fix stringified json spam filter

src/lib/event-ingest-filter.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
+import { ExtendedKind } from '@/constants'
+import { getRelayUrlFromRelayReviewEvent, getStarsFromRelayReviewEvent } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
 import type { Event as NEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
 
 /**
- * Kinds whose `content` is conventionally a JSON object string per Nostr usage (not treated as app-protocol spam).
+ * Detects **kind-1 note** spam where `content` is a stringified JSON **object** (game/app payloads, etc.)
- * Extend when another NIP documents JSON-in-content for a kind.
+ * instead of human-readable text. Scoped to {@link kinds.ShortTextNote} only.
- */
-export const NOSTR_KINDS_ALLOWED_STRINGIFIED_JSON_OBJECT_CONTENT = new Set<number>([0])
-
-/**
- * True when `content` is a stringified JSON **object** (not arrays/primitives) on a kind that should carry human text
- * or other non-JSON payloads — e.g. game/app data published as kind 31987 relay reviews.
  */
 export function isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(
   event: Pick<NEvent, 'kind' | 'content'>
 ): boolean {
-  if (NOSTR_KINDS_ALLOWED_STRINGIFIED_JSON_OBJECT_CONTENT.has(event.kind)) return false
+  if (event.kind !== kinds.ShortTextNote) return false
+
   const c = typeof event.content === 'string' ? event.content.trim() : ''
   if (c.length < 2 || c[0] !== '{' || c[c.length - 1] !== '}') return false
   try {
@@ -23,3 +21,19 @@ export function isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(
     return false
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Kind-31987 noise: missing `d` (relay URL) or a parseable `rating` tag (see {@link getStarsFromRelayReviewEvent}).
+ * Content may be JSON or prose; structure is validated on tags, not `content`.
+ */
+export function isIncompleteRelayReviewIngest(event: NEvent): boolean {
+  if (event.kind !== ExtendedKind.RELAY_REVIEW) return false
+  if (!getRelayUrlFromRelayReviewEvent(event)) return true
+  if (!getStarsFromRelayReviewEvent(event)) return true
+  return false
+}
+
+/** Single gate for subscribe/cache/IDB read paths: drop kind-1 JSON-object spam and malformed relay reviews. */
+export function shouldDropEventOnIngest(event: NEvent): boolean {
+  return isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(event) || isIncompleteRelayReviewIngest(event)
+}

src/services/client-events.service.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import indexedDb from './indexed-db.service'
 import type { QueryService } from './client-query.service'
 import client from './client.service'
 import { isReplaceableEvent } from '@/lib/event'
-import { isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent } from '@/lib/event-ingest-filter'
+import { shouldDropEventOnIngest } from '@/lib/event-ingest-filter'
 import { buildComprehensiveRelayList } from '@/lib/relay-list-builder'
 
 /**
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class EventService {
   private getSessionEventIfAllowed(hexId: string): NEvent | undefined {
     const e = this.sessionEventCache.get(hexId)
     if (!e) return undefined
-    if (isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(e)) {
+    if (shouldDropEventOnIngest(e)) {
       this.sessionEventCache.delete(hexId)
       return undefined
     }
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ export class EventService {
       const cachedPromise = this.eventCacheMap.get(hexId)
       if (cachedPromise) {
         const resolved = await cachedPromise
-        if (resolved && !isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(resolved)) return resolved
+        if (resolved && !shouldDropEventOnIngest(resolved)) return resolved
         const fromSessionAfterMiss = this.getSessionEventIfAllowed(hexId)
         if (fromSessionAfterMiss) return fromSessionAfterMiss
         const fromDb = await indexedDb.getEventFromPublicationStore(hexId)
-        if (fromDb && !isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(fromDb)) {
+        if (fromDb && !shouldDropEventOnIngest(fromDb)) {
           this.addEventToCache(fromDb)
           return fromDb
         }
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export class EventService {
       const fromSessionAfter = this.getSessionEventIfAllowed(hexId)
       if (fromSessionAfter) return fromSessionAfter
     }
-    if (loaded && isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(loaded)) {
+    if (loaded && shouldDropEventOnIngest(loaded)) {
       return undefined
     }
     return loaded
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export class EventService {
    * Add event to session cache
    */
   addEventToCache(event: NEvent): void {
-    if (isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(event)) return
+    if (shouldDropEventOnIngest(event)) return
     const cleanEvent = { ...event }
     delete (cleanEvent as any).relayStatuses
     // REQ filters and nip19 decode use lowercase hex; some relays/clients emit uppercase ids.
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export class EventService {
     const queryLower = query.toLowerCase()
     
     for (const [, event] of this.sessionEventCache.entries()) {
-      if (isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(event)) continue
+      if (shouldDropEventOnIngest(event)) continue
       if (allowedKinds && !allowedKinds.includes(event.kind)) continue
 
       const content = event.content.toLowerCase()
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ export class EventService {
     // Try cache first
     if (filter.ids?.length) {
       const cached = await indexedDb.getEventFromPublicationStore(filter.ids[0])
-      if (cached && !isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(cached)) {
+      if (cached && !shouldDropEventOnIngest(cached)) {
         this.addEventToCache(cached)
         // Extract relay hints from cached event's tags (e, a, q tags)
         const eventRelayHints = this.extractRelayHintsFromEvent(cached)
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ export class EventService {
     // Try big relays first (uses user's inboxes + defaults)
     if (filter.ids?.length) {
       const event = await this.fetchEventFromBigRelaysDataloader.load(filter.ids[0])
-      if (event && !isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(event)) {
+      if (event && !shouldDropEventOnIngest(event)) {
         this.addEventToCache(event)
         // Extract relay hints from found event's tags (e, a, q tags)
         const eventRelayHints = this.extractRelayHintsFromEvent(event)
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ export class EventService {
 
     // Always try comprehensive relay list (author's outboxes + user's inboxes + hints + seen + defaults)
     const event = await this.tryHarderToFetchEvent(relays, filter, true)
-    if (event && !isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(event)) {
+    if (event && !shouldDropEventOnIngest(event)) {
       this.addEventToCache(event)
       return event
     }
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ export class EventService {
     })
     
     const event = events
-      .filter((e) => !isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(e))
+      .filter((e) => !shouldDropEventOnIngest(e))
       .sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at)[0]
     
     // For non-replaceable events, we've already returned immediately via immediateReturn
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ export class EventService {
     
     const eventsMap = new Map<string, NEvent>()
     for (const event of events) {
-      if (isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(event)) continue
+      if (shouldDropEventOnIngest(event)) continue
       const key = /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i.test(event.id) ? event.id.toLowerCase() : event.id
       eventsMap.set(key, event)
       // Note: We can't track which relay returned which event in batch queries,

src/services/client-query.service.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   MAX_CONCURRENT_RELAY_CONNECTIONS,
   SEARCHABLE_RELAY_URLS
 } from '@/constants'
-import { isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent } from '@/lib/event-ingest-filter'
+import { shouldDropEventOnIngest } from '@/lib/event-ingest-filter'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import { normalizeUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import type { Filter, Event as NEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ export class QueryService {
 
     const forwardOnevent = callbacks.onevent
       ? (evt: NEvent) => {
-          if (isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(evt)) return
+          if (shouldDropEventOnIngest(evt)) return
           callbacks.onevent!(evt)
         }
       : undefined

src/services/client.service.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function filterForRelay(f: Filter, relaySupportsSearch: boolean): Filter {
   const { search: _search, ...rest } = f
   return rest as Filter
 }
-import { isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent } from '@/lib/event-ingest-filter'
+import { shouldDropEventOnIngest } from '@/lib/event-ingest-filter'
 import { getProfileFromEvent, getRelayListFromEvent } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import { dispatchTombstonesUpdated } from '@/lib/tombstone-events'
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
 
     const forwardOnevent = onevent
       ? (evt: NEvent) => {
-          if (isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(evt)) return
+          if (shouldDropEventOnIngest(evt)) return
           onevent(evt)
         }
       : undefined
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
       const customEvent = data as CustomEvent<NEvent>
       const evt = customEvent.detail
       if (!matchFilters(filters, evt)) return
-      if (isStringifiedJsonObjectContentNostrEvent(evt)) return
+      if (shouldDropEventOnIngest(evt)) return
 
       const id = evt.id
       const have = _knownIds.has(id)