diff --git a/src/components/FavoriteRelaysSetting/BlockedRelayItem.tsx b/src/components/FavoriteRelaysSetting/BlockedRelayItem.tsx
index dff965e7..f623c2aa 100644
--- a/src/components/FavoriteRelaysSetting/BlockedRelayItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FavoriteRelaysSetting/BlockedRelayItem.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default function BlockedRelayItem({ relay }: { relay: string }) {
       onClick={() => push(toRelay(relay))}
     >
       <div className="flex items-center gap-2 flex-1">
-        <RelayIcon url={relay} />
+        <RelayIcon url={relay} skipRelayInfoFetch />
         <div className="flex-1 w-0 truncate font-semibold">{relay}</div>
       </div>
       <Button
diff --git a/src/components/FavoriteRelaysSetting/RelayItem.tsx b/src/components/FavoriteRelaysSetting/RelayItem.tsx
index 9a01fed1..fbdb0cd2 100644
--- a/src/components/FavoriteRelaysSetting/RelayItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FavoriteRelaysSetting/RelayItem.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default function RelayItem({ relay, isBlocked = false }: { relay: string;
           <GripVertical className="size-4 text-muted-foreground" />
         </div>
         <div className="flex gap-2 items-center flex-1 min-w-0">
-          <RelayIcon url={relay} />
+          <RelayIcon url={relay} skipRelayInfoFetch={isBlocked} />
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2 flex-1 min-w-0">
             <div className="flex-1 truncate font-semibold">{relay}</div>
             {isBlocked && (
diff --git a/src/lib/viewer-blocked-relays.ts b/src/lib/viewer-blocked-relays.ts
index ca0215f1..cb4d985f 100644
--- a/src/lib/viewer-blocked-relays.ts
+++ b/src/lib/viewer-blocked-relays.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export function getViewerBlockedRelayUrls(): readonly string[] {
   return viewerBlockedRelayUrls
 }
 
+export function isViewerRelayBlocked(url: string): boolean {
+  return isRelayBlockedByUser(url, viewerBlockedRelayUrls)
+}
+
 /** Drop user-blocked relays (hostname-aware) before any REQ / query / WebSocket connect. */
 export function filterViewerBlockedRelaysForFetch(urls: readonly string[]): string[] {
   if (!viewerBlockedRelayUrls.length) return [...urls]
diff --git a/src/providers/FavoriteRelaysProvider.tsx b/src/providers/FavoriteRelaysProvider.tsx
index b8e8e56e..2260541f 100644
--- a/src/providers/FavoriteRelaysProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/FavoriteRelaysProvider.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { getRelaySetFromEvent } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
 import { randomString } from '@/lib/random'
 import { isWebsocketUrl, normalizeAnyRelayUrl, normalizeUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import { setViewerBlockedRelayUrls } from '@/lib/viewer-blocked-relays'
-import { queryService } from '@/services/client.service'
+import client, { queryService } from '@/services/client.service'
 import indexedDb from '@/services/indexed-db.service'
 import { TRelaySet } from '@/types'
 import { Event, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ export function FavoriteRelaysProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setViewerBlockedRelayUrls(blockedRelays)
+    client.closeViewerBlockedRelayConnections()
   }, [blockedRelays])
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/services/client-query.service.ts b/src/services/client-query.service.ts
index 23a2e4bf..4ff601d9 100644
--- a/src/services/client-query.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client-query.service.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import type { Filter, Event as NEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { SimplePool, EventTemplate, VerifiedEvent, nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import type { AbstractRelay } from 'nostr-tools/abstract-relay'
 import { sanitizeRelayUrlsForFetch, isRelayConnectionAllowedForViewer, grantRelayConnectionOperationScope } from '@/lib/read-only-relay-personal'
+import { filterViewerBlockedRelaysForFetch } from '@/lib/viewer-blocked-relays'
 import { closeRelayPoolSocketsIfIdle } from '@/lib/relay-pool-idle'
 import { publicReadRelayFallbackUrls } from '@/lib/viewer-relay-defaults'
 import nip66Service from './nip66.service'
@@ -516,7 +517,9 @@ export class QueryService {
             ? FIRST_RELAY_RESULT_GRACE_MS
             : null
 
-    const httpRelayBases = httpIndexBasesForRelayQuery(urls, options?.httpIndexRelayBases ?? [])
+    const httpRelayBases = filterViewerBlockedRelaysForFetch(
+      httpIndexBasesForRelayQuery(urls, options?.httpIndexRelayBases ?? [])
+    )
       .filter((u) => !relaySessionStrikes.isReadHttpSkipped(u))
       .filter((u) => isRelayConnectionAllowedForViewer(u))
     const httpKeys = new Set(httpRelayBases.map((u) => canonicalRelaySessionKey(u)))
diff --git a/src/services/client.service.ts b/src/services/client.service.ts
index 7cb4a18d..d540ba79 100644
--- a/src/services/client.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client.service.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ import {
   viewerUsesGlobalRelayDefaults
 } from '@/lib/viewer-relay-defaults'
 import {
+  filterViewerBlockedRelaysForFetch,
+  getViewerBlockedRelayUrls,
+  isRelayBlockedByUser,
   parseBlockedRelayUrlsFromEvent,
   setViewerBlockedRelayUrls
 } from '@/lib/viewer-blocked-relays'
@@ -720,11 +723,6 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
 
     /** IndexedDB-first: personal lists (incl. cache + HTTP) before policy or network so locals stay allowed. */
     const storageUrls = await this.collectViewerPersonalRelayUrlsFromStorage(pk)
-    this.viewerHttpIndexRelayBases = storageUrls.httpIndexBases
-    setViewerPersonalRelayKeys(buildPersonalRelayKeySet(storageUrls.all), { viewerActive: true })
-    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(storageUrls.all)
-    relaySessionStrikes.setSessionCacheRelayKeysFromKind10432(storageUrls.cacheRelayEvent)
-    this.closeMetadataPolicyDisallowedRelayConnections()
 
     try {
       const blockedEvt = await indexedDb.getReplaceableEvent(pk, ExtendedKind.BLOCKED_RELAYS)
@@ -733,6 +731,13 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
       setViewerBlockedRelayUrls([])
     }
 
+    this.viewerHttpIndexRelayBases = filterViewerBlockedRelaysForFetch(storageUrls.httpIndexBases)
+    setViewerPersonalRelayKeys(buildPersonalRelayKeySet(storageUrls.all), { viewerActive: true })
+    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(storageUrls.all)
+    relaySessionStrikes.setSessionCacheRelayKeysFromKind10432(storageUrls.cacheRelayEvent)
+    this.closeMetadataPolicyDisallowedRelayConnections()
+    this.closeViewerBlockedRelayConnections()
+
     const urls = [...storageUrls.all]
     try {
       urls.push(...(await this.fetchFavoriteRelays(pk)))
@@ -742,6 +747,7 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     setViewerPersonalRelayKeys(buildPersonalRelayKeySet(urls), { viewerActive: true })
     syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(urls)
     this.closeMetadataPolicyDisallowedRelayConnections()
+    this.closeViewerBlockedRelayConnections()
   }
 
   /** NIP-65 / 10243 / 10432 / favorites (10012) from IndexedDB only — no network. */
@@ -802,8 +808,9 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
         .map((u) => normalizeHttpRelayUrl(u) || u)
         .filter(Boolean)
       if (fresh.length > 0) {
-        this.viewerHttpIndexRelayBases = fresh
-        return fresh
+        const filtered = filterViewerBlockedRelaysForFetch(fresh)
+        this.viewerHttpIndexRelayBases = filtered
+        return filtered
       }
     } catch {
       /* keep session cache */
@@ -835,6 +842,20 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Close pooled sockets to relays on the viewer block list (hostname-aware, wss/https). */
+  closeViewerBlockedRelayConnections(): void {
+    const blocked = getViewerBlockedRelayUrls()
+    if (!blocked.length) return
+    try {
+      const toClose = [...this.pool.listConnectionStatus().keys()].filter((url) =>
+        isRelayBlockedByUser(url, blocked)
+      )
+      if (toClose.length > 0) this.pool.close(toClose)
+    } catch {
+      // ignore
+    }
+  }
+
   /** NIP-66: fetch relay discovery events (30166) in background to supplement search/NIP support. */
   private async fetchNip66RelayDiscovery(): Promise<void> {
     if (isMetadataRelaysOnlyPolicyActive()) return
@@ -3190,12 +3211,9 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     let eosedAt: number | null = null
     let eventIds = new Set<string>()
 
-    const httpTimelinePollBases = httpIndexBasesForRelayQuery(
-      originalDedupedRelays,
-      this.viewerHttpIndexRelayBases
-    ).filter(
-      (u) => relayAuthoritativeTimeline || !relaySessionStrikes.isReadHttpSkipped(u)
-    )
+    const httpTimelinePollBases = filterViewerBlockedRelaysForFetch(
+      httpIndexBasesForRelayQuery(originalDedupedRelays, this.viewerHttpIndexRelayBases)
+    ).filter((u) => relayAuthoritativeTimeline || !relaySessionStrikes.isReadHttpSkipped(u))
     let httpPollIntervalId: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null
     let httpPollCursorUnix = 0
     const clearHttpTimelinePoll = () => {
diff --git a/src/services/relay-info.service.ts b/src/services/relay-info.service.ts
index 1b09a5c6..2be8cc68 100644
--- a/src/services/relay-info.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/relay-info.service.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { isViewerRelayBlocked } from '@/lib/viewer-blocked-relays'
 import {
   devProxyCorsProblematicHttpsIndexRelayBase,
   devProxyLoopbackHttpRelayBase,
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ class RelayInfoService {
   }
 
   private async _getRelayInfo(url: string) {
+    if (isViewerRelayBlocked(url)) {
+      return undefined
+    }
     const exist = this.relayInfoMap.get(url)
     if (exist && !this.isStale(exist)) {
       return exist