diff --git a/ts/models/conversations.ts b/ts/models/conversations.ts
index 410915343b6..8ab3590f045 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversations.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversations.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import {
 import { missingCaseError } from '../util/missingCaseError';
 import { sniffImageMimeType } from '../util/sniffImageMimeType';
 import { isValidE164 } from '../util/isValidE164';
+import { canConversationBeUnarchived } from '../util/canConversationBeUnarchived';
 import type { MIMEType } from '../types/MIME';
 import { IMAGE_JPEG, IMAGE_GIF, IMAGE_WEBP } from '../types/MIME';
 import { UUID, UUIDKind } from '../types/UUID';
@@ -3274,7 +3275,7 @@ export class ConversationModel extends window.Backbone
     this.trigger('newmessage', model);
     void this.updateUnread();
 
-    if (this.get('isArchived')) {
+    if (canConversationBeUnarchived(this.attributes)) {
       this.setArchived(false);
     }
   }
diff --git a/ts/models/messages.ts b/ts/models/messages.ts
index d9afec3ff0f..d4a1fbe15ed 100644
--- a/ts/models/messages.ts
+++ b/ts/models/messages.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ import {
 import { handleMessageSend } from '../util/handleMessageSend';
 import { getSendOptions } from '../util/getSendOptions';
 import { findAndFormatContact } from '../util/findAndFormatContact';
+import { canConversationBeUnarchived } from '../util/canConversationBeUnarchived';
 import {
   getAttachmentsForMessage,
   getMessagePropStatus,
@@ -3167,11 +3168,6 @@ export class MessageModel extends window.Backbone.Model<MessageAttributesType> {
       const isGroupStoryReply =
         isGroup(conversation.attributes) && message.get('storyId');
 
-      const keepMutedChatsArchived =
-        window.storage.get('keepMutedChatsArchived') ?? false;
-      const keepThisConversationArchived =
-        keepMutedChatsArchived && conversation.isMuted();
-
       if (readSyncs.length !== 0 || viewSyncs.length !== 0) {
         const markReadAt = Math.min(
           Date.now(),
@@ -3214,7 +3210,7 @@ export class MessageModel extends window.Backbone.Model<MessageAttributesType> {
       } else if (
         isFirstRun &&
         !isGroupStoryReply &&
-        !keepThisConversationArchived
+        canConversationBeUnarchived(conversation.attributes)
       ) {
         conversation.setArchived(false);
       }
diff --git a/ts/util/canConversationBeUnarchived.ts b/ts/util/canConversationBeUnarchived.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c9643d46eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/util/canConversationBeUnarchived.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Signal Messenger, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import type { ConversationAttributesType } from '../model-types.d';
+import { isConversationMuted } from './isConversationMuted';
+
+export function canConversationBeUnarchived(
+  attrs: ConversationAttributesType
+): boolean {
+  if (!attrs.isArchived) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (!isConversationMuted(attrs)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (window.storage.get('keepMutedChatsArchived') ?? false) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}