[GH-ISSUE #768] Notification spam from old alerts #551

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opened 2026-05-07 00:25:21 +02:00 by BreizhHardware · 1 comment

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:25:21 +02:00

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Originally created by @skibbipl on GitHub (Jun 6, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/768

💡 Idea
I use ntfy on many devices: android phone and several browsers on my PC, laptop etc. What bothers me the most is notification spam when I open a browser on a device that was offline too long. Basically here is the scenario:
On my main PC my browser is open for 8h - ntfy sends several alerts during that time. Next day I open my laptop and I get tons of "pings" from my browser about past notifications. Sometimes the whole process takes over a minute.
It would be nice to have some kind of filter that will prevent old notifications popping up on a new browser.

💻 Target components
ntfy server?

Originally created by @skibbipl on GitHub (Jun 6, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/768 :bulb: **Idea** I use ntfy on many devices: android phone and several browsers on my PC, laptop etc. What bothers me the most is notification spam when I open a browser on a device that was offline too long. Basically here is the scenario: On my main PC my browser is open for 8h - ntfy sends several alerts during that time. Next day I open my laptop and I get tons of "pings" from my browser about past notifications. Sometimes the whole process takes over a minute. It would be nice to have some kind of filter that will prevent old notifications popping up on a new browser. :computer: **Target components** ntfy server?

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2026-05-07 00:25:21 +02:00

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BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:25:22 +02:00

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@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2023):

What you are really asking for is a way to automatically mark notifications as "read" across devices, i.e. when you read a notification on one platform it won't pop up on others.

That would be very useful indeed.

I could have sworn there was another ticket about this, in relation to #159 and #525.

@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2023): What you are really asking for is a way to automatically mark notifications as "read" across devices, i.e. when you read a notification on one platform it won't pop up on others. That would be very useful indeed. I could have sworn there was another ticket about this, in relation to #159 and #525.