diff --git a/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-description.react.js b/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-description.react.js
index 634b4fbb7..32ed54dce 100644
--- a/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-description.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/settings/thread-settings-description.react.js
@@ -1,325 +1,329 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import {
   ActivityIndicator,
   Text,
   TextInput as BaseTextInput,
   View,
 } from 'react-native';
 
 import {
   changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
   useChangeThreadSettings,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
-import { threadHasPermission } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
+import { useThreadHasPermission } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import {
   type ChangeThreadSettingsPayload,
   type UpdateThreadRequest,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import {
   type DispatchActionPromise,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 
 import SaveSettingButton from './save-setting-button.react.js';
 import {
   ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter,
   ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader,
 } from './thread-settings-category.react.js';
 import Button from '../../components/button.react.js';
 import EditSettingButton from '../../components/edit-setting-button.react.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from '../../components/swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import TextInput from '../../components/text-input.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { type Colors, useColors, useStyles } from '../../themes/colors.js';
 import type {
   ContentSizeChangeEvent,
   LayoutEvent,
 } from '../../types/react-native.js';
 import { UnknownErrorAlertDetails } from '../../utils/alert-messages.js';
 import Alert from '../../utils/alert.js';
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   addDescriptionButton: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
     paddingHorizontal: 24,
     paddingVertical: 10,
   },
   addDescriptionText: {
     color: 'panelForegroundTertiaryLabel',
     flex: 1,
     fontSize: 16,
   },
   editIcon: {
     color: 'panelForegroundTertiaryLabel',
     paddingLeft: 10,
     textAlign: 'right',
   },
   outlineCategory: {
     backgroundColor: 'panelForeground',
     borderColor: 'panelForegroundBorder',
     borderRadius: 1,
     borderStyle: 'dashed',
     borderWidth: 1,
     marginLeft: -1,
     marginRight: -1,
   },
   row: {
     backgroundColor: 'panelForeground',
     flexDirection: 'row',
     paddingHorizontal: 24,
     paddingVertical: 4,
   },
   text: {
     color: 'panelForegroundSecondaryLabel',
     flex: 1,
     fontFamily: 'Arial',
     fontSize: 16,
     margin: 0,
     padding: 0,
     borderBottomColor: 'transparent',
   },
 };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +descriptionEditValue: ?string,
   +setDescriptionEditValue: (value: ?string, callback?: () => void) => void,
   +descriptionTextHeight: ?number,
   +setDescriptionTextHeight: (number: number) => void,
   +canChangeSettings: boolean,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   // Redux state
   +loadingStatus: LoadingStatus,
   +colors: Colors,
   +styles: $ReadOnly<typeof unboundStyles>,
   // Redux dispatch functions
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   // async functions that hit server APIs
   +changeThreadSettings: (
     update: UpdateThreadRequest,
   ) => Promise<ChangeThreadSettingsPayload>,
+  +canEditThreadDescription: boolean,
 };
 class ThreadSettingsDescription extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   textInput: ?React.ElementRef<typeof BaseTextInput>;
 
   render(): React.Node {
     if (
       this.props.descriptionEditValue !== null &&
       this.props.descriptionEditValue !== undefined
     ) {
       const textInputStyle: { height?: number } = {};
       if (
         this.props.descriptionTextHeight !== undefined &&
         this.props.descriptionTextHeight !== null
       ) {
         textInputStyle.height = this.props.descriptionTextHeight;
       }
       return (
         <View>
           <ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader type="full" title="Description" />
           <View style={this.props.styles.row}>
             <TextInput
               style={[this.props.styles.text, textInputStyle]}
               value={this.props.descriptionEditValue}
               onChangeText={this.props.setDescriptionEditValue}
               multiline={true}
               autoFocus={true}
               selectTextOnFocus={true}
               onBlur={this.onSubmit}
               editable={this.props.loadingStatus !== 'loading'}
               onContentSizeChange={this.onTextInputContentSizeChange}
               ref={this.textInputRef}
               selectionColor={`#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`}
             />
             {this.renderButton()}
           </View>
           <ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter type="full" />
         </View>
       );
     }
 
     if (this.props.threadInfo.description) {
       return (
         <View>
           <ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader type="full" title="Description" />
           <View style={this.props.styles.row}>
             <Text style={this.props.styles.text} onLayout={this.onLayoutText}>
               {this.props.threadInfo.description}
             </Text>
             {this.renderButton()}
           </View>
           <ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter type="full" />
         </View>
       );
     }
 
-    const canEditThreadDescription = threadHasPermission(
-      this.props.threadInfo,
-      threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_DESCRIPTION,
-    );
     const { panelIosHighlightUnderlay } = this.props.colors;
-    if (canEditThreadDescription) {
+    if (this.props.canEditThreadDescription) {
       return (
         <View>
           <ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader type="outline" title="Description" />
           <View style={this.props.styles.outlineCategory}>
             <Button
               onPress={this.onPressEdit}
               style={this.props.styles.addDescriptionButton}
               iosFormat="highlight"
               iosHighlightUnderlayColor={panelIosHighlightUnderlay}
               iosActiveOpacity={0.85}
             >
               <Text style={this.props.styles.addDescriptionText}>
                 Add a description...
               </Text>
               <SWMansionIcon
                 name="edit-1"
                 size={20}
                 style={this.props.styles.editIcon}
               />
             </Button>
           </View>
           <ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter type="outline" />
         </View>
       );
     }
 
     return null;
   }
 
   renderButton(): React.Node {
     if (this.props.loadingStatus === 'loading') {
       return (
         <ActivityIndicator
           size="small"
           color={this.props.colors.panelForegroundSecondaryLabel}
         />
       );
     } else if (
       this.props.descriptionEditValue === null ||
       this.props.descriptionEditValue === undefined
     ) {
       return (
         <EditSettingButton
           onPress={this.onPressEdit}
           canChangeSettings={this.props.canChangeSettings}
         />
       );
     }
     return <SaveSettingButton onPress={this.onSubmit} />;
   }
 
   textInputRef = (textInput: ?React.ElementRef<typeof BaseTextInput>) => {
     this.textInput = textInput;
   };
 
   onLayoutText = (event: LayoutEvent) => {
     this.props.setDescriptionTextHeight(event.nativeEvent.layout.height);
   };
 
   onTextInputContentSizeChange = (event: ContentSizeChangeEvent) => {
     this.props.setDescriptionTextHeight(event.nativeEvent.contentSize.height);
   };
 
   onPressEdit = () => {
     this.props.setDescriptionEditValue(this.props.threadInfo.description);
   };
 
   onSubmit = () => {
     invariant(
       this.props.descriptionEditValue !== null &&
         this.props.descriptionEditValue !== undefined,
       'should be set',
     );
     const description = this.props.descriptionEditValue.trim();
 
     if (description === this.props.threadInfo.description) {
       this.props.setDescriptionEditValue(null);
       return;
     }
 
     const editDescriptionPromise = this.editDescription(description);
     const action = changeThreadSettingsActionTypes.started;
     const threadID = this.props.threadInfo.id;
 
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
       editDescriptionPromise,
       {
         customKeyName: `${action}:${threadID}:description`,
       },
     );
     void editDescriptionPromise.then(() => {
       this.props.setDescriptionEditValue(null);
     });
   };
 
   async editDescription(
     newDescription: string,
   ): Promise<ChangeThreadSettingsPayload> {
     try {
       return await this.props.changeThreadSettings({
         threadID: this.props.threadInfo.id,
         changes: { description: newDescription },
       });
     } catch (e) {
       Alert.alert(
         UnknownErrorAlertDetails.title,
         UnknownErrorAlertDetails.message,
         [{ text: 'OK', onPress: this.onErrorAcknowledged }],
         { cancelable: false },
       );
       throw e;
     }
   }
 
   onErrorAcknowledged = () => {
     this.props.setDescriptionEditValue(
       this.props.threadInfo.description,
       () => {
         invariant(this.textInput, 'textInput should be set');
         this.textInput.focus();
       },
     );
   };
 }
 
 const ConnectedThreadSettingsDescription: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> =
   React.memo<BaseProps>(function ConnectedThreadSettingsDescription(
     props: BaseProps,
   ) {
     const threadID = props.threadInfo.id;
     const loadingStatus = useSelector(
       createLoadingStatusSelector(
         changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
         `${changeThreadSettingsActionTypes.started}:${threadID}:description`,
       ),
     );
     const colors = useColors();
     const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
 
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const callChangeThreadSettings = useChangeThreadSettings();
+
+    const canEditThreadDescription = useThreadHasPermission(
+      props.threadInfo,
+      threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_DESCRIPTION,
+    );
+
     return (
       <ThreadSettingsDescription
         {...props}
         loadingStatus={loadingStatus}
         colors={colors}
         styles={styles}
         dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
         changeThreadSettings={callChangeThreadSettings}
+        canEditThreadDescription={canEditThreadDescription}
       />
     );
   });
 
 export default ConnectedThreadSettingsDescription;