diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/Text.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/Text.kt
index 874936fe20..c082b39990 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/Text.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/types/Text.kt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.ReplyNoteComposition
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.elements.DisplayUncitedHashtags
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.nip22Comments.DisplayExternalId
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.threadview.datasources.PreloadThreadForReply
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.theme.HalfVertSpacer
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.theme.StdVertSpacer
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.theme.placeholderText
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ fun RenderTextEvent(
     val noteEvent = note.event ?: return
 
     if (unPackReply != ReplyRenderType.NONE) {
+        // Eagerly pull the rest of this reply's thread while it's on screen, so opening
+        // the conversation finds it already loaded. No-op when the note is a root itself.
+        PreloadThreadForReply(note, accountViewModel)
+
         val canShowReply by
             remember(note) {
                 derivedStateOf {
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/datasources/ThreadFilterAssemblerSubscription.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/datasources/ThreadFilterAssemblerSubscription.kt
index f30c0221c8..75e206a528 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/datasources/ThreadFilterAssemblerSubscription.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/threadview/datasources/ThreadFilterAssemblerSubscription.kt
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.threadview.datasources
 
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.model.ThreadAssembler
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.relayClient.subscriptions.LifecycleAwareKeyDataSourceSubscription
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.Account
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.LocalCache
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.Note
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.HexKey
 
@@ -52,3 +55,29 @@ fun ThreadFilterAssemblerSubscription(
 
     LifecycleAwareKeyDataSourceSubscription(state, filterAssembler)
 }
+
+/**
+ * Eagerly pre-loads the whole thread of a reply that is visible in a feed.
+ *
+ * When a reply shows up in `NoteCompose`, this resolves the thread root and opens
+ * the same root subscription the thread screen uses (a filter on the root's `e`/`a`
+ * tag, covering NIP-10 and NIP-22 event/addressable roots), so tapping into the
+ * conversation finds it already loaded. Keying on the resolved root id means every
+ * visible reply that shares a root collapses onto a single subscription, and a note
+ * that is itself a root (no parent) is skipped — nothing to pre-load.
+ */
+@Composable
+fun PreloadThreadForReply(
+    note: Note,
+    accountViewModel: AccountViewModel,
+) {
+    val rootId =
+        remember(note) {
+            val root = ThreadAssembler(LocalCache).findRoot(note.idHex)
+            if (root != null && root != note) root.idHex else null
+        }
+
+    if (rootId != null) {
+        ThreadFilterAssemblerSubscription(rootId, accountViewModel)
+    }
+}