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Let me control notifications from child sessions

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Description

### Feature summary

Add separate notification controls for top-level sessions and their child sessions.

### What problem are you trying to solve?

I often use one main session to start several child sessions. Each child that finishes or asks a question can create its own notification.

With many sessions running, the notifications become constant and important notifications from the main session are easy to miss.

### Proposed solution

Add a notification scope, either globally or for each parent session:

- All sessions
- Top-level sessions only
- Muted

When “Top-level sessions only” is selected, child-session status should remain visible in the app, but individual child sessions should not produce separate OS notifications.

If a child needs input that the parent session cannot handle, the parent could surface that question to the user.

### Workflow impact

This would make parallel orchestration quieter and easier to manage without hiding child-session progress or important questions.

### Installation context

GitHub Copilot app 1.0.23 on Windows x64, OS build 26200.8655, using a main session with multiple child sessions.

### Additional context

Related: #1898 requests separate sound controls for automations, and #248 requests parent-child session organization. Neither covers notification control for child sessions.

This is separate from #1042, which concerns automatic focus switching.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue, so first map the app's notification handling and parent-child session model. Clarify whether scope is global or per parent session, then verify that top-level notifications remain visible, child progress stays in the app, and muted mode suppresses OS notifications.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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