diff --git a/relay.pid b/relay.pid
index 74620c8..9c856da 100644
--- a/relay.pid
+++ b/relay.pid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2275963
+2284646
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 5e3a1b5..40ac7b7 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 // Using CRELAY_ prefix to avoid conflicts with nostr_core_lib VERSION macros
 #define CRELAY_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CRELAY_VERSION_MINOR 2
-#define CRELAY_VERSION_PATCH 33
-#define CRELAY_VERSION "v1.2.33"
+#define CRELAY_VERSION_PATCH 34
+#define CRELAY_VERSION "v1.2.34"
 
 // Relay metadata (authoritative source for NIP-11 information)
 #define RELAY_NAME "C-Relay"
diff --git a/src/websockets.c b/src/websockets.c
index 910c338..4401064 100644
--- a/src/websockets.c
+++ b/src/websockets.c
@@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ static int nostr_relay_callback(struct lws *wsi, enum lws_callback_reasons reaso
     switch (reason) {
         case LWS_CALLBACK_HTTP:
             // Handle HTTP requests
+            // Mark session as active so HTTP requests don't trigger idle ban
+            if (pss) {
+                pthread_mutex_lock(&pss->session_lock);
+                pss->session_active = 1;
+                pthread_mutex_unlock(&pss->session_lock);
+            }
             {
                 char *requested_uri = (char *)in;
 
@@ -458,6 +464,12 @@ static int nostr_relay_callback(struct lws *wsi, enum lws_callback_reasons reaso
                         int is_nip11_request = (strstr(accept_header, "application/nostr+json") != NULL);
 
                         if (is_nip11_request) {
+                            // Mark session as active so HTTP requests don't trigger idle ban
+                            if (pss) {
+                                pthread_mutex_lock(&pss->session_lock);
+                                pss->session_active = 1;
+                                pthread_mutex_unlock(&pss->session_lock);
+                            }
                             // Handle NIP-11 request
                             if (handle_nip11_http_request(wsi, accept_header) == 0) {
                                 return 0; // Successfully handled