Add in-app notitications

src/lib/components/ChatSidebar.svelte

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { tick } from "svelte";
+  import { page } from "$app/state";
   import {
     chatStore,
     getChatMessage,
@@ -262,6 +263,23 @@
     });
   });
 
+  // Arriving with a #chat-… hash (a notification link): scroll to the message
+  // once it is loaded, and stop anchoring to the bottom so it stays in view.
+  let scrolledHashFor = "";
+  $effect(() => {
+    const hash = page.url.hash;
+    messages.length;
+    mobileActive;
+    if (!hash.startsWith("#chat-") || scrolledHashFor === hash) return;
+    tick().then(() => {
+      const el = document.getElementById(hash.slice(1));
+      if (!el) return;
+      scrolledHashFor = hash;
+      userScrolledUp = true;
+      el.scrollIntoView({ block: "center" });
+    });
+  });
+
   $effect(() => {
     if (!expanded) return;
     function handleClick(e: MouseEvent) {
@@ -350,7 +368,7 @@
               ></span>
             </div>
           {/if}
-          <div>
+          <div id="chat-{msg.id}">
             <div class="mb-1 flex items-center gap-2">
               <a
                 href={profilePath(msg.pubkey)}

src/lib/components/LeftSidebar.svelte

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
   import { GROUP_ID, TITLE, SEARCH_ENABLED } from "$lib/config";
   import { openSearch } from "$lib/searchModal.svelte";
   import ThemeToggle from "$lib/components/ThemeToggle.svelte";
+  import UserAvatar from "$lib/components/UserAvatar.svelte";
+  import { notificationsStore } from "$lib/notifications.svelte";
+
+  const unread = $derived(notificationsStore.unreadCount);
+  const profileLabel = $derived(
+    unread > 0
+      ? `Your profile, ${unread} new notification${unread === 1 ? "" : "s"}`
+      : "Your profile",
+  );
 
   type Props = {
     mode: "simple" | "full";
@@ -189,30 +198,25 @@
       </button>
     {/if}
     {#if auth.user}
-      <div class="mt-3 flex items-center gap-1">
+      <div class="mt-3 flex justify-end">
         <button
           onclick={() => {
             if (confirm("Log out?")) logout();
           }}
-          class="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2 rounded px-2 py-1.5 text-left text-sm text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-200 dark:text-neutral-300 dark:hover:bg-neutral-700"
+          class="rounded px-2 py-0.5 text-xs text-neutral-400 hover:bg-neutral-200 hover:text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-500 dark:hover:bg-neutral-700 dark:hover:text-neutral-300"
-          aria-label="Account options"
         >
-          {#if auth.user.metadata.picture}
+          Log out
-            <img
-              src={auth.user.metadata.picture}
-              alt=""
-              class="h-7 w-7 rounded-full object-cover"
-            />
-          {:else}
-            <span
-              class="flex h-7 w-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-neutral-300 text-xs font-semibold text-neutral-600 dark:bg-neutral-600 dark:text-neutral-400"
-              aria-hidden="true"
-            >
-              {auth.user.shortName.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase()}
-            </span>
-          {/if}
-          <span class="truncate font-medium">{auth.user.shortName}</span>
         </button>
+      </div>
+      <div class="flex items-center gap-1">
+        <a
+          href="/profile/{auth.user.npub}"
+          class="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2 rounded px-2 py-1.5 text-left text-sm text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-200 dark:text-neutral-300 dark:hover:bg-neutral-700"
+          aria-label={profileLabel}
+        >
+          <UserAvatar />
+          <span class="truncate font-medium">{auth.user.shortName}</span>
+        </a>
         <ThemeToggle />
       </div>
     {:else}

src/lib/components/MobileMenu.svelte

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
   import { SEARCH_ENABLED } from "$lib/config";
   import { draftState, resumeDraft } from "$lib/draft.svelte";
   import ThemeToggle from "$lib/components/ThemeToggle.svelte";
+  import UserAvatar from "$lib/components/UserAvatar.svelte";
+  import { notificationsStore } from "$lib/notifications.svelte";
+
+  const unread = $derived(notificationsStore.unreadCount);
+  const profileLabel = $derived(
+    unread > 0
+      ? `Your profile, ${unread} new notification${unread === 1 ? "" : "s"}`
+      : "Your profile",
+  );
 
   type Props = {
     open: boolean;
@@ -83,7 +92,7 @@
       transition:fade={{ duration: 150 }}
     ></button>
     <div
-      class="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 flex w-72 max-w-[80%] flex-col bg-white dark:bg-neutral-900 px-6 py-4 shadow-xl"
+      class="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 flex w-72 max-w-[80%] flex-col bg-white px-6 py-4 shadow-xl dark:bg-neutral-900"
       role="dialog"
       aria-modal="true"
       aria-label="Menu"
@@ -97,7 +106,7 @@
         <button
           type="button"
           onclick={onClose}
-          class="-mr-1 rounded p-1 text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 hover:bg-neutral-100 dark:hover:bg-neutral-800"
+          class="-mr-1 rounded p-1 text-neutral-500 hover:bg-neutral-100 dark:text-neutral-400 dark:hover:bg-neutral-800"
           aria-label="Close menu"
         >
           <svg
@@ -142,19 +151,25 @@
         {#if mode === "full"}
           <nav class="mt-4" aria-label="Rooms">
             <p
-              class="pb-1 font-semibold tracking-wider text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500 uppercase"
+              class="pb-1 font-semibold tracking-wider text-neutral-400 uppercase dark:text-neutral-500"
             >
               Rooms
             </p>
             {#if groupsStore.list.length === 0 && !groupsStore.loaded}
-              <p class="py-1.5 text-base text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">Loading rooms…</p>
+              <p
+                class="py-1.5 text-base text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500"
+              >
+                Loading rooms…
+              </p>
             {/if}
             {#each groupsStore.list as room}
               <a
                 href="/room/{room.id}"
                 onclick={onClose}
                 class="block py-1.5 text-xl
-									{activeRoom === room.id ? 'text-accent' : 'hover:text-accent text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300'}"
+									{activeRoom === room.id
+                  ? 'text-accent'
+                  : 'hover:text-accent text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300'}"
               >
                 {room.name}
               </a>
@@ -164,7 +179,7 @@
 
         <nav class="mt-4" aria-label="Resources">
           <p
-            class="pb-1 font-semibold tracking-wider text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500 uppercase"
+            class="pb-1 font-semibold tracking-wider text-neutral-400 uppercase dark:text-neutral-500"
           >
             Resources
           </p>
@@ -174,8 +189,9 @@
               onclick={onClose}
               aria-current={activeResource === r.slug ? "page" : undefined}
               class="hover:text-accent block py-1.5 text-xl
-                {activeResource === r.slug ? 'text-accent' : 'text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300'}"
+                {activeResource === r.slug
-              >{r.title}</a
+                ? 'text-accent'
+                : 'text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300'}">{r.title}</a
             >
           {/each}
           <a
@@ -183,11 +199,15 @@
             onclick={onClose}
             aria-current={contactsActive ? "page" : undefined}
             class="hover:text-accent block py-1.5 text-lg
-              {contactsActive ? 'text-accent' : 'text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300'}">Contacts</a
+              {contactsActive
+              ? 'text-accent'
+              : 'text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300'}">Contacts</a
           >
         </nav>
 
-        <div class="mt-4 flex flex-col gap-2 border-t border-neutral-100 dark:border-neutral-800 pt-4">
+        <div
+          class="mt-4 flex flex-col gap-2 border-t border-neutral-100 pt-4 dark:border-neutral-800"
+        >
           {#if draftState.iconized}
             <button
               type="button"
@@ -199,33 +219,23 @@
           {/if}
           {#if auth.user}
             <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-              <button
+              <a
-                type="button"
+                href="/profile/{auth.user.npub}"
-                onclick={onLogout}
+                onclick={onClose}
                 class="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2 rounded px-2 py-2 text-left text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-100 dark:text-neutral-300 dark:hover:bg-neutral-800"
-                aria-label="Log out"
+                aria-label={profileLabel}
               >
-                {#if auth.user.metadata.picture}
+                <UserAvatar size="md" />
-                  <img
-                    src={auth.user.metadata.picture}
-                    alt=""
-                    class="h-8 w-8 rounded-full object-cover"
-                  />
-                {:else}
-                  <span
-                    class="flex h-8 w-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-neutral-300 text-sm font-semibold text-neutral-600 dark:text-neutral-400 dark:bg-neutral-600"
-                    aria-hidden="true"
-                  >
-                    {auth.user.shortName.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase()}
-                  </span>
-                {/if}
                 <span class="truncate text-lg font-medium"
                   >{auth.user.shortName}</span
                 >
-                <span
+              </a>
-                  class="ml-auto shrink-0 text-sm text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500"
+              <button
-                  >Log out</span
+                type="button"
+                onclick={onLogout}
+                class="shrink-0 rounded px-2 py-2 text-sm text-neutral-400 hover:bg-neutral-100 hover:text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-500 dark:hover:bg-neutral-800 dark:hover:text-neutral-300"
               >
+                Log out
               </button>
               <ThemeToggle size="md" />
             </div>

src/lib/components/Navbar.svelte

@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { groupStore } from "$lib/group.svelte";
+  import { auth } from "$lib/auth.svelte";
+  import { notificationsStore } from "$lib/notifications.svelte";
   import { GROUP_ID, TITLE, MODE } from "$lib/config";
+  import UserAvatar from "$lib/components/UserAvatar.svelte";
 
   type Props = { onMenuToggle: () => void };
   let { onMenuToggle }: Props = $props();
 
+  const unread = $derived(notificationsStore.unreadCount);
+  const profileLabel = $derived(
+    unread > 0
+      ? `Your profile, ${unread} new notification${unread === 1 ? "" : "s"}`
+      : "Your profile",
+  );
+
   // PUBLIC_TITLE always wins when set. Without it, simple mode shows the room's
   // own name; full mode has no single room, so it falls back to GROUP_ID.
   const name = $derived(
@@ -15,7 +25,7 @@
 
 <!-- Mobile only: on desktop the logo lives at the top of the left sidebar. -->
 <header
-  class="sticky top-0 z-20 flex h-16 shrink-0 items-center justify-between gap-2 bg-neutral-100 dark:bg-neutral-800 px-4 md:hidden"
+  class="sticky top-0 z-20 flex h-16 shrink-0 items-center justify-between gap-2 bg-neutral-100 px-4 md:hidden dark:bg-neutral-800"
 >
   <a
     href="/"
@@ -36,14 +46,23 @@
       </div>
     {/if}
     <span
-      class="truncate text-2xl font-medium text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-100 md:text-[1.7rem]"
+      class="truncate text-2xl font-medium text-neutral-900 md:text-[1.7rem] dark:text-neutral-100"
       >{name}</span
     >
   </a>
+  {#if auth.user}
+    <a
+      href="/profile/{auth.user.npub}"
+      class="ml-auto shrink-0 rounded p-1 hover:bg-neutral-200 dark:hover:bg-neutral-700"
+      aria-label={profileLabel}
+    >
+      <UserAvatar size="md" />
+    </a>
+  {/if}
   <button
     type="button"
     onclick={onMenuToggle}
-    class="-mr-1 shrink-0 rounded p-1.5 text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300 hover:bg-neutral-200 dark:hover:bg-neutral-700 md:hidden"
+    class="-mr-1 shrink-0 rounded p-1.5 text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-200 md:hidden dark:text-neutral-300 dark:hover:bg-neutral-700"
     aria-label="Open menu"
   >
     <svg

src/lib/components/Notifications.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { untrack } from "svelte";
+  import { MODE } from "$lib/config";
+  import { getGroupName } from "$lib/group.svelte";
+  import { profileStore } from "$lib/profiles.svelte";
+  import { profilePath } from "$lib/forum/profiles";
+  import {
+    notificationsStore,
+    markNotificationsSeen,
+    type Notification,
+  } from "$lib/notifications.svelte";
+  import { summarize } from "$lib/seo";
+  import * as nip19 from "@nostr/tools/nip19";
+
+  const items = $derived(notificationsStore.items);
+
+  // Unread threshold frozen when the list first shows, so new items keep their
+  // mark while on screen even though they are counted as seen right away.
+  let openedAt = $state<number | null>(null);
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (!items) return;
+    if (openedAt === null) openedAt = untrack(() => notificationsStore.seenAt);
+    markNotificationsSeen();
+  });
+
+  function authorName(pubkey: string): string {
+    const p = profileStore.profiles.get(pubkey);
+    return (
+      p?.displayName ||
+      p?.name ||
+      `${(p?.npub ?? nip19.npubEncode(pubkey)).slice(0, 12)}…`
+    );
+  }
+
+  function authorPicture(pubkey: string): string | undefined {
+    return profileStore.profiles.get(pubkey)?.picture;
+  }
+
+  function verb(n: Notification): string {
+    switch (n.kind) {
+      case "reply-op":
+        return "replied to your discussion";
+      case "reply":
+        return "replied in";
+      case "mention":
+        return "mentioned you in";
+      case "chat-reply":
+        return "replied to you in chat";
+      case "chat-mention":
+        return "mentioned you in chat";
+    }
+  }
+
+  function href(n: Notification): string {
+    if (n.threadId) return `/thread/${n.threadId}#post-${n.id}`;
+    const room = MODE === "full" ? `/room/${n.groupId}` : "/";
+    return `${room}#chat-${n.id}`;
+  }
+
+  function formatTime(ts: number): string {
+    const diff = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - ts;
+    if (diff < 60) return "now";
+    if (diff < 3600) return `${Math.floor(diff / 60)}m`;
+    if (diff < 86400) return `${Math.floor(diff / 3600)}h`;
+    if (diff < 7 * 86400) return `${Math.floor(diff / 86400)}d`;
+    return new Date(ts * 1000).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
+      month: "short",
+      day: "numeric",
+    });
+  }
+</script>
+
+<section aria-labelledby="profile-notifications" class="mt-10">
+  <h2
+    id="profile-notifications"
+    class="text-accent border-b border-neutral-100 pb-2 text-[1.5rem] leading-7 dark:border-neutral-800"
+  >
+    Notifications
+  </h2>
+  {#if !items}
+    <p class="py-3 text-sm text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">Loading…</p>
+  {:else if items.length === 0}
+    <p class="py-3 text-sm text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
+      No replies or mentions yet.
+    </p>
+  {:else}
+    <ul class="divide-y divide-neutral-100 dark:divide-neutral-800">
+      {#each items as n (n.id)}
+        {@const unread = n.createdAt > (openedAt ?? 0)}
+        {@const name = authorName(n.pubkey)}
+        {@const picture = authorPicture(n.pubkey)}
+        {@const text = summarize(n.content, 160)}
+        <li class="flex gap-3 py-3">
+          <a
+            href={profilePath(n.pubkey)}
+            class="mt-0.5 shrink-0"
+            aria-hidden="true"
+            tabindex="-1"
+          >
+            {#if picture}
+              <img
+                src={picture}
+                alt=""
+                class="h-8 w-8 rounded-full object-cover"
+              />
+            {:else}
+              <span
+                class="flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-neutral-200 text-xs font-semibold text-neutral-500 dark:bg-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-400"
+              >
+                {name[0].toUpperCase()}
+              </span>
+            {/if}
+          </a>
+          <div class="min-w-0 flex-1">
+            <a href={href(n)} class="group block">
+              <p
+                class="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-100 {unread
+                  ? 'font-semibold'
+                  : ''}"
+              >
+                {#if unread}
+                  <span
+                    class="bg-accent mr-1.5 inline-block h-2 w-2 rounded-full align-middle"
+                    aria-hidden="true"
+                  ></span>
+                  <span class="sr-only">New: </span>
+                {/if}
+                <span>{name}</span>
+                <span
+                  class="font-normal text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400"
+                >
+                  {verb(n)}
+                </span>
+                {#if n.threadId}
+                  <span class="group-hover:text-accent">
+                    {n.title || "a discussion"}
+                  </span>
+                {/if}
+              </p>
+              {#if text}
+                <p
+                  class="mt-0.5 line-clamp-2 text-neutral-600 dark:text-neutral-400"
+                >
+                  {text}
+                </p>
+              {/if}
+            </a>
+            <div
+              class="mt-1 flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500"
+            >
+              {#if MODE === "full" && n.groupId}
+                <a href="/room/{n.groupId}" class="hover:text-accent truncate"
+                  >{getGroupName(n.groupId)}</a
+                >
+                <span aria-hidden="true">·</span>
+              {/if}
+              <time datetime={new Date(n.createdAt * 1000).toISOString()}
+                >{formatTime(n.createdAt)}</time
+              >
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </li>
+      {/each}
+    </ul>
+  {/if}
+</section>

src/lib/components/UserAvatar.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { auth } from "$lib/auth.svelte";
+  import { notificationsStore } from "$lib/notifications.svelte";
+
+  type Props = { size?: "sm" | "md" };
+  let { size = "sm" }: Props = $props();
+
+  const box = $derived(size === "md" ? "h-8 w-8 text-sm" : "h-7 w-7 text-xs");
+  const count = $derived(notificationsStore.unreadCount);
+  const label = $derived(count > 99 ? "99+" : String(count));
+</script>
+
+<!-- Logged-in user's picture with the unread notifications count. The count is
+   visual only; the wrapping link carries it in its accessible name. -->
+{#if auth.user}
+  <span class="relative inline-flex shrink-0">
+    {#if auth.user.metadata.picture}
+      <img
+        src={auth.user.metadata.picture}
+        alt=""
+        class="{box} rounded-full object-cover"
+      />
+    {:else}
+      <span
+        class="{box} flex items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-neutral-300 font-semibold text-neutral-600 dark:bg-neutral-600 dark:text-neutral-400"
+        aria-hidden="true"
+      >
+        {auth.user.shortName.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase()}
+      </span>
+    {/if}
+    {#if count > 0}
+      <span
+        class="bg-accent absolute -top-1.5 -right-1.5 flex h-4 min-w-4 items-center justify-center rounded-full px-1 text-[10px] leading-none font-semibold text-white"
+        aria-hidden="true"
+      >
+        {label}
+      </span>
+    {/if}
+  </span>
+{/if}

src/lib/forum/notifications.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import type { Event } from "@nostr/tools/core";
+import { extractMentionPubkeys } from "$lib/mentions";
+import { tag, type Query } from "./query";
+
+export type NotificationKind =
+  | "reply-op" // reply to a discussion the user started
+  | "reply" // reply in a discussion the user took part in
+  | "mention" // mentioned in a discussion reply
+  | "chat-reply" // chat reply to the user's message
+  | "chat-mention"; // mentioned in chat
+
+export type Notification = {
+  id: string;
+  kind: NotificationKind;
+  pubkey: string; // author
+  createdAt: number;
+  content: string;
+  groupId: string;
+  threadId?: string; // discussion replies only
+  title?: string; // thread title, filled by fetchThreadTitles
+};
+
+export const NOTIFICATIONS_LIMIT = 50;
+
+// Classify an event that p-tags the user. Own events and anything that is
+// neither a discussion reply nor a chat message yield null.
+export function parseNotification(e: Event, me: string): Notification | null {
+  if (e.pubkey === me) return null;
+  const mentioned = extractMentionPubkeys(e.content).includes(me);
+  const base = {
+    id: e.id,
+    pubkey: e.pubkey,
+    createdAt: e.created_at,
+    content: e.content,
+    groupId: tag(e, "h") ?? "",
+  };
+  if (e.kind === 1111) {
+    const threadId = tag(e, "E");
+    if (!threadId) return null;
+    const kind: NotificationKind = mentioned
+      ? "mention"
+      : tag(e, "P") === me
+        ? "reply-op"
+        : "reply";
+    return { ...base, kind, threadId };
+  }
+  if (e.kind === 9) {
+    const q = e.tags.find((t) => t[0] === "q");
+    return { ...base, kind: q?.[3] === me ? "chat-reply" : "chat-mention" };
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+// Fill thread titles for discussion replies, in place.
+export async function fetchThreadTitles(
+  q: Query,
+  items: Notification[],
+): Promise<void> {
+  const ids = [
+    ...new Set(items.flatMap((n) => (n.threadId ? [n.threadId] : []))),
+  ];
+  if (ids.length === 0) return;
+  const roots = await q({ kinds: [11], ids });
+  const titles = new Map(
+    roots.map((e) => [e.id, tag(e, "title") ?? "(untitled)"]),
+  );
+  for (const n of items) {
+    if (n.threadId) n.title = titles.get(n.threadId) ?? "";
+  }
+}
+
+// Latest replies and mentions addressed to the user, newest first. Without
+// `groupId` every group the relay serves the caller counts.
+export async function fetchNotifications(
+  q: Query,
+  me: string,
+  groupId?: string,
+): Promise<Notification[]> {
+  const events = await q({
+    kinds: [1111, 9],
+    "#p": [me],
+    ...(groupId ? { "#h": [groupId] } : {}),
+    limit: NOTIFICATIONS_LIMIT,
+  });
+  const items = events
+    .map((e) => parseNotification(e, me))
+    .filter((n): n is Notification => n !== null)
+    .sort((a, b) => b.createdAt - a.createdAt);
+  await fetchThreadTitles(q, items);
+  return items;
+}

src/lib/notifications.svelte.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { GROUP_ID, MODE } from "$lib/config";
+import { queryForum, subscribeForum } from "$lib/relay";
+import { ensureProfile } from "$lib/profiles.svelte";
+import {
+  fetchNotifications,
+  fetchThreadTitles,
+  parseNotification,
+  type Notification,
+} from "$lib/forum/notifications";
+
+export type { Notification };
+
+const SEEN_KEY = "notifications_seen";
+
+let pubkey = $state<string | null>(null);
+let items = $state<Notification[] | null>(null);
+let seenAt = $state(0);
+let liveSub: { close(): void } | null = null;
+let req = 0; // supersedes an in-flight load on login/logout
+
+function readSeen(pk: string): number {
+  try {
+    return Number(localStorage.getItem(`${SEEN_KEY}_${pk}`)) || 0;
+  } catch {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
+export const notificationsStore = {
+  get pubkey() {
+    return pubkey;
+  },
+  get items() {
+    return items;
+  },
+  get seenAt() {
+    return seenAt;
+  },
+  get unreadCount() {
+    return items?.filter((n) => n.createdAt > seenAt).length ?? 0;
+  },
+};
+
+function ingest(n: Notification) {
+  if (!items || items.some((x) => x.id === n.id)) return;
+  items = [n, ...items];
+  ensureProfile(n.pubkey);
+}
+
+// (Re)start for the logged-in user: one authenticated read of the latest
+// replies/mentions, then a live subscription that prepends new ones.
+export async function startNotifications(pk: string) {
+  if (pk === pubkey) return;
+  stopNotifications();
+  pubkey = pk;
+  seenAt = readSeen(pk);
+  const current = ++req;
+  const scope = MODE === "simple" ? GROUP_ID : undefined;
+
+  let result: Notification[] = [];
+  try {
+    result = await fetchNotifications(queryForum, pk, scope);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error("[notifications] load failed", e);
+  }
+  if (current !== req) return;
+  items = result;
+  for (const n of result) ensureProfile(n.pubkey);
+
+  liveSub = subscribeForum(
+    {
+      kinds: [1111, 9],
+      "#p": [pk],
+      ...(scope ? { "#h": [scope] } : {}),
+      since: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    },
+    {
+      onevent: async (ev) => {
+        const n = parseNotification(ev, pk);
+        if (!n) return;
+        if (n.threadId) {
+          try {
+            await fetchThreadTitles(queryForum, [n]);
+          } catch {
+            // Shown without a title
+          }
+        }
+        if (current === req) ingest(n);
+      },
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+export function stopNotifications() {
+  req++;
+  liveSub?.close();
+  liveSub = null;
+  pubkey = null;
+  items = null;
+  seenAt = 0;
+}
+
+// Everything loaded so far counts as read.
+export function markNotificationsSeen() {
+  if (!pubkey) return;
+  seenAt = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem(`${SEEN_KEY}_${pubkey}`, String(seenAt));
+  } catch {
+    // Private mode: unread state lasts for the session only
+  }
+}

src/routes/+layout.svelte

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
   import { loadRoomAdmins } from "$lib/admins.svelte";
   import { seedProfiles } from "$lib/profiles.svelte";
   import { startChat } from "$lib/chat.svelte";
+  import {
+    startNotifications,
+    stopNotifications,
+  } from "$lib/notifications.svelte";
   import { resetForumConnection } from "$lib/relay";
   import { relayAccess, probeRelayAccess } from "$lib/access.svelte";
   import { activeGroup, setActiveGroup } from "$lib/active.svelte";
@@ -93,6 +97,15 @@
     seedProfiles(auth.user?.pubkey ?? null);
   }
 
+  // Replies/mentions follow the logged-in user. Keyed on the user rather than
+  // on loadForum: a restored session resolves its profile after the probe.
+  $effect(() => {
+    const pk = auth.user?.pubkey ?? null;
+    if (relayAccess.state !== "open") return;
+    if (pk) startNotifications(pk);
+    else stopNotifications();
+  });
+
   // Each completed probe that finds the relay open reloads the room views: on
   // first load, after a login (private/hidden rooms appear) or logout (they
   // vanish), and after joining a members-only relay.
@@ -171,9 +184,10 @@
 
   // On mobile a route change should always land on the forum pane, so opening
   // a thread or room from the menu never leaves the user stranded on chat.
+  // A chat message link (#chat-…, e.g. from a notification) opens the chat pane.
   $effect(() => {
     page.url.pathname;
-    mobileView = "forum";
+    mobileView = page.url.hash.startsWith("#chat-") ? "chat" : "forum";
   });
 </script>
 

src/routes/profile/[id]/+page.svelte

@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@
     UserPostPage,
   } from "$lib/forum/userPosts";
   import Meta from "$lib/components/Meta.svelte";
+  import Notifications from "$lib/components/Notifications.svelte";
+  import { auth } from "$lib/auth.svelte";
   import { summarize } from "$lib/seo";
 
   const pubkey = $derived<string | null>(page.data.pubkey ?? null);
+  const isOwn = $derived(!!pubkey && auth.user?.pubkey === pubkey);
 
   $effect(() => {
     if (!pubkey) return;
@@ -240,6 +243,10 @@
       {/if}
     </div>
 
+    {#if isOwn}
+      <Notifications />
+    {/if}
+
     <div class="mt-10 grid gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:gap-8">
       <section aria-labelledby="profile-discussions">
         <h2