diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 95b3ded3..a3003653 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Imwald" />
     <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest" />
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />
+    <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.png" type="image/png" sizes="216x215" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#121e18" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" />
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d70fa0c..47352137 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "imwald",
-  "version": "22.4.2",
+  "version": "22.5.0",
   "description": "Imwald — a user-friendly Nostr client focused on relay feed browsing, publications, and relay discovery",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/components/ContentPreview/FollowPackPreview.tsx b/src/components/ContentPreview/FollowPackPreview.tsx
index 37e93575..0163e981 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentPreview/FollowPackPreview.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContentPreview/FollowPackPreview.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export default function FollowPackPreview({
         return
       }
       if (!followList) return
-      const { follow } = followList
+      const { followMany } = followList
       const toFollow = packPubkeys.filter((p) => !followingSet.has(p) && !muteSetHas(mutePubkeySet, p))
       if (toFollow.length === 0) {
         const mutedCount = packPubkeys.filter((p) => muteSetHas(mutePubkeySet, p) && !followingSet.has(p)).length
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ export default function FollowPackPreview({
       }
       setBusy(true)
       try {
-        for (const pubkeyToFollow of toFollow) {
-          await follow(pubkeyToFollow)
-        }
+        await followMany(toFollow)
         toast.success(t('Followed {{count}} users', { count: toFollow.length }))
       } catch (error) {
         logger.error('Failed to follow pack', { error })
diff --git a/src/components/RelayIcon/index.tsx b/src/components/RelayIcon/index.tsx
index ea54700a..ee683c46 100644
--- a/src/components/RelayIcon/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RelayIcon/index.tsx
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react'
 /**
  * Resolve an image URL from NIP-11.  Handles:
  * - Absolute HTTP(S) URLs → used as-is
- * - Relative paths (e.g. "/favicon.ico") → resolved against the relay's base HTTP URL
- * - ws(s):// URLs some relays mistakenly return → ignored, fall through to favicon
+ * - Relative paths (e.g. "/logo.png") → resolved against the relay's base HTTP URL
+ * - ws(s):// URLs some relays mistakenly return → ignored
+ *
+ * We do not fetch `https://host/favicon.ico` as a fallback: many relays return HTML/404 there,
+ * which triggers Firefox Opaque Response Blocking noise and broken `<img>` loads.
  */
 function resolveRelayImageUrl(raw: string, relayUrl: string): string | undefined {
   if (!raw) return undefined
@@ -47,16 +50,7 @@ export default function RelayIcon({
       return nip11Icon
     }
 
-    // Fall back to /favicon.ico at the relay's host
-    try {
-      const u = new URL(url)
-      const scheme = u.protocol === 'wss:' ? 'https:' : 'http:'
-      const favicon = `${scheme}//${u.host}/favicon.ico`
-      logger.debug('[RelayIcon] using favicon fallback', { url, rawIcon, favicon })
-      return favicon
-    } catch {
-      return undefined
-    }
+    return undefined
   }, [url, relayInfo])
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/components/UserAvatar/index.tsx b/src/components/UserAvatar/index.tsx
index e1609637..0e95d574 100644
--- a/src/components/UserAvatar/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UserAvatar/index.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ export default function UserAvatar({
   const [imgError, setImgError] = useState(false)
   const [currentSrc, setCurrentSrc] = useState(avatarSrc)
 
-  const isVideoAvatar = useMemo(() => isVideo(profile?.avatar?.trim() ?? ''), [profile?.avatar])
+  /** Must match `currentSrc`: deferred / fallback identicon is SVG — never pass it to `<video>`. */
+  const isVideoAvatar = useMemo(() => isVideo(currentSrc), [currentSrc])
 
   // Reset error state when src changes
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -356,7 +357,8 @@ export function SimpleUserAvatar({
   const [imgError, setImgError] = useState(false)
   const [currentSrc, setCurrentSrc] = useState(avatarSrc)
 
-  const isVideoAvatar = useMemo(() => isVideo(profile?.avatar?.trim() ?? ''), [profile?.avatar])
+  /** Must match `currentSrc`: deferred / fallback identicon is SVG — never pass it to `<video>`. */
+  const isVideoAvatar = useMemo(() => isVideo(currentSrc), [currentSrc])
 
   // Reset error state when src changes
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/lib/error-suppression.ts b/src/lib/error-suppression.ts
index 65807cf8..0810bcd5 100644
--- a/src/lib/error-suppression.ts
+++ b/src/lib/error-suppression.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,15 @@ function suppressExpectedErrors() {
   console.log = (...args: any[]) => {
     const message = args.join(' ')
     
+    // Firefox ORB: cross-origin favicon / relay icon requests often hit HTML or wrong MIME; not actionable in-app.
+    if (
+      message.includes('OpaqueResponseBlocking') ||
+      (message.includes('favicon.ico') &&
+        (message.includes('blocked') || message.includes('blockiert')))
+    ) {
+      return
+    }
+
     // Suppress React DevTools suggestion (only show once)
     if (message.includes('Download the React DevTools')) {
       return
diff --git a/src/providers/FollowListProvider.tsx b/src/providers/FollowListProvider.tsx
index 4881a13c..35380a7b 100644
--- a/src/providers/FollowListProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/FollowListProvider.tsx
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ export function FollowListProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode })
     })
   }, [accountPubkey, favoriteRelays, blockedRelays])
 
-  const follow = async (pubkey: string) => {
-    if (!accountPubkey) return
-
+  const mergeLatestFollowTags = async (): Promise<{ tags: string[][]; content: string | undefined } | null> => {
+    if (!accountPubkey) return null
     const relays = await buildMergeRelays()
     let latest =
       (await fetchLatestReplaceableListEvent(accountPubkey, kinds.Contacts, relays)) ?? null
@@ -43,13 +42,32 @@ export function FollowListProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode })
     }
     if (!latest) {
       const result = confirm(t('FollowListNotFoundConfirmation'))
+      if (!result) return null
+    }
+    return { tags: latest?.tags ?? [], content: latest?.content }
+  }
+
+  const follow = async (pubkey: string) => {
+    if (!accountPubkey) return
+    const base = await mergeLatestFollowTags()
+    if (base === null) return
+    const mergedTags = dedupePTagsAppendPubkey(base.tags, pubkey)
+    const newFollowListDraftEvent = createFollowListDraftEvent(mergedTags, base.content)
+    const newFollowListEvent = await publish(newFollowListDraftEvent)
+    await updateFollowListEvent(newFollowListEvent)
+  }
 
-      if (!result) {
-        return
-      }
+  const followMany = async (pubkeys: string[]) => {
+    if (!accountPubkey) return
+    const unique = [...new Set(pubkeys.map((p) => p.trim().toLowerCase()).filter(Boolean))]
+    if (unique.length === 0) return
+    const base = await mergeLatestFollowTags()
+    if (base === null) return
+    let mergedTags = base.tags
+    for (const pk of unique) {
+      mergedTags = dedupePTagsAppendPubkey(mergedTags, pk)
     }
-    const mergedTags = dedupePTagsAppendPubkey(latest?.tags ?? [], pubkey)
-    const newFollowListDraftEvent = createFollowListDraftEvent(mergedTags, latest?.content)
+    const newFollowListDraftEvent = createFollowListDraftEvent(mergedTags, base.content)
     const newFollowListEvent = await publish(newFollowListDraftEvent)
     await updateFollowListEvent(newFollowListEvent)
   }
@@ -78,6 +96,7 @@ export function FollowListProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode })
       value={{
         followings,
         follow,
+        followMany,
         unfollow
       }}
     >
diff --git a/src/providers/follow-list-context.tsx b/src/providers/follow-list-context.tsx
index c5bb55b0..e951eb1e 100644
--- a/src/providers/follow-list-context.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/follow-list-context.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { createContext, useContext } from 'react'
 export type TFollowListContext = {
   followings: string[]
   follow: (pubkey: string) => Promise<void>
+  /** One fetch + one kind-3 publish after merging all pubkeys (use for follow packs, not per-user loops). */
+  followMany: (pubkeys: string[]) => Promise<void>
   unfollow: (pubkey: string) => Promise<void>
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/client.service.ts b/src/services/client.service.ts
index f7f1184b..03ec6e1d 100644
--- a/src/services/client.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client.service.ts
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ async function mapPoolWithConcurrency<T, R>(
   return results
 }
 
+/** Many features call `fetchRelayLists` in parallel; each timeout used to emit an identical WARN. */
+let fetchRelayListBudgetWarnLastMs = 0
+const FETCH_RELAY_LIST_BUDGET_WARN_MIN_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000
+
 class ClientService extends EventTarget {
   static instance: ClientService
 
@@ -3569,9 +3573,14 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
       )
     }
 
-    logger.warn('[FetchRelayLists] Network relay-list fetch exceeded budget; using IndexedDB / empty network layer only', {
-      pubkeyCount: pubkeys.length
-    })
+    const now = Date.now()
+    if (now - fetchRelayListBudgetWarnLastMs >= FETCH_RELAY_LIST_BUDGET_WARN_MIN_INTERVAL_MS) {
+      fetchRelayListBudgetWarnLastMs = now
+      logger.warn(
+        '[FetchRelayLists] Network relay-list fetch exceeded budget; using IndexedDB / empty network layer only',
+        { pubkeyCount: pubkeys.length }
+      )
+    }
     const cacheRelayEvents = storedCacheRelayEvents.map((e) => e ?? undefined)
     return this.mergeRelayListsBundle(
       pubkeys,