diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/collections.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/collections.ts
index 9fbaa92c82..cb0b70c078 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/collections.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/collections.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,11 @@
 import { type Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
 import localForage from "ente-shared/storage/localForage";
 import { getCollections } from "./collection";
-import { savedCollections } from "./photos-fdb";
+import { removeCollectionIDLastSyncTime, savedCollections } from "./photos-fdb";
 
 const COLLECTION_TABLE = "collections";
 const COLLECTION_UPDATION_TIME = "collection-updation-time";
 
-export const getCollectionLastSyncTime = async (collection: Collection) =>
-    (await localForage.getItem<number>(`${collection.id}-time`)) ?? 0;
-
-export const setCollectionLastSyncTime = async (
-    collection: Collection,
-    time: number,
-) => await localForage.setItem<number>(`${collection.id}-time`, time);
-
-export const removeCollectionIDLastSyncTime = async (collectionID: number) =>
-    await localForage.removeItem(`${collectionID}-time`);
-
 export const getCollectionUpdationTime = async (): Promise<number> =>
     (await localForage.getItem<number>(COLLECTION_UPDATION_TIME)) ?? 0;
 
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/files.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/files.ts
index 705beb4a94..0804dc88c1 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/files.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/files.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import { metadataHash } from "ente-media/file-metadata";
 import HTTPService from "ente-shared/network/HTTPService";
 import { getToken } from "ente-shared/storage/localStorage/helpers";
 import {
-    getCollectionLastSyncTime,
-    setCollectionLastSyncTime,
-} from "./collections";
-import { saveCollectionFiles, savedCollectionFiles } from "./photos-fdb";
+    saveCollectionFiles,
+    saveCollectionLastSyncTime,
+    savedCollectionFiles,
+    savedCollectionLastSyncTime,
+} from "./photos-fdb";
 
 /**
  * Fetch all files of the given {@link type}, belonging to the given
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ export const pullCollectionFiles = async (
         if (!getToken()) {
             continue;
         }
-        const lastSyncTime = await getCollectionLastSyncTime(collection);
+        const lastSyncTime =
+            (await savedCollectionLastSyncTime(collection)) ?? 0;
         if (collection.updationTime === lastSyncTime) {
             continue;
         }
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ export const pullCollectionFiles = async (
         files = getLatestVersionFiles([...files, ...newFiles]);
         await saveCollectionFiles(files);
         didUpdateFiles = true;
-        await setCollectionLastSyncTime(collection, collection.updationTime);
+        await saveCollectionLastSyncTime(collection, collection.updationTime);
     }
     return didUpdateFiles;
 };
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
index 788b0c356f..d3f8ec112a 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/photos-fdb.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export const saveTrashItemCollectionKeys = async (
  * for the same file, one for each collection that the file belongs to. For more
  * details, See: [Note: Collection File].
  *
- * Use {@link saveFiles} to update the database.
+ * Use {@link saveCollectionFiles} to update the database.
  */
 export const savedCollectionFiles = async (): Promise<EnteFile[]> => {
     // [Note: Avoiding Zod parsing for large DB arrays]
@@ -167,6 +167,36 @@ export const saveCollectionFiles = async (files: EnteFile[]) => {
     await localForage.setItem("files", transformFilesIfNeeded(files));
 };
 
+/**
+ * Return the locally persisted {@link updationTime} of the latest file from the
+ * given {@link collection} that we have pulled from remote.
+ *
+ * Use {@link saveCollectionLastSyncTime} to update the value saved in the
+ * database, and {@link removeCollectionIDLastSyncTime} to remove the saved
+ * value from the database.
+ */
+export const savedCollectionLastSyncTime = async (collection: Collection) =>
+    LocalTimestamp.parse(await localForage.getItem(`${collection.id}-time`));
+
+/**
+ * Update the locally persisted timestamp that will be returned by subsequent
+ * calls to {@link savedCollectionLastSyncTime}.
+ */
+export const saveCollectionLastSyncTime = async (
+    collection: Collection,
+    time: number,
+) => {
+    await localForage.setItem(`${collection.id}-time`, time);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Remove the locally persisted timestamp, if any, previously saved for a
+ * collection with the given ID using {@link saveCollectionLastSyncTime}.
+ */
+export const removeCollectionIDLastSyncTime = async (collectionID: number) => {
+    await localForage.removeItem(`${collectionID}-time`);
+};
+
 /**
  * Zod schema for a trash entry saved in our local database.
  */