diff --git a/src/hooks/accounts/accounts.test.ts b/src/hooks/accounts/accounts.test.ts
index 55982ec0..b1ec7301 100644
--- a/src/hooks/accounts/accounts.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/accounts/accounts.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from "../..";
 import commentsStore from "../../stores/comments";
 import * as accountsActions from "../../stores/accounts/accounts-actions";
+import { COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY } from "../../stores/accounts/utils";
 import PkcJsMock, {
   PKC,
   Comment,
@@ -3398,6 +3399,139 @@ describe("accounts", () => {
       expect(Object.keys(rendered.result.current.editedComment.failedEdits).length).toBe(0);
     });
 
+    test("comment moderation author ban is reflected by useEditedComment", async () => {
+      const commentCid = rendered.result.current.accountComments[0].cid;
+      const communityAddress = rendered.result.current.accountComments[0].communityAddress;
+      const commentModerationTimestamp = Math.ceil(Date.now() / 1000);
+      const banExpiresAt = commentModerationTimestamp + 60 * 60;
+
+      rendered.rerender(commentCid);
+      await waitFor(
+        () =>
+          rendered.result.current.comment?.cid &&
+          rendered.result.current.comment.index === undefined,
+      );
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        await accountsActions.publishCommentModeration({
+          timestamp: commentModerationTimestamp,
+          commentCid,
+          communityAddress,
+          commentModeration: { author: { banExpiresAt } },
+          onChallenge: (challenge: any, comment: any) => comment.publishChallengeAnswers(),
+          onChallengeVerification: () => {},
+        });
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => rendered.result.current.editedComment.editedComment);
+      expect(rendered.result.current.editedComment.state).toBe("pending");
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.pendingEdits[COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY],
+      ).toEqual({ banExpiresAt });
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.editedComment.commentModeration?.author?.banExpiresAt,
+      ).toBe(banExpiresAt);
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.editedComment.author?.community?.banExpiresAt,
+      ).toBe(banExpiresAt);
+
+      const updatedComment = { ...commentsStore.getState().comments[commentCid] };
+      updatedComment.author = {
+        ...updatedComment.author,
+        community: { ...updatedComment.author?.community, banExpiresAt },
+      };
+      updatedComment.updatedAt = commentModerationTimestamp + 1;
+      commentsStore.setState(({ comments }) => ({
+        comments: { ...comments, [commentCid]: updatedComment },
+      }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => rendered.result.current.editedComment.state === "succeeded");
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.succeededEdits[COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY],
+      ).toEqual({ banExpiresAt });
+    });
+
+    test("comment moderation author unban stays pending while refreshed data still has stale ban", async () => {
+      const commentCid = rendered.result.current.accountComments[0].cid;
+      const communityAddress = rendered.result.current.accountComments[0].communityAddress;
+      const commentModerationTimestamp = Math.ceil(Date.now() / 1000);
+      const banExpiresAt = commentModerationTimestamp + 60 * 60;
+
+      rendered.rerender(commentCid);
+      await waitFor(
+        () =>
+          rendered.result.current.comment?.cid &&
+          rendered.result.current.comment.index === undefined,
+      );
+
+      const staleBannedComment = { ...commentsStore.getState().comments[commentCid] };
+      staleBannedComment.commentModeration = {
+        ...staleBannedComment.commentModeration,
+        author: { banExpiresAt },
+      };
+      staleBannedComment.author = {
+        ...staleBannedComment.author,
+        community: { ...staleBannedComment.author?.community, banExpiresAt },
+      };
+      staleBannedComment.updatedAt = commentModerationTimestamp + 1;
+      commentsStore.setState(({ comments }) => ({
+        comments: { ...comments, [commentCid]: staleBannedComment },
+      }));
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        await accountsActions.publishCommentModeration({
+          timestamp: commentModerationTimestamp,
+          commentCid,
+          communityAddress,
+          commentModeration: { author: undefined },
+          onChallenge: (challenge: any, comment: any) => comment.publishChallengeAnswers(),
+          onChallengeVerification: () => {},
+        });
+      });
+
+      await waitFor(() => rendered.result.current.editedComment.editedComment);
+      expect(rendered.result.current.editedComment.state).toBe("pending");
+      expect(
+        Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(
+          rendered.result.current.editedComment.pendingEdits,
+          COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY,
+        ),
+      ).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.pendingEdits[COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY],
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.editedComment.commentModeration?.author,
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.editedComment.author?.community?.banExpiresAt,
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+
+      const refreshedUnbannedComment = { ...staleBannedComment };
+      refreshedUnbannedComment.commentModeration = {
+        ...refreshedUnbannedComment.commentModeration,
+        author: undefined,
+      };
+      refreshedUnbannedComment.updatedAt = commentModerationTimestamp + 2;
+      commentsStore.setState(({ comments }) => ({
+        comments: { ...comments, [commentCid]: refreshedUnbannedComment },
+      }));
+
+      await waitFor(() => rendered.result.current.editedComment.state === "succeeded");
+      expect(
+        Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(
+          rendered.result.current.editedComment.succeededEdits,
+          COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY,
+        ),
+      ).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.succeededEdits[COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY],
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(
+        rendered.result.current.editedComment.editedComment.author?.community?.banExpiresAt,
+      ).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     test("edited comment failed", async () => {
       const commentCid = rendered.result.current.accountComments[0].cid;
       expect(commentCid).not.toBe(undefined);
diff --git a/src/hooks/accounts/accounts.ts b/src/hooks/accounts/accounts.ts
index dcf5a5fd..b72d0f98 100644
--- a/src/hooks/accounts/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/accounts/accounts.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ import {
   useAccountWithCalculatedProperties,
   useCalculatedNotifications,
 } from "./utils";
-import { getAccountEditPropertySummary } from "../../stores/accounts/utils";
+import {
+  COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY,
+  getAccountEditPropertySummary,
+} from "../../stores/accounts/utils";
 import {
   getCanonicalCommunityAddress,
   getEquivalentCommunityAddressGroupKey,
@@ -49,6 +52,47 @@ import {
 import { addCommentModeration } from "../../lib/utils/comment-moderation";
 import useInterval from "../utils/use-interval";
 
+const getCommentEditPropertyValue = (comment: any, propertyName: string) => {
+  if (propertyName !== COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY) {
+    return comment?.[propertyName];
+  }
+
+  const commentModeration = comment?.commentModeration;
+  if (
+    commentModeration &&
+    typeof commentModeration === "object" &&
+    Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(commentModeration, "author")
+  ) {
+    return commentModeration.author;
+  }
+
+  return comment?.author?.community?.banExpiresAt !== undefined
+    ? { banExpiresAt: comment.author.community.banExpiresAt }
+    : undefined;
+};
+
+const applyEditedCommentProperty = (comment: any, propertyName: string, value: any) => {
+  if (propertyName !== COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY) {
+    comment[propertyName] = value;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  comment.commentModeration = comment.commentModeration ? { ...comment.commentModeration } : {};
+  if (value === undefined) {
+    delete comment.commentModeration.author;
+  } else {
+    comment.commentModeration.author = value;
+  }
+
+  comment.author = comment.author ? { ...comment.author } : {};
+  comment.author.community = comment.author.community ? { ...comment.author.community } : {};
+  if (value?.banExpiresAt === undefined) {
+    delete comment.author.community.banExpiresAt;
+  } else {
+    comment.author.community.banExpiresAt = value.banExpiresAt;
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  * @param accountName - The nickname of the account, e.g. 'Account 1'. If no accountName is provided, return
  * the active account id.
@@ -857,7 +901,7 @@ export function useEditedComment(options?: UseEditedCommentOptions): UseEditedCo
       // Without a newer update we can only treat recent edits as pending. Older edits that never
       // produced any update are effectively stale and should stop shadowing the live comment.
       if (!comment?.updatedAt) {
-        if (isEqual(comment?.[propertyName], propertyNameEdit.value)) {
+        if (isEqual(getCommentEditPropertyValue(comment, propertyName), propertyNameEdit.value)) {
           setPropertyNameEditState("succeeded");
         } else if (propertyNameEdit.timestamp > now - expiryTime) {
           setPropertyNameEditState("pending");
@@ -878,7 +922,7 @@ export function useEditedComment(options?: UseEditedCommentOptions): UseEditedCo
       // has been received after the edit was published so we can evaluate
       else {
         // comment has propertyNameEdit, propertyNameEdit succeeded
-        if (isEqual(comment[propertyName], propertyNameEdit.value)) {
+        if (isEqual(getCommentEditPropertyValue(comment, propertyName), propertyNameEdit.value)) {
           setPropertyNameEditState("succeeded");
           continue;
         }
@@ -918,10 +962,18 @@ export function useEditedComment(options?: UseEditedCommentOptions): UseEditedCo
     // add pending and succeeded props so the editor can see his changes right away
     // don't add failed edits to reflect the current state of the edited comment
     for (const propertyName in editedResult.pendingEdits) {
-      editedResult.editedComment[propertyName] = editedResult.pendingEdits[propertyName];
+      applyEditedCommentProperty(
+        editedResult.editedComment,
+        propertyName,
+        editedResult.pendingEdits[propertyName],
+      );
     }
     for (const propertyName in editedResult.succeededEdits) {
-      editedResult.editedComment[propertyName] = editedResult.succeededEdits[propertyName];
+      applyEditedCommentProperty(
+        editedResult.editedComment,
+        propertyName,
+        editedResult.succeededEdits[propertyName],
+      );
     }
     editedResult.editedComment = addCommentModeration(editedResult.editedComment);
 
diff --git a/src/stores/accounts/accounts-actions.test.ts b/src/stores/accounts/accounts-actions.test.ts
index d42e3a16..109eec35 100644
--- a/src/stores/accounts/accounts-actions.test.ts
+++ b/src/stores/accounts/accounts-actions.test.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,20 @@ describe("accounts-actions", () => {
       expect(stale.accountsEditsSummaries.acc1["cid-1"].spoiler.value).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    test("addStoredAccountEditSummaryToState preserves comment moderation author unban edits", () => {
+      const result = accountsActions.addStoredAccountEditSummaryToState({} as any, "acc1", {
+        commentCid: "cid-1",
+        timestamp: 10,
+        commentModeration: { author: undefined },
+      });
+
+      expect(result.accountsEditsSummaries.acc1["cid-1"]["commentModeration.author"]).toEqual({
+        timestamp: 10,
+        value: undefined,
+      });
+      expect(result.accountsEditsSummaries.acc1["cid-1"].author).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     test("addStoredAccountEditSummaryToState is a no-op when edit has no target", () => {
       const summaries = { acc1: { existing: { spoiler: { timestamp: 1, value: true } } } };
       expect(
diff --git a/src/stores/accounts/accounts-actions.ts b/src/stores/accounts/accounts-actions.ts
index 5e5c48f5..3e1a3176 100644
--- a/src/stores/accounts/accounts-actions.ts
+++ b/src/stores/accounts/accounts-actions.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
   getAccountCommunities,
   getCommentCidsToAccountsComments,
   getAccountsCommentsIndexes,
+  COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY,
   getAccountEditPropertySummary,
   fetchCommentLinkDimensions,
   getAccountCommentDepth,
@@ -247,9 +248,16 @@ const accountEditNonPropertyNames = new Set([
 ]);
 
 const normalizeStoredAccountEditForSummary = (storedAccountEdit: any) => {
-  const normalizedEdit = storedAccountEdit.commentModeration
-    ? { ...storedAccountEdit, ...storedAccountEdit.commentModeration, commentModeration: undefined }
-    : { ...storedAccountEdit };
+  const normalizedEdit = { ...storedAccountEdit };
+  const commentModeration = normalizedEdit.commentModeration;
+  if (commentModeration && typeof commentModeration === "object") {
+    const { author, ...commentModerationProperties } = commentModeration;
+    Object.assign(normalizedEdit, commentModerationProperties);
+    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(commentModeration, "author")) {
+      normalizedEdit[COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY] = author;
+    }
+    normalizedEdit.commentModeration = undefined;
+  }
   const communityEdit = normalizedEdit.communityEdit ?? normalizedEdit.communityEdit;
   if (communityEdit && typeof communityEdit === "object") {
     Object.assign(normalizedEdit, communityEdit);
@@ -281,7 +289,8 @@ export const addStoredAccountEditSummaryToState = (
 
   for (const propertyName in normalizedEdit) {
     if (
-      normalizedEdit[propertyName] === undefined ||
+      (normalizedEdit[propertyName] === undefined &&
+        propertyName !== COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY) ||
       accountEditNonPropertyNames.has(propertyName)
     ) {
       continue;
diff --git a/src/stores/accounts/utils.test.ts b/src/stores/accounts/utils.test.ts
index 034357b4..974f6aa5 100644
--- a/src/stores/accounts/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/stores/accounts/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import utils from "./utils";
+import { COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY } from "./utils";
 import { Role } from "../../types";
 import commentsStore from "../comments";
 import repliesPagesStore from "../replies-pages";
@@ -336,6 +337,27 @@ describe("accountsStore utils", () => {
       expect((summary as any).author).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
+    test("getAccountEditPropertySummary preserves comment moderation author ban edits", () => {
+      const summary = utils.getAccountEditPropertySummary([
+        {
+          commentCid: "cid-1",
+          timestamp: 10,
+          commentModeration: { author: { banExpiresAt: 20 } },
+        },
+        {
+          commentCid: "cid-1",
+          timestamp: 15,
+          commentModeration: { author: undefined },
+        },
+      ] as any);
+
+      expect(summary[COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY]).toEqual({
+        timestamp: 15,
+        value: undefined,
+      });
+      expect((summary as any).author).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     test("getAccountEditPropertySummary handles undefined input", () => {
       expect(utils.getAccountEditPropertySummary(undefined as any)).toEqual({});
     });
diff --git a/src/stores/accounts/utils.ts b/src/stores/accounts/utils.ts
index b13dfe05..a555973a 100644
--- a/src/stores/accounts/utils.ts
+++ b/src/stores/accounts/utils.ts
@@ -241,10 +241,17 @@ const accountEditNonPropertyNames = new Set([
   "timestamp",
 ]);
 
+export const COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY = "commentModeration.author";
+
 const normalizeAccountEditForSummary = (accountEdit: AccountEdit) => {
   const normalizedAccountEdit = { ...accountEdit };
-  if (normalizedAccountEdit.commentModeration) {
-    Object.assign(normalizedAccountEdit, normalizedAccountEdit.commentModeration);
+  const commentModeration = normalizedAccountEdit.commentModeration;
+  if (commentModeration && typeof commentModeration === "object") {
+    const { author, ...commentModerationProperties } = commentModeration;
+    Object.assign(normalizedAccountEdit, commentModerationProperties);
+    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(commentModeration, "author")) {
+      normalizedAccountEdit[COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY] = author;
+    }
     delete normalizedAccountEdit.commentModeration;
   }
   const communityEdit = normalizedAccountEdit.communityEdit ?? normalizedAccountEdit.communityEdit;
@@ -262,7 +269,8 @@ export const getAccountEditPropertySummary = (accountEdits: AccountEdit[] | unde
     const normalizedAccountEdit = normalizeAccountEditForSummary(accountEdit);
     for (const propertyName in normalizedAccountEdit) {
       if (
-        normalizedAccountEdit[propertyName] === undefined ||
+        (normalizedAccountEdit[propertyName] === undefined &&
+          propertyName !== COMMENT_MODERATION_AUTHOR_SUMMARY_KEY) ||
         accountEditNonPropertyNames.has(propertyName)
       ) {
         continue;