render publication content

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "imwald",
-  "version": "23.21.0",
+  "version": "23.21.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "imwald",
-      "version": "23.21.0",
+      "version": "23.21.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@asciidoctor/core": "^3.0.4",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "imwald",
-  "version": "23.21.0",
+  "version": "23.21.1",
   "description": "Imwald — a user-friendly Nostr client focused on relay feed browsing, publications, and relay discovery",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",

src/lib/index-relay-http.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   isIndexRelayTransportFailure,
   rawToIndexRelayEvent
 } from '@/lib/index-relay-http'
-import { finalizeEvent, generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { finalizeEvent, generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { describe, expect, it, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
 
 describe('isIndexRelayTransportFailure', () => {
@@ -50,5 +50,30 @@ describe('rawToIndexRelayEvent', () => {
     const parsed = rawToIndexRelayEvent(mercuryRow)
     expect(parsed?.content).toBe('')
     expect(parsed?.kind).toBe(30040)
+    expect(verifyEvent(parsed!)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects kind 30040 when tags do not match id/sig', () => {
+    const sk = generateSecretKey()
+    const pubkey = getPublicKey(sk)
+    const verified = finalizeEvent(
+      {
+        kind: 30040,
+        created_at: 1_700_000_000,
+        tags: [
+          ['d', 'book'],
+          ['title', 'Test Book'],
+          ['a', `30041:${pubkey}:chapter-1`],
+          ['a', `30041:${pubkey}:chapter-2`]
+        ],
+        content: ''
+      },
+      sk
+    )
+    const scrambled = {
+      ...verified,
+      tags: [...verified.tags].reverse()
+    } as unknown as Record<string, unknown>
+    expect(rawToIndexRelayEvent(scrambled)).toBeNull()
   })
 })

src/lib/index-relay-http.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   normalizeHttpRelayUrl
 } from '@/lib/url'
 import type { Filter, Event as NEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { validateEvent, verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
 
 function trimSlash(base: string): string {
   return base.replace(/\/+$/, '')
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function rawToVerifiedEvent(raw: Record<string, unknown>): NEvent | null {
 
 /**
  * Parse HTTP index relay rows for Library discovery. Kind 30040 content is always normalized to `''`.
- * When verify fails (some index mirrors store stale id/sig), accept structurally valid 30040 rows.
+ * Signature must verify — tag order is part of the signed event (NKBIP-01 reading order).
  */
 export function rawToIndexRelayEvent(raw: Record<string, unknown>): NEvent | null {
   try {
@@ -255,9 +255,7 @@ export function rawToIndexRelayEvent(raw: Record<string, unknown>): NEvent | nul
       content,
       sig
     } as NEvent
-    if (verifyEvent(ev)) return ev
+    return verifyEvent(ev) ? ev : null
-    if (kind === ExtendedKind.PUBLICATION && validateEvent(ev)) return ev
-    return null
   } catch {
     return null
   }

src/lib/library-index-idb-cache.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@ import {
   getLibraryIndexCacheBudget
 } from '@/lib/library-index-cache-config'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
+import { isVerifiedPublicationIndex } from '@/lib/publication-index'
 import indexedDb from '@/services/indexed-db.service'
 import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 
 export async function loadLibraryIndexCacheEvents(): Promise<Event[]> {
   try {
-    return await indexedDb.getLibraryPublicationIndexCacheEvents()
+    const cached = await indexedDb.getLibraryPublicationIndexCacheEvents()
+    const verified = cached.filter(isVerifiedPublicationIndex)
+    if (verified.length < cached.length) {
+      void indexedDb
+        .pruneUnverifiedLibraryPublicationIndexCacheEvents()
+        .catch(() => {})
+    }
+    return verified
   } catch (e) {
     if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
       logger.warn('[Library] index IDB read failed', {

src/lib/library-publication-index.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   hydrateNestedIndexEvents
 } from '@/lib/publication-index'
 import { getReplaceableCoordinateFromEvent, isReplaceableEvent } from '@/lib/event'
+import { verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { isEventInPinList } from '@/lib/replaceable-list-latest'
 import { isRelayBlockedByUser } from '@/lib/relay-blocked'
 import { buildComprehensiveRelayList } from '@/lib/relay-list-builder'
@@ -215,7 +216,18 @@ function dedupeEventsById(events: Event[]): Event[] {
   const byId = new Map<string, Event>()
   for (const ev of events) {
     const prev = byId.get(ev.id)
-    if (!prev || ev.created_at > prev.created_at) byId.set(ev.id, ev)
+    if (!prev) {
+      byId.set(ev.id, ev)
+      continue
+    }
+    const prevVerified = verifyEvent(prev)
+    const nextVerified = verifyEvent(ev)
+    if (nextVerified && !prevVerified) {
+      byId.set(ev.id, ev)
+      continue
+    }
+    if (prevVerified && !nextVerified) continue
+    if (ev.created_at > prev.created_at) byId.set(ev.id, ev)
   }
   return [...byId.values()]
 }

src/lib/publication-index.test.ts

@@ -9,19 +9,21 @@ import {
   getTopLevelIndexEvents
 } from '@/lib/publication-index'
 import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { finalizeEvent, generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools'
 
-const PK = 'a'.repeat(64)
+const sk = generateSecretKey()
+const PK = getPublicKey(sk)
 
-function indexEvent(d: string, aTags: string[], id = d.padEnd(64, '0').slice(0, 64)): Event {
+function indexEvent(d: string, aTags: string[]): Event {
-  return {
+  return finalizeEvent(
-    id,
+    {
-    kind: ExtendedKind.PUBLICATION,
+      kind: ExtendedKind.PUBLICATION,
-    pubkey: PK,
+      created_at: 100,
-    created_at: 100,
+      content: '',
-    content: '',
+      tags: [['d', d], ['title', `Title ${d}`], ...aTags.map((a) => ['a', a] as [string, string])]
-    tags: [['d', d], ['title', `Title ${d}`], ...aTags.map((a) => ['a', a] as [string, string])],
+    },
-    sig: 'c'.repeat(128)
+    sk
-  }
+  )
 }
 
 function contentEvent(d: string, id = d.padEnd(64, '1').slice(0, 64)): Event {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ describe('publication-index', () => {
   it('getTopLevelIndexEvents excludes nested 30040 children', () => {
     const childAddr = `30040:${PK}:part-1`
     const root = indexEvent('book', [childAddr, `30041:${PK}:intro`])
-    const child = indexEvent('part-1', [`30041:${PK}:chapter-1`], '2'.repeat(64))
+    const child = indexEvent('part-1', [`30041:${PK}:chapter-1`])
     const top = getTopLevelIndexEvents([root, child])
     expect(top).toHaveLength(1)
     expect(eventTagAddress(top[0])).toBe(`30040:${PK}:book`)
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ describe('publication-index', () => {
     const childAddr = `30040:${PK}:part-1`
     const leafAddr = `30041:${PK}:chapter-1`
     const root = indexEvent('book', [childAddr, `30041:${PK}:intro`])
-    const child = indexEvent('part-1', [leafAddr], '2'.repeat(64))
+    const child = indexEvent('part-1', [leafAddr])
     const indexByAddress = buildIndexByAddress([root, child])
 
     const reachable = collectReachableAddressesCached(root, indexByAddress)
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ describe('publication-index', () => {
   it('fetchMissingIndex resolves nested index not in initial cache', async () => {
     const childAddr = `30040:${PK}:part-1`
     const root = indexEvent('book', [childAddr])
-    const child = indexEvent('part-1', [`30041:${PK}:chapter-1`], '2'.repeat(64))
+    const child = indexEvent('part-1', [`30041:${PK}:chapter-1`])
     const indexByAddress = buildIndexByAddress([root])
 
     const reachable = await collectReachableAddresses(root, indexByAddress, async (addr) => {

src/lib/publication-index.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@ import {
   type PublicationSectionRef
 } from '@/lib/publication-section-fetch'
 import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
+
+/** Normalize kind-30040 rows before signature check (NKBIP-01 empty content; lowercase hex). */
+export function publicationIndexForVerify(event: Event): Event {
+  return {
+    ...event,
+    id: event.id.toLowerCase(),
+    pubkey: event.pubkey.toLowerCase(),
+    content: event.content ?? ''
+  }
+}
+
+/** True when the event is a kind-30040 index and the signature matches the tag array. */
+export function isVerifiedPublicationIndex(event: Event): boolean {
+  if (event.kind !== ExtendedKind.PUBLICATION) return false
+  return verifyEvent(publicationIndexForVerify(event))
+}
 
 export function eventTagAddress(event: Event): string | null {
   const d = event.tags.find((t) => (t[0] || '').trim().toLowerCase() === 'd')?.[1]
@@ -23,7 +40,7 @@ export function filterValidIndexEvents(events: Event[]): Event[] {
     const hasD = event.tags.some((t) => (t[0] || '').trim().toLowerCase() === 'd' && t[1])
     const hasA = event.tags.some((t) => t[0] === 'a' && t[1])
     const hasE = event.tags.some((t) => t[0] === 'e' && t[1])
-    return hasTitle && hasD && (hasA || hasE)
+    return hasTitle && hasD && (hasA || hasE) && isVerifiedPublicationIndex(event)
   })
 }
 

src/services/client-events.service.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { isVerifiedPublicationIndex } from '@/lib/publication-index'
 import {
   AUTHOR_CORE_PREFETCH_ON_INGEST_KINDS,
   ExtendedKind,
@@ -670,6 +671,7 @@ export class EventService {
    */
   addEventToCache(event: NEvent, ingestOpts?: ShouldDropEventOnIngestOptions): void {
     if (shouldDropEventOnIngest(event, ingestOpts)) return
+    if (event.kind === ExtendedKind.PUBLICATION && !isVerifiedPublicationIndex(event)) return
     const cleanEvent = { ...event }
     delete (cleanEvent as any).relayStatuses
     // REQ filters and nip19 decode use lowercase hex; some relays/clients emit uppercase ids.

src/services/indexed-db.service.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { citationPickerMatchesQuery } from '@/lib/citation-picker-search'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import { profileKind0MatchesSearchQuery } from '@/lib/profile-metadata-search'
 import { shouldDropEventOnIngest } from '@/lib/event-ingest-filter'
+import { isVerifiedPublicationIndex } from '@/lib/publication-index'
 import { eventMatchesGeneralSearchQuery } from '@/lib/general-search-text-match'
 import { eventMatchesAnyLocalFeedFilter } from '@/lib/feed-local-event-match'
 import {
@@ -3691,6 +3692,39 @@ class IndexedDbService {
     }
   }
 
+  async pruneUnverifiedLibraryPublicationIndexCacheEvents(): Promise<number> {
+    await this.initPromise
+    if (!this.db?.objectStoreNames.contains(StoreNames.LIBRARY_PUBLICATION_INDEX)) return 0
+
+    const toDelete: string[] = []
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const tx = this.db!.transaction(StoreNames.LIBRARY_PUBLICATION_INDEX, 'readonly')
+      const req = tx.objectStore(StoreNames.LIBRARY_PUBLICATION_INDEX).openCursor()
+      req.onsuccess = () => {
+        const cursor = req.result as IDBCursorWithValue | null
+        if (!cursor) {
+          tx.commit()
+          resolve()
+          return
+        }
+        const row = cursor.value as TLibraryPublicationIndexCacheRow
+        if (row?.value?.kind === ExtendedKind.PUBLICATION && !isVerifiedPublicationIndex(row.value)) {
+          toDelete.push(cursor.key as string)
+        }
+        cursor.continue()
+      }
+      req.onerror = (e) => {
+        tx.commit()
+        reject(idbEventToError(e))
+      }
+    })
+
+    for (const key of toDelete) {
+      await this.deleteStoreItem(StoreNames.LIBRARY_PUBLICATION_INDEX, key)
+    }
+    return toDelete.length
+  }
+
   async getLibraryPublicationIndexCacheEvents(): Promise<Event[]> {
     await this.initPromise
     if (!this.db?.objectStoreNames.contains(StoreNames.LIBRARY_PUBLICATION_INDEX)) return []