diff --git a/src/components/Explore/ExploreRelayReviews.tsx b/src/components/Explore/ExploreRelayReviews.tsx
index b4ed2427..871837ea 100644
--- a/src/components/Explore/ExploreRelayReviews.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Explore/ExploreRelayReviews.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   userReadRelaysWithHttp
 } from '@/lib/favorites-feed-relays'
 import { toRelay } from '@/lib/link'
+import { normalizeAnyRelayUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import { appendCuratedReadOnlyRelays } from '@/pages/primary/SpellsPage/fauxSpellFeeds'
 import { useSmartRelayNavigation } from '@/PageManager'
 import { useFavoriteRelays } from '@/providers/FavoriteRelaysProvider'
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ function RelayGroupHeader({ url, reviewCount }: { url: string; reviewCount: numb
       className="flex w-full min-w-0 items-center gap-2 px-4 md:px-4 pt-4 pb-2 border-b text-left hover:opacity-75 transition-opacity"
       onClick={() => navigateToRelay(toRelay(url))}
     >
-      <RelayIcon url={url} className="h-8 w-8 shrink-0 rounded-sm" iconSize={16} />
+      <RelayIcon url={url} skipRelayInfoFetch className="h-8 w-8 shrink-0 rounded-sm" iconSize={16} />
       <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
         {relayInfo?.name && (
           <div className="truncate font-semibold text-sm leading-tight">{relayInfo.name}</div>
@@ -87,11 +88,35 @@ async function loadCachedRelayReviews(limit: number): Promise<Event[]> {
   }
 }
 
+function stableRelayInputsKey(
+  favoriteRelays: string[],
+  blockedRelays: string[],
+  relayList: { read?: string[]; write?: string[]; httpRead?: string[] } | null | undefined
+): string {
+  const normSortJoin = (urls: string[]) =>
+    [...urls]
+      .map((u) => normalizeAnyRelayUrl(u) || u.trim())
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b))
+      .join('|')
+  return [
+    normSortJoin(favoriteRelays),
+    normSortJoin(blockedRelays),
+    normSortJoin([...(relayList?.httpRead ?? []), ...(relayList?.read ?? [])]),
+    normSortJoin(relayList?.write ?? [])
+  ].join('::')
+}
+
 export default function ExploreRelayReviews() {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { favoriteRelays, blockedRelays } = useFavoriteRelays()
   const { relayList } = useNostr()
 
+  const relayInputsKey = useMemo(
+    () => stableRelayInputsKey(favoriteRelays, blockedRelays, relayList),
+    [favoriteRelays, blockedRelays, relayList]
+  )
+
   const relayUrls = useMemo(() => {
     const stacked = appendCuratedReadOnlyRelays(
       getRelayUrlsWithFavoritesFastReadAndInbox(
@@ -106,10 +131,14 @@ export default function ExploreRelayReviews() {
       ),
       blockedRelays
     )
-    return stacked.slice(0, EXPLORE_REVIEWS_MAX_RELAYS)
-  }, [favoriteRelays, blockedRelays, relayList])
+    const sliced = stacked.slice(0, EXPLORE_REVIEWS_MAX_RELAYS)
+    const normalized = sliced.map((u) => normalizeAnyRelayUrl(u) || u.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+    normalized.sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b))
+    return normalized
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- relayInputsKey is a content hash of favorites/blocked/NIP-65; relayList identity churn must not re-open REQ sockets.
+  }, [relayInputsKey])
 
-  const relayUrlsKey = useMemo(() => relayUrls.join('|'), [relayUrls])
+  const relayUrlsKey = relayInputsKey
 
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true)
   const [events, setEvents] = useState<Event[]>([])
diff --git a/src/components/RelayIcon/index.tsx b/src/components/RelayIcon/index.tsx
index ee683c46..7047e064 100644
--- a/src/components/RelayIcon/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RelayIcon/index.tsx
@@ -32,13 +32,16 @@ function resolveRelayImageUrl(raw: string, relayUrl: string): string | undefined
 export default function RelayIcon({
   url,
   className,
-  iconSize = 14
+  iconSize = 14,
+  /** When true, do not hit NIP-11 (parent already fetches relay info, or icon-only row). */
+  skipRelayInfoFetch = false
 }: {
   url?: string
   className?: string
   iconSize?: number
+  skipRelayInfoFetch?: boolean
 }) {
-  const { relayInfo } = useFetchRelayInfo(url)
+  const { relayInfo } = useFetchRelayInfo(skipRelayInfoFetch ? undefined : url)
   const iconUrl = useMemo(() => {
     if (!url) return undefined
 
diff --git a/src/components/RelayInfo/RelayReviewCard.tsx b/src/components/RelayInfo/RelayReviewCard.tsx
index 9241cd7b..43432cc4 100644
--- a/src/components/RelayInfo/RelayReviewCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RelayInfo/RelayReviewCard.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default function RelayReviewCard({
   const { navigateToRelay } = useSmartRelayNavigation()
   const stars = useMemo(() => getStarsFromRelayReviewEvent(event), [event])
   const relayUrl = useMemo(() => getRelayUrlFromRelayReviewEvent(event), [event])
-  const { relayInfo } = useFetchRelayInfo(relayUrl)
+  const { relayInfo } = useFetchRelayInfo(showRelayInfo ? relayUrl : undefined)
 
   return (
     <div
diff --git a/src/hooks/useFetchRelayInfo.tsx b/src/hooks/useFetchRelayInfo.tsx
index 64eab58b..e7974a21 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useFetchRelayInfo.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useFetchRelayInfo.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ export function useFetchRelayInfo(url?: string) {
   const [relayInfo, setRelayInfo] = useState<TRelayInfo | undefined>(undefined)
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!url) return
+    if (!url) {
+      setRelayInfo(undefined)
+      setIsFetching(false)
+      return
+    }
     const fetchRelayInfos = async () => {
       setIsFetching(true)
       const timer = setTimeout(() => {