diff --git a/lib/pangea/controllers/practice_activity_generation_controller.dart b/lib/pangea/controllers/practice_activity_generation_controller.dart
index 410f8eeaa..c7238c9cc 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/controllers/practice_activity_generation_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/controllers/practice_activity_generation_controller.dart
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import 'package:matrix/matrix.dart';
 /// Represents an item in the completion cache.
 class _RequestCacheItem {
   MessageActivityRequest req;
-  PracticeActivityModel? practiceActivity;
+  PracticeActivityModelResponse? practiceActivity;
 
   _RequestCacheItem({
     required this.req,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class PracticeGenerationController {
 
   //TODO - allow return of activity content before sending the event
   // this requires some downstream changes to the way the event is handled
-  Future<PracticeActivityModel?> getPracticeActivity(
+  Future<PracticeActivityModelResponse?> getPracticeActivity(
     MessageActivityRequest req,
     PangeaMessageEvent event,
   ) async {
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ class PracticeGenerationController {
       return null;
     }
 
+    final eventCompleter = Completer<PracticeActivityEvent?>();
+
     // if the server points to an existing event, return that event
     if (res.existingActivityEventId != null) {
       final Event? existingEvent =
@@ -127,11 +129,19 @@ class PracticeGenerationController {
       debugPrint(
         'Existing activity event found: ${existingEvent?.content}',
       );
-      if (existingEvent != null) {
-        return PracticeActivityEvent(
+      debugPrint(
+        "eventID: ${existingEvent?.eventId}, event is redacted: ${existingEvent?.redacted}",
+      );
+      if (existingEvent != null && !existingEvent.redacted) {
+        final activityEvent = PracticeActivityEvent(
           event: existingEvent,
           timeline: event.timeline,
-        ).practiceActivity;
+        );
+        eventCompleter.complete(activityEvent);
+        return PracticeActivityModelResponse(
+          activity: activityEvent.practiceActivity,
+          eventCompleter: eventCompleter,
+        );
       }
     }
 
@@ -141,11 +151,30 @@ class PracticeGenerationController {
     }
 
     debugPrint('Activity generated: ${res.activity!.toJson()}');
+    _sendAndPackageEvent(res.activity!, event).then((event) {
+      eventCompleter.complete(event);
+    });
+
+    final responseModel = PracticeActivityModelResponse(
+      activity: res.activity!,
+      eventCompleter: eventCompleter,
+    );
 
-    _sendAndPackageEvent(res.activity!, event);
-    _cache[cacheKey] =
-        _RequestCacheItem(req: req, practiceActivity: res.activity!);
+    _cache[cacheKey] = _RequestCacheItem(
+      req: req,
+      practiceActivity: responseModel,
+    );
 
-    return _cache[cacheKey]!.practiceActivity;
+    return responseModel;
   }
 }
+
+class PracticeActivityModelResponse {
+  final PracticeActivityModel? activity;
+  final Completer<PracticeActivityEvent?> eventCompleter;
+
+  PracticeActivityModelResponse({
+    required this.activity,
+    required this.eventCompleter,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/lib/pangea/widgets/practice_activity/practice_activity_card.dart b/lib/pangea/widgets/practice_activity/practice_activity_card.dart
index 1e97f2fe2..00b11f658 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/widgets/practice_activity/practice_activity_card.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/widgets/practice_activity/practice_activity_card.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'dart:developer';
 
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/controllers/my_analytics_controller.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/controllers/pangea_controller.dart';
+import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/controllers/practice_activity_generation_controller.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/enum/activity_type_enum.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/matrix_event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/matrix_event_wrappers/practice_activity_event.dart';
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ class PracticeActivityCard extends StatefulWidget {
 
 class PracticeActivityCardState extends State<PracticeActivityCard> {
   PracticeActivityModel? currentActivity;
+  Completer<PracticeActivityEvent?>? currentActivityCompleter;
+
   PracticeActivityRecordModel? currentCompletionRecord;
   bool fetchingActivity = false;
 
@@ -133,9 +136,9 @@ class PracticeActivityCardState extends State<PracticeActivityCard> {
         return null;
       }
 
-      final PracticeActivityModel? ourNewActivity = await pangeaController
-          .practiceGenerationController
-          .getPracticeActivity(
+      final PracticeActivityModelResponse? activityResponse =
+          await pangeaController.practiceGenerationController
+              .getPracticeActivity(
         MessageActivityRequest(
           userL1: pangeaController.languageController.userL1!.langCode,
           userL2: pangeaController.languageController.userL2!.langCode,
@@ -157,9 +160,10 @@ class PracticeActivityCardState extends State<PracticeActivityCard> {
         widget.pangeaMessageEvent,
       );
 
+      currentActivityCompleter = activityResponse?.eventCompleter;
       _updateFetchingActivity(false);
 
-      return ourNewActivity;
+      return activityResponse?.activity;
     } catch (e, s) {
       debugger(when: kDebugMode);
       ErrorHandler.logError(
@@ -255,12 +259,27 @@ class PracticeActivityCardState extends State<PracticeActivityCard> {
 
   /// clear the current activity, record, and selection
   /// fetch a new activity, including the offending activity in the request
-  void submitFeedback(String feedback) {
-    if (currentActivity == null) {
+  Future<void> submitFeedback(String feedback) async {
+    if (currentActivity == null || currentCompletionRecord == null) {
       debugger(when: kDebugMode);
       return;
     }
 
+    if (currentActivityCompleter != null) {
+      final activityEvent = await currentActivityCompleter!.future;
+      await activityEvent?.event.redactEvent(reason: feedback);
+    } else {
+      debugger(when: kDebugMode);
+      ErrorHandler.logError(
+        e: Exception('No completer found for current activity'),
+        data: {
+          'activity': currentActivity,
+          'record': currentCompletionRecord,
+          'feedback': feedback,
+        },
+      );
+    }
+
     _fetchNewActivity(
       ActivityQualityFeedback(
         feedbackText: feedback,
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 25c564cef..ca105194e 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description: Learn a language while texting your friends.
 # Pangea#
 publish_to: none
 # On version bump also increase the build number for F-Droid
-version: 1.23.3+3562
+version: 1.23.4+3563
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=3.0.0 <4.0.0"