diff --git a/keyserver/src/responders/redux-state-responders.js b/keyserver/src/responders/redux-state-responders.js
index 903e04ec0..a7f02db8a 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/responders/redux-state-responders.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/responders/redux-state-responders.js
@@ -1,364 +1,363 @@
 // @flow
 
 import _keyBy from 'lodash/fp/keyBy.js';
 import t, { type TInterface } from 'tcomb';
 
 import { baseLegalPolicies } from 'lib/facts/policies.js';
 import { daysToEntriesFromEntryInfos } from 'lib/reducers/entry-reducer.js';
 import { freshMessageStore } from 'lib/reducers/message-reducer.js';
 import { mostRecentlyReadThread } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { mostRecentMessageTimestamp } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import {
   threadHasPermission,
   threadIsPending,
   parsePendingThreadID,
   createPendingThread,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import { canUseDatabaseOnWeb } from 'lib/shared/web-database.js';
 import { entryStoreValidator } from 'lib/types/entry-types.js';
 import { defaultCalendarFilters } from 'lib/types/filter-types.js';
 import {
   inviteLinksStoreValidator,
   type CommunityLinks,
 } from 'lib/types/link-types.js';
 import {
   defaultNumberPerThread,
   messageStoreValidator,
   type MessageStore,
 } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import { threadStoreValidator } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import {
   currentUserInfoValidator,
   userInfosValidator,
   type GlobalAccountUserInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import { currentDateInTimeZone } from 'lib/utils/date-utils.js';
 import { ServerError } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 import { promiseAll } from 'lib/utils/promises.js';
 import { urlInfoValidator } from 'lib/utils/url-utils.js';
 import { tShape, ashoatKeyserverID } from 'lib/utils/validation-utils.js';
 import { navInfoValidator } from 'web/types/nav-types.js';
 import type {
   InitialReduxStateResponse,
   InitialKeyserverInfo,
   InitialReduxStateRequest,
   ExcludedData,
 } from 'web/types/redux-types.js';
 import { navInfoFromURL } from 'web/url-utils.js';
 
 import { fetchEntryInfos } from '../fetchers/entry-fetchers.js';
 import { fetchPrimaryInviteLinks } from '../fetchers/link-fetchers.js';
 import { fetchMessageInfos } from '../fetchers/message-fetchers.js';
 import { hasAnyNotAcknowledgedPolicies } from '../fetchers/policy-acknowledgment-fetchers.js';
 import { fetchThreadInfos } from '../fetchers/thread-fetchers.js';
 import {
   fetchCurrentUserInfo,
   fetchKnownUserInfos,
   fetchUserInfos,
 } from '../fetchers/user-fetchers.js';
 import { getWebPushConfig } from '../push/providers.js';
 import { setNewSession } from '../session/cookies.js';
 import { Viewer } from '../session/viewer.js';
 
 const excludedDataValidator: TInterface<ExcludedData> = tShape<ExcludedData>({
   threadStore: t.maybe(t.Bool),
 });
 
 export const initialReduxStateRequestValidator: TInterface<InitialReduxStateRequest> =
   tShape<InitialReduxStateRequest>({
     urlInfo: urlInfoValidator,
     excludedData: excludedDataValidator,
   });
 
 const initialKeyserverInfoValidator = tShape<InitialKeyserverInfo>({
   sessionID: t.maybe(t.String),
   updatesCurrentAsOf: t.Number,
 });
 
 export const initialReduxStateValidator: TInterface<InitialReduxStateResponse> =
   tShape<InitialReduxStateResponse>({
     navInfo: navInfoValidator,
     currentUserInfo: currentUserInfoValidator,
     entryStore: entryStoreValidator,
     threadStore: threadStoreValidator,
     userInfos: userInfosValidator,
     messageStore: messageStoreValidator,
     pushApiPublicKey: t.maybe(t.String),
     commServicesAccessToken: t.Nil,
     inviteLinksStore: inviteLinksStoreValidator,
     keyserverInfo: initialKeyserverInfoValidator,
   });
 
 async function getInitialReduxStateResponder(
   viewer: Viewer,
   request: InitialReduxStateRequest,
 ): Promise<InitialReduxStateResponse> {
   const { urlInfo, excludedData } = request;
   const useDatabase = viewer.loggedIn && canUseDatabaseOnWeb(viewer.userID);
 
   const hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise = hasAnyNotAcknowledgedPolicies(
     viewer.id,
     baseLegalPolicies,
   );
 
   const initialNavInfoPromise = (async () => {
     try {
       let backupInfo = {
         now: currentDateInTimeZone(viewer.timeZone),
       };
       // Some user ids in selectedUserList might not exist in the userInfos
       // (e.g. they were included in the results of the user search endpoint)
       // Because of that we keep their userInfos inside the navInfo.
       if (urlInfo.selectedUserList) {
         const fetchedUserInfos = await fetchUserInfos(urlInfo.selectedUserList);
         const userInfos: { [string]: GlobalAccountUserInfo } = {};
         for (const userID in fetchedUserInfos) {
           const userInfo = fetchedUserInfos[userID];
           if (userInfo.username) {
             userInfos[userID] = {
               ...userInfo,
               username: userInfo.username,
             };
           }
         }
         backupInfo = { userInfos, ...backupInfo };
       }
       return navInfoFromURL(urlInfo, backupInfo);
     } catch (e) {
       throw new ServerError(e.message);
     }
   })();
 
   const calendarQueryPromise = (async () => {
     const initialNavInfo = await initialNavInfoPromise;
     return {
       startDate: initialNavInfo.startDate,
       endDate: initialNavInfo.endDate,
       filters: defaultCalendarFilters,
     };
   })();
   const messageSelectionCriteria = { joinedThreads: true };
   const initialTime = Date.now();
 
   const threadInfoPromise = fetchThreadInfos(viewer);
   const messageInfoPromise = fetchMessageInfos(
     viewer,
     messageSelectionCriteria,
     defaultNumberPerThread,
   );
   const entryInfoPromise = (async () => {
     const calendarQuery = await calendarQueryPromise;
     return await fetchEntryInfos(viewer, [calendarQuery]);
   })();
   const currentUserInfoPromise = fetchCurrentUserInfo(viewer);
   const userInfoPromise = fetchKnownUserInfos(viewer);
 
   const sessionIDPromise = (async () => {
     const calendarQuery = await calendarQueryPromise;
     if (viewer.loggedIn) {
       await setNewSession(viewer, calendarQuery, initialTime);
     }
     return viewer.sessionID;
   })();
 
   const threadStorePromise = (async () => {
     if (excludedData.threadStore && useDatabase) {
       return { threadInfos: {} };
     }
     const [{ threadInfos }, hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies] = await Promise.all([
       threadInfoPromise,
       hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise,
     ]);
     return { threadInfos: hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies ? {} : threadInfos };
   })();
   const messageStorePromise: Promise<MessageStore> = (async () => {
     const [
       { threadInfos },
       { rawMessageInfos, truncationStatuses },
       hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies,
     ] = await Promise.all([
       threadInfoPromise,
       messageInfoPromise,
       hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise,
     ]);
     if (hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies) {
       return {
         messages: {},
         threads: {},
         local: {},
         currentAsOf: { [ashoatKeyserverID]: 0 },
       };
     }
     const { messageStore: freshStore } = freshMessageStore(
       rawMessageInfos,
       truncationStatuses,
       {
         [ashoatKeyserverID]: mostRecentMessageTimestamp(
           rawMessageInfos,
           initialTime,
         ),
       },
       threadInfos,
     );
     return freshStore;
   })();
   const entryStorePromise = (async () => {
     const [{ rawEntryInfos }, hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies] = await Promise.all([
       entryInfoPromise,
       hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise,
     ]);
     if (hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies) {
       return {
         entryInfos: {},
         daysToEntries: {},
         lastUserInteractionCalendar: 0,
       };
     }
     return {
       entryInfos: _keyBy('id')(rawEntryInfos),
       daysToEntries: daysToEntriesFromEntryInfos(rawEntryInfos),
       lastUserInteractionCalendar: initialTime,
     };
   })();
   const userInfosPromise = (async () => {
     const [userInfos, hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies] = await Promise.all([
       userInfoPromise,
       hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise,
     ]);
     return hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies ? {} : userInfos;
   })();
 
   const navInfoPromise = (async () => {
     const [
       { threadInfos },
       messageStore,
       currentUserInfo,
       userInfos,
       finalNavInfo,
     ] = await Promise.all([
       threadInfoPromise,
       messageStorePromise,
       currentUserInfoPromise,
       userInfosPromise,
       initialNavInfoPromise,
     ]);
 
     const requestedActiveChatThreadID = finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID;
     if (
       requestedActiveChatThreadID &&
       !threadIsPending(requestedActiveChatThreadID) &&
       !threadHasPermission(
         threadInfos[requestedActiveChatThreadID],
         threadPermissions.VISIBLE,
       )
     ) {
       finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID = null;
     }
 
     if (!finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID) {
       const mostRecentThread = mostRecentlyReadThread(
         messageStore,
         threadInfos,
       );
       if (mostRecentThread) {
         finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID = mostRecentThread;
       }
     }
 
+    const curActiveChatThreadID = finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID;
     if (
-      finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID &&
-      threadIsPending(finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID) &&
-      finalNavInfo.pendingThread?.id !== finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID
+      curActiveChatThreadID &&
+      threadIsPending(curActiveChatThreadID) &&
+      finalNavInfo.pendingThread?.id !== curActiveChatThreadID
     ) {
-      const pendingThreadData = parsePendingThreadID(
-        finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID,
-      );
+      const pendingThreadData = parsePendingThreadID(curActiveChatThreadID);
       if (
         pendingThreadData &&
         pendingThreadData.threadType !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR &&
         currentUserInfo.id
       ) {
         const members = [...pendingThreadData.memberIDs, currentUserInfo.id]
           .map(id => {
             const userInfo = userInfos[id];
             if (!userInfo || !userInfo.username) {
               return undefined;
             }
             const { username } = userInfo;
             return { id, username };
           })
           .filter(Boolean);
         const newPendingThread = createPendingThread({
           viewerID: currentUserInfo.id,
           threadType: pendingThreadData.threadType,
           members,
         });
         finalNavInfo.activeChatThreadID = newPendingThread.id;
         finalNavInfo.pendingThread = newPendingThread;
       }
     }
 
     return finalNavInfo;
   })();
   const currentAsOfPromise = (async () => {
     const hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies = await hasNotAcknowledgedPoliciesPromise;
     return hasNotAcknowledgedPolicies ? 0 : initialTime;
   })();
 
   const pushApiPublicKeyPromise: Promise<?string> = (async () => {
     const pushConfig = await getWebPushConfig();
     if (!pushConfig) {
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
         console.warn('keyserver/secrets/web_push_config.json should exist');
       }
       return null;
     }
     return pushConfig.publicKey;
   })();
 
   const inviteLinksStorePromise = (async () => {
     const primaryInviteLinks = await fetchPrimaryInviteLinks(viewer);
     const links: { [string]: CommunityLinks } = {};
     for (const link of primaryInviteLinks) {
       if (link.primary) {
         links[link.communityID] = {
           primaryLink: link,
         };
       }
     }
     return {
       links,
     };
   })();
 
   const keyserverInfoPromise = (async () => {
     const { sessionID, updatesCurrentAsOf } = await promiseAll({
       sessionID: sessionIDPromise,
       updatesCurrentAsOf: currentAsOfPromise,
     });
 
     return {
       sessionID,
       updatesCurrentAsOf,
     };
   })();
 
   const initialReduxState: InitialReduxStateResponse = await promiseAll({
     navInfo: navInfoPromise,
     currentUserInfo: currentUserInfoPromise,
     entryStore: entryStorePromise,
     threadStore: threadStorePromise,
     userInfos: userInfosPromise,
     messageStore: messageStorePromise,
     pushApiPublicKey: pushApiPublicKeyPromise,
     commServicesAccessToken: null,
     inviteLinksStore: inviteLinksStorePromise,
     keyserverInfo: keyserverInfoPromise,
   });
 
   return initialReduxState;
 }
 
 export { getInitialReduxStateResponder };