diff --git a/src/components/AccountList/index.tsx b/src/components/AccountList/index.tsx
index 79fc7970..ea45bd17 100644
--- a/src/components/AccountList/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AccountList/index.tsx
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ export default function AccountList({
               if (isRedundantAccountPick(act, account)) {
                 if (account?.signerType === 'npub' && act.signerType === 'nip-07') {
                   setSwitchingAccount(act)
-                  const switched = await switchAccount(act)
-                  if (switched) {
+                  await switchAccount(act)
+                  const ok = await retryNip07SignerForPreferredAccount()
+                  if (ok) {
+                    toast.success(t('accountSwitch.extensionConnected'))
                     afterSwitch()
                   } else {
-                    const ok = await retryNip07SignerForPreferredAccount()
-                    if (ok) toast.success(t('accountSwitch.extensionConnected'))
-                    else toast.error(t('accountSwitch.extensionRetryFailed'))
+                    toast.error(t('accountSwitch.extensionRetryFailed'))
                   }
                   setSwitchingAccount(null)
                 }
diff --git a/src/components/AccountQuickSwitchMenuItems.tsx b/src/components/AccountQuickSwitchMenuItems.tsx
index 2ae02d81..f5c8bd6b 100644
--- a/src/components/AccountQuickSwitchMenuItems.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AccountQuickSwitchMenuItems.tsx
@@ -50,11 +50,8 @@ export function AccountQuickSwitchMenuItems({ onAfterSwitch }: { onAfterSwitch?:
 
     if (isRedundantAccountPick(act, account)) {
       if (account?.signerType === 'npub' && act.signerType === 'nip-07') {
-        const switched = await switchAccount(act)
-        if (switched) {
-          onAfterSwitch?.()
-          return
-        }
+        // switchAccount may return a pubkey even when it fell back to read-only npub — always try reconnect.
+        await switchAccount(act)
         const ok = await retryNip07SignerForPreferredAccount()
         if (ok) {
           toast.success(t('accountSwitch.extensionConnected'))
diff --git a/src/components/ReplyNoteList/index.tsx b/src/components/ReplyNoteList/index.tsx
index fadbe582..36a3a0b5 100644
--- a/src/components/ReplyNoteList/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ReplyNoteList/index.tsx
@@ -490,6 +490,8 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
   ])
 
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false)
+  /** Bumped when thread relay URLs are known — re-runs stats id hydration with inbox relays. */
+  const [threadRelaysRevision, setThreadRelaysRevision] = useState(0)
   const [showCount, setShowCount] = useState(THREAD_REPLY_SHOW_COUNT)
   const [highlightReplyId, setHighlightReplyId] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
   const replyRefs = useRef<Record<string, HTMLDivElement | null>>({})
@@ -500,6 +502,7 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     statsHydratedReplyIdsRef.current.clear()
+    setThreadRelaysRevision(0)
   }, [event.id])
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -520,11 +523,14 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
     )
     if (candidates.length === 0) return
 
+    const relayUrls = threadRelayUrlsRef.current
+    if (!relayUrls.length) return
+
     let cancelled = false
     ;(async () => {
       for (const { id } of candidates) statsHydratedReplyIdsRef.current.add(id)
       const batch = await hydrateThreadRepliesFromStats(candidates, {
-        relayUrls: threadRelayUrlsRef.current,
+        relayUrls,
         mutePubkeySet,
         hideContentMentioningMutedUsers
       })
@@ -547,7 +553,8 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
     addReplies,
     mutePubkeySet,
     hideContentMentioningMutedUsers,
-    refreshToken
+    refreshToken,
+    threadRelaysRevision
   ])
 
   /** When stats counted many replies but the thread REQ returned few, run the same social filters as note-stats. */
@@ -695,12 +702,17 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
       // Check cache next — discussion cache merges with relay results
       const cachedData = discussionFeedCache.getCachedReplies(rootInfo)
       const hasCache = cachedData !== null
+      const existingReplyCount = [...repliesMap.values()].reduce((n, b) => n + b.events.length, 0)
+      const showLoadingIndicator =
+        existingReplyCount === 0 && !(hasCache && cachedData && cachedData.length > 0)
 
       if (hasCache && cachedData) {
         addReplies(cachedData)
-        setLoading(false)
-      } else {
+      }
+      if (showLoadingIndicator) {
         setLoading(true)
+      } else {
+        setLoading(false)
       }
 
       try {
@@ -727,6 +739,7 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
       async function fetchFromRelays() {
         if (!rootInfo) return // Type guard
 
+        const streamWalk = new Map<string, NEvent>()
         try {
           // READ from: thread hints, author/user NIP-65, favorites, cache — then DEFAULT_FAVORITE_RELAYS fallback.
           const opAuthorPubkey = rootInfo.type === 'E' || rootInfo.type === 'A' ? rootInfo.pubkey : undefined
@@ -789,6 +802,7 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
             )
           )
           threadRelayUrlsRef.current = relayUrlsForThreadReq
+          setThreadRelaysRevision((n) => n + 1)
           const recipientPubkey = event.pubkey
 
           // Stream replies as relays return them (aggr is first in the list) instead of waiting for full EOSE.
@@ -804,16 +818,17 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
             }
             if (shouldHideThreadResponseEvent(evt, mutePubkeySet, hideContentMentioningMutedUsers))
               return
-            if (statsIdsStream.size > 0) {
-              if (
-                !statsIdsStream.has(evt.id) &&
-                !replyMatchesThreadForList(evt, event, rootInfo, isDiscussionRoot)
-              ) {
-                return
-              }
+            streamWalk.set(evt.id.toLowerCase(), evt)
+            if (statsIdsStream.has(evt.id)) {
+              addReplies([evt])
+              setLoading(false)
+              return
+            }
+            if (!replyMatchesThreadForList(evt, event, rootInfo, isDiscussionRoot, streamWalk)) {
+              return
             }
             addReplies([evt])
-            if (!hasCache) setLoading(false)
+            setLoading(false)
           }
 
           const superchatFilters = buildThreadSuperchatPriorityFilters({
@@ -941,9 +956,22 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
             }, 0)
           }
 
-          if (!hasCache) {
-            // No cache: stop loading after adding replies
-            setLoading(false)
+          const statsAfterFetch = noteStatsService.getNoteStats(event.id)?.replies
+          if (statsAfterFetch?.length) {
+            const resolvedIds = new Set(mergedForUi.map((e) => e.id))
+            const missingStats = statsAfterFetch.filter(
+              (r) => !resolvedIds.has(r.id) && !client.peekSessionCachedEvent(r.id)
+            )
+            if (missingStats.length > 0) {
+              const hydrated = await hydrateThreadRepliesFromStats(missingStats, {
+                relayUrls: relayUrlsForThreadReq,
+                mutePubkeySet,
+                hideContentMentioningMutedUsers
+              })
+              if (fetchGeneration === replyFetchGenRef.current && hydrated.length > 0) {
+                addReplies(hydrated)
+              }
+            }
           }
 
           // Second pass for URL threads: fetch replies to individual comments that may omit the
@@ -1068,9 +1096,8 @@ function ReplyNoteList({
           }
         } catch (error) {
           logger.error('[ReplyNoteList] Error fetching replies:', error)
-          if (fetchGeneration !== replyFetchGenRef.current) return
-          if (!hasCache) {
-            // Only set loading to false if we don't have cache to fall back on
+        } finally {
+          if (fetchGeneration === replyFetchGenRef.current) {
             setLoading(false)
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/components/StoredAccountSwitchSelect.tsx b/src/components/StoredAccountSwitchSelect.tsx
index 47f1256b..415fda32 100644
--- a/src/components/StoredAccountSwitchSelect.tsx
+++ b/src/components/StoredAccountSwitchSelect.tsx
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ export default function StoredAccountSwitchSelect({
         if (account?.signerType === 'npub' && nextAccount.signerType === 'nip-07') {
           setSwitchingKey(accountPointerKey(nextAccount))
           try {
-            const switched = await switchAccount(nextAccount)
-            if (switched) return
+            await switchAccount(nextAccount)
             const ok = await retryNip07SignerForPreferredAccount()
             if (ok) toast.success(t('accountSwitch.extensionConnected'))
             else toast.error(t('accountSwitch.extensionRetryFailed'))
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index fd36df61..42d6b756 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ export const FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS = [
   'wss://nostr.land',
   'wss://nostr.wine',
   'wss://nostr21.com',
-  'wss://primus.nostr1.com'
+  'wss://primus.nostr1.com',
+  'wss://nostr.sovbit.host'
 ]
 
 // Optimized relay list for write operations (no aggregator since it's read-only)
@@ -557,15 +558,8 @@ export const NOSTR_ARCHIVES_API_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MIN = 100
 export const SEARCHABLE_RELAY_URLS = [
   NOSTR_ARCHIVES_SEARCH_RELAY_URL,
   'wss://search.nos.today',
-  'wss://nostr.wine',
   'wss://relay.noswhere.com',
-  'wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net',
-  'wss://relay.damus.io',
-  'wss://theforest.nostr1.com',
-  'wss://nostr.land',
-  'wss://relay.primal.net',
-  'wss://nos.lol',
-  'wss://thecitadel.nostr1.com'
+  'wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net'
 ]
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib/relay-icon-source.test.ts b/src/lib/relay-icon-source.test.ts
index 233795be..6f427d03 100644
--- a/src/lib/relay-icon-source.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/relay-icon-source.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+import { NOSTR_ARCHIVES_SEARCH_RELAY_URL } from '@/constants'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { getRelayIconFallbackGlyph, getRelayIconOverrideSrc } from '@/lib/relay-icon-source'
+import {
+  getRelayIconFallbackGlyph,
+  getRelayIconOverrideSrc,
+  NOSTRARCHIVES_SITE_ICON_SRC
+} from '@/lib/relay-icon-source'
 
 describe('relay icon branding', () => {
   it('uses favicon override for sovbit hosts', () => {
@@ -11,4 +16,8 @@ describe('relay icon branding', () => {
     expect(getRelayIconFallbackGlyph('wss://purplepag.es/')).toBe('🟣')
     expect(getRelayIconOverrideSrc('wss://purplepag.es/')).toBeUndefined()
   })
+
+  it('uses nostrarchives favicon for search relay (same as trending)', () => {
+    expect(getRelayIconOverrideSrc(NOSTR_ARCHIVES_SEARCH_RELAY_URL)).toBe(NOSTRARCHIVES_SITE_ICON_SRC)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/lib/relay-icon-source.ts b/src/lib/relay-icon-source.ts
index 9743fdce..23eb9c67 100644
--- a/src/lib/relay-icon-source.ts
+++ b/src/lib/relay-icon-source.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { NOSTR_ARCHIVES_SEARCH_RELAY_URL } from '@/constants'
 import { normalizeUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import { isWispTrendingNotesRelayUrl } from '@/lib/wisp-trending-relay'
 
@@ -14,11 +15,27 @@ export const NOSTR_SOVBIT_ICON_SRC = 'https://nostr.sovbit.host/favicon.ico'
 export const FREELAY_SOVBIT_ICON_SRC = 'https://freelay.sovbit.host/favicon.ico'
 
 /**
- * Nostr Archives front-site favicon for trending shards and related relay hosts.
+ * Nostr Archives front-site favicon for trending shards, search relay, and related hosts.
  * @see https://nostrarchives.com/
  */
 export const NOSTRARCHIVES_SITE_ICON_SRC = 'https://nostrarchives.com/favicon.ico'
 
+/** Same branding as Wisp trending — nostrarchives.com favicon in {@link RelayIcon}. */
+export function isNostrArchivesBrandedRelayUrl(url: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!url) return false
+  if (isWispTrendingNotesRelayUrl(url)) return true
+  const norm = (normalizeUrl(url) || url).trim().toLowerCase()
+  if (norm === (normalizeUrl(NOSTR_ARCHIVES_SEARCH_RELAY_URL) || NOSTR_ARCHIVES_SEARCH_RELAY_URL).toLowerCase()) {
+    return true
+  }
+  const host = parseRelayHostname(url)
+  return (
+    host === 'feeds.nostrarchives.com' ||
+    host === 'nostrarchives.com' ||
+    host === 'search.nostrarchives.com'
+  )
+}
+
 function parseRelayHostname(url: string): string | undefined {
   const raw = (normalizeUrl(url) || url).trim()
   const forParse = raw.replace(/^ws:\/\//i, 'http://').replace(/^wss:\/\//i, 'https://')
@@ -43,11 +60,7 @@ export function getRelayIconOverrideSrc(url: string | undefined): string | undef
   if (host === 'freelay.sovbit.host') {
     return FREELAY_SOVBIT_ICON_SRC
   }
-  if (
-    isWispTrendingNotesRelayUrl(url) ||
-    host === 'feeds.nostrarchives.com' ||
-    host === 'nostrarchives.com'
-  ) {
+  if (isNostrArchivesBrandedRelayUrl(url)) {
     return NOSTRARCHIVES_SITE_ICON_SRC
   }
   return undefined
diff --git a/src/lib/relay-list-builder.ts b/src/lib/relay-list-builder.ts
index 8127b67c..101beead 100644
--- a/src/lib/relay-list-builder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/relay-list-builder.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS, PROFILE_RELAY_URLS, SEARCHABLE_RELAY_URLS } from
 import { getHttpRelayListFromEvent, getRelayListFromEvent } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
 import { feedRelayPolicyUrls } from '@/features/feed/relay-policy'
 import { mergeRelayUrlLayers, userReadRelaysWithHttp } from '@/lib/favorites-feed-relays'
+import { collectUserReadInboxUrls } from '@/lib/viewer-read-inboxes'
 import { isRelayBlockedByUser } from '@/lib/relay-blocked'
 import { prependAggrForEventLookupRelayUrls } from '@/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility'
 import { urlIsNonLocalForRemoteViewer } from '@/lib/relay-list-sanitize'
@@ -737,7 +738,18 @@ export async function buildReplyReadRelayList(
     includeProfileFetchRelays: useGlobal,
     blockedRelays
   })
-  return prependAggrForEventLookupRelayUrls(
-    mergeRelayUrlLayers([scoped, defaultFavoriteRelaysForViewer(useGlobal)], blockedRelays)
-  )
+  const layers: string[][] = [threadRelayHints]
+  if (userPubkey) {
+    try {
+      const rl = await client.peekRelayListFromStorage(userPubkey)
+      const cache = await getCacheRelayUrls(userPubkey).catch(() => [] as string[])
+      const inbox = collectUserReadInboxUrls(rl ?? undefined, cache)
+      if (inbox.length > 0) layers.push(inbox)
+    } catch {
+      /* inbox tier optional */
+    }
+  }
+  layers.push(scoped)
+  layers.push(defaultFavoriteRelaysForViewer(useGlobal))
+  return prependAggrForEventLookupRelayUrls(mergeRelayUrlLayers(layers, blockedRelays))
 }