diff --git a/ts/models/messages.ts b/ts/models/messages.ts
index 5d4c84864..499c9202f 100644
--- a/ts/models/messages.ts
+++ b/ts/models/messages.ts
@@ -1401,7 +1401,13 @@ export class MessageModel extends window.Backbone.Model<MessageAttributesType> {
       ...(this.get('sendStateByConversationId') || {}),
     };
 
+    const sendIsNotFinal =
+      'sendIsNotFinal' in result.value && result.value.sendIsNotFinal;
+    const sendIsFinal = !sendIsNotFinal;
+
+    // Capture successful sends
     const successfulIdentifiers: Array<string> =
+      sendIsFinal &&
       'successfulIdentifiers' in result.value &&
       Array.isArray(result.value.successfulIdentifiers)
         ? result.value.successfulIdentifiers
@@ -1435,9 +1441,11 @@ export class MessageModel extends window.Backbone.Model<MessageAttributesType> {
       }
     });
 
+    // Integrate sends via sealed sender
     const previousUnidentifiedDeliveries =
       this.get('unidentifiedDeliveries') || [];
     const newUnidentifiedDeliveries =
+      sendIsFinal &&
       'unidentifiedDeliveries' in result.value &&
       Array.isArray(result.value.unidentifiedDeliveries)
         ? result.value.unidentifiedDeliveries
@@ -1445,6 +1453,7 @@ export class MessageModel extends window.Backbone.Model<MessageAttributesType> {
 
     const promises: Array<Promise<unknown>> = [];
 
+    // Process errors
     let errors: Array<CustomError>;
     if (result.value instanceof SendMessageProtoError && result.value.errors) {
       ({ errors } = result.value);
@@ -1467,7 +1476,7 @@ export class MessageModel extends window.Backbone.Model<MessageAttributesType> {
         window.ConversationController.get(error.identifier) ||
         window.ConversationController.get(error.number);
 
-      if (conversation && !saveErrors) {
+      if (conversation && !saveErrors && sendIsFinal) {
         const previousSendState = getOwn(
           sendStateByConversationId,
           conversation.id
diff --git a/ts/textsecure/Errors.ts b/ts/textsecure/Errors.ts
index 58f23fd2c..801017313 100644
--- a/ts/textsecure/Errors.ts
+++ b/ts/textsecure/Errors.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ export class SendMessageProtoError extends Error implements CallbackResultType {
 
   public readonly recipients?: Record<string, Array<number>>;
 
+  public readonly sendIsNotFinal?: boolean;
+
   constructor({
     successfulIdentifiers,
     failoverIdentifiers,
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ export class SendMessageProtoError extends Error implements CallbackResultType {
     contentProto,
     timestamp,
     recipients,
+    sendIsNotFinal,
   }: CallbackResultType) {
     super(`SendMessageProtoError: ${SendMessageProtoError.getMessage(errors)}`);
 
@@ -226,6 +229,7 @@ export class SendMessageProtoError extends Error implements CallbackResultType {
     this.contentProto = contentProto;
     this.timestamp = timestamp;
     this.recipients = recipients;
+    this.sendIsNotFinal = sendIsNotFinal;
   }
 
   protected static getMessage(errors: CallbackResultType['errors']): string {
diff --git a/ts/textsecure/Types.d.ts b/ts/textsecure/Types.d.ts
index 7ea6c322d..0459ac377 100644
--- a/ts/textsecure/Types.d.ts
+++ b/ts/textsecure/Types.d.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ export interface CallbackResultType {
   unidentifiedDeliveries?: Array<string>;
   dataMessage?: Uint8Array;
 
+  // If this send is not the final step in a multi-step send, we shouldn't treat its
+  //   results we would treat a one-step send.
+  sendIsNotFinal?: boolean;
+
   // Fields necessary for send log save
   contentHint?: number;
   contentProto?: Uint8Array;
diff --git a/ts/util/sendToGroup.ts b/ts/util/sendToGroup.ts
index bd66540e3..41b8dcd1b 100644
--- a/ts/util/sendToGroup.ts
+++ b/ts/util/sendToGroup.ts
@@ -412,18 +412,31 @@ export async function sendToGroupViaSenderKey(options: {
         newToMemberUuids.length
       } members: ${JSON.stringify(newToMemberUuids)}`
     );
-    await handleMessageSend(
-      window.textsecure.messaging.sendSenderKeyDistributionMessage(
-        {
-          contentHint: ContentHint.RESENDABLE,
-          distributionId,
-          groupId,
-          identifiers: newToMemberUuids,
-        },
-        sendOptions ? { ...sendOptions, online: false } : undefined
-      ),
-      { messageIds: [], sendType: 'senderKeyDistributionMessage' }
-    );
+    try {
+      await handleMessageSend(
+        window.textsecure.messaging.sendSenderKeyDistributionMessage(
+          {
+            contentHint: ContentHint.RESENDABLE,
+            distributionId,
+            groupId,
+            identifiers: newToMemberUuids,
+          },
+          sendOptions ? { ...sendOptions, online: false } : undefined
+        ),
+        { messageIds: [], sendType: 'senderKeyDistributionMessage' }
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      // If we partially fail to send the sender key distribution message (SKDM), we don't
+      //   want the successful SKDM sends to be considered an overall success.
+      if (error instanceof SendMessageProtoError) {
+        throw new SendMessageProtoError({
+          ...error,
+          sendIsNotFinal: true,
+        });
+      }
+
+      throw error;
+    }
 
     // Update memberDevices with new devices
     const updatedMemberDevices = [...memberDevices, ...newToMemberDevices];