diff --git a/js/nostr.js b/js/nostr.js
index 784edb56..a5dba67a 100644
--- a/js/nostr.js
+++ b/js/nostr.js
@@ -3857,6 +3857,61 @@ function normalizeNip46CiphertextPayload(payload) {
     }
   };
 
+  const extractScalarString = (value) => {
+    if (typeof value === "string") {
+      const trimmed = value.trim();
+      return trimmed ? trimmed : "";
+    }
+
+    if (typeof value === "number" || typeof value === "boolean") {
+      return String(value);
+    }
+
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      const decoded = decodeBytesToUtf8(value);
+      if (decoded) {
+        return decoded;
+      }
+
+      if (value.length === 1) {
+        return extractScalarString(value[0]);
+      }
+
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    if (!value || typeof value !== "object") {
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    const decoded = decodeBytesToUtf8(value);
+    if (decoded) {
+      return decoded;
+    }
+
+    const preferredKeys = [
+      "ciphertext",
+      "cipher_text",
+      "payload",
+      "content",
+      "result",
+      "value",
+      "data",
+      "nonce",
+      "iv",
+      "secret",
+      "message",
+    ];
+
+    for (const key of preferredKeys) {
+      if (typeof value[key] === "string" && value[key].trim()) {
+        return value[key].trim();
+      }
+    }
+
+    return "";
+  };
+
   const coerce = (value) => {
     if (typeof value === "string") {
       addCandidate(value);
@@ -3888,6 +3943,23 @@ function normalizeNip46CiphertextPayload(payload) {
         return;
       }
 
+      const scalarEntries = [];
+      for (const entry of value) {
+        const scalar = extractScalarString(entry);
+        if (scalar) {
+          scalarEntries.push(scalar);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (scalarEntries.length >= 2) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < scalarEntries.length; i += 1) {
+          for (let j = i + 1; j < scalarEntries.length; j += 1) {
+            addCiphertextWithNonce(scalarEntries[i], scalarEntries[j]);
+            addCiphertextWithNonce(scalarEntries[j], scalarEntries[i]);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       for (const entry of value) {
         coerce(entry);
       }
diff --git a/tests/nostr.nip46.test.mjs b/tests/nostr.nip46.test.mjs
index 44e398c3..449573b5 100644
--- a/tests/nostr.nip46.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/nostr.nip46.test.mjs
@@ -371,3 +371,49 @@ test(
     );
   },
 );
+
+test(
+  "attemptDecryptNip46HandshakePayload handles array-encoded nip04 payloads",
+  async () => {
+    const nostrTools = await loadNostrTools();
+    const { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, nip04, utils } = nostrTools;
+
+    const clientSecret = utils.bytesToHex(generateSecretKey());
+    const clientPubkey = getPublicKey(clientSecret).toLowerCase();
+    const remoteSecret = utils.bytesToHex(generateSecretKey());
+    const remotePubkey = getPublicKey(remoteSecret).toLowerCase();
+
+    const payload = JSON.stringify({ id: "ack", result: "ack" });
+    const ciphertext = nip04.encrypt(remoteSecret, clientPubkey, payload);
+    const [ciphertextPart, ivPart] = ciphertext.split("?iv=");
+
+    assert.ok(ivPart, "nip04 encryption should emit an iv segment");
+
+    const encodedPayload = JSON.stringify([ciphertextPart, ivPart]);
+
+    const { __testExports } = await import("../js/nostr.js");
+    const { attemptDecryptNip46HandshakePayload } = __testExports;
+
+    const result = await attemptDecryptNip46HandshakePayload({
+      clientPrivateKey: clientSecret,
+      candidateRemotePubkeys: [remotePubkey],
+      ciphertext: encodedPayload,
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(
+      result.remotePubkey,
+      remotePubkey,
+      "helper should resolve the remote signer key for array payloads",
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      result.plaintext,
+      payload,
+      "helper should decrypt nip04 payloads serialized as arrays",
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      result.algorithm,
+      "nip04",
+      "helper should report the nip04 algorithm for nip04 ciphertext",
+    );
+  },
+);