diff --git a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip62RequestToVanish/tags/RelayTag.kt b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip62RequestToVanish/tags/RelayTag.kt
index cc586d1d2e..b9fcf03f18 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip62RequestToVanish/tags/RelayTag.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip62RequestToVanish/tags/RelayTag.kt
@@ -37,10 +37,23 @@ class RelayTag {
 
         fun shouldVanishFromEverywhere(tag: Array<String>) = tag.has(1) && tag[0] == TAG_NAME && tag[1] == EVERYWHERE
 
+        /**
+         * Whether this tag asks [relay] to vanish the author. The tag carries whatever url the
+         * client typed, so it is compared as a [NormalizedRelayUrl], not as a string: a
+         * `wss://relay.example` tag must reach the relay whose normalized url is
+         * `wss://relay.example/`. A raw string match quietly accepted the request and deleted
+         * nothing.
+         */
         fun shouldVanishFrom(
             tag: Array<String>,
             relay: NormalizedRelayUrl,
-        ) = tag.has(1) && tag[0] == TAG_NAME && (tag[1] == relay.url || tag[1] == EVERYWHERE)
+        ): Boolean {
+            if (!tag.has(1) || tag[0] != TAG_NAME) return false
+            val value = tag[1]
+            // Fast paths first: the everywhere marker, and a tag already in normalized form.
+            if (value == EVERYWHERE || value == relay.url) return true
+            return RelayUrlNormalizer.normalizeOrNull(value) == relay
+        }
 
         fun parse(tag: Array<String>): NormalizedRelayUrl? {
             ensure(tag.has(1)) { return null }
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip62RequestToVanish/tags/RelayTagTest.kt b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip62RequestToVanish/tags/RelayTagTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d525d53c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip62RequestToVanish/tags/RelayTagTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Vitor Pamplona
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+ * Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip62RequestToVanish.tags
+
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.relay.normalizer.RelayUrlNormalizer
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertFalse
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+class RelayTagTest {
+    private val relay = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://relay.example.com")
+
+    private fun tag(url: String) = arrayOf(RelayTag.TAG_NAME, url)
+
+    @Test
+    fun matchesTheNormalizedForm() {
+        assertTrue(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag(relay.url), relay))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun matchesTheFormAClientTypes() {
+        // The form most clients write: no trailing slash. It used to be accepted and ignored.
+        assertTrue(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag("wss://relay.example.com"), relay))
+        assertTrue(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag("wss://Relay.Example.com/"), relay))
+        assertTrue(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag("relay.example.com"), relay))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun matchesALocalRelay() {
+        val local = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("ws://localhost:7777")
+        assertTrue(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag("ws://localhost:7777"), local))
+        assertTrue(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag("ws://localhost:7777/"), local))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun matchesEverywhere() {
+        assertTrue(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag(RelayTag.EVERYWHERE), relay))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun ignoresOtherRelays() {
+        assertFalse(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag("wss://other.example.com"), relay))
+        assertFalse(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag("wss://relay.example.com/other"), relay))
+        assertFalse(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(tag("not a url"), relay))
+        assertFalse(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(arrayOf("r", relay.url), relay))
+        assertFalse(RelayTag.shouldVanishFrom(arrayOf(RelayTag.TAG_NAME), relay))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun theEventLevelCheckUsesTheSameRule() {
+        val tags = arrayOf(arrayOf("p", "a".repeat(64)), tag("wss://relay.example.com"))
+        assertTrue(tags.shouldVanishFrom(relay))
+        assertFalse(tags.shouldVanishFrom(RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://other.example.com")))
+    }
+}