bug-fixes

src/components/Image/index.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { TImetaInfo } from '@/types'
 import { blurHashPlaceholderForMediaUrl } from '@/lib/media-placeholder-blurhash'
 import { decode } from 'blurhash'
 import { ImageOff } from 'lucide-react'
-import { CSSProperties, HTMLAttributes, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { CSSProperties, HTMLAttributes, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
 /** Browsers often never fire `onError` for invalid URIs, ORB, or stalled fetches — this forces a visible error. */
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export default function Image({
   errorPlaceholder = <ImageOff />,
   style: wrapperStyleProp,
   holdUntilClick = false,
+  onClick,
   ...props
 }: HTMLAttributes<HTMLSpanElement> & {
   classNames?: {
@@ -49,11 +50,9 @@ export default function Image({
   hideIfError?: boolean
   errorPlaceholder?: React.ReactNode
   /**
-   * When true, the full image is NOT loaded until the user interacts.
+   * When true, the full image is not loaded until the user interacts.
-   * Shows a blurhash canvas if available, otherwise a skeleton placeholder.
+   * The first click runs {@link onClick} (e.g. open lightbox) and also reveals the
-   * Intended for inline note images: clicking opens the lightbox (via the
+   * inline `<img>` so after the lightbox closes the real image can show from cache.
-   * onClick handler passed from MarkdownArticle) without ever loading the
-   * full image inline.
    */
   holdUntilClick?: boolean
 }) {
@@ -165,11 +164,16 @@ export default function Image({
     setIsLoading(true)
   }
 
+  const handleWrapperClick = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLSpanElement>) => {
+    if (holdUntilClick && !revealed) handleReveal()
+    onClick?.(e)
+  }
+
   return (
     <span
       className={cn('relative overflow-hidden block w-full', classNames.wrapper)}
       style={mergedWrapperStyle}
-      onClick={!revealed ? handleReveal : undefined}
+      onClick={handleWrapperClick}
       {...props}
     >
       {displaySkeleton && !showErrorState && (
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ export default function Image({
           title={finalAlt || undefined}
           referrerPolicy="no-referrer"
           decoding="async"
-          loading="lazy"
+          loading={wasInitiallyHeldRef.current ? 'eager' : 'lazy'}
           draggable={false}
           onLoad={handleLoad}
           onError={handleError}
@@ -269,7 +273,7 @@ function BlurHashCanvas({ blurHash, className = '' }: { blurHash: string; classN
     }
   }, [blurHash])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (!pixels || !canvasRef.current) return
 
     const canvas = canvasRef.current

src/components/ImageGallery/index.tsx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import { useContentPolicyOptional } from '@/providers/ContentPolicyProvider'
 import modalManager from '@/services/modal-manager.service'
 import { TImetaInfo } from '@/types'
-import { ReactNode, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import { ReactNode, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 import { lightboxSlideFromImeta } from '@/lib/lightbox-slides'
 import Lightbox from 'yet-another-react-lightbox'
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ export default function ImageGallery({
   }
 
   const displayImages = images.slice(start, end)
+  /** Tap-to-load: no shared grid lightbox — each image uses {@link ImageWithLightbox}. */
+  const tapToLoadGallery = !mustLoad && !autoLoadMedia
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (tapToLoadGallery) {
+      setIndex(-1)
+      setLightboxPortalActive(false)
+    }
+  }, [tapToLoadGallery])
 
   if (displayImages.length === 1) {
     return (
@@ -77,8 +86,11 @@ export default function ImageGallery({
     )
   }
 
-  if (!mustLoad && !autoLoadMedia) {
+  let imageContent: ReactNode | null = null
-    return displayImages.map((image, i) => (
+  if (tapToLoadGallery) {
+    imageContent = (
+      <>
+        {displayImages.map((image, i) => (
           <ImageWithLightbox
             key={i}
             image={image}
@@ -87,11 +99,10 @@ export default function ImageGallery({
               wrapper: galleryImageWrapper(className)
             }}
           />
-    ))
+        ))}
-  }
+      </>
-
+    )
-  let imageContent: ReactNode | null = null
+  } else if (displayImages.length === 2 || displayImages.length === 4) {
-  if (displayImages.length === 2 || displayImages.length === 4) {
     imageContent = (
       <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-2 w-full max-w-[400px]">
         {displayImages.map((image, i) => (
@@ -120,7 +131,7 @@ export default function ImageGallery({
   }
 
   const portal =
-    lightboxPortalActive && typeof document !== 'undefined'
+    !tapToLoadGallery && lightboxPortalActive && typeof document !== 'undefined'
       ? createPortal(
           <div
             data-lightbox-overlay

src/components/MediaPlayer/index.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { isImage } from '@/lib/url'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { useContentPolicy } from '@/providers/ContentPolicyProvider'
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import AudioPlayer from '../AudioPlayer'
 import VideoPlayer from '../VideoPlayer'
 import ExternalLink from '../ExternalLink'
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ export default function MediaPlayer({
   blurHash?: string
 }) {
   const { autoLoadMedia } = useContentPolicy()
-  const [display, setDisplay] = useState(autoLoadMedia)
+  /** Tap-to-load when {@link autoLoadMedia} is off; cleared when policy switches back to never. */
+  const [userClickedLoad, setUserClickedLoad] = useState(false)
   const [mediaType, setMediaType] = useState<'video' | 'audio' | null>(null)
   const [probeFailed, setProbeFailed] = useState(false)
   const [embedPainted, setEmbedPainted] = useState(false)
@@ -66,14 +67,10 @@ export default function MediaPlayer({
   /** Probe result wins when set (e.g. audio-only mp4); URL hint avoids a blank frame before useEffect runs. */
   const effectiveMediaType = mediaType ?? urlEmbedTypeHint
 
-  const showEmbed = mustLoad || display
+  const showEmbed = mustLoad || autoLoadMedia || userClickedLoad
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    if (autoLoadMedia) {
+    if (!autoLoadMedia) setUserClickedLoad(false)
-      setDisplay(true)
-    } else {
-      setDisplay(false)
-    }
   }, [autoLoadMedia])
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -148,13 +145,13 @@ export default function MediaPlayer({
     setEmbedPainted(true)
   }, [])
 
-  if (!mustLoad && !display) {
+  if (!mustLoad && !showEmbed) {
     return (
       <LazyMediaTapPlaceholder
         src={src}
         posterUrl={imagePoster}
         blurHash={blurHash}
-        onActivate={() => setDisplay(true)}
+        onActivate={() => setUserClickedLoad(true)}
         className={className}
       />
     )

src/components/Note/AsciidocArticle/AsciidocArticle.tsx

@@ -529,6 +529,11 @@ export default function AsciidocArticle({
     return images
   }, [extractedMedia.images, metadata.image])
 
+  const lightboxSlides = useMemo(
+    () => allImages.map((img) => lightboxSlideFromImeta(img)),
+    [allImages]
+  )
+  
   // Create image index map for lightbox
   const imageIndexMap = useMemo(() => {
     const map = new Map<string, number>()
@@ -571,11 +576,13 @@ export default function AsciidocArticle({
   
   // Note: contentLinks removed - WebPreview is disabled for AsciiDoc articles
   
-  // Image gallery state
+  // Image gallery state — portal only while open (see MarkdownArticle lightbox comment).
   const [lightboxIndex, setLightboxIndex] = useState(-1)
+  const [lightboxPortalActive, setLightboxPortalActive] = useState(false)
 
   const openLightbox = useCallback((index: number) => {
     setLightboxIndex(index)
+    setLightboxPortalActive(true)
   }, [])
   
   // Filter tag media to only show what's not in content
@@ -2122,7 +2129,10 @@ export default function AsciidocArticle({
       </div>
       
       {/* Image gallery lightbox */}
-      {allImages.length > 0 && createPortal(
+      {allImages.length > 0 &&
+        lightboxPortalActive &&
+        typeof document !== 'undefined' &&
+        createPortal(
           <div
             data-lightbox-overlay
             onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
@@ -2132,10 +2142,13 @@ export default function AsciidocArticle({
           >
             <Lightbox
               index={lightboxIndex}
-            slides={allImages.map((img) => lightboxSlideFromImeta(img))}
+              slides={lightboxSlides}
               plugins={[Video, Zoom]}
               open={lightboxIndex >= 0}
               close={() => setLightboxIndex(-1)}
+              on={{
+                exited: () => setLightboxPortalActive(false)
+              }}
               controller={{
                 closeOnBackdropClick: false,
                 closeOnPullUp: true,

src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { replaceStandardEmojiShortcodesInContent } from '@/lib/emoji-content'
 import { getEmojiInfosFromEmojiTags } from '@/lib/tag'
 import { TEmoji, TImetaInfo } from '@/types'
 import { emojis, shortcodeToEmoji } from '@tiptap/extension-emoji'
-import React, { useMemo, useState, useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import React, { useMemo, useState, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 import { lightboxSlideFromImeta } from '@/lib/lightbox-slides'
 import Lightbox from 'yet-another-react-lightbox'
@@ -4647,6 +4647,11 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
     return images
   }, [extractedMedia.images, metadata.image])
 
+  const lightboxSlides = useMemo(
+    () => allImages.map((img) => lightboxSlideFromImeta(img)),
+    [allImages]
+  )
+  
   // Helper function to extract image filename/hash from URL for comparison
   // This helps identify the same image hosted on different domains
   const getImageIdentifier = useMemo(() => {
@@ -4751,15 +4756,22 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
     return links
   }, [event.content])
   
-  // Image gallery state
+  // Image gallery state — portal mounts only while active so feed re-renders don't run N closed Lightboxes on body.
   const [lightboxOpen, setLightboxOpen] = useState(false)
   const [lightboxIndex, setLightboxIndex] = useState(0)
+  const [lightboxPortalActive, setLightboxPortalActive] = useState(false)
 
   const openLightbox = useCallback((index: number) => {
     setLightboxIndex(index)
     setLightboxOpen(true)
+    setLightboxPortalActive(true)
   }, [])
 
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    setLightboxOpen(false)
+    setLightboxPortalActive(false)
+  }, [lazyMedia])
+  
   // Filter tag media to only show what's not in content
   const leftoverTagMedia = useMemo(() => {
     const metadataImageUrl = metadata.image ? cleanUrl(metadata.image) : null
@@ -5181,8 +5193,11 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
       )}
       </div>
       
-      {/* Image gallery lightbox */}
+      {/* Image gallery lightbox — mount portal only when open; avoids N× Lightbox reconciling on body when policy/feed re-renders */}
-      {allImages.length > 0 && createPortal(
+      {allImages.length > 0 &&
+        lightboxPortalActive &&
+        typeof document !== 'undefined' &&
+        createPortal(
           <div
             data-lightbox-overlay
             onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
@@ -5192,12 +5207,13 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
           >
             <Lightbox
               index={lightboxIndex}
-            slides={allImages.map((img) => lightboxSlideFromImeta(img))}
+              slides={lightboxSlides}
               plugins={[Video, Zoom]}
               open={lightboxOpen}
               close={() => setLightboxOpen(false)}
               on={{
-              view: ({ index }) => setLightboxIndex(index)
+                view: ({ index }) => setLightboxIndex(index),
+                exited: () => setLightboxPortalActive(false)
               }}
               controller={{
                 closeOnBackdropClick: false,

src/components/YoutubeEmbeddedPlayer/index.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { useContentPolicyOptional } from '@/providers/ContentPolicyProvider'
 import mediaManager from '@/services/media-manager.service'
 import { YouTubePlayer } from '@/types/youtube'
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import ExternalLink from '../ExternalLink'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
@@ -20,23 +20,21 @@ export default function YoutubeEmbeddedPlayer({
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const contentPolicy = useContentPolicyOptional()
   const autoLoadMedia = contentPolicy?.autoLoadMedia ?? true
-  const [display, setDisplay] = useState(autoLoadMedia)
+  const [userClickedLoad, setUserClickedLoad] = useState(false)
   const { videoId, isShort } = useMemo(() => parseYoutubeUrl(url), [url])
   const [initSuccess, setInitSuccess] = useState(false)
   const [error, setError] = useState(false)
   const playerRef = useRef<YouTubePlayer | null>(null)
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    if (autoLoadMedia) {
+    if (!autoLoadMedia) setUserClickedLoad(false)
-      setDisplay(true)
-    } else {
-      setDisplay(false)
-    }
   }, [autoLoadMedia])
 
+  const showEmbed = mustLoad || autoLoadMedia || userClickedLoad
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!videoId || !containerRef.current || (!mustLoad && !display)) return
+    if (!videoId || !containerRef.current || !showEmbed) return
 
     let cancelled = false
 
@@ -71,24 +69,28 @@ export default function YoutubeEmbeddedPlayer({
 
     return () => {
       cancelled = true
-      if (playerRef.current) {
+      const player = playerRef.current
-        playerRef.current.destroy()
       playerRef.current = null
+      if (!player) return
+      try {
+        player.destroy()
+      } catch {
+        // React often removes the host node first when auto-load media is turned off; YT then hits removeChild errors.
       }
     }
-  }, [videoId, display, mustLoad])
+  }, [videoId, showEmbed])
 
   if (error) {
     return <ExternalLink url={url} />
   }
 
-  if (!mustLoad && !display) {
+  if (!mustLoad && !showEmbed) {
     return (
       <div
         className="text-green-600 dark:text-green-400 hover:text-green-700 dark:hover:text-green-300 hover:underline truncate w-fit cursor-pointer"
         onClick={(e) => {
           e.stopPropagation()
-          setDisplay(true)
+          setUserClickedLoad(true)
         }}
       >
         [{t('Click to load YouTube video')}]

src/lib/media-placeholder-blurhash.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 import { isBlurhashValid } from 'blurhash'
 
 /**
- * Stable, varied BlurHash strings for lazy media (no imeta). Picked from the reference
+ * Stable, varied BlurHash strings for lazy media (no NIP-94 blurHash).
- * encoder corpus; each validates with {@link isBlurhashValid}.
+ *
+ * Earlier we used a small set from the BlurHash reference corpus; several of those decode
+ * to very high average luminance (~0.7–0.85 on a 0–1 scale), so at 32×32 scaled up they
+ * read as “empty white” boxes — especially next to real colorful hashes from imeta.
+ *
+ * This list mixes medium-luma reference hashes with encodings of saturated solids and
+ * gradients (all validated). URL hashing still picks deterministically among them.
  */
 const PLACEHOLDER_BLURHASHES = [
   'LEHV6nWB2yk8pyo0adR*.7kCMdnj',
   'LGF5]+Yk^6#M@-5c,1J5@[or[Q6.',
-  'LjIY%^?bH?xu_4t8V_NHxZxbx]ae',
-  'L6PZfSjE.Adjc0j]WCWVH?j?bHwc',
-  'LKO2?U%2Tw[w]~RBVZRi};RPxuwH',
   'LdHxL5Rk^6#M@-5c,1J5@[or[Q6.',
   'LGF?UQ%2Tw[w]~RBVZRi};RPxuwH',
-  'L6PZ0Si_.AyE_3t7t7R**0o#D%IU'
+  'U18:W20c[[Os-ZNrjta}fQfQfQfQ-ZNrjta}',
+  'U1Ed6O05}-I[}rEhoKazfQfQfQfQ}rEhoKaz',
+  'U32?$,uWklo{kWk9fjfjfQfQfQfQkWk9fjfj',
+  'U08DbR00omx9?IRhfSjsfQfQfQfQ?IRhfSjs',
+  'U56aYxGKfmkEogbIfRfRfQfQfQfQogbIfRfR',
+  'L19GOz-afQ-a-aj]fQj]fQfQfQfQ',
+  'L03eAJuifQuiuikCfQkCfQfQfQfQ',
+  'L1D*FJ}rfQ}r}roLfQoLfQfQfQfQ'
 ].filter((h) => isBlurhashValid(h).result)
 
 function fallbackHashString(s: string): number {

src/lib/nostr-parser.tsx

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { NOSTR_PARSER_REGEX } from '@/lib/content-patterns'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import { logContentSpacing, reprString } from '@/lib/content-spacing-debug'
+import { useState } from 'react'
 
 export interface ParsedNostrContent {
   elements: Array<{
@@ -528,6 +529,50 @@ function getNostrType(bech32Id: string): 'npub' | 'nprofile' | 'nevent' | 'naddr
   return null
 }
 
+function NostrInlineVideo({ mediaUrl, fallbackText }: { mediaUrl: string; fallbackText: string }) {
+  const [failed, setFailed] = useState(false)
+  if (failed) {
+    return (
+      <span className="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-primary hover:underline">
+        {fallbackText}
+      </span>
+    )
+  }
+  return (
+    <video
+      src={mediaUrl}
+      controls
+      className="max-w-full sm:max-w-[400px] w-full h-auto rounded-lg my-2 block"
+      preload="metadata"
+      onError={() => setFailed(true)}
+    >
+      Your browser does not support the video tag.
+    </video>
+  )
+}
+
+function NostrInlineAudio({ mediaUrl, fallbackText }: { mediaUrl: string; fallbackText: string }) {
+  const [failed, setFailed] = useState(false)
+  if (failed) {
+    return (
+      <span className="whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-primary hover:underline">
+        {fallbackText}
+      </span>
+    )
+  }
+  return (
+    <audio
+      src={mediaUrl}
+      controls
+      className="w-full my-2 block"
+      preload="metadata"
+      onError={() => setFailed(true)}
+    >
+      Your browser does not support the audio tag.
+    </audio>
+  )
+}
+
 /**
  * Render parsed nostr content as React elements
  */
@@ -560,47 +605,21 @@ export function renderNostrContent(
         
         if (element.type === 'video' && element.mediaUrl) {
           return (
-            <video
+            <NostrInlineVideo
               key={index}
-              src={element.mediaUrl}
+              mediaUrl={element.mediaUrl}
-              controls
+              fallbackText={element.content}
-              className="max-w-full sm:max-w-[400px] w-full h-auto rounded-lg my-2 block"
+            />
-              preload="metadata"
-              onError={(e) => {
-                // Fallback to text if video fails to load
-                const target = e.target as HTMLVideoElement
-                target.style.display = 'none'
-                const textSpan = document.createElement('span')
-                textSpan.className = 'whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-primary hover:underline'
-                textSpan.textContent = element.content
-                target.parentNode?.insertBefore(textSpan, target.nextSibling)
-              }}
-            >
-              Your browser does not support the video tag.
-            </video>
           )
         }
 
         if (element.type === 'audio' && element.mediaUrl) {
           return (
-            <audio
+            <NostrInlineAudio
               key={index}
-              src={element.mediaUrl}
+              mediaUrl={element.mediaUrl}
-              controls
+              fallbackText={element.content}
-              className="w-full my-2 block"
+            />
-              preload="metadata"
-              onError={(e) => {
-                // Fallback to text if audio fails to load
-                const target = e.target as HTMLAudioElement
-                target.style.display = 'none'
-                const textSpan = document.createElement('span')
-                textSpan.className = 'whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-primary hover:underline'
-                textSpan.textContent = element.content
-                target.parentNode?.insertBefore(textSpan, target.nextSibling)
-              }}
-            >
-              Your browser does not support the audio tag.
-            </audio>
           )
         }
         

src/providers/ContentPolicyProvider.tsx

@@ -98,7 +98,14 @@ export function ContentPolicyProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode
 
   const updateMediaAutoLoadPolicy = (policy: TMediaAutoLoadPolicy) => {
     storage.setMediaAutoLoadPolicy(policy)
-    setMediaAutoLoadPolicy(policy)
+    // Defer React state: Radix Select fires onValueChange while its portal is still unmounting.
+    // An immediate full-tree re-render (feed + body portals) races removeChild and throws.
+    const run = () => setMediaAutoLoadPolicy(policy)
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof window.setTimeout === 'function') {
+      window.setTimeout(run, 0)
+    } else {
+      run()
+    }
   }
 
   return (