diff --git a/lib/types/sqlite-types.js b/lib/types/sqlite-types.js
index f913f170a..ad4cd382e 100644
--- a/lib/types/sqlite-types.js
+++ b/lib/types/sqlite-types.js
@@ -1,77 +1,82 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { ClientDBMessageInfo } from './message-types.js';
 import type { StoreOperations } from './store-ops-types.js';
 
 export const outboundP2PMessageStatuses = Object.freeze({
   // The message was prepared to be sent to other peers, but it's not encrypted.
   // It was inserted into DB in the same transaction as making changes to
   // the store.
   persisted: 'persisted',
   // Encryption is done in the same transaction as persisting the CryptoModule,
   // and message order is also tracked on the client side,
   // which means the message can be sent.
   encrypted: 'encrypted',
   // The message was sent to another peer (Tunnelbroker owns it),
   // waiting for the confirmation (handled in `peerToPeerMessageHandler`).
   sent: 'sent',
 });
 export type OutboundP2PMessageStatuses = $Values<
   typeof outboundP2PMessageStatuses,
 >;
 
 export type InboundP2PMessage = {
   +messageID: string,
   +senderDeviceID: string,
   +plaintext: string,
   +status: string,
   +senderUserID: string,
 };
 
 export type OutboundP2PMessage = {
   +messageID: string,
   +deviceID: string,
   +userID: string,
   +timestamp: string,
   +plaintext: string,
   +ciphertext: string,
   +status: OutboundP2PMessageStatuses,
   +supportsAutoRetry: boolean,
 };
 
 export type SQLiteAPI = {
   // read operations
   +getAllInboundP2PMessages: () => Promise<Array<InboundP2PMessage>>,
   +getAllOutboundP2PMessages: () => Promise<Array<OutboundP2PMessage>>,
   +getRelatedMessages: (
     messageID: string,
   ) => Promise<Array<ClientDBMessageInfo>>,
   +getOutboundP2PMessagesByID: (
     ids: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   ) => Promise<Array<OutboundP2PMessage>>,
   +searchMessages: (
     query: string,
     threadID: string,
     timestampCursor: ?string,
     messageIDCursor: ?string,
   ) => Promise<Array<ClientDBMessageInfo>>,
+  +fetchMessages: (
+    threadID: string,
+    limit: number,
+    offset: number,
+  ) => Promise<Array<ClientDBMessageInfo>>,
 
   // write operations
   +removeInboundP2PMessages: (ids: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) => Promise<void>,
   +markOutboundP2PMessageAsSent: (
     messageID: string,
     deviceID: string,
   ) => Promise<void>,
   +resetOutboundP2PMessagesForDevice: (
     deviceID: string,
   ) => Promise<Array<string>>,
   +removeOutboundP2PMessage: (
     messageID: string,
     deviceID: string,
   ) => Promise<void>,
 
   +processDBStoreOperations: (
     operations: StoreOperations,
     userID?: ?string,
   ) => Promise<void>,
 };
diff --git a/lib/utils/__mocks__/config.js b/lib/utils/__mocks__/config.js
index 0dc25dbad..e1f64946d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/__mocks__/config.js
+++ b/lib/utils/__mocks__/config.js
@@ -1,52 +1,53 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { type Config } from '../config.js';
 
 const getConfig = (): Config => ({
   resolveKeyserverSessionInvalidationUsingNativeCredentials: null,
   setSessionIDOnRequest: true,
   calendarRangeInactivityLimit: null,
   platformDetails: {
     platform: 'web',
     codeVersion: 70,
     stateVersion: 50,
   },
   authoritativeKeyserverID: '123',
   olmAPI: {
     initializeCryptoAccount: jest.fn(),
     getUserPublicKey: jest.fn(),
     encrypt: jest.fn(),
     encryptAndPersist: jest.fn(),
     encryptNotification: jest.fn(),
     decrypt: jest.fn(),
     decryptAndPersist: jest.fn(),
     contentInboundSessionCreator: jest.fn(),
     contentOutboundSessionCreator: jest.fn(),
     keyserverNotificationsSessionCreator: jest.fn(),
     notificationsOutboundSessionCreator: jest.fn(),
     isContentSessionInitialized: jest.fn(),
     isDeviceNotificationsSessionInitialized: jest.fn(),
     isNotificationsSessionInitializedWithDevices: jest.fn(),
     getOneTimeKeys: jest.fn(),
     validateAndUploadPrekeys: jest.fn(),
     signMessage: jest.fn(),
     verifyMessage: jest.fn(),
     markPrekeysAsPublished: jest.fn(),
   },
   sqliteAPI: {
     getAllInboundP2PMessages: jest.fn(),
     removeInboundP2PMessages: jest.fn(),
     processDBStoreOperations: jest.fn(),
     getAllOutboundP2PMessages: jest.fn(),
     markOutboundP2PMessageAsSent: jest.fn(),
     removeOutboundP2PMessage: jest.fn(),
     resetOutboundP2PMessagesForDevice: jest.fn(),
     getRelatedMessages: jest.fn(),
     getOutboundP2PMessagesByID: jest.fn(),
     searchMessages: jest.fn(),
+    fetchMessages: jest.fn(),
   },
 });
 
 const hasConfig = (): boolean => true;
 
 export { getConfig, hasConfig };
diff --git a/native/database/sqlite-api.js b/native/database/sqlite-api.js
index d303bbdf5..3ed801ec0 100644
--- a/native/database/sqlite-api.js
+++ b/native/database/sqlite-api.js
@@ -1,63 +1,64 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { getKeyserversToRemoveFromNotifsStore } from 'lib/ops/keyserver-store-ops.js';
 import { convertStoreOperationsToClientDBStoreOperations } from 'lib/shared/redux/client-db-utils.js';
 import type { SQLiteAPI } from 'lib/types/sqlite-types.js';
 import type { StoreOperations } from 'lib/types/store-ops-types';
 import { values } from 'lib/utils/objects.js';
 
 import { commCoreModule } from '../native-modules.js';
 import { isTaskCancelledError } from '../utils/error-handling.js';
 
 const sqliteAPI: SQLiteAPI = {
   // read operations
   getAllInboundP2PMessages: commCoreModule.getAllInboundP2PMessages,
   getAllOutboundP2PMessages: commCoreModule.getAllOutboundP2PMessages,
   getRelatedMessages: commCoreModule.getRelatedMessages,
   getOutboundP2PMessagesByID: commCoreModule.getOutboundP2PMessagesByID,
   searchMessages: commCoreModule.searchMessages,
+  fetchMessages: commCoreModule.fetchMessages,
 
   // write operations
   removeInboundP2PMessages: commCoreModule.removeInboundP2PMessages,
   markOutboundP2PMessageAsSent: commCoreModule.markOutboundP2PMessageAsSent,
   resetOutboundP2PMessagesForDevice:
     commCoreModule.resetOutboundP2PMessagesForDevice,
   removeOutboundP2PMessage: commCoreModule.removeOutboundP2PMessage,
 
   async processDBStoreOperations(
     storeOperations: StoreOperations,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const keyserversToRemoveFromNotifsStore =
       getKeyserversToRemoveFromNotifsStore(
         storeOperations.keyserverStoreOperations ?? [],
       );
 
     try {
       const promises = [];
       if (keyserversToRemoveFromNotifsStore.length > 0) {
         promises.push(
           commCoreModule.removeKeyserverDataFromNotifStorage(
             keyserversToRemoveFromNotifsStore,
           ),
         );
       }
 
       const dbOps =
         convertStoreOperationsToClientDBStoreOperations(storeOperations);
       if (values(dbOps).some(ops => ops && ops.length > 0)) {
         promises.push(commCoreModule.processDBStoreOperations(dbOps));
       }
       await Promise.all(promises);
     } catch (e) {
       if (isTaskCancelledError(e)) {
         return;
       }
       // this code will make an entry in SecureStore and cause re-creating
       // database when user will open app again
       commCoreModule.reportDBOperationsFailure();
       commCoreModule.terminate();
     }
   },
 };
 
 export { sqliteAPI };
diff --git a/web/database/sqlite-api.js b/web/database/sqlite-api.js
index 9362272be..0fea3d6ca 100644
--- a/web/database/sqlite-api.js
+++ b/web/database/sqlite-api.js
@@ -1,170 +1,187 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { convertStoreOperationsToClientDBStoreOperations } from 'lib/shared/redux/client-db-utils.js';
 import type { ClientDBMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type {
   SQLiteAPI,
   InboundP2PMessage,
   OutboundP2PMessage,
 } from 'lib/types/sqlite-types.js';
 import type { StoreOperations } from 'lib/types/store-ops-types.js';
 import { entries, values } from 'lib/utils/objects.js';
 
 import { getCommSharedWorker } from '../shared-worker/shared-worker-provider.js';
 import { workerRequestMessageTypes } from '../types/worker-types.js';
 
 const sqliteAPI: SQLiteAPI = {
   // read operations
   async getAllInboundP2PMessages(): Promise<InboundP2PMessage[]> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     const data = await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
     });
     const messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<InboundP2PMessage> =
       data?.inboundP2PMessages;
     return messages ? [...messages] : [];
   },
 
   async getAllOutboundP2PMessages(): Promise<OutboundP2PMessage[]> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     const data = await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
     });
     const messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<OutboundP2PMessage> =
       data?.outboundP2PMessages;
     return messages ? [...messages] : [];
   },
 
   async getRelatedMessages(messageID: string): Promise<ClientDBMessageInfo[]> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     const data = await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_RELATED_MESSAGES,
       messageID,
     });
     const messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBMessageInfo> = data?.messages;
     return messages ? [...messages] : [];
   },
 
   async getOutboundP2PMessagesByID(
     ids: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   ): Promise<Array<OutboundP2PMessage>> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     const data = await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES_BY_ID,
       messageIDs: ids,
     });
     const messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<OutboundP2PMessage> =
       data?.outboundP2PMessages;
     return messages ? [...messages] : [];
   },
 
   async searchMessages(
     query: string,
     threadID: string,
     timestampCursor: ?string,
     messageIDCursor: ?string,
   ): Promise<ClientDBMessageInfo[]> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     const data = await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.SEARCH_MESSAGES,
       query,
       threadID,
       timestampCursor,
       messageIDCursor,
     });
     const messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBMessageInfo> = data?.messages;
     return messages ? [...messages] : [];
   },
 
+  async fetchMessages(
+    threadID: string,
+    limit: number,
+    offset: number,
+  ): Promise<ClientDBMessageInfo[]> {
+    const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
+
+    const data = await sharedWorker.schedule({
+      type: workerRequestMessageTypes.FETCH_MESSAGES,
+      threadID,
+      limit,
+      offset,
+    });
+    const messages: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBMessageInfo> = data?.messages;
+    return messages ? [...messages] : [];
+  },
+
   // write operations
   async removeInboundP2PMessages(ids: $ReadOnlyArray<string>): Promise<void> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
       ids,
     });
   },
 
   async markOutboundP2PMessageAsSent(
     messageID: string,
     deviceID: string,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.MARK_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGE_AS_SENT,
       messageID,
       deviceID,
     });
   },
 
   async resetOutboundP2PMessagesForDevice(
     deviceID: string,
   ): Promise<Array<string>> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     const data = await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.RESET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
       deviceID,
     });
     const messageIDs: ?$ReadOnlyArray<string> = data?.messageIDs;
     return messageIDs ? [...messageIDs] : [];
   },
 
   async removeOutboundP2PMessage(
     messageID: string,
     deviceID: string,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
 
     await sharedWorker.schedule({
       type: workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGE,
       messageID,
       deviceID,
     });
   },
 
   async processDBStoreOperations(
     storeOperations: StoreOperations,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const dbOps =
       convertStoreOperationsToClientDBStoreOperations(storeOperations);
 
     if (!values(dbOps).some(ops => ops && ops.length > 0)) {
       return;
     }
 
     const sharedWorker = await getCommSharedWorker();
     const isSupported = await sharedWorker.isSupported();
     if (!isSupported) {
       return;
     }
     try {
       await sharedWorker.schedule({
         type: workerRequestMessageTypes.PROCESS_STORE_OPERATIONS,
         storeOperations: dbOps,
       });
     } catch (e) {
       console.log(e);
       if (
         entries(storeOperations).some(
           ([key, ops]) =>
             key !== 'draftStoreOperations' &&
             key !== 'reportStoreOperations' &&
             ops.length > 0,
         )
       ) {
         await sharedWorker.init({ clearDatabase: true, markAsCorrupted: true });
         location.reload();
       }
     }
   },
 };
 
 export { sqliteAPI };
diff --git a/web/shared-worker/worker/shared-worker.js b/web/shared-worker/worker/shared-worker.js
index 698eea60c..1ae6c8ca7 100644
--- a/web/shared-worker/worker/shared-worker.js
+++ b/web/shared-worker/worker/shared-worker.js
@@ -1,434 +1,444 @@
 // @flow
 
 import localforage from 'localforage';
 
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 
 import { restoreBackup } from './backup.js';
 import { processAppIdentityClientRequest } from './identity-client.js';
 import {
   getClientStoreFromQueryExecutor,
   processDBStoreOperations,
 } from './process-operations.js';
 import { clearCryptoStore, processAppOlmApiRequest } from './worker-crypto.js';
 import {
   getDBModule,
   getSQLiteQueryExecutor,
   setDBModule,
   setSQLiteQueryExecutor,
   getPlatformDetails,
   setPlatformDetails,
 } from './worker-database.js';
 import initBackupClientModule from '../../backup-client-wasm/wasm/backup-client-wasm.js';
 import {
   decryptData,
   encryptData,
   generateCryptoKey,
   importJWKKey,
   type EncryptedData,
 } from '../../crypto/aes-gcm-crypto-utils.js';
 import {
   type SharedWorkerMessageEvent,
   type WorkerRequestMessage,
   type WorkerResponseMessage,
   workerRequestMessageTypes,
   workerResponseMessageTypes,
   type WorkerRequestProxyMessage,
   workerWriteRequests,
   workerOlmAPIRequests,
 } from '../../types/worker-types.js';
 import { workerIdentityClientRequests } from '../../types/worker-types.js';
 import { getDatabaseModule } from '../db-module.js';
 import { webMessageToClientDBMessageInfo } from '../types/entities.js';
 import {
   COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH,
   SQLITE_STAMPED_USER_ID_KEY,
   localforageConfig,
   SQLITE_CONTENT,
   SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY,
   DEFAULT_BACKUP_CLIENT_FILENAME,
 } from '../utils/constants.js';
 import {
   clearSensitiveData,
   exportDatabaseContent,
   importDatabaseContent,
 } from '../utils/db-utils.js';
 
 localforage.config(localforageConfig);
 
 let encryptionKey: ?CryptoKey = null;
 
 let persistNeeded: boolean = false;
 let persistInProgress: boolean = false;
 
 async function initDatabase(
   webworkerModulesFilePath: string,
   commQueryExecutorFilename: ?string,
   encryptionKeyJWK?: ?SubtleCrypto$JsonWebKey,
 ) {
   const dbModule = getDBModule();
   const sqliteQueryExecutor = getSQLiteQueryExecutor();
   if (!!dbModule && !!sqliteQueryExecutor) {
     console.log('Database already initialized');
     return;
   }
 
   const newModule = dbModule
     ? dbModule
     : getDatabaseModule(commQueryExecutorFilename, webworkerModulesFilePath);
   if (!dbModule) {
     setDBModule(newModule);
   }
 
   if (encryptionKeyJWK) {
     encryptionKey = await importJWKKey(encryptionKeyJWK);
   } else {
     encryptionKey = await localforage.getItem(SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY);
     if (!encryptionKey) {
       const cryptoKey = await generateCryptoKey({ extractable: false });
       await localforage.setItem(SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY, cryptoKey);
     }
   }
 
   const encryptedContent =
     await localforage.getItem<EncryptedData>(SQLITE_CONTENT);
 
   let dbContent = null;
   try {
     if (encryptionKey && encryptedContent) {
       dbContent = await decryptData(encryptedContent, encryptionKey);
     }
   } catch (e) {
     console.error('Error while decrypting content, clearing database content');
     await localforage.removeItem(SQLITE_CONTENT);
   }
 
   if (dbContent) {
     importDatabaseContent(dbContent, newModule, COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH);
 
     console.info(
       'Database exists and is properly encrypted, using persisted data',
     );
   } else {
     console.info('Creating fresh database');
   }
   setSQLiteQueryExecutor(
     new newModule.SQLiteQueryExecutor(COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH),
   );
 }
 
 async function initBackupClient(
   webworkerModulesFilePath: string,
   backupClientFilename: ?string,
 ) {
   let modulePath;
   if (backupClientFilename) {
     modulePath = `${webworkerModulesFilePath}/${backupClientFilename}`;
   } else {
     modulePath = `${webworkerModulesFilePath}/${DEFAULT_BACKUP_CLIENT_FILENAME}`;
   }
   await initBackupClientModule(modulePath);
 }
 
 async function persist() {
   persistInProgress = true;
   const sqliteQueryExecutor = getSQLiteQueryExecutor();
   const dbModule = getDBModule();
   if (!sqliteQueryExecutor || !dbModule) {
     persistInProgress = false;
     throw new Error(
       'Database not initialized while persisting database content',
     );
   }
 
   if (!encryptionKey) {
     encryptionKey = await localforage.getItem(SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY);
   }
 
   while (persistNeeded) {
     persistNeeded = false;
     const dbData = exportDatabaseContent(dbModule, COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH);
     if (!encryptionKey) {
       persistInProgress = false;
       throw new Error('Encryption key is missing');
     }
     const encryptedData = await encryptData(dbData, encryptionKey);
     await localforage.setItem(SQLITE_CONTENT, encryptedData);
   }
   persistInProgress = false;
 }
 
 async function processAppRequest(
   message: WorkerRequestMessage,
 ): Promise<?WorkerResponseMessage> {
   // non-database operations
   if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.PING) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.PONG,
       text: 'PONG',
     };
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GENERATE_DATABASE_ENCRYPTION_KEY
   ) {
     const cryptoKey = await generateCryptoKey({ extractable: false });
     await localforage.setItem(SQLITE_ENCRYPTION_KEY, cryptoKey);
     return undefined;
   }
 
   const sqliteQueryExecutor = getSQLiteQueryExecutor();
   const dbModule = getDBModule();
 
   // database operations
   if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.INIT) {
     setPlatformDetails(message.platformDetails);
     const promises = [
       initDatabase(
         message.webworkerModulesFilePath,
         message.commQueryExecutorFilename,
         message.encryptionKey,
       ),
     ];
     if (message.backupClientFilename !== undefined) {
       promises.push(
         initBackupClient(
           message.webworkerModulesFilePath,
           message.backupClientFilename,
         ),
       );
     }
     await Promise.all(promises);
     return undefined;
   } else if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.CLEAR_SENSITIVE_DATA) {
     clearCryptoStore();
     encryptionKey = null;
     await localforage.clear();
     if (dbModule && sqliteQueryExecutor) {
       clearSensitiveData(
         dbModule,
         COMM_SQLITE_DATABASE_PATH,
         sqliteQueryExecutor,
       );
     }
     setSQLiteQueryExecutor(null);
     return undefined;
   }
 
   if (!sqliteQueryExecutor) {
     throw new Error(
       `Database not initialized, unable to process request type: ${message.type}`,
     );
   }
 
   // read-only operations
   if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_CLIENT_STORE) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.CLIENT_STORE,
       store: getClientStoreFromQueryExecutor(sqliteQueryExecutor),
     };
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_SQLITE_STAMPED_USER_ID
   ) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_SQLITE_STAMPED_USER_ID,
       userID: sqliteQueryExecutor.getMetadata(SQLITE_STAMPED_USER_ID_KEY),
     };
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM
   ) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM,
       item: sqliteQueryExecutor.getPersistStorageItem(message.key),
     };
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES
   ) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
       inboundP2PMessages: sqliteQueryExecutor.getAllInboundP2PMessage(),
     };
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES
   ) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
       outboundP2PMessages: sqliteQueryExecutor.getAllOutboundP2PMessages(),
     };
   } else if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_RELATED_MESSAGES) {
     const webMessageEntities = sqliteQueryExecutor.getRelatedMessagesWeb(
       message.messageID,
     );
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_MESSAGES,
       messages: webMessageEntities.map(webMessageToClientDBMessageInfo),
     };
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES_BY_ID
   ) {
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
       outboundP2PMessages: sqliteQueryExecutor.getOutboundP2PMessagesByID(
         message.messageIDs,
       ),
     };
   } else if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.SEARCH_MESSAGES) {
     const webMessageEntities = sqliteQueryExecutor.searchMessages(
       message.query,
       message.threadID,
       message.timestampCursor,
       message.messageIDCursor,
     );
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_MESSAGES,
       messages: webMessageEntities.map(webMessageToClientDBMessageInfo),
     };
+  } else if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.FETCH_MESSAGES) {
+    const webMessageEntities = sqliteQueryExecutor.fetchMessagesWeb(
+      message.threadID,
+      message.limit,
+      message.offset,
+    );
+    return {
+      type: workerResponseMessageTypes.GET_MESSAGES,
+      messages: webMessageEntities.map(webMessageToClientDBMessageInfo),
+    };
   }
 
   // write operations
   const isOlmAPIRequest = workerOlmAPIRequests.includes(message.type);
   const isIdentityClientRequest = workerIdentityClientRequests.includes(
     message.type,
   );
   if (
     !workerWriteRequests.includes(message.type) &&
     !isOlmAPIRequest &&
     !isIdentityClientRequest
   ) {
     throw new Error(`Request type ${message.type} not supported`);
   }
   if (!sqliteQueryExecutor || !dbModule) {
     throw new Error(
       `Database not initialized, unable to process request type: ${message.type}`,
     );
   }
 
   let result;
   if (isOlmAPIRequest) {
     result = await processAppOlmApiRequest(message);
   } else if (isIdentityClientRequest) {
     const platformDetails = getPlatformDetails();
     if (!platformDetails) {
       throw new Error(
         'Platform details not set, unable to process identity client request',
       );
     }
     result = await processAppIdentityClientRequest(
       sqliteQueryExecutor,
       dbModule,
       platformDetails,
       message,
     );
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.PROCESS_STORE_OPERATIONS
   ) {
     processDBStoreOperations(
       sqliteQueryExecutor,
       message.storeOperations,
       dbModule,
     );
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.STAMP_SQLITE_DB_USER_ID
   ) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.setMetadata(SQLITE_STAMPED_USER_ID_KEY, message.userID);
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.SET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM
   ) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.setPersistStorageItem(message.key, message.item);
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM
   ) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.removePersistStorageItem(message.key);
   } else if (message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.BACKUP_RESTORE) {
     await restoreBackup(
       sqliteQueryExecutor,
       dbModule,
       message.authMetadata,
       message.backupID,
       message.backupDataKey,
       message.backupLogDataKey,
     );
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES
   ) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.removeInboundP2PMessages(message.ids);
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.MARK_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGE_AS_SENT
   ) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.markOutboundP2PMessageAsSent(
       message.messageID,
       message.deviceID,
     );
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGE
   ) {
     sqliteQueryExecutor.removeOutboundP2PMessage(
       message.messageID,
       message.deviceID,
     );
   } else if (
     message.type === workerRequestMessageTypes.RESET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES
   ) {
     let messageIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string> = [];
     try {
       sqliteQueryExecutor.beginTransaction();
       messageIDs = sqliteQueryExecutor.resetOutboundP2PMessagesForDevice(
         message.deviceID,
       );
       sqliteQueryExecutor.commitTransaction();
     } catch (e) {
       sqliteQueryExecutor.rollbackTransaction();
       console.log('Error while resetting outbound P2P messages: ', e);
       throw e;
     }
 
     return {
       type: workerResponseMessageTypes.RESET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
       messageIDs,
     };
   }
 
   persistNeeded = true;
   if (!persistInProgress) {
     void persist();
   }
 
   return result;
 }
 
 let currentlyProcessedMessage: ?Promise<void> = null;
 
 function connectHandler(event: SharedWorkerMessageEvent) {
   if (!event.ports.length) {
     return;
   }
   const port: MessagePort = event.ports[0];
   console.log('Web database worker alive!');
 
   port.onmessage = async function (messageEvent: MessageEvent) {
     const data: WorkerRequestProxyMessage = (messageEvent.data: any);
     const { id, message } = data;
 
     if (!id) {
       port.postMessage({
         error: 'Request without identifier',
       });
     }
 
     currentlyProcessedMessage = (async () => {
       await currentlyProcessedMessage;
       try {
         const result = await processAppRequest(message);
         port.postMessage({
           id,
           message: result,
         });
       } catch (e) {
         port.postMessage({
           id,
           error: getMessageForException(e),
         });
       }
     })();
   };
 }
 
 self.addEventListener('connect', connectHandler);
diff --git a/web/types/worker-types.js b/web/types/worker-types.js
index a1daa5720..64b3bcfe0 100644
--- a/web/types/worker-types.js
+++ b/web/types/worker-types.js
@@ -1,338 +1,347 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { AuthMetadata } from 'lib/shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import type {
   PickledOLMAccount,
   OLMIdentityKeys,
   OlmAPI,
 } from 'lib/types/crypto-types.js';
 import type { PlatformDetails } from 'lib/types/device-types.js';
 import type {
   IdentityServiceClient,
   IdentityServiceAuthLayer,
 } from 'lib/types/identity-service-types.js';
 import type { ClientDBMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type {
   InboundP2PMessage,
   OutboundP2PMessage,
 } from 'lib/types/sqlite-types.js';
 import type {
   ClientDBStore,
   ClientDBStoreOperations,
 } from 'lib/types/store-ops-types.js';
 
 // The types of messages sent from app to worker
 export const workerRequestMessageTypes = Object.freeze({
   PING: 0,
   INIT: 1,
   GENERATE_DATABASE_ENCRYPTION_KEY: 2,
   PROCESS_STORE_OPERATIONS: 3,
   GET_CLIENT_STORE: 4,
   STAMP_SQLITE_DB_USER_ID: 5,
   GET_SQLITE_STAMPED_USER_ID: 6,
   GET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM: 7,
   SET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM: 8,
   REMOVE_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM: 9,
   CLEAR_SENSITIVE_DATA: 10,
   BACKUP_RESTORE: 11,
   INITIALIZE_CRYPTO_ACCOUNT: 12,
   CREATE_IDENTITY_SERVICE_CLIENT: 13,
   CALL_IDENTITY_CLIENT_METHOD: 14,
   CALL_OLM_API_METHOD: 15,
   GET_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES: 16,
   REMOVE_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES: 17,
   GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES: 18,
   MARK_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGE_AS_SENT: 19,
   REMOVE_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGE: 20,
   GET_RELATED_MESSAGES: 21,
   GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES_BY_ID: 22,
   SEARCH_MESSAGES: 23,
   RESET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES: 24,
+  FETCH_MESSAGES: 25,
 });
 
 export const workerWriteRequests: $ReadOnlyArray<number> = [
   workerRequestMessageTypes.PROCESS_STORE_OPERATIONS,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.STAMP_SQLITE_DB_USER_ID,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.SET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.BACKUP_RESTORE,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.INITIALIZE_CRYPTO_ACCOUNT,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.MARK_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGE_AS_SENT,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.REMOVE_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGE,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.RESET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES,
 ];
 
 export const workerOlmAPIRequests: $ReadOnlyArray<number> = [
   workerRequestMessageTypes.INITIALIZE_CRYPTO_ACCOUNT,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.CALL_OLM_API_METHOD,
 ];
 
 export const workerIdentityClientRequests: $ReadOnlyArray<number> = [
   workerRequestMessageTypes.CREATE_IDENTITY_SERVICE_CLIENT,
   workerRequestMessageTypes.CALL_IDENTITY_CLIENT_METHOD,
 ];
 
 export type PingWorkerRequestMessage = {
   +type: 0,
   +text: string,
 };
 
 export type InitWorkerRequestMessage = {
   +type: 1,
   +platformDetails: PlatformDetails,
   +webworkerModulesFilePath: string,
   +commQueryExecutorFilename: ?string,
   +encryptionKey?: ?SubtleCrypto$JsonWebKey,
   +backupClientFilename?: ?string,
 };
 
 export type GenerateDatabaseEncryptionKeyRequestMessage = {
   +type: 2,
 };
 
 export type ProcessStoreOperationsRequestMessage = {
   +type: 3,
   +storeOperations: ClientDBStoreOperations,
 };
 
 export type GetClientStoreRequestMessage = {
   +type: 4,
 };
 
 export type SetCurrentUserIDRequestMessage = {
   +type: 5,
   +userID: string,
 };
 
 export type GetCurrentUserIDRequestMessage = {
   +type: 6,
 };
 
 export type GetPersistStorageItemRequestMessage = {
   +type: 7,
   +key: string,
 };
 
 export type SetPersistStorageItemRequestMessage = {
   +type: 8,
   +key: string,
   +item: string,
 };
 
 export type RemovePersistStorageItemRequestMessage = {
   +type: 9,
   +key: string,
 };
 
 export type ClearSensitiveDataRequestMessage = {
   +type: 10,
 };
 
 export type BackupRestoreRequestMessage = {
   +type: 11,
   +authMetadata: AuthMetadata,
   +backupID: string,
   +backupDataKey: string,
   +backupLogDataKey: string,
 };
 
 // Previously used on web in redux. Now only used
 // in a migration to the shared worker.
 export type LegacyCryptoStore = {
   +primaryAccount: PickledOLMAccount,
   +primaryIdentityKeys: OLMIdentityKeys,
   +notificationAccount: PickledOLMAccount,
   +notificationIdentityKeys: OLMIdentityKeys,
 };
 export type InitializeCryptoAccountRequestMessage = {
   +type: 12,
   +olmWasmPath: string,
   +initialCryptoStore?: LegacyCryptoStore,
 };
 
 export type CreateIdentityServiceClientRequestMessage = {
   +type: 13,
   +opaqueWasmPath: string,
   +authLayer: ?IdentityServiceAuthLayer,
 };
 
 export type CallIdentityClientMethodRequestMessage = {
   +type: 14,
   +method: $Keys<IdentityServiceClient>,
   +args: $ReadOnlyArray<mixed>,
 };
 
 export type CallOLMApiMethodRequestMessage = {
   +type: 15,
   +method: $Keys<OlmAPI>,
   +args: $ReadOnlyArray<mixed>,
 };
 
 export type GetInboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage = {
   +type: 16,
 };
 
 export type RemoveInboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage = {
   +type: 17,
   +ids: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 
 export type GetOutboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage = {
   +type: 18,
 };
 
 export type MarkOutboundP2PMessageAsSentRequestMessage = {
   +type: 19,
   +messageID: string,
   +deviceID: string,
 };
 
 export type RemoveOutboundP2PMessageRequestMessage = {
   +type: 20,
   +messageID: string,
   +deviceID: string,
 };
 
 export type GetRelatedMessagesRequestMessage = {
   +type: 21,
   +messageID: string,
 };
 
 export type GetOutboundP2PMessagesByIDRequestMessage = {
   +type: 22,
   +messageIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 
 export type SearchMessagesRequestMessage = {
   +type: 23,
   +query: string,
   +threadID: string,
   +timestampCursor: ?string,
   +messageIDCursor: ?string,
 };
 
 export type ResetOutboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage = {
   +type: 24,
   +deviceID: string,
 };
 
+export type FetchMessagesRequestMessage = {
+  +type: 25,
+  +threadID: string,
+  +limit: number,
+  +offset: number,
+};
+
 export type WorkerRequestMessage =
   | PingWorkerRequestMessage
   | InitWorkerRequestMessage
   | GenerateDatabaseEncryptionKeyRequestMessage
   | ProcessStoreOperationsRequestMessage
   | GetClientStoreRequestMessage
   | SetCurrentUserIDRequestMessage
   | GetCurrentUserIDRequestMessage
   | GetPersistStorageItemRequestMessage
   | SetPersistStorageItemRequestMessage
   | RemovePersistStorageItemRequestMessage
   | ClearSensitiveDataRequestMessage
   | BackupRestoreRequestMessage
   | InitializeCryptoAccountRequestMessage
   | CreateIdentityServiceClientRequestMessage
   | CallIdentityClientMethodRequestMessage
   | CallOLMApiMethodRequestMessage
   | GetInboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage
   | RemoveInboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage
   | GetOutboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage
   | MarkOutboundP2PMessageAsSentRequestMessage
   | RemoveOutboundP2PMessageRequestMessage
   | GetRelatedMessagesRequestMessage
   | GetOutboundP2PMessagesByIDRequestMessage
   | SearchMessagesRequestMessage
-  | ResetOutboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage;
+  | ResetOutboundP2PMessagesRequestMessage
+  | FetchMessagesRequestMessage;
 
 export type WorkerRequestProxyMessage = {
   +id: number,
   +message: WorkerRequestMessage,
 };
 
 // The types of messages sent from worker to app
 export const workerResponseMessageTypes = Object.freeze({
   PONG: 0,
   CLIENT_STORE: 1,
   GET_SQLITE_STAMPED_USER_ID: 2,
   GET_PERSIST_STORAGE_ITEM: 3,
   CALL_IDENTITY_CLIENT_METHOD: 4,
   CALL_OLM_API_METHOD: 5,
   GET_INBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES: 6,
   GET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES: 7,
   GET_MESSAGES: 8,
   RESET_OUTBOUND_P2P_MESSAGES: 9,
 });
 
 export type PongWorkerResponseMessage = {
   +type: 0,
   +text: string,
 };
 
 export type ClientStoreResponseMessage = {
   +type: 1,
   +store: ClientDBStore,
 };
 
 export type GetCurrentUserIDResponseMessage = {
   +type: 2,
   +userID: ?string,
 };
 
 export type GetPersistStorageItemResponseMessage = {
   +type: 3,
   +item: string,
 };
 
 export type CallIdentityClientMethodResponseMessage = {
   +type: 4,
   +result: mixed,
 };
 
 export type CallOLMApiMethodResponseMessage = {
   +type: 5,
   +result: mixed,
 };
 
 export type GetInboundP2PMessagesResponseMessage = {
   +type: 6,
   +inboundP2PMessages: $ReadOnlyArray<InboundP2PMessage>,
 };
 
 export type GetOutboundP2PMessagesResponseMessage = {
   +type: 7,
   +outboundP2PMessages: $ReadOnlyArray<OutboundP2PMessage>,
 };
 
 export type GetMessagesResponse = {
   +type: 8,
   +messages: $ReadOnlyArray<ClientDBMessageInfo>,
 };
 
 export type ResetOutboundP2PMessagesResponseMessage = {
   +type: 9,
   +messageIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 
 export type WorkerResponseMessage =
   | PongWorkerResponseMessage
   | ClientStoreResponseMessage
   | GetCurrentUserIDResponseMessage
   | GetPersistStorageItemResponseMessage
   | CallIdentityClientMethodResponseMessage
   | CallOLMApiMethodResponseMessage
   | GetInboundP2PMessagesResponseMessage
   | GetOutboundP2PMessagesResponseMessage
   | GetMessagesResponse
   | ResetOutboundP2PMessagesResponseMessage;
 
 export type WorkerResponseProxyMessage = {
   +id?: number,
   +message?: WorkerResponseMessage,
   +error?: string,
 };
 
 // SharedWorker types
 export type SharedWorkerMessageEvent = MessageEvent & {
   +ports: $ReadOnlyArray<MessagePort>,
   ...
 };