diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/Image.stories.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/Image.stories.tsx
index a5e3f8fe1..ce31b1e46 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/Image.stories.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/Image.stories.tsx
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ story.add('Blurhash', () => {
   const props = {
     ...defaultProps,
     blurHash: 'thisisafakeblurhashthatwasmadeup',
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    url: undefined as any,
   };
 
   return <Image {...props} />;
@@ -198,8 +196,6 @@ story.add('undefined blurHash (light)', () => {
   const props = {
     ...defaultProps,
     blurHash: undefined,
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    url: undefined as any,
     theme: ThemeType.light,
   };
 
@@ -211,8 +207,6 @@ story.add('undefined blurHash (dark)', () => {
   const props = {
     ...defaultProps,
     blurHash: undefined,
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    url: undefined as any,
     theme: ThemeType.dark,
   };
 
@@ -225,8 +219,6 @@ story.add('Missing Image', () => {
     ...defaultProps,
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     attachment: undefined as any,
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    url: undefined as any,
   };
 
   return <Image {...props} />;
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/Image.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/Image.tsx
index 874a7e196..e196acd23 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/Image.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/Image.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { AttachmentType, hasNotDownloaded } from '../../types/Attachment';
 export type Props = {
   alt: string;
   attachment: AttachmentType;
-  url: string;
+  url?: string;
 
   height?: number;
   width?: number;
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/Message.stories.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/Message.stories.tsx
index bc88775df..81b4a69e5 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/Message.stories.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/Message.stories.tsx
@@ -759,8 +759,6 @@ story.add('Audio with Not Downloaded Attachment', () => {
       {
         contentType: AUDIO_MP3,
         fileName: 'incompetech-com-Agnus-Dei-X.mp3',
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-        url: undefined as any,
       },
     ],
     status: 'sent',
@@ -775,8 +773,6 @@ story.add('Audio with Pending Attachment', () => {
       {
         contentType: AUDIO_MP3,
         fileName: 'incompetech-com-Agnus-Dei-X.mp3',
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-        url: undefined as any,
         pending: true,
       },
     ],
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/MessageAudio.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/MessageAudio.tsx
index 849520a36..8d0ece1dd 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/MessageAudio.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/MessageAudio.tsx
@@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ export const MessageAudio: React.FC<Props> = (props: Props) => {
 
     (async () => {
       try {
+        if (!attachment.url) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'Expected attachment url in the MessageAudio with ' +
+              `state: ${state}`
+          );
+        }
+
         const { peaks: newPeaks, duration: newDuration } = await loadAudio({
           audioContext,
           waveformCache,
@@ -374,6 +381,12 @@ export const MessageAudio: React.FC<Props> = (props: Props) => {
         audio.pause();
       }
 
+      if (!attachment.url) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Expected attachment url in the MessageAudio with ' +
+            `state: ${state}`
+        );
+      }
       audio.src = attachment.url;
     }
   };
diff --git a/ts/types/Attachment.ts b/ts/types/Attachment.ts
index 11326ad98..456adb452 100644
--- a/ts/types/Attachment.ts
+++ b/ts/types/Attachment.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export type AttachmentType = {
   /** Not included in protobuf, needs to be pulled from flags */
   isVoiceMessage?: boolean;
   /** For messages not already on disk, this will be a data url */
-  url: string;
+  url?: string;
   size?: number;
   fileSize?: string;
   pending?: boolean;
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ export function canDisplayImage(
   );
 }
 
-export function getThumbnailUrl(attachment: AttachmentType): string {
+export function getThumbnailUrl(
+  attachment: AttachmentType
+): string | undefined {
   if (attachment.thumbnail) {
     return attachment.thumbnail.url;
   }
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ export function getThumbnailUrl(attachment: AttachmentType): string {
   return getUrl(attachment);
 }
 
-export function getUrl(attachment: AttachmentType): string {
+export function getUrl(attachment: AttachmentType): string | undefined {
   if (attachment.screenshot) {
     return attachment.screenshot.url;
   }