diff --git a/ts/services/backups/export.preload.ts b/ts/services/backups/export.preload.ts
index 812b2f2e16..a486c9ff1b 100644
--- a/ts/services/backups/export.preload.ts
+++ b/ts/services/backups/export.preload.ts
@@ -1900,12 +1900,21 @@ export class BackupExportStream extends Readable {
       const simpleUpdate = new Backups.SimpleChatUpdate();
       simpleUpdate.type = Backups.SimpleChatUpdate.Type.IDENTITY_UPDATE;
 
-      if (message.key_changed) {
+      const conversation = window.ConversationController.get(
+        message.conversationId
+      );
+      if (
+        conversation &&
+        isGroup(conversation.attributes) &&
+        message.key_changed
+      ) {
         const target = window.ConversationController.get(message.key_changed);
         if (!target) {
-          throw new Error(
-            'toChatItemUpdate/keyCahnge: key_changed conversation not found!'
+          log.warn(
+            'toChatItemUpdate/keyChange: key_changed conversation not found!',
+            message.key_changed
           );
+          return { kind: NonBubbleResultKind.Drop };
         }
         // This will override authorId on the original chatItem
         patch.authorId = this.#getOrPushPrivateRecipient(target.attributes);
diff --git a/ts/util/markConversationRead.preload.ts b/ts/util/markConversationRead.preload.ts
index 303f28c006..609236151e 100644
--- a/ts/util/markConversationRead.preload.ts
+++ b/ts/util/markConversationRead.preload.ts
@@ -181,11 +181,9 @@ export async function markConversationRead(
         return undefined;
       }
 
+      // This is expected for directionless messages which are inserted as Read but Unseen
+      // (e.g. keyChange)
       if (!isAciString(senderAci)) {
-        log.warn(
-          `${logId}: message sourceServiceId timestamp is not aci` +
-            `type=${messageSyncData.type}`
-        );
         return undefined;
       }