Server-side grouped notifications not working on some servers
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Description
### Problem I have
Hi,
First of all, thanks a lot for Phanpy! It really moves the needle in terms of UX and UI; in many ways it's more reactive than native apps. Kudos.
I enabled the server-side grouped notifications (alpha-stage feature, I know), then forgot about it. Later, notifications were not working, and I did not realize both were linked, because the error message just said that fetching notifications failed.
That's because my server (using an old mastodon version / glitch-soc) does not yet support the new notifications API.
### Solution I'd like
It might be worth enhancing this error message ("your server does not support grouped notifications or the v2 api") as this feature eventually moves to beta-stage.
Please consider this as a general UX feedback and how an user can paint themselves in a corner. Feel free to close this issue!
### Alternatives considered
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### Other
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Research direction
Start by tracing the grouped-notifications request and the existing generic notification-fetch failure handling. The issue is done when servers that lack the newer notifications API produce an explanatory error instead of only saying that fetching notifications failed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- api, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100