I also noticed that relays in general have no way to inform for how long should clients backoff.
I've just submitted a PR to address that problem: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2498
Pinging some relay owners fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6) someone (npub1nlk…jm9c) jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s) semisol (npub1226…grkj) Cameri (npub1qqq…n47m). Please review the PR.
arthurfranca
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2026-10-09 14:08:47 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…xx8w
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"content": "I also noticed that relays in general have no way to inform for how long should clients backoff.\n\nI've just submitted a PR to address that problem: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2498\n\nPinging some relay owners nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 nostr:npub1nlk894teh248w2heuu0x8z6jjg2hyxkwdc8cxgrjtm9lnamlskcsghjm9c nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj nostr:npub1qqqqqqyz0la2jjl752yv8h7wgs3v098mh9nztd4nr6gynaef6uqqt0n47m. Please review the PR.",
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