diff --git a/zerver/actions/presence.py b/zerver/actions/presence.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19e0943e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zerver/actions/presence.py
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+import datetime
+import time
+from typing import Optional
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from zerver.actions.user_activity import update_user_activity_interval
+from zerver.decorator import statsd_increment
+from zerver.lib.queue import queue_json_publish
+from zerver.lib.timestamp import datetime_to_timestamp
+from zerver.lib.user_status import update_user_status
+from zerver.models import Client, UserPresence, UserProfile, UserStatus, active_user_ids, get_client
+from zerver.tornado.django_api import send_event
+
+
+def send_presence_changed(user_profile: UserProfile, presence: UserPresence) -> None:
+    # Most presence data is sent to clients in the main presence
+    # endpoint in response to the user's own presence; this results
+    # data that is 1-2 minutes stale for who is online.  The flaw with
+    # this plan is when a user comes back online and then immediately
+    # sends a message, recipients may still see that user as offline!
+    # We solve that by sending an immediate presence update clients.
+    #
+    # See https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subsystems/presence.html for
+    # internals documentation on presence.
+    user_ids = active_user_ids(user_profile.realm_id)
+    if len(user_ids) > settings.USER_LIMIT_FOR_SENDING_PRESENCE_UPDATE_EVENTS:
+        # These immediate presence generate quadratic work for Tornado
+        # (linear number of users in each event and the frequency of
+        # users coming online grows linearly with userbase too).  In
+        # organizations with thousands of users, this can overload
+        # Tornado, especially if much of the realm comes online at the
+        # same time.
+        #
+        # The utility of these live-presence updates goes down as
+        # organizations get bigger (since one is much less likely to
+        # be paying attention to the sidebar); so beyond a limit, we
+        # stop sending them at all.
+        return
+
+    presence_dict = presence.to_dict()
+    event = dict(
+        type="presence",
+        email=user_profile.email,
+        user_id=user_profile.id,
+        server_timestamp=time.time(),
+        presence={presence_dict["client"]: presence_dict},
+    )
+    send_event(user_profile.realm, event, user_ids)
+
+
+def consolidate_client(client: Client) -> Client:
+    # The web app reports a client as 'website'
+    # The desktop app reports a client as ZulipDesktop
+    # due to it setting a custom user agent. We want both
+    # to count as web users
+
+    # Alias ZulipDesktop to website
+    if client.name in ["ZulipDesktop"]:
+        return get_client("website")
+    else:
+        return client
+
+
+@statsd_increment("user_presence")
+def do_update_user_presence(
+    user_profile: UserProfile, client: Client, log_time: datetime.datetime, status: int
+) -> None:
+    client = consolidate_client(client)
+
+    defaults = dict(
+        timestamp=log_time,
+        status=status,
+        realm_id=user_profile.realm_id,
+    )
+
+    (presence, created) = UserPresence.objects.get_or_create(
+        user_profile=user_profile,
+        client=client,
+        defaults=defaults,
+    )
+
+    stale_status = (log_time - presence.timestamp) > datetime.timedelta(minutes=1, seconds=10)
+    was_idle = presence.status == UserPresence.IDLE
+    became_online = (status == UserPresence.ACTIVE) and (stale_status or was_idle)
+
+    # If an object was created, it has already been saved.
+    #
+    # We suppress changes from ACTIVE to IDLE before stale_status is reached;
+    # this protects us from the user having two clients open: one active, the
+    # other idle. Without this check, we would constantly toggle their status
+    # between the two states.
+    if not created and stale_status or was_idle or status == presence.status:
+        # The following block attempts to only update the "status"
+        # field in the event that it actually changed.  This is
+        # important to avoid flushing the UserPresence cache when the
+        # data it would return to a client hasn't actually changed
+        # (see the UserPresence post_save hook for details).
+        presence.timestamp = log_time
+        update_fields = ["timestamp"]
+        if presence.status != status:
+            presence.status = status
+            update_fields.append("status")
+        presence.save(update_fields=update_fields)
+
+    if not user_profile.realm.presence_disabled and (created or became_online):
+        send_presence_changed(user_profile, presence)
+
+
+def update_user_presence(
+    user_profile: UserProfile,
+    client: Client,
+    log_time: datetime.datetime,
+    status: int,
+    new_user_input: bool,
+) -> None:
+    event = {
+        "user_profile_id": user_profile.id,
+        "status": status,
+        "time": datetime_to_timestamp(log_time),
+        "client": client.name,
+    }
+
+    queue_json_publish("user_presence", event)
+
+    if new_user_input:
+        update_user_activity_interval(user_profile, log_time)
+
+
+def do_update_user_status(
+    user_profile: UserProfile,
+    away: Optional[bool],
+    status_text: Optional[str],
+    client_id: int,
+    emoji_name: Optional[str],
+    emoji_code: Optional[str],
+    reaction_type: Optional[str],
+) -> None:
+    if away is None:
+        status = None
+    elif away:
+        status = UserStatus.AWAY
+    else:
+        status = UserStatus.NORMAL
+
+    realm = user_profile.realm
+
+    update_user_status(
+        user_profile_id=user_profile.id,
+        status=status,
+        status_text=status_text,
+        client_id=client_id,
+        emoji_name=emoji_name,
+        emoji_code=emoji_code,
+        reaction_type=reaction_type,
+    )
+
+    event = dict(
+        type="user_status",
+        user_id=user_profile.id,
+    )
+
+    if away is not None:
+        event["away"] = away
+
+    if status_text is not None:
+        event["status_text"] = status_text
+
+    if emoji_name is not None:
+        event["emoji_name"] = emoji_name
+        event["emoji_code"] = emoji_code
+        event["reaction_type"] = reaction_type
+    send_event(realm, event, active_user_ids(realm.id))
diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index f6944b06be..9d20d0836f 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import datetime
 import hashlib
 import itertools
 import logging
-import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
 from operator import itemgetter
@@ -46,13 +45,11 @@ from zerver.actions.default_streams import (
 )
 from zerver.actions.invites import notify_invites_changed, revoke_invites_generated_by_user
 from zerver.actions.uploads import check_attachment_reference_change, do_claim_attachments
-from zerver.actions.user_activity import update_user_activity_interval
 from zerver.actions.user_groups import (
     do_send_user_group_members_update_event,
     update_users_in_full_members_system_group,
 )
 from zerver.actions.user_topics import do_mute_topic, do_unmute_topic
-from zerver.decorator import statsd_increment
 from zerver.lib import retention as retention
 from zerver.lib.addressee import Addressee
 from zerver.lib.alert_words import get_alert_word_automaton
@@ -181,7 +178,6 @@ from zerver.lib.user_groups import (
 )
 from zerver.lib.user_message import UserMessageLite, bulk_insert_ums
 from zerver.lib.user_mutes import add_user_mute, get_muting_users, get_user_mutes
-from zerver.lib.user_status import update_user_status
 from zerver.lib.user_topics import get_users_muting_topic, remove_topic_mute
 from zerver.lib.users import (
     check_bot_name_available,
@@ -224,7 +220,6 @@ from zerver.models import (
     UserMessage,
     UserPresence,
     UserProfile,
-    UserStatus,
     active_non_guest_user_ids,
     active_user_ids,
     bot_owner_user_ids,
@@ -5370,166 +5365,6 @@ def get_default_subs(user_profile: UserProfile) -> List[Stream]:
     return get_default_streams_for_realm(user_profile.realm_id)
 
 
-def send_presence_changed(user_profile: UserProfile, presence: UserPresence) -> None:
-    # Most presence data is sent to clients in the main presence
-    # endpoint in response to the user's own presence; this results
-    # data that is 1-2 minutes stale for who is online.  The flaw with
-    # this plan is when a user comes back online and then immediately
-    # sends a message, recipients may still see that user as offline!
-    # We solve that by sending an immediate presence update clients.
-    #
-    # See https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subsystems/presence.html for
-    # internals documentation on presence.
-    user_ids = active_user_ids(user_profile.realm_id)
-    if len(user_ids) > settings.USER_LIMIT_FOR_SENDING_PRESENCE_UPDATE_EVENTS:
-        # These immediate presence generate quadratic work for Tornado
-        # (linear number of users in each event and the frequency of
-        # users coming online grows linearly with userbase too).  In
-        # organizations with thousands of users, this can overload
-        # Tornado, especially if much of the realm comes online at the
-        # same time.
-        #
-        # The utility of these live-presence updates goes down as
-        # organizations get bigger (since one is much less likely to
-        # be paying attention to the sidebar); so beyond a limit, we
-        # stop sending them at all.
-        return
-
-    presence_dict = presence.to_dict()
-    event = dict(
-        type="presence",
-        email=user_profile.email,
-        user_id=user_profile.id,
-        server_timestamp=time.time(),
-        presence={presence_dict["client"]: presence_dict},
-    )
-    send_event(user_profile.realm, event, user_ids)
-
-
-def consolidate_client(client: Client) -> Client:
-    # The web app reports a client as 'website'
-    # The desktop app reports a client as ZulipDesktop
-    # due to it setting a custom user agent. We want both
-    # to count as web users
-
-    # Alias ZulipDesktop to website
-    if client.name in ["ZulipDesktop"]:
-        return get_client("website")
-    else:
-        return client
-
-
-@statsd_increment("user_presence")
-def do_update_user_presence(
-    user_profile: UserProfile, client: Client, log_time: datetime.datetime, status: int
-) -> None:
-    client = consolidate_client(client)
-
-    defaults = dict(
-        timestamp=log_time,
-        status=status,
-        realm_id=user_profile.realm_id,
-    )
-
-    (presence, created) = UserPresence.objects.get_or_create(
-        user_profile=user_profile,
-        client=client,
-        defaults=defaults,
-    )
-
-    stale_status = (log_time - presence.timestamp) > datetime.timedelta(minutes=1, seconds=10)
-    was_idle = presence.status == UserPresence.IDLE
-    became_online = (status == UserPresence.ACTIVE) and (stale_status or was_idle)
-
-    # If an object was created, it has already been saved.
-    #
-    # We suppress changes from ACTIVE to IDLE before stale_status is reached;
-    # this protects us from the user having two clients open: one active, the
-    # other idle. Without this check, we would constantly toggle their status
-    # between the two states.
-    if not created and stale_status or was_idle or status == presence.status:
-        # The following block attempts to only update the "status"
-        # field in the event that it actually changed.  This is
-        # important to avoid flushing the UserPresence cache when the
-        # data it would return to a client hasn't actually changed
-        # (see the UserPresence post_save hook for details).
-        presence.timestamp = log_time
-        update_fields = ["timestamp"]
-        if presence.status != status:
-            presence.status = status
-            update_fields.append("status")
-        presence.save(update_fields=update_fields)
-
-    if not user_profile.realm.presence_disabled and (created or became_online):
-        send_presence_changed(user_profile, presence)
-
-
-def update_user_presence(
-    user_profile: UserProfile,
-    client: Client,
-    log_time: datetime.datetime,
-    status: int,
-    new_user_input: bool,
-) -> None:
-    event = {
-        "user_profile_id": user_profile.id,
-        "status": status,
-        "time": datetime_to_timestamp(log_time),
-        "client": client.name,
-    }
-
-    queue_json_publish("user_presence", event)
-
-    if new_user_input:
-        update_user_activity_interval(user_profile, log_time)
-
-
-def do_update_user_status(
-    user_profile: UserProfile,
-    away: Optional[bool],
-    status_text: Optional[str],
-    client_id: int,
-    emoji_name: Optional[str],
-    emoji_code: Optional[str],
-    reaction_type: Optional[str],
-) -> None:
-    if away is None:
-        status = None
-    elif away:
-        status = UserStatus.AWAY
-    else:
-        status = UserStatus.NORMAL
-
-    realm = user_profile.realm
-
-    update_user_status(
-        user_profile_id=user_profile.id,
-        status=status,
-        status_text=status_text,
-        client_id=client_id,
-        emoji_name=emoji_name,
-        emoji_code=emoji_code,
-        reaction_type=reaction_type,
-    )
-
-    event = dict(
-        type="user_status",
-        user_id=user_profile.id,
-    )
-
-    if away is not None:
-        event["away"] = away
-
-    if status_text is not None:
-        event["status_text"] = status_text
-
-    if emoji_name is not None:
-        event["emoji_name"] = emoji_name
-        event["emoji_code"] = emoji_code
-        event["reaction_type"] = reaction_type
-    send_event(realm, event, active_user_ids(realm.id))
-
-
 @dataclass
 class ReadMessagesEvent:
     messages: List[int]
diff --git a/zerver/openapi/curl_param_value_generators.py b/zerver/openapi/curl_param_value_generators.py
index 8bfdbc4c3b..ac18d750fd 100644
--- a/zerver/openapi/curl_param_value_generators.py
+++ b/zerver/openapi/curl_param_value_generators.py
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple
 
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
 
+from zerver.actions.presence import update_user_presence
 from zerver.actions.realm_linkifiers import do_add_linkifier
 from zerver.actions.realm_playgrounds import do_add_realm_playground
-from zerver.lib.actions import do_add_reaction, do_create_user, update_user_presence
+from zerver.lib.actions import do_add_reaction, do_create_user
 from zerver.lib.events import do_events_register
 from zerver.lib.initial_password import initial_password
 from zerver.lib.test_classes import ZulipTestCase
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_event_system.py b/zerver/tests/test_event_system.py
index 6939b78ac4..479aeaa5d5 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_event_system.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_event_system.py
@@ -8,12 +8,8 @@ from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
 
 from version import API_FEATURE_LEVEL, ZULIP_MERGE_BASE, ZULIP_VERSION
-from zerver.lib.actions import (
-    check_send_message,
-    do_change_user_role,
-    do_set_realm_property,
-    do_update_user_presence,
-)
+from zerver.actions.presence import do_update_user_presence
+from zerver.lib.actions import check_send_message, do_change_user_role, do_set_realm_property
 from zerver.lib.event_schema import check_restart_event
 from zerver.lib.events import fetch_initial_state_data
 from zerver.lib.exceptions import AccessDeniedError
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_events.py b/zerver/tests/test_events.py
index 593ae991c3..99dcb5a6f7 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_events.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_events.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from zerver.actions.invites import (
     do_revoke_multi_use_invite,
     do_revoke_user_invite,
 )
+from zerver.actions.presence import do_update_user_presence, do_update_user_status
 from zerver.actions.realm_emoji import check_add_realm_emoji, do_remove_realm_emoji
 from zerver.actions.realm_icon import do_change_icon_source
 from zerver.actions.realm_linkifiers import (
@@ -99,8 +100,6 @@ from zerver.lib.actions import (
     do_update_message_flags,
     do_update_outgoing_webhook_service,
     do_update_user_custom_profile_data_if_changed,
-    do_update_user_presence,
-    do_update_user_status,
     try_add_realm_custom_profile_field,
     try_update_realm_custom_profile_field,
 )
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_import_export.py b/zerver/tests/test_import_export.py
index 85357fd989..c90dd66d37 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_import_export.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_import_export.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
 
 from analytics.models import UserCount
 from zerver.actions.alert_words import do_add_alert_words
+from zerver.actions.presence import do_update_user_presence, do_update_user_status
 from zerver.actions.realm_emoji import check_add_realm_emoji
 from zerver.actions.realm_icon import do_change_icon_source
 from zerver.actions.realm_logo import do_change_logo_source
@@ -25,8 +26,6 @@ from zerver.lib.actions import (
     do_deactivate_user,
     do_mute_user,
     do_update_user_custom_profile_data_if_changed,
-    do_update_user_presence,
-    do_update_user_status,
     try_add_realm_custom_profile_field,
 )
 from zerver.lib.avatar_hash import user_avatar_path
diff --git a/zerver/views/presence.py b/zerver/views/presence.py
index 869c259bca..e552a9e0f7 100644
--- a/zerver/views/presence.py
+++ b/zerver/views/presence.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
+from zerver.actions.presence import do_update_user_status, update_user_presence
 from zerver.decorator import human_users_only
-from zerver.lib.actions import do_update_user_status, update_user_presence
 from zerver.lib.emoji import check_emoji_request, emoji_name_to_emoji_code
 from zerver.lib.exceptions import JsonableError
 from zerver.lib.presence import get_presence_for_user, get_presence_response
diff --git a/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py b/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
index ae69ef3afe..9efd781dfd 100644
--- a/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
+++ b/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ from sentry_sdk import add_breadcrumb, configure_scope
 from zulip_bots.lib import extract_query_without_mention
 
 from zerver.actions.invites import do_send_confirmation_email
+from zerver.actions.presence import do_update_user_presence
 from zerver.actions.realm_export import notify_realm_export
 from zerver.actions.user_activity import do_update_user_activity, do_update_user_activity_interval
 from zerver.context_processors import common_context
 from zerver.lib.actions import (
     do_mark_stream_messages_as_read,
     do_update_embedded_data,
-    do_update_user_presence,
     internal_send_private_message,
     render_incoming_message,
 )