From cb819e811f16b4ca77b5dda5e94fc0487a18625f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "shakespeare.diy" <assistant@shakespeare.diy>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:39:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Use app relays for loser's race instead of separate profile
 relays

- Removed hardcoded PROFILE_RELAYS list
- Loser's race now queries the same relays as the pool
- Gets effective relays from app config (user relays + app relays)
- Queries each relay individually with 5000ms timeout (vs 500ms EOSE in pool)
- Solves issue where profiles exist on app relays (like nos.lol) but not on hardcoded profile relays
- Now covers all relays user has configured instead of arbitrary subset

Co-authored-by: shakespeare.diy <assistant@shakespeare.diy>
---
 src/hooks/useAuthor.ts  | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 src/hooks/useAuthors.ts | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hooks/useAuthor.ts b/src/hooks/useAuthor.ts
index bbc07c86..ed3066d0 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useAuthor.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useAuthor.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 import { type NostrEvent, type NostrMetadata, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { useNostr } from '@nostrify/react';
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-
-/** Profile relay URLs used as fallback when the pool's EOSE timeout returns empty. */
-export const PROFILE_RELAYS = [
-  'wss://relay.primal.net',
-  'wss://relay.damus.io',
-  'wss://relay.ditto.pub',
-  'wss://ditto.pub/relay',
-  'wss://purplepag.es',
-];
+import { useAppContext } from '@/hooks/useAppContext';
+import { getEffectiveRelays } from '@/lib/appRelays';
 
 /** Parse a kind-0 event into metadata + event, or return just the event on parse failure. */
 export function parseAuthorEvent(event: NostrEvent): { event: NostrEvent; metadata?: NostrMetadata } {
@@ -23,6 +16,11 @@ export function parseAuthorEvent(event: NostrEvent): { event: NostrEvent; metada
 
 export function useAuthor(pubkey: string | undefined) {
   const { nostr } = useNostr();
+  const { config } = useAppContext();
+
+  // Get the effective relays (same ones used by the pool)
+  const effectiveRelays = getEffectiveRelays(config.relayMetadata, config.useAppRelays);
+  const readRelayUrls = effectiveRelays.relays.filter(r => r.read).map(r => r.url);
 
   return useQuery<{ event?: NostrEvent; metadata?: NostrMetadata }>({
     queryKey: ['author', pubkey ?? ''],
@@ -44,12 +42,16 @@ export function useAuthor(pubkey: string | undefined) {
       }
 
       // Slow path: pool returned empty (EOSE timeout may have cut off slower relays).
-      // Query each relay individually and resolve on first hit.
+      // Query each relay individually (same relays as pool, but with more time).
+      if (readRelayUrls.length === 0) {
+        return {};
+      }
+
       return new Promise<{ event?: NostrEvent; metadata?: NostrMetadata }>((resolve) => {
         let settled = false;
-        let pending = PROFILE_RELAYS.length;
+        let pending = readRelayUrls.length;
 
-        for (const url of PROFILE_RELAYS) {
+        for (const url of readRelayUrls) {
           nostr.relay(url).query(
             [{ kinds: [0], authors: [pubkey!], limit: 1 }],
             { signal: combinedSignal },
diff --git a/src/hooks/useAuthors.ts b/src/hooks/useAuthors.ts
index 8a981f82..dd41dbf3 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useAuthors.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useAuthors.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { type NostrEvent, type NostrMetadata } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { useNostr } from '@nostrify/react';
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { parseAuthorEvent, PROFILE_RELAYS } from '@/hooks/useAuthor';
+import { parseAuthorEvent } from '@/hooks/useAuthor';
+import { useAppContext } from '@/hooks/useAppContext';
+import { getEffectiveRelays } from '@/lib/appRelays';
 
 export interface AuthorData {
   pubkey: string;
@@ -21,6 +23,11 @@ export interface AuthorData {
 export function useAuthors(pubkeys: string[]) {
   const { nostr } = useNostr();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const { config } = useAppContext();
+
+  // Get the effective relays (same ones used by the pool)
+  const effectiveRelays = getEffectiveRelays(config.relayMetadata, config.useAppRelays);
+  const readRelayUrls = effectiveRelays.relays.filter(r => r.read).map(r => r.url);
 
   // Deduplicate and sort for a stable query key
   const uniquePubkeys = [...new Set(pubkeys)].sort();
@@ -56,16 +63,16 @@ export function useAuthors(pubkeys: string[]) {
         found.add(event.pubkey);
       }
 
-      // Slow path: for any pubkeys not found by the pool, query relays individually.
-      // This is the "loser's race" - we query specific profile relays that may have
-      // been cut off by the pool's EOSE timeout.
+      // Slow path: for any pubkeys not found by the pool, query each relay individually.
+      // This is the "loser's race" - we query the same relays from the pool, but
+      // individually with more time (5000ms vs 500ms EOSE timeout).
       const missing = uniquePubkeys.filter(pk => !found.has(pk));
-      if (missing.length > 0) {
+      if (missing.length > 0 && readRelayUrls.length > 0) {
         await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
           const needed = new Set(missing);
-          let pending = PROFILE_RELAYS.length;
+          let pending = readRelayUrls.length;
 
-          for (const url of PROFILE_RELAYS) {
+          for (const url of readRelayUrls) {
             nostr.relay(url).query(
               [{ kinds: [0], authors: missing, limit: missing.length }],
               { signal: combinedSignal },