fix(cli): paginate channel directory queries

crates/buzz-cli/src/client.rs

@@ -335,6 +335,29 @@ mod media_download_tests {
     }
 }
 
+const QUERY_PAGE_SIZE: u32 = 500;
+
+fn advance_query_cursor(
+    filter: &mut serde_json::Value,
+    page: &[serde_json::Value],
+) -> Result<(), CliError> {
+    let last = page
+        .last()
+        .expect("a full query page always has a last event");
+    let created_at = last
+        .get("created_at")
+        .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_u64)
+        .ok_or_else(|| CliError::Other("query event missing created_at".into()))?;
+    let id = last
+        .get("id")
+        .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str)
+        .filter(|id| id.len() == 64 && id.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_hexdigit()))
+        .ok_or_else(|| CliError::Other("query event missing valid id".into()))?;
+    filter["until"] = serde_json::json!(created_at);
+    filter["before_id"] = serde_json::json!(id);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub struct BuzzClient {
     http: reqwest::Client,
     relay_url: String, // base URL, no trailing slash, e.g. "https://relay.buzz.place"
@@ -428,6 +451,54 @@ impl BuzzClient {
         }
     }
 
+    async fn query_pages(
+        &self,
+        mut filter: serde_json::Value,
+        limit: Option<u32>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>, CliError> {
+        let mut events = Vec::new();
+
+        while limit.is_none_or(|limit| events.len() < limit as usize) {
+            let page_limit = limit
+                .map(|limit| (limit as usize - events.len()).min(QUERY_PAGE_SIZE as usize))
+                .unwrap_or(QUERY_PAGE_SIZE as usize);
+            filter["limit"] = serde_json::json!(page_limit);
+
+            let raw = self.query(&filter).await?;
+            let page: Vec<serde_json::Value> = serde_json::from_str(&raw)
+                .map_err(|e| CliError::Other(format!("failed to parse query response: {e}")))?;
+            let done = page.len() < page_limit;
+
+            if !done {
+                advance_query_cursor(&mut filter, &page)?;
+            }
+            events.extend(page);
+            if done {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(events)
+    }
+
+    /// Query up to `limit` historical events, following the relay bridge's
+    /// composite `(until, before_id)` cursor across bounded result pages.
+    pub async fn query_paginated(
+        &self,
+        filter: serde_json::Value,
+        limit: u32,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>, CliError> {
+        self.query_pages(filter, Some(limit)).await
+    }
+
+    /// Query every historical event matching a filter across bounded pages.
+    pub async fn query_all(
+        &self,
+        filter: serde_json::Value,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<serde_json::Value>, CliError> {
+        self.query_pages(filter, None).await
+    }
+
     /// Execute a one-shot query via the HTTP bridge.
     /// `filter` is a Nostr filter object (will be wrapped in an array).
     /// Returns the raw JSON response (array of events).
@@ -849,7 +920,35 @@ pub fn normalize_write_response(raw: &str) -> String {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{create_response_with_id, extract_relay_response_field};
+    use super::{advance_query_cursor, create_response_with_id, extract_relay_response_field};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn query_cursor_uses_last_events_composite_sort_key() {
+        let mut filter = serde_json::json!({"kinds": [39000], "limit": 500});
+        let page = vec![
+            serde_json::json!({"id": "a".repeat(64), "created_at": 20}),
+            serde_json::json!({"id": "b".repeat(64), "created_at": 10}),
+        ];
+
+        advance_query_cursor(&mut filter, &page).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(filter["until"], serde_json::json!(10));
+        assert_eq!(filter["before_id"], serde_json::json!("b".repeat(64)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn query_cursor_rejects_missing_or_malformed_sort_key() {
+        let mut filter = serde_json::json!({});
+        assert!(
+            advance_query_cursor(&mut filter, &[serde_json::json!({"id": "a".repeat(64)})])
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(advance_query_cursor(
+            &mut filter,
+            &[serde_json::json!({"id": "not-an-event-id", "created_at": 10})]
+        )
+        .is_err());
+    }
 
     #[test]
     fn extract_relay_response_field_reads_response_message_json() {

crates/buzz-cli/src/commands/channels.rs

@@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ pub async fn cmd_list_channels(
     format: &crate::OutputFormat,
 ) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     let effective_limit = limit.unwrap_or(500);
-    let raw = if member == Some(true) {
+    let events = if member == Some(true) {
         // Step 1: find channel IDs where we're a member (kind:39002)
         let my_pk = client.keys().public_key().to_hex();
         let member_filter = serde_json::json!({
             "kinds": [39002],
             "#p": [my_pk],
-            "limit": effective_limit
         });
-        let member_resp = client.query(&member_filter).await?;
-        let member_events: Vec<serde_json::Value> =
-            serde_json::from_str(&member_resp).unwrap_or_default();
+        let member_events = client
+            .query_paginated(member_filter, effective_limit)
+            .await?;
         let channel_ids: Vec<String> = member_events
             .iter()
             .map(extract_d_tag)
@@ -49,22 +48,21 @@ pub async fn cmd_list_channels(
             println!("[]");
             return Ok(());
         }
-        // Step 2: fetch kind:39000 metadata for those channels
+        // Step 2: fetch kind:39000 metadata for those channels.
         let metadata_filter = serde_json::json!({
             "kinds": [39000],
             "#d": channel_ids,
-            "limit": effective_limit
         });
-        client.query(&metadata_filter).await?
+        client
+            .query_paginated(metadata_filter, effective_limit)
+            .await?
     } else {
         let filter = serde_json::json!({
             "kinds": [39000],
-            "limit": effective_limit
         });
-        client.query(&filter).await?
+        client.query_paginated(filter, effective_limit).await?
     };
 
-    let events: Vec<serde_json::Value> = serde_json::from_str(&raw).unwrap_or_default();
     let channels: Vec<serde_json::Value> = events
         .iter()
         .filter(|e| {
@@ -130,16 +128,8 @@ pub async fn cmd_search_channels(
 
     let filter = serde_json::json!({
         "kinds": [39000],
-        "limit": limit,
     });
-    let raw = client.query(&filter).await?;
-
-    let events: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&raw)
-        .map_err(|e| CliError::Other(format!("failed to parse response: {e}")))?;
-    let Some(arr) = events.as_array() else {
-        println!("[]");
-        return Ok(());
-    };
+    let arr = client.query_paginated(filter, limit).await?;
 
     let needle = query.to_ascii_lowercase();
     let mut matches: Vec<ChannelSummary> = arr
@@ -337,14 +327,6 @@ pub async fn cmd_create_channel(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Relay-side cap on a single historical query (`buzz-relay/src/handlers/req.rs`).
-/// Never request above this — a clamped response compared against a larger
-/// requested size would falsely look like "no more pages."
-const RELAY_MAX_HISTORICAL_LIMIT: u32 = 2000;
-
-/// One page of a keyset-paginated kind:30177 scan.
-const MANAGED_AGENT_PAGE_SIZE: u32 = RELAY_MAX_HISTORICAL_LIMIT;
-
 /// A resolved live managed-agent instance backing a template persona slug.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 struct ResolvedAgent {
@@ -424,62 +406,29 @@ async fn scan_managed_agents_by_owner(
     owner: &str,
     slugs: &HashSet<&str>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<ResolvedAgent>, CliError> {
+    let filter = serde_json::json!({
+        "kinds": [KIND_MANAGED_AGENT],
+        "authors": [owner],
+    });
+    let events = client.query_all(filter).await?;
     let mut found: Vec<ResolvedAgent> = Vec::new();
-    let mut seen_event_ids: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
-    let mut cursor: Option<(i64, String)> = None;
-
-    loop {
-        let mut filter = serde_json::json!({
-            "kinds": [KIND_MANAGED_AGENT],
-            "authors": [owner],
-            "limit": MANAGED_AGENT_PAGE_SIZE,
-        });
-        if let Some((until, ref before_id)) = cursor {
-            filter["until"] = serde_json::json!(until);
-            filter["before_id"] = serde_json::json!(before_id);
-        }
-
-        let raw = client.query(&filter).await?;
-        let events: Vec<serde_json::Value> = serde_json::from_str(&raw).map_err(|e| {
-            CliError::Other(format!("failed to parse managed-agent query response: {e}"))
-        })?;
-
-        let page_len = events.len();
-        for event in &events {
-            let Some(event_id) = event.get("id").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            if !seen_event_ids.insert(event_id.to_string()) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            let pubkey = extract_d_tag(event);
-            if pubkey.is_empty() {
-                continue;
-            }
-            let content: ManagedAgentContent = event
-                .get("content")
-                .and_then(|c| c.as_str())
-                .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str(s).ok())
-                .unwrap_or(ManagedAgentContent { persona_id: None });
-            let Some(persona_id) = content.persona_id else {
-                continue;
-            };
-            if slugs.contains(persona_id.as_str()) {
-                found.push(ResolvedAgent { persona_id, pubkey });
-            }
-        }
 
-        if (page_len as u32) < MANAGED_AGENT_PAGE_SIZE {
-            break;
+    for event in &events {
+        let pubkey = extract_d_tag(event);
+        if pubkey.is_empty() {
+            continue;
         }
-        let Some(last) = events.last() else { break };
-        let Some(created_at) = last.get("created_at").and_then(|v| v.as_i64()) else {
-            break;
-        };
-        let Some(last_id) = last.get("id").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) else {
-            break;
+        let content: ManagedAgentContent = event
+            .get("content")
+            .and_then(|c| c.as_str())
+            .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str(s).ok())
+            .unwrap_or(ManagedAgentContent { persona_id: None });
+        let Some(persona_id) = content.persona_id else {
+            continue;
         };
-        cursor = Some((created_at, last_id.to_string()));
+        if slugs.contains(persona_id.as_str()) {
+            found.push(ResolvedAgent { persona_id, pubkey });
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(found)

crates/buzz-db/src/event.rs

@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ pub struct EventQuery {
     /// Restrict results to events with an `e` tag referencing any of these event IDs (hex).
     /// Uses JSONB containment (`tags @> ...`) against the `tags` column.
     pub e_tags: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    /// Restrict results to events in any of these channels (multi-channel `IN` pushdown).
-    /// Used by NIP-45 COUNT to enforce channel access without fetching all rows.
+    /// Restrict results to events in any of these channels, while retaining
+    /// channel-less global events. Applied before SQL `LIMIT` so access-filtered
+    /// historical pages have exact exhaustion semantics.
     pub channel_ids: Option<Vec<uuid::Uuid>>,
     /// Override the default limit clamp (1000). Used by COUNT fallback path
     /// which needs to fetch all matching events for post-filter counting.
@@ -1760,6 +1761,60 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("sign")
     }
 
+    fn make_event_at(kind: u16, content: &str, created_at: u64) -> nostr::Event {
+        EventBuilder::new(Kind::Custom(kind), content)
+            .custom_created_at(nostr::Timestamp::from(created_at))
+            .sign_with_keys(&Keys::generate())
+            .expect("sign timestamped event")
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[ignore = "requires Postgres"]
+    async fn access_scope_is_applied_before_historical_page_limit() {
+        let pool = setup_pool().await;
+        let community_uuid = make_test_community(&pool).await;
+        let community = CommunityId::from_uuid(community_uuid);
+        let accessible = make_test_channel(&pool, community_uuid, None).await;
+        let inaccessible = make_test_channel(&pool, community_uuid, None).await;
+        let base = 1_800_000_000;
+
+        // This is the bridge underfetch shape: newer inaccessible candidates
+        // outnumber the requested page, while the visible match is older.
+        for offset in 10..13 {
+            let event = make_event_at(39_000, "newer inaccessible", base + offset);
+            insert_event(&pool, community, &event, Some(inaccessible))
+                .await
+                .expect("insert inaccessible candidate");
+        }
+        let global = make_event_at(39_000, "newer global", base + 2);
+        insert_event(&pool, community, &global, None)
+            .await
+            .expect("insert global candidate");
+        let older_accessible = make_event_at(39_000, "older accessible", base + 1);
+        insert_event(&pool, community, &older_accessible, Some(accessible))
+            .await
+            .expect("insert accessible candidate");
+
+        let events = query_events(
+            &pool,
+            &EventQuery {
+                kinds: Some(vec![39_000]),
+                channel_ids: Some(vec![accessible]),
+                limit: Some(2),
+                ..EventQuery::for_community(community)
+            },
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("query access-scoped page");
+
+        assert_eq!(events.len(), 2, "visible page must be filled before EOF");
+        assert_eq!(events[0].event.id, global.id, "global rows remain visible");
+        assert_eq!(
+            events[1].event.id, older_accessible.id,
+            "older accessible row must not be hidden behind newer inaccessible rows"
+        );
+    }
+
     fn make_text_event(content: &str) -> nostr::Event {
         let keys = Keys::generate();
         EventBuilder::new(Kind::Custom(9), content)

crates/buzz-relay/src/api/bridge.rs

@@ -955,6 +955,11 @@ pub async fn query_events(
             tenant.community(),
         )
         .await;
+        crate::handlers::req::apply_access_scope_to_query(
+            &mut query,
+            extract_channel_from_filter(filter),
+            &accessible_channels,
+        );
 
         match extract_before_id(raw) {
             BeforeId::Malformed => {