diff --git a/ts/receiver/configMessage.ts b/ts/receiver/configMessage.ts
index 150d6ea4d..99a95b8f5 100644
--- a/ts/receiver/configMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/receiver/configMessage.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { SessionUtilConvoInfoVolatile } from '../session/utils/libsession/libses
 import { SessionUtilUserGroups } from '../session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_user_groups';
 import { configurationMessageReceived, trigger } from '../shims/events';
 import { getCurrentlySelectedConversationOutsideRedux } from '../state/selectors/conversations';
-import { assertUnreachable } from '../types/sqlSharedTypes';
+import { assertUnreachable, stringify, toFixedUint8ArrayOfLength } from '../types/sqlSharedTypes';
 import { BlockedNumberController } from '../util';
 import { Storage, setLastProfileUpdateTimestamp } from '../util/storage';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved, import/extensions
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import {
 import { addKeyPairToCacheAndDBIfNeeded } from './closedGroups';
 import { HexKeyPair } from './keypairs';
 import { queueAllCachedFromSource } from './receiver';
+import { HexString } from '../node/hexStrings';
 
 type IncomingUserResult = {
   needsPush: boolean;
@@ -609,6 +610,42 @@ async function handleLegacyGroupUpdate(latestEnvelopeTimestamp: number) {
   }
 }
 
+async function handleGroupUpdate(latestEnvelopeTimestamp: number) {
+  // first let's check which groups needs to be joined or left by doing a diff of what is in the wrapper and what is in the DB
+  const allGoupsInWrapper = await UserGroupsWrapperActions.getAllGroups();
+
+  const allGoupsIdsInWrapper = allGoupsInWrapper.map(m => m.pubkeyHex);
+  console.warn('allGoupsIdsInWrapper', stringify(allGoupsIdsInWrapper));
+
+  const userEdKeypair = await UserUtils.getUserED25519KeyPairBytes();
+  if (!userEdKeypair) {
+    throw new Error('userEdKeypair is not set');
+  }
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < allGoupsInWrapper.length; index++) {
+    const groupInWrapper = allGoupsInWrapper[index];
+    if (!getConversationController().get(groupInWrapper.pubkeyHex)) {
+      // dump is always empty when creating a new groupInfo
+      await MetaGroupWrapperActions.init(groupInWrapper.pubkeyHex, {
+        metaDumped: null,
+        userEd25519Secretkey: toFixedUint8ArrayOfLength(userEdKeypair.privKeyBytes, 64),
+        groupEd25519Secretkey: groupInWrapper.secretKey,
+        groupEd25519Pubkey: toFixedUint8ArrayOfLength(
+          HexString.fromHexString(groupInWrapper.pubkeyHex.slice(2)),
+          32
+        ),
+      });
+      const created = await getConversationController().getOrCreateAndWait(
+        groupInWrapper.pubkeyHex,
+        ConversationTypeEnum.GROUPV3
+      );
+      created.set({ active_at: latestEnvelopeTimestamp });
+      await created.commit();
+      getSwarmPollingInstance().addGroupId(PubKey.cast(groupInWrapper.pubkeyHex));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 async function handleUserGroupsUpdate(result: IncomingUserResult) {
   const toHandle = SessionUtilUserGroups.getUserGroupTypes();
   for (let index = 0; index < toHandle.length; index++) {
@@ -621,6 +658,9 @@ async function handleUserGroupsUpdate(result: IncomingUserResult) {
       case 'LegacyGroup':
         await handleLegacyGroupUpdate(result.latestEnvelopeTimestamp);
         break;
+      case 'Group':
+        await handleGroupUpdate(result.latestEnvelopeTimestamp);
+        break;
 
       default:
         assertUnreachable(typeToHandle, `handleUserGroupsUpdate unhandled type "${typeToHandle}"`);
@@ -731,6 +771,10 @@ async function handleConvoInfoVolatileUpdate() {
         }
         break;
 
+      case 'Group':
+        // debugger; // we need to update the current read messages of that group 03 with what we have in the wrapper // debugger
+        break;
+
       default:
         assertUnreachable(type, `handleConvoInfoVolatileUpdate: unhandeld switch case: ${type}`);
     }
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/SnodeRequestTypes.ts b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/SnodeRequestTypes.ts
index 43a58e978..aa7be98de 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/SnodeRequestTypes.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/SnodeRequestTypes.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SnodeNamespaces, SnodeNamespacesGroup } from './namespaces';
 
 export type SwarmForSubRequest = { method: 'get_swarm'; params: { pubkey: string } };
 
+type WithRetrieveMethod = { method: 'retrieve' };
 type WithMaxCountSize = { max_count?: number; max_size?: number };
 type WithPubkeyAsString = { pubkey: string };
 type WithPubkeyAsGroupPubkey = { pubkey: GroupPubkeyType };
@@ -14,8 +15,7 @@ type RetrieveAlwaysNeeded = {
   timestamp?: number;
 };
 
-export type RetrievePubkeySubRequestType = {
-  method: 'retrieve';
+export type RetrievePubkeySubRequestType = WithRetrieveMethod & {
   params: {
     signature: string;
     pubkey_ed25519: string;
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ export type RetrievePubkeySubRequestType = {
  */
 // type UnauthenticatedStoreNamespaces = -30 | -20 | -10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30;
 
-export type RetrieveLegacyClosedGroupSubRequestType = {
-  method: 'retrieve';
+export type RetrieveLegacyClosedGroupSubRequestType = WithRetrieveMethod & {
   params: {
     namespace: SnodeNamespaces.LegacyClosedGroup; // legacy closed groups retrieve are not authenticated because the clients do not have a shared key
   } & RetrieveAlwaysNeeded &
@@ -42,8 +41,7 @@ export type RetrieveLegacyClosedGroupSubRequestType = {
     WithPubkeyAsString;
 };
 
-export type RetrieveGroupAdminSubRequestType = {
-  method: 'retrieve';
+export type RetrieveGroupAdminSubRequestType = WithRetrieveMethod & {
   params: {
     signature: string;
     namespace: SnodeNamespacesGroup;
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/batchRequest.ts b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/batchRequest.ts
index 7e4b3198c..3e23b1ad6 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/batchRequest.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/batchRequest.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export async function doSnodeBatchRequest(
 ): Promise<NotEmptyArrayOfBatchResults> {
   console.warn(
     `doSnodeBatchRequest "${method}":`,
-    JSON.stringify(subRequests.map(m => m.method)),
-    subRequests
+    JSON.stringify(subRequests.map(m => m.method))
+    // subRequests
   );
   const result = await snodeRpc({
     method,
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/retrieveRequest.ts b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/retrieveRequest.ts
index 6a36d2852..75833206f 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/retrieveRequest.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/retrieveRequest.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ async function retrieveRequestForGroup({
   const group = await UserGroupsWrapperActions.getGroup(groupPk);
   const groupSecretKey = group?.secretKey;
   if (isNil(groupSecretKey) || isEmpty(groupSecretKey)) {
-    throw new Error(`sendMessagesDataToSnode: failed to find group admin secret key in wrapper`);
+    throw new Error(`retrieveRequestForGroup: failed to find group admin secret key in wrapper`);
   }
   const signatureBuilt = await SnodeSignature.getSnodeGroupSignatureParams({
     ...retrieveParam,
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/swarmPolling.ts b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/swarmPolling.ts
index b8b460585..8e9362888 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/swarmPolling.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/swarmPolling.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { SnodeNamespace, SnodeNamespaces } from './namespaces';
 import { SnodeAPIRetrieve } from './retrieveRequest';
 import { SwarmPollingGroupConfig } from './swarm_polling_config/SwarmPollingGroupConfig';
 import { SwarmPollingUserConfig } from './swarm_polling_config/SwarmPollingUserConfig';
-import { RetrieveMessageItem, RetrieveMessagesResultsBatched } from './types';
+import { RetrieveMessageItem, RetrieveMessageItemWithNamespace, RetrieveMessagesResultsBatched, RetrieveRequestResult } from './types';
 import { GroupPubkeyType } from 'libsession_util_nodejs';
 import { assertUnreachable } from '../../../types/sqlSharedTypes';
 
@@ -547,27 +547,28 @@ export class SwarmPolling {
   }
 }
 
+function retrieveItemWithNamespace(results: RetrieveRequestResult[] ) {
+  return flatten(
+    compact(results.map(result => result.messages.messages?.map(r => ({ ...r, namespace: result.namespace })))));
+}
+
 function filterMessagesPerTypeOfConvo<T extends ConversationTypeEnum>(
   type: T,
   retrieveResults: RetrieveMessagesResultsBatched
-): { confMessages: Array<RetrieveMessageItem> | null; otherMessages: Array<RetrieveMessageItem> } {
+): { confMessages: Array<RetrieveMessageItemWithNamespace> | null; otherMessages: Array<RetrieveMessageItemWithNamespace> } {
   switch (type) {
     case ConversationTypeEnum.PRIVATE: {
-      const confMessages = flatten(
-        compact(
-          retrieveResults
-            .filter(m => SnodeNamespace.isUserConfigNamespace(m.namespace))
-            .map(r => r.messages.messages)
-        )
-      );
+      const userConfs = retrieveResults
+        .filter(m => SnodeNamespace.isUserConfigNamespace(m.namespace));
+      const userOthers = retrieveResults
+        .filter(m => !SnodeNamespace.isUserConfigNamespace(m.namespace));
+
+      const confMessages =
+          retrieveItemWithNamespace(userConfs)
+
+      const otherMessages =
+          retrieveItemWithNamespace(userOthers)
 
-      const otherMessages = flatten(
-        compact(
-          retrieveResults
-            .filter(m => !SnodeNamespace.isUserConfigNamespace(m.namespace))
-            .map(r => r.messages.messages)
-        )
-      );
 
       return { confMessages, otherMessages: uniqBy(otherMessages, x => x.hash) };
     }
@@ -575,27 +576,25 @@ function filterMessagesPerTypeOfConvo<T extends ConversationTypeEnum>(
     case ConversationTypeEnum.GROUP:
       return {
         confMessages: null,
-        otherMessages: flatten(compact(retrieveResults.map(m => m.messages.messages))),
+        otherMessages: retrieveItemWithNamespace(retrieveResults),
       };
 
     case ConversationTypeEnum.GROUPV3: {
-      const confMessages = flatten(
-        compact(
-          retrieveResults
-            .filter(m => SnodeNamespace.isGroupConfigNamespace(m.namespace))
-            .map(r => r.messages.messages)
-        )
-      );
 
-      const otherMessages = flatten(
-        compact(
-          retrieveResults
-            .filter(m => !SnodeNamespace.isGroupConfigNamespace(m.namespace))
-            .map(r => r.messages.messages)
-        )
-      );
+      const groupConfs = retrieveResults
+      .filter(m => SnodeNamespace.isGroupConfigNamespace(m.namespace));
+    const groupOthers = retrieveResults
+      .filter(m => !SnodeNamespace.isGroupConfigNamespace(m.namespace));
+
+    const groupConfMessages =
+        retrieveItemWithNamespace(groupConfs)
+
+    const groupOtherMessages =
+        retrieveItemWithNamespace(groupOthers)
+
+
+    return { confMessages: groupConfMessages, otherMessages: uniqBy(groupOtherMessages, x => x.hash) };
 
-      return { confMessages, otherMessages: uniqBy(otherMessages, x => x.hash) };
     }
 
     default:
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/swarm_polling_config/SwarmPollingGroupConfig.ts b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/swarm_polling_config/SwarmPollingGroupConfig.ts
index 66ff24b46..b35f8b890 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/swarm_polling_config/SwarmPollingGroupConfig.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/swarm_polling_config/SwarmPollingGroupConfig.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { GroupPubkeyType } from 'libsession_util_nodejs';
-import { EnvelopePlus } from '../../../../receiver/types';
+import { stringify } from '../../../../types/sqlSharedTypes';
+import { MetaGroupWrapperActions } from '../../../../webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface';
 import { ed25519Str } from '../../../onions/onionPath';
-import { RetrieveMessageItem } from '../types';
-import { SwarmPollingConfigShared } from './SwarmPollingConfigShared';
+import { fromBase64ToArray } from '../../../utils/String';
+import { SnodeNamespaces } from '../namespaces';
+import { RetrieveMessageItemWithNamespace } from '../types';
 
 async function handleGroupSharedConfigMessages(
-  groupConfigMessagesMerged: Array<RetrieveMessageItem>,
+  groupConfigMessagesMerged: Array<RetrieveMessageItemWithNamespace>,
   groupPk: GroupPubkeyType
 ) {
   window.log.info(
@@ -14,34 +16,59 @@ async function handleGroupSharedConfigMessages(
     } for groupPk:${ed25519Str(groupPk)}`
   );
   try {
-    const extractedConfigMessage = SwarmPollingConfigShared.extractWebSocketContents(
-      groupConfigMessagesMerged
+    const infos = groupConfigMessagesMerged
+      .filter(m => m.namespace === SnodeNamespaces.ClosedGroupInfo)
+      .map(info => {
+        return { data: fromBase64ToArray(info.data), hash: info.hash };
+      });
+    const members = groupConfigMessagesMerged
+      .filter(m => m.namespace === SnodeNamespaces.ClosedGroupMembers)
+      .map(info => {
+        return { data: fromBase64ToArray(info.data), hash: info.hash };
+      });
+    const keys = groupConfigMessagesMerged
+      .filter(m => m.namespace === SnodeNamespaces.ClosedGroupKeys)
+      .map(info => {
+        return {
+          data: fromBase64ToArray(info.data),
+          hash: info.hash,
+          timestampMs: info.timestamp,
+        };
+      });
+    const toMerge = {
+      groupInfo: infos,
+      groupKeys: keys,
+      groupMember: members,
+    };
+    console.info(`About to merge ${stringify(toMerge)}`);
+    console.info(`dumps before ${stringify(await MetaGroupWrapperActions.metaDump(groupPk))}`);
+    console.info(
+      `groupInfo before merge: ${stringify(await MetaGroupWrapperActions.infoGet(groupPk))}`
     );
-
-    const allDecryptedConfigMessages = await SwarmPollingConfigShared.decryptSharedConfigMessages(
-      extractedConfigMessage,
-      async (_envelope: EnvelopePlus) => {
-        console.warn('decrypt closed group incoming shared message to do');
-        return null;
-      }
+    const countMerged = await MetaGroupWrapperActions.metaMerge(groupPk, toMerge);
+    console.info(
+      `countMerged ${countMerged}, groupInfo after merge: ${stringify(
+        await MetaGroupWrapperActions.infoGet(groupPk)
+      )}`
     );
+    console.info(`dumps after ${stringify(await MetaGroupWrapperActions.metaDump(groupPk))}`);
 
-    if (allDecryptedConfigMessages.length) {
-      try {
-        window.log.info(
-          `handleGroupSharedConfigMessages of "${allDecryptedConfigMessages.length}" messages with libsession`
-        );
-        console.warn('HANDLING OF INCOMING GROUP TODO ');
-        // await ConfigMessageHandler.handleUserConfigMessagesViaLibSession(
-        //   allDecryptedConfigMessages
-        // );
-      } catch (e) {
-        const allMessageHases = allDecryptedConfigMessages.map(m => m.messageHash).join(',');
-        window.log.warn(
-          `failed to handle group messages hashes "${allMessageHases}" with libsession. Error: "${e.message}"`
-        );
-      }
-    }
+    // if (allDecryptedConfigMessages.length) {
+    //   try {
+    //     window.log.info(
+    //       `handleGroupSharedConfigMessages of "${allDecryptedConfigMessages.length}" messages with libsession`
+    //     );
+    //     console.warn('HANDLING OF INCOMING GROUP TODO ');
+    //     // await ConfigMessageHandler.handleUserConfigMessagesViaLibSession(
+    //     //   allDecryptedConfigMessages
+    //     // );
+    //   } catch (e) {
+    //     const allMessageHases = allDecryptedConfigMessages.map(m => m.messageHash).join(',');
+    //     window.log.warn(
+    //       `failed to handle group messages hashes "${allMessageHases}" with libsession. Error: "${e.message}"`
+    //     );
+    //   }
+    // }
   } catch (e) {
     window.log.warn(
       `handleGroupSharedConfigMessages of ${groupConfigMessagesMerged.length} failed with ${e.message}`
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/types.ts b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/types.ts
index 705c7b5fe..9e267cb2a 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/types.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export type RetrieveMessageItem = {
   timestamp: number;
 };
 
+export type RetrieveMessageItemWithNamespace = RetrieveMessageItem & {
+  namespace: SnodeNamespaces; // the namespace from which this message was fetched
+};
+
 export type RetrieveMessagesResultsContent = {
   hf?: Array<number>;
   messages?: Array<RetrieveMessageItem>;
diff --git a/ts/session/utils/job_runners/jobs/GroupConfigJob.ts b/ts/session/utils/job_runners/jobs/GroupConfigJob.ts
index 6e45b9eb8..de9209037 100644
--- a/ts/session/utils/job_runners/jobs/GroupConfigJob.ts
+++ b/ts/session/utils/job_runners/jobs/GroupConfigJob.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   PersistedJob,
   RunJobResult,
 } from '../PersistedJob';
+import { stringify } from '../../../../types/sqlSharedTypes';
 
 const defaultMsBetweenRetries = 15000; // a long time between retries, to avoid running multiple jobs at the same time, when one was postponed at the same time as one already planned (5s)
 const defaultMaxAttempts = 2;
@@ -210,12 +211,14 @@ class GroupSyncJob extends PersistedJob<GroupSyncPersistedData> {
           data: item.data,
         };
       });
+      console.warn(`msgs ${stringify(msgs)}`);
 
       const result = await MessageSender.sendEncryptedDataToSnode(
         msgs,
         thisJobDestination,
         oldHashesToDelete
       );
+      console.warn(`result ${stringify(result)}`);
 
       const expectedReplyLength =
         singleDestChanges.messages.length + (oldHashesToDelete.size ? 1 : 0);
diff --git a/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_convo_info_volatile.ts b/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_convo_info_volatile.ts
index a66ea2448..1cc1f1ae7 100644
--- a/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_convo_info_volatile.ts
+++ b/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_convo_info_volatile.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ async function insertConvoFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(convoId: string): Promise<
         );
       }
       break;
+    case 'Group':
+      // we need to keep track of the convo volatile info for the new group now. // TODO AUDRIC debugger
+      break;
     case 'Community':
       try {
         const asOpengroup = foundConvo.toOpenGroupV2();
diff --git a/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_user_groups.ts b/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_user_groups.ts
index 1de58fe5e..a59dec94b 100644
--- a/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_user_groups.ts
+++ b/ts/session/utils/libsession/libsession_utils_user_groups.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../types/sqlSharedTypes';
 import { UserGroupsWrapperActions } from '../../../webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface';
 import { getConversationController } from '../../conversations';
+import { PubKey } from '../../types';
 
 /**
  * Returns true if that conversation is an active group
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ function isLegacyGroupToStoreInWrapper(convo: ConversationModel): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+function isGroupToStoreInWrapper(convo: ConversationModel): boolean {
+  return convo.isGroup() && PubKey.isClosedGroupV3(convo.id) && convo.isActive(); // TODO should we filter by left/kicked or they are on the wrapper itself?
+}
+
 /**
  * We do not want to include groups left in the wrapper, but when receiving a list
  * of wrappers from the network we need to check against the one present locally
@@ -73,6 +78,8 @@ async function insertGroupsFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(convoId: string): Promise
 
   const convoType: UserGroupsType = isCommunityToStoreInWrapper(foundConvo)
     ? 'Community'
+    : PubKey.isClosedGroupV3(convoId)
+    ? 'Group'
     : 'LegacyGroup';
 
   switch (convoType) {
@@ -135,6 +142,9 @@ async function insertGroupsFromDBIntoWrapperAndRefresh(convoId: string): Promise
         // we still let this go through
       }
       break;
+    case 'Group':
+      // debugger;
+      break;
 
     default:
       assertUnreachable(
@@ -175,7 +185,7 @@ async function removeCommunityFromWrapper(_convoId: string, fullUrlWithOrWithout
  * whole other bunch of issues because it is a native node module.
  */
 function getUserGroupTypes(): Array<UserGroupsType> {
-  return ['Community', 'LegacyGroup'];
+  return ['Community', 'LegacyGroup', 'Group'];
 }
 
 export const SessionUtilUserGroups = {
@@ -193,4 +203,7 @@ export const SessionUtilUserGroups = {
   // legacy group
   isLegacyGroupToStoreInWrapper,
   isLegacyGroupToRemoveFromDBIfNotInWrapper,
+
+  // group 03
+  isGroupToStoreInWrapper,
 };
diff --git a/ts/state/ducks/groupInfos.ts b/ts/state/ducks/groupInfos.ts
index a4b28e6e3..996edcb1e 100644
--- a/ts/state/ducks/groupInfos.ts
+++ b/ts/state/ducks/groupInfos.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import { createAsyncThunk, createSlice, PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { GroupInfoGet, GroupInfoShared, GroupPubkeyType } from 'libsession_util_nodejs';
+import { uniq } from 'lodash';
 import { ConversationTypeEnum } from '../../models/conversationAttributes';
 import { HexString } from '../../node/hexStrings';
 import { ClosedGroup } from '../../session';
 import { getConversationController } from '../../session/conversations';
 import { UserUtils } from '../../session/utils';
+import { GroupSync } from '../../session/utils/job_runners/jobs/GroupConfigJob';
+import { toFixedUint8ArrayOfLength } from '../../types/sqlSharedTypes';
 import {
   MetaGroupWrapperActions,
   UserGroupsWrapperActions,
 } from '../../webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface';
-import { toFixedUint8ArrayOfLength } from '../../types/sqlSharedTypes';
-import { uniq } from 'lodash';
-import { GroupSync } from '../../session/utils/job_runners/jobs/GroupConfigJob';
 
 type GroupInfoGetWithId = GroupInfoGet & { id: GroupPubkeyType };
 
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ const initNewGroupInfoInWrapper = createAsyncThunk(
   }): Promise<GroupInfoGetWithId> => {
     try {
       const newGroup = await UserGroupsWrapperActions.createGroup();
+
+      await UserGroupsWrapperActions.setGroup(newGroup);
+
       const ourEd25519KeypairBytes = await UserUtils.getUserED25519KeyPairBytes();
       if (!ourEd25519KeypairBytes) {
         throw new Error('Current user has no priv ed25519 key?');
@@ -61,12 +64,28 @@ const initNewGroupInfoInWrapper = createAsyncThunk(
         groupEd25519Pubkey: toFixedUint8ArrayOfLength(groupEd2519Pk, 32),
       });
 
+      await Promise.all(
+        groupDetails.members.map(async member => {
+          const created = await MetaGroupWrapperActions.memberGetOrConstruct(
+            newGroup.pubkeyHex,
+            member
+          );
+          await MetaGroupWrapperActions.memberSetInvited(
+            newGroup.pubkeyHex,
+            created.pubkeyHex,
+            false
+          );
+        })
+      );
       const infos = await MetaGroupWrapperActions.infoGet(newGroup.pubkeyHex);
+
       if (!infos) {
         throw new Error(
           `getInfos of ${newGroup.pubkeyHex} returned empty result even if it was just init.`
         );
       }
+      infos.name = groupDetails.groupName;
+      await MetaGroupWrapperActions.infoSet(newGroup.pubkeyHex, infos);
 
       const convo = await getConversationController().getOrCreateAndWait(
         newGroup.pubkeyHex,
diff --git a/ts/types/sqlSharedTypes.ts b/ts/types/sqlSharedTypes.ts
index cc3a95fbd..7a5d2d7ab 100644
--- a/ts/types/sqlSharedTypes.ts
+++ b/ts/types/sqlSharedTypes.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { isArray, isEmpty, isEqual } from 'lodash';
 import { OpenGroupV2Room } from '../data/opengroups';
 import { ConversationAttributes } from '../models/conversationAttributes';
 import { OpenGroupRequestCommonType } from '../session/apis/open_group_api/opengroupV2/ApiUtil';
-import { fromHexToArray } from '../session/utils/String';
+import { fromHexToArray, toHex } from '../session/utils/String';
 import { ConfigWrapperObjectTypesMeta } from '../webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_functions';
 
 /**
@@ -281,3 +281,9 @@ export function toFixedUint8ArrayOfLength<T extends number>(
     `toFixedUint8ArrayOfLength invalid. Expected length ${length} but got: ${data.length}`
   );
 }
+
+export function stringify(obj: unknown) {
+  return JSON.stringify(obj, (_key, value) =>
+    value instanceof Uint8Array ? `Uint8Array(${value.length}): ${toHex(value)}` : value
+  );
+}
diff --git a/ts/webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface.ts b/ts/webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface.ts
index a4be75217..9733aaa8b 100644
--- a/ts/webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface.ts
+++ b/ts/webworker/workers/browser/libsession_worker_interface.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   UserConfigWrapperActionsCalls,
   UserGroupsWrapperActionsCalls,
   UserGroupsSet,
+  MergeSingle,
 } from 'libsession_util_nodejs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ export const GenericWrapperActions: GenericWrapperActionsCalls = {
     >,
   dump: async (wrapperId: ConfigWrapperUser) =>
     callLibSessionWorker([wrapperId, 'dump']) as ReturnType<GenericWrapperActionsCalls['dump']>,
-  merge: async (wrapperId: ConfigWrapperUser, toMerge: Array<{ hash: string; data: Uint8Array }>) =>
+  merge: async (wrapperId: ConfigWrapperUser, toMerge: Array<MergeSingle>) =>
     callLibSessionWorker([wrapperId, 'merge', toMerge]) as ReturnType<
       GenericWrapperActionsCalls['merge']
     >,
@@ -103,8 +104,7 @@ export const UserConfigWrapperActions: UserConfigWrapperActionsCalls = {
   confirmPushed: async (seqno: number, hash: string) =>
     GenericWrapperActions.confirmPushed('UserConfig', seqno, hash),
   dump: async () => GenericWrapperActions.dump('UserConfig'),
-  merge: async (toMerge: Array<{ hash: string; data: Uint8Array }>) =>
-    GenericWrapperActions.merge('UserConfig', toMerge),
+  merge: async (toMerge: Array<MergeSingle>) => GenericWrapperActions.merge('UserConfig', toMerge),
   needsDump: async () => GenericWrapperActions.needsDump('UserConfig'),
   needsPush: async () => GenericWrapperActions.needsPush('UserConfig'),
   push: async () => GenericWrapperActions.push('UserConfig'),
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export const ContactsWrapperActions: ContactsWrapperActionsCalls = {
   confirmPushed: async (seqno: number, hash: string) =>
     GenericWrapperActions.confirmPushed('ContactsConfig', seqno, hash),
   dump: async () => GenericWrapperActions.dump('ContactsConfig'),
-  merge: async (toMerge: Array<{ hash: string; data: Uint8Array }>) =>
+  merge: async (toMerge: Array<MergeSingle>) =>
     GenericWrapperActions.merge('ContactsConfig', toMerge),
   needsDump: async () => GenericWrapperActions.needsDump('ContactsConfig'),
   needsPush: async () => GenericWrapperActions.needsPush('ContactsConfig'),
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export const UserGroupsWrapperActions: UserGroupsWrapperActionsCalls = {
   confirmPushed: async (seqno: number, hash: string) =>
     GenericWrapperActions.confirmPushed('UserGroupsConfig', seqno, hash),
   dump: async () => GenericWrapperActions.dump('UserGroupsConfig'),
-  merge: async (toMerge: Array<{ hash: string; data: Uint8Array }>) =>
+  merge: async (toMerge: Array<MergeSingle>) =>
     GenericWrapperActions.merge('UserGroupsConfig', toMerge),
   needsDump: async () => GenericWrapperActions.needsDump('UserGroupsConfig'),
   needsPush: async () => GenericWrapperActions.needsPush('UserGroupsConfig'),
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export const ConvoInfoVolatileWrapperActions: ConvoInfoVolatileWrapperActionsCal
   confirmPushed: async (seqno: number, hash: string) =>
     GenericWrapperActions.confirmPushed('ConvoInfoVolatileConfig', seqno, hash),
   dump: async () => GenericWrapperActions.dump('ConvoInfoVolatileConfig'),
-  merge: async (toMerge: Array<{ hash: string; data: Uint8Array }>) =>
+  merge: async (toMerge: Array<MergeSingle>) =>
     GenericWrapperActions.merge('ConvoInfoVolatileConfig', toMerge),
   needsDump: async () => GenericWrapperActions.needsDump('ConvoInfoVolatileConfig'),
   needsPush: async () => GenericWrapperActions.needsPush('ConvoInfoVolatileConfig'),
@@ -396,6 +396,13 @@ export const MetaGroupWrapperActions: MetaGroupWrapperActionsCalls = {
     callLibSessionWorker([`MetaGroupConfig-${groupPk}`, 'metaConfirmPushed', args]) as Promise<
       ReturnType<MetaGroupWrapperActionsCalls['metaConfirmPushed']>
     >,
+  metaMerge: async (
+    groupPk: GroupPubkeyType,
+    args: Parameters<MetaGroupWrapperActionsCalls['metaMerge']>[1]
+  ) =>
+    callLibSessionWorker([`MetaGroupConfig-${groupPk}`, 'metaMerge', args]) as Promise<
+      ReturnType<MetaGroupWrapperActionsCalls['metaMerge']>
+    >,
 
   /** GroupInfo wrapper specific actions */
   infoGet: async (groupPk: GroupPubkeyType) =>