diff --git a/src/channel.ts b/src/channel.ts
index 497febdd4d..c8fb3a589a 100644
--- a/src/channel.ts
+++ b/src/channel.ts
@@ -2007,6 +2007,10 @@ export class Channel {
       // delivery-report network sync below is skipped for it.
       case 'message.read_locally':
       case 'message.read':
+        // Thread read events are handled indiscriminately within the reactive `thread` object, we can
+        // skip them here in order to ensure the channel does not get read incidentally when it should
+        // not.
+        if (event.thread) break;
         if (event.user?.id && event.created_at) {
           const previousReadState = channelState.read[event.user.id];
           channelState.read[event.user.id] = {
diff --git a/src/offline-support/offline_support_api.ts b/src/offline-support/offline_support_api.ts
index fdebd645eb..f87369c07c 100644
--- a/src/offline-support/offline_support_api.ts
+++ b/src/offline-support/offline_support_api.ts
@@ -1050,6 +1050,10 @@ export abstract class AbstractOfflineDB implements OfflineDBApi {
     }
 
     if (type === 'message.read' || type === 'notification.mark_read') {
+      // We make sure not to update channel reads (which is what's stored in
+      // the offline DB in any case) whenever we receive a read event for a
+      // a thread specifically.
+      if (event.thread) return [];
       return this.handleRead({ event, unreadMessages: 0, execute });
     }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/channel.test.js b/test/unit/channel.test.js
index 35fb1e6f0e..4e2da5a3db 100644
--- a/test/unit/channel.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/channel.test.js
@@ -991,6 +991,91 @@ describe('Channel _handleChannelEvent', function () {
 				initialReadState.last_delivered_message_id,
 			);
 		});
+		// Tests against this issue: https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-js/issues/1676
+		it('should not touch channel read state for a thread read', () => {
+			channel.state.unreadCount = initialCountUnread;
+			channel.state.read[user.id] = initialReadState;
+			const onMessageRead = vi.spyOn(channel.messageReceiptsTracker, 'onMessageRead');
+			const event = {
+				...messageReadEvent,
+				thread: { parent_message_id: 'parent-message-id' },
+			};
+
+			channel._handleChannelEvent(event);
+
+			expect(channel.state.unreadCount).toBe(initialCountUnread);
+			expect(new Date(channel.state.read[user.id].last_read).getTime()).toBe(
+				new Date(initialReadState.last_read).getTime(),
+			);
+			expect(channel.state.read[user.id].last_read_message_id).toBe(
+				initialReadState.last_read_message_id,
+			);
+			expect(channel.state.read[user.id].unread_messages).toBe(initialCountUnread);
+			expect(onMessageRead).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		});
+
+		it('should not touch channel read state for another user’s thread read', () => {
+			const anotherUser = { id: 'another-user' };
+			channel.state.unreadCount = initialCountUnread;
+			channel.state.read[anotherUser.id] = initialReadState;
+			const onMessageRead = vi.spyOn(channel.messageReceiptsTracker, 'onMessageRead');
+			const event = {
+				...messageReadEvent,
+				user: anotherUser,
+				thread: { parent_message_id: 'parent-message-id' },
+			};
+
+			channel._handleChannelEvent(event);
+
+			expect(channel.state.unreadCount).toBe(initialCountUnread);
+			expect(new Date(channel.state.read[anotherUser.id].last_read).getTime()).toBe(
+				new Date(initialReadState.last_read).getTime(),
+			);
+			expect(channel.state.read[anotherUser.id].last_read_message_id).toBe(
+				initialReadState.last_read_message_id,
+			);
+			expect(channel.state.read[anotherUser.id].unread_messages).toBe(initialCountUnread);
+			expect(onMessageRead).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		});
+
+		// Skipping the case also skips the delivery sync at its tail. Pinned because it is a
+		// deliberate behaviour change, not an oversight: the next `message.new` /
+		// `message.delivered` / channel query supersedes the report anyway.
+		it('should not sync delivery report candidates on a thread read', () => {
+			const syncDeliveredCandidates = vi.spyOn(client, 'syncDeliveredCandidates');
+			const event = {
+				...messageReadEvent,
+				thread: { parent_message_id: 'parent-message-id' },
+			};
+
+			channel._handleChannelEvent(event);
+
+			expect(syncDeliveredCandidates).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		});
+
+		// The stored fields above are only half of it: `countUnread()` re-derives the count from
+		// `read[user].last_read`, so an advanced cursor reproduces the reported 0 even with
+		// `unreadCount` guarded. This pins the value the integrator actually reads.
+		it('should keep lastRead() and countUnread() consistent after a thread read', () => {
+			// An unread channel message sent after the current user's last channel read but before
+			// the thread read - it must keep counting as unread once the thread is read.
+			channel.state.addMessagesSorted([
+				generateMsg({ date: new Date(1800).toISOString(), user: otherUser }),
+			]);
+			channel.state.read[user.id] = {
+				...initialReadState,
+				last_read: new Date(initialReadState.last_read),
+			};
+			const event = {
+				...messageReadEvent,
+				thread: { parent_message_id: 'parent-message-id' },
+			};
+
+			channel._handleChannelEvent(event);
+
+			expect(channel.lastRead().getTime()).toBe(1500);
+			expect(channel.countUnread(channel.lastRead())).toBe(1);
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('message.delivered', () => {
diff --git a/test/unit/offline-support/offline_support_api.test.ts b/test/unit/offline-support/offline_support_api.test.ts
index da553c5037..f2ca3cb2d1 100644
--- a/test/unit/offline-support/offline_support_api.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/offline-support/offline_support_api.test.ts
@@ -1915,6 +1915,35 @@ describe('OfflineSupportApi', () => {
             expect(result).toEqual([]);
           });
         });
+
+        describe('thread reads', () => {
+          const threadEvent = (type: string) =>
+            ({
+              ...dummyEvent,
+              type,
+              thread: { parent_message_id: 'parent-message-id' },
+            }) as unknown as Event;
+
+          it('is a no-op for message.read carrying a thread', async () => {
+            const event = threadEvent('message.read');
+
+            const result = await offlineDb.handleEvent({ event });
+
+            expect(offlineDb.handleRead).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(result).toEqual([]);
+          });
+
+          // `handleRead` writes `unread_messages: 0` for this event type too, so a
+          // thread-scoped `notification.mark_read` would zero the whole channel just the same.
+          it('is a no-op for notification.mark_read carrying a thread', async () => {
+            const event = threadEvent('notification.mark_read');
+
+            const result = await offlineDb.handleEvent({ event });
+
+            expect(offlineDb.handleRead).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(result).toEqual([]);
+          });
+        });
       });
     });