diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_assistants.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_assistants.dart
index c7a67205f4..08bde19ef4 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_assistants.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_assistants.dart
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ Future<List<AgentDirectoryEntry>> _loadAssistants(
     sync.pubkey,
   ));
   sync.check();
-  return agents;
+  if (agents.isEmpty) return agents;
+  final archived = await sync.archives.read();
+  sync.check();
+  return agents.where((agent) => !archived.contains(agent.pubkey)).toList();
 }
 
 List<NostrEvent> _verifyProfiles(List<NostrEvent> events) {
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_sync.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_sync.dart
index 00fc1c7bed..fbaf21725b 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_sync.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/me/me_sync.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import '../theme/theme_provider.dart';
 
 import '../crypto/nip44.dart';
 import '../relay/relay.dart';
+import '../relay/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'me_groups.dart';
 import 'me_recovery.dart';
 import 'me_journal.dart';
@@ -192,6 +193,11 @@ final Provider<MeSync> meSyncProvider = Provider<MeSync>((ref) {
 class MeSync {
   final RelaySessionNotifier session;
   final RelayConfig config;
+
+  /// Session-scoped authority and ordering checks for archived identities.
+  late final IdentityArchives archives =
+      _archives ?? IdentityArchives(config.baseUrl, session);
+  final IdentityArchives? _archives;
   late final String community = Uri.parse(config.baseUrl).origin;
   late final String privateHex = nostr.Nip19.decode(payload: config.nsec!).data;
   late final String pubkey = nostr.Keys(privateHex).public;
@@ -214,7 +220,9 @@ class MeSync {
     bool connected = true,
     this.connectionState,
     this.prefs,
-  }) : _connected = connected;
+    IdentityArchives? archives,
+  }) : _archives = archives,
+       _connected = connected;
 
   /// Encrypted last verified organization, isolated by account and community.
   String get cacheKey => 'me-cache:$community:$pubkey';
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/identity_archives.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/identity_archives.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7240471139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/identity_archives.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import 'dart:convert';
+
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
+
+import 'nostr_models.dart';
+import 'relay_session.dart';
+
+/// Fresh relay-authoritative NIP-IA snapshots for forward-looking choices.
+/// Keeps only an ordering fence, scoped to one account/community session.
+class IdentityArchives {
+  IdentityArchives(this.baseUrl, this.session, {http.Client Function()? client})
+    : _client = client ?? http.Client.new;
+
+  final String baseUrl;
+  final RelaySessionNotifier session;
+  final http.Client Function() _client;
+  NostrEvent? _head;
+
+  /// Fetches and verifies a fresh snapshot. Unknown state fails visibly.
+  Future<Set<String>> read() async {
+    final client = _client();
+    try {
+      final base = Uri.parse(baseUrl);
+      final uri = Uri(
+        scheme: switch (base.scheme) {
+          'wss' => 'https',
+          'ws' => 'http',
+          _ => base.scheme,
+        },
+        host: base.host,
+        port: base.hasPort ? base.port : null,
+        path: '/',
+      );
+      final response = await client
+          .send(
+            http.Request('GET', uri)
+              ..headers['Accept'] = 'application/nostr+json',
+          )
+          .timeout(const Duration(seconds: 5));
+      if (response.statusCode != 200) {
+        throw StateError('Could not read relay identity.');
+      }
+      final bytes = <int>[];
+      await (() async {
+        await for (final chunk in response.stream) {
+          if (bytes.length + chunk.length > 256 * 1024) {
+            throw StateError('Relay identity document is too large.');
+          }
+          bytes.addAll(chunk);
+        }
+      })().timeout(const Duration(seconds: 5));
+      final info = jsonDecode(utf8.decode(bytes));
+      final authority = info is Map ? info['self'] : null;
+      if (authority is! String ||
+          !RegExp(r'^[0-9a-fA-F]{64}$').hasMatch(authority)) {
+        throw StateError('Relay identity document has no valid self key.');
+      }
+      final events = await session.queryRelay([
+        NostrFilter(
+          kinds: const [EventKind.archivedIdentities],
+          authors: [authority.toLowerCase()],
+          limit: 1,
+        ),
+      ]);
+      if (events.isEmpty) {
+        if (_head != null) {
+          throw StateError('Relay archive snapshot disappeared.');
+        }
+        return {};
+      }
+      if (events.length != 1) {
+        throw StateError('Unexpected archive snapshot count.');
+      }
+      final event = events.single;
+      final archived = await compute(_verifySnapshot, (
+        event,
+        authority.toLowerCase(),
+      ));
+      final previous = _head;
+      if (previous != null &&
+          (event.createdAt < previous.createdAt ||
+              (event.createdAt == previous.createdAt &&
+                  event.id.compareTo(previous.id) > 0))) {
+        throw StateError('Relay returned an older archive snapshot.');
+      }
+      _head = event;
+      return archived;
+    } finally {
+      client.close();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+Set<String> _verifySnapshot((NostrEvent, String) input) {
+  final (event, authority) = input;
+  final encoded = jsonEncode(event.toJson());
+  final markers = event.tags
+      .where((tag) => tag.isNotEmpty && tag.first == '-')
+      .toList();
+  if (event.kind != EventKind.archivedIdentities ||
+      event.pubkey != authority ||
+      event.content.isNotEmpty ||
+      markers.length != 1 ||
+      markers.single.length != 1 ||
+      utf8.encode(encoded).length > 2 * 1024 * 1024) {
+    throw StateError('Invalid relay archive snapshot.');
+  }
+  nostr.Event.fromJson(encoded);
+  final hex = RegExp(r'^[0-9a-f]{64}$');
+  return {
+    for (final tag in event.tags)
+      if (tag.length >= 2 && tag.first == 'p' && hex.hasMatch(tag[1])) tag[1],
+  };
+}
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/nostr_models.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/nostr_models.dart
index 83ecda9a36..dcf76a067d 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/relay/nostr_models.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/relay/nostr_models.dart
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ abstract final class EventKind {
 
   /// Kind:13534 event containing the current relay-community membership.
   static const relayMembership = 13534;
+
+  /// NIP-IA relay-signed archived identity snapshot.
+  static const archivedIdentities = 13535;
   static const streamMessage = 9;
   static const nip29DeleteEvent = 9005;
   static const presenceUpdate = 20001;
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/channels/me/solo_creation_tags_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/channels/me/solo_creation_tags_test.dart
index 2108ce261a..0c592dbd61 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/channels/me/solo_creation_tags_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/channels/me/solo_creation_tags_test.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+import 'package:http/testing.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/identity_archives.dart';
 
 import 'package:buzz/features/channels/channel.dart';
 import 'package:buzz/features/channels/channel_management_provider.dart';
@@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ class _Relay extends RelaySessionNotifier {
   Future<List<NostrEvent>> queryRelay(
     List<NostrFilter> filters, {
     Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 8),
-  }) async => [profile];
+  }) async => filters.single.kinds.single == EventKind.archivedIdentities
+      ? []
+      : [profile];
 
   @override
   Future<List<NostrEvent>> fetchHistory(
@@ -87,7 +92,18 @@ void main() {
         baseUrl: 'https://relay.test',
         nsec: owner.nsec,
       );
-      final sync = MeSync(relay, config, prefs: prefs);
+      final sync = MeSync(
+        relay,
+        config,
+        prefs: prefs,
+        archives: IdentityArchives(
+          config.baseUrl,
+          relay,
+          client: () => MockClient(
+            (_) async => http.Response(jsonEncode({'self': owner.public}), 200),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
       final nativeChannels = <MethodChannel>[];
       const platformViews = MethodChannel('flutter/platform_views');
       tester.binding.defaultBinaryMessenger.setMockMethodCallHandler(
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/me/me_assistants_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/me/me_assistants_test.dart
index f0acd4097a..70664f50e2 100644
--- a/mobile/test/shared/me/me_assistants_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/me/me_assistants_test.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+import 'package:http/testing.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/identity_archives.dart';
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 import 'package:buzz/shared/me/me_assistants.dart';
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ class _Relay extends RelaySessionNotifier {
   final requestedPages = <int>[];
   final requestedTags = <Map<String, dynamic>>[];
   final requestedAuthors = <List<String>?>[];
+  List<NostrEvent> archives = [];
   _Relay(this.pages);
   @override
   SessionState build() => const SessionState(status: SessionStatus.connected);
@@ -22,6 +26,9 @@ class _Relay extends RelaySessionNotifier {
     List<NostrFilter> filters, {
     Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 8),
   }) async {
+    if (filters.single.kinds.single == EventKind.archivedIdentities) {
+      return archives;
+    }
     expect(filters.single.kinds, [0]);
     requestedTags.add(filters.single.toJson());
     requestedAuthors.add(filters.single.authors);
@@ -72,6 +79,13 @@ void main() {
   ProviderContainer setup(_Relay relay) {
     final sync = MeSync(
       relay,
+      archives: IdentityArchives(
+        'https://relay.test',
+        relay,
+        client: () => MockClient(
+          (_) async => http.Response(jsonEncode({'self': other.public}), 200),
+        ),
+      ),
       RelayConfig(
         baseUrl: 'https://relay.test',
         nsec: nostr.Nip19.encode(
@@ -90,6 +104,33 @@ void main() {
     return container;
   }
 
+  test('fresh directory and creation exclude archived owned agents', () async {
+    final relay = _Relay([
+      [profile(agent, ownedBy: owner)],
+    ]);
+    final container = setup(relay);
+    expect(await container.read(meAssistantsProvider.future), hasLength(1));
+    relay.archives = [
+      NostrEvent.fromJson(
+        nostr.Event.from(
+          kind: EventKind.archivedIdentities,
+          content: '',
+          secretKey: other.secret,
+          tags: [
+            ['-'],
+            ['p', agent.public],
+          ],
+        ).toMap(),
+      ),
+    ];
+    container.invalidate(meAssistantsProvider);
+    expect(await container.read(meAssistantsProvider.future), isEmpty);
+    expect(
+      await isOwnedMeAssistant(container.read(meSyncProvider), agent.public),
+      isFalse,
+    );
+  });
+
   test('directory verification keeps the event loop responsive', () async {
     final agents = [for (var i = 0; i < 99; i++) nostr.Keys.generate()];
     final events = [for (final key in agents) profile(key, ownedBy: owner)];
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/relay/identity_archives_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/relay/identity_archives_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0f4578e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/relay/identity_archives_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import 'dart:convert';
+
+import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/identity_archives.dart';
+import 'package:buzz/shared/relay/relay.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
+import 'package:http/testing.dart';
+import 'package:nostr/nostr.dart' as nostr;
+
+class _Relay extends RelaySessionNotifier {
+  List<NostrEvent> events = [];
+  final String authority;
+  _Relay(this.authority);
+  @override
+  Future<List<NostrEvent>> queryRelay(
+    List<NostrFilter> filters, {
+    Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 8),
+  }) async {
+    expect(filters.single.kinds, [EventKind.archivedIdentities]);
+    expect(filters.single.authors, [authority]);
+    expect(filters.single.limit, 1);
+    return events;
+  }
+}
+
+void main() {
+  final authority = nostr.Keys.generate();
+  final agent = nostr.Keys.generate().public;
+  NostrEvent snapshot({
+    int time = 10,
+    bool archived = true,
+    List<List<String>>? tags,
+    nostr.Keys? signer,
+  }) => NostrEvent.fromJson(
+    nostr.Event.from(
+      kind: EventKind.archivedIdentities,
+      content: '',
+      secretKey: (signer ?? authority).secret,
+      createdAt: time,
+      tags:
+          tags ??
+          [
+            ['-'],
+            if (archived) ['p', agent],
+          ],
+    ).toMap(),
+  );
+  IdentityArchives reader(_Relay relay, {Map<String, dynamic>? document}) =>
+      IdentityArchives(
+        'https://relay.test',
+        relay,
+        client: () => MockClient((request) async {
+          expect(request.url.toString(), 'https://relay.test/');
+          expect(request.headers['Accept'], 'application/nostr+json');
+          return http.Response(
+            jsonEncode(document ?? {'self': authority.public.toUpperCase()}),
+            200,
+          );
+        }),
+      );
+
+  test(
+    'fresh archive then unarchive replaces snapshot without sticky exclusions',
+    () async {
+      final relay = _Relay(authority.public);
+      final archives = reader(relay);
+      expect(await archives.read(), isEmpty);
+      relay.events = [snapshot()];
+      expect(await archives.read(), {agent});
+      relay.events = [snapshot(time: 11, archived: false)];
+      expect(await archives.read(), isEmpty);
+      relay.events = [snapshot()];
+      await expectLater(archives.read(), throwsStateError);
+    },
+  );
+  test('does not substitute contact pubkey for relay self', () async {
+    final relay = _Relay(authority.public);
+    await expectLater(
+      reader(relay, document: {'pubkey': authority.public}).read(),
+      throwsStateError,
+    );
+  });
+  test(
+    'rejects forged signatures, wrong authors and malformed protection',
+    () async {
+      final relay = _Relay(authority.public);
+      final badSignature = snapshot().toJson()..['sig'] = '0' * 128;
+      for (final event in [
+        NostrEvent.fromJson(badSignature),
+        snapshot(signer: nostr.Keys.generate()),
+        snapshot(
+          tags: [
+            ['p', agent],
+          ],
+        ),
+        snapshot(
+          tags: [
+            ['-', 'bad'],
+            ['p', agent],
+          ],
+        ),
+        snapshot(
+          tags: [
+            ['-'],
+            ['-'],
+            ['p', agent],
+          ],
+        ),
+      ]) {
+        relay.events = [event];
+        await expectLater(
+          reader(relay).read(),
+          throwsA(anyOf(isA<Exception>(), isA<StateError>())),
+        );
+      }
+    },
+  );
+  test(
+    'does not silently erase known archive state on missing response',
+    () async {
+      final relay = _Relay(authority.public)..events = [snapshot()];
+      final archives = reader(relay);
+      expect(await archives.read(), {agent});
+      relay.events = [];
+      await expectLater(archives.read(), throwsStateError);
+    },
+  );
+}