diff --git a/js/nostr/client.js b/js/nostr/client.js
index 2b5ff8d6..7483262f 100644
--- a/js/nostr/client.js
+++ b/js/nostr/client.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import {
   logCountTimeoutCleanupFailure,
   logRelayCountFailure,
 } from "./countDiagnostics.js";
+import "./maxListenerDiagnostics.js";
 import {
   publishEventToRelay,
   publishEventToRelays,
diff --git a/js/nostr/countDiagnostics.js b/js/nostr/countDiagnostics.js
index c731cf0f..7f63c6b0 100644
--- a/js/nostr/countDiagnostics.js
+++ b/js/nostr/countDiagnostics.js
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 // js/nostr/countDiagnostics.js
-// Centralized helpers for gating high-volume COUNT diagnostics behind
-// verbose dev mode and deduplicating repeated warnings so the console stays
-// readable during normal development sessions.
+// Centralized helpers for gating high-volume COUNT diagnostics (and other
+// verbose nostr warnings) behind verbose dev mode while deduplicating repeated
+// messages so the console stays readable during normal development sessions.
 
 import { devLogger } from "../utils/logger.js";
 import { isVerboseDevMode } from "../config.js";
 
 const seenWarningKeys = new Set();
 
-function isVerboseCountLoggingEnabled() {
+export function isVerboseDiagnosticsEnabled() {
   if (typeof window !== "undefined" && window) {
     const runtimeFlag = window.__BITVID_VERBOSE_DEV_MODE__;
     if (typeof runtimeFlag === "boolean") {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function isVerboseCountLoggingEnabled() {
 }
 
 function logCountWarning(message, args = [], { key, throttle = true } = {}) {
-  if (!isVerboseCountLoggingEnabled()) {
+  if (!isVerboseDiagnosticsEnabled()) {
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/js/nostr/maxListenerDiagnostics.js b/js/nostr/maxListenerDiagnostics.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09e3bbda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/nostr/maxListenerDiagnostics.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// js/nostr/maxListenerDiagnostics.js
+// Applies verbose-dev-mode-aware defaults to EventEmitter listener limits so
+// high-volume MaxListeners warnings stay hidden unless explicitly requested.
+
+import EventEmitter from "events";
+
+import { isVerboseDiagnosticsEnabled } from "./countDiagnostics.js";
+
+const DEFAULT_WARNING_THRESHOLD = 10;
+
+function getTargetMaxListeners() {
+  return isVerboseDiagnosticsEnabled() ? DEFAULT_WARNING_THRESHOLD : 0;
+}
+
+function applyMaxListenerPreference() {
+  try {
+    const targetLimit = getTargetMaxListeners();
+    if (typeof EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners === "number") {
+      if (EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners !== targetLimit) {
+        EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = targetLimit;
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners = targetLimit;
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Swallow errors silently — diagnostics are best-effort and shouldn't
+    // interfere with runtime behavior if the events shim is unavailable.
+  }
+}
+
+applyMaxListenerPreference();
+
+export function refreshMaxListenerPreference() {
+  applyMaxListenerPreference();
+}