diff --git a/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx b/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
index 63bd515c..026a34c9 100644
--- a/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoteList/index.tsx
@@ -2054,8 +2054,15 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
           if (oneShotFetch || mappedSubRequests.length === 0) return
           if (isSpellPageLocalWarmup) return
           const diskReq = mappedSubRequests as Array<{ urls: string[]; filter: TSubRequestFilter }>
+          const strictSingleRelayShard =
+            mappedSubRequests.length === 1 &&
+            mappedSubRequests[0]!.urls.length === 1 &&
+            (hostPrimaryPageNameRef.current === 'relay' ||
+              (allowKindlessRelayExploreRef.current && useFilterAsIsRef.current))
           void client
-            .getLocalFeedEvents(diskReq)
+            .getLocalFeedEvents(diskReq, {
+              strictRelayShardSourcesOnly: strictSingleRelayShard
+            })
             .then((diskRaw) => {
               if (!effectActive || timelineEffectStale()) return
               const diskNarrowed = narrowLiveBatch(diskRaw)
@@ -2429,8 +2436,15 @@ const NoteList = forwardRef(
                 urls: string[]
                 filter: TSubRequestFilter
               }>
+              const strictSingleRelayShardOneShot =
+                mappedSubRequests.length === 1 &&
+                mappedSubRequests[0]!.urls.length === 1 &&
+                (hostPrimaryPageNameRef.current === 'relay' ||
+                  (allowKindlessRelayExploreRef.current && useFilterAsIsRef.current))
               void client
-                .getLocalFeedEvents(diskReqOneShot)
+                .getLocalFeedEvents(diskReqOneShot, {
+                  strictRelayShardSourcesOnly: strictSingleRelayShardOneShot
+                })
                 .then((diskRaw) => {
                   if (!effectActive || timelineEffectStale()) return
                   if (diskRaw.length === 0) return
diff --git a/src/components/Relay/index.tsx b/src/components/Relay/index.tsx
index ef53220d..79c96541 100644
--- a/src/components/Relay/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Relay/index.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import type { TPrimaryPageName } from '@/PageManager'
 import { SINGLE_RELAY_KINDLESS_REQ_LIMIT } from '@/constants'
 import { normalizeAnyRelayUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import { useCurrentRelays } from '@/providers/CurrentRelaysProvider'
+import client from '@/services/client.service'
 import type { TFeedSubRequest } from '@/types'
-import { forwardRef, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { forwardRef, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import NotFound from '../NotFound'
 
@@ -77,6 +79,21 @@ const Relay = forwardRef<
     ]
   }, [normalizedUrl, debouncedInput])
 
+  /** When we know delivery relays, drop rows that never arrived from this feed’s relay (stale cache / mis-tagged). */
+  const relaySeenMatchKey = useMemo(
+    () => (normalizedUrl ? (normalizeAnyRelayUrl(normalizedUrl) || normalizedUrl).toLowerCase() : ''),
+    [normalizedUrl]
+  )
+  const shouldHideEventNotFromThisRelay = useCallback(
+    (ev: Event) => {
+      if (!relaySeenMatchKey) return false
+      const seen = client.getSeenEventRelayUrls(ev.id)
+      if (seen.length === 0) return false
+      return !seen.some((u) => (normalizeAnyRelayUrl(u) || u).toLowerCase() === relaySeenMatchKey)
+    },
+    [relaySeenMatchKey]
+  )
+
   if (!normalizedUrl) {
     return <NotFound />
   }
@@ -101,6 +118,8 @@ const Relay = forwardRef<
         showAllKinds
         showFeedClientFilter
         hostPrimaryPageName={hostPrimaryPageName}
+        extraShouldHideEvent={shouldHideEventNotFromThisRelay}
+        extraShouldHideRepliesEvent={shouldHideEventNotFromThisRelay}
       />
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/src/components/Settings/SettingsMenuBody.tsx b/src/components/Settings/SettingsMenuBody.tsx
index 582458a0..851c1ca9 100644
--- a/src/components/Settings/SettingsMenuBody.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Settings/SettingsMenuBody.tsx
@@ -144,10 +144,6 @@ export default function SettingsMenuBody({ className }: { className?: string })
           </div>
         </SettingItem>
       </AboutInfoDialog>
-      <div className="py-6 text-center text-muted-foreground">
-        <div className="app-chrome-title">Imwald</div>
-        <div className="font-semibold text-green-600 dark:text-green-500">Im Wald</div>
-      </div>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 9014620b..fea18c64 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const DESKTOP_APP_DOWNLOAD_URL_DEFAULT =
 
 export const DEFAULT_FAVORITE_RELAYS = [
   'wss://theforest.nostr1.com',
-  'wss://orly-relay.imwald.eu',
+  'wss://christpill.nostr1.com',
   'wss://nostr.land',
   'wss://nostr21.com'
 ]
diff --git a/src/services/client.service.ts b/src/services/client.service.ts
index 30e741ea..d45757ce 100644
--- a/src/services/client.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client.service.ts
@@ -1895,7 +1895,16 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
 
   async getLocalFeedEvents(
     subRequests: { urls: string[]; filter: TSubRequestFilter }[],
-    options?: { maxRowsScanned?: number; maxMatches?: number }
+    options?: {
+      maxRowsScanned?: number
+      maxMatches?: number
+      /**
+       * When true, only load rows persisted for this feed’s timeline shard(s) — no global session scan or
+       * archive/publication sweeps. Used for single-relay explore so kindless `{ limit }` does not match every
+       * cached note while the UI is scoped to one relay.
+       */
+      strictRelayShardSourcesOnly?: boolean
+    }
   ): Promise<NEvent[]> {
     if (!subRequests.length) return []
     const filters = subRequests.map(({ filter }) => filter as Filter)
@@ -1921,6 +1930,14 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
       }
     }
 
+    if (options?.strictRelayShardSourcesOnly) {
+      const timelineRows = await this.getTimelineDiskSnapshotEvents(subRequests).catch(() => [] as NEvent[])
+      add(timelineRows)
+      return [...byId.values()]
+        .sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at || b.id.localeCompare(a.id))
+        .slice(0, maxMatches)
+    }
+
     add(this.eventService.getSessionEventsMatchingFilters(filters, maxMatches))
 
     const [timelineRows, archiveRows, publicationRows] = await Promise.all([
@@ -3285,6 +3302,7 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
     })
     let relayListResolved = 0
     let contactsResolved = 0
+    let profileResolved = 0
     const chunkSize = 20
     for (let i = 0; i * chunkSize < followings.length; i++) {
       if (signal.aborted) {
@@ -3292,20 +3310,24 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
         return
       }
       const chunk = followings.slice(i * chunkSize, (i + 1) * chunkSize)
-      const [relayListEvents, contactsEvents] = await Promise.all([
+      const [relayListEvents, contactsEvents, metadataEvents] = await Promise.all([
         this.replaceableEventService.fetchReplaceableEventsFromProfileFetchRelays(chunk, kinds.RelayList),
         this.replaceableEventService.fetchReplaceableEventsFromProfileFetchRelays(chunk, kinds.Contacts),
-        Promise.all(chunk.map((pk) => this.fetchProfileEvent(pk)))
+        this.replaceableEventService.fetchReplaceableEventsFromProfileFetchRelays(chunk, kinds.Metadata)
       ])
       relayListResolved += relayListEvents.filter(Boolean).length
       contactsResolved += contactsEvents.filter(Boolean).length
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000))
+      const profiles = metadataEvents.filter((ev): ev is NEvent => Boolean(ev))
+      profileResolved += profiles.length
+      await Promise.allSettled(profiles.map((ev) => this.addUsernameToIndex(ev)))
+      profiles.forEach((ev) => this.updateProfileEventCache(ev))
     }
     logger.info('[client] Prewarm: following profile + contacts + NIP-65 fetch finished', {
       pubkeySlice: pubkey.slice(0, 12),
       followingCount: followings.length,
       relayListEventsResolved: relayListResolved,
-      contactsEventsResolved: contactsResolved
+      contactsEventsResolved: contactsResolved,
+      profileEventsResolved: profileResolved
     })
   }