diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
   UserInfos,
   UserInfo,
   AccountUserInfo,
+  LoggedInUserInfo,
 } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
@@ -412,11 +413,11 @@
 }
 
 function createPendingThreadItem(
-  viewerID: string,
+  loggedInUserInfo: LoggedInUserInfo,
   user: GlobalAccountUserInfo,
 ): ChatThreadItem {
   const threadInfo = createPendingThread({
-    viewerID,
+    viewerID: loggedInUserInfo.id,
     threadType: threadTypes.PERSONAL,
     members: [user],
   });
@@ -1299,7 +1300,7 @@
   threadFilter: ThreadInfo => boolean,
   threadSearchResults: $ReadOnlySet<string>,
   usersSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<GlobalAccountUserInfo>,
-  viewerID: ?string,
+  loggedInUserInfo: ?LoggedInUserInfo,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem> {
   if (!searchText) {
     return chatListData.filter(
@@ -1325,10 +1326,10 @@
   }
 
   const chatItems = [...privateThreads, ...personalThreads, ...otherThreads];
-  if (viewerID) {
+  if (loggedInUserInfo) {
     chatItems.push(
       ...usersSearchResults.map(user =>
-        createPendingThreadItem(viewerID, user),
+        createPendingThreadItem(loggedInUserInfo, user),
       ),
     );
   }
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js b/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
         filterThreads,
         threadsSearchResults,
         usersSearchResults,
-        loggedInUserInfo?.id,
+        loggedInUserInfo,
       );
 
       const chatItems: Item[] = [...chatThreadItems];
diff --git a/web/chat/thread-list-provider.js b/web/chat/thread-list-provider.js
--- a/web/chat/thread-list-provider.js
+++ b/web/chat/thread-list-provider.js
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     threadFilter,
     threadSearchResults,
     usersSearchResults,
-    viewerID,
+    loggedInUserInfo,
   );
   const activeTopLevelChatThreadItem = useChatThreadItem(
     activeTopLevelThreadInfo,