diff --git a/js/nostr/client.js b/js/nostr/client.js
index 4ce6aecb..585a8751 100644
--- a/js/nostr/client.js
+++ b/js/nostr/client.js
@@ -3057,8 +3057,8 @@ export class NostrClient {
     return this.signerManager.disconnectRemoteSigner(options);
   }
 
-  async ensureSessionActor() {
-    return this.signerManager.ensureSessionActor();
+  async ensureSessionActor(...args) {
+    return this.signerManager.ensureSessionActor(...args);
   }
 
   clearStoredSessionActor() {
diff --git a/js/nostr/managers/SignerManager.js b/js/nostr/managers/SignerManager.js
index a78463f0..14b35e27 100644
--- a/js/nostr/managers/SignerManager.js
+++ b/js/nostr/managers/SignerManager.js
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ export class SignerManager {
     return resolveActiveSigner(pubkey);
   }
 
-  async ensureSessionActor() {
+  async ensureSessionActor(createIfMissing = false) {
     if (this.sessionActor) {
       return this.sessionActor;
     }
@@ -341,6 +341,40 @@ export class SignerManager {
       return storedEntry;
     }
 
+    if (createIfMissing) {
+      const tools = (await ensureNostrTools()) || getCachedNostrTools();
+      if (tools) {
+        let privateKey;
+        let pubkey;
+
+        if (typeof tools.generatePrivateKey === "function") {
+          const raw = tools.generatePrivateKey();
+          if (typeof raw === "string") {
+            privateKey = raw;
+            pubkey = tools.getPublicKey(privateKey);
+          } else {
+            pubkey = tools.getPublicKey(raw);
+            privateKey = Array.from(raw)
+              .map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"))
+              .join("");
+          }
+        } else if (typeof tools.generateSecretKey === "function") {
+          const secret = tools.generateSecretKey();
+          pubkey = tools.getPublicKey(secret);
+          privateKey = Array.from(secret)
+            .map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"))
+            .join("");
+        }
+
+        if (privateKey && pubkey) {
+          const newActor = { privateKey, pubkey };
+          this.sessionActor = newActor;
+          persistSessionActorEntry(newActor);
+          return newActor;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/js/nostr/publishHelpers.js b/js/nostr/publishHelpers.js
index 3931e574..9571e2a2 100644
--- a/js/nostr/publishHelpers.js
+++ b/js/nostr/publishHelpers.js
@@ -140,7 +140,21 @@ export function signEventWithPrivateKey(event, privateKey) {
     throw new Error("Missing signing primitives");
   }
 
-  const finalized = finalizeFn(prepared, normalizedKey);
+  let secretKey = normalizedKey;
+  if (typeof Uint8Array !== "undefined") {
+    try {
+      const len = normalizedKey.length;
+      const bytes = new Uint8Array(len / 2);
+      for (let i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
+        bytes[i / 2] = parseInt(normalizedKey.substring(i, i + 2), 16);
+      }
+      secretKey = bytes;
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Ignore conversion error, secretKey remains string
+    }
+  }
+
+  const finalized = finalizeFn(prepared, secretKey);
   if (
     !finalized ||
     typeof finalized.id !== "string" ||
diff --git a/js/nostr/sessionActor.js b/js/nostr/sessionActor.js
index bbbafc2f..25227dc6 100644
--- a/js/nostr/sessionActor.js
+++ b/js/nostr/sessionActor.js
@@ -484,7 +484,17 @@ export function clearStoredSessionActor() {
 
 export function isSessionActor(nostrClient) {
   const sa = nostrClient?.sessionActor;
-  return !!sa && sa.source !== "nsec";
+  if (!sa || sa.source === "nsec") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const clientPubkey =
+    typeof nostrClient?.pubkey === "string" ? nostrClient.pubkey : null;
+  const sessionPubkey = typeof sa.pubkey === "string" ? sa.pubkey : null;
+
+  if (clientPubkey && sessionPubkey && clientPubkey !== sessionPubkey) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
 }
 
 function _closeSessionActorDb() {
diff --git a/js/nostr/viewEvents.js b/js/nostr/viewEvents.js
index fc93c988..d2740263 100644
--- a/js/nostr/viewEvents.js
+++ b/js/nostr/viewEvents.js
@@ -700,8 +700,10 @@ export async function publishViewEvent(
     return { ok: false, error: "invalid-pointer" };
   }
 
-  const actorPubkey = await client.ensureSessionActor();
+  const actorObj = await client.ensureSessionActor(true);
   // actorPubkey derived via client.ensureSessionActor()
+  const actorPubkey = actorObj?.pubkey || (typeof actorObj === "string" ? actorObj : null);
+
   if (!actorPubkey) {
     return { ok: false, error: "missing-actor" };
   }
diff --git a/test_output.txt b/test_output.txt
index 5ee02f4d..f84eb770 100644
--- a/test_output.txt
+++ b/test_output.txt
@@ -1,29 +1,46 @@
+
+→ Running tests/nostr/integration-remote-flow.test.mjs
+VIEW RESULT ERROR: { ok: false, error: 'missing-actor' }
 TAP version 13
-# Subtest: WebTorrent Regression Tests
-    # Subtest: probePeers should report healthy if webseed is present even with 0 peers
-    ok 1 - probePeers should report healthy if webseed is present even with 0 peers
-      ---
-      duration_ms: 204.415485
-      type: 'test'
-      ...
-    # Subtest: probePeers should report unhealthy if no webseed and 0 peers
-    ok 2 - probePeers should report unhealthy if no webseed and 0 peers
-      ---
-      duration_ms: 52.544489
-      type: 'test'
-      ...
-    1..2
-ok 1 - WebTorrent Regression Tests
+# Subtest: nostr login + remote signing + publish + watch history integration
+not ok 1 - nostr login + remote signing + publish + watch history integration
   ---
-  duration_ms: 259.856073
-  type: 'suite'
+  duration_ms: 60.800483
+  type: 'test'
+  location: '/app/tests/nostr/integration-remote-flow.test.mjs:52:1'
+  failureType: 'testCodeFailure'
+  error: |-
+    Expected values to be strictly equal:
+
+    false !== true
+
+  code: 'ERR_ASSERTION'
+  name: 'AssertionError'
+  expected: true
+  actual: false
+  operator: 'strictEqual'
+  stack: |-
+    TestContext.<anonymous> (file:///app/tests/nostr/integration-remote-flow.test.mjs:272:83)
+    async Test.run (node:internal/test_runner/test:1054:7)
+    async startSubtestAfterBootstrap (node:internal/test_runner/harness:296:3)
   ...
 1..1
-# tests 2
-# suites 1
-# pass 2
-# fail 0
+# tests 1
+# suites 0
+# pass 0
+# fail 1
 # cancelled 0
 # skipped 0
 # todo 0
-# duration_ms 269.477515
+# duration_ms 72.354406
+file:///app/scripts/run-targeted-tests.mjs:44
+        reject(new Error(`${relativePath} failed with exit code ${code}`));
+               ^
+
+Error: tests/nostr/integration-remote-flow.test.mjs failed with exit code 1
+    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (file:///app/scripts/run-targeted-tests.mjs:44:16)
+    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
+    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1101:16)
+    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5)
+
+Node.js v22.22.0
diff --git a/tests/nostr/integration-remote-flow.test.mjs b/tests/nostr/integration-remote-flow.test.mjs
index 3bcf4764..d494406a 100644
--- a/tests/nostr/integration-remote-flow.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/nostr/integration-remote-flow.test.mjs
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ test("nostr login + remote signing + publish + watch history integration", async
 
   const toolkit = {
     finalizeEvent,
+    generateSecretKey,
     getEventHash,
     getPublicKey,
     nip04,