reveal curation set at the top of landing page

.dockerignore

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 **/*.md
 **/*.php~
 **/*.dist.php
-**/*.dist
+# Do not use `**/*.dist`: it matches `.env.dist`, and negation order is easy to get wrong across
-!.env.dist
+# Docker versions. Ignore other *.dist templates explicitly (see Dockerfile `cp .env.dist`).
+**/phpunit.xml.dist
+**/phpstan.neon.dist
 **/*.cache
 **/._*
 **/.dockerignore

assets/controllers/article_comments_controller.js

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ export default class extends Controller {
 
     connect() {
         this.partialReloads = 0;
-        this.boundOnAuth = this.onAuthChanged.bind(this);
+        // Stable reference across reconnects: rebinding each connect() would strand old listeners
+        // because removeEventListener must use the same function reference that was passed to add.
+        this.boundOnAuth ??= this.onAuthChanged.bind(this);
+        window.removeEventListener('unfold:auth-changed', this.boundOnAuth);
         window.addEventListener('unfold:auth-changed', this.boundOnAuth);
         if (!this.hasContainerTarget || !this.urlValue) {
             return;
@@ -28,7 +31,9 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     }
 
     disconnect() {
-        window.removeEventListener('unfold:auth-changed', this.boundOnAuth);
+        if (this.boundOnAuth) {
+            window.removeEventListener('unfold:auth-changed', this.boundOnAuth);
+        }
     }
 
     onAuthChanged() {

assets/controllers/login_controller.js

@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ export default class extends Controller {
       if (!response.ok) return false;
       return 'Authentication Successful';
     })
-    if (!!result) {
+    if (result) {
-      await this.component.render();
+      // Do not await render(): in UX Live Component it can deadlock the same update/render loop.
+      void this.component.render();
       window.dispatchEvent(
         new CustomEvent('unfold:auth-changed', { detail: { loggedIn: true } })
       );

assets/controllers/progress_bar_controller.js

@@ -11,17 +11,27 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     // removeEventListener; new .bind() references each connect() would leave stale listeners.
     this.boundHandleInteraction ??= this.handleInteraction.bind(this);
     this.boundPageShow ??= this.onPageShow.bind(this);
+    this.boundTouchStart ??= this.handleTouchStart.bind(this);
+    this.boundTouchEnd ??= this.handleTouchEnd.bind(this);
+    document.removeEventListener('click', this.boundHandleInteraction);
     document.addEventListener('click', this.boundHandleInteraction);
-    document.addEventListener('touchstart', this.handleTouchStart);
+    document.removeEventListener('touchstart', this.boundTouchStart);
-    document.addEventListener('touchend', this.handleTouchEnd);
+    document.addEventListener('touchstart', this.boundTouchStart);
+    document.removeEventListener('touchend', this.boundTouchEnd);
+    document.addEventListener('touchend', this.boundTouchEnd);
+    window.removeEventListener('pageshow', this.boundPageShow);
     window.addEventListener('pageshow', this.boundPageShow);
     this.resumeIfPending();
   }
 
   disconnect() {
     document.removeEventListener('click', this.boundHandleInteraction);
-    document.removeEventListener('touchstart', this.handleTouchStart);
+    if (this.boundTouchStart) {
-    document.removeEventListener('touchend', this.handleTouchEnd);
+      document.removeEventListener('touchstart', this.boundTouchStart);
+    }
+    if (this.boundTouchEnd) {
+      document.removeEventListener('touchend', this.boundTouchEnd);
+    }
     window.removeEventListener('pageshow', this.boundPageShow);
     if (this.loadListener) {
       window.removeEventListener('load', this.loadListener);
@@ -85,20 +95,20 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     this.barTarget.style.width = '0';
   }
 
-  handleTouchStart = (event) => {
+  handleTouchStart(event) {
     const touch = event.changedTouches[0];
     this.touchStartX = touch.screenX;
     this.touchStartY = touch.screenY;
-  };
+  }
 
-  handleTouchEnd = (event) => {
+  handleTouchEnd(event) {
     const touch = event.changedTouches[0];
     const dx = Math.abs(touch.screenX - this.touchStartX);
     const dy = Math.abs(touch.screenY - this.touchStartY);
     if (dx < 10 && dy < 10) {
       this.handleInteraction(event);
     }
-  };
+  }
 
   handleInteraction(event) {
     const link = event.target.closest('a');

config/unfold.yaml

@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ parameters:
     theme_bg_color: '#f1ebe4'
 
     npub: 'npub1m4ny6hjqzepn4rxknuq94c2gpqzr29ufkkw7ttcxyak7v43n6vvsajc2jl'
-    d_tag: 'newsroom-magazine-on-imwald-by-laeserin'
+    # Kind 30040 magazine root #d (NIP-33). Exposed as `d_tag` for backward compatibility.
+    d_tag_magazine: 'newsroom-magazine-on-imwald-by-laeserin'
+    d_tag: '%d_tag_magazine%'
+    # NIP-51 kind 30004 curation set #d for `npub` (home “spotlight” strip): ordered `a` for kind 30023 only; other `a` kinds and `e` tags are ignored. Empty or `d-tag-goes-here` disables.
+    d_tag_curation_set: 'd-tag-goes-here'
     community_articles: true
     # Domain for site-assigned NIP-05 for featured (magazine category) authors; must match the host serving /.well-known/nostr.json
     nip05_domain: 'blog.imwald.eu'

migrations/Version20260428103000.php

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace DoctrineMigrations;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
+use Doctrine\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+
+/**
+ * Remove deprecated home-curation kind-1 cache rows (no longer written or read).
+ */
+final class Version20260428103000 extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    public function getDescription(): string
+    {
+        return 'Delete event rows with storage_role magazine_curation_kind1_ref (curation strip is 30023-only)';
+    }
+
+    public function up(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $this->addSql("DELETE FROM event WHERE storage_role = 'magazine_curation_kind1_ref'");
+    }
+
+    public function down(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        // Irreversible data purge; rows were ephemeral cache copies of relay notes.
+    }
+}

phpstan-baseline.neon

@@ -432,12 +432,6 @@ parameters:
 			count: 3
 			path: src/Service/MagazineContentService.php
 
-		-
-			message: '#^Call to function method_exists\(\) with App\\Entity\\Event and ''getTags'' will always evaluate to true\.$#'
-			identifier: function.alreadyNarrowedType
-			count: 1
-			path: src/Service/MagazineContentService.php
-
 		-
 			message: '#^Offset ''categories'' on array\{categories\: list\<array\{entries\: list\<array\{coordinate\: string, status\: string, reason\: string\}\>\}\>\} on left side of \?\? always exists and is not nullable\.$#'
 			identifier: nullCoalesce.offset

src/Command/PrewarmCommand.php

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ final class PrewarmCommand extends Command
     {
         $this
             ->addOption('no-magazine', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skip magazine 30040 index fetch')
-            ->addOption('no-deletions', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skip NIP-09 kind 5 deletion sync (articles + event rows for stored kinds)')
+            ->addOption('no-deletions', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skip NIP-09 kind 5 deletion sync (articles + event rows: magazine, curation 30004, cached curation notes, profiles, etc.)')
             ->addOption('deletion-since', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'strtotime() window start for kind 5 fetch', '-2 month')
             ->addOption('no-metadata', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skip batched kind-0 profile prewarm (MySQL event table)')
             ->addOption('no-comments', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skip comment thread cache')
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ final class PrewarmCommand extends Command
         $this->disableCliExecutionTimeLimit();
 
         if (!$input->getOption('no-deletions')) {
-            $io->section('NIP-09 deletions (kind 5 → 30023/30024 / 30040)');
+            $io->section('NIP-09 deletions (kind 5 → 30023/30024 / 30040 / 30004)');
             $sinceStr = (string) $input->getOption('deletion-since');
             $since = strtotime($sinceStr);
             if ($since === false) {
@@ -284,11 +284,12 @@ final class PrewarmCommand extends Command
                 try {
                     $st = $this->nip09DeletionApplier->apply($kind5);
                     $io->writeln(sprintf(
-                        'Kind 5 events: <info>%d</info> (deduped). NIP-23 long-form in DB (30023/30024) removed: <info>%d</info>. Magazine index in cache (30040) removed: root <info>%d</info>, category <info>%d</info>.',
+                        'Kind 5 events: <info>%d</info> (deduped). NIP-23 long-form in DB (30023/30024) removed: <info>%d</info>. Magazine index in cache (30040) removed: root <info>%d</info>, category <info>%d</info>. Home curation (30004) rows removed: <info>%d</info>.',
                         \count($kind5),
                         $st['articles_removed'],
                         $st['magazine_roots'],
-                        $st['magazine_categories']
+                        $st['magazine_categories'],
+                        $st['magazine_curation_30004'] ?? 0
                     ));
                 } catch (\Throwable $e) {
                     $this->logger->error('app:prewarm NIP-09 failed', ['exception' => $e]);

src/Controller/DefaultController.php

@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ class DefaultController extends AbstractController
     public function index(): Response
     {
         $categoryATags = $this->magazineContent->getHomeCategoryAIndexTagsFromStoreOnly();
+        $curation = $this->magazineContent->buildHomeCurationWallData();
 
         return $this->render('home.html.twig', [
+            'home_curation_heading' => $curation['heading'],
+            'home_curation_tiles' => $curation['tiles'],
             'home_featured_tiles' => $this->magazineContent->buildHomeMixedFeaturedWallTiles($categoryATags),
             'home_highlights' => $this->articleHighlightRepository->findRecentForHome(40),
         ]);

src/Dto/FeaturedArticleCard.php

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace App\Dto;
 
+use App\Entity\Article;
+
 /**
  * Minimal article row for home/category list cards (avoids loading long-form `content` from the DB).
  */
@@ -21,6 +23,28 @@ final readonly class FeaturedArticleCard
     ) {
     }
 
+    public static function fromArticle(Article $a): self
+    {
+        $rawId = $a->getId();
+        $id = null;
+        if (\is_int($rawId)) {
+            $id = $rawId;
+        } elseif (\is_string($rawId) && ctype_digit($rawId)) {
+            $id = (int) $rawId;
+        }
+
+        return new self(
+            $id,
+            $a->getSlug(),
+            $a->getTitle(),
+            $a->getSummary(),
+            $a->getImage(),
+            $a->getCreatedAt(),
+            $a->getPublishedAt(),
+            $a->getPubkey(),
+        );
+    }
+
     public function getId(): ?int
     {
         return $this->id;

src/Entity/Event.php

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class Event
 
     public const STORAGE_MAGAZINE_CATEGORY = 'magazine_category';
 
+    public const STORAGE_MAGAZINE_CURATION_30004 = 'magazine_curation_30004';
+
     public const STORAGE_PROFILE_KIND0 = 'profile';
 
     public const STORAGE_RELAY_LIST_10002 = 'relay_list';

src/Nostr/MagazineEventKeys.php

@@ -7,10 +7,33 @@ namespace App\Nostr;
 use App\Service\NostrKeyHelper;
 
 /**
- * Stable keys for {@see Event} rows: magazine root/category indices and kind-0 profiles in MySQL.
+ * Stable keys for {@see Event} rows: magazine root/category indices, kind 30004 curation set, and kind-0 profiles in MySQL.
  */
 final class MagazineEventKeys
 {
+    public static function magazineCuration30004(string $npub, string $dTag): string
+    {
+        $hex = self::npubToHex($npub);
+        if ($hex === '') {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return 'mcur:'.$hex.':'.trim($dTag, " \0\x0B\t\n\r");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same logical row as {@see magazineCuration30004} when `pubkeyHex64` is the site author (from an `a` tag address).
+     */
+    public static function magazineCuration30004FromPubkeyHex(string $pubkeyHex64, string $dTag): string
+    {
+        $pk = strtolower(trim($pubkeyHex64));
+        if (64 !== \strlen($pk) || !ctype_xdigit($pk)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return 'mcur:'.$pk.':'.trim($dTag, " \0\x0B\t\n\r");
+    }
+
     public static function magazineRoot(string $npub, string $rootDTag): string
     {
         $hex = self::npubToHex($npub);

src/Service/MagazineContentService.php

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ use App\Dto\FeaturedArticleCard;
 use App\Entity\Article;
 use App\Entity\Event;
 use App\Enum\EventStatusEnum;
+use App\Enum\KindsEnum;
 use App\Repository\ArticleRepository;
+use App\Util\CurationSet30004Home;
 use App\Util\NostrEventTags;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ParameterBag\ParameterBagInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
@@ -592,6 +594,51 @@ final class MagazineContentService
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * One relay-backed pass per HTTP request to pull 30004-listed **30023** coordinates into {@see Article}
+     * (see {@see NostrClient::persistCuration30004ReferencedItems}).
+     */
+    private function maybeHydrateCuration30004ReferencedOncePerRequest(Event $stored): void
+    {
+        $r = $this->requestStack->getCurrentRequest();
+        if ($r === null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if ($r->attributes->get('_curation_30004_refs_hydrated')) {
+            return;
+        }
+        $r->attributes->set('_curation_30004_refs_hydrated', true);
+        try {
+            $this->nostrClient->persistCuration30004ReferencedItems($stored);
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function ensureCuration30004FromRelays(string $npub, string $dTag): void
+    {
+        $r = $this->requestStack->getCurrentRequest();
+        if ($r !== null && $r->attributes->get('_curation_30004_ensured')) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            $e = $this->nostrClient->getCurationSet30004($npub, $dTag);
+            if ($e !== null) {
+                $this->store->putCuration30004($npub, $dTag, $e);
+                try {
+                    $this->nostrClient->persistCuration30004ReferencedItems($e);
+                } catch (\Throwable) {
+                }
+                if ($r !== null) {
+                    $r->attributes->set('_curation_30004_refs_hydrated', true);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+        }
+        if ($r !== null) {
+            $r->attributes->set('_curation_30004_ensured', true);
+        }
+    }
+
     private function ensureCategory30040FromRelays(string $slug): void
     {
         if (trim($slug) === '') {
@@ -652,6 +699,81 @@ final class MagazineContentService
         return array_keys($out);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Home strip from NIP-51 kind 30004 (curation set): `d_tag_curation_set` on `npub`, ordered `a` tags for
+     * kind **30023** only (other kinds and `e` tags are ignored). Tiles resolve from the local `article` table.
+     *
+     * @return array{heading: string, tiles: list<array<string, mixed>>}
+     */
+    public function buildHomeCurationWallData(): array
+    {
+        $d = trim((string) $this->params->get('d_tag_curation_set'));
+        if ($d === '' || strcasecmp($d, 'd-tag-goes-here') === 0) {
+            return ['heading' => '', 'tiles' => []];
+        }
+        $npub = (string) $this->params->get('npub');
+        $stored = $this->store->getCuration30004($npub, $d);
+        if ($stored === null) {
+            $this->ensureCuration30004FromRelays($npub, $d);
+            $stored = $this->store->getCuration30004($npub, $d);
+        }
+        if ($stored === null) {
+            return ['heading' => '', 'tiles' => []];
+        }
+        $this->maybeHydrateCuration30004ReferencedOncePerRequest($stored);
+        /** @var list<array<int, mixed>> $tagRows */
+        $tagRows = $stored->getTags();
+        $parsed = CurationSet30004Home::parseTitleAndOrderedRefs($tagRows);
+        if ($parsed['items'] === []) {
+            return ['heading' => '', 'tiles' => []];
+        }
+        $pairsArg = [];
+        foreach ($parsed['items'] as $it) {
+            $pairsArg[] = ['pubkey' => $it['pk'], 'slug' => $it['slug']];
+        }
+        $indexed = $this->articleRepository->findByAuthorAndSlugIndexed($pairsArg);
+        $missingPairs = [];
+        foreach ($pairsArg as $pair) {
+            $k = strtolower((string) $pair['pubkey'])."\0".trim((string) $pair['slug']);
+            if (!isset($indexed[$k])) {
+                $missingPairs[] = $pair;
+            }
+        }
+        if ($missingPairs !== []) {
+            try {
+                $this->nostrClient->ingestLongformForCategoryCoordinates(array_values(array_unique(array_map(
+                    static fn (array $p): string => (string) KindsEnum::LONGFORM->value.':'.strtolower((string) $p['pubkey']).':'.trim((string) $p['slug']),
+                    $missingPairs
+                ))));
+            } catch (\Throwable) {
+            }
+            $indexed = $this->articleRepository->findByAuthorAndSlugIndexed($pairsArg);
+        }
+        $heading = $parsed['title'] !== '' ? $parsed['title'] : 'Spotlight';
+        $tiles = [];
+        $seenArticle = [];
+        foreach ($parsed['items'] as $it) {
+            $key = $it['pk']."\0".$it['slug'];
+            if (isset($seenArticle[$key])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $article = $indexed[$key] ?? null;
+            if ($article === null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $seenArticle[$key] = true;
+            $tiles[] = [
+                'article' => FeaturedArticleCard::fromArticle($article),
+                'categoryTitle' => $heading,
+            ];
+        }
+        if ($tiles === []) {
+            return ['heading' => '', 'tiles' => []];
+        }
+
+        return ['heading' => $heading, 'tiles' => $tiles];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Interleaves up to four articles per home category in round-robin order (one “wall” mixing all topics).
      * Duplicate slugs across categories are skipped so each article appears at most once.
@@ -724,7 +846,7 @@ final class MagazineContentService
         }
         $slug = $parts[2];
         $catIndex = $this->store->getCategory($slug);
-        if (!\is_object($catIndex) || !\method_exists($catIndex, 'getTags')) {
+        if ($catIndex === null) {
             return null;
         }
 

src/Service/MagazineIndexStore.php

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use App\Repository\EventRepository;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 
 /**
- * Magazine Nostr index events (kind 30040) in MySQL {@see Event}. Updated by {@see MagazineRefresher}
+ * Magazine Nostr index events (kind 30040) and the site’s NIP-51 kind 30004 curation set in MySQL {@see Event}.
- * (`app:prewarm` / cron).
+ * Updated by {@see MagazineRefresher} (`app:prewarm` / cron).
  */
 final class MagazineIndexStore
 {
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ final class MagazineIndexStore
         return $this->eventRepository->findOneByCoreRowKey($key);
     }
 
+    public function getCuration30004(string $npub, string $dTag): ?Event
+    {
+        $dTag = trim($dTag);
+        if ($dTag === '') {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $key = MagazineEventKeys::magazineCuration30004($npub, $dTag);
+        if ($key === '') {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->eventRepository->findOneByCoreRowKey($key);
+    }
+
     public function putRoot(string $npub, string $dTag, Event $event): void
     {
         if ($dTag === '') {
@@ -65,6 +79,19 @@ final class MagazineIndexStore
         $this->replaceByCoreKey($key, Event::STORAGE_MAGAZINE_CATEGORY, $event);
     }
 
+    public function putCuration30004(string $npub, string $dTag, Event $event): void
+    {
+        $dTag = trim($dTag);
+        if ($dTag === '') {
+            return;
+        }
+        $key = MagazineEventKeys::magazineCuration30004($npub, $dTag);
+        if ($key === '') {
+            return;
+        }
+        $this->replaceByCoreKey($key, Event::STORAGE_MAGAZINE_CURATION_30004, $event);
+    }
+
     public function deleteCategory(string $slug): void
     {
         if ($slug === '') {

src/Service/MagazineRefresher.php

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ final class MagazineRefresher
 
         $this->store->putRoot($npub, $dTag, $root);
 
+        $this->refreshCuration30004FromRelays($npub);
+
         $deadline = microtime(true) + $budgetSeconds;
 
         $mergedPrefer = $this->mergePreferSlugsInOrder($preferSlugs, $preferFromEnv);
@@ -161,6 +163,34 @@ final class MagazineRefresher
         $this->touchLastRelayTime();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Persists NIP-51 kind 30004 (home curation strip) when `d_tag_curation_set` is configured.
+     */
+    private function refreshCuration30004FromRelays(string $npub): void
+    {
+        $d = trim((string) $this->params->get('d_tag_curation_set'));
+        if ($d === '' || strcasecmp($d, 'd-tag-goes-here') === 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            $ev = $this->nostrClient->getCurationSet30004($npub, $d);
+            if ($ev !== null) {
+                $this->store->putCuration30004($npub, $d, $ev);
+                try {
+                    $this->nostrClient->persistCuration30004ReferencedItems($ev);
+                } catch (\Throwable $e2) {
+                    $this->logger->warning('MagazineRefresher: curation 30004 referenced ingest failed', [
+                        'message' => $e2->getMessage(),
+                    ]);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            $this->logger->warning('MagazineRefresher: curation set 30004 fetch failed', [
+                'message' => $e->getMessage(),
+            ]);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException
      */

src/Service/Nip09DeletionApplier.php

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ParameterBag\ParameterBagInterface;
 /**
  * Applies NIP-09 (kind 5) deletion requests to:
  * - MySQL: long-form articles ({@see KindsEnum::LONGFORM} 30023, {@see KindsEnum::LONGFORM_DRAFT} 30024)
- * - MySQL {@see Event} rows: kind 30040 magazine indices (root + category), kind 0 profile, 10002 relay list, 10133 payto
+ * - MySQL {@see Event} rows: kind 30040 magazine indices (root + category), kind 30004 home curation set,
+ *   kind 0 profile, 10002 relay list, 10133 payto
  *
  * Handled for `e` tags (with `k` when present) and for NIP-33 `a` tags.
  *
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
     /**
      * @param list<object> $deletionEvents Kind-5 events from relays (e.g. {@see NostrClient::fetchKind5DeletionEventsForAuthors})
      *
-     * @return array{articles_removed: int, magazine_roots: int, magazine_categories: int}
+     * @return array{articles_removed: int, magazine_roots: int, magazine_categories: int, magazine_curation_30004: int}
      */
     public function apply(array $deletionEvents): array
     {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
         $articlesPendingFlush = 0;
         $roots = 0;
         $cats = 0;
+        $curation30004 = 0;
         $seenArticleIds = [];
 
         foreach ($deletionEvents as $ev) {
@@ -78,13 +80,10 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
                         KindsEnum::METADATA->value,
                         KindsEnum::RELAY_LIST->value,
                         KindsEnum::PAYMENT_TARGETS->value,
-                        1, // NIP-09 may include kind 1; we do not store notes, but must not treat k as “unknown”
+                        KindsEnum::CURATION_SET->value,
                     ], true)) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                if ($declared === 1) {
-                    continue;
-                }
                 if ($this->removeArticleByEventIdIfValid($eId, $deletionPubkey, $declared, $seenArticleIds)) {
                     ++$articlesRemoved;
                     ++$articlesPendingFlush;
@@ -97,12 +96,15 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
                     KindsEnum::LONGFORM->value,
                     KindsEnum::LONGFORM_DRAFT->value,
                     KindsEnum::PUBLICATION_INDEX->value,
+                    KindsEnum::CURATION_SET->value,
                 ], true)) {
                     $mag = $this->tryRemoveMagazine30040ByEventId($eId, $deletionPubkey);
                     if ($mag === 1) {
                         ++$roots;
                     } elseif ($mag === 2) {
                         ++$cats;
+                    } elseif ($this->tryRemoveStoredCuration30004ByEventId($eId, $deletionPubkey)) {
+                        ++$curation30004;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
                 $articlesPendingFlush += $r['articles'];
                 $roots += $r['roots'];
                 $cats += $r['cats'];
+                $curation30004 += $r['curation'];
             }
         }
 
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
             'articles_removed' => $articlesRemoved,
             'magazine_roots' => $roots,
             'magazine_categories' => $cats,
+            'magazine_curation_30004' => $curation30004,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -209,6 +213,30 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
         return 0;
     }
 
+    private function tryRemoveStoredCuration30004ByEventId(string $eventId, string $deletionPubkey): bool
+    {
+        $eid = strtolower($eventId);
+        $e = $this->eventRepository->find($eid);
+        if ($e === null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ((int) $e->getKind() !== KindsEnum::CURATION_SET->value) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!$this->pubkeyEquals($e->getPubkey(), $deletionPubkey)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ($e->getStorageRole() !== MagazineNostrEvent::STORAGE_MAGAZINE_CURATION_30004) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $this->entityManager->remove($e);
+        $this->logger->notice('NIP-09: removed home curation 30004 row (event table)', [
+            'event_id' => $eid,
+        ]);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private function pubkeyEquals(string $a, string $b): bool
     {
         if (64 !== \strlen($a) || 64 !== \strlen($b)) {
@@ -263,11 +291,11 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
      *
      * @param array<string, true> $seenArticleIds
      *
-     * @return array{articles: int, roots: int, cats: int}
+     * @return array{articles: int, roots: int, cats: int, curation: int}
      */
     private function removeByNip33Address(string $addr, string $deletionPubkey, array &$seenArticleIds): array
     {
-        $out = ['articles' => 0, 'roots' => 0, 'cats' => 0];
+        $out = ['articles' => 0, 'roots' => 0, 'cats' => 0, 'curation' => 0];
         $parts = explode(':', $addr, 3);
         if (\count($parts) < 3) {
             return $out;
@@ -378,6 +406,27 @@ final class Nip09DeletionApplier
             }
         }
 
+        if ($kind === KindsEnum::CURATION_SET->value) {
+            if ($d === '') {
+                return $out;
+            }
+            $key = MagazineEventKeys::magazineCuration30004FromPubkeyHex($pk, $d);
+            if ($key === '') {
+                return $out;
+            }
+            $row = $this->eventRepository->findOneByCoreRowKey($key);
+            if ($row !== null
+                && (int) $row->getKind() === KindsEnum::CURATION_SET->value
+                && $row->getStorageRole() === MagazineNostrEvent::STORAGE_MAGAZINE_CURATION_30004
+                && $this->pubkeyEquals($row->getPubkey(), $deletionPubkey)) {
+                $this->entityManager->remove($row);
+                ++$out['curation'];
+                $this->logger->notice('NIP-09: removed home curation 30004 (a tag)', ['address' => $addr]);
+            }
+
+            return $out;
+        }
+
         return $out;
     }
 

src/Service/NostrClient.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Service;
 use App\Entity\Article;
 use App\Entity\Event as PublicationEventEntity;
 use App\Enum\KindsEnum;
+use App\Util\CurationSet30004Home;
 use App\Factory\ArticleFactory;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\ManagerRegistry;
@@ -605,6 +606,85 @@ class NostrClient
         return $events[0];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Batch-fetch kind-1 events by id (e.g. discussion / tooling). Merges article relay set first, then
+     * profile-only relays for any still missing ids.
+     *
+     * @param list<string> $eventIdHexes
+     *
+     * @return array<string, object> lowercase event id hex → wire event (kind 1)
+     */
+    public function getKind1EventsByIdsIndexed(array $eventIdHexes): array
+    {
+        $want = [];
+        foreach ($eventIdHexes as $raw) {
+            $id = strtolower(trim((string) $raw));
+            if (64 === \strlen($id) && ctype_xdigit($id)) {
+                $want[$id] = true;
+            }
+        }
+        $idList = array_keys($want);
+        if ($idList === []) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        $idList = \array_slice($idList, 0, 100);
+
+        $articleSet = $this->relayListFactory->createRelaySetMergedWithArticleList([]);
+        $byId = $this->queryKind1EventsByIdsFromRelaySet($idList, $articleSet);
+        $missing = array_values(array_diff($idList, array_keys($byId)));
+        if ($missing !== []) {
+            $profileExtra = $this->relayListFactory->getProfileRelayUrlsExcludedFromArticleRelays();
+            if ($profileExtra !== []) {
+                $pfSet = $this->relayListFactory->createRelaySetFromUrlsOnly($profileExtra);
+                $extra = $this->queryKind1EventsByIdsFromRelaySet($missing, $pfSet);
+                foreach ($extra as $id => $ev) {
+                    if (!isset($byId[$id])) {
+                        $byId[$id] = $ev;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $byId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param list<string> $eventIdHexes
+     *
+     * @return array<string, object>
+     */
+    private function queryKind1EventsByIdsFromRelaySet(array $eventIdHexes, RelaySet $relaySet): array
+    {
+        if ($eventIdHexes === []) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        $request = $this->nostrRelayQuery->createNostrRequest(
+            defaultRelaySet: $this->defaultRelaySet,
+            relaySet: $relaySet,
+            kinds: [KindsEnum::TEXT_NOTE],
+            filters: ['ids' => $eventIdHexes],
+        );
+        $events = $this->nostrRelayQuery->processResponse($request->send(), static fn (object $event) => $event);
+        $out = [];
+        foreach ($events as $e) {
+            if (!\is_object($e)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $id = strtolower((string) ($e->id ?? ''));
+            if (64 !== \strlen($id) || !ctype_xdigit($id)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if ((int) ($e->kind ?? 0) !== KindsEnum::TEXT_NOTE->value) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (!isset($out[$id])) {
+                $out[$id] = $e;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $out;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Fetch event by naddr
      *
@@ -1553,6 +1633,83 @@ class NostrClient
         return $this->queryMagazineIndex($npub, $dTag, $pfSet, $relaysForLog2);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Latest NIP-51 kind 30004 curation set for this author and #d (parameterized replaceable).
+     *
+     * Relay strategy matches {@see getMagazineIndex}: article relays first, then profile relays only
+     * if nothing matched.
+     */
+    public function getCurationSet30004(mixed $npub, string $dTag): ?PublicationEventEntity
+    {
+        $dTag = trim($dTag);
+        if ($dTag === '') {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $urls = $this->relayListFactory->getConfiguredArticleRelayUrlList();
+        $relaysForLog = implode(', ', array_map(NostrRelayQuery::relayLogLabel(...), $urls));
+        $result = $this->queryCurationSet30004($npub, $dTag, $this->defaultRelaySet, $relaysForLog);
+        if ($result !== null) {
+            return $result;
+        }
+        $profileExtra = $this->relayListFactory->getProfileRelayUrlsExcludedFromArticleRelays();
+        if ($profileExtra === []) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $pfSet = $this->relayListFactory->createRelaySetFromUrlsOnly($profileExtra);
+        $relaysForLog2 = implode(', ', array_map(NostrRelayQuery::relayLogLabel(...), $profileExtra)).' (profile_relays)';
+
+        return $this->queryCurationSet30004($npub, $dTag, $pfSet, $relaysForLog2);
+    }
+
+    private function queryCurationSet30004(mixed $npub, string $dTag, RelaySet $relaySet, string $relaysForLog): ?PublicationEventEntity
+    {
+        $authorHex = $this->wireMerge->npubToHexPubkey($npub);
+        if ($authorHex === null) {
+            $this->logger->warning('Curation set 30004: could not resolve npub to hex pubkey', [
+                'npub' => $npub,
+                'dTag' => $dTag,
+            ]);
+
+            return null;
+        }
+        $request = $this->nostrRelayQuery->createNostrRequest(
+            defaultRelaySet: $this->defaultRelaySet,
+            relaySet: $relaySet,
+            kinds: [KindsEnum::CURATION_SET],
+            filters: ['authors' => [(string) $npub], 'tag' => ['#d', [$dTag]]],
+        );
+        $this->logger->info(sprintf('Curation set 30004 query (relays: %s)', $relaysForLog), [
+            'npub' => $npub,
+            'dTag' => $dTag,
+            'relays' => $relaysForLog,
+        ]);
+        $response = $request->send();
+        $events = $this->nostrRelayQuery->processResponse($response, function ($received) {
+            return $received;
+        });
+        if ($events === []) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $raw = $this->wireMerge->pickLatestNip33ParameterizedForQuery(
+            $events,
+            KindsEnum::CURATION_SET->value,
+            $authorHex,
+            $dTag
+        );
+        if ($raw === null) {
+            $this->logger->warning('Curation set 30004: no event matched NIP-33 address (kind:pubkey:d) after merge', [
+                'npub' => $npub,
+                'dTag' => $dTag,
+                'relays' => $relaysForLog,
+                'event_count' => \count($events),
+            ]);
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->wireMerge->magazineEventToPublicationEntity($raw);
+    }
+
     private function queryMagazineIndex(mixed $npub, mixed $dTag, RelaySet $relaySet, string $relaysForLog): ?PublicationEventEntity
     {
         $authorHex = $this->wireMerge->npubToHexPubkey($npub);
@@ -1934,4 +2091,35 @@ class NostrClient
         }
         $this->logger->info('[longform_ingest] ingestLongform: done (all groups)');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * After persisting NIP-51 kind 30004, ingest each listed **30023** `a` coordinate into {@see Article}.
+     * Non-30023 `a` tags and `e` tags are ignored at parse time ({@see CurationSet30004Home}).
+     */
+    public function persistCuration30004ReferencedItems(PublicationEventEntity $curation30004): void
+    {
+        try {
+            $parsed = CurationSet30004Home::parseTitleAndOrderedRefs($curation30004->getTags());
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            $this->logger->warning('[curation_30004] parse refs failed', ['message' => $e->getMessage()]);
+
+            return;
+        }
+        $addresses = [];
+        foreach ($parsed['items'] as $it) {
+            $addresses[] = (string) KindsEnum::LONGFORM->value.':'.strtolower((string) $it['pk']).':'.trim((string) $it['slug']);
+        }
+        $addresses = array_values(array_unique($addresses));
+        if ($addresses === []) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            $this->ingestLongformForCategoryCoordinates($addresses);
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            $this->logger->warning('[curation_30004] longform ingest for curated list failed', [
+                'message' => $e->getMessage(),
+                'address_count' => \count($addresses),
+            ]);
+        }
+    }
 }

src/Service/NostrKind5DeletionFilter.php

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ namespace App\Service;
 use App\Enum\KindsEnum;
 
 /**
- * NIP-09 kind-5: keep only deletion events that target kinds persisted in MySQL (profile, relay list, payto,
+ * NIP-09 kind-5: keep deletion events that may affect MySQL-backed rows (profile, relay list, payto,
- * long-form, magazine). Skips thread/reply deletions to reduce relay payload.
+ * long-form, magazine 30040, home curation 30004). Skips thread/reply deletions to reduce relay payload.
  */
 final class NostrKind5DeletionFilter
 {
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ final class NostrKind5DeletionFilter
             }
             if ((string) $r[0] === 'a') {
                 $parts = explode(':', (string) $r[1], 3);
-                if (\in_array((int) $parts[0], $kinds, true)) {
+                $kindNum = (int) $parts[0];
+                if (\in_array($kindNum, $kinds, true)) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ final class NostrKind5DeletionFilter
             KindsEnum::LONGFORM->value,
             KindsEnum::LONGFORM_DRAFT->value,
             KindsEnum::PUBLICATION_INDEX->value,
+            KindsEnum::CURATION_SET->value,
         ];
     }
 }

src/Util/CurationSet30004Home.php

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Util;
+
+use App\Enum\KindsEnum;
+
+/**
+ * NIP-51 kind 30004 (curation set) for the home strip: ordered `a` tags for kind **30023** only.
+ * Other address kinds and `e` tags are ignored.
+ */
+final class CurationSet30004Home
+{
+    /**
+     * @param iterable<int, mixed> $tags Event tag rows (Nostr JSON shape)
+     *
+     * @return array{title: string, items: list<array{type: 'article', pk: string, slug: string}>}
+     */
+    public static function parseTitleAndOrderedRefs(iterable $tags): array
+    {
+        $title = '';
+        $items = [];
+        foreach ($tags as $tag) {
+            if (!\is_array($tag) || $tag === []) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $name = isset($tag[0]) ? strtolower((string) $tag[0]) : '';
+            $v = isset($tag[1]) ? (string) $tag[1] : '';
+            if ($v === '') {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if ($name === 'title' && $title === '') {
+                $title = trim($v);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if ($name !== 'a') {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $parts = explode(':', $v, 3);
+            if (\count($parts) < 3) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $kind = (int) $parts[0];
+            if ($kind !== KindsEnum::LONGFORM->value) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $pk = strtolower(trim($parts[1]));
+            $slug = trim($parts[2]);
+            if (64 !== \strlen($pk) || !ctype_xdigit($pk) || $slug === '') {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $items[] = ['type' => 'article', 'pk' => $pk, 'slug' => $slug];
+        }
+
+        return ['title' => $title, 'items' => $items];
+    }
+}

templates/components/Organisms/FeaturedWall.html.twig

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 #}
 {% if tiles is not empty %}
     <div
-        class="featured-list featured-list--wall"
+        class="featured-list featured-list--wall{{ wall_extra_class|default('') != '' ? ' ' ~ wall_extra_class : '' }}"
         role="region"
-        aria-label="{{ (website_name ~ ' — featured articles')|e('html_attr') }}"
+        aria-label="{{ (region_aria_label|default(website_name ~ ' — featured articles'))|e('html_attr') }}"
     >
         {% for tile in tiles %}
-            {% set item = tile.article %}
             {% set _hue = (tile.categoryTitle|default('x')|length * 47) % 360 %}
+            {% set item = tile.article %}
             <article class="featured-tile" style="--tile-hue: {{ _hue }};">
                 <a
                     class="featured-tile__link"

templates/home.html.twig

@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@
 
 {% block body %}
     <div class="home-body home-body--wall">
+        {% if home_curation_tiles|default([]) is not empty %}
+            {% if home_curation_heading|default('') != '' %}
+                <h2 class="home-curation-heading h5 mb-3 text-body-secondary">{{ home_curation_heading|e }}</h2>
+            {% endif %}
+            {% include 'components/Organisms/FeaturedWall.html.twig' with {
+                tiles: home_curation_tiles,
+                region_aria_label: home_curation_heading|default('') != '' ? (home_curation_heading ~ ' — curated articles') : (website_name ~ ' — curated articles'),
+                wall_extra_class: 'featured-list--curation',
+            } only %}
+        {% endif %}
         {% include 'components/Organisms/FeaturedWall.html.twig' with { tiles: home_featured_tiles|default([]) } only %}
     </div>
 {% endblock %}

tests/Service/NostrKind5DeletionFilterTest.php

@@ -40,4 +40,15 @@ final class NostrKind5DeletionFilterTest extends TestCase
         ];
         $this->assertTrue($f->isRelevantToStoredDbData($ev));
     }
+
+    public function testAddressTagWithCurationSetKindIsRelevant(): void
+    {
+        $f = new NostrKind5DeletionFilter();
+        $pk = str_repeat('c', 64);
+        $ev = (object) [
+            'kind' => 5,
+            'tags' => [['a', KindsEnum::CURATION_SET->value.':'.$pk.':home']],
+        ];
+        $this->assertTrue($f->isRelevantToStoredDbData($ev));
+    }
 }

tests/Util/CurationSet30004HomeTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Tests\Util;
+
+use App\Util\CurationSet30004Home;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class CurationSet30004HomeTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testParsesTitleAndOrdered30023RefsOnly(): void
+    {
+        $eid = 'd78ba0d5dce22bfff9db0a9e996c9ef27e2c91051de0c4e1da340e0326b4941e';
+        $tags = [
+            ['d', 'jvdy9i4'],
+            ['title', 'Yaks'],
+            ['image', 'https://example.com/y.jpg'],
+            ['a', '30023:26dc95542e18b8b7aec2f14610f55c335abebec76f3db9e58c254661d0593a0c:slug-one'],
+            ['e', $eid],
+            ['a', '30024:26dc95542e18b8b7aec2f14610f55c335abebec76f3db9e58c254661d0593a0c:draft-only'],
+            ['a', '30023:26dc95542e18b8b7aec2f14610f55c335abebec76f3db9e58c254661d0593a0c:slug-two'],
+        ];
+        $out = CurationSet30004Home::parseTitleAndOrderedRefs($tags);
+        self::assertSame('Yaks', $out['title']);
+        self::assertSame([
+            ['type' => 'article', 'pk' => '26dc95542e18b8b7aec2f14610f55c335abebec76f3db9e58c254661d0593a0c', 'slug' => 'slug-one'],
+            ['type' => 'article', 'pk' => '26dc95542e18b8b7aec2f14610f55c335abebec76f3db9e58c254661d0593a0c', 'slug' => 'slug-two'],
+        ], $out['items']);
+    }
+
+    public function testSkipsNon30023ATags(): void
+    {
+        $tags = [
+            ['a', '30040:26dc95542e18b8b7aec2f14610f55c335abebec76f3db9e58c254661d0593a0c:mag'],
+            ['a', '30023:26dc95542e18b8b7aec2f14610f55c335abebec76f3db9e58c254661d0593a0c:ok'],
+        ];
+        $out = CurationSet30004Home::parseTitleAndOrderedRefs($tags);
+        self::assertSame('', $out['title']);
+        self::assertCount(1, $out['items']);
+        self::assertSame('article', $out['items'][0]['type']);
+        self::assertSame('ok', $out['items'][0]['slug']);
+    }
+}