diff --git a/lib/reducers/message-reducer.js b/lib/reducers/message-reducer.js
--- a/lib/reducers/message-reducer.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/message-reducer.js
@@ -1613,8 +1613,14 @@
       },
     };
   } else if (action.type === setClientDBStoreActionType) {
+    const payloadMessages = action.payload.messages;
+    if (!payloadMessages) {
+      return { messageStoreOperations: [], messageStore };
+    }
     const actionPayloadMessageStoreThreads =
-      translateClientDBThreadMessageInfos(action.payload.messageStoreThreads);
+      translateClientDBThreadMessageInfos(
+        action.payload.messageStoreThreads ?? [],
+      );
 
     const newThreads = {};
     for (const threadID in actionPayloadMessageStoreThreads) {
@@ -1649,7 +1655,7 @@
     }
     const threadsNeedMsgIDsResorting = new Set();
     const actionPayloadMessages =
-      translateClientDBMessageInfosToRawMessageInfos(action.payload.messages);
+      translateClientDBMessageInfosToRawMessageInfos(payloadMessages);
 
     // When starting the app on native, we filter out any local-only multimedia
     // messages because the relevant context is no longer available
diff --git a/lib/reducers/thread-reducer.js b/lib/reducers/thread-reducer.js
--- a/lib/reducers/thread-reducer.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/thread-reducer.js
@@ -472,6 +472,13 @@
       threadStoreOperations,
     };
   } else if (action.type === setClientDBStoreActionType) {
+    if (!action.payload.threadStore) {
+      return {
+        threadStore: state,
+        newThreadInconsistencies: [],
+        threadStoreOperations: [],
+      };
+    }
     return {
       threadStore: action.payload.threadStore,
       newThreadInconsistencies: [],
diff --git a/lib/types/redux-types.js b/lib/types/redux-types.js
--- a/lib/types/redux-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/redux-types.js
@@ -595,9 +595,9 @@
       +payload: {
         +currentUserID: ?string,
         +drafts: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBDraftInfo>,
-        +messages: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBMessageInfo>,
-        +threadStore: ThreadStore,
-        +messageStoreThreads: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBThreadMessageInfo>,
+        +messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBMessageInfo>,
+        +threadStore: ?ThreadStore,
+        +messageStoreThreads: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBThreadMessageInfo>,
       },
     }
   | {