diff --git a/lib/shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js b/lib/shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js
--- a/lib/shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js
+++ b/lib/shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   type SendDMOpsPayload,
 } from '../../types/dm-ops.js';
 import type { RawThreadInfo } from '../../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
+import type { DispatchMetadata } from '../../types/redux-types.js';
 import type { OutboundP2PMessage } from '../../types/sqlite-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from '../../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { LegacyRawThreadInfo } from '../../types/thread-types.js';
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 
 function useProcessDMOperation(): (
   dmOperationSpecification: DMOperationSpecification,
+  dmOpID: ?string,
 ) => Promise<void> {
   const fetchMessage = useGetLatestMessageEdit();
   const threadInfos = useSelector(state => state.threadStore.threadInfos);
@@ -57,7 +59,10 @@
   const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
 
   return React.useCallback(
-    async (dmOperationSpecification: DMOperationSpecification) => {
+    async (
+      dmOperationSpecification: DMOperationSpecification,
+      dmOpID: ?string,
+    ) => {
       if (!viewerID) {
         console.log('ignored DMOperation because logged out');
         return;
@@ -74,7 +79,19 @@
         );
       }
 
-      const { op: dmOp, metadata } = dmOperationSpecification;
+      let dispatchMetadata: ?DispatchMetadata =
+        dmOperationSpecification.metadata;
+      if (
+        dmOperationSpecification.type ===
+          dmOperationSpecificationTypes.OUTBOUND &&
+        dmOpID
+      ) {
+        dispatchMetadata = {
+          dmOpID,
+        };
+      }
+
+      const { op: dmOp } = dmOperationSpecification;
       const processingCheckResult = dmOpSpecs[dmOp.type].canBeProcessed(
         dmOp,
         viewerID,
@@ -91,7 +108,7 @@
                 timestamp: Date.now(),
               },
             },
-            metadata,
+            dispatchMetadata,
           );
         }
         return;
@@ -186,7 +203,7 @@
             messageIDWithoutAutoRetry,
           },
         },
-        metadata,
+        dispatchMetadata,
       );
     },
     [
@@ -209,8 +226,8 @@
 
   return React.useCallback(
     async (dmOperationSpecification: OutboundDMOperationSpecification) => {
-      const { promise } = getDMOpsSendingPromise();
-      await processDMOps(dmOperationSpecification);
+      const { promise, dmOpID } = getDMOpsSendingPromise();
+      await processDMOps(dmOperationSpecification, dmOpID);
 
       if (
         dmOperationSpecification.type ===