Can't connect Amethyst to my Nostr RS Relay

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When adding my StartOS server (0.4.0-beta.9) as a private relay in Amethyst I get the error message WebSocket Failure: SOCKS: Connection refused in Amethyst.

My StartOS logs show:

2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00  2026-06-07T09:13:38.810431Z ERROR startos::db: src/db/mod.rs:252: Error in db websocket: Network Error: IO error: stream closed because of a broken pipe: IO error: stream closed because of a broken pipe: stream closed because of a broken pipe
2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00  2026-06-07T09:13:38.877742Z DEBUG startos::db: src/db/mod.rs:253: Network Error:
2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00   0: IO error: stream closed because of a broken pipe
2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00   1: IO error: stream closed because of a broken pipe
2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00   2: stream closed because of a broken pipe
2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00  Location:
2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00   src/error.rs:227
2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00  Backtrace omitted. Run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display it.
2026-06-07T11:13:38+02:00  Run with RUST_BACKTRACE=full to include source snippets.

I tried connecting via IP and TOR, nothing worked.

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StartOS is not the nostr relay. Nostr RS Relay is. You’ll need to look at what is either wrong with Amethyst (which is complaining about TOR) or what is wrong with Nostr RS Relay (which would be in the Nostr RS Relay logs).

What you’re pointing at in the StartOS logs is your browser disconnecting from the server as you switch tabs or close tabs. Completely unrelated.

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I am running into the same problem, wish it could work

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I use this daily. No issues.

We’d need to see some kind of error message related to the connection attempt. Could someone post one? or any details…really. We can’t really help since we can’t see what you’re seeing.

Connection issues themselves would be specific to connection methods. You can’t run TOR in your Amethyst and also try to connect to your local or to a LAN IP address. You can’t connect to your WAN address unless for forward ports, etc

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Does it work in all other clients and not Amethyst, or does it work nowhere?

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Now it’s working for me, I regenerate the onion address without SSL