diff --git a/web/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js b/web/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
index 615746975..723eb71e7 100644
--- a/web/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
@@ -1,678 +1,692 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _difference from 'lodash/fp/difference.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   joinThreadActionTypes,
   newThreadActionTypes,
   useJoinThread,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from 'lib/components/swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import {
   useChatMentionContext,
   useThreadChatMentionCandidates,
 } from 'lib/hooks/chat-mention-hooks.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import {
   getTypeaheadRegexMatches,
   type MentionTypeaheadSuggestionItem,
   type TypeaheadMatchedStrings,
   useMentionTypeaheadChatSuggestions,
   useMentionTypeaheadUserSuggestions,
   useUserMentionsCandidates,
 } from 'lib/shared/mention-utils.js';
 import { trimMessage, getNextLocalID } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import {
   checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced,
   threadActualMembers,
   threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
-  threadHasPermission,
+  useThreadHasPermission,
   viewerIsMember,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from 'lib/types/entry-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import { messageTypes } from 'lib/types/message-types-enum.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import {
   type ClientThreadJoinRequest,
   type ThreadJoinPayload,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import { type UserInfos } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import {
   type DispatchActionPromise,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 
 import css from './chat-input-bar.css';
 import TypeaheadTooltip from './typeahead-tooltip.react.js';
 import Button from '../components/button.react.js';
 import {
   type InputState,
   type PendingMultimediaUpload,
 } from '../input/input-state.js';
 import LoadingIndicator from '../loading-indicator.react.js';
 import { allowedMimeTypeString } from '../media/file-utils.js';
 import Multimedia from '../media/multimedia.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nonThreadCalendarQuery } from '../selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 import {
   getMentionTypeaheadTooltipActions,
   getMentionTypeaheadTooltipButtons,
   webMentionTypeaheadRegex,
 } from '../utils/typeahead-utils.js';
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +inputState: InputState,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +viewerID: ?string,
   +joinThreadLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus,
   +threadCreationInProgress: boolean,
   +calendarQuery: () => CalendarQuery,
   +isThreadActive: boolean,
   +userInfos: UserInfos,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   +joinThread: (request: ClientThreadJoinRequest) => Promise<ThreadJoinPayload>,
   +typeaheadMatchedStrings: ?TypeaheadMatchedStrings,
   +suggestions: $ReadOnlyArray<MentionTypeaheadSuggestionItem>,
   +parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +communityThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
+  +currentUserIsVoiced: boolean,
+  +currentUserCanJoinThread: boolean,
 };
 
 class ChatInputBar extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   textarea: ?HTMLTextAreaElement;
   multimediaInput: ?HTMLInputElement;
 
   componentDidMount() {
     this.updateHeight();
     if (this.props.isThreadActive) {
       this.addReplyListener();
     }
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
     if (this.props.isThreadActive) {
       this.removeReplyListener();
     }
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props) {
     if (this.props.isThreadActive && !prevProps.isThreadActive) {
       this.addReplyListener();
     } else if (!this.props.isThreadActive && prevProps.isThreadActive) {
       this.removeReplyListener();
     }
 
     const { inputState } = this.props;
     const prevInputState = prevProps.inputState;
     if (inputState.draft !== prevInputState.draft) {
       this.updateHeight();
     }
 
     if (
       inputState.draft !== prevInputState.draft ||
       inputState.textCursorPosition !== prevInputState.textCursorPosition
     ) {
       inputState.setTypeaheadState({
         canBeVisible: true,
       });
     }
 
     const curUploadIDs = ChatInputBar.unassignedUploadIDs(
       inputState.pendingUploads,
     );
     const prevUploadIDs = ChatInputBar.unassignedUploadIDs(
       prevInputState.pendingUploads,
     );
     const { multimediaInput, textarea } = this;
     if (
       multimediaInput &&
       _difference(prevUploadIDs)(curUploadIDs).length > 0
     ) {
       // Whenever a pending upload is removed, we reset the file
       // HTMLInputElement's value field, so that if the same upload occurs again
       // the onChange call doesn't get filtered
       multimediaInput.value = '';
     } else if (
       textarea &&
       _difference(curUploadIDs)(prevUploadIDs).length > 0
     ) {
       // Whenever a pending upload is added, we focus the textarea
       textarea.focus();
       return;
     }
 
     if (
       (this.props.threadInfo.id !== prevProps.threadInfo.id ||
         (inputState.textCursorPosition !== prevInputState.textCursorPosition &&
           this.textarea?.selectionStart === this.textarea?.selectionEnd)) &&
       this.textarea
     ) {
       this.textarea.focus();
 
       this.textarea?.setSelectionRange(
         inputState.textCursorPosition,
         inputState.textCursorPosition,
         'none',
       );
     }
   }
 
   static unassignedUploadIDs(
     pendingUploads: $ReadOnlyArray<PendingMultimediaUpload>,
   ): Array<string> {
     return pendingUploads
       .filter(
         (pendingUpload: PendingMultimediaUpload) => !pendingUpload.messageID,
       )
       .map((pendingUpload: PendingMultimediaUpload) => pendingUpload.localID);
   }
 
   updateHeight() {
     const textarea = this.textarea;
     if (textarea) {
       textarea.style.height = 'auto';
       const newHeight = Math.min(textarea.scrollHeight, 150);
       textarea.style.height = `${newHeight}px`;
     }
   }
 
   addReplyListener() {
     invariant(
       this.props.inputState,
       'inputState should be set in addReplyListener',
     );
     this.props.inputState.addReplyListener(this.focusAndUpdateText);
   }
 
   removeReplyListener() {
     invariant(
       this.props.inputState,
       'inputState should be set in removeReplyListener',
     );
     this.props.inputState.removeReplyListener(this.focusAndUpdateText);
   }
 
   render(): React.Node {
     const isMember = viewerIsMember(this.props.threadInfo);
-    const canJoin = threadHasPermission(
-      this.props.threadInfo,
-      threadPermissions.JOIN_THREAD,
-    );
 
     let joinButton = null;
-    if (!isMember && canJoin && !this.props.threadCreationInProgress) {
+    if (
+      !isMember &&
+      this.props.currentUserCanJoinThread &&
+      !this.props.threadCreationInProgress
+    ) {
       let buttonContent;
       if (this.props.joinThreadLoadingStatus === 'loading') {
         buttonContent = (
           <LoadingIndicator
             status={this.props.joinThreadLoadingStatus}
             size="medium"
             color="white"
           />
         );
       } else {
         buttonContent = (
           <>
             <SWMansionIcon icon="plus" size={24} />
             <p className={css.joinButtonText}>Join Chat</p>
           </>
         );
       }
       joinButton = (
         <div className={css.joinButtonContainer}>
           <Button
             variant="filled"
             buttonColor={{ backgroundColor: `#${this.props.threadInfo.color}` }}
             onClick={this.onClickJoin}
           >
             {buttonContent}
           </Button>
         </div>
       );
     }
 
     const { pendingUploads, cancelPendingUpload } = this.props.inputState;
     const multimediaPreviews = pendingUploads.map(pendingUpload => {
       const { uri, mediaType, thumbHash, dimensions } = pendingUpload;
       let mediaSource = { thumbHash, dimensions };
       if (mediaType !== 'encrypted_photo' && mediaType !== 'encrypted_video') {
         mediaSource = {
           ...mediaSource,
           type: mediaType,
           uri,
           thumbnailURI: null,
         };
       } else {
         const { encryptionKey } = pendingUpload;
         invariant(
           encryptionKey,
           'encryptionKey should be set for encrypted media',
         );
         mediaSource = {
           ...mediaSource,
           type: mediaType,
           blobURI: uri,
           encryptionKey,
           thumbnailBlobURI: null,
           thumbnailEncryptionKey: null,
         };
       }
       return (
         <Multimedia
           mediaSource={mediaSource}
           pendingUpload={pendingUpload}
           remove={cancelPendingUpload}
           multimediaCSSClass={css.multimedia}
           multimediaImageCSSClass={css.multimediaImage}
           key={pendingUpload.localID}
         />
       );
     });
     const previews =
       multimediaPreviews.length > 0 ? (
         <div className={css.previews}>{multimediaPreviews}</div>
       ) : null;
 
     let content;
     // If the thread is created by somebody else while the viewer is attempting
     // to create it, the threadInfo might be modified in-place and won't
     // list the viewer as a member, which will end up hiding the input. In
     // this case, we will assume that our creation action will get translated,
     // into a join and as long as members are voiced, we can show the input.
     const defaultMembersAreVoiced = checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced(
       this.props.threadInfo,
     );
 
     let sendButton;
     if (this.props.inputState.draft.length) {
       sendButton = (
         <a onClick={this.onSend} className={css.sendButton}>
           <SWMansionIcon
             icon="send-2"
             size={22}
             color={`#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`}
           />
         </a>
       );
     }
 
     if (
-      threadHasPermission(this.props.threadInfo, threadPermissions.VOICED) ||
+      this.props.currentUserIsVoiced ||
       (this.props.threadCreationInProgress && defaultMembersAreVoiced)
     ) {
       content = (
         <div className={css.inputBarWrapper}>
           <a className={css.multimediaUpload} onClick={this.onMultimediaClick}>
             <input
               type="file"
               onChange={this.onMultimediaFileChange}
               ref={this.multimediaInputRef}
               accept={allowedMimeTypeString}
               multiple
             />
             <SWMansionIcon
               icon="image-1"
               size={22}
               color={`#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`}
               disableFill
             />
           </a>
           <div className={css.inputBarTextInput}>
             <textarea
               rows="1"
               placeholder="Type your message"
               value={this.props.inputState.draft}
               onChange={this.onChangeMessageText}
               onKeyDown={this.onKeyDown}
               onClick={this.onClickTextarea}
               onSelect={this.onSelectTextarea}
               ref={this.textareaRef}
               autoFocus
             />
           </div>
           {sendButton}
         </div>
       );
     } else if (
       threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
         this.props.threadInfo,
         this.props.communityThreadInfo,
         this.props.viewerID,
         this.props.userInfos,
       ) &&
       threadActualMembers(this.props.threadInfo.members).length === 2
     ) {
       content = (
         <span className={css.explanation}>
           You can&rsquo;t send messages to a user that you&rsquo;ve blocked.
         </span>
       );
     } else if (isMember) {
       content = (
         <span className={css.explanation}>
           You don&rsquo;t have permission to send messages.
         </span>
       );
-    } else if (defaultMembersAreVoiced && canJoin) {
+    } else if (defaultMembersAreVoiced && this.props.currentUserCanJoinThread) {
       content = null;
     } else {
       content = (
         <span className={css.explanation}>
           You don&rsquo;t have permission to send messages.
         </span>
       );
     }
 
     let typeaheadTooltip;
     if (
       this.props.inputState.typeaheadState.canBeVisible &&
       this.props.suggestions.length > 0 &&
       this.props.typeaheadMatchedStrings &&
       this.textarea
     ) {
       typeaheadTooltip = (
         <TypeaheadTooltip
           inputState={this.props.inputState}
           textarea={this.textarea}
           matchedStrings={this.props.typeaheadMatchedStrings}
           suggestions={this.props.suggestions}
           typeaheadTooltipActionsGetter={getMentionTypeaheadTooltipActions}
           typeaheadTooltipButtonsGetter={getMentionTypeaheadTooltipButtons}
         />
       );
     }
 
     return (
       <div className={css.inputBar}>
         {joinButton}
         {previews}
         {content}
         {typeaheadTooltip}
       </div>
     );
   }
 
   textareaRef = (textarea: ?HTMLTextAreaElement) => {
     this.textarea = textarea;
     if (textarea) {
       textarea.focus();
     }
   };
 
   onChangeMessageText = (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
     this.props.inputState.setDraft(event.currentTarget.value);
     this.props.inputState.setTextCursorPosition(
       event.currentTarget.selectionStart,
     );
   };
 
   onClickTextarea = (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
     this.props.inputState.setTextCursorPosition(
       event.currentTarget.selectionStart,
     );
   };
 
   onSelectTextarea = (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
     this.props.inputState.setTextCursorPosition(
       event.currentTarget.selectionStart,
     );
   };
 
   focusAndUpdateText = (text: string) => {
     // We need to call focus() first on Safari, otherwise the cursor
     // ends up at the start instead of the end for some reason
     const { textarea } = this;
     invariant(textarea, 'textarea should be set');
     textarea.focus();
 
     // We reset the textarea to an empty string at the start so that the cursor
     // always ends up at the end, even if the text doesn't actually change
     textarea.value = '';
     const currentText = this.props.inputState.draft;
     if (!currentText.startsWith(text)) {
       const prependedText = text.concat(currentText);
       this.props.inputState.setDraft(prependedText);
       textarea.value = prependedText;
     } else {
       textarea.value = currentText;
     }
 
     // The above strategies make sure the cursor is at the end,
     // but we also need to make sure that we're scrolled to the bottom
     textarea.scrollTop = textarea.scrollHeight;
   };
 
   onKeyDown = (event: SyntheticKeyboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
     const { accept, close, moveChoiceUp, moveChoiceDown } =
       this.props.inputState.typeaheadState;
 
     const actions = {
       Enter: accept,
       Tab: accept,
       ArrowDown: moveChoiceDown,
       ArrowUp: moveChoiceUp,
       Escape: close,
     };
 
     if (
       this.props.inputState.typeaheadState.canBeVisible &&
       actions[event.key]
     ) {
       event.preventDefault();
       actions[event.key]();
     } else if (event.key === 'Enter' && !event.shiftKey) {
       event.preventDefault();
       this.send();
     }
   };
 
   onSend = (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     this.send();
   };
 
   send() {
     const text = trimMessage(this.props.inputState.draft);
     if (text) {
       this.dispatchTextMessageAction(text);
     }
     if (this.props.inputState.pendingUploads.length > 0) {
       this.props.inputState.createMultimediaMessage(this.props.threadInfo);
     }
   }
 
   dispatchTextMessageAction(text: string) {
     this.props.inputState.setDraft('');
 
     const localID = getNextLocalID();
     const creatorID = this.props.viewerID;
     invariant(creatorID, 'should have viewer ID in order to send a message');
 
     void this.props.inputState.sendTextMessage(
       {
         type: messageTypes.TEXT,
         localID,
         threadID: this.props.threadInfo.id,
         text,
         creatorID,
         time: Date.now(),
       },
       this.props.threadInfo,
       this.props.parentThreadInfo,
     );
   }
 
   multimediaInputRef = (multimediaInput: ?HTMLInputElement) => {
     this.multimediaInput = multimediaInput;
   };
 
   onMultimediaClick = () => {
     if (this.multimediaInput) {
       this.multimediaInput.click();
     }
   };
 
   onMultimediaFileChange = async (
     event: SyntheticInputEvent<HTMLInputElement>,
   ) => {
     const result = await this.props.inputState.appendFiles(
       this.props.threadInfo,
       [...event.target.files],
     );
     if (!result && this.multimediaInput) {
       this.multimediaInput.value = '';
     }
   };
 
   onClickJoin = () => {
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       joinThreadActionTypes,
       this.joinAction(),
     );
   };
 
   async joinAction(): Promise<ThreadJoinPayload> {
     const query = this.props.calendarQuery();
     return await this.props.joinThread({
       threadID: this.props.threadInfo.id,
       calendarQuery: {
         startDate: query.startDate,
         endDate: query.endDate,
         filters: [
           ...query.filters,
           { type: 'threads', threadIDs: [this.props.threadInfo.id] },
         ],
       },
     });
   }
 }
 
 const joinThreadLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   joinThreadActionTypes,
 );
 const createThreadLoadingStatusSelector =
   createLoadingStatusSelector(newThreadActionTypes);
 
 const ConnectedChatInputBar: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> =
   React.memo<BaseProps>(function ConnectedChatInputBar(props) {
     const viewerID = useSelector(
       state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
     );
     const isThreadActive = useSelector(
       state => props.threadInfo.id === state.navInfo.activeChatThreadID,
     );
     const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
     const joinThreadLoadingStatus = useSelector(
       joinThreadLoadingStatusSelector,
     );
     const createThreadLoadingStatus = useSelector(
       createThreadLoadingStatusSelector,
     );
     const threadCreationInProgress = createThreadLoadingStatus === 'loading';
     const calendarQuery = useSelector(nonThreadCalendarQuery);
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const callJoinThread = useJoinThread();
     const { getChatMentionSearchIndex } = useChatMentionContext();
     const chatMentionSearchIndex = getChatMentionSearchIndex(props.threadInfo);
 
     const { parentThreadID, community } = props.threadInfo;
     const parentThreadInfo = useSelector(state =>
       parentThreadID ? threadInfoSelector(state)[parentThreadID] : null,
     );
 
     const communityThreadInfo = useSelector(state =>
       community ? threadInfoSelector(state)[community] : null,
     );
 
+    const currentUserIsVoiced = useThreadHasPermission(
+      props.threadInfo,
+      threadPermissions.VOICED,
+    );
+
+    const currentUserCanJoinThread = useThreadHasPermission(
+      props.threadInfo,
+      threadPermissions.JOIN_THREAD,
+    );
+
     const userMentionsCandidates = useUserMentionsCandidates(
       props.threadInfo,
       parentThreadInfo,
     );
 
     const chatMentionCandidates = useThreadChatMentionCandidates(
       props.threadInfo,
     );
 
     const typeaheadRegexMatches = React.useMemo(
       () =>
         getTypeaheadRegexMatches(
           props.inputState.draft,
           {
             start: props.inputState.textCursorPosition,
             end: props.inputState.textCursorPosition,
           },
           webMentionTypeaheadRegex,
         ),
       [props.inputState.textCursorPosition, props.inputState.draft],
     );
 
     const typeaheadMatchedStrings: ?TypeaheadMatchedStrings =
       React.useMemo(() => {
         if (typeaheadRegexMatches === null) {
           return null;
         }
         return {
           textBeforeAtSymbol: typeaheadRegexMatches.groups?.textPrefix ?? '',
           query: typeaheadRegexMatches.groups?.mentionText ?? '',
         };
       }, [typeaheadRegexMatches]);
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
       if (props.inputState.typeaheadState.keepUpdatingThreadMembers) {
         const setter = props.inputState.setTypeaheadState;
         setter({
           frozenUserMentionsCandidates: userMentionsCandidates,
           frozenChatMentionsCandidates: chatMentionCandidates,
         });
       }
     }, [
       userMentionsCandidates,
       props.inputState.setTypeaheadState,
       props.inputState.typeaheadState.keepUpdatingThreadMembers,
       chatMentionCandidates,
     ]);
 
     const suggestedUsers = useMentionTypeaheadUserSuggestions(
       props.inputState.typeaheadState.frozenUserMentionsCandidates,
       typeaheadMatchedStrings,
     );
 
     const suggestedChats = useMentionTypeaheadChatSuggestions(
       chatMentionSearchIndex,
       props.inputState.typeaheadState.frozenChatMentionsCandidates,
       typeaheadMatchedStrings,
     );
 
     const suggestions: $ReadOnlyArray<MentionTypeaheadSuggestionItem> =
       React.useMemo(
         () => [...suggestedUsers, ...suggestedChats],
         [suggestedUsers, suggestedChats],
       );
 
     return (
       <ChatInputBar
         {...props}
         viewerID={viewerID}
         joinThreadLoadingStatus={joinThreadLoadingStatus}
         threadCreationInProgress={threadCreationInProgress}
         calendarQuery={calendarQuery}
         isThreadActive={isThreadActive}
         userInfos={userInfos}
         dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
         joinThread={callJoinThread}
         typeaheadMatchedStrings={typeaheadMatchedStrings}
         suggestions={suggestions}
         parentThreadInfo={parentThreadInfo}
         communityThreadInfo={communityThreadInfo}
+        currentUserIsVoiced={currentUserIsVoiced}
+        currentUserCanJoinThread={currentUserCanJoinThread}
       />
     );
   });
 
 export default ConnectedChatInputBar;