diff --git a/lib/types/thread-types.js b/lib/types/thread-types.js
index 9a5c89f3f..408ef1214 100644
--- a/lib/types/thread-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/thread-types.js
@@ -1,487 +1,487 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import type { ClientAvatar } from './avatar-types.js';
 import type { Shape } from './core.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery, RawEntryInfo } from './entry-types.js';
 import type { Media } from './media-types.js';
 import type {
   RawMessageInfo,
   MessageTruncationStatuses,
 } from './message-types.js';
 import type { ThreadSubscription } from './subscription-types.js';
 import type { ServerUpdateInfo, ClientUpdateInfo } from './update-types.js';
 import type { UserInfo, UserInfos } from './user-types.js';
 import type { ThreadEntity } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
 
 export const threadTypes = Object.freeze({
   //OPEN: 0,   (DEPRECATED)
   //CLOSED: 1, (DEPRECATED)
   //SECRET: 2, (DEPRECATED)
   // has parent, not top-level (appears under parent in inbox), and visible to
   // all members of parent
   SIDEBAR: 5,
   // canonical thread for each pair of users. represents the friendship
   PERSONAL: 6,
   // canonical thread for each single user
   PRIVATE: 7,
   // local "thick" thread (outside of community). no parent, can only have
   // sidebar children. currently a proxy for COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD until we
   // launch actual E2E
   LOCAL: 4,
   // aka "org". no parent, top-level, has admin
   COMMUNITY_ROOT: 8,
   // like COMMUNITY_ROOT, but members aren't voiced
   COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT: 9,
   // an open subthread. has parent, top-level (not sidebar), and visible to all
   // members of parent. root ancestor is a COMMUNITY_ROOT
   COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD: 3,
   // like COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD, but members aren't voiced
   COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD: 10,
   // a secret subthread. optional parent, top-level (not sidebar), visible only
   // to its members. root ancestor is a COMMUNITY_ROOT
   COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD: 4,
   // like COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD, but members aren't voiced
   COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD: 11,
   // like COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD, but you can't leave
   GENESIS: 12,
 });
 export type ThreadType = $Values<typeof threadTypes>;
 export function assertThreadType(threadType: number): ThreadType {
   invariant(
     threadType === 3 ||
       threadType === 4 ||
       threadType === 5 ||
       threadType === 6 ||
       threadType === 7 ||
       threadType === 8 ||
       threadType === 9 ||
       threadType === 10 ||
       threadType === 11 ||
       threadType === 12,
     'number is not ThreadType enum',
   );
   return threadType;
 }
 export const communityThreadTypes: $ReadOnlyArray<number> = Object.freeze([
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT,
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT,
   threadTypes.GENESIS,
 ]);
 
 export const communitySubthreads: $ReadOnlyArray<number> = Object.freeze([
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD,
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD,
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD,
   threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD,
 ]);
 
 export function threadTypeIsCommunityRoot(threadType: ThreadType): boolean {
   return communityThreadTypes.includes(threadType);
 }
 
 export const threadPermissions = Object.freeze({
   KNOW_OF: 'know_of',
   MEMBERSHIP_DEPRECATED: 'membership',
   VISIBLE: 'visible',
   VOICED: 'voiced',
   EDIT_ENTRIES: 'edit_entries',
   EDIT_THREAD_NAME: 'edit_thread',
   EDIT_THREAD_DESCRIPTION: 'edit_thread_description',
   EDIT_THREAD_COLOR: 'edit_thread_color',
   DELETE_THREAD: 'delete_thread',
   CREATE_SUBCHANNELS: 'create_subthreads',
   CREATE_SIDEBARS: 'create_sidebars',
   JOIN_THREAD: 'join_thread',
   EDIT_PERMISSIONS: 'edit_permissions',
   ADD_MEMBERS: 'add_members',
   REMOVE_MEMBERS: 'remove_members',
   CHANGE_ROLE: 'change_role',
   LEAVE_THREAD: 'leave_thread',
   REACT_TO_MESSAGE: 'react_to_message',
   EDIT_MESSAGE: 'edit_message',
 });
 export type ThreadPermission = $Values<typeof threadPermissions>;
 export function assertThreadPermissions(
   ourThreadPermissions: string,
 ): ThreadPermission {
   invariant(
     ourThreadPermissions === 'know_of' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'membership' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'visible' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'voiced' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_entries' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_thread' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_thread_description' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_thread_color' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'delete_thread' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'create_subthreads' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'create_sidebars' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'join_thread' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_permissions' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'add_members' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'remove_members' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'change_role' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'leave_thread' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'react_to_message' ||
       ourThreadPermissions === 'edit_message',
     'string is not threadPermissions enum',
   );
   return ourThreadPermissions;
 }
 
 export const threadPermissionPropagationPrefixes = Object.freeze({
   DESCENDANT: 'descendant_',
   CHILD: 'child_',
 });
 export type ThreadPermissionPropagationPrefix = $Values<
   typeof threadPermissionPropagationPrefixes,
 >;
 
 export const threadPermissionFilterPrefixes = Object.freeze({
   // includes only SIDEBAR, COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD,
   // COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD
   OPEN: 'open_',
   // excludes only SIDEBAR
   TOP_LEVEL: 'toplevel_',
   // includes only COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD,
   // COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD
   OPEN_TOP_LEVEL: 'opentoplevel_',
 });
 export type ThreadPermissionFilterPrefix = $Values<
   typeof threadPermissionFilterPrefixes,
 >;
 
 export type ThreadPermissionInfo =
   | { +value: true, +source: string }
   | { +value: false, +source: null };
 
 export type ThreadPermissionsBlob = {
   +[permission: string]: ThreadPermissionInfo,
 };
 export type ThreadRolePermissionsBlob = { +[permission: string]: boolean };
 
 export type ThreadPermissionsInfo = {
   +[permission: ThreadPermission]: ThreadPermissionInfo,
 };
 
 export type MemberInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +isSender: boolean,
 };
 
 export type RelativeMemberInfo = {
   ...MemberInfo,
   +username: ?string,
   +isViewer: boolean,
 };
 
 export type RoleInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +name: string,
   +permissions: ThreadRolePermissionsBlob,
   +isDefault: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ThreadCurrentUserInfo = {
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +subscription: ThreadSubscription,
   +unread: ?boolean,
 };
 
 export type RawThreadInfo = {
   +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<MemberInfo>,
   +roles: { [id: string]: RoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ThreadInfo = {
   +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<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { [id: string]: RoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ResolvedThreadInfo = {
   +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<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   +roles: { [id: string]: RoleInfo },
   +currentUser: ThreadCurrentUserInfo,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ServerMemberInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +role: ?string,
   +permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   +subscription: ThreadSubscription,
   +unread: ?boolean,
   +isSender: boolean,
 };
 
 export type ServerThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: ?string,
   +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]: RoleInfo },
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ThreadStore = {
   +threadInfos: { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo },
 };
 
 export type RemoveThreadOperation = {
   +type: 'remove',
   +payload: { +ids: $ReadOnlyArray<string> },
 };
 
 export type RemoveAllThreadsOperation = {
   +type: 'remove_all',
 };
 
 export type ReplaceThreadOperation = {
   +type: 'replace',
   +payload: { +id: string, +threadInfo: RawThreadInfo },
 };
 
 export type ThreadStoreOperation =
   | RemoveThreadOperation
   | RemoveAllThreadsOperation
   | ReplaceThreadOperation;
 
 export type ClientDBThreadInfo = {
   +id: string,
   +type: number,
   +name: ?string,
-  +avatar?: ?ClientAvatar,
+  +avatar?: ?string,
   +description: ?string,
   +color: string,
   +creationTime: string,
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +containingThreadID: ?string,
   +community: ?string,
   +members: string,
   +roles: string,
   +currentUser: string,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
   +repliesCount: number,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBReplaceThreadOperation = {
   +type: 'replace',
   +payload: ClientDBThreadInfo,
 };
 
 export type ClientDBThreadStoreOperation =
   | RemoveThreadOperation
   | RemoveAllThreadsOperation
   | ClientDBReplaceThreadOperation;
 
 export type ThreadDeletionRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +accountPassword: ?string,
 };
 
 export type RemoveMembersRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 
 export type RoleChangeRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +role: string,
 };
 
 export type ChangeThreadSettingsResult = {
   +threadInfo?: RawThreadInfo,
   +threadInfos?: { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo },
   +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 = {
   +threadInfos?: { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo },
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type LeaveThreadPayload = {
   +updatesResult: {
     +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
   },
 };
 
 export type ThreadChanges = Shape<{
   +type: ThreadType,
   +name: string,
   +description: string,
   +color: string,
   +parentThreadID: ?string,
   +newMemberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 }>;
 
 export type UpdateThreadRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +changes: ThreadChanges,
 };
 
 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>,
   +newThreadInfo?: RawThreadInfo,
   +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,
 };
 export type ClientThreadJoinRequest = {
   +threadID: string,
   +calendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
 };
 export type ThreadJoinResult = {
   threadInfos?: { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo },
   updatesResult: {
     newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ServerUpdateInfo>,
   },
   rawMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   truncationStatuses: MessageTruncationStatuses,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
   rawEntryInfos?: ?$ReadOnlyArray<RawEntryInfo>,
 };
 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,
   +lastUpdatedTime: number,
   +mostRecentNonLocalMessage: ?string,
 };
 
 // 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;
diff --git a/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.js b/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.js
index b5c5d1a90..1f5c805bd 100644
--- a/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/thread-ops-utils.js
@@ -1,75 +1,92 @@
 // @flow
 
 import {
   type ClientDBThreadInfo,
   type ThreadStoreOperation,
   type ClientDBThreadStoreOperation,
   type RawThreadInfo,
   assertThreadType,
 } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 
 function convertRawThreadInfoToClientDBThreadInfo(
   rawThreadInfo: RawThreadInfo,
 ): ClientDBThreadInfo {
   return {
     ...rawThreadInfo,
     creationTime: rawThreadInfo.creationTime.toString(),
     members: JSON.stringify(rawThreadInfo.members),
     roles: JSON.stringify(rawThreadInfo.roles),
     currentUser: JSON.stringify(rawThreadInfo.currentUser),
+    avatar: rawThreadInfo.avatar ? JSON.stringify(rawThreadInfo.avatar) : null,
   };
 }
 
 function convertClientDBThreadInfoToRawThreadInfo(
   clientDBThreadInfo: ClientDBThreadInfo,
 ): RawThreadInfo {
-  const { sourceMessageID, ...rawThreadInfo }: RawThreadInfo = {
-    ...clientDBThreadInfo,
+  let rawThreadInfo: RawThreadInfo = {
+    id: clientDBThreadInfo.id,
     type: assertThreadType(clientDBThreadInfo.type),
+    name: clientDBThreadInfo.name,
+    description: clientDBThreadInfo.description,
+    color: clientDBThreadInfo.color,
     creationTime: Number(clientDBThreadInfo.creationTime),
+    parentThreadID: clientDBThreadInfo.parentThreadID,
+    containingThreadID: clientDBThreadInfo.containingThreadID,
+    community: clientDBThreadInfo.community,
     members: JSON.parse(clientDBThreadInfo.members),
     roles: JSON.parse(clientDBThreadInfo.roles),
     currentUser: JSON.parse(clientDBThreadInfo.currentUser),
+    repliesCount: clientDBThreadInfo.repliesCount,
   };
+
   if (clientDBThreadInfo.sourceMessageID) {
-    return {
+    rawThreadInfo = {
       ...rawThreadInfo,
       sourceMessageID: clientDBThreadInfo.sourceMessageID,
     };
   }
+
+  if (clientDBThreadInfo.avatar) {
+    rawThreadInfo = {
+      ...rawThreadInfo,
+      avatar: JSON.parse(clientDBThreadInfo.avatar),
+    };
+  }
+
   return rawThreadInfo;
 }
 
 function convertThreadStoreOperationsToClientDBOperations(
   threadStoreOperations: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadStoreOperation>,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBThreadStoreOperation> {
   return threadStoreOperations.map(threadStoreOperation => {
     if (threadStoreOperation.type === 'replace') {
       return {
         type: 'replace',
         payload: convertRawThreadInfoToClientDBThreadInfo(
           threadStoreOperation.payload.threadInfo,
         ),
       };
     }
     return threadStoreOperation;
   });
 }
 
 function convertClientDBThreadInfosToRawThreadInfos(
   clientDBThreadInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBThreadInfo>,
 ): { +[id: string]: RawThreadInfo } {
   return Object.fromEntries(
     clientDBThreadInfos.map((dbThreadInfo: ClientDBThreadInfo) => [
       dbThreadInfo.id,
       convertClientDBThreadInfoToRawThreadInfo(dbThreadInfo),
     ]),
   );
 }
 
 export {
   convertRawThreadInfoToClientDBThreadInfo,
   convertClientDBThreadInfoToRawThreadInfo,
   convertThreadStoreOperationsToClientDBOperations,
   convertClientDBThreadInfosToRawThreadInfos,
 };