fix: feed card follow ui

components/social/post/feed-follow-button.tsx

@@ -18,22 +18,30 @@ import { useAuthGate } from "@/components/auth/auth-gate";
 export function FeedFollowButton({
   handle,
   followsYou,
+  requested = false,
 }: {
   handle: string;
   /** The author already follows the viewer → label becomes "Follow back". */
   followsYou: boolean;
+  /** Server-truth: the viewer already has a pending follow request to this
+   *  author (e.g. sent in a prior session or on the profile page). */
+  requested?: boolean;
 }) {
   const { requireAuth } = useAuthGate();
-  const [requested, setRequested] = useState(false);
+  const [justRequested, setJustRequested] = useState(false);
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
 
+  // Show "Requested" when the server already knows about a pending request or
+  // the viewer just sent one in this session.
+  const showRequested = requested || justRequested;
+
   async function follow() {
-    if (busy || requested) return;
+    if (busy || showRequested) return;
     if (!(await requireAuth())) return;
     setBusy(true);
     try {
       await relationships.follow(handle);
-      setRequested(true);
+      setJustRequested(true);
     } catch (err) {
       toast.error(
         err instanceof SocialError ? err.message : "Could not follow",
@@ -44,7 +52,7 @@ export function FeedFollowButton({
     }
   }
 
-  if (requested) {
+  if (showRequested) {
     return (
       <span className="shrink-0 inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-full border border-border px-3 h-8 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground">
         <Clock className="size-3.5" />

components/social/post/post-card.tsx

@@ -71,11 +71,25 @@ export function PostCard({
           show (delete for owners, block/report for everyone else), so
           a view with nothing to expose simply hides the dot. */}
       <header className="flex items-center gap-3 mb-4">
+        {authorHandle ? (
+          <Link
+            href={`/u/${authorHandle}`}
+            aria-label={`View ${authorName}'s profile`}
+            className="shrink-0"
+          >
             <UserAvatar
               src={post.author_avatar_url}
               name={authorName}
               className="size-9"
             />
+          </Link>
+        ) : (
+          <UserAvatar
+            src={post.author_avatar_url}
+            name={authorName}
+            className="size-9"
+          />
+        )}
         <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
           {authorHandle ? (
             <Link

components/social/post/post-scroll-card.tsx

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { AtSign, ImageIcon, Repeat2 } from "lucide-react";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import type { Post, PostImage } from "@/lib/social";
 import { displaySourceLabel } from "@/lib/source-reference";
+import { timeAgo } from "@/lib/time";
 import { useMediaQuery } from "@/components/selection-toolbar/shared";
 import { UserAvatar } from "@/components/ui/user-avatar";
 import { useAuth } from "@/components/auth/auth-provider";
@@ -125,11 +126,25 @@ export function PostScrollCard({
           on the right (Delete for author, Block/Report for everyone
           else; PostCardMenu hides itself when there are no items). */}
       <header className="flex items-center gap-3 px-4 py-3">
+        {post.author_handle ? (
+          <Link
+            href={`/u/${post.author_handle}`}
+            aria-label={`View ${post.author_name || post.author_handle}'s profile`}
+            className="shrink-0"
+          >
             <UserAvatar
               src={post.author_avatar_url}
               name={post.author_name ?? "Unknown"}
               className="size-9"
             />
+          </Link>
+        ) : (
+          <UserAvatar
+            src={post.author_avatar_url}
+            name={post.author_name ?? "Unknown"}
+            className="size-9"
+          />
+        )}
         <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
           <Link
             href={
@@ -139,16 +154,16 @@ export function PostScrollCard({
           >
             {post.author_name || "Unknown"}
           </Link>
-          {post.author_handle ? (
           <span className="block text-xs text-muted-foreground truncate">
-              @{post.author_handle}
+            {post.author_handle ? <>@{post.author_handle} · </> : null}
+            {timeAgo(post.created_at)}
           </span>
-          ) : null}
         </div>
         {enableFollow && post.author_handle && !post.viewer_follows_author ? (
           <FeedFollowButton
             handle={post.author_handle}
             followsYou={!!post.author_follows_viewer}
+            requested={!!post.viewer_follow_requested}
           />
         ) : null}
         <PostCardMenu

lib/social.ts

@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ export type Post = {
   viewer_follows_author?: boolean;
   /** Home-feed only: does the author follow the viewer (drives "Follow back")? */
   author_follows_viewer?: boolean;
+  /** Home-feed only: viewer has a pending (unaccepted) follow request to the
+   *  author — drives the "Requested" state on the feed follow button. */
+  viewer_follow_requested?: boolean;
   /** Owner-only: post is hidden from timelines + public collections. Still
    *  shown to the owner on their own profile and in private collections. */
   is_hidden?: boolean;