diff --git a/lib/shared/message-utils.js b/lib/shared/message-utils.js
index 4aa3aca9c..696444188 100644
--- a/lib/shared/message-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/message-utils.js
@@ -1,667 +1,674 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _maxBy from 'lodash/fp/maxBy.js';
 import _orderBy from 'lodash/fp/orderBy.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { codeBlockRegex, type ParserRules } from './markdown.js';
 import type { CreationSideEffectsFunc } from './messages/message-spec.js';
 import { messageSpecs } from './messages/message-specs.js';
 import { threadIsGroupChat } from './thread-utils.js';
 import { useStringForUser } from '../hooks/ens-cache.js';
 import { contentStringForMediaArray } from '../media/media-utils.js';
 import type { ChatMessageInfoItem } from '../selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { userIDsToRelativeUserInfos } from '../selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import { type PlatformDetails, isWebPlatform } from '../types/device-types.js';
 import type { Media } from '../types/media-types.js';
 import { messageTypes } from '../types/message-types-enum.js';
 import {
   type MessageInfo,
   type RawMessageInfo,
   type RobotextMessageInfo,
   type RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   type MessageData,
   type MessageTruncationStatus,
   type MultimediaMessageData,
   type MessageStore,
   type ComposableMessageInfo,
   messageTruncationStatus,
   type RawComposableMessageInfo,
   type ThreadMessageInfo,
 } from '../types/message-types.js';
 import type {
   EditMessageInfo,
   RawEditMessageInfo,
 } from '../types/messages/edit.js';
 import type { ImagesMessageData } from '../types/messages/images.js';
 import type { MediaMessageData } from '../types/messages/media.js';
 import type {
   RawReactionMessageInfo,
   ReactionMessageInfo,
 } from '../types/messages/reaction.js';
 import { type ThreadInfo } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import type { UserInfos } from '../types/user-types.js';
 import {
   type EntityText,
   ET,
   useEntityTextAsString,
 } from '../utils/entity-text.js';
+import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 const localIDPrefix = 'local';
 
 const defaultMediaMessageOptions = Object.freeze({});
 
 // Prefers localID
 function messageKey(messageInfo: MessageInfo | RawMessageInfo): string {
   if (messageInfo.localID) {
     return messageInfo.localID;
   }
   invariant(messageInfo.id, 'localID should exist if ID does not');
   return messageInfo.id;
 }
 
 // Prefers serverID
 function messageID(messageInfo: MessageInfo | RawMessageInfo): string {
   if (messageInfo.id) {
     return messageInfo.id;
   }
   invariant(messageInfo.localID, 'localID should exist if ID does not');
   return messageInfo.localID;
 }
 
 function robotextForMessageInfo(
   messageInfo: RobotextMessageInfo,
   threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
 ): EntityText {
   const messageSpec = messageSpecs[messageInfo.type];
   invariant(
     messageSpec.robotext,
     `we're not aware of messageType ${messageInfo.type}`,
   );
   return messageSpec.robotext(messageInfo, { threadInfo });
 }
 
 function createMessageInfo(
   rawMessageInfo: RawMessageInfo,
   viewerID: ?string,
   userInfos: UserInfos,
   threadInfos: { +[id: string]: ThreadInfo },
 ): ?MessageInfo {
   const creatorInfo = userInfos[rawMessageInfo.creatorID];
   const creator = {
     id: rawMessageInfo.creatorID,
     username: creatorInfo ? creatorInfo.username : 'anonymous',
     isViewer: rawMessageInfo.creatorID === viewerID,
   };
 
   const createRelativeUserInfos = (userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) =>
     userIDsToRelativeUserInfos(userIDs, viewerID, userInfos);
   const createMessageInfoFromRaw = (rawInfo: RawMessageInfo) =>
     createMessageInfo(rawInfo, viewerID, userInfos, threadInfos);
 
   const messageSpec = messageSpecs[rawMessageInfo.type];
 
   return messageSpec.createMessageInfo(rawMessageInfo, creator, {
     threadInfos,
     createMessageInfoFromRaw,
     createRelativeUserInfos,
   });
 }
 
 type LengthResult = {
   +local: number,
   +realized: number,
 };
 function findMessageIDMaxLengths(
   messageIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<?string>,
 ): LengthResult {
   const result = {
     local: 0,
     realized: 0,
   };
   for (const id of messageIDs) {
     if (!id) {
       continue;
     }
     if (id.startsWith(localIDPrefix)) {
       result.local = Math.max(result.local, id.length - localIDPrefix.length);
     } else {
       result.realized = Math.max(result.realized, id.length);
     }
   }
   return result;
 }
 
 function extendMessageID(id: ?string, lengths: LengthResult): ?string {
   if (!id) {
     return id;
   }
   if (id.startsWith(localIDPrefix)) {
     const zeroPaddedID = id
       .substr(localIDPrefix.length)
       .padStart(lengths.local, '0');
     return `${localIDPrefix}${zeroPaddedID}`;
   }
   return id.padStart(lengths.realized, '0');
 }
 
 function sortMessageInfoList<T: MessageInfo | RawMessageInfo>(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<T>,
 ): T[] {
   const lengths = findMessageIDMaxLengths(
     messageInfos.map(message => message?.id),
   );
   return _orderBy([
     'time',
     (message: T) => extendMessageID(message?.id, lengths),
   ])(['desc', 'desc'])(messageInfos);
 }
 
 const sortMessageIDs: (messages: { +[id: string]: RawMessageInfo }) => (
   messageIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 ) => string[] = messages => messageIDs => {
   const lengths = findMessageIDMaxLengths(messageIDs);
   return _orderBy([
     (id: string) => messages[id].time,
     (id: string) => extendMessageID(id, lengths),
   ])(['desc', 'desc'])(messageIDs);
 };
 
 function rawMessageInfoFromMessageData(
   messageData: MessageData,
   id: ?string,
 ): RawMessageInfo {
   const messageSpec = messageSpecs[messageData.type];
   invariant(
     messageSpec.rawMessageInfoFromMessageData,
     `we're not aware of messageType ${messageData.type}`,
   );
   return messageSpec.rawMessageInfoFromMessageData(messageData, id);
 }
 
 function mostRecentMessageTimestamp(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   previousTimestamp: number,
 ): number {
   if (messageInfos.length === 0) {
     return previousTimestamp;
   }
   return _maxBy('time')(messageInfos).time;
 }
 
 function usersInMessageInfos(
   messageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageInfo | RawMessageInfo>,
 ): string[] {
   const userIDs = new Set();
   for (const messageInfo of messageInfos) {
     if (messageInfo.creatorID) {
       userIDs.add(messageInfo.creatorID);
     } else if (messageInfo.creator) {
       userIDs.add(messageInfo.creator.id);
     }
   }
   return [...userIDs];
 }
 
 function combineTruncationStatuses(
   first: MessageTruncationStatus,
   second: ?MessageTruncationStatus,
 ): MessageTruncationStatus {
   if (
     first === messageTruncationStatus.EXHAUSTIVE ||
     second === messageTruncationStatus.EXHAUSTIVE
   ) {
     return messageTruncationStatus.EXHAUSTIVE;
   } else if (
     first === messageTruncationStatus.UNCHANGED &&
     second !== null &&
     second !== undefined
   ) {
     return second;
   } else {
     return first;
   }
 }
 
 function shimUnsupportedRawMessageInfos(
   rawMessageInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
   platformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
 ): RawMessageInfo[] {
   if (platformDetails && isWebPlatform(platformDetails.platform)) {
     return [...rawMessageInfos];
   }
   return rawMessageInfos.map(rawMessageInfo => {
     const { shimUnsupportedMessageInfo } = messageSpecs[rawMessageInfo.type];
     if (shimUnsupportedMessageInfo) {
       return shimUnsupportedMessageInfo(rawMessageInfo, platformDetails);
     }
     return rawMessageInfo;
   });
 }
 
 type MediaMessageDataCreationInput = {
   +threadID: string,
   +creatorID: string,
   +media: $ReadOnlyArray<Media>,
   +localID?: ?string,
   +time?: ?number,
   +sidebarCreation?: ?boolean,
   ...
 };
 function createMediaMessageData(
   input: MediaMessageDataCreationInput,
   options: {
     +forceMultimediaMessageType?: boolean,
   } = defaultMediaMessageOptions,
 ): MultimediaMessageData {
   let allMediaArePhotos = true;
   const photoMedia = [];
   for (const singleMedia of input.media) {
     if (singleMedia.type !== 'photo') {
       allMediaArePhotos = false;
       break;
     } else {
       photoMedia.push(singleMedia);
     }
   }
 
   const { localID, threadID, creatorID, sidebarCreation } = input;
   const { forceMultimediaMessageType = false } = options;
   const time = input.time ? input.time : Date.now();
   let messageData;
   if (allMediaArePhotos && !forceMultimediaMessageType) {
     messageData = ({
       type: messageTypes.IMAGES,
       threadID,
       creatorID,
       time,
       media: photoMedia,
     }: ImagesMessageData);
     if (localID) {
       messageData = { ...messageData, localID };
     }
     if (sidebarCreation) {
       messageData = { ...messageData, sidebarCreation };
     }
   } else {
     messageData = ({
       type: messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA,
       threadID,
       creatorID,
       time,
       media: input.media,
     }: MediaMessageData);
     if (localID) {
       messageData = { ...messageData, localID };
     }
     if (sidebarCreation) {
       messageData = { ...messageData, sidebarCreation };
     }
   }
   return messageData;
 }
 
 type MediaMessageInfoCreationInput = {
   ...$Exact<MediaMessageDataCreationInput>,
   +id?: ?string,
 };
 function createMediaMessageInfo(
   input: MediaMessageInfoCreationInput,
   options: {
     +forceMultimediaMessageType?: boolean,
   } = defaultMediaMessageOptions,
 ): RawMultimediaMessageInfo {
   const messageData = createMediaMessageData(input, options);
   const createRawMessageInfo =
     messageSpecs[messageData.type].rawMessageInfoFromMessageData;
   invariant(
     createRawMessageInfo,
     'multimedia message spec should have rawMessageInfoFromMessageData',
   );
   const result = createRawMessageInfo(messageData, input.id);
   invariant(
     result.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA ||
       result.type === messageTypes.IMAGES,
     `media messageSpec returned MessageType ${result.type}`,
   );
   return result;
 }
 
 function stripLocalID(
   rawMessageInfo:
     | RawComposableMessageInfo
     | RawReactionMessageInfo
     | RawEditMessageInfo,
 ) {
   const { localID, ...rest } = rawMessageInfo;
   return rest;
 }
 
 function stripLocalIDs(
   input: $ReadOnlyArray<RawMessageInfo>,
 ): RawMessageInfo[] {
   const output = [];
   for (const rawMessageInfo of input) {
     if (rawMessageInfo.localID) {
       invariant(
         rawMessageInfo.id,
         'serverID should be set if localID is being stripped',
       );
       output.push(stripLocalID(rawMessageInfo));
     } else {
       output.push(rawMessageInfo);
     }
   }
   return output;
 }
 
 // Normally we call trim() to remove whitespace at the beginning and end of each
 // message. However, our Markdown parser supports a "codeBlock" format where the
 // user can indent each line to indicate a code block. If we match the
 // corresponding RegEx, we'll only trim whitespace off the end.
 function trimMessage(message: string): string {
   message = message.replace(/^\n*/, '');
   return codeBlockRegex.exec(message) ? message.trimEnd() : message.trim();
 }
 
 function createMessageQuote(message: string): string {
   // add `>` to each line to include empty lines in the quote
   return message.replace(/^/gm, '> ');
 }
 
 function createMessageReply(message: string): string {
   return createMessageQuote(message) + '\n\n';
 }
 
 function getMostRecentNonLocalMessageID(
   threadID: string,
   messageStore: MessageStore,
 ): ?string {
   const thread = messageStore.threads[threadID];
   return thread?.messageIDs.find(id => !id.startsWith(localIDPrefix));
 }
 
 function getOldestNonLocalMessageID(
   threadID: string,
   messageStore: MessageStore,
 ): ?string {
   const thread = messageStore.threads[threadID];
   if (!thread) {
     return thread;
   }
   const { messageIDs } = thread;
   for (let i = messageIDs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
     const id = messageIDs[i];
     if (!id.startsWith(localIDPrefix)) {
       return id;
     }
   }
   return undefined;
 }
 
 function getMessageTitle(
   messageInfo:
     | ComposableMessageInfo
     | RobotextMessageInfo
     | ReactionMessageInfo
     | EditMessageInfo,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   markdownRules: ParserRules,
 ): EntityText {
   const { messageTitle } = messageSpecs[messageInfo.type];
   if (messageTitle) {
     return messageTitle({ messageInfo, threadInfo, markdownRules });
   }
 
   invariant(
     messageInfo.type !== messageTypes.TEXT &&
       messageInfo.type !== messageTypes.IMAGES &&
       messageInfo.type !== messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA &&
       messageInfo.type !== messageTypes.REACTION &&
       messageInfo.type !== messageTypes.EDIT_MESSAGE,
     'messageTitle can only be auto-generated for RobotextMessageInfo',
   );
   return robotextForMessageInfo(messageInfo, threadInfo);
 }
 
 function mergeThreadMessageInfos(
   first: ThreadMessageInfo,
   second: ThreadMessageInfo,
   messages: { +[id: string]: RawMessageInfo },
 ): ThreadMessageInfo {
   let firstPointer = 0;
   let secondPointer = 0;
   const mergedMessageIDs = [];
   let firstCandidate = first.messageIDs[firstPointer];
   let secondCandidate = second.messageIDs[secondPointer];
   while (firstCandidate !== undefined || secondCandidate !== undefined) {
     if (firstCandidate === undefined) {
       mergedMessageIDs.push(secondCandidate);
       secondPointer++;
     } else if (secondCandidate === undefined) {
       mergedMessageIDs.push(firstCandidate);
       firstPointer++;
     } else if (firstCandidate === secondCandidate) {
       mergedMessageIDs.push(firstCandidate);
       firstPointer++;
       secondPointer++;
     } else {
       const firstMessage = messages[firstCandidate];
       const secondMessage = messages[secondCandidate];
       invariant(
         firstMessage && secondMessage,
         'message in messageIDs not present in MessageStore',
       );
       if (
         (firstMessage.id &&
           secondMessage.id &&
           firstMessage.id === secondMessage.id) ||
         (firstMessage.localID &&
           secondMessage.localID &&
           firstMessage.localID === secondMessage.localID)
       ) {
         mergedMessageIDs.push(firstCandidate);
         firstPointer++;
         secondPointer++;
       } else if (firstMessage.time < secondMessage.time) {
         mergedMessageIDs.push(secondCandidate);
         secondPointer++;
       } else {
         mergedMessageIDs.push(firstCandidate);
         firstPointer++;
       }
     }
     firstCandidate = first.messageIDs[firstPointer];
     secondCandidate = second.messageIDs[secondPointer];
   }
   return {
     messageIDs: mergedMessageIDs,
     startReached: first.startReached && second.startReached,
     lastNavigatedTo: Math.max(first.lastNavigatedTo, second.lastNavigatedTo),
     lastPruned: Math.max(first.lastPruned, second.lastPruned),
   };
 }
 
 type MessagePreviewPart = {
   +text: string,
   // unread has highest contrast, followed by primary, followed by secondary
   +style: 'unread' | 'primary' | 'secondary',
 };
 export type MessagePreviewResult = {
   +message: MessagePreviewPart,
   +username: ?MessagePreviewPart,
 };
 function useMessagePreview(
   originalMessageInfo: ?MessageInfo,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   markdownRules: ParserRules,
 ): ?MessagePreviewResult {
   let messageInfo;
   if (
     originalMessageInfo &&
     originalMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.SIDEBAR_SOURCE
   ) {
     messageInfo = originalMessageInfo.sourceMessage;
   } else {
     messageInfo = originalMessageInfo;
   }
 
   const hasUsername =
     threadIsGroupChat(threadInfo) ||
     threadInfo.name !== '' ||
     messageInfo?.creator.isViewer;
   const shouldDisplayUser =
     messageInfo?.type === messageTypes.TEXT && hasUsername;
 
   const stringForUser = useStringForUser(
     shouldDisplayUser ? messageInfo?.creator : null,
   );
 
   const { unread } = threadInfo.currentUser;
   const username = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!shouldDisplayUser) {
       return null;
     }
     invariant(
       stringForUser,
       'useStringForUser should only return falsey if pass null or undefined',
     );
     return {
       text: stringForUser,
       style: unread ? 'unread' : 'secondary',
     };
   }, [shouldDisplayUser, stringForUser, unread]);
 
   const messageTitleEntityText = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!messageInfo) {
       return messageInfo;
     }
     return getMessageTitle(messageInfo, threadInfo, markdownRules);
   }, [messageInfo, threadInfo, markdownRules]);
 
   const threadID = threadInfo.id;
   const entityTextToStringParams = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       threadID,
     }),
     [threadID],
   );
   const messageTitle = useEntityTextAsString(
     messageTitleEntityText,
     entityTextToStringParams,
   );
 
   const isTextMessage = messageInfo?.type === messageTypes.TEXT;
   const message = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (messageTitle === null || messageTitle === undefined) {
       return messageTitle;
     }
 
     let style;
     if (unread) {
       style = 'unread';
     } else if (isTextMessage) {
       style = 'primary';
     } else {
       style = 'secondary';
     }
 
     return { text: messageTitle, style };
   }, [messageTitle, unread, isTextMessage]);
 
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!message) {
       return message;
     }
     return { message, username };
   }, [message, username]);
 }
 
 function useMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc<Info: RawMessageInfo>(
   messageType: $PropertyType<Info, 'type'>,
 ): CreationSideEffectsFunc<Info> {
   const messageSpec = messageSpecs[messageType];
   invariant(messageSpec, `we're not aware of messageType ${messageType}`);
   invariant(
     messageSpec.useCreationSideEffectsFunc,
     `no useCreationSideEffectsFunc in message spec for ${messageType}`,
   );
   return messageSpec.useCreationSideEffectsFunc();
 }
 
 function getPinnedContentFromMessage(targetMessage: RawMessageInfo): string {
   let pinnedContent;
   if (
     targetMessage.type === messageTypes.IMAGES ||
     targetMessage.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA
   ) {
     pinnedContent = contentStringForMediaArray(targetMessage.media);
   } else {
     pinnedContent = 'a message';
   }
 
   return pinnedContent;
 }
 
 function modifyItemForResultScreen(
   item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
 ): ChatMessageInfoItem {
   if (item.messageInfoType === 'composable') {
     return {
       ...item,
       startsConversation: false,
       startsCluster: true,
       endsCluster: true,
       messageInfo: {
         ...item.messageInfo,
         creator: {
           ...item.messageInfo.creator,
           isViewer: false,
         },
       },
     };
   }
   return item;
 }
 
 function constructChangeRoleEntityText(
   affectedUsers: EntityText | string,
   roleName: ?string,
 ): EntityText {
   if (!roleName) {
     return ET`assigned ${affectedUsers} a new role`;
   }
 
   return ET`assigned ${affectedUsers} the "${roleName}" role`;
 }
 
+function useNextLocalID(): string {
+  const nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
+  return `${localIDPrefix}${nextLocalID}`;
+}
+
 export {
   localIDPrefix,
   messageKey,
   messageID,
   robotextForMessageInfo,
   createMessageInfo,
   sortMessageInfoList,
   sortMessageIDs,
   rawMessageInfoFromMessageData,
   mostRecentMessageTimestamp,
   usersInMessageInfos,
   combineTruncationStatuses,
   shimUnsupportedRawMessageInfos,
   createMediaMessageData,
   createMediaMessageInfo,
   stripLocalIDs,
   trimMessage,
   createMessageQuote,
   createMessageReply,
   getMostRecentNonLocalMessageID,
   getOldestNonLocalMessageID,
   getMessageTitle,
   mergeThreadMessageInfos,
   useMessagePreview,
   useMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc,
   getPinnedContentFromMessage,
   modifyItemForResultScreen,
   constructChangeRoleEntityText,
+  useNextLocalID,
 };
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js b/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
index 4618957e6..9e058dd5c 100644
--- a/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
@@ -1,1414 +1,1414 @@
 // @flow
 
 import Icon from '@expo/vector-icons/Ionicons.js';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _throttle from 'lodash/throttle.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import {
   View,
   TextInput,
   TouchableOpacity,
   Platform,
   Text,
   ActivityIndicator,
   TouchableWithoutFeedback,
   NativeAppEventEmitter,
 } from 'react-native';
 import { TextInputKeyboardMangerIOS } from 'react-native-keyboard-input';
 import Animated, {
   EasingNode,
   FadeInDown,
   FadeOutDown,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
 import {
   moveDraftActionType,
   updateDraftActionType,
 } from 'lib/actions/draft-actions.js';
 import {
   joinThreadActionTypes,
   joinThread,
   newThreadActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { userStoreSearchIndex } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import { colorIsDark } from 'lib/shared/color-utils.js';
 import { useEditMessage } from 'lib/shared/edit-messages-utils.js';
 import {
   getTypeaheadUserSuggestions,
   getTypeaheadRegexMatches,
   type Selection,
   getMentionsCandidates,
 } from 'lib/shared/mention-utils.js';
 import {
-  localIDPrefix,
+  useNextLocalID,
   trimMessage,
   useMessagePreview,
   messageKey,
   type MessagePreviewResult,
 } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import SearchIndex from 'lib/shared/search-index.js';
 import {
   threadHasPermission,
   viewerIsMember,
   threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock,
   threadActualMembers,
   checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced,
   draftKeyFromThreadID,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from 'lib/types/entry-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type { PhotoPaste } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import { messageTypes } from 'lib/types/message-types-enum.js';
 import type {
   SendEditMessageResponse,
   MessageInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import {
   type ThreadInfo,
   type ClientThreadJoinRequest,
   type ThreadJoinPayload,
   type RelativeMemberInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import { type UserInfos } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import {
   type DispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 
 import { ChatContext } from './chat-context.js';
 import type { ChatNavigationProp } from './chat.react.js';
 import {
   MessageEditingContext,
   type MessageEditingContextType,
 } from './message-editing-context.react.js';
 import type { RemoveEditMode } from './message-list-types.js';
 import TypeaheadTooltip from './typeahead-tooltip.react.js';
 import Button from '../components/button.react.js';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
 import ClearableTextInput from '../components/clearable-text-input.react';
 import type { SyncedSelectionData } from '../components/selectable-text-input.js';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
 import SelectableTextInput from '../components/selectable-text-input.react';
 import { SingleLine } from '../components/single-line.react.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from '../components/swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import {
   type InputState,
   InputStateContext,
   type EditInputBarMessageParameters,
 } from '../input/input-state.js';
 import KeyboardInputHost from '../keyboard/keyboard-input-host.react.js';
 import {
   type KeyboardState,
   KeyboardContext,
 } from '../keyboard/keyboard-state.js';
 import { getKeyboardHeight } from '../keyboard/keyboard.js';
 import { getDefaultTextMessageRules } from '../markdown/rules.react.js';
 import {
   nonThreadCalendarQuery,
   activeThreadSelector,
 } from '../navigation/nav-selectors.js';
 import { NavContext } from '../navigation/navigation-context.js';
 import { OverlayContext } from '../navigation/overlay-context.js';
 import type { OverlayContextType } from '../navigation/overlay-context.js';
 import {
   type NavigationRoute,
   ChatCameraModalRouteName,
   ImagePasteModalRouteName,
 } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { type Colors, useStyles, useColors } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import type { LayoutEvent } from '../types/react-native.js';
 import { type AnimatedViewStyle, AnimatedView } from '../types/styles.js';
 import Alert from '../utils/alert.js';
 import { runTiming } from '../utils/animation-utils.js';
 import { exitEditAlert } from '../utils/edit-messages-utils.js';
 import { nativeTypeaheadRegex } from '../utils/typeahead-utils.js';
 
 /* eslint-disable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 const { Value, Clock, block, set, cond, neq, sub, interpolateNode, stopClock } =
   Animated;
 /* eslint-enable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 
 const expandoButtonsAnimationConfig = {
   duration: 150,
   easing: EasingNode.inOut(EasingNode.ease),
 };
 const sendButtonAnimationConfig = {
   duration: 150,
   easing: EasingNode.inOut(EasingNode.ease),
 };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +viewerID: ?string,
   +draft: string,
   +joinThreadLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus,
   +threadCreationInProgress: boolean,
   +calendarQuery: () => CalendarQuery,
-  +nextLocalID: number,
+  +nextLocalID: string,
   +userInfos: UserInfos,
   +colors: Colors,
   +styles: typeof unboundStyles,
   +onInputBarLayout?: (event: LayoutEvent) => mixed,
   +openCamera: () => mixed,
   +isActive: boolean,
   +keyboardState: ?KeyboardState,
   +dispatch: Dispatch,
   +dispatchActionPromise: DispatchActionPromise,
   +joinThread: (request: ClientThreadJoinRequest) => Promise<ThreadJoinPayload>,
   +inputState: ?InputState,
   +userSearchIndex: SearchIndex,
   +mentionsCandidates: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   +parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +editedMessagePreview: ?MessagePreviewResult,
   +editedMessageInfo: ?MessageInfo,
   +editMessage: (
     messageID: string,
     text: string,
   ) => Promise<SendEditMessageResponse>,
   +navigation: ?ChatNavigationProp<'MessageList'>,
   +overlayContext: ?OverlayContextType,
   +messageEditingContext: ?MessageEditingContextType,
 };
 type State = {
   +text: string,
   +textEdited: boolean,
   +buttonsExpanded: boolean,
   +selectionState: SyncedSelectionData,
   +isExitingDuringEditMode: boolean,
 };
 class ChatInputBar extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   textInput: ?React.ElementRef<typeof TextInput>;
   clearableTextInput: ?ClearableTextInput;
   selectableTextInput: ?React.ElementRef<typeof SelectableTextInput>;
 
   expandoButtonsOpen: Value;
   targetExpandoButtonsOpen: Value;
   expandoButtonsStyle: AnimatedViewStyle;
   cameraRollIconStyle: AnimatedViewStyle;
   cameraIconStyle: AnimatedViewStyle;
   expandIconStyle: AnimatedViewStyle;
 
   sendButtonContainerOpen: Value;
   targetSendButtonContainerOpen: Value;
   sendButtonContainerStyle: AnimatedViewStyle;
 
   clearBeforeRemoveListener: () => void;
   clearFocusListener: () => void;
   clearBlurListener: () => void;
 
   constructor(props: Props) {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
       text: props.draft,
       textEdited: false,
       buttonsExpanded: true,
       selectionState: { text: props.draft, selection: { start: 0, end: 0 } },
       isExitingDuringEditMode: false,
     };
 
     this.setUpActionIconAnimations();
     this.setUpSendIconAnimations();
   }
 
   setUpActionIconAnimations() {
     this.expandoButtonsOpen = new Value(1);
     this.targetExpandoButtonsOpen = new Value(1);
     const prevTargetExpandoButtonsOpen = new Value(1);
     const expandoButtonClock = new Clock();
     const expandoButtonsOpen = block([
       cond(neq(this.targetExpandoButtonsOpen, prevTargetExpandoButtonsOpen), [
         stopClock(expandoButtonClock),
         set(prevTargetExpandoButtonsOpen, this.targetExpandoButtonsOpen),
       ]),
       cond(
         neq(this.expandoButtonsOpen, this.targetExpandoButtonsOpen),
         set(
           this.expandoButtonsOpen,
           runTiming(
             expandoButtonClock,
             this.expandoButtonsOpen,
             this.targetExpandoButtonsOpen,
             true,
             expandoButtonsAnimationConfig,
           ),
         ),
       ),
       this.expandoButtonsOpen,
     ]);
 
     this.cameraRollIconStyle = {
       ...unboundStyles.cameraRollIcon,
       opacity: expandoButtonsOpen,
     };
     this.cameraIconStyle = {
       ...unboundStyles.cameraIcon,
       opacity: expandoButtonsOpen,
     };
 
     const expandoButtonsWidth = interpolateNode(expandoButtonsOpen, {
       inputRange: [0, 1],
       outputRange: [26, 66],
     });
     this.expandoButtonsStyle = {
       ...unboundStyles.expandoButtons,
       width: expandoButtonsWidth,
     };
 
     const expandOpacity = sub(1, expandoButtonsOpen);
     this.expandIconStyle = {
       ...unboundStyles.expandIcon,
       opacity: expandOpacity,
     };
   }
 
   setUpSendIconAnimations() {
     const initialSendButtonContainerOpen = trimMessage(this.props.draft)
       ? 1
       : 0;
     this.sendButtonContainerOpen = new Value(initialSendButtonContainerOpen);
     this.targetSendButtonContainerOpen = new Value(
       initialSendButtonContainerOpen,
     );
     const prevTargetSendButtonContainerOpen = new Value(
       initialSendButtonContainerOpen,
     );
     const sendButtonClock = new Clock();
     const sendButtonContainerOpen = block([
       cond(
         neq(
           this.targetSendButtonContainerOpen,
           prevTargetSendButtonContainerOpen,
         ),
         [
           stopClock(sendButtonClock),
           set(
             prevTargetSendButtonContainerOpen,
             this.targetSendButtonContainerOpen,
           ),
         ],
       ),
       cond(
         neq(this.sendButtonContainerOpen, this.targetSendButtonContainerOpen),
         set(
           this.sendButtonContainerOpen,
           runTiming(
             sendButtonClock,
             this.sendButtonContainerOpen,
             this.targetSendButtonContainerOpen,
             true,
             sendButtonAnimationConfig,
           ),
         ),
       ),
       this.sendButtonContainerOpen,
     ]);
 
     const sendButtonContainerWidth = interpolateNode(sendButtonContainerOpen, {
       inputRange: [0, 1],
       outputRange: [4, 38],
     });
     this.sendButtonContainerStyle = { width: sendButtonContainerWidth };
   }
 
   static mediaGalleryOpen(props: Props) {
     const { keyboardState } = props;
     return !!(keyboardState && keyboardState.mediaGalleryOpen);
   }
 
   static systemKeyboardShowing(props: Props) {
     const { keyboardState } = props;
     return !!(keyboardState && keyboardState.systemKeyboardShowing);
   }
 
   get systemKeyboardShowing() {
     return ChatInputBar.systemKeyboardShowing(this.props);
   }
 
   immediatelyShowSendButton() {
     this.sendButtonContainerOpen.setValue(1);
     this.targetSendButtonContainerOpen.setValue(1);
   }
 
   updateSendButton(currentText: string) {
     if (this.shouldShowTextInput) {
       this.targetSendButtonContainerOpen.setValue(currentText === '' ? 0 : 1);
     } else {
       this.setUpSendIconAnimations();
     }
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
     const { isActive, navigation } = this.props;
     if (isActive) {
       this.addEditInputMessageListener();
     }
     if (!navigation) {
       return;
     }
     this.clearBeforeRemoveListener = navigation.addListener(
       'beforeRemove',
       this.onNavigationBeforeRemove,
     );
     this.clearFocusListener = navigation.addListener(
       'focus',
       this.onNavigationFocus,
     );
     this.clearBlurListener = navigation.addListener(
       'blur',
       this.onNavigationBlur,
     );
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
     if (this.props.isActive) {
       this.removeEditInputMessageListener();
     }
     if (this.clearBeforeRemoveListener) {
       this.clearBeforeRemoveListener();
     }
     if (this.clearFocusListener) {
       this.clearFocusListener();
     }
     if (this.clearBlurListener) {
       this.clearBlurListener();
     }
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props, prevState: State) {
     if (
       this.state.textEdited &&
       this.state.text &&
       this.props.threadInfo.id !== prevProps.threadInfo.id
     ) {
       this.props.dispatch({
         type: moveDraftActionType,
         payload: {
           oldKey: draftKeyFromThreadID(prevProps.threadInfo.id),
           newKey: draftKeyFromThreadID(this.props.threadInfo.id),
         },
       });
     } else if (!this.state.textEdited && this.props.draft !== prevProps.draft) {
       this.setState({ text: this.props.draft });
     }
     if (this.props.isActive && !prevProps.isActive) {
       this.addEditInputMessageListener();
     } else if (!this.props.isActive && prevProps.isActive) {
       this.removeEditInputMessageListener();
     }
 
     const currentText = trimMessage(this.state.text);
     const prevText = trimMessage(prevState.text);
 
     if (
       (currentText === '' && prevText !== '') ||
       (currentText !== '' && prevText === '')
     ) {
       this.updateSendButton(currentText);
     }
 
     const systemKeyboardIsShowing = ChatInputBar.systemKeyboardShowing(
       this.props,
     );
     const systemKeyboardWasShowing =
       ChatInputBar.systemKeyboardShowing(prevProps);
     if (systemKeyboardIsShowing && !systemKeyboardWasShowing) {
       this.hideButtons();
     } else if (!systemKeyboardIsShowing && systemKeyboardWasShowing) {
       this.expandButtons();
     }
 
     const imageGalleryIsOpen = ChatInputBar.mediaGalleryOpen(this.props);
     const imageGalleryWasOpen = ChatInputBar.mediaGalleryOpen(prevProps);
     if (!imageGalleryIsOpen && imageGalleryWasOpen) {
       this.hideButtons();
     } else if (imageGalleryIsOpen && !imageGalleryWasOpen) {
       this.expandButtons();
       this.setIOSKeyboardHeight();
     }
 
     if (
       this.props.messageEditingContext?.editState.editedMessage &&
       !prevProps.messageEditingContext?.editState.editedMessage
     ) {
       this.blockNavigation();
     }
   }
 
   addEditInputMessageListener() {
     invariant(
       this.props.inputState,
       'inputState should be set in addEditInputMessageListener',
     );
     this.props.inputState.addEditInputMessageListener(this.focusAndUpdateText);
   }
 
   removeEditInputMessageListener() {
     invariant(
       this.props.inputState,
       'inputState should be set in removeEditInputMessageListener',
     );
     this.props.inputState.removeEditInputMessageListener(
       this.focusAndUpdateText,
     );
   }
 
   setIOSKeyboardHeight() {
     if (Platform.OS !== 'ios') {
       return;
     }
     const { textInput } = this;
     if (!textInput) {
       return;
     }
     const keyboardHeight = getKeyboardHeight();
     if (keyboardHeight === null || keyboardHeight === undefined) {
       return;
     }
     TextInputKeyboardMangerIOS.setKeyboardHeight(textInput, keyboardHeight);
   }
 
   get shouldShowTextInput(): boolean {
     if (threadHasPermission(this.props.threadInfo, threadPermissions.VOICED)) {
       return true;
     }
     // If the thread is created by somebody else while the viewer is attempting
     // to create it, the threadInfo might be modified in-place
     // and won't list the viewer as a member,
     // which will end up hiding the input.
     // In this case, we will assume that our creation action
     // will get translated into a join, and as long
     // as members are voiced, we can show the input.
     if (!this.props.threadCreationInProgress) {
       return false;
     }
     return checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced(this.props.threadInfo);
   }
 
   render() {
     const isMember = viewerIsMember(this.props.threadInfo);
     const canJoin = threadHasPermission(
       this.props.threadInfo,
       threadPermissions.JOIN_THREAD,
     );
     let joinButton = null;
     const threadColor = `#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`;
     const isEditMode = this.isEditMode();
     if (!isMember && canJoin && !this.props.threadCreationInProgress) {
       let buttonContent;
       if (this.props.joinThreadLoadingStatus === 'loading') {
         buttonContent = (
           <ActivityIndicator
             size="small"
             color="white"
             style={this.props.styles.joinThreadLoadingIndicator}
           />
         );
       } else {
         const textStyle = colorIsDark(this.props.threadInfo.color)
           ? this.props.styles.joinButtonTextLight
           : this.props.styles.joinButtonTextDark;
         buttonContent = (
           <View style={this.props.styles.joinButtonContent}>
             <SWMansionIcon name="plus" style={textStyle} />
             <Text style={textStyle}>Join Chat</Text>
           </View>
         );
       }
       joinButton = (
         <View style={this.props.styles.joinButtonContainer}>
           <Button
             onPress={this.onPressJoin}
             iosActiveOpacity={0.85}
             style={[
               this.props.styles.joinButton,
               { backgroundColor: threadColor },
             ]}
           >
             {buttonContent}
           </Button>
         </View>
       );
     }
 
     const typeaheadRegexMatches = getTypeaheadRegexMatches(
       this.state.selectionState.text,
       this.state.selectionState.selection,
       nativeTypeaheadRegex,
     );
 
     let typeaheadTooltip = null;
 
     if (typeaheadRegexMatches && !isEditMode) {
       const typeaheadMatchedStrings = {
         textBeforeAtSymbol: typeaheadRegexMatches[1] ?? '',
         usernamePrefix: typeaheadRegexMatches[4] ?? '',
       };
 
       const suggestedUsers = getTypeaheadUserSuggestions(
         this.props.userSearchIndex,
         this.props.mentionsCandidates,
         this.props.viewerID,
         typeaheadMatchedStrings.usernamePrefix,
       );
 
       if (suggestedUsers.length > 0) {
         typeaheadTooltip = (
           <TypeaheadTooltip
             text={this.state.text}
             matchedStrings={typeaheadMatchedStrings}
             suggestedUsers={suggestedUsers}
             focusAndUpdateTextAndSelection={this.focusAndUpdateTextAndSelection}
           />
         );
       }
     }
 
     let content;
     const defaultMembersAreVoiced = checkIfDefaultMembersAreVoiced(
       this.props.threadInfo,
     );
     if (this.shouldShowTextInput) {
       content = this.renderInput();
     } else if (
       threadFrozenDueToViewerBlock(
         this.props.threadInfo,
         this.props.viewerID,
         this.props.userInfos,
       ) &&
       threadActualMembers(this.props.threadInfo.members).length === 2
     ) {
       content = (
         <Text style={this.props.styles.explanation}>
           You can&rsquo;t send messages to a user that you&rsquo;ve blocked.
         </Text>
       );
     } else if (isMember) {
       content = (
         <Text style={this.props.styles.explanation}>
           You don&rsquo;t have permission to send messages.
         </Text>
       );
     } else if (defaultMembersAreVoiced && canJoin) {
       content = null;
     } else {
       content = (
         <Text style={this.props.styles.explanation}>
           You don&rsquo;t have permission to send messages.
         </Text>
       );
     }
 
     const keyboardInputHost =
       Platform.OS === 'android' ? null : (
         <KeyboardInputHost textInputRef={this.textInput} />
       );
 
     let editedMessage;
     if (isEditMode && this.props.editedMessagePreview) {
       const { message } = this.props.editedMessagePreview;
       editedMessage = (
         <AnimatedView
           style={this.props.styles.editView}
           entering={FadeInDown}
           exiting={FadeOutDown}
         >
           <View style={this.props.styles.editViewContent}>
             <TouchableOpacity
               onPress={this.scrollToEditedMessage}
               activeOpacity={0.4}
             >
               <Text
                 style={[{ color: threadColor }, this.props.styles.editingLabel]}
               >
                 Editing message
               </Text>
               <SingleLine style={this.props.styles.editingMessagePreview}>
                 {message.text}
               </SingleLine>
             </TouchableOpacity>
           </View>
           <SWMansionIcon
             style={this.props.styles.exitEditButton}
             name="cross"
             size={22}
             color={threadColor}
             onPress={this.onPressExitEditMode}
           />
         </AnimatedView>
       );
     }
 
     return (
       <AnimatedView
         style={this.props.styles.container}
         onLayout={this.props.onInputBarLayout}
       >
         {typeaheadTooltip}
         {joinButton}
         {editedMessage}
         {content}
         {keyboardInputHost}
       </AnimatedView>
     );
   }
 
   renderInput() {
     const expandoButton = (
       <TouchableOpacity
         onPress={this.expandButtons}
         activeOpacity={0.4}
         style={this.props.styles.expandButton}
       >
         <AnimatedView style={this.expandIconStyle}>
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="chevron-right"
             size={22}
             color={`#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`}
           />
         </AnimatedView>
       </TouchableOpacity>
     );
     const threadColor = `#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`;
     const expandoButtonsViewStyle = [this.props.styles.innerExpandoButtons];
     if (this.isEditMode()) {
       expandoButtonsViewStyle.push({ display: 'none' });
     }
     return (
       <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={this.dismissKeyboard}>
         <View style={this.props.styles.inputContainer}>
           <AnimatedView style={this.expandoButtonsStyle}>
             <View style={expandoButtonsViewStyle}>
               {this.state.buttonsExpanded ? expandoButton : null}
               <TouchableOpacity
                 onPress={this.showMediaGallery}
                 activeOpacity={0.4}
               >
                 <AnimatedView style={this.cameraRollIconStyle}>
                   <SWMansionIcon
                     name="image-1"
                     size={28}
                     color={`#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`}
                   />
                 </AnimatedView>
               </TouchableOpacity>
               <TouchableOpacity
                 onPress={this.props.openCamera}
                 activeOpacity={0.4}
                 disabled={!this.state.buttonsExpanded}
               >
                 <AnimatedView style={this.cameraIconStyle}>
                   <SWMansionIcon
                     name="camera"
                     size={28}
                     color={`#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`}
                   />
                 </AnimatedView>
               </TouchableOpacity>
               {this.state.buttonsExpanded ? null : expandoButton}
             </View>
           </AnimatedView>
           <SelectableTextInput
             allowImagePasteForThreadID={this.props.threadInfo.id}
             value={this.state.text}
             onChangeText={this.updateText}
             selection={this.state.selectionState.selection}
             onUpdateSyncedSelectionData={this.updateSelectionState}
             placeholder="Send a message..."
             placeholderTextColor={this.props.colors.listInputButton}
             multiline={true}
             style={this.props.styles.textInput}
             textInputRef={this.textInputRef}
             clearableTextInputRef={this.clearableTextInputRef}
             ref={this.selectableTextInputRef}
             selectionColor={`#${this.props.threadInfo.color}`}
           />
           <AnimatedView style={this.sendButtonContainerStyle}>
             <TouchableOpacity
               onPress={this.onSend}
               activeOpacity={0.4}
               style={this.props.styles.sendButton}
               disabled={trimMessage(this.state.text) === ''}
             >
               <Icon
                 name="md-send"
                 size={25}
                 style={this.props.styles.sendIcon}
                 color={threadColor}
               />
             </TouchableOpacity>
           </AnimatedView>
         </View>
       </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
     );
   }
 
   textInputRef = (textInput: ?React.ElementRef<typeof TextInput>) => {
     this.textInput = textInput;
   };
 
   clearableTextInputRef = (clearableTextInput: ?ClearableTextInput) => {
     this.clearableTextInput = clearableTextInput;
   };
 
   selectableTextInputRef = (
     selectableTextInput: ?React.ElementRef<typeof SelectableTextInput>,
   ) => {
     this.selectableTextInput = selectableTextInput;
   };
 
   updateText = (text: string) => {
     if (this.state.isExitingDuringEditMode) {
       return;
     }
     this.setState({ text, textEdited: true });
     this.props.messageEditingContext?.setEditedMessageChanged(
       this.isMessageEdited(text),
     );
     if (this.isEditMode()) {
       return;
     }
     this.saveDraft(text);
   };
 
   updateSelectionState: (data: SyncedSelectionData) => void = data => {
     this.setState({ selectionState: data });
   };
 
   saveDraft = _throttle(text => {
     this.props.dispatch({
       type: updateDraftActionType,
       payload: {
         key: draftKeyFromThreadID(this.props.threadInfo.id),
         text,
       },
     });
   }, 400);
 
   focusAndUpdateTextAndSelection = (text: string, selection: Selection) => {
     this.selectableTextInput?.prepareForSelectionMutation(text, selection);
     this.setState({
       text,
       textEdited: true,
       selectionState: { text, selection },
     });
     this.saveDraft(text);
 
     this.focusAndUpdateButtonsVisibility();
   };
 
   focusAndUpdateText = (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => {
     const { message: text, mode } = params;
     const currentText = this.state.text;
     if (mode === 'replace') {
       this.updateText(text);
     } else if (!currentText.startsWith(text)) {
       const prependedText = text.concat(currentText);
       this.updateText(prependedText);
     }
 
     this.focusAndUpdateButtonsVisibility();
   };
 
   focusAndUpdateButtonsVisibility = () => {
     const { textInput } = this;
     if (!textInput) {
       return;
     }
 
     this.immediatelyShowSendButton();
     this.immediatelyHideButtons();
     textInput.focus();
   };
 
   onSend = async () => {
     if (!trimMessage(this.state.text)) {
       return;
     }
 
     const editedMessage = this.getEditedMessage();
     if (editedMessage && editedMessage.id) {
       this.editMessage(editedMessage.id, this.state.text);
       return;
     }
 
     this.updateSendButton('');
 
     const { clearableTextInput } = this;
     invariant(
       clearableTextInput,
       'clearableTextInput should be sent in onSend',
     );
     let text = await clearableTextInput.getValueAndReset();
     text = trimMessage(text);
     if (!text) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const localID = `${localIDPrefix}${this.props.nextLocalID}`;
+    const localID = this.props.nextLocalID;
     const creatorID = this.props.viewerID;
     invariant(creatorID, 'should have viewer ID in order to send a message');
     invariant(
       this.props.inputState,
       'inputState should be set in ChatInputBar.onSend',
     );
 
     this.props.inputState.sendTextMessage(
       {
         type: messageTypes.TEXT,
         localID,
         threadID: this.props.threadInfo.id,
         text,
         creatorID,
         time: Date.now(),
       },
       this.props.threadInfo,
       this.props.parentThreadInfo,
     );
   };
 
   isEditMode = () => {
     const editState = this.props.messageEditingContext?.editState;
     const isThisThread =
       editState?.editedMessage?.threadID === this.props.threadInfo.id;
     return editState && editState.editedMessage !== null && isThisThread;
   };
 
   isMessageEdited = newText => {
     let text = newText ?? this.state.text;
     text = trimMessage(text);
     const originalText = this.props.editedMessageInfo?.text;
     return text !== originalText;
   };
 
   unblockNavigation = () => {
     const { navigation } = this.props;
     if (!navigation) {
       return;
     }
     navigation.setParams({ removeEditMode: null });
   };
 
   removeEditMode: RemoveEditMode = action => {
     const { navigation } = this.props;
     if (!navigation || this.state.isExitingDuringEditMode) {
       return 'ignore_action';
     }
     if (!this.isMessageEdited()) {
       this.unblockNavigation();
       return 'reduce_action';
     }
     const unblockAndDispatch = () => {
       this.unblockNavigation();
       navigation.dispatch(action);
     };
     const onContinueEditing = () => {
       this.props.overlayContext?.resetScrollBlockingModalStatus();
     };
     exitEditAlert({
       onDiscard: unblockAndDispatch,
       onContinueEditing,
     });
     return 'ignore_action';
   };
 
   blockNavigation = () => {
     const { navigation } = this.props;
     if (!navigation || !navigation.isFocused()) {
       return;
     }
     navigation.setParams({
       removeEditMode: this.removeEditMode,
     });
   };
 
   editMessage = async (messageID: string, text: string) => {
     if (!this.isMessageEdited()) {
       this.exitEditMode();
       return;
     }
     text = trimMessage(text);
     try {
       await this.props.editMessage(messageID, text);
       this.exitEditMode();
     } catch (error) {
       Alert.alert(
         'Couldn’t edit the message',
         'Please try again later',
         [{ text: 'OK' }],
         {
           cancelable: true,
         },
       );
     }
   };
 
   getEditedMessage = () => {
     const editState = this.props.messageEditingContext?.editState;
     return editState?.editedMessage;
   };
 
   onPressExitEditMode = () => {
     if (!this.isMessageEdited()) {
       this.exitEditMode();
       return;
     }
     exitEditAlert({
       onDiscard: this.exitEditMode,
     });
   };
 
   scrollToEditedMessage = () => {
     const editedMessage = this.getEditedMessage();
     if (!editedMessage) {
       return;
     }
     const editedMessageKey = messageKey(editedMessage);
     this.props.inputState?.scrollToMessage(editedMessageKey);
   };
 
   exitEditMode = () => {
     this.props.messageEditingContext?.setEditedMessage(null, () => {
       this.unblockNavigation();
       this.updateText(this.props.draft);
       this.focusAndUpdateButtonsVisibility();
       this.updateSendButton(this.props.draft);
     });
   };
 
   onNavigationFocus = () => {
     this.setState({ isExitingDuringEditMode: false });
   };
 
   onNavigationBlur = () => {
     if (!this.isEditMode()) {
       return;
     }
     this.setState(
       { text: this.props.draft, isExitingDuringEditMode: true },
       this.exitEditMode,
     );
   };
 
   onNavigationBeforeRemove = e => {
     if (!this.isEditMode()) {
       return;
     }
     const { action } = e.data;
     e.preventDefault();
     const saveExit = () => {
       this.props.messageEditingContext?.setEditedMessage(null, () => {
         this.setState({ isExitingDuringEditMode: true }, () => {
           if (!this.props.navigation) {
             return;
           }
           this.props.navigation.dispatch(action);
         });
       });
     };
     if (!this.isMessageEdited()) {
       saveExit();
       return;
     }
     exitEditAlert({
       onDiscard: saveExit,
     });
   };
 
   onPressJoin = () => {
     this.props.dispatchActionPromise(joinThreadActionTypes, this.joinAction());
   };
 
   async joinAction() {
     const query = this.props.calendarQuery();
     return await this.props.joinThread({
       threadID: this.props.threadInfo.id,
       calendarQuery: {
         startDate: query.startDate,
         endDate: query.endDate,
         filters: [
           ...query.filters,
           { type: 'threads', threadIDs: [this.props.threadInfo.id] },
         ],
       },
     });
   }
 
   expandButtons = () => {
     if (this.state.buttonsExpanded || this.isEditMode()) {
       return;
     }
     this.targetExpandoButtonsOpen.setValue(1);
     this.setState({ buttonsExpanded: true });
   };
 
   hideButtons() {
     if (
       ChatInputBar.mediaGalleryOpen(this.props) ||
       !this.systemKeyboardShowing ||
       !this.state.buttonsExpanded
     ) {
       return;
     }
     this.targetExpandoButtonsOpen.setValue(0);
     this.setState({ buttonsExpanded: false });
   }
 
   immediatelyHideButtons() {
     this.expandoButtonsOpen.setValue(0);
     this.targetExpandoButtonsOpen.setValue(0);
     this.setState({ buttonsExpanded: false });
   }
 
   showMediaGallery = () => {
     const { keyboardState } = this.props;
     invariant(keyboardState, 'keyboardState should be initialized');
     keyboardState.showMediaGallery(this.props.threadInfo);
   };
 
   dismissKeyboard = () => {
     const { keyboardState } = this.props;
     keyboardState && keyboardState.dismissKeyboard();
   };
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   cameraIcon: {
     paddingBottom: Platform.OS === 'android' ? 11 : 8,
     paddingRight: 5,
   },
   cameraRollIcon: {
     paddingBottom: Platform.OS === 'android' ? 11 : 8,
     paddingRight: 5,
   },
   container: {
     backgroundColor: 'listBackground',
     paddingLeft: Platform.OS === 'android' ? 10 : 5,
   },
   expandButton: {
     bottom: 0,
     position: 'absolute',
     right: 0,
   },
   expandIcon: {
     paddingBottom: Platform.OS === 'android' ? 13 : 11,
     paddingRight: 2,
   },
   expandoButtons: {
     alignSelf: 'flex-end',
   },
   explanation: {
     color: 'listBackgroundSecondaryLabel',
     paddingBottom: 4,
     paddingTop: 1,
     textAlign: 'center',
   },
   innerExpandoButtons: {
     alignItems: 'flex-end',
     alignSelf: 'flex-end',
     flexDirection: 'row',
   },
   inputContainer: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
   },
   joinButton: {
     borderRadius: 8,
     flex: 1,
     justifyContent: 'center',
     marginHorizontal: 12,
     marginVertical: 3,
   },
   joinButtonContainer: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
     height: 48,
     marginBottom: 8,
   },
   editView: {
     marginLeft: 20,
     marginRight: 20,
     padding: 10,
     flexDirection: 'row',
     justifyContent: 'space-between',
   },
   editViewContent: {
     flex: 1,
     paddingRight: 6,
   },
   exitEditButton: {
     marginTop: 6,
   },
   editingLabel: {
     paddingBottom: 4,
   },
   editingMessagePreview: {
     color: 'listForegroundLabel',
   },
   joinButtonContent: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
     justifyContent: 'center',
     alignItems: 'center',
   },
   joinButtonTextLight: {
     color: 'white',
     fontSize: 20,
     marginHorizontal: 4,
   },
   joinButtonTextDark: {
     color: 'black',
     fontSize: 20,
     marginHorizontal: 4,
   },
   joinThreadLoadingIndicator: {
     paddingVertical: 2,
   },
   sendButton: {
     position: 'absolute',
     bottom: 4,
     left: 0,
   },
   sendIcon: {
     paddingLeft: 9,
     paddingRight: 8,
     paddingVertical: 6,
   },
   textInput: {
     backgroundColor: 'listInputBackground',
     borderRadius: 8,
     color: 'listForegroundLabel',
     fontSize: 16,
     marginLeft: 4,
     marginRight: 4,
     marginTop: 6,
     marginBottom: 8,
     maxHeight: 110,
     paddingHorizontal: 10,
     paddingVertical: 5,
   },
 };
 
 const joinThreadLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   joinThreadActionTypes,
 );
 const createThreadLoadingStatusSelector =
   createLoadingStatusSelector(newThreadActionTypes);
 
 type ConnectedChatInputBarBaseProps = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +onInputBarLayout?: (event: LayoutEvent) => mixed,
   +openCamera: () => mixed,
   +navigation?: ChatNavigationProp<'MessageList'>,
 };
 function ConnectedChatInputBarBase(props: ConnectedChatInputBarBaseProps) {
   const navContext = React.useContext(NavContext);
   const keyboardState = React.useContext(KeyboardContext);
   const inputState = React.useContext(InputStateContext);
   const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
 
   const viewerID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
   );
   const draft = useSelector(
     state =>
       state.draftStore.drafts[draftKeyFromThreadID(props.threadInfo.id)] ?? '',
   );
   const joinThreadLoadingStatus = useSelector(joinThreadLoadingStatusSelector);
   const createThreadLoadingStatus = useSelector(
     createThreadLoadingStatusSelector,
   );
   const threadCreationInProgress = createThreadLoadingStatus === 'loading';
   const calendarQuery = useSelector(state =>
     nonThreadCalendarQuery({
       redux: state,
       navContext,
     }),
   );
-  const nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
+  const nextLocalID = useNextLocalID();
   const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
 
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
   const colors = useColors();
 
   const isActive = React.useMemo(
     () => props.threadInfo.id === activeThreadSelector(navContext),
     [props.threadInfo.id, navContext],
   );
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const callJoinThread = useServerCall(joinThread);
 
   const userSearchIndex = useSelector(userStoreSearchIndex);
 
   const { parentThreadID } = props.threadInfo;
   const parentThreadInfo = useSelector(state =>
     parentThreadID ? threadInfoSelector(state)[parentThreadID] : null,
   );
 
   const mentionsCandidates = getMentionsCandidates(
     props.threadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
   );
 
   const messageEditingContext = React.useContext(MessageEditingContext);
 
   const editedMessageInfo = messageEditingContext?.editState.editedMessage;
   const editedMessagePreview = useMessagePreview(
     editedMessageInfo,
     props.threadInfo,
     getDefaultTextMessageRules().simpleMarkdownRules,
   );
   const editMessage = useEditMessage();
 
   return (
     <ChatInputBar
       {...props}
       viewerID={viewerID}
       draft={draft}
       joinThreadLoadingStatus={joinThreadLoadingStatus}
       threadCreationInProgress={threadCreationInProgress}
       calendarQuery={calendarQuery}
       nextLocalID={nextLocalID}
       userInfos={userInfos}
       colors={colors}
       styles={styles}
       isActive={isActive}
       keyboardState={keyboardState}
       dispatch={dispatch}
       dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
       joinThread={callJoinThread}
       inputState={inputState}
       userSearchIndex={userSearchIndex}
       mentionsCandidates={mentionsCandidates}
       parentThreadInfo={parentThreadInfo}
       editedMessagePreview={editedMessagePreview}
       editedMessageInfo={editedMessageInfo}
       editMessage={editMessage}
       navigation={props.navigation}
       overlayContext={overlayContext}
       messageEditingContext={messageEditingContext}
     />
   );
 }
 
 type DummyChatInputBarProps = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +onHeightMeasured: (height: number) => mixed,
 };
 const noop = () => {};
 function DummyChatInputBar(props: DummyChatInputBarProps): React.Node {
   const { onHeightMeasured, ...restProps } = props;
   const onInputBarLayout = React.useCallback(
     (event: LayoutEvent) => {
       const { height } = event.nativeEvent.layout;
       onHeightMeasured(height);
     },
     [onHeightMeasured],
   );
   return (
     <View pointerEvents="none">
       <ConnectedChatInputBarBase
         {...restProps}
         onInputBarLayout={onInputBarLayout}
         openCamera={noop}
       />
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 type ChatInputBarProps = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +navigation: ChatNavigationProp<'MessageList'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'MessageList'>,
 };
 const ConnectedChatInputBar: React.ComponentType<ChatInputBarProps> =
   React.memo<ChatInputBarProps>(function ConnectedChatInputBar(
     props: ChatInputBarProps,
   ) {
     const { navigation, route, ...restProps } = props;
     const keyboardState = React.useContext(KeyboardContext);
 
     const { threadInfo } = props;
     const imagePastedCallback = React.useCallback(
       imagePastedEvent => {
         if (threadInfo.id !== imagePastedEvent.threadID) {
           return;
         }
         const pastedImage: PhotoPaste = {
           step: 'photo_paste',
           dimensions: {
             height: imagePastedEvent.height,
             width: imagePastedEvent.width,
           },
           filename: imagePastedEvent.fileName,
           uri: 'file://' + imagePastedEvent.filePath,
           selectTime: 0,
           sendTime: 0,
           retries: 0,
         };
         navigation.navigate<'ImagePasteModal'>({
           name: ImagePasteModalRouteName,
           params: {
             imagePasteStagingInfo: pastedImage,
             thread: threadInfo,
           },
         });
       },
       [navigation, threadInfo],
     );
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
       const imagePasteListener = NativeAppEventEmitter.addListener(
         'imagePasted',
         imagePastedCallback,
       );
       return () => imagePasteListener.remove();
     }, [imagePastedCallback]);
 
     const chatContext = React.useContext(ChatContext);
     invariant(chatContext, 'should be set');
     const { setChatInputBarHeight, deleteChatInputBarHeight } = chatContext;
     const onInputBarLayout = React.useCallback(
       (event: LayoutEvent) => {
         const { height } = event.nativeEvent.layout;
         setChatInputBarHeight(threadInfo.id, height);
       },
       [threadInfo.id, setChatInputBarHeight],
     );
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
       return () => {
         deleteChatInputBarHeight(threadInfo.id);
       };
     }, [deleteChatInputBarHeight, threadInfo.id]);
 
     const openCamera = React.useCallback(() => {
       keyboardState?.dismissKeyboard();
       navigation.navigate<'ChatCameraModal'>({
         name: ChatCameraModalRouteName,
         params: {
           presentedFrom: route.key,
           thread: threadInfo,
         },
       });
     }, [keyboardState, navigation, route.key, threadInfo]);
 
     return (
       <ConnectedChatInputBarBase
         {...restProps}
         onInputBarLayout={onInputBarLayout}
         openCamera={openCamera}
         navigation={navigation}
       />
     );
   });
 
 export { ConnectedChatInputBar as ChatInputBar, DummyChatInputBar };
diff --git a/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js b/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
index 9974f3553..fe2c51c5d 100644
--- a/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
@@ -1,569 +1,567 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import Animated, {
   Extrapolate,
   interpolateNode,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
 import type { ReactionInfo } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { getInlineEngagementSidebarText } from 'lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js';
-import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
+import { useNextLocalID } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import type { MessageInfo } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
 import {
   inlineEngagementLabelStyle,
   inlineEngagementStyle,
   inlineEngagementCenterStyle,
   inlineEngagementRightStyle,
   composedMessageStyle,
   avatarOffset,
 } from './chat-constants.js';
 import { useNavigateToThread } from './message-list-types.js';
 import { useSendReaction } from './reaction-message-utils.js';
 import CommIcon from '../components/comm-icon.react.js';
 import GestureTouchableOpacity from '../components/gesture-touchable-opacity.react.js';
 import { MessageReactionsModalRouteName } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
-import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import type { ChatMessageInfoItemWithHeight } from '../types/chat-types.js';
 
 function dummyNodeForInlineEngagementHeightMeasurement(
   sidebarInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   reactions: ReactionInfo,
 ): React.Element<typeof View> {
   return (
     <View>
       <DummyInlineEngagementNode
         sidebarInfo={sidebarInfo}
         reactions={reactions}
       />
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 type DummyInlineEngagementNodeProps = {
   ...React.ElementConfig<typeof View>,
   +editedLabel?: ?string,
   +sidebarInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +reactions: ReactionInfo,
 };
 function DummyInlineEngagementNode(
   props: DummyInlineEngagementNodeProps,
 ): React.Node {
   const { editedLabel, sidebarInfo, reactions, ...rest } = props;
 
   const dummyEditedLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!editedLabel) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <View>
         <Text
           style={[unboundStyles.messageLabel, unboundStyles.dummyMessageLabel]}
         >
           {editedLabel}
         </Text>
       </View>
     );
   }, [editedLabel]);
 
   const dummySidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!sidebarInfo) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const repliesText = getInlineEngagementSidebarText(sidebarInfo);
     return (
       <View style={[unboundStyles.sidebar, unboundStyles.dummySidebar]}>
         <Text style={unboundStyles.repliesText}>{repliesText}</Text>
       </View>
     );
   }, [sidebarInfo]);
 
   const dummyReactionsList = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return Object.keys(reactions).map(reaction => {
       const numOfReacts = reactions[reaction].users.length;
       return (
         <View
           key={reaction}
           style={[
             unboundStyles.reactionsContainer,
             unboundStyles.dummyReactionContainer,
           ]}
         >
           <Text
             style={unboundStyles.reaction}
           >{`${reaction} ${numOfReacts}`}</Text>
         </View>
       );
     });
   }, [reactions]);
 
   const dummyContainerStyle = React.useMemo(
     () => [unboundStyles.inlineEngagement, unboundStyles.dummyInlineEngagement],
     [],
   );
 
   if (!dummyEditedLabel && !dummySidebarItem && !dummyReactionsList) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return (
     <View {...rest} style={dummyContainerStyle}>
       {dummyEditedLabel}
       {dummySidebarItem}
       {dummyReactionsList}
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 type Props = {
   +messageInfo: MessageInfo,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +sidebarThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +reactions: ReactionInfo,
   +disabled?: boolean,
   +positioning?: 'left' | 'right' | 'center',
   +label?: ?string,
 };
 function InlineEngagement(props: Props): React.Node {
   const {
     messageInfo,
     threadInfo,
     sidebarThreadInfo,
     reactions,
     disabled = false,
     positioning,
     label,
   } = props;
 
   const isLeft = positioning === 'left';
   const isRight = positioning === 'right';
   const isCenter = positioning === 'center';
 
   const navigateToThread = useNavigateToThread();
   const { navigate } = useNavigation();
 
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
 
   const editedLabelStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const stylesResult = [styles.messageLabel, styles.messageLabelColor];
     if (isLeft) {
       stylesResult.push(styles.messageLabelLeft);
     } else {
       stylesResult.push(styles.messageLabelRight);
     }
 
     return stylesResult;
   }, [
     isLeft,
     styles.messageLabel,
     styles.messageLabelColor,
     styles.messageLabelLeft,
     styles.messageLabelRight,
   ]);
 
   const editedLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!label) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <View>
         <Text style={editedLabelStyle}>{label}</Text>
       </View>
     );
   }, [editedLabelStyle, label]);
 
   const unreadStyle = sidebarThreadInfo?.currentUser.unread
     ? styles.unread
     : null;
   const repliesStyles = React.useMemo(
     () => [styles.repliesText, styles.repliesTextColor, unreadStyle],
     [styles.repliesText, styles.repliesTextColor, unreadStyle],
   );
 
   const onPressSidebar = React.useCallback(() => {
     if (sidebarThreadInfo && !disabled) {
       navigateToThread({ threadInfo: sidebarThreadInfo });
     }
   }, [disabled, navigateToThread, sidebarThreadInfo]);
 
   const repliesText = getInlineEngagementSidebarText(sidebarThreadInfo);
 
   const sidebarStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const stylesResult = [styles.sidebar, styles.sidebarColor];
 
     if (Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
       return stylesResult;
     }
 
     if (isRight) {
       stylesResult.push(styles.sidebarMarginLeft);
     } else {
       stylesResult.push(styles.sidebarMarginRight);
     }
 
     return stylesResult;
   }, [
     isRight,
     reactions,
     styles.sidebar,
     styles.sidebarColor,
     styles.sidebarMarginLeft,
     styles.sidebarMarginRight,
   ]);
 
   const sidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!sidebarThreadInfo) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <GestureTouchableOpacity
         onPress={onPressSidebar}
         activeOpacity={0.7}
         style={sidebarStyle}
       >
         <CommIcon style={styles.icon} size={14} name="sidebar-filled" />
         <Text style={repliesStyles}>{repliesText}</Text>
       </GestureTouchableOpacity>
     );
   }, [
     sidebarThreadInfo,
     onPressSidebar,
     sidebarStyle,
     styles.icon,
     repliesStyles,
     repliesText,
   ]);
 
-  const nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
-  const localID = `${localIDPrefix}${nextLocalID}`;
+  const localID = useNextLocalID();
 
   const sendReaction = useSendReaction(
     messageInfo.id,
     localID,
     threadInfo.id,
     reactions,
   );
 
   const onPressReaction = React.useCallback(
     (reaction: string) => sendReaction(reaction),
     [sendReaction],
   );
 
   const onLongPressReaction = React.useCallback(() => {
     navigate<'MessageReactionsModal'>({
       name: MessageReactionsModalRouteName,
       params: { reactions },
     });
   }, [navigate, reactions]);
 
   const reactionStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const stylesResult = [
       styles.reactionsContainer,
       styles.reactionsContainerColor,
     ];
 
     if (isRight) {
       stylesResult.push(styles.reactionsContainerMarginLeft);
     } else {
       stylesResult.push(styles.reactionsContainerMarginRight);
     }
 
     return stylesResult;
   }, [
     isRight,
     styles.reactionsContainer,
     styles.reactionsContainerColor,
     styles.reactionsContainerMarginLeft,
     styles.reactionsContainerMarginRight,
   ]);
 
   const reactionList = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return Object.keys(reactions).map(reaction => {
       const reactionInfo = reactions[reaction];
       const numOfReacts = reactionInfo.users.length;
 
       const style = reactionInfo.viewerReacted
         ? [...reactionStyle, styles.reactionsContainerSelected]
         : reactionStyle;
 
       return (
         <GestureTouchableOpacity
           style={style}
           onPress={() => onPressReaction(reaction)}
           onLongPress={onLongPressReaction}
           activeOpacity={0.7}
           key={reaction}
         >
           <Text
             style={[styles.reaction, styles.reactionColor]}
           >{`${reaction} ${numOfReacts}`}</Text>
         </GestureTouchableOpacity>
       );
     });
   }, [
     onLongPressReaction,
     onPressReaction,
     reactionStyle,
     reactions,
     styles.reaction,
     styles.reactionColor,
     styles.reactionsContainerSelected,
   ]);
 
   const inlineEngagementPositionStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const styleResult = [styles.inlineEngagement];
     if (isRight) {
       styleResult.push(styles.rightInlineEngagement);
     } else if (isCenter) {
       styleResult.push(styles.centerInlineEngagement);
     }
     return styleResult;
   }, [
     isCenter,
     isRight,
     styles.centerInlineEngagement,
     styles.inlineEngagement,
     styles.rightInlineEngagement,
   ]);
 
   return (
     <View style={inlineEngagementPositionStyle}>
       {editedLabel}
       {sidebarItem}
       {reactionList}
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   inlineEngagement: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
     marginBottom: inlineEngagementStyle.marginBottom,
     marginLeft: avatarOffset,
     flexWrap: 'wrap',
     top: inlineEngagementStyle.topOffset,
   },
   dummyInlineEngagement: {
     marginRight: 8,
   },
   centerInlineEngagement: {
     marginLeft: 20,
     marginRight: 20,
     justifyContent: 'center',
   },
   rightInlineEngagement: {
     flexDirection: 'row-reverse',
     marginLeft: inlineEngagementRightStyle.marginLeft,
   },
   sidebar: {
     flexDirection: 'row',
     alignItems: 'center',
     paddingHorizontal: 8,
     paddingVertical: 4,
     borderRadius: 8,
     marginTop: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop,
   },
   dummySidebar: {
     paddingRight: 8,
     // 14 (icon) + 4 (marginRight of icon) + 8 (original left padding)
     paddingLeft: 26,
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   sidebarColor: {
     backgroundColor: 'inlineEngagementBackground',
   },
   sidebarMarginLeft: {
     marginLeft: 4,
   },
   sidebarMarginRight: {
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   icon: {
     color: 'inlineEngagementLabel',
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   repliesText: {
     fontSize: 14,
     lineHeight: 22,
   },
   repliesTextColor: {
     color: 'inlineEngagementLabel',
   },
   unread: {
     color: 'listForegroundLabel',
     fontWeight: 'bold',
   },
   reactionsContainer: {
     display: 'flex',
     flexDirection: 'row',
     alignItems: 'center',
     paddingHorizontal: 8,
     paddingVertical: 4,
     borderRadius: 8,
     marginTop: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop,
   },
   dummyReactionContainer: {
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   reactionsContainerColor: {
     backgroundColor: 'inlineEngagementBackground',
   },
   reactionsContainerSelected: {
     borderWidth: 1,
     borderColor: 'inlineEngagementLabel',
     paddingHorizontal: 7,
     paddingVertical: 3,
   },
   reactionsContainerMarginLeft: {
     marginLeft: 4,
   },
   reactionsContainerMarginRight: {
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   reaction: {
     fontSize: 14,
     lineHeight: 22,
   },
   reactionColor: {
     color: 'inlineEngagementLabel',
   },
   messageLabel: {
     paddingHorizontal: 3,
     fontSize: 13,
     top: inlineEngagementLabelStyle.topOffset,
     height: inlineEngagementLabelStyle.height,
     marginTop: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop,
   },
   dummyMessageLabel: {
     marginLeft: 9,
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   messageLabelColor: {
     color: 'messageLabel',
   },
   messageLabelLeft: {
     marginLeft: 9,
     marginRight: 4,
   },
   messageLabelRight: {
     marginRight: 10,
     marginLeft: 4,
   },
   avatarOffset: {
     width: avatarOffset,
   },
 };
 
 type TooltipInlineEngagementProps = {
   +item: ChatMessageInfoItemWithHeight,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
   +progress: Animated.Node,
   +windowWidth: number,
   +positioning: 'left' | 'right' | 'center',
   +initialCoordinates: {
     +x: number,
     +y: number,
     +width: number,
     +height: number,
   },
 };
 
 function TooltipInlineEngagement(
   props: TooltipInlineEngagementProps,
 ): React.Node {
   const {
     item,
     isOpeningSidebar,
     progress,
     windowWidth,
     initialCoordinates,
     positioning,
   } = props;
   // ESLint doesn't recognize that invariant always throws
   // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
   const inlineEngagementStyles = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (positioning === 'left') {
       return {
         position: 'absolute',
         top: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop + inlineEngagementStyle.topOffset,
         left: composedMessageStyle.marginLeft,
       };
     } else if (positioning === 'right') {
       return {
         position: 'absolute',
         right:
           inlineEngagementRightStyle.marginLeft +
           composedMessageStyle.marginRight,
         top: inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop + inlineEngagementStyle.topOffset,
       };
     } else if (positioning === 'center') {
       return {
         alignSelf: 'center',
         top: inlineEngagementCenterStyle.topOffset,
       };
     }
     invariant(
       false,
       `${positioning} is not a valid positioning value for InlineEngagement`,
     );
   }, [positioning]);
   const inlineEngagementContainer = React.useMemo(() => {
     const opacity = isOpeningSidebar
       ? 0
       : interpolateNode(progress, {
           inputRange: [0, 1],
           outputRange: [1, 0],
           extrapolate: Extrapolate.CLAMP,
         });
     return {
       position: 'absolute',
       width: windowWidth,
       top: initialCoordinates.height,
       left: -initialCoordinates.x,
       opacity,
     };
   }, [
     initialCoordinates.height,
     initialCoordinates.x,
     isOpeningSidebar,
     progress,
     windowWidth,
   ]);
   return (
     <Animated.View style={inlineEngagementContainer}>
       <Animated.View style={inlineEngagementStyles}>
         <InlineEngagement
           messageInfo={item.messageInfo}
           threadInfo={item.threadInfo}
           sidebarThreadInfo={item.threadCreatedFromMessage}
           reactions={item.reactions}
           disabled
         />
       </Animated.View>
     </Animated.View>
   );
 }
 
 export {
   InlineEngagement,
   TooltipInlineEngagement,
   DummyInlineEngagementNode,
   dummyNodeForInlineEngagementHeightMeasurement,
 };
diff --git a/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js b/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js
index eafc0c280..fcadcc170 100644
--- a/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/multimedia-message-tooltip-button.react.js
@@ -1,187 +1,186 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
-import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
+import { useNextLocalID } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import {
   useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions,
   useCanCreateReactionFromMessage,
 } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 
 import { TooltipInlineEngagement } from './inline-engagement.react.js';
 import { InnerMultimediaMessage } from './inner-multimedia-message.react.js';
 import { MessageHeader } from './message-header.react.js';
 import MessageTooltipButtonAvatar from './message-tooltip-button-avatar.react.js';
 import { useSendReaction } from './reaction-message-utils.js';
 import ReactionSelectionPopover from './reaction-selection-popover.react.js';
 import SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer from './sidebar-input-bar-height-measurer.react.js';
 import { useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton } from './utils.js';
 import EmojiKeyboard from '../components/emoji-keyboard.react.js';
 import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useTooltipActions } from '../tooltip/tooltip-hooks.js';
 import type { TooltipRoute } from '../tooltip/tooltip.react.js';
 
 /* eslint-disable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 const { Node, Extrapolate, interpolateNode } = Animated;
 /* eslint-enable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 
 function noop() {}
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: AppNavigationProp<'MultimediaMessageTooltipModal'>,
   +route: TooltipRoute<'MultimediaMessageTooltipModal'>,
   +progress: Node,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
 };
 function MultimediaMessageTooltipButton(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { navigation, route, progress, isOpeningSidebar } = props;
 
   const windowWidth = useSelector(state => state.dimensions.width);
 
   const [sidebarInputBarHeight, setSidebarInputBarHeight] =
     React.useState<?number>(null);
   const onInputBarMeasured = React.useCallback((height: number) => {
     setSidebarInputBarHeight(height);
   }, []);
 
   const { item, verticalBounds, initialCoordinates } = route.params;
 
   const { style: messageContainerStyle } = useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton({
     sourceMessage: item,
     initialCoordinates,
     messageListVerticalBounds: verticalBounds,
     progress,
     targetInputBarHeight: sidebarInputBarHeight,
   });
 
   const headerStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const bottom = initialCoordinates.height;
     const opacity = interpolateNode(progress, {
       inputRange: [0, 0.05],
       outputRange: [0, 1],
       extrapolate: Extrapolate.CLAMP,
     });
     return {
       opacity,
       position: 'absolute',
       left: -initialCoordinates.x,
       width: windowWidth,
       bottom,
     };
   }, [initialCoordinates.height, initialCoordinates.x, progress, windowWidth]);
 
   const inlineEngagement = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!item.threadCreatedFromMessage) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <TooltipInlineEngagement
         item={item}
         positioning={item.messageInfo.creator.isViewer ? 'right' : 'left'}
         isOpeningSidebar={isOpeningSidebar}
         progress={progress}
         windowWidth={windowWidth}
         initialCoordinates={initialCoordinates}
       />
     );
   }, [initialCoordinates, isOpeningSidebar, item, progress, windowWidth]);
 
   const innerMultimediaMessage = React.useMemo(
     () => (
       <InnerMultimediaMessage
         item={item}
         verticalBounds={verticalBounds}
         clickable={false}
         setClickable={noop}
         onPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
         onLongPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
       />
     ),
     [item, navigation.goBackOnce, verticalBounds],
   );
 
   const { messageInfo, threadInfo, reactions } = item;
-  const nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
-  const localID = `${localIDPrefix}${nextLocalID}`;
+  const localID = useNextLocalID();
 
   const canCreateReactionFromMessage = useCanCreateReactionFromMessage(
     threadInfo,
     messageInfo,
   );
 
   const sendReaction = useSendReaction(
     messageInfo.id,
     localID,
     threadInfo.id,
     reactions,
   );
 
   const [emojiPickerOpen, setEmojiPickerOpen] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const openEmojiPicker = React.useCallback(() => {
     setEmojiPickerOpen(true);
   }, []);
 
   const reactionSelectionPopover = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!canCreateReactionFromMessage) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <ReactionSelectionPopover
         navigation={navigation}
         route={route}
         openEmojiPicker={openEmojiPicker}
         sendReaction={sendReaction}
       />
     );
   }, [
     navigation,
     route,
     openEmojiPicker,
     canCreateReactionFromMessage,
     sendReaction,
   ]);
 
   const tooltipRouteKey = route.key;
   const { dismissTooltip } = useTooltipActions(navigation, tooltipRouteKey);
 
   const onEmojiSelected = React.useCallback(
     emoji => {
       sendReaction(emoji.emoji);
       dismissTooltip();
     },
     [sendReaction, dismissTooltip],
   );
 
   const alreadySelectedEmojis =
     useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions(reactions);
 
   return (
     <>
       <Animated.View style={messageContainerStyle}>
         <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
           sourceMessage={item}
           onInputBarMeasured={onInputBarMeasured}
         />
         <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
           <MessageHeader item={item} focused={true} display="modal" />
         </Animated.View>
         <MessageTooltipButtonAvatar item={item} />
         {reactionSelectionPopover}
         {innerMultimediaMessage}
         {inlineEngagement}
       </Animated.View>
       <EmojiKeyboard
         onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected}
         emojiKeyboardOpen={emojiPickerOpen}
         onEmojiKeyboardClose={dismissTooltip}
         alreadySelectedEmojis={alreadySelectedEmojis}
         selectMultipleEmojis
       />
     </>
   );
 }
 
 export default MultimediaMessageTooltipButton;
diff --git a/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js b/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
index 541ec5bec..aeb54650d 100644
--- a/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/robotext-message-tooltip-button.react.js
@@ -1,169 +1,168 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
-import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
+import { useNextLocalID } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import {
   useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions,
   useCanCreateReactionFromMessage,
 } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 
 import { TooltipInlineEngagement } from './inline-engagement.react.js';
 import { InnerRobotextMessage } from './inner-robotext-message.react.js';
 import { useSendReaction } from './reaction-message-utils.js';
 import ReactionSelectionPopover from './reaction-selection-popover.react.js';
 import SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer from './sidebar-input-bar-height-measurer.react.js';
 import { Timestamp } from './timestamp.react.js';
 import { useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton } from './utils.js';
 import EmojiKeyboard from '../components/emoji-keyboard.react.js';
 import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useTooltipActions } from '../tooltip/tooltip-hooks.js';
 import type { TooltipRoute } from '../tooltip/tooltip.react.js';
 
 /* eslint-disable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 const { Node, interpolateNode, Extrapolate } = Animated;
 /* eslint-enable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: AppNavigationProp<'RobotextMessageTooltipModal'>,
   +route: TooltipRoute<'RobotextMessageTooltipModal'>,
   +progress: Node,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
 };
 function RobotextMessageTooltipButton(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { navigation, route, progress, isOpeningSidebar } = props;
 
   const windowWidth = useSelector(state => state.dimensions.width);
 
   const [sidebarInputBarHeight, setSidebarInputBarHeight] =
     React.useState<?number>(null);
   const onInputBarMeasured = React.useCallback((height: number) => {
     setSidebarInputBarHeight(height);
   }, []);
 
   const { item, verticalBounds, initialCoordinates } = route.params;
 
   const { style: messageContainerStyle } = useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton({
     sourceMessage: item,
     initialCoordinates,
     messageListVerticalBounds: verticalBounds,
     progress,
     targetInputBarHeight: sidebarInputBarHeight,
   });
 
   const headerStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const bottom = initialCoordinates.height;
     const opacity = interpolateNode(progress, {
       inputRange: [0, 0.05],
       outputRange: [0, 1],
       extrapolate: Extrapolate.CLAMP,
     });
     return {
       opacity,
       position: 'absolute',
       left: -initialCoordinates.x,
       width: windowWidth,
       bottom,
     };
   }, [initialCoordinates.height, initialCoordinates.x, progress, windowWidth]);
 
   const inlineEngagement = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!item.threadCreatedFromMessage) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <TooltipInlineEngagement
         item={item}
         positioning="center"
         isOpeningSidebar={isOpeningSidebar}
         progress={progress}
         windowWidth={windowWidth}
         initialCoordinates={initialCoordinates}
       />
     );
   }, [initialCoordinates, isOpeningSidebar, item, progress, windowWidth]);
 
   const { messageInfo, threadInfo, reactions } = item;
-  const nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
-  const localID = `${localIDPrefix}${nextLocalID}`;
+  const localID = useNextLocalID();
 
   const canCreateReactionFromMessage = useCanCreateReactionFromMessage(
     threadInfo,
     messageInfo,
   );
 
   const sendReaction = useSendReaction(
     messageInfo.id,
     localID,
     threadInfo.id,
     reactions,
   );
 
   const [emojiPickerOpen, setEmojiPickerOpen] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const openEmojiPicker = React.useCallback(() => {
     setEmojiPickerOpen(true);
   }, []);
 
   const reactionSelectionPopover = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!canCreateReactionFromMessage) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <ReactionSelectionPopover
         navigation={navigation}
         route={route}
         openEmojiPicker={openEmojiPicker}
         sendReaction={sendReaction}
       />
     );
   }, [
     navigation,
     route,
     openEmojiPicker,
     canCreateReactionFromMessage,
     sendReaction,
   ]);
 
   const tooltipRouteKey = route.key;
   const { dismissTooltip } = useTooltipActions(navigation, tooltipRouteKey);
 
   const onEmojiSelected = React.useCallback(
     emoji => {
       sendReaction(emoji.emoji);
       dismissTooltip();
     },
     [sendReaction, dismissTooltip],
   );
 
   const alreadySelectedEmojis =
     useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions(reactions);
 
   return (
     <>
       <Animated.View style={messageContainerStyle}>
         <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
           sourceMessage={item}
           onInputBarMeasured={onInputBarMeasured}
         />
         <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
           <Timestamp time={item.messageInfo.time} display="modal" />
         </Animated.View>
         {reactionSelectionPopover}
         <InnerRobotextMessage item={item} onPress={navigation.goBackOnce} />
         {inlineEngagement}
       </Animated.View>
       <EmojiKeyboard
         onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected}
         emojiKeyboardOpen={emojiPickerOpen}
         onEmojiKeyboardClose={dismissTooltip}
         alreadySelectedEmojis={alreadySelectedEmojis}
         selectMultipleEmojis
       />
     </>
   );
 }
 
 export default RobotextMessageTooltipButton;
diff --git a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
index dd8e43555..ba5006c73 100644
--- a/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message-tooltip-button.react.js
@@ -1,193 +1,192 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 
-import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
+import { useNextLocalID } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import {
   useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions,
   useCanCreateReactionFromMessage,
 } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 
 import { TooltipInlineEngagement } from './inline-engagement.react.js';
 import { InnerTextMessage } from './inner-text-message.react.js';
 import { MessageHeader } from './message-header.react.js';
 import { MessageListContextProvider } from './message-list-types.js';
 import { MessagePressResponderContext } from './message-press-responder-context.js';
 import MessageTooltipButtonAvatar from './message-tooltip-button-avatar.react.js';
 import { useSendReaction } from './reaction-message-utils.js';
 import ReactionSelectionPopover from './reaction-selection-popover.react.js';
 import SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer from './sidebar-input-bar-height-measurer.react.js';
 import { useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton } from './utils.js';
 import EmojiKeyboard from '../components/emoji-keyboard.react.js';
 import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useTooltipActions } from '../tooltip/tooltip-hooks.js';
 import type { TooltipRoute } from '../tooltip/tooltip.react.js';
 
 /* eslint-disable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 const { Node, interpolateNode, Extrapolate } = Animated;
 /* eslint-enable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: AppNavigationProp<'TextMessageTooltipModal'>,
   +route: TooltipRoute<'TextMessageTooltipModal'>,
   +progress: Node,
   +isOpeningSidebar: boolean,
 };
 function TextMessageTooltipButton(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { navigation, route, progress, isOpeningSidebar } = props;
 
   const windowWidth = useSelector(state => state.dimensions.width);
 
   const [sidebarInputBarHeight, setSidebarInputBarHeight] =
     React.useState<?number>(null);
   const onInputBarMeasured = React.useCallback((height: number) => {
     setSidebarInputBarHeight(height);
   }, []);
 
   const { item, verticalBounds, initialCoordinates } = route.params;
 
   const {
     style: messageContainerStyle,
     threadColorOverride,
     isThreadColorDarkOverride,
   } = useAnimatedMessageTooltipButton({
     sourceMessage: item,
     initialCoordinates,
     messageListVerticalBounds: verticalBounds,
     progress,
     targetInputBarHeight: sidebarInputBarHeight,
   });
 
   const headerStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     const bottom = initialCoordinates.height;
     const opacity = interpolateNode(progress, {
       inputRange: [0, 0.05],
       outputRange: [0, 1],
       extrapolate: Extrapolate.CLAMP,
     });
     return {
       opacity,
       position: 'absolute',
       left: -initialCoordinates.x,
       width: windowWidth,
       bottom,
     };
   }, [initialCoordinates.height, initialCoordinates.x, progress, windowWidth]);
 
   const messagePressResponderContext = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       onPressMessage: navigation.goBackOnce,
     }),
     [navigation.goBackOnce],
   );
 
   const inlineEngagement = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!item.threadCreatedFromMessage) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <TooltipInlineEngagement
         item={item}
         positioning={item.messageInfo.creator.isViewer ? 'right' : 'left'}
         isOpeningSidebar={isOpeningSidebar}
         progress={progress}
         windowWidth={windowWidth}
         initialCoordinates={initialCoordinates}
       />
     );
   }, [initialCoordinates, isOpeningSidebar, item, progress, windowWidth]);
 
   const { messageInfo, threadInfo, reactions } = item;
-  const nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
-  const localID = `${localIDPrefix}${nextLocalID}`;
+  const localID = useNextLocalID();
 
   const canCreateReactionFromMessage = useCanCreateReactionFromMessage(
     threadInfo,
     messageInfo,
   );
 
   const sendReaction = useSendReaction(
     messageInfo.id,
     localID,
     threadInfo.id,
     reactions,
   );
 
   const [emojiPickerOpen, setEmojiPickerOpen] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const openEmojiPicker = React.useCallback(() => {
     setEmojiPickerOpen(true);
   }, []);
 
   const reactionSelectionPopover = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!canCreateReactionFromMessage) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <ReactionSelectionPopover
         navigation={navigation}
         route={route}
         openEmojiPicker={openEmojiPicker}
         sendReaction={sendReaction}
       />
     );
   }, [
     navigation,
     route,
     openEmojiPicker,
     canCreateReactionFromMessage,
     sendReaction,
   ]);
 
   const tooltipRouteKey = route.key;
   const { dismissTooltip } = useTooltipActions(navigation, tooltipRouteKey);
 
   const onEmojiSelected = React.useCallback(
     emoji => {
       sendReaction(emoji.emoji);
       dismissTooltip();
     },
     [sendReaction, dismissTooltip],
   );
 
   const alreadySelectedEmojis =
     useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions(reactions);
 
   return (
     <MessageListContextProvider threadInfo={threadInfo}>
       <SidebarInputBarHeightMeasurer
         sourceMessage={item}
         onInputBarMeasured={onInputBarMeasured}
       />
       <Animated.View style={messageContainerStyle}>
         <Animated.View style={headerStyle}>
           <MessageHeader item={item} focused={true} display="modal" />
         </Animated.View>
         <MessageTooltipButtonAvatar item={item} />
         {reactionSelectionPopover}
         <MessagePressResponderContext.Provider
           value={messagePressResponderContext}
         >
           <InnerTextMessage
             item={item}
             onPress={navigation.goBackOnce}
             threadColorOverride={threadColorOverride}
             isThreadColorDarkOverride={isThreadColorDarkOverride}
           />
         </MessagePressResponderContext.Provider>
         {inlineEngagement}
       </Animated.View>
       <EmojiKeyboard
         onEmojiSelected={onEmojiSelected}
         emojiKeyboardOpen={emojiPickerOpen}
         onEmojiKeyboardClose={dismissTooltip}
         alreadySelectedEmojis={alreadySelectedEmojis}
         selectMultipleEmojis
       />
     </MessageListContextProvider>
   );
 }
 
 export default TextMessageTooltipButton;
diff --git a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
index b233e4e49..7dedc9fb2 100644
--- a/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/native/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -1,1840 +1,1840 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 import * as Upload from 'react-native-background-upload';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 import * as uuid from 'uuid';
 
 import {
   createLocalMessageActionType,
   sendMultimediaMessageActionTypes,
   sendMultimediaMessage,
   sendTextMessageActionTypes,
   sendTextMessage,
 } from 'lib/actions/message-actions.js';
 import { queueReportsActionType } from 'lib/actions/report-actions.js';
 import { newThread } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import {
   uploadMultimedia,
   uploadMediaMetadata,
   updateMultimediaMessageMediaActionType,
   type MultimediaUploadCallbacks,
   type MultimediaUploadExtras,
 } from 'lib/actions/upload-actions.js';
 import blobService from 'lib/facts/blob-service.js';
 import commStaffCommunity from 'lib/facts/comm-staff-community.js';
 import { pathFromURI, replaceExtension } from 'lib/media/file-utils.js';
 import {
   isLocalUploadID,
   getNextLocalUploadID,
 } from 'lib/media/media-utils.js';
 import { videoDurationLimit } from 'lib/media/video-utils.js';
 import {
   createLoadingStatusSelector,
   combineLoadingStatuses,
 } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import {
   createMediaMessageInfo,
-  localIDPrefix,
+  useNextLocalID,
   useMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc,
 } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import type { CreationSideEffectsFunc } from 'lib/shared/messages/message-spec.js';
 import {
   createRealThreadFromPendingThread,
   threadIsPending,
   threadIsPendingSidebar,
   patchThreadInfoToIncludeMentionedMembersOfParent,
   threadInfoInsideCommunity,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { CalendarQuery } from 'lib/types/entry-types.js';
 import type {
   Dimensions,
   UploadMultimediaResult,
   Media,
   NativeMediaSelection,
   MediaMissionResult,
   MediaMission,
   UploadMediaMetadataRequest,
 } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import { messageTypes } from 'lib/types/message-types-enum.js';
 import {
   type RawMessageInfo,
   type RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
   type SendMessageResult,
   type SendMessagePayload,
 } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { RawImagesMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/messages/images.js';
 import type {
   MediaMessageServerDBContent,
   RawMediaMessageInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/messages/media.js';
 import { getMediaMessageServerDBContentsFromMedia } from 'lib/types/messages/media.js';
 import type { RawTextMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/messages/text.js';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
 import {
   type MediaMissionReportCreationRequest,
   reportTypes,
 } from 'lib/types/report-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import {
   type ClientNewThreadRequest,
   type NewThreadResult,
   type ThreadInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import {
   type DispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 import { toBase64URL } from 'lib/utils/base64.js';
 import { makeBlobServiceEndpointURL } from 'lib/utils/blob-service.js';
 import type {
   CallServerEndpointOptions,
   CallServerEndpointResponse,
 } from 'lib/utils/call-server-endpoint.js';
 import { getConfig } from 'lib/utils/config.js';
 import { getMessageForException, cloneError } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 import { values } from 'lib/utils/objects.js';
 import {
   generateReportID,
   useIsReportEnabled,
 } from 'lib/utils/report-utils.js';
 
 import {
   type EditInputBarMessageParameters,
   InputStateContext,
   type PendingMultimediaUploads,
   type MultimediaProcessingStep,
 } 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 { 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 CompletedUploads = { +[localMessageID: string]: ?Set<string> };
 
 type BaseProps = {
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 type Props = {
   ...BaseProps,
   +viewerID: ?string,
-  +nextLocalID: number,
+  +nextLocalID: 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>,
   +uploadMediaMetadata: (
     input: UploadMediaMetadataRequest,
   ) => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult>,
   +sendMultimediaMessage: (
     threadID: string,
     localID: string,
     mediaMessageContents: $ReadOnlyArray<MediaMessageServerDBContent>,
     sidebarCreation?: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMessageResult>,
   +sendTextMessage: (
     threadID: string,
     localID: string,
     text: string,
     sidebarCreation?: boolean,
   ) => Promise<SendMessageResult>,
   +newThread: (request: ClientNewThreadRequest) => Promise<NewThreadResult>,
   +textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc: CreationSideEffectsFunc<RawTextMessageInfo>,
 };
 type State = {
   +pendingUploads: PendingMultimediaUploads,
 };
 class InputStateContainer extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   state: State = {
     pendingUploads: {},
   };
   sendCallbacks: Array<() => void> = [];
   activeURIs = new Map();
   editInputBarCallbacks: Array<
     (params: EditInputBarMessageParameters) => void,
   > = [];
   scrollToMessageCallbacks: Array<(messageID: string) => void> = [];
   pendingThreadCreations = new Map<string, Promise<string>>();
   pendingThreadUpdateHandlers = new Map<string, (ThreadInfo) => mixed>();
   // 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 = new Set<string>();
 
   static getCompletedUploads(props: Props, state: State): CompletedUploads {
     const completedUploads = {};
     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);
         }
       }
 
       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 = {};
     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 = {};
       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`,
       );
       this.dispatchMultimediaMessageAction(rawMessageInfo);
     }
   }
 
   async dispatchMultimediaMessageAction(messageInfo: RawMultimediaMessageInfo) {
     if (!threadIsPending(messageInfo.threadID)) {
       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');
       }
       newThreadID = await threadCreationPromise;
     } 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(),
     };
     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);
     const mediaMessageContents = getMediaMessageServerDBContentsFromMedia(
       messageInfo.media,
     );
     try {
       const result = await this.props.sendMultimediaMessage(
         threadID,
         localID,
         mediaMessageContents,
         sidebarCreation,
       );
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       return {
         localID,
         serverID: result.id,
         threadID,
         time: result.time,
         interface: result.interface,
       };
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = localID;
       copy.threadID = threadID;
       throw copy;
     }
   }
 
   inputStateSelector = 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,
     }),
   );
 
   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 = () => {
     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)) {
       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 && inputThreadInfo.type === threadTypes.SIDEBAR) {
       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 newThreadID = null;
     try {
       newThreadID = 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: newThreadID,
       time: Date.now(),
     };
     const newThreadInfo = {
       ...threadInfo,
       id: newThreadID,
     };
     this.props.dispatchActionPromise(
       sendTextMessageActionTypes,
       this.sendTextMessageAction(
         newMessageInfo,
         newThreadInfo,
         parentThreadInfo,
       ),
       undefined,
       newMessageInfo,
     );
   };
 
   startThreadCreation(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): Promise<string> {
     if (!threadIsPending(threadInfo.id)) {
       return Promise.resolve(threadInfo.id);
     }
     let threadCreationPromise = this.pendingThreadCreations.get(threadInfo.id);
     if (!threadCreationPromise) {
       const calendarQuery = this.props.calendarQuery();
       threadCreationPromise = createRealThreadFromPendingThread({
         threadInfo,
         dispatchActionPromise: this.props.dispatchActionPromise,
         createNewThread: this.props.newThread,
         sourceMessageID: threadInfo.sourceMessageID,
         viewerID: this.props.viewerID,
         calendarQuery,
       });
       this.pendingThreadCreations.set(threadInfo.id, threadCreationPromise);
     }
     return threadCreationPromise;
   }
 
   async sendTextMessageAction(
     messageInfo: RawTextMessageInfo,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   ): Promise<SendMessagePayload> {
     try {
       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.threadID,
         localID,
         messageInfo.text,
         sidebarCreation,
       );
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.delete(localID);
       return {
         localID,
         serverID: result.id,
         threadID: messageInfo.threadID,
         time: result.time,
         interface: result.interface,
       };
     } catch (e) {
       const copy = cloneError(e);
       copy.localID = messageInfo.localID;
       copy.threadID = messageInfo.threadID;
       throw copy;
     }
   }
 
   shouldEncryptMedia(threadInfo: ThreadInfo): boolean {
     return threadInfoInsideCommunity(threadInfo, commStaffCommunity.id);
   }
 
   sendMultimediaMessage = async (
     selections: $ReadOnlyArray<NativeMediaSelection>,
     threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   ) => {
     this.sendCallbacks.forEach(callback => callback());
-    const localMessageID = `${localIDPrefix}${this.props.nextLocalID}`;
+    const localMessageID = this.props.nextLocalID;
     this.startThreadCreation(threadInfo);
 
     if (threadIsPendingSidebar(threadInfo.id)) {
       this.pendingSidebarCreationMessageLocalIDs.add(localMessageID);
     }
 
     const uploadFileInputs = [],
       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 = {};
     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 } = ids;
     const start = selection.sendTime;
     const steps = [selection];
     let encryptionSteps = [];
     let serverID;
     let userTime;
     let errorMessage;
     let reportPromise;
     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 = (mediaID: string, message: string) => {
       errorMessage = message;
       this.handleUploadFailure(localMessageID, mediaID);
       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(localMediaID, message);
         return await onUploadFinished(processResult);
       }
       if (processResult.shouldDisposePath) {
         filesToDispose.push(processResult.shouldDisposePath);
       }
       processedMedia = processResult;
     } catch (e) {
       onUploadFailed(localMediaID, '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(localMediaID, encryptionResult.reason);
           return await onUploadFinished(encryptionResult);
         }
         if (encryptionResult.shouldDisposePath) {
           filesToDispose.push(encryptionResult.shouldDisposePath);
         }
         processedMedia = encryptionResult;
       } catch (e) {
         onUploadFailed(localMediaID, '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;
     try {
       const uploadPromises = [];
       if (
         this.useBlobServiceUploads &&
         (processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo' ||
           processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video')
       ) {
         uploadPromises.push(
           this.blobServiceUpload(
             {
               uri: uploadURI,
               filename: filename,
               mimeType: mime,
               blobHash: processedMedia.blobHash,
               encryptionKey: processedMedia.encryptionKey,
               dimensions: processedMedia.dimensions,
               thumbHash:
                 processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_photo'
                   ? processedMedia.thumbHash
                   : null,
             },
             {
               onProgress: (percent: number) => {
                 this.setProgress(
                   localMessageID,
                   localMediaID,
                   'uploading',
                   percent,
                 );
               },
             },
           ),
         );
 
         if (processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video') {
           uploadPromises.push(
             this.blobServiceUpload({
               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,
             }),
           );
         }
         [uploadResult, uploadThumbnailResult] = await Promise.all(
           uploadPromises,
         );
       } else {
         uploadPromises.push(
           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,
                 ),
               uploadBlob: this.uploadBlob,
             },
           ),
         );
 
         if (
           processedMedia.mediaType === 'video' ||
           processedMedia.mediaType === 'encrypted_video'
         ) {
           uploadPromises.push(
             this.props.uploadMultimedia(
               {
                 uri: processedMedia.uploadThumbnailURI,
                 name: replaceExtension(`thumb${filename}`, 'jpg'),
                 type: 'image/jpeg',
               },
               {
                 ...processedMedia.dimensions,
                 loop: false,
                 encryptionKey: processedMedia.thumbnailEncryptionKey,
                 thumbHash: processedMedia.thumbHash,
               },
               {
                 uploadBlob: this.uploadBlob,
               },
             ),
           );
         }
         [uploadResult, uploadThumbnailResult] = await Promise.all(
           uploadPromises,
         );
       }
       mediaMissionResult = { success: true };
     } catch (e) {
       uploadExceptionMessage = getMessageForException(e);
       onUploadFailed(localMediaID, '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,
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   async blobServiceUpload(
     input: {
       +uri: string,
       +filename: string,
       +mimeType: string,
       +blobHash: string,
       +encryptionKey: string,
       +dimensions: Dimensions,
       +loop?: boolean,
       +thumbHash: ?string,
     },
     options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const newHolder = uuid.v4();
     const blobHash = toBase64URL(input.blobHash);
 
     // 1. Assign new holder for blob with given blobHash
     let blobAlreadyExists: boolean;
     try {
       const assignHolderEndpoint = blobService.httpEndpoints.ASSIGN_HOLDER;
       const assignHolderResponse = await fetch(
         makeBlobServiceEndpointURL(assignHolderEndpoint),
         {
           method: assignHolderEndpoint.method,
           body: JSON.stringify({
             holder: newHolder,
             blob_hash: blobHash,
           }),
           headers: {
             'content-type': 'application/json',
           },
         },
       );
 
       if (!assignHolderResponse.ok) {
         const { status, statusText } = assignHolderResponse;
         throw new Error(`Server responded with HTTP ${status}: ${statusText}`);
       }
       const { data_exists: dataExistsResponse } =
         await assignHolderResponse.json();
       blobAlreadyExists = dataExistsResponse;
     } catch (e) {
       throw new Error(
         `Failed to assign holder: ${
           getMessageForException(e) ?? 'unknown error'
         }`,
       );
     }
 
     // 2. Upload blob contents if blob doesn't exist
     if (!blobAlreadyExists) {
       let path = input.uri;
       if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
         const resolvedPath = pathFromURI(input.uri);
         if (resolvedPath) {
           path = resolvedPath;
         }
       }
       const uploadEndpoint = blobService.httpEndpoints.UPLOAD_BLOB;
       const { method } = uploadEndpoint;
       const uploadID = await Upload.startUpload({
         url: makeBlobServiceEndpointURL(uploadEndpoint),
         method,
         path,
         type: 'multipart',
         field: 'blob_data',
         parameters: {
           blob_hash: blobHash,
         },
       });
       if (options && options.abortHandler) {
         options.abortHandler(() => {
           Upload.cancelUpload(uploadID);
         });
       }
       await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         Upload.addListener('error', uploadID, data => {
           reject(data.error);
         });
         Upload.addListener('cancelled', uploadID, () => {
           reject(new Error('request aborted'));
         });
         Upload.addListener('completed', uploadID, data => {
           resolve(data);
         });
         if (options && options.onProgress) {
           const { onProgress } = options;
           Upload.addListener('progress', uploadID, data =>
             onProgress(data.progress / 100),
           );
         }
       });
     }
 
     // 3. Send upload metadata to the keyserver, return response
     const { filename, mimeType, loop, dimensions, encryptionKey, thumbHash } =
       input;
     return await this.props.uploadMediaMetadata({
       ...dimensions,
       filename,
       mimeType,
       blobHolder: newHolder,
       blobHash,
       encryptionKey,
       loop: loop ?? false,
       ...(thumbHash ? { thumbHash } : null),
     });
   }
 
   uploadBlob = async (
     url: string,
     cookie: ?string,
     sessionID: ?string,
     input: { [key: string]: mixed },
     options?: ?CallServerEndpointOptions,
   ): Promise<CallServerEndpointResponse> => {
     invariant(
       cookie &&
         input.multimedia &&
         Array.isArray(input.multimedia) &&
         input.multimedia.length === 1 &&
         input.multimedia[0] &&
         typeof input.multimedia[0] === 'object',
       'InputStateContainer.uploadBlob sent incorrect input',
     );
     const { uri, name, type } = input.multimedia[0];
     invariant(
       typeof uri === 'string' &&
         typeof name === 'string' &&
         typeof type === 'string',
       'InputStateContainer.uploadBlob sent incorrect input',
     );
 
     const parameters = {};
     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',
         'blobUpload 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;
       }
     }
     const uploadID = await Upload.startUpload({
       url,
       path,
       type: 'multipart',
       headers: {
         Accept: 'application/json',
       },
       field: 'multimedia',
       parameters,
     });
     if (options && options.abortHandler) {
       options.abortHandler(() => {
         Upload.cancelUpload(uploadID);
       });
     }
     return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       Upload.addListener('error', uploadID, data => {
         reject(data.error);
       });
       Upload.addListener('cancelled', uploadID, () => {
         reject(new Error('request aborted'));
       });
       Upload.addListener('completed', uploadID, data => {
         try {
           resolve(JSON.parse(data.responseBody));
         } catch (e) {
           reject(e);
         }
       });
       if (options && options.onProgress) {
         const { onProgress } = options;
         Upload.addListener('progress', uploadID, data =>
           onProgress(data.progress / 100),
         );
       }
     });
   };
 
   handleUploadFailure(localMessageID: string, localUploadID: string) {
     this.setState(prevState => {
       const uploads = prevState.pendingUploads[localMessageID];
       const upload = uploads[localUploadID];
       if (!upload) {
         // The upload has been completed before it failed
         return {};
       }
       return {
         pendingUploads: {
           ...prevState.pendingUploads,
           [localMessageID]: {
             ...uploads,
             [localUploadID]: {
               ...upload,
               failed: true,
               progressPercent: 0,
             },
           },
         },
       };
     });
   }
 
   queueMediaMissionReport(
     ids: { localID: string, localMessageID: string, serverID: ?string },
     mediaMission: MediaMission,
   ) {
     const report: MediaMissionReportCreationRequest = {
       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) => {
     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,
   ) => {
     const pendingUploads = this.state.pendingUploads[localMessageID] ?? {};
 
     const now = Date.now();
 
     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) {
       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) {
     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() {
     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 nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
+    const nextLocalID = useNextLocalID();
     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 = useServerCall(uploadMultimedia);
     const callUploadMediaMetadata = useServerCall(uploadMediaMetadata);
     const callSendMultimediaMessage = useServerCall(sendMultimediaMessage);
     const callSendTextMessage = useServerCall(sendTextMessage);
     const callNewThread = useServerCall(newThread);
     const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const mediaReportsEnabled = useIsReportEnabled('mediaReports');
     const staffCanSee = useStaffCanSee();
     const textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc =
       useMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc(messageTypes.TEXT);
 
     return (
       <InputStateContainer
         {...props}
         uploadMediaMetadata={callUploadMediaMetadata}
         viewerID={viewerID}
         nextLocalID={nextLocalID}
         messageStoreMessages={messageStoreMessages}
         ongoingMessageCreation={ongoingMessageCreation}
         hasWiFi={hasWiFi}
         mediaReportsEnabled={mediaReportsEnabled}
         calendarQuery={calendarQuery}
         uploadMultimedia={callUploadMultimedia}
         sendMultimediaMessage={callSendMultimediaMessage}
         sendTextMessage={callSendTextMessage}
         newThread={callNewThread}
         dispatchActionPromise={dispatchActionPromise}
         dispatch={dispatch}
         staffCanSee={staffCanSee}
         textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc={textMessageCreationSideEffectsFunc}
       />
     );
   });
 
 export default ConnectedInputStateContainer;
diff --git a/web/chat/message-tooltip.react.js b/web/chat/message-tooltip.react.js
index 587ba6923..5f51b375a 100644
--- a/web/chat/message-tooltip.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/message-tooltip.react.js
@@ -1,233 +1,231 @@
 // @flow
 
 import data from '@emoji-mart/data';
 import Picker from '@emoji-mart/react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import type { ChatMessageInfoItem } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
-import { localIDPrefix } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
+import { useNextLocalID } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
 import {
   tooltipButtonStyle,
   tooltipLabelStyle,
   tooltipStyle,
 } from './chat-constants.js';
 import css from './message-tooltip.css';
 import {
   useSendReaction,
   getEmojiKeyboardPosition,
 } from './reaction-message-utils.js';
 import { useTooltipContext } from './tooltip-provider.js';
-import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import type {
   MessageTooltipAction,
   TooltipSize,
   TooltipPositionStyle,
 } from '../utils/tooltip-utils.js';
 
 type MessageTooltipProps = {
   +actions: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageTooltipAction>,
   +messageTimestamp: string,
   +tooltipPositionStyle: TooltipPositionStyle,
   +tooltipSize: TooltipSize,
   +item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 };
 function MessageTooltip(props: MessageTooltipProps): React.Node {
   const {
     actions,
     messageTimestamp,
     tooltipPositionStyle,
     tooltipSize,
     item,
     threadInfo,
   } = props;
   const { messageInfo, reactions } = item;
 
   const { alignment = 'left' } = tooltipPositionStyle;
 
   const [activeTooltipLabel, setActiveTooltipLabel] = React.useState<?string>();
 
   const { shouldRenderEmojiKeyboard } = useTooltipContext();
 
   // emoji-mart actually doesn't render its contents until a useEffect runs:
   // https://github.com/missive/emoji-mart/blob/d29728f7b4e295e46f9b64aa80335aa4a3c15b8e/packages/emoji-mart-react/react.tsx#L13-L19
   // We need to measure the width/height of the picker, but because of this we
   // need to do the measurement in our own useEffect, in order to guarantee it
   // runs after emoji-mart's useEffect. To do this, we have to define two pieces
   // of React state:
   // - emojiKeyboardNode, which will get set by the emoji keyboard's ref and
   //   will trigger our useEffect
   // - emojiKeyboardRenderedNode, which will get set in that useEffect and will
   //   trigger the rerendering of this component with the correct height/width
 
   const [emojiKeyboardNode, setEmojiKeyboardNode] = React.useState(null);
   const [emojiKeyboardRenderedNode, setEmojiKeyboardRenderedNode] =
     React.useState(null);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (emojiKeyboardNode) {
       // It would be more simple to just call getEmojiKeyboardPosition
       // immediately here, but some quirk of emoji-mart causes the width of the
       // node to be 0 here. If instead we wait until the next render of this
       // component to check the width, it ends up being set correctly.
       setEmojiKeyboardRenderedNode(emojiKeyboardNode);
     }
   }, [emojiKeyboardNode]);
 
   const messageActionButtonsContainerClassName = classNames(
     css.messageActionContainer,
     css.messageActionButtons,
   );
 
   const messageTooltipButtonStyle = React.useMemo(() => tooltipButtonStyle, []);
 
   const tooltipButtons = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!actions || actions.length === 0) {
       return null;
     }
     const buttons = actions.map(({ label, onClick, actionButtonContent }) => {
       const onMouseEnter = () => {
         setActiveTooltipLabel(label);
       };
       const onMouseLeave = () =>
         setActiveTooltipLabel(oldLabel =>
           label === oldLabel ? null : oldLabel,
         );
 
       return (
         <div
           onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
           onMouseLeave={onMouseLeave}
           key={label}
           onClick={onClick}
           style={messageTooltipButtonStyle}
           className={css.messageTooltipButton}
         >
           {actionButtonContent}
         </div>
       );
     });
     return (
       <div className={messageActionButtonsContainerClassName}>{buttons}</div>
     );
   }, [
     actions,
     messageActionButtonsContainerClassName,
     messageTooltipButtonStyle,
   ]);
 
   const messageTooltipLabelStyle = React.useMemo(() => tooltipLabelStyle, []);
   const messageTooltipTopLabelStyle = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       height: `${tooltipLabelStyle.height + 2 * tooltipLabelStyle.padding}px`,
     }),
     [],
   );
 
   const tooltipLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!activeTooltipLabel) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <div className={css.messageTooltipLabel} style={messageTooltipLabelStyle}>
         {activeTooltipLabel}
       </div>
     );
   }, [activeTooltipLabel, messageTooltipLabelStyle]);
 
   const tooltipTimestamp = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!messageTimestamp) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <div className={css.messageTooltipLabel} style={messageTooltipLabelStyle}>
         {messageTimestamp}
       </div>
     );
   }, [messageTimestamp, messageTooltipLabelStyle]);
 
   const emojiKeyboardPosition = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       getEmojiKeyboardPosition(
         emojiKeyboardRenderedNode,
         tooltipPositionStyle,
         tooltipSize,
       ),
     [emojiKeyboardRenderedNode, tooltipPositionStyle, tooltipSize],
   );
 
   const emojiKeyboardPositionStyle = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!emojiKeyboardPosition) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return {
       bottom: emojiKeyboardPosition.bottom,
       left: emojiKeyboardPosition.left,
     };
   }, [emojiKeyboardPosition]);
 
-  const nextLocalID = useSelector(state => state.nextLocalID);
-  const localID = `${localIDPrefix}${nextLocalID}`;
+  const localID = useNextLocalID();
 
   const sendReaction = useSendReaction(
     messageInfo.id,
     localID,
     threadInfo.id,
     reactions,
   );
 
   const onEmojiSelect = React.useCallback(
     emoji => {
       const reactionInput = emoji.native;
       sendReaction(reactionInput);
     },
     [sendReaction],
   );
 
   const emojiKeyboard = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!shouldRenderEmojiKeyboard) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <div
         ref={setEmojiKeyboardNode}
         style={emojiKeyboardPositionStyle}
         className={css.emojiKeyboard}
       >
         <Picker
           data={data}
           onEmojiSelect={onEmojiSelect}
           theme="dark"
           autoFocus={true}
         />
       </div>
     );
   }, [emojiKeyboardPositionStyle, onEmojiSelect, shouldRenderEmojiKeyboard]);
 
   const messageTooltipContainerStyle = React.useMemo(() => tooltipStyle, []);
 
   const containerClassName = classNames({
     [css.messageTooltipContainer]: true,
     [css.leftTooltipAlign]: alignment === 'left',
     [css.centerTooltipAlign]: alignment === 'center',
     [css.rightTooltipAlign]: alignment === 'right',
   });
 
   return (
     <>
       {emojiKeyboard}
       <div className={containerClassName} style={messageTooltipContainerStyle}>
         <div style={messageTooltipTopLabelStyle}>{tooltipLabel}</div>
         {tooltipButtons}
         {tooltipTimestamp}
       </div>
     </>
   );
 }
 
 export default MessageTooltip;