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Desktop notifications not working on Arch Linux

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A-Electron A-Notifications O-Occasional S-Major T-Defect
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Description

### Description

I'm not getting any desktop notifications. I'm using Bspwm window manager on Arch Linux. The Element window is in a specific workspace. I don't get notifications whether I'm in that workspace or another workspace.

I don't know from which version it stopped showing notifications, but in the past I would get them, but not always(a hit and miss behavior).

### Steps to reproduce

- Open Element desktop in a workspace
- Receive a message in a one-to-one chat room or get mentioned(in an IRC channel)

There is no desktop notifications.

I only notice a marker in the Element tray icon while receiving a message in a one-to-one chat. I don't think I ever got that tray icon marker while getting mentioned in an IRC channel.

Screenshot of my notification settings:
![Element - 2021-02-28 13:50:42](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1062270/109415385-97fb0880-79cd-11eb-87a3-31ce4e5c4dea.png)

### Version information

- **Platform**: desktop
- **OS**: Arch Linux
- **Version**: 1.7.21

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