open-webui / open-webui/computer
feat: option to mute messaging-gateway chat notifications
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Description
feat: option to mute messaging-gateway chat notifications
Feature description
Conversations that arrive via messaging gateways (Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram)
generate in-app toasts, browser notifications, sidebar unread badges, and
tab-bar unread dots. When the user is already reading (and replying to) those
conversations in the platform UI itself, the mirrored gateway notifications
are pure noise.
Proposed solution
A user preference (toggle under Settings → Notifications) that silences
notification surfaces for gateway chats when the user reads them in the UI:
- no in-app toast, no browser notification
- no sidebar unread badge
- no tab-bar unread dot
The chats themselves remain fully visible and functional — only the
notification mirroring is suppressed.
Implementation notes
- Unread counting accepts an
exclude_bridgeflag, driven by the user's persisted preference. - The chat's "done" socket event can carry a flag for gateway chats so the client can skip toasts for chats it hasn't loaded.
Additional context
Implemented on a fork; can share implementation notes.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the Settings → Notifications preference, unread counting with the exclude_bridge flag, and the chat "done" socket event described in the issue. Done means gateway chats can be read normally while their toasts, browser notifications, sidebar badges, and tab-bar dots are suppressed according to the persisted preference.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- full-stack
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 57/100