Stuck browser notifications
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Configure email
- Receive an email
- Get a notification of the new mail from the browser
Expected behavior
Mail notification shows once, and then disappears.
Or it clears when you read the message.
Or have some way to get the notification to stop reappearing every 30 seconds.
Or go away and never notify at all.
Actual behavior
It pops up over and over and over again, and once this starts happening, the only way to get it to stop is to remove the notification permission from NextCloud.
Mail app version
3.3.0-alpha1
Mailserver or service
Self-hosted Dovecot server
Operating system
Ubuntu (in Docker container)
PHP engine version
PHP 8.1
Web server
Nginx
Database
MariaDB
Additional info
This is a client issue, not a server issue. I actually really like the app, but this notification is super annoying -- and I really want to disable mail notifications entirely, I don't need the interruptions. I'll file a separate feature request for that.
I'm using Firefox on Ubuntu 23.04, if that makes any difference - currently 115.0.2 - snap.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reproducing the repeated browser notification in Firefox with the listed Mail app, Nextcloud, and Dovecot setup, then trace the client notification lifecycle. Done means the notification no longer reappears every 30 seconds and its intended clearing or disabling behavior is defined and verified.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100