diff --git a/native/redux/redux-setup.js b/native/redux/redux-setup.js
index 69538ab69..b14ada5ff 100644
--- a/native/redux/redux-setup.js
+++ b/native/redux/redux-setup.js
@@ -1,516 +1,493 @@
 // @flow
 
-import { isEqual } from 'lodash/lang';
 import { AppState as NativeAppState, Platform, Alert } from 'react-native';
 import ExitApp from 'react-native-exit-app';
 import Orientation from 'react-native-orientation-locker';
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware, type Store, compose } from 'redux';
 import { persistStore, persistReducer } from 'redux-persist';
 import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
 
 import { setDeviceTokenActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/device-actions';
 import {
   logOutActionTypes,
   deleteAccountActionTypes,
   logInActionTypes,
   sqliteOpFailure,
 } from 'lib/actions/user-actions';
 import baseReducer from 'lib/reducers/master-reducer';
 import { processThreadStoreOperations } from 'lib/reducers/thread-reducer';
 import {
   invalidSessionDowngrade,
   invalidSessionRecovery,
 } from 'lib/shared/account-utils';
 import { defaultEnabledApps } from 'lib/types/enabled-apps';
 import { defaultCalendarFilters } from 'lib/types/filter-types';
 import type { Dispatch, BaseAction } from 'lib/types/redux-types';
 import type { SetSessionPayload } from 'lib/types/session-types';
 import {
   defaultConnectionInfo,
   incrementalStateSyncActionType,
 } from 'lib/types/socket-types';
 import type { ThreadStoreOperation } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 import { updateTypes } from 'lib/types/update-types';
 import { reduxLoggerMiddleware } from 'lib/utils/action-logger';
 import { setNewSessionActionType } from 'lib/utils/action-utils';
-import {
-  convertMessageStoreOperationsToClientDBOperations,
-  translateClientDBMessageInfosToRawMessageInfos,
-} from 'lib/utils/message-ops-utils';
+import { convertMessageStoreOperationsToClientDBOperations } from 'lib/utils/message-ops-utils';
 import { convertThreadStoreOperationsToClientDBOperations } from 'lib/utils/thread-ops-utils';
 
 import { defaultNavInfo } from '../navigation/default-state';
 import { getGlobalNavContext } from '../navigation/icky-global';
 import { activeMessageListSelector } from '../navigation/nav-selectors';
 import { defaultNotifPermissionAlertInfo } from '../push/alerts';
 import { reduceThreadIDsToNotifIDs } from '../push/reducer';
 import reactotron from '../reactotron';
 import { defaultDeviceCameraInfo } from '../types/camera';
 import { defaultConnectivityInfo } from '../types/connectivity';
 import { defaultGlobalThemeInfo } from '../types/themes';
 import {
   defaultURLPrefix,
   natNodeServer,
   setCustomServer,
   getDevServerHostname,
 } from '../utils/url-utils';
 import {
   resetUserStateActionType,
   recordNotifPermissionAlertActionType,
   recordAndroidNotificationActionType,
   clearAndroidNotificationsActionType,
   rescindAndroidNotificationActionType,
   updateDimensionsActiveType,
   updateConnectivityActiveType,
   updateThemeInfoActionType,
   updateDeviceCameraInfoActionType,
   updateDeviceOrientationActionType,
   updateThreadLastNavigatedActionType,
   backgroundActionTypes,
   setReduxStateActionType,
   type Action,
 } from './action-types';
 import { remoteReduxDevServerConfig } from './dev-tools';
 import { defaultDimensionsInfo } from './dimensions-updater.react';
 import { persistConfig, setPersistor } from './persist';
 import type { AppState } from './state-types';
 
 const defaultState = ({
   navInfo: defaultNavInfo,
   currentUserInfo: null,
   entryStore: {
     entryInfos: {},
     daysToEntries: {},
     lastUserInteractionCalendar: 0,
   },
   threadStore: {
     threadInfos: {},
   },
   userStore: {
     userInfos: {},
     inconsistencyReports: [],
   },
   messageStore: {
     messages: {},
     threads: {},
     local: {},
     currentAsOf: 0,
   },
   updatesCurrentAsOf: 0,
   loadingStatuses: {},
   calendarFilters: defaultCalendarFilters,
   cookie: null,
   deviceToken: null,
   dataLoaded: false,
   urlPrefix: defaultURLPrefix,
   customServer: natNodeServer,
   threadIDsToNotifIDs: {},
   notifPermissionAlertInfo: defaultNotifPermissionAlertInfo,
   connection: defaultConnectionInfo(Platform.OS),
   watchedThreadIDs: [],
   lifecycleState: 'active',
   enabledApps: defaultEnabledApps,
   reportStore: {
     enabledReports: {
       crashReports: __DEV__,
       inconsistencyReports: __DEV__,
       mediaReports: __DEV__,
     },
     queuedReports: [],
   },
   nextLocalID: 0,
   _persist: null,
   dimensions: defaultDimensionsInfo,
   connectivity: defaultConnectivityInfo,
   globalThemeInfo: defaultGlobalThemeInfo,
   deviceCameraInfo: defaultDeviceCameraInfo,
   deviceOrientation: Orientation.getInitialOrientation(),
   frozen: false,
 }: AppState);
 
 function reducer(state: AppState = defaultState, action: Action) {
   if (action.type === setReduxStateActionType) {
     return action.payload.state;
   }
 
   if (
     (action.type === setNewSessionActionType &&
       invalidSessionDowngrade(
         state,
         action.payload.sessionChange.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.preRequestUserState,
       )) ||
     (action.type === logOutActionTypes.success &&
       invalidSessionDowngrade(
         state,
         action.payload.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.preRequestUserState,
       )) ||
     (action.type === deleteAccountActionTypes.success &&
       invalidSessionDowngrade(
         state,
         action.payload.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.preRequestUserState,
       ))
   ) {
     return state;
   }
   if (
     (action.type === setNewSessionActionType &&
       action.payload.sessionChange.currentUserInfo &&
       invalidSessionRecovery(
         state,
         action.payload.sessionChange.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.source,
       )) ||
     (action.type === logInActionTypes.success &&
       invalidSessionRecovery(
         state,
         action.payload.currentUserInfo,
         action.payload.source,
       ))
   ) {
     return state;
   }
 
   const threadIDsToNotifIDs = reduceThreadIDsToNotifIDs(
     state.threadIDsToNotifIDs,
     action,
   );
   state = { ...state, threadIDsToNotifIDs };
   if (
     action.type === recordAndroidNotificationActionType ||
     action.type === clearAndroidNotificationsActionType ||
     action.type === rescindAndroidNotificationActionType
   ) {
     return state;
   }
 
   if (action.type === setCustomServer) {
     return {
       ...state,
       customServer: action.payload,
     };
   } else if (action.type === recordNotifPermissionAlertActionType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       notifPermissionAlertInfo: {
         totalAlerts: state.notifPermissionAlertInfo.totalAlerts + 1,
         lastAlertTime: action.payload.time,
       },
     };
   } else if (action.type === resetUserStateActionType) {
     const cookie =
       state.cookie && state.cookie.startsWith('anonymous=')
         ? state.cookie
         : null;
     const currentUserInfo =
       state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.anonymous
         ? state.currentUserInfo
         : null;
     return {
       ...state,
       currentUserInfo,
       cookie,
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateDimensionsActiveType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       dimensions: {
         ...state.dimensions,
         ...action.payload,
       },
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateConnectivityActiveType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       connectivity: action.payload,
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateThemeInfoActionType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       globalThemeInfo: {
         ...state.globalThemeInfo,
         ...action.payload,
       },
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateDeviceCameraInfoActionType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       deviceCameraInfo: {
         ...state.deviceCameraInfo,
         ...action.payload,
       },
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateDeviceOrientationActionType) {
     return {
       ...state,
       deviceOrientation: action.payload,
     };
   } else if (action.type === setDeviceTokenActionTypes.success) {
     return {
       ...state,
       deviceToken: action.payload,
     };
   } else if (action.type === updateThreadLastNavigatedActionType) {
     const { threadID, time } = action.payload;
     if (state.messageStore.threads[threadID]) {
       state = {
         ...state,
         messageStore: {
           ...state.messageStore,
           threads: {
             ...state.messageStore.threads,
             [threadID]: {
               ...state.messageStore.threads[threadID],
               lastNavigatedTo: time,
             },
           },
         },
       };
     }
     return state;
   }
 
   if (action.type === setNewSessionActionType) {
     sessionInvalidationAlert(action.payload);
     state = {
       ...state,
       cookie: action.payload.sessionChange.cookie,
     };
   } else if (action.type === incrementalStateSyncActionType) {
     let wipeDeviceToken = false;
     for (const update of action.payload.updatesResult.newUpdates) {
       if (
         update.type === updateTypes.BAD_DEVICE_TOKEN &&
         update.deviceToken === state.deviceToken
       ) {
         wipeDeviceToken = true;
         break;
       }
     }
     if (wipeDeviceToken) {
       state = {
         ...state,
         deviceToken: null,
       };
     }
   }
 
   const baseReducerResult = baseReducer(state, (action: BaseAction));
   state = baseReducerResult.state;
 
   const { storeOperations } = baseReducerResult;
   const { threadStoreOperations, messageStoreOperations } = storeOperations;
 
   const fixUnreadActiveThreadResult = fixUnreadActiveThread(state, action);
   state = fixUnreadActiveThreadResult.state;
 
   const threadStoreOperationsWithUnreadFix = [
     ...threadStoreOperations,
     ...fixUnreadActiveThreadResult.threadStoreOperations,
   ];
 
   const convertedThreadStoreOperations = convertThreadStoreOperationsToClientDBOperations(
     threadStoreOperationsWithUnreadFix,
   );
   const convertedMessageStoreOperations = convertMessageStoreOperationsToClientDBOperations(
     messageStoreOperations,
   );
-
-  if (convertedMessageStoreOperations.length > 0) {
-    global.CommCoreModule.processMessageStoreOperationsSync(
-      convertedMessageStoreOperations,
-    );
-  }
-
-  const messages = global.CommCoreModule.getAllMessagesSync();
-  const rawMsgsFromSQLite = translateClientDBMessageInfosToRawMessageInfos(
-    messages,
-  );
-
-  const ignoreList = [
-    '@@INIT',
-    'persist/REHYDRATE',
-    'persist/PERSIST',
-    'SET_THREAD_STORE',
-  ];
-  if (
-    !isEqual(rawMsgsFromSQLite, state.messageStore.messages) &&
-    !ignoreList.includes(action.type) &&
-    !action.type.includes('@@redux/INIT')
-  ) {
-    Alert.alert(`${action.type}: NOT EQUAL`);
-  }
-
   (async () => {
     try {
       const promises = [];
       if (convertedThreadStoreOperations.length > 0) {
         promises.push(
           global.CommCoreModule.processThreadStoreOperations(
             convertedThreadStoreOperations,
           ),
         );
       }
+      if (convertedMessageStoreOperations.length > 0) {
+        promises.push(
+          global.CommCoreModule.processMessageStoreOperations(
+            convertedMessageStoreOperations,
+          ),
+        );
+      }
       await Promise.all(promises);
     } catch {
       dispatch({
         type: setNewSessionActionType,
         payload: {
           sessionChange: {
             cookie: null,
             cookieInvalidated: false,
             currentUserInfo: state.currentUserInfo,
           },
           preRequestUserState: {
             currentUserInfo: state.currentUserInfo,
             sessionID: undefined,
             cookie: state.cookie,
           },
           error: null,
           source: sqliteOpFailure,
         },
       });
       await persistor.flush();
       ExitApp.exitApp();
     }
   })();
 
   return state;
 }
 
 function sessionInvalidationAlert(payload: SetSessionPayload) {
   if (
     !payload.sessionChange.cookieInvalidated ||
     !payload.preRequestUserState ||
     !payload.preRequestUserState.currentUserInfo ||
     payload.preRequestUserState.currentUserInfo.anonymous
   ) {
     return;
   }
   if (payload.error === 'client_version_unsupported') {
     const app = Platform.select({
       ios: 'App Store',
       android: 'Play Store',
     });
     Alert.alert(
       'App out of date',
       'Your app version is pretty old, and the server doesn’t know how to ' +
         `speak to it anymore. Please use the ${app} app to update!`,
       [{ text: 'OK' }],
       { cancelable: true },
     );
   } else {
     Alert.alert(
       'Session invalidated',
       'We’re sorry, but your session was invalidated by the server. ' +
         'Please log in again.',
       [{ text: 'OK' }],
       { cancelable: true },
     );
   }
 }
 
 // Makes sure a currently focused thread is never unread. Note that we consider
 // a backgrounded NativeAppState to actually be active if it last changed to
 // inactive more than 10 seconds ago. This is because there is a delay when
 // NativeAppState is updating in response to a foreground, and actions don't get
 // processed more than 10 seconds after a backgrounding anyways. However we
 // don't consider this for action types that can be expected to happen while the
 // app is backgrounded.
 type FixUnreadActiveThreadResult = {
   +state: AppState,
   +threadStoreOperations: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadStoreOperation>,
 };
 function fixUnreadActiveThread(
   state: AppState,
   action: *,
 ): FixUnreadActiveThreadResult {
   const navContext = getGlobalNavContext();
   const activeThread = activeMessageListSelector(navContext);
   if (
     !activeThread ||
     !state.threadStore.threadInfos[activeThread]?.currentUser.unread ||
     (NativeAppState.currentState !== 'active' &&
       (appLastBecameInactive + 10000 >= Date.now() ||
         backgroundActionTypes.has(action.type)))
   ) {
     return { state, threadStoreOperations: [] };
   }
 
   const updatedActiveThreadInfo = {
     ...state.threadStore.threadInfos[activeThread],
     currentUser: {
       ...state.threadStore.threadInfos[activeThread].currentUser,
       unread: false,
     },
   };
 
   const threadStoreOperations = [
     {
       type: 'replace',
       payload: {
         id: activeThread,
         threadInfo: updatedActiveThreadInfo,
       },
     },
   ];
 
   const updatedThreadStore = processThreadStoreOperations(
     state.threadStore,
     threadStoreOperations,
   );
 
   return {
     state: { ...state, threadStore: updatedThreadStore },
     threadStoreOperations,
   };
 }
 
 let appLastBecameInactive = 0;
 function appBecameInactive() {
   appLastBecameInactive = Date.now();
 }
 
 const middlewares = [thunk, reduxLoggerMiddleware];
 if (__DEV__) {
   const createDebugger = require('redux-flipper').default;
   middlewares.push(createDebugger());
 }
 
 const middleware = applyMiddleware(...middlewares);
 
 let composeFunc = compose;
 if (__DEV__ && global.HermesInternal) {
   const { composeWithDevTools } = require('remote-redux-devtools/src');
   composeFunc = composeWithDevTools({
     name: 'Redux',
     hostname: getDevServerHostname(),
     ...remoteReduxDevServerConfig,
   });
 } else if (global.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__) {
   composeFunc = global.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__({
     name: 'Redux',
   });
 }
 
 let enhancers;
 if (reactotron) {
   enhancers = composeFunc(middleware, reactotron.createEnhancer());
 } else {
   enhancers = composeFunc(middleware);
 }
 
 const store: Store<AppState, *> = createStore(
   persistReducer(persistConfig, reducer),
   defaultState,
   enhancers,
 );
 const persistor = persistStore(store);
 setPersistor(persistor);
 
 const unsafeDispatch: any = store.dispatch;
 const dispatch: Dispatch = unsafeDispatch;
 
 export { store, dispatch, appBecameInactive };