diff --git a/Session/Conversations/ConversationVC.swift b/Session/Conversations/ConversationVC.swift
index bddae7992..70546c16f 100644
--- a/Session/Conversations/ConversationVC.swift
+++ b/Session/Conversations/ConversationVC.swift
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ final class ConversationVC: BaseVC, OWSConversationSettingsViewDelegate, Convers
     lazy var messageRequestView: UIView = {
         let result: UIView = UIView()
         result.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
-        result.isHidden = (self.viewModel.threadData.threadIsMessageRequest == false)
+        result.isHidden = (
+            self.viewModel.threadData.threadIsMessageRequest == false ||
+            self.viewModel.threadData.threadRequiresApproval == true
+        )
         result.setGradient(Gradients.defaultBackground)
 
         return result
@@ -558,11 +561,21 @@ final class ConversationVC: BaseVC, OWSConversationSettingsViewDelegate, Convers
         }
         
         if initialLoad || viewModel.threadData.threadIsMessageRequest != updatedThreadData.threadIsMessageRequest {
-            messageRequestView.isHidden = (updatedThreadData.threadIsMessageRequest == false)
             scrollButtonMessageRequestsBottomConstraint?.isActive = (updatedThreadData.threadIsMessageRequest == true)
             scrollButtonBottomConstraint?.isActive = (updatedThreadData.threadIsMessageRequest == false)
         }
         
+        if
+            initialLoad ||
+                viewModel.threadData.threadRequiresApproval != updatedThreadData.threadRequiresApproval ||
+                viewModel.threadData.threadIsMessageRequest != updatedThreadData.threadIsMessageRequest
+        {
+            messageRequestView.isHidden = (
+                updatedThreadData.threadIsMessageRequest == false ||
+                updatedThreadData.threadRequiresApproval == true
+            )
+        }
+        
         if initialLoad || viewModel.threadData.threadUnreadCount != updatedThreadData.threadUnreadCount {
             updateUnreadCountView(unreadCount: updatedThreadData.threadUnreadCount)
         }
@@ -871,7 +884,13 @@ final class ConversationVC: BaseVC, OWSConversationSettingsViewDelegate, Convers
             navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = []
         }
         else {
-            guard let threadData: SessionThreadViewModel = threadData, threadData.threadRequiresApproval == false else {
+            guard
+                let threadData: SessionThreadViewModel = threadData,
+                (
+                    threadData.threadRequiresApproval == false &&
+                    threadData.threadIsMessageRequest == false
+                )
+            else {
                 // Note: Adding empty buttons because without it the title alignment is busted (Note: The size was
                 // taken from the layout inspector for the back button in Xcode
                 navigationItem.rightBarButtonItems = [
@@ -914,7 +933,7 @@ final class ConversationVC: BaseVC, OWSConversationSettingsViewDelegate, Convers
                     settingsButtonItem.accessibilityLabel = "Settings button"
                     settingsButtonItem.isAccessibilityElement = true
                     
-                    if SessionCall.isEnabled && !threadData.threadIsNoteToSelf && threadData.threadIsMessageRequest == false {
+                    if SessionCall.isEnabled && !threadData.threadIsNoteToSelf {
                         let callButton = UIBarButtonItem(
                             image: UIImage(named: "Phone"),
                             style: .plain,
diff --git a/SessionMessagingKit/Shared Models/SessionThreadViewModel.swift b/SessionMessagingKit/Shared Models/SessionThreadViewModel.swift
index 5b51a6cb7..fc099a5cb 100644
--- a/SessionMessagingKit/Shared Models/SessionThreadViewModel.swift	
+++ b/SessionMessagingKit/Shared Models/SessionThreadViewModel.swift	
@@ -579,10 +579,8 @@ public extension SessionThreadViewModel {
                     IFNULL(\(contact[.isApproved]), false) = false
                 ) AS \(ViewModel.threadIsMessageRequestKey),
                 (
-                    \(SQL("\(thread[.variant]) = \(SessionThread.Variant.contact)")) AND (
-                        IFNULL(\(contact[.isApproved]), false) = false OR
-                        IFNULL(\(contact[.didApproveMe]), false) = false
-                    )
+                    \(SQL("\(thread[.variant]) = \(SessionThread.Variant.contact)")) AND
+                    IFNULL(\(contact[.didApproveMe]), false) = false
                 ) AS \(ViewModel.threadRequiresApprovalKey),
                 \(thread[.shouldBeVisible]) AS \(ViewModel.threadShouldBeVisibleKey),
         
diff --git a/SessionUtilitiesKit/JobRunner/JobRunner.swift b/SessionUtilitiesKit/JobRunner/JobRunner.swift
index 96278ad7b..6104b5680 100644
--- a/SessionUtilitiesKit/JobRunner/JobRunner.swift
+++ b/SessionUtilitiesKit/JobRunner/JobRunner.swift
@@ -772,6 +772,19 @@ private final class JobQueue {
                         .with(nextRunTimestamp: (Date().timeIntervalSince1970 + 1))
                         .saved(db)
                 }
+                
+            // For `recurringOnLaunch/Active` jobs which have already run, we want to clear their
+            // `failureCount` and `nextRunTimestamp` to prevent them from endlessly running over
+            // and over and reset their retry backoff in case they fail next time
+            case .recurringOnLaunch, .recurringOnActive:
+                Storage.shared.write { db in
+                    _ = try job
+                        .with(
+                            failureCount: 0,
+                            nextRunTimestamp: 0
+                        )
+                        .saved(db)
+                }
             
             default: break
         }