diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/componentManager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/componentManager.js
index 275ef791e..2c84a2a7c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/componentManager.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/componentManager.js
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ class ComponentManager {
       // push immediately now
       var items = [];
       for(var contentType of message.data.content_types) {
-        items = items.concat(this.modelManager.itemsForContentType(contentType));
+        items = items.concat(this.modelManager.validItemsForContentType(contentType));
       }
       this.sendItemsInReply(component, items, message);
     });
@@ -499,8 +499,9 @@ class ComponentManager {
 
       this.syncManager.sync("handleCreateItemMessage");
 
+      // "create-item" or "create-items" are possible messages handled here
       let reply =
-        message.action == "save-item" ?
+        message.action == "create-item" ?
           {item: this.jsonForItem(processedItems[0], component)}
         :
           {items: processedItems.map((item) => {return this.jsonForItem(item, component)})}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/modelManager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/modelManager.js
index 0de7cf210..8bbb94399 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/modelManager.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/modelManager.js
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ class ModelManager {
     })
   }
 
-  itemsForContentType(contentType) {
-    return this.allItems.filter(function(item){
-      return item.content_type == contentType;
+  validItemsForContentType(contentType) {
+    return this.allItems.filter((item) => {
+      return item.content_type == contentType && !item.errorDecrypting;
     });
   }
 
@@ -185,7 +185,11 @@ class ModelManager {
 
       this.addItem(item, isDirtyItemPendingDelete);
 
-      modelsToNotifyObserversOf.push(item);
+      // Observers do not need to handle items that errored while decrypting.
+      if(!item.errorDecrypting) {
+        modelsToNotifyObserversOf.push(item);
+      }
+
       models.push(item);
       processedObjects.push(json_obj);
     }