kind of works, no crashes, but inefficient and not everything is refreshed

src/views/contacts-view.jsx

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends React.Component {
         defaultMessage="You have no chats<br />¯∖_(ツ)_/¯"
         description="HTML message shown in ContactList when no contacts are found">{
         (no_contacts) => <ContactList
+          tinode={this.props.tinode}
           connected={this.props.connected}
           contacts={this.state.contactList}
           emptyListMessage={no_contacts}

src/views/info-view.jsx

@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ class InfoView extends React.Component {
             onClearError={this.props.onError} /> : null}
         {view == 'members' ?
           <GroupManager
+            tinode={this.props.tinode}
             members={this.state.contactList}
             requiredMember={this.props.myUserId}
             keepInitialMembers={!this.state.admin && !this.state.owner}
@@ -439,6 +440,7 @@ class InfoView extends React.Component {
           :
         view == 'perm' && args.length > 0 ?
           <PermissionsEditor
+            tinode={this.props.tinode}
             mode={this.state.editedPermissions}
             compare={this.state.immutablePermissions}
             skip={this.state.editedPermissionsSkipped}
@@ -559,6 +561,7 @@ class InfoView extends React.Component {
                   <FormattedMessage id="group_has_no_members" defaultMessage="No members"
                     description="Shown in place of group members">{
                     (no_members) => <ContactList
+                      tinode={this.props.tinode}
                       contacts={this.state.contactList}
                       myUserId={this.props.myUserId}
                       emptyListMessage={no_members}

src/views/messages-view.jsx

@@ -931,6 +931,7 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
                 null}
               <div className="avatar-box">
                 <LetterTile
+                  tinode={this.props.tinode}
                   avatar={avatar}
                   topic={this.state.topic}
                   title={this.state.title} />
@@ -946,6 +947,7 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
               </div>
               {groupTopic ?
                 <GroupSubs
+                  tinode={this.props.tinode}
                   subscribers={this.state.onlineSubs} /> :
                 <div id="topic-users" />
               }

src/views/tinode-web.jsx

@@ -1214,10 +1214,11 @@ class TinodeWeb extends React.Component {
     const topic = this.tinode.getTopic(topicName);
     if (topic) {
       const params = {};
+      let attachments;
       if (pub) {
         params.public = pub;
         if (pub.photo && pub.photo.ref) {
-          params.attachments = [pub.photo.ref];
+          attachments = [pub.photo.ref];
         }
       }
       if (priv) {
@@ -1227,7 +1228,7 @@ class TinodeWeb extends React.Component {
       if (defacs) {
         params.defacs = defacs;
       }
-      topic.setMeta({desc: params}).catch((err) => {
+      topic.setMeta({desc: params, attachments: attachments}).catch((err) => {
         this.handleError(err.message, 'err');
       });
     }