diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
index 57e21c227a..c3fa44dce1 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
@@ -347,12 +347,13 @@ struct ChatPreviewView: View {
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder private func chatMessagePreview(_ cItem: ChatItem?, _ hasFilePreview: Bool = false) -> some View {
+        // pending invitee only: a member-support message (incl. caption-less media) renders its content,
+        // not the "reviewed by admins" status; other chats keep the original no-text behaviour
+        let previewHasNoContent = chat.chatInfo.groupInfo?.membership.memberPending ?? false ? cItem?.content.msgContent == nil : cItem?.content.hasMsgContent != true
         if chatModel.draftChatId == chat.id, let draft = chatModel.draft {
             let (t, hasSecrets) = messageDraft(draft)
             chatPreviewLayout(t, draft: true, hasFilePreview: hasFilePreview, hasSecrets: hasSecrets)
-        } else if cItem?.content.msgContent == nil, let previewText = chatPreviewInfoText() {
-            // status text only for no-content events; any message (incl. caption-less media) renders
-            // its content (thumbnail shown separately) - e.g. a pending invitee's photo shows "image"
+        } else if previewHasNoContent, let previewText = chatPreviewInfoText() {
             chatPreviewInfoTextLayout(previewText)
         } else if let cItem = cItem {
             let (t, hasSecrets) = chatItemPreview(cItem)
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
index 5c6aa2e4d3..6106be37db 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ fun ChatPreviewView(
   fun chatPreviewText() {
     val previewText = chatPreviewInfoText()
     val ci = chat.chatItems.lastOrNull()
+    // pending invitee only: a member-support message (incl. caption-less media) renders its content, not
+    // the "reviewed by admins" status; other chats keep the original no-text behaviour
+    val previewHasNoContent = if (cInfo.groupInfo_?.membership?.memberPending == true) ci?.content?.msgContent == null else ci?.content?.hasMsgContent != true
     if (chatModelDraftChatId == chat.id && chatModelDraft != null) {
       val sp20 = with(LocalDensity.current) { 20.sp.toDp() }
       val (text: CharSequence, inlineTextContent) = remember(chatModelDraft) { chatModelDraft.message.text to messageDraft(chatModelDraft, sp20) }
@@ -238,9 +241,7 @@ fun ChatPreviewView(
         inlineContent = inlineTextContent,
         modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth()
       )
-    } else if (ci?.content?.msgContent == null && previewText != null) {
-      // status text only for no-content events; any message (incl. caption-less media) renders its
-      // content (thumbnail shown separately) - e.g. a pending invitee's photo shows "image", not the status
+    } else if (previewHasNoContent && previewText != null) {
       Text(previewText.first, color = previewText.second)
     } else if (ci != null && showChatPreviews) {
       val (text: CharSequence, inlineTextContent) = when {