diff --git a/www/js/version.json b/www/js/version.json
index 5151d6d..2aa5070 100644
--- a/www/js/version.json
+++ b/www/js/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "VERSION": "v0.7.77",
-  "VERSION_NUMBER": "0.7.77",
-  "BUILD_DATE": "2026-06-30T14:21:55.493Z"
+  "VERSION": "v0.7.78",
+  "VERSION_NUMBER": "0.7.78",
+  "BUILD_DATE": "2026-06-30T14:33:14.964Z"
 }
diff --git a/www/ndk-worker.js b/www/ndk-worker.js
index d897e0a..045ed4e 100644
--- a/www/ndk-worker.js
+++ b/www/ndk-worker.js
@@ -6280,35 +6280,71 @@ async function handlePublish(requestId, event, port) {
 
         let relaySet = null;
         if (isBroadcast && totalTarget > 0 && NDKRelaySet?.fromRelayUrls) {
-            // Split all URLs into batches.
-            const batches = [];
-            for (let i = 0; i < allBroadcastUrls.length; i += BATCH_SIZE) {
-                batches.push(allBroadcastUrls.slice(i, i + BATCH_SIZE));
-            }
-            console.log(`[Worker] Publishing in ${batches.length} batches of ${BATCH_SIZE} (per-relay timeout: ${PER_RELAY_TIMEOUT_MS}ms)`);
-
-            for (let bi = 0; bi < batches.length; bi++) {
-                const batch = batches[bi];
-                const batchSet = NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(batch, ndk);
-                // Set connection timeout on each relay in this batch.
-                if (batchSet?.relays) {
-                    for (const relay of batchSet.relays) {
-                        try {
-                            if (relay.connectionTimeout !== undefined) {
-                                relay.connectionTimeout = PER_RELAY_TIMEOUT_MS;
-                            }
-                        } catch (_) { /* relay may be read-only */ }
-                    }
-                }
+            // --- Phase 1: Publish to the user's standard outbox relays first ---
+            // This ensures the post lands on the user's primary relays quickly,
+            // and lets us send the response back to the page so the composer
+            // clears immediately. The broadcast relay batches run afterward.
+            if (outboxWriteUrls.length > 0) {
+                console.log(`[Worker] Phase 1: Publishing to ${outboxWriteUrls.length} outbox relays first`);
                 try {
-                    await ndkEvent.publish(batchSet, PER_RELAY_TIMEOUT_MS, 1);
-                } catch (batchErr) {
-                    // NDKPublishError is expected when not all relays in the batch succeed.
-                    // The live listeners already captured successes/failures.
+                    const outboxSet = NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(outboxWriteUrls, ndk);
+                    await ndkEvent.publish(outboxSet, 10000, 1);
+                } catch (outboxErr) {
+                    console.warn('[Worker] Outbox publish error (expected if some relays fail):', outboxErr?.message || outboxErr);
+                }
+                console.log(`[Worker] Phase 1 complete: ${publishedSoFar.size} outbox relays succeeded`);
+            }
+
+            // --- Send response back to the page NOW so the composer clears ---
+            // The post is already on the user's outbox relays. The broadcast
+            // batches continue in the background.
+            const earlyRelayResults = {
+                successful: Array.from(publishedSoFar),
+                failed: [],
+            };
+            port.postMessage({
+                type: 'response',
+                requestId: requestId,
+                data: {
+                    success: true,
+                    relayResults: earlyRelayResults,
+                    totalRelays: earlyRelayResults.successful.length,
+                }
+            });
+            console.log('[Worker] Sent early publish response — composer can clear now');
+
+            // --- Phase 2: Broadcast to remaining relays in batches (background) ---
+            // Only publish to relays that aren't already in the outbox set
+            // (those were already published in Phase 1).
+            const broadcastOnlyUrls = activeBroadcastUrls.filter(u => !outboxWriteUrls.includes(u));
+            if (broadcastOnlyUrls.length > 0) {
+                const batches = [];
+                for (let i = 0; i < broadcastOnlyUrls.length; i += BATCH_SIZE) {
+                    batches.push(broadcastOnlyUrls.slice(i, i + BATCH_SIZE));
+                }
+                console.log(`[Worker] Phase 2: Broadcasting to ${broadcastOnlyUrls.length} relays in ${batches.length} batches of ${BATCH_SIZE}`);
+
+                for (let bi = 0; bi < batches.length; bi++) {
+                    const batch = batches[bi];
+                    const batchSet = NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(batch, ndk);
+                    if (batchSet?.relays) {
+                        for (const relay of batchSet.relays) {
+                            try {
+                                if (relay.connectionTimeout !== undefined) {
+                                    relay.connectionTimeout = PER_RELAY_TIMEOUT_MS;
+                                }
+                            } catch (_) { /* relay may be read-only */ }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    try {
+                        await ndkEvent.publish(batchSet, PER_RELAY_TIMEOUT_MS, 1);
+                    } catch (batchErr) {
+                        // Expected — some relays in this batch may fail.
+                    }
+                    console.log(`[Worker] Batch ${bi + 1}/${batches.length} complete — ` +
+                        `${publishedSoFar.size}/${totalTarget} total succeeded, ` +
+                        `${failedSoFar.size + timedOutSoFar.size} failed/timeout so far`);
                 }
-                console.log(`[Worker] Batch ${bi + 1}/${batches.length} complete — ` +
-                    `${publishedSoFar.size}/${totalTarget} succeeded, ` +
-                    `${failedSoFar.size + timedOutSoFar.size} failed/timeout so far`);
             }
 
             // Final broadcast progress message with complete results.
@@ -6325,14 +6361,30 @@ async function handlePublish(requestId, event, port) {
                 latestRelay: null,
                 relayUrls: Array.from(publishedSoFar),
             });
-            // Clean up listeners so the NDKEvent can be garbage-collected.
             try {
                 ndkEvent.removeAllListeners('relay:published');
                 ndkEvent.removeAllListeners('relay:publish:failed');
-            } catch (_cleanupErr) {
-                // removeAllListeners may not exist on all EventEmitter impls; ignore.
+            } catch (_cleanupErr) { /* ignore */ }
+
+            // --- Failure marking (background, after all batches) ---
+            const newSkips = Array.from(failedSoFar)
+                .filter(url => broadcastRelayUrls.has(url) && !skippedRelayUrls.has(url));
+            if (newSkips.length > 0) {
+                for (const url of newSkips) {
+                    skippedRelayUrls.set(url, {
+                        reason: 'publish-rejected',
+                        timestamp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+                    });
+                }
+                scheduleSkipMarkSave();
+                console.log(`[Worker] Skip-marked ${newSkips.length} rejected broadcast relays ` +
+                    `(${timedOutSoFar.size} timeouts excluded)`);
             }
-            // relaySet stays null for broadcasts — we use publishedSoFar for results.
+
+            // Return early — we already sent the response above. The rest of
+            // handlePublish (relayResults, kind 10002 sync, etc.) is skipped for
+            // broadcasts since we've handled everything here.
+            return;
         } else {
             // Normal (non-broadcast) publish — await the full result as before.
             try {