diff --git a/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js b/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
index b77d9376f..d26a4b7c0 100644
--- a/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js
@@ -1,234 +1,231 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { NeynarClientContext } from './neynar-client-provider.react.js';
 import { useUserIdentityCache } from './user-identity-cache.react.js';
 import { setAuxUserFIDsActionType } from '../actions/aux-user-actions.js';
 import { updateRelationshipsActionTypes } from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
-import { setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType } from '../actions/synced-metadata-actions.js';
 import { useIsLoggedInToIdentityAndAuthoritativeKeyserver } from '../hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import { useUpdateRelationships } from '../hooks/relationship-hooks.js';
 import { IdentityClientContext } from '../shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import { relationshipActions } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
-import { syncedMetadataNames } from '../types/synced-metadata-types.js';
-import { useCurrentUserFID, useUnlinkFID } from '../utils/farcaster-utils.js';
+import {
+  useCurrentUserFID,
+  useUnlinkFID,
+  useSetLocalFID,
+} from '../utils/farcaster-utils.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { usingCommServicesAccessToken } from '../utils/services-utils.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +children?: React.Node,
 };
 
 function FarcasterDataHandler(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { children } = props;
 
   const isActive = useSelector(state => state.lifecycleState !== 'background');
 
   const currentUserID = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo?.id);
 
   const loggedIn = useIsLoggedInToIdentityAndAuthoritativeKeyserver();
 
   const neynarClient = React.useContext(NeynarClientContext)?.client;
 
   const identityServiceClient = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
   const getFarcasterUsers =
     identityServiceClient?.identityClient.getFarcasterUsers;
 
   const { getCachedUserIdentity, getUserIdentities: findUserIdentities } =
     useUserIdentityCache();
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
   const updateRelationships = useUpdateRelationships();
   const createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals = React.useCallback(
     (userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) =>
       updateRelationships(relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL, userIDs),
     [updateRelationships],
   );
 
   const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
 
   const fid = useCurrentUserFID();
 
   const unlinkFID = useUnlinkFID();
 
   const prevCanQueryRef = React.useRef<?boolean>();
 
   // It's possible for the user to log out while handleFarcasterMutuals below
   // is running. It's not a big deal, but this can lead to a useless server call
   // at the end. To avoid that useless server call, we want to check whether the
   // user is logged in beforehand, but the value of loggedIn bound in the
   // callback will be outdated. Instead, we can check this ref, which will be
   // updated on every render.
   const loggedInRef = React.useRef(loggedIn);
   loggedInRef.current = loggedIn;
 
   const handleFarcasterMutuals = React.useCallback(async () => {
     const canQuery = isActive && !!fid && loggedIn;
     if (canQuery === prevCanQueryRef.current) {
       return;
     }
     prevCanQueryRef.current = canQuery;
 
     if (
       !loggedIn ||
       !isActive ||
       !fid ||
       !neynarClient ||
       !getFarcasterUsers ||
       !currentUserID
     ) {
       return;
     }
 
     const followerFIDs = await neynarClient.fetchFriendFIDs(fid);
 
     const commFCUsers = await getFarcasterUsers(followerFIDs);
 
     const newCommUsers = commFCUsers.filter(({ userID }) => !userInfos[userID]);
 
     if (newCommUsers.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
 
     const newCommUserIDs = newCommUsers.map(({ userID }) => userID);
 
     if (!loggedInRef.current) {
       return;
     }
 
     void dispatchActionPromise(
       updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
       createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals(newCommUserIDs),
     );
   }, [
     isActive,
     fid,
     loggedIn,
     neynarClient,
     getFarcasterUsers,
     userInfos,
     dispatchActionPromise,
     createThreadsAndRobotextForFarcasterMutuals,
     currentUserID,
   ]);
 
   const handleUserStoreFIDs = React.useCallback(async () => {
     if (!loggedIn || !isActive) {
       return;
     }
 
     const userStoreIDs = Object.keys(userInfos);
 
     const { identities: userIdentities } =
       await findUserIdentities(userStoreIDs);
 
     const userStoreFarcasterUsers = Object.entries(userIdentities)
       .filter(([, identity]) => identity.farcasterID !== null)
       .map(([userID, identity]) => ({
         userID,
         username: identity.username,
         farcasterID: identity.farcasterID,
       }));
 
     dispatch({
       type: setAuxUserFIDsActionType,
       payload: {
         farcasterUsers: userStoreFarcasterUsers,
       },
     });
   }, [loggedIn, isActive, findUserIdentities, userInfos, dispatch]);
 
   const prevCanQueryHandleCurrentUserFIDRef = React.useRef<?boolean>();
   const canQueryHandleCurrentUserFID = isActive && loggedIn;
 
   const [fidLoaded, setFIDLoaded] = React.useState(false);
 
+  const setLocalFID = useSetLocalFID();
   const handleCurrentUserFID = React.useCallback(async () => {
     if (
       canQueryHandleCurrentUserFID ===
       prevCanQueryHandleCurrentUserFIDRef.current
     ) {
       return;
     }
     prevCanQueryHandleCurrentUserFIDRef.current = canQueryHandleCurrentUserFID;
 
     if (!canQueryHandleCurrentUserFID || !currentUserID || !neynarClient) {
       return;
     }
 
     const { identities: userIdentities } = await findUserIdentities([
       currentUserID,
     ]);
     const identityFID = userIdentities[currentUserID]?.farcasterID;
     const identityFIDRequestTimedOut = identityFID
       ? false
       : getCachedUserIdentity(currentUserID) === undefined;
 
     if (fid && !identityFIDRequestTimedOut && fid !== identityFID) {
       await unlinkFID();
       return;
     } else if (fid) {
       const isCurrentUserFIDValid =
         await neynarClient.checkIfCurrentUserFIDIsValid(fid);
       if (!isCurrentUserFIDValid) {
         await unlinkFID();
       }
       return;
     }
 
     if (identityFID) {
-      dispatch({
-        type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
-        payload: {
-          name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
-          data: identityFID,
-        },
-      });
+      setLocalFID(identityFID);
     }
 
     setFIDLoaded(true);
   }, [
     canQueryHandleCurrentUserFID,
     findUserIdentities,
     currentUserID,
     neynarClient,
     fid,
     unlinkFID,
-    dispatch,
+    setLocalFID,
     getCachedUserIdentity,
   ]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
       return;
     }
 
     void handleFarcasterMutuals();
     void handleUserStoreFIDs();
     void handleCurrentUserFID();
   }, [handleCurrentUserFID, handleFarcasterMutuals, handleUserStoreFIDs]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (loggedIn) {
       return;
     }
 
     setFIDLoaded(false);
   }, [loggedIn]);
 
   const farcasterDataHandler = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!fidLoaded) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return children;
   }, [children, fidLoaded]);
 
   return farcasterDataHandler;
 }
 
 export { FarcasterDataHandler };
diff --git a/lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js b/lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js
index cfc1556a6..72e338728 100644
--- a/lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js
@@ -1,86 +1,92 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType } from '../actions/synced-metadata-actions.js';
 import { IdentityClientContext } from '../shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import { syncedMetadataNames } from '../types/synced-metadata-types.js';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 const DISABLE_CONNECT_FARCASTER_ALERT = true;
 const NO_FID_METADATA = 'NONE';
 
 function useCurrentUserFID(): ?string {
   // There is a distinction between null & undefined for the fid value.
   // If the fid is null this means that the user has decided NOT to set
   // a Farcaster association. If the fid is undefined this means that
   // the user has not yet been prompted to set a Farcaster association.
   const currentUserFID = useSelector(
     state =>
       state.syncedMetadataStore.syncedMetadata[
         syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID
       ] ?? undefined,
   );
 
   if (currentUserFID === NO_FID_METADATA) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return currentUserFID;
 }
 
+function useSetLocalFID(): (fid: ?string) => void {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  return React.useCallback(
+    (fid: ?string) => {
+      // If we're unsetting the FID, we should set it to NO_FID_METADATA to
+      // avoid prompting the user for it again
+      const fidToSet = fid ?? NO_FID_METADATA;
+      dispatch({
+        type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
+        payload: {
+          name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
+          data: fidToSet,
+        },
+      });
+    },
+    [dispatch],
+  );
+}
+
 function useLinkFID(): (fid: string) => Promise<void> {
   const identityClientContext = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
   invariant(identityClientContext, 'identityClientContext should be set');
 
   const { identityClient } = identityClientContext;
   const { linkFarcasterAccount } = identityClient;
 
-  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const setLocalFID = useSetLocalFID();
 
   return React.useCallback(
     async (fid: string) => {
       await linkFarcasterAccount(fid);
-
-      dispatch({
-        type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
-        payload: {
-          name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
-          data: fid,
-        },
-      });
+      setLocalFID(fid);
     },
-    [dispatch, linkFarcasterAccount],
+    [setLocalFID, linkFarcasterAccount],
   );
 }
 
 function useUnlinkFID(): () => Promise<void> {
   const identityClientContext = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
   invariant(identityClientContext, 'identityClientContext should be set');
 
   const { identityClient } = identityClientContext;
   const { unlinkFarcasterAccount } = identityClient;
 
-  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const setLocalFID = useSetLocalFID();
 
   return React.useCallback(async () => {
     await unlinkFarcasterAccount();
-
-    dispatch({
-      type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
-      payload: {
-        name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
-        data: NO_FID_METADATA,
-      },
-    });
-  }, [dispatch, unlinkFarcasterAccount]);
+    setLocalFID(null);
+  }, [setLocalFID, unlinkFarcasterAccount]);
 }
 
 export {
   DISABLE_CONNECT_FARCASTER_ALERT,
   NO_FID_METADATA,
   useCurrentUserFID,
+  useSetLocalFID,
   useLinkFID,
   useUnlinkFID,
 };
diff --git a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
index e03ceed27..204dff382 100644
--- a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
@@ -1,613 +1,608 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { setDataLoadedActionType } from 'lib/actions/client-db-store-actions.js';
 import { setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType } from 'lib/actions/synced-metadata-actions.js';
 import {
   legacyKeyserverRegisterActionTypes,
   legacyKeyserverRegister,
   useIdentityPasswordRegister,
   identityRegisterActionTypes,
   deleteAccountActionTypes,
   useDeleteDiscardedIdentityAccount,
 } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
 import { useIsLoggedInToAuthoritativeKeyserver } from 'lib/hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import { useKeyserverAuthWithRetry } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/keyserver-auth.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
 import { usePreRequestUserState } from 'lib/selectors/account-selectors.js';
 import {
   type LegacyLogInStartingPayload,
   logInActionSources,
   type LogOutResult,
 } from 'lib/types/account-types.js';
 import { syncedMetadataNames } from 'lib/types/synced-metadata-types.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
-import { NO_FID_METADATA } from 'lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js';
+import { useSetLocalFID } from 'lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { usingCommServicesAccessToken } from 'lib/utils/services-utils.js';
 import { setURLPrefix } from 'lib/utils/url-utils.js';
 import { waitUntilDatabaseDeleted } from 'lib/utils/wait-until-db-deleted.js';
 
 import type {
   RegistrationServerCallInput,
   UsernameAccountSelection,
   EthereumAccountSelection,
   AvatarData,
 } from './registration-types.js';
 import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from '../../authoritative-keyserver.js';
 import {
   useNativeSetUserAvatar,
   useUploadSelectedMedia,
 } from '../../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import { commCoreModule } from '../../native-modules.js';
 import { persistConfig } from '../../redux/persist.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nativeLegacyLogInExtraInfoSelector } from '../../selectors/account-selectors.js';
 import {
   appOutOfDateAlertDetails,
   usernameReservedAlertDetails,
   usernameTakenAlertDetails,
   unknownErrorAlertDetails,
 } from '../../utils/alert-messages.js';
 import Alert from '../../utils/alert.js';
 import { defaultURLPrefix } from '../../utils/url-utils.js';
 import { setNativeCredentials } from '../native-credentials.js';
 import {
   useLegacySIWEServerCall,
   useIdentityWalletRegisterCall,
 } from '../siwe-hooks.js';
 
 // We can't just do everything in one async callback, since the server calls
 // would get bound to Redux state from before the registration. The registration
 // flow has multiple steps where critical Redux state is changed, where
 // subsequent steps depend on accessing the updated Redux state.
 
 // To address this, we break the registration process up into multiple steps.
 // When each step completes we update the currentStep state, and we have Redux
 // selectors that trigger useEffects for subsequent steps when relevant data
 // starts to appear in Redux.
 
 type CurrentStep =
   | { +step: 'inactive' }
   | {
       +step: 'identity_registration_dispatched',
       +clearCachedSelections: () => void,
       +onAlertAcknowledged: ?() => mixed,
       +avatarData: ?AvatarData,
       +credentialsToSave: ?{ +username: string, +password: string },
       +resolve: () => void,
       +reject: Error => void,
     }
   | {
       +step: 'authoritative_keyserver_registration_dispatched',
       +clearCachedSelections: () => void,
       +avatarData: ?AvatarData,
       +credentialsToSave: ?{ +username: string, +password: string },
       +resolve: () => void,
       +reject: Error => void,
     };
 
 const inactiveStep = { step: 'inactive' };
 
 function useRegistrationServerCall(): RegistrationServerCallInput => Promise<void> {
   const [currentStep, setCurrentStep] =
     React.useState<CurrentStep>(inactiveStep);
 
   // STEP 1: ACCOUNT REGISTRATION
 
   const legacyLogInExtraInfo = useSelector(nativeLegacyLogInExtraInfoSelector);
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const callLegacyKeyserverRegister = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(
     legacyKeyserverRegister,
   );
   const callIdentityPasswordRegister = useIdentityPasswordRegister();
 
   const identityRegisterUsernameAccount = React.useCallback(
     async (
       accountSelection: UsernameAccountSelection,
       farcasterID: ?string,
       onAlertAcknowledged: ?() => mixed,
     ) => {
       const identityRegisterPromise = (async () => {
         try {
           return await callIdentityPasswordRegister(
             accountSelection.username,
             accountSelection.password,
             farcasterID,
           );
         } catch (e) {
           const messageForException = getMessageForException(e);
           if (messageForException === 'username_reserved') {
             Alert.alert(
               usernameReservedAlertDetails.title,
               usernameReservedAlertDetails.message,
               [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
               { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
             );
           } else if (messageForException === 'username_already_exists') {
             Alert.alert(
               usernameTakenAlertDetails.title,
               usernameTakenAlertDetails.message,
               [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
               { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
             );
           } else if (messageForException === 'unsupported_version') {
             Alert.alert(
               appOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
               appOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
               [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
               { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
             );
           } else {
             Alert.alert(
               unknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
               unknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
               [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
               { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
             );
           }
           throw e;
         }
       })();
       void dispatchActionPromise(
         identityRegisterActionTypes,
         identityRegisterPromise,
       );
       await identityRegisterPromise;
     },
     [callIdentityPasswordRegister, dispatchActionPromise],
   );
 
   const legacyKeyserverRegisterUsernameAccount = React.useCallback(
     async (
       accountSelection: UsernameAccountSelection,
       keyserverURL: string,
       onAlertAcknowledged: ?() => mixed,
     ) => {
       const extraInfo = await legacyLogInExtraInfo();
       const legacyKeyserverRegisterPromise = (async () => {
         try {
           return await callLegacyKeyserverRegister(
             {
               ...extraInfo,
               username: accountSelection.username,
               password: accountSelection.password,
             },
             {
               urlPrefixOverride: keyserverURL,
             },
           );
         } catch (e) {
           const messageForException = getMessageForException(e);
           if (messageForException === 'username_reserved') {
             Alert.alert(
               usernameReservedAlertDetails.title,
               usernameReservedAlertDetails.message,
               [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
               { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
             );
           } else if (messageForException === 'username_taken') {
             Alert.alert(
               usernameTakenAlertDetails.title,
               usernameTakenAlertDetails.message,
               [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
               { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
             );
           } else if (messageForException === 'client_version_unsupported') {
             Alert.alert(
               appOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
               appOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
               [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
               { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
             );
           } else {
             Alert.alert(
               unknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
               unknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
               [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
               { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
             );
           }
           throw e;
         }
       })();
       void dispatchActionPromise(
         legacyKeyserverRegisterActionTypes,
         legacyKeyserverRegisterPromise,
         undefined,
         ({
           calendarQuery: extraInfo.calendarQuery,
         }: LegacyLogInStartingPayload),
       );
       await legacyKeyserverRegisterPromise;
     },
     [legacyLogInExtraInfo, callLegacyKeyserverRegister, dispatchActionPromise],
   );
 
   const legacySiweServerCall = useLegacySIWEServerCall();
   const legacyKeyserverRegisterEthereumAccount = React.useCallback(
     async (
       accountSelection: EthereumAccountSelection,
       keyserverURL: string,
       onAlertAcknowledged: ?() => mixed,
     ) => {
       try {
         await legacySiweServerCall(accountSelection, {
           urlPrefixOverride: keyserverURL,
         });
       } catch (e) {
         const messageForException = getMessageForException(e);
         if (messageForException === 'client_version_unsupported') {
           Alert.alert(
             appOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
             appOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
             [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
             { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
           );
         } else {
           Alert.alert(
             unknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
             unknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
             [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
             { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
           );
         }
         throw e;
       }
     },
     [legacySiweServerCall],
   );
 
   const identityWalletRegisterCall = useIdentityWalletRegisterCall();
   const identityRegisterEthereumAccount = React.useCallback(
     async (
       accountSelection: EthereumAccountSelection,
       farcasterID: ?string,
       onNonceExpired: () => mixed,
       onAlertAcknowledged: ?() => mixed,
     ) => {
       try {
         await identityWalletRegisterCall({
           address: accountSelection.address,
           message: accountSelection.message,
           signature: accountSelection.signature,
           fid: farcasterID,
         });
       } catch (e) {
         const messageForException = getMessageForException(e);
         if (messageForException === 'nonce_expired') {
           onNonceExpired();
         } else if (messageForException === 'unsupported_version') {
           Alert.alert(
             appOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
             appOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
             [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
             { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
           );
         } else {
           Alert.alert(
             unknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
             unknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
             [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
             { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
           );
         }
         throw e;
       }
     },
     [identityWalletRegisterCall],
   );
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const setLocalFID = useSetLocalFID();
   const returnedFunc = React.useCallback(
     (input: RegistrationServerCallInput) =>
       new Promise<void>(
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-async-promise-executor
         async (resolve, reject) => {
           try {
             if (currentStep.step !== 'inactive') {
               return;
             }
             const {
               accountSelection,
               avatarData,
               keyserverURL: passedKeyserverURL,
               farcasterID,
               siweBackupSecrets,
               clearCachedSelections,
               onNonceExpired,
               onAlertAcknowledged,
             } = input;
             const keyserverURL = passedKeyserverURL ?? defaultURLPrefix;
             if (
               accountSelection.accountType === 'username' &&
               !usingCommServicesAccessToken
             ) {
               await legacyKeyserverRegisterUsernameAccount(
                 accountSelection,
                 keyserverURL,
                 onAlertAcknowledged,
               );
             } else if (accountSelection.accountType === 'username') {
               await identityRegisterUsernameAccount(
                 accountSelection,
                 farcasterID,
                 onAlertAcknowledged,
               );
             } else if (!usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
               await legacyKeyserverRegisterEthereumAccount(
                 accountSelection,
                 keyserverURL,
                 onAlertAcknowledged,
               );
             } else {
               await identityRegisterEthereumAccount(
                 accountSelection,
                 farcasterID,
                 onNonceExpired,
                 onAlertAcknowledged,
               );
             }
             if (passedKeyserverURL) {
               dispatch({
                 type: setURLPrefix,
                 payload: passedKeyserverURL,
               });
             }
-            const fidToSave = farcasterID ?? NO_FID_METADATA;
-            dispatch({
-              type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
-              payload: {
-                name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
-                data: fidToSave,
-              },
-            });
+            setLocalFID(farcasterID);
             if (siweBackupSecrets) {
               await commCoreModule.setSIWEBackupSecrets(siweBackupSecrets);
             }
             const credentialsToSave =
               accountSelection.accountType === 'username'
                 ? {
                     username: accountSelection.username,
                     password: accountSelection.password,
                   }
                 : null;
             if (usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
               setCurrentStep({
                 step: 'identity_registration_dispatched',
                 avatarData,
                 clearCachedSelections,
                 onAlertAcknowledged,
                 credentialsToSave,
                 resolve,
                 reject,
               });
             } else {
               setCurrentStep({
                 step: 'authoritative_keyserver_registration_dispatched',
                 avatarData,
                 clearCachedSelections,
                 credentialsToSave,
                 resolve,
                 reject,
               });
             }
           } catch (e) {
             reject(e);
           }
         },
       ),
     [
       currentStep,
       legacyKeyserverRegisterUsernameAccount,
       identityRegisterUsernameAccount,
       legacyKeyserverRegisterEthereumAccount,
       identityRegisterEthereumAccount,
       dispatch,
+      setLocalFID,
     ],
   );
 
   // STEP 2: REGISTERING ON AUTHORITATIVE KEYSERVER
 
   const keyserverAuth = useKeyserverAuthWithRetry(authoritativeKeyserverID);
 
   const isRegisteredOnIdentity = useSelector(
     state =>
       !!state.commServicesAccessToken &&
       !!state.currentUserInfo &&
       !state.currentUserInfo.anonymous,
   );
 
   // We call deleteDiscardedIdentityAccount in order to reset state if identity
   // registration succeeds but authoritative keyserver auth fails
   const deleteDiscardedIdentityAccount = useDeleteDiscardedIdentityAccount();
   const preRequestUserState = usePreRequestUserState();
   const commServicesAccessToken = useSelector(
     state => state.commServicesAccessToken,
   );
 
   const registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef = React.useRef(false);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       !isRegisteredOnIdentity ||
       currentStep.step !== 'identity_registration_dispatched' ||
       registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current
     ) {
       return;
     }
     registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current = true;
     const {
       avatarData,
       clearCachedSelections,
       onAlertAcknowledged,
       credentialsToSave,
       resolve,
       reject,
     } = currentStep;
     void (async () => {
       try {
         await keyserverAuth({
           authActionSource: process.env.BROWSER
             ? logInActionSources.keyserverAuthFromWeb
             : logInActionSources.keyserverAuthFromNative,
           setInProgress: () => {},
           hasBeenCancelled: () => false,
           doNotRegister: false,
           password: credentialsToSave?.password,
         });
         setCurrentStep({
           step: 'authoritative_keyserver_registration_dispatched',
           avatarData,
           clearCachedSelections,
           credentialsToSave,
           resolve,
           reject,
         });
       } catch (keyserverAuthException) {
         const messageForException = getMessageForException(
           keyserverAuthException,
         );
         const discardIdentityAccountPromise: Promise<LogOutResult> =
           (async () => {
             try {
               const deletionResult = await deleteDiscardedIdentityAccount(
                 credentialsToSave?.password,
               );
               if (messageForException === 'client_version_unsupported') {
                 Alert.alert(
                   appOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
                   appOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
                   [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
                   { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
                 );
               } else {
                 Alert.alert(
                   unknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
                   unknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
                   [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
                   { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
                 );
               }
               return deletionResult;
             } catch (deleteException) {
               // We swallow the exception here because
               // discardIdentityAccountPromise is used in a scenario where the
               // user is visibly logged-out, and it's only used to reset state
               // (eg. Redux, SQLite) to a logged-out state. The state reset
               // only occurs when a success action is dispatched, so by
               // swallowing exceptions we ensure that we always dispatch a
               // success.
               Alert.alert(
                 'Account created but login failed',
                 'We were able to create your account, but were unable to log ' +
                   'you in. Try going back to the login screen and logging in ' +
                   'with your new credentials.',
                 [{ text: 'OK', onPress: onAlertAcknowledged }],
                 { cancelable: !onAlertAcknowledged },
               );
               return {
                 currentUserInfo: null,
                 preRequestUserState: {
                   ...preRequestUserState,
                   commServicesAccessToken,
                 },
               };
             }
           })();
         void dispatchActionPromise(
           deleteAccountActionTypes,
           discardIdentityAccountPromise,
         );
         await waitUntilDatabaseDeleted();
         reject(keyserverAuthException);
         setCurrentStep(inactiveStep);
       } finally {
         registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current = false;
       }
     })();
   }, [
     currentStep,
     isRegisteredOnIdentity,
     keyserverAuth,
     dispatchActionPromise,
     deleteDiscardedIdentityAccount,
     preRequestUserState,
     commServicesAccessToken,
   ]);
 
   // STEP 3: SETTING AVATAR
 
   const uploadSelectedMedia = useUploadSelectedMedia();
   const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
 
   const isLoggedInToAuthKeyserver = useIsLoggedInToAuthoritativeKeyserver();
 
   const avatarBeingSetRef = React.useRef(false);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       !isLoggedInToAuthKeyserver ||
       currentStep.step !== 'authoritative_keyserver_registration_dispatched' ||
       avatarBeingSetRef.current
     ) {
       return;
     }
     avatarBeingSetRef.current = true;
     const { avatarData, resolve, clearCachedSelections, credentialsToSave } =
       currentStep;
     void (async () => {
       try {
         if (!avatarData) {
           return;
         }
         let updateUserAvatarRequest;
         if (!avatarData.needsUpload) {
           ({ updateUserAvatarRequest } = avatarData);
         } else {
           const { mediaSelection } = avatarData;
           updateUserAvatarRequest = await uploadSelectedMedia(
             mediaSelection,
             'keyserver',
           );
           if (!updateUserAvatarRequest) {
             return;
           }
         }
         await nativeSetUserAvatar(updateUserAvatarRequest);
       } finally {
         dispatch({
           type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
           payload: {
             name: syncedMetadataNames.DB_VERSION,
             data: `${persistConfig.version}`,
           },
         });
         dispatch({
           type: setDataLoadedActionType,
           payload: {
             dataLoaded: true,
           },
         });
         clearCachedSelections();
         if (credentialsToSave) {
           void setNativeCredentials(credentialsToSave);
         }
         setCurrentStep(inactiveStep);
         avatarBeingSetRef.current = false;
         resolve();
       }
     })();
   }, [
     currentStep,
     isLoggedInToAuthKeyserver,
     uploadSelectedMedia,
     nativeSetUserAvatar,
     dispatch,
   ]);
 
   return returnedFunc;
 }
 
 export { useRegistrationServerCall };