diff --git a/lib/reducers/keyserver-reducer.js b/lib/reducers/keyserver-reducer.js
index 517c8434c..333610284 100644
--- a/lib/reducers/keyserver-reducer.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/keyserver-reducer.js
@@ -1,661 +1,674 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { filterThreadIDsInFilterList } from './calendar-filters-reducer.js';
 import { unsupervisedBackgroundActionType } from './lifecycle-state-reducer.js';
 import { updateActivityActionTypes } from '../actions/activity-actions.js';
 import { setClientDBStoreActionType } from '../actions/client-db-store-actions.js';
 import {
   updateLastCommunicatedPlatformDetailsActionType,
   setDeviceTokenActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/device-actions.js';
 import { updateCalendarQueryActionTypes } from '../actions/entry-actions.js';
 import {
   addKeyserverActionType,
   removeKeyserverActionType,
 } from '../actions/keyserver-actions.js';
 import { siweAuthActionTypes } from '../actions/siwe-actions.js';
 import {
   identityLogInActionTypes,
   identityRegisterActionTypes,
   keyserverAuthActionTypes,
   logOutActionTypes,
   deleteKeyserverAccountActionTypes,
   deleteAccountActionTypes,
   keyserverRegisterActionTypes,
   logInActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { extractKeyserverIDFromID } from '../keyserver-conn/keyserver-call-utils.js';
 import {
   setNewSessionActionType,
   updateConnectionStatusActionType,
   setLateResponseActionType,
   updateKeyserverReachabilityActionType,
   setConnectionIssueActionType,
   setActiveSessionRecoveryActionType,
 } from '../keyserver-conn/keyserver-conn-types.js';
 import {
   keyserverStoreOpsHandlers,
   type ReplaceKeyserverOperation,
   type RemoveKeyserversOperation,
   type KeyserverStoreOperation,
 } from '../ops/keyserver-store-ops.js';
 import { nonThreadCalendarFilters } from '../selectors/calendar-filter-selectors.js';
 import { queueActivityUpdatesActionType } from '../types/activity-types.js';
 import { defaultCalendarQuery } from '../types/entry-types.js';
 import type {
   KeyserverInfos,
   KeyserverStore,
 } from '../types/keyserver-types.js';
 import type { BaseAction } from '../types/redux-types.js';
 import {
   fullStateSyncActionType,
   incrementalStateSyncActionType,
 } from '../types/socket-types.js';
 import { updateTypes } from '../types/update-types-enum.js';
 import { processUpdatesActionType } from '../types/update-types.js';
 import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from '../utils/authoritative-keyserver.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../utils/config.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from '../utils/errors.js';
 import { assertObjectsAreEqual } from '../utils/objects.js';
 import { setURLPrefix } from '../utils/url-utils.js';
 
 function assertKeyserverStoresAreEqual(
   processedKeyserverStore: KeyserverInfos,
   expectedKeyserverStore: KeyserverInfos,
   location: string,
   onStateDifference?: (message: string) => mixed,
 ) {
   try {
     assertObjectsAreEqual(
       processedKeyserverStore,
       expectedKeyserverStore,
       `KeyserverInfos - ${location}`,
     );
   } catch (e) {
     console.log(
       'Error processing KeyserverStore ops',
       processedKeyserverStore,
       expectedKeyserverStore,
     );
     const message = `Error processing KeyserverStore ops ${
       getMessageForException(e) ?? '{no exception message}'
     }`;
     onStateDifference?.(message);
   }
 }
 
 const { processStoreOperations: processStoreOps } = keyserverStoreOpsHandlers;
 
 export default function reduceKeyserverStore(
   state: KeyserverStore,
   action: BaseAction,
   onStateDifference?: (message: string) => mixed,
 ): {
   keyserverStore: KeyserverStore,
   keyserverStoreOperations: $ReadOnlyArray<KeyserverStoreOperation>,
 } {
   if (action.type === addKeyserverActionType) {
     const replaceOperation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: action.payload.keyserverAdminUserID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...action.payload.newKeyserverInfo,
         },
       },
     };
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [replaceOperation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [replaceOperation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === removeKeyserverActionType) {
     const removeOperation: RemoveKeyserversOperation = {
       type: 'remove_keyservers',
       payload: {
         ids: [action.payload.keyserverAdminUserID],
       },
     };
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [removeOperation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [removeOperation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === setNewSessionActionType) {
     const { keyserverID, sessionChange } = action.payload;
     const gotUserCookie = sessionChange.cookie?.startsWith('user=');
     if (!state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID]) {
       if (gotUserCookie) {
         console.log(
           'received sessionChange with user cookie, ' +
             `but keyserver ${keyserverID} is not in KeyserverStore!`,
         );
       }
       return {
         keyserverStore: state,
         keyserverStoreOperations: [],
       };
     }
 
     let newKeyserverInfo = state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID];
     if (sessionChange.cookie !== undefined) {
       newKeyserverInfo = {
         ...newKeyserverInfo,
         cookie: sessionChange.cookie,
         connection: {
           ...newKeyserverInfo.connection,
           activeSessionRecovery: null,
         },
       };
     }
     if (sessionChange.cookieInvalidated) {
       newKeyserverInfo = {
         ...newKeyserverInfo,
         actualizedCalendarQuery: {
           ...newKeyserverInfo.actualizedCalendarQuery,
           filters: nonThreadCalendarFilters(
             newKeyserverInfo.actualizedCalendarQuery.filters,
           ),
         },
         connection: {
           ...newKeyserverInfo.connection,
           queuedActivityUpdates: [],
         },
       };
     }
 
     const operations: ReplaceKeyserverOperation[] = [];
     if (newKeyserverInfo !== state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID]) {
       operations.push({
         type: 'replace_keyserver',
         payload: {
           id: keyserverID,
           keyserverInfo: newKeyserverInfo,
         },
       });
     }
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, operations),
       keyserverStoreOperations: operations,
     };
   } else if (
     action.type === logInActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === siweAuthActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === keyserverAuthActionTypes.success
   ) {
     const { updatesCurrentAsOf } = action.payload;
 
     const operations: ReplaceKeyserverOperation[] = [];
     for (const keyserverID in updatesCurrentAsOf) {
       const calendarFilters = filterThreadIDsInFilterList(
         action.payload.calendarResult.calendarQuery.filters,
         (threadID: string) =>
           extractKeyserverIDFromID(threadID) === keyserverID,
       );
       operations.push({
         type: 'replace_keyserver',
         payload: {
           id: keyserverID,
           keyserverInfo: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
             updatesCurrentAsOf: updatesCurrentAsOf[keyserverID],
             lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: getConfig().platformDetails,
             actualizedCalendarQuery: {
               ...action.payload.calendarResult.calendarQuery,
               filters: calendarFilters,
             },
             connection: {
               ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection,
               connectionIssue: null,
               activeSessionRecovery: null,
             },
           },
         },
       });
     }
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, operations),
       keyserverStoreOperations: operations,
     };
   } else if (action.type === fullStateSyncActionType) {
     const { keyserverID } = action.payload;
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           actualizedCalendarQuery: action.payload.calendarQuery,
           updatesCurrentAsOf: action.payload.updatesCurrentAsOf,
         },
       },
     };
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === incrementalStateSyncActionType) {
     const { keyserverID } = action.payload;
     let { deviceToken } = state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID];
     for (const update of action.payload.updatesResult.newUpdates) {
       if (
         update.type === updateTypes.BAD_DEVICE_TOKEN &&
         update.deviceToken === state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].deviceToken
       ) {
         deviceToken = null;
         break;
       }
     }
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           actualizedCalendarQuery: action.payload.calendarQuery,
           updatesCurrentAsOf: action.payload.updatesResult.currentAsOf,
           deviceToken,
         },
       },
     };
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === processUpdatesActionType) {
     const { keyserverID } = action.payload;
     const updatesCurrentAsOf = Math.max(
       action.payload.updatesResult.currentAsOf,
       state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].updatesCurrentAsOf,
     );
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           updatesCurrentAsOf,
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === setURLPrefix) {
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: authoritativeKeyserverID(),
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[authoritativeKeyserverID()],
           urlPrefix: action.payload,
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateLastCommunicatedPlatformDetailsActionType) {
     const { keyserverID, platformDetails } = action.payload;
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: platformDetails,
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === keyserverRegisterActionTypes.success) {
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: authoritativeKeyserverID(),
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[authoritativeKeyserverID()],
           actualizedCalendarQuery: action.payload.calendarQuery,
           lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: getConfig().platformDetails,
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateConnectionStatusActionType) {
     const { keyserverID, status } = action.payload;
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           connection: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection,
             status,
             lateResponses: [],
           },
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === unsupervisedBackgroundActionType) {
     const { keyserverID } = action.payload;
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           connection: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection,
             status: 'disconnected',
             lateResponses: [],
           },
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === queueActivityUpdatesActionType) {
     const { activityUpdates, keyserverID } = action.payload;
     const oldConnection = state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection;
     const connection = {
       ...oldConnection,
       queuedActivityUpdates: [
         ...oldConnection.queuedActivityUpdates.filter(existingUpdate => {
           for (const activityUpdate of activityUpdates) {
             if (
               ((existingUpdate.focus && activityUpdate.focus) ||
                 (existingUpdate.focus === false &&
                   activityUpdate.focus !== undefined)) &&
               existingUpdate.threadID === activityUpdate.threadID
             ) {
               return false;
             }
           }
           return true;
         }),
         ...activityUpdates,
       ],
     };
 
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           connection,
         },
       },
     };
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateActivityActionTypes.success) {
     const { activityUpdates } = action.payload;
 
     const operations: ReplaceKeyserverOperation[] = [];
     for (const keyserverID in activityUpdates) {
       const oldConnection = state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection;
       const queuedActivityUpdates = oldConnection.queuedActivityUpdates.filter(
         activityUpdate =>
           !activityUpdates[keyserverID].includes(activityUpdate),
       );
 
       operations.push({
         type: 'replace_keyserver',
         payload: {
           id: keyserverID,
           keyserverInfo: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
             connection: { ...oldConnection, queuedActivityUpdates },
           },
         },
       });
     }
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, operations),
       keyserverStoreOperations: operations,
     };
   } else if (
     action.type === logOutActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === deleteAccountActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === identityRegisterActionTypes.success ||
     (action.type === identityLogInActionTypes.success &&
       action.payload.userID !== action.payload.preRequestUserState?.id)
   ) {
     // We want to remove all keyservers but Ashoat's keyserver
-    const oldConnection =
-      state.keyserverInfos[authoritativeKeyserverID()].connection;
+    const oldKeyserverInfo = state.keyserverInfos[authoritativeKeyserverID()];
+    const oldConnection = oldKeyserverInfo.connection;
     const operations: KeyserverStoreOperation[] = [
       { type: 'remove_all_keyservers' },
     ];
+
+    let cookie = oldKeyserverInfo.cookie;
+    if (
+      action.type === logOutActionTypes.success ||
+      action.type === deleteAccountActionTypes.success ||
+      cookie?.startsWith('user=')
+    ) {
+      // To avoid unnecessary rerenders, we won't clear the authoritative
+      // keyserver's cookie unless it's a logout or an account deletion, or if
+      // the cookie belongs to an actual user (as opposed to an anonymous one)
+      cookie = null;
+    }
+
     operations.push({
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: authoritativeKeyserverID(),
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[authoritativeKeyserverID()],
           actualizedCalendarQuery: defaultCalendarQuery(
             getConfig().platformDetails.platform,
           ),
           connection: {
             ...oldConnection,
             connectionIssue: null,
             activeSessionRecovery: null,
             queuedActivityUpdates: [],
             lateResponses: [],
           },
-          cookie: null,
+          cookie,
         },
       },
     });
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, operations),
       keyserverStoreOperations: operations,
     };
   } else if (action.type === deleteKeyserverAccountActionTypes.success) {
     const operations: KeyserverStoreOperation[] = [
       {
         type: 'remove_keyservers',
         payload: { ids: action.payload.keyserverIDs },
       },
     ];
     if (action.payload.keyserverIDs.includes(authoritativeKeyserverID())) {
       const oldConnection =
         state.keyserverInfos[authoritativeKeyserverID()].connection;
       operations.push({
         type: 'replace_keyserver',
         payload: {
           id: authoritativeKeyserverID(),
           keyserverInfo: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[authoritativeKeyserverID()],
             actualizedCalendarQuery: defaultCalendarQuery(
               getConfig().platformDetails.platform,
             ),
             connection: {
               ...oldConnection,
               connectionIssue: null,
               activeSessionRecovery: null,
               queuedActivityUpdates: [],
               lateResponses: [],
             },
             cookie: null,
           },
         },
       });
     }
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, operations),
       keyserverStoreOperations: operations,
     };
   } else if (action.type === setLateResponseActionType) {
     const { messageID, isLate, keyserverID } = action.payload;
     const lateResponsesSet = new Set<number>(
       state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection.lateResponses,
     );
     if (isLate) {
       lateResponsesSet.add(messageID);
     } else {
       lateResponsesSet.delete(messageID);
     }
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           connection: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection,
             lateResponses: [...lateResponsesSet],
           },
         },
       },
     };
 
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateKeyserverReachabilityActionType) {
     const { keyserverID } = action.payload;
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           connection: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection,
             unreachable: action.payload.visible,
           },
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === setDeviceTokenActionTypes.success) {
     const { deviceTokens } = action.payload;
     const operations: ReplaceKeyserverOperation[] = [];
     for (const keyserverID in deviceTokens) {
       operations.push({
         type: 'replace_keyserver',
         payload: {
           id: keyserverID,
           keyserverInfo: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
             deviceToken: deviceTokens[keyserverID],
           },
         },
       });
     }
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, operations),
       keyserverStoreOperations: operations,
     };
   } else if (action.type === setConnectionIssueActionType) {
     const { connectionIssue, keyserverID } = action.payload;
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           connection: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection,
             connectionIssue,
           },
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === setActiveSessionRecoveryActionType) {
     const { activeSessionRecovery, keyserverID } = action.payload;
     const operation: ReplaceKeyserverOperation = {
       type: 'replace_keyserver',
       payload: {
         id: keyserverID,
         keyserverInfo: {
           ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
           connection: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID].connection,
             activeSessionRecovery,
           },
         },
       },
     };
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, [operation]),
       keyserverStoreOperations: [operation],
     };
   } else if (action.type === setClientDBStoreActionType) {
     // Once the functionality is confirmed to work correctly,
     // we will proceed with returning keyserverInfos from the payload.
     assertKeyserverStoresAreEqual(
       action.payload.keyserverInfos ?? {},
       state.keyserverInfos,
       action.type,
       onStateDifference,
     );
     return {
       keyserverStore: state,
       keyserverStoreOperations: [],
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateCalendarQueryActionTypes.success) {
     const operations: ReplaceKeyserverOperation[] = [];
     for (const keyserverID of action.payload.keyserverIDs) {
       operations.push({
         type: 'replace_keyserver',
         payload: {
           id: keyserverID,
           keyserverInfo: {
             ...state.keyserverInfos[keyserverID],
             actualizedCalendarQuery: {
               ...action.payload.calendarQuery,
               filters: filterThreadIDsInFilterList(
                 action.payload.calendarQuery.filters,
                 (threadID: string) =>
                   extractKeyserverIDFromID(threadID) === keyserverID,
               ),
             },
           },
         },
       });
     }
     return {
       keyserverStore: processStoreOps(state, operations),
       keyserverStoreOperations: operations,
     };
   }
 
   return {
     keyserverStore: state,
     keyserverStoreOperations: [],
   };
 }