diff --git a/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2Impl.swift b/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2Impl.swift
index 01cf4457ed..c2befda509 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2Impl.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2Impl.swift
@@ -1163,8 +1163,10 @@ public class GroupsV2Impl: NSObject, GroupsV2Swift {
     }
 
     @objc
-    public func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentialsObjc(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress]) -> AnyPromise {
-        return AnyPromise(tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for: addresses))
+    public func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentialsObjc(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress],
+                                                     ignoreMissingProfiles: Bool) -> AnyPromise {
+        return AnyPromise(tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for: addresses,
+                                                           ignoreMissingProfiles: ignoreMissingProfiles))
     }
 
     // When creating (or modifying) a v2 group, we need profile key
@@ -1176,7 +1178,8 @@ public class GroupsV2Impl: NSObject, GroupsV2Swift {
     // one of the first things we do is decide whether to create a v1
     // or v2 group.  We have to create a v1 group unless we know the
     // uuid and profile key credential for all members.
-    public func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress]) -> Promise<Void> {
+    public func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress],
+                                                 ignoreMissingProfiles: Bool) -> Promise<Void> {
 
         var uuidsWithoutProfileKeyCredentials = [UUID]()
         databaseStorage.read { transaction in
@@ -1197,15 +1200,26 @@ public class GroupsV2Impl: NSObject, GroupsV2Swift {
             return Promise.value(())
         }
 
-        var promises = [Promise<SignalServiceProfile>]()
+        var promises = [Promise<Void>]()
         for uuid in uuidsWithoutProfileKeyCredentials {
             let address = SignalServiceAddress(uuid: uuid)
-            promises.append(ProfileFetcherJob.fetchProfilePromise(address: address,
-                                                                  mainAppOnly: false,
-                                                                  ignoreThrottling: true,
-                                                                  fetchType: .versioned))
+
+            let promise = firstly(on: .global()) { () -> Promise<Void> in
+                ProfileFetcherJob.fetchProfilePromise(address: address,
+                                                      mainAppOnly: false,
+                                                      ignoreThrottling: true,
+                                                      fetchType: .versioned).asVoid()
+            }.recover(on: .global()) { (error: Error) -> Promise<Void> in
+                if case ProfileFetchError.missing = error,
+                   ignoreMissingProfiles {
+                    Logger.info("Ignoring missing profile: \(error)")
+                    return Promise.value(())
+                }
+                throw error
+            }
+            promises.append(promise)
         }
-        return when(fulfilled: promises).asVoid()
+        return when(fulfilled: promises)
     }
 
     // MARK: - Auth Credentials
diff --git a/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2Migration.swift b/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2Migration.swift
index d44242a6a2..b5e6b10051 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2Migration.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2Migration.swift
@@ -592,7 +592,8 @@ fileprivate extension GroupsV2Migration {
             return firstly(on: .global()) { () -> Promise<Void> in
                 GroupManager.tryToEnableGroupsV2(for: Array(membersToMigrate), isBlocking: true, ignoreErrors: true)
             }.then(on: .global()) { () throws -> Promise<Void> in
-                self.groupsV2.tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for: Array(membersToMigrate))
+                self.groupsV2.tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for: Array(membersToMigrate),
+                                                               ignoreMissingProfiles: true)
             }.then(on: .global()) { () throws -> Promise<String?> in
                 guard let avatarData = unmigratedState.groupThread.groupModel.groupAvatarData else {
                     // No avatar to upload.
diff --git a/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2OutgoingChangesImpl.swift b/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2OutgoingChangesImpl.swift
index ee556c5cc5..ae36d99330 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2OutgoingChangesImpl.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/groups/GroupsV2OutgoingChangesImpl.swift
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ public class GroupsV2OutgoingChangesImpl: NSObject, GroupsV2OutgoingChanges {
         let addressesForProfileKeyCredentials: [SignalServiceAddress] = uuidsForProfileKeyCredentials.map { SignalServiceAddress(uuid: $0) }
 
         return firstly {
-            groupsV2Impl.tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for: addressesForProfileKeyCredentials)
+            groupsV2Impl.tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for: addressesForProfileKeyCredentials,
+                                                          ignoreMissingProfiles: false)
         }.then(on: .global()) { (_) -> Promise<ProfileKeyCredentialMap> in
             groupsV2Impl.loadProfileKeyCredentialData(for: Array(uuidsForProfileKeyCredentials))
         }.map(on: .global()) { (profileKeyCredentialMap: ProfileKeyCredentialMap) throws -> GroupsProtoGroupChangeActions in
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/groups/GroupManager.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/groups/GroupManager.swift
index 883684b600..b9b4b81c7f 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/groups/GroupManager.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/groups/GroupManager.swift
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ public class GroupManager: NSObject {
             // try to obtain profile key credentials for all group members
             // including ourself, unless we already have them on hand.
             firstly { () -> Promise<Void> in
-                self.groupsV2.tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for: Array(groupMembership.allMembersOfAnyKind))
+                self.groupsV2.tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for: Array(groupMembership.allMembersOfAnyKind),
+                                                               ignoreMissingProfiles: false)
             }.map(on: .global()) { (_) -> GroupMembership in
                 return groupMembership
             }
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/groups/GroupsV2.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/groups/GroupsV2.swift
index 3b4931f8f3..f2a41fb6a8 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/groups/GroupsV2.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/groups/GroupsV2.swift
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public protocol GroupsV2: AnyObject {
     func hasProfileKeyCredential(for address: SignalServiceAddress,
                                  transaction: SDSAnyReadTransaction) -> Bool
 
-    func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentialsObjc(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress]) -> AnyPromise
+    func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentialsObjc(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress],
+                                              ignoreMissingProfiles: Bool) -> AnyPromise
 
     func masterKeyData(forGroupModel groupModel: TSGroupModelV2) throws -> Data
 
@@ -94,7 +95,8 @@ public protocol GroupsV2Swift: GroupsV2 {
     func createNewGroupOnService(groupModel: TSGroupModelV2,
                                  disappearingMessageToken: DisappearingMessageToken) -> Promise<Void>
 
-    func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress]) -> Promise<Void>
+    func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress],
+                                          ignoreMissingProfiles: Bool) -> Promise<Void>
 
     func fetchCurrentGroupV2Snapshot(groupModel: TSGroupModelV2) -> Promise<GroupV2Snapshot>
 
@@ -515,11 +517,13 @@ public class MockGroupsV2: NSObject, GroupsV2Swift {
         owsFail("Not implemented.")
     }
 
-    public func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentialsObjc(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress]) -> AnyPromise {
+    public func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentialsObjc(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress],
+                                                     ignoreMissingProfiles: Bool) -> AnyPromise {
         owsFail("Not implemented.")
     }
 
-    public func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress]) -> Promise<Void> {
+    public func tryToEnsureProfileKeyCredentials(for addresses: [SignalServiceAddress],
+                                                 ignoreMissingProfiles: Bool) -> Promise<Void> {
         owsFail("Not implemented.")
     }