diff --git a/artifacts/load-report-2026-01-17.json b/artifacts/load-report-2026-01-17.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59be98a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifacts/load-report-2026-01-17.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "config": {
+    "relayUrl": "ws://127.0.0.1:3333",
+    "numClients": 100,
+    "durationSec": 10,
+    "eventsPerSec": 50,
+    "reportFile": "artifacts/load-report-2026-01-17.json",
+    "useInternalRelay": false
+  },
+  "metrics": {
+    "durationActual": 10.393,
+    "totalSent": 505,
+    "totalReceived": 443,
+    "errors": 0,
+    "throughput": {
+      "sentPerSec": 48.590397382853844,
+      "receivedPerSec": 42.624843644760894,
+      "bytesSentPerSec": 66310.88232464159,
+      "bytesReceivedPerSec": 598279.8999326469
+    },
+    "latency": {
+      "avgRoundtripMs": 12.214446952595937,
+      "avgPubAckMs": 12.590361445783133,
+      "p95RoundtripMs": 24,
+      "p99RoundtripMs": 35
+    },
+    "messageTypes": {
+      "OK": 505,
+      "EOSE": 10,
+      "EVENT": 4430
+    },
+    "resourceUsage": {
+      "user": 3681110,
+      "system": 245713
+    }
+  },
+  "bottlenecks": [],
+  "remediation": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/artifacts/load-report.json b/artifacts/load-report.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59be98a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifacts/load-report.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "config": {
+    "relayUrl": "ws://127.0.0.1:3333",
+    "numClients": 100,
+    "durationSec": 10,
+    "eventsPerSec": 50,
+    "reportFile": "artifacts/load-report-2026-01-17.json",
+    "useInternalRelay": false
+  },
+  "metrics": {
+    "durationActual": 10.393,
+    "totalSent": 505,
+    "totalReceived": 443,
+    "errors": 0,
+    "throughput": {
+      "sentPerSec": 48.590397382853844,
+      "receivedPerSec": 42.624843644760894,
+      "bytesSentPerSec": 66310.88232464159,
+      "bytesReceivedPerSec": 598279.8999326469
+    },
+    "latency": {
+      "avgRoundtripMs": 12.214446952595937,
+      "avgPubAckMs": 12.590361445783133,
+      "p95RoundtripMs": 24,
+      "p99RoundtripMs": 35
+    },
+    "messageTypes": {
+      "OK": 505,
+      "EOSE": 10,
+      "EVENT": 4430
+    },
+    "resourceUsage": {
+      "user": 3681110,
+      "system": 245713
+    }
+  },
+  "bottlenecks": [],
+  "remediation": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1e006742..069334c7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@floating-ui/dom": "^1.7.4",
         "path": "^0.12.7",
-        "webtorrent": "^1.9.7"
+        "webtorrent": "^1.9.7",
+        "ws": "^8.19.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@playwright/test": "^1.57.0",
@@ -6344,10 +6345,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ws": {
-      "version": "8.18.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.18.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PEIGCY5tSlUt50cqyMXfCzX+oOPqN0vuGqWzbcJ2xvnkzkq46oOpz7dQaTDBdfICb4N14+GARUDw2XV2N4tvzg==",
-      "dev": true,
+      "version": "8.19.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ws/-/ws-8.19.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-blAT2mjOEIi0ZzruJfIhb3nps74PRWTCz1IjglWEEpQl5XS/UNama6u2/rjFkDDouqr4L67ry+1aGIALViWjDg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2cfd9afd..2208b210 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@floating-ui/dom": "^1.7.4",
     "path": "^0.12.7",
-    "webtorrent": "^1.9.7"
+    "webtorrent": "^1.9.7",
+    "ws": "^8.19.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/agent/load-test.mjs b/scripts/agent/load-test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5838c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/agent/load-test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,330 @@
+import { WebSocket } from 'ws';
+import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { writeFile, mkdir } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve, dirname } from 'node:path';
+
+globalThis.WebSocket = WebSocket;
+
+const CONFIG = {
+  relayUrl: process.env.RELAY_URL || 'ws://127.0.0.1:3333',
+  numClients: parseInt(process.env.NUM_CLIENTS || '1000', 10),
+  durationSec: parseInt(process.env.DURATION_SEC || '60', 10),
+  eventsPerSec: parseInt(process.env.RATE || '20', 10),
+  reportFile: process.env.REPORT_FILE || `artifacts/load-report-${new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0]}.json`,
+  useInternalRelay: !process.env.RELAY_URL
+};
+
+function isLocalRelay(url) {
+  if (!url) return true;
+  try {
+    const u = new URL(url);
+    const host = u.hostname;
+    if (host === 'localhost' || host === '127.0.0.1' || host === '[::1]') return true;
+    if (host.startsWith('192.168.') || host.startsWith('10.') || host.match(/^172\.(1[6-9]|2\d|3[0-1])\./)) return true;
+    return false;
+  } catch { return false; }
+}
+
+// Metrics
+const stats = {
+  startTime: Date.now(),
+  sent: 0,
+  received: 0,
+  errors: 0,
+  latencies: [], // Roundtrip (ms)
+  pubAckLatencies: [], // Publish -> OK (ms)
+  bytesSent: 0,
+  bytesReceived: 0,
+  msgTypeCounts: {}
+};
+
+// Clients
+const clients = [];
+let relayProcess = null;
+
+async function startRelay() {
+  if (!CONFIG.useInternalRelay) return;
+
+  console.log('Starting internal relay...');
+  const relayScript = resolve('scripts/agent/simple-relay.mjs');
+
+  relayProcess = spawn('node', [relayScript], {
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    env: { ...process.env, PORT: '3333' }
+  });
+
+  // Wait for it to be ready (dumb wait)
+  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2000));
+}
+
+function createClient(index) {
+  const sk = generateSecretKey();
+  const pk = getPublicKey(sk);
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    // Add timeout
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+        reject(new Error(`Client ${index} connection timeout`));
+        try { ws.close(); } catch {}
+    }, 5000);
+
+    const ws = new WebSocket(CONFIG.relayUrl);
+
+    const client = {
+      id: index,
+      ws,
+      sk,
+      pk,
+      subs: new Map(),
+      pendingPublishes: new Map() // eventId -> startTime
+    };
+
+    ws.on('open', () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      resolve(client);
+    });
+
+    ws.on('error', (err) => {
+      // console.error(`Client ${index} error:`, err.message);
+      stats.errors++;
+      if (ws.readyState === WebSocket.CONNECTING) reject(err);
+    });
+
+    ws.on('message', (data) => {
+      const size = data.length;
+      stats.bytesReceived += size;
+
+      try {
+        const msg = JSON.parse(data.toString());
+        const type = msg[0];
+
+        stats.msgTypeCounts[type] = (stats.msgTypeCounts[type] || 0) + 1;
+
+        if (type === 'OK') {
+          const [_, eventId, success, info] = msg;
+          if (client.pendingPublishes.has(eventId)) {
+            const start = client.pendingPublishes.get(eventId);
+            const latency = Date.now() - start;
+            stats.pubAckLatencies.push(latency);
+            client.pendingPublishes.delete(eventId);
+          }
+          if (!success) {
+            stats.errors++;
+            // console.warn(`Publish failed for ${eventId}: ${info}`);
+          }
+        } else if (type === 'EVENT') {
+          const [_, subId, event] = msg;
+          // Calculate roundtrip if we tracked this event
+          // We can attach a 'created_at' but that's in seconds.
+          // We'll rely on a local map of sent events if we want precise RT,
+          // or we can embed a high-res timestamp in the content if we want.
+          // Let's use a global map for roundtrip tracking since any client might receive it.
+
+          if (pendingRoundtrips.has(event.id)) {
+            const start = pendingRoundtrips.get(event.id);
+            const latency = Date.now() - start;
+            stats.latencies.push(latency);
+            stats.received++;
+            pendingRoundtrips.delete(event.id); // Only count first receipt? Or Average?
+            // To avoid memory leak, we delete. For load test, first receipt is good enough proxy for propagation.
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        stats.errors++;
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+const pendingRoundtrips = new Map(); // eventId -> startTime
+
+async function runTest() {
+  if (!CONFIG.useInternalRelay && !isLocalRelay(CONFIG.relayUrl) && !process.env.FORCE_PUBLIC) {
+    console.error("Error: Configured relay appears to be public. Use FORCE_PUBLIC=1 to override.");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  await startRelay();
+
+  console.log(`Connecting ${CONFIG.numClients} clients to ${CONFIG.relayUrl}...`);
+
+  // Batch connections to avoid connection storm
+  const BATCH_SIZE = 50;
+  for (let i = 0; i < CONFIG.numClients; i += BATCH_SIZE) {
+    const batchPromises = [];
+    for (let j = 0; j < BATCH_SIZE && i + j < CONFIG.numClients; j++) {
+      batchPromises.push(createClient(i + j));
+    }
+    try {
+      const batch = await Promise.all(batchPromises);
+      clients.push(...batch);
+      if ((i + BATCH_SIZE) % 500 === 0) console.log(`Connected ${clients.length}/${CONFIG.numClients}`);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to connect clients:', e);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log('Clients connected. Subscribing...');
+
+  // Subscribe all clients to everything (or a subset to avoid explosion)
+  // If 1000 clients subscribe to everything, 1 publish = 1000 receives.
+  // 10 events/sec = 10,000 messages/sec. That's a lot.
+  // Let's have clients subscribe to a global filter but maybe we only have a subset of *listening* clients?
+  // Or simpler: Each client subscribes to itself, and we publish to random clients.
+  // But prompt says "simulate N clients ... connecting to the relay".
+  // And "Publish ... mixture ...".
+  // To measure roundtrip, someone needs to receive.
+  // Let's have 10% of clients be "listeners" that subscribe to a wildcard (or specific kinds).
+
+  const listenerCount = Math.max(1, Math.floor(CONFIG.numClients * 0.1));
+  console.log(`Setting up ${listenerCount} listeners...`);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < listenerCount; i++) {
+    const client = clients[i];
+    const subId = 'sub1';
+    // Subscribe to the kinds we publish
+    const req = ['REQ', subId, { kinds: [30078, 30079] }];
+    client.ws.send(JSON.stringify(req));
+  }
+
+  console.log(`Starting load generation for ${CONFIG.durationSec} seconds...`);
+
+  // Cleanup stale roundtrips
+  const cleanupInterval = setInterval(() => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    for (const [id, start] of pendingRoundtrips) {
+      if (now - start > 10000) pendingRoundtrips.delete(id);
+    }
+  }, 5000);
+  cleanupInterval.unref();
+
+  // Better loop
+  let running = true;
+  const sleep = (ms) => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
+
+  const runLoop = async () => {
+    while (running) {
+      const startTick = Date.now();
+
+      // How many to send this tick (simulating 100ms ticks)
+      const batchSize = Math.ceil(CONFIG.eventsPerSec / 10);
+
+      for (let k = 0; k < batchSize; k++) {
+        const client = clients[Math.floor(Math.random() * clients.length)];
+        const isLarge = Math.random() > 0.5;
+
+        const kind = isLarge ? 30078 : 30079;
+        const content = isLarge
+            ? JSON.stringify({ version: 3, title: "Load Test Video", description: "x".repeat(2000) })
+            : "view";
+
+        const event = {
+          kind,
+          created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+          tags: [['t', isLarge ? 'video' : 'view']],
+          content,
+          pubkey: client.pk,
+        };
+
+        try {
+            const signedEvent = finalizeEvent(event, client.sk);
+
+            client.pendingPublishes.set(signedEvent.id, Date.now());
+            pendingRoundtrips.set(signedEvent.id, Date.now());
+
+            const msg = JSON.stringify(['EVENT', signedEvent]);
+            client.ws.send(msg);
+            stats.sent++;
+            stats.bytesSent += msg.length;
+        } catch(e) {
+            stats.errors++;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const elapsed = Date.now() - startTick;
+      const wait = Math.max(0, 100 - elapsed);
+      await sleep(wait);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const loopPromise = runLoop();
+
+  // Wait for duration
+  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, CONFIG.durationSec * 1000));
+  running = false;
+  await loopPromise;
+
+  console.log('Test finished. Disconnecting...');
+
+  // Cleanup
+  clients.forEach(c => c.ws.close());
+  if (relayProcess) {
+    relayProcess.kill();
+  }
+
+  // Report
+  await generateReport();
+}
+
+async function generateReport() {
+  const duration = (Date.now() - stats.startTime) / 1000;
+
+  // Stats
+  const avgLatency = stats.latencies.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / (stats.latencies.length || 1);
+  const avgPubAck = stats.pubAckLatencies.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / (stats.pubAckLatencies.length || 1);
+
+  const report = {
+    config: CONFIG,
+    metrics: {
+      durationActual: duration,
+      totalSent: stats.sent,
+      totalReceived: stats.received,
+      errors: stats.errors,
+      throughput: {
+        sentPerSec: stats.sent / duration,
+        receivedPerSec: stats.received / duration,
+        bytesSentPerSec: stats.bytesSent / duration,
+        bytesReceivedPerSec: stats.bytesReceived / duration
+      },
+      latency: {
+        avgRoundtripMs: avgLatency,
+        avgPubAckMs: avgPubAck,
+        p95RoundtripMs: percentile(stats.latencies, 95),
+        p99RoundtripMs: percentile(stats.latencies, 99)
+      },
+      messageTypes: stats.msgTypeCounts,
+      resourceUsage: process.cpuUsage()
+    },
+    bottlenecks: [], // Placeholder
+    remediation: [] // Placeholder
+  };
+
+  // Basic analysis
+  if (avgLatency > 1000) {
+    report.bottlenecks.push("High average latency (>1s)");
+    report.remediation.push("Check relay CPU or network bandwidth");
+  }
+  if (stats.errors > 0) {
+    report.bottlenecks.push(`Observed ${stats.errors} errors`);
+  }
+
+  // Ensure artifacts dir exists (created in previous step, but safe to check)
+  const reportPath = resolve(CONFIG.reportFile);
+  await mkdir(dirname(reportPath), { recursive: true });
+
+  writeFile(reportPath, JSON.stringify(report, null, 2))
+    .then(() => console.log(`Report written to ${reportPath}`))
+    .catch(e => console.error('Failed to write report:', e));
+}
+
+function percentile(arr, p) {
+  if (arr.length === 0) return 0;
+  arr.sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  const index = Math.floor((p / 100) * arr.length);
+  return arr[index];
+}
+
+runTest().catch(console.error);
diff --git a/scripts/agent/simple-relay.mjs b/scripts/agent/simple-relay.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..048d129b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/agent/simple-relay.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { WebSocketServer } from 'ws';
+import { matchFilters } from 'nostr-tools';
+
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3333;
+const wss = new WebSocketServer({ port: PORT });
+
+// In-memory event storage
+const events = [];
+
+// Map<ws, Map<subId, filters>>
+const subscriptions = new Map();
+
+console.log(`Simple Relay running on port ${PORT}`);
+
+wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+  subscriptions.set(ws, new Map());
+
+  ws.on('message', (message) => {
+    try {
+      const raw = message.toString(); // Ensure string
+      let data;
+      try {
+        data = JSON.parse(raw);
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Ignore malformed JSON
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!Array.isArray(data)) return;
+
+      const [type, ...payload] = data;
+
+      if (type === 'EVENT') {
+        const event = payload[0];
+        if (!event || !event.id) return;
+
+        // Dedup
+        if (events.some(e => e.id === event.id)) {
+          ws.send(JSON.stringify(['OK', event.id, true, 'duplicate']));
+          return;
+        }
+
+        events.push(event);
+        ws.send(JSON.stringify(['OK', event.id, true, '']));
+
+        // Broadcast
+        for (const [client, clientSubs] of subscriptions) {
+          if (client.readyState !== 1) continue; // 1 = OPEN
+          for (const [subId, filters] of clientSubs) {
+            if (matchFilters(filters, event)) {
+              client.send(JSON.stringify(['EVENT', subId, event]));
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+      } else if (type === 'REQ') {
+        const subId = payload[0];
+        const filters = payload.slice(1);
+
+        subscriptions.get(ws).set(subId, filters);
+
+        // Send stored events
+        for (const event of events) {
+          if (matchFilters(filters, event)) {
+            ws.send(JSON.stringify(['EVENT', subId, event]));
+          }
+        }
+        ws.send(JSON.stringify(['EOSE', subId]));
+
+      } else if (type === 'CLOSE') {
+        const subId = payload[0];
+        subscriptions.get(ws).delete(subId);
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Relay error:', e);
+    }
+  });
+
+  ws.on('close', () => {
+    subscriptions.delete(ws);
+  });
+
+  ws.on('error', (err) => {
+    console.error('Client error:', err);
+  });
+});
+
+process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+  wss.close();
+  process.exit();
+});