diff --git a/lib/hooks/actions-queue.js b/lib/hooks/actions-queue.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hooks/actions-queue.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+type MessageQueueHook<T> = {
+  +enqueue: (items: $ReadOnlyArray<T>) => void,
+};
+
+function useActionsQueue<T>(
+  performAction: (item: T) => mixed | Promise<mixed>,
+): MessageQueueHook<T> {
+  const [queue, setQueue] = React.useState<$ReadOnlyArray<T>>([]);
+  const isProcessing = React.useRef(false);
+
+  const process = React.useCallback(
+    async (action: T) => {
+      isProcessing.current = true;
+      try {
+        await performAction(action);
+      } finally {
+        isProcessing.current = false;
+        setQueue(currentQueue => currentQueue.slice(1));
+      }
+    },
+    [performAction],
+  );
+
+  const enqueue = React.useCallback(
+    (items: $ReadOnlyArray<T>) =>
+      setQueue(prevQueue => [...prevQueue, ...items]),
+    [],
+  );
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (isProcessing.current || queue.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    void process(queue[0]);
+  }, [process, queue]);
+
+  return { enqueue };
+}
+
+export { useActionsQueue };
diff --git a/lib/shared/dm-ops/dm-ops-queue-handler.react.js b/lib/shared/dm-ops/dm-ops-queue-handler.react.js
--- a/lib/shared/dm-ops/dm-ops-queue-handler.react.js
+++ b/lib/shared/dm-ops/dm-ops-queue-handler.react.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import { dmOperationSpecificationTypes } from './dm-op-utils.js';
 import { useProcessDMOperation } from './process-dm-ops.js';
+import { useActionsQueue } from '../../hooks/actions-queue.js';
 import { messageInfoSelector } from '../../selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import {
   entryInfoSelector,
@@ -16,13 +17,28 @@
   clearQueuedThreadDMOpsActionType,
   pruneDMOpsQueueActionType,
 } from '../../types/dm-ops.js';
-import type { OperationsQueue } from '../../types/dm-ops.js';
+import type { DMOperation } from '../../types/dm-ops.js';
+import type { BaseAction } from '../../types/redux-types.js';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from '../../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 const PRUNING_FREQUENCY = 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const FIRST_PRUNING_DELAY = 10 * 60 * 1000;
 const QUEUED_OPERATION_TTL = 3 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
+type QueueItem =
+  | {
+      +type: 'operation',
+      +operation: DMOperation,
+    }
+  | {
+      +type: 'action',
+      +action: BaseAction,
+    }
+  | {
+      +type: 'function',
+      +itemFunction: () => mixed,
+    };
+
 function DMOpsQueueHandler(): React.Node {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
@@ -54,24 +70,31 @@
   );
 
   const processDMOperation = useProcessDMOperation();
-  const processOperationsQueue = React.useCallback(
-    (queue: OperationsQueue) => {
-      for (const dmOp of queue) {
-        void processDMOperation({
+
+  const processItem = React.useCallback(
+    async (item: QueueItem) => {
+      if (item.type === 'operation') {
+        await processDMOperation({
           // This is `INBOUND` because we assume that when generating
           // `dmOperationSpecificationTypes.OUBOUND` it should be possible
           // to be processed and never queued up.
           type: dmOperationSpecificationTypes.INBOUND,
-          op: dmOp.operation,
+          op: item.operation,
           // There is no metadata, because messages were confirmed when
           // adding to the queue.
           metadata: null,
         });
+      } else if (item.type === 'action') {
+        dispatch(item.action);
+      } else {
+        item.itemFunction();
       }
     },
-    [processDMOperation],
+    [dispatch, processDMOperation],
   );
 
+  const { enqueue } = useActionsQueue(processItem);
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const prevThreadInfos = prevThreadInfosRef.current;
     prevThreadInfosRef.current = threadInfos;
@@ -80,15 +103,23 @@
       if (!threadInfos[threadID] || prevThreadInfos[threadID]) {
         continue;
       }
-      processOperationsQueue(queuedThreadOperations[threadID]);
-      dispatch({
-        type: clearQueuedThreadDMOpsActionType,
-        payload: {
-          threadID,
+      enqueue([
+        ...queuedThreadOperations[threadID].map(item => ({
+          type: 'operation',
+          operation: item.operation,
+        })),
+        {
+          type: 'action',
+          action: {
+            type: clearQueuedThreadDMOpsActionType,
+            payload: {
+              threadID,
+            },
+          },
         },
-      });
+      ]);
     }
-  }, [dispatch, processOperationsQueue, queuedThreadOperations, threadInfos]);
+  }, [dispatch, enqueue, queuedThreadOperations, threadInfos]);
 
   const messageInfos = useSelector(messageInfoSelector);
   const prevMessageInfosRef = React.useRef({});
@@ -105,15 +136,23 @@
       if (!messageInfos[messageID] || prevMessageInfos[messageID]) {
         continue;
       }
-      processOperationsQueue(queuedMessageOperations[messageID]);
-      dispatch({
-        type: clearQueuedMessageDMOpsActionType,
-        payload: {
-          messageID,
+      enqueue([
+        ...queuedMessageOperations[messageID].map(item => ({
+          type: 'operation',
+          operation: item.operation,
+        })),
+        {
+          type: 'action',
+          action: {
+            type: clearQueuedMessageDMOpsActionType,
+            payload: {
+              messageID,
+            },
+          },
         },
-      });
+      ]);
     }
-  }, [dispatch, messageInfos, processOperationsQueue, queuedMessageOperations]);
+  }, [dispatch, enqueue, messageInfos, queuedMessageOperations]);
 
   const entryInfos = useSelector(entryInfoSelector);
   const prevEntryInfosRef = React.useRef({});
@@ -130,15 +169,23 @@
       if (!entryInfos[entryID] || prevEntryInfos[entryID]) {
         continue;
       }
-      processOperationsQueue(queuedEntryOperations[entryID]);
-      dispatch({
-        type: clearQueuedEntryDMOpsActionType,
-        payload: {
-          entryID,
+      enqueue([
+        ...queuedEntryOperations[entryID].map(item => ({
+          type: 'operation',
+          operation: item.operation,
+        })),
+        {
+          type: 'action',
+          action: {
+            type: clearQueuedEntryDMOpsActionType,
+            payload: {
+              entryID,
+            },
+          },
         },
-      });
+      ]);
     }
-  }, [dispatch, entryInfos, processOperationsQueue, queuedEntryOperations]);
+  }, [dispatch, enqueue, entryInfos, queuedEntryOperations]);
 
   const queuedMembershipOperations = useSelector(
     state => state.queuedDMOperations.membershipQueue,
@@ -169,24 +216,32 @@
 
         runningMembershipOperations.current.get(threadID)?.add(member.id);
 
-        processOperationsQueue(queuedMembershipOperations[threadID][member.id]);
-
-        dispatch({
-          type: clearQueuedMembershipDMOpsActionType,
-          payload: {
-            threadID,
-            userID: member.id,
+        enqueue([
+          ...queuedMembershipOperations[threadID][member.id].map(item => ({
+            type: 'operation',
+            operation: item.operation,
+          })),
+          {
+            type: 'action',
+            action: {
+              type: clearQueuedMembershipDMOpsActionType,
+              payload: {
+                threadID,
+                userID: member.id,
+              },
+            },
           },
-        });
-        runningMembershipOperations.current.get(threadID)?.delete(member.id);
+          {
+            type: 'function',
+            itemFunction: () =>
+              runningMembershipOperations.current
+                .get(threadID)
+                ?.delete(member.id),
+          },
+        ]);
       }
     }
-  }, [
-    dispatch,
-    processOperationsQueue,
-    queuedMembershipOperations,
-    threadInfos,
-  ]);
+  }, [dispatch, enqueue, queuedMembershipOperations, threadInfos]);
 
   return null;
 }