diff --git a/lib/types/thread-types.js b/lib/types/thread-types.js
index 983b064af..1efda3c45 100644
--- a/lib/types/thread-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/thread-types.js
@@ -1,509 +1,507 @@
 // @flow
 
 import t, { type TInterface } from 'tcomb';
 
 import {
   type AvatarDBContent,
   type ClientAvatar,
   clientAvatarValidator,
   type UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
 } from './avatar-types.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from './entry-types.js';
 import type { Media } from './media-types.js';
 import type {
   MessageTruncationStatuses,
   RawMessageInfo,
 } from './message-types.js';
 import type {
   MinimallyEncodedMemberInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
   MinimallyEncodedRelativeMemberInfo,
   MinimallyEncodedResolvedThreadInfo,
   MinimallyEncodedRoleInfo,
   MinimallyEncodedThreadInfo,
 } from './minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import {
   type ThreadSubscription,
   threadSubscriptionValidator,
 } from './subscription-types.js';
 import {
   type ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   threadPermissionsInfoValidator,
   type ThreadRolePermissionsBlob,
   threadRolePermissionsBlobValidator,
   type UserSurfacedPermission,
 } from './thread-permission-types.js';
 import { type ThreadType, threadTypeValidator } from './thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { ClientUpdateInfo, ServerUpdateInfo } from './update-types.js';
 import type { UserInfo, UserInfos } from './user-types.js';
 import {
   type ThreadEntity,
   threadEntityValidator,
 } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
 import { tID, tShape } from '../utils/validation-utils.js';
 
 export type LegacyMemberInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +isSender: boolean,
 };
 export const legacyMemberInfoValidator: TInterface<LegacyMemberInfo> =
   tShape<LegacyMemberInfo>({
     id: t.String,
     role: t.maybe(tID),
     permissions: threadPermissionsInfoValidator,
     isSender: t.Boolean,
   });
 
 export type MemberInfo = LegacyMemberInfo | MinimallyEncodedMemberInfo;
 
 export type LegacyRelativeMemberInfo = $ReadOnly<{
   ...LegacyMemberInfo,
   +username: ?string,
   +isViewer: boolean,
 }>;
 const legacyRelativeMemberInfoValidator = tShape<LegacyRelativeMemberInfo>({
   ...legacyMemberInfoValidator.meta.props,
   username: t.maybe(t.String),
   isViewer: t.Boolean,
 });
 
 export type RelativeMemberInfo =
   | LegacyRelativeMemberInfo
   | MinimallyEncodedRelativeMemberInfo;
 
 export type LegacyRoleInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +name: string,
   +permissions: ThreadRolePermissionsBlob,
   +isDefault: boolean,
 };
 export const legacyRoleInfoValidator: TInterface<LegacyRoleInfo> =
   tShape<LegacyRoleInfo>({
     id: tID,
     name: t.String,
     permissions: threadRolePermissionsBlobValidator,
     isDefault: t.Boolean,
   });
 
 export type RoleInfo = LegacyRoleInfo | MinimallyEncodedRoleInfo;
 
 export type ThreadCurrentUserInfo = {
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +subscription: ThreadSubscription,
   +unread: ?boolean,
 };
 export const threadCurrentUserInfoValidator: TInterface<ThreadCurrentUserInfo> =
   tShape<ThreadCurrentUserInfo>({
     role: t.maybe(tID),
     permissions: threadPermissionsInfoValidator,
     subscription: threadSubscriptionValidator,
     unread: t.maybe(t.Boolean),
   });
 
 export type LegacyRawThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
   +avatar?: ?ClientAvatar,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string, // hex, without "#" or "0x"
   +creationTime: number, // millisecond timestamp
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<LegacyMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { +[id: string]: LegacyRoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
   +pinnedCount?: number,
 };
 export type LegacyRawThreadInfos = {
   +[id: string]: LegacyRawThreadInfo,
 };
 export const legacyRawThreadInfoValidator: TInterface<LegacyRawThreadInfo> =
   tShape<LegacyRawThreadInfo>({
     id: tID,
     type: threadTypeValidator,
     name: t.maybe(t.String),
     avatar: t.maybe(clientAvatarValidator),
     description: t.maybe(t.String),
     color: t.String,
     creationTime: t.Number,
     parentThreadID: t.maybe(tID),
     containingThreadID: t.maybe(tID),
     community: t.maybe(tID),
     members: t.list(legacyMemberInfoValidator),
     roles: t.dict(tID, legacyRoleInfoValidator),
     currentUser: threadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
     sourceMessageID: t.maybe(tID),
     repliesCount: t.Number,
     pinnedCount: t.maybe(t.Number),
   });
 
 export type MixedRawThreadInfos = {
   +[id: string]: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
 };
 export type RawThreadInfos = {
   +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo,
 };
 
 export type LegacyThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
   +uiName: string | ThreadEntity,
   +avatar?: ?ClientAvatar,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string, // hex, without "#" or "0x"
   +creationTime: number, // millisecond timestamp
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<LegacyRelativeMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { +[id: string]: LegacyRoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
   +pinnedCount?: number,
 };
 export const legacyThreadInfoValidator: TInterface<LegacyThreadInfo> =
   tShape<LegacyThreadInfo>({
     id: tID,
     type: threadTypeValidator,
     name: t.maybe(t.String),
     uiName: t.union([t.String, threadEntityValidator]),
     avatar: t.maybe(clientAvatarValidator),
     description: t.maybe(t.String),
     color: t.String,
     creationTime: t.Number,
     parentThreadID: t.maybe(tID),
     containingThreadID: t.maybe(tID),
     community: t.maybe(tID),
     members: t.list(legacyRelativeMemberInfoValidator),
     roles: t.dict(tID, legacyRoleInfoValidator),
     currentUser: threadCurrentUserInfoValidator,
     sourceMessageID: t.maybe(tID),
     repliesCount: t.Number,
     pinnedCount: t.maybe(t.Number),
   });
 
-export type ThreadInfo = LegacyThreadInfo | MinimallyEncodedThreadInfo;
-
 export type LegacyResolvedThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
   +uiName: string,
   +avatar?: ?ClientAvatar,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string, // hex, without "#" or "0x"
   +creationTime: number, // millisecond timestamp
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<LegacyRelativeMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { +[id: string]: LegacyRoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
   +pinnedCount?: number,
 };
 
 export type ResolvedThreadInfo =
   | LegacyResolvedThreadInfo
   | MinimallyEncodedResolvedThreadInfo;
 
 export type ServerMemberInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +subscription: ThreadSubscription,
   +unread: ?boolean,
   +isSender: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ServerThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
   +avatar?: AvatarDBContent,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string, // hex, without "#" or "0x"
   +creationTime: number, // millisecond timestamp
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +depth: number,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { +[id: string]: LegacyRoleInfo },
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
   +pinnedCount: number,
 };
 
 export type LegacyThreadStore = {
   +threadInfos: MixedRawThreadInfos,
 };
 
 export type ThreadStore = {
   +threadInfos: RawThreadInfos,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: number,
   +name: ?string,
   +avatar?: ?string,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string,
   +creationTime: string,
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: string,
   +roles: string,
   +currentUser: string,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
   +pinnedCount?: number,
 };
 
 export type ThreadDeletionRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +accountPassword?: empty,
 };
 
 export type RemoveMembersRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 
 export type RoleChangeRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +role: string,
 };
 
 export type ChangeThreadSettingsResult = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
 };
 
 export type ChangeThreadSettingsPayload = {
   +threadID: string,
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
 };
 
 export type LeaveThreadRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
 };
 export type LeaveThreadResult = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type LeaveThreadPayload = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type ThreadChanges = Partial<{
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: string,
   +description: string,
   +color: string,
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +newMemberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +avatar: UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
 }>;
 
 export type UpdateThreadRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +changes: ThreadChanges,
   +accountPassword?: empty,
 };
 
 export type BaseNewThreadRequest = {
   +id?: ?string,
   +name?: ?string,
   +description?: ?string,
   +color?: ?string,
   +parentThreadID?: ?string,
   +initialMemberIDs?: ?$ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +ghostMemberIDs?: ?$ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 type NewThreadRequest =
   | {
       +type: 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12,
       ...BaseNewThreadRequest,
     }
   | {
       +type: 5,
       +sourceMessageID: string,
       ...BaseNewThreadRequest,
     };
 
 export type ClientNewThreadRequest = {
   ...NewThreadRequest,
   +calendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
 };
 export type ServerNewThreadRequest = {
   ...NewThreadRequest,
   +calendarQuery?: ?CalendarQuery,
 };
 
 export type NewThreadResponse = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   +userInfos: UserInfos,
   +newThreadID: string,
 };
 export type NewThreadResult = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   +userInfos: UserInfos,
   +newThreadID: string,
 };
 
 export type ServerThreadJoinRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +calendarQuery?: ?CalendarQuery,
   +inviteLinkSecret?: string,
 };
 export type ClientThreadJoinRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +calendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
   +inviteLinkSecret?: string,
 };
 export type ThreadJoinResult = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +rawMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   +truncationStatuses: MessageTruncationStatuses,
   +userInfos: UserInfos,
 };
 export type ThreadJoinPayload = {
   +updatesResult: {
     newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
   +rawMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   +truncationStatuses: MessageTruncationStatuses,
   +userInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<UserInfo>,
 };
 
 export type ThreadFetchMediaResult = {
   +media: $ReadOnlyArray<Media>,
 };
 export type ThreadFetchMediaRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +limit: number,
   +offset: number,
 };
 
 export type SidebarInfo = {
-  +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
+  +threadInfo: LegacyThreadInfo | MinimallyEncodedThreadInfo,
   +lastUpdatedTime: number,
   +mostRecentNonLocalMessage: ?string,
 };
 
 export type ToggleMessagePinRequest = {
   +messageID: string,
   +action: 'pin' | 'unpin',
 };
 
 export type ToggleMessagePinResult = {
   +newMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   +threadID: string,
 };
 
 type CreateRoleAction = {
   +community: string,
   +name: string,
   +permissions: $ReadOnlyArray<UserSurfacedPermission>,
   +action: 'create_role',
 };
 
 type EditRoleAction = {
   +community: string,
   +existingRoleID: string,
   +name: string,
   +permissions: $ReadOnlyArray<UserSurfacedPermission>,
   +action: 'edit_role',
 };
 
 export type RoleModificationRequest = CreateRoleAction | EditRoleAction;
 
 export type RoleModificationResult = {
   +threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type RoleModificationPayload = {
   +threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type RoleDeletionRequest = {
   +community: string,
   +roleID: string,
 };
 
 export type RoleDeletionResult = {
   +threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type RoleDeletionPayload = {
   +threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo,
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 // We can show a max of 3 sidebars inline underneath their parent in the chat
 // tab. If there are more, we show a button that opens a modal to see the rest
 export const maxReadSidebars = 3;
 
 // We can show a max of 5 sidebars inline underneath their parent
 // in the chat tab if every one of the displayed sidebars is unread
 export const maxUnreadSidebars = 5;
 
 export type ThreadStoreThreadInfos = LegacyRawThreadInfos;
 
 export type ChatMentionCandidate = {
   +threadInfo: ResolvedThreadInfo,
   +rawChatName: string | ThreadEntity,
 };
 export type ChatMentionCandidates = {
   +[id: string]: ChatMentionCandidate,
 };
 export type ChatMentionCandidatesObj = {
   +[id: string]: ChatMentionCandidates,
 };
 
 export type UserProfileThreadInfo = {
-  +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
+  +threadInfo: LegacyThreadInfo | MinimallyEncodedThreadInfo,
   +pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo?: UserInfo,
 };