diff --git a/apps/meteor/client/views/root/hooks/useLoadMissedMessages.ts b/apps/meteor/client/views/root/hooks/useLoadMissedMessages.ts
index 631a7c107e0a9..9578f57931673 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/client/views/root/hooks/useLoadMissedMessages.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/client/views/root/hooks/useLoadMissedMessages.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import { useConnectionStatus } from '@rocket.chat/ui-contexts';
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 
 import { LegacyRoomManager, upsertMessage } from '../../../../app/ui-utils/client';
-import { sdk } from '../../../../app/utils/client/lib/SDKClient';
-import { mapMessageFromApi } from '../../../lib/utils/mapMessageFromApi';
+import { callWithErrorHandling } from '../../../lib/utils/callWithErrorHandling';
 import { Messages, Subscriptions } from '../../../stores';
 
 /**
@@ -22,33 +21,15 @@ const loadMissedMessages = async (rid: IRoom['_id']): Promise<void> => {
 	}
 
 	try {
-		const { result } = await sdk.rest.get('/v1/chat.syncMessages', {
-			roomId: rid,
-			lastUpdate: lastMessage.ts.toISOString(),
-		});
-
-		if (result?.updated?.length) {
+		// TODO(ddp-removal): this should move to `/v1/chat.syncMessages` so reconnect
+		// also reconciles edits/deletions made while offline, but that endpoint queries
+		// by `_updatedAt` (+ trash collection) and is currently too slow for this path.
+		// Evaluate/optimize the query before migrating; for now keep the DDP method.
+		const result = await callWithErrorHandling('loadMissedMessages', rid, lastMessage.ts);
+		if (result) {
 			const subscription = Subscriptions.state.find((record) => record.rid === rid);
-			// `/v1/chat.syncMessages` returns everything changed since `lastUpdate` by
-			// `_updatedAt`, which includes edits to older messages. We only want to
-			// upsert messages that are genuinely new (created after our newest loaded
-			// message) or that are already loaded (so edits stay in sync), otherwise we
-			// would inject stale messages into the room history.
-			await Promise.all(
-				result.updated
-					.map(mapMessageFromApi)
-					.filter((msg) => msg.ts.getTime() > lastMessage.ts.getTime() || Messages.state.has(msg._id))
-					.map((msg) => upsertMessage({ msg, subscription })),
-			);
+			await Promise.all(Array.from(result).map((msg) => upsertMessage({ msg, subscription })));
 		}
-
-		// Drop messages that were deleted while the connection was down, but only if
-		// they are currently loaded.
-		result?.deleted?.forEach(({ _id }) => {
-			if (Messages.state.has(_id)) {
-				Messages.state.delete(_id);
-			}
-		});
 	} catch (error) {
 		console.error('Error loading missed messages:', error);
 	}
diff --git a/apps/meteor/server/methods/loadMissedMessages.ts b/apps/meteor/server/methods/loadMissedMessages.ts
index 30f45f5fcefca..4a4b535fec099 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/server/methods/loadMissedMessages.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/server/methods/loadMissedMessages.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { check } from 'meteor/check';
 import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
 
 import { canAccessRoomIdAsync } from '../../app/authorization/server/functions/canAccessRoom';
-import { methodDeprecationLogger } from '../../app/lib/server/lib/deprecationWarningLogger';
 
 declare module '@rocket.chat/ddp-client' {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ declare module '@rocket.chat/ddp-client' {
 
 Meteor.methods<ServerMethods>({
 	async loadMissedMessages(rid, start) {
-		methodDeprecationLogger.method('loadMissedMessages', '9.0.0', '/v1/chat.syncMessages');
 		check(rid, String);
 		check(start, Date);