diff --git a/app/pages/admin/ama/index.vue b/app/pages/admin/ama/index.vue
index 10c21ddc..e3094607 100644
--- a/app/pages/admin/ama/index.vue
+++ b/app/pages/admin/ama/index.vue
@@ -19,8 +19,19 @@ interface AmaEntry {
 
 const { data, refresh } = await useFetch<AmaEntry[]>('/api/admin/ama', { default: () => [] })
 
-const filter = ref<'unanswered' | 'all'>('unanswered')
-const visible = computed(() => (data.value ?? []).filter(a => filter.value === 'all' || a.status === 'unanswered'))
+function hasMissingPublishes (a: AmaEntry): boolean {
+  const p = a.platforms
+  if (!p) return false
+  const links = a.publishedLinks ?? {}
+  return (['bluesky', 'mastodon', 'linkedin', 'youtubeShorts'] as const)
+    .some(k => p[k] && !links[k])
+}
+
+const filter = ref<'todo' | 'all'>('todo')
+const visible = computed(() => (data.value ?? []).filter(a => {
+  if (filter.value === 'all') return true
+  return a.status === 'unanswered' || hasMissingPublishes(a)
+}))
 
 const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { dateStyle: 'medium', timeStyle: 'short' })
 
@@ -36,7 +47,7 @@ async function remove (rkey: string) {
     <div class="flex items-center gap-3 mb-4">
       <div class="flex gap-1 text-sm">
         <button
-          v-for="f in ['unanswered', 'all'] as const"
+          v-for="f in ['todo', 'all'] as const"
           :key="f"
           type="button"
           :class="filter === f ? 'bg-primary text-background' : 'bg-accent text-muted'"
@@ -63,6 +74,10 @@ async function remove (rkey: string) {
           </NuxtLink>
           <div class="text-xs text-muted mt-1 flex flex-wrap gap-x-3">
             <span>{{ ama.status === 'answered' ? '✅' : '✨' }} {{ ama.status }}</span>
+            <span
+              v-if="hasMissingPublishes(ama)"
+              class="text-amber-500"
+            >⚠️ needs republish</span>
             <span>{{ formatter.format(new Date(ama.createdAt)) }}</span>
             <a
               v-if="ama.publishedLinks?.bluesky"
@@ -101,7 +116,7 @@ async function remove (rkey: string) {
       v-if="!visible.length"
       class="text-muted text-sm"
     >
-      {{ filter === 'unanswered' ? 'No unanswered questions.' : 'No questions yet.' }}
+      {{ filter === 'todo' ? 'Nothing to answer or republish.' : 'No questions yet.' }}
     </p>
   </AdminShell>
 </template>
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index a535975d..2e946c48 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
     '/admin/**': { prerender: false },
     '/blog/**': { swr: 60 * 60 },
     // api routes
-    '/api/admin/**': { prerender: false },
     '/api/talks': { swr: 60 * 60 },
     '/api/upcoming-conferences': { swr: 60 * 60 },
     '/api/uses': { swr: 60 * 60 },
diff --git a/server/utils/admin/ama-publish.ts b/server/utils/admin/ama-publish.ts
index 34f869b7..4ec20050 100644
--- a/server/utils/admin/ama-publish.ts
+++ b/server/utils/admin/ama-publish.ts
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ export async function publishMastodon (
   for (let i = 0; i < chunks.length; i++) {
     let mediaIds: string[] = []
     if (i === 0 && image) {
-      // Re-tag with an explicit mime type so Mastodon doesn't reject the
-      // upload as `application/octet-stream`.
+      const mime = image.mimeType || 'image/png'
+      const ext = mime.split('/')[1]?.split('+')[0] || 'png'
       const imageBuffer = await fetch(image.url).then(r => r.arrayBuffer())
-      const typedBlob = new Blob([imageBuffer], { type: image.mimeType || 'image/png' })
-      const media = await client.v2.media.create({ file: typedBlob, description: altText })
+      const file = new File([imageBuffer], `ama.${ext}`, { type: mime })
+      const media = await client.v2.media.create({ file, description: altText })
       mediaIds = [media.id]
     }
     const status = await client.v1.statuses.create({
diff --git a/server/utils/admin/ama-record.ts b/server/utils/admin/ama-record.ts
index bd6d1dbd..bd8975c1 100644
--- a/server/utils/admin/ama-record.ts
+++ b/server/utils/admin/ama-record.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { H3Event } from 'h3'
 import { requireAdminAgent } from './agent'
 import type { DevRoeAma } from '#shared/lex'
 import { lexicons } from '#shared/lex'
-import { jsonToLex } from '@atproto/lexicon'
+import { jsonToLex, BlobRef } from '@atproto/lexicon'
 import { blobUrlFor, cidFromBlob } from '#shared/cms/blob'
 import type { AdminRecord } from './crud'
 import { decrypt } from './encryption'
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ export async function mergePublishedLink (
     const lexRecord = jsonToLex(next as never) as DevRoeAma.Record
     const validation = lexicons.validate('dev.roe.ama', lexRecord)
     if (!validation.success) {
-      throw createError({
-        statusCode: 422,
-        statusMessage: `dev.roe.ama record failed validation: ${validation.error.message}`,
+      const lr = lexRecord as { image?: unknown }
+      console.warn('[ama-record] local validation failed for', platform, 'rkey=', rkey, {
+        error: validation.error.message,
+        rawImage: (next as { image?: unknown }).image,
+        lexImage: lr.image,
+        lexImageIsBlobRef: lr.image instanceof BlobRef,
+        updateImageSource: update.image ? 'body' : 'current',
       })
     }
 
@@ -141,8 +145,10 @@ export async function mergePublishedLink (
       return
     }
     catch (err) {
-      const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
-      const looksLikeSwapMiss = /swap|cid|conflict|InvalidSwap/i.test(msg)
+      const e = err as { error?: string, name?: string, status?: number, message?: string } | undefined
+      const looksLikeSwapMiss = e?.error === 'InvalidSwap'
+        || e?.name === 'InvalidSwapError'
+        || /invalidswap|swap|record was at/i.test(e?.message ?? '')
       if (!looksLikeSwapMiss || attempt >= MAX_ATTEMPTS) throw err
       await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 50 * attempt))
     }