diff --git a/server/store/store.go b/server/store/store.go
index 588d027..e2c5f1e 100644
--- a/server/store/store.go
+++ b/server/store/store.go
@@ -1538,6 +1538,10 @@ func (subsMapper) Get(tenantID types.TenantID, topic string, user types.Uid, kee
 
 // Update values of topic's subscriptions.
 func (subsMapper) Update(tenantID types.TenantID, topic string, user types.Uid, update map[string]any) error {
+	if update == nil {
+		update = map[string]any{}
+	}
+	invalidateUnread := subscriptionUpdateAffectsUnread(update)
 	update["UpdatedAt"] = types.TimeNow()
 	tenantAdp, err := tenantBusinessAdapter(tenantID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1547,6 +1551,9 @@ func (subsMapper) Update(tenantID types.TenantID, topic string, user types.Uid,
 		return err
 	}
 	invalidateSubscriptionCache(tenantID, topic, user)
+	if invalidateUnread {
+		DeleteCachedUserUnreadCount(tenantID, user)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -1561,9 +1568,20 @@ func (subsMapper) Delete(tenantID types.TenantID, topic string, user types.Uid)
 		return err
 	}
 	invalidateSubscriptionCache(tenantID, topic, user)
+	DeleteCachedUserUnreadCount(tenantID, user)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func subscriptionUpdateAffectsUnread(update map[string]any) bool {
+	for key := range update {
+		switch key {
+		case "ReadSeqId", "DelId", "ModeWant", "ModeGiven", "DeletedAt":
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func subscriptionCacheID(topic string, user types.Uid, keepDeleted bool) string {
 	if keepDeleted {
 		return topic + ":" + user.String() + ":any"
@@ -3596,6 +3614,7 @@ func (messagesMapper) PersistPrepared(tenantID types.TenantID, msg *types.Messag
 				logs.Warn.Printf("topic[%s]: failed to mark message (seq: %d) read by sender - err: %+v", msg.Topic, msg.SeqId, subErr)
 			} else {
 				invalidateSubscriptionCache(tenantID, msg.Topic, fromUid)
+				DeleteCachedUserUnreadCount(tenantID, fromUid)
 				markedReadBySender = true
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/server/store/subscription_unread_test.go b/server/store/subscription_unread_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed32e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/store/subscription_unread_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package store
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSubscriptionUpdateAffectsUnread(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		update map[string]any
+		want   bool
+	}{
+		{name: "read seq", update: map[string]any{"ReadSeqId": int64(12)}, want: true},
+		{name: "delete marker", update: map[string]any{"DelId": 4}, want: true},
+		{name: "want mode", update: map[string]any{"ModeWant": 1}, want: true},
+		{name: "given mode", update: map[string]any{"ModeGiven": 1}, want: true},
+		{name: "deleted", update: map[string]any{"DeletedAt": "now"}, want: true},
+		{name: "recv only", update: map[string]any{"RecvSeqId": int64(12)}, want: false},
+		{name: "private only", update: map[string]any{"Private": map[string]any{"mute": true}}, want: false},
+		{name: "empty", update: map[string]any{}, want: false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := subscriptionUpdateAffectsUnread(tc.update); got != tc.want {
+				t.Fatalf("subscriptionUpdateAffectsUnread() = %v, want %v", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}