bug-fix

stop using protected events with  "-" tags

src/components/KindFilter/index.tsx

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export default function KindFilter({
       }}
     >
       <ListFilter className="size-3.5 shrink-0" />
-      <span className="ml-1 hidden min-[22rem]:inline">{t('Filter')}</span>
+      <span className="ml-1 hidden min-[352px]:inline">{t('Filter')}</span>
       {isDifferentFromSaved && (
         <div className="absolute size-1.5 rounded-full bg-primary left-6 top-1.5 ring-1 ring-background" />
       )}

src/components/PostEditor/PollEditor.tsx

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ export default function PollEditor({
     pollCreateData.endsAt ? dayjs(pollCreateData.endsAt * 1000).format('YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm') : ''
   )
   const [additionalRelayUrls, setAdditionalRelayUrls] = useState<string[]>(pollCreateData.relays)
-  const [_isProtectedEvent, setIsProtectedEvent] = useState(false)
-
   useEffect(() => {
     setPollCreateData({
       isMultipleChoice,
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ export default function PollEditor({
       <div className="space-y-2">
         <PostRelaySelector
           setAdditionalRelayUrls={setAdditionalRelayUrls}
-          setIsProtectedEvent={setIsProtectedEvent}
           content={content}
         />
       </div>

src/components/PostEditor/PostContent.tsx

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ import { TDraftEvent } from '@/types'
 import { Popover, PopoverContent, PopoverTrigger } from '@/components/ui/popover'
 import { Switch } from '@/components/ui/switch'
 import { DISCUSSION_TOPICS } from '@/pages/primary/DiscussionsPage/discussionTopics'
-import { getReplaceableCoordinateFromEvent, isProtectedEvent as isEventProtected, isReplaceableEvent, isReplyNoteEvent } from '@/lib/event'
+import { getReplaceableCoordinateFromEvent, isReplaceableEvent } from '@/lib/event'
 import { Event, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ export default function PostContent({
   const [extractedMentions, setExtractedMentions] = useState<string[]>(
     initialPublicMessageTo ? [initialPublicMessageTo] : []
   )
-  const [isProtectedEvent, setIsProtectedEvent] = useState(false)
   const [additionalRelayUrls, setAdditionalRelayUrls] = useState<string[]>([])
   /** When set, too many relays are checked vs the per-publish cap; publish stays disabled until unchecking. */
   const [relayCapBlockInfo, setRelayCapBlockInfo] = useState<{
@@ -644,7 +643,6 @@ export default function PostContent({
       contentOk &&
       (!isPoll || pollCreateData.options.filter((option) => !!option.trim()).length >= 2) &&
       (!isPublicMessage || extractedMentions.length > 0 || parentEvent?.kind === ExtendedKind.PUBLIC_MESSAGE) &&
-      (!isProtectedEvent || additionalRelayUrls.length > 0) &&
       (!isHighlight || highlightData.sourceValue.trim() !== '') &&
       (!isCitationInternal || !!citationInternalCTag.trim()) &&
       (!isCitationExternal || (!!citationExternalUrl.trim() && !!citationAccessedOn.trim())) &&
@@ -665,7 +663,6 @@ export default function PostContent({
     isPublicMessage,
     extractedMentions,
     parentEvent,
-    isProtectedEvent,
     additionalRelayUrls,
     isHighlight,
     highlightData,
@@ -810,13 +807,6 @@ export default function PostContent({
     
     const addExpirationTag = storage.getDefaultExpirationEnabled()
     const expirationMonths = storage.getDefaultExpirationMonths()
-    // Determine if we should use protected event tag
-    let shouldUseProtectedEvent = false
-    if (parentEvent) {
-      const isParentOP = !isReplyNoteEvent(parentEvent)
-      const parentHasProtectedTag = isEventProtected(parentEvent)
-      shouldUseProtectedEvent = isParentOP && parentHasProtectedTag
-    }
 
     // Public messages - check BEFORE media notes to ensure PMs with media stay as PMs
     if (isPublicMessage) {
@@ -874,7 +864,6 @@ export default function PostContent({
         mentions,
         {
           addClientTag,
-          protectedEvent: shouldUseProtectedEvent,
           isNsfw,
           addExpirationTag: addExpirationTag && isChattingKind(ExtendedKind.VOICE_COMMENT),
           expirationMonths,
@@ -1106,7 +1095,6 @@ export default function PostContent({
     if (parentEvent && parentEvent.kind !== kinds.ShortTextNote) {
       return await createCommentDraftEvent(cleanedText, parentEvent, mentions, {
         addClientTag,
-        protectedEvent: shouldUseProtectedEvent,
         isNsfw,
         addExpirationTag: addExpirationTag && isChattingKind(ExtendedKind.COMMENT),
         expirationMonths,
@@ -1129,7 +1117,6 @@ export default function PostContent({
     return await createShortTextNoteDraftEvent(cleanedText, mentions, {
       parentEvent,
       addClientTag,
-      protectedEvent: shouldUseProtectedEvent,
       isNsfw,
       addExpirationTag: addExpirationTag && isChattingKind(kinds.ShortTextNote),
       expirationMonths,
@@ -3370,7 +3357,6 @@ export default function PostContent({
           )}
         >
           <PostRelaySelector
-            setIsProtectedEvent={setIsProtectedEvent}
             setAdditionalRelayUrls={setAdditionalRelayUrls}
             onRelayPublishCapChange={handleRelayPublishCapChange}
             parentEvent={parentEvent}

src/components/PostEditor/PostRelaySelector.tsx

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ function capAutoSelectedRelays(selectableRelaysOrder: string[], selectedWithCach
 export default function PostRelaySelector({
   parentEvent: _parentEvent,
   openFrom,
-  setIsProtectedEvent,
   setAdditionalRelayUrls,
   onRelayPublishCapChange,
   content: postContent = '',
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ export default function PostRelaySelector({
 }: {
   parentEvent?: NostrEvent
   openFrom?: string[]
-  setIsProtectedEvent: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>
   setAdditionalRelayUrls: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string[]>>
   /** Notifies the post form when the relay cap prevents honoring every checked relay (so the form can disable publish and show a banner). */
   onRelayPublishCapChange?: (preview: TPrePublishRelayCapPreview) => void
@@ -81,6 +79,8 @@ export default function PostRelaySelector({
   const [description, setDescription] = useState('')
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
   const [hasManualSelection, setHasManualSelection] = useState(false)
+  /** Auto-picked relays from {@link relaySelectionService}; used to detect manual relay-picker changes. */
+  const autoSelectedRelayUrlsRef = useRef<string[]>([])
   const [previousSelectableCount, setPreviousSelectableCount] = useState(0)
   // Generation counter: incremented every time the effect fires; async callback checks whether
   // it's still the latest invocation before committing state, preventing stale races.
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ export default function PostRelaySelector({
           const cacheRelays = result.selectableRelays.filter(url => isLocalNetworkUrl(url))
           const selectedWithCache = Array.from(new Set([...result.selectedRelays, ...cacheRelays]))
           const capped = capAutoSelectedRelays(result.selectableRelays, selectedWithCache)
+          autoSelectedRelayUrlsRef.current = capped
           setSelectedRelayUrls(capped)
           setDescription(describeRelaySelection(capped))
           if (selectableRelaysChanged && hasManualSelection) {
@@ -246,16 +247,8 @@ export default function PostRelaySelector({
 
   // Update parent component with selected relays
   useEffect(() => {
-    // An event is "protected" if we have selected relays that aren't the default user write relays
-    const defaultUserWriteRelays = [...(relayList?.httpWrite ?? []), ...(relayList?.write || [])]
-    const normW = (u: string) => normalizeRelayUrlByScheme(u) || u
-    const defaultNorm = new Set(defaultUserWriteRelays.map(normW))
-    const isProtectedEvent =
-      selectedRelayUrls.length > 0 &&
-      !selectedRelayUrls.every((url) => defaultNorm.has(normW(url)))
-    setIsProtectedEvent(isProtectedEvent)
     setAdditionalRelayUrls(selectedRelayUrls)
-  }, [selectedRelayUrls, relayList, setIsProtectedEvent, setAdditionalRelayUrls])
+  }, [selectedRelayUrls, setAdditionalRelayUrls])
 
   const handleRelayCheckedChange = useCallback((checked: boolean, url: string) => {
     setHasManualSelection(true)

src/lib/discussion-thread-composer.ts

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export function collectDiscussionThreadTags(params: {
   const { processedContent, topicForTags, title, dynamicTopics, isReadingGroup, author, subject, isNsfw } = params
   const images = extractImagesFromContent(processedContent)
   const hashtags = extractHashtagsFromContent(processedContent)
-  const tags: string[][] = [['title', title.trim()], ['-']]
+  const tags: string[][] = [['title', title.trim()]]
 
   if (topicForTags !== 'all' && topicForTags !== 'general' && topicForTags !== 'groups') {
     const selectedDynamicTopic = dynamicTopics?.allTopics.find((dt) => dt.id === topicForTags)

src/lib/draft-event.ts

@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ export async function createShortTextNoteDraftEvent(
   options: {
     parentEvent?: Event
     addClientTag?: boolean
-    protectedEvent?: boolean
     isNsfw?: boolean
     addExpirationTag?: boolean
     expirationMonths?: number
@@ -271,10 +270,6 @@ export async function createShortTextNoteDraftEvent(
     tags.push(buildNsfwTag())
   }
 
-  if (options.protectedEvent) {
-    tags.push(buildProtectedTag())
-  }
-
   if (options.addExpirationTag && options.expirationMonths) {
     tags.push(buildExpirationTag(options.expirationMonths))
   }
@@ -309,7 +304,6 @@ export async function createCommentDraftEvent(
   mentions: string[],
   options: {
     addClientTag?: boolean
-    protectedEvent?: boolean
     isNsfw?: boolean
     addExpirationTag?: boolean
     expirationMonths?: number
@@ -389,10 +383,6 @@ export async function createCommentDraftEvent(
     tags.push(buildNsfwTag())
   }
 
-  if (options.protectedEvent) {
-    tags.push(buildProtectedTag())
-  }
-
   if (options.addExpirationTag && options.expirationMonths) {
     tags.push(buildExpirationTag(options.expirationMonths))
   }
@@ -1620,10 +1610,6 @@ function buildNsfwTag() {
   return ['content-warning', 'NSFW']
 }
 
-function buildProtectedTag() {
-  return ['-']
-}
-
 function buildExpirationTag(months: number): string[] {
   const expirationTime = dayjs().add(months, 'month').unix()
   return ['expiration', expirationTime.toString()]
@@ -1847,7 +1833,6 @@ export async function createVoiceCommentDraftEvent(
   mentions: string[],
   options: {
     addClientTag?: boolean
-    protectedEvent?: boolean
     isNsfw?: boolean
     addExpirationTag?: boolean
     expirationMonths?: number
@@ -1926,10 +1911,6 @@ export async function createVoiceCommentDraftEvent(
     tags.push(buildNsfwTag())
   }
   
-  if (options.protectedEvent) {
-    tags.push(buildProtectedTag())
-  }
-  
   if (options.addExpirationTag && options.expirationMonths) {
     tags.push(buildExpirationTag(options.expirationMonths))
   }

src/services/relay-selection.service.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import indexedDb from '@/services/indexed-db.service'
 import { getHttpRelayListFromEvent, getRelayListFromEvent } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
 import { stripLocalNetworkRelaysFromRelayList } from '@/lib/relay-list-sanitize'
+import { isProtectedEvent } from '@/lib/event'
 import { dedupeNormalizeRelayUrlsOrdered } from '@/lib/relay-url-priority'
 import nip66Service from '@/services/nip66.service'
 
@@ -71,12 +72,14 @@ class RelaySelectionService {
     return normalizeRelayUrlByScheme(url) || url.trim()
   }
 
-  /** Kind 10002 + 10243 write/both outboxes for the logged-in user. */
+  /** Kind 10432 + 10243 + 10002 write outboxes (already merged in {@link RelaySelectionContext.userWriteRelays}). */
   private userWriteOutboxRelays(context: RelaySelectionContext): string[] {
-    return dedupeNormalizeRelayUrlsOrdered([
+    return dedupeNormalizeRelayUrlsOrdered(context.userWriteRelays)
-      ...(context.userHttpWriteRelays ?? []),
+  }
-      ...context.userWriteRelays
+
-    ])
+  /** True when the discussion thread (kind 11 parent) uses the `-` protected tag. */
+  private discussionContextIsProtected(parentEvent: Event): boolean {
+    return isProtectedEvent(parentEvent)
   }
 
   private filterLocalRelaysFromOthers(relays: string[], isOwnRelays: boolean = false): string[] {
@@ -669,14 +672,16 @@ class RelaySelectionService {
 
   /**
    * Get relays for discussion replies (kind 11 or kind 1111)
-   * Includes: relay hints from kind 11, wss://thecitadel.nostr1.com, user's outboxes, and local relays
+   * Includes: relay hints from kind 11, wss://thecitadel.nostr1.com, user's outboxes, and local relays.
+   * Protected threads (`-` tag on kind 11): hints + citadel + cache only — general outboxes reject protected events.
    */
   private async getDiscussionReplyRelays(context: RelaySelectionContext): Promise<string[]> {
     const { parentEvent, userPubkey, blockedRelays } = context
     if (!parentEvent) return []
 
     const relayUrls = new Set<string>()
-    const userOutboxes = this.userWriteOutboxRelays(context)
+    const threadIsProtected = this.discussionContextIsProtected(parentEvent)
+    const userOutboxes = threadIsProtected ? [] : this.userWriteOutboxRelays(context)
 
     // Step 1: Get relay hints from the kind 11 event
     let discussionEventId: string | null = null
@@ -710,14 +715,14 @@ class RelaySelectionService {
       relayUrls.add(thecitadelUrl)
     }
 
-    // Step 3: Add user's outboxes (NIP-65 + HTTP index write relays)
+    // Step 3: User outboxes (skip for protected threads — most public relays reject `-` events)
+    if (!threadIsProtected) {
       if (userOutboxes.length > 0) {
         userOutboxes.forEach((url) => {
           const normalized = this.normRelay(url)
           if (normalized) relayUrls.add(normalized)
         })
       } else if (userPubkey) {
-      // Fetch user's relay list if not provided
         try {
           const relayList = await this.getCachedRelayList(userPubkey)
           if (relayList) {
@@ -731,6 +736,7 @@ class RelaySelectionService {
           logger.warn('Failed to fetch user relay list for discussion reply', { error, userPubkey })
         }
       }
+    }
 
     // Step 4: Add local relays (cache relays from kind 10432)
     if (userPubkey) {