diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/model/model_core.js b/addons/mail/static/src/model/model_core.js
index 1c485cb17b8..592562a7537 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/model/model_core.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/model/model_core.js
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function assertIsFunction(toAssert) {
  * @throws {Error} if name is not an existing hook name.
  */
 function assertIsValidHookName(name) {
-    const validHookNames = new Set(['_created', '_willCreate', '_willDelete']);
+    const validHookNames = new Set(['_created', '_willDelete']);
     if (!validHookNames.has(name)) {
         throw new Error("invalid hook name.");
     }
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/model/model_manager.js b/addons/mail/static/src/model/model_manager.js
index e8097c8d7ff..7216dc15e83 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/model/model_manager.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/model/model_manager.js
@@ -709,15 +709,6 @@ export class ModelManager {
         for (const methodName of recordMethods.keys()) {
             record[methodName] = record[methodName].bind(record);
         }
-        /**
-         * Invoke the life-cycle hook `_willCreate.`
-         * After this step the record is in a functioning state and it is
-         * considered existing.
-         */
-        const lifecycleHooks = registry.get(model.name).get('lifecycleHooks');
-        if (lifecycleHooks.has('_willCreate')) {
-            lifecycleHooks.get('_willCreate').call(record);
-        }
         /**
          * Register post processing operation that are to be delayed at
          * the end of the update cycle.
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/models/composer_view.js b/addons/mail/static/src/models/composer_view.js
index abc195b532e..3a88d060a5e 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/models/composer_view.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/models/composer_view.js
@@ -14,25 +14,10 @@ registerModel({
     name: 'ComposerView',
     identifyingFields: [['threadView', 'messageViewInEditing', 'chatter']],
     lifecycleHooks: {
-        _willCreate() {
-            /**
-             * Determines whether there is a mention RPC currently in progress.
-             * Useful to queue a new call if there is already one pending.
-             */
-            this._hasMentionRpcInProgress = false;
-            /**
-             * Determines the next function to execute after the current mention
-             * RPC is done, if any.
-             */
-            this._nextMentionRpcFunction = undefined;
-        },
         _created() {
             document.addEventListener('click', this.onClickCaptureGlobal, true);
         },
         _willDelete() {
-            // Clears the mention queue on deleting the record to prevent
-            // unnecessary RPC.
-            this._nextMentionRpcFunction = undefined;
             document.removeEventListener('click', this.onClickCaptureGlobal, true);
         },
     },
@@ -1133,17 +1118,19 @@ registerModel({
          * @param {function} func
          */
         async _executeOrQueueFunction(func) {
-            if (this._hasMentionRpcInProgress) {
-                this._nextMentionRpcFunction = func;
+            if (this.hasMentionRpcInProgress) {
+                this.update({ nextMentionRpcFunction: func });
                 return;
             }
-            this._hasMentionRpcInProgress = true;
-            this._nextMentionRpcFunction = undefined;
+            this.update({
+                hasMentionRpcInProgress: true,
+                nextMentionRpcFunction: clear(),
+            });
             await func();
             if (this.exists()) {
-                this._hasMentionRpcInProgress = false;
-                if (this._nextMentionRpcFunction) {
-                    this._executeOrQueueFunction(this._nextMentionRpcFunction);
+                this.update({ hasMentionRpcInProgress: false });
+                if (this.nextMentionRpcFunction) {
+                    this._executeOrQueueFunction(this.nextMentionRpcFunction);
                 }
             }
         },
@@ -1501,6 +1488,13 @@ registerModel({
         hasHeader: attr({
             compute: '_computeHasHeader',
         }),
+        /**
+         * Determines whether there is a mention RPC currently in progress.
+         * Useful to queue a new call if there is already one pending.
+         */
+        hasMentionRpcInProgress: attr({
+            default: false,
+        }),
         hasMentionSuggestionsBelowPosition: attr({
             compute: '_computeHasMentionSuggestionsBelowPosition',
             default: false,
@@ -1574,6 +1568,11 @@ registerModel({
          * properly without flicker.
          */
         mirroredTextareaRef: attr(),
+        /**
+         * Determines the next function to execute after the current mention
+         * RPC is done, if any.
+         */
+        nextMentionRpcFunction: attr(),
         /**
          * Determines the label on the send button of this composer view.
          */
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/models/record.js b/addons/mail/static/src/models/record.js
index 2e34a845301..25531417b18 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/models/record.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/models/record.js
@@ -26,19 +26,6 @@ registerModel({
      */
     identifyingFields: ['messaging'],
     lifecycleHooks: {
-        /**
-         * This function is called during the create cycle, when the record has
-         * already been created, but its values have not yet been assigned.
-         *
-         * It is usually preferable to use @see `_created`.
-         *
-         * The main use case is to prepare the record for the assignation of its
-         * values, for example if a computed field relies on the record to have
-         * some purely technical property correctly set.
-         *
-         * @private
-         */
-        _willCreate() {},
         /**
          * This function is called after the record has been created, more
          * precisely at the end of the update cycle (which means all implicit