From dbb2c34416212f8caf4afd6d6dd58429b98a05a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: highperfocused <highperfocused@pm.me>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:19:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve event deletion logic to handle non-existent events
 gracefully

---
 main.go | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 07683fc..43bb77e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -350,21 +350,25 @@ func main() {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		// Query and delete the event from the main event store
+		// Query and delete the event from the main event store (if it exists)
 		for _, query := range relay.QueryEvents {
 			ch, err := query(ctx, nostr.Filter{IDs: []string{id}})
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
-			evt := <-ch
-			if evt != nil {
-				for _, deleter := range relay.DeleteEvent {
-					if err := deleter(ctx, evt); err != nil {
-						return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete event: %w", err)
+
+			// Read all events from the channel and delete them
+			for evt := range ch {
+				if evt != nil {
+					for _, deleter := range relay.DeleteEvent {
+						if err := deleter(ctx, evt); err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete event: %w", err)
+						}
 					}
 				}
-				break
 			}
+			// Event successfully deleted or didn't exist - either way, ban is in place
+			break
 		}
 
 		return nil