[Admin Console]: Relay operations v2 (history, diagnostics, advanced NIP-66) #688

Context

#669 delivers the first end-to-end NIP-66 monitor:

• shared probe engine
• relay-monitor worker
• basic kind 30166 / 10166 publishing
• latest network-health snapshot in admin

This issue is the next phase: turns that foundation into a practical relay operations layer.

Problem

After #669, operators can see a current health snapshot, but they still cannot easily:

• track failures over time
• compare advertised relay behavior vs measured behavior
• inspect mirror/worker/NIP-05/storage health from one place
• audit admin actions or receive alerts when things break

Goal

Extend the admin console into an operations platform without redoing #669.

Scope

1) Advanced NIP-66 telemetry

• Add rtt-read and rtt-write probes
• Detect NIP-42 auth requirements where applicable
• Enrich kind 30166 tags (rtt-read, rtt-write, N, R, k, optional NIP-52 g)
• Add NIP-11 vs probe mismatch warnings (auth, limits, public URL mismatch)
• Monitor peer relays from mirroring.static[]

2) Network Health operations

• Persist bounded probe history
• GET /admin/network-health/history
• Optional POST /admin/network-health/probe (manual trigger + audit entry)
• History charts/timeline in dashboard
• nip66.* controls in settings editor (interval, targets, timeouts, retention)

3) Ops visibility panels

• Mirror Health: connection state, reconnects, last event, lag/failure reason
• Worker Ops: maintenance / mirroring / relay-monitor status and last run
• NIP-05 Verification: search/filter, age, failures, manual re-verify
• Storage (NIP-45 COUNT): counts by kind/time range, retention impact
• Tor/I2P visibility and explicit .onion DNS-skip behavior

4) Trust and automation

• Append-only audit log (login, settings changes, manual probes, webhook config)
• Outbound webhooks: probe.failed, probe.recovered, ssl.expiring, mirror.disconnected
• OpenTelemetry probe/mirror metrics
• Redacted diagnostics export bundle (version, sanitized config, recent health, worker state)

Out of scope (handled by #669)

• Initial probe engine implementation
• First relay-monitor worker
• First publish path for kind 30166 / 10166
• First GET /admin/network-health latest snapshot endpoint
• First basic Network Health panel

Important constraint

Self-hosted probing validates public URL/DNS/TLS/routing from the relay’s own network location.
It is useful for operators, but not a substitute for independent external monitors.
UI and published NIP-66 data must label monitor identity/location and avoid presenting one monitor as authoritative.

Relevant NIPs

• NIP-66 (advanced monitor/discovery tags)
• NIP-11 (advertised vs observed mismatch checks)
• NIP-42 (auth probing)
• NIP-52 (optional geohash)
• NIP-45 (storage counts)
• NIP-05 (verification visibility)
• NIP-65 (monitor bootstrap continuity)

Dependencies

• feat(nip66): add shared relay probe engine (DNS, TLS, WS RTT, NIP-11) #669 (NIP-66 foundation)
• Admin metrics SSE and dashboard groundwork
• Admin settings editor groundwork

Success criteria

• Operators can diagnose recurring DNS/TLS/WS/mirror/worker issues without SSH/SQL
• Probe history and mismatch warnings are visible in admin
• Admin mutations and manual probes are auditable
• Alerts are opt-in, reliable, and never expose secrets
• Nostream publishes richer NIP-66 data compatible with client aggregation models