src/daemon/admin/index.ts

@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@ class AdminInterface {
 
         this.config().then((config) => {
             if (config.admin?.notifyAdminsOnBoot) {
-                this.notifyAdminsOfNewConnection(connectionString);
+                // .catch so a boot-DM failure can't surface as an unhandled
+                // rejection (process-terminating under Node defaults). #48 / CS-3.
+                this.notifyAdminsOfNewConnection(connectionString).catch((e) =>
+                    console.log('notifyAdminsOfNewConnection failed:', e?.message ?? e),
+                );
             }
-        });
+        }).catch((e) => console.log('config() failed during admin init:', e?.message ?? e));
     }
 
     public async config(): Promise<IConfig> {
@@ -127,14 +131,27 @@ class AdminInterface {
         const sk = secretKeyBytes(this.adminNsec);
         const pool = new RelayPool(['wss://blastr.f7z.xyz', 'wss://nostr.mutinywallet.com'], {});
         pool.start();
-        // Give the connections a moment to come up before publishing.
-        await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2500));
+        // Wait until at least one relay is actually connected (capped), rather
+        // than a fixed sleep — these external public relays can be slow to come
+        // up, and a too-short fixed wait made the DM publish fail on boot. Still
+        // best-effort: if none connect in time we fall through and dmUser logs
+        // the publish failure without affecting the daemon. (#48)
+        const deadline = Date.now() + 8000;
+        while (pool.connectedCount() === 0 && Date.now() < deadline) {
+            await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));
+        }
 
+        // try/finally so a throw mid-loop can't leak the pool's reconnect loops +
+        // sockets for the process lifetime (#48 / review CS-3). dmUser itself is
+        // now fully guarded, but keep the finally as belt-and-suspenders.
+        try {
             for (const npub of this.npubs || []) {
                 await dmUser(sk, npub, `nsecBunker has started; use ${connectionString} to connect to it and unlock your key(s)`, pool);
             }
+        } finally {
             pool.stop();
         }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Get the npub of the admin interface.

src/utils/dm-user.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ export async function dmUser(
     content: string,
     pool: RelayPool,
 ): Promise<void> {
+    // Guard the whole thing: nip19.decode throws on a malformed npub (passes the
+    // startsWith check but fails the bech32 checksum), and that previously threw
+    // *before* the publish try, escaping the caller. Best-effort — never throw.
+    // (review CS-3)
+    try {
         const recipientHex = recipient.startsWith("npub1")
             ? (nip19.decode(recipient).data as string)
             : recipient;
@@ -25,9 +30,8 @@ export async function dmUser(
             },
             sk,
         );
-    try {
         await pool.publish(event);
     } catch (e) {
-        console.log(e);
+        console.log('dmUser failed for', recipient, '-', (e as any)?.message ?? e);
     }
 }