1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/internal/handler/websocket/handler.go b/internal/handler/websocket/handler.go
index 38d4fa6..224a2f8 100644
--- a/internal/handler/websocket/handler.go
+++ b/internal/handler/websocket/handler.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 type EventStore interface {
         StoreEvent(context.Context, *storage.EventData) error
         QueryEvents(context.Context, []*pb.Filter, *storage.QueryOptions) ([]*pb.Event, error)
+        ProcessDeletion(context.Context, *pb.Event) error
 }
 
 type Handler struct {
@@ -115,6 +116,16 @@ func (h *Handler) handleEvent(ctx context.Context, conn *websocket.Conn, raw []j
         pbEvent := NostrToPB(&event)
         canonicalJSON := event.Serialize()
 
+        // Handle deletion events (kind 5) - process but don't store
+        if pbEvent.Kind == 5 {
+                if err := h.store.ProcessDeletion(ctx, pbEvent); err != nil {
+                        h.sendOK(ctx, conn, event.ID, false, fmt.Sprintf("deletion failed: %v", err))
+                        return nil
+                }
+                h.sendOK(ctx, conn, event.ID, true, "deleted")
+                return nil
+        }
+
         eventData := &storage.EventData{
                 Event:         pbEvent,
                 CanonicalJSON: canonicalJSON,