Conversations is a view of every feed — the chip beside Notes, Images, Videos and Articles — not a feed of its own.

Adam, 2026-10-16: "conversations [should] be one of the filter chips between
all and images and all should become notes". So the view row reads Notes ·
Conversations · Images · Videos · Articles, and Conversations shows the
current feed's people in reply — Following, Popular, a list, a topic, a pack,
anyone's timeline — each reply under the post it answers, as 885bc26 drew
them. The view is a feed state of its own under the feed's id (suffix
~replies: its own notes, clock, disk cache, fresh counter and live watch),
with a definition derived from the feed's (replies: true) so the merge,
seeding, borrowing, watch and kinds all go by it unasked; Notes ↔
Conversations is entered like a switch of feed, the feed chip unchanged, and
the chosen view persists across feeds and reloads like the others. A feed's
state is forgotten together with its view's (dropFeedState) when its query
or relays change or it is deleted. The built-in Conversations feed chip and
the editor's "Replies instead of posts" toggle from this morning are gone
with it (def.replies stays as the derived definition's mark).

tools/feed-conversations-test.js follows: the view chips in order, no feed
chip of its own, the view's cache under following~replies, the feed chip
staying on Following while the view is on, Back landing on the view, a new
list feed opening straight into the view with the replies borrowed from the
feeds in hand and Notes giving its posts, Following's view back at once, and
a reload opening on the view from its own cache. feed-media-views-test names
the chips; feed-custom-test is back as it was. feed-media-cache-test is
flaky either way (a stray first page in its request window, or its 8 s
timing, on clean HEAD too); feed-custom-test's "lands in Everything" fails on
clean HEAD; the other feed suites pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01J1Kon8bxJoHRpJdSzshCkp

3 files changed, 33 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/tools/feed-conversations-test.js b/tools/feed-conversations-test.js
index 0e408fd..e762d1a 100644
--- a/tools/feed-conversations-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-conversations-test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-// A Conversations feed beside Following: the replies the people you follow
-// write, each under the post it answers (Amethyst's Conversations). The
-// Following feed keeps only their posts; a profile's Replies tab shows the
-// same context; a custom feed can be a conversations feed too.
+// Conversations: a view of any feed (the chip beside Notes, Images, Videos
+// and Articles) — the replies its people write, each under the post it
+// answers (Amethyst's Conversations). Notes keeps only their posts; a
+// profile's Replies tab shows the same context; the view persists across
+// feeds and reloads like the other views.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-conversations-test.js
 import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(([k, alice, bob, roots, replies]) => {
     localStorage.setItem(k + ':follows', JSON.stringify({ tags: [['p', alice], ['p', bob]], c: '', at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) }));
     localStorage.setItem(k + ':feedNotes', JSON.stringify(roots));
-    localStorage.setItem(k + ':feedNotes:replies', JSON.stringify(replies));
+    localStorage.setItem(k + ':feedNotes:following~replies', JSON.stringify(replies));
     localStorage.setItem(k + ':profiles', JSON.stringify({ [alice]: { name: 'Alice Replier', about: 'alice bio here', t: Date.now() }, [bob]: { name: 'Bob Asker', t: Date.now() } }));
     localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-feed:' + k, 'following');
   }, [base, ALICE, BOB, [A1, B1], [R1, R2]]);
@@ -65,29 +66,26 @@ try {
   check('Following paints their posts', await waitFor(() => document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]').length >= 2, null, 20000));
   const following = await rowIds();
   check('…only posts: no replies in Following', following.includes(A1.id) && following.includes(B1.id) && !following.includes(R1.id) && !following.includes(R2.id), following.map((x) => x.slice(0, 6)).join(','));
-  const chips = await page.$$eval('.feed-chip[data-key]', (l) => l.map((e) => e.getAttribute('data-key') + '=' + e.textContent.trim()));
-  check('a Conversations chip beside Following', chips[0] === 'chip:following=Following' && chips[1] === 'chip:replies=Conversations', chips.join(' '));
+  const modes = () => page.$$eval('.media-mode', (l) => l.map((e) => e.getAttribute('data-mode') + '=' + e.textContent.trim() + (e.classList.contains('on') ? '*' : '')).join(' '));
+  check('Notes and Conversations lead the view chips', await modes() === 'all=Notes* replies=Conversations images=Images videos=Videos articles=Articles', await modes());
+  check('no Conversations feed chip of its own', !(await page.$$eval('.feed-chips > .feed-chip', (l) => l.some((e) => /Conversations/.test(e.textContent)))));
 
   console.log('\n[Conversations]');
-  await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.feed-chip[data-key="chip:replies"]').click());
+  await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.media-mode[data-mode="replies"]').click());
   check('the replies paint', await waitFor(() => document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]').length >= 2, null, 20000));
   const convo = await rowIds();
   check('…only replies, newest first', JSON.stringify(convo) === JSON.stringify([R2.id, R1.id]), convo.map((x) => x.slice(0, 6)).join(','));
-  check('chip marked on', await page.$eval('.feed-chip[data-key="chip:replies"]', (e) => e.classList.contains('on')));
+  check('the view chip is on, the feed chip still Following', /replies=Conversations\*/.test(await modes()) && await page.$eval('.feed-chip[data-key="chip:following"]', (e) => e.classList.contains('on')));
   const c1 = await contextOf(R1.id);
   check('a reply sits under the post it answers (in hand from Following, no relay asked)', !!c1 && c1.of === B1.id && c1.card && /Replying to/.test(c1.text) && /Bob Asker/.test(c1.text) && /bob root here/.test(c1.text), JSON.stringify(c1));
   check('…and the header no longer repeats "reply"', !(await page.$eval('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post="' + R1.id + '"] .note-header', (e) => /\breply\b/i.test(e.innerText))));
   check('a parent nobody has: the card says so', await waitFor((id) => { const c = document.querySelector('.note-post[data-zap-post="' + id + '"] .note-context'); return !!c && /find that note/i.test(c.innerText); }, R2.id, 8000), (await contextOf(R2.id) || {}).text);
-  await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('button[aria-label="Feed options"]').click()); await sleep(300);
-  const menu = await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.msg-sheet')?.innerText || '');
-  check('the feed menu has relays but no share link for it (it is nobody\'s timeline)', /relays/i.test(menu) && !/share/i.test(menu), menu.replace(/\n/g, ' | '));
-  await click('back'); await sleep(300);
   // the reply's own tap (its text, not the card above it): its thread, at the reply
   await page.evaluate((id) => document.querySelector('.note-post[data-zap-post="' + id + '"] > .note-content > .note-text').click(), R1.id);
   check('tapping the reply opens the thread at the reply', await waitFor((id) => !!document.querySelector('[data-focus-note="1"][data-zap-post="' + id + '"]'), R1.id, 8000));
   check('…with Bob\'s post as its root', await waitFor((id) => document.querySelector('.thread-card [data-zap-post]')?.getAttribute('data-zap-post') === id && !document.querySelector('.feed-chips'), B1.id, 4000));
   await page.goBack(); await sleep(800);
-  check('Back lands on Conversations again', await waitFor(() => document.querySelector('.feed-chip[data-key="chip:replies"]')?.classList.contains('on'), null, 6000));
+  check('Back lands on the Conversations view again', await waitFor(() => document.querySelector('.media-mode[data-mode="replies"]')?.classList.contains('on') && !!document.querySelector('.note-post[data-zap-post]'), null, 6000));
   // the context card's tap: the parent's own thread
   await page.evaluate((id) => document.querySelector('.note-post[data-zap-post="' + id + '"] .note-context .quote-card').click(), R1.id);
   check('tapping the post it answers opens that post, at the top', await waitFor((id) => document.querySelector('.thread-card [data-zap-post]')?.getAttribute('data-zap-post') === id && !document.querySelector('[data-focus-note]') && !document.querySelector('.feed-chips'), B1.id, 8000));
@@ -107,21 +105,29 @@ try {
   await page.goBack(); await sleep(800);
   await waitFor(() => !!document.querySelector('.feed-chips'), null, 6000);
 
-  console.log('\n[a custom conversations feed]');
+  console.log('\n[the view on another feed]');
   await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.feed-chip.add').click());
-  check('the editor offers replies instead of posts', await waitFor(() => !!document.querySelector('.feed-replies-toggle'), null, 4000));
+  check('the editor has no replies toggle (the view is the chip)', await waitFor(() => !!document.querySelector('.feed-interests-toggle'), null, 4000) && !(await page.$('.feed-replies-toggle')));
   await page.evaluate(() => {
     const name = document.querySelector('.chat-page input[type=text]'); name.value = 'Alice talks'; name.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
     const follows = [...document.querySelectorAll('label')].find((l) => /Everyone I follow/.test(l.textContent)).querySelector('input'); follows.click();
-    document.querySelector('.feed-replies-toggle').click();
   });
   await click('save'); await sleep(600);
   check('saved as a chip', await waitFor(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.feed-chip')].some((e) => e.textContent.trim() === 'Alice talks' && e.classList.contains('on')), null, 6000));
-  check('…holding the replies (borrowed from the feeds in hand), not the posts', await waitFor((ids) => { const got = [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]')].map((r) => r.getAttribute('data-zap-post')); return got.length === 2 && got.includes(ids[0]) && got.includes(ids[1]); }, [R1.id, R2.id], 8000), (await rowIds()).map((x) => x.slice(0, 6)).join(','));
+  check('…opened in the Conversations view, the replies borrowed from the feeds in hand', /replies=Conversations\*/.test(await modes()) && await waitFor((ids) => { const got = [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]')].map((r) => r.getAttribute('data-zap-post')); return got.length === 2 && got.includes(ids[0]) && got.includes(ids[1]); }, [R1.id, R2.id], 8000), (await rowIds()).map((x) => x.slice(0, 6)).join(','));
   check('…each with its context', (await contextOf(R1.id) || {}).of === B1.id);
+  await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.media-mode[data-mode="all"]').click());
+  check('Notes: the same feed\'s posts', await waitFor((ids) => { const got = [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]')].map((r) => r.getAttribute('data-zap-post')); return got.length === 2 && got.includes(ids[0]) && got.includes(ids[1]); }, [A1.id, B1.id], 8000), (await rowIds()).map((x) => x.slice(0, 6)).join(','));
+  check('…with no context blocks', (await page.$$('.notes-feed .note-context')).length === 0);
   await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.feed-chip[data-key="chip:following"]').click());
-  check('Following is still posts only', await waitFor((ids) => { const got = [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]')].map((r) => r.getAttribute('data-zap-post')); return got.includes(ids[0]) && !got.includes(ids[1]); }, [A1.id, R1.id], 8000));
+  check('Following in Notes is posts only', await waitFor((ids) => { const got = [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]')].map((r) => r.getAttribute('data-zap-post')); return got.includes(ids[0]) && !got.includes(ids[1]); }, [A1.id, R1.id], 8000));
+  await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.media-mode[data-mode="replies"]').click());
+  check('…and its Conversations view is back at once', await waitFor((ids) => { const got = [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]')].map((r) => r.getAttribute('data-zap-post')); return got.length === 2 && got[0] === ids[0]; }, [R2.id], 8000));
+  await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+  await waitText('receive', 20000);
+  await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.app-nav-button[aria-label="Feed"]').click());
+  check('a reload opens on the view last chosen, from its own cache', await waitFor((ids) => document.querySelector('.media-mode[data-mode="replies"]')?.classList.contains('on') && [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed .note-post[data-zap-post]')].map((r) => r.getAttribute('data-zap-post')).includes(ids[0]), [R1.id], 20000));
   check('no page errors', errs.length === 0, errs.slice(0, 2).join(' | '));
 } catch (e) { console.error(e); ok = false; } finally { await browser.close(); server.stop(true); }
-console.log(ok ? '\n✅ conversations: the replies they write, under what they answer' : '\n❌ failed');
+console.log(ok ? '\n✅ conversations view: the replies they write, under what they answer' : '\n❌ failed');
 process.exit(ok ? 0 : 1);
diff --git a/tools/feed-custom-test.js b/tools/feed-custom-test.js
index 6f345f1..122cb0a 100644
--- a/tools/feed-custom-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-custom-test.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ try {
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await openFeed();
   await sleep(1200);
-  check('the feed opens on Following, with a + chip', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Conversations', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('the feed opens on Following, with a + chip', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
 
   console.log('\n[a new feed: everyone I follow, on one topic]');
   await page.click('.feed-chip.add'); await sleep(300);
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ try {
   await page.click('input[type=checkbox]:not(.feed-all-toggle)'); // everyone I follow (the first box is the relays' every-post one)
   await type('input[placeholder="#bitcoin #nostr"]', '#Bitcoin, lightning');
   await click('save'); await sleep(1500);
-  check('the new feed is on screen and selected', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', 'Conversations', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', '*Coin talk', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('the new feed is on screen and selected', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', '*Coin talk', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
   const req = (await page.evaluate(() => window.__reqs)).find((f) => f['#t'] && f.authors);
   check('it asks relays for the follows AND the topics', !!req && req.authors?.includes(AUTHOR) && JSON.stringify(req['#t']) === JSON.stringify(['bitcoin', 'lightning']), JSON.stringify(req || null));
   const tagged = signed('fresh #bitcoin post', 0, [['t', 'bitcoin']]);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.feed-chip')].find((c) => c.textContent.trim() === 'Following').click()); await sleep(1200);
   check('Following again, with its own posts', (await chips()).includes('*Following') && await waitText('plain post', 4000));
   await page.evaluate(() => { const a = [...document.querySelectorAll('.notes-feed a')].find((x) => x.textContent === '#bitcoin'); if (a) a.click(); }); await sleep(1200);
-  check('a #tag opens a topic feed of its own', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', 'Conversations', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', 'Coin talk', '*#bitcoin', '+']) && await page.evaluate(() => { const m = document.querySelector('[aria-label="Feed options"]'); if (!m) return false; m.click(); return true; }) && await waitText('save feed', 2000) && await page.evaluate(() => { const b = [...document.querySelectorAll('.msg-sheet button')].find((x) => /back/i.test(x.textContent)); if (b) b.click(); return true; }), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('a #tag opens a topic feed of its own', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', 'Coin talk', '*#bitcoin', '+']) && await page.evaluate(() => { const m = document.querySelector('[aria-label="Feed options"]'); if (!m) return false; m.click(); return true; }) && await waitText('save feed', 2000) && await page.evaluate(() => { const b = [...document.querySelectorAll('.msg-sheet button')].find((x) => /back/i.test(x.textContent)); if (b) b.click(); return true; }), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
   const treq = (await page.evaluate(() => window.__reqs)).filter((f) => f['#t'] && !f.authors).pop();
   check('...asked for by topic alone', !!treq && JSON.stringify(treq['#t']) === JSON.stringify(['bitcoin']), JSON.stringify(treq || null));
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ try {
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await openFeed(); await sleep(1200);
   // (the feed you were on is remembered: Follows + lists, saved last)
-  check('the saved feeds are still there; the session topic is not', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', 'Conversations', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', 'Coin talk', 'Pack feed', 'Everything', '*Follows + lists', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('the saved feeds are still there; the session topic is not', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['Following', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', 'Coin talk', 'Pack feed', 'Everything', '*Follows + lists', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
   // (the chat home no longer lists the feed with its summary: its editor shows the pack)
   await chip('Pack feed'); await sleep(800);
   await page.click('[aria-label="Feed options"]'); await sleep(300);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ try {
   await page.click('[aria-label="Feed options"]'); await sleep(300);
   check('the menu offers Delete feed beside Edit', await page.evaluate(() => { const b = [...document.querySelectorAll('.msg-sheet button')].map((x) => x.textContent); return b.some((x) => /edit feed/i.test(x)) && b.some((x) => /delete feed/i.test(x)); }));
   await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.msg-sheet button')].find((b) => /delete feed/i.test(b.textContent)).click()); await sleep(1000);
-  check('deleting it from the menu lands back on Following', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Conversations', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', 'Pack feed', 'Everything', 'Follows + lists', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
+  check('deleting it from the menu lands back on Following', JSON.stringify(await chips()) === JSON.stringify(['*Following', 'Popular', '#gardenstr', 'Pack feed', 'Everything', 'Follows + lists', '+']), JSON.stringify(await chips()));
   check('no page errors', errs.length === 0, errs.slice(0, 2).join(' | '));
 } finally { await browser.close(); server.stop(true); }
 console.log(ok ? '\n✅ feeds: Following is one of many' : '\n❌ failed');
diff --git a/tools/feed-media-views-test.js b/tools/feed-media-views-test.js
index 2c84b14..14a9803 100644
--- a/tools/feed-media-views-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-media-views-test.js
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ try {
   await page.waitForSelector('.notes-feed:not([data-booting])', { timeout: 20000 });
 
   console.log('\n[the switch]');
-  check('All / Images / Videos / Articles sit under the chips, All on', await page.evaluate(() =>
-    [...document.querySelectorAll('.media-mode')].map((b) => b.textContent + (b.classList.contains('on') ? '*' : '')).join(',') === 'All*,Images,Videos,Articles'));
+  check('Notes / Conversations / Images / Videos / Articles sit under the chips, Notes on', await page.evaluate(() =>
+    [...document.querySelectorAll('.media-mode')].map((b) => b.textContent + (b.classList.contains('on') ? '*' : '')).join(',') === 'Notes*,Conversations,Images,Videos,Articles'));
 
   console.log('\n[Images: a grid]');
   await mode('images');