diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2006af6..dee86a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ flowchart LR
 3. **Fan-Out** - Subscription requests are sent to all configured relays
 4. **Aggregation** - Events from all relays are collected and deduplicated
 5. **Response** - Events are sent back to the client with the original subscription ID
-6. **Publish Acknowledgement** - Every `EVENT` a client publishes gets exactly one `["OK", <id>, <accepted>, <message>]` reply (NIP-01): `true` as soon as any relay accepts it, `false` once every relay has rejected it, the wait times out (10 s), or no relay is connected. A `REQ` while no relay is configured at all is answered with `CLOSED`
+6. **Publish Acknowledgement** - Every `EVENT` a client publishes gets exactly one `["OK", <id>, <accepted>, <message>]` reply (NIP-01): `true` as soon as any relay accepts it, `false` once every relay has rejected it, the wait times out (10 s), or no relay is connected
 
 ## Configuration
 
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 048a5a7..b9e4956 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "Nostr Client",
   "short_description": "Nostr relay multiplexer",
-  "version": "1.2.0-aio.3",
+  "version": "1.2.0-aio.2",
   "tile": "/nostrclient/static/images/nostr-bitcoin.png",
   "contributors": ["calle", "motorina0", "dni"],
   "min_lnbits_version": "1.4.0",
diff --git a/router.py b/router.py
index 8446512..53ce387 100644
--- a/router.py
+++ b/router.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class NostrRouter:
         assert len(json_data), "Bad JSON array"
 
         if json_data[0] == "REQ":
-            await self._handle_client_req(json_data)
+            self._handle_client_req(json_data)
             return
 
         if json_data[0] == "CLOSE":
@@ -223,29 +223,15 @@ class NostrRouter:
         self.pending_publishes[event_id] = PendingPublish(event_id, len(connected))
         nostr_client.relay_manager.publish_message(json_str)
 
-    async def _handle_client_req(self, json_data):
+    def _handle_client_req(self, json_data):
         subscription_id = json_data[1]
         logger.info(f"New subscription: '{subscription_id}'")
-        if not nostr_client.relay_manager.relays:
-            # NIP-01: nothing will ever serve this subscription, so refuse it.
-            # Only when no relay is configured at all: a configured relay that
-            # is merely reconnecting gets the cached subscription replayed.
-            await self._send_closed(subscription_id, "error: no relay connections")
-            return
         subscription_id_rewritten = urlsafe_short_hash()
         self.original_subscription_ids[subscription_id_rewritten] = subscription_id
         filters = json_data[2:]
 
         nostr_client.relay_manager.add_subscription(subscription_id_rewritten, filters)
 
-    async def _send_closed(self, subscription_id: str, message: str):
-        try:
-            await self.websocket.send_text(
-                json.dumps(["CLOSED", subscription_id, message])
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.debug(f"Failed to send CLOSED for '{subscription_id}': {e}")
-
     def _handle_client_close(self, subscription_id):
         subscription_id_rewritten = next(
             (
diff --git a/tests/test_router_ok.py b/tests/test_router_ok.py
index e13301a..44863a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_router_ok.py
+++ b/tests/test_router_ok.py
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@ class FakeRelayManager:
     def __init__(self, relays: dict[str, FakeRelay]):
         self.relays = relays
         self.published: list[str] = []
-        self.subscriptions: list[str] = []
 
     def publish_message(self, message: str):
         self.published.append(message)
 
-    def add_subscription(self, subscription_id: str, filters):
-        self.subscriptions.append(subscription_id)
-
     def close_subscriptions(self, subscriptions):
         pass
 
@@ -143,25 +139,3 @@ async def test_stop_drops_pending_publishes(monkeypatch):
 
     assert router.pending_publishes == {}
     assert NostrRouter.received_command_results == {}
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_req_without_configured_relays_is_closed(monkeypatch):
-    router, ws, manager = _router(monkeypatch, {})
-
-    await router._handle_client_to_nostr(json.dumps(["REQ", "sub1", {"kinds": [1]}]))
-
-    assert ws.sent == [["CLOSED", "sub1", "error: no relay connections"]]
-    assert router.subscriptions == []
-    assert manager.subscriptions == []
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_req_with_configured_but_disconnected_relay_is_kept(monkeypatch):
-    router, ws, manager = _router(monkeypatch, {"wss://a": FakeRelay(False)})
-
-    await router._handle_client_to_nostr(json.dumps(["REQ", "sub1", {"kinds": [1]}]))
-
-    assert ws.sent == []
-    assert len(router.subscriptions) == 1
-    assert len(manager.subscriptions) == 1