diff --git a/lib/selectors/server-calls.js b/lib/selectors/server-calls.js
index d7a630fe1..ebb72ab66 100644
--- a/lib/selectors/server-calls.js
+++ b/lib/selectors/server-calls.js
@@ -1,63 +1,63 @@
 // @flow
 
 import _memoize from 'lodash/memoize.js';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
 import {
   cookieSelector,
   sessionIDSelector,
   urlPrefixSelector,
   connectionSelector,
   lastCommunicatedPlatformDetailsSelector,
 } from './keyserver-selectors.js';
 import type { PlatformDetails } from '../types/device-types.js';
 import type { AppState } from '../types/redux-types.js';
-import type {
-  ConnectionInfo,
-  ConnectionStatus,
-} from '../types/socket-types.js';
+import type { ConnectionInfo } from '../types/socket-types.js';
 import { type CurrentUserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 
 export type ServerCallState = {
   +cookie: ?string,
   +urlPrefix: ?string,
   +sessionID: ?string,
   +currentUserInfo: ?CurrentUserInfo,
-  +connectionStatus: ?ConnectionStatus,
+  +isSocketConnected: ?boolean,
   +lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
 };
 
 const baseServerCallStateSelector: (
   keyserverID: string,
 ) => (state: AppState) => ServerCallState = keyserverID =>
   createSelector(
     cookieSelector(keyserverID),
     urlPrefixSelector(keyserverID),
     sessionIDSelector(keyserverID),
     (state: AppState) => state.currentUserInfo,
     connectionSelector(keyserverID),
     lastCommunicatedPlatformDetailsSelector(keyserverID),
     (
       cookie: ?string,
       urlPrefix: ?string,
       sessionID: ?string,
       currentUserInfo: ?CurrentUserInfo,
       connectionInfo: ?ConnectionInfo,
       lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
     ) => ({
       cookie,
       urlPrefix,
       sessionID,
       currentUserInfo,
-      connectionStatus: connectionInfo?.status,
+      isSocketConnected:
+        connectionInfo?.status !== undefined
+          ? connectionInfo?.status === 'connected'
+          : undefined,
       lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
     }),
   );
 
 const serverCallStateSelector: (
   keyserverID: string,
 ) => (state: AppState) => ServerCallState = _memoize(
   baseServerCallStateSelector,
 );
 
 export { serverCallStateSelector };
diff --git a/lib/utils/action-utils.js b/lib/utils/action-utils.js
index 4ba3290ee..557a5a5d7 100644
--- a/lib/utils/action-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/action-utils.js
@@ -1,610 +1,611 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _memoize from 'lodash/memoize.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
 import callServerEndpoint from './call-server-endpoint.js';
 import type {
   CallServerEndpoint,
   CallServerEndpointOptions,
 } from './call-server-endpoint.js';
 import { getConfig } from './config.js';
 import { promiseAll } from './promises.js';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from './redux-utils.js';
 import { ashoatKeyserverID } from './validation-utils.js';
 import { serverCallStateSelector } from '../selectors/server-calls.js';
 import {
   logInActionSources,
   type LogInActionSource,
   type LogInStartingPayload,
   type LogInResult,
 } from '../types/account-types.js';
 import type { PlatformDetails } from '../types/device-types.js';
 import type { Endpoint, SocketAPIHandler } from '../types/endpoints.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from '../types/entry-types.js';
 import type { NotDeletedFilter } from '../types/filter-types.js';
 import type { LoadingOptions, LoadingInfo } from '../types/loading-types.js';
 import type {
   ActionPayload,
   Dispatch,
   PromisedAction,
   BaseAction,
 } from '../types/redux-types.js';
 import type {
   ClientSessionChange,
   PreRequestUserState,
 } from '../types/session-types.js';
-import type { ConnectionStatus } from '../types/socket-types.js';
 import type { CurrentUserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 
 function extractKeyserverIDFromID(id: string): string {
   return id.split('|')[0];
 }
 
 let nextPromiseIndex = 0;
 
 export type ActionTypes<
   STARTED_ACTION_TYPE: string,
   SUCCESS_ACTION_TYPE: string,
   FAILED_ACTION_TYPE: string,
 > = {
   started: STARTED_ACTION_TYPE,
   success: SUCCESS_ACTION_TYPE,
   failed: FAILED_ACTION_TYPE,
 };
 
 function wrapActionPromise<
   STARTED_ACTION_TYPE: string,
   STARTED_PAYLOAD: ActionPayload,
   SUCCESS_ACTION_TYPE: string,
   SUCCESS_PAYLOAD: ActionPayload,
   FAILED_ACTION_TYPE: string,
 >(
   actionTypes: ActionTypes<
     STARTED_ACTION_TYPE,
     SUCCESS_ACTION_TYPE,
     FAILED_ACTION_TYPE,
   >,
   promise: Promise<SUCCESS_PAYLOAD>,
   loadingOptions: ?LoadingOptions,
   startingPayload: ?STARTED_PAYLOAD,
 ): PromisedAction {
   const loadingInfo: LoadingInfo = {
     fetchIndex: nextPromiseIndex++,
     trackMultipleRequests: !!loadingOptions?.trackMultipleRequests,
     customKeyName: loadingOptions?.customKeyName || null,
   };
   return async (dispatch: Dispatch): Promise<void> => {
     const startAction = startingPayload
       ? {
           type: (actionTypes.started: STARTED_ACTION_TYPE),
           loadingInfo,
           payload: (startingPayload: STARTED_PAYLOAD),
         }
       : {
           type: (actionTypes.started: STARTED_ACTION_TYPE),
           loadingInfo,
         };
     dispatch(startAction);
     try {
       const result = await promise;
       dispatch({
         type: (actionTypes.success: SUCCESS_ACTION_TYPE),
         payload: (result: SUCCESS_PAYLOAD),
         loadingInfo,
       });
     } catch (e) {
       console.log(e);
       dispatch({
         type: (actionTypes.failed: FAILED_ACTION_TYPE),
         error: true,
         payload: (e: Error),
         loadingInfo,
       });
     }
   };
 }
 
 export type DispatchActionPromise = <
   STARTED: BaseAction,
   SUCCESS: BaseAction,
   FAILED: BaseAction,
 >(
   actionTypes: ActionTypes<
     $PropertyType<STARTED, 'type'>,
     $PropertyType<SUCCESS, 'type'>,
     $PropertyType<FAILED, 'type'>,
   >,
   promise: Promise<$PropertyType<SUCCESS, 'payload'>>,
   loadingOptions?: LoadingOptions,
   startingPayload?: $PropertyType<STARTED, 'payload'>,
 ) => Promise<void>;
 
 function useDispatchActionPromise(): DispatchActionPromise {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   return React.useMemo(() => createDispatchActionPromise(dispatch), [dispatch]);
 }
 
 function createDispatchActionPromise(dispatch: Dispatch) {
   const dispatchActionPromise = function <
     STARTED: BaseAction,
     SUCCESS: BaseAction,
     FAILED: BaseAction,
   >(
     actionTypes: ActionTypes<
       $PropertyType<STARTED, 'type'>,
       $PropertyType<SUCCESS, 'type'>,
       $PropertyType<FAILED, 'type'>,
     >,
     promise: Promise<$PropertyType<SUCCESS, 'payload'>>,
     loadingOptions?: LoadingOptions,
     startingPayload?: $PropertyType<STARTED, 'payload'>,
   ): Promise<void> {
     return dispatch(
       wrapActionPromise(actionTypes, promise, loadingOptions, startingPayload),
     );
   };
   return dispatchActionPromise;
 }
 
 export type DispatchFunctions = {
   +dispatch: Dispatch,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
 };
 
 let currentlyWaitingForNewCookie = false;
 let serverEndpointCallsWaitingForNewCookie: ((
   callServerEndpoint: ?CallServerEndpoint,
 ) => void)[] = [];
 
 export type DispatchRecoveryAttempt = (
   actionTypes: ActionTypes<'LOG_IN_STARTED', 'LOG_IN_SUCCESS', 'LOG_IN_FAILED'>,
   promise: Promise<LogInResult>,
   startingPayload: LogInStartingPayload,
 ) => Promise<boolean>;
 
 const setNewSessionActionType = 'SET_NEW_SESSION';
 function setNewSession(
   dispatch: Dispatch,
   sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
   preRequestUserState: ?PreRequestUserState,
   error: ?string,
   logInActionSource: ?LogInActionSource,
   keyserverID: string,
 ) {
   dispatch({
     type: setNewSessionActionType,
     payload: {
       sessionChange,
       preRequestUserState,
       error,
       logInActionSource,
       keyserverID,
     },
   });
 }
 
 // This function calls resolveInvalidatedCookie, which dispatchs a log in action
 // using the native credentials. Note that we never actually specify a sessionID
 // here, on the assumption that only native clients will call this. (Native
 // clients don't specify a sessionID, indicating to the server that it should
 // use the cookieID as the sessionID.)
 async function fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials(
   dispatch: Dispatch,
   cookie: ?string,
   urlPrefix: string,
   logInActionSource: LogInActionSource,
   keyserverID: string,
   getInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage?: () => Promise<string>,
 ): Promise<?ClientSessionChange> {
   const resolveInvalidatedCookie = getConfig().resolveInvalidatedCookie;
   if (!resolveInvalidatedCookie) {
     return null;
   }
   let newSessionChange = null;
   let callServerEndpointCallback = null;
   const boundCallServerEndpoint = async (
     endpoint: Endpoint,
     data: { +[key: string]: mixed },
     options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
   ) => {
     const innerBoundSetNewSession = (
       sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
       error: ?string,
     ) => {
       newSessionChange = sessionChange;
       setNewSession(
         dispatch,
         sessionChange,
         null,
         error,
         logInActionSource,
         keyserverID,
       );
     };
     try {
       const result = await callServerEndpoint(
         cookie,
         innerBoundSetNewSession,
         () => new Promise(r => r(null)),
         () => new Promise(r => r(null)),
         urlPrefix,
         null,
-        'disconnected',
+        false,
         null,
         null,
         endpoint,
         data,
         dispatch,
         options,
         false,
         keyserverID,
       );
       if (callServerEndpointCallback) {
         callServerEndpointCallback(!!newSessionChange);
       }
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
       if (callServerEndpointCallback) {
         callServerEndpointCallback(!!newSessionChange);
       }
       throw e;
     }
   };
 
   const boundCallKeyserverEndpoint = (
     endpoint: Endpoint,
     requests: { +[keyserverID: string]: ?{ +[string]: mixed } },
     options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
   ) => {
     if (requests[keyserverID]) {
       const promises = {
         [keyserverID]: boundCallServerEndpoint(
           endpoint,
           requests[keyserverID],
           options,
         ),
       };
       return promiseAll(promises);
     }
     return Promise.resolve({});
   };
 
   const dispatchRecoveryAttempt = (
     actionTypes: ActionTypes<
       'LOG_IN_STARTED',
       'LOG_IN_SUCCESS',
       'LOG_IN_FAILED',
     >,
     promise: Promise<LogInResult>,
     inputStartingPayload: LogInStartingPayload,
   ) => {
     const startingPayload = { ...inputStartingPayload, logInActionSource };
     void dispatch(
       wrapActionPromise(actionTypes, promise, null, startingPayload),
     );
     return new Promise<boolean>(r => (callServerEndpointCallback = r));
   };
   await resolveInvalidatedCookie(
     boundCallServerEndpoint,
     boundCallKeyserverEndpoint,
     dispatchRecoveryAttempt,
     logInActionSource,
     keyserverID,
     getInitialNotificationsEncryptedMessage,
   );
   return newSessionChange;
 }
 
 // Third param is optional and gets called with newCookie if we get a new cookie
 // Necessary to propagate cookie in cookieInvalidationRecovery below
 function bindCookieAndUtilsIntoCallServerEndpoint(
   params: BindServerCallsParams,
 ): CallServerEndpoint {
   const {
     dispatch,
     cookie,
     urlPrefix,
     sessionID,
     currentUserInfo,
-    connectionStatus,
+    isSocketConnected,
     lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
     keyserverID,
   } = params;
   const loggedIn = !!(currentUserInfo && !currentUserInfo.anonymous && true);
   const boundSetNewSession = (
     sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
     error: ?string,
   ) =>
     setNewSession(
       dispatch,
       sessionChange,
       {
         currentUserInfo,
         cookiesAndSessions: { [keyserverID]: { cookie, sessionID } },
       },
       error,
       undefined,
       keyserverID,
     );
   // This function gets called before callServerEndpoint sends a request,
   // to make sure that we're not in the middle of trying to recover
   // an invalidated cookie
   const waitIfCookieInvalidated = () => {
     if (!getConfig().resolveInvalidatedCookie) {
       // If there is no resolveInvalidatedCookie function, just let the caller
       // callServerEndpoint instance continue
       return Promise.resolve(null);
     }
     if (!currentlyWaitingForNewCookie) {
       // Our cookie seems to be valid
       return Promise.resolve(null);
     }
     // Wait to run until we get our new cookie
     return new Promise<?CallServerEndpoint>(r =>
       serverEndpointCallsWaitingForNewCookie.push(r),
     );
   };
   // This function is a helper for the next function defined below
   const attemptToResolveInvalidation = async (
     sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
   ) => {
     const newAnonymousCookie = sessionChange.cookie;
     const newSessionChange = await fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials(
       dispatch,
       newAnonymousCookie,
       urlPrefix,
       logInActionSources.cookieInvalidationResolutionAttempt,
       keyserverID,
     );
 
     currentlyWaitingForNewCookie = false;
     const currentWaitingCalls = serverEndpointCallsWaitingForNewCookie;
     serverEndpointCallsWaitingForNewCookie = [];
 
     const newCallServerEndpoint = newSessionChange
       ? bindCookieAndUtilsIntoCallServerEndpoint({
           ...params,
           cookie: newSessionChange.cookie,
           sessionID: newSessionChange.sessionID,
           currentUserInfo: newSessionChange.currentUserInfo,
         })
       : null;
     for (const func of currentWaitingCalls) {
       func(newCallServerEndpoint);
     }
     return newCallServerEndpoint;
   };
   // If this function is called, callServerEndpoint got a response invalidating
   // its cookie, and is wondering if it should just like... give up?
   // Or if there's a chance at redemption
   const cookieInvalidationRecovery = (sessionChange: ClientSessionChange) => {
     if (!getConfig().resolveInvalidatedCookie) {
       // If there is no resolveInvalidatedCookie function, just let the caller
       // callServerEndpoint instance continue
       return Promise.resolve(null);
     }
     if (!loggedIn) {
       // We don't want to attempt any use native credentials of a logged out
       // user to log-in after a cookieInvalidation while logged out
       return Promise.resolve(null);
     }
     if (currentlyWaitingForNewCookie) {
       return new Promise<?CallServerEndpoint>(r =>
         serverEndpointCallsWaitingForNewCookie.push(r),
       );
     }
     currentlyWaitingForNewCookie = true;
     return attemptToResolveInvalidation(sessionChange);
   };
 
   return (
     endpoint: Endpoint,
     data: Object,
     options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
   ) =>
     callServerEndpoint(
       cookie,
       boundSetNewSession,
       waitIfCookieInvalidated,
       cookieInvalidationRecovery,
       urlPrefix,
       sessionID,
-      connectionStatus,
+      isSocketConnected,
       lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
       socketAPIHandler,
       endpoint,
       data,
       dispatch,
       options,
       loggedIn,
       keyserverID,
     );
 }
 
 export type ActionFunc<F> = (callServerEndpoint: CallServerEndpoint) => F;
 export type BindServerCall = <F>(serverCall: ActionFunc<F>) => F;
 export type BindServerCallsParams = {
   +dispatch: Dispatch,
   +cookie: ?string,
   +urlPrefix: string,
   +sessionID: ?string,
   +currentUserInfo: ?CurrentUserInfo,
-  +connectionStatus: ConnectionStatus,
+  +isSocketConnected: boolean,
   +lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
   +keyserverID: string,
 };
 
 // All server calls needs to include some information from the Redux state
 // (namely, the cookie). This information is used deep in the server call,
 // at the point where callServerEndpoint is called. We don't want to bother
 // propagating the cookie (and any future config info that callServerEndpoint
 // needs) through to the server calls so they can pass it to callServerEndpoint.
 // Instead, we "curry" the cookie onto callServerEndpoint within react-redux's
 // connect's mapStateToProps function, and then pass that "bound"
 // callServerEndpoint that no longer needs the cookie as a parameter on to
 // the server call.
 const baseCreateBoundServerCallsSelector = <F>(
   actionFunc: ActionFunc<F>,
 ): (BindServerCallsParams => F) =>
   createSelector(
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.dispatch,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.cookie,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.urlPrefix,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.sessionID,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.currentUserInfo,
-    (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.connectionStatus,
+    (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.isSocketConnected,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.keyserverID,
     (
       dispatch: Dispatch,
       cookie: ?string,
       urlPrefix: string,
       sessionID: ?string,
       currentUserInfo: ?CurrentUserInfo,
-      connectionStatus: ConnectionStatus,
+      isSocketConnected: boolean,
       lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
       keyserverID: string,
     ) => {
       const boundCallServerEndpoint = bindCookieAndUtilsIntoCallServerEndpoint({
         dispatch,
         cookie,
         urlPrefix,
         sessionID,
         currentUserInfo,
-        connectionStatus,
+        isSocketConnected,
         lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
         keyserverID,
       });
       return actionFunc(boundCallServerEndpoint);
     },
   );
 
 type CreateBoundServerCallsSelectorType = <F>(
   ActionFunc<F>,
 ) => BindServerCallsParams => F;
 const createBoundServerCallsSelector: CreateBoundServerCallsSelectorType =
   (_memoize(baseCreateBoundServerCallsSelector): any);
 
 function useServerCall<F>(
   serverCall: ActionFunc<F>,
   paramOverride?: ?Partial<BindServerCallsParams>,
 ): F {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const serverCallState = useSelector(
     serverCallStateSelector(ashoatKeyserverID),
   );
   return React.useMemo(() => {
-    const { urlPrefix, connectionStatus } = serverCallState;
+    const { urlPrefix, isSocketConnected } = serverCallState;
     invariant(
-      !!urlPrefix && !!connectionStatus,
+      !!urlPrefix &&
+        isSocketConnected !== undefined &&
+        isSocketConnected !== null,
       'keyserver missing from keyserverStore',
     );
 
     return createBoundServerCallsSelector(serverCall)({
       ...serverCallState,
       urlPrefix,
-      connectionStatus,
+      isSocketConnected,
       dispatch,
       ...paramOverride,
       keyserverID: ashoatKeyserverID,
     });
   }, [serverCall, serverCallState, dispatch, paramOverride]);
 }
 
 let socketAPIHandler: ?SocketAPIHandler = null;
 function registerActiveSocket(passedSocketAPIHandler: ?SocketAPIHandler) {
   socketAPIHandler = passedSocketAPIHandler;
 }
 
 function sortThreadIDsPerKeyserver(threadIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>): {
   +[keyserverID: string]: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 } {
   const results: { [string]: string[] } = {};
   for (const threadID of threadIDs) {
     const keyserverID = extractKeyserverIDFromID(threadID);
     invariant(keyserverID, 'keyserver data missing from thread id');
     if (results[keyserverID] === undefined) {
       results[keyserverID] = [];
     }
     results[keyserverID].push(threadID);
   }
   return results;
 }
 
 type CalendarThreadFilterWithWritableThreadIDs = {
   +type: 'threads',
   +threadIDs: string[],
 };
 type CalendarFilterWithWritableThreadIDs =
   | NotDeletedFilter
   | CalendarThreadFilterWithWritableThreadIDs;
 type CalendarQueryWithWritableFilters = {
   +startDate: string,
   +endDate: string,
   +filters: CalendarFilterWithWritableThreadIDs[],
 };
 function sortCalendarQueryPerKeyserver(
   calendarQuery: CalendarQuery,
   keyserverIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 ): {
   +[keyserverID: string]: CalendarQuery,
 } {
   const { startDate, endDate, filters } = calendarQuery;
   const results: { [string]: CalendarQueryWithWritableFilters } = {};
 
   for (const keyserverID of keyserverIDs) {
     results[keyserverID] = {
       startDate,
       endDate,
       filters: [],
     };
   }
 
   for (const filter of filters) {
     if (filter.type === 'not_deleted') {
       for (const keyserverID in results) {
         results[keyserverID].filters.push({ type: 'not_deleted' });
       }
     } else if (filter.type === 'threads') {
       for (const threadID of filter.threadIDs) {
         const keyserverID = extractKeyserverIDFromID(threadID);
         if (results[keyserverID] === undefined) {
           continue;
         }
         let threadFilter = results[keyserverID].filters.find(
           flt => flt.type === 'threads',
         );
         invariant(
           !threadFilter || threadFilter.type === 'threads',
           'should only match CalendarThreadFilter',
         );
         if (!threadFilter) {
           threadFilter = { type: 'threads', threadIDs: [] };
           results[keyserverID].filters.push(threadFilter);
         }
 
         threadFilter.threadIDs.push(threadID);
       }
     } else {
       console.warn('unhandled filter in sortCalendarQueryPerKeyserver');
     }
   }
 
   return results;
 }
 
 export {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   setNewSessionActionType,
   fetchNewCookieFromNativeCredentials,
   createBoundServerCallsSelector,
   registerActiveSocket,
   useServerCall,
   bindCookieAndUtilsIntoCallServerEndpoint,
   extractKeyserverIDFromID,
   sortThreadIDsPerKeyserver,
   sortCalendarQueryPerKeyserver,
 };
diff --git a/lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js b/lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js
index 83216f1ed..2766e7be3 100644
--- a/lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js
+++ b/lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js
@@ -1,231 +1,230 @@
 // @flow
 
 import _isEqual from 'lodash/fp/isEqual.js';
 
 import { getConfig } from './config.js';
 import {
   ServerError,
   FetchTimeout,
   SocketOffline,
   SocketTimeout,
 } from './errors.js';
 import sleep from './sleep.js';
 import { uploadBlob, type UploadBlob } from './upload-blob.js';
 import { updateLastCommunicatedPlatformDetailsActionType } from '../actions/device-actions.js';
 import { callServerEndpointTimeout } from '../shared/timeouts.js';
 import type { PlatformDetails } from '../types/device-types.js';
 import {
   type Endpoint,
   type SocketAPIHandler,
   endpointIsSocketPreferred,
   endpointIsSocketOnly,
 } from '../types/endpoints.js';
 import { forcePolicyAcknowledgmentActionType } from '../types/policy-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch } from '../types/redux-types.js';
 import type {
   ServerSessionChange,
   ClientSessionChange,
 } from '../types/session-types.js';
-import type { ConnectionStatus } from '../types/socket-types';
 import type { CurrentUserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 
 export type CallServerEndpointOptions = Partial<{
   // null timeout means no timeout, which is the default for uploadBlob
   +timeout: ?number, // in milliseconds
   // getResultInfo will be called right before callServerEndpoint successfully
   // resolves and includes additional information about the request
   +getResultInfo: (resultInfo: CallServerEndpointResultInfo) => mixed,
   +blobUpload: boolean | UploadBlob,
   // the rest (onProgress, abortHandler) only work with blobUpload
   +onProgress: (percent: number) => void,
   // abortHandler will receive an abort function once the upload starts
   +abortHandler: (abort: () => void) => void,
   // Overrides urlPrefix in Redux
   +urlPrefixOverride: string,
 }>;
 
 export type CallServerEndpointResultInfoInterface = 'socket' | 'REST';
 export type CallServerEndpointResultInfo = {
   +interface: CallServerEndpointResultInfoInterface,
 };
 
 export type CallServerEndpointResponse = Partial<{
   +cookieChange: ServerSessionChange,
   +currentUserInfo: CurrentUserInfo,
   +error: string,
   +payload: Object,
 }>;
 
 // You'll notice that this is not the type of the callServerEndpoint
 // function below. This is because the first several parameters to that
 // function get bound in by the helpers in lib/utils/action-utils.js.
 // This type represents the form of the callServerEndpoint function that
 // gets passed to the action function in lib/actions.
 export type CallServerEndpoint = (
   endpoint: Endpoint,
   input: Object,
   options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
 ) => Promise<Object>;
 
 type RequestData = {
   input: { +[key: string]: mixed },
   cookie?: ?string,
   sessionID?: ?string,
   platformDetails?: PlatformDetails,
 };
 
 async function callServerEndpoint(
   cookie: ?string,
   setNewSession: (sessionChange: ClientSessionChange, error: ?string) => void,
   waitIfCookieInvalidated: () => Promise<?CallServerEndpoint>,
   cookieInvalidationRecovery: (
     sessionChange: ClientSessionChange,
   ) => Promise<?CallServerEndpoint>,
   urlPrefix: string,
   sessionID: ?string,
-  connectionStatus: ConnectionStatus,
+  isSocketConnected: boolean,
   lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
   socketAPIHandler: ?SocketAPIHandler,
   endpoint: Endpoint,
   input: { +[key: string]: mixed },
   dispatch: Dispatch,
   options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
   loggedIn: boolean,
   keyserverID: string,
 ): Promise<Object> {
   const possibleReplacement = await waitIfCookieInvalidated();
   if (possibleReplacement) {
     return await possibleReplacement(endpoint, input, options);
   }
 
   const shouldSendPlatformDetails =
     lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails &&
     !_isEqual(lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails)(getConfig().platformDetails);
 
   if (
     endpointIsSocketPreferred(endpoint) &&
-    connectionStatus === 'connected' &&
+    isSocketConnected &&
     socketAPIHandler &&
     !options?.urlPrefixOverride
   ) {
     try {
       const result = await socketAPIHandler({ endpoint, input });
       options?.getResultInfo?.({ interface: 'socket' });
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
       if (endpointIsSocketOnly(endpoint)) {
         throw e;
       } else if (e instanceof SocketOffline) {
         // nothing
       } else if (e instanceof SocketTimeout) {
         // nothing
       } else {
         throw e;
       }
     }
   }
   if (endpointIsSocketOnly(endpoint)) {
     throw new SocketOffline('socket_offline');
   }
 
   const resolvedURLPrefix = options?.urlPrefixOverride ?? urlPrefix;
   const url = resolvedURLPrefix ? `${resolvedURLPrefix}/${endpoint}` : endpoint;
 
   let json;
   if (options && options.blobUpload) {
     const uploadBlobCallback =
       typeof options.blobUpload === 'function'
         ? options.blobUpload
         : uploadBlob;
     json = await uploadBlobCallback(url, cookie, sessionID, input, options);
   } else {
     const mergedData: RequestData = { input };
     mergedData.cookie = cookie ? cookie : null;
 
     if (getConfig().setSessionIDOnRequest) {
       // We make sure that if setSessionIDOnRequest is true, we never set
       // sessionID to undefined. null has a special meaning here: we cannot
       // consider the cookieID to be a unique session identifier, but we do not
       // have a sessionID to use either. This should only happen when the user
       // is not logged in on web.
       mergedData.sessionID = sessionID ? sessionID : null;
     }
     if (shouldSendPlatformDetails) {
       mergedData.platformDetails = getConfig().platformDetails;
     }
     const callEndpointPromise =
       (async (): Promise<CallServerEndpointResponse> => {
         const response = await fetch(url, {
           method: 'POST',
           // This is necessary to allow cookie headers to get passed down to us
           credentials: 'same-origin',
           body: JSON.stringify(mergedData),
           headers: {
             'Accept': 'application/json',
             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
           },
         });
         const text = await response.text();
         try {
           return JSON.parse(text);
         } catch (e) {
           console.log(text);
           throw e;
         }
       })();
 
     const timeout =
       options && options.timeout ? options.timeout : callServerEndpointTimeout;
     if (!timeout) {
       json = await callEndpointPromise;
     } else {
       const rejectPromise = (async () => {
         await sleep(timeout);
         throw new FetchTimeout(
           `callServerEndpoint timed out call to ${endpoint}`,
           endpoint,
         );
       })();
       json = await Promise.race([callEndpointPromise, rejectPromise]);
     }
   }
 
   const { cookieChange, error, payload, currentUserInfo } = json;
   const sessionChange: ?ServerSessionChange = cookieChange;
   if (sessionChange) {
     const { threadInfos, userInfos, ...rest } = sessionChange;
     const clientSessionChange = rest.cookieInvalidated
       ? rest
       : { cookieInvalidated: false, currentUserInfo, ...rest };
     if (clientSessionChange.cookieInvalidated) {
       const maybeReplacement = await cookieInvalidationRecovery(
         clientSessionChange,
       );
       if (maybeReplacement) {
         return await maybeReplacement(endpoint, input, options);
       }
     }
     setNewSession(clientSessionChange, error);
   }
 
   if (!error && shouldSendPlatformDetails) {
     dispatch({
       type: updateLastCommunicatedPlatformDetailsActionType,
       payload: { platformDetails: getConfig().platformDetails, keyserverID },
     });
   }
 
   if (error === 'policies_not_accepted' && loggedIn) {
     dispatch({
       type: forcePolicyAcknowledgmentActionType,
       payload,
     });
   }
   if (error) {
     throw new ServerError(error, payload);
   }
   options?.getResultInfo?.({ interface: 'REST' });
   return json;
 }
 
 export default callServerEndpoint;
diff --git a/lib/utils/keyserver-call.js b/lib/utils/keyserver-call.js
index 5055e8f07..8b3870a9f 100644
--- a/lib/utils/keyserver-call.js
+++ b/lib/utils/keyserver-call.js
@@ -1,176 +1,175 @@
 // @flow
 
 import _memoize from 'lodash/memoize.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
 import { bindCookieAndUtilsIntoCallServerEndpoint } from './action-utils.js';
 import type { BindServerCallsParams } from './action-utils.js';
 import type {
   CallServerEndpoint,
   CallServerEndpointOptions,
 } from './call-server-endpoint.js';
 import { promiseAll } from './promises.js';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from './redux-utils.js';
 import type { PlatformDetails } from '../types/device-types.js';
 import type { Endpoint } from '../types/endpoints.js';
 import type { KeyserverInfo } from '../types/keyserver-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch } from '../types/redux-types.js';
-import type { ConnectionStatus } from '../types/socket-types.js';
 import type { CurrentUserInfo } from '../types/user-types.js';
 
 export type CallKeyserverEndpoint = (
   endpoint: Endpoint,
   requests: { +[keyserverID: string]: ?{ +[string]: mixed } },
   options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
 ) => Promise<{ +[keyserverID: string]: any }>;
 
 export type ActionFunc<Args: mixed, Return> = (
   callServerEndpoint: CallKeyserverEndpoint,
   // The second argument is only used in actions that call all keyservers,
   // and the request to all keyservers are exactly the same.
   // An example of such action is fetchEntries.
   allKeyserverIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 ) => Args => Promise<Return>;
 
 // _memoize memoizes the function by caching the result.
 // The first argument of the memoized function is used as the map cache key.
 const baseCreateBoundServerCallsSelector = (
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
   keyserverID: string,
 ): (BindServerCallsParams => CallServerEndpoint) =>
   createSelector(
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.dispatch,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.cookie,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.urlPrefix,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.sessionID,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.currentUserInfo,
-    (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.connectionStatus,
+    (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.isSocketConnected,
     (state: BindServerCallsParams) => state.lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
     (
       dispatch: Dispatch,
       cookie: ?string,
       urlPrefix: string,
       sessionID: ?string,
       currentUserInfo: ?CurrentUserInfo,
-      connectionStatus: ConnectionStatus,
+      isSocketConnected: boolean,
       lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
     ) =>
       bindCookieAndUtilsIntoCallServerEndpoint({
         dispatch,
         cookie,
         urlPrefix,
         sessionID,
         currentUserInfo,
-        connectionStatus,
+        isSocketConnected,
         lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
         keyserverID,
       }),
   );
 
 type CreateBoundServerCallsSelectorType = (
   keyserverID: string,
 ) => BindServerCallsParams => CallServerEndpoint;
 const createBoundServerCallsSelector: CreateBoundServerCallsSelectorType =
   _memoize(baseCreateBoundServerCallsSelector);
 
 type KeyserverInfoPartial = $ReadOnly<{
   ...Partial<KeyserverInfo>,
   +urlPrefix: $PropertyType<KeyserverInfo, 'urlPrefix'>,
 }>;
 
 type BindKeyserverCallParams = {
   +dispatch: Dispatch,
   +currentUserInfo: ?CurrentUserInfo,
   +keyserverInfos: { +[keyserverID: string]: KeyserverInfoPartial },
 };
 
 const bindCallKeyserverEndpointSelector: BindKeyserverCallParams => <
   Args: mixed,
   Return,
 >(
   keyserverCall: ActionFunc<Args, Return>,
 ) => Args => Promise<Return> = createSelector(
   (state: BindKeyserverCallParams) => state.dispatch,
   (state: BindKeyserverCallParams) => state.currentUserInfo,
   (state: BindKeyserverCallParams) => state.keyserverInfos,
   (
     dispatch: Dispatch,
     currentUserInfo: ?CurrentUserInfo,
     keyserverInfos: { +[keyserverID: string]: KeyserverInfoPartial },
   ) => {
     return _memoize(
       <Args: mixed, Return>(
         keyserverCall: ActionFunc<Args, Return>,
       ): (Args => Promise<Return>) => {
         const callKeyserverEndpoint = (
           endpoint: Endpoint,
           requests: { +[keyserverID: string]: ?{ +[string]: mixed } },
           options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
         ) => {
           const bindCallKeyserverEndpoint = (keyserverID: string) => {
             const {
               cookie,
               urlPrefix,
               sessionID,
               connection,
               lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
             } = keyserverInfos[keyserverID];
 
             const boundCallServerEndpoint = createBoundServerCallsSelector(
               keyserverID,
             )({
               dispatch,
               currentUserInfo,
               cookie,
               urlPrefix,
               sessionID,
-              connectionStatus: connection?.status ?? 'disconnected',
+              isSocketConnected: connection?.status === 'connected',
               lastCommunicatedPlatformDetails,
               keyserverID,
             });
 
             return boundCallServerEndpoint(
               endpoint,
               requests[keyserverID],
               options,
             );
           };
 
           const promises: { [string]: Promise<CallServerEndpoint> } = {};
           for (const keyserverID in requests) {
             promises[keyserverID] = bindCallKeyserverEndpoint(keyserverID);
           }
           return promiseAll(promises);
         };
         const keyserverIDs = Object.keys(keyserverInfos);
         return keyserverCall(callKeyserverEndpoint, keyserverIDs);
       },
     );
   },
 );
 
 export type KeyserverCallParamOverride = Partial<BindKeyserverCallParams>;
 
 function useKeyserverCall<Args: mixed, Return>(
   keyserverCall: ActionFunc<Args, Return>,
   paramOverride?: ?KeyserverCallParamOverride,
 ): Args => Promise<Return> {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const keyserverInfos = useSelector(
     state => state.keyserverStore.keyserverInfos,
   );
   const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
   const bindCallKeyserverEndpointToAction = bindCallKeyserverEndpointSelector({
     dispatch,
     keyserverInfos,
     currentUserInfo,
     ...paramOverride,
   });
   return React.useMemo(
     () => bindCallKeyserverEndpointToAction(keyserverCall),
     [bindCallKeyserverEndpointToAction, keyserverCall],
   );
 }
 
 export { useKeyserverCall };