primal found a bug in the web client reply composer. replies publish with the parent ...

2026-07-04 13:18:13 UTC

primal (nprofile…uz3y) found a bug in the web client reply composer. replies publish with the parent note's id in the author tag slot, so the reply header shows replying to a dead npub and the person being answered never gets notified. reproduced it replying to my own note, the phantom npub decodes to the note id itself. mentions picked from this dropdown still tag correctly, that is the workaround i am using. happy to share full repro details. miljan (nprofile…2zdt)

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