diff --git a/js/nostr/watchHistory.js b/js/nostr/watchHistory.js
index 6db95547..9c1c07a3 100644
--- a/js/nostr/watchHistory.js
+++ b/js/nostr/watchHistory.js
@@ -1572,13 +1572,13 @@ class WatchHistoryManager {
       }
     }
     this.lastCreatedAt = createdAtCursor;
-    const partialAcceptance = anyPartial;
-    const success = acceptedCount === relays.length && !anyRejected;
+    // Durable if ANY relay accepted (reads take newest per d-tag); all-relays was a false failure on large lists.
+    const success = acceptedCount > 0;
     let errorCode = null;
     if (!success) {
       if (anyRejected) {
         errorCode = "publish-rejected";
-      } else if (partialAcceptance) {
+      } else if (anyPartial) {
         errorCode = "partial-relay-acceptance";
       }
     }
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ class WatchHistoryManager {
       },
       skippedCount: skipped.length,
       source: options.source || "manual",
-      partial: partialAcceptance,
+      partial: anyPartial,
     };
     if (!success && errorCode) {
       result.error = errorCode;
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ class WatchHistoryManager {
       actor: actorKey,
       monthIdentifier,
       success,
-      partialAcceptance,
+      partialAcceptance: anyPartial,
       error: result.error || null,
       acceptedCount,
     });
diff --git a/tests/watch-history-partial-accept.test.mjs b/tests/watch-history-partial-accept.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63a7be51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/watch-history-partial-accept.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// A watch-history snapshot must succeed when ANY relay accepts it — a large/flaky
+// relay list always has rejectors, and reads take the newest copy per d-tag, so
+// one accepting relay is durable. Requiring ALL relays made every removal report
+// a false "watch-history-snapshot-failed" and stopped new watches from
+// persisting. Only a zero-accept publish is a (retryable) failure.
+
+import "./test-helpers/setup-localstorage.mjs";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import { createWatchHistoryManager } from "../js/nostr/watchHistory.js";
+
+const ACTOR = "a".repeat(64);
+const SESSION_KEY = "b".repeat(64);
+const GOOD = "wss://good.relay";
+
+function makeManager(acceptUrls) {
+  const accepted = new Set(acceptUrls);
+  const toolkit = {
+    nip04: { encrypt: async (_p, _pub, txt) => `enc:${txt}` },
+  };
+  return createWatchHistoryManager({
+    getActivePubkey: () => ACTOR,
+    getSessionActor: () => ({ pubkey: ACTOR, privateKey: SESSION_KEY }),
+    ensureSessionActor: async () => ACTOR,
+    resolveActiveSigner: () => null,
+    shouldRequestExtensionPermissions: () => false,
+    signEventWithPrivateKey: (event) => ({ ...event, id: `id-${event.created_at}-${Math.random()}`, sig: "sig" }),
+    ensureNostrTools: async () => toolkit,
+    getCachedNostrTools: () => toolkit,
+    getWriteRelays: () => [GOOD, "wss://bad1.relay", "wss://bad2.relay"],
+    getRelayFallback: () => [GOOD],
+    getPool: () => ({
+      publish(urls) {
+        const url = Array.isArray(urls) ? urls[0] : urls;
+        const ok = accepted.has(url);
+        return {
+          on(name, handler) {
+            if (ok && name === "ok") setTimeout(handler, 0);
+            if (!ok && name === "failed") setTimeout(() => handler("rejected"), 0);
+            return this;
+          },
+        };
+      },
+      async list() {
+        return [];
+      },
+    }),
+  });
+}
+
+test("a month accepted by only ONE of several relays is a success (not a false failure)", async () => {
+  const manager = makeManager([GOOD]); // 1 of 3 relays accepts
+  try {
+    const result = await manager.publishRecords(
+      { "2026-06": [{ type: "e", value: "watched-x", watchedAt: 1 }] },
+      { actorPubkey: ACTOR },
+    );
+    assert.equal(result.ok, true, "partial acceptance must report success");
+    assert.equal(result.retryable, false, "a partial accept is not retryable");
+  } finally {
+    manager.clear();
+  }
+});
+
+test("a month rejected by ALL relays is a retryable failure", async () => {
+  const manager = makeManager([]); // zero relays accept
+  try {
+    const result = await manager.publishRecords(
+      { "2026-06": [{ type: "e", value: "watched-x", watchedAt: 1 }] },
+      { actorPubkey: ACTOR },
+    );
+    assert.equal(result.ok, false, "zero acceptance is a failure");
+    assert.equal(result.retryable, true, "a total failure should be retryable");
+  } finally {
+    manager.clear();
+  }
+});