diff --git a/ts/groups.ts b/ts/groups.ts
index 4e87f7cb29de..bb7b28c5e5c0 100644
--- a/ts/groups.ts
+++ b/ts/groups.ts
@@ -5146,10 +5146,19 @@ async function applyGroupChange({
     }
 
     // Capture who added us
-    if (ourAci && sourceServiceId && addedUuid === ourAci) {
+    if (addedUuid === ourAci && pendingAdminApprovalMembers[ourAci]) {
+      result.addedBy = ourAci;
+    } else if (addedUuid === ourAci && sourceServiceId) {
       result.addedBy = sourceServiceId;
     }
 
+    if (pendingAdminApprovalMembers[addedUuid]) {
+      log.warn(
+        `applyGroupChange/${logId}: Removing newly-added member from pendingAdminApprovalMembers.`
+      );
+      delete pendingAdminApprovalMembers[addedUuid];
+    }
+
     if (added.profileKey) {
       newProfileKeys.push({
         profileKey: added.profileKey,
@@ -5291,6 +5300,7 @@ async function applyGroupChange({
       log.warn(
         `applyGroupChange/${logId}: Attempt to promote pendingMember failed; was not in pendingMembers.`
       );
+      return;
     }
 
     if (members[aci]) {
@@ -5518,6 +5528,7 @@ async function applyGroupChange({
         log.warn(
           `applyGroupChange/${logId}: Attempt to promote pendingAdminApproval failed; was not in pendingAdminApprovalMembers.`
         );
+        return;
       }
       if (pendingMembers[userId]) {
         delete pendingAdminApprovalMembers[userId];
@@ -5533,6 +5544,11 @@ async function applyGroupChange({
         return;
       }
 
+      // If we had requested to join, and are approved, we added ourselves
+      if (userId === ourAci) {
+        result.addedBy = ourAci;
+      }
+
       members[userId] = {
         aci: userId,
         joinedAtVersion: version,
@@ -5840,7 +5856,9 @@ async function applyGroupState({
         result.left = false;
 
         // Capture who added us if we were previously not in group
-        if (
+        if (pendingAdminApprovalMembers[ourAci] && !wasPreviouslyAMember) {
+          result.addedBy = sourceServiceId;
+        } else if (
           sourceServiceId &&
           !wasPreviouslyAMember &&
           isNumber(member.joinedAtVersion) &&
diff --git a/ts/groups/joinViaLink.ts b/ts/groups/joinViaLink.ts
index 2e2aa0bff351..8a753cbf751f 100644
--- a/ts/groups/joinViaLink.ts
+++ b/ts/groups/joinViaLink.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ export async function joinViaLink(value: string): Promise<void> {
               tempConversation.set({
                 // We want to keep this conversation around, since the join succeeded
                 isTemporary: undefined,
+                profileSharing: true,
               });
               await DataWriter.updateConversation(tempConversation.attributes);
             }
diff --git a/ts/util/avatarUtils.ts b/ts/util/avatarUtils.ts
index 9094b6a2cd85..6b889a00cfaa 100644
--- a/ts/util/avatarUtils.ts
+++ b/ts/util/avatarUtils.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function getRawAvatarPath(
 export function getLocalProfileAvatarUrl(
   conversationAttrs: ConversationAttributesType
 ): string | undefined {
-  const avatar = conversationAttrs.profileAvatar;
+  const avatar = conversationAttrs.profileAvatar || conversationAttrs.avatar;
   return avatar?.path ? getLocalAttachmentUrl(avatar) : undefined;
 }
 
diff --git a/ts/util/isConversationAccepted.ts b/ts/util/isConversationAccepted.ts
index 61cd8ac6c2b6..433cd95b0d68 100644
--- a/ts/util/isConversationAccepted.ts
+++ b/ts/util/isConversationAccepted.ts
@@ -35,12 +35,26 @@ export function isConversationAccepted(
     return true;
   }
 
-  const { sentMessageCount } = conversationAttrs;
+  const {
+    sentMessageCount,
+    messageCount,
+    messageCountBeforeMessageRequests,
+    pendingAdminApprovalV2,
+    profileSharing,
+  } = conversationAttrs;
+
+  const ourAci = window.storage.user.getAci();
+  const hasRequestedToJoin =
+    Boolean(ourAci) &&
+    (pendingAdminApprovalV2 || []).some(item => item.aci === ourAci);
+  if (hasRequestedToJoin) {
+    return true;
+  }
 
   const hasSentMessages = (sentMessageCount || 0) > 0;
   const hasMessagesBeforeMessageRequests =
-    (conversationAttrs.messageCountBeforeMessageRequests || 0) > 0;
-  const hasNoMessages = (conversationAttrs.messageCount || 0) === 0;
+    (messageCountBeforeMessageRequests || 0) > 0;
+  const hasNoMessages = (messageCount || 0) === 0;
 
   // We don't want to show the message request UI in an empty conversation.
   const isEmptyPrivateConvo =
@@ -50,7 +64,7 @@ export function isConversationAccepted(
   const isEmptyWhitelistedGroup =
     hasNoMessages &&
     !isDirectConversation(conversationAttrs) &&
-    Boolean(conversationAttrs.profileSharing);
+    Boolean(profileSharing);
 
   return (
     isFromOrAddedByTrustedContact(conversationAttrs) ||