diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-actions-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-actions-utils.js
index f6e579578..726543b68 100644
--- a/lib/shared/thread-actions-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-actions-utils.js
@@ -1,194 +1,187 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import {
   threadIsPending,
   threadOtherMembers,
   pendingThreadType,
-  userHasDeviceList,
 } from './thread-utils.js';
 import {
   newThreadActionTypes,
   removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes,
   type RemoveUsersFromThreadInput,
 } from '../actions/thread-actions.js';
-import type { AuxUserInfos } from '../types/aux-user-types.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from '../types/entry-types.js';
 import type {
   RelativeMemberInfo,
   ThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import {
   threadTypes,
   assertThinThreadType,
   assertThickThreadType,
   threadTypeIsThick,
 } from '../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { ThreadType } from '../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type {
   ChangeThreadSettingsPayload,
   ClientNewThinThreadRequest,
   NewThickThreadRequest,
   NewThreadResult,
 } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import type { DispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 
 function removeMemberFromThread(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo,
   dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   removeUserFromThreadServerCall: (
     input: RemoveUsersFromThreadInput,
   ) => Promise<ChangeThreadSettingsPayload>,
 ) {
   const customKeyName = `${removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes.started}:${memberInfo.id}`;
   void dispatchActionPromise(
     removeUsersFromThreadActionTypes,
     removeUserFromThreadServerCall({
       threadID: threadInfo.id,
       memberIDs: [memberInfo.id],
     }),
     { customKeyName },
   );
 }
 
 type CreateRealThreadParameters = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   +createNewThinThread: ClientNewThinThreadRequest => Promise<NewThreadResult>,
   +createNewThickThread: NewThickThreadRequest => Promise<string>,
   +sourceMessageID: ?string,
   +viewerID: ?string,
   +handleError?: () => mixed,
   +calendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
   +usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs: boolean,
-  +auxUserInfos: AuxUserInfos,
 };
 
 async function createRealThreadFromPendingThread({
   threadInfo,
   dispatchActionPromise,
   createNewThinThread,
   createNewThickThread,
   sourceMessageID,
   viewerID,
   calendarQuery,
   usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
-  auxUserInfos,
 }: CreateRealThreadParameters): Promise<{
   +threadID: string,
   +threadType: ThreadType,
 }> {
   if (!threadIsPending(threadInfo.id)) {
     return {
       threadID: threadInfo.id,
       threadType: threadInfo.type,
     };
   }
 
   let newThreadID;
   let newThreadType = threadInfo.type;
 
   const otherMemberIDs = threadOtherMembers(threadInfo.members, viewerID).map(
     member => member.id,
   );
   let resultPromise;
   if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.SIDEBAR) {
     invariant(
       sourceMessageID,
       'sourceMessageID should be set when creating a sidebar',
     );
     invariant(
       threadInfo.parentThreadID,
       'parentThreadID should be set when creating a sidebar',
     );
     resultPromise = createNewThinThread({
       type: threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
       initialMemberIDs: otherMemberIDs,
       color: threadInfo.color,
       sourceMessageID,
       parentThreadID: threadInfo.parentThreadID,
       name: threadInfo.name,
       calendarQuery,
     });
     void dispatchActionPromise(newThreadActionTypes, resultPromise);
     const result = await resultPromise;
     newThreadID = result.newThreadID;
   } else if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.THICK_SIDEBAR) {
     invariant(
       sourceMessageID,
       'sourceMessageID should be set when creating a sidebar',
     );
     invariant(
       threadInfo.parentThreadID,
       'parentThreadID should be set when creating a sidebar',
     );
     newThreadID = await createNewThickThread({
       type: threadTypes.THICK_SIDEBAR,
       initialMemberIDs: otherMemberIDs,
       color: threadInfo.color,
       sourceMessageID,
       parentThreadID: threadInfo.parentThreadID,
       name: threadInfo.name,
     });
   } else {
     invariant(
       otherMemberIDs.length > 0,
       'otherMemberIDs should not be empty for threads',
     );
-    const allUsersSupportThickThreads = otherMemberIDs.every(memberID =>
-      userHasDeviceList(memberID, auxUserInfos),
-    );
-    if (threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type) && allUsersSupportThickThreads) {
+    if (threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type)) {
       const type = assertThickThreadType(
         pendingThreadType(
           otherMemberIDs.length,
           'thick',
           usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
         ),
       );
 
       invariant(
         type !== 16,
         // Flow does not recognize that threadTypes.THICK_SIDEBAR is 16
         'pendingThreadType should not return THICK_SIDEBAR',
       );
       newThreadID = await createNewThickThread({
         type,
         initialMemberIDs: otherMemberIDs,
         color: threadInfo.color,
       });
       newThreadType = type;
     } else {
       const type = assertThinThreadType(
         pendingThreadType(
           otherMemberIDs.length,
           'thin',
           usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
         ),
       );
 
       invariant(
         type !== 5, // Flow does not recognize that threadTypes.SIDEBAR is 5
         'pendingThreadType should not return SIDEBAR',
       );
       resultPromise = createNewThinThread({
         type,
         initialMemberIDs: otherMemberIDs,
         color: threadInfo.color,
         calendarQuery,
       });
       void dispatchActionPromise(newThreadActionTypes, resultPromise);
       const result = await resultPromise;
       newThreadID = result.newThreadID;
       newThreadType = type;
     }
   }
   return {
     threadID: newThreadID,
     threadType: newThreadType,
   };
 }
 
 export { removeMemberFromThread, createRealThreadFromPendingThread };
diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
index 22be23e68..5fac7743c 100644
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -1,1890 +1,1891 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _find from 'lodash/fp/find.js';
 import _keyBy from 'lodash/fp/keyBy.js';
 import _mapValues from 'lodash/fp/mapValues.js';
 import _omit from 'lodash/fp/omit.js';
 import _omitBy from 'lodash/fp/omitBy.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { getUserAvatarForThread } from './avatar-utils.js';
 import { generatePendingThreadColor } from './color-utils.js';
 import { extractUserMentionsFromText } from './mention-utils.js';
 import { relationshipBlockedInEitherDirection } from './relationship-utils.js';
 import ashoat from '../facts/ashoat.js';
 import genesis from '../facts/genesis.js';
 import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from '../hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import { useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs } from '../hooks/flag-hooks.js';
 import { type UserSearchResult } from '../hooks/thread-search-hooks.js';
 import { useUsersSupportThickThreads } from '../hooks/user-identities-hooks.js';
 import { extractKeyserverIDFromIDOptional } from '../keyserver-conn/keyserver-call-utils.js';
 import {
   hasPermission,
   permissionsToBitmaskHex,
   threadPermissionsFromBitmaskHex,
 } from '../permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.js';
 import { specialRoles } from '../permissions/special-roles.js';
 import type { SpecialRole } from '../permissions/special-roles.js';
 import {
   permissionLookup,
   getAllThreadPermissions,
   makePermissionsBlob,
 } from '../permissions/thread-permissions.js';
 import type { ChatThreadItem } from '../selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import {
   threadInfoSelector,
   pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector,
   threadInfosSelectorForThreadType,
   onScreenThreadInfos,
 } from '../selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import {
   getRelativeMemberInfos,
   usersWithPersonalThreadSelector,
 } from '../selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import type { AuxUserInfos } from '../types/aux-user-types.js';
 import type {
   RelativeMemberInfo,
   RawThreadInfo,
   MemberInfoWithPermissions,
   RoleInfo,
   ThreadInfo,
   MinimallyEncodedThickMemberInfo,
   ThinRawThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import {
   decodeMinimallyEncodedRoleInfo,
   minimallyEncodeMemberInfo,
   minimallyEncodeRawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions,
   minimallyEncodeRoleInfo,
   minimallyEncodeThreadCurrentUserInfo,
 } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { userRelationshipStatus } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import { defaultThreadSubscription } from '../types/subscription-types.js';
 import {
   threadPermissionPropagationPrefixes,
   threadPermissions,
   type ThreadPermission,
   type ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   type ThreadRolePermissionsBlob,
   type UserSurfacedPermission,
   threadPermissionFilterPrefixes,
   threadPermissionsDisabledByBlock,
   type ThreadPermissionNotAffectedByBlock,
 } from '../types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import {
   type ThreadType,
   threadTypes,
   threadTypeIsCommunityRoot,
   assertThreadType,
   threadTypeIsThick,
   assertThinThreadType,
   assertThickThreadType,
   threadTypeIsSidebar,
   threadTypeIsPrivate,
   threadTypeIsPersonal,
 } from '../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type {
   LegacyRawThreadInfo,
   ClientLegacyRoleInfo,
   ServerThreadInfo,
   ThickMemberInfo,
   UserProfileThreadInfo,
   MixedRawThreadInfos,
   LegacyThinRawThreadInfo,
   ThreadTimestamps,
 } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import { updateTypes } from '../types/update-types-enum.js';
 import { type ClientUpdateInfo } from '../types/update-types.js';
 import type {
   UserInfos,
   AccountUserInfo,
   LoggedInUserInfo,
   UserInfo,
 } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import {
   ET,
   type ThreadEntity,
   type UserEntity,
 } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
 import {
   stripMemberPermissionsFromRawThreadInfo,
   type ThinRawThreadInfoWithPermissions,
 } from '../utils/member-info-utils.js';
 import { entries, values } from '../utils/objects.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { userSurfacedPermissionsFromRolePermissions } from '../utils/role-utils.js';
 import { firstLine } from '../utils/string-utils.js';
 import {
   pendingThreadIDRegex,
   pendingThickSidebarURLPrefix,
   pendingSidebarURLPrefix,
 } from '../utils/validation-utils.js';
 
 function threadHasPermission(
   threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo),
   permission: ThreadPermissionNotAffectedByBlock,
 ): boolean {
   if (!threadInfo) {
     return false;
   }
   invariant(
     !permissionsDisabledByBlock.has(permission) || threadInfo?.uiName,
     `${permission} can be disabled by a block, but threadHasPermission can't ` +
       'check for a block on RawThreadInfo. Please pass in ThreadInfo instead!',
   );
   if (threadInfo.minimallyEncoded) {
     return hasPermission(threadInfo.currentUser.permissions, permission);
   }
   return permissionLookup(threadInfo.currentUser.permissions, permission);
 }
 
 type CommunityRootMembersToRoleType = {
   +[threadID: ?string]: {
     +[memberID: string]: ?RoleInfo,
   },
 };
 function useCommunityRootMembersToRole(
   threadInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo>,
 ): CommunityRootMembersToRoleType {
   const communityRootMembersToRole = React.useMemo(() => {
     const communityThreadInfos = threadInfos.filter(threadInfo =>
       threadTypeIsCommunityRoot(threadInfo.type),
     );
 
     if (communityThreadInfos.length === 0) {
       return {};
     }
 
     const communityRoots = _keyBy('id')(communityThreadInfos);
     return _mapValues((threadInfo: ThreadInfo) => {
       const keyedMembers = _keyBy('id')(threadInfo.members);
       const keyedMembersToRole = _mapValues(
         (member: MemberInfoWithPermissions | RelativeMemberInfo) => {
           return member.role ? threadInfo.roles[member.role] : null;
         },
       )(keyedMembers);
       return keyedMembersToRole;
     })(communityRoots);
   }, [threadInfos]);
 
   return communityRootMembersToRole;
 }
 
 function useThreadsWithPermission(
   threadInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
   permission: ThreadPermission,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo> {
   const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
   const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
   const allThreadInfos = useSelector(state => state.threadStore.threadInfos);
   const allThreadInfosArray = React.useMemo(
     () => values(allThreadInfos),
     [allThreadInfos],
   );
 
   const communityRootMembersToRole =
     useCommunityRootMembersToRole(allThreadInfosArray);
 
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     return threadInfos.filter((threadInfo: ThreadInfo) => {
       const membersToRole = communityRootMembersToRole[threadInfo.id];
       const memberHasAdminRole = threadMembersWithoutAddedAdmin(
         threadInfo,
       ).some(member => roleIsAdminRole(membersToRole?.[member.id]));
 
       if (memberHasAdminRole || !loggedInUserInfo) {
         return hasPermission(threadInfo.currentUser.permissions, permission);
       }
 
       const threadFrozen = threadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyWithoutAdminRoleCheck(
         threadInfo,
         loggedInUserInfo.id,
         userInfos,
         false,
       );
 
       const permissions = threadFrozen
         ? filterOutDisabledPermissions(threadInfo.currentUser.permissions)
         : threadInfo.currentUser.permissions;
 
       return hasPermission(permissions, permission);
     });
   }, [
     threadInfos,
     communityRootMembersToRole,
     loggedInUserInfo,
     userInfos,
     permission,
   ]);
 }
 
 function useThreadHasPermission(
   threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   permission: ThreadPermission,
 ): boolean {
   const threads = useThreadsWithPermission(
     threadInfo ? [threadInfo] : [],
     permission,
   );
   return threads.length === 1;
 }
 
 function viewerIsMember(
   threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   return !!(
     threadInfo &&
     threadInfo.currentUser.role !== null &&
     threadInfo.currentUser.role !== undefined
   );
 }
 
 function isMemberActive(
   memberInfo: MemberInfoWithPermissions | MinimallyEncodedThickMemberInfo,
 ): boolean {
   const role = memberInfo.role;
   return role !== null && role !== undefined;
 }
 
 function threadIsInHome(threadInfo: ?(RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return !!(threadInfo && threadInfo.currentUser.subscription.home);
 }
 
 // Can have messages
 function threadInChatList(
   threadInfo: ?(LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   return (
     viewerIsMember(threadInfo) &&
     threadHasPermission(threadInfo, threadPermissions.VISIBLE)
   );
 }
 
 function useIsThreadInChatList(threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo): boolean {
   const threadIsVisible = useThreadHasPermission(
     threadInfo,
     threadPermissions.VISIBLE,
   );
   return viewerIsMember(threadInfo) && threadIsVisible;
 }
 
 function useThreadsInChatList(
   threadInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo> {
   const visibleThreads = useThreadsWithPermission(
     threadInfos,
     threadPermissions.VISIBLE,
   );
   return React.useMemo(
     () => visibleThreads.filter(viewerIsMember),
     [visibleThreads],
   );
 }
 
 function threadIsTopLevel(threadInfo: ?(RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return threadInChatList(threadInfo) && threadIsChannel(threadInfo);
 }
 
 function threadIsChannel(threadInfo: ?(RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return !!(threadInfo && !threadTypeIsSidebar(threadInfo.type));
 }
 
 function threadIsSidebar(threadInfo: ?(RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo)): boolean {
   return !!(threadInfo && threadTypeIsSidebar(threadInfo.type));
 }
 
 function threadInBackgroundChatList(
   threadInfo: ?(RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   return threadInChatList(threadInfo) && !threadIsInHome(threadInfo);
 }
 
 function threadInHomeChatList(
   threadInfo: ?(RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   return threadInChatList(threadInfo) && threadIsInHome(threadInfo);
 }
 
 // Can have Calendar entries,
 // does appear as a top-level entity in the thread list
 function threadInFilterList(
   threadInfo: ?(LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo),
 ): boolean {
   return (
     threadInChatList(threadInfo) &&
     !!threadInfo &&
     !threadTypeIsSidebar(threadInfo.type)
   );
 }
 
 function userIsMember(
   threadInfo: ?(RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo),
   userID: string,
 ): boolean {
   if (!threadInfo) {
     return false;
   }
   if (threadInfo.id === genesis().id) {
     return true;
   }
   return threadInfo.members.some(member => member.id === userID && member.role);
 }
 
 function threadActualMembers(
   memberInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MemberInfoWithPermissions | RelativeMemberInfo>,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<string> {
   return memberInfos
     .filter(memberInfo => memberInfo.role)
     .map(memberInfo => memberInfo.id);
 }
 
 type MemberIDAndRole = {
   +id: string,
   +role: ?string,
   ...
 };
 function threadOtherMembers<T: MemberIDAndRole>(
   memberInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<T>,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<T> {
   return memberInfos.filter(
     memberInfo => memberInfo.role && memberInfo.id !== viewerID,
   );
 }
 
 function threadMembersWithoutAddedAdmin<
   T: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
 >(threadInfo: T): $PropertyType<T, 'members'> {
   if (threadInfo.community !== genesis().id) {
     return threadInfo.members;
   }
   const adminID = extractKeyserverIDFromIDOptional(threadInfo.id);
 
   return threadInfo.members.filter(
     member => member.id !== adminID || member.role,
   );
 }
 
 function threadIsGroupChat(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): boolean {
   return threadInfo.members.length > 2;
 }
 
 function threadOrParentThreadIsGroupChat(
   threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
 ) {
   return threadMembersWithoutAddedAdmin(threadInfo).length > 2;
 }
 
 function threadIsPending(threadID: ?string): boolean {
   return !!threadID?.startsWith('pending');
 }
 
 function threadIsPendingSidebar(threadID: ?string): boolean {
   return (
     !!threadID?.startsWith(`pending/${pendingSidebarURLPrefix}/`) ||
     !!threadID?.startsWith(`pending/${pendingThickSidebarURLPrefix}`)
   );
 }
 
 function getSingleOtherUser(
   threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
 ): ?string {
   if (!viewerID) {
     return undefined;
   }
   const otherMembers = threadOtherMembers(threadInfo.members, viewerID);
   if (otherMembers.length !== 1) {
     return undefined;
   }
   return otherMembers[0].id;
 }
 
 function getPendingThreadID(
   threadType: ThreadType,
   memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   sourceMessageID: ?string,
 ): string {
   let pendingThreadKey;
   if (sourceMessageID && threadTypeIsThick(threadType)) {
     pendingThreadKey = `${pendingThickSidebarURLPrefix}/${sourceMessageID}`;
   } else if (sourceMessageID) {
     pendingThreadKey = `${pendingSidebarURLPrefix}/${sourceMessageID}`;
   } else {
     pendingThreadKey = [...memberIDs].sort().join('+');
   }
 
   const pendingThreadTypeString = sourceMessageID ? '' : `type${threadType}/`;
   return `pending/${pendingThreadTypeString}${pendingThreadKey}`;
 }
 
 type PendingThreadIDContents = {
   +threadType: ThreadType,
   +memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +sourceMessageID: ?string,
 };
 
 function parsePendingThreadID(
   pendingThreadID: string,
 ): ?PendingThreadIDContents {
   const pendingRegex = new RegExp(`^${pendingThreadIDRegex}$`);
   const pendingThreadIDMatches = pendingRegex.exec(pendingThreadID);
   if (!pendingThreadIDMatches) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const [threadTypeString, threadKey] = pendingThreadIDMatches[1].split('/');
   let threadType;
   if (threadTypeString === pendingThickSidebarURLPrefix) {
     threadType = threadTypes.THICK_SIDEBAR;
   } else if (threadTypeString === pendingSidebarURLPrefix) {
     threadType = threadTypes.SIDEBAR;
   } else {
     threadType = assertThreadType(Number(threadTypeString.replace('type', '')));
   }
 
   const threadTypeStringIsSidebar =
     threadTypeString === pendingSidebarURLPrefix ||
     threadTypeString === pendingThickSidebarURLPrefix;
   const memberIDs = threadTypeStringIsSidebar ? [] : threadKey.split('+');
   const sourceMessageID = threadTypeStringIsSidebar ? threadKey : null;
   return {
     threadType,
     memberIDs,
     sourceMessageID,
   };
 }
 
 type UserIDAndUsername = {
   +id: string,
   +username: ?string,
   ...
 };
 type CreatePendingThreadArgs = {
   +viewerID: string,
   +threadType: ThreadType,
   +members: $ReadOnlyArray<UserIDAndUsername>,
   +parentThreadInfo?: ?ThreadInfo,
   +threadColor?: ?string,
   +name?: ?string,
   +sourceMessageID?: string,
 };
 
 function createPendingThread({
   viewerID,
   threadType,
   members,
   parentThreadInfo,
   threadColor,
   name,
   sourceMessageID,
 }: CreatePendingThreadArgs): ThreadInfo {
   const now = Date.now();
   if (!members.some(member => member.id === viewerID)) {
     throw new Error(
       'createPendingThread should be called with the viewer as a member',
     );
   }
 
   const memberIDs = members.map(member => member.id);
   const threadID = getPendingThreadID(threadType, memberIDs, sourceMessageID);
 
   const permissions: ThreadRolePermissionsBlob = {
     [threadPermissions.KNOW_OF]: true,
     [threadPermissions.VISIBLE]: true,
     [threadPermissions.VOICED]: true,
   };
 
   const membershipPermissions = getAllThreadPermissions(
     makePermissionsBlob(permissions, null, threadID, threadType),
     threadID,
   );
   const role: RoleInfo = {
     ...minimallyEncodeRoleInfo({
       id: `${threadID}/role`,
       name: 'Members',
       permissions,
       isDefault: true,
     }),
     specialRole: specialRoles.DEFAULT_ROLE,
   };
 
   let rawThreadInfo: RawThreadInfo;
   if (threadTypeIsThick(threadType)) {
     const thickThreadType = assertThickThreadType(threadType);
     rawThreadInfo = {
       minimallyEncoded: true,
       thick: true,
       id: threadID,
       type: thickThreadType,
       name: name ?? null,
       description: null,
       color: threadColor ?? generatePendingThreadColor(memberIDs),
       creationTime: now,
       parentThreadID: parentThreadInfo?.id ?? null,
       containingThreadID: getContainingThreadID(
         parentThreadInfo,
         thickThreadType,
       ),
       members: members.map(member =>
         minimallyEncodeMemberInfo<ThickMemberInfo>({
           id: member.id,
           role: role.id,
           permissions: membershipPermissions,
           isSender: false,
           subscription: defaultThreadSubscription,
         }),
       ),
       roles: {
         [role.id]: role,
       },
       currentUser: minimallyEncodeThreadCurrentUserInfo({
         role: role.id,
         permissions: membershipPermissions,
         subscription: defaultThreadSubscription,
         unread: false,
       }),
       repliesCount: 0,
       sourceMessageID,
       pinnedCount: 0,
       timestamps: createThreadTimestamps(now, memberIDs),
     };
   } else {
     const thinThreadType = assertThinThreadType(threadType);
     rawThreadInfo = {
       minimallyEncoded: true,
       id: threadID,
       type: thinThreadType,
       name: name ?? null,
       description: null,
       color: threadColor ?? generatePendingThreadColor(memberIDs),
       creationTime: now,
       parentThreadID: parentThreadInfo?.id ?? null,
       containingThreadID: getContainingThreadID(
         parentThreadInfo,
         thinThreadType,
       ),
       community: getCommunity(parentThreadInfo),
       members: members.map(member => ({
         id: member.id,
         role: role.id,
         minimallyEncoded: true,
         isSender: false,
       })),
       roles: {
         [role.id]: role,
       },
       currentUser: minimallyEncodeThreadCurrentUserInfo({
         role: role.id,
         permissions: membershipPermissions,
         subscription: defaultThreadSubscription,
         unread: false,
       }),
       repliesCount: 0,
       sourceMessageID,
       pinnedCount: 0,
     };
   }
 
   const userInfos: { [string]: UserInfo } = {};
   for (const member of members) {
     const { id, username } = member;
     userInfos[id] = { id, username };
   }
 
   return threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos);
 }
 
 type PendingPersonalThread = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo: UserInfo,
 };
 
 function createPendingPersonalThread(
   loggedInUserInfo: LoggedInUserInfo,
   userID: string,
   username: ?string,
   supportThickThreads: boolean,
 ): PendingPersonalThread {
   const pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo = {
     id: userID,
     username: username,
   };
 
   const threadType = supportThickThreads
     ? threadTypes.PERSONAL
     : threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL;
 
   const threadInfo = createPendingThread({
     viewerID: loggedInUserInfo.id,
     threadType,
     members: [loggedInUserInfo, pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo],
   });
 
   return { threadInfo, pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo };
 }
 
 function createPendingThreadItem(
   loggedInUserInfo: LoggedInUserInfo,
   user: UserIDAndUsername,
   supportThickThreads: boolean,
 ): ChatThreadItem {
   const { threadInfo, pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo } =
     createPendingPersonalThread(
       loggedInUserInfo,
       user.id,
       user.username,
       supportThickThreads,
     );
 
   return {
     type: 'chatThreadItem',
     threadInfo,
     mostRecentMessageInfo: null,
     mostRecentNonLocalMessage: null,
     lastUpdatedTime: threadInfo.creationTime,
     lastUpdatedTimeIncludingSidebars: threadInfo.creationTime,
     sidebars: [],
     pendingPersonalThreadUserInfo,
   };
 }
 
 // Returns map from lowercase username to AccountUserInfo
 function memberLowercaseUsernameMap(
   members: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
 ): Map<string, AccountUserInfo> {
   const memberMap = new Map<string, AccountUserInfo>();
   for (const member of members) {
     const { id, role, username } = member;
     if (!role || !username) {
       continue;
     }
     memberMap.set(username.toLowerCase(), { id, username });
   }
   return memberMap;
 }
 
 // Returns map from user ID to AccountUserInfo
 function extractMentionedMembers(
   text: string,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): Map<string, AccountUserInfo> {
   const memberMap = memberLowercaseUsernameMap(threadInfo.members);
   const mentions = extractUserMentionsFromText(text);
 
   const mentionedMembers = new Map<string, AccountUserInfo>();
   for (const mention of mentions) {
     const userInfo = memberMap.get(mention.toLowerCase());
     if (userInfo) {
       mentionedMembers.set(userInfo.id, userInfo);
     }
   }
   return mentionedMembers;
 }
 
 // When a member of the parent is mentioned in a sidebar,
 // they will be automatically added to that sidebar
 function extractNewMentionedParentMembers(
   messageText: string,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   parentThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): AccountUserInfo[] {
   const mentionedMembersOfParent = extractMentionedMembers(
     messageText,
     parentThreadInfo,
   );
   for (const member of threadInfo.members) {
     if (member.role) {
       mentionedMembersOfParent.delete(member.id);
     }
   }
   return [...mentionedMembersOfParent.values()];
 }
 
 function pendingThreadType(
   numberOfOtherMembers: number,
   thickOrThin: 'thick' | 'thin',
   usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs: boolean,
 ): 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 15 {
   if (usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs && thickOrThin === 'thick') {
     if (numberOfOtherMembers === 0) {
       return threadTypes.PRIVATE;
     } else if (numberOfOtherMembers === 1) {
       return threadTypes.PERSONAL;
     } else {
       return threadTypes.LOCAL;
     }
   } else {
     if (numberOfOtherMembers === 0) {
       return threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE;
     } else if (numberOfOtherMembers === 1) {
       return threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL;
     } else {
       return threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD;
     }
   }
 }
 
 function threadTypeCanBePending(threadType: ThreadType): boolean {
   return (
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.SIDEBAR ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE ||
     threadType === threadTypes.PERSONAL ||
     threadType === threadTypes.LOCAL ||
     threadType === threadTypes.THICK_SIDEBAR ||
     threadType === threadTypes.PRIVATE
   );
 }
 
 type RawThreadInfoOptions = {
   +filterThreadEditAvatarPermission?: boolean,
   +excludePinInfo?: boolean,
   +filterManageInviteLinksPermission?: boolean,
   +filterVoicedInAnnouncementChannelsPermission?: boolean,
   +minimallyEncodePermissions?: boolean,
   +includeSpecialRoleFieldInRoles?: boolean,
   +allowAddingUsersToCommunityRoot?: boolean,
   +filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission?: boolean,
   +stripMemberPermissions?: boolean,
 };
 
 function rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo(
   serverThreadInfo: ServerThreadInfo,
   viewerID: string,
   options?: RawThreadInfoOptions,
 ): ?LegacyThinRawThreadInfo | ?ThinRawThreadInfo {
   const filterThreadEditAvatarPermission =
     options?.filterThreadEditAvatarPermission;
   const excludePinInfo = options?.excludePinInfo;
   const filterManageInviteLinksPermission =
     options?.filterManageInviteLinksPermission;
   const filterVoicedInAnnouncementChannelsPermission =
     options?.filterVoicedInAnnouncementChannelsPermission;
   const shouldMinimallyEncodePermissions = options?.minimallyEncodePermissions;
   const shouldIncludeSpecialRoleFieldInRoles =
     options?.includeSpecialRoleFieldInRoles;
   const allowAddingUsersToCommunityRoot =
     options?.allowAddingUsersToCommunityRoot;
   const filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission =
     options?.filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission;
   const stripMemberPermissions = options?.stripMemberPermissions;
 
   const filterThreadPermissions = (
     innerThreadPermissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
   ) => {
     if (
       allowAddingUsersToCommunityRoot &&
       (serverThreadInfo.type === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT ||
         serverThreadInfo.type === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT)
     ) {
       innerThreadPermissions = {
         ...innerThreadPermissions,
         [threadPermissions.ADD_MEMBERS]: {
           value: true,
           source: serverThreadInfo.id,
         },
       };
     }
     return _omitBy(
       (v, k) =>
         (filterThreadEditAvatarPermission &&
           [
             threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_AVATAR,
             threadPermissionPropagationPrefixes.DESCENDANT +
               threadPermissions.EDIT_THREAD_AVATAR,
           ].includes(k)) ||
         (excludePinInfo &&
           [
             threadPermissions.MANAGE_PINS,
             threadPermissionPropagationPrefixes.DESCENDANT +
               threadPermissions.MANAGE_PINS,
           ].includes(k)) ||
         (filterManageInviteLinksPermission &&
           [threadPermissions.MANAGE_INVITE_LINKS].includes(k)) ||
         (filterVoicedInAnnouncementChannelsPermission &&
           [
             threadPermissions.VOICED_IN_ANNOUNCEMENT_CHANNELS,
             threadPermissionPropagationPrefixes.DESCENDANT +
               threadPermissionFilterPrefixes.TOP_LEVEL +
               threadPermissions.VOICED_IN_ANNOUNCEMENT_CHANNELS,
           ].includes(k)) ||
         (filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission &&
           [threadPermissions.MANAGE_FARCASTER_CHANNEL_TAGS].includes(k)),
     )(innerThreadPermissions);
   };
 
   const members = [];
   let currentUser;
   for (const serverMember of serverThreadInfo.members) {
     if (
       serverThreadInfo.id === genesis().id &&
       serverMember.id !== viewerID &&
       serverMember.id !== ashoat.id
     ) {
       continue;
     }
 
     const memberPermissions = filterThreadPermissions(serverMember.permissions);
 
     members.push({
       id: serverMember.id,
       role: serverMember.role,
       permissions: memberPermissions,
       isSender: serverMember.isSender,
     });
     if (serverMember.id === viewerID) {
       currentUser = {
         role: serverMember.role,
         permissions: memberPermissions,
         subscription: serverMember.subscription,
         unread: serverMember.unread,
       };
     }
   }
 
   let currentUserPermissions;
   if (currentUser) {
     currentUserPermissions = currentUser.permissions;
   } else {
     currentUserPermissions = filterThreadPermissions(
       getAllThreadPermissions(null, serverThreadInfo.id),
     );
     currentUser = {
       role: null,
       permissions: currentUserPermissions,
       subscription: defaultThreadSubscription,
       unread: null,
     };
   }
   if (!permissionLookup(currentUserPermissions, threadPermissions.KNOW_OF)) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const rolesWithFilteredThreadPermissions = _mapValues(role => ({
     ...role,
     permissions: filterThreadPermissions(role.permissions),
   }))(serverThreadInfo.roles);
 
   const rolesWithoutSpecialRoleField = _mapValues(role => {
     const { specialRole, ...roleSansSpecialRole } = role;
     return roleSansSpecialRole;
   })(rolesWithFilteredThreadPermissions);
 
   let rawThreadInfo: any = {
     id: serverThreadInfo.id,
     type: serverThreadInfo.type,
     name: serverThreadInfo.name,
     description: serverThreadInfo.description,
     color: serverThreadInfo.color,
     creationTime: serverThreadInfo.creationTime,
     parentThreadID: serverThreadInfo.parentThreadID,
     members,
     roles: rolesWithoutSpecialRoleField,
     currentUser,
     repliesCount: serverThreadInfo.repliesCount,
     containingThreadID: serverThreadInfo.containingThreadID,
     community: serverThreadInfo.community,
   };
   const sourceMessageID = serverThreadInfo.sourceMessageID;
   if (sourceMessageID) {
     rawThreadInfo = { ...rawThreadInfo, sourceMessageID };
   }
   if (serverThreadInfo.avatar) {
     rawThreadInfo = { ...rawThreadInfo, avatar: serverThreadInfo.avatar };
   }
   if (!excludePinInfo) {
     rawThreadInfo = {
       ...rawThreadInfo,
       pinnedCount: serverThreadInfo.pinnedCount,
     };
   }
 
   if (!shouldMinimallyEncodePermissions) {
     return rawThreadInfo;
   }
 
   const minimallyEncodedRawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions =
     minimallyEncodeRawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions(rawThreadInfo);
   invariant(
     !minimallyEncodedRawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions.thick,
     'ServerThreadInfo should be thin thread',
   );
 
   if (!shouldIncludeSpecialRoleFieldInRoles) {
     const minimallyEncodedRolesWithoutSpecialRoleField = Object.fromEntries(
       entries(minimallyEncodedRawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions.roles).map(
         ([key, role]) => [
           key,
           {
             ..._omit('specialRole')(role),
             isDefault: roleIsDefaultRole(role),
           },
         ],
       ),
     );
     return {
       ...minimallyEncodedRawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions,
       roles: minimallyEncodedRolesWithoutSpecialRoleField,
     };
   }
 
   if (!stripMemberPermissions) {
     return minimallyEncodedRawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions;
   }
 
   // The return value of `deprecatedMinimallyEncodeRawThreadInfo` is typed
   // as `RawThreadInfo`, but still includes thread member permissions.
   // This was to prevent introducing "Legacy" types that would need to be
   // maintained going forward. This `any`-cast allows us to more precisely
   // type the obj being passed to `stripMemberPermissionsFromRawThreadInfo`.
   const rawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions: ThinRawThreadInfoWithPermissions =
     (minimallyEncodedRawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions: any);
 
   return stripMemberPermissionsFromRawThreadInfo(
     rawThreadInfoWithMemberPermissions,
   );
 }
 
 function threadUIName(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): string | ThreadEntity {
   if (threadInfo.name) {
     return firstLine(threadInfo.name);
   }
 
   const threadMembers: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo> =
     threadInfo.members.filter(memberInfo => memberInfo.role);
   const memberEntities: $ReadOnlyArray<UserEntity> = threadMembers.map(member =>
     ET.user({ userInfo: member }),
   );
 
   return {
     type: 'thread',
     id: threadInfo.id,
     name: threadInfo.name,
     display: 'uiName',
     uiName: memberEntities,
     ifJustViewer:
       threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE
         ? 'viewer_username'
         : 'just_you_string',
   };
 }
 
 function threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo(
   rawThreadInfo: RawThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): ThreadInfo {
   let threadInfo: ThreadInfo = {
     minimallyEncoded: true,
     id: rawThreadInfo.id,
     type: rawThreadInfo.type,
     name: rawThreadInfo.name,
     uiName: '',
     description: rawThreadInfo.description,
     color: rawThreadInfo.color,
     creationTime: rawThreadInfo.creationTime,
     parentThreadID: rawThreadInfo.parentThreadID,
     containingThreadID: rawThreadInfo.containingThreadID,
     community: rawThreadInfo.community,
     members: getRelativeMemberInfos(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
     roles: rawThreadInfo.roles,
     currentUser: rawThreadInfo.currentUser,
     repliesCount: rawThreadInfo.repliesCount,
   };
 
   threadInfo = {
     ...threadInfo,
     uiName: threadUIName(threadInfo),
   };
   const { sourceMessageID, avatar, pinnedCount } = rawThreadInfo;
   if (sourceMessageID) {
     threadInfo = { ...threadInfo, sourceMessageID };
   }
 
   if (avatar) {
     threadInfo = { ...threadInfo, avatar };
   } else if (
     threadTypeIsPrivate(rawThreadInfo.type) ||
     threadTypeIsPersonal(rawThreadInfo.type)
   ) {
     threadInfo = {
       ...threadInfo,
       avatar: getUserAvatarForThread(rawThreadInfo, viewerID, userInfos),
     };
   }
 
   if (pinnedCount) {
     threadInfo = { ...threadInfo, pinnedCount };
   }
   return threadInfo;
 }
 
 function filterOutDisabledPermissions(permissionsBitmask: string): string {
   const decodedPermissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo =
     threadPermissionsFromBitmaskHex(permissionsBitmask);
   const updatedPermissions = { ...decodedPermissions, ...disabledPermissions };
   const encodedUpdatedPermissions: string =
     permissionsToBitmaskHex(updatedPermissions);
   return encodedUpdatedPermissions;
 }
 
 function baseThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(
   threadInfo: LegacyRawThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
   checkOnlyViewerBlock: boolean,
 ) {
   const otherUserID = getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, viewerID);
   if (!otherUserID) {
     return false;
   }
   const otherUserRelationshipStatus =
     userInfos[otherUserID]?.relationshipStatus;
 
   if (checkOnlyViewerBlock) {
     return (
       otherUserRelationshipStatus === userRelationshipStatus.BLOCKED_BY_VIEWER
     );
   }
 
   return (
     !!otherUserRelationshipStatus &&
     relationshipBlockedInEitherDirection(otherUserRelationshipStatus)
   );
 }
 
 function threadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyWithoutAdminRoleCheck(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo | LegacyRawThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
   checkOnlyViewerBlock: boolean,
 ): boolean {
   if (threadOrParentThreadIsGroupChat(threadInfo)) {
     return false;
   }
   return baseThreadIsWithBlockedUserOnly(
     threadInfo,
     viewerID,
     userInfos,
     checkOnlyViewerBlock,
   );
 }
 
 function useThreadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   communityThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
 ): boolean {
   const communityThreadInfoArray = React.useMemo(
     () => (communityThreadInfo ? [communityThreadInfo] : []),
     [communityThreadInfo],
   );
   const communityRootsMembersToRole = useCommunityRootMembersToRole(
     communityThreadInfoArray,
   );
   const memberToRole = communityRootsMembersToRole[communityThreadInfo?.id];
 
   const memberHasAdminRole = threadMembersWithoutAddedAdmin(threadInfo).some(
     m => roleIsAdminRole(memberToRole?.[m.id]),
   );
 
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (memberHasAdminRole) {
       return false;
     }
 
     return threadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyWithoutAdminRoleCheck(
       threadInfo,
       viewerID,
       userInfos,
       true,
     );
   }, [memberHasAdminRole, threadInfo, userInfos, viewerID]);
 }
 
 const threadTypeDescriptions: { [ThreadType]: string } = {
   [threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD]:
     'Anybody in the parent channel can see an open subchannel.',
   [threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD]:
     'Only visible to its members and admins of ancestor channels.',
 };
 
 function roleIsDefaultRole(
   roleInfo: ?ClientLegacyRoleInfo | ?RoleInfo,
 ): boolean {
   if (roleInfo?.specialRole === specialRoles.DEFAULT_ROLE) {
     return true;
   }
   return !!(roleInfo && roleInfo.isDefault);
 }
 
 function roleIsAdminRole(roleInfo: ?ClientLegacyRoleInfo | ?RoleInfo): boolean {
   if (roleInfo?.specialRole === specialRoles.ADMIN_ROLE) {
     return true;
   }
   return !!(roleInfo && !roleInfo.isDefault && roleInfo.name === 'Admins');
 }
 
 function threadHasAdminRole(
   threadInfo: ?(
     | LegacyRawThreadInfo
     | RawThreadInfo
     | ThreadInfo
     | ServerThreadInfo
   ),
 ): boolean {
   if (!threadInfo) {
     return false;
   }
   let hasSpecialRoleFieldBeenEncountered = false;
   for (const role of Object.values(threadInfo.roles)) {
     if (role.specialRole === specialRoles.ADMIN_ROLE) {
       return true;
     }
     if (role.specialRole !== undefined) {
       hasSpecialRoleFieldBeenEncountered = true;
     }
   }
   if (hasSpecialRoleFieldBeenEncountered) {
     return false;
   }
   return !!_find({ name: 'Admins' })(threadInfo.roles);
 }
 
 function identifyInvalidatedThreads(
   updateInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
 ): Set<string> {
   const invalidated = new Set<string>();
   for (const updateInfo of updateInfos) {
     if (updateInfo.type === updateTypes.DELETE_THREAD) {
       invalidated.add(updateInfo.threadID);
     }
   }
   return invalidated;
 }
 
 const permissionsDisabledByBlockArray = values(
   threadPermissionsDisabledByBlock,
 );
 
 const permissionsDisabledByBlock: Set<ThreadPermission> = new Set(
   permissionsDisabledByBlockArray,
 );
 
 const disabledPermissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo =
   permissionsDisabledByBlockArray.reduce(
     (permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo, permission: string) => ({
       ...permissions,
       [permission]: { value: false, source: null },
     }),
     {},
   );
 
 // Consider updating itemHeight in native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
 // if you change this
 const emptyItemText: string =
   `Muted chats are just like normal chats, except they don't ` +
   `contribute to your unread count.\n\n` +
   `To move a chat over here, switch the “Muted” option in its settings.`;
 
 function threadNoun(threadType: ThreadType, parentThreadID: ?string): string {
   if (threadTypeIsSidebar(threadType)) {
     return 'thread';
   } else if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD &&
     parentThreadID === genesis().id
   ) {
     return 'chat';
   } else if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS
   ) {
     return 'channel';
   } else {
     return 'chat';
   }
 }
 
 function threadLabel(threadType: ThreadType): string {
   if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD
   ) {
     return 'Open';
   } else if (threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL) {
     return 'Personal';
   } else if (threadTypeIsSidebar(threadType)) {
     return 'Thread';
   } else if (threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE) {
     return 'Private';
   } else if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS
   ) {
     return 'Community';
   } else if (threadTypeIsThick(threadType)) {
     return 'Local DM';
   } else {
     return 'Secret';
   }
 }
 
 type ExistingThreadInfoFinderParams = {
   +searching: boolean,
   +userInfoInputArray: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>,
+  +allUsersSupportThickThreads: boolean,
 };
 type ExistingThreadInfoFinder = (
   params: ExistingThreadInfoFinderParams,
 ) => ?ThreadInfo;
 
 function useExistingThreadInfoFinder(
   baseThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
 ): ExistingThreadInfoFinder {
   const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
   const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
 
   const pendingToRealizedThreadIDs = useSelector(state =>
     pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector(state.threadStore.threadInfos),
   );
   const usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs = useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs();
   return React.useCallback(
     (params: ExistingThreadInfoFinderParams): ?ThreadInfo => {
       if (!baseThreadInfo) {
         return null;
       }
 
       const realizedThreadInfo = threadInfos[baseThreadInfo.id];
       if (realizedThreadInfo) {
         return realizedThreadInfo;
       }
 
       if (!loggedInUserInfo || !threadIsPending(baseThreadInfo.id)) {
         return baseThreadInfo;
       }
       const viewerID = loggedInUserInfo?.id;
 
       invariant(
         threadTypeCanBePending(baseThreadInfo.type),
         `ThreadInfo has pending ID ${baseThreadInfo.id}, but type that ` +
           `should not be pending ${baseThreadInfo.type}`,
       );
 
       const { searching, userInfoInputArray } = params;
 
       const { sourceMessageID } = baseThreadInfo;
 
       if (searching) {
         const pendingThinThreadID = getPendingThreadID(
           pendingThreadType(
             userInfoInputArray.length,
             'thin',
             usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
           ),
           [...userInfoInputArray.map(user => user.id), viewerID],
           sourceMessageID,
         );
         const realizedThinThreadID =
           pendingToRealizedThreadIDs.get(pendingThinThreadID);
         if (realizedThinThreadID && threadInfos[realizedThinThreadID]) {
           return threadInfos[realizedThinThreadID];
         }
         const pendingThickThreadID = getPendingThreadID(
           pendingThreadType(
             userInfoInputArray.length,
             'thick',
             usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
           ),
           [...userInfoInputArray.map(user => user.id), viewerID],
           sourceMessageID,
         );
         const realizedThickThreadID =
           pendingToRealizedThreadIDs.get(pendingThickThreadID);
         if (realizedThickThreadID && threadInfos[realizedThickThreadID]) {
           return threadInfos[realizedThickThreadID];
         }
       } else {
         const pendingThinThreadID = getPendingThreadID(
           baseThreadInfo.type,
           baseThreadInfo.members.map(member => member.id),
           sourceMessageID,
         );
         const realizedThreadID =
           pendingToRealizedThreadIDs.get(pendingThinThreadID);
         if (realizedThreadID && threadInfos[realizedThreadID]) {
           return threadInfos[realizedThreadID];
         }
       }
 
       const updatedThread = searching
         ? createPendingThread({
             viewerID,
             threadType: pendingThreadType(
               userInfoInputArray.length,
-              'thick',
+              params.allUsersSupportThickThreads ? 'thick' : 'thin',
               usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
             ),
             members: [loggedInUserInfo, ...userInfoInputArray],
           })
         : baseThreadInfo;
 
       return updatedThread;
     },
     [
       baseThreadInfo,
       threadInfos,
       loggedInUserInfo,
       usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
       pendingToRealizedThreadIDs,
     ],
   );
 }
 
 type ThreadTypeParentRequirement = 'optional' | 'required' | 'disabled';
 
 function getThreadTypeParentRequirement(
   threadType: ThreadType,
 ): ThreadTypeParentRequirement {
   if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_OPEN_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD ||
     //threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_SECRET_ANNOUNCEMENT_SUBTHREAD ||
     threadTypeIsSidebar(threadType)
   ) {
     return 'required';
   } else if (
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL ||
     threadType === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE
   ) {
     return 'disabled';
   } else {
     return 'optional';
   }
 }
 
 function checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): boolean {
   const defaultRoleID = Object.keys(threadInfo.roles).find(roleID =>
     roleIsDefaultRole(threadInfo.roles[roleID]),
   );
   invariant(
     defaultRoleID !== undefined,
     'all threads should have a default role',
   );
   const defaultRole = threadInfo.roles[defaultRoleID];
   const defaultRolePermissions =
     decodeMinimallyEncodedRoleInfo(defaultRole).permissions;
 
   return !!defaultRolePermissions[threadPermissions.VOICED];
 }
 
 const draftKeySuffix = '/message_composer';
 
 function draftKeyFromThreadID(threadID: string): string {
   return `${threadID}${draftKeySuffix}`;
 }
 
 function getContainingThreadID(
   parentThreadInfo:
     | ?ServerThreadInfo
     | LegacyRawThreadInfo
     | RawThreadInfo
     | ThreadInfo,
   threadType: ThreadType,
 ): ?string {
   if (!parentThreadInfo) {
     return null;
   }
   if (threadTypeIsSidebar(threadType)) {
     return parentThreadInfo.id;
   }
   if (!parentThreadInfo.containingThreadID) {
     return parentThreadInfo.id;
   }
   return parentThreadInfo.containingThreadID;
 }
 
 function getCommunity(
   parentThreadInfo:
     | ?ServerThreadInfo
     | LegacyRawThreadInfo
     | RawThreadInfo
     | ThreadInfo,
 ): ?string {
   if (!parentThreadInfo) {
     return null;
   }
   const { id, community, type } = parentThreadInfo;
   if (community !== null && community !== undefined) {
     return community;
   }
   if (threadTypeIsCommunityRoot(type)) {
     return id;
   }
   return null;
 }
 
 function getThreadListSearchResults(
   chatListData: $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem>,
   searchText: string,
   threadFilter: ThreadInfo => boolean,
   threadSearchResults: $ReadOnlySet<string>,
   usersSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<UserSearchResult>,
   loggedInUserInfo: ?LoggedInUserInfo,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem> {
   if (!searchText) {
     return chatListData.filter(
       item =>
         threadIsTopLevel(item.threadInfo) && threadFilter(item.threadInfo),
     );
   }
 
   const privateThreads = [];
   const personalThreads = [];
   const otherThreads = [];
   for (const item of chatListData) {
     if (!threadSearchResults.has(item.threadInfo.id)) {
       continue;
     }
     if (item.threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE) {
       privateThreads.push({ ...item, sidebars: [] });
     } else if (item.threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL) {
       personalThreads.push({ ...item, sidebars: [] });
     } else {
       otherThreads.push({ ...item, sidebars: [] });
     }
   }
 
   const chatItems: ChatThreadItem[] = [
     ...privateThreads,
     ...personalThreads,
     ...otherThreads,
   ];
   if (loggedInUserInfo) {
     chatItems.push(
       ...usersSearchResults.map(user =>
         createPendingThreadItem(
           loggedInUserInfo,
           user,
           user.supportThickThreads,
         ),
       ),
     );
   }
   return chatItems;
 }
 
 function reorderThreadSearchResults<T: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo>(
   threadInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<T>,
   threadSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 ): T[] {
   const privateThreads = [];
   const personalThreads = [];
   const otherThreads = [];
   const threadSearchResultsSet = new Set(threadSearchResults);
   for (const threadInfo of threadInfos) {
     if (!threadSearchResultsSet.has(threadInfo.id)) {
       continue;
     }
     if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE) {
       privateThreads.push(threadInfo);
     } else if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL) {
       personalThreads.push(threadInfo);
     } else {
       otherThreads.push(threadInfo);
     }
   }
 
   return [...privateThreads, ...personalThreads, ...otherThreads];
 }
 
 function useAvailableThreadMemberActions(
   memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   canEdit: ?boolean = true,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<'change_role' | 'remove_user'> {
   const canRemoveMembers = useThreadHasPermission(
     threadInfo,
     threadPermissions.REMOVE_MEMBERS,
   );
   const canChangeRoles = useThreadHasPermission(
     threadInfo,
     threadPermissions.CHANGE_ROLE,
   );
 
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     const { role } = memberInfo;
     if (!canEdit || !role) {
       return [];
     }
 
     const result = [];
 
     if (
       canChangeRoles &&
       memberInfo.username &&
       threadHasAdminRole(threadInfo)
     ) {
       result.push('change_role');
     }
 
     if (
       canRemoveMembers &&
       !memberInfo.isViewer &&
       (canChangeRoles || roleIsDefaultRole(threadInfo.roles[role]))
     ) {
       result.push('remove_user');
     }
 
     return result;
   }, [canChangeRoles, canEdit, canRemoveMembers, memberInfo, threadInfo]);
 }
 
 function patchThreadInfoToIncludeMentionedMembersOfParent(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   parentThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   messageText: string,
   viewerID: string,
 ): ThreadInfo {
   const members: UserIDAndUsername[] = threadInfo.members
     .map(({ id, username }) =>
       username ? ({ id, username }: UserIDAndUsername) : null,
     )
     .filter(Boolean);
   const mentionedNewMembers = extractNewMentionedParentMembers(
     messageText,
     threadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
   );
   if (mentionedNewMembers.length === 0) {
     return threadInfo;
   }
   members.push(...mentionedNewMembers);
   const threadType = threadTypeIsThick(parentThreadInfo.type)
     ? threadTypes.THICK_SIDEBAR
     : threadTypes.SIDEBAR;
 
   return createPendingThread({
     viewerID,
     threadType,
     members,
     parentThreadInfo,
     threadColor: threadInfo.color,
     name: threadInfo.name,
     sourceMessageID: threadInfo.sourceMessageID,
   });
 }
 
 function threadInfoInsideCommunity(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
   communityID: string,
 ): boolean {
   return threadInfo.community === communityID || threadInfo.id === communityID;
 }
 
 type RoleAndMemberCount = {
   [roleName: string]: number,
 };
 
 function useRoleMemberCountsForCommunity(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): RoleAndMemberCount {
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     const roleIDsToNames: { [string]: string } = {};
 
     Object.keys(threadInfo.roles).forEach(roleID => {
       roleIDsToNames[roleID] = threadInfo.roles[roleID].name;
     });
 
     const roleNamesToMemberCount: RoleAndMemberCount = {};
 
     threadInfo.members.forEach(({ role: roleID }) => {
       invariant(roleID, 'Community member should have a role');
       const roleName = roleIDsToNames[roleID];
 
       roleNamesToMemberCount[roleName] =
         (roleNamesToMemberCount[roleName] ?? 0) + 1;
     });
 
     // For all community roles with no members, add them to the list with 0
     Object.keys(roleIDsToNames).forEach(roleName => {
       if (roleNamesToMemberCount[roleIDsToNames[roleName]] === undefined) {
         roleNamesToMemberCount[roleIDsToNames[roleName]] = 0;
       }
     });
 
     return roleNamesToMemberCount;
   }, [threadInfo.members, threadInfo.roles]);
 }
 
 function useRoleNamesToSpecialRole(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): {
   +[roleName: string]: ?SpecialRole,
 } {
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     const roleNamesToSpecialRole: { [roleName: string]: ?SpecialRole } = {};
     values(threadInfo.roles).forEach(role => {
       if (roleNamesToSpecialRole[role.name] !== undefined) {
         return;
       }
       if (roleIsDefaultRole(role)) {
         roleNamesToSpecialRole[role.name] = specialRoles.DEFAULT_ROLE;
       } else if (roleIsAdminRole(role)) {
         roleNamesToSpecialRole[role.name] = specialRoles.ADMIN_ROLE;
       } else {
         roleNamesToSpecialRole[role.name] = null;
       }
     });
     return roleNamesToSpecialRole;
   }, [threadInfo.roles]);
 }
 
 type RoleUserSurfacedPermissions = {
   +[roleName: string]: $ReadOnlySet<UserSurfacedPermission>,
 };
 // Iterates through the existing roles in the community and 'reverse maps'
 // the set of permission literals for each role to user-facing permission enums
 // to help pre-populate the permission checkboxes when editing roles.
 function useRoleUserSurfacedPermissions(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): RoleUserSurfacedPermissions {
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     const roleNamesToPermissions: { [string]: Set<UserSurfacedPermission> } =
       {};
 
     Object.keys(threadInfo.roles).forEach(roleID => {
       const roleName = threadInfo.roles[roleID].name;
       const rolePermissions = decodeMinimallyEncodedRoleInfo(
         threadInfo.roles[roleID],
       ).permissions;
       roleNamesToPermissions[roleName] =
         userSurfacedPermissionsFromRolePermissions(rolePermissions);
     });
 
     return roleNamesToPermissions;
   }, [threadInfo.roles]);
 }
 
 function communityOrThreadNoun(threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo): string {
   return threadTypeIsCommunityRoot(threadInfo.type)
     ? 'community'
     : threadNoun(threadInfo.type, threadInfo.parentThreadID);
 }
 
 function getThreadsToDeleteText(
   threadInfo: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo,
 ): string {
   return `${
     threadTypeIsCommunityRoot(threadInfo.type)
       ? 'Subchannels and threads'
       : 'Threads'
   } within this ${communityOrThreadNoun(threadInfo)}`;
 }
 
 function useUserProfileThreadInfo(userInfo: ?UserInfo): ?UserProfileThreadInfo {
   const userID = userInfo?.id;
   const username = userInfo?.username;
 
   const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
   const isViewerProfile = loggedInUserInfo?.id === userID;
 
   const privateThreadInfosSelector = threadInfosSelectorForThreadType(
     threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE,
   );
   const privateThreadInfos = useSelector(privateThreadInfosSelector);
 
   const personalThreadInfosSelector = threadInfosSelectorForThreadType(
     threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL,
   );
 
   const personalThreadInfos = useSelector(personalThreadInfosSelector);
 
   const usersWithPersonalThread = useSelector(usersWithPersonalThreadSelector);
 
   const [supportThickThreads, setSupportThickThreads] = React.useState(false);
   const usersSupportThickThreads = useUsersSupportThickThreads();
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     void (async () => {
       if (!userInfo) {
         setSupportThickThreads(false);
         return;
       }
       const result = await usersSupportThickThreads([userInfo.id]);
       setSupportThickThreads(result.has(userInfo.id));
     })();
   }, [userInfo, usersSupportThickThreads]);
 
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!loggedInUserInfo || !userID || !username) {
       return null;
     }
 
     if (isViewerProfile) {
       const privateThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo = privateThreadInfos[0];
 
       return privateThreadInfo ? { threadInfo: privateThreadInfo } : null;
     }
 
     if (usersWithPersonalThread.has(userID)) {
       const personalThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo = personalThreadInfos.find(
         threadInfo =>
           userID === getSingleOtherUser(threadInfo, loggedInUserInfo.id),
       );
 
       return personalThreadInfo ? { threadInfo: personalThreadInfo } : null;
     }
 
     const pendingPersonalThreadInfo = createPendingPersonalThread(
       loggedInUserInfo,
       userID,
       username,
       supportThickThreads,
     );
 
     return pendingPersonalThreadInfo;
   }, [
     isViewerProfile,
     loggedInUserInfo,
     personalThreadInfos,
     privateThreadInfos,
     supportThickThreads,
     userID,
     username,
     usersWithPersonalThread,
   ]);
 }
 
 function assertAllThreadInfosAreLegacy(rawThreadInfos: MixedRawThreadInfos): {
   [id: string]: LegacyRawThreadInfo,
 } {
   return Object.fromEntries(
     Object.entries(rawThreadInfos).map(([id, rawThreadInfo]) => {
       invariant(
         !rawThreadInfo.minimallyEncoded,
         `rawThreadInfos shouldn't be minimallyEncoded`,
       );
       return [id, rawThreadInfo];
     }),
   );
 }
 
 function useOnScreenEntryEditableThreadInfos(): $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo> {
   const visibleThreadInfos = useSelector(onScreenThreadInfos);
   const editableVisibleThreadInfos = useThreadsWithPermission(
     visibleThreadInfos,
     threadPermissions.EDIT_ENTRIES,
   );
   return editableVisibleThreadInfos;
 }
 
 function createThreadTimestamps(
   timestamp: number,
   memberIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 ): ThreadTimestamps {
   return {
     name: timestamp,
     avatar: timestamp,
     description: timestamp,
     color: timestamp,
     members: Object.fromEntries(
       memberIDs.map(id => [
         id,
         { isMember: timestamp, subscription: timestamp },
       ]),
     ),
     currentUser: {
       unread: timestamp,
     },
   };
 }
 
 function userHasDeviceList(
   userID: string,
   auxUserInfos: AuxUserInfos,
 ): boolean {
   return (
     !!auxUserInfos[userID]?.deviceList &&
     auxUserInfos[userID].deviceList.devices.length > 0
   );
 }
 
 export {
   threadHasPermission,
   useCommunityRootMembersToRole,
   useThreadHasPermission,
   viewerIsMember,
   threadInChatList,
   useIsThreadInChatList,
   useThreadsInChatList,
   threadIsTopLevel,
   threadIsChannel,
   threadIsSidebar,
   threadInBackgroundChatList,
   threadInHomeChatList,
   threadIsInHome,
   threadInFilterList,
   userIsMember,
   threadActualMembers,
   threadOtherMembers,
   threadIsGroupChat,
   threadIsPending,
   threadIsPendingSidebar,
   getSingleOtherUser,
   getPendingThreadID,
   parsePendingThreadID,
   createPendingThread,
   extractNewMentionedParentMembers,
   pendingThreadType,
   filterOutDisabledPermissions,
   useThreadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,
   threadUIName,
   threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo,
   threadTypeDescriptions,
   threadIsWithBlockedUserOnlyWithoutAdminRoleCheck,
   roleIsDefaultRole,
   roleIsAdminRole,
   threadHasAdminRole,
   identifyInvalidatedThreads,
   permissionsDisabledByBlock,
   emptyItemText,
   threadNoun,
   threadLabel,
   useExistingThreadInfoFinder,
   getThreadTypeParentRequirement,
   checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced,
   draftKeySuffix,
   draftKeyFromThreadID,
   threadTypeCanBePending,
   getContainingThreadID,
   getCommunity,
   getThreadListSearchResults,
   reorderThreadSearchResults,
   useAvailableThreadMemberActions,
   threadMembersWithoutAddedAdmin,
   patchThreadInfoToIncludeMentionedMembersOfParent,
   threadInfoInsideCommunity,
   useRoleMemberCountsForCommunity,
   useRoleNamesToSpecialRole,
   useRoleUserSurfacedPermissions,
   getThreadsToDeleteText,
   useUserProfileThreadInfo,
   assertAllThreadInfosAreLegacy,
   useOnScreenEntryEditableThreadInfos,
   extractMentionedMembers,
   isMemberActive,
   createThreadTimestamps,
   userHasDeviceList,
 };
diff --git a/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js b/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
index 99a0884e2..f57001bad 100644
--- a/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/message-list-container.react.js
@@ -1,452 +1,484 @@
 // @flow
 
 import Icon from '@expo/vector-icons/FontAwesome5.js';
 import { useNavigationState } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
 
 import genesis from 'lib/facts/genesis.js';
 import { useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs } from 'lib/hooks/flag-hooks.js';
+import { useUsersSupportThickThreads } from 'lib/hooks/user-identities-hooks.js';
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { userInfoSelectorForPotentialMembers } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import {
   usePotentialMemberItems,
   useSearchUsers,
 } from 'lib/shared/search-utils.js';
 import {
   pendingThreadType,
   useExistingThreadInfoFinder,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadTypeIsThick } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { AccountUserInfo, UserListItem } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import { pinnedMessageCountText } from 'lib/utils/message-pinning-utils.js';
 
 import { type MessagesMeasurer, useHeightMeasurer } from './chat-context.js';
 import { ChatInputBar } from './chat-input-bar.react.js';
 import type { ChatNavigationProp } from './chat.react.js';
 import {
   type NativeChatMessageItem,
   useNativeMessageListData,
 } from './message-data.react.js';
 import MessageListThreadSearch from './message-list-thread-search.react.js';
 import { MessageListContextProvider } from './message-list-types.js';
 import MessageList from './message-list.react.js';
 import ParentThreadHeader from './parent-thread-header.react.js';
 import ContentLoading from '../components/content-loading.react.js';
 import { InputStateContext } from '../input/input-state.js';
 import {
   OverlayContext,
   type OverlayContextType,
 } from '../navigation/overlay-context.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import {
   PinnedMessagesScreenRouteName,
   ThreadSettingsRouteName,
 } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { type Colors, useColors, useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import type { ChatMessageItemWithHeight } from '../types/chat-types.js';
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   pinnedCountBanner: {
     backgroundColor: 'panelForeground',
     height: 30,
     flexDirection: 'row',
     textAlign: 'center',
     justifyContent: 'center',
     alignItems: 'center',
   },
   pinnedCountText: {
     color: 'panelBackgroundLabel',
     marginRight: 5,
   },
   container: {
     backgroundColor: 'listBackground',
     flex: 1,
   },
   threadContent: {
     flex: 1,
   },
   hiddenThreadContent: {
     height: 0,
     opacity: 0,
   },
 };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +navigation: ChatNavigationProp<'MessageList'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'MessageList'>,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   // Redux state
   +usernameInputText: string,
   +updateUsernameInput: (text: string) => void,
   +userInfoInputArray: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>,
   +updateTagInput: (items: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>) => void,
-  +resolveToUser: (user: AccountUserInfo) => void,
+  +resolveToUser: (user: AccountUserInfo) => Promise<void>,
   +userSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<UserListItem>,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +genesisThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +messageListData: ?$ReadOnlyArray<NativeChatMessageItem>,
   +colors: Colors,
   +styles: $ReadOnly<typeof unboundStyles>,
   // withOverlayContext
   +overlayContext: ?OverlayContextType,
   +measureMessages: MessagesMeasurer,
   +usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs: boolean,
 };
 type State = {
   +listDataWithHeights: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItemWithHeight>,
 };
 class MessageListContainer extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   state: State = {
     listDataWithHeights: null,
   };
   pendingListDataWithHeights: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItemWithHeight>;
 
   get frozen(): boolean {
     const { overlayContext } = this.props;
     invariant(
       overlayContext,
       'MessageListContainer should have OverlayContext',
     );
     return overlayContext.scrollBlockingModalStatus !== 'closed';
   }
 
   setListData = (
     listDataWithHeights: $ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItemWithHeight>,
   ) => {
     this.setState({ listDataWithHeights });
   };
 
   componentDidMount() {
     this.props.measureMessages(
       this.props.messageListData,
       this.props.threadInfo,
       this.setListData,
     );
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props) {
     const oldListData = prevProps.messageListData;
     const newListData = this.props.messageListData;
     if (!newListData && oldListData) {
       this.setState({ listDataWithHeights: null });
     }
 
     if (
       oldListData !== newListData ||
       prevProps.threadInfo !== this.props.threadInfo ||
       prevProps.measureMessages !== this.props.measureMessages
     ) {
       this.props.measureMessages(
         newListData,
         this.props.threadInfo,
         this.allHeightsMeasured,
       );
     }
 
     if (!this.frozen && this.pendingListDataWithHeights) {
       this.setState({ listDataWithHeights: this.pendingListDataWithHeights });
       this.pendingListDataWithHeights = undefined;
     }
   }
 
   render(): React.Node {
     const { threadInfo, styles } = this.props;
     const { listDataWithHeights } = this.state;
     const { searching } = this.props.route.params;
 
     let searchComponent = null;
     if (searching) {
       const { userInfoInputArray, genesisThreadInfo } = this.props;
       // It's technically possible for the client to be missing the Genesis
       // ThreadInfo when it first opens up (before the server delivers it)
       let parentThreadHeader;
       if (threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type)) {
         parentThreadHeader = (
           <ParentThreadHeader
             childThreadType={pendingThreadType(
               userInfoInputArray.length,
               'thick',
               this.props.usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
             )}
           />
         );
       } else if (genesisThreadInfo) {
         parentThreadHeader = (
           <ParentThreadHeader
             parentThreadInfo={genesisThreadInfo}
             childThreadType={pendingThreadType(
               userInfoInputArray.length,
               'thin',
               this.props.usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
             )}
           />
         );
       }
       searchComponent = (
         <>
           {parentThreadHeader}
           <MessageListThreadSearch
             usernameInputText={this.props.usernameInputText}
             updateUsernameInput={this.props.updateUsernameInput}
             userInfoInputArray={userInfoInputArray}
             updateTagInput={this.props.updateTagInput}
             resolveToUser={this.props.resolveToUser}
             userSearchResults={this.props.userSearchResults}
           />
         </>
       );
     }
 
     const showMessageList =
       !searching || this.props.userInfoInputArray.length > 0;
     let messageList;
     if (showMessageList && listDataWithHeights) {
       messageList = (
         <MessageList
           threadInfo={threadInfo}
           messageListData={listDataWithHeights}
           navigation={this.props.navigation}
           route={this.props.route}
         />
       );
     } else if (showMessageList) {
       messageList = (
         <ContentLoading fillType="flex" colors={this.props.colors} />
       );
     }
     const threadContentStyles = showMessageList
       ? [styles.threadContent]
       : [styles.hiddenThreadContent];
     const pointerEvents = showMessageList ? 'auto' : 'none';
     const threadContent = (
       <View style={threadContentStyles} pointerEvents={pointerEvents}>
         {messageList}
         <ChatInputBar
           threadInfo={threadInfo}
           navigation={this.props.navigation}
           route={this.props.route}
         />
       </View>
     );
 
     return (
       <View style={styles.container}>
         {searchComponent}
         {threadContent}
       </View>
     );
   }
 
   allHeightsMeasured = (
     listDataWithHeights: $ReadOnlyArray<ChatMessageItemWithHeight>,
   ) => {
     if (this.frozen) {
       this.pendingListDataWithHeights = listDataWithHeights;
     } else {
       this.setState({ listDataWithHeights });
     }
   };
 }
 
 const ConnectedMessageListContainer: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> =
   React.memo<BaseProps>(function ConnectedMessageListContainer(
     props: BaseProps,
   ) {
     const [usernameInputText, setUsernameInputText] = React.useState('');
     const [userInfoInputArray, setUserInfoInputArray] = React.useState<
       $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>,
     >([]);
 
     const otherUserInfos = useSelector(userInfoSelectorForPotentialMembers);
 
     const serverSearchResults = useSearchUsers(usernameInputText);
 
     const auxUserInfos = useSelector(state => state.auxUserStore.auxUserInfos);
     const userSearchResults = usePotentialMemberItems({
       text: usernameInputText,
       userInfos: otherUserInfos,
       auxUserInfos,
       excludeUserIDs: userInfoInputArray.map(userInfo => userInfo.id),
       includeServerSearchUsers: serverSearchResults,
     });
 
     const [baseThreadInfo, setBaseThreadInfo] = React.useState(
       props.route.params.threadInfo,
     );
 
     const existingThreadInfoFinder =
       useExistingThreadInfoFinder(baseThreadInfo);
 
+    const checkUsersThickThreadSupport = useUsersSupportThickThreads();
+    const [allUsersSupportThickThreads, setAllUsersSupportThickThreads] =
+      React.useState(false);
+    React.useEffect(() => {
+      void (async () => {
+        const usersSupportingThickThreads = await checkUsersThickThreadSupport(
+          userInfoInputArray.map(user => user.id),
+        );
+        setAllUsersSupportThickThreads(
+          userInfoInputArray.every(userInfo =>
+            usersSupportingThickThreads.has(userInfo.id),
+          ),
+        );
+      })();
+    }, [checkUsersThickThreadSupport, userInfoInputArray]);
+
     const isSearching = !!props.route.params.searching;
     const threadInfo = React.useMemo(
       () =>
         existingThreadInfoFinder({
           searching: isSearching,
           userInfoInputArray,
+          allUsersSupportThickThreads,
         }),
-      [existingThreadInfoFinder, isSearching, userInfoInputArray],
+      [
+        allUsersSupportThickThreads,
+        existingThreadInfoFinder,
+        isSearching,
+        userInfoInputArray,
+      ],
     );
     invariant(
       threadInfo,
       'threadInfo must be specified in messageListContainer',
     );
 
     const inputState = React.useContext(InputStateContext);
     invariant(inputState, 'inputState should be set in MessageListContainer');
 
     const isFocused = props.navigation.isFocused();
     const { setPendingThreadUpdateHandler } = inputState;
     React.useEffect(() => {
       if (!isFocused) {
         return undefined;
       }
       setPendingThreadUpdateHandler(threadInfo.id, setBaseThreadInfo);
       return () => {
         setPendingThreadUpdateHandler(threadInfo.id, undefined);
       };
     }, [setPendingThreadUpdateHandler, isFocused, threadInfo.id]);
 
     const { setParams } = props.navigation;
     const navigationStack = useNavigationState(state => state.routes);
     React.useEffect(() => {
       const topRoute = navigationStack[navigationStack.length - 1];
       if (topRoute?.name !== ThreadSettingsRouteName) {
         return;
       }
       setBaseThreadInfo(threadInfo);
       if (isSearching) {
         setParams({ searching: false });
       }
     }, [isSearching, navigationStack, setParams, threadInfo]);
 
     const hideSearch = React.useCallback(() => {
       setBaseThreadInfo(threadInfo);
       setParams({ searching: false });
     }, [setParams, threadInfo]);
     React.useEffect(() => {
       if (!isSearching) {
         return undefined;
       }
       inputState.registerSendCallback(hideSearch);
       return () => inputState.unregisterSendCallback(hideSearch);
     }, [hideSearch, inputState, isSearching]);
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
       setParams({ threadInfo });
     }, [setParams, threadInfo]);
 
     const updateTagInput = React.useCallback(
       (input: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>) => setUserInfoInputArray(input),
       [],
     );
     const updateUsernameInput = React.useCallback(
       (text: string) => setUsernameInputText(text),
       [],
     );
     const { editInputMessage } = inputState;
     const resolveToUser = React.useCallback(
-      (user: AccountUserInfo) => {
+      async (user: AccountUserInfo) => {
+        const usersSupportingThickThreads = await checkUsersThickThreadSupport([
+          user.id,
+        ]);
         const resolvedThreadInfo = existingThreadInfoFinder({
           searching: true,
           userInfoInputArray: [user],
+          allUsersSupportThickThreads: usersSupportingThickThreads.has(user.id),
         });
         invariant(
           resolvedThreadInfo,
           'resolvedThreadInfo must be specified in messageListContainer',
         );
         editInputMessage({ message: '', mode: 'prepend' });
         setBaseThreadInfo(resolvedThreadInfo);
         setParams({ searching: false, threadInfo: resolvedThreadInfo });
       },
-      [existingThreadInfoFinder, editInputMessage, setParams],
+      [
+        checkUsersThickThreadSupport,
+        editInputMessage,
+        existingThreadInfoFinder,
+        setParams,
+      ],
     );
 
     const messageListData = useNativeMessageListData({
       searching: isSearching,
       userInfoInputArray,
       threadInfo,
     });
     const colors = useColors();
     const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
     const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
     const measureMessages = useHeightMeasurer();
 
     const genesisThreadInfo = useSelector(
       state => threadInfoSelector(state)[genesis().id],
     );
 
     const bannerText =
       !!threadInfo.pinnedCount &&
       pinnedMessageCountText(threadInfo.pinnedCount);
 
     const navigateToMessageResults = React.useCallback(() => {
       props.navigation.navigate<'PinnedMessagesScreen'>({
         name: PinnedMessagesScreenRouteName,
         params: {
           threadInfo,
         },
         key: `PinnedMessagesScreen${threadInfo.id}`,
       });
     }, [props.navigation, threadInfo]);
 
     const pinnedCountBanner = React.useMemo(() => {
       if (!bannerText) {
         return null;
       }
 
       return (
         <View style={styles.pinnedCountBanner}>
           <Text
             onPress={navigateToMessageResults}
             style={styles.pinnedCountText}
           >
             {bannerText}
           </Text>
           <Icon
             name="chevron-right"
             size={12}
             color={colors.panelBackgroundLabel}
           />
         </View>
       );
     }, [
       navigateToMessageResults,
       bannerText,
       styles.pinnedCountBanner,
       styles.pinnedCountText,
       colors.panelBackgroundLabel,
     ]);
 
     const usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs = useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs();
 
     return (
       <MessageListContextProvider threadInfo={threadInfo}>
         {pinnedCountBanner}
         <MessageListContainer
           {...props}
           usernameInputText={usernameInputText}
           updateUsernameInput={updateUsernameInput}
           userInfoInputArray={userInfoInputArray}
           updateTagInput={updateTagInput}
           resolveToUser={resolveToUser}
           userSearchResults={userSearchResults}
           threadInfo={threadInfo}
           genesisThreadInfo={genesisThreadInfo}
           messageListData={messageListData}
           colors={colors}
           styles={styles}
           overlayContext={overlayContext}
           measureMessages={measureMessages}
           usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs={usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs}
         />
       </MessageListContextProvider>
     );
   });
 
 export default ConnectedMessageListContainer;
diff --git a/native/chat/message-list-thread-search.react.js b/native/chat/message-list-thread-search.react.js
index 675d2456a..e46ad8474 100644
--- a/native/chat/message-list-thread-search.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/message-list-thread-search.react.js
@@ -1,172 +1,172 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
 
 import { useENSNames } from 'lib/hooks/ens-cache.js';
 import { notFriendNotice } from 'lib/shared/search-utils.js';
 import type { AccountUserInfo, UserListItem } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 
 import { createTagInput } from '../components/tag-input.react.js';
 import UserList from '../components/user-list.react.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
 const TagInput = createTagInput<AccountUserInfo>();
 
 type Props = {
   +usernameInputText: string,
   +updateUsernameInput: (text: string) => void,
   +userInfoInputArray: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>,
   +updateTagInput: (items: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>) => void,
-  +resolveToUser: (user: AccountUserInfo) => void,
+  +resolveToUser: (user: AccountUserInfo) => Promise<void>,
   +userSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<UserListItem>,
 };
 
 const inputProps = {
   placeholder: 'username',
   autoFocus: true,
   returnKeyType: 'go',
 };
 
 const MessageListThreadSearch: React.ComponentType<Props> = React.memo<Props>(
   function MessageListThreadSearch({
     usernameInputText,
     updateUsernameInput,
     userInfoInputArray,
     updateTagInput,
     resolveToUser,
     userSearchResults,
   }) {
     const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
 
     const [userListItems, nonFriends] = React.useMemo(() => {
       const nonFriendsSet = new Set<string>();
       if (userInfoInputArray.length > 0) {
         return [userSearchResults, nonFriendsSet];
       }
 
       const userListItemsArr = [];
       for (const searchResult of userSearchResults) {
         if (searchResult.notice !== notFriendNotice) {
           userListItemsArr.push(searchResult);
           continue;
         }
         nonFriendsSet.add(searchResult.id);
         const { alert, ...rest } = searchResult;
         userListItemsArr.push(rest);
       }
       return [userListItemsArr, nonFriendsSet];
     }, [userSearchResults, userInfoInputArray]);
 
     const onUserSelect = React.useCallback(
-      (userInfo: AccountUserInfo) => {
+      async (userInfo: AccountUserInfo) => {
         for (const existingUserInfo of userInfoInputArray) {
           if (userInfo.id === existingUserInfo.id) {
             return;
           }
         }
         if (nonFriends.has(userInfo.id)) {
-          resolveToUser(userInfo);
+          await resolveToUser(userInfo);
           return;
         }
         const newUserInfoInputArray = [...userInfoInputArray, userInfo];
         updateUsernameInput('');
         updateTagInput(newUserInfoInputArray);
       },
       [
         userInfoInputArray,
         nonFriends,
         updateTagInput,
         resolveToUser,
         updateUsernameInput,
       ],
     );
 
     const tagDataLabelExtractor = React.useCallback(
       (userInfo: AccountUserInfo) => userInfo.username,
       [],
     );
 
     const isSearchResultVisible =
       (userInfoInputArray.length === 0 || usernameInputText.length > 0) &&
       userSearchResults.length > 0;
 
     let separator = null;
     let userList = null;
     let userSelectionAdditionalStyles = styles.userSelectionLimitedHeight;
     const userListItemsWithENSNames = useENSNames(userListItems);
     if (isSearchResultVisible) {
       userList = (
         <View style={styles.userList}>
           <UserList
             userInfos={userListItemsWithENSNames}
             onSelect={onUserSelect}
           />
         </View>
       );
       separator = <View style={styles.separator} />;
       userSelectionAdditionalStyles = null;
     }
 
     const userInfoInputArrayWithENSNames = useENSNames(userInfoInputArray);
     return (
       <>
         <View style={[styles.userSelection, userSelectionAdditionalStyles]}>
           <View style={styles.tagInputContainer}>
             <Text style={styles.tagInputLabel}>To: </Text>
             <View style={styles.tagInput}>
               <TagInput
                 value={userInfoInputArrayWithENSNames}
                 onChange={updateTagInput}
                 text={usernameInputText}
                 onChangeText={updateUsernameInput}
                 labelExtractor={tagDataLabelExtractor}
                 inputProps={inputProps}
               />
             </View>
           </View>
           {userList}
         </View>
         {separator}
       </>
     );
   },
 );
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   userSelection: {
     backgroundColor: 'panelBackground',
     flex: 1,
   },
   userSelectionLimitedHeight: {
     flex: 0,
   },
   tagInputLabel: {
     color: 'modalForegroundSecondaryLabel',
     fontSize: 16,
     paddingLeft: 12,
   },
   tagInputContainer: {
     alignItems: 'center',
     backgroundColor: 'modalForeground',
     borderBottomWidth: 1,
     borderColor: 'modalForegroundBorder',
     flexDirection: 'row',
     paddingVertical: 6,
   },
   tagInput: {
     flex: 1,
   },
   userList: {
     backgroundColor: 'modalBackground',
     paddingLeft: 35,
     paddingRight: 12,
     flex: 1,
   },
   separator: {
     height: 1,
     backgroundColor: 'modalForegroundBorder',
   },
 };
 
 export default MessageListThreadSearch;
diff --git a/native/components/user-list-user.react.js b/native/components/user-list-user.react.js
index d6b4cb4bb..44afa0456 100644
--- a/native/components/user-list-user.react.js
+++ b/native/components/user-list-user.react.js
@@ -1,98 +1,98 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, Platform } from 'react-native';
 
 import type { UserListItem, AccountUserInfo } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 
 import Button from './button.react.js';
 import SingleLine from './single-line.react.js';
 import UserAvatar from '../avatars/user-avatar.react.js';
 import { type Colors, useColors, useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import type { TextStyle } from '../types/styles.js';
 import Alert from '../utils/alert.js';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 const getUserListItemHeight = (item: UserListItem): number => {
   // TODO consider parent thread notice
   return Platform.OS === 'ios' ? 31.5 : 33.5;
 };
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   button: {
     alignItems: 'center',
     flexDirection: 'row',
     justifyContent: 'space-between',
   },
   notice: {
     color: 'modalForegroundSecondaryLabel',
     fontStyle: 'italic',
   },
   text: {
     color: 'modalForegroundLabel',
     flex: 1,
     fontSize: 16,
     paddingHorizontal: 12,
     paddingVertical: 6,
   },
 };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +userInfo: UserListItem,
-  +onSelect: (user: AccountUserInfo) => void,
+  +onSelect: (user: AccountUserInfo) => mixed,
   +textStyle?: TextStyle,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   // Redux state
   +colors: Colors,
   +styles: $ReadOnly<typeof unboundStyles>,
 };
 class UserListUser extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   render(): React.Node {
     const { userInfo } = this.props;
     let notice = null;
     if (userInfo.notice) {
       notice = <Text style={this.props.styles.notice}>{userInfo.notice}</Text>;
     }
     const { modalIosHighlightUnderlay: underlayColor } = this.props.colors;
 
     return (
       <Button
         onPress={this.onSelect}
         disabled={userInfo.disabled}
         iosFormat="highlight"
         iosHighlightUnderlayColor={underlayColor}
         iosActiveOpacity={0.85}
         style={this.props.styles.button}
       >
         <UserAvatar size="S" userID={this.props.userInfo.id} />
         <SingleLine style={[this.props.styles.text, this.props.textStyle]}>
           {this.props.userInfo.username}
         </SingleLine>
         {notice}
       </Button>
     );
   }
 
   onSelect = () => {
     const { userInfo } = this.props;
     if (!userInfo.alert) {
       const { alert, notice, disabled, ...accountUserInfo } = userInfo;
       this.props.onSelect(accountUserInfo);
       return;
     }
     Alert.alert(userInfo.alert.title, userInfo.alert.text, [{ text: 'OK' }], {
       cancelable: true,
     });
   };
 }
 
 const ConnectedUserListUser: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> =
   React.memo<BaseProps>(function ConnectedUserListUser(props: BaseProps) {
     const colors = useColors();
     const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
     return <UserListUser {...props} colors={colors} styles={styles} />;
   });
 
 export { ConnectedUserListUser as UserListUser, getUserListItemHeight };
diff --git a/native/components/user-list.react.js b/native/components/user-list.react.js
index e0278bba8..cd4e3c0d4 100644
--- a/native/components/user-list.react.js
+++ b/native/components/user-list.react.js
@@ -1,76 +1,76 @@
 // @flow
 
 import _sum from 'lodash/fp/sum.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { FlatList } from 'react-native';
 
 import type { UserListItem, AccountUserInfo } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 
 import { UserListUser, getUserListItemHeight } from './user-list-user.react.js';
 import { type IndicatorStyle, useIndicatorStyle } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import type { TextStyle } from '../types/styles.js';
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +userInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<UserListItem>,
-  +onSelect: (user: AccountUserInfo) => void,
+  +onSelect: (user: AccountUserInfo) => mixed,
   +itemTextStyle?: TextStyle,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   // Redux state
   +indicatorStyle: IndicatorStyle,
 };
 class UserList extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   render(): React.Node {
     return (
       <FlatList
         data={this.props.userInfos}
         renderItem={this.renderItem}
         keyExtractor={UserList.keyExtractor}
         getItemLayout={UserList.getItemLayout}
         keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"
         initialNumToRender={20}
         extraData={this.props.itemTextStyle}
         indicatorStyle={this.props.indicatorStyle}
       />
     );
   }
 
   static keyExtractor = (userInfo: UserListItem): string => {
     return userInfo.id;
   };
 
   renderItem = (row: { +item: UserListItem, ... }): React.Node => {
     return (
       <UserListUser
         userInfo={row.item}
         onSelect={this.props.onSelect}
         textStyle={this.props.itemTextStyle}
       />
     );
   };
 
   static getItemLayout = (
     data: ?$ReadOnlyArray<UserListItem>,
     index: number,
   ): { length: number, offset: number, index: number } => {
     if (!data) {
       return { length: 0, offset: 0, index };
     }
     const offset = _sum(
       data.filter((_, i) => i < index).map(getUserListItemHeight),
     );
     const item = data[index];
     const length = item ? getUserListItemHeight(item) : 0;
     return { length, offset, index };
   };
 }
 
 const ConnectedUserList: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> = React.memo<BaseProps>(
   function ConnectedUserList(props: BaseProps) {
     const indicatorStyle = useIndicatorStyle();
     return <UserList {...props} indicatorStyle={indicatorStyle} />;
   },
 );
 
 export default ConnectedUserList;
diff --git a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
index c1bff1e2c..8586af3ee 100644
--- a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -1,1820 +1,1815 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as FileSystem from 'expo-file-system';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
 import {
   createLocalMessageActionType,
   sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
   sendTextMessageActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/message-actions.js';
 import { queueReportsActionType } from 'lib/actions/report-actions.js';
 import { useNewThinThread } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import {
   type BlobServiceUploadAction,
   type BlobServiceUploadResult,
   type MultimediaUploadCallbacks,
   type MultimediaUploadExtras,
   updateMultimediaMessageMediaActionType,
   uploadMultimedia,
   useBlobServiceUpload,
 } from 'lib/actions/upload-actions.js';
 import commStaffCommunity from 'lib/facts/comm-staff-community.js';
 import { useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs } from 'lib/hooks/flag-hooks.js';
 import {
   useInputStateContainerSendMultimediaMessage,
   useInputStateContainerSendTextMessage,
 } from 'lib/hooks/input-state-container-hooks.js';
 import { useNewThickThread } from 'lib/hooks/thread-hooks.js';
 import type {
   CallSingleKeyserverEndpointOptions,
   CallSingleKeyserverEndpointResponse,
 } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/call-single-keyserver-endpoint.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
 import { pathFromURI, replaceExtension } from 'lib/media/file-utils.js';
 import {
   getNextLocalUploadID,
   isLocalUploadID,
 } from 'lib/media/media-utils.js';
 import { videoDurationLimit } from 'lib/media/video-utils.js';
 import {
   combineLoadingStatuses,
   createLoadingStatusSelector,
 } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import {
   createMediaMessageInfo,
   useMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc,
   getNextLocalID,
 } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import type { CreationSideEffectsFunc } from 'lib/shared/messages/message-spec.js';
 import { createRealThreadFromPendingThread } from 'lib/shared/thread-actions-utils.js';
 import {
   patchThreadInfoToIncludeMentionedMembersOfParent,
   threadInfoInsideCommunity,
   threadIsPending,
   threadIsPendingSidebar,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
-import type { AuxUserInfos } from 'lib/types/aux-user-types';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from 'lib/types/entry-types.js';
 import type {
   Media,
   MediaMission,
   MediaMissionResult,
   MediaMissionStep,
   NativeMediaSelection,
   UploadMultimediaResult,
 } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import { messageTypes } from 'lib/types/message-types-enum.js';
 import {
   type RawMessageInfo,
   type RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   type SendMessagePayload,
 } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { RawImagesMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/messages/images.js';
 import type { RawMediaMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/messages/media.js';
 import type { RawTextMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/messages/text.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
 import {
   type ClientMediaMissionReportCreationRequest,
   reportTypes,
 } from 'lib/types/report-types.js';
 import {
   threadTypeIsThick,
   threadTypeIsSidebar,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { ThreadType } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import {
   type ClientNewThinThreadRequest,
   type NewThreadResult,
   type NewThickThreadRequest,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import { getConfig } from 'lib/utils/config.js';
 import { cloneError, getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 import { values } from 'lib/utils/objects.js';
 import {
   type DispatchActionPromise,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 import {
   generateReportID,
   useIsReportEnabled,
 } from 'lib/utils/report-utils.js';
 
 import {
   type EditInputBarMessageParameters,
   type InputState,
   InputStateContext,
   type MessagePendingUploads,
   type MultimediaProcessingStep,
   type PendingMultimediaUploads,
 } from './input-state.js';
 import { encryptMedia } from '../media/encryption-utils.js';
 import { disposeTempFile } from '../media/file-utils.js';
 import { processMedia } from '../media/media-utils.js';
 import { displayActionResultModal } from '../navigation/action-result-modal.js';
 import { useCalendarQuery } from '../navigation/nav-selectors.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import blobServiceUploadHandler from '../utils/blob-service-upload.js';
 import { useStaffCanSee } from '../utils/staff-utils.js';
 
 type MediaIDs =
   | { +type: 'photo', +localMediaID: string }
   | { +type: 'video', +localMediaID: string, +localThumbnailID: string };
 type UploadFileInput = {
   +selection: NativeMediaSelection,
   +ids: MediaIDs,
 };
 type WritableCompletedUploads = {
   [localMessageID: string]: ?$ReadOnlySet<string>,
 };
 type CompletedUploads = $ReadOnly<WritableCompletedUploads>;
 type ActiveURI = { +count: number, +onClear: $ReadOnlyArray<() => mixed> };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +viewerID: ?string,
   +messageStoreMessages: { +[id: string]: RawMessageInfo },
   +ongoingMessageCreation: boolean,
   +hasWiFi: boolean,
   +mediaReportsEnabled: boolean,
   +calendarQuery: () => CalendarQuery,
   +dispatch: Dispatch,
   +staffCanSee: boolean,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   +uploadMultimedia: (
     multimedia: Object,
     extras: MultimediaUploadExtras,
     callbacks: MultimediaUploadCallbacks,
   ) => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult>,
   +blobServiceUpload: BlobServiceUploadAction,
   +sendMultimediaMessage: (
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
     sidebarCreation: boolean,
     isLegacy: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMessagePayload>,
   +sendTextMessage: (
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
     sidebarCreation: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMessagePayload>,
   +newThinThread: (
     request: ClientNewThinThreadRequest,
   ) => Promise<NewThreadResult>,
   +newThickThread: (request: NewThickThreadRequest) => Promise<string>,
   +textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc: CreationSideEffectsFunc<RawTextMessageInfo>,
   +usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs: boolean,
-  +auxUserInfos: AuxUserInfos,
 };
 type State = {
   +pendingUploads: PendingMultimediaUploads,
 };
 
 class InputStateContainer extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   state: State = {
     pendingUploads: {},
   };
   sendCallbacks: Array<() => void> = [];
   activeURIs: Map<string, ActiveURI> = new Map();
   editInputBarCallbacks: Array<
     (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
   > = [];
   scrollToMessageCallbacks: Array<(messageID: string) => void> = [];
   pendingThreadCreations: Map<
     string,
     Promise<{
       +threadID: string,
       +threadType: ThreadType,
     }>,
   > = new Map();
   pendingThreadUpdateHandlers: Map<string, (ThreadInfo) => mixed> = new Map();
   // TODO: flip the switch
   // Note that this enables Blob service for encrypted media only
   useBlobServiceUploads = false;
 
   // When the user sends a multimedia message that triggers the creation of a
   // sidebar, the sidebar gets created right away, but the message needs to wait
   // for the uploads to complete before sending. We use this Set to track the
   // message localIDs that need sidebarCreation: true.
   pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs: Set<string> = new Set();
 
   static getCompletedUploads(props: Props, state: State): CompletedUploads {
     const completedUploads: WritableCompletedUploads = {};
     for (const localMessageID in state.pendingUploads) {
       const messagePendingUploads = state.pendingUploads[localMessageID];
       const rawMessageInfo = props.messageStoreMessages[localMessageID];
       if (!rawMessageInfo) {
         continue;
       }
       invariant(
         rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES ||
           rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA,
         `rawMessageInfo ${localMessageID} should be multimedia`,
       );
 
       let allUploadsComplete = true;
       const completedUploadIDs = new Set(Object.keys(messagePendingUploads));
       for (const singleMedia of rawMessageInfo.media) {
         if (isLocalUploadID(singleMedia.id)) {
           allUploadsComplete = false;
           completedUploadIDs.delete(singleMedia.id);
         }
         const { thumbnailID } = singleMedia;
         if (thumbnailID && isLocalUploadID(thumbnailID)) {
           allUploadsComplete = false;
           completedUploadIDs.delete(thumbnailID);
         }
       }
 
       if (allUploadsComplete) {
         completedUploads[localMessageID] = null;
       } else if (completedUploadIDs.size > 0) {
         completedUploads[localMessageID] = completedUploadIDs;
       }
     }
     return completedUploads;
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props, prevState: State) {
     if (this.props.viewerID !== prevProps.viewerID) {
       this.setState({ pendingUploads: {} });
       return;
     }
 
     const currentlyComplete = InputStateContainer.getCompletedUploads(
       this.props,
       this.state,
     );
     const previouslyComplete = InputStateContainer.getCompletedUploads(
       prevProps,
       prevState,
     );
 
     const newPendingUploads: PendingMultimediaUploads = {};
     let pendingUploadsChanged = false;
     const readyMessageIDs = [];
     for (const localMessageID in this.state.pendingUploads) {
       const messagePendingUploads = this.state.pendingUploads[localMessageID];
       const prevRawMessageInfo = prevProps.messageStoreMessages[localMessageID];
       const rawMessageInfo = this.props.messageStoreMessages[localMessageID];
       const completedUploadIDs = currentlyComplete[localMessageID];
       const previouslyCompletedUploadIDs = previouslyComplete[localMessageID];
 
       if (!rawMessageInfo && prevRawMessageInfo) {
         pendingUploadsChanged = true;
         continue;
       } else if (completedUploadIDs === null) {
         // All of this message's uploads have been completed
         newPendingUploads[localMessageID] = {};
         if (previouslyCompletedUploadIDs !== null) {
           readyMessageIDs.push(localMessageID);
           pendingUploadsChanged = true;
         }
         continue;
       } else if (!completedUploadIDs) {
         // Nothing has been completed
         newPendingUploads[localMessageID] = messagePendingUploads;
         continue;
       }
 
       const newUploads: MessagePendingUploads = {};
       let uploadsChanged = false;
       for (const localUploadID in messagePendingUploads) {
         if (!completedUploadIDs.has(localUploadID)) {
           newUploads[localUploadID] = messagePendingUploads[localUploadID];
         } else if (
           !previouslyCompletedUploadIDs ||
           !previouslyCompletedUploadIDs.has(localUploadID)
         ) {
           uploadsChanged = true;
         }
       }
 
       if (uploadsChanged) {
         pendingUploadsChanged = true;
         newPendingUploads[localMessageID] = newUploads;
       } else {
         newPendingUploads[localMessageID] = messagePendingUploads;
       }
     }
     if (pendingUploadsChanged) {
       this.setState({ pendingUploads: newPendingUploads });
     }
 
     for (const localMessageID of readyMessageIDs) {
       const rawMessageInfo = this.props.messageStoreMessages[localMessageID];
       if (!rawMessageInfo) {
         continue;
       }
       invariant(
         rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES ||
           rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA,
         `rawMessageInfo ${localMessageID} should be multimedia`,
       );
       void this.dispatchMultimediaMessageAction(rawMessageInfo);
     }
   }
 
   async dispatchMultimediaMessageAction(
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   ): Promise<void> {
     if (!threadIsPending(messageInfo.threadID)) {
       void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
         sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
         this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(messageInfo),
         undefined,
         messageInfo,
       );
       return;
     }
 
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes.started,
       payload: messageInfo,
     });
 
     let newThreadID = null;
     try {
       const threadCreationPromise = this.pendingThreadCreations.get(
         messageInfo.threadID,
       );
       if (!threadCreationPromise) {
         // When we create or retry multimedia message, we add a promise to
         // pendingThreadCreations map. This promise can be removed in
         // sendMultimediaMessage and sendTextMessage methods. When any of these
         // method remove the promise, it has to be settled. If the promise was
         // fulfilled, this method would be called with realized thread, so we
         // can conclude that the promise was rejected. We don't have enough info
         // here to retry the thread creation, but we can mark the message as
         // failed. Then the retry will be possible and promise will be created
         // again.
         throw new Error('Thread creation failed');
       }
       const result = await threadCreationPromise;
       newThreadID = result.threadID;
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = messageInfo.localID;
       copy.threadID = messageInfo.threadID;
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes.failed,
         payload: copy,
         error: true,
       });
       return;
     } finally {
       this.pendingThreadCreations.delete(messageInfo.threadID);
     }
 
     const newMessageInfo = {
       ...messageInfo,
       threadID: newThreadID,
       time: Date.now(),
     };
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
       this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(newMessageInfo),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
     );
   }
 
   async sendMultimediaMessageAction(
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     const { localID, threadID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
       localID !== null && localID !== undefined,
       'localID should be set',
     );
     const sidebarCreation =
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.has(localID);
     try {
       const result = await this.props.sendMultimediaMessage(
         messageInfo,
         sidebarCreation,
         false,
       );
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = localID;
       copy.threadID = threadID;
       throw copy;
     }
   }
 
   inputStateSelector: State => InputState = createSelector(
     (state: State) => state.pendingUploads,
     (pendingUploads: PendingMultimediaUploads) =>
       ({
         pendingUploads,
         sendTextMessage: this.sendTextMessage,
         sendMultimediaMessage: this.sendMultimediaMessage,
         editInputMessage: this.editInputMessage,
         addEditInputMessageListener: this.addEditInputMessageListener,
         removeEditInputMessageListener: this.removeEditInputMessageListener,
         messageHasUploadFailure: this.messageHasUploadFailure,
         retryMessage: this.retryMessage,
         registerSendCallback: this.registerSendCallback,
         unregisterSendCallback: this.unregisterSendCallback,
         uploadInProgress: this.uploadInProgress,
         reportURIDisplayed: this.reportURIDisplayed,
         setPendingThreadUpdateHandler: this.setPendingThreadUpdateHandler,
         scrollToMessage: this.scrollToMessage,
         addScrollToMessageListener: this.addScrollToMessageListener,
         removeScrollToMessageListener: this.removeScrollToMessageListener,
       }: InputState),
   );
 
   scrollToMessage = (messageID: string) => {
     this.scrollToMessageCallbacks.forEach(callback => callback(messageID));
   };
 
   addScrollToMessageListener = (callback: (messageID: string) => void) => {
     this.scrollToMessageCallbacks.push(callback);
   };
 
   removeScrollToMessageListener = (
     callbackScrollToMessage: (messageID: string) => void,
   ) => {
     this.scrollToMessageCallbacks = this.scrollToMessageCallbacks.filter(
       candidate => candidate !== callbackScrollToMessage,
     );
   };
 
   uploadInProgress = (): boolean => {
     if (this.props.ongoingMessageCreation) {
       return true;
     }
     const { pendingUploads } = this.state;
     return values(pendingUploads).some(messagePendingUploads =>
       values(messagePendingUploads).some(upload => !upload.failed),
     );
   };
 
   sendTextMessage = async (
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     inputThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   ) => {
     this.sendCallbacks.forEach(callback => callback());
 
     const { localID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
       localID !== null && localID !== undefined,
       'localID should be set',
     );
     if (threadIsPendingSidebar(inputThreadInfo.id)) {
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.add(localID);
     }
 
     if (!threadIsPending(inputThreadInfo.id)) {
       void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
         sendTextMessageActionTypes,
         this.sendTextMessageAction(
           messageInfo,
           inputThreadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
         ),
         undefined,
         messageInfo,
       );
       return;
     }
 
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: sendTextMessageActionTypes.started,
       payload: messageInfo,
     });
 
     let threadInfo = inputThreadInfo;
     const { viewerID } = this.props;
     if (viewerID && threadTypeIsSidebar(inputThreadInfo.type)) {
       invariant(parentThreadInfo, 'sidebar should have parent');
       threadInfo = patchThreadInfoToIncludeMentionedMembersOfParent(
         inputThreadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
         messageInfo.text,
         viewerID,
       );
       if (threadInfo !== inputThreadInfo) {
         const pendingThreadUpdateHandler = this.pendingThreadUpdateHandlers.get(
           threadInfo.id,
         );
         pendingThreadUpdateHandler?.(threadInfo);
       }
     }
 
     let threadCreationResult = null;
     try {
       threadCreationResult = await this.startThreadCreation(threadInfo);
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = messageInfo.localID;
       copy.threadID = messageInfo.threadID;
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: sendTextMessageActionTypes.failed,
         payload: copy,
         error: true,
       });
       return;
     } finally {
       this.pendingThreadCreations.delete(threadInfo.id);
     }
 
     const newMessageInfo = {
       ...messageInfo,
       threadID: threadCreationResult?.threadID,
       time: Date.now(),
     };
 
     const newThreadInfo = {
       ...threadInfo,
       id: threadCreationResult?.threadID,
       type: threadCreationResult?.threadType ?? threadInfo.type,
     };
 
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       sendTextMessageActionTypes,
       this.sendTextMessageAction(
         newMessageInfo,
         newThreadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
       ),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
     );
   };
 
   startThreadCreation(
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ): Promise<{ +threadID: string, +threadType: ThreadType }> {
     if (!threadIsPending(threadInfo.id)) {
       return Promise.resolve({
         threadID: threadInfo.id,
         threadType: threadInfo.type,
       });
     }
     let threadCreationPromise = this.pendingThreadCreations.get(threadInfo.id);
     if (!threadCreationPromise) {
       const calendarQuery = this.props.calendarQuery();
       threadCreationPromise = createRealThreadFromPendingThread({
         threadInfo,
         dispatchActionPromise: this.props.dispatchActionPromise,
         createNewThinThread: this.props.newThinThread,
         createNewThickThread: this.props.newThickThread,
         sourceMessageID: threadInfo.sourceMessageID,
         viewerID: this.props.viewerID,
         calendarQuery,
         usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs: this.props.usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
-        auxUserInfos: this.props.auxUserInfos,
       });
       this.pendingThreadCreations.set(threadInfo.id, threadCreationPromise);
     }
     return threadCreationPromise;
   }
 
   async sendTextMessageAction(
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     try {
       if (!threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type)) {
         await this.props.textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc(
           messageInfo,
           threadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
         );
       }
       const { localID } = messageInfo;
       invariant(
         localID !== null && localID !== undefined,
         'localID should be set',
       );
       const sidebarCreation =
         this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.has(localID);
       const result = await this.props.sendTextMessage(
         messageInfo,
         threadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
         sidebarCreation,
       );
       if (threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type)) {
         await this.props.textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc(
           messageInfo,
           threadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
         );
       }
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = messageInfo.localID;
       copy.threadID = messageInfo.threadID;
       throw copy;
     }
   }
 
   shouldEncryptMedia(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): boolean {
     return (
       threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type) ||
       threadInfoInsideCommunity(threadInfo, commStaffCommunity.id)
     );
   }
 
   sendMultimediaMessage = async (
     selections: $ReadOnlyArray<NativeMediaSelection>,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ) => {
     this.sendCallbacks.forEach(callback => callback());
     const localMessageID = getNextLocalID();
     void this.startThreadCreation(threadInfo);
 
     if (threadIsPendingSidebar(threadInfo.id)) {
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.add(localMessageID);
     }
 
     const uploadFileInputs = [],
       media: Array<Media> = [];
     for (const selection of selections) {
       const localMediaID = getNextLocalUploadID();
       let ids;
       if (
         selection.step === 'photo_library' ||
         selection.step === 'photo_capture' ||
         selection.step === 'photo_paste'
       ) {
         media.push({
           id: localMediaID,
           uri: selection.uri,
           type: 'photo',
           dimensions: selection.dimensions,
           localMediaSelection: selection,
           thumbHash: null,
         });
         ids = { type: 'photo', localMediaID };
       }
       const localThumbnailID = getNextLocalUploadID();
       if (selection.step === 'video_library') {
         media.push({
           id: localMediaID,
           uri: selection.uri,
           type: 'video',
           dimensions: selection.dimensions,
           localMediaSelection: selection,
           loop: false,
           thumbnailID: localThumbnailID,
           thumbnailURI: selection.uri,
           thumbnailThumbHash: null,
         });
         ids = { type: 'video', localMediaID, localThumbnailID };
       }
       invariant(ids, `unexpected MediaSelection ${selection.step}`);
       uploadFileInputs.push({ selection, ids });
     }
 
     const pendingUploads: MessagePendingUploads = {};
     for (const uploadFileInput of uploadFileInputs) {
       const { localMediaID } = uploadFileInput.ids;
       pendingUploads[localMediaID] = {
         failed: false,
         progressPercent: 0,
         processingStep: null,
       };
       if (uploadFileInput.ids.type === 'video') {
         const { localThumbnailID } = uploadFileInput.ids;
         pendingUploads[localThumbnailID] = {
           failed: false,
           progressPercent: 0,
           processingStep: null,
         };
       }
     }
 
     this.setState(
       prevState => {
         return {
           pendingUploads: {
             ...prevState.pendingUploads,
             [localMessageID]: pendingUploads,
           },
         };
       },
       () => {
         const creatorID = this.props.viewerID;
         invariant(creatorID, 'need viewer ID in order to send a message');
         const messageInfo = createMediaMessageInfo(
           {
             localID: localMessageID,
             threadID: threadInfo.id,
             creatorID,
             media,
           },
           { forceMultimediaMessageType: this.shouldEncryptMedia(threadInfo) },
         );
         this.props.dispatch({
           type: createLocalMessageActionType,
           payload: messageInfo,
         });
       },
     );
 
     await this.uploadFiles(localMessageID, uploadFileInputs, threadInfo);
   };
 
   async uploadFiles(
     localMessageID: string,
     uploadFileInputs: $ReadOnlyArray<UploadFileInput>,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ) {
     const results = await Promise.all(
       uploadFileInputs.map(uploadFileInput =>
         this.uploadFile(localMessageID, uploadFileInput, threadInfo),
       ),
     );
     const errors = [...new Set(results.filter(Boolean))];
     if (errors.length > 0) {
       displayActionResultModal(errors.join(', ') + ' :(');
     }
   }
 
   async uploadFile(
     localMessageID: string,
     uploadFileInput: UploadFileInput,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ): Promise<?string> {
     const { ids, selection } = uploadFileInput;
     const { localMediaID, localThumbnailID } = ids;
     const start = selection.sendTime;
     const steps: Array<MediaMissionStep> = [selection];
     let encryptionSteps: $ReadOnlyArray<MediaMissionStep> = [];
     let serverID;
     let userTime;
     let errorMessage;
     let reportPromise: ?Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<MediaMissionStep>>;
     const filesToDispose = [];
 
     const onUploadFinished = async (result: MediaMissionResult) => {
       if (!this.props.mediaReportsEnabled) {
         return errorMessage;
       }
       if (reportPromise) {
         const finalSteps = await reportPromise;
         steps.push(...finalSteps);
         steps.push(...encryptionSteps);
       }
       const totalTime = Date.now() - start;
       userTime = userTime ? userTime : totalTime;
       this.queueMediaMissionReport(
         { localID: localMediaID, localMessageID, serverID },
         { steps, result, totalTime, userTime },
       );
       return errorMessage;
     };
     const onUploadFailed = (message: string) => {
       errorMessage = message;
       this.handleUploadFailure(localMessageID, localMediaID, localThumbnailID);
       userTime = Date.now() - start;
     };
 
     const onTranscodingProgress = (percent: number) => {
       this.setProgress(localMessageID, localMediaID, 'transcoding', percent);
     };
 
     let processedMedia;
     const processingStart = Date.now();
     try {
       const processMediaReturn = processMedia(selection, {
         hasWiFi: this.props.hasWiFi,
         finalFileHeaderCheck: this.props.staffCanSee,
         onTranscodingProgress,
       });
       reportPromise = processMediaReturn.reportPromise;
       const processResult = await processMediaReturn.resultPromise;
       if (!processResult.success) {
         const message =
           processResult.reason === 'video_too_long'
             ? `can't do vids longer than ${videoDurationLimit}min`
             : 'processing failed';
         onUploadFailed(message);
         return await onUploadFinished(processResult);
       }
       if (processResult.shouldDisposePath) {
         filesToDispose.push(processResult.shouldDisposePath);
       }
       processedMedia = processResult;
     } catch (e) {
       onUploadFailed('processing failed');
       return await onUploadFinished({
         success: false,
         reason: 'processing_exception',
         time: Date.now() - processingStart,
         exceptionMessage: getMessageForException(e),
       });
     }
 
     if (this.shouldEncryptMedia(threadInfo)) {
       const encryptionStart = Date.now();
       try {
         const { result: encryptionResult, ...encryptionReturn } =
           await encryptMedia(processedMedia);
         encryptionSteps = encryptionReturn.steps;
         if (!encryptionResult.success) {
           onUploadFailed(encryptionResult.reason);
           return await onUploadFinished(encryptionResult);
         }
         if (encryptionResult.shouldDisposePath) {
           filesToDispose.push(encryptionResult.shouldDisposePath);
         }
         processedMedia = encryptionResult;
       } catch (e) {
         onUploadFailed('encryption failed');
         return await onUploadFinished({
           success: false,
           reason: 'encryption_exception',
           time: Date.now() - encryptionStart,
           exceptionMessage: getMessageForException(e),
         });
       }
     }
 
     const { uploadURI, filename, mime } = processedMedia;
 
     const { hasWiFi } = this.props;
 
     const uploadStart = Date.now();
     let uploadExceptionMessage,
       uploadResult,
       uploadThumbnailResult,
       mediaMissionResult;
 
     const isThickThread = threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type);
     const useBlobService = isThickThread || this.useBlobServiceUploads;
     try {
       if (
         useBlobService &&
         (processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo' ||
           processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video')
       ) {
         const uploadMetadataToKeyserver = !isThickThread;
         const uploadPromise = this.props.blobServiceUpload({
           uploadInput: {
             blobInput: {
               type: 'uri',
               uri: uploadURI,
               filename: filename,
               mimeType: mime,
             },
             blobHash: processedMedia.blobHash,
             encryptionKey: processedMedia.encryptionKey,
             dimensions: processedMedia.dimensions,
             thumbHash:
               processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo'
                 ? processedMedia.thumbHash
                 : null,
           },
           keyserverOrThreadID: uploadMetadataToKeyserver ? threadInfo.id : null,
           callbacks: {
             blobServiceUploadHandler,
             onProgress: (percent: number) => {
               this.setProgress(
                 localMessageID,
                 localMediaID,
                 'uploading',
                 percent,
               );
             },
           },
         });
 
         const uploadThumbnailPromise: Promise<?BlobServiceUploadResult> =
           (async () => {
             if (processedMedia.mediaType !== 'encrypted_video') {
               return undefined;
             }
             return await this.props.blobServiceUpload({
               uploadInput: {
                 blobInput: {
                   type: 'uri',
                   uri: processedMedia.uploadThumbnailURI,
                   filename: replaceExtension(`thumb${filename}`, 'jpg'),
                   mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
                 },
                 blobHash: processedMedia.thumbnailBlobHash,
                 encryptionKey: processedMedia.thumbnailEncryptionKey,
                 loop: false,
                 dimensions: processedMedia.dimensions,
                 thumbHash: processedMedia.thumbHash,
               },
               keyserverOrThreadID: uploadMetadataToKeyserver
                 ? threadInfo.id
                 : null,
               callbacks: {
                 blobServiceUploadHandler,
               },
             });
           })();
 
         [uploadResult, uploadThumbnailResult] = await Promise.all([
           uploadPromise,
           uploadThumbnailPromise,
         ]);
       } else {
         const uploadPromise = this.props.uploadMultimedia(
           { uri: uploadURI, name: filename, type: mime },
           {
             ...processedMedia.dimensions,
             loop:
               processedMedia.mediaType === 'video' ||
               processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video'
                 ? processedMedia.loop
                 : undefined,
             encryptionKey: processedMedia.encryptionKey,
             thumbHash:
               processedMedia.mediaType === 'photo' ||
               processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo'
                 ? processedMedia.thumbHash
                 : null,
           },
           {
             onProgress: (percent: number) =>
               this.setProgress(
                 localMessageID,
                 localMediaID,
                 'uploading',
                 percent,
               ),
             performHTTPMultipartUpload: this.performHTTPMultipartUpload,
           },
         );
 
         const uploadThumbnailPromise: Promise<?UploadMultimediaResult> =
           (async () => {
             if (
               processedMedia.mediaType !== 'video' &&
               processedMedia.mediaType !== 'encrypted_video'
             ) {
               return undefined;
             }
             return await this.props.uploadMultimedia(
               {
                 uri: processedMedia.uploadThumbnailURI,
                 name: replaceExtension(`thumb${filename}`, 'jpg'),
                 type: 'image/jpeg',
               },
               {
                 ...processedMedia.dimensions,
                 loop: false,
                 encryptionKey: processedMedia.thumbnailEncryptionKey,
                 thumbHash: processedMedia.thumbHash,
               },
               {
                 performHTTPMultipartUpload: this.performHTTPMultipartUpload,
               },
             );
           })();
 
         [uploadResult, uploadThumbnailResult] = await Promise.all([
           uploadPromise,
           uploadThumbnailPromise,
         ]);
       }
       mediaMissionResult = { success: true };
     } catch (e) {
       uploadExceptionMessage = getMessageForException(e);
       onUploadFailed('upload failed');
       mediaMissionResult = {
         success: false,
         reason: 'http_upload_failed',
         exceptionMessage: uploadExceptionMessage,
       };
     }
 
     if (
       ((processedMedia.mediaType === 'photo' ||
         processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo') &&
         uploadResult) ||
       ((processedMedia.mediaType === 'video' ||
         processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video') &&
         uploadResult &&
         uploadThumbnailResult)
     ) {
       const { encryptionKey } = processedMedia;
       const { id, uri, dimensions, loop } = uploadResult;
       serverID = id;
 
       const mediaSourcePayload =
         processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo' ||
         processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video'
           ? {
               type: processedMedia.mediaType,
               blobURI: uri,
               encryptionKey,
             }
           : {
               type: uploadResult.mediaType,
               uri,
             };
       let updateMediaPayload = {
         messageID: localMessageID,
         currentMediaID: localMediaID,
         mediaUpdate: {
           id,
           ...mediaSourcePayload,
           dimensions,
           localMediaSelection: undefined,
           loop: uploadResult.mediaType === 'video' ? loop : undefined,
         },
       };
 
       if (
         processedMedia.mediaType === 'video' ||
         processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video'
       ) {
         invariant(uploadThumbnailResult, 'uploadThumbnailResult exists');
         const { uri: thumbnailURI, id: thumbnailID } = uploadThumbnailResult;
         const { thumbnailEncryptionKey, thumbHash: thumbnailThumbHash } =
           processedMedia;
 
         if (processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video') {
           updateMediaPayload = {
             ...updateMediaPayload,
             mediaUpdate: {
               ...updateMediaPayload.mediaUpdate,
               thumbnailID,
               thumbnailBlobURI: thumbnailURI,
               thumbnailEncryptionKey,
               thumbnailThumbHash,
             },
           };
         } else {
           updateMediaPayload = {
             ...updateMediaPayload,
             mediaUpdate: {
               ...updateMediaPayload.mediaUpdate,
               thumbnailID,
               thumbnailURI,
               thumbnailThumbHash,
             },
           };
         }
       } else {
         updateMediaPayload = {
           ...updateMediaPayload,
           mediaUpdate: {
             ...updateMediaPayload.mediaUpdate,
             thumbHash: processedMedia.thumbHash,
           },
         };
       }
 
       // When we dispatch this action, it updates Redux and triggers the
       // componentDidUpdate in this class. componentDidUpdate will handle
       // calling dispatchMultimediaMessageAction once all the uploads are
       // complete, and does not wait until this function concludes.
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: updateMultimediaMessageMediaActionType,
         payload: updateMediaPayload,
       });
       userTime = Date.now() - start;
     }
 
     const processSteps = await reportPromise;
     reportPromise = null;
     steps.push(...processSteps);
     steps.push(...encryptionSteps);
     steps.push({
       step: 'upload',
       success: !!uploadResult,
       exceptionMessage: uploadExceptionMessage,
       time: Date.now() - uploadStart,
       inputFilename: filename,
       outputMediaType: uploadResult && uploadResult.mediaType,
       outputURI: uploadResult && uploadResult.uri,
       outputDimensions: uploadResult && uploadResult.dimensions,
       outputLoop: uploadResult && uploadResult.loop,
       hasWiFi,
     });
 
     const cleanupPromises = [];
 
     if (filesToDispose.length > 0) {
       // If processMedia needed to do any transcoding before upload, we dispose
       // of the resultant temporary file here. Since the transcoded temporary
       // file is only used for upload, we can dispose of it after processMedia
       // (reportPromise) and the upload are complete
       filesToDispose.forEach(shouldDisposePath => {
         cleanupPromises.push(
           (async () => {
             const disposeStep = await disposeTempFile(shouldDisposePath);
             steps.push(disposeStep);
           })(),
         );
       });
     }
 
     // if there's a thumbnail we'll temporarily unlink it here
     // instead of in media-utils, will be changed in later diffs
     if (processedMedia.mediaType === 'video') {
       const { uploadThumbnailURI } = processedMedia;
       cleanupPromises.push(
         (async () => {
           const { steps: clearSteps, result: thumbnailPath } =
             await this.waitForCaptureURIUnload(uploadThumbnailURI);
           steps.push(...clearSteps);
           if (!thumbnailPath) {
             return;
           }
           const disposeStep = await disposeTempFile(thumbnailPath);
           steps.push(disposeStep);
         })(),
       );
     }
 
     if (selection.captureTime || selection.step === 'photo_paste') {
       // If we are uploading a newly captured photo, we dispose of the original
       // file here. Note that we try to save photo captures to the camera roll
       // if we have permission. Even if we fail, this temporary file isn't
       // visible to the user, so there's no point in keeping it around. Since
       // the initial URI is used in rendering paths, we have to wait for it to
       // be replaced with the remote URI before we can dispose. Check out the
       // Multimedia component to see how the URIs get switched out.
       const captureURI = selection.uri;
       cleanupPromises.push(
         (async () => {
           const { steps: clearSteps, result: capturePath } =
             await this.waitForCaptureURIUnload(captureURI);
           steps.push(...clearSteps);
           if (!capturePath) {
             return;
           }
           const disposeStep = await disposeTempFile(capturePath);
           steps.push(disposeStep);
         })(),
       );
     }
 
     await Promise.all(cleanupPromises);
 
     return await onUploadFinished(mediaMissionResult);
   }
 
   setProgress(
     localMessageID: string,
     localUploadID: string,
     processingStep: MultimediaProcessingStep,
     progressPercent: number,
   ) {
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const pendingUploads = prevState.pendingUploads[localMessageID];
       if (!pendingUploads) {
         return {};
       }
       const pendingUpload = pendingUploads[localUploadID];
       if (!pendingUpload) {
         return {};
       }
       const newOutOfHundred = Math.floor(progressPercent * 100);
       const oldOutOfHundred = Math.floor(pendingUpload.progressPercent * 100);
       if (newOutOfHundred === oldOutOfHundred) {
         return {};
       }
       const newPendingUploads = {
         ...pendingUploads,
         [localUploadID]: {
           ...pendingUpload,
           progressPercent,
           processingStep,
         },
       };
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [localMessageID]: newPendingUploads,
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   performHTTPMultipartUpload = async (
     url: string,
     cookie: ?string,
     sessionID: ?string,
     input: { +[key: string]: mixed },
     options?: ?CallSingleKeyserverEndpointOptions,
   ): Promise<CallSingleKeyserverEndpointResponse> => {
     invariant(
       cookie &&
         input.multimedia &&
         Array.isArray(input.multimedia) &&
         input.multimedia.length === 1 &&
         input.multimedia[0] &&
         typeof input.multimedia[0] === 'object',
       'InputStateContainer.performHTTPMultipartUpload sent incorrect input',
     );
     const { uri, name, type } = input.multimedia[0];
     invariant(
       typeof uri === 'string' &&
         typeof name === 'string' &&
         typeof type === 'string',
       'InputStateContainer.performHTTPMultipartUpload sent incorrect input',
     );
 
     const parameters: { [key: string]: mixed } = {};
     parameters.cookie = cookie;
     parameters.filename = name;
 
     for (const key in input) {
       if (
         key === 'multimedia' ||
         key === 'cookie' ||
         key === 'sessionID' ||
         key === 'filename'
       ) {
         continue;
       }
       const value = input[key];
       invariant(
         typeof value === 'string',
         'performHTTPMultipartUpload calls can only handle string values for ' +
           'non-multimedia keys',
       );
       parameters[key] = value;
     }
 
     let path = uri;
     if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       const resolvedPath = pathFromURI(uri);
       if (resolvedPath) {
         path = resolvedPath;
       }
     }
 
     let uploadOptions = {
       uploadType: FileSystem.FileSystemUploadType.MULTIPART,
       fieldName: 'multimedia',
       headers: {
         Accept: 'application/json',
       },
       parameters,
     };
     if (Platform.OS === 'android' && path.endsWith('.dat')) {
       // expo-file-system is not able to deduce the MIME type of .dat files, so
       // we specify it explicitly here. Without this, we get this error:
       //   guessContentTypeFromName(file.name) must not be null
       uploadOptions = {
         ...uploadOptions,
         mimeType: 'application/octet-stream',
       };
     }
 
     const uploadTask = FileSystem.createUploadTask(
       url,
       path,
       uploadOptions,
       uploadProgress => {
         if (options && options.onProgress) {
           const { totalByteSent, totalBytesExpectedToSend } = uploadProgress;
           options.onProgress(totalByteSent / totalBytesExpectedToSend);
         }
       },
     );
     if (options && options.abortHandler) {
       options.abortHandler(() => uploadTask.cancelAsync());
     }
     try {
       const response = await uploadTask.uploadAsync();
       return JSON.parse(response.body);
     } catch (e) {
       throw new Error(
         `Failed to upload blob: ${
           getMessageForException(e) ?? 'unknown error'
         }`,
       );
     }
   };
 
   handleUploadFailure(
     localMessageID: string,
     localUploadID: string,
     localThumbnailID: ?string,
   ) {
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const uploads = prevState.pendingUploads[localMessageID];
 
       const upload = uploads[localUploadID];
       const thumbnailUpload = localThumbnailID
         ? uploads[localThumbnailID]
         : undefined;
       if (!upload && !thumbnailUpload) {
         // The upload has been completed before it failed
         return {};
       }
 
       const newUploads = { ...uploads };
       newUploads[localUploadID] = {
         ...upload,
         failed: true,
         progressPercent: 0,
       };
       if (localThumbnailID) {
         newUploads[localThumbnailID] = {
           processingStep: null,
           ...thumbnailUpload,
           failed: true,
           progressPercent: 0,
         };
       }
 
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [localMessageID]: newUploads,
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   queueMediaMissionReport(
     ids: { localID: string, localMessageID: string, serverID: ?string },
     mediaMission: MediaMission,
   ) {
     const report: ClientMediaMissionReportCreationRequest = {
       type: reportTypes.MEDIA_MISSION,
       time: Date.now(),
       platformDetails: getConfig().platformDetails,
       mediaMission,
       uploadServerID: ids.serverID,
       uploadLocalID: ids.localID,
       messageLocalID: ids.localMessageID,
       id: generateReportID(),
     };
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: queueReportsActionType,
       payload: {
         reports: [report],
       },
     });
   }
 
   messageHasUploadFailure = (localMessageID: string): boolean => {
     const pendingUploads = this.state.pendingUploads[localMessageID];
     if (!pendingUploads) {
       return false;
     }
     return values(pendingUploads).some(upload => upload.failed);
   };
 
   editInputMessage = (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => {
     this.editInputBarCallbacks.forEach(addEditInputBarCallback =>
       addEditInputBarCallback(params),
     );
   };
 
   addEditInputMessageListener = (
     callbackEditInputBar: (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
   ) => {
     this.editInputBarCallbacks.push(callbackEditInputBar);
   };
 
   removeEditInputMessageListener = (
     callbackEditInputBar: (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
   ) => {
     this.editInputBarCallbacks = this.editInputBarCallbacks.filter(
       candidate => candidate !== callbackEditInputBar,
     );
   };
 
   retryTextMessage = async (
     rawMessageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   ) => {
     await this.sendTextMessage(
       {
         ...rawMessageInfo,
         time: Date.now(),
       },
       threadInfo,
       parentThreadInfo,
     );
   };
 
   retryMultimediaMessage = async (
     rawMessageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
     localMessageID: string,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ): Promise<void> => {
     const pendingUploads = this.state.pendingUploads[localMessageID] ?? {};
 
     const now = Date.now();
 
     void this.startThreadCreation(threadInfo);
 
     if (threadIsPendingSidebar(threadInfo.id)) {
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.add(localMessageID);
     }
 
     const updateMedia = <T: Media>(media: $ReadOnlyArray<T>): T[] =>
       media.map(singleMedia => {
         invariant(
           singleMedia.type === 'photo' || singleMedia.type === 'video',
           'Retry selection must be unencrypted',
         );
 
         let updatedMedia = singleMedia;
 
         const oldMediaID = updatedMedia.id;
         if (
           // not complete
           isLocalUploadID(oldMediaID) &&
           // not still ongoing
           (!pendingUploads[oldMediaID] || pendingUploads[oldMediaID].failed)
         ) {
           // If we have an incomplete upload that isn't in pendingUploads, that
           // indicates the app has restarted. We'll reassign a new localID to
           // avoid collisions. Note that this isn't necessary for the message ID
           // since the localID reducer prevents collisions there
           const mediaID = pendingUploads[oldMediaID]
             ? oldMediaID
             : getNextLocalUploadID();
           if (updatedMedia.type === 'photo') {
             updatedMedia = {
               type: 'photo',
               ...updatedMedia,
               id: mediaID,
             };
           } else {
             updatedMedia = {
               type: 'video',
               ...updatedMedia,
               id: mediaID,
             };
           }
         }
 
         if (updatedMedia.type === 'video') {
           const oldThumbnailID = updatedMedia.thumbnailID;
           invariant(oldThumbnailID, 'oldThumbnailID not null or undefined');
           if (
             // not complete
             isLocalUploadID(oldThumbnailID) &&
             // not still ongoing
             (!pendingUploads[oldThumbnailID] ||
               pendingUploads[oldThumbnailID].failed)
           ) {
             const thumbnailID = pendingUploads[oldThumbnailID]
               ? oldThumbnailID
               : getNextLocalUploadID();
             updatedMedia = {
               ...updatedMedia,
               thumbnailID,
             };
           }
         }
 
         if (updatedMedia === singleMedia) {
           return singleMedia;
         }
 
         const oldSelection = updatedMedia.localMediaSelection;
         invariant(
           oldSelection,
           'localMediaSelection should be set on locally created Media',
         );
         const retries = oldSelection.retries ? oldSelection.retries + 1 : 1;
 
         // We switch for Flow
         let selection;
         if (oldSelection.step === 'photo_capture') {
           selection = { ...oldSelection, sendTime: now, retries };
         } else if (oldSelection.step === 'photo_library') {
           selection = { ...oldSelection, sendTime: now, retries };
         } else if (oldSelection.step === 'photo_paste') {
           selection = { ...oldSelection, sendTime: now, retries };
         } else {
           selection = { ...oldSelection, sendTime: now, retries };
         }
 
         if (updatedMedia.type === 'photo') {
           return {
             type: 'photo',
             ...updatedMedia,
             localMediaSelection: selection,
           };
         }
         return {
           type: 'video',
           ...updatedMedia,
           localMediaSelection: selection,
         };
       });
 
     let newRawMessageInfo;
     // This conditional is for Flow
     if (rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA) {
       newRawMessageInfo = ({
         ...rawMessageInfo,
         time: now,
         media: updateMedia(rawMessageInfo.media),
       }: RawMediaMessageInfo);
     } else if (rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES) {
       newRawMessageInfo = ({
         ...rawMessageInfo,
         time: now,
         media: updateMedia(rawMessageInfo.media),
       }: RawImagesMessageInfo);
     } else {
       invariant(false, `rawMessageInfo ${localMessageID} should be multimedia`);
     }
 
     const incompleteMedia: Media[] = [];
     for (const singleMedia of newRawMessageInfo.media) {
       if (isLocalUploadID(singleMedia.id)) {
         incompleteMedia.push(singleMedia);
       }
     }
     if (incompleteMedia.length === 0) {
       void this.dispatchMultimediaMessageAction(newRawMessageInfo);
       this.setState(prevState => ({
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [localMessageID]: {},
         },
       }));
       return;
     }
 
     const retryMedia = incompleteMedia.filter(
       ({ id }) => !pendingUploads[id] || pendingUploads[id].failed,
     );
     if (retryMedia.length === 0) {
       // All media are already in the process of being uploaded
       return;
     }
 
     // We're not actually starting the send here,
     // we just use this action to update the message in Redux
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes.started,
       payload: newRawMessageInfo,
     });
 
     // We clear out the failed status on individual media here,
     // which makes the UI show pending status instead of error messages
     for (const singleMedia of retryMedia) {
       pendingUploads[singleMedia.id] = {
         failed: false,
         progressPercent: 0,
         processingStep: null,
       };
       if (singleMedia.type === 'video') {
         const { thumbnailID } = singleMedia;
         invariant(thumbnailID, 'thumbnailID not null or undefined');
         pendingUploads[thumbnailID] = {
           failed: false,
           progressPercent: 0,
           processingStep: null,
         };
       }
     }
     this.setState(prevState => ({
       pendingUploads: {
         ...prevState.pendingUploads,
         [localMessageID]: pendingUploads,
       },
     }));
 
     const uploadFileInputs = retryMedia.map(singleMedia => {
       invariant(
         singleMedia.localMediaSelection,
         'localMediaSelection should be set on locally created Media',
       );
 
       let ids;
       if (singleMedia.type === 'photo') {
         ids = { type: 'photo', localMediaID: singleMedia.id };
       } else {
         invariant(
           singleMedia.thumbnailID,
           'singleMedia.thumbnailID should be set for videos',
         );
         ids = {
           type: 'video',
           localMediaID: singleMedia.id,
           localThumbnailID: singleMedia.thumbnailID,
         };
       }
 
       return {
         selection: singleMedia.localMediaSelection,
         ids,
       };
     });
 
     await this.uploadFiles(localMessageID, uploadFileInputs, threadInfo);
   };
 
   retryMessage = async (
     localMessageID: string,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   ) => {
     this.sendCallbacks.forEach(callback => callback());
 
     const rawMessageInfo = this.props.messageStoreMessages[localMessageID];
     invariant(rawMessageInfo, `rawMessageInfo ${localMessageID} should exist`);
 
     if (rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.TEXT) {
       await this.retryTextMessage(rawMessageInfo, threadInfo, parentThreadInfo);
     } else if (
       rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES ||
       rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA
     ) {
       await this.retryMultimediaMessage(
         rawMessageInfo,
         localMessageID,
         threadInfo,
       );
     }
   };
 
   registerSendCallback = (callback: () => void) => {
     this.sendCallbacks.push(callback);
   };
 
   unregisterSendCallback = (callback: () => void) => {
     this.sendCallbacks = this.sendCallbacks.filter(
       candidate => candidate !== callback,
     );
   };
 
   reportURIDisplayed = (uri: string, loaded: boolean) => {
     const prevActiveURI = this.activeURIs.get(uri);
     const curCount = prevActiveURI && prevActiveURI.count;
     const prevCount = curCount ? curCount : 0;
     const count = loaded ? prevCount + 1 : prevCount - 1;
     const prevOnClear = prevActiveURI && prevActiveURI.onClear;
     const onClear = prevOnClear ? prevOnClear : [];
     const activeURI = { count, onClear };
     if (count) {
       this.activeURIs.set(uri, activeURI);
       return;
     }
     this.activeURIs.delete(uri);
     for (const callback of onClear) {
       callback();
     }
   };
 
   waitForCaptureURIUnload(uri: string): Promise<{
     +steps: $ReadOnlyArray<MediaMissionStep>,
     +result: ?string,
   }> {
     const start = Date.now();
     const path = pathFromURI(uri);
     if (!path) {
       return Promise.resolve({
         result: null,
         steps: [
           {
             step: 'wait_for_capture_uri_unload',
             success: false,
             time: Date.now() - start,
             uri,
           },
         ],
       });
     }
 
     const getResult = () => ({
       result: path,
       steps: [
         {
           step: 'wait_for_capture_uri_unload',
           success: true,
           time: Date.now() - start,
           uri,
         },
       ],
     });
 
     const activeURI = this.activeURIs.get(uri);
     if (!activeURI) {
       return Promise.resolve(getResult());
     }
 
     return new Promise(resolve => {
       const finish = () => resolve(getResult());
       const newActiveURI = {
         ...activeURI,
         onClear: [...activeURI.onClear, finish],
       };
       this.activeURIs.set(uri, newActiveURI);
     });
   }
 
   setPendingThreadUpdateHandler = (
     threadID: string,
     pendingThreadUpdateHandler: ?(ThreadInfo) => mixed,
   ) => {
     if (!pendingThreadUpdateHandler) {
       this.pendingThreadUpdateHandlers.delete(threadID);
     } else {
       this.pendingThreadUpdateHandlers.set(
         threadID,
         pendingThreadUpdateHandler,
       );
     }
   };
 
   render(): React.Node {
     const inputState = this.inputStateSelector(this.state);
     return (
       <InputStateContext.Provider value={inputState}>
         {this.props.children}
       </InputStateContext.Provider>
     );
   }
 }
 
 const mediaCreationLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
 );
 const textCreationLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   sendTextMessageActionTypes,
 );
 
 const ConnectedInputStateContainer: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> =
   React.memo<BaseProps>(function ConnectedInputStateContainer(
     props: BaseProps,
   ) {
     const viewerID = useSelector(
       state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
     );
     const messageStoreMessages = useSelector(
       state => state.messageStore.messages,
     );
     const ongoingMessageCreation = useSelector(
       state =>
         combineLoadingStatuses(
           mediaCreationLoadingStatusSelector(state),
           textCreationLoadingStatusSelector(state),
         ) === 'loading',
     );
     const hasWiFi = useSelector(state => state.connectivity.hasWiFi);
     const calendarQuery = useCalendarQuery();
     const callUploadMultimedia = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(uploadMultimedia);
     const callBlobServiceUpload = useBlobServiceUpload();
     const callSendMultimediaMessage =
       useInputStateContainerSendMultimediaMessage();
     const callSendTextMessage = useInputStateContainerSendTextMessage();
     const callNewThinThread = useNewThinThread();
     const callNewThickThread = useNewThickThread();
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const mediaReportsEnabled = useIsReportEnabled('mediaReports');
     const staffCanSee = useStaffCanSee();
     const textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc =
       useMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc<RawTextMessageInfo>(messageTypes.TEXT);
     const usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs = useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs();
-    const auxUserInfos = useSelector(state => state.auxUserStore.auxUserInfos);
 
     return (
       <InputStateContainer
         {...props}
         viewerID={viewerID}
         messageStoreMessages={messageStoreMessages}
         ongoingMessageCreation={ongoingMessageCreation}
         hasWiFi={hasWiFi}
         mediaReportsEnabled={mediaReportsEnabled}
         calendarQuery={calendarQuery}
         uploadMultimedia={callUploadMultimedia}
         blobServiceUpload={callBlobServiceUpload}
         sendMultimediaMessage={callSendMultimediaMessage}
         sendTextMessage={callSendTextMessage}
         newThinThread={callNewThinThread}
         newThickThread={callNewThickThread}
         dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
         dispatch={dispatch}
         staffCanSee={staffCanSee}
         textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc={textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc}
         usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs={usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs}
-        auxUserInfos={auxUserInfos}
       />
     );
   });
 
 export default ConnectedInputStateContainer;
diff --git a/web/chat/chat-thread-composer.react.js b/web/chat/chat-thread-composer.react.js
index c15d8d1e8..369983896 100644
--- a/web/chat/chat-thread-composer.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/chat-thread-composer.react.js
@@ -1,252 +1,262 @@
 // @flow
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _isEqual from 'lodash/fp/isEqual.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from 'lib/components/swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from 'lib/hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import { useENSNames } from 'lib/hooks/ens-cache.js';
+import { useUsersSupportThickThreads } from 'lib/hooks/user-identities-hooks.js';
 import {
   usePotentialMemberItems,
   useSearchUsers,
   notFriendNotice,
 } from 'lib/shared/search-utils.js';
 import {
   createPendingThread,
   threadIsPending,
   useExistingThreadInfoFinder,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { AccountUserInfo, UserListItem } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 import css from './chat-thread-composer.css';
 import UserAvatar from '../avatars/user-avatar.react.js';
 import Button from '../components/button.react.js';
 import Label from '../components/label.react.js';
 import Search from '../components/search.react.js';
 import type { InputState } from '../input/input-state.js';
 import Alert from '../modals/alert.react.js';
 import { updateNavInfoActionType } from '../redux/action-types.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +userInfoInputArray: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>,
   +otherUserInfos: { [id: string]: AccountUserInfo },
   +threadID: string,
   +inputState: InputState,
 };
 
 type ActiveThreadBehavior =
   | 'reset-active-thread-if-pending'
   | 'keep-active-thread';
 
 function ChatThreadComposer(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { userInfoInputArray, otherUserInfos, threadID, inputState } = props;
 
   const [usernameInputText, setUsernameInputText] = React.useState('');
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
   const userInfoInputIDs = React.useMemo(
     () => userInfoInputArray.map(userInfo => userInfo.id),
     [userInfoInputArray],
   );
 
   const searchResults = useSearchUsers(usernameInputText);
 
   const auxUserInfos = useSelector(state => state.auxUserStore.auxUserInfos);
   const userListItems = usePotentialMemberItems({
     text: usernameInputText,
     userInfos: otherUserInfos,
     auxUserInfos,
     excludeUserIDs: userInfoInputIDs,
     includeServerSearchUsers: searchResults,
   });
 
   const userListItemsWithENSNames = useENSNames(userListItems);
 
   const { pushModal } = useModalContext();
   const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
   invariant(loggedInUserInfo, 'loggedInUserInfo should be set');
 
   const pendingPrivateThread = React.useRef(
     createPendingThread({
       viewerID: loggedInUserInfo.id,
       threadType: threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE,
       members: [loggedInUserInfo],
     }),
   );
   const existingThreadInfoFinderForCreatingThread = useExistingThreadInfoFinder(
     pendingPrivateThread.current,
   );
 
+  const checkUsersThickThreadSupport = useUsersSupportThickThreads();
+
   const onSelectUserFromSearch = React.useCallback(
-    (userListItem: UserListItem) => {
+    async (userListItem: UserListItem) => {
       const { alert, notice, disabled, ...user } = userListItem;
       setUsernameInputText('');
       if (!alert) {
         dispatch({
           type: updateNavInfoActionType,
           payload: {
             selectedUserList: [...userInfoInputArray, user],
           },
         });
       } else if (
         notice === notFriendNotice &&
         userInfoInputArray.length === 0
       ) {
         const newUserInfoInputArray = [
           { id: userListItem.id, username: userListItem.username },
         ];
+        const usersSupportingThickThreads = await checkUsersThickThreadSupport(
+          newUserInfoInputArray.map(userInfo => userInfo.id),
+        );
         const threadInfo = existingThreadInfoFinderForCreatingThread({
           searching: true,
           userInfoInputArray: newUserInfoInputArray,
+          allUsersSupportThickThreads: newUserInfoInputArray.every(userInfo =>
+            usersSupportingThickThreads.has(userInfo.id),
+          ),
         });
         dispatch({
           type: updateNavInfoActionType,
           payload: {
             chatMode: 'view',
             activeChatThreadID: threadInfo?.id,
             pendingThread: threadInfo,
           },
         });
       } else {
         pushModal(<Alert title={alert.title}>{alert.text}</Alert>);
       }
     },
     [
+      checkUsersThickThreadSupport,
       dispatch,
       existingThreadInfoFinderForCreatingThread,
       pushModal,
       userInfoInputArray,
     ],
   );
 
   const onRemoveUserFromSelected = React.useCallback(
     (userID: string) => {
       const newSelectedUserList = userInfoInputArray.filter(
         ({ id }) => userID !== id,
       );
       if (_isEqual(userInfoInputArray)(newSelectedUserList)) {
         return;
       }
       dispatch({
         type: updateNavInfoActionType,
         payload: {
           selectedUserList: newSelectedUserList,
         },
       });
     },
     [dispatch, userInfoInputArray],
   );
 
   const userSearchResultList = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (
       !userListItemsWithENSNames.length ||
       (!usernameInputText && userInfoInputArray.length)
     ) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const userItems = userListItemsWithENSNames.map(
       (userSearchResult: UserListItem) => {
         return (
           <li key={userSearchResult.id} className={css.searchResultsItem}>
             <Button
               variant="text"
               onClick={() => onSelectUserFromSearch(userSearchResult)}
               className={css.searchResultsButton}
             >
               <div className={css.userContainer}>
                 <UserAvatar size="S" userID={userSearchResult.id} />
                 <div className={css.userName}>{userSearchResult.username}</div>
               </div>
               <div className={css.userInfo}>{userSearchResult.notice}</div>
             </Button>
           </li>
         );
       },
     );
 
     return <ul className={css.searchResultsContainer}>{userItems}</ul>;
   }, [
     onSelectUserFromSearch,
     userInfoInputArray.length,
     userListItemsWithENSNames,
     usernameInputText,
   ]);
 
   const hideSearch = React.useCallback(
     (threadBehavior: ActiveThreadBehavior = 'keep-active-thread') => {
       dispatch({
         type: updateNavInfoActionType,
         payload: {
           chatMode: 'view',
           activeChatThreadID:
             threadBehavior === 'keep-active-thread' ||
             !threadIsPending(threadID)
               ? threadID
               : null,
         },
       });
     },
     [dispatch, threadID],
   );
 
   const onCloseSearch = React.useCallback(() => {
     hideSearch('reset-active-thread-if-pending');
   }, [hideSearch]);
 
   const userInfoInputArrayWithENSNames = useENSNames(userInfoInputArray);
   const tagsList = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!userInfoInputArrayWithENSNames?.length) {
       return null;
     }
     const labels = userInfoInputArrayWithENSNames.map(user => {
       return (
         <Label key={user.id} onClose={() => onRemoveUserFromSelected(user.id)}>
           {user.username}
         </Label>
       );
     });
     return <div className={css.userSelectedTags}>{labels}</div>;
   }, [userInfoInputArrayWithENSNames, onRemoveUserFromSelected]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!inputState) {
       return undefined;
     }
     inputState.registerSendCallback(hideSearch);
     return () => inputState.unregisterSendCallback(hideSearch);
   }, [hideSearch, inputState]);
 
   const threadSearchContainerStyles = classNames(css.threadSearchContainer, {
     [css.fullHeight]: !userInfoInputArray.length,
   });
 
   return (
     <div className={threadSearchContainerStyles}>
       <div className={css.searchRow}>
         <div className={css.searchField}>
           <Search
             onChangeText={setUsernameInputText}
             searchText={usernameInputText}
             placeholder="Select users for chat"
             autoFocus={true}
           />
         </div>
         <Button className={css.closeSearch} onClick={onCloseSearch}>
           <SWMansionIcon size={25} icon="cross" />
         </Button>
       </div>
       {tagsList}
       {userSearchResultList}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 export default ChatThreadComposer;
diff --git a/web/input/input-state-container.react.js b/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
index f37149038..e57ff2b84 100644
--- a/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -1,1770 +1,1765 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _groupBy from 'lodash/fp/groupBy.js';
 import _keyBy from 'lodash/fp/keyBy.js';
 import _omit from 'lodash/fp/omit.js';
 import _partition from 'lodash/fp/partition.js';
 import _sortBy from 'lodash/fp/sortBy.js';
 import _memoize from 'lodash/memoize.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
 import {
   createLocalMessageActionType,
   sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
   sendTextMessageActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/message-actions.js';
 import { queueReportsActionType } from 'lib/actions/report-actions.js';
 import { useNewThinThread } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import {
   type BlobServiceUploadAction,
   type DeleteUploadInput,
   type MultimediaUploadCallbacks,
   type MultimediaUploadExtras,
   updateMultimediaMessageMediaActionType,
   uploadMultimedia,
   useBlobServiceUpload,
   useDeleteUpload,
 } from 'lib/actions/upload-actions.js';
 import {
   type PushModal,
   useModalContext,
 } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import blobService from 'lib/facts/blob-service.js';
 import commStaffCommunity from 'lib/facts/comm-staff-community.js';
 import { useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs } from 'lib/hooks/flag-hooks.js';
 import {
   useInputStateContainerSendMultimediaMessage,
   useInputStateContainerSendTextMessage,
 } from 'lib/hooks/input-state-container-hooks.js';
 import { useNewThickThread } from 'lib/hooks/thread-hooks.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
 import { getNextLocalUploadID } from 'lib/media/media-utils.js';
 import { pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { IdentityClientContext } from 'lib/shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import type { IdentityClientContextType } from 'lib/shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import {
   createMediaMessageInfo,
   localIDPrefix,
   useMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc,
   getNextLocalID,
 } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import type { CreationSideEffectsFunc } from 'lib/shared/messages/message-spec.js';
 import { createRealThreadFromPendingThread } from 'lib/shared/thread-actions-utils.js';
 import {
   draftKeyFromThreadID,
   patchThreadInfoToIncludeMentionedMembersOfParent,
   threadInfoInsideCommunity,
   threadIsPending,
   threadIsPendingSidebar,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
-import type { AuxUserInfos } from 'lib/types/aux-user-types.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from 'lib/types/entry-types.js';
 import type {
   MediaMission,
   MediaMissionFailure,
   MediaMissionResult,
   MediaMissionStep,
   UploadMultimediaResult,
 } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import { messageTypes } from 'lib/types/message-types-enum.js';
 import {
   type RawMessageInfo,
   type RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   type SendMessagePayload,
 } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { RawImagesMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/messages/images.js';
 import type { RawMediaMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/messages/media.js';
 import type { RawTextMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/messages/text.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
 import { reportTypes } from 'lib/types/report-types.js';
 import {
   threadTypeIsSidebar,
   threadTypeIsThick,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { ThreadType } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import {
   type ClientNewThinThreadRequest,
   type NewThreadResult,
   type NewThickThreadRequest,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import {
   blobHashFromBlobServiceURI,
   isBlobServiceURI,
   makeBlobServiceEndpointURL,
 } from 'lib/utils/blob-service.js';
 import { getConfig } from 'lib/utils/config.js';
 import { cloneError, getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 import {
   type DispatchActionPromise,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { generateReportID } from 'lib/utils/report-utils.js';
 import { createDefaultHTTPRequestHeaders } from 'lib/utils/services-utils.js';
 
 import {
   type BaseInputState,
   type InputState,
   InputStateContext,
   type PendingMultimediaUpload,
   type TypeaheadInputState,
   type TypeaheadState,
 } from './input-state.js';
 import { encryptFile } from '../media/encryption-utils.js';
 import { generateThumbHash } from '../media/image-utils.js';
 import {
   preloadImage,
   preloadMediaResource,
   validateFile,
 } from '../media/media-utils.js';
 import InvalidUploadModal from '../modals/chat/invalid-upload.react.js';
 import { updateNavInfoActionType } from '../redux/action-types.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nonThreadCalendarQuery } from '../selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 
 type CombinedInputState = {
   +inputBaseState: BaseInputState,
   +typeaheadState: TypeaheadInputState,
 };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +activeChatThreadID: ?string,
   +drafts: { +[key: string]: string },
   +viewerID: ?string,
   +messageStoreMessages: { +[id: string]: RawMessageInfo },
   +pendingRealizedThreadIDs: $ReadOnlyMap<string, string>,
   +dispatch: Dispatch,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   +calendarQuery: () => CalendarQuery,
   +uploadMultimedia: (
     multimedia: Object,
     extras: MultimediaUploadExtras,
     callbacks: MultimediaUploadCallbacks,
   ) => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult>,
   +blobServiceUpload: BlobServiceUploadAction,
   +deleteUpload: (input: DeleteUploadInput) => Promise<void>,
   +sendMultimediaMessage: (
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
     sidebarCreation: boolean,
     isLegacy: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMessagePayload>,
   +sendTextMessage: (
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
     sidebarCreation: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMessagePayload>,
   +newThinThread: (
     request: ClientNewThinThreadRequest,
   ) => Promise<NewThreadResult>,
   +newThickThread: (request: NewThickThreadRequest) => Promise<string>,
   +pushModal: PushModal,
   +sendCallbacks: $ReadOnlyArray<() => mixed>,
   +registerSendCallback: (() => mixed) => void,
   +unregisterSendCallback: (() => mixed) => void,
   +textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc: CreationSideEffectsFunc<RawTextMessageInfo>,
   +identityContext: ?IdentityClientContextType,
   +usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs: boolean,
-  +auxUserInfos: AuxUserInfos,
 };
 type WritableState = {
   pendingUploads: {
     [threadID: string]: { [localUploadID: string]: PendingMultimediaUpload },
   },
   textCursorPositions: { [threadID: string]: number },
   typeaheadState: TypeaheadState,
 };
 type State = $ReadOnly<WritableState>;
 
 type PropsAndState = {
   ...Props,
   ...State,
 };
 
 class InputStateContainer extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   state: State = {
     pendingUploads: {},
     textCursorPositions: {},
     typeaheadState: {
       canBeVisible: false,
       keepUpdatingThreadMembers: true,
       frozenUserMentionsCandidates: [],
       frozenChatMentionsCandidates: {},
       moveChoiceUp: null,
       moveChoiceDown: null,
       close: null,
       accept: null,
     },
   };
   replyCallbacks: Array<(message: string) => void> = [];
   pendingThreadCreations: Map<
     string,
     Promise<{
       +threadID: string,
       +threadType: ThreadType,
     }>,
   > = new Map<
     string,
     Promise<{
       +threadID: string,
       +threadType: ThreadType,
     }>,
   >();
   // TODO: flip the switch
   // Note that this enables Blob service for encrypted media only
   useBlobServiceUploads = false;
 
   // When the user sends a multimedia message that triggers the creation of a
   // sidebar, the sidebar gets created right away, but the message needs to wait
   // for the uploads to complete before sending. We use this Set to track the
   // message localIDs that need sidebarCreation: true.
   pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs: Set<string> = new Set<string>();
 
   static reassignToRealizedThreads<T>(
     state: { +[threadID: string]: T },
     props: Props,
   ): ?{ [threadID: string]: T } {
     const newState: { [string]: T } = {};
     let updated = false;
     for (const threadID in state) {
       const newThreadID =
         props.pendingRealizedThreadIDs.get(threadID) ?? threadID;
       if (newThreadID !== threadID) {
         updated = true;
       }
       newState[newThreadID] = state[threadID];
     }
     return updated ? newState : null;
   }
 
   static getDerivedStateFromProps(props: Props, state: State): ?Partial<State> {
     const pendingUploads = InputStateContainer.reassignToRealizedThreads(
       state.pendingUploads,
       props,
     );
     const textCursorPositions = InputStateContainer.reassignToRealizedThreads(
       state.textCursorPositions,
       props,
     );
 
     if (!pendingUploads && !textCursorPositions) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const stateUpdate: Partial<WritableState> = {};
     if (pendingUploads) {
       stateUpdate.pendingUploads = pendingUploads;
     }
     if (textCursorPositions) {
       stateUpdate.textCursorPositions = textCursorPositions;
     }
     return stateUpdate;
   }
 
   static completedMessageIDs(state: State): Set<string> {
     const completed = new Map<string, boolean>();
     for (const threadID in state.pendingUploads) {
       const pendingUploads = state.pendingUploads[threadID];
       for (const localUploadID in pendingUploads) {
         const upload = pendingUploads[localUploadID];
         const { messageID, canBeSent, failed } = upload;
         if (!messageID || !messageID.startsWith(localIDPrefix)) {
           continue;
         }
         if (!canBeSent || failed) {
           completed.set(messageID, false);
           continue;
         }
         if (completed.get(messageID) === undefined) {
           completed.set(messageID, true);
         }
       }
     }
     const messageIDs = new Set<string>();
     for (const [messageID, isCompleted] of completed) {
       if (isCompleted) {
         messageIDs.add(messageID);
       }
     }
     return messageIDs;
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props, prevState: State) {
     if (this.props.viewerID !== prevProps.viewerID) {
       this.setState({ pendingUploads: {} });
       return;
     }
 
     const previouslyAssignedMessageIDs = new Set<string>();
     for (const threadID in prevState.pendingUploads) {
       const pendingUploads = prevState.pendingUploads[threadID];
       for (const localUploadID in pendingUploads) {
         const { messageID } = pendingUploads[localUploadID];
         if (messageID) {
           previouslyAssignedMessageIDs.add(messageID);
         }
       }
     }
 
     const newlyAssignedUploads = new Map<
       string,
       {
         +threadID: string,
         +shouldEncrypt: boolean,
         +uploads: PendingMultimediaUpload[],
       },
     >();
     for (const threadID in this.state.pendingUploads) {
       const pendingUploads = this.state.pendingUploads[threadID];
       for (const localUploadID in pendingUploads) {
         const upload = pendingUploads[localUploadID];
         const { messageID } = upload;
         if (
           !messageID ||
           !messageID.startsWith(localIDPrefix) ||
           previouslyAssignedMessageIDs.has(messageID)
         ) {
           continue;
         }
         const { shouldEncrypt } = upload;
         let assignedUploads = newlyAssignedUploads.get(messageID);
         if (!assignedUploads) {
           assignedUploads = { threadID, shouldEncrypt, uploads: [] };
           newlyAssignedUploads.set(messageID, assignedUploads);
         }
         if (shouldEncrypt !== assignedUploads.shouldEncrypt) {
           console.warn(
             `skipping upload ${localUploadID} ` +
               "because shouldEncrypt doesn't match",
           );
           continue;
         }
         assignedUploads.uploads.push(upload);
       }
     }
 
     const newMessageInfos = new Map<string, RawMultimediaMessageInfo>();
     for (const [messageID, assignedUploads] of newlyAssignedUploads) {
       const { uploads, threadID, shouldEncrypt } = assignedUploads;
       const creatorID = this.props.viewerID;
       invariant(creatorID, 'need viewer ID in order to send a message');
       const media = uploads.map(
         ({
           localID,
           serverID,
           uri,
           mediaType,
           dimensions,
           encryptionKey,
           thumbHash,
         }) => {
           // We can get into this state where dimensions are null if the user is
           // uploading a file type that the browser can't render. In that case
           // we fake the dimensions here while we wait for the server to tell us
           // the true dimensions.
           const shimmedDimensions = dimensions ?? { height: 0, width: 0 };
           invariant(
             mediaType === 'photo' || mediaType === 'encrypted_photo',
             "web InputStateContainer can't handle video",
           );
           if (
             mediaType !== 'encrypted_photo' &&
             mediaType !== 'encrypted_video'
           ) {
             return {
               id: serverID ? serverID : localID,
               uri,
               type: 'photo',
               dimensions: shimmedDimensions,
               thumbHash,
             };
           }
           invariant(
             encryptionKey,
             'encrypted media must have an encryption key',
           );
           return {
             id: serverID ? serverID : localID,
             blobURI: uri,
             type: 'encrypted_photo',
             encryptionKey,
             dimensions: shimmedDimensions,
             thumbHash,
           };
         },
       );
       const messageInfo = createMediaMessageInfo(
         {
           localID: messageID,
           threadID,
           creatorID,
           media,
         },
         { forceMultimediaMessageType: shouldEncrypt },
       );
       newMessageInfos.set(messageID, messageInfo);
     }
 
     const currentlyCompleted = InputStateContainer.completedMessageIDs(
       this.state,
     );
     const previouslyCompleted =
       InputStateContainer.completedMessageIDs(prevState);
     for (const messageID of currentlyCompleted) {
       if (previouslyCompleted.has(messageID)) {
         continue;
       }
       let rawMessageInfo = newMessageInfos.get(messageID);
       if (rawMessageInfo) {
         newMessageInfos.delete(messageID);
       } else {
         rawMessageInfo = this.getRawMultimediaMessageInfo(messageID);
       }
       void this.sendMultimediaMessage(rawMessageInfo);
     }
 
     for (const [, messageInfo] of newMessageInfos) {
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: createLocalMessageActionType,
         payload: messageInfo,
       });
     }
   }
 
   getRawMultimediaMessageInfo(
     localMessageID: string,
   ): RawMultimediaMessageInfo {
     const rawMessageInfo = this.props.messageStoreMessages[localMessageID];
     invariant(rawMessageInfo, `rawMessageInfo ${localMessageID} should exist`);
     invariant(
       rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.IMAGES ||
         rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA,
       `rawMessageInfo ${localMessageID} should be multimedia`,
     );
     return rawMessageInfo;
   }
 
   shouldEncryptMedia(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): boolean {
     return (
       threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type) ||
       threadInfoInsideCommunity(threadInfo, commStaffCommunity.id)
     );
   }
 
   async sendMultimediaMessage(
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   ): Promise<void> {
     if (!threadIsPending(messageInfo.threadID)) {
       void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
         sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
         this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(messageInfo),
         undefined,
         messageInfo,
       );
       return;
     }
 
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes.started,
       payload: messageInfo,
     });
 
     let newThreadID = null;
     try {
       const threadCreationPromise = this.pendingThreadCreations.get(
         messageInfo.threadID,
       );
       if (!threadCreationPromise) {
         // When we create or retry multimedia message, we add a promise to
         // pendingThreadCreations map. This promise can be removed in
         // sendMultimediaMessage and sendTextMessage methods. When any of these
         // method remove the promise, it has to be settled. If the promise was
         // fulfilled, this method would be called with realized thread, so we
         // can conclude that the promise was rejected. We don't have enough info
         // here to retry the thread creation, but we can mark the message as
         // failed. Then the retry will be possible and promise will be created
         // again.
         throw new Error('Thread creation failed');
       }
       const result = await threadCreationPromise;
       newThreadID = result.threadID;
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = messageInfo.localID;
       copy.threadID = messageInfo.threadID;
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes.failed,
         payload: copy,
         error: true,
       });
       return;
     } finally {
       this.pendingThreadCreations.delete(messageInfo.threadID);
     }
 
     // While the thread was being created, the image preload may have completed,
     // and we might have a finalized URI now. So we fetch from Redux again
     const { localID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
       localID !== null && localID !== undefined,
       'localID should exist for locally-created RawMessageInfo',
     );
     const latestMessageInfo = this.getRawMultimediaMessageInfo(localID);
 
     // Conditional is necessary for Flow
     let newMessageInfo;
     if (latestMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA) {
       newMessageInfo = {
         ...latestMessageInfo,
         threadID: newThreadID,
         time: Date.now(),
       };
     } else {
       newMessageInfo = {
         ...latestMessageInfo,
         threadID: newThreadID,
         time: Date.now(),
       };
     }
 
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
       this.sendMultimediaMessageAction(newMessageInfo),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
     );
   }
 
   async sendMultimediaMessageAction(
     messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     const { localID, threadID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
       localID !== null && localID !== undefined,
       'localID should be set',
     );
     const sidebarCreation =
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.has(localID);
     try {
       const result = await this.props.sendMultimediaMessage(
         messageInfo,
         sidebarCreation,
         true,
       );
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       this.setState(prevState => {
         const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
         const prevUploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
         const newUploads: { [string]: PendingMultimediaUpload } = {};
         for (const localUploadID in prevUploads) {
           const upload = prevUploads[localUploadID];
           if (upload.messageID !== localID) {
             newUploads[localUploadID] = upload;
           } else if (!upload.uriIsReal) {
             newUploads[localUploadID] = {
               ...upload,
               messageID: result.serverID,
             };
           }
         }
         return {
           pendingUploads: {
             ...prevState.pendingUploads,
             [newThreadID]: newUploads,
           },
         };
       });
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = localID;
       copy.threadID = threadID;
       throw copy;
     }
   }
 
   startThreadCreation(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): Promise<{
     +threadID: string,
     +threadType: ThreadType,
   }> {
     if (!threadIsPending(threadInfo.id)) {
       return Promise.resolve({
         threadID: threadInfo.id,
         threadType: threadInfo.type,
       });
     }
     let threadCreationPromise = this.pendingThreadCreations.get(threadInfo.id);
     if (!threadCreationPromise) {
       const calendarQuery = this.props.calendarQuery();
       threadCreationPromise = createRealThreadFromPendingThread({
         threadInfo,
         dispatchActionPromise: this.props.dispatchActionPromise,
         createNewThinThread: this.props.newThinThread,
         createNewThickThread: this.props.newThickThread,
         sourceMessageID: threadInfo.sourceMessageID,
         viewerID: this.props.viewerID,
         calendarQuery,
         usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs: this.props.usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
-        auxUserInfos: this.props.auxUserInfos,
       });
       this.pendingThreadCreations.set(threadInfo.id, threadCreationPromise);
     }
     return threadCreationPromise;
   }
 
   inputBaseStateSelector: (?string) => PropsAndState => BaseInputState =
     _memoize(threadID =>
       createSelector(
         (propsAndState: PropsAndState) =>
           threadID ? propsAndState.pendingUploads[threadID] : null,
         (propsAndState: PropsAndState) =>
           threadID
             ? propsAndState.drafts[draftKeyFromThreadID(threadID)]
             : null,
         (propsAndState: PropsAndState) =>
           threadID ? propsAndState.textCursorPositions[threadID] : null,
         (
           pendingUploads: ?{ [localUploadID: string]: PendingMultimediaUpload },
           draft: ?string,
           textCursorPosition: ?number,
         ) => {
           let threadPendingUploads: $ReadOnlyArray<PendingMultimediaUpload> =
             [];
           const assignedUploads: {
             [string]: $ReadOnlyArray<PendingMultimediaUpload>,
           } = {};
           if (pendingUploads) {
             const [uploadsWithMessageIDs, uploadsWithoutMessageIDs] =
               _partition('messageID')(pendingUploads);
             threadPendingUploads = _sortBy('localID')(uploadsWithoutMessageIDs);
             const threadAssignedUploads = _groupBy('messageID')(
               uploadsWithMessageIDs,
             );
             for (const messageID in threadAssignedUploads) {
               // lodash libdefs don't return $ReadOnlyArray
               assignedUploads[messageID] = [
                 ...threadAssignedUploads[messageID],
               ];
             }
           }
           return ({
             pendingUploads: threadPendingUploads,
             assignedUploads,
             draft: draft ?? '',
             textCursorPosition: textCursorPosition ?? 0,
             appendFiles: (
               threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
               files: $ReadOnlyArray<File>,
             ) => this.appendFiles(threadInfo, files),
             cancelPendingUpload: this.cancelPendingUpload,
             sendTextMessage: (
               messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
               threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
               parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
             ) =>
               this.sendTextMessage(messageInfo, threadInfo, parentThreadInfo),
             createMultimediaMessage: (threadInfo: ThreadInfo) =>
               this.createMultimediaMessage(threadInfo),
             setDraft: (newDraft: string) => this.setDraft(threadID, newDraft),
             setTextCursorPosition: (newPosition: number) =>
               this.setTextCursorPosition(threadID, newPosition),
             messageHasUploadFailure: (localMessageID: string) =>
               this.messageHasUploadFailure(assignedUploads[localMessageID]),
             retryMultimediaMessage: (
               localMessageID: string,
               threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
             ) =>
               this.retryMultimediaMessage(
                 localMessageID,
                 threadInfo,
                 assignedUploads[localMessageID],
               ),
             addReply: (message: string) => this.addReply(message),
             addReplyListener: this.addReplyListener,
             removeReplyListener: this.removeReplyListener,
             registerSendCallback: this.props.registerSendCallback,
             unregisterSendCallback: this.props.unregisterSendCallback,
           }: BaseInputState);
         },
       ),
     );
 
   typeaheadStateSelector: PropsAndState => TypeaheadInputState = createSelector(
     (propsAndState: PropsAndState) => propsAndState.typeaheadState,
     (typeaheadState: TypeaheadState) => ({
       typeaheadState,
       setTypeaheadState: this.setTypeaheadState,
     }),
   );
 
   inputStateSelector: CombinedInputState => InputState = createSelector(
     (state: CombinedInputState) => state.inputBaseState,
     (state: CombinedInputState) => state.typeaheadState,
     (inputBaseState: BaseInputState, typeaheadState: TypeaheadInputState) => ({
       ...inputBaseState,
       ...typeaheadState,
     }),
   );
 
   getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID: string): string {
     return this.props.pendingRealizedThreadIDs.get(threadID) ?? threadID;
   }
 
   async appendFiles(
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     files: $ReadOnlyArray<File>,
   ): Promise<boolean> {
     const selectionTime = Date.now();
     const { pushModal } = this.props;
 
     const appendResults = await Promise.all(
       files.map(file => this.appendFile(threadInfo, file, selectionTime)),
     );
 
     if (appendResults.some(({ result }) => !result.success)) {
       pushModal(<InvalidUploadModal />);
 
       const time = Date.now() - selectionTime;
       const reports = [];
       for (const appendResult of appendResults) {
         const { steps } = appendResult;
         let { result } = appendResult;
         let uploadLocalID;
         if (result.success) {
           uploadLocalID = result.pendingUpload.localID;
           result = { success: false, reason: 'web_sibling_validation_failed' };
         }
         const mediaMission = { steps, result, userTime: time, totalTime: time };
         reports.push({ mediaMission, uploadLocalID });
       }
       this.queueMediaMissionReports(reports);
 
       return false;
     }
 
     const newUploads = appendResults.map(({ result }) => {
       invariant(result.success, 'any failed validation should be caught above');
       return result.pendingUpload;
     });
 
     const newUploadsObject = _keyBy('localID')(newUploads);
     this.setState(
       prevState => {
         const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadInfo.id);
         const prevUploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
         const mergedUploads = prevUploads
           ? { ...prevUploads, ...newUploadsObject }
           : newUploadsObject;
         return {
           pendingUploads: {
             ...prevState.pendingUploads,
             [newThreadID]: mergedUploads,
           },
         };
       },
       () => this.uploadFiles(threadInfo, newUploads),
     );
     return true;
   }
 
   async appendFile(
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     file: File,
     selectTime: number,
   ): Promise<{
     steps: $ReadOnlyArray<MediaMissionStep>,
     result:
       | MediaMissionFailure
       | { success: true, pendingUpload: PendingMultimediaUpload },
   }> {
     const steps: MediaMissionStep[] = [
       {
         step: 'web_selection',
         filename: file.name,
         size: file.size,
         mime: file.type,
         selectTime,
       },
     ];
 
     let response;
     const validationStart = Date.now();
     try {
       response = await validateFile(file);
     } catch (e) {
       return {
         steps,
         result: {
           success: false,
           reason: 'processing_exception',
           time: Date.now() - validationStart,
           exceptionMessage: getMessageForException(e),
         },
       };
     }
     const { steps: validationSteps, result } = response;
     steps.push(...validationSteps);
     if (!result.success) {
       return { steps, result };
     }
     const { uri, file: fixedFile, mediaType, dimensions } = result;
 
     const shouldEncrypt = this.shouldEncryptMedia(threadInfo);
 
     let encryptionResult;
     if (shouldEncrypt) {
       let encryptionResponse;
       const encryptionStart = Date.now();
       try {
         encryptionResponse = await encryptFile(fixedFile);
       } catch (e) {
         return {
           steps,
           result: {
             success: false,
             reason: 'encryption_exception',
             time: Date.now() - encryptionStart,
             exceptionMessage: getMessageForException(e),
           },
         };
       }
       steps.push(...encryptionResponse.steps);
       encryptionResult = encryptionResponse.result;
     }
     if (encryptionResult && !encryptionResult.success) {
       return { steps, result: encryptionResult };
     }
 
     const { steps: thumbHashSteps, result: thumbHashResult } =
       await generateThumbHash(fixedFile, encryptionResult?.encryptionKey);
     const thumbHash = thumbHashResult.success
       ? thumbHashResult.thumbHash
       : null;
     steps.push(...thumbHashSteps);
 
     return {
       steps,
       result: {
         success: true,
         pendingUpload: {
           localID: getNextLocalUploadID(),
           serverID: null,
           messageID: null,
           failed: false,
           file: encryptionResult?.file ?? fixedFile,
           mediaType: encryptionResult ? 'encrypted_photo' : mediaType,
           dimensions,
           uri: encryptionResult?.uri ?? uri,
           loop: false,
           uriIsReal: false,
           canBeSent: false,
           blobHolder: null,
           blobHash: encryptionResult?.sha256Hash,
           encryptionKey: encryptionResult?.encryptionKey,
           thumbHash,
           progressPercent: 0,
           abort: null,
           steps,
           selectTime,
           shouldEncrypt,
         },
       },
     };
   }
 
   uploadFiles(
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     uploads: $ReadOnlyArray<PendingMultimediaUpload>,
   ): Promise<mixed> {
     return Promise.all(
       uploads.map(upload => this.uploadFile(threadInfo, upload)),
     );
   }
 
   async uploadFile(threadInfo: ThreadInfo, upload: PendingMultimediaUpload) {
     const { selectTime, localID, encryptionKey } = upload;
     const threadID = threadInfo.id;
     const isThickThread = threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type);
     const isEncrypted =
       !!encryptionKey &&
       (upload.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo' ||
         upload.mediaType === 'encrypted_video');
 
     const steps = [...upload.steps];
     let userTime;
 
     const { identityContext } = this.props;
     invariant(identityContext, 'Identity context should be set');
 
     const sendReport = (missionResult: MediaMissionResult) => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
       const latestUpload = this.state.pendingUploads[newThreadID][localID];
       invariant(
         latestUpload,
         `pendingUpload ${localID} for ${newThreadID} missing in sendReport`,
       );
       const { serverID, messageID } = latestUpload;
       const totalTime = Date.now() - selectTime;
       userTime = userTime ? userTime : totalTime;
       const mission = { steps, result: missionResult, totalTime, userTime };
       this.queueMediaMissionReports([
         {
           mediaMission: mission,
           uploadLocalID: localID,
           uploadServerID: serverID,
           messageLocalID: messageID,
         },
       ]);
     };
 
     let uploadResult, uploadExceptionMessage;
     const uploadStart = Date.now();
     try {
       const callbacks = {
         onProgress: (percent: number) =>
           this.setProgress(threadID, localID, percent),
         abortHandler: (abort: () => void) =>
           this.handleAbortCallback(threadID, localID, abort),
       };
       const useBlobService = isThickThread || this.useBlobServiceUploads;
       if (
         useBlobService &&
         (upload.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo' ||
           upload.mediaType === 'encrypted_video')
       ) {
         const { blobHash, dimensions, thumbHash } = upload;
         invariant(
           encryptionKey && blobHash && dimensions,
           'incomplete encrypted upload',
         );
 
         uploadResult = await this.props.blobServiceUpload({
           uploadInput: {
             blobInput: {
               type: 'file',
               file: upload.file,
             },
             blobHash,
             encryptionKey,
             dimensions,
             loop: false,
             thumbHash,
           },
           keyserverOrThreadID: isThickThread ? null : threadID,
           callbacks,
         });
       } else {
         let uploadExtras = {
           ...upload.dimensions,
           loop: false,
           thumbHash: upload.thumbHash,
         };
         if (encryptionKey) {
           uploadExtras = { ...uploadExtras, encryptionKey };
         }
         uploadResult = await this.props.uploadMultimedia(
           upload.file,
           uploadExtras,
           callbacks,
         );
       }
     } catch (e) {
       uploadExceptionMessage = getMessageForException(e);
       this.handleUploadFailure(threadID, localID);
     }
     userTime = Date.now() - selectTime;
     steps.push({
       step: 'upload',
       success: !!uploadResult,
       exceptionMessage: uploadExceptionMessage,
       time: Date.now() - uploadStart,
       inputFilename: upload.file.name,
       outputMediaType: uploadResult && uploadResult.mediaType,
       outputURI: uploadResult && uploadResult.uri,
       outputDimensions: uploadResult && uploadResult.dimensions,
       outputLoop: uploadResult && uploadResult.loop,
     });
     if (!uploadResult) {
       sendReport({
         success: false,
         reason: 'http_upload_failed',
         exceptionMessage: uploadExceptionMessage,
       });
       return;
     }
     const result = uploadResult;
     const outputMediaType = isEncrypted ? 'encrypted_photo' : result.mediaType;
 
     const successThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
     const uploadAfterSuccess =
       this.state.pendingUploads[successThreadID][localID];
     invariant(
       uploadAfterSuccess,
       `pendingUpload ${localID}/${result.id} for ${successThreadID} missing ` +
         `after upload`,
     );
     if (uploadAfterSuccess.messageID) {
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: updateMultimediaMessageMediaActionType,
         payload: {
           messageID: uploadAfterSuccess.messageID,
           currentMediaID: localID,
           mediaUpdate: {
             id: result.id,
           },
         },
       });
     }
 
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
       const uploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
       const currentUpload = uploads[localID];
       invariant(
         currentUpload,
         `pendingUpload ${localID}/${result.id} for ${newThreadID} ` +
           `missing while assigning serverID`,
       );
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [newThreadID]: {
             ...uploads,
             [localID]: {
               ...currentUpload,
               serverID: result.id,
               blobHolder: result.blobHolder,
               abort: null,
               // For thin threads we can send message right after serverID
               // is present, but for thick threads we need to wait until
               // a "real" Blob URI is assigned to the message.
               canBeSent: !isThickThread,
             },
           },
         },
       };
     });
 
     if (encryptionKey) {
       const authMetadata = await identityContext.getAuthMetadata();
       const { steps: preloadSteps } = await preloadMediaResource(
         result.uri,
         authMetadata,
       );
       steps.push(...preloadSteps);
     } else {
       const { steps: preloadSteps } = await preloadImage(result.uri);
       steps.push(...preloadSteps);
     }
     sendReport({ success: true });
 
     const preloadThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
     const uploadAfterPreload =
       this.state.pendingUploads[preloadThreadID][localID];
     invariant(
       uploadAfterPreload,
       `pendingUpload ${localID}/${result.id} for ${preloadThreadID} missing ` +
         `after preload`,
     );
     if (uploadAfterPreload.messageID) {
       const { mediaType, uri, dimensions } = result;
       const { thumbHash } = upload;
       let mediaUpdate = {
         dimensions,
         ...(thumbHash ? { thumbHash } : undefined),
       };
       if (!isEncrypted) {
         mediaUpdate = {
           ...mediaUpdate,
           type: mediaType,
           uri,
         };
       } else {
         mediaUpdate = {
           ...mediaUpdate,
           type: outputMediaType,
           blobURI: uri,
           encryptionKey,
         };
       }
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: updateMultimediaMessageMediaActionType,
         payload: {
           messageID: uploadAfterPreload.messageID,
           currentMediaID: result.id ?? uploadAfterPreload.localID,
           mediaUpdate,
         },
       });
     }
 
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
       const uploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
       const currentUpload = uploads[localID];
       invariant(
         currentUpload,
         `pendingUpload ${localID}/${result.id} for ${newThreadID} ` +
           `missing while assigning URI`,
       );
       const { messageID } = currentUpload;
       if (messageID && !messageID.startsWith(localIDPrefix)) {
         const newPendingUploads = _omit([localID])(uploads);
         return {
           pendingUploads: {
             ...prevState.pendingUploads,
             [newThreadID]: newPendingUploads,
           },
         };
       }
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [newThreadID]: {
             ...uploads,
             [localID]: {
               ...currentUpload,
               uri: result.uri,
               mediaType: outputMediaType,
               dimensions: result.dimensions,
               loop: result.loop,
               uriIsReal: true,
               canBeSent: true,
             },
           },
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   handleAbortCallback(
     threadID: string,
     localUploadID: string,
     abort: () => void,
   ) {
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
       const uploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
       const upload = uploads[localUploadID];
       if (!upload) {
         // The upload has been cancelled before we were even handed the
         // abort function. We should immediately abort.
         abort();
       }
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [newThreadID]: {
             ...uploads,
             [localUploadID]: {
               ...upload,
               abort,
             },
           },
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   handleUploadFailure(threadID: string, localUploadID: string) {
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
       const uploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
       const upload = uploads[localUploadID];
       if (!upload || !upload.abort || upload.serverID) {
         // The upload has been cancelled or completed before it failed
         return {};
       }
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [newThreadID]: {
             ...uploads,
             [localUploadID]: {
               ...upload,
               failed: true,
               progressPercent: 0,
               abort: null,
             },
           },
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   queueMediaMissionReports(
     partials: $ReadOnlyArray<{
       mediaMission: MediaMission,
       uploadLocalID?: ?string,
       uploadServerID?: ?string,
       messageLocalID?: ?string,
     }>,
   ) {
     const reports = partials.map(
       ({ mediaMission, uploadLocalID, uploadServerID, messageLocalID }) => ({
         type: reportTypes.MEDIA_MISSION,
         time: Date.now(),
         platformDetails: getConfig().platformDetails,
         mediaMission,
         uploadServerID,
         uploadLocalID,
         messageLocalID,
         id: generateReportID(),
       }),
     );
     this.props.dispatch({ type: queueReportsActionType, payload: { reports } });
   }
 
   cancelPendingUpload = (threadInfo: ThreadInfo, localUploadID: string) => {
     let revokeURL: ?string, abortRequest: ?() => void;
     this.setState(
       prevState => {
         const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadInfo.id);
         const currentPendingUploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
         if (!currentPendingUploads) {
           return {};
         }
         const pendingUpload = currentPendingUploads[localUploadID];
         if (!pendingUpload) {
           return {};
         }
         if (!pendingUpload.uriIsReal) {
           revokeURL = pendingUpload.uri;
         }
         if (pendingUpload.abort) {
           abortRequest = pendingUpload.abort;
         }
         if (pendingUpload.serverID) {
           const { serverID } = pendingUpload;
           if (!threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type)) {
             void this.props.deleteUpload({
               id: serverID,
               keyserverOrThreadID: threadInfo.id,
             });
           }
           if (isBlobServiceURI(pendingUpload.uri)) {
             const identityContext = this.props.identityContext;
             invariant(identityContext, 'Identity context should be set');
             invariant(
               pendingUpload.blobHolder,
               'blob service upload has no holder',
             );
             const endpoint = blobService.httpEndpoints.DELETE_BLOB;
             const holder = pendingUpload.blobHolder;
             const blobHash = blobHashFromBlobServiceURI(pendingUpload.uri);
             void (async () => {
               const authMetadata = await identityContext.getAuthMetadata();
               const defaultHeaders =
                 createDefaultHTTPRequestHeaders(authMetadata);
               await fetch(makeBlobServiceEndpointURL(endpoint), {
                 method: endpoint.method,
                 body: JSON.stringify({
                   holder,
                   blob_hash: blobHash,
                 }),
                 headers: {
                   ...defaultHeaders,
                   'content-type': 'application/json',
                 },
               });
             })();
           }
         }
         const newPendingUploads = _omit([localUploadID])(currentPendingUploads);
         return {
           pendingUploads: {
             ...prevState.pendingUploads,
             [newThreadID]: newPendingUploads,
           },
         };
       },
       () => {
         if (revokeURL) {
           URL.revokeObjectURL(revokeURL);
         }
         if (abortRequest) {
           abortRequest();
         }
       },
     );
   };
 
   async sendTextMessage(
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     inputThreadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   ) {
     this.props.sendCallbacks.forEach(callback => callback());
 
     const { localID } = messageInfo;
     invariant(
       localID !== null && localID !== undefined,
       'localID should be set',
     );
     if (threadIsPendingSidebar(inputThreadInfo.id)) {
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.add(localID);
     }
 
     if (!threadIsPending(inputThreadInfo.id)) {
       void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
         sendTextMessageActionTypes,
         this.sendTextMessageAction(
           messageInfo,
           inputThreadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
         ),
         undefined,
         messageInfo,
       );
       return;
     }
 
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: sendTextMessageActionTypes.started,
       payload: messageInfo,
     });
 
     let threadInfo = inputThreadInfo;
     const { viewerID } = this.props;
     if (viewerID && threadTypeIsSidebar(inputThreadInfo.type)) {
       invariant(parentThreadInfo, 'sidebar should have parent');
       threadInfo = patchThreadInfoToIncludeMentionedMembersOfParent(
         inputThreadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
         messageInfo.text,
         viewerID,
       );
       if (threadInfo !== inputThreadInfo) {
         this.props.dispatch({
           type: updateNavInfoActionType,
           payload: { pendingThread: threadInfo },
         });
       }
     }
 
     let threadCreationResult = null;
     try {
       threadCreationResult = await this.startThreadCreation(threadInfo);
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = messageInfo.localID;
       copy.threadID = messageInfo.threadID;
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: sendTextMessageActionTypes.failed,
         payload: copy,
         error: true,
       });
       return;
     } finally {
       this.pendingThreadCreations.delete(threadInfo.id);
     }
 
     const newMessageInfo = {
       ...messageInfo,
       threadID: threadCreationResult?.threadID,
       time: Date.now(),
     };
 
     const newThreadInfo = {
       ...threadInfo,
       id: threadCreationResult?.threadID,
       type: threadCreationResult?.threadType ?? threadInfo.type,
     };
     void this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       sendTextMessageActionTypes,
       this.sendTextMessageAction(
         newMessageInfo,
         newThreadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
       ),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
     );
   }
 
   async sendTextMessageAction(
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     try {
       if (!threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type)) {
         await this.props.textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc(
           messageInfo,
           threadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
         );
       }
       const { localID } = messageInfo;
       invariant(
         localID !== null && localID !== undefined,
         'localID should be set',
       );
       const sidebarCreation =
         this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.has(localID);
       const result = await this.props.sendTextMessage(
         messageInfo,
         threadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
         sidebarCreation,
       );
       if (threadTypeIsThick(threadInfo.type)) {
         await this.props.textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc(
           messageInfo,
           threadInfo,
           parentThreadInfo,
         );
       }
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = messageInfo.localID;
       copy.threadID = messageInfo.threadID;
       throw copy;
     }
   }
 
   // Creates a MultimediaMessage from the unassigned pending uploads,
   // if there are any
   createMultimediaMessage(threadInfo: ThreadInfo) {
     this.props.sendCallbacks.forEach(callback => callback());
 
     const localMessageID = getNextLocalID();
     void this.startThreadCreation(threadInfo);
 
     if (threadIsPendingSidebar(threadInfo.id)) {
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.add(localMessageID);
     }
 
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadInfo.id);
       const currentPendingUploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
       if (!currentPendingUploads) {
         return {};
       }
       const newPendingUploads: { [string]: PendingMultimediaUpload } = {};
       let uploadAssigned = false;
       for (const localUploadID in currentPendingUploads) {
         const upload = currentPendingUploads[localUploadID];
         if (upload.messageID) {
           newPendingUploads[localUploadID] = upload;
         } else {
           const newUpload = {
             ...upload,
             messageID: localMessageID,
           };
           uploadAssigned = true;
           newPendingUploads[localUploadID] = newUpload;
         }
       }
       if (!uploadAssigned) {
         return {};
       }
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [newThreadID]: newPendingUploads,
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   setDraft(threadID: ?string, draft: string) {
     invariant(threadID, 'threadID should be set in setDraft');
 
     const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: 'UPDATE_DRAFT',
       payload: {
         key: draftKeyFromThreadID(newThreadID),
         text: draft,
       },
     });
   }
 
   setTextCursorPosition(threadID: ?string, newPosition: number) {
     invariant(threadID, 'threadID should be set in setTextCursorPosition');
 
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
       return {
         textCursorPositions: {
           ...prevState.textCursorPositions,
           [newThreadID]: newPosition,
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   setTypeaheadState = (newState: Partial<TypeaheadState>) => {
     this.setState(prevState => ({
       typeaheadState: {
         ...prevState.typeaheadState,
         ...newState,
       },
     }));
   };
 
   setProgress(
     threadID: string,
     localUploadID: string,
     progressPercent: number,
   ) {
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadID);
       const pendingUploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
       if (!pendingUploads) {
         return {};
       }
       const pendingUpload = pendingUploads[localUploadID];
       if (!pendingUpload) {
         return {};
       }
       const newPendingUploads = {
         ...pendingUploads,
         [localUploadID]: {
           ...pendingUpload,
           progressPercent,
         },
       };
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [newThreadID]: newPendingUploads,
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   messageHasUploadFailure(
     pendingUploads: ?$ReadOnlyArray<PendingMultimediaUpload>,
   ): boolean {
     if (!pendingUploads) {
       return false;
     }
     return pendingUploads.some(upload => upload.failed);
   }
 
   retryMultimediaMessage(
     localMessageID: string,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     pendingUploads: ?$ReadOnlyArray<PendingMultimediaUpload>,
   ) {
     this.props.sendCallbacks.forEach(callback => callback());
 
     const rawMessageInfo = this.getRawMultimediaMessageInfo(localMessageID);
     let newRawMessageInfo;
     // This conditional is for Flow
     if (rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA) {
       newRawMessageInfo = ({
         ...rawMessageInfo,
         time: Date.now(),
       }: RawMediaMessageInfo);
     } else {
       newRawMessageInfo = ({
         ...rawMessageInfo,
         time: Date.now(),
       }: RawImagesMessageInfo);
     }
 
     void this.startThreadCreation(threadInfo);
 
     if (threadIsPendingSidebar(threadInfo.id)) {
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.add(localMessageID);
     }
 
     const completed = InputStateContainer.completedMessageIDs(this.state);
     if (completed.has(localMessageID)) {
       void this.sendMultimediaMessage(newRawMessageInfo);
       return;
     }
 
     if (!pendingUploads) {
       return;
     }
 
     // We're not actually starting the send here,
     // we just use this action to update the message's timestamp in Redux
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes.started,
       payload: newRawMessageInfo,
     });
 
     const uploadIDsToRetry = new Set<string>();
     const uploadsToRetry = [];
     for (const pendingUpload of pendingUploads) {
       const { serverID, messageID, localID, abort } = pendingUpload;
       if (serverID || messageID !== localMessageID) {
         continue;
       }
       if (abort) {
         abort();
       }
       uploadIDsToRetry.add(localID);
       uploadsToRetry.push(pendingUpload);
     }
 
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const newThreadID = this.getRealizedOrPendingThreadID(threadInfo.id);
       const prevPendingUploads = prevState.pendingUploads[newThreadID];
       if (!prevPendingUploads) {
         return {};
       }
       const newPendingUploads: { [string]: PendingMultimediaUpload } = {};
       let pendingUploadChanged = false;
       for (const localID in prevPendingUploads) {
         const pendingUpload = prevPendingUploads[localID];
         if (uploadIDsToRetry.has(localID) && !pendingUpload.serverID) {
           newPendingUploads[localID] = {
             ...pendingUpload,
             failed: false,
             progressPercent: 0,
             abort: null,
           };
           pendingUploadChanged = true;
         } else {
           newPendingUploads[localID] = pendingUpload;
         }
       }
       if (!pendingUploadChanged) {
         return {};
       }
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [newThreadID]: newPendingUploads,
         },
       };
     });
 
     void this.uploadFiles(threadInfo, uploadsToRetry);
   }
 
   addReply = (message: string) => {
     this.replyCallbacks.forEach(addReplyCallback => addReplyCallback(message));
   };
 
   addReplyListener = (callbackReply: (message: string) => void) => {
     this.replyCallbacks.push(callbackReply);
   };
 
   removeReplyListener = (callbackReply: (message: string) => void) => {
     this.replyCallbacks = this.replyCallbacks.filter(
       candidate => candidate !== callbackReply,
     );
   };
 
   render(): React.Node {
     const { activeChatThreadID } = this.props;
 
     // we're going with two selectors as we want to avoid
     // recreation of chat state setter functions on typeahead state updates
     const inputBaseState = this.inputBaseStateSelector(activeChatThreadID)({
       ...this.state,
       ...this.props,
     });
 
     const typeaheadState = this.typeaheadStateSelector({
       ...this.state,
       ...this.props,
     });
 
     const inputState = this.inputStateSelector({
       inputBaseState,
       typeaheadState,
     });
 
     return (
       <InputStateContext.Provider value={inputState}>
         {this.props.children}
       </InputStateContext.Provider>
     );
   }
 }
 
 const ConnectedInputStateContainer: React.ComponentType<BaseProps> =
   React.memo<BaseProps>(function ConnectedInputStateContainer(props) {
     const activeChatThreadID = useSelector(
       state => state.navInfo.activeChatThreadID,
     );
     const drafts = useSelector(state => state.draftStore.drafts);
     const viewerID = useSelector(
       state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
     );
     const messageStoreMessages = useSelector(
       state => state.messageStore.messages,
     );
     const pendingToRealizedThreadIDs = useSelector(state =>
       pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector(state.threadStore.threadInfos),
     );
     const calendarQuery = useSelector(nonThreadCalendarQuery);
     const callUploadMultimedia = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(uploadMultimedia);
     const callBlobServiceUpload = useBlobServiceUpload();
     const callDeleteUpload = useDeleteUpload();
     const callSendMultimediaMessage =
       useInputStateContainerSendMultimediaMessage();
     const callSendTextMessage = useInputStateContainerSendTextMessage();
     const callNewThinThread = useNewThinThread();
     const callNewThickThread = useNewThickThread();
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const modalContext = useModalContext();
     const identityContext = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
 
     const [sendCallbacks, setSendCallbacks] = React.useState<
       $ReadOnlyArray<() => mixed>,
     >([]);
     const registerSendCallback = React.useCallback((callback: () => mixed) => {
       setSendCallbacks(prevCallbacks => [...prevCallbacks, callback]);
     }, []);
     const unregisterSendCallback = React.useCallback(
       (callback: () => mixed) => {
         setSendCallbacks(prevCallbacks =>
           prevCallbacks.filter(candidate => candidate !== callback),
         );
       },
       [],
     );
     const textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc =
       useMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc<RawTextMessageInfo>(messageTypes.TEXT);
     const usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs = useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs();
-    const auxUserInfos = useSelector(state => state.auxUserStore.auxUserInfos);
 
     return (
       <InputStateContainer
         {...props}
         activeChatThreadID={activeChatThreadID}
         drafts={drafts}
         viewerID={viewerID}
         messageStoreMessages={messageStoreMessages}
         pendingRealizedThreadIDs={pendingToRealizedThreadIDs}
         calendarQuery={calendarQuery}
         uploadMultimedia={callUploadMultimedia}
         blobServiceUpload={callBlobServiceUpload}
         deleteUpload={callDeleteUpload}
         sendMultimediaMessage={callSendMultimediaMessage}
         sendTextMessage={callSendTextMessage}
         newThinThread={callNewThinThread}
         newThickThread={callNewThickThread}
         dispatch={dispatch}
         dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
         pushModal={modalContext.pushModal}
         sendCallbacks={sendCallbacks}
         registerSendCallback={registerSendCallback}
         unregisterSendCallback={unregisterSendCallback}
         textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc={textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc}
         identityContext={identityContext}
         usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs={usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs}
-        auxUserInfos={auxUserInfos}
       />
     );
   });
 
 export default ConnectedInputStateContainer;
diff --git a/web/utils/thread-utils.js b/web/utils/thread-utils.js
index 077724ba3..bf7462fa4 100644
--- a/web/utils/thread-utils.js
+++ b/web/utils/thread-utils.js
@@ -1,117 +1,138 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from 'lib/hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import { useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs } from 'lib/hooks/flag-hooks.js';
+import { useUsersSupportThickThreads } from 'lib/hooks/user-identities-hooks.js';
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { userInfoSelectorForPotentialMembers } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import {
   createPendingThread,
   useExistingThreadInfoFinder,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { AccountUserInfo } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 type InfosForPendingThread = {
   +isChatCreation: boolean,
   +selectedUserInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<AccountUserInfo>,
   +otherUserInfos: { [id: string]: AccountUserInfo },
 };
 
 function useInfosForPendingThread(): InfosForPendingThread {
   const isChatCreation = useSelector(
     state => state.navInfo.chatMode === 'create',
   );
   const selectedUserInfos = useSelector(
     state => state.navInfo.selectedUserList ?? [],
   );
   const otherUserInfos = useSelector(userInfoSelectorForPotentialMembers);
   return {
     isChatCreation,
     selectedUserInfos,
     otherUserInfos,
   };
 }
 
 function useThreadInfoForPossiblyPendingThread(
   activeChatThreadID: ?string,
 ): ?ThreadInfo {
   const { isChatCreation, selectedUserInfos } = useInfosForPendingThread();
 
   const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
   invariant(loggedInUserInfo, 'loggedInUserInfo should be set');
 
   const pendingPrivateThread = React.useRef(
     createPendingThread({
       viewerID: loggedInUserInfo.id,
       threadType: threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE,
       members: [loggedInUserInfo],
     }),
   );
 
   const usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs = useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs();
 
   const threadType = usingOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs
     ? threadTypes.PRIVATE
     : threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE;
 
   const newThreadID = 'pending/new_thread';
   const pendingNewThread = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       ...createPendingThread({
         viewerID: loggedInUserInfo.id,
         threadType,
         members: [loggedInUserInfo],
         name: 'New thread',
       }),
       id: newThreadID,
     }),
     [loggedInUserInfo, threadType],
   );
   const existingThreadInfoFinderForCreatingThread = useExistingThreadInfoFinder(
     pendingPrivateThread.current,
   );
 
   const baseThreadInfo = useSelector(state => {
     if (activeChatThreadID) {
       const activeThreadInfo = threadInfoSelector(state)[activeChatThreadID];
       if (activeThreadInfo) {
         return activeThreadInfo;
       }
     }
     return state.navInfo.pendingThread;
   });
   const existingThreadInfoFinder = useExistingThreadInfoFinder(baseThreadInfo);
+  const checkUsersThickThreadSupport = useUsersSupportThickThreads();
+
+  const [allUsersSupportThickThreads, setAllUsersSupportThickThreads] =
+    React.useState(false);
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    void (async () => {
+      const usersSupportingThickThreads = await checkUsersThickThreadSupport(
+        selectedUserInfos.map(user => user.id),
+      );
+      setAllUsersSupportThickThreads(
+        selectedUserInfos.every(userInfo =>
+          usersSupportingThickThreads.has(userInfo.id),
+        ),
+      );
+    })();
+  }, [checkUsersThickThreadSupport, selectedUserInfos]);
+
   const threadInfo = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (isChatCreation) {
       if (selectedUserInfos.length === 0) {
         return pendingNewThread;
       }
 
       return existingThreadInfoFinderForCreatingThread({
         searching: true,
         userInfoInputArray: selectedUserInfos,
+        allUsersSupportThickThreads,
       });
     }
 
     return existingThreadInfoFinder({
       searching: false,
       userInfoInputArray: [],
+      allUsersSupportThickThreads: true,
     });
   }, [
+    allUsersSupportThickThreads,
     existingThreadInfoFinder,
     existingThreadInfoFinderForCreatingThread,
     isChatCreation,
     pendingNewThread,
     selectedUserInfos,
   ]);
 
   return threadInfo;
 }
 
 export { useThreadInfoForPossiblyPendingThread, useInfosForPendingThread };