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pointed me at the source (https://github.com/Cordn-msg/cordn-web), so the "could not check here" section above is resolved — here is cordn-web's actual implementation. Read at `a925723` (v0.5.5, 2026-10-13). Polls landed in `a511037` (2026-10-12, "add NIP-88 polls with tap-to-vote and rich results") with three follow-ups: `c2893c3` (tallies dropped every vote on deadline polls), `118f306` (card contrast on own bubbles), `80860e1` (NIP-31 alt summaries and readable vote content). Files: `src/lib/chat/polls.ts` (+ `polls.test.ts`), `kinds.ts`, `references.ts`, `registry.ts`, `inline/PollInline.svelte`, `rich/PollRich.svelte`, `components/chat/PollComposerDialog.svelte`, `ChatComposerActions.svelte`, `chatGroupDisplay.ts`.

## Wire format to mirror

NIP-88 semantics carried as cordn envelopes (no signatures), sealed as ordinary MLS group messages. NIP-88 `relay` tags are deliberately dropped — cordn routes through the group's coordinator.

Kind **1068** (poll), `ChatKinds.Poll`:
- `content` = the question.
- `option` tags, one per option, exactly 3 elements: `["option", <id>, <label>]`. Ids are assigned in display order on the send side — `["option","0","Pizza"]`, `["option","1","Sushi"]`.
- `polltype` tag: `singlechoice` | `multiplechoice`; absent means singlechoice. At most one.
- `endsAt` tag: unix **seconds** deadline, positive integer, at most one; absent means the poll never closes.
- `alt` tag (NIP-31): `Poll: <question>`.

Kind **1018** (response), `ChatKinds.PollResponse`:
- The house target triple, same shape as reaction tags: `["e", <pollId>, "", <pollAuthor>]`, `["p", <pollAuthor>]`, `["k","1068"]`.
- One `["response", <optionId>]` tag per selected option.
- `content` = `Voted: <labels joined by ", ">` (or bare `Voted`) — a readable fallback for clients with no poll support, so they do not render an empty bubble. `alt` tag = `Poll vote`.

Limits (`polls.ts`): 2–10 options, question ≤ 1024 bytes, option label ≤ 256 bytes, option id ≤ 64 bytes and alphanumeric only, lifetime ≤ 30 days, ≤ 32 tags on receive. Question and labels must be trimmed, non-empty, and free of control and bidi-override characters (labels are a spoofing surface); a known tag of the wrong shape makes the whole poll unparseable, while unknown extension tags are ignored.

## Fold rules to mirror

- A response is a **complete-selection replacement, never a delta**: exactly one id for singlechoice, 1..N unique ids for multiplechoice. An empty selection is not an unvote — there is no unvote at all (re-tapping your single choice keeps it; dropping your last multi-choice pick is refused).
- One vote per account, latest `(createdAt, cursor)` wins, so a second device's response collapses into one vote.
- A response is counted only inside the poll's window: never before the poll row, never after `endsAt`.
- A response selecting an unknown option id, or more than one id on a singlechoice poll, is dropped.
- Kind-5 deletions do **not** retract votes (NIP-88 integrity advice), and this is marked as a deliberate limit, not an oversight.
- The votes are the poll's **sparse aggregate**: the poll's own renderer self-queries the group's messages for its responses. cordn-web's README is explicit that the shell's annotation fold is never extended with a new kind — worth keeping in our port, where the equivalent would be tempting to bolt onto `AnnotationIndex`.

## Two things for the Kotlin port specifically

1. **Which clock.** `buildPollTally` compares on `StoredChatMessage.createdAt`, which in cordn-web is the **coordinator `at` in milliseconds**, not the event's `created_at` — the comment at that compare says so, and `c2893c3` is the bug fixed there (`endsAt` is seconds, stored time is ms; comparing them directly dropped every vote on a deadline poll). Our `message` table carries both columns separately (`created_at` = author clock, `at` = coordinator timestamp), so the fold must read `at`, divided by 1000 before any `endsAt` compare. Getting this wrong fails exactly one way: deadline polls look like nobody voted.
2. **Which kinds are hidden.** cordn-web adds `isStreamHiddenKind = isAnnotationKind(kind) || kind === PollResponse`: the poll renders as a row, the response never does. So in `ChatKinds.kt`, 1068 joins `isPrimary` and 1018 goes in a hidden-but-not-annotation bucket (it is not folded by the shell either). `Message.sq` `countUnread` counts `kind IN (9, 1111)` — add 1068, not 1018. Group-card and notification preview text in cordn-web is `📊 Poll: <question>` for 1068 and `🗳️ Voted` for 1018 (`chatGroupDisplay.ts`), which is the string our group-summary preview should match.

## Behaviour the UI shows

Entry point is a "Poll" item in the composer's attach menu, opening a poll composer dialog. The inline card shows the question, each option as a tap-to-vote button with its count and a share bar, your pick ticked, `N votes` underneath, and a `Closed` badge once `endsAt` passes — the card closes its own controls on a 30-second tick rather than waiting for a message. Counts are visible to everyone before voting, and the vote shows optimistically until the real response ingests (stored always beats optimistic). Voting is disabled on a closed poll and on a queued poll that has no event id yet.

Worth saying out loud for whoever reviews the feature: **votes are not secret**. Every response is an ordinary group message attributable to its sender, and cordn-web's rich view lists voter name chips under each option. That is cordn-web's choice to copy, not a defect, but it belongs in the UI copy if we show anything less than the voter list.

Steps 5 and 6 of ## Verify are the real parity test; the rest can be walked without cordn-web. The desktop step (7) is out of scope on the current rig — no display on the build box.

A clone of cordn-web is now at `repos/cordn-web` in my workspace, so I can diff against it on the next report.