diff --git a/src/components/NormalFeed/index.tsx b/src/components/NormalFeed/index.tsx
index bb4d4516..c5779769 100644
--- a/src/components/NormalFeed/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NormalFeed/index.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ const NormalFeed = forwardRef<TNoteListRef, {
   mergeTimelineWhenSubRequestFiltersMatch?: boolean
   /** Home Replies can widen relays without changing Notes/Gallery. */
   repliesSubRequests?: TFeedSubRequest[]
+  /**
+   * When set on the home main feed, Gallery tab REQ uses this relay stack (same as {@link repliesSubRequests})
+   * instead of OP-only {@link subRequests} URLs.
+   */
+  mainFeedGalleryRelayUrls?: string[]
   /** Main Gallery historically widened with fast read relays; home can opt out to stay favorites+trending only. */
   widenMainGalleryRelays?: boolean
   /** Home following: second subscribe wave (delta relays / new authors); see {@link NoteList}. */
@@ -102,6 +107,8 @@ const NormalFeed = forwardRef<TNoteListRef, {
   oneShotAfterMergeComparator?: (a: Event, b: Event) => number
   extraShouldHideEvent?: (ev: Event) => boolean
   extraShouldHideRepliesEvent?: (ev: Event) => boolean
+  /** When set with home Gallery, filters rows (e.g. aggr-only) using the widened relay stack. */
+  extraShouldHideGalleryEvent?: (ev: Event) => boolean
   /** Override default cap for merged one-shot batches (wide d-tag / search merges). */
   oneShotMergedCap?: number
   /** When every relay in the subscribe wave fails before EOSE, merge a one-shot fetch from default read relays (home multi-relay feeds). */
@@ -119,6 +126,7 @@ const NormalFeed = forwardRef<TNoteListRef, {
     preserveTimelineOnSubRequestsChange = false,
     mergeTimelineWhenSubRequestFiltersMatch = false,
     repliesSubRequests,
+    mainFeedGalleryRelayUrls,
     widenMainGalleryRelays = true,
     followingFeedDeltaSubRequests,
     feedSubscriptionKey,
@@ -139,6 +147,7 @@ const NormalFeed = forwardRef<TNoteListRef, {
     oneShotAfterMergeComparator,
     extraShouldHideEvent,
     extraShouldHideRepliesEvent,
+    extraShouldHideGalleryEvent,
     oneShotMergedCap,
     timelinePublicReadFallback = false,
     alexandriaEmptyUrl = null
@@ -198,7 +207,7 @@ const NormalFeed = forwardRef<TNoteListRef, {
     return base
   }, [isMainFeed, isWispTrendingOnlyFeed])
 
-  /** Replies may widen relays; Gallery only swaps kinds and widens relays when the caller opts in. */
+  /** Replies may widen relays; Gallery swaps kinds and may use {@link mainFeedGalleryRelayUrls} on home. */
   const effectiveSubRequests = useMemo(() => {
     if (listMode === 'postsAndReplies' && repliesSubRequests) {
       return repliesSubRequests
@@ -206,10 +215,29 @@ const NormalFeed = forwardRef<TNoteListRef, {
     if (listMode !== 'media') return subRequests
     return subRequests.map((req) => ({
       ...req,
-      urls: isMainFeed && widenMainGalleryRelays ? galleryRelayUrlsMergedWithReadLayer(req.urls) : req.urls,
+      urls:
+        isMainFeed && mainFeedGalleryRelayUrls && mainFeedGalleryRelayUrls.length > 0
+          ? mainFeedGalleryRelayUrls
+          : isMainFeed && widenMainGalleryRelays
+            ? galleryRelayUrlsMergedWithReadLayer(req.urls)
+            : req.urls,
       filter: { ...req.filter, kinds: MEDIA_KINDS }
     }))
-  }, [listMode, subRequests, repliesSubRequests, MEDIA_KINDS, isMainFeed, widenMainGalleryRelays])
+  }, [
+    listMode,
+    subRequests,
+    repliesSubRequests,
+    MEDIA_KINDS,
+    isMainFeed,
+    widenMainGalleryRelays,
+    mainFeedGalleryRelayUrls
+  ])
+
+  const noteListExtraShouldHide = useMemo(() => {
+    if (listMode === 'postsAndReplies') return extraShouldHideRepliesEvent
+    if (listMode === 'media' && extraShouldHideGalleryEvent) return extraShouldHideGalleryEvent
+    return extraShouldHideEvent
+  }, [listMode, extraShouldHideRepliesEvent, extraShouldHideGalleryEvent, extraShouldHideEvent])
 
   const handleListModeChange = useCallback(
     (mode: TNoteListMode | string) => {
@@ -374,11 +402,7 @@ const NormalFeed = forwardRef<TNoteListRef, {
           progressiveWarmupMatch={progressiveWarmupMatch}
           progressiveDocumentKinds={progressiveDocumentKinds}
           oneShotAfterMergeComparator={oneShotAfterMergeComparator}
-          extraShouldHideEvent={
-            listMode === 'postsAndReplies'
-              ? extraShouldHideRepliesEvent
-              : extraShouldHideEvent
-          }
+          extraShouldHideEvent={noteListExtraShouldHide}
           oneShotMergedCap={oneShotMergedCap}
           timelinePublicReadFallback={timelinePublicReadFallback && listMode === 'postsAndReplies'}
           alexandriaEmptyUrl={alexandriaEmptyUrl}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useNotificationReactionDisplay.ts b/src/hooks/useNotificationReactionDisplay.ts
index 7b34e232..0c1bc403 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useNotificationReactionDisplay.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useNotificationReactionDisplay.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { getRootEventHexId } from '@/lib/event'
 import { relayHintsFromEventTags } from '@/lib/relay-list-builder'
 import { getFirstHexEventIdFromETags } from '@/lib/tag'
 import { eventService } from '@/services/client.service'
-import type { NEvent } from '@/types'
 import { Event, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 
@@ -19,8 +18,8 @@ export type NotificationReactionDisplay =
 
 function classifyDiscussionReactionFromTargets(
   reaction: Event,
-  target: NEvent,
-  root: NEvent | undefined
+  target: Event,
+  root: Event | undefined
 ): NotificationReactionDisplay {
   let inDiscussion = target.kind === ExtendedKind.DISCUSSION
   if (!inDiscussion && target.kind === ExtendedKind.COMMENT) {
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ function peekReactionDisplayFromSessionCaches(event: Event): NotificationReactio
   if (!targetId) return { status: 'default' }
   const target = eventService.peekHexIdNoteFromSessionCache(targetId)
   if (!target) return { status: 'default' }
-  let root: NEvent | undefined
+  let root: Event | undefined
   if (target.kind === ExtendedKind.COMMENT) {
     const rootId = getRootEventHexId(target)
     if (rootId) root = eventService.peekHexIdNoteFromSessionCache(rootId)
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ export function useNotificationReactionDisplay(event: Event): NotificationReacti
         return
       }
 
-      let root: NEvent | undefined
+      let root: Event | undefined
       let inDiscussion = target.kind === ExtendedKind.DISCUSSION
       if (!inDiscussion && target.kind === ExtendedKind.COMMENT) {
         const rootId = getRootEventHexId(target)
diff --git a/src/lib/home-feed-relays.ts b/src/lib/home-feed-relays.ts
index 8fa9c970..ca0cb6d1 100644
--- a/src/lib/home-feed-relays.ts
+++ b/src/lib/home-feed-relays.ts
@@ -9,19 +9,29 @@ function relayUrlIsNostrLandAggr(url: string): boolean {
   return normalized === aggr
 }
 
+/** Drop nostr.land aggregate from REQ stacks where it must not appear (e.g. home feeds). */
+export function stripNostrLandAggrFromRelayUrls(urls: readonly string[]): string[] {
+  return urls.filter((url) => !relayUrlIsNostrLandAggr(url))
+}
+
 export function buildAllFavoritesFeedRelayUrls(
   favoriteRelays: string[],
   blockedRelays: string[],
   extraFeedRelayUrls: string[]
 ): string[] {
-  return feedRelayPolicyUrls([
-    { source: 'favorites', urls: getFavoritesFeedRelayUrls(favoriteRelays, blockedRelays) },
-    { source: 'fallback', urls: extraFeedRelayUrls }
-  ], {
-    operation: 'favorites-feed',
-    blockedRelays,
-    nostrLandAggr: 'never',
-    applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false,
-    allowThirdPartyLocalRelays: true
-  }).filter((url) => !relayUrlIsNostrLandAggr(url))
+  return stripNostrLandAggrFromRelayUrls(
+    feedRelayPolicyUrls(
+      [
+        { source: 'favorites', urls: getFavoritesFeedRelayUrls(favoriteRelays, blockedRelays) },
+        { source: 'fallback', urls: extraFeedRelayUrls }
+      ],
+      {
+        operation: 'favorites-feed',
+        blockedRelays,
+        nostrLandAggr: 'never',
+        applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false,
+        allowThirdPartyLocalRelays: true
+      }
+    )
+  )
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility.ts b/src/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility.ts
index dd5658c7..b2b29773 100644
--- a/src/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility.ts
+++ b/src/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { normalizeAnyRelayUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 
 /**
  * True when any URL’s host is `nostr.land` (e.g. `wss://nostr.land`, `wss://aggr.nostr.land`).
- * Used to decide whether read fetches should prepend {@link AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS} (except the primary home OP feed).
+ * Used to decide whether read fetches should prepend {@link AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS} (home OP / Replies / Gallery
+   * never prepend aggr via {@link FeedProvider}; side-panel threads, profiles, spells, and other reads still use it).
  */
 export function relayUrlsMentionNostrLandDomain(urls: readonly string[]): boolean {
   return urls.some((url) => {
diff --git a/src/pages/primary/NoteListPage/RelaysFeed.tsx b/src/pages/primary/NoteListPage/RelaysFeed.tsx
index 3c0e0faf..9ef460f1 100644
--- a/src/pages/primary/NoteListPage/RelaysFeed.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/primary/NoteListPage/RelaysFeed.tsx
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ const RelaysFeed = forwardRef<
     },
     [relayUrls]
   )
+  const hideAggrOnlyReplyGalleryStackEvent = useCallback(
+    (event: Event) => {
+      const seenRelays = client.getSeenEventRelayUrls(event.id).map(relaySeenKey)
+      if (!seenRelays.includes(AGGR_RELAY_KEY)) return false
+      const allowedRelays = new Set(replyRelayUrls.map(relaySeenKey))
+      return !seenRelays.some((relay) => relay !== AGGR_RELAY_KEY && allowedRelays.has(relay))
+    },
+    [replyRelayUrls]
+  )
   const hideAggrOnlyNonReplyEvent = useCallback(
     (event: Event) => hideAggrOnlyMainFeedEvent(event) && !isReplyNoteEvent(event),
     [hideAggrOnlyMainFeedEvent]
@@ -135,12 +144,14 @@ const RelaysFeed = forwardRef<
       onSubHeaderRefresh={onSubHeaderRefresh}
       preserveTimelineOnSubRequestsChange
       repliesSubRequests={repliesSubRequests}
+      mainFeedGalleryRelayUrls={replyRelayUrls}
       widenMainGalleryRelays={false}
       feedSubscriptionKey="home-all-favorites"
       feedTimelineScopeKey="all-favorites"
       showFeedClientFilter
       hostPrimaryPageName="feed"
       extraShouldHideEvent={hideAggrOnlyMainFeedEvent}
+      extraShouldHideGalleryEvent={hideAggrOnlyReplyGalleryStackEvent}
       extraShouldHideRepliesEvent={hideAggrOnlyNonReplyEvent}
       timelinePublicReadFallback
     />
diff --git a/src/providers/FeedProvider.test.ts b/src/providers/FeedProvider.test.ts
index e45ac7b3..390cd7e5 100644
--- a/src/providers/FeedProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/providers/FeedProvider.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { feedRelayPolicyUrls } from '@/features/feed/relay-policy'
 import { AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS } from '@/lib/nostr-land-aggr'
 import { buildWispTrendingNotesRelayUrl } from '@/lib/wisp-trending-relay'
-import { buildAllFavoritesFeedRelayUrls } from '@/lib/home-feed-relays'
+import { buildAllFavoritesFeedRelayUrls, stripNostrLandAggrFromRelayUrls } from '@/lib/home-feed-relays'
 
 describe('home feed relay policy', () => {
   it('keeps aggr.nostr.land out of the main home feed', () => {
@@ -16,4 +17,25 @@ describe('home feed relay policy', () => {
     expect(urls).not.toContain('wss://aggr.nostr.land/')
     expect(urls).not.toContain(AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS)
   })
+
+  it('home reply merge omits aggr even when listed on viewer read relays', () => {
+    const merged = stripNostrLandAggrFromRelayUrls(
+      feedRelayPolicyUrls(
+        [
+          { source: 'favorites', urls: ['wss://relay.example/'] },
+          { source: 'viewer-read', urls: [AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS, 'wss://inbox.example/'] }
+        ],
+        {
+          operation: 'read',
+          blockedRelays: [],
+          nostrLandAggr: 'never',
+          applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false,
+          allowThirdPartyLocalRelays: true
+        }
+      )
+    )
+    expect(merged).not.toContain(AGGR_NOSTR_LAND_WSS)
+    expect(merged).toContain('wss://relay.example/')
+    expect(merged).toContain('wss://inbox.example/')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/providers/FeedProvider.tsx b/src/providers/FeedProvider.tsx
index 5ed00b12..b0b1bc91 100644
--- a/src/providers/FeedProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/FeedProvider.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS } from '@/constants'
 import { feedRelayPolicyUrls } from '@/features/feed/relay-policy'
 import { getRelayListFromEvent, getHttpRelayListFromEvent } from '@/lib/event-metadata'
-import { buildAllFavoritesFeedRelayUrls } from '@/lib/home-feed-relays'
+import { buildAllFavoritesFeedRelayUrls, stripNostrLandAggrFromRelayUrls } from '@/lib/home-feed-relays'
 import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import { syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible } from '@/lib/nostr-land-relay-eligibility'
 import { normalizeAnyRelayUrl } from '@/lib/url'
@@ -29,19 +29,23 @@ function buildHomeReplyFeedRelayUrls(
   httpRelayUrls: string[],
   blockedRelays: string[]
 ): string[] {
-  return feedRelayPolicyUrls(
-    [
-      { source: 'favorites', urls: primaryRelayUrls },
-      { source: 'viewer-read', urls: inboxRelayUrls },
-      { source: 'cache', urls: cacheRelayUrls },
-      { source: 'http-index', urls: httpRelayUrls }
-    ],
-    {
-      operation: 'read',
-      blockedRelays,
-      applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false,
-      allowThirdPartyLocalRelays: true
-    }
+  /** Home Replies/Gallery: never prepend aggr (reserved for side-panel threads, profiles, spells). */
+  return stripNostrLandAggrFromRelayUrls(
+    feedRelayPolicyUrls(
+      [
+        { source: 'favorites', urls: primaryRelayUrls },
+        { source: 'viewer-read', urls: inboxRelayUrls },
+        { source: 'cache', urls: cacheRelayUrls },
+        { source: 'http-index', urls: httpRelayUrls }
+      ],
+      {
+        operation: 'read',
+        blockedRelays,
+        nostrLandAggr: 'never',
+        applySocialKindBlockedFilter: false,
+        allowThirdPartyLocalRelays: true
+      }
+    )
   )
 }
 
@@ -60,18 +64,18 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
    */
   const primaryExtraRelayUrls = useMemo(() => [buildWispTrendingNotesRelayUrl()], [])
 
-  /** Home Replies widen to relays that can surface inbox/reply context. */
+  /** Read-side layers merged into {@link replyRelayUrls}; {@link outboxRelayUrls} is only for aggr eligibility sync. */
   const replyExtraRelayLayers = useMemo(() => {
     const cacheRelayUrls: string[] = []
     if (cacheRelayListEvent) {
       const list = getRelayListFromEvent(cacheRelayListEvent, blockedRelays)
-      cacheRelayUrls.push(...list.read, ...list.write)
+      cacheRelayUrls.push(...list.read)
     }
 
-    const httpRelayUrls: string[] = [...(relayList?.httpRead ?? []), ...(relayList?.httpWrite ?? [])]
+    const httpRelayUrls: string[] = [...(relayList?.httpRead ?? [])]
     if (httpRelayListEvent) {
       const list = getHttpRelayListFromEvent(httpRelayListEvent, blockedRelays)
-      httpRelayUrls.push(...list.httpRead, ...list.httpWrite)
+      httpRelayUrls.push(...list.httpRead)
     }
 
     return {
@@ -106,7 +110,8 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     []
   )
 
-  const viewerNostrLandAggrEligible = useMemo(() => {
+  /** Keeps {@link getViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible} in sync for non-home reads (threads, profiles, etc.). */
+  useEffect(() => {
     const urls = [
       ...favoriteFeedRelayUrls,
       ...replyExtraRelayLayers.inboxRelayUrls,
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       ...replyExtraRelayLayers.cacheRelayUrls,
       ...replyExtraRelayLayers.httpRelayUrls
     ]
-    return syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(urls)
+    syncViewerRelayStackNostrLandAggrEligible(urls)
   }, [favoriteFeedRelayUrls, replyExtraRelayLayers])
 
   const lastHomeFeedUrlLogRef = useRef({ primary: '', reply: '' })
@@ -139,14 +144,7 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     }
     setUrlStateIfChanged(setRelayUrls, primaryRelays)
     setUrlStateIfChanged(setReplyRelayUrls, replyRelays)
-  }, [
-    favoriteFeedRelayUrls,
-    blockedRelays,
-    primaryExtraRelayUrls,
-    replyExtraRelayLayers,
-    setUrlStateIfChanged,
-    viewerNostrLandAggrEligible
-  ])
+  }, [favoriteFeedRelayUrls, blockedRelays, primaryExtraRelayUrls, replyExtraRelayLayers, setUrlStateIfChanged])
 
   const favoriteRelaysIdentity = useMemo(
     () =>
@@ -170,7 +168,6 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
     () =>
       [
         ...replyExtraRelayLayers.inboxRelayUrls,
-        ...replyExtraRelayLayers.outboxRelayUrls,
         ...replyExtraRelayLayers.cacheRelayUrls,
         ...replyExtraRelayLayers.httpRelayUrls
       ]
@@ -191,7 +188,6 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       relaySets.length,
       favoriteFeedRelayUrls.length - favoriteRelays.length,
       replyExtraRelayLayers.inboxRelayUrls.length,
-      replyExtraRelayLayers.outboxRelayUrls.length,
       replyExtraRelayLayers.cacheRelayUrls.length,
       replyExtraRelayLayers.httpRelayUrls.length,
       blockedRelays.length
@@ -206,7 +202,6 @@ export function FeedProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
           relaySets: relaySets.length,
           relaySetRelays: favoriteFeedRelayUrls.length - favoriteRelays.length,
           inboxRelays: replyExtraRelayLayers.inboxRelayUrls.length,
-          outboxRelays: replyExtraRelayLayers.outboxRelayUrls.length,
           cacheRelays: replyExtraRelayLayers.cacheRelayUrls.length,
           httpRelays: replyExtraRelayLayers.httpRelayUrls.length,
           blockedRelays: blockedRelays.length
diff --git a/src/providers/feed-context.tsx b/src/providers/feed-context.tsx
index 914051a4..04a371c9 100644
--- a/src/providers/feed-context.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/feed-context.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 import { createContext, useContext } from 'react'
 
 export type TFeedContext = {
-  /** Home Notes/Gallery: favorites plus mixed trending discovery. */
+  /** Home Notes (OP): favorites plus Wisp trending only — no aggr, no FAST_READ padding. */
   relayUrls: string[]
-  /** Home Replies: primary feed relays plus viewer inbox, HTTP, cache, and eligible aggregator relays. */
+  /**
+   * Home Replies + Gallery: same OP base, then NIP-65 read inboxes (FAST_READ when empty), kind 10432 cache
+   * read relays, HTTP read index — never aggr (aggr is for side-panel threads, profiles, and spells only).
+   */
   replyRelayUrls: string[]
 }