From 0c8a17e3cf07cbc41beaf72ad4ef95a2d6b17ff3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:18:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] perf(watch-history): eagerly preload on login (was lazy until
 For You/history tab)
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Watch history was never loaded as part of the login cascade — it only loaded
when the For You feed refreshed or the history tab was opened. So on login (and
on other feeds) watched-video suppression and watch-history tags did nothing
until the user navigated there.

Kick off a non-blocking watchHistoryService.loadLatest() during the login
list-sync (deliberately NOT in parallelListTasks, so the feed never waits for
it). loadLatest schedules the background refresh, which emits "fingerprint" and
the For You feed re-runs (feedCoordinator) to apply suppression once resolved.
Deduped against the feed's own loadLatest via the in-flight refresh promise.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 js/app/authSessionCoordinator.js | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/js/app/authSessionCoordinator.js b/js/app/authSessionCoordinator.js
index 8cef0472..d0007d26 100644
--- a/js/app/authSessionCoordinator.js
+++ b/js/app/authSessionCoordinator.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import { clearDecryptionSchemeCache } from "../nostr/decryptionSchemeCache.js";
 import { clearWatchHistoryConversationKeyCache } from "../nostr/watchHistory.js";
+import watchHistoryService from "../watchHistoryService.js";
 import { FEED_TYPES } from "../constants.js";
 
 /**
@@ -419,6 +420,26 @@ export function createAuthSessionCoordinator(deps) {
 
         const parallelListTasks = [];
 
+        // Eagerly warm watch history in the background on login (NOT awaited /
+        // not in parallelListTasks — the feed must never wait for it). loadLatest
+        // schedules the background refresh, which emits "fingerprint" so the For
+        // You feed re-runs (see feedCoordinator) to suppress watched videos.
+        // Without this it only loaded when For You or the history tab was opened.
+        if (
+          activePubkey &&
+          watchHistoryService &&
+          typeof watchHistoryService.loadLatest === "function"
+        ) {
+          Promise.resolve(
+            watchHistoryService.loadLatest(activePubkey, { allowStale: true }),
+          ).catch((error) => {
+            devLogger.warn(
+              "[auth] Background watch-history preload failed:",
+              error,
+            );
+          });
+        }
+
         if (
           activePubkey &&
           typeof this.authService.loadBlocksForPubkey === "function"