diff --git a/lib/hooks/input-state-container-hooks.js b/lib/hooks/input-state-container-hooks.js
--- a/lib/hooks/input-state-container-hooks.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/input-state-container-hooks.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   sidebarCreation: boolean,
+  threadCreation: boolean,
 ) => Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
   const sendKeyserverTextMessage = useSendTextMessage();
   const sendComposableDMOperation = useSendComposableDMOperation();
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
       threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
       parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
       sidebarCreation: boolean,
+      threadCreation: boolean,
     ) => {
       invariant(viewerID, 'Viewer ID should be present');
       return threadSpecs[threadInfo.type].protocol().sendTextMessage(
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@
           threadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
           sidebarCreation,
+          threadCreation,
         },
         {
           sendKeyserverTextMessage,
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@
   messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   sidebarCreation: boolean,
   isLegacy: boolean,
+  threadCreation: boolean,
 ) => Promise<SendMultimediaMessagePayload> {
   const sendMultimediaMessage = useSendMultimediaMessage();
   const legacySendMultimediaMessage = useLegacySendMultimediaMessage();
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@
       messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
       sidebarCreation: boolean,
       isLegacy: boolean,
+      threadCreation: boolean,
     ) => {
       const threadInfo = rawThreadInfos[messageInfo.threadID];
       invariant(viewerID, 'Viewer ID should be present');
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@
           sidebarCreation,
           isLegacy,
           threadInfo,
+          threadCreation,
         },
         {
           sendKeyserverMultimediaMessage: sendMultimediaMessage,
diff --git a/lib/shared/threads/protocols/farcaster-thread-protocol.js b/lib/shared/threads/protocols/farcaster-thread-protocol.js
--- a/lib/shared/threads/protocols/farcaster-thread-protocol.js
+++ b/lib/shared/threads/protocols/farcaster-thread-protocol.js
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
   sendFarcasterTextMessage,
   rawThreadInfos,
   farcasterFetchConversation,
+  threadCreation,
 }: {
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
   viewerID: string,
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@
   farcasterFetchConversation: (
     conversationID: string,
   ) => Promise<?FarcasterConversation>,
+  threadCreation: boolean,
 }) {
   const time = Date.now();
 
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@
 
   if (
     threadInfo.type === farcasterThreadTypes.FARCASTER_PERSONAL &&
-    !rawThreadInfos[threadInfo.id]
+    (!rawThreadInfos[threadInfo.id] || threadCreation)
   ) {
     await farcasterFetchConversation(
       conversationIDFromFarcasterThreadID(threadInfo.id),
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@
       farcasterFetchConversation,
       rawThreadInfos,
     } = utils;
-    const { messageInfo, threadInfo } = message;
+    const { messageInfo, threadInfo, threadCreation } = message;
     const { localID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
       localID !== null && localID !== undefined,
@@ -200,6 +202,7 @@
       sendFarcasterTextMessage,
       rawThreadInfos,
       farcasterFetchConversation,
+      threadCreation,
     });
 
     return {
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@
     message: ProtocolSendMultimediaMessageInput,
     utils: SendMultimediaMessageUtils,
   ): Promise<SendMultimediaMessagePayload> => {
-    const { messageInfo, threadInfo } = message;
+    const { messageInfo, threadInfo, threadCreation } = message;
     const {
       sendFarcasterTextMessage,
       viewerID,
@@ -246,6 +249,7 @@
       sendFarcasterTextMessage,
       rawThreadInfos,
       farcasterFetchConversation,
+      threadCreation,
     });
 
     return {
diff --git a/lib/shared/threads/thread-spec.js b/lib/shared/threads/thread-spec.js
--- a/lib/shared/threads/thread-spec.js
+++ b/lib/shared/threads/thread-spec.js
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +sidebarCreation: boolean,
+  +threadCreation: boolean,
 };
 export type SendTextMessageUtils = {
   +sendKeyserverTextMessage: SendTextMessageInput => Promise<SendMessageResult>,
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@
   +sidebarCreation: boolean,
   +isLegacy: boolean,
   +threadInfo: RawThreadInfo,
+  +threadCreation: boolean,
 };
 export type SendMultimediaMessageUtils = {
   +sendKeyserverMultimediaMessage: SendMultimediaMessageInput => Promise<SendMessageResult>,
diff --git a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
--- a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -157,12 +157,14 @@
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
     sidebarCreation: boolean,
     isLegacy: boolean,
+    threadCreation: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMultimediaMessagePayload>,
   +sendTextMessage: (
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
     sidebarCreation: boolean,
+    threadCreation: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMessagePayload>,
   +newThinThread: (
     request: ClientNewThinThreadRequest,
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@
     if (!threadIsPending(messageInfo.threadID)) {
       void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
         sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
-        this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(messageInfo),
+        this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(messageInfo, false),
         undefined,
         messageInfo,
       );
@@ -384,7 +386,7 @@
     };
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
-      this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(newMessageInfo),
+      this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(newMessageInfo, true),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
     );
@@ -392,6 +394,7 @@
 
   async sendMultimediaMessageAction(
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
+    threadCreation: boolean,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     const { localID, threadID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
@@ -405,6 +408,7 @@
         messageInfo,
         sidebarCreation,
         false,
+        threadCreation,
       );
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       return result;
@@ -496,6 +500,7 @@
           messageInfo,
           inputThreadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
+          false,
         ),
         undefined,
         messageInfo,
@@ -564,6 +569,7 @@
         newMessageInfo,
         newThreadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
+        true,
       ),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
@@ -606,6 +612,7 @@
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
+    threadCreation: boolean,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     const { localID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
@@ -621,6 +628,7 @@
         threadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
         sidebarCreation,
+        threadCreation,
       );
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       return result;
diff --git a/web/input/input-state-container.react.js b/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
--- a/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -147,12 +147,14 @@
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
     sidebarCreation: boolean,
     isLegacy: boolean,
+    threadCreation: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMultimediaMessagePayload>,
   +sendTextMessage: (
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
     sidebarCreation: boolean,
+    threadCreation: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMessagePayload>,
   +newThinThread: (
     request: ClientNewThinThreadRequest,
@@ -443,7 +445,7 @@
     if (!threadIsPending(messageInfo.threadID)) {
       void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
         sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
-        this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(messageInfo),
+        this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(messageInfo, false),
         undefined,
         messageInfo,
       );
@@ -518,7 +520,7 @@
 
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
-      this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(newMessageInfo),
+      this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(newMessageInfo, true),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
     );
@@ -526,6 +528,7 @@
 
   async sendMultimediaMessageAction(
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
+    threadCreation: boolean,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     const { localID, threadID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
@@ -539,6 +542,7 @@
         messageInfo,
         sidebarCreation,
         true,
+        threadCreation,
       );
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       this.setState(prevState => {
@@ -1327,6 +1331,7 @@
           messageInfo,
           inputThreadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
+          false,
         ),
         undefined,
         messageInfo,
@@ -1394,6 +1399,7 @@
         newMessageInfo,
         newThreadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
+        true,
       ),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
@@ -1404,6 +1410,7 @@
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
+    threadCreation: boolean,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     const { localID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
@@ -1419,6 +1426,7 @@
         threadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
         sidebarCreation,
+        threadCreation,
       );
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       return result;