diff --git a/client/src/components/chat-affix/registerMessagingSocketHandlers.js b/client/src/components/chat-affix/registerMessagingSocketHandlers.js
index a6c7cc33a..41d65427d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/chat-affix/registerMessagingSocketHandlers.js
+++ b/client/src/components/chat-affix/registerMessagingSocketHandlers.js
@@ -334,12 +334,47 @@ export const registerMessagingHandlers = ({ socket, client }) => {
           break;
 
         case "tag-added":
+          // Ensure `job_conversations` is properly formatted
+          const formattedJobConversations = job_conversations.map((jc) => ({
+            __typename: "job_conversations",
+            jobid: jc.jobid || jc.job?.id,
+            conversationid: conversationId,
+            job: jc.job || {
+              __typename: "jobs",
+              id: data.selectedJob.id,
+              ro_number: data.selectedJob.ro_number,
+              ownr_co_nm: data.selectedJob.ownr_co_nm,
+              ownr_fn: data.selectedJob.ownr_fn,
+              ownr_ln: data.selectedJob.ownr_ln
+            }
+          }));
+
           client.cache.modify({
             id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
             fields: {
-              job_conversations: (existing = []) => [...existing, ...job_conversations]
+              job_conversations: (existing = []) => {
+                // Ensure no duplicates based on `jobid`
+                const existingIds = new Set(
+                  existing.map(
+                    (jc) =>
+                      client.cache.readFragment({
+                        id: client.cache.identify(jc),
+                        fragment: gql`
+                          fragment JobConversationId on job_conversations {
+                            jobid
+                          }
+                        `
+                      })?.jobid
+                  )
+                );
+
+                const newItems = formattedJobConversations.filter((jc) => !existingIds.has(jc.jobid));
+
+                return [...existing, ...newItems];
+              }
             }
           });
+
           break;
 
         case "tag-removed":
diff --git a/client/src/components/chat-messages-list/chat-message-list.component.jsx b/client/src/components/chat-messages-list/chat-message-list.component.jsx
index f045cae8c..3f2bba2f0 100644
--- a/client/src/components/chat-messages-list/chat-message-list.component.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/chat-messages-list/chat-message-list.component.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Virtuoso } from "react-virtuoso";
 import { renderMessage } from "./renderMessage";
 import "./chat-message-list.styles.scss";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default function ChatMessageListComponent({ messages }) {
     loadedImagesRef.current = 0;
   };
 
-  const preloadImages = (imagePaths, onComplete) => {
+  const preloadImages = useCallback((imagePaths, onComplete) => {
     resetImageLoadState();
 
     if (imagePaths.length === 0) {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default function ChatMessageListComponent({ messages }) {
         }
       };
     });
-  };
+  }, []);
 
   // Ensure all images are loaded on initial render
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default function ChatMessageListComponent({ messages }) {
         });
       }
     });
-  }, [messages]);
+  }, [messages, preloadImages]);
 
   // Handle scrolling when new messages are added
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default function ChatMessageListComponent({ messages }) {
         });
       }
     });
-  }, [messages, atBottom]);
+  }, [messages, atBottom, preloadImages]);
 
   return (
     <div className="chat">
diff --git a/client/src/components/chat-tag-ro/chat-tag-ro.container.jsx b/client/src/components/chat-tag-ro/chat-tag-ro.container.jsx
index 1bb791b00..63839b263 100644
--- a/client/src/components/chat-tag-ro/chat-tag-ro.container.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/chat-tag-ro/chat-tag-ro.container.jsx
@@ -52,20 +52,26 @@ export function ChatTagRoContainer({ conversation, bodyshop }) {
       // Find the job details from the search data
       const selectedJob = data?.search_jobs.find((job) => job.id === option.key);
       if (!selectedJob) return;
-      const newJobConversation = {
-        __typename: "job_conversations",
-        jobid: selectedJob.id,
-        conversationid: conversation.id,
-        job: {
-          __typename: "jobs",
-          ...selectedJob
-        }
-      };
       socket.emit("conversation-modified", {
         conversationId: conversation.id,
         bodyshopId: bodyshop.id,
         type: "tag-added",
-        job_conversations: [newJobConversation]
+        selectedJob,
+        job_conversations: [
+          {
+            __typename: "job_conversations",
+            jobid: selectedJob.id,
+            conversationid: conversation.id,
+            job: {
+              __typename: "jobs",
+              id: selectedJob.id,
+              ro_number: selectedJob.ro_number,
+              ownr_co_nm: selectedJob.ownr_co_nm,
+              ownr_fn: selectedJob.ownr_fn,
+              ownr_ln: selectedJob.ownr_ln
+            }
+          }
+        ]
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/client/src/utils/GraphQLClient.js b/client/src/utils/GraphQLClient.js
index c60545f02..689083139 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/GraphQLClient.js
+++ b/client/src/utils/GraphQLClient.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { setContext } from "@apollo/client/link/context";
 import { HttpLink } from "@apollo/client/link/http"; //"apollo-link-http";
 import { RetryLink } from "@apollo/client/link/retry";
 import { WebSocketLink } from "@apollo/client/link/ws";
-import { getMainDefinition, offsetLimitPagination } from "@apollo/client/utilities";
+import { getMainDefinition } from "@apollo/client/utilities";
 //import { split } from "apollo-link";
 import apolloLogger from "apollo-link-logger";
 //import axios from "axios";
@@ -143,36 +143,7 @@ middlewares.push(
   new SentryLink().concat(roundTripLink.concat(retryLink.concat(errorLink.concat(authLink.concat(link)))))
 );
 
-const cache = new InMemoryCache({
-  typePolicies: {
-    conversations: {
-      fields: {
-        job_conversations: {
-          merge(existing = [], incoming = [], { readField }) {
-            const merged = new Map();
-
-            // Add existing data to the map
-            existing.forEach((jobConversation) => {
-              // Use `readField` to get the unique `jobid`, fallback to `__ref`
-              const jobId = readField("jobid", jobConversation) || jobConversation.__ref;
-              if (jobId) merged.set(jobId, jobConversation);
-            });
-
-            // Add or replace with incoming data
-            incoming.forEach((jobConversation) => {
-              // Use `readField` to get the unique `jobid`, fallback to `__ref`
-              const jobId = readField("jobid", jobConversation) || jobConversation.__ref;
-              if (jobId) merged.set(jobId, jobConversation);
-            });
-
-            // Return the merged data as an array
-            return Array.from(merged.values());
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-});
+const cache = new InMemoryCache({});
 const client = new ApolloClient({
   link: ApolloLink.from(middlewares),
   cache,