/ops/thread-store-ops.js
--- a/lib/ops/thread-store-ops.js
+++ b/lib/ops/thread-store-ops.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 export type ClientDBReplaceThreadOperation = {
   +type: 'replace',
   +payload: ClientDBThreadInfo,
+  +isBackedUp: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBThreadStoreOperation =
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
           payload: convertRawThreadInfoToClientDBThreadInfo(
             threadStoreOperation.payload.threadInfo,
           ),
+          isBackedUp: threadStoreOperation.payload.isBackedUp,
         };
       }
       return threadStoreOperation;
diff --git a/native/redux/client-db-utils.js b/native/redux/client-db-utils.js
--- a/native/redux/client-db-utils.js
+++ b/native/redux/client-db-utils.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   return state;
 }
 
-function createUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreMessages(
+function deprecatedCreateUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreMessages(
   clientDBMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBMessageInfo>,
   migrationFunc: (
     $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     convertedRawMessageInfos.map(messageInfo => ({
       type: 'replace',
       payload: translateRawMessageInfoToClientDBMessageInfo(messageInfo),
+      isBackedUp: false,
     }));
 
   return [
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
   ];
 }
 
-function createUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreThreads(
+function deprecatedCreateUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreThreads(
   messageStoreThreads: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBThreadMessageInfo>,
   migrationFunc: TranslatedThreadMessageInfos => TranslatedThreadMessageInfos,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBMessageStoreOperation> {
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
             translateThreadMessageInfoToClientDBThreadMessageInfo(id, thread),
         ),
       },
+      isBackedUp: false,
     },
   ];
 }
@@ -102,6 +104,6 @@
 export {
   updateClientDBThreadStoreThreadInfos,
   createUpdateDBOpsForThreadStoreThreadInfos,
-  createUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreMessages,
-  createUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreThreads,
+  deprecatedCreateUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreMessages,
+  deprecatedCreateUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreThreads,
 };
diff --git a/native/redux/deprecated-client-db-utils.js b/native/redux/deprecated-client-db-utils.js
--- a/native/redux/deprecated-client-db-utils.js
+++ b/native/redux/deprecated-client-db-utils.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     ...convertedClientDBThreadInfos.map((thread: ClientDBThreadInfo) => ({
       type: 'replace',
       payload: thread,
+      isBackedUp: false,
     })),
   ];
 }
diff --git a/native/redux/persist.js b/native/redux/persist.js
--- a/native/redux/persist.js
+++ b/native/redux/persist.js
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@
 import { getUUID } from 'lib/utils/uuid.js';
 
 import {
-  createUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreMessages,
-  createUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreThreads,
+  deprecatedCreateUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreMessages,
+  deprecatedCreateUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreThreads,
   updateClientDBThreadStoreThreadInfos,
 } from './client-db-utils.js';
 import { defaultState } from './default-state.js';
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@
       ...Object.keys(messages).map((id: string) => ({
         type: 'replace',
         payload: translateRawMessageInfoToClientDBMessageInfo(messages[id]),
+        isBackedUp: false,
       })),
     ];
     try {
@@ -630,6 +631,7 @@
       ...convertedClientDBThreadInfos.map((thread: ClientDBThreadInfo) => ({
         type: 'replace',
         payload: thread,
+        isBackedUp: false,
       })),
     ];
 
@@ -716,14 +718,15 @@
       await commCoreModule.getClientDBStore();
 
     const messageStoreThreadsOperations =
-      createUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreThreads(
+      deprecatedCreateUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreThreads(
         messageStoreThreads,
         convertMessageStoreThreadsToNewIDSchema,
       );
 
     const messageStoreMessagesOperations =
-      createUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreMessages(messages, messageInfos =>
-        messageInfos.map(convertRawMessageInfoToNewIDSchema),
+      deprecatedCreateUpdateDBOpsForMessageStoreMessages(
+        messages,
+        messageInfos => messageInfos.map(convertRawMessageInfoToNewIDSchema),
       );
 
     const threadOperations =
@@ -1051,6 +1054,7 @@
       ...convertedClientDBThreadInfos.map((thread: ClientDBThreadInfo) => ({
         type: 'replace',
         payload: thread,
+        isBackedUp: false,
       })),
     ];
 
diff --git a/web/redux/persist.js b/web/redux/persist.js
--- a/web/redux/persist.js
+++ b/web/redux/persist.js
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@
       threadStoreOperations.push({
         type: 'replace',
         payload: clientDBThreadInfo,
+        isBackedUp: false,
       });
     }