diff --git a/frontend/src/components/document-read-only-page/document-infobar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/document-read-only-page/document-infobar.tsx
index d3822e5ad..aa49c4fe0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/document-read-only-page/document-infobar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/document-read-only-page/document-infobar.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { InternalLink } from '../common/links/internal-link'
 import { ShowIf } from '../common/show-if/show-if'
 import { NoteInfoLineCreated } from '../editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-created'
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
  */
 export const DocumentInfobar: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
-  const noteDetails = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails)
+  const noteDetails = useNoteDetails()
 
   // TODO Check permissions ("writability") of note and show edit link depending on that.
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/app-bar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/app-bar.tsx
index 40d45073c..eb6d8339c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/app-bar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/app-bar.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { useApplicationState } from '../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { NewNoteButton } from '../../common/new-note-button/new-note-button'
 import { ShowIf } from '../../common/show-if/show-if'
 import { SignInButton } from '../../landing-layout/navigation/sign-in-button'
@@ -34,17 +35,17 @@ export interface AppBarProps {
  */
 export const AppBar: React.FC<AppBarProps> = ({ mode }) => {
   const userExists = useApplicationState((state) => !!state.user)
-  const noteFrontmatter = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatter)
+  const noteFrontmatter = useNoteDetails()
 
   return (
     <Navbar expand={true} className={'bg-light px-3'}>
       <Nav className='me-auto d-flex align-items-center'>
         <NavbarBranding />
         <ShowIf condition={mode === AppBarMode.EDITOR}>
-          <ShowIf condition={noteFrontmatter.type === NoteType.SLIDE}>
+          <ShowIf condition={noteFrontmatter.frontmatter.type === NoteType.SLIDE}>
             <SlideModeButton />
           </ShowIf>
-          <ShowIf condition={noteFrontmatter.type !== NoteType.SLIDE}>
+          <ShowIf condition={noteFrontmatter.frontmatter.type !== NoteType.SLIDE}>
             <ReadOnlyModeButton />
           </ShowIf>
           <HelpButton />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/read-only-mode-button.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/read-only-mode-button.tsx
index be34eb4a9..fdd5c935d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/read-only-mode-button.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/read-only-mode-button.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { UiIcon } from '../../common/icons/ui-icon'
 import Link from 'next/link'
 import React from 'react'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
  */
 export const ReadOnlyModeButton: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
-  const noteIdentifier = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteIdentifier = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
 
   return (
     <Link href={`/s/${noteIdentifier}`} target='_blank'>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/slide-mode-button.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/slide-mode-button.tsx
index 4e5d43291..ee2c2a4f1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/slide-mode-button.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/app-bar/slide-mode-button.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { UiIcon } from '../../common/icons/ui-icon'
 import Link from 'next/link'
 import React from 'react'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
  */
 export const SlideModeButton: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
-  const noteIdentifier = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteIdentifier = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
 
   return (
     <Link href={`/p/${noteIdentifier}`} target='_blank'>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/aliases/aliases-add-form.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/aliases/aliases-add-form.tsx
index 04c4b36bc..991dd5c75 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/aliases/aliases-add-form.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/aliases/aliases-add-form.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { addAlias } from '../../../../api/alias'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
 import { useIsOwner } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-is-owner'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { useOnInputChange } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-on-input-change'
 import { updateMetadata } from '../../../../redux/note-details/methods'
 import { testId } from '../../../../utils/test-id'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const validAliasRegex = /^[a-z0-9_-]*$/
 export const AliasesAddForm: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { showErrorNotification } = useUiNotifications()
-  const noteId = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.id)
+  const noteId = useNoteDetails().id
   const isOwner = useIsOwner()
   const [newAlias, setNewAlias] = useState('')
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/aliases/aliases-list.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/aliases/aliases-list.tsx
index 284d9513c..48b9dc822 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/aliases/aliases-list.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/aliases/aliases-list.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
-import type { ApplicationState } from '../../../../redux/application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { AliasesListEntry } from './aliases-list-entry'
 import React, { Fragment, useMemo } from 'react'
 
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ import React, { Fragment, useMemo } from 'react'
  * Renders the list of aliases.
  */
 export const AliasesList: React.FC = () => {
-  const aliases = useApplicationState((state: ApplicationState) => state.noteDetails.aliases)
+  const aliases = useNoteDetails().aliases
 
   const aliasesDom = useMemo(() => {
     return aliases
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-contributors.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-contributors.tsx
index f0bc8b0a0..2ace6466b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-contributors.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-contributors.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { NoteInfoLine } from './note-info-line'
 import { UnitalicBoldContent } from './unitalic-bold-content'
 import React from 'react'
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { Trans } from 'react-i18next'
  * Renders an info line about the number of contributors for the note.
  */
 export const NoteInfoLineContributors: React.FC = () => {
-  const contributors = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.editedBy.length)
+  const contributors = useNoteDetails().editedBy.length
 
   return (
     <NoteInfoLine icon={IconPeople} size={2}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-created.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-created.tsx
index 3f356e1c8..793d11427 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-created.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-created.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { NoteInfoLine } from './note-info-line'
 import type { NoteInfoTimeLineProps } from './note-info-time-line'
 import { UnitalicBoldTimeFromNow } from './utils/unitalic-bold-time-from-now'
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Trans } from 'react-i18next'
  * @param size The size in which the line should be displayed.
  */
 export const NoteInfoLineCreated: React.FC<NoteInfoTimeLineProps> = ({ size }) => {
-  const noteCreateTime = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.createdAt)
+  const noteCreateTime = useNoteDetails().createdAt
   const noteCreateDateTime = useMemo(() => DateTime.fromSeconds(noteCreateTime), [noteCreateTime])
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-updated.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-updated.tsx
index fe8d863e9..1885d5be7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-updated.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/note-info/note-info-line-updated.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { UserAvatarForUsername } from '../../../common/user-avatar/user-avatar-for-username'
 import { NoteInfoLine } from './note-info-line'
 import type { NoteInfoTimeLineProps } from './note-info-time-line'
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
  */
 export const NoteInfoLineUpdated: React.FC<NoteInfoTimeLineProps> = ({ size }) => {
   useTranslation()
-  const noteUpdateTime = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.updatedAt)
+  const noteUpdateTime = useNoteDetails().updatedAt
   const noteUpdateDateTime = useMemo(() => DateTime.fromSeconds(noteUpdateTime), [noteUpdateTime])
-  const noteUpdateUser = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.updateUsername)
+  const noteUpdateUser = useNoteDetails().updateUsername
 
   const userBlock = useMemo(() => {
     if (!noteUpdateUser) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-entry-special-group.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-entry-special-group.tsx
index 68ac37a48..c951c58a7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-entry-special-group.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-entry-special-group.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { removeGroupPermission, setGroupPermission } from '../../../../api/permissions'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { setNotePermissionsFromServer } from '../../../../redux/note-details/methods'
 import { IconButton } from '../../../common/icon-button/icon-button'
 import { useUiNotifications } from '../../../notifications/ui-notification-boundary'
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import type { PermissionDisabledProps } from './permission-disabled.prop'
 import { AccessLevel, SpecialGroup } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react'
 import { ToggleButtonGroup } from 'react-bootstrap'
-import { Eye as IconEye } from 'react-bootstrap-icons'
-import { Pencil as IconPencil } from 'react-bootstrap-icons'
-import { SlashCircle as IconSlashCircle } from 'react-bootstrap-icons'
+import { Eye as IconEye, Pencil as IconPencil, SlashCircle as IconSlashCircle } from 'react-bootstrap-icons'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
 export interface PermissionEntrySpecialGroupProps {
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ export const PermissionEntrySpecialGroup: React.FC<PermissionEntrySpecialGroupPr
   type,
   disabled
 }) => {
-  const noteId = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteId = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { showErrorNotification } = useUiNotifications()
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-entry-user.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-entry-user.tsx
index c4aa58061..3ac816347 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-entry-user.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-entry-user.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 import { removeUserPermission, setUserPermission } from '../../../../api/permissions'
 import { getUser } from '../../../../api/users'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { setNotePermissionsFromServer } from '../../../../redux/note-details/methods'
 import { ShowIf } from '../../../common/show-if/show-if'
 import { UserAvatarForUser } from '../../../common/user-avatar/user-avatar-for-user'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const PermissionEntryUser: React.FC<PermissionEntryUserProps & Permission
   entry,
   disabled
 }) => {
-  const noteId = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteId = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
   const { showErrorNotification } = useUiNotifications()
 
   const onRemoveEntry = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-owner-info.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-owner-info.tsx
index 0d4047520..52b4fec08 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-owner-info.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-owner-info.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { UiIcon } from '../../../common/icons/ui-icon'
 import { UserAvatarForUsername } from '../../../common/user-avatar/user-avatar-for-username'
 import type { PermissionDisabledProps } from './permission-disabled.prop'
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const PermissionOwnerInfo: React.FC<PermissionOwnerInfoProps & Permission
   disabled
 }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
-  const noteOwner = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.permissions.owner)
+  const noteOwner = useNoteDetails().permissions.owner
 
   return (
     <Fragment>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-owner.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-owner.tsx
index 2a1685d93..c813a7e8b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-owner.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-owner.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { setNoteOwner } from '../../../../api/permissions'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { setNotePermissionsFromServer } from '../../../../redux/note-details/methods'
 import { useUiNotifications } from '../../../notifications/ui-notification-boundary'
 import type { PermissionDisabledProps } from './permission-disabled.prop'
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { Trans } from 'react-i18next'
  * @param disabled If the user is not the owner, functionality is disabled.
  */
 export const PermissionSectionOwner: React.FC<PermissionDisabledProps> = ({ disabled }) => {
-  const noteId = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteId = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
   const [changeOwner, setChangeOwner] = useState(false)
   const { showErrorNotification } = useUiNotifications()
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-special-groups.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-special-groups.tsx
index 898692bde..db95bcfd3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-special-groups.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-special-groups.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
 import { useIsOwner } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-is-owner'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import type { PermissionDisabledProps } from './permission-disabled.prop'
 import { PermissionEntrySpecialGroup } from './permission-entry-special-group'
 import { AccessLevel, SpecialGroup } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
  */
 export const PermissionSectionSpecialGroups: React.FC<PermissionDisabledProps> = ({ disabled }) => {
   useTranslation()
-  const groupPermissions = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.permissions.sharedToGroups)
+  const groupPermissions = useNoteDetails().permissions.sharedToGroups
   const isOwner = useIsOwner()
 
   const specialGroupEntries = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-users.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-users.tsx
index 18ce6a360..f226d3d93 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-users.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/permissions/permission-section-users.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { setUserPermission } from '../../../../api/permissions'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { setNotePermissionsFromServer } from '../../../../redux/note-details/methods'
 import { useUiNotifications } from '../../../notifications/ui-notification-boundary'
 import { PermissionAddEntryField } from './permission-add-entry-field'
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
  */
 export const PermissionSectionUsers: React.FC<PermissionDisabledProps> = ({ disabled }) => {
   useTranslation()
-  const userPermissions = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.permissions.sharedToUsers)
-  const noteId = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const userPermissions = useNoteDetails().permissions.sharedToUsers
+  const noteId = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
   const { showErrorNotification } = useUiNotifications()
 
   const userEntries = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-list.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-list.tsx
index ace3a2926..aa72a8a4e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-list.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-list.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { getAllRevisions } from '../../../../api/revisions'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { AsyncLoadingBoundary } from '../../../common/async-loading-boundary/async-loading-boundary'
 import { RevisionListEntry } from './revision-list-entry'
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon'
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface RevisionListProps {
  * @param onRevisionSelect Callback that is executed when a list entry is selected
  */
 export const RevisionList: React.FC<RevisionListProps> = ({ selectedRevisionId, onRevisionSelect }) => {
-  const noteIdentifier = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteIdentifier = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
 
   const {
     value: revisions,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-modal-footer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-modal-footer.tsx
index 77950e0ce..1348cc68b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-modal-footer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-modal-footer.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { getRevision } from '../../../../api/revisions'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import type { ModalVisibilityProps } from '../../../common/modals/common-modal'
 import { useUiNotifications } from '../../../notifications/ui-notification-boundary'
 import { downloadRevision } from './utils'
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const RevisionModalFooter: React.FC<RevisionModalFooterProps & Pick<Modal
   onHide
 }) => {
   useTranslation()
-  const noteIdentifier = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteIdentifier = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
   const { showErrorNotification } = useUiNotifications()
 
   const onRevertToRevision = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-viewer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-viewer.tsx
index f3fed0d1f..6eaa04ac7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-viewer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/revisions/revision-viewer.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { getRevision } from '../../../../api/revisions'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
 import { useDarkModeState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-dark-mode-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { AsyncLoadingBoundary } from '../../../common/async-loading-boundary/async-loading-boundary'
 import { invertUnifiedPatch } from './invert-unified-patch'
 import { Optional } from '@mrdrogdrog/optional'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface RevisionViewerProps {
  * @param allRevisions List of metadata for all available revisions.
  */
 export const RevisionViewer: React.FC<RevisionViewerProps> = ({ selectedRevisionId }) => {
-  const noteIdentifier = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteIdentifier = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
   const darkModeEnabled = useDarkModeState()
 
   const { value, error, loading } = useAsync(async () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/share/note-url-field.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/share/note-url-field.tsx
index 01e6efb04..0aeefe8a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/share/note-url-field.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/share/note-url-field.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
 import { useBaseUrl } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-base-url'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { CopyableField } from '../../../common/copyable/copyable-field/copyable-field'
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface LinkFieldProps {
  */
 export const NoteUrlField: React.FC<LinkFieldProps> = ({ type }) => {
   const baseUrl = useBaseUrl()
-  const noteIdentifier = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.primaryAddress)
+  const noteIdentifier = useNoteDetails().primaryAddress
 
   const url = useMemo(() => {
     const url = new URL(baseUrl)
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/share/share-modal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/share/share-modal.tsx
index 5912cf482..02187f544 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/share/share-modal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/document-bar/share/share-modal.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import type { ModalVisibilityProps } from '../../../common/modals/common-modal'
 import { CommonModal } from '../../../common/modals/common-modal'
 import { ShowIf } from '../../../common/show-if/show-if'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
  */
 export const ShareModal: React.FC<ModalVisibilityProps> = ({ show, onHide }) => {
   useTranslation()
-  const noteFrontmatter = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatter)
+  const noteFrontmatter = useNoteDetails().frontmatter
 
   return (
     <CommonModal show={show} onHide={onHide} showCloseButton={true} titleI18nKey={'editor.modal.shareLink.title'}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/editor-document-renderer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/editor-document-renderer.tsx
index b620a8475..c834dc565 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/editor-document-renderer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/editor-document-renderer.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { useTrimmedNoteMarkdownContentWithoutFrontmatter } from '../../../hooks/common/use-trimmed-note-markdown-content-without-frontmatter'
 import { setRendererStatus } from '../../../redux/renderer-status/methods'
 import { RendererType } from '../../render-page/window-post-message-communicator/rendering-message'
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export type EditorDocumentRendererProps = Omit<
  */
 export const EditorDocumentRenderer: React.FC<EditorDocumentRendererProps> = ({ scrollState, onScroll, ...props }) => {
   const trimmedContentLines = useTrimmedNoteMarkdownContentWithoutFrontmatter()
-  const noteType: NoteType = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatter.type)
+  const noteType: NoteType = useNoteDetails().frontmatter.type
   const adjustedOnScroll = useOnScrollWithLineOffset(onScroll)
   const adjustedScrollState = useScrollStateWithoutLineOffset(scrollState)
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/hooks/use-on-scroll-with-line-offset.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/hooks/use-on-scroll-with-line-offset.ts
index a86ebacc1..91f2055ab 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/hooks/use-on-scroll-with-line-offset.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/hooks/use-on-scroll-with-line-offset.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { getGlobalState } from '../../../../redux'
-import type { ScrollState } from '../../synced-scroll/scroll-props'
-import type { ScrollCallback } from '../../synced-scroll/scroll-props'
+import type { ScrollCallback, ScrollState } from '../../synced-scroll/scroll-props'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
 /**
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ export const useOnScrollWithLineOffset = (onScroll: ScrollCallback | undefined):
       return (scrollState: ScrollState) => {
         onScroll({
           firstLineInView:
-            scrollState.firstLineInView + getGlobalState().noteDetails.frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset,
+            scrollState.firstLineInView + (getGlobalState().noteDetails?.frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset ?? 0),
           scrolledPercentage: scrollState.scrolledPercentage
         })
       }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/hooks/use-scroll-state-without-line-offset.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/hooks/use-scroll-state-without-line-offset.ts
index d9f192773..3aadb0a69 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/hooks/use-scroll-state-without-line-offset.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-document-renderer/hooks/use-scroll-state-without-line-offset.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import type { ScrollState } from '../../synced-scroll/scroll-props'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react'
  * @return the adjusted scroll state without the line offset
  */
 export const useScrollStateWithoutLineOffset = (scrollState: ScrollState | undefined): ScrollState | undefined => {
-  const lineOffset = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset)
+  const lineOffset = useNoteDetails().frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset
   return useMemo(() => {
     return scrollState === undefined
       ? undefined
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/image-upload-from-renderer/use-on-image-upload-from-renderer.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/image-upload-from-renderer/use-on-image-upload-from-renderer.ts
index a4d4c35c0..b3d7d697c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/image-upload-from-renderer/use-on-image-upload-from-renderer.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/image-upload-from-renderer/use-on-image-upload-from-renderer.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const useOnImageUploadFromRenderer = (): void => {
             const file = new File([blob], fileName, { type: blob.type })
             const { cursorSelection, alt, title } = Optional.ofNullable(lineIndex)
               .flatMap((actualLineIndex) => {
-                const lineOffset = getGlobalState().noteDetails.frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset
+                const lineOffset = getGlobalState().noteDetails?.frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset ?? 0
                 return findPlaceholderInMarkdownContent(actualLineIndex + lineOffset, placeholderIndexInLine)
               })
               .orElse({} as ExtractResult)
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ export interface ExtractResult {
  */
 const findPlaceholderInMarkdownContent = (lineIndex: number, replacementIndexInLine = 0): Optional<ExtractResult> => {
   const noteDetails = getGlobalState().noteDetails
+  if (noteDetails === null) {
+    throw new Error('no note details')
+  }
   const currentMarkdownContentLines = noteDetails.markdownContent.lines
   return Optional.ofNullable(noteDetails.markdownContent.lineStartIndexes[lineIndex]).map((startIndexOfLine) =>
     findImagePlaceholderInLine(currentMarkdownContentLines[lineIndex], startIndexOfLine, replacementIndexInLine)
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/use-handle-upload.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/use-handle-upload.tsx
index 8e2839938..b3ba9f6b8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/use-handle-upload.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/use-handle-upload.tsx
@@ -50,11 +50,14 @@ export const useHandleUpload = (): handleUploadSignature => {
         : t('editor.upload.uploadFile.withoutDescription', { fileName: file.name })
 
       const uploadPlaceholder = `![${uploadFileInfo}](upload-${randomId}${additionalUrlText ?? ''})`
-      const noteId = getGlobalState().noteDetails.id
+      const noteDetails = getGlobalState().noteDetails
+      if (noteDetails === null) {
+        throw new Error('no note details')
+      }
       changeContent(({ currentSelection }) => {
         return replaceSelection(cursorSelection ?? currentSelection, uploadPlaceholder, false)
       })
-      uploadFile(noteId, file)
+      uploadFile(noteDetails.id, file)
         .then(({ url }) => {
           const replacement = `![${description ?? file.name ?? ''}](${url}${additionalUrlText ?? ''})`
           changeContent(({ markdownContent }) => [
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/use-line-based-position.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/use-line-based-position.ts
index cd8815e36..f9e71e9d8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/use-line-based-position.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/use-line-based-position.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
 export interface LineBasedPosition {
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ const calculateLineBasedPosition = (absolutePosition: number, lineStartIndexes:
  * Returns the line+character based position of the to-cursor, if available.
  */
 export const useLineBasedToPosition = (): LineBasedPosition | undefined => {
-  const lineStartIndexes = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.markdownContent.lineStartIndexes)
-  const selection = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.selection)
+  const lineStartIndexes = useNoteDetails().markdownContent.lineStartIndexes
+  const selection = useNoteDetails().selection
 
   return useMemo(() => {
     const to = selection.to
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export const useLineBasedToPosition = (): LineBasedPosition | undefined => {
  * Returns the line+character based position of the from-cursor.
  */
 export const useLineBasedFromPosition = (): LineBasedPosition => {
-  const lineStartIndexes = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.markdownContent.lineStartIndexes)
-  const selection = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.selection)
+  const lineStartIndexes = useNoteDetails().markdownContent.lineStartIndexes
+  const selection = useNoteDetails().selection
 
   return useMemo(() => {
     return calculateLineBasedPosition(selection.from, lineStartIndexes)
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-on-note-deleted.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-on-note-deleted.ts
index 992801c9f..bc3d4ebe3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-on-note-deleted.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-on-note-deleted.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { Logger } from '../../../../../utils/logger'
 import { useUiNotifications } from '../../../../notifications/ui-notification-boundary'
 import type { MessageTransporter } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const logger = new Logger('UseOnNoteDeleted')
  */
 export const useOnNoteDeleted = (websocketConnection: MessageTransporter): void => {
   const router = useRouter()
-  const noteTitle = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.title)
+  const noteTitle = useNoteDetails().title
   const { dispatchUiNotification } = useUiNotifications()
 
   const noteDeletedHandler = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-realtime-connection.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-realtime-connection.ts
index dacdd29c6..77c8e2a5c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-realtime-connection.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-realtime-connection.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const useRealtimeConnection = (): MessageTransporter => {
   const messageTransporter = useMemo(() => {
     if (isMockMode) {
       logger.debug('Creating Loopback connection...')
-      return new MockedBackendMessageTransporter(getGlobalState().noteDetails.markdownContent.plain)
+      return new MockedBackendMessageTransporter(getGlobalState().noteDetails?.markdownContent.plain ?? '')
     } else {
       logger.debug('Creating Websocket connection...')
       return new WebsocketTransporter()
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-websocket-url.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-websocket-url.ts
index 3083a85c2..74927c7ff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-websocket-url.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/hooks/yjs/use-websocket-url.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
 import { useBaseUrl } from '../../../../../hooks/common/use-base-url'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { isMockMode } from '../../../../../utils/test-modes'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const LOCAL_FALLBACK_URL = 'ws://localhost:8080/realtime/'
  * Provides the URL for the realtime endpoint.
  */
 export const useWebsocketUrl = (): URL | undefined => {
-  const noteId = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.id)
+  const noteId = useNoteDetails().id
   const baseUrl = useBaseUrl()
 
   const websocketUrl = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/number-of-lines-in-document-info.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/number-of-lines-in-document-info.tsx
index f5e323a05..d08723bc1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/number-of-lines-in-document-info.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/number-of-lines-in-document-info.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 export const NumberOfLinesInDocumentInfo: React.FC = () => {
   useTranslation()
 
-  const linesInDocument = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.markdownContent.lines.length)
+  const linesInDocument = useNoteDetails().markdownContent.lines.length
   const translationOptions = useMemo(() => ({ lines: linesInDocument }), [linesInDocument])
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/remaining-characters-info.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/remaining-characters-info.tsx
index 7aff674a5..7cae25023 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/remaining-characters-info.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/remaining-characters-info.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { cypressId } from '../../../../utils/cypress-attribute'
 import { useFrontendConfig } from '../../../common/frontend-config-context/use-frontend-config'
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const RemainingCharactersInfo: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
 
   const maxDocumentLength = useFrontendConfig().maxDocumentLength
-  const contentLength = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.markdownContent.plain.length)
+  const contentLength = useNoteDetails().markdownContent.plain.length
   const remainingCharacters = useMemo(() => maxDocumentLength - contentLength, [contentLength, maxDocumentLength])
 
   const remainingCharactersClass = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/selected-characters.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/selected-characters.tsx
index d2e9f3626..b5db34659 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/selected-characters.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/status-bar/selected-characters.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { SeparatorDash } from './separator-dash'
 import React, { Fragment, useMemo } from 'react'
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 export const SelectedCharacters: React.FC = () => {
   useTranslation()
 
-  const selection = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.selection)
+  const selection = useNoteDetails().selection
   const count = useMemo(
     () => (selection.to === undefined ? undefined : selection.to - selection.from),
     [selection.from, selection.to]
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/head-meta-properties/license-link-head.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/head-meta-properties/license-link-head.tsx
index ac2f34035..4b47578df 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/head-meta-properties/license-link-head.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/head-meta-properties/license-link-head.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import Head from 'next/head'
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
  * Renders the license link tag if a license is set in the frontmatter.
  */
 export const LicenseLinkHead: React.FC = () => {
-  const license = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatter.license)
+  const license = useNoteDetails().frontmatter.license
 
   const optionalLinkElement = useMemo(() => {
     if (!license || license.trim() === '') {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/head-meta-properties/opengraph-head.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/head-meta-properties/opengraph-head.tsx
index b2f840b46..ed34c7763 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/head-meta-properties/opengraph-head.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/head-meta-properties/opengraph-head.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { useNoteTitle } from '../../../hooks/common/use-note-title'
 import Head from 'next/head'
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
  */
 export const OpengraphHead: React.FC = () => {
   const noteTitle = useNoteTitle()
-  const openGraphData = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatter.opengraph)
+  const openGraphData = useNoteDetails().frontmatter.opengraph
   const openGraphMetaElements = useMemo(() => {
     const elements = Object.entries(openGraphData)
       .filter(([, value]) => value && String(value).trim() !== '')
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/hooks/use-update-local-history-entry.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/hooks/use-update-local-history-entry.ts
index a69585eac..8f8c499ee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/hooks/use-update-local-history-entry.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/hooks/use-update-local-history-entry.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import type { HistoryEntryWithOrigin } from '../../../api/history/types'
 import { HistoryEntryOrigin } from '../../../api/history/types'
 import { useApplicationState } from '../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { getGlobalState } from '../../../redux'
 import { updateLocalHistoryEntry } from '../../../redux/history/methods'
 import equal from 'fast-deep-equal'
@@ -16,10 +17,10 @@ import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
  * The entry is updated when the title or tags of the note change.
  */
 export const useUpdateLocalHistoryEntry = (): void => {
-  const id = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.id)
+  const id = useNoteDetails().id
   const userExists = useApplicationState((state) => !!state.user)
-  const currentNoteTitle = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.title)
-  const currentNoteTags = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatter.tags)
+  const currentNoteTitle = useNoteDetails().title
+  const currentNoteTags = useNoteDetails().frontmatter.tags
 
   const lastNoteTitle = useRef('')
   const lastNoteTags = useRef<string[]>([])
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/renderer-pane/hooks/use-send-additional-configuration-to-renderer.ts b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/renderer-pane/hooks/use-send-additional-configuration-to-renderer.ts
index 58fb103a0..efa6cb3aa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/renderer-pane/hooks/use-send-additional-configuration-to-renderer.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/renderer-pane/hooks/use-send-additional-configuration-to-renderer.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { DarkModePreference } from '../../../../redux/dark-mode/types'
 import { useSendToRenderer } from '../../../render-page/window-post-message-communicator/hooks/use-send-to-renderer'
 import { CommunicationMessageType } from '../../../render-page/window-post-message-communicator/rendering-message'
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export const useSendAdditionalConfigurationToRenderer = (
   forcedDarkMode: DarkModePreference = DarkModePreference.AUTO
 ): void => {
   const darkModePreference = useApplicationState((state) => state.darkMode.darkModePreference)
-  const newlinesAreBreaks = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatter.newlinesAreBreaks)
+  const newlinesAreBreaks = useNoteDetails().frontmatter.newlinesAreBreaks
 
   const darkMode = useMemo(() => {
     return forcedDarkMode === DarkModePreference.AUTO ? darkModePreference : forcedDarkMode
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/delete-note-sidebar-entry/delete-note-modal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/delete-note-sidebar-entry/delete-note-modal.tsx
index 0f3305a08..0559fe14e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/delete-note-sidebar-entry/delete-note-modal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/delete-note-sidebar-entry/delete-note-modal.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { cypressId } from '../../../../utils/cypress-attribute'
 import type { ModalVisibilityProps } from '../../../common/modals/common-modal'
 import { DeletionModal } from '../../../common/modals/deletion-modal'
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export const DeleteNoteModal: React.FC<DeleteNoteModalProps & DeleteHistoryNoteM
   modalWarningI18nKey,
   modalButtonI18nKey
 }) => {
-  const noteTitle = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.title)
+  const noteTitle = useNoteDetails().title
 
   return (
     <DeletionModal
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/delete-note-sidebar-entry/delete-note-sidebar-entry.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/delete-note-sidebar-entry/delete-note-sidebar-entry.tsx
index 9e8484762..712a33a9b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/delete-note-sidebar-entry/delete-note-sidebar-entry.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/delete-note-sidebar-entry/delete-note-sidebar-entry.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { deleteNote } from '../../../../api/notes'
-import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
 import { useBooleanState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-boolean-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { cypressId } from '../../../../utils/cypress-attribute'
 import { Logger } from '../../../../utils/logger'
 import { useUiNotifications } from '../../../notifications/ui-notification-boundary'
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const logger = new Logger('note-deletion')
 export const DeleteNoteSidebarEntry: React.FC<PropsWithChildren<SpecificSidebarEntryProps>> = ({ hide, className }) => {
   useTranslation()
   const router = useRouter()
-  const noteId = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.id)
+  const noteId = useNoteDetails().id
   const [modalVisibility, showModal, closeModal] = useBooleanState()
   const { showErrorNotification } = useUiNotifications()
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/specific-sidebar-entries/export-markdown-sidebar-entry.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/specific-sidebar-entries/export-markdown-sidebar-entry.tsx
index 45aab361a..afca7088a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/specific-sidebar-entries/export-markdown-sidebar-entry.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/specific-sidebar-entries/export-markdown-sidebar-entry.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ export const ExportMarkdownSidebarEntry: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const markdownContent = useNoteMarkdownContent()
   const onClick = useCallback(() => {
-    const sanitized = sanitize(getGlobalState().noteDetails.title)
+    const noteDetails = getGlobalState().noteDetails
+    if (noteDetails === null) {
+      throw new Error('no note details!')
+    }
+    const sanitized = sanitize(noteDetails.title)
     download(markdownContent, `${sanitized !== '' ? sanitized : t('editor.untitledNote')}.md`, 'text/markdown')
   }, [markdownContent, t])
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/specific-sidebar-entries/pin-note-sidebar-entry.tsx b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/specific-sidebar-entries/pin-note-sidebar-entry.tsx
index b2f1416b0..53c984091 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/specific-sidebar-entries/pin-note-sidebar-entry.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/editor-page/sidebar/specific-sidebar-entries/pin-note-sidebar-entry.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { useApplicationState } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { toggleHistoryEntryPinning } from '../../../../redux/history/methods'
 import { useUiNotifications } from '../../../notifications/ui-notification-boundary'
 import { SidebarButton } from '../sidebar-button/sidebar-button'
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
  */
 export const PinNoteSidebarEntry: React.FC<SpecificSidebarEntryProps> = ({ className, hide }) => {
   useTranslation()
-  const id = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.id)
+  const id = useNoteDetails().id
   const history = useApplicationState((state) => state.history)
   const { showErrorNotification } = useUiNotifications()
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/slide-show-page/slide-show-page-content.tsx b/frontend/src/components/slide-show-page/slide-show-page-content.tsx
index 0235f2c5d..5368b64d9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/slide-show-page/slide-show-page-content.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/slide-show-page/slide-show-page-content.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { useApplicationState } from '../../hooks/common/use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from '../../hooks/common/use-note-details'
 import { useTrimmedNoteMarkdownContentWithoutFrontmatter } from '../../hooks/common/use-trimmed-note-markdown-content-without-frontmatter'
 import { setRendererStatus } from '../../redux/renderer-status/methods'
 import { RenderIframe } from '../editor-page/renderer-pane/render-iframe'
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ export const SlideShowPageContent: React.FC = () => {
   const markdownContentLines = useTrimmedNoteMarkdownContentWithoutFrontmatter()
   useTranslation()
 
-  const slideOptions = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatter.slideOptions)
+  const slideOptions = useNoteDetails().frontmatter.slideOptions
   const rendererReady = useApplicationState((state) => state.rendererStatus.rendererReady)
   useSendToRenderer(
     useMemo(
diff --git a/frontend/src/extensions/essential-app-extensions/task-list/set-checkbox-in-editor.tsx b/frontend/src/extensions/essential-app-extensions/task-list/set-checkbox-in-editor.tsx
index 92b4e96a3..1a2d117fc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/extensions/essential-app-extensions/task-list/set-checkbox-in-editor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/extensions/essential-app-extensions/task-list/set-checkbox-in-editor.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { useChangeEditorContentCallback } from '../../../components/editor-page/change-content-context/use-change-editor-content-callback'
 import type { ContentEdits } from '../../../components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/formatters/types/changes'
 import { useExtensionEventEmitterHandler } from '../../../components/markdown-renderer/hooks/use-extension-event-emitter'
-import { store } from '../../../redux'
+import { getGlobalState } from '../../../redux'
 import { createCheckboxContent } from './create-checkbox-content'
 import type { TaskCheckedEventPayload } from './event-emitting-task-list-checkbox'
 import { findCheckBox } from './find-check-box'
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ export const useSetCheckboxInEditor = () => {
   return useCallback(
     ({ lineInMarkdown, newCheckedState }: TaskCheckedEventPayload): void => {
       changeEditorContent?.(({ markdownContent }) => {
-        const correctedLineIndex = lineInMarkdown + store.getState().noteDetails.frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset
+        const noteDetails = getGlobalState().noteDetails
+        if (noteDetails === null) {
+          throw new Error('no note details!')
+        }
+        const correctedLineIndex = lineInMarkdown + noteDetails.frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset
         const edits = findCheckBox(markdownContent, correctedLineIndex)
           .map(([startIndex, endIndex]) => createCheckboxContentEdit(startIndex, endIndex, newCheckedState))
           .orElse([])
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-is-owner.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-is-owner.ts
index bfa209cb1..f67e26aff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-is-owner.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-is-owner.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { useApplicationState } from './use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from './use-note-details'
 import type { NotePermissions } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 import { userIsOwner } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react'
  */
 export const useIsOwner = (): boolean => {
   const me: string | undefined = useApplicationState((state) => state.user?.username)
-  const permissions: NotePermissions = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.permissions)
+  const permissions: NotePermissions = useNoteDetails().permissions
 
   return useMemo(() => userIsOwner(permissions, me), [permissions, me])
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-may-edit.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-may-edit.ts
index 756d2fe47..a4b1eb2d4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-may-edit.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-may-edit.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { useApplicationState } from './use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from './use-note-details'
 import type { NotePermissions } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 import { userCanEdit } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react'
  */
 export const useMayEdit = (): boolean => {
   const me: string | undefined = useApplicationState((state) => state.user?.username)
-  const permissions: NotePermissions = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.permissions)
+  const permissions: NotePermissions = useNoteDetails().permissions
 
   return useMemo(() => userCanEdit(permissions, me), [permissions, me])
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-details.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-details.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89550781b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-details.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import type { NoteDetails } from '../../redux/note-details/types/note-details'
+import { useApplicationState } from './use-application-state'
+
+export const useNoteDetails = (): NoteDetails => {
+  const noteDetails = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails)
+
+  if (noteDetails === null) {
+    throw new Error('No note details in global application state!')
+  }
+
+  return noteDetails
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-markdown-content.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-markdown-content.ts
index ae7945582..9e9f0ba58 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-markdown-content.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-markdown-content.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from './use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from './use-note-details'
 
 /**
  * Extracts the markdown content of the current note from the global application state.
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ import { useApplicationState } from './use-application-state'
  * @return The markdown content of the note
  */
 export const useNoteMarkdownContent = (): string => {
-  return useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.markdownContent.plain)
+  return useNoteDetails().markdownContent.plain
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-title.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-title.ts
index 7f184825a..3a446d4f8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-title.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-note-title.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import { useApplicationState } from './use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from './use-note-details'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 export const useNoteTitle = (): string => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const untitledNote = useMemo(() => t('editor.untitledNote'), [t])
-  const noteTitle = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.title)
+  const noteTitle = useNoteDetails().title
 
   return useMemo(() => (noteTitle === '' ? untitledNote : noteTitle), [noteTitle, untitledNote])
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-trimmed-note-markdown-content-without-frontmatter.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-trimmed-note-markdown-content-without-frontmatter.ts
index b38566126..e6969bea4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-trimmed-note-markdown-content-without-frontmatter.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/common/use-trimmed-note-markdown-content-without-frontmatter.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { useFrontendConfig } from '../../components/common/frontend-config-context/use-frontend-config'
-import { useApplicationState } from './use-application-state'
+import { useNoteDetails } from './use-note-details'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
 /**
@@ -14,19 +14,17 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react'
  */
 export const useTrimmedNoteMarkdownContentWithoutFrontmatter = (): string[] => {
   const maxLength = useFrontendConfig().maxDocumentLength
-  const markdownContent = useApplicationState((state) => ({
-    lines: state.noteDetails.markdownContent.lines,
-    content: state.noteDetails.markdownContent.plain
-  }))
-  const lineOffset = useApplicationState((state) => state.noteDetails.frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset)
+  const lines = useNoteDetails().markdownContent.lines
+  const content = useNoteDetails().markdownContent.plain
+  const lineOffset = useNoteDetails().frontmatterRendererInfo.lineOffset
 
   const trimmedLines = useMemo(() => {
-    if (markdownContent.content.length > maxLength) {
-      return markdownContent.content.slice(0, maxLength).split('\n')
+    if (content.length > maxLength) {
+      return content.slice(0, maxLength).split('\n')
     } else {
-      return markdownContent.lines
+      return lines
     }
-  }, [markdownContent, maxLength])
+  }, [content, lines, maxLength])
 
   return useMemo(() => {
     return trimmedLines.slice(lineOffset)
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/application-state.d.ts b/frontend/src/redux/application-state.d.ts
index 1861375a5..c0e788371 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/application-state.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/application-state.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import type { HistoryEntryWithOrigin } from '../api/history/types'
 import type { DarkModeConfig } from './dark-mode/types'
 import type { EditorConfig } from './editor/types'
-import type { NoteDetails } from './note-details/types/note-details'
+import type { OptionalNoteDetails } from './note-details/types'
 import type { RealtimeStatus } from './realtime/types'
 import type { RendererStatus } from './renderer-status/types'
 import type { OptionalUserState } from './user/types'
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface ApplicationState {
   history: HistoryEntryWithOrigin[]
   editorConfig: EditorConfig
   darkMode: DarkModeConfig
-  noteDetails: NoteDetails
+  noteDetails: OptionalNoteDetails
   rendererStatus: RendererStatus
   realtimeStatus: RealtimeStatus
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/build-state-from-updated-markdown-content.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/build-state-from-updated-markdown-content.ts
index 347c10cff..f97ddf2f2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/build-state-from-updated-markdown-content.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/build-state-from-updated-markdown-content.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { calculateLineStartIndexes } from './calculate-line-start-indexes'
 import { initialState } from './initial-state'
 import { createNoteFrontmatterFromYaml } from './raw-note-frontmatter-parser/parser'
+import type { OptionalNoteDetails } from './types'
 import type { NoteDetails } from './types/note-details'
 import { extractFrontmatter, generateNoteTitle } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 import type { PresentFrontmatterExtractionResult } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
@@ -16,7 +17,13 @@ import type { PresentFrontmatterExtractionResult } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
  * @param markdownContent The new note markdown content consisting of the frontmatter and markdown part.
  * @return An updated {@link NoteDetails} state.
  */
-export const buildStateFromUpdatedMarkdownContent = (state: NoteDetails, markdownContent: string): NoteDetails => {
+export const buildStateFromUpdatedMarkdownContent = (
+  state: OptionalNoteDetails,
+  markdownContent: string
+): OptionalNoteDetails => {
+  if (state === null) {
+    return state
+  }
   return buildStateFromMarkdownContentAndLines(state, markdownContent, markdownContent.split('\n'))
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/methods.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/methods.ts
index cff1e6357..24cc5073e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/methods.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/methods.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ export const updateCursorPositions = (selection: CursorSelection): void => {
  * Updates the current note's metadata from the server.
  */
 export const updateMetadata = async (): Promise<void> => {
-  const updatedMetadata = await getNoteMetadata(store.getState().noteDetails.id)
+  const noteDetails = store.getState().noteDetails
+  if (!noteDetails) {
+    throw new Error('no note details loaded')
+  }
+  const updatedMetadata = await getNoteMetadata(noteDetails.id)
   store.dispatch({
     type: NoteDetailsActionType.UPDATE_METADATA,
     updatedMetadata
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducer.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducer.ts
index de9393fd1..bd6ab368c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducer.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducer.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,17 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import { buildStateFromUpdatedMarkdownContent } from './build-state-from-updated-markdown-content'
-import { initialState } from './initial-state'
 import { buildStateFromFirstHeadingUpdate } from './reducers/build-state-from-first-heading-update'
 import { buildStateFromMetadataUpdate } from './reducers/build-state-from-metadata-update'
 import { buildStateFromServerPermissions } from './reducers/build-state-from-server-permissions'
 import { buildStateFromServerDto } from './reducers/build-state-from-set-note-data-from-server'
 import { buildStateFromUpdateCursorPosition } from './reducers/build-state-from-update-cursor-position'
-import type { NoteDetailsActions } from './types'
+import type { NoteDetailsActions, OptionalNoteDetails } from './types'
 import { NoteDetailsActionType } from './types'
-import type { NoteDetails } from './types/note-details'
 import type { Reducer } from 'redux'
 
-export const NoteDetailsReducer: Reducer<NoteDetails, NoteDetailsActions> = (
-  state: NoteDetails = initialState,
+export const NoteDetailsReducer: Reducer<OptionalNoteDetails, NoteDetailsActions> = (
+  state: OptionalNoteDetails = null,
   action: NoteDetailsActions
 ) => {
   switch (action.type) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-first-heading-update.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-first-heading-update.ts
index 8dc5a5832..3984175fa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-first-heading-update.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-first-heading-update.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import type { NoteDetails } from '../types/note-details'
+import type { OptionalNoteDetails } from '../types'
 import { generateNoteTitle } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 
 /**
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ import { generateNoteTitle } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
  * @param firstHeading The first heading of the document. Should be {@link undefined} if there is no such heading.
  * @return An updated {@link NoteDetails} redux state.
  */
-export const buildStateFromFirstHeadingUpdate = (state: NoteDetails, firstHeading?: string): NoteDetails => {
+export const buildStateFromFirstHeadingUpdate = (
+  state: OptionalNoteDetails,
+  firstHeading?: string
+): OptionalNoteDetails => {
+  if (state === null) {
+    return null
+  }
   return {
     ...state,
     firstHeading: firstHeading,
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-metadata-update.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-metadata-update.ts
index 6378e258d..125a890c1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-metadata-update.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-metadata-update.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import type { NoteMetadata } from '../../../api/notes/types'
-import type { NoteDetails } from '../types/note-details'
+import type { OptionalNoteDetails } from '../types'
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon'
 
 /**
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ import { DateTime } from 'luxon'
  * @param noteMetadata The updated metadata from the API.
  * @return An updated {@link NoteDetails} redux state.
  */
-export const buildStateFromMetadataUpdate = (state: NoteDetails, noteMetadata: NoteMetadata): NoteDetails => {
+export const buildStateFromMetadataUpdate = (
+  state: OptionalNoteDetails,
+  noteMetadata: NoteMetadata
+): OptionalNoteDetails => {
+  if (state === null) {
+    return null
+  }
   return {
     ...state,
     updateUsername: noteMetadata.updateUsername,
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-server-permissions.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-server-permissions.ts
index 7281f0f2f..6cae7c970 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-server-permissions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-server-permissions.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
-import type { NoteDetails } from '../types/note-details'
+import type { OptionalNoteDetails } from '../types'
 import type { NotePermissions } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 
 /**
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ import type { NotePermissions } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
  * @param serverPermissions The updated NotePermissions data.
  */
 export const buildStateFromServerPermissions = (
-  state: NoteDetails,
+  state: OptionalNoteDetails,
   serverPermissions: NotePermissions
-): NoteDetails => {
+): OptionalNoteDetails => {
+  if (state === null) {
+    return null
+  }
   return {
     ...state,
     permissions: serverPermissions
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-set-note-data-from-server.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-set-note-data-from-server.ts
index 620ff9de3..36e9fd60d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-set-note-data-from-server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-set-note-data-from-server.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type { Note } from '../../../api/notes/types'
 import { buildStateFromUpdatedMarkdownContent } from '../build-state-from-updated-markdown-content'
 import { calculateLineStartIndexes } from '../calculate-line-start-indexes'
 import { initialState } from '../initial-state'
+import type { OptionalNoteDetails } from '../types'
 import type { NoteDetails } from '../types/note-details'
 import { buildStateFromMetadataUpdate } from './build-state-from-metadata-update'
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import { buildStateFromMetadataUpdate } from './build-state-from-metadata-update
  * @param dto The first DTO received from the API containing the relevant information about the note.
  * @return An updated {@link NoteDetails} redux state.
  */
-export const buildStateFromServerDto = (dto: Note): NoteDetails => {
+export const buildStateFromServerDto = (dto: Note): OptionalNoteDetails => {
   const newState = convertNoteDtoToNoteDetails(dto)
   return buildStateFromUpdatedMarkdownContent(newState, newState.markdownContent.plain)
 }
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ export const buildStateFromServerDto = (dto: Note): NoteDetails => {
  */
 const convertNoteDtoToNoteDetails = (note: Note): NoteDetails => {
   const stateWithMetadata = buildStateFromMetadataUpdate(initialState, note.metadata)
+  if (stateWithMetadata === null) {
+    throw new Error('no note details!')
+  }
   const newLines = note.content.split('\n')
   return {
     ...stateWithMetadata,
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-update-cursor-position.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-update-cursor-position.ts
index ec7aad164..84b7a13d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-update-cursor-position.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/reducers/build-state-from-update-cursor-position.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 import type { CursorSelection } from '../../../components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/formatters/types/cursor-selection'
-import type { NoteDetails } from '../types/note-details'
+import type { OptionalNoteDetails } from '../types'
 
-export const buildStateFromUpdateCursorPosition = (state: NoteDetails, selection: CursorSelection): NoteDetails => {
+export const buildStateFromUpdateCursorPosition = (
+  state: OptionalNoteDetails,
+  selection: CursorSelection
+): OptionalNoteDetails => {
+  if (state === null) {
+    return null
+  }
   const correctedSelection = isFromAfterTo(selection)
     ? {
         to: selection.from,
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/types.ts b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/types.ts
index 96b16c204..5bbcdebb8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux/note-details/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/redux/note-details/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 import type { Note, NoteMetadata } from '../../api/notes/types'
 import type { CursorSelection } from '../../components/editor-page/editor-pane/tool-bar/formatters/types/cursor-selection'
+import type { NoteDetails } from './types/note-details'
 import type { NotePermissions } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 import type { Action } from 'redux'
 
@@ -69,3 +70,5 @@ export interface UpdateMetadataAction extends Action<NoteDetailsActionType> {
   type: NoteDetailsActionType.UPDATE_METADATA
   updatedMetadata: NoteMetadata
 }
+
+export type OptionalNoteDetails = NoteDetails | null