From 8bbb9ccb1b7134a1a8d74514f97253cbdb85913e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Silberengel <silberengel7@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 10:38:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] bug-fixes

---
 src/lib/event-ingest-filter.test.ts | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib/event-ingest-filter.ts      | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/event-ingest-filter.test.ts b/src/lib/event-ingest-filter.test.ts
index 91d3db1f..c371abed 100644
--- a/src/lib/event-ingest-filter.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/event-ingest-filter.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ const DRIFT_GITS_SPAM: Event = {
   ]
 }
 
+const BASE64_BLOB_SPAM: Event = {
+  kind: 1,
+  content:
+    'yBH9z+dFkrjXwdWnT43WlzguqTlaMEaeVr2+2A5cJKpbgnSxuU/rstTbQzkb1ormLJOt6ary5iWeBVul1xHFgMzVFlnDeIrUyOGeMIBu18gwTlOyJ4NY4RsmegRYivAoej1Hik+ifi5DmXYQN3dsIiz2xYqMiks+uegscL71yY2QZOA=',
+  created_at: 1780215178,
+  id: '6b5451748d2aa66c699b99d343275d161708a0692b3edd95dcc162409bd8e0c6',
+  pubkey: '3ccf8522563127b37aaf0cafd0545851d9d1f6a62033ce373636b2fb72a2ffdf',
+  sig: '960d9c5fe890de907e2ebe922d4a3101670add71306d3f55f066b11c301f457b3635e305a5487a3c8bdad3c5405bab3bca26623ccbd56753c13c5e68b400c20e',
+  tags: []
+}
+
 describe('shouldDropEventOnIngest', () => {
   it('drops drift.gits.net kind-1 spam', () => {
     expect(shouldDropEventOnIngest(DRIFT_GITS_SPAM)).toBe(true)
@@ -29,6 +40,28 @@ describe('shouldDropEventOnIngest', () => {
     ).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('drops long base64-like kind-1 blobs ending with =', () => {
+    expect(shouldDropEventOnIngest(BASE64_BLOB_SPAM)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('allows long base64 blob on explicit note lookup', () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldDropEventOnIngest(BASE64_BLOB_SPAM, {
+        explicitNoteLookupHexId: BASE64_BLOB_SPAM.id
+      })
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('does not drop short kind-1 text ending with =', () => {
+    expect(
+      shouldDropEventOnIngest({
+        ...BASE64_BLOB_SPAM,
+        content: 'x=3',
+        tags: []
+      })
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('does not drop normal kind-1 text', () => {
     expect(
       shouldDropEventOnIngest({
diff --git a/src/lib/event-ingest-filter.ts b/src/lib/event-ingest-filter.ts
index 391497c3..7e6ea0af 100644
--- a/src/lib/event-ingest-filter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/event-ingest-filter.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,27 @@ function isKactiBroadcastSpamKind1(event: Pick<NEvent, 'kind' | 'content'>): boo
 /**
  * drift.gits.net kind-1 payloads (`sp_<id>.….drift.gits.net` + `t` tag) — relay index noise, not discussion text.
  */
+/** Min length for kind-1 opaque blobs (base64-like relay noise). */
+const OPAQUE_BLOB_KIND1_MIN_LEN = 80
+/** Min length when there is no `=` padding but the whole note is still one opaque token. */
+const OPAQUE_BLOB_KIND1_MIN_LEN_NO_PAD = 120
+
+/**
+ * Long single-token payloads (usually base64) with no readable text — relay index spam.
+ */
+function isLongOpaqueRandomStringKind1(event: Pick<NEvent, 'kind' | 'content'>): boolean {
+  if (event.kind !== kinds.ShortTextNote) return false
+  const raw = typeof event.content === 'string' ? event.content : ''
+  const compact = raw.trim().replace(/\s+/g, '')
+  if (compact.length < OPAQUE_BLOB_KIND1_MIN_LEN) return false
+  if (!/^[A-Za-z0-9+/]+=*$/.test(compact)) return false
+  const bodyLen = compact.replace(/=+$/, '').length
+  if (compact.endsWith('=')) {
+    return bodyLen >= OPAQUE_BLOB_KIND1_MIN_LEN - 4
+  }
+  return compact.length >= OPAQUE_BLOB_KIND1_MIN_LEN_NO_PAD
+}
+
 function isDriftGitsNetSpamKind1(
   event: Pick<NEvent, 'kind' | 'content' | 'tags'>
 ): boolean {
@@ -78,7 +99,8 @@ const DEPRECATED_NIP71_SHORT_VIDEO_ADDRESSABLE_KIND = 34236
 
 /**
  * Single gate for subscribe/cache/IDB read paths: drop kind-1 JSON-object spam, Kacti broadcast spam,
- * drift.gits.net spam, and malformed relay reviews. Optional {@link ShouldDropEventOnIngestOptions} relaxes
+ * drift.gits.net spam, long opaque random strings, and malformed relay reviews. Optional
+ * {@link ShouldDropEventOnIngestOptions} relaxes
  * kind-1 spam drops for explicit id fetch.
  */
 export function shouldDropEventOnIngest(
@@ -95,5 +117,8 @@ export function shouldDropEventOnIngest(
   if (isDriftGitsNetSpamKind1(event)) {
     if (!relaxKind1Spam) return true
   }
+  if (isLongOpaqueRandomStringKind1(event)) {
+    if (!relaxKind1Spam) return true
+  }
   return false
 }