A newborn identity knows it has no portrait: fresh seeds skip the kind-0 wait and the punk paints the moment home appears

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014tE4U5nEjGTQy8PwYqamfv

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index cc30cee..f5337b6 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -1017,6 +1017,9 @@ async function activateAccount(acc, opts = {}) {
   persistAccounts();
   autoSave(acc);
   for (const f of FEATURES) { try { f.init && f.init(); } catch {} } // per-feature wallet lifecycle
+  // A freshly generated identity provably has no profile yet — let features
+  // skip the "is there a kind-0?" wait (avatar would sit blank meanwhile).
+  if (opts.generated) featureHook('identityGenerated');
   const hadCache = wallet.restoreCache(); // show last-known balance/history instantly
   // An opened gift link starts on a claim/back-up screen instead of the wallet.
   ui.screen = opts.gift ? 'claim' : 'wallet';
diff --git a/src/features/messages.js b/src/features/messages.js
index 890fbb5..08ec8cf 100644
--- a/src/features/messages.js
+++ b/src/features/messages.js
@@ -2158,6 +2158,17 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     // the picture visibly flash during boot's render bursts. There is exactly
     // one header avatar, so the node itself is reused until the profile
     // (or account) actually changes.
+    // A seed minted seconds ago has no kind-0 anywhere — don't make the
+    // avatar sit white while a relay lookup confirms that; paint the punk now.
+    identityGenerated() {
+      identity().then((id) => {
+        if (!id) return;
+        const entry = { name: null, picture: null, t: Date.now() };
+        profiles.set(id.pubkey, entry);
+        persistProfile(id.pubkey, entry);
+        scheduleRepaint();
+      }).catch(() => {});
+    },
     headerAvatar(pk) {
       // A fresh node every render: the morph keeps the live element (and its
       // loaded image) in place when nothing changed, which is exactly what