diff --git a/src/pages/status.jsx b/src/pages/status.jsx
index e09affea..18d5a1c0 100644
--- a/src/pages/status.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/status.jsx
@@ -248,10 +248,17 @@ function StatusThread({ id, closeLink = '/', instance: propInstance }) {
 
         totalDescendants.current = descendants?.length || 0;
 
+        const missingStatuses = new Set();
         ancestors.forEach((status) => {
           saveStatus(status, instance, {
             skipThreading: true,
           });
+          if (
+            status.inReplyToId &&
+            !ancestors.find((s) => s.id === status.inReplyToId)
+          ) {
+            missingStatuses.add(status.inReplyToId);
+          }
         });
         const ancestorsIsThread = ancestors.every(
           (s) => s.account.id === heroStatus.account.id,
@@ -261,6 +268,14 @@ function StatusThread({ id, closeLink = '/', instance: propInstance }) {
           saveStatus(status, instance, {
             skipThreading: true,
           });
+
+          if (
+            status.inReplyToId &&
+            !descendants.find((s) => s.id === status.inReplyToId)
+          ) {
+            missingStatuses.add(status.inReplyToId);
+          }
+
           if (status.inReplyToAccountId === status.account.id) {
             // If replying to self, it's part of the thread, level 1
             nestedDescendants.push(status);
@@ -290,6 +305,9 @@ function StatusThread({ id, closeLink = '/', instance: propInstance }) {
         });
 
         console.log({ ancestors, descendants, nestedDescendants });
+        if (missingStatuses.size) {
+          console.error('Missing statuses', [...missingStatuses]);
+        }
 
         function expandReplies(_replies) {
           return _replies?.map((_r) => ({