diff --git a/js/services/nip71IngestService.js b/js/services/nip71IngestService.js
index f28e3cf7..16cd4958 100644
--- a/js/services/nip71IngestService.js
+++ b/js/services/nip71IngestService.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const FLUSH_DEBOUNCE_MS = 200;
 // Coalesce ingest-driven feed refreshes so a burst of incoming events can't
 // trigger a re-render/re-subscription storm. The injected videos are already in
 // the active store; this only controls how often we *signal* the feed.
-const REFRESH_THROTTLE_MS = 8000;
+const REFRESH_THROTTLE_MS = 2500;
 const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 200;
 const SUBSCRIPTION_KEY = "nip71-ingest";
 // The admin whitelist hydrates asynchronously (remote fetch, then a second hex
@@ -157,10 +157,22 @@ export function createNip71IngestService({
       }
     }
 
-    let injected = 0;
+    const injectedVideos = [];
     for (const video of newestByRoot.values()) {
       if (injectVideo(video)) {
-        injected += 1;
+        injectedVideos.push(video);
+      }
+    }
+    const injected = injectedVideos.length;
+
+    // Also cache into nostrService.videosMap so ingested videos persist and show
+    // up in the author-scoped feeds + the optimistic/persisted render paths — not
+    // just the live activeMap engine run. Keeps NIP-71 present across navigation.
+    if (injected > 0 && typeof nostrService?.cacheVideos === "function") {
+      try {
+        nostrService.cacheVideos(injectedVideos);
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger?.warn?.("[nip71Ingest] cacheVideos failed", error);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/nip71-ingest-service.test.mjs b/tests/nip71-ingest-service.test.mjs
index 41b7918b..5db3c472 100644
--- a/tests/nip71-ingest-service.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/nip71-ingest-service.test.mjs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function makeHarness({ whitelistOn = false, whitelist = [] } = {}) {
     getSubscriptionManager: () => manager,
   };
   const feedListeners = new Set();
+  const cached = [];
   const nostrService = {
     emit(name, detail) {
       emitted.push({ name, detail });
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ function makeHarness({ whitelistOn = false, whitelist = [] } = {}) {
       return () => feedListeners.delete(fn);
     },
     getFilteredActiveVideos: () => Array.from(activeMap.values()),
+    cacheVideos: (videos) => cached.push(...videos),
   };
   const accessControl = {
     whitelistMode: () => whitelistOn,
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ function makeHarness({ whitelistOn = false, whitelist = [] } = {}) {
     activeMap,
     allEvents,
     emitted,
+    cached,
     get capturedFilters() {
       return capturedFilters;
     },
@@ -136,6 +139,16 @@ test("ingests a foreign NIP-71 video into the active store and signals a refresh
   assert.equal(refresh.detail.reason, "nip71-ingest");
 });
 
+test("caches injected videos into nostrService (persisted/author-feed paths)", () => {
+  const h = makeHarness();
+  const svc = makeService(h);
+  svc.start();
+  h.fireEvent(foreignEvent({ id: "e1", title: "Hello" }));
+  svc.flush();
+  assert.equal(h.cached.length, 1, "injected video forwarded to cacheVideos");
+  assert.equal(h.cached[0].id, "e1");
+});
+
 test("never clobbers a native bitvid video sharing the same root", () => {
   const h = makeHarness();
   const native = { id: "native", videoRootId: "shared", source: "nostr", created_at: 500, title: "Native" };