diff --git a/nip66-cron/index.mjs b/nip66-cron/index.mjs
index 66db5802..dc6c2ca0 100644
--- a/nip66-cron/index.mjs
+++ b/nip66-cron/index.mjs
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ const DEFAULT_RELAYS_TO_MONITOR = [
   'wss://relay.noswhere.com',
   'wss://relay.wikifreedia.xyz',
   'wss://nostr.einundzwanzig.space',
-  'wss://relay.lumina.rocks',
   'wss://nostrelites.org',
   'wss://relay.nsec.app',
   'wss://bucket.coracle.social',
diff --git a/src/components/Explore/ExploreFavoriteRelays.tsx b/src/components/Explore/ExploreFavoriteRelays.tsx
index a8b5d785..84dab479 100644
--- a/src/components/Explore/ExploreFavoriteRelays.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Explore/ExploreFavoriteRelays.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import RelaySimpleInfo, { RelaySimpleInfoSkeleton } from '@/components/RelaySimp
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { DEFAULT_FAVORITE_RELAYS } from '@/constants'
 import { useFetchRelayInfo } from '@/hooks'
-import { toRelay } from '@/lib/link'
+import { toRelay, toRelaySettings } from '@/lib/link'
 import { normalizeUrl, simplifyUrl } from '@/lib/url'
-import { usePrimaryPage, useSmartRelayNavigation } from '@/PageManager'
+import { usePrimaryPage, useSecondaryPage, useSmartRelayNavigation } from '@/PageManager'
 import { useFavoriteRelays } from '@/providers/FavoriteRelaysProvider'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
-import { Newspaper } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Newspaper, Settings } from 'lucide-react'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function FavoriteRelayCard({ url }: { url: string }) {
 export default function ExploreFavoriteRelays() {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { navigate } = usePrimaryPage()
+  const { push } = useSecondaryPage()
   const { favoriteRelays, blockedRelays } = useFavoriteRelays()
 
   const blockedSet = useMemo(
@@ -100,6 +101,17 @@ export default function ExploreFavoriteRelays() {
             <Newspaper className="size-4 shrink-0" strokeWidth={2.5} />
             <span>{t('Favorites Feed')}</span>
           </Button>
+          <Button
+            type="button"
+            variant="outline"
+            size="icon"
+            className="h-8 w-8 shrink-0"
+            aria-label={t('Relays and Storage Settings')}
+            title={t('Relays and Storage Settings')}
+            onClick={() => push(toRelaySettings('favorite-relays'))}
+          >
+            <Settings className="size-4 shrink-0" strokeWidth={2.5} />
+          </Button>
         </div>
         {usingDefaults ? (
           <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{t('Using app default relays')}</span>
diff --git a/src/components/Explore/ExploreRelayReviews.tsx b/src/components/Explore/ExploreRelayReviews.tsx
index be792bcb..6f99cf92 100644
--- a/src/components/Explore/ExploreRelayReviews.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Explore/ExploreRelayReviews.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
 import NoteList from '@/components/NoteList'
-import { ExtendedKind, FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS } from '@/constants'
+import { ExtendedKind, PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS } from '@/constants'
 import {
   getRelayUrlFromRelayReviewEvent,
   getStarsFromRelayReviewEvent
 } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
+import { buildExploreProfileAndUserRelayList } from '@/lib/relay-list-builder'
+import { useNostr } from '@/providers/NostrProvider'
 import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
-import { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 
 export default function ExploreRelayReviews() {
+  const { pubkey } = useNostr()
+  const [relayUrls, setRelayUrls] = useState<string[]>(() => [...PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false
+    buildExploreProfileAndUserRelayList(pubkey ?? null).then((urls) => {
+      if (!cancelled) setRelayUrls(urls)
+    })
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true
+    }
+  }, [pubkey])
+
+  const subRequests = useMemo(() => [{ urls: relayUrls, filter: {} }], [relayUrls])
+
   const extraShouldHideEvent = useCallback((evt: Event) => {
     if (evt.kind !== ExtendedKind.RELAY_REVIEW) return false
     if (!getRelayUrlFromRelayReviewEvent(evt)) return true
@@ -18,7 +35,7 @@ export default function ExploreRelayReviews() {
     <div className="min-w-0 pt-1">
       <NoteList
         showKinds={[ExtendedKind.RELAY_REVIEW]}
-        subRequests={[{ urls: [...FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS], filter: {} }]}
+        subRequests={subRequests}
         showKind1OPs={false}
         showKind1Replies={false}
         showKind1111={false}
diff --git a/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx b/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
index bcc5cea7..1eabe6b4 100644
--- a/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
         return () => {}
       }
 
+      /** False after cleanup so stale timeline callbacks cannot overwrite state after switching feeds (e.g. Spells discussions → notifications). */
+      let effectActive = true
+
       async function init() {
         setLoading(true)
         setEvents([])
@@ -281,7 +284,10 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
 
         let closer: (() => void) | undefined
         let timelineKey: string | undefined
-        
+        let timelineSubscribePromise:
+          | Promise<{ closer: () => void; timelineKey: string }>
+          | undefined
+
         try {
           // Add timeout wrapper to prevent subscribeTimeline from hanging indefinitely
           const timeoutPromise = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
@@ -290,11 +296,11 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
             }, 5000) // 5 second timeout
           })
           
-          const result = await Promise.race([
-            client.subscribeTimeline(
+          timelineSubscribePromise = client.subscribeTimeline(
             mappedSubRequests,
             {
               onEvents: (events: Event[], eosed: boolean) => {
+                if (!effectActive) return
                 if (events.length > 0) {
                   setEvents(events)
                   // Do not wait for full EOSE across many relays — otherwise loading/skeleton stays up for 10–30s+
@@ -314,6 +320,7 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
                       pubkeysToFetch.forEach((p) => prefetchedPubkeysRef.current.add(p))
                       // Batch fetch in background (non-blocking) with delay to not block initial render
                       setTimeout(() => {
+                        if (!effectActive) return
                         client.fetchProfilesForPubkeys(pubkeysToFetch).catch(() => {
                           // On error, remove from prefetched set so we can retry later
                           pubkeysToFetch.forEach((p) => prefetchedPubkeysRef.current.delete(p))
@@ -337,6 +344,7 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
                     eventIdsToFetch.forEach((id) => prefetchedEventIdsRef.current.add(id))
                     // Batch fetch embedded events in background (non-blocking) with delay
                     setTimeout(() => {
+                      if (!effectActive) return
                       Promise.all(eventIdsToFetch.map((id) => client.fetchEvent(id))).catch(() => {
                         // On error, remove from prefetched set so we can retry later
                         eventIdsToFetch.forEach((id) => prefetchedEventIdsRef.current.delete(id))
@@ -369,6 +377,7 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
                 }
               },
             onNew: (event: Event) => {
+              if (!effectActive) return
               if (!useFilterAsIs && !showKinds.includes(event.kind)) return
               if (event.kind === kinds.ShortTextNote) {
                 const isReply = isReplyNoteEvent(event)
@@ -395,22 +404,34 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
             needSort: !areAlgoRelays,
             useCache: false // Main feeds should always fetch fresh from relays, not use cache
           }
-            ),
-            timeoutPromise
-          ])
+          )
+
+          const result = await Promise.race([timelineSubscribePromise, timeoutPromise])
+          if (!effectActive) {
+            result.closer()
+            return () => {}
+          }
           closer = result.closer
           timelineKey = result.timelineKey
         setTimelineKey(timelineKey)
         return closer
       } catch (_error) {
         setLoading(false)
-        // Return a no-op closer function instead of throwing - allows cleanup to work
+        // Race timeout or subscribe failure: if the timeline promise later resolves, close or subs leak (relay slots + stale setEvents).
+        if (timelineSubscribePromise) {
+          void timelineSubscribePromise
+            .then((r) => {
+              r.closer()
+            })
+            .catch(() => {})
+        }
         return () => {}
       }
       }
 
       const promise = init()
       return () => {
+        effectActive = false
         promise.then((closer) => closer?.())
       }
     }, [
diff --git a/src/components/NoteStats/index.tsx b/src/components/NoteStats/index.tsx
index 2413a4bf..47db1990 100644
--- a/src/components/NoteStats/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoteStats/index.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ export default function NoteStats({
         {displayTopZapsAndLikes && (
           <>
             <TopZaps event={event} />
-            <Likes event={event} />
+            {/* Kind 11: LikeButton already shows ⬆️/⬇️; Likes row would duplicate those pills */}
+            {!isDiscussion && <Likes event={event} />}
           </>
         )}
         <div
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ export default function NoteStats({
       {displayTopZapsAndLikes && (
         <>
           <TopZaps event={event} />
-          <Likes event={event} />
+          {!isDiscussion && <Likes event={event} />}
         </>
       )}
       <div className="flex justify-between h-5 [&_svg]:size-4">
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 32bbcd1f..fb694860 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ export const SEARCHABLE_RELAY_URLS = [
   'wss://relay.noswhere.com',
   'wss://relay.wikifreedia.xyz',
   'wss://nostr.einundzwanzig.space',
-  'wss://relay.lumina.rocks',
   'wss://nostrelites.org',
   'wss://relay.nsec.app',
   'wss://bucket.coracle.social',
diff --git a/src/lib/relay-list-builder.ts b/src/lib/relay-list-builder.ts
index 9c330c75..a9a1fdc6 100644
--- a/src/lib/relay-list-builder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/relay-list-builder.ts
@@ -230,6 +230,33 @@ export async function buildComprehensiveRelayList(options: RelayListBuilderOptio
   return Array.from(relayUrls)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Explore: Following's Favorites (kind 10012 batch) and Relay reviews tab.
+ * PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS plus the viewer's read/write and cache (10432) relays — no FAST_READ.
+ */
+export async function buildExploreProfileAndUserRelayList(
+  userPubkey: string | null | undefined
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  if (!userPubkey) {
+    return Array.from(new Set([...PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS]))
+  }
+  try {
+    const built = await buildComprehensiveRelayList({
+      userPubkey,
+      includeUserOwnRelays: true,
+      includeProfileFetchRelays: true,
+      includeFastReadRelays: false,
+      includeFavoriteRelays: false,
+      includeLocalRelays: true,
+      includeFastWriteRelays: false,
+      includeSearchableRelays: false
+    })
+    return built.length > 0 ? built : Array.from(new Set([...PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS]))
+  } catch {
+    return Array.from(new Set([...PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS]))
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Build relay list for reading replies/comments
  * READ from: FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS + user's inboxes + local relays + OP author's outboxes
diff --git a/src/pages/primary/SpellsPage/fauxSpellFeeds.ts b/src/pages/primary/SpellsPage/fauxSpellFeeds.ts
index 3da8819e..2f1c3090 100644
--- a/src/pages/primary/SpellsPage/fauxSpellFeeds.ts
+++ b/src/pages/primary/SpellsPage/fauxSpellFeeds.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ const NOTIFICATION_LIMIT = 500
 const DISCUSSION_LIMIT = 500
 const MAX_BOOKMARK_IDS = 250
 
+/**
+ * Spells “Discussions” uses NoteList → subscribeTimeline → one live REQ per relay.
+ * The same merged list as DiscussionsPage’s one-shot query would open 80+ sockets and exhaust
+ * subscription slots; cap keeps first paint fast. Full coverage remains on /discussions.
+ */
+const DISCUSSION_FAUX_SPELL_MAX_RELAYS = 32
+
 export const MEDIA_SPELL_KINDS = [
   ExtendedKind.PICTURE,
   ExtendedKind.VIDEO,
@@ -66,7 +73,10 @@ export function buildMentionsSpellFilter(pubkey: string): Filter {
   }
 }
 
-/** Relay set for discussion threads (kind 11), aligned with DiscussionsPage’s merged list (sync). */
+/**
+ * Relay set for Spells “Discussions” (kind 11): same merge order as DiscussionsPage, but capped
+ * for subscription-based loading (see DISCUSSION_FAUX_SPELL_MAX_RELAYS).
+ */
 export function discussionRelayUrls(
   relayList: TRelayList | null | undefined,
   favoriteRelays: string[],
@@ -83,6 +93,7 @@ export function discussionRelayUrls(
     if (!k || seen.has(k) || blocked.has(k)) continue
     seen.add(k)
     out.push(k)
+    if (out.length >= DISCUSSION_FAUX_SPELL_MAX_RELAYS) break
   }
   return out
 }
diff --git a/src/services/client-replaceable-events.service.ts b/src/services/client-replaceable-events.service.ts
index df8a0e66..b0c13785 100644
--- a/src/services/client-replaceable-events.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client-replaceable-events.service.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import indexedDb from './indexed-db.service'
 import type { QueryService } from './client-query.service'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import client from './client.service'
-import { buildComprehensiveRelayList } from '@/lib/relay-list-builder'
+import { buildComprehensiveRelayList, buildExploreProfileAndUserRelayList } from '@/lib/relay-list-builder'
 
 export class ReplaceableEventService {
   private queryService: QueryService
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
         // For metadata with a logged-in user, merge defaults with {@link buildComprehensiveRelayList}: inboxes (read),
         // local/cache relays (10432), favorite relays (10012), plus profile + fast read — same idea as favorites feed
         // / inbox-scoped discovery without per-author relay list fetches.
+        // Following's Favorites (Explore): kind 10012 batch uses PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS + viewer's own relays only
+        // (no FAST_READ), so outbox data is queried where the user actually reads + profile-index relays.
         let relayUrls: string[]
         if (kind === kinds.Metadata) {
           const userPk = client.pubkey
@@ -457,6 +459,8 @@ export class ReplaceableEventService {
           } else {
             relayUrls = Array.from(new Set([...PROFILE_FETCH_RELAY_URLS, ...FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS]))
           }
+        } else if (kind === ExtendedKind.FAVORITE_RELAYS) {
+          relayUrls = await buildExploreProfileAndUserRelayList(client.pubkey)
         } else {
           relayUrls = [...FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS]
         }