fix(publish): retry failed comments without duplicate replies

src/components/__tests__/post-community-address-compat.test.tsx

@@ -356,8 +356,11 @@ vi.mock('../../lib/utils/thread-scroll-utils', () => ({
 vi.mock('../../hooks/use-delete-failed-post', () => ({
   default: () => ({
     canDeleteFailedPost: false,
+    canRetryFailedPost: false,
     isDeletingFailedPost: false,
+    isRetryingFailedPost: false,
     onDeleteFailedPost: vi.fn(),
+    onRetryFailedPost: vi.fn(),
   }),
 }));
 

src/components/failed-publish-notice.tsx

@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ import useIsMobile from '../hooks/use-is-mobile';
 
 interface FailedPublishNoticeProps {
   isDeleting: boolean;
+  isRetrying?: boolean;
   onDelete: () => void;
+  onRetry?: () => void;
 }
 
-const FailedPublishNotice = ({ isDeleting, onDelete }: FailedPublishNoticeProps) => {
+const FailedPublishNotice = ({ isDeleting, isRetrying = false, onDelete, onRetry }: FailedPublishNoticeProps) => {
   const isMobile = useIsMobile();
+  const isBusy = isDeleting || isRetrying;
 
   return (
     <span className={styles.failedPublishNotice}>
@@ -18,9 +21,18 @@ const FailedPublishNotice = ({ isDeleting, onDelete }: FailedPublishNoticeProps)
           <br />
         </>
       )}
+      {onRetry && (
+        <span className={styles.failedDeletePostAction}>
+          [
+          <button type='button' className={styles.failedDeletePostButton} disabled={isBusy} onClick={onRetry}>
+            Retry Publish
+          </button>
+          ]
+        </span>
+      )}{' '}
       <span className={styles.failedDeletePostAction}>
         [
-        <button type='button' className={styles.failedDeletePostButton} disabled={isDeleting} onClick={onDelete}>
+        <button type='button' className={styles.failedDeletePostButton} disabled={isBusy} onClick={onDelete}>
           Delete Post
         </button>
         ]

src/components/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx

@@ -747,8 +747,15 @@ const Reply = ({
 
   const commentMediaInfo = useCommentMediaInfo(link, thumbnailUrl, linkWidth, linkHeight);
   const hasThumbnail = getHasThumbnail(commentMediaInfo, link);
-  const { canDeleteFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, onDeleteFailedPost } = useDeleteFailedPost(post);
+  const { canDeleteFailedPost, canRetryFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, isRetryingFailedPost, onDeleteFailedPost, onRetryFailedPost } = useDeleteFailedPost(post);
-  const failedPublishNotice = canDeleteFailedPost ? <FailedPublishNotice isDeleting={isDeletingFailedPost} onDelete={onDeleteFailedPost} /> : undefined;
+  const failedPublishNotice = canDeleteFailedPost ? (
+    <FailedPublishNotice
+      isDeleting={isDeletingFailedPost}
+      isRetrying={isRetryingFailedPost}
+      onDelete={onDeleteFailedPost}
+      onRetry={canRetryFailedPost ? onRetryFailedPost : undefined}
+    />
+  ) : undefined;
 
   return (
     <div className={`${styles.replyDesktop} ${disableDeferredLayout ? styles.pretextVirtualizedReply : ''}`}>
@@ -927,8 +934,16 @@ const PostDesktop = ({
 
   const stateString = useStateString(resolvedPost) || t('downloading_board');
   const hasFailedState = state === 'failed';
-  const { canDeleteFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, onDeleteFailedPost } = useDeleteFailedPost(resolvedPost);
+  const { canDeleteFailedPost, canRetryFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, isRetryingFailedPost, onDeleteFailedPost, onRetryFailedPost } =
-  const failedPublishNotice = canDeleteFailedPost ? <FailedPublishNotice isDeleting={isDeletingFailedPost} onDelete={onDeleteFailedPost} /> : undefined;
+    useDeleteFailedPost(resolvedPost);
+  const failedPublishNotice = canDeleteFailedPost ? (
+    <FailedPublishNotice
+      isDeleting={isDeletingFailedPost}
+      isRetrying={isRetryingFailedPost}
+      onDelete={onDeleteFailedPost}
+      onRetry={canRetryFailedPost ? onRetryFailedPost : undefined}
+    />
+  ) : undefined;
 
   const commentMediaInfo = useCommentMediaInfo(link, thumbnailUrl, linkWidth, linkHeight);
   const hasThumbnail = getHasThumbnail(commentMediaInfo, link);

src/components/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx

@@ -519,8 +519,15 @@ const Reply = ({
   const route = boardPath ? `/${boardPath}/thread/${cid}` : `/thread/${cid}`;
   const isRouteLinkToReply = cid ? location.pathname.startsWith(route) : false;
   const { hidden } = useHide({ cid });
-  const { canDeleteFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, onDeleteFailedPost } = useDeleteFailedPost(post);
+  const { canDeleteFailedPost, canRetryFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, isRetryingFailedPost, onDeleteFailedPost, onRetryFailedPost } = useDeleteFailedPost(post);
-  const failedPublishNotice = canDeleteFailedPost ? <FailedPublishNotice isDeleting={isDeletingFailedPost} onDelete={onDeleteFailedPost} /> : undefined;
+  const failedPublishNotice = canDeleteFailedPost ? (
+    <FailedPublishNotice
+      isDeleting={isDeletingFailedPost}
+      isRetrying={isRetryingFailedPost}
+      onDelete={onDeleteFailedPost}
+      onRetry={canRetryFailedPost ? onRetryFailedPost : undefined}
+    />
+  ) : undefined;
 
   return (
     <div className={`${styles.replyMobile} ${disableDeferredLayout ? styles.pretextVirtualizedReply : ''}`}>
@@ -648,8 +655,16 @@ const PostMobile = ({
   const stateString = useStateString(resolvedPost) || t('loading_post');
   const hasFailedState = state === 'failed';
   const isReply = !!parentCid;
-  const { canDeleteFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, onDeleteFailedPost } = useDeleteFailedPost(resolvedPost);
+  const { canDeleteFailedPost, canRetryFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, isRetryingFailedPost, onDeleteFailedPost, onRetryFailedPost } =
-  const failedPublishNotice = canDeleteFailedPost ? <FailedPublishNotice isDeleting={isDeletingFailedPost} onDelete={onDeleteFailedPost} /> : undefined;
+    useDeleteFailedPost(resolvedPost);
+  const failedPublishNotice = canDeleteFailedPost ? (
+    <FailedPublishNotice
+      isDeleting={isDeletingFailedPost}
+      isRetrying={isRetryingFailedPost}
+      onDelete={onDeleteFailedPost}
+      onRetry={canRetryFailedPost ? onRetryFailedPost : undefined}
+    />
+  ) : undefined;
 
   // Author-deleted replies are hidden from thread replies; moderator removals still render their placeholder.
   const filteredReplies = useMemo(() => filterRepliesForDisplay(freshRepliesForRender), [freshRepliesForRender]);

src/hooks/__tests__/use-delete-failed-post.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { createElement } from 'react';
+import { createRoot, type Root } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import useDeleteFailedPost, { getFailedPostRetryPublishOptions } from '../use-delete-failed-post';
+import useChallengesStore from '../../stores/use-challenges-store';
+
+(globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+const act = (React as { act?: (cb: () => void | Promise<void>) => void | Promise<void> }).act as (cb: () => void | Promise<void>) => void | Promise<void>;
+
+const testState = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  abandonPublishMock: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+  alertChallengeVerificationFailedMock: vi.fn(),
+  alertMock: vi.fn(),
+  deleteCommentMock: vi.fn(async (_targetComment: string | number) => undefined),
+  lastPublishOptions: undefined as Record<string, any> | undefined,
+  publishCommentMock: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('@bitsocialnet/bitsocial-react-hooks', () => ({
+  deleteComment: (targetComment: string | number) => testState.deleteCommentMock(targetComment),
+  usePublishComment: (options: Record<string, any> | undefined) => {
+    testState.lastPublishOptions = options;
+    return {
+      abandonPublish: testState.abandonPublishMock,
+      publishComment: testState.publishCommentMock,
+    };
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../../lib/utils/challenge-utils', () => ({
+  alertChallengeVerificationFailed: (...args: any[]) => testState.alertChallengeVerificationFailedMock(...args),
+}));
+
+let container: HTMLDivElement;
+let latestValue: ReturnType<typeof useDeleteFailedPost>;
+let root: Root;
+
+const failedPost = {
+  accountId: 'account-1',
+  author: {
+    address: '0x123',
+    displayName: 'Alice',
+    shortAddress: '0x1234',
+  },
+  cid: 'failed-cid',
+  clients: { ipfs: { gateway: { state: 'failed' } } },
+  communityAddress: 'music.eth',
+  content: 'retry me',
+  depth: 1,
+  error: new Error('boom'),
+  errors: [new Error('boom')],
+  index: 7,
+  link: 'https://example.com/file.png',
+  parentCid: 'parent-1',
+  postCid: 'post-1',
+  publishingState: 'failed',
+  quotedCids: ['quoted-1'],
+  shortCommunityAddress: 'music…eth',
+  spoiler: true,
+  state: 'failed',
+  timestamp: 1_735_689_600,
+  title: 'Hello',
+};
+
+const HookHarness = ({ post }: { post: typeof failedPost }) => {
+  latestValue = useDeleteFailedPost(post);
+  return null;
+};
+
+const renderHook = (post = failedPost) => {
+  act(() => {
+    root.render(createElement(HookHarness, { post }));
+  });
+};
+
+describe('useDeleteFailedPost', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    testState.lastPublishOptions = undefined;
+    vi.stubGlobal('alert', testState.alertMock);
+    useChallengesStore.setState({ challenges: [] });
+
+    container = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    root = createRoot(container);
+    renderHook();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+    container.remove();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  it('extracts retry-safe publish options from a failed comment', () => {
+    expect(getFailedPostRetryPublishOptions(failedPost)).toEqual({
+      author: {
+        address: '0x123',
+        displayName: 'Alice',
+      },
+      communityAddress: 'music.eth',
+      content: 'retry me',
+      link: 'https://example.com/file.png',
+      parentCid: 'parent-1',
+      postCid: 'post-1',
+      quotedCids: ['quoted-1'],
+      spoiler: true,
+      title: 'Hello',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('deletes the failed row and republishes with the stored publish payload', async () => {
+    expect(testState.lastPublishOptions).toMatchObject({
+      author: {
+        address: '0x123',
+        displayName: 'Alice',
+      },
+      communityAddress: 'music.eth',
+      content: 'retry me',
+      link: 'https://example.com/file.png',
+      parentCid: 'parent-1',
+      postCid: 'post-1',
+      quotedCids: ['quoted-1'],
+      spoiler: true,
+      title: 'Hello',
+    });
+    expect(typeof testState.lastPublishOptions?.onChallenge).toBe('function');
+    expect(typeof testState.lastPublishOptions?.onChallengeVerification).toBe('function');
+    expect(typeof testState.lastPublishOptions?.onError).toBe('function');
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await latestValue.onRetryFailedPost();
+    });
+
+    expect(testState.deleteCommentMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('failed-cid');
+    expect(testState.publishCommentMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('routes retry challenges through the challenge store and preserves abandon behavior', async () => {
+    await act(async () => {
+      await testState.lastPublishOptions?.onChallenge('captcha', 'nonce');
+    });
+
+    const challenges = useChallengesStore.getState().challenges;
+    expect(challenges).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(challenges[0]?.challenge).toEqual(['captcha', 'nonce']);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await useChallengesStore.getState().abandonCurrentChallenge();
+    });
+
+    expect(testState.abandonPublishMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});

src/hooks/__tests__/use-fresh-replies.test.tsx

@@ -115,4 +115,33 @@ describe('useFreshReplies', () => {
 
     expect(latestValue[0]?.number).toBe(28);
   });
+
+  it('dedupes retried local replies when a stale reply and fresh reply share index 0', () => {
+    testState.replies = [
+      {
+        content: 'stale failed reply',
+        index: 0,
+        subplebbitAddress: 'music.eth',
+      },
+      {
+        content: 'duplicate stale failed reply',
+        index: 0,
+        subplebbitAddress: 'music.eth',
+      },
+    ];
+    testState.accountComments = [
+      {
+        content: 'retried pending reply',
+        index: 0,
+        number: 99,
+        subplebbitAddress: 'music.eth',
+      },
+    ];
+
+    renderHook();
+
+    expect(latestValue).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(latestValue[0]).toBe(testState.accountComments[0] as never);
+    expect(testState.accountCommentsCalls).toContainEqual({ commentIndices: [0] });
+  });
 });

src/hooks/use-delete-failed-post.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,108 @@
-import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { deleteComment } from '@bitsocialnet/bitsocial-react-hooks';
+import { ChallengeVerification, Comment, PublishCommentOptions, deleteComment, usePublishComment } from '@bitsocialnet/bitsocial-react-hooks';
+import { alertChallengeVerificationFailed } from '../lib/utils/challenge-utils';
+import useChallengesStore from '../stores/use-challenges-store';
 
-const useDeleteFailedPost = (post?: { cid?: string; index?: number; state?: string }) => {
+const retryExcludedFields = new Set([
+  'accountId',
+  'cid',
+  'clients',
+  'depth',
+  'error',
+  'errors',
+  'index',
+  'publishingState',
+  'shortCommunityAddress',
+  'state',
+  'timestamp',
+]);
+
+type FailedPost = Partial<Comment> & {
+  cid?: string;
+  index?: number;
+  state?: string;
+};
+
+const cloneRetryValue = (value: unknown) => {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return [...value];
+  }
+
+  if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
+    return { ...(value as Record<string, unknown>) };
+  }
+
+  return value;
+};
+
+const getDeleteTarget = (post?: FailedPost) => post?.cid ?? post?.index;
+
+export const getFailedPostRetryPublishOptions = (post?: FailedPost): PublishCommentOptions | undefined => {
+  if (post?.state !== 'failed') {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const retryOptions = Object.entries(post).reduce((acc, [key, value]) => {
+    if (retryExcludedFields.has(key) || typeof value === 'undefined') {
+      return acc;
+    }
+
+    acc[key] = cloneRetryValue(value);
+    return acc;
+  }, {} as PublishCommentOptions);
+
+  if (retryOptions.author && typeof retryOptions.author === 'object' && !Array.isArray(retryOptions.author)) {
+    const author = { ...retryOptions.author };
+    delete author.shortAddress;
+    retryOptions.author = author;
+  }
+
+  if (!retryOptions.communityAddress && !retryOptions.subplebbitAddress) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return retryOptions;
+};
+
+const useDeleteFailedPost = (post?: FailedPost) => {
   const [isDeletingFailedPost, setIsDeletingFailedPost] = useState(false);
+  const [isRetryingFailedPost, setIsRetryingFailedPost] = useState(false);
+  const addChallenge = useChallengesStore((state) => state.addChallenge);
+  const abandonPublishRef = useRef<(() => Promise<void>) | undefined>();
+  const abandonCurrentPublish = useCallback(async () => {
+    await abandonPublishRef.current?.();
+  }, []);
 
   const canDeleteFailedPost = post?.state === 'failed' && typeof post?.index === 'number';
+  const retryPublishOptions = useMemo(() => getFailedPostRetryPublishOptions(post), [post]);
+  const publishOptionsWithCallbacks = useMemo<PublishCommentOptions | undefined>(
+    () =>
+      retryPublishOptions
+        ? {
+            ...retryPublishOptions,
+            onChallenge: async (...args: any[]) => {
+              addChallenge(args, abandonCurrentPublish);
+            },
+            onChallengeVerification: async (challengeVerification: ChallengeVerification, comment: Comment) => {
+              alertChallengeVerificationFailed(challengeVerification, comment);
+            },
+            onError: (error: Error) => {
+              console.error('Failed to retry failed post:', error);
+              alert(`Failed to retry post: ${error.message}`);
+            },
+          }
+        : undefined,
+    [abandonCurrentPublish, addChallenge, retryPublishOptions],
+  );
+  const { abandonPublish, publishComment } = usePublishComment(publishOptionsWithCallbacks);
+  abandonPublishRef.current = abandonPublish;
 
   const onDeleteFailedPost = useCallback(() => {
-    if (isDeletingFailedPost || !canDeleteFailedPost) {
+    if (isDeletingFailedPost || isRetryingFailedPost || !canDeleteFailedPost) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const targetComment = post?.cid ?? post?.index;
+    const targetComment = getDeleteTarget(post);
     if (typeof targetComment === 'undefined') {
       return;
     }
@@ -26,12 +117,40 @@ const useDeleteFailedPost = (post?: { cid?: string; index?: number; state?: stri
         alert(`Failed to delete post: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'}`);
         setIsDeletingFailedPost(false);
       });
-  }, [canDeleteFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, post?.cid, post?.index]);
+  }, [canDeleteFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, isRetryingFailedPost, post]);
+
+  const canRetryFailedPost = canDeleteFailedPost && Boolean(retryPublishOptions);
+
+  const onRetryFailedPost = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (isDeletingFailedPost || isRetryingFailedPost || !canRetryFailedPost) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const targetComment = getDeleteTarget(post);
+    if (typeof targetComment === 'undefined') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setIsRetryingFailedPost(true);
+
+    try {
+      await deleteComment(targetComment);
+      await publishComment();
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Failed to retry failed post:', error);
+      alert(`Failed to retry post: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'}`);
+    } finally {
+      setIsRetryingFailedPost(false);
+    }
+  }, [canRetryFailedPost, isDeletingFailedPost, isRetryingFailedPost, post, publishComment]);
 
   return {
     canDeleteFailedPost,
+    canRetryFailedPost,
     isDeletingFailedPost,
+    isRetryingFailedPost,
     onDeleteFailedPost,
+    onRetryFailedPost,
   };
 };
 

src/hooks/use-fresh-replies.ts

@@ -39,7 +39,27 @@ const useFreshReplies = (replies: Comment[] = []) => {
       return freshReply;
     });
 
-    return hasFreshReplies ? nextReplies : replies;
+    if (!hasFreshReplies) {
+      return replies;
+    }
+
+    const seenReplyIndices = new Set<number>();
+    let hasDuplicateReplyIndices = false;
+    const dedupedReplies = nextReplies.filter((reply) => {
+      if (typeof reply?.index !== 'number') {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      if (seenReplyIndices.has(reply.index)) {
+        hasDuplicateReplyIndices = true;
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      seenReplyIndices.add(reply.index);
+      return true;
+    });
+
+    return hasDuplicateReplyIndices ? dedupedReplies : nextReplies;
   }, [accountComments, replies]);
 };