From b69a654c0365512bfe2c9640955ac8cd376c1c11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Trace (Engineer)"
 <9d485ff0c62915e08a801162c195c7ef096f6f6143925407255cea2656c4b8a4@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:45:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix inbox route target hydration

Co-authored-by: Trace (Engineer) <9d485ff0c62915e08a801162c195c7ef096f6f6143925407255cea2656c4b8a4@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
Signed-off-by: Trace (Engineer) <9d485ff0c62915e08a801162c195c7ef096f6f6143925407255cea2656c4b8a4@buzz.block.builderlab.xyz>
---
 desktop/src/app/navigation/searchHitEventCache.ts |  7 +++++--
 desktop/src/features/home/ui/HomeView.tsx         | 10 ++++++++++
 desktop/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts                   |  5 +++++
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/desktop/src/app/navigation/searchHitEventCache.ts b/desktop/src/app/navigation/searchHitEventCache.ts
index b57a5f01fb..7b41ff3443 100644
--- a/desktop/src/app/navigation/searchHitEventCache.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/app/navigation/searchHitEventCache.ts
@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@ export function buildSearchHitEvent(hit: SearchHit): RelayEvent {
   };
 }
 
-export function cacheSearchHitEvent(hit: SearchHit): RelayEvent {
-  const event = buildSearchHitEvent(hit);
+export function cacheRouteTargetEvent(event: RelayEvent): RelayEvent {
   searchHitEventCache.set(event.id, event);
   trimCache();
   return event;
 }
 
+export function cacheSearchHitEvent(hit: SearchHit): RelayEvent {
+  return cacheRouteTargetEvent(buildSearchHitEvent(hit));
+}
+
 export function clearSearchHitEventCache(): void {
   searchHitEventCache.clear();
 }
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/home/ui/HomeView.tsx b/desktop/src/features/home/ui/HomeView.tsx
index 893b3c309c..37e5c12769 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/home/ui/HomeView.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/features/home/ui/HomeView.tsx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import { cn } from "@/shared/lib/cn";
 import { normalizePubkey } from "@/shared/lib/pubkey";
 import { useElementWidth } from "@/shared/hooks/use-mobile";
 import { useThreadPanelWidth } from "@/shared/hooks/useThreadPanelWidth";
+import { cacheRouteTargetEvent } from "@/app/navigation/searchHitEventCache";
 import { AUXILIARY_PANEL_SINGLE_COLUMN_BREAKPOINT_PX } from "@/shared/layout/AuxiliaryPanel";
 import { useHistorySearchState } from "@/shared/hooks/useHistorySearchState";
 import { ProfilePanelProvider } from "@/shared/context/ProfilePanelContext";
@@ -705,6 +706,15 @@ export function HomeView({
                 if (!channelId) {
                   return;
                 }
+                cacheRouteTargetEvent({
+                  id: item.item.id,
+                  pubkey: item.item.pubkey,
+                  created_at: item.item.createdAt,
+                  kind: item.item.kind,
+                  tags: item.item.tags,
+                  content: item.item.content,
+                  sig: "",
+                });
                 onOpenContext(
                   channelId,
                   item.id,
diff --git a/desktop/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts b/desktop/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
index b3ea8bea61..c563498c11 100644
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ test("opens a mocked channel from the inbox feed", async ({ page }) => {
     /#\/channels\/9a1657ac-f7aa-5db0-b632-d8bbeb6dfb50\?messageId=mock-feed-mention$/,
   );
   await expect(page.getByTestId("chat-title")).toHaveText("general");
+  const targetRow = page
+    .getByTestId("message-timeline")
+    .locator('[data-message-id="mock-feed-mention"]');
+  await expect(targetRow).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(targetRow).toHaveClass(/route-target-highlight-fade/);
 });
 
 test("Inbox excludes generic channel and unowned agent traffic", async ({