there is a really big problem brewing in #nostr

there is no client to test a relay with

the clients all have logic to try other relays all the time for whatever reasons

the clients don't show clear information about the status of connections with relays

the clients for whatever reason decline to send messages to the relays

i set up three users all connected to one relay and have them all follow each other and nothing comes up on the #coracle feed page, though i can copy the links to the posts each one makes and see them in the others

how can i test that my relay works if the client assumes it can't rely on one relay to see events?

i tried to talk some sense into nostr:nprofile1qy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wshsz8mhwden5te0dehhxarj94ex2mrp0yhxummtda6xzun09e3k7mf0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qqswuyd9ml6qcxd92h6pleptfrcqucvvjy39vg4wx7mv9wm8kakyujgw3tmmj about this, about how his gossip client refuses to respect any kind of settings for choice of relays and nostr:nprofile1qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshszxthwden5te0dphkgmrzdajzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcqyztuwzjyxe4x2dwpgken87tna2rdlhpd02va5cvvgrrywpddnr3jyhdw0my 's client is almost good with NIP-42 but fails because it's running off on its own picking relays to talk to

EVEN WHEN I HAVE SET ONLY ONE AND SET ONLY ONE IN FORCE_RELAYS

there is no way to test a relay standalone in this entire ecosystem right now

you can't be sure your relay is working, it's not possible to be sure it's working, the client doesn't let you be sure, none of them

if anyone knows of a client that does, i'm all ears but at this point it looks to me like i'm going to be building a basic CLI client so i can at least depend on it NOT ASKNIG THE WHOLD YFIVGLU LDKjfa;sidjf;aisdjhf;aiklshdjf;akljhdf;ajkhsdf;jkahsdf

#asknostr

#Amethyst (android only) let you have a list of relays and for each select which features enable (search, posting, etc.)

Is easy to isolate all function to only one relay

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i'm not doing my testing with a mobile phone tyvm

i appreciate that amethyst is relay-oriented but it didn't even accept my NSEC which works everywhere else for idk what reason, and i hate android anyway, if my bank let me work entirely on my PC i wouldn't have a smartphone at all

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