app/components/photo-gallery.gjs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { service } from '@ember/service';
 import { modifier } from 'ember-modifier';
 import { task } from 'ember-concurrency';
 import { EventFactory } from 'applesauce-core';
+import { encodePointer } from 'applesauce-core/helpers/pointers';
 import or from 'ember-truth-helpers/helpers/or';
 import config from 'marco/config/environment';
 import DropdownMenu from './dropdown-menu';
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ import ZapPhotoModal from './zap-photo-modal';
 import Icon from './icon';
 import formatRelativeDate from '../helpers/format-relative-date';
 
+const MAX_NEVENT_RELAY_HINTS = 3;
+
 const GalleryContent = <template>
   <div
     class="photo-gallery-overlay"
@@ -236,8 +239,23 @@ export default class PhotoGallery extends Component {
   @action
   async copyEventId(closeMenu) {
     if (this.currentPhoto?.eventId) {
+      let value = this.currentPhoto.eventId;
       try {
-        await navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.currentPhoto.eventId);
+        const nevent = encodePointer({
+          id: this.currentPhoto.eventId,
+          relays: this.nostrData
+            .getEventRelays(this.currentPhoto.eventId)
+            .slice(0, MAX_NEVENT_RELAY_HINTS),
+          author: this.currentPhoto.pubkey,
+          kind: 360,
+        });
+        if (nevent) value = nevent;
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.warn('Failed to encode nevent, copying raw event ID:', err);
+      }
+
+      try {
+        await navigator.clipboard.writeText(value);
         this.toast.show('Event ID copied to clipboard');
       } catch (err) {
         console.error('Failed to copy event ID:', err);
@@ -290,7 +308,14 @@ export default class PhotoGallery extends Component {
         .modifyPublicTags(() => tags)
         .as(this.nostrAuth.signer)
         .sign();
-      await this.nostrRelay.publish(this.nostrData.activeWriteRelays, event);
+      const responses = await this.nostrRelay.publish(
+        this.nostrData.activeWriteRelays,
+        event
+      );
+      this.nostrData.recordPublishResult(event.id, responses);
+      if (!responses?.some((res) => res.ok)) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to publish deletion event.');
+      }
 
       // Remove from local store by adding the kind 5 to it
       this.nostrData.store.add(event);

app/components/place-photo-upload.gjs

@@ -211,7 +211,14 @@ export default class PlacePhotoUpload extends Component {
         .modifyPublicTags(() => tags)
         .as(this.nostrAuth.signer)
         .sign();
-      await this.nostrRelay.publish(this.nostrData.activeWriteRelays, event);
+      const responses = await this.nostrRelay.publish(
+        this.nostrData.activeWriteRelays,
+        event
+      );
+      this.nostrData.recordPublishResult(event.id, responses);
+      if (!responses?.some((res) => res.ok)) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to publish event.');
+      }
       this.nostrData.store.add(event);
 
       this.toast.show('Photo published successfully');

app/services/nostr-data.js

@@ -339,6 +339,33 @@ export default class NostrDataService extends Service {
     });
   }
 
+  // Public getter for the normalized relays an event is known to have been
+  // seen on. Used to build shareable `nevent` pointers with relay hints.
+  getEventRelays(eventId) {
+    const relays = this._eventRelays.get(eventId);
+    return relays ? uniqNormalizedRelays([...relays]) : [];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Records the result of publishing an event to relays.
+   *
+   * Successful relays are merged into the provenance map so the event gets
+   * correct relay hints (e.g. in `nevent` pointers) and trust checks. The full
+   * per-relay responses are only debug-logged for now; this is the intended
+   * hook for a future publishing-status store/UI.
+   *
+   * @param {string} eventId The published event id
+   * @param {Array<{ok: boolean, message?: string, from: string}>} responses
+   */
+  recordPublishResult(eventId, responses = []) {
+    console.debug('[nostr-data] Publish result', eventId, responses);
+    for (const res of responses || []) {
+      if (res?.ok && res.from) {
+        this._recordProvenance(eventId, res.from);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Request content events from relays while capturing full provenance.
    *

app/services/nostr-relay.js

@@ -8,18 +8,11 @@ export default class NostrRelayService extends Service {
     if (!relays || relays.length === 0) {
       throw new Error('No relays provided to publish the event.');
     }
-    // The publish method is a wrapper around the event method that returns a Promise<PublishResponse[]>
-    // and automatically handles reconnecting and retrying.
-    const responses = await this.pool.publish(relays, event);
-
-    // Check if at least one relay accepted the event
-    const success = responses.some((res) => res.ok);
-    if (!success) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Failed to publish event. Responses: ${JSON.stringify(responses)}`
-      );
-    }
-
-    return responses;
+    // The publish method is a wrapper around the event method that returns a
+    // Promise<PublishResponse[]> and automatically handles reconnecting and
+    // retrying. It resolves with the per-relay responses even when no relay
+    // accepted the event; callers are responsible for checking `ok` so that
+    // failed attempts can still be recorded.
+    return await this.pool.publish(relays, event);
   }
 }

tests/helpers/mock-nostr.js

@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ export class MockNostrDataService extends Service {
     return this.profiles[pubkey];
   }
 
+  getEventRelays() {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  recordPublishResult() {}
+
   refreshProfiles() {
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
@@ -109,14 +115,14 @@ export class MockNostrDataService extends Service {
 
 export class MockNostrRelayService extends Service {
   pool = {
-    publish: () => Promise.resolve([{ ok: true }]),
+    publish: () => Promise.resolve([{ ok: true, from: 'wss://relay.test' }]),
     subscribe: () => {},
     unsubscribe: () => {},
     close: () => {},
   };
 
   async publish() {
-    return [{ ok: true }];
+    return [{ ok: true, from: 'wss://relay.test' }];
   }
 }
 

tests/integration/components/photo-gallery-test.gjs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 import { setupRenderingTest } from 'marco/tests/helpers';
 import { render, click, triggerKeyEvent } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 import Service from '@ember/service';
+import { decodePointer } from 'applesauce-core/helpers/pointers';
 import PhotoGallery from 'marco/components/photo-gallery';
 import { setupNostrMocks } from 'marco/tests/helpers/mock-nostr';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
@@ -163,8 +164,11 @@ module('Integration | Component | photo-gallery', function (hooks) {
 
     const confirmStub = sinon.stub(window, 'confirm').returns(true);
     const blossomStub = sinon.stub(this.blossom, 'delete').resolves();
-    const publishStub = sinon.stub(this.nostrRelay, 'publish').resolves();
+    const publishStub = sinon
+      .stub(this.nostrRelay, 'publish')
+      .resolves([{ ok: true, from: 'wss://relay.test' }]);
     const storeStub = sinon.stub(this.nostrData.store, 'add');
+    const recordPublishSpy = sinon.spy(this.nostrData, 'recordPublishResult');
     const toastSpy = sinon.spy(this.toast, 'show');
 
     await render(
@@ -224,6 +228,17 @@ module('Integration | Component | photo-gallery', function (hooks) {
       'added kind 5 event to local store'
     );
 
+    // Check publish result recording
+    assert.ok(
+      recordPublishSpy.calledOnce,
+      'nostrData.recordPublishResult was called'
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      recordPublishSpy.firstCall.args[0],
+      publishedEvent.id,
+      'publish result recorded for the deletion event'
+    );
+
     // Check UX
     assert.ok(
       toastSpy.calledWith('Photo deleted successfully'),
@@ -261,7 +276,9 @@ module('Integration | Component | photo-gallery', function (hooks) {
 
     sinon.stub(window, 'confirm').returns(true);
     sinon.stub(this.blossom, 'delete').resolves();
-    sinon.stub(this.nostrRelay, 'publish').resolves();
+    sinon
+      .stub(this.nostrRelay, 'publish')
+      .resolves([{ ok: true, from: 'wss://relay.test' }]);
     sinon.stub(this.nostrData.store, 'add');
 
     await render(
@@ -284,9 +301,27 @@ module('Integration | Component | photo-gallery', function (hooks) {
   });
 
   test('it copies event id to clipboard', async function (assert) {
+    const eventId = '1'.repeat(64);
     this.nostrAuth.pubkey = USER_A;
+    this.photos = [
+      {
+        eventId,
+        pubkey: USER_A,
+        placeIdentifier: 'osm:node:12345',
+        url: 'photo.jpg',
+      },
+    ];
     this.selectedPhoto = this.photos[0];
 
+    sinon
+      .stub(this.nostrData, 'getEventRelays')
+      .returns([
+        'wss://a.test',
+        'wss://b.test',
+        'wss://c.test',
+        'wss://d.test',
+        'wss://e.test',
+      ]);
     const clipboardStub = sinon
       .stub(navigator.clipboard, 'writeText')
       .resolves();
@@ -317,7 +352,23 @@ module('Integration | Component | photo-gallery', function (hooks) {
 
     await click(copyBtn);
 
-    assert.ok(clipboardStub.calledWith('event1'), 'copied correct event id');
+    const copied = clipboardStub.firstCall.args[0];
+    assert.ok(
+      copied.startsWith('nevent1'),
+      'copied value is an nevent identifier'
+    );
+    const decoded = decodePointer(copied);
+    assert.strictEqual(decoded.type, 'nevent', 'decoded value is an nevent');
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      decoded.data.id,
+      eventId,
+      'decoded nevent references the correct event id'
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      decoded.data.relays,
+      ['wss://a.test', 'wss://b.test', 'wss://c.test'],
+      'decoded nevent includes at most 3 relay hints'
+    );
     assert.ok(
       toastSpy.calledWith('Event ID copied to clipboard'),
       'success toast was shown'

tests/unit/services/nostr-data-test.js

@@ -498,6 +498,56 @@ module('Unit | Service | nostr-data | provenance', function (hooks) {
     );
     assert.true(service.store.hasEvent(eventId), 'event added to store');
   });
+
+  test('getEventRelays returns normalized relays for an event', function (assert) {
+    const service = this.owner.lookup('service:nostr-data');
+    const eventId = makeEventId(904);
+
+    service._recordProvenance(eventId, 'wss://one.example/');
+    service._recordProvenance(eventId, 'WSS://Two.Example');
+
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      service.getEventRelays(eventId).sort(),
+      ['wss://one.example', 'wss://two.example'],
+      'returns normalized, unique relays'
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      service.getEventRelays('unknown-event'),
+      [],
+      'returns an empty array for unknown events'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('recordPublishResult records only successful relays into provenance', async function (assert) {
+    const service = this.owner.lookup('service:nostr-data');
+    const eventId = makeEventId(905);
+
+    service.recordPublishResult(eventId, [
+      { ok: true, from: 'wss://accepted.example' },
+      { ok: false, from: 'wss://rejected.example', message: 'blocked' },
+    ]);
+
+    const relays = service._eventRelays.get(eventId);
+    assert.ok(relays, 'provenance recorded');
+    assert.true(
+      relays.has('wss://accepted.example'),
+      'accepted relay is recorded'
+    );
+    assert.false(
+      relays.has('wss://rejected.example'),
+      'rejected relay is not recorded'
+    );
+
+    const persisted = await service.localForage.get(
+      'event-relay-provenance',
+      eventId
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      persisted,
+      ['wss://accepted.example'],
+      'accepted relay is persisted'
+    );
+  });
 });
 
 module('Unit | Service | nostr-data | trust evaluation', function (hooks) {