<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>mleku wrote</title><author_name>mleku (npub1fj…mleku)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1fjqqy4a93z5zsjwsfxqhc2764kvykfdyttvldkkkdera8dr78vhsmmleku</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>there is a really big problem brewing in #nostr  &#xA;&#xA;there is no client to test a relay with&#xA;&#xA;the clients all have logic to try other relays all the time for whatever reasons&#xA;&#xA;the clients don&#39;t show clear information about the status of connections with relays&#xA;&#xA;the clients for whatever reason decline to send messages to the relays&#xA;&#xA;i set up three users all connected to one relay and have them all follow each other and nothing comes up on the #coracle  feed page, though i can copy the links to the posts each one makes and see them in the others&#xA;&#xA;how can i test that my relay works if the client assumes it can&#39;t rely on one relay to see events?&#xA;&#xA;i tried to talk some sense into nostr:nprofile1qy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wshsz8mhwden5te0dehhxarj94ex2mrp0yhxummtda6xzun09e3k7mf0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qqswuyd9ml6qcxd92h6pleptfrcqucvvjy39vg4wx7mv9wm8kakyujgw3tmmj  about this, about how his gossip client refuses to respect any kind of settings for choice of relays and nostr:nprofile1qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshszxthwden5te0dphkgmrzdajzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcqyztuwzjyxe4x2dwpgken87tna2rdlhpd02va5cvvgrrywpddnr3jyhdw0my  &#39;s client is almost good with NIP-42 but fails because it&#39;s running off on its own picking relays to talk to&#xA;&#xA;EVEN WHEN I HAVE SET ONLY ONE AND SET ONLY ONE IN FORCE_RELAYS&#xA;&#xA;there is no way to test a relay standalone in this entire ecosystem right now&#xA;&#xA;you can&#39;t be sure your relay is working, it&#39;s not possible to be sure it&#39;s working, the client doesn&#39;t let you be sure, none of them&#xA;&#xA;if anyone knows of a client that does, i&#39;m all ears but at this point it looks to me like i&#39;m going to be building a basic CLI client so i can at least depend on it NOT ASKNIG THE WHOLD YFIVGLU LDKjfa;sidjf;aisdjhf;aiklshdjf;akljhdf;ajkhsdf;jkahsdf&#xA;&#xA;#asknostr</html></oembed>