From fcc9b50d25f4a474e01b73b3a9372afb45fb384b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Alejandro=20G=C3=B3mez?= <alejandrogomez@bitrefill.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:21:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: pick oldest emoji tag

---
 src/components/chat/MessageReactions.tsx | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/components/chat/MessageReactions.tsx b/src/components/chat/MessageReactions.tsx
index c6d6711..4df1b74 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/MessageReactions.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chat/MessageReactions.tsx
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ export function MessageReactions({ messageId, relays }: MessageReactionsProps) {
           existing.count++;
           existing.pubkeys.push(reaction.pubkey);
         }
+        // Prefer oldest event's emoji tag (timeline is newest-first, so
+        // later iterations are older). Some clients copy the shortcode
+        // content but omit the emoji tag, so keep overwriting until we
+        // reach the oldest event that has the full tag.
+        if (customEmoji) {
+          existing.customEmoji = customEmoji;
+        }
       } else {
         map.set(emojiKey, {
           emoji: content,