diff --git a/extensions/nostr/src/nostr-bus.inbound.test.ts b/extensions/nostr/src/nostr-bus.inbound.test.ts
index 55a118db68c..512aa465204 100644
--- a/extensions/nostr/src/nostr-bus.inbound.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/nostr/src/nostr-bus.inbound.test.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,59 @@ describe("startNostrBus inbound guards", () => {
     bus.close();
   });
 
+  it("dedupes replayed invalid-signature events before verify fans out again", async () => {
+    mockState.verifyEvent.mockReturnValue(false);
+    const onMessage = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    const authorizeSender = vi.fn(async () => "allow" as const);
+    const bus = await startNostrBus({
+      privateKey: TEST_HEX_PRIVATE_KEY,
+      onMessage,
+      authorizeSender,
+      onMetric: () => {},
+    });
+
+    const invalidEvent = createEvent({ id: "invalid-replay" });
+
+    await emitEvent(invalidEvent);
+    await emitEvent(invalidEvent);
+
+    expect(mockState.verifyEvent).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(authorizeSender).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockState.decrypt).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(onMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(bus.getMetrics().eventsRejected.invalidSignature).toBe(1);
+    expect(bus.getMetrics().eventsDuplicate).toBe(1);
+
+    bus.close();
+  });
+
+  it("dedupes replayed self-message events before other guards rerun", async () => {
+    const onMessage = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    const authorizeSender = vi.fn(async () => "allow" as const);
+    const bus = await startNostrBus({
+      privateKey: TEST_HEX_PRIVATE_KEY,
+      onMessage,
+      authorizeSender,
+      onMetric: () => {},
+    });
+
+    const selfEvent = createEvent({
+      id: "self-replay",
+      pubkey: BOT_PUBKEY,
+    });
+
+    await emitEvent(selfEvent);
+    await emitEvent(selfEvent);
+
+    expect(mockState.verifyEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(authorizeSender).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockState.decrypt).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(onMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(bus.getMetrics().eventsDuplicate).toBe(1);
+
+    bus.close();
+  });
+
   it("rate limits repeated events before decrypt", async () => {
     const onMessage = vi.fn(async () => {});
     const bus = await startNostrBus({
diff --git a/extensions/nostr/src/nostr-bus.ts b/extensions/nostr/src/nostr-bus.ts
index 41a8fdbc1f3..51a59cf138e 100644
--- a/extensions/nostr/src/nostr-bus.ts
+++ b/extensions/nostr/src/nostr-bus.ts
@@ -505,15 +505,24 @@ export async function startNostrBus(options: NostrBusOptions): Promise<NostrBusH
       }
       inflight.add(event.id);
 
+      const markSeen = () => {
+        seen.add(event.id);
+        metrics.emit("memory.seen_tracker_size", seen.size());
+      };
+      const rejectAndMarkSeen = (metric: Parameters<typeof metrics.emit>[0]) => {
+        markSeen();
+        metrics.emit(metric);
+      };
+
       // Self-message loop prevention: skip our own messages
       if (event.pubkey === pk) {
-        metrics.emit("event.rejected.self_message");
+        rejectAndMarkSeen("event.rejected.self_message");
         return;
       }
 
       // Skip events older than our `since` (relay may ignore filter)
       if (event.created_at < since) {
-        metrics.emit("event.rejected.stale");
+        rejectAndMarkSeen("event.rejected.stale");
         return;
       }
 
@@ -523,7 +532,7 @@ export async function startNostrBus(options: NostrBusOptions): Promise<NostrBusH
       }
 
       if (!guardPolicy.allowedKinds.includes(event.kind)) {
-        metrics.emit("event.rejected.wrong_kind");
+        rejectAndMarkSeen("event.rejected.wrong_kind");
         return;
       }
 
@@ -536,7 +545,7 @@ export async function startNostrBus(options: NostrBusOptions): Promise<NostrBusH
         }
       }
       if (!targetsUs) {
-        metrics.emit("event.rejected.wrong_kind");
+        rejectAndMarkSeen("event.rejected.wrong_kind");
         return;
       }
 
@@ -578,16 +587,11 @@ export async function startNostrBus(options: NostrBusOptions): Promise<NostrBusH
         return false;
       };
 
-      const markSeen = () => {
-        seen.add(event.id);
-        metrics.emit("memory.seen_tracker_size", seen.size());
-      };
-
       if (Buffer.byteLength(event.content, "utf8") > guardPolicy.maxCiphertextBytes) {
         if (rejectIfGlobalRateLimited()) {
           return;
         }
-        metrics.emit("event.rejected.oversized_ciphertext");
+        rejectAndMarkSeen("event.rejected.oversized_ciphertext");
         return;
       }
 
@@ -597,7 +601,7 @@ export async function startNostrBus(options: NostrBusOptions): Promise<NostrBusH
 
       // Verify signature (must pass before we trust the event)
       if (!verifyEvent(event)) {
-        metrics.emit("event.rejected.invalid_signature");
+        rejectAndMarkSeen("event.rejected.invalid_signature");
         onError?.(new Error("Invalid signature"), `event ${event.id}`);
         return;
       }