fix profiles and reactions being slow to use

src/components/ContentPreview/index.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { Skeleton } from '@/components/ui/skeleton'
 import { ExtendedKind, isNip71StyleVideoKind } from '@/constants'
 import {
   notificationReactionSummaryKey,
@@ -371,9 +370,7 @@ export default function ContentPreview({
   if (isNip25ReactionKind(event.kind)) {
     return withKindRow(
       <div className="pointer-events-none flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-        {reactionDisplay.status === 'pending' ? (
+        {reactionDisplay.status === 'vote_up' ? (
-          <Skeleton className="size-4 shrink-0 rounded-sm" aria-hidden />
-        ) : reactionDisplay.status === 'vote_up' ? (
           <span className="text-base leading-none" aria-hidden>
             {DISCUSSION_UPVOTE_DISPLAY}
           </span>

src/components/Note/index.tsx

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ import NotificationEventCard from './NotificationEventCard'
 import ReactionEmojiDisplay from './ReactionEmojiDisplay'
 import UnknownNote from './UnknownNote'
 import NoteKindLabel from './NoteKindLabel'
-import { Skeleton } from '@/components/ui/skeleton'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import VideoNote from './VideoNote'
 import RelayReview from './RelayReview'
@@ -607,12 +606,7 @@ export default function Note({
           <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2">
             {isNip25ReactionKind(event.kind) ? (
               <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-nowrap items-center gap-2">
-                {reactionDisplay.status === 'pending' ? (
+                {reactionDisplay.status === 'vote_up' ? (
-                  <Skeleton
-                    className={cn('shrink-0 rounded-sm', size === 'small' ? 'size-7' : 'size-8')}
-                    aria-hidden
-                  />
-                ) : reactionDisplay.status === 'vote_up' ? (
                   <span
                     className={cn(
                       'inline-flex shrink-0 select-none leading-none',

src/components/ReplyNote/index.tsx

@@ -179,12 +179,7 @@ export default function ReplyNote({
                       : 'text-muted-foreground text-sm'
                   )}
                 >
-                  {reactionDisplay.status === 'pending' ? (
+                  {reactionDisplay.status === 'vote_up' ? (
-                    <Skeleton
-                      className="h-10 w-10 shrink-0 rounded-lg sm:h-11 sm:w-11"
-                      aria-hidden
-                    />
-                  ) : reactionDisplay.status === 'vote_up' ? (
                     <span className="text-sm leading-none opacity-90" aria-hidden>
                       {DISCUSSION_UPVOTE_DISPLAY}
                     </span>

src/constants.ts

@@ -469,7 +469,10 @@ export const SEARCHABLE_RELAY_URLS = [
 
 export const PROFILE_RELAY_URLS = [
   'wss://profiles.nostr1.com',
-  'wss://purplepag.es'
+  'wss://purplepag.es',
+  'wss://relay.primal.net',
+  'wss://relay.damus.io',
+  'wss://nos.lol'
 ]
 
 export const FOLLOWS_HISTORY_RELAY_URLS = [

src/features/feed/relay-policy.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ describe('applyFeedRelayPolicy', () => {
   it('prepends aggr.nostr.land for read feeds before caps', () => {
     const result = applyFeedRelayPolicy(
       [{ source: 'viewer-read', urls: ['wss://reader-a.example/', 'wss://reader-b.example/'] }],
-      { operation: 'read', maxRelays: 2, applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false }
+      {
+        operation: 'read',
+        maxRelays: 2,
+        applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false,
+        nostrLandAggrEligible: true
+      }
     )
 
     expect(result.urls).toEqual(['wss://aggr.nostr.land/', 'wss://reader-a.example/'])
@@ -33,7 +38,8 @@ describe('applyFeedRelayPolicy', () => {
       {
         operation: 'read',
         blockedRelays: ['wss://aggr.nostr.land/'],
-        applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false
+        applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false,
+        nostrLandAggrEligible: true
       }
     )
 

src/features/feed/relay-policy.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   relayFilterIncludesSocialKindBlockedKind
 } from '@/constants'
 import { AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS } from '@/lib/nostr-land-aggr'
+import { getViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible } from '@/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility'
 import {
   relayFiltersUseCapitalLetterTagKeys,
   relayUrlsStripExtendedTagReqBlocked
@@ -66,10 +67,16 @@ export type FeedRelayPolicyContext = {
   eventKind?: number
   maxRelays?: number
   /**
-   * Default: read surfaces include aggr.nostr.land; favorites and write
+   * Default: for `operation === 'read'`, prepend {@link AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS} only when the viewer has a
-   * surfaces do not. Set explicitly for specialized fetches.
+   * `nostr.land` host in their relay stack (see {@link getViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible}) or this
+   * flag is set true. `favorites-feed` never prepends. Use `nostrLandAggr: 'always'|'never'` to override.
    */
   nostrLandAggr?: 'default' | 'always' | 'never'
+  /**
+   * Per-call override for read-surface aggr eligibility. When omitted, uses the global synced flag from
+   * {@link syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible}.
+   */
+  nostrLandAggrEligible?: boolean
   applySocialKindBlockedFilter?: boolean
   applyExtendedTagBlockedFilter?: boolean
   preserveSingleExplicitRelay?: boolean
@@ -105,10 +112,17 @@ function shouldApplyExtendedTagFilter(ctx: FeedRelayPolicyContext): boolean {
   return (ctx.filters ?? []).some((filter) => relayFiltersUseCapitalLetterTagKeys([filter]))
 }
 
+function nostrLandAggrEligibleEffective(ctx: FeedRelayPolicyContext): boolean {
+  if (ctx.nostrLandAggrEligible !== undefined) return ctx.nostrLandAggrEligible
+  return getViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible()
+}
+
 function shouldEnsureAggr(ctx: FeedRelayPolicyContext): boolean {
   if (ctx.nostrLandAggr === 'always') return true
   if (ctx.nostrLandAggr === 'never') return false
-  return ctx.operation === 'read'
+  if (ctx.operation === 'favorites-feed') return false
+  if (ctx.operation === 'read') return nostrLandAggrEligibleEffective(ctx)
+  return false
 }
 
 function isReadOnlyRelay(norm: string): boolean {

src/hooks/useFetchProfile.tsx

@@ -211,10 +211,7 @@ export function useFetchProfile(id?: string, skipCache = false) {
       try {
         globalFetchingPubkeys.add(pubkey)
 
-        const quick = tryHydrateProfileFromSessionOnly(pubkey, skipCache)
+        /** Session-only fast path removed: {@link replaceableEventService.fetchProfileEvent} still refreshes from relays while session primes the loader. */
-        if (quick) {
-          return quick
-        }
 
         /** Disk read runs in parallel with `fetchProfileEvent` — never block network on IDB. */
         idbEarlyP = profileFromIdbPromise(pubkey, skipCache)
@@ -516,8 +513,16 @@ export function useFetchProfile(id?: string, skipCache = false) {
 
     const run = async () => {
       try {
-        setIsFetching(true)
         setError(null)
+        const earlyProfile =
+          tryHydrateProfileFromSessionOnly(extractedPubkey, skipCache) ??
+          (await profileFromIdbPromise(extractedPubkey, skipCache))
+        if (!cancelled.current && earlyProfile) {
+          setProfile(earlyProfile)
+          setIsFetching(false)
+        } else if (!cancelled.current) {
+          setIsFetching(true)
+        }
 
         const profile = await checkProfile(extractedPubkey, cancelled)
 

src/hooks/useNotificationReactionDisplay.ts

@@ -7,19 +7,52 @@ import { getRootEventHexId } from '@/lib/event'
 import { relayHintsFromEventTags } from '@/lib/relay-list-builder'
 import { getFirstHexEventIdFromETags } from '@/lib/tag'
 import { eventService } from '@/services/client.service'
+import type { NEvent } from '@/types'
 import { Event, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 
 export type NotificationReactionDisplay =
-  | { status: 'pending' }
   | { status: 'vote_up' }
   | { status: 'vote_down' }
   | { status: 'discussion_custom' }
   | { status: 'default' }
 
+function classifyDiscussionReactionFromTargets(
+  reaction: Event,
+  target: NEvent,
+  root: NEvent | undefined
+): NotificationReactionDisplay {
+  let inDiscussion = target.kind === ExtendedKind.DISCUSSION
+  if (!inDiscussion && target.kind === ExtendedKind.COMMENT) {
+    inDiscussion = root?.kind === ExtendedKind.DISCUSSION
+  }
+  if (!inDiscussion) return { status: 'default' }
+  const raw = reaction.content?.trim() ?? ''
+  if (isDiscussionUpvoteEmoji(raw)) return { status: 'vote_up' }
+  if (isDiscussionDownvoteEmoji(raw)) return { status: 'vote_down' }
+  return { status: 'discussion_custom' }
+}
+
+function peekReactionDisplayFromSessionCaches(event: Event): NotificationReactionDisplay {
+  if (event.kind !== kinds.Reaction) return { status: 'default' }
+  const targetId = getFirstHexEventIdFromETags(event.tags)
+  if (!targetId) return { status: 'default' }
+  const target = eventService.peekHexIdNoteFromSessionCache(targetId)
+  if (!target) return { status: 'default' }
+  let root: NEvent | undefined
+  if (target.kind === ExtendedKind.COMMENT) {
+    const rootId = getRootEventHexId(target)
+    if (rootId) root = eventService.peekHexIdNoteFromSessionCache(rootId)
+  }
+  return classifyDiscussionReactionFromTargets(event, target, root)
+}
+
 /**
  * For kind 7: resolves whether the reacted-to note is a discussion (kind 11 or 1111 under 11)
  * and classifies +/- / ⬆️⬇️ as vote display vs other reactions.
+ *
+ * Always starts from session cache (sync) so the glyph is never a blank skeleton; async fetch refines
+ * when the target was not yet in memory.
  */
 export function useNotificationReactionDisplay(event: Event): NotificationReactionDisplay {
   const targetId = useMemo(() => {
@@ -29,9 +62,11 @@ export function useNotificationReactionDisplay(event: Event): NotificationReacti
 
   const reactionRelayHints = useMemo(() => relayHintsFromEventTags(event), [event])
 
-  const [state, setState] = useState<NotificationReactionDisplay>(() =>
+  const [state, setState] = useState<NotificationReactionDisplay>({ status: 'default' })
-    event.kind === kinds.Reaction ? { status: 'pending' } : { status: 'default' }
+
-  )
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    setState(peekReactionDisplayFromSessionCaches(event))
+  }, [event.id, event.kind, event.content, event.tags])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (event.kind === ExtendedKind.EXTERNAL_REACTION) {
@@ -48,8 +83,6 @@ export function useNotificationReactionDisplay(event: Event): NotificationReacti
     }
 
     let cancelled = false
-    setState({ status: 'pending' })
-
     const fetchOpts = reactionRelayHints.length ? { relayHints: reactionRelayHints } : undefined
 
     ;(async () => {
@@ -60,13 +93,14 @@ export function useNotificationReactionDisplay(event: Event): NotificationReacti
         return
       }
 
+      let root: NEvent | undefined
       let inDiscussion = target.kind === ExtendedKind.DISCUSSION
       if (!inDiscussion && target.kind === ExtendedKind.COMMENT) {
         const rootId = getRootEventHexId(target)
         if (rootId) {
           const rootHints = relayHintsFromEventTags(target)
           const rootOpts = rootHints.length ? { relayHints: rootHints } : fetchOpts
-          const root = await eventService.fetchEvent(rootId, rootOpts)
+          root = await eventService.fetchEvent(rootId, rootOpts)
           if (cancelled) return
           inDiscussion = root?.kind === ExtendedKind.DISCUSSION
         }
@@ -77,14 +111,7 @@ export function useNotificationReactionDisplay(event: Event): NotificationReacti
         return
       }
 
-      const raw = event.content?.trim() ?? ''
+      setState(classifyDiscussionReactionFromTargets(event, target, root))
-      if (isDiscussionUpvoteEmoji(raw)) {
-        setState({ status: 'vote_up' })
-      } else if (isDiscussionDownvoteEmoji(raw)) {
-        setState({ status: 'vote_down' })
-      } else {
-        setState({ status: 'discussion_custom' })
-      }
     })()
 
     return () => {

src/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS } from '@/lib/nostr-land-aggr'
+import { normalizeAnyRelayUrl } from '@/lib/url'
+
+/**
+ * True when any URL’s host is `nostr.land` (e.g. `wss://nostr.land`, `wss://aggr.nostr.land`).
+ * Used to decide whether read fetches should prepend {@link AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS} (except the primary home OP feed).
+ */
+export function relayUrlsMentionNostrLandDomain(urls: readonly string[]): boolean {
+  return urls.some((url) => {
+    const normalized = normalizeAnyRelayUrl(url) || String(url).trim()
+    if (!normalized) return false
+    try {
+      const parsed = new URL(normalized.replace(/^ws:\/\//i, 'http://').replace(/^wss:\/\//i, 'https://'))
+      return parsed.hostname.toLowerCase() === 'nostr.land'
+    } catch {
+      return false
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+let viewerStackMentionsNostrLand = false
+
+/**
+ * Synced from the logged-in viewer’s relay stack (favorites, relay sets, NIP-65, cache, HTTP lists).
+ * Service-layer reads use {@link getViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible} when building REQ targets.
+ */
+export function syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(urls: readonly string[]): boolean {
+  viewerStackMentionsNostrLand = relayUrlsMentionNostrLandDomain(urls)
+  return viewerStackMentionsNostrLand
+}
+
+export function getViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(): boolean {
+  return viewerStackMentionsNostrLand
+}
+
+/** Deduped prepend of aggr when the viewer opted into nostr.land relays (see sync…). */
+export function prependAggrNostrLandIfViewerEligible(relayUrls: readonly string[]): string[] {
+  if (!viewerStackMentionsNostrLand) return [...relayUrls]
+  const aggrNorm = (normalizeAnyRelayUrl(AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS) || AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS).toLowerCase()
+  const norm = (u: string) => (normalizeAnyRelayUrl(u) || u.trim()).toLowerCase()
+  if (relayUrls.some((u) => norm(u) === aggrNorm)) {
+    return [...relayUrls]
+  }
+  return [AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS, ...relayUrls]
+}

src/lib/relay-url-priority.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/lib/relay-url-priority'
 import { buildProfilePageReadRelayUrls, getFavoritesFeedRelayUrls } from '@/lib/favorites-feed-relays'
 import { stripMailboxLocalUrlsForRemoteViewers } from '@/lib/relay-list-sanitize'
+import { syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible } from '@/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility'
 
 describe('filterContextAuthorReadRelaysForPublish', () => {
   it('drops loopback, LAN, and .onion; keeps public relays', () => {
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ describe('stripMailboxLocalUrlsForRemoteViewers', () => {
 })
 
 describe('nostr.land aggregator feed relay policy', () => {
-  it('keeps aggr.nostr.land in capped read feed relay stacks', () => {
+  it('keeps aggr.nostr.land in capped read feed relay stacks when viewer uses nostr.land relays', () => {
+    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(['wss://nostr.land/'])
     const out = buildPrioritizedReadRelayUrls({
       userReadRelays: [
         'wss://reader-a.example/',
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ describe('nostr.land aggregator feed relay policy', () => {
 
     expect(out).toHaveLength(3)
     expect(out[0]).toBe('wss://aggr.nostr.land/')
+    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible([])
   })
 
   it('excludes aggr.nostr.land from the favorites feed relay list', () => {
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ describe('nostr.land aggregator feed relay policy', () => {
 
 describe('buildProfilePageReadRelayUrls', () => {
   it('includes viewed author write relays for remote profile timelines', () => {
+    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(['wss://nostr.land/'])
     const out = buildProfilePageReadRelayUrls(
       [],
       [],
@@ -85,9 +89,11 @@ describe('buildProfilePageReadRelayUrls', () => {
     )
 
     expect(out).toContain('wss://author-outbox.example/')
+    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible([])
   })
 
   it('prioritizes viewed author write relays ahead of long read lists', () => {
+    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(['wss://nostr.land/'])
     const out = buildProfilePageReadRelayUrls(
       [],
       [],
@@ -100,5 +106,6 @@ describe('buildProfilePageReadRelayUrls', () => {
 
     expect(out[0]).toBe('wss://aggr.nostr.land/')
     expect(out[1]).toBe('wss://author-outbox.example/')
+    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible([])
   })
 })

src/providers/FeedProvider.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { feedRelayPolicyUrls } from '@/features/feed/relay-policy'
 import { getRelayListFromEvent, getHttpRelayListFromEvent } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
 import { buildAllFavoritesFeedRelayUrls } from '@/lib/home-feed-relays'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
-import { AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS } from '@/lib/nostr-land-aggr'
+import { syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible } from '@/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility'
 import { normalizeAnyRelayUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import { buildWispTrendingNotesRelayUrl } from '@/lib/wisp-trending-relay'
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState, useCallback, useRef } from 'react'
@@ -22,40 +22,27 @@ function relayUrlListIdentity(urls: string[]): string {
     .join('\n')
 }
 
-function relayListMentionsNostrLand(urls: readonly string[]): boolean {
-  return urls.some((url) => {
-    const normalized = normalizeAnyRelayUrl(url) || url.trim()
-    if (!normalized) return false
-    try {
-      const parsed = new URL(normalized.replace(/^ws:\/\//i, 'http://').replace(/^wss:\/\//i, 'https://'))
-      return parsed.hostname.toLowerCase() === 'nostr.land'
-    } catch {
-      return false
-    }
-  })
-}
-
 function buildHomeReplyFeedRelayUrls(
   primaryRelayUrls: string[],
   inboxRelayUrls: string[],
   cacheRelayUrls: string[],
   httpRelayUrls: string[],
-  includeNostrLandAggr: boolean,
   blockedRelays: string[]
 ): string[] {
-  return feedRelayPolicyUrls([
+  return feedRelayPolicyUrls(
+    [
       { source: 'favorites', urls: primaryRelayUrls },
       { source: 'viewer-read', urls: inboxRelayUrls },
       { source: 'cache', urls: cacheRelayUrls },
-    { source: 'http-index', urls: httpRelayUrls },
+      { source: 'http-index', urls: httpRelayUrls }
-    ...(includeNostrLandAggr ? [{ source: 'read-only', urls: [AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS] }] : [])
+    ],
-  ], {
+    {
       operation: 'read',
       blockedRelays,
-    nostrLandAggr: 'never',
       applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false,
       allowThirdPartyLocalRelays: true
-  })
+    }
+  )
 }
 
 export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
@@ -105,7 +92,6 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       [],
       [],
       [],
-      false,
       []
     )
   )
@@ -120,21 +106,25 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     []
   )
 
-  const lastHomeFeedUrlLogRef = useRef({ primary: '', reply: '' })
+  const viewerNostrLandAggrEligible = useMemo(() => {
-  const updateFeedRelayUrls = useCallback(() => {
+    const urls = [
-    const primaryRelays = buildAllFavoritesFeedRelayUrls(favoriteFeedRelayUrls, blockedRelays, primaryExtraRelayUrls)
-    const aggrEligibleRelayUrls = [
       ...favoriteFeedRelayUrls,
       ...replyExtraRelayLayers.inboxRelayUrls,
       ...replyExtraRelayLayers.outboxRelayUrls,
-      ...replyExtraRelayLayers.cacheRelayUrls
+      ...replyExtraRelayLayers.cacheRelayUrls,
+      ...replyExtraRelayLayers.httpRelayUrls
     ]
+    return syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(urls)
+  }, [favoriteFeedRelayUrls, replyExtraRelayLayers])
+
+  const lastHomeFeedUrlLogRef = useRef({ primary: '', reply: '' })
+  const updateFeedRelayUrls = useCallback(() => {
+    const primaryRelays = buildAllFavoritesFeedRelayUrls(favoriteFeedRelayUrls, blockedRelays, primaryExtraRelayUrls)
     const replyRelays = buildHomeReplyFeedRelayUrls(
       primaryRelays,
       replyExtraRelayLayers.inboxRelayUrls,
       replyExtraRelayLayers.cacheRelayUrls,
       replyExtraRelayLayers.httpRelayUrls,
-      relayListMentionsNostrLand(aggrEligibleRelayUrls),
       blockedRelays
     )
     const primaryId = relayUrlListIdentity(primaryRelays)
@@ -149,7 +139,14 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     }
     setUrlStateIfChanged(setRelayUrls, primaryRelays)
     setUrlStateIfChanged(setReplyRelayUrls, replyRelays)
-  }, [favoriteFeedRelayUrls, blockedRelays, primaryExtraRelayUrls, replyExtraRelayLayers, setUrlStateIfChanged])
+  }, [
+    favoriteFeedRelayUrls,
+    blockedRelays,
+    primaryExtraRelayUrls,
+    replyExtraRelayLayers,
+    setUrlStateIfChanged,
+    viewerNostrLandAggrEligible
+  ])
 
   const favoriteRelaysIdentity = useMemo(
     () =>

src/services/client-events.service.ts

@@ -648,6 +648,16 @@ export class EventService {
     return e
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Session LRU only — for UI that must classify before async fetch (e.g. notification reactions).
+   * Does not query IndexedDB or relays; {@link fetchEvent} remains authoritative when missing.
+   */
+  peekHexIdNoteFromSessionCache(hexId: string): NEvent | undefined {
+    const id = hexId.trim().toLowerCase()
+    if (!/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/.test(id)) return undefined
+    return this.getSessionEventIfAllowed(id, true)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Pubkeys whose session-cached kind 0 matches a name / display_name / nip-05 substring (for search without IDB).
    */

src/services/client-replaceable-events.service.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import type { QueryService } from './client-query.service'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import client from './client.service'
 import { buildComprehensiveRelayList, buildExploreProfileAndUserRelayList } from '@/lib/relay-list-builder'
+import { prependAggrNostrLandIfViewerEligible } from '@/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility'
 import { shouldDropEventOnIngest } from '@/lib/event-ingest-filter'
 
 export class ReplaceableEventService {
@@ -613,6 +614,7 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
         } else {
           relayUrls = [...FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS]
         }
+        relayUrls = prependAggrNostrLandIfViewerEligible(relayUrls)
         // Contacts + NIP-65 need the same patience as pins/payment: 100ms EOSE loses the race on slow relays
         // and multi-author batches must not use replaceableRace (first EVENT may not be the latest per author).
         const isSlowReplaceableBatch =
@@ -868,6 +870,8 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
       throw new Error('Invalid id')
     }
 
+    /** Used only when relay steps miss — UI should already show this from {@link useFetchProfile} IDB/session first. */
+    let sessionFallback: NEvent | undefined
     if (!_skipCache) {
       const sessionEv = client.eventService.getSessionMetadataForPubkey(pubkey)
       if (sessionEv && !shouldDropEventOnIngest(sessionEv)) {
@@ -878,7 +882,7 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
         await this.indexProfile(sessionEv)
         void indexedDb.putReplaceableEvent(sessionEv).catch(() => {})
         ReplaceableEventService.clearProfileFetchMiss(pubkey)
-        return sessionEv
+        sessionFallback = sessionEv
       }
     }
 
@@ -886,7 +890,7 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
     const relayHints = relays.length > 0 ? [...relays] : []
 
     if (!_skipCache && relayHints.length === 0 && ReplaceableEventService.isProfileFetchMissCached(pubkey)) {
-      return undefined
+      return sessionFallback
     }
 
     // CRITICAL: Always use relay hints from bech32 addresses (nprofile, naddr, nevent) when available
@@ -939,14 +943,16 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
         ]
       : []
 
-    const expandedRelays = [
+    const expandedRelays = prependAggrNostrLandIfViewerEligible(
-      ...new Set([
+      Array.from(
+        new Set([
           ...relayHints,
           ...authorRelays,
           ...PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS,
           ...FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS
         ])
-    ]
+      )
+    )
 
     const profileFromExpanded = await this.fetchReplaceableEvent(
       pubkey,
@@ -976,8 +982,9 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
       })
 
       if (comprehensiveRelays.length > 0) {
+        const relaysForQuery = prependAggrNostrLandIfViewerEligible(comprehensiveRelays)
         const events = await this.queryService.query(
-          comprehensiveRelays,
+          relaysForQuery,
           {
             authors: [pubkey],
             kinds: [kinds.Metadata]
@@ -1007,10 +1014,10 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
       ReplaceableEventService.releaseProfileFallbackNetworkSlot()
     }
 
-    if (!_skipCache && relayHints.length === 0) {
+    if (!_skipCache && relayHints.length === 0 && !sessionFallback) {
       ReplaceableEventService.rememberProfileFetchMiss(pubkey)
     }
-    return undefined
+    return sessionFallback
   }
 
   /**