diff --git a/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx b/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
index 5057f2f3..47f82591 100644
--- a/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { useZap } from '@/providers/ZapProvider'
 import client from '@/services/client.service'
 import {
   getSessionFeedSnapshot,
+  hardReloadPreservingFeedSnapshots,
   setSessionFeedSnapshot
 } from '@/services/session-feed-snapshot.service'
 import type { TFeedSubRequest, TSubRequestFilter } from '@/types'
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import {
   useState
 } from 'react'
 import { CircleAlert } from 'lucide-react'
+import { useLongPressAction } from '@/hooks/use-long-press-action'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import PullToRefresh from 'react-simple-pull-to-refresh'
 import { toast } from 'sonner'
@@ -655,6 +657,8 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
       }, 500)
     }, [scrollToTop])
 
+    const emptyFeedHardReloadLongPress = useLongPressAction(hardReloadPreservingFeedSnapshots)
+
     useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({ scrollToTop, refresh }), [scrollToTop, refresh])
 
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -1707,7 +1711,20 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
             role="status"
           >
             <p>{t('No posts loaded for this feed. Try refreshing.')}</p>
-            <Button type="button" variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={() => refresh()}>
+            <Button
+              type="button"
+              variant="outline"
+              size="sm"
+              title={t('refresh.longPressHardReload')}
+              onPointerDown={emptyFeedHardReloadLongPress.onPointerDown}
+              onPointerUp={emptyFeedHardReloadLongPress.onPointerUp}
+              onPointerLeave={emptyFeedHardReloadLongPress.onPointerLeave}
+              onPointerCancel={emptyFeedHardReloadLongPress.onPointerCancel}
+              onClick={() => {
+                if (emptyFeedHardReloadLongPress.consumeIfLongPress()) return
+                refresh()
+              }}
+            >
               {t('Refresh')}
             </Button>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/components/RefreshButton/index.tsx b/src/components/RefreshButton/index.tsx
index f65de2b9..57d84c0b 100644
--- a/src/components/RefreshButton/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RefreshButton/index.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,47 @@
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Skeleton } from '@/components/ui/skeleton'
+import { useLongPressAction } from '@/hooks/use-long-press-action'
+import { hardReloadPreservingFeedSnapshots } from '@/services/session-feed-snapshot.service'
 import { RefreshCcw } from 'lucide-react'
 import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
-export function RefreshButton({ onClick }: { onClick: () => void }) {
+export function RefreshButton({
+  onClick,
+  /**
+   * Long-press (~650ms). Default: full page reload while restoring session feed snapshots.
+   * Pass `null` to disable long-press hard reload.
+   */
+  onLongPress
+}: {
+  onClick: () => void
+  onLongPress?: (() => void) | null
+}) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation()
   const [refreshing, setRefreshing] = useState(false)
+  const longPressEnabled = onLongPress !== null
+  const longPressFn = onLongPress === null ? () => {} : (onLongPress ?? hardReloadPreservingFeedSnapshots)
+  const { onPointerDown, onPointerUp, onPointerLeave, onPointerCancel, consumeIfLongPress } =
+    useLongPressAction(longPressFn, { enabled: longPressEnabled })
+
+  const longPressTitle = onLongPress === null ? undefined : t('refresh.longPressHardReload')
 
   return (
     <Button
       variant="ghost"
       size="titlebar-icon"
       disabled={refreshing}
+      title={longPressTitle}
+      {...(longPressEnabled
+        ? {
+            onPointerDown,
+            onPointerUp,
+            onPointerLeave,
+            onPointerCancel
+          }
+        : {})}
       onClick={() => {
+        if (consumeIfLongPress()) return
         setRefreshing(true)
         onClick()
         setTimeout(() => setRefreshing(false), 500)
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-long-press-action.ts b/src/hooks/use-long-press-action.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e283a4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/use-long-press-action.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react'
+
+const DEFAULT_MS = 650
+
+/**
+ * Pointer long-press: fires `onLongPress` after `ms`. Use `consumeIfLongPress()` in `onClick` to ignore the click that follows a long-press.
+ */
+export function useLongPressAction(
+  onLongPress: () => void,
+  options?: { ms?: number; enabled?: boolean }
+) {
+  const ms = options?.ms ?? DEFAULT_MS
+  const enabled = options?.enabled ?? true
+  const timerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null)
+  const firedRef = useRef(false)
+
+  const clearTimer = useCallback(() => {
+    if (timerRef.current) {
+      clearTimeout(timerRef.current)
+      timerRef.current = null
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  const onPointerDown = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!enabled) return
+    firedRef.current = false
+    clearTimer()
+    timerRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+      timerRef.current = null
+      firedRef.current = true
+      onLongPress()
+    }, ms)
+  }, [clearTimer, enabled, ms, onLongPress])
+
+  const onPointerEnd = useCallback(() => {
+    clearTimer()
+  }, [clearTimer])
+
+  const consumeIfLongPress = useCallback(() => {
+    if (firedRef.current) {
+      firedRef.current = false
+      return true
+    }
+    return false
+  }, [])
+
+  return {
+    onPointerDown,
+    onPointerUp: onPointerEnd,
+    onPointerLeave: onPointerEnd,
+    onPointerCancel: onPointerEnd,
+    consumeIfLongPress
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en.ts b/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 70ec210f..8a46289b 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default {
     'Account menu': 'Account menu',
     SidebarRelays: 'Relays',
     Refresh: 'Refresh',
+    'refresh.longPressHardReload': 'Long-press: reload app and restore feed cache',
     Profile: 'Profile',
     Logout: 'Logout',
     Following: 'Following',
diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index 8ab307e6..ec07a7d2 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client'
 import App from './App.tsx'
 import { ErrorBoundary } from './components/ErrorBoundary.tsx'
 import storage from './services/local-storage.service'
+import { restoreSessionFeedSnapshotsAfterHardRefresh } from './services/session-feed-snapshot.service'
 
 declare global {
   interface Window {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ async function bootstrap() {
     })()
   ])
   console.info('[jumble] Boot: mounting React (UI shell will appear; Nostr session restores next)')
+  restoreSessionFeedSnapshotsAfterHardRefresh()
   // Mark session storage as used so it's visible in DevTools; VersionUpdateBanner and NotePage also use it.
   try {
     sessionStorage.setItem(SESSION_STORAGE_KEY, String(Date.now()))
diff --git a/src/services/client.service.ts b/src/services/client.service.ts
index 1e29425c..5a4c0d3f 100644
--- a/src/services/client.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client.service.ts
@@ -827,6 +827,38 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * If every URL was session-striked, clear strikes once so reads/publishes can retry (mobile WebSocket churn).
+   */
+  clearSessionRelayStrikes(): void {
+    if (this.publishStrikeCount.size === 0) return
+    logger.info('[Relay] Session relay strikes cleared', { relayCount: this.publishStrikeCount.size })
+    this.publishStrikeCount.clear()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Apply strike filter; if that removes all candidates while some were provided, clear strikes **for those URLs
+   * only** and retry once. (A global clear here caused storms: e.g. NIP-65 outbox retry with 2 relays wiped strikes
+   * for every relay in the tab session.)
+   */
+  private relayUrlsAfterStrikesOrRecover(urls: string[]): string[] {
+    const unique = Array.from(new Set(urls))
+    const filtered = this.filterSessionStrikedRelays(unique)
+    if (filtered.length === 0 && unique.length > 0) {
+      let cleared = 0
+      for (const u of unique) {
+        const n = normalizeUrl(u) || u
+        if (n && this.publishStrikeCount.delete(n)) cleared += 1
+      }
+      logger.info('[Relay] Batch was all session-striked — cleared strikes for this batch only', {
+        batchUrlCount: unique.length,
+        strikeEntriesCleared: cleared
+      })
+      return this.filterSessionStrikedRelays(unique)
+    }
+    return filtered
+  }
+
   /** Record a successful publish and its latency for session-based preference when selecting random relays. */
   recordPublishSuccess(url: string, latencyMs: number) {
     const n = normalizeUrl(url) || url
@@ -957,11 +989,10 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
       const n = normalizeUrl(url) || url
       if (readOnlySet.has(n)) return false
       if (isSocialKindBlockedKind(event.kind) && socialKindBlockedSet.has(n)) return false
-      const strikes = this.publishStrikeCount.get(n) ?? 0
-      if (strikes >= ClientService.SESSION_RELAY_FAILURE_STRIKE_THRESHOLD) return false
       return true
     })
     filtered = Array.from(new Set(filtered))
+    filtered = this.relayUrlsAfterStrikesOrRecover(filtered)
     const countAfterFiltersBeforeCap = filtered.length
     filtered = await this.capPublishRelayUrlsForPublish(
       filtered,
@@ -1583,7 +1614,7 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
       const socialKindBlockedSet = new Set(SOCIAL_KIND_BLOCKED_RELAY_URLS.map((u) => normalizeUrl(u) || u))
       relays = relays.filter((url) => !socialKindBlockedSet.has(normalizeUrl(url) || url))
     }
-    relays = this.filterSessionStrikedRelays(relays)
+    relays = this.relayUrlsAfterStrikesOrRecover(relays)
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-this-alias
     const that = this
@@ -2206,7 +2237,7 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
       const socialKindBlockedSet = new Set(SOCIAL_KIND_BLOCKED_RELAY_URLS.map((u) => normalizeUrl(u) || u))
       relays = relays.filter((url) => !socialKindBlockedSet.has(normalizeUrl(url) || url))
     }
-    relays = this.filterSessionStrikedRelays(relays)
+    relays = this.relayUrlsAfterStrikesOrRecover(relays)
     const events = await this.queryService.query(relays, filter, onevent, {
       eoseTimeout,
       globalTimeout,
@@ -2234,18 +2265,20 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     if (!normalized) {
       return { events: [], connectionError: 'Invalid relay URL' }
     }
-    if (this.filterSessionStrikedRelays([normalized]).length === 0) {
+    const usableAfterStrikes = this.relayUrlsAfterStrikesOrRecover([normalized])
+    if (usableAfterStrikes.length === 0) {
       return { events: [], connectionError: 'Relay skipped this session (repeated failures)' }
     }
+    const relayForConn = usableAfterStrikes[0]!
     try {
-      await this.pool.ensureRelay(normalized, { connectionTimeout: 12_000 })
+      await this.pool.ensureRelay(relayForConn, { connectionTimeout: 12_000 })
     } catch (e) {
-      this.recordSessionRelayFailure(normalized)
+      this.recordSessionRelayFailure(relayForConn)
       const msg = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)
       return { events: [], connectionError: msg }
     }
     try {
-      const events = await this.queryService.query([normalized], filter, undefined, {
+      const events = await this.queryService.query([relayForConn], filter, undefined, {
         globalTimeout: options?.globalTimeout ?? 25_000
       })
       return { events, connectionError: undefined }
diff --git a/src/services/session-feed-snapshot.service.ts b/src/services/session-feed-snapshot.service.ts
index 5d751248..4baafbfc 100644
--- a/src/services/session-feed-snapshot.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/session-feed-snapshot.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 
 /** Max events stored per feed key (matches typical initial timeline cap). */
 const MAX_EVENTS_PER_FEED = 120
 /** Max distinct feeds kept in memory for the tab session. */
 const MAX_FEED_KEYS = 48
 
+const HARD_REFRESH_SESSION_KEY = 'jumble:hardRefreshFeedSnapshots'
+
 const snapshots = new Map<string, Event[]>()
 const accessOrder: string[] = []
 
@@ -36,3 +39,67 @@ export function setSessionFeedSnapshot(key: string, events: readonly Event[]): v
   snapshots.set(key, capped)
   bumpAccess(key)
 }
+
+/**
+ * Persist in-memory feed snapshots to sessionStorage, then call {@link window.location.reload}.
+ * {@link restoreSessionFeedSnapshotsAfterHardRefresh} runs on next boot (see `main.tsx`).
+ */
+export function hardReloadPreservingFeedSnapshots(): void {
+  persistSessionFeedSnapshotsForHardRefresh()
+  window.location.reload()
+}
+
+export function persistSessionFeedSnapshotsForHardRefresh(): void {
+  try {
+    if (snapshots.size === 0) {
+      sessionStorage.removeItem(HARD_REFRESH_SESSION_KEY)
+      return
+    }
+    const payload: Record<string, Event[]> = {}
+    for (const [k, rows] of snapshots) {
+      if (rows?.length) {
+        payload[k] = rows.map((e) => ({ ...e }))
+      }
+    }
+    if (Object.keys(payload).length === 0) {
+      sessionStorage.removeItem(HARD_REFRESH_SESSION_KEY)
+      return
+    }
+    sessionStorage.setItem(HARD_REFRESH_SESSION_KEY, JSON.stringify(payload))
+    logger.info('[feed-snapshot] Persisted for hard reload', { feedKeys: Object.keys(payload).length })
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.warn('[feed-snapshot] Could not persist for hard reload', { error: e })
+  }
+}
+
+export function restoreSessionFeedSnapshotsAfterHardRefresh(): void {
+  try {
+    const raw = sessionStorage.getItem(HARD_REFRESH_SESSION_KEY)
+    if (!raw) return
+    sessionStorage.removeItem(HARD_REFRESH_SESSION_KEY)
+    const payload = JSON.parse(raw) as Record<string, unknown>
+    if (!payload || typeof payload !== 'object') return
+    let restored = 0
+    for (const [k, rows] of Object.entries(payload)) {
+      if (!k || !Array.isArray(rows) || rows.length === 0) continue
+      const capped = rows
+        .filter((e): e is Event => e != null && typeof (e as Event).id === 'string')
+        .slice(0, MAX_EVENTS_PER_FEED)
+        .map((e) => ({ ...e }))
+      if (capped.length > 0) {
+        setSessionFeedSnapshot(k, capped)
+        restored++
+      }
+    }
+    if (restored > 0) {
+      logger.info('[feed-snapshot] Restored after hard reload', { feeds: restored })
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.warn('[feed-snapshot] Could not restore after hard reload', { error: e })
+    try {
+      sessionStorage.removeItem(HARD_REFRESH_SESSION_KEY)
+    } catch {
+      // ignore
+    }
+  }
+}