diff --git a/context/CONTEXT_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md b/context/CONTEXT_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6f68339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/context/CONTEXT_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Item7 cold live feed notification
+
+- Goal: cold cache then eligible live updates must notify actual loadVideos consumer;latest feed owns reused subscription and clear invalidates late callbacks.
+- Scope: nostrService loadVideos notification state plus constructor/clear lifecycle only;new focused service test and unique evidence/backlog. No app/feed/filter/cache policy/runner changes.
+- Plan: reproduce original service with controlled subscribeVideos boundary;prove latest/force/clear controls;minimal current-consumer token;mutants/focused/lint;explicit full slot then one unchanged normal gate;QA owns actual-app browser after landing/preview rebuild.
+- Original4e904349: new first5 scenarios4fail1pass/0cancel;first8line callback fix later5pass2fail on7. Revised service19 added lines passes7/7. No actual browser/full/build yet.
diff --git a/decisions/DECISIONS_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md b/decisions/DECISIONS_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d887b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decisions/DECISIONS_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Item7 notification ownership
+
+- Live updates notify the same full ordered cached list emitted/persisted already,including deletion-only empty results. Preserve event payload/deleted metadata and filtering.
+- A service-owned notification object carries latest loadVideos consumer across reused subscription. Creating replacement subscription uses fresh identity;clear invalidates before unsub. Old subscription callback cannot change cache,notify consumer,emit or persist after disposal.
+- Interpreter independently identified stale captured consumer;our A→B and force/clear tests fail firstcallbackpatch,pass revisedtoken. Service lifecycle state explicitly routed by dispatch16:10:24.
+- Keep existing cache/persistent callbacks and callback-throw isolation. Event-only consumers remain supported. No productpolicy change/forced UI refresh. Browser qualification belongs to QA.
diff --git a/docs/agents/backlog/client-reliability-7.json b/docs/agents/backlog/client-reliability-7.json
index 1cc9d0b5..cd269f29 100644
--- a/docs/agents/backlog/client-reliability-7.json
+++ b/docs/agents/backlog/client-reliability-7.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "id": "client-reliability-7",
   "area": "client-reliability",
-  "status": "open",
+  "status": "in-progress",
   "title": "Restore cold-feed live subscription onVideos notification after eligible relay updates",
   "blockedOn": null,
   "addedOn": "2026-10-20",
   "filedAt": "386cc60e1fa3ba6d9b67a1171a1ab89c03df84ca",
-  "evidence": "QA actual app at386cc60e:cache0\u2192EVENT3/EOSE\u2192filtered3/access/include true\u2192viewEMPTY/DOM0. live service branch emits videos:updated but omits onVideos callback used by actual feed refresh. Scope/reproduction/controls in area prompt;minimal method-only fix after natural failing regression."
+  "evidence": "Reproduced actual method original4fail1pass at4e904349,firstcallbackpatch5pass2fail(latest/forceclear),revised7/7;9mutants naturallyexit1/0cancel;focused5files27passing,lint11/11. Service19addedlines loadVideos+constructor/clear only. Ready note test_logs/TEST_LOG_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7-ready.md;await fullslot,no full/browser/build yet."
 }
diff --git a/js/services/nostrService.js b/js/services/nostrService.js
index 5ddfa95d..ac862b99 100644
--- a/js/services/nostrService.js
+++ b/js/services/nostrService.js
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ export class NostrService {
       }
     });
     this.videosMap = null;
+    this.videoFeedNotification = null;
     this.videosByAuthorIndex = null;
     this.authorIndexDirty = false;
     this.moderationService = moderationService || null;
@@ -1429,6 +1430,7 @@ export class NostrService {
   }
 
   clearVideoSubscription() {
+    this.videoFeedNotification = null;
     const current = getStoredVideoSubscription();
     if (current && typeof current.unsub === "function") {
       try {
@@ -1713,6 +1715,12 @@ export class NostrService {
         this.clearVideoSubscription();
       }
 
+      // Reused relay subscriptions follow the currently displayed feed consumer.
+      const notification =
+        (getStoredVideoSubscription() && this.videoFeedNotification) || {};
+      notification.onVideos = onVideos;
+      this.videoFeedNotification = notification;
+
       const applyAndNotify = (videos, reason) => {
         const filtered = this.filterVideos(videos, {
           blacklistedEventIds,
@@ -1793,6 +1801,9 @@ export class NostrService {
         };
         const subscription = this.nostrClient.subscribeVideos(
           (updatedVideos) => {
+            if (this.videoFeedNotification !== notification) {
+              return;
+            }
             if (!Array.isArray(updatedVideos) || !updatedVideos.length) {
               return;
             }
@@ -1837,6 +1848,14 @@ export class NostrService {
                 return bCreated - aCreated;
               });
 
+              if (typeof notification.onVideos === "function") {
+                try {
+                  notification.onVideos(fullList, { reason: "subscription" });
+                } catch (error) {
+                  userLogger.warn("[nostrService] onVideos handler threw", error);
+                }
+              }
+
               this.emit("videos:updated", {
                 videos: fullList,
                 deleted: deletedUpdates,
diff --git a/test_logs/TEST_INTEGRITY_client-reliability-7.md b/test_logs/TEST_INTEGRITY_client-reliability-7.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fa3d781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_logs/TEST_INTEGRITY_client-reliability-7.md
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Item7 live feed consumer notification
+
+```yaml
+test_integrity_note:
+  change_type: ["new_tests"]
+  scenarios:
+    - id: SCN-cold-live-feed
+      given: "actual service cold cache and controlled eligible/ineligible subscription arrivals"
+      when: "two live batches arrive"
+      then: "consumer,events and persisted cache expose same full ordered eligible snapshots"
+    - id: SCN-latest-feed-consumer
+      given: "one live relay subscription and successive loadVideos consumers"
+      when: "consumer switches then becomes event-only"
+      then: "only latest consumer receives live updates;event-only updates still emit and persist"
+    - id: SCN-replaced-feed-subscription
+      given: "live subscription is force-replaced then cleared"
+      when: "old controlled callbacks arrive after unsubscribe"
+      then: "no stale callback effects;current subscription notifies and persists normally"
+    - id: SCN-live-deletion
+      given: "two cached videos"
+      when: "deletion-only,mixed deletion+addition,and final deletion arrive"
+      then: "consumer gets reduced,updated and empty full snapshots;deleted metadata and persistence preserved"
+    - id: SCN-live-consumer-throw
+      given: "consumer throws on first live arrival"
+      when: "two live batches arrive"
+      then: "service events,persistence and later callback delivery remain intact"
+    - id: SCN-warm-live-feed
+      given: "persistent warm cache and empty in-memory input"
+      when: "load then live arrival"
+      then: "optimistic data survives without empty flash;live snapshot includes old and new entries"
+    - id: SCN-event-only-filtered-feed
+      given: "no onVideos consumer"
+      when: "empty,ineligible,then eligible updates arrive"
+      then: "empty/ineligible updates do not notify/cache;eligible update emits and persists without consumer"
+  observable_outcomes:
+    - "real loadVideos callback values,service events,shared map and localStorage snapshots"
+    - "latest callback ownership,unsubscribe lifecycle and no stale effects"
+  determinism_controls:
+    - "controlled nostrClient.subscribeVideos boundary;actual service filter/cache/persistence/emitter"
+    - "fixed videos/order,isolated shared state/storage;global network guards;no sleeps/retries/public traffic"
+    - "teardown restores globals/map/subscription/storage and verifies owned subscriptions close"
+  anti_cheat_rationale:
+    prevents:
+      - "event-only/source-string assertion mistaken for actual consumer delivery"
+      - "notify delta or stale first consumer instead of current full-list consumer"
+      - "lose deletion/event/persistence on callback exceptions or no consumer"
+      - "filter bypass or optimistic cache flash"
+  relaxation:
+    did_relax_any_assertion: false
+    if_true_explain_spec_basis: ""
+```
+
+Nine isolated runtime loader mutants all naturally exit1/0cancel and restore at process termination: missing-live kills scenarios1-6;delta-only kills1/4/5/6;ignore-deletions kills4;uncaught-consumer kills5;first-consumer kills2;late-callback kills3;event-only-drop kills2/7;retained-on-clear kills3;filter-bypass kills1/7. No source file changed during mutation runs; no arbitrary sleeps/retries/relaxed assertions. Outputs `/tmp/item7-mutant-*.log` and `/tmp/item7-mutants.json`.
+
+Scope is service notification contract with controlled client IO;not real wire parser/signing/relay/bootstrap/DOM/mobile proof. QA measured actual app failure independently and owns postlanding qualification. Existing suites are unchanged.
diff --git a/test_logs/TEST_LOG_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7-ready.md b/test_logs/TEST_LOG_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7-ready.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..feedef28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_logs/TEST_LOG_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7-ready.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Item7 ready evidence
+
+- Baseline4e90434992471c3c6b40b017c6eae133aec92b62;filed386cc60e source unchanged. `env -u NODE_TEST_CONTEXT NODE_ENV=test node tests/nostr-service-live-feed-notification.test.mjs` beforeproductedit naturalexit1:4fail1pass/0cancel/0skip (`/tmp/item7-before.log`);cached0→eligiblefull3/persisted3 but consumer receives only cache0. Deletion/warm/throw scenarios also fail;ineligible/event-only controls pass.
+- First8line closed-over callback addition5/5 passed;then latest-consumer/force/clear controls failnaturally,5pass2fail/0cancel (`/tmp/item7-first-callback-controls.log`). Revised service19added lines (loadVideos+constructor/clear state)7/7 naturalexit0,0fail/cancel/skip (`/tmp/item7-owned-after.log`). No existing tests changed.
+- `python3 /tmp/item7-mutants.py`:9/9 isolated source-loader mutants each naturalexit1,0cancelled,named assertions;no disk source mutation. Summary `/tmp/item7-mutants.json`,outputs `/tmp/item7-mutant-*.log`;mapping unique integrity note.
+- Five focused files executed sequentially with `env` NODE_TEST_CONTEXT removed,NODE_ENV=test,each `node --import ./tests/test-helpers/setup-localstorage.mjs <file>` and existing60s/file diagnostic bound. New7+access-ready4+access5+service6+channelcache5=27pass,all5processesexit0 (`/tmp/item7-focused.log`). Access5 prints five TAP ok lines but has pre-existing forced-exit afterhook/no final summary;not edited. Otherfiles0fail/cancel/skip.
+- `env -u NODE_TEST_CONTEXT npm run lint` naturalexit0,11stages (`/tmp/item7-lint.log`). `git diff --check` exit0.
+- No live network,signer/protocol changes,full/build/browser run. Fake client only controls subscription/cache input and existing access boundary;actual service filter/cache/emitter/persistence. Cleanup restores shared app map/subscription/storage/globals and closes owned subscriptions. Service moderation disabled in fixture to avoid unrelated singleton refresh side effects.
+- QA owns actual app retest and dispatch preview rebuild. Waiting explicit full normal slot;single unchanged normal gate authoritative full candidate run,no duplicate full solely for logs. Live relay/signing/real peers/core/mobile remain unverified by these service tests.
diff --git a/tests/nostr-service-live-feed-notification.test.mjs b/tests/nostr-service-live-feed-notification.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9be3abf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nostr-service-live-feed-notification.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+import "./test-helpers/setup-localstorage.mjs";
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { NostrService } from "../js/services/nostrService.js";
+import {
+  getVideosMap,
+  setVideosMap,
+  getVideoSubscription,
+  setVideoSubscription,
+} from "../js/state/appState.js";
+
+const storageKey = "bitvid:filtered-videos:v1";
+const video = (id, created_at, extra = {}) => ({
+  id,
+  created_at,
+  pubkey: "a".repeat(64),
+  title: id,
+  url: "https://example.invalid/video.mp4",
+  ...extra,
+});
+const ids = (videos) => videos.map((entry) => entry.id);
+
+function fixture(t, { cached = [], persisted = [] } = {}) {
+  const previousMap = getVideosMap();
+  const previousSubscription = getVideoSubscription();
+  const previousStorage = window.localStorage.getItem(storageKey);
+  setVideosMap(new Map());
+  setVideoSubscription(null);
+  window.localStorage.setItem(storageKey, JSON.stringify(persisted));
+  const service = new NostrService();
+  service.moderationService = null;
+  const events = [];
+  const subscriptions = [];
+  const unsubscribe = service.on("videos:updated", (detail) => {
+    events.push({ ...detail, videos: detail.videos.slice() });
+  });
+  let receive;
+  let networkAttempts = 0;
+  const globals = ["fetch", "WebSocket"].map((key) => [
+    key, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, key),
+  ]);
+  globalThis.fetch = () => {
+    networkAttempts++;
+    throw new Error("Unexpected live-feed network IO");
+  };
+  globalThis.WebSocket = class {
+    constructor() {
+      networkAttempts++;
+      throw new Error("Unexpected live-feed socket");
+    }
+  };
+  t.after(() => {
+    service.clearVideoSubscription();
+    unsubscribe();
+    setVideosMap(previousMap);
+    setVideoSubscription(previousSubscription);
+    if (previousStorage === null) window.localStorage.removeItem(storageKey);
+    else window.localStorage.setItem(storageKey, previousStorage);
+    for (const [key, descriptor] of globals) {
+      if (descriptor) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, key, descriptor);
+      else delete globalThis[key];
+    }
+    assert.equal(networkAttempts, 0);
+    assert.ok(subscriptions.every((entry) => entry.closed));
+  });
+  service.nostrClient = {
+    pubkey: null,
+    getActiveVideos: () => cached,
+    getLatestCachedCreatedAt: () => cached[0]?.created_at || 0,
+    clampVideoRequestLimit: (limit) => limit,
+    subscribeVideos(callback, options) {
+      receive = callback;
+      const subscription = { closed: false, unsub() { this.closed = true; } };
+      subscriptions.push(subscription);
+      return subscription;
+    },
+  };
+  service.accessControl = {
+    isHydrated: () => true,
+    ensureReady: async () => {},
+    canAccess: (entry) => entry.denied !== true,
+  };
+  return {
+    service,
+    events,
+    subscriptions,
+    currentReceiver: () => receive,
+    receive: (updates) => receive(updates),
+    persisted: () => JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem(storageKey)),
+  };
+}
+
+test("cold feed consumer receives full ordered eligible snapshots after live arrivals", async (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(t);
+  const notifications = [];
+  const initial = await f.service.loadVideos({
+    blacklistedEventIds: new Set(["blocked-event"]),
+    isAuthorBlocked: (pubkey) => pubkey === "b".repeat(64),
+    onVideos: (videos, detail) => notifications.push({ ids: ids(videos), ...detail }),
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(initial, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(notifications, [{ ids: [], reason: "cache" }]);
+  f.receive([
+    video("older", 10), video("newer", 30),
+    video("private", 40, { isPrivate: true }),
+    video("denied", 50, { denied: true }),
+    video("blocked-event", 60),
+    video("blocked-author", 70, { pubkey: "b".repeat(64) }),
+  ]);
+  f.receive([video("middle", 20)]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(Array.from(f.service.getVideosMap().values())), ["older", "newer", "middle"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.persisted()), ["newer", "middle", "older"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(notifications, [
+    { ids: [], reason: "cache" },
+    { ids: ["newer", "older"], reason: "subscription" },
+    { ids: ["newer", "middle", "older"], reason: "subscription" },
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.events.map((entry) => ids(entry.videos)), notifications.map((entry) => entry.ids));
+});
+
+test("a reused live subscription notifies only the latest feed consumer", async (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(t);
+  const first = [];
+  const latest = [];
+  await f.service.loadVideos({ onVideos: (videos, detail) => first.push({ ids: ids(videos), ...detail }) });
+  await f.service.loadVideos({ onVideos: (videos, detail) => latest.push({ ids: ids(videos), ...detail }) });
+  f.receive([video("live", 10)]);
+  assert.equal(f.subscriptions.length, 1, "feed switch reuses the live relay subscription");
+  assert.deepEqual(first, [{ ids: [], reason: "cache" }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(latest, [{ ids: [], reason: "cache" }, { ids: ["live"], reason: "subscription" }]);
+  await f.service.loadVideos();
+  const beforeDetach = latest.length;
+  f.receive([video("event-only", 20)]);
+  assert.equal(latest.length, beforeDetach, "an event-only load detaches the prior feed consumer");
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.events.at(-1).videos), ["event-only", "live"]);
+});
+
+test("force-fetch and clear invalidate late callbacks from replaced subscriptions", async (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(t);
+  const first = [];
+  const current = [];
+  await f.service.loadVideos({ onVideos: (videos) => first.push(ids(videos)) });
+  const obsolete = f.currentReceiver();
+  await f.service.loadVideos({ forceFetch: true, onVideos: (videos) => current.push(ids(videos)) });
+  assert.equal(f.subscriptions.length, 2);
+  assert.equal(f.subscriptions[0].closed, true);
+  obsolete([video("obsolete", 10)]);
+  assert.equal(f.service.getVideosMap().has("obsolete"), false);
+  assert.deepEqual(first, [[]]);
+  f.receive([video("current", 20)]);
+  assert.deepEqual(current, [[], ["current"]]);
+  const afterClear = f.currentReceiver();
+  f.service.clearVideoSubscription();
+  const eventsBefore = f.events.length;
+  afterClear([video("late-after-clear", 30)]);
+  assert.equal(f.events.length, eventsBefore);
+  assert.deepEqual(current, [[], ["current"]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.persisted()), ["current"]);
+});
+
+test("deletion-only and mixed live updates notify reduced and empty feed snapshots", async (t) => {
+  const first = video("first", 10);
+  const second = video("second", 20);
+  const f = fixture(t, { cached: [second, first] });
+  const notifications = [];
+  await f.service.loadVideos({ onVideos: (videos, detail) => notifications.push({ ids: ids(videos), ...detail }) });
+  const deletedFirst = { ...first, deleted: true };
+  f.receive([deletedFirst]);
+  assert.equal(f.service.getVideosMap().has("first"), false);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.events.at(-1).deleted, [deletedFirst]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.persisted()), ["second"]);
+  const third = video("third", 30);
+  const deletedSecond = { ...second, deleted: true };
+  f.receive([deletedSecond, third]);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.events.at(-1).deleted, [deletedSecond]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.persisted()), ["third"]);
+  f.receive([{ ...third, deleted: true }]);
+  assert.equal(f.service.getVideosMap().size, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.persisted(), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(notifications, [
+    { ids: ["second", "first"], reason: "cache" },
+    { ids: ["second"], reason: "subscription" },
+    { ids: ["third"], reason: "subscription" },
+    { ids: [], reason: "subscription" },
+  ]);
+});
+
+test("throwing live consumer does not lose service events, persistence or later notifications", async (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(t);
+  const notifications = [];
+  await f.service.loadVideos({ onVideos(videos, detail) {
+    notifications.push({ ids: ids(videos), ...detail });
+    if (detail.reason === "subscription" && videos.length === 1) throw new Error("consumer failed");
+  } });
+  assert.doesNotThrow(() => f.receive([video("first", 10)]));
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.events.at(-1).videos), ["first"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.persisted()), ["first"]);
+  f.receive([video("second", 20)]);
+  assert.deepEqual(notifications.at(-1), { ids: ["second", "first"], reason: "subscription" });
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.events.at(-1).videos), ["second", "first"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.persisted()), ["second", "first"]);
+});
+
+test("warm persistent feed keeps optimistic notification without an empty cache flash", async (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(t, { persisted: [video("warm", 10)] });
+  const notifications = [];
+  const initial = await f.service.loadVideos({ onVideos: (videos, detail) => notifications.push({ ids: ids(videos), ...detail }) });
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(initial), ["warm"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(notifications, [{ ids: ["warm"], reason: "persistent-cache" }]);
+  f.receive([video("new", 20)]);
+  assert.deepEqual(notifications.at(-1), { ids: ["new", "warm"], reason: "subscription" });
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.persisted()), ["new", "warm"]);
+});
+
+test("absent consumer and empty or ineligible updates preserve notification and cache contracts", async (t) => {
+  const f = fixture(t);
+  await f.service.loadVideos();
+  f.receive(null);
+  f.receive([]);
+  f.receive([video("private", 10, { isPrivate: true }), video("denied", 20, { denied: true })]);
+  assert.equal(f.events.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(f.service.getVideosMap().size, 0);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.persisted(), []);
+  assert.doesNotThrow(() => f.receive([video("public", 30)]));
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.events.at(-1).videos), ["public"]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ids(f.persisted()), ["public"]);
+});
diff --git a/todo/TODO_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md b/todo/TODO_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6db0f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todo/TODO_2026-10-20_16-14-00_client-reliability-7.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Item7
+
+- [x] Sync/claim;currentHEAD original failure+eligibility/persistence controls.
+- [x] Latest-consumer/feed-switch and force/clear controls;minimal service-owned notification token.
+- [x] Seven new scenarios,nine isolated failing runtime mutants,focused5files27passing scenarios,lint11/11.
+- [ ] Explicit fullslot,commit/merge+mergedfocused/lint,one unchanged normal gate/durable landed+ancestry.
+- [ ] QA actual-app retest/dispatch preview handoff;close backlog and IDLE.