diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/nip22Comments/CommentPostViewModel.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/nip22Comments/CommentPostViewModel.kt
index 3a9df00e63..77d54cbd59 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/nip22Comments/CommentPostViewModel.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/nip22Comments/CommentPostViewModel.kt
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip18Reposts.quotes.quotes
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip18Reposts.quotes.taggedQuoteIds
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip22Comments.CommentEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip22Comments.notify
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip29RelayGroups.groupId
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip29RelayGroups.hTag
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip29RelayGroups.isGroupScoped
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip30CustomEmoji.CustomEmoji
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip30CustomEmoji.EmojiUrlTag
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip30CustomEmoji.emojis
@@ -520,8 +523,20 @@ open class CommentPostViewModel :
         val anonymous = wantsAnonymousPost
         cancel()
 
+        // A reply within a NIP-29 group is group content: pin it to the group's
+        // host relay (the relay the thread was seen on) instead of the author's
+        // outbox, so it reaches the group and — for a private/closed group — is
+        // never leaked to unrelated relays.
+        val groupHostRelays =
+            replyingTo
+                ?.takeIf { it.event?.isGroupScoped() == true }
+                ?.relays
+                ?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+
         if (anonymous) {
             accountViewModel.account.signAnonymouslyAndBroadcast(template, extraNotesToBroadcast, anonymousSigner())
+        } else if (groupHostRelays != null) {
+            accountViewModel.account.signAndSendPrivatelyOrBroadcast(template) { groupHostRelays }
         } else {
             accountViewModel.account.signAndComputeBroadcast(template, extraNotesToBroadcast)
         }
@@ -577,6 +592,12 @@ open class CommentPostViewModel :
                     msg = tagger.message,
                     replyingTo = eventHint,
                 ) {
+                    // A reply inside a NIP-29 group thread must carry the group's `h`
+                    // tag, or the host relay won't accept it and no other member (or
+                    // other NIP-29 client, e.g. Flotilla) will see it. Inherit it from
+                    // the event being replied to; a no-op for non-group comments.
+                    replyingToEvent?.groupId()?.let { hTag(it) }
+
                     val notifyPTags = tagger.pTags?.let { pTagList -> pTagList.map { it.toPTag() } } ?: emptyList()
 
                     val extraNotificationAuthors =
diff --git a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/Nip29ArmadaInteropTest.kt b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/Nip29ArmadaInteropTest.kt
index fcb3374944..0d2bffb626 100644
--- a/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/Nip29ArmadaInteropTest.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip29RelayGroups/Nip29ArmadaInteropTest.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 package com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip29RelayGroups
 
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.Event
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.hints.EventHintBundle
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip22Comments.CommentEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip25Reactions.ReactionEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip29RelayGroups.metadata.GroupAdminsEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip29RelayGroups.metadata.GroupMembersEvent
@@ -332,6 +334,27 @@ class Nip29ArmadaInteropTest {
         assertFalse(put.any { it[0] == "previous" })
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun buildsGroupThreadReplyWithHTagAndRootReference() {
+        // A reply to a kind-11 group thread must be a 1111 comment that BOTH roots
+        // at the thread AND carries the group `h` tag — the exact composition the
+        // Android composer builds (CommentEvent.replyBuilder { hTag(...) }).
+        val thread =
+            parse(
+                ThreadEvent.KIND,
+                arrayOf(arrayOf("h", gid), arrayOf("title", "T")),
+                content = "body",
+                pubKey = alice,
+            ) as ThreadEvent
+
+        val reply = CommentEvent.replyBuilder("nice", EventHintBundle(thread)) { hTag(gid) }
+
+        assertEquals(CommentEvent.KIND, reply.kind)
+        assertEquals(gid, reply.tags.hTag())
+        // References the thread it replies to (NIP-22 root scope carries the id).
+        assertTrue(reply.tags.any { it.size > 1 && it[1] == thread.id })
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun buildsJoinLeaveAndGroupScopedChat() {
         val join = JoinRequestEvent.build(gid, reason = "hi", inviteCode = "inv9")