diff --git a/lib/hooks/login-hooks.js b/lib/hooks/login-hooks.js
index 75df3f90a..534cfdaaf 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/login-hooks.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/login-hooks.js
@@ -1,121 +1,107 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   identityLogInActionTypes,
   useIdentityPasswordLogIn,
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { useKeyserverAuth } from '../keyserver-conn/keyserver-auth.js';
 import { logInActionSources } from '../types/account-types.js';
 import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from '../utils/authoritative-keyserver.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 // We can't just do everything in one async callback, since the server calls
 // would get bound to Redux state from before the login. In order to pick up the
 // updated CSAT and currentUserInfo from Redux, we break the login into two
 // steps.
 
 type CurrentStep =
   | { +step: 'inactive' }
   | {
       +step: 'identity_login_dispatched',
       +resolve: () => void,
       +reject: Error => void,
     };
 
 const inactiveStep = { step: 'inactive' };
 
-type UsePasswordLogInInput = {
-  // Called after successful identity auth, but before successful authoritative
-  // keyserver auth. Used by callers to trigger local persistence of credentials
-  +saveCredentials?: ?({ +username: string, +password: string }) => mixed,
-};
-function usePasswordLogIn(
-  input?: ?UsePasswordLogInInput,
-): (username: string, password: string) => Promise<void> {
+function usePasswordLogIn(): (
+  username: string,
+  password: string,
+) => Promise<void> {
   const [currentStep, setCurrentStep] =
     React.useState<CurrentStep>(inactiveStep);
 
-  const saveCredentials = input?.saveCredentials;
   const identityPasswordLogIn = useIdentityPasswordLogIn();
-  const identityLogInAction = React.useCallback(
-    async (username: string, password: string) => {
-      const result = await identityPasswordLogIn(username, password);
-      saveCredentials?.({ username, password });
-      return result;
-    },
-    [identityPasswordLogIn, saveCredentials],
-  );
-
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const returnedFunc = React.useCallback(
     (username: string, password: string) =>
       new Promise<void>(
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-async-promise-executor
         async (resolve, reject) => {
           if (currentStep.step !== 'inactive') {
             return;
           }
-          const action = identityLogInAction(username, password);
+          const action = identityPasswordLogIn(username, password);
           void dispatchActionPromise(identityLogInActionTypes, action);
           try {
             await action;
             setCurrentStep({
               step: 'identity_login_dispatched',
               resolve,
               reject,
             });
           } catch (e) {
             reject(e);
           }
         },
       ),
-    [currentStep, dispatchActionPromise, identityLogInAction],
+    [currentStep, dispatchActionPromise, identityPasswordLogIn],
   );
 
   const keyserverAuth = useKeyserverAuth(authoritativeKeyserverID());
 
   const isRegisteredOnIdentity = useSelector(
     state =>
       !!state.commServicesAccessToken &&
       !!state.currentUserInfo &&
       !state.currentUserInfo.anonymous,
   );
 
   const registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef = React.useRef(false);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       !isRegisteredOnIdentity ||
       currentStep.step !== 'identity_login_dispatched' ||
       registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current
     ) {
       return;
     }
     registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current = true;
     const { resolve, reject } = currentStep;
     void (async () => {
       try {
         await keyserverAuth({
           authActionSource: process.env.BROWSER
             ? logInActionSources.keyserverAuthFromWeb
             : logInActionSources.keyserverAuthFromNative,
           setInProgress: () => {},
           hasBeenCancelled: () => false,
           doNotRegister: false,
         });
         resolve();
       } catch (e) {
         reject(e);
       } finally {
         setCurrentStep(inactiveStep);
         registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current = false;
       }
     })();
   }, [currentStep, isRegisteredOnIdentity, keyserverAuth]);
 
   return returnedFunc;
 }
 
 export { usePasswordLogIn };
diff --git a/native/account/log-in-panel.react.js b/native/account/log-in-panel.react.js
index e10433dc9..9326ca8f5 100644
--- a/native/account/log-in-panel.react.js
+++ b/native/account/log-in-panel.react.js
@@ -1,476 +1,477 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View, StyleSheet, Keyboard, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
 import {
   legacyLogInActionTypes,
   useLegacyLogIn,
   getOlmSessionInitializationDataActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
 import { usePasswordLogIn } from 'lib/hooks/login-hooks.js';
 import {
   createLoadingStatusSelector,
   combineLoadingStatuses,
 } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import {
   validEmailRegex,
   oldValidUsernameRegex,
 } from 'lib/shared/account-utils.js';
 import { useInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage } from 'lib/shared/crypto-utils.js';
 import {
   type LogInInfo,
   type LogInExtraInfo,
   type LogInResult,
   type LogInStartingPayload,
   logInActionSources,
 } from 'lib/types/account-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   type DispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { usingCommServicesAccessToken } from 'lib/utils/services-utils.js';
 
 import { TextInput } from './modal-components.react.js';
 import {
   fetchNativeCredentials,
   setNativeCredentials,
 } from './native-credentials.js';
 import { PanelButton, Panel } from './panel-components.react.js';
 import PasswordInput from './password-input.react.js';
 import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from '../authoritative-keyserver.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from '../components/swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nativeLogInExtraInfoSelector } from '../selectors/account-selectors.js';
 import type { KeyPressEvent } from '../types/react-native.js';
 import {
   AppOutOfDateAlertDetails,
   UnknownErrorAlertDetails,
   UserNotFoundAlertDetails,
 } from '../utils/alert-messages.js';
 import Alert from '../utils/alert.js';
 import type { StateContainer } from '../utils/state-container.js';
 
 export type LogInState = {
   +usernameInputText: ?string,
   +passwordInputText: ?string,
 };
 type BaseProps = {
   +setActiveAlert: (activeAlert: boolean) => void,
   +opacityValue: Animated.Node,
   +logInState: StateContainer<LogInState>,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +loadingStatus: LoadingStatus,
   +logInExtraInfo: () => Promise<LogInExtraInfo>,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   +legacyLogIn: (logInInfo: LogInInfo) => Promise<LogInResult>,
   +identityPasswordLogIn: (username: string, password: string) => Promise<void>,
   +getInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage: () => Promise<string>,
 };
 type State = {
   +logInPending: boolean,
 };
 class LogInPanel extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   usernameInput: ?TextInput;
   passwordInput: ?PasswordInput;
   state: State = { logInPending: false };
 
   componentDidMount() {
     void this.attemptToFetchCredentials();
   }
 
   get usernameInputText(): string {
     return this.props.logInState.state.usernameInputText || '';
   }
 
   get passwordInputText(): string {
     return this.props.logInState.state.passwordInputText || '';
   }
 
   async attemptToFetchCredentials() {
     if (
       this.props.logInState.state.usernameInputText !== null &&
       this.props.logInState.state.usernameInputText !== undefined
     ) {
       return;
     }
     const credentials = await fetchNativeCredentials();
     if (!credentials) {
       return;
     }
     if (
       this.props.logInState.state.usernameInputText !== null &&
       this.props.logInState.state.usernameInputText !== undefined
     ) {
       return;
     }
     this.props.logInState.setState({
       usernameInputText: credentials.username,
       passwordInputText: credentials.password,
     });
   }
 
   render(): React.Node {
     return (
       <Panel opacityValue={this.props.opacityValue}>
         <View style={styles.row}>
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="user-1"
             size={22}
             color="#555"
             style={styles.icon}
           />
           <TextInput
             style={styles.input}
             value={this.usernameInputText}
             onChangeText={this.onChangeUsernameInputText}
             onKeyPress={this.onUsernameKeyPress}
             placeholder="Username"
             autoFocus={Platform.OS !== 'ios'}
             autoCorrect={false}
             autoCapitalize="none"
             keyboardType="ascii-capable"
             textContentType="username"
             autoComplete="username"
             returnKeyType="next"
             blurOnSubmit={false}
             onSubmitEditing={this.focusPasswordInput}
             editable={this.getLoadingStatus() !== 'loading'}
             ref={this.usernameInputRef}
           />
         </View>
         <View style={styles.row}>
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="lock-on"
             size={22}
             color="#555"
             style={styles.icon}
           />
           <PasswordInput
             style={styles.input}
             value={this.passwordInputText}
             onChangeText={this.onChangePasswordInputText}
             placeholder="Password"
             textContentType="password"
             autoComplete="password"
             autoCapitalize="none"
             returnKeyType="go"
             blurOnSubmit={false}
             onSubmitEditing={this.onSubmit}
             editable={this.getLoadingStatus() !== 'loading'}
             ref={this.passwordInputRef}
           />
         </View>
         <View style={styles.footer}>
           <PanelButton
             text="LOG IN"
             loadingStatus={this.getLoadingStatus()}
             onSubmit={this.onSubmit}
           />
         </View>
       </Panel>
     );
   }
 
   getLoadingStatus(): LoadingStatus {
     if (this.props.loadingStatus === 'loading') {
       return 'loading';
     }
     if (this.state.logInPending) {
       return 'loading';
     }
     return 'inactive';
   }
 
   usernameInputRef: (usernameInput: ?TextInput) => void = usernameInput => {
     this.usernameInput = usernameInput;
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios' && usernameInput) {
       setTimeout(() => usernameInput.focus());
     }
   };
 
   focusUsernameInput: () => void = () => {
     invariant(this.usernameInput, 'ref should be set');
     this.usernameInput.focus();
   };
 
   passwordInputRef: (passwordInput: ?PasswordInput) => void = passwordInput => {
     this.passwordInput = passwordInput;
   };
 
   focusPasswordInput: () => void = () => {
     invariant(this.passwordInput, 'ref should be set');
     this.passwordInput.focus();
   };
 
   onChangeUsernameInputText: (text: string) => void = text => {
     this.props.logInState.setState({ usernameInputText: text.trim() });
   };
 
   onUsernameKeyPress: (event: KeyPressEvent) => void = event => {
     const { key } = event.nativeEvent;
     if (
       key.length > 1 &&
       key !== 'Backspace' &&
       key !== 'Enter' &&
       this.passwordInputText.length === 0
     ) {
       this.focusPasswordInput();
     }
   };
 
   onChangePasswordInputText: (text: string) => void = text => {
     this.props.logInState.setState({ passwordInputText: text });
   };
 
   onSubmit: () => Promise<void> = async () => {
     this.props.setActiveAlert(true);
     if (this.usernameInputText.search(validEmailRegex) > -1) {
       Alert.alert(
         'Can’t log in with email',
         'You need to log in with your username now',
         [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onUsernameAlertAcknowledged }],
         { cancelable: false },
       );
       return;
     } else if (this.usernameInputText.search(oldValidUsernameRegex) === -1) {
       Alert.alert(
         'Invalid username',
         'Alphanumeric usernames only',
         [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onUsernameAlertAcknowledged }],
         { cancelable: false },
       );
       return;
     } else if (this.passwordInputText === '') {
       Alert.alert(
         'Empty password',
         'Password cannot be empty',
         [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onPasswordAlertAcknowledged }],
         { cancelable: false },
       );
       return;
     }
 
     Keyboard.dismiss();
     if (usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
       await this.identityPasswordLogIn();
       return;
     }
 
     const extraInfo = await this.props.logInExtraInfo();
     const initialNotificationsEncryptedMessage =
       await this.props.getInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage();
 
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       legacyLogInActionTypes,
       this.legacyLogInAction({
         ...extraInfo,
         initialNotificationsEncryptedMessage,
       }),
       undefined,
       ({ calendarQuery: extraInfo.calendarQuery }: LogInStartingPayload),
     );
   };
 
   async legacyLogInAction(extraInfo: LogInExtraInfo): Promise<LogInResult> {
     try {
       const result = await this.props.legacyLogIn({
         ...extraInfo,
         username: this.usernameInputText,
         password: this.passwordInputText,
         authActionSource: logInActionSources.logInFromNativeForm,
       });
       this.props.setActiveAlert(false);
       await setNativeCredentials({
         username: result.currentUserInfo.username,
         password: this.passwordInputText,
       });
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
       if (e.message === 'invalid_credentials') {
         Alert.alert(
           UserNotFoundAlertDetails.title,
           UserNotFoundAlertDetails.message,
           [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onUnsuccessfulLoginAlertAckowledged }],
           { cancelable: false },
         );
       } else if (e.message === 'client_version_unsupported') {
         Alert.alert(
           AppOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
           AppOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
           [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onAppOutOfDateAlertAcknowledged }],
           { cancelable: false },
         );
       } else {
         Alert.alert(
           UnknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
           UnknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
           [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onUnknownErrorAlertAcknowledged }],
           { cancelable: false },
         );
       }
       throw e;
     }
   }
 
   async identityPasswordLogIn(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.state.logInPending) {
       return;
     }
     this.setState({ logInPending: true });
     try {
       await this.props.identityPasswordLogIn(
         this.usernameInputText,
         this.passwordInputText,
       );
       this.props.setActiveAlert(false);
+      await setNativeCredentials({
+        username: this.usernameInputText,
+        password: this.passwordInputText,
+      });
     } catch (e) {
       const messageForException = getMessageForException(e);
       if (
         messageForException === 'user not found' ||
         messageForException === 'login failed'
       ) {
         Alert.alert(
           UserNotFoundAlertDetails.title,
           UserNotFoundAlertDetails.message,
           [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onUnsuccessfulLoginAlertAckowledged }],
           { cancelable: false },
         );
       } else if (messageForException === 'Unsupported version') {
         Alert.alert(
           AppOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
           AppOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
           [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onAppOutOfDateAlertAcknowledged }],
           { cancelable: false },
         );
       } else {
         Alert.alert(
           UnknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
           UnknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
           [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onUnknownErrorAlertAcknowledged }],
           { cancelable: false },
         );
       }
       throw e;
     } finally {
       this.setState({ logInPending: false });
     }
   }
 
   onUnsuccessfulLoginAlertAckowledged: () => void = () => {
     this.props.setActiveAlert(false);
     this.props.logInState.setState(
       {
         usernameInputText: '',
         passwordInputText: '',
       },
       this.focusUsernameInput,
     );
   };
 
   onUsernameAlertAcknowledged: () => void = () => {
     this.props.setActiveAlert(false);
     this.props.logInState.setState(
       {
         usernameInputText: '',
       },
       this.focusUsernameInput,
     );
   };
 
   onPasswordAlertAcknowledged: () => void = () => {
     this.props.setActiveAlert(false);
     this.props.logInState.setState(
       {
         passwordInputText: '',
       },
       this.focusPasswordInput,
     );
   };
 
   onUnknownErrorAlertAcknowledged: () => void = () => {
     this.props.setActiveAlert(false);
     this.props.logInState.setState(
       {
         usernameInputText: '',
         passwordInputText: '',
       },
       this.focusUsernameInput,
     );
   };
 
   onAppOutOfDateAlertAcknowledged: () => void = () => {
     this.props.setActiveAlert(false);
   };
 }
 
 export type InnerLogInPanel = LogInPanel;
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   footer: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
     justifyContent: 'flex-end',
   },
   icon: {
     bottom: 10,
     left: 4,
     position: 'absolute',
   },
   input: {
     paddingLeft: 35,
   },
   row: {
     marginHorizontal: 24,
   },
 });
 
 const logInLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   legacyLogInActionTypes,
 );
 const olmSessionInitializationDataLoadingStatusSelector =
   createLoadingStatusSelector(getOlmSessionInitializationDataActionTypes);
-const identityPasswordLogInInput = { saveCredentials: setNativeCredentials };
 
 const ConnectedLogInPanel: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> =
   React.memo<BaseProps>(function ConnectedLogInPanel(props: BaseProps) {
     const logInLoadingStatus = useSelector(logInLoadingStatusSelector);
     const olmSessionInitializationDataLoadingStatus = useSelector(
       olmSessionInitializationDataLoadingStatusSelector,
     );
     const loadingStatus = combineLoadingStatuses(
       logInLoadingStatus,
       olmSessionInitializationDataLoadingStatus,
     );
 
     const logInExtraInfo = useSelector(nativeLogInExtraInfoSelector);
 
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const callLegacyLogIn = useLegacyLogIn();
-    const callIdentityPasswordLogIn = usePasswordLogIn(
-      identityPasswordLogInInput,
-    );
+    const callIdentityPasswordLogIn = usePasswordLogIn();
     const getInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage =
       useInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage(authoritativeKeyserverID);
 
     return (
       <LogInPanel
         {...props}
         loadingStatus={loadingStatus}
         logInExtraInfo={logInExtraInfo}
         dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
         legacyLogIn={callLegacyLogIn}
         identityPasswordLogIn={callIdentityPasswordLogIn}
         getInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage={
           getInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage
         }
       />
     );
   });
 
 export default ConnectedLogInPanel;
diff --git a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
index c1e519c4e..3a059d7f9 100644
--- a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
@@ -1,410 +1,421 @@
 // @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 {
   keyserverRegisterActionTypes,
   keyserverRegister,
   useIdentityPasswordRegister,
   identityRegisterActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
 import { useKeyserverAuth } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/keyserver-auth.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
 import { isLoggedInToKeyserver } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import {
   type LogInStartingPayload,
   logInActionSources,
 } from 'lib/types/account-types.js';
 import { syncedMetadataNames } from 'lib/types/synced-metadata-types.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 type {
   RegistrationServerCallInput,
   UsernameAccountSelection,
   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 { useSelector } from '../../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nativeLogInExtraInfoSelector } from '../../selectors/account-selectors.js';
 import {
   AppOutOfDateAlertDetails,
   UsernameReservedAlertDetails,
   UsernameTakenAlertDetails,
   UnknownErrorAlertDetails,
 } from '../../utils/alert-messages.js';
 import Alert from '../../utils/alert.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,
       +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 logInExtraInfo = useSelector(nativeLogInExtraInfoSelector);
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const callKeyserverRegister = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(keyserverRegister);
   const callIdentityPasswordRegister = useIdentityPasswordRegister();
 
   const identityRegisterUsernameAccount = React.useCallback(
     async (
       accountSelection: UsernameAccountSelection,
       farcasterID: ?string,
     ) => {
       const identityRegisterPromise = (async () => {
         try {
-          const result = await callIdentityPasswordRegister(
+          return await callIdentityPasswordRegister(
             accountSelection.username,
             accountSelection.password,
             farcasterID,
           );
-          await setNativeCredentials({
-            username: accountSelection.username,
-            password: accountSelection.password,
-          });
-          return result;
         } catch (e) {
           if (e.message === 'username reserved') {
             Alert.alert(
               UsernameReservedAlertDetails.title,
               UsernameReservedAlertDetails.message,
             );
           } else if (e.message === 'username already exists') {
             Alert.alert(
               UsernameTakenAlertDetails.title,
               UsernameTakenAlertDetails.message,
             );
           } else if (e.message === 'Unsupported version') {
             Alert.alert(
               AppOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
               AppOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
             );
           } else {
             Alert.alert(
               UnknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
               UnknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
             );
           }
           throw e;
         }
       })();
       void dispatchActionPromise(
         identityRegisterActionTypes,
         identityRegisterPromise,
       );
       await identityRegisterPromise;
     },
     [callIdentityPasswordRegister, dispatchActionPromise],
   );
 
   const keyserverRegisterUsernameAccount = React.useCallback(
     async (
       accountSelection: UsernameAccountSelection,
       keyserverURL: string,
     ) => {
       const extraInfo = await logInExtraInfo();
       const keyserverRegisterPromise = (async () => {
         try {
-          const result = await callKeyserverRegister(
+          return await callKeyserverRegister(
             {
               ...extraInfo,
               username: accountSelection.username,
               password: accountSelection.password,
             },
             {
               urlPrefixOverride: keyserverURL,
             },
           );
-          await setNativeCredentials({
-            username: result.currentUserInfo.username,
-            password: accountSelection.password,
-          });
-          return result;
         } catch (e) {
           if (e.message === 'username_reserved') {
             Alert.alert(
               UsernameReservedAlertDetails.title,
               UsernameReservedAlertDetails.message,
             );
           } else if (e.message === 'username_taken') {
             Alert.alert(
               UsernameTakenAlertDetails.title,
               UsernameTakenAlertDetails.message,
             );
           } else if (e.message === 'client_version_unsupported') {
             Alert.alert(
               AppOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,
               AppOutOfDateAlertDetails.message,
             );
           } else {
             Alert.alert(
               UnknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
               UnknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
             );
           }
           throw e;
         }
       })();
       void dispatchActionPromise(
         keyserverRegisterActionTypes,
         keyserverRegisterPromise,
         undefined,
         ({ calendarQuery: extraInfo.calendarQuery }: LogInStartingPayload),
       );
       await keyserverRegisterPromise;
     },
     [logInExtraInfo, callKeyserverRegister, dispatchActionPromise],
   );
 
   const legacySiweServerCall = useLegacySIWEServerCall();
   const identityWalletRegisterCall = useIdentityWalletRegisterCall();
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   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,
               farcasterID,
               siweBackupSecrets,
               clearCachedSelections,
             } = input;
             if (
               accountSelection.accountType === 'username' &&
               !usingCommServicesAccessToken
             ) {
               await keyserverRegisterUsernameAccount(
                 accountSelection,
                 keyserverURL,
               );
             } else if (accountSelection.accountType === 'username') {
               await identityRegisterUsernameAccount(
                 accountSelection,
                 farcasterID,
               );
             } else if (!usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
               try {
                 await legacySiweServerCall(accountSelection, {
                   urlPrefixOverride: keyserverURL,
                 });
               } catch (e) {
                 Alert.alert(
                   UnknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
                   UnknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
                 );
                 throw e;
               }
             } else {
               try {
                 await identityWalletRegisterCall({
                   address: accountSelection.address,
                   message: accountSelection.message,
                   signature: accountSelection.signature,
                   fid: farcasterID,
                 });
               } catch (e) {
                 Alert.alert(
                   UnknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
                   UnknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
                 );
                 throw e;
               }
             }
             dispatch({
               type: setURLPrefix,
               payload: keyserverURL,
             });
             if (farcasterID) {
               dispatch({
                 type: setSyncedMetadataEntryActionType,
                 payload: {
                   name: syncedMetadataNames.CURRENT_USER_FID,
                   data: farcasterID,
                 },
               });
             }
             if (siweBackupSecrets) {
               await commCoreModule.setSIWEBackupSecrets(siweBackupSecrets);
             }
+            const credentialsToSave =
+              accountSelection.accountType === 'username'
+                ? {
+                    username: accountSelection.username,
+                    password: accountSelection.password,
+                  }
+                : null;
             setCurrentStep({
               step: 'identity_registration_dispatched',
               avatarData,
               clearCachedSelections,
+              credentialsToSave,
               resolve,
               reject,
             });
           } catch (e) {
             reject(e);
           }
         },
       ),
     [
       currentStep,
       keyserverRegisterUsernameAccount,
       identityRegisterUsernameAccount,
       legacySiweServerCall,
       dispatch,
       identityWalletRegisterCall,
     ],
   );
 
   // STEP 2: REGISTERING ON AUTHORITATIVE KEYSERVER
 
   const keyserverAuth = useKeyserverAuth(authoritativeKeyserverID);
 
   const isRegisteredOnIdentity = useSelector(
     state =>
       !!state.commServicesAccessToken &&
       !!state.currentUserInfo &&
       !state.currentUserInfo.anonymous,
   );
 
   const registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef = React.useRef(false);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       !isRegisteredOnIdentity ||
       currentStep.step !== 'identity_registration_dispatched' ||
       registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current
     ) {
       return;
     }
     registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current = true;
-    const { avatarData, clearCachedSelections, resolve, reject } = currentStep;
+    const {
+      avatarData,
+      clearCachedSelections,
+      credentialsToSave,
+      resolve,
+      reject,
+    } = currentStep;
     void (async () => {
       try {
         await keyserverAuth({
           authActionSource: process.env.BROWSER
             ? logInActionSources.keyserverAuthFromWeb
             : logInActionSources.keyserverAuthFromNative,
           setInProgress: () => {},
           hasBeenCancelled: () => false,
           doNotRegister: false,
         });
         setCurrentStep({
           step: 'authoritative_keyserver_registration_dispatched',
           avatarData,
           clearCachedSelections,
+          credentialsToSave,
           resolve,
           reject,
         });
       } catch (e) {
         reject(e);
         setCurrentStep(inactiveStep);
       } finally {
         registeringOnAuthoritativeKeyserverRef.current = false;
       }
     })();
   }, [currentStep, isRegisteredOnIdentity, keyserverAuth]);
 
   // STEP 3: SETTING AVATAR
 
   const uploadSelectedMedia = useUploadSelectedMedia();
   const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
 
   const isLoggedInToAuthoritativeKeyserver = useSelector(
     isLoggedInToKeyserver(authoritativeKeyserverID),
   );
 
   const avatarBeingSetRef = React.useRef(false);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       !isLoggedInToAuthoritativeKeyserver ||
       currentStep.step !== 'authoritative_keyserver_registration_dispatched' ||
       avatarBeingSetRef.current
     ) {
       return;
     }
     avatarBeingSetRef.current = true;
-    const { avatarData, resolve, clearCachedSelections } = currentStep;
+    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);
           if (!updateUserAvatarRequest) {
             return;
           }
         }
         await nativeSetUserAvatar(updateUserAvatarRequest);
       } finally {
         dispatch({
           type: setDataLoadedActionType,
           payload: {
             dataLoaded: true,
           },
         });
         clearCachedSelections();
+        if (credentialsToSave) {
+          void setNativeCredentials(credentialsToSave);
+        }
         setCurrentStep(inactiveStep);
         avatarBeingSetRef.current = false;
         resolve();
       }
     })();
   }, [
     currentStep,
     isLoggedInToAuthoritativeKeyserver,
     uploadSelectedMedia,
     nativeSetUserAvatar,
     dispatch,
   ]);
 
   return returnedFunc;
 }
 
 export { useRegistrationServerCall };