revert changes that cause malfunction

- Introduced a new test case `ExplicitlyEscapedJSON` in `json_tags_test.go`
- Validates the behavior of `NostrEscape` and `NostrUnescape` with explicitly escaped JSON
- Ensures proper marshaling, unmarshaling, and verification of nested and special characters in JSON tags

pkg/app/relay/spider-fetch.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/event"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/filter"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/hex"
-	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kind"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kinds"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/tag"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/protocol/ws"
@@ -17,12 +16,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (s *Server) SpiderFetch(
-	k *kind.T, noFetch bool, pubkeys ...[]byte,
+	k *kinds.T, noFetch, noExtract bool, pubkeys ...[]byte,
 ) (pks [][]byte, err error) {
 	// first search the local database
 	pkList := tag.New(pubkeys...)
 	f := &filter.F{
-		Kinds:   kinds.New(k),
+		Kinds:   k,
 		Authors: pkList,
 	}
 	var evs event.S
@@ -30,23 +29,37 @@ func (s *Server) SpiderFetch(
 		// none were found, so we need to scan the spiders
 		err = nil
 	}
-	if len(evs) < len(pubkeys) && !noFetch {
+	var kindsList string
+	for i, kk := range k.K {
+		if i > 0 {
+			kindsList += ","
+		}
+		kindsList += kk.Name()
+	}
+	log.I.F("%d events found of type %s", len(evs), kindsList)
+	// for _, ev := range evs {
+	// 	o += fmt.Sprintf("%s\n\n", ev.Marshal(nil))
+	// }
+	// log.I.F("%s", o)
+	if !noFetch {
 		// we need to search the spider seeds.
-		// Break up pubkeys into batches of 512
-		for i := 0; i < len(pubkeys); i += 512 {
-			end := i + 512
+		// Break up pubkeys into batches of 128
+		for i := 0; i < len(pubkeys); i += 128 {
+			end := i + 128
 			if end > len(pubkeys) {
 				end = len(pubkeys)
 			}
 			batchPubkeys := pubkeys[i:end]
 			log.I.F(
 				"processing batch %d to %d of %d for kind %s",
-				i, end, len(pubkeys), k.Name(),
+				i, end, len(pubkeys), kindsList,
 			)
 			batchPkList := tag.New(batchPubkeys...)
+			lim := uint(batchPkList.Len())
 			batchFilter := &filter.F{
-				Kinds:   kinds.New(k),
+				Kinds:   k,
 				Authors: batchPkList,
+				Limit:   &lim,
 			}
 
 			var mx sync.Mutex
@@ -76,6 +89,16 @@ func (s *Server) SpiderFetch(
 						return
 					}
 					mx.Lock()
+					// save the events to the database
+					for _, ev := range evss {
+						log.I.F("saving event:\n%s", ev.Marshal(nil))
+						if _, _, err = s.Storage().SaveEvent(
+							s.Ctx, ev,
+						); chk.E(err) {
+							err = nil
+							continue
+						}
+					}
 					for _, ev := range evss {
 						evs = append(evs, ev)
 					}
@@ -84,13 +107,6 @@ func (s *Server) SpiderFetch(
 			}
 			wg.Wait()
 		}
-		// save the events to the database
-		for _, ev := range evs {
-			if _, _, err = s.Storage().SaveEvent(s.Ctx, ev); chk.E(err) {
-				err = nil
-				continue
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	// deduplicate and take the newest
 	var tmp event.S
@@ -108,7 +124,10 @@ func (s *Server) SpiderFetch(
 		tmp = append(tmp, evm[0])
 	}
 	evs = tmp
-	// we have all we're going to get now
+	// we have all we're going to get now, extract the p tags
+	if noExtract {
+		return
+	}
 	pkMap := make(map[string]struct{})
 	for _, ev := range evs {
 		t := ev.Tags.GetAll(tag.New("p"))
@@ -118,7 +137,7 @@ func (s *Server) SpiderFetch(
 				continue
 			}
 			pk := make([]byte, schnorr.PubKeyBytesLen)
-			if _, err = hex.DecBytes(pk, pkh); chk.E(err) {
+			if _, err = hex.DecBytes(pk, pkh); err != nil {
 				err = nil
 				continue
 			}

pkg/app/relay/spider.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/bech32encoding"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/hex"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kind"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kinds"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/chk"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/log"
 )
@@ -52,21 +53,22 @@ func (s *Server) Spider(noFetch ...bool) (err error) {
 		log.I.F("getting ownersFollowed")
 		var ownersFollowed [][]byte
 		if ownersFollowed, err = s.SpiderFetch(
-			kind.FollowList, dontFetch, ownersPubkeys...,
+			kinds.New(kind.FollowList), dontFetch, false, ownersPubkeys...,
 		); chk.E(err) {
 			return
 		}
+		// log.I.S(ownersFollowed)
 		log.I.F("getting followedFollows")
 		var followedFollows [][]byte
 		if followedFollows, err = s.SpiderFetch(
-			kind.FollowList, dontFetch, ownersFollowed...,
+			kinds.New(kind.FollowList), dontFetch, false, ownersFollowed...,
 		); chk.E(err) {
 			return
 		}
 		log.I.F("getting ownersMuted")
 		var ownersMuted [][]byte
 		if ownersMuted, err = s.SpiderFetch(
-			kind.MuteList, dontFetch, ownersPubkeys...,
+			kinds.New(kind.MuteList), dontFetch, false, ownersPubkeys...,
 		); chk.E(err) {
 			return
 		}
@@ -74,22 +76,17 @@ func (s *Server) Spider(noFetch ...bool) (err error) {
 		// list
 		filteredFollows := make([][]byte, 0, len(followedFollows))
 		for _, follow := range followedFollows {
-			found := false
 			for _, owner := range ownersFollowed {
 				if bytes.Equal(follow, owner) {
-					found = true
 					break
 				}
 			}
 			for _, owner := range ownersMuted {
 				if bytes.Equal(follow, owner) {
-					found = true
 					break
 				}
 			}
-			if !found {
-				filteredFollows = append(filteredFollows, follow)
-			}
+			filteredFollows = append(filteredFollows, follow)
 		}
 		followedFollows = filteredFollows
 		own := "owner"
@@ -115,7 +112,7 @@ func (s *Server) Spider(noFetch ...bool) (err error) {
 			len(followedFollows), folfol,
 			len(ownersMuted), mut,
 		)
-		// add the owners
+		// add the owners to the ownersFollowed
 		ownersFollowed = append(ownersFollowed, ownersPubkeys...)
 		s.SetOwnersPubkeys(ownersPubkeys)
 		s.SetOwnersFollowed(ownersFollowed)
@@ -125,9 +122,12 @@ func (s *Server) Spider(noFetch ...bool) (err error) {
 		if !dontFetch {
 			go func() {
 				everyone := append(ownersFollowed, followedFollows...)
-				s.SpiderFetch(kind.ProfileMetadata, false, everyone...)
-				s.SpiderFetch(kind.RelayListMetadata, false, everyone...)
-				s.SpiderFetch(kind.DMRelaysList, false, everyone...)
+				s.SpiderFetch(
+					kinds.New(
+						kind.ProfileMetadata, kind.RelayListMetadata,
+						kind.DMRelaysList,
+					), false, true, everyone...,
+				)
 			}()
 		}
 	}()

pkg/database/database.go

@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ func (d *D) Import(r io.Reader) {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
-func (d *D) Export(c context.T, w io.Writer, pubkeys ...[]byte) {
-	// TODO implement me
-	panic("implement me")
-}
-
 func (d *D) SetLogLevel(level string) {
 	d.Logger.SetLogLevel(lol.GetLogLevel(level))
 }

pkg/database/export.go

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
+	"io"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/database/indexes"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/database/indexes/types"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/codecbuf"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/event"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/chk"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/context"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/units"
+)
+
+// Export the complete database of stored events to an io.Writer in line structured minified
+// JSON.
+func (d *D) Export(c context.T, w io.Writer, pubkeys ...[]byte) {
+	var err error
+	if len(pubkeys) == 0 {
+		if err = d.View(
+			func(txn *badger.Txn) (err error) {
+				buf := codecbuf.Get()
+				defer codecbuf.Put(buf)
+				if err = indexes.EventEnc(nil).MarshalWrite(buf); chk.E(err) {
+					return
+				}
+				it := txn.NewIterator(badger.IteratorOptions{Prefix: buf.Bytes()})
+				evB := make([]byte, 0, units.Mb)
+				defer it.Close()
+				for it.Rewind(); it.Valid(); it.Next() {
+					item := it.Item()
+					if evB, err = item.ValueCopy(evB); chk.E(err) {
+						continue
+					}
+					evBuf := bytes.NewBuffer(evB)
+					ev := event.New()
+					if err = ev.UnmarshalBinary(evBuf); chk.E(err) {
+						continue
+					}
+					// Serialize the event to JSON and write it to the output
+					if _, err = w.Write(ev.Serialize()); chk.E(err) {
+						continue
+					}
+					if _, err = w.Write([]byte{'\n'}); chk.E(err) {
+						continue
+					}
+				}
+				return
+			},
+		); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	} else {
+		for _, pubkey := range pubkeys {
+			if err = d.View(
+				func(txn *badger.Txn) (err error) {
+					pkBuf := codecbuf.Get()
+					defer codecbuf.Put(pkBuf)
+					ph := &types.PubHash{}
+					if err = ph.FromPubkey(pubkey); chk.E(err) {
+						return
+					}
+					if err = indexes.PubkeyEnc(
+						ph, nil, nil,
+					).MarshalWrite(pkBuf); chk.E(err) {
+						return
+					}
+					it := txn.NewIterator(badger.IteratorOptions{Prefix: pkBuf.Bytes()})
+					evB := make([]byte, 0, units.Mb)
+					defer it.Close()
+					for it.Rewind(); it.Valid(); it.Next() {
+						item := it.Item()
+						if evB, err = item.ValueCopy(evB); chk.E(err) {
+							continue
+						}
+						evBuf := bytes.NewBuffer(evB)
+						ev := event.New()
+						if err = ev.UnmarshalBinary(evBuf); chk.E(err) {
+							continue
+						}
+						// Serialize the event to JSON and write it to the output
+						if _, err = w.Write(ev.Serialize()); chk.E(err) {
+							continue
+						}
+						if _, err = w.Write([]byte{'\n'}); chk.E(err) {
+							continue
+						}
+					}
+					return
+				},
+			); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}

pkg/database/export_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/event"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/event/examples"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/chk"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/utils/context"
+)
+
+// TestExport tests the Export function by:
+// 1. Creating a new database with events from examples.Cache
+// 2. Checking that all event IDs in the cache are found in the export
+// 3. Verifying this also works when only a few pubkeys are requested
+func TestExport(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a temporary directory for the database
+	tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "test-db-*")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create temporary directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir) // Clean up after the test
+
+	// Create a context and cancel function for the database
+	ctx, cancel := context.Cancel(context.Bg())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Initialize the database
+	db, err := New(ctx, cancel, tempDir, "info")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create database: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	// Create a scanner to read events from examples.Cache
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBuffer(examples.Cache))
+	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 1_000_000_000), 1_000_000_000)
+
+	// Maps to store event IDs and their associated pubkeys
+	eventIDs := make(map[string]bool)
+	pubkeyToEventIDs := make(map[string][]string)
+
+	// Process each event
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		chk.E(scanner.Err())
+		b := scanner.Bytes()
+		ev := event.New()
+
+		// Unmarshal the event
+		if _, err = ev.Unmarshal(b); chk.E(err) {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		// Save the event to the database
+		if _, _, err = db.SaveEvent(ctx, ev); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to save event: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Store the event ID
+		eventID := ev.IdString()
+		eventIDs[eventID] = true
+
+		// Store the event ID by pubkey
+		pubkey := ev.PubKeyString()
+		pubkeyToEventIDs[pubkey] = append(pubkeyToEventIDs[pubkey], eventID)
+	}
+
+	// Check for scanner errors
+	if err = scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Scanner error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Saved %d events to the database", len(eventIDs))
+
+	// Test 1: Export all events and verify all IDs are in the export
+	var exportBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	db.Export(ctx, &exportBuffer)
+
+	// Parse the exported events and check that all IDs are present
+	exportedIDs := make(map[string]bool)
+	exportScanner := bufio.NewScanner(&exportBuffer)
+	exportScanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 1_000_000_000), 1_000_000_000)
+	exportCount := 0
+	for exportScanner.Scan() {
+		b := exportScanner.Bytes()
+		ev := event.New()
+		if _, err = ev.Unmarshal(b); chk.E(err) {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		exportedIDs[ev.IdString()] = true
+		exportCount++
+	}
+	// Check for scanner errors
+	if err = exportScanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Scanner error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Found %d events in the export", exportCount)
+
+	// Check that all original event IDs are in the export
+	for id := range eventIDs {
+		if !exportedIDs[id] {
+			t.Errorf("Event ID %s not found in export", id)
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("All %d event IDs found in export", len(eventIDs))
+}

pkg/database/query-events.go

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (d *D) QueryEvents(c context.T, f *filter.F) (evs event.S, err error) {
 			}
 			// fetch the events
 			var ev *event.E
-			if ev, err = d.FetchEventBySerial(ser); chk.E(err) {
+			if ev, err = d.FetchEventBySerial(ser); err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
 			evs = append(evs, ev)

pkg/encoders/envelopes/eventenvelope/eventenvelope.go

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (en *Result) Unmarshal(b []byte) (r []byte, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 	en.Event = event.New()
-	if r, err = en.Event.Unmarshal(r); chk.E(err) {
+	if r, err = en.Event.Unmarshal(r); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	if r, err = envelopes.SkipToTheEnd(r); chk.E(err) {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (en *Result) Unmarshal(b []byte) (r []byte, err error) {
 // envelope into it.
 func ParseResult(b []byte) (t *Result, rem []byte, err error) {
 	t = NewResult()
-	if rem, err = t.Unmarshal(b); chk.T(err) {
+	if rem, err = t.Unmarshal(b); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	return

pkg/encoders/event/json.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package event
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/minio/sha256-simd"
 	"io"
 	"orly.dev/pkg/crypto/ec/schnorr"
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ AfterClose:
 	}
 	return
 invalid:
-	err = errorf.E(
+	err = fmt.Errorf(
 		"invalid key,\n'%s'\n'%s'\n'%s'", string(b), string(b[:len(r)]),
 		string(r),
 	)

pkg/encoders/event/json_tags_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,422 @@
+package event
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/kind"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/tag"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/tags"
+	text2 "orly.dev/pkg/encoders/text"
+	"orly.dev/pkg/encoders/timestamp"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// compareTags compares two tags and reports any differences
+func compareTags(t *testing.T, expected, actual *tags.T, context string) {
+	if expected == nil && actual == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if expected == nil || actual == nil {
+		t.Errorf("%s: One of the tags is nil", context)
+		return
+	}
+
+	expectedSlice := expected.ToStringsSlice()
+	actualSlice := actual.ToStringsSlice()
+
+	if len(expectedSlice) != len(actualSlice) {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"%s: Tags length mismatch: expected %d, got %d", context,
+			len(expectedSlice), len(actualSlice),
+		)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for i, expectedTag := range expectedSlice {
+		actualTag := actualSlice[i]
+
+		if len(expectedTag) != len(actualTag) {
+			t.Errorf(
+				"%s: Tag[%d] length mismatch: expected %d, got %d", context, i,
+				len(expectedTag), len(actualTag),
+			)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for j, expectedElem := range expectedTag {
+			if expectedElem != actualTag[j] {
+				t.Errorf(
+					"%s: Tag[%d][%d] mismatch: expected '%s', got '%s'",
+					context, i, j, expectedElem, actualTag[j],
+				)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestUnmarshalEscapedJSONInTags tests that the Unmarshal function correctly handles
+// tags with fields containing escaped JSON that has been escaped using NostrEscape.
+func TestUnmarshalEscapedJSONInTags(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test 1: Tag with a field containing escaped JSON
+	t.Run("SimpleEscapedJSON", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Create a tag with a field containing JSON that needs escaping
+		jsonContent := `{"key":"value","nested":{"array":[1,2,3]}}`
+
+		// Create the event with the tag containing JSON
+		originalEvent := &E{
+			Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+			Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+			CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+			Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+			Tags:      tags.New(),
+			Content:   []byte("Event with JSON in tag"),
+			Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+		}
+
+		// Add a tag with JSON content
+		jsonTag := tag.New("j", jsonContent)
+		originalEvent.Tags.AppendTags(jsonTag)
+
+		// Marshal the event
+		marshaled := originalEvent.Marshal(nil)
+
+		// Unmarshal back into a new event
+		unmarshaledEvent := &E{}
+		_, err := unmarshaledEvent.Unmarshal(marshaled)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal event with JSON in tag: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Verify the tag was correctly unmarshaled
+		if unmarshaledEvent.Tags.Len() != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected 1 tag, got %d", unmarshaledEvent.Tags.Len())
+		}
+
+		unmarshaledTag := unmarshaledEvent.Tags.GetTagElement(0)
+		if unmarshaledTag.Len() != 2 {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected tag with 2 elements, got %d", unmarshaledTag.Len())
+		}
+
+		if string(unmarshaledTag.B(0)) != "j" {
+			t.Errorf("Expected tag key 'j', got '%s'", unmarshaledTag.B(0))
+		}
+
+		if string(unmarshaledTag.B(1)) != jsonContent {
+			t.Errorf("Expected tag value '%s', got '%s'", jsonContent, unmarshaledTag.B(1))
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Test 2: Tag with a field containing escaped JSON with special characters
+	t.Run("EscapedJSONWithSpecialChars", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// JSON with characters that need escaping: quotes, backslashes, control chars
+		jsonContent := `{"text":"This has \"quotes\" and \\ backslashes","newlines":"\n\r\t"}`
+
+		// Create the event with the tag containing JSON with special chars
+		originalEvent := &E{
+			Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+			Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+			CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+			Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+			Tags:      tags.New(),
+			Content:   []byte("Event with JSON containing special chars in tag"),
+			Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+		}
+
+		// Add a tag with JSON content containing special chars
+		jsonTag := tag.New("j", jsonContent)
+		originalEvent.Tags.AppendTags(jsonTag)
+
+		// Marshal the event
+		marshaled := originalEvent.Marshal(nil)
+
+		// Unmarshal back into a new event
+		unmarshaledEvent := &E{}
+		_, err := unmarshaledEvent.Unmarshal(marshaled)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal event with JSON containing special chars: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Verify the tag was correctly unmarshaled
+		unmarshaledTag := unmarshaledEvent.Tags.GetTagElement(0)
+		if string(unmarshaledTag.B(1)) != jsonContent {
+			t.Errorf("Expected tag value '%s', got '%s'", jsonContent, unmarshaledTag.B(1))
+		}
+	})
+
+ // Test 3: Tag with nested JSON that contains already escaped content
+	t.Run("NestedEscapedJSON", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// JSON with already escaped content
+		jsonContent := `{"escaped":"This JSON contains \\\"already escaped\\\" content"}`
+
+		// Create the event with the tag containing nested escaped JSON
+		originalEvent := &E{
+			Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+			Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+			CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+			Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+			Tags:      tags.New(),
+			Content:   []byte("Event with nested escaped JSON in tag"),
+			Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+		}
+
+		// Add a tag with nested escaped JSON content
+		jsonTag := tag.New("j", jsonContent)
+		originalEvent.Tags.AppendTags(jsonTag)
+
+		// Marshal the event
+		marshaled := originalEvent.Marshal(nil)
+
+		// Unmarshal back into a new event
+		unmarshaledEvent := &E{}
+		_, err := unmarshaledEvent.Unmarshal(marshaled)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal event with nested escaped JSON: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Verify the tag was correctly unmarshaled
+		unmarshaledTag := unmarshaledEvent.Tags.GetTagElement(0)
+		if string(unmarshaledTag.B(1)) != jsonContent {
+			t.Errorf("Expected tag value '%s', got '%s'", jsonContent, unmarshaledTag.B(1))
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Test 4: Tag with JSON that has been explicitly escaped using NostrEscape
+	t.Run("ExplicitlyEscapedJSON", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Original JSON with characters that need escaping
+		originalJSON := []byte(`{"key":"value with "quotes"","nested":{"array":[1,2,3],"special":"\n\r\t"}}`)
+
+		// Explicitly escape the JSON using NostrEscape
+		escapedJSON := make([]byte, 0, len(originalJSON)*2)
+		escapedJSON = text2.NostrEscape(escapedJSON, originalJSON)
+
+		// Create the event with the tag containing explicitly escaped JSON
+		originalEvent := &E{
+			Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+			Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+			CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+			Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+			Tags:      tags.New(),
+			Content:   []byte("Event with explicitly escaped JSON in tag"),
+			Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+		}
+
+		// Add a tag with the explicitly escaped JSON content
+		jsonTag := tag.New("j", string(escapedJSON))
+		originalEvent.Tags.AppendTags(jsonTag)
+
+		// Marshal the event
+		marshaled := originalEvent.Marshal(nil)
+
+		// Unmarshal back into a new event
+		unmarshaledEvent := &E{}
+		_, err := unmarshaledEvent.Unmarshal(marshaled)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal event with explicitly escaped JSON: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Verify the tag was correctly unmarshaled
+		unmarshaledTag := unmarshaledEvent.Tags.GetTagElement(0)
+		if string(unmarshaledTag.B(1)) != string(escapedJSON) {
+			t.Errorf("Expected tag value '%s', got '%s'", string(escapedJSON), unmarshaledTag.B(1))
+		}
+
+		// Unescape the unmarshaled JSON to verify it matches the original
+		unescapedJSON := make([]byte, len(unmarshaledTag.B(1)))
+		copy(unescapedJSON, unmarshaledTag.B(1))
+		unescapedJSON = text2.NostrUnescape(unescapedJSON)
+
+		if string(unescapedJSON) != string(originalJSON) {
+			t.Errorf("Unescaped JSON doesn't match original. Expected '%s', got '%s'", string(originalJSON), string(unescapedJSON))
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestUnmarshalTags(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test 1: Simple event with empty tags
+	t.Run(
+		"EmptyTags", func(t *testing.T) {
+			jsonWithEmptyTags := []byte(`{"id":"0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101","pubkey":"0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202","created_at":1609459200,"kind":1,"tags":[],"content":"This is a test event","sig":"03030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303"}`)
+
+			expected := &E{
+				Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+				Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+				CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+				Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+				Tags:      tags.New(),
+				Content:   []byte("This is a test event"),
+				Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+			}
+
+			actual := &E{}
+			_, err := actual.Unmarshal(jsonWithEmptyTags)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal JSON with empty tags: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			compareTags(t, expected.Tags, actual.Tags, "EmptyTags")
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Test 2: Event with simple tags
+	t.Run(
+		"SimpleTags", func(t *testing.T) {
+			jsonWithSimpleTags := []byte(`{"id":"0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101","pubkey":"0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202","created_at":1609459200,"kind":1,"tags":[["e","1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"],["p","abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890"]],"content":"This is a test event","sig":"03030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303"}`)
+
+			expected := &E{
+				Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+				Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+				CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+				Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+				Tags:      tags.New(),
+				Content:   []byte("This is a test event"),
+				Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+			}
+
+			// Add tags
+			eTag := tag.New(
+				"e",
+				"1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
+			)
+			pTag := tag.New(
+				"p",
+				"abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890",
+			)
+			expected.Tags.AppendTags(eTag, pTag)
+
+			actual := &E{}
+			_, err := actual.Unmarshal(jsonWithSimpleTags)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal JSON with simple tags: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			compareTags(t, expected.Tags, actual.Tags, "SimpleTags")
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Test 3: Event with complex tags (more elements per tag)
+	t.Run(
+		"ComplexTags", func(t *testing.T) {
+			jsonWithComplexTags := []byte(`{"id":"0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101","pubkey":"0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202","created_at":1609459200,"kind":1,"tags":[["e","1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef","wss://relay.example.com","root"],["p","abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890","wss://relay.example.com"],["t","hashtag","topic"]],"content":"This is a test event","sig":"03030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303"}`)
+
+			expected := &E{
+				Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+				Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+				CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+				Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+				Tags:      tags.New(),
+				Content:   []byte("This is a test event"),
+				Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+			}
+
+			// Add tags
+			eTag := tag.New(
+				"e",
+				"1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
+				"wss://relay.example.com", "root",
+			)
+			pTag := tag.New(
+				"p",
+				"abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890",
+				"wss://relay.example.com",
+			)
+			tTag := tag.New("t", "hashtag", "topic")
+			expected.Tags.AppendTags(eTag, pTag, tTag)
+
+			actual := &E{}
+			_, err := actual.Unmarshal(jsonWithComplexTags)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal JSON with complex tags: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			compareTags(t, expected.Tags, actual.Tags, "ComplexTags")
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Test 4: Test using the Unmarshal function (not the method)
+	t.Run(
+		"UnmarshalFunction", func(t *testing.T) {
+			jsonWithTags := []byte(`{
+			"id": "0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101",
+			"pubkey": "0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202",
+			"created_at": 1609459200,
+			"kind": 1,
+			"tags": [["e", "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"], ["p", "abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890"]],
+			"content": "This is a test event",
+			"sig": "03030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303"
+		}`)
+
+			expected := &E{
+				Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+				Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+				CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+				Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+				Tags:      tags.New(),
+				Content:   []byte("This is a test event"),
+				Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+			}
+
+			// Add tags
+			eTag := tag.New(
+				"e",
+				"1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
+			)
+			pTag := tag.New(
+				"p",
+				"abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890",
+			)
+			expected.Tags.AppendTags(eTag, pTag)
+
+			actual := &E{}
+			_, err := Unmarshal(actual, jsonWithTags)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf(
+					"Failed to unmarshal JSON with tags using Unmarshal function: %v",
+					err,
+				)
+			}
+
+			compareTags(t, expected.Tags, actual.Tags, "UnmarshalFunction")
+		},
+	)
+
+	// Test 5: Event with nested empty tags
+	t.Run(
+		"NestedEmptyTags", func(t *testing.T) {
+			jsonWithNestedEmptyTags := []byte(`{
+			"id": "0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101",
+			"pubkey": "0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202",
+			"created_at": 1609459200,
+			"kind": 1,
+			"tags": [[], ["e"], ["p", ""]],
+			"content": "This is a test event",
+			"sig": "03030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303"
+		}`)
+
+			expected := &E{
+				Id:        bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x01}, 32),
+				Pubkey:    bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x02}, 32),
+				CreatedAt: timestamp.FromUnix(1609459200),
+				Kind:      kind.TextNote,
+				Tags:      tags.New(),
+				Content:   []byte("This is a test event"),
+				Sig:       bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x03}, 64),
+			}
+
+			// Add tags
+			emptyTag := tag.New[string]()
+			eTag := tag.New("e")
+			pTag := tag.New("p", "")
+			expected.Tags.AppendTags(emptyTag, eTag, pTag)
+
+			actual := &E{}
+			_, err := actual.Unmarshal(jsonWithNestedEmptyTags)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf(
+					"Failed to unmarshal JSON with nested empty tags: %v", err,
+				)
+			}
+
+			compareTags(t, expected.Tags, actual.Tags, "NestedEmptyTags")
+		},
+	)
+}

pkg/protocol/auth/check-privilege.go

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ func CheckPrivilege(authedPubkey []byte, ev *event.E) (privileged bool) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+	} else {
+		privileged = true
 	}
 	return
 }

pkg/protocol/socketapi/handleReq.go

@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ func (a *A) HandleReq(
 				continue
 			}
 		}
-		if events, err = sto.QueryEvents(c, f); chk.E(err) {
-			log.E.F("eventstore: %v", err)
+		if events, err = sto.QueryEvents(c, f); err != nil {
 			if errors.Is(err, badger.ErrDBClosed) {
 				return
 			}
@@ -91,8 +90,10 @@ func (a *A) HandleReq(
 			for _, ev := range events {
 				if !auth.CheckPrivilege(a.Listener.AuthedPubkey(), ev) {
 					log.W.F(
-						"not privileged %0x ev pubkey %0x",
+						"not privileged %0x ev pubkey %0x ev pubkey %0x kind %s privileged: %v",
 						a.Listener.AuthedPubkey(), ev.Pubkey,
+						a.Listener.AuthedPubkey(), ev.Kind.Name(),
+						ev.Kind.IsPrivileged(),
 					)
 					continue
 				}

pkg/protocol/socketapi/publisher.go

@@ -132,17 +132,23 @@ func (p *S) Deliver(ev *event.E) {
 	p.Mx.Lock()
 	defer p.Mx.Unlock()
 	for w, subs := range p.Map {
-		log.I.F("%v %s", subs, w.RealRemote())
+		// log.I.F("%v %s", subs, w.RealRemote())
 		for id, subscriber := range subs {
-			log.T.F(
-				"subscriber %s\n%s", w.RealRemote(),
-				subscriber.Marshal(nil),
-			)
+			// log.T.F(
+			// 	"subscriber %s\n%s", w.RealRemote(),
+			// 	subscriber.Marshal(nil),
+			// )
 			if !subscriber.Match(ev) {
 				continue
 			}
 			if p.Server.AuthRequired() {
 				if !auth.CheckPrivilege(w.AuthedPubkey(), ev) {
+					log.W.F(
+						"not privileged %0x ev pubkey %0x ev pubkey %0x kind %s privileged: %v",
+						w.AuthedPubkey(), ev.Pubkey,
+						w.AuthedPubkey(), ev.Kind.Name(),
+						ev.Kind.IsPrivileged(),
+					)
 					continue
 				}
 				var res *eventenvelope.Result

pkg/protocol/ws/client.go

@@ -234,9 +234,10 @@ func (r *Client) ConnectWithTLS(ctx context.T, tlsConfig *tls.Config) error {
 	// general message reader loop
 	go func() {
 		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		var err error
 		for {
 			buf.Reset()
-			if err := conn.ReadMessage(r.connectionContext, buf); chk.T(err) {
+			if err = conn.ReadMessage(r.connectionContext, buf); err != nil {
 				r.ConnectionError = err
 				r.Close()
 				break
@@ -270,10 +271,12 @@ func (r *Client) ConnectWithTLS(ctx context.T, tlsConfig *tls.Config) error {
 				}
 				r.challenge = env.Challenge
 			case eventenvelope.L:
+				// log.I.F("message: %s", message)
 				env := eventenvelope.NewResult()
-				if env, message, err = eventenvelope.ParseResult(message); chk.E(err) {
+				if env, message, err = eventenvelope.ParseResult(message); err != nil {
 					continue
 				}
+				// log.I.F("%s", env.Event.Marshal(nil))
 				if len(env.Subscription.T) == 0 {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -497,12 +500,13 @@ func (r *Client) PrepareSubscription(
 	return sub
 }
 
-// QuerySync is only used in tests. The realy query method is synchronous now
+// QuerySync is only used in tests. The relay query method is synchronous now
 // anyway (it ensures sort order is respected).
 func (r *Client) QuerySync(
 	ctx context.T, f *filter.F,
 	opts ...SubscriptionOption,
 ) ([]*event.E, error) {
+	// log.T.F("QuerySync:\n%s", f.Marshal(nil))
 	sub, err := r.Subscribe(ctx, filters.New(f), opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err

pkg/protocol/ws/connection.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/flate"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/gobwas/httphead"
 	"github.com/gobwas/ws"
 	"github.com/gobwas/ws/wsflate"
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ func (cn *Connection) ReadMessage(c context.T, buf io.Writer) (err error) {
 		h, err := cn.reader.NextFrame()
 		if err != nil {
 			cn.conn.Close()
-			return errorf.E(
+			return fmt.Errorf(
 				"%s failed to advance frame: %s",
 				cn.conn.RemoteAddr(),
 				err.Error(),