diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/models.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/models.cljs
index 1e860088f9..fb3c37c570 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/models.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/models.cljs
@@ -187,10 +187,12 @@
 (fx/defn offload-messages
   {:events [:offload-messages]}
   [{:keys [db]} chat-id]
-  {:db (-> db
-           (update :messages dissoc chat-id)
-           (update :message-lists dissoc chat-id)
-           (update :pagination-info dissoc chat-id))})
+  (merge {:db (-> db
+                  (update :messages dissoc chat-id)
+                  (update :message-lists dissoc chat-id)
+                  (update :pagination-info dissoc chat-id))}
+         (when (and (= chat-id constants/timeline-chat-id) (= (:view-id db) :status))
+           {:dispatch [:init-timeline-chat]})))
 
 (fx/defn close-chat
   {:events [:close-chat]}
diff --git a/src/status_im/contact/core.cljs b/src/status_im/contact/core.cljs
index 1d33a8772b..9aac209d73 100644
--- a/src/status_im/contact/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/contact/core.cljs
@@ -39,27 +39,37 @@
 
 (fx/defn ensure-contacts
   [{:keys [db]} contacts chats]
-  {:db (update db :contacts/contacts
-               #(reduce (fn [acc {:keys [public-key] :as contact}]
-                          (-> acc
-                              (update public-key merge contact)
-                              (assoc-in [public-key :nickname] (:nickname contact))))
-                        %
-                        contacts))
-   :dispatch-n (mapcat (fn [{:keys [public-key] :as contact}]
-                         (cond-> []
-                           (:added contact)
-                           (conj [:start-profile-chat public-key])
+  (let [events
+        (reduce
+         (fn [acc {:keys [public-key] :as contact}]
+           (let [added (:added contact)
+                 was-added (contact.db/added? db public-key)
+                 blocked (:blocked contact)
+                 was-blocked (contact.db/blocked? db public-key)]
+             (cond-> acc
+               (and added (not was-added))
+               (conj [:start-profile-chat public-key])
 
-                           (not (:added contact))
-                           (conj [:offload-messages constants/timeline-chat-id])
+               (and was-added (not added))
+               (conj nil)
 
-                           (:blocked contact)
-                           (conj [::contact.block/contact-blocked contact chats])
+               (and blocked (not was-blocked))
+               (conj [::contact.block/contact-blocked contact chats])
 
-                           (contact.db/blocked? db public-key)
-                           (conj [::contact.block/contact-unblocked public-key])))
-                       contacts)})
+               (and was-blocked (not blocked))
+               (conj [::contact.block/contact-unblocked public-key]))))
+         [[:offload-messages constants/timeline-chat-id]]
+         contacts)]
+    (merge
+     {:db (update db :contacts/contacts
+                  #(reduce (fn [acc {:keys [public-key] :as contact}]
+                             (-> acc
+                                 (update public-key merge contact)
+                                 (assoc-in [public-key :nickname] (:nickname contact))))
+                           %
+                           contacts))}
+     (when (> (count events) 1)
+       {:dispatch-n events}))))
 
 (fx/defn upsert-contact
   [{:keys [db] :as cofx}
diff --git a/src/status_im/contact/db.cljs b/src/status_im/contact/db.cljs
index 2c31c9f2f9..d6c0468fe6 100644
--- a/src/status_im/contact/db.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/contact/db.cljs
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
   (get-in db [:contacts/contacts public-key]))
 
 (defn added?
-  ([{:keys [system-tags]}]
-   (contains? system-tags :contact/added))
+  ([contact]
+   (:added contact))
   ([db public-key]
    (added? (get-in db [:contacts/contacts public-key]))))
 
@@ -84,29 +84,6 @@
   ([db public-key]
    (blocked? (get-in db [:contacts/contacts public-key]))))
 
-(defn pending?
-  "Check if this is a pending? contact, meaning one side sent a contact request
-  but the other didn't respond to it yet"
-  ([{:keys [system-tags] :as contact}]
-   (let [request-received? (contains? system-tags :contact/request-received)
-         added? (added? contact)]
-     (and (or request-received?
-              added?)
-          (not (and request-received? added?)))))
-  ([db public-key]
-   (pending? (get-in db [:contacts/contacts public-key]))))
-
-(defn legacy-pending?
-  "Would the :pending? field be true? for contacts sync payload sent to devices
-  running 0.11.0 or older?"
-  ([{:keys [system-tags] :as contact}]
-   (let [request-received? (contains? system-tags :contact/request-received)
-         added? (added? contact)]
-     (and request-received?
-          (not added?))))
-  ([db public-key]
-   (pending? (get-in db [:contacts/contacts public-key]))))
-
 (defn active?
   "Checks that the user is added to the contact and not blocked"
   ([contact]