From c2bbe2dd0b95d7e4b1fb1e3b988df0039d5e1684 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: plebeius <tom@plebbit.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:34:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(comment-content): ensure parent comment number is
 populated for nested replies

---
 src/components/comment-content/comment-content.tsx | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/comment-content/comment-content.tsx b/src/components/comment-content/comment-content.tsx
index e5a0cd8a..5a530620 100644
--- a/src/components/comment-content/comment-content.tsx
+++ b/src/components/comment-content/comment-content.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Fragment, useState } from 'react';
 import { useLocation, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { Comment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
+import { Comment, useComment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import useSubplebbitsPagesStore from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks/dist/stores/subplebbits-pages';
 import Plebbit from '@plebbit/plebbit-js';
 import { getFormattedDate, getFormattedTimeAgo } from '../../lib/utils/time-utils';
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ const CommentContent = ({ comment: post }: { comment: Comment }) => {
         ? content.slice(0, 2000)
         : content);
 
-  const quotelinkReply = useSubplebbitsPagesStore((state) => state.comments[parentCid]);
+  const quotelinkReplyFromStore = useSubplebbitsPagesStore((state) => state.comments[parentCid]);
+  const quotelinkReplyFromHook = useComment({ commentCid: parentCid, onlyIfCached: true });
+  // Prefer hook version to ensure 'number' property is populated for deeper nested replies in Virtuoso
+  const quotelinkReply = quotelinkReplyFromHook?.number !== undefined ? quotelinkReplyFromHook : quotelinkReplyFromStore;
 
   const isReply = !!parentCid;
   const isReplyingToReply = isReply && parentCid !== postCid;