diff --git a/protos/SignalService.proto b/protos/SignalService.proto
index 5242d158e..853cef89b 100644
--- a/protos/SignalService.proto
+++ b/protos/SignalService.proto
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ message GroupUpdateMessage {
   optional GroupUpdateInviteResponseMessage          inviteResponse                = 6;
   optional GroupUpdateDeleteMemberContentMessage     deleteMemberContent           = 7;
   optional GroupUpdateMemberLeftNotificationMessage  memberLeftNotificationMessage = 8;
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ts/components/NoticeBanner.tsx b/ts/components/NoticeBanner.tsx
index 8bd13b690..659870166 100644
--- a/ts/components/NoticeBanner.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/NoticeBanner.tsx
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ const StyledNoticeBanner = styled(Flex)`
   padding: var(--margins-xs) var(--margins-sm);
   text-align: center;
   flex-shrink: 0;
+  cursor: pointer;
+
   .session-icon-button {
     position: absolute;
     right: var(--margins-sm);
+    pointer-events: none;
   }
 `;
 
@@ -25,12 +28,12 @@ const StyledText = styled.span`
 type NoticeBannerProps = {
   text: string;
   icon: SessionIconType;
-  onButtonClick: () => void;
+  onBannerClick: () => void;
   dataTestId: SessionDataTestId;
 };
 
 export const NoticeBanner = (props: NoticeBannerProps) => {
-  const { text, onButtonClick, icon, dataTestId } = props;
+  const { text, onBannerClick, icon, dataTestId } = props;
 
   return (
     <StyledNoticeBanner
@@ -39,17 +42,13 @@ export const NoticeBanner = (props: NoticeBannerProps) => {
       justifyContent={'center'}
       alignItems={'center'}
       data-testid={dataTestId}
+      onClick={event => {
+        event?.preventDefault();
+        onBannerClick();
+      }}
     >
       <StyledText>{text}</StyledText>
-      <SessionIconButton
-        iconType={icon}
-        iconColor="inherit"
-        iconSize="small"
-        onClick={event => {
-          event?.preventDefault();
-          onButtonClick();
-        }}
-      />
+      <SessionIconButton iconType={icon} iconColor="inherit" iconSize="small" />
     </StyledNoticeBanner>
   );
 };
diff --git a/ts/components/SessionInboxView.tsx b/ts/components/SessionInboxView.tsx
index e17a25d17..bff9301b2 100644
--- a/ts/components/SessionInboxView.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/SessionInboxView.tsx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ const SomeDeviceOutdatedSyncingNotice = () => {
   return (
     <NoticeBanner
       text={window.i18n('deleteAfterGroupFirstReleaseConfigOutdated')}
-      onButtonClick={dismiss}
+      onBannerClick={dismiss}
       icon="exit"
       dataTestId="some-of-your-devices-outdated-inbox"
     />
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
index a5066e39a..8a28b137d 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ function OutdatedClientBanner(props: {
   return selectedConversation.hasOutdatedClient?.length ? (
     <NoticeBanner
       text={bannerText}
-      onButtonClick={() => {
+      onBannerClick={() => {
         const conversation = ConvoHub.use().get(selectedConversation.id);
         conversation.set({ hasOutdatedClient: undefined });
         void conversation.commit();
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ function OutdatedLegacyGroupBanner(props: {
 
   return isLegacyGroup ? (
     <NoticeBanner
-      text={window.i18n('groupLegacyBanner', { date: 'FIXME AUDRIC' })}
-      onButtonClick={() => {
+      text={window.i18n('groupLegacyBanner', { date: 'FIXME AUDRIC' })} // Remove after QA
+      onBannerClick={() => {
         showLinkVisitWarningDialog('', dispatch);
         throw new Error('TODO'); // fixme audric
       }}
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/TimerNotification.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/TimerNotification.tsx
index 0f0bdf232..c768245db 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/TimerNotification.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/TimerNotification.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
+import { PubkeyType } from 'libsession_util_nodejs';
 import { PropsForExpirationTimer } from '../../state/ducks/conversations';
 
-import { isLegacyDisappearingModeEnabled } from '../../session/disappearing_messages/legacy';
 import { UserUtils } from '../../session/utils';
 import {
   useSelectedConversationDisappearingMode,
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   useSelectedExpireTimer,
   useSelectedIsGroupOrCommunity,
   useSelectedIsGroupV2,
-  useSelectedIsLegacyGroup,
   useSelectedIsPrivateFriend,
   useSelectedIsPublic,
 } from '../../state/selectors/selectedConversation';
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import type { LocalizerComponentProps, LocalizerToken } from '../../types/locali
 import { Localizer } from '../basic/Localizer';
 import { SessionButtonColor } from '../basic/SessionButton';
 import { SessionIcon } from '../icon';
+import { getTimerNotificationStr } from '../../models/timerNotifications';
 
 const FollowSettingButton = styled.button`
   color: var(--primary-color);
@@ -142,90 +142,25 @@ const FollowSettingsButton = (props: PropsForExpirationTimer) => {
   );
 };
 
-function useTextToRenderI18nProps(
-  props: PropsForExpirationTimer
-): LocalizerComponentProps<LocalizerToken> {
-  const { pubkey: authorPk, profileName, expirationMode, timespanText: time, disabled } = props;
-
-  const isLegacyGroup = useSelectedIsLegacyGroup();
-
-  const authorIsUs = authorPk === UserUtils.getOurPubKeyStrFromCache();
-
-  const name = profileName ?? authorPk;
-
-  // TODO: legacy messages support will be removed in a future release
-  if (isLegacyDisappearingModeEnabled(expirationMode)) {
-    return {
-      token: 'deleteAfterLegacyDisappearingMessagesTheyChangedTimer',
-      args: {
-        name: authorIsUs ? window.i18n('you') : name,
-        time,
-      },
-    };
-  }
-
-  const disappearing_messages_type =
-    expirationMode === 'deleteAfterRead'
-      ? window.i18n('disappearingMessagesTypeRead')
-      : window.i18n('disappearingMessagesTypeSent');
-
-  if (isLegacyGroup) {
-    if (disabled) {
-      return authorIsUs
-        ? {
-            token: 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOffYouGroup',
-          }
-        : {
-            token: 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOffGroup',
-            args: {
-              name,
-            },
-          };
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (disabled) {
-    return authorIsUs
-      ? {
-          token: isLegacyGroup
-            ? 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOffYouGroup'
-            : 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOffYou',
-        }
-      : {
-          token: isLegacyGroup
-            ? 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOffGroup'
-            : 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOff',
-          args: {
-            name,
-          },
-        };
-  }
-
-  return authorIsUs
-    ? {
-        token: 'disappearingMessagesSetYou',
-        args: {
-          time,
-          disappearing_messages_type,
-        },
-      }
-    : {
-        token: 'disappearingMessagesSet',
-        args: {
-          time,
-          disappearing_messages_type,
-          name,
-        },
-      };
-}
-
 export const TimerNotification = (props: PropsForExpirationTimer) => {
-  const { messageId } = props;
-
-  const i18nProps = useTextToRenderI18nProps(props);
+  const { messageId, expirationMode, pubkey, timespanSeconds } = props;
+  const convoId = useSelectedConversationKey();
   const isGroupOrCommunity = useSelectedIsGroupOrCommunity();
   const isGroupV2 = useSelectedIsGroupV2();
   const isPublic = useSelectedIsPublic();
+
+  if (!convoId) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const i18nProps = getTimerNotificationStr({
+    convoId,
+    author: pubkey as PubkeyType,
+    expirationMode,
+    isGroup: isGroupOrCommunity,
+    timespanSeconds,
+  });
+
   // renderOff is true when the update is put to off, or when we have a legacy group control message (as they are not expiring at all)
   const renderOffIcon = props.disabled || (isGroupOrCommunity && isPublic && !isGroupV2);
 
diff --git a/ts/models/message.ts b/ts/models/message.ts
index 5791d1629..f196042c5 100644
--- a/ts/models/message.ts
+++ b/ts/models/message.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ import {
 } from './groupUpdate';
 import { NetworkTime } from '../util/NetworkTime';
 import { MessageQueue } from '../session/sending';
+import { getTimerNotificationStr } from './timerNotifications';
+import { ExpirationTimerUpdate } from '../session/disappearing_messages/types';
 
 // tslint:disable: cyclomatic-complexity
 
@@ -408,8 +410,8 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
       }
     }
     if (this.isExpirationTimerUpdate()) {
-      const expireTimerUpdate = this.getExpirationTimerUpdate();
-      const expireTimer = expireTimerUpdate?.expireTimer;
+      const expireTimerUpdate = this.getExpirationTimerUpdate() as ExpirationTimerUpdate; // the isExpirationTimerUpdate above enforces this
+      const expireTimer = expireTimerUpdate.expireTimer;
       const convo = this.getConversation();
       if (!convo) {
         return '';
@@ -422,39 +424,21 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
       );
 
       const source = expireTimerUpdate?.source;
-      const isUs = UserUtils.isUsFromCache(source);
-
-      const authorName =
-        ConvoHub.use()
-          .get(source || '')
-          ?.getNicknameOrRealUsernameOrPlaceholder() || window.i18n.stripped('unknown');
-
-      if (!expireTimerUpdate || expirationMode === 'off' || !expireTimer || expireTimer === 0) {
-        if (isUs) {
-          return window.i18n.stripped('disappearingMessagesTurnedOffYou');
-        }
-        return window.i18n.stripped('disappearingMessagesTurnedOff', {
-          name: authorName,
-        });
-      }
-
-      const localizedMode =
-        expirationMode === 'deleteAfterRead'
-          ? window.i18n.stripped('disappearingMessagesTypeRead')
-          : window.i18n.stripped('disappearingMessagesTypeSent');
+      const i18nProps = getTimerNotificationStr({
+        convoId: convo.id,
+        author: source as PubkeyType,
+        expirationMode,
+        isGroup: convo.isGroup(),
+        timespanSeconds: expireTimer,
+      });
 
-      if (isUs) {
-        return window.i18n.stripped('disappearingMessagesSetYou', {
-          time: TimerOptions.getAbbreviated(expireTimerUpdate.expireTimer || 0),
-          disappearing_messages_type: localizedMode,
-        });
+      if ('args' in i18nProps) {
+        return window.i18n.stripped(
+          ...([i18nProps.token, i18nProps.args] as GetMessageArgs<LocalizerToken>)
+        );
       }
+      return window.i18n.stripped(...([i18nProps.token] as GetMessageArgs<LocalizerToken>));
 
-      return window.i18n.stripped('disappearingMessagesSet', {
-        time: TimerOptions.getAbbreviated(expireTimerUpdate.expireTimer || 0),
-        name: authorName,
-        disappearing_messages_type: localizedMode,
-      });
     }
     const body = this.get('body');
     if (body) {
diff --git a/ts/models/timerNotifications.ts b/ts/models/timerNotifications.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae529f7cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/models/timerNotifications.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { PubkeyType } from 'libsession_util_nodejs';
+import { ConvoHub } from '../session/conversations';
+import { PropsForExpirationTimer } from '../state/ducks/conversations';
+import { PubKey } from '../session/types';
+import { UserUtils } from '../session/utils';
+import { TimerOptions } from '../session/disappearing_messages/timerOptions';
+import { isLegacyDisappearingModeEnabled } from '../session/disappearing_messages/legacy';
+import { LocalizerComponentPropsObject } from '../types/localizer';
+
+export function getTimerNotificationStr({
+  expirationMode,
+  timespanSeconds,
+  convoId,
+  author,
+  isGroup,
+}: Pick<PropsForExpirationTimer, 'expirationMode' | 'timespanSeconds'> & {
+  author: PubkeyType;
+  convoId: string;
+  isGroup: boolean;
+}): LocalizerComponentPropsObject {
+  const is03group = PubKey.is03Pubkey(convoId);
+  const authorIsUs = author === UserUtils.getOurPubKeyStrFromCache();
+  const isLegacyGroup = isGroup && !is03group;
+  const timespanText = TimerOptions.getName(timespanSeconds || 0);
+  const disabled = !timespanSeconds || timespanSeconds <= 0;
+
+  const authorName = ConvoHub.use().getContactProfileNameOrShortenedPubKey(author);
+
+  // TODO: legacy messages support will be removed in a future release
+  if (isLegacyDisappearingModeEnabled(expirationMode)) {
+    return {
+      token: 'deleteAfterLegacyDisappearingMessagesTheyChangedTimer',
+      args: {
+        name: authorIsUs ? window.i18n('you') : authorName,
+        time: timespanText,
+      },
+    } as const;
+  }
+
+  const disappearing_messages_type =
+    expirationMode === 'deleteAfterRead'
+      ? window.i18n('disappearingMessagesTypeRead')
+      : window.i18n('disappearingMessagesTypeSent');
+
+  if (isLegacyGroup || isGroup) {
+    if (disabled) {
+      return authorIsUs
+        ? {
+            token: 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOffYouGroup',
+          }
+        : {
+            token: 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOffGroup',
+            args: {
+              name: authorName,
+            },
+          };
+    }
+    return authorIsUs
+      ? {
+          token: 'disappearingMessagesSetYou',
+          args: { time: timespanText, disappearing_messages_type },
+        }
+      : {
+          token: 'disappearingMessagesSet',
+          args: { name: authorName, time: timespanText, disappearing_messages_type },
+        };
+  }
+
+  // legacy groups and groups are handled above.
+  // This can only be a private chat or Note to Self.
+  if (disabled) {
+    return authorIsUs
+      ? {
+          token: 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOffYou',
+        }
+      : {
+          token: 'disappearingMessagesTurnedOff',
+          args: {
+            name: authorName,
+          },
+        };
+  }
+
+  return authorIsUs
+    ? {
+        token: 'disappearingMessagesSetYou',
+        args: {
+          time: timespanText,
+          disappearing_messages_type,
+        },
+      }
+    : {
+        token: 'disappearingMessagesSet',
+        args: {
+          time: timespanText,
+          disappearing_messages_type,
+          name: authorName,
+        },
+      };
+}