diff --git a/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js b/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
index 3363793b0..27137b52d 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/user-infos-handler.react.js
@@ -1,116 +1,125 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   updateRelationships,
   updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
 import {
   useFindUserIdentities,
   findUserIdentitiesActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { useGetAndUpdateDeviceListsForUsers } from '../hooks/peer-list-hooks.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from '../keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
 import { usersWithMissingDeviceListSelector } from '../selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import { useTunnelbroker } from '../tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js';
 import { relationshipActions } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from '../utils/errors.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 import {
   relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver,
   usingCommServicesAccessToken,
 } from '../utils/services-utils.js';
 
 function UserInfosHandler(): React.Node {
   const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
 
   const userInfosWithMissingUsernames = React.useMemo(() => {
     const entriesWithoutUsernames = Object.entries(userInfos).filter(
       ([, value]) => !value.username,
     );
     return Object.fromEntries(entriesWithoutUsernames);
   }, [userInfos]);
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const findUserIdentities = useFindUserIdentities();
 
   const requestedIDsRef = React.useRef(new Set<string>());
 
   const callUpdateRelationships =
     useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(updateRelationships);
 
+  const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const newUserIDs = Object.keys(userInfosWithMissingUsernames).filter(
       id => !requestedIDsRef.current.has(id),
     );
     if (!usingCommServicesAccessToken || newUserIDs.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
     // 1. Fetch usernames from identity
     const promise = (async () => {
       newUserIDs.forEach(id => requestedIDsRef.current.add(id));
       const identities = await findUserIdentities(newUserIDs);
       newUserIDs.forEach(id => requestedIDsRef.current.delete(id));
 
       const newUserInfos = [];
       for (const id in identities) {
         newUserInfos.push({
           id,
           username: identities[id].username,
         });
       }
       return { userInfos: newUserInfos };
     })();
     void dispatchActionPromise(findUserIdentitiesActionTypes, promise);
     // 2. Fetch avatars from auth keyserver
     if (relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver) {
+      const userIDsWithoutOwnID = newUserIDs.filter(
+        id => id !== currentUserInfo?.id,
+      );
+      if (userIDsWithoutOwnID.length === 0) {
+        return;
+      }
       void dispatchActionPromise(
         updateRelationshipsActionTypes,
         callUpdateRelationships({
           action: relationshipActions.ACKNOWLEDGE,
-          userIDs: newUserIDs,
+          userIDs: userIDsWithoutOwnID,
         }),
       );
     }
   }, [
     callUpdateRelationships,
+    currentUserInfo?.id,
     dispatchActionPromise,
     findUserIdentities,
     userInfos,
     userInfosWithMissingUsernames,
   ]);
 
   const usersWithMissingDeviceList = useSelector(
     usersWithMissingDeviceListSelector,
   );
   const getAndUpdateDeviceListsForUsers = useGetAndUpdateDeviceListsForUsers();
   const { socketState } = useTunnelbroker();
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       !usingCommServicesAccessToken ||
       usersWithMissingDeviceList.length === 0 ||
       !socketState.isAuthorized
     ) {
       return;
     }
     void (async () => {
       try {
         await getAndUpdateDeviceListsForUsers(usersWithMissingDeviceList, true);
       } catch (e) {
         console.log(
           `Error getting and setting peer device list: ${
             getMessageForException(e) ?? 'unknown'
           }`,
         );
       }
     })();
   }, [
     socketState.isAuthorized,
     getAndUpdateDeviceListsForUsers,
     usersWithMissingDeviceList,
   ]);
 }
 
 export { UserInfosHandler };
diff --git a/lib/reducers/user-reducer.js b/lib/reducers/user-reducer.js
index 67aafe7a9..692b11ceb 100644
--- a/lib/reducers/user-reducer.js
+++ b/lib/reducers/user-reducer.js
@@ -1,594 +1,598 @@
 // @flow
 
 import _isEqual from 'lodash/fp/isEqual.js';
 import _keyBy from 'lodash/fp/keyBy.js';
 
 import { setClientDBStoreActionType } from '../actions/client-db-store-actions.js';
 import { legacySiweAuthActionTypes } from '../actions/siwe-actions.js';
 import {
   joinThreadActionTypes,
   newThreadActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { fetchPendingUpdatesActionTypes } from '../actions/update-actions.js';
 import {
   findUserIdentitiesActionTypes,
   processNewUserIDsActionType,
   identityLogInActionTypes,
   identityRegisterActionTypes,
   deleteAccountActionTypes,
   keyserverAuthActionTypes,
   logOutActionTypes,
   legacyLogInActionTypes,
   legacyKeyserverRegisterActionTypes,
   setUserSettingsActionTypes,
   updateUserAvatarActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import bots from '../facts/bots.js';
 import { extractKeyserverIDFromID } from '../keyserver-conn/keyserver-call-utils.js';
 import { setNewSessionActionType } from '../keyserver-conn/keyserver-conn-types.js';
 import {
   convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps,
   type UserStoreOperation,
   userStoreOpsHandlers,
 } from '../ops/user-store-ops.js';
 import { stateSyncSpecs } from '../shared/state-sync/state-sync-specs.js';
 import { updateSpecs } from '../shared/updates/update-specs.js';
 import type { BaseAction } from '../types/redux-types.js';
 import type { ClientUserInconsistencyReportCreationRequest } from '../types/report-types.js';
 import {
   serverRequestTypes,
   processServerRequestsActionType,
 } from '../types/request-types.js';
 import {
   fullStateSyncActionType,
   incrementalStateSyncActionType,
   stateSyncPayloadTypes,
   type ClientStateSyncIncrementalSocketResult,
   type StateSyncIncrementalActionPayload,
 } from '../types/socket-types.js';
 import { updateTypes } from '../types/update-types-enum.js';
 import {
   processUpdatesActionType,
   type ClientUpdateInfo,
   type ClientUpdatesResultWithUserInfos,
 } from '../types/update-types.js';
 import type {
   CurrentUserInfo,
   UserInfos,
   UserStore,
 } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from '../utils/authoritative-keyserver.js';
 import {
   relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver,
   usingCommServicesAccessToken,
 } from '../utils/services-utils.js';
 
 function handleCurrentUserUpdates(
   state: ?CurrentUserInfo,
   newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>,
 ): ?CurrentUserInfo {
   return newUpdates.reduce((reducedState, update) => {
     const { reduceCurrentUser } = updateSpecs[update.type];
     return reduceCurrentUser
       ? reduceCurrentUser(reducedState, update)
       : reducedState;
   }, state);
 }
 
 function reduceCurrentUserInfo(
   state: ?CurrentUserInfo,
   action: BaseAction,
 ): ?CurrentUserInfo {
   if (
     action.type === identityLogInActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === identityRegisterActionTypes.success
   ) {
     const newUserInfo = {
       id: action.payload.userID,
       username: action.payload.username,
     };
     if (!_isEqual(newUserInfo)(state)) {
       return newUserInfo;
     }
   } else if (
     action.type === legacyLogInActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === legacySiweAuthActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === legacyKeyserverRegisterActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === logOutActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === deleteAccountActionTypes.success
   ) {
     if (!_isEqual(action.payload.currentUserInfo)(state)) {
       return action.payload.currentUserInfo;
     }
   } else if (
     action.type === setNewSessionActionType &&
     action.payload.sessionChange.currentUserInfo &&
     action.payload.keyserverID === authoritativeKeyserverID() &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     const actionUserInfo = action.payload.sessionChange.currentUserInfo;
     if (!actionUserInfo?.id) {
       return actionUserInfo;
     } else if (!usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
       if (!_isEqual(actionUserInfo)(state)) {
         return actionUserInfo;
       }
     } else if (!state?.id || actionUserInfo.id !== state.id) {
       console.log(
         'keyserver auth returned a different user info than identity login',
       );
     } else {
       const newUserInfo = {
         ...state,
         avatar: actionUserInfo.avatar,
         settings: actionUserInfo.settings,
       };
       if (!_isEqual(newUserInfo)(state)) {
         return newUserInfo;
       }
     }
   } else if (
     (action.type === fullStateSyncActionType ||
       (action.type === fetchPendingUpdatesActionTypes.success &&
         action.payload.type === stateSyncPayloadTypes.FULL)) &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     if (action.payload.keyserverID !== authoritativeKeyserverID()) {
       return state;
     }
     const { currentUserInfo } = action.payload;
     if (!_isEqual(currentUserInfo)(state)) {
       return currentUserInfo;
     }
   } else if (
     (action.type === incrementalStateSyncActionType ||
       action.type === processUpdatesActionType) &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     if (action.payload.keyserverID !== authoritativeKeyserverID()) {
       return state;
     }
     return handleCurrentUserUpdates(
       state,
       action.payload.updatesResult.newUpdates,
     );
   } else if (action.type === fetchPendingUpdatesActionTypes.success) {
     if (!relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver) {
       return state;
     }
     const { payload } = action;
     if (payload.type !== stateSyncPayloadTypes.INCREMENTAL) {
       return state;
     }
     const { newUpdates } = payload.updatesResult;
     if (action.payload.keyserverID !== authoritativeKeyserverID()) {
       return state;
     }
     return handleCurrentUserUpdates(state, newUpdates);
   } else if (
     action.type === processServerRequestsActionType &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     if (action.payload.keyserverID !== authoritativeKeyserverID()) {
       return state;
     }
     const checkStateRequest = action.payload.serverRequests.find(
       candidate => candidate.type === serverRequestTypes.CHECK_STATE,
     );
     const newCurrentUserInfo = checkStateRequest?.stateChanges?.currentUserInfo;
     if (newCurrentUserInfo && !_isEqual(newCurrentUserInfo)(state)) {
       return newCurrentUserInfo;
     }
   } else if (
     action.type === updateUserAvatarActionTypes.success &&
     state &&
     !state.anonymous
   ) {
     const { viewerUpdates } = action.payload.updates;
     for (const update of viewerUpdates) {
       if (
         update.type === updateTypes.UPDATE_CURRENT_USER &&
         !_isEqual(update.currentUserInfo.avatar)(state.avatar)
       ) {
         return {
           ...state,
           avatar: update.currentUserInfo.avatar,
         };
       }
     }
     return state;
   } else if (action.type === setUserSettingsActionTypes.success) {
     if (state?.settings) {
       return {
         ...state,
         settings: {
           ...state.settings,
           ...action.payload,
         },
       };
     }
   }
   return state;
 }
 
 const { processStoreOperations: processUserStoreOps } = userStoreOpsHandlers;
 
 function generateOpsForUserUpdates(payload: {
   +updatesResult: { +newUpdates: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUpdateInfo>, ... },
   ...
 }): $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> {
   return payload.updatesResult.newUpdates
     .map(update =>
       updateSpecs[update.type].generateOpsForUserInfoUpdates?.(update),
     )
     .filter(Boolean)
     .flat();
 }
 
 function discardKeyserverUsernames(
   newUserInfos: UserInfos,
   stateUserInfos: UserInfos,
 ): UserInfos {
   let result: UserInfos = {};
   for (const id in newUserInfos) {
     if (id === bots.commbot.userID) {
       result = {
         ...result,
         [id]: {
           ...newUserInfos[id],
         },
       };
     } else {
       const username = stateUserInfos[id] ? stateUserInfos[id].username : null;
       result = {
         ...result,
         [id]: {
           ...newUserInfos[id],
           username,
         },
       };
     }
   }
   return result;
 }
 
 type ReduceUserInfosResult = [
   UserStore,
   $ReadOnlyArray<ClientUserInconsistencyReportCreationRequest>,
   $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation>,
 ];
 
 function handleUserInfoUpdates(
   state: UserStore,
   payload:
     | ClientStateSyncIncrementalSocketResult
     | StateSyncIncrementalActionPayload
     | ClientUpdatesResultWithUserInfos,
 ): ReduceUserInfosResult {
   if (payload.keyserverID !== authoritativeKeyserverID()) {
     return [state, [], []];
   }
   const newUserInfos = _keyBy(userInfo => userInfo.id)(payload.userInfos);
   const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> = [
     ...convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps(newUserInfos),
     ...generateOpsForUserUpdates(payload),
   ];
 
   const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
     state.userInfos,
     userStoreOps,
   );
 
   if (_isEqual(state.userInfos)(processedUserInfos)) {
     return [state, [], []];
   }
 
   return [
     {
       ...state,
       userInfos: processedUserInfos,
     },
     [],
     userStoreOps,
   ];
 }
 
 function reduceUserInfos(
   state: UserStore,
   action: BaseAction,
 ): ReduceUserInfosResult {
   if (action.type === processNewUserIDsActionType) {
     const filteredUserIDs = action.payload.userIDs.filter(
       id => !state.userInfos[id],
     );
     if (filteredUserIDs.length === 0) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
     const newUserInfosArray = filteredUserIDs.map(id => ({
       id,
       username: null,
     }));
     const newUserInfos: UserInfos = _keyBy(userInfo => userInfo.id)(
       newUserInfosArray,
     );
 
     const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> =
       convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps(newUserInfos);
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
     if (!_isEqual(state.userInfos)(processedUserInfos)) {
       return [
         {
           ...state,
           userInfos: processedUserInfos,
         },
         [],
         userStoreOps,
       ];
     }
   } else if (
     (action.type === joinThreadActionTypes.success ||
       action.type === newThreadActionTypes.success) &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     let keyserverID;
     if (action.type === joinThreadActionTypes.success) {
       keyserverID = action.payload.keyserverID;
     } else {
       keyserverID = extractKeyserverIDFromID(action.payload.newThreadID);
     }
     if (keyserverID !== authoritativeKeyserverID()) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
     const keyserverUserInfos: UserInfos = _keyBy(userInfo => userInfo.id)(
       action.payload.userInfos,
     );
 
     const newUserInfos = discardKeyserverUsernames(
       keyserverUserInfos,
       state.userInfos,
     );
 
     const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> =
       convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps(newUserInfos);
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
 
     if (!_isEqual(state.userInfos)(processedUserInfos)) {
       return [
         {
           ...state,
           userInfos: processedUserInfos,
         },
         [],
         userStoreOps,
       ];
     }
   } else if (action.type === findUserIdentitiesActionTypes.success) {
     const newUserInfos = action.payload.userInfos.reduce(
       (acc, userInfo) => ({
         ...acc,
         [userInfo.id]: {
           ...state.userInfos[userInfo.id],
           username: userInfo.username,
         },
       }),
       {},
     );
 
     const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> =
       convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps(newUserInfos);
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
 
     if (!_isEqual(state.userInfos)(processedUserInfos)) {
       return [
         {
           ...state,
           userInfos: processedUserInfos,
         },
         [],
         userStoreOps,
       ];
     }
   } else if (
     action.type === setNewSessionActionType &&
     action.payload.sessionChange.cookieInvalidated &&
     action.payload.keyserverID === authoritativeKeyserverID() &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> = [
       { type: 'remove_all_users' },
     ];
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
 
     if (Object.keys(state.userInfos).length === 0) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
     return [
       {
         userInfos: processedUserInfos,
       },
       [],
       userStoreOps,
     ];
   } else if (
     (action.type === fullStateSyncActionType ||
       (action.type === fetchPendingUpdatesActionTypes.success &&
         action.payload.type === stateSyncPayloadTypes.FULL)) &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     if (action.payload.keyserverID !== authoritativeKeyserverID()) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
     const newUserInfos = _keyBy(userInfo => userInfo.id)(
       action.payload.userInfos,
     );
     const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> = [
       { type: 'remove_all_users' },
       ...convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps(newUserInfos),
     ];
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
 
     if (!_isEqual(state.userInfos)(processedUserInfos)) {
       return [
         {
           userInfos: processedUserInfos,
         },
         [],
         userStoreOps,
       ];
     }
   } else if (
     action.type === legacyLogInActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === legacySiweAuthActionTypes.success ||
     action.type === legacyKeyserverRegisterActionTypes.success
   ) {
     const newUserInfos = _keyBy(userInfo => userInfo.id)(
       action.payload.userInfos,
     );
     const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> = [
       { type: 'remove_all_users' },
       ...convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps(newUserInfos),
     ];
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
 
     return [
       {
         userInfos: processedUserInfos,
       },
       [],
       userStoreOps,
     ];
   } else if (
     action.type === keyserverAuthActionTypes.success &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
-    const newUserInfos = _keyBy(userInfo => userInfo.id)(
+    const keyserverUserInfos = _keyBy(userInfo => userInfo.id)(
       action.payload.userInfos,
     );
+    const newUserInfos = discardKeyserverUsernames(
+      keyserverUserInfos,
+      state.userInfos,
+    );
 
     const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> =
       convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps(newUserInfos);
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
 
     if (!_isEqual(state.userInfos)(processedUserInfos)) {
       return [
         {
           ...state,
           userInfos: processedUserInfos,
         },
         [],
         userStoreOps,
       ];
     }
   } else if (
     (action.type === incrementalStateSyncActionType ||
       action.type === processUpdatesActionType) &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     return handleUserInfoUpdates(state, action.payload);
   } else if (action.type === fetchPendingUpdatesActionTypes.success) {
     if (!relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
     const { payload } = action;
     if (payload.type === stateSyncPayloadTypes.INCREMENTAL) {
       return handleUserInfoUpdates(state, payload);
     }
   } else if (
     action.type === processServerRequestsActionType &&
     relyingOnAuthoritativeKeyserver
   ) {
     if (action.payload.keyserverID !== authoritativeKeyserverID()) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
     const checkStateRequest = action.payload.serverRequests.find(
       candidate => candidate.type === serverRequestTypes.CHECK_STATE,
     );
     if (!checkStateRequest || !checkStateRequest.stateChanges) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
     const { userInfos, deleteUserInfoIDs } = checkStateRequest.stateChanges;
     if (!userInfos && !deleteUserInfoIDs) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
 
     const userStoreOps: UserStoreOperation[] = [];
     if (userInfos) {
       for (const userInfo of userInfos) {
         userStoreOps.push({ type: 'replace_user', payload: { ...userInfo } });
       }
     }
     if (deleteUserInfoIDs) {
       userStoreOps.push({
         type: 'remove_users',
         payload: { ids: deleteUserInfoIDs },
       });
     }
 
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
 
     const newInconsistencies = stateSyncSpecs.users.findStoreInconsistencies(
       action,
       state.userInfos,
       processedUserInfos,
     );
     return [
       {
         userInfos: processedUserInfos,
       },
       newInconsistencies,
       userStoreOps,
     ];
   } else if (action.type === updateUserAvatarActionTypes.success) {
     const newUserInfos = _keyBy(userInfo => userInfo.id)(
       action.payload.updates.userInfos,
     );
     const userStoreOps: $ReadOnlyArray<UserStoreOperation> =
       convertUserInfosToReplaceUserOps(newUserInfos);
     const processedUserInfos: UserInfos = processUserStoreOps(
       state.userInfos,
       userStoreOps,
     );
 
     const newState = !_isEqual(state.userInfos)(processedUserInfos)
       ? {
           ...state,
           userInfos: processedUserInfos,
         }
       : state;
     return [newState, [], userStoreOps];
   } else if (action.type === setClientDBStoreActionType) {
     if (!action.payload.users) {
       return [state, [], []];
     }
 
     return [{ userInfos: action.payload.users }, [], []];
   }
 
   return [state, [], []];
 }
 
 export { reduceCurrentUserInfo, reduceUserInfos };