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What changed

Implements the Windows backend for the existing notification system: session finished/needs-input banners (plus due reminders) now dispatch through the WinRT toast API via tauri-winrt-notification, with click-to-open-session and a Settings entry that deep-links to Windows notification settings. macOS/Linux behavior is unchanged.

Why

The notification commands returned Unsupported on Windows, so turn-finished and reminder banners silently fell back to the in-app cue only. Windows 10/11 can show native toasts like the other platforms once an AppUserModelID path exists.

UI

No layout change. The Settings Notifications blocked row now also offers its Open System Settings button on Windows (previously mac-only); the button opens ms-settings:notifications.

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  • I ran the full check suite (vitest, tsc --noEmit, cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -D warnings, cargo test) - all green
  • This PR is small and focused
  • I did not mix unrelated changes

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  • New Features

    • Added Windows notification permission detection, including per-app and system-level notification blocks.
    • Added an “Open System Settings” option when Windows notifications are disabled.
    • Reminder actions triggered from Windows notifications can open the related reminder.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Clicking a notification now restores a minimized window before focusing it.
    • Windows notification delivery now stops cleanly when notifications are blocked in system settings.

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The change adds Windows WinRT notification permission detection, blocked-toast handling, notification activation support, Windows reminder opening, system-settings access, and window restoration after notification clicks.

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Windows notifications

Layer / File(s) Summary
Windows notification backend
src-tauri/Cargo.toml, src-tauri/src/notifications.rs
Adds WinRT notification dependencies. Platform permission commands now receive AppHandle. Windows checks WinRT toast settings and stops blocked notifications before dispatch.
Windows notification activation
src-tauri/src/reminders.rs, src/App.tsx, src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
Windows includes notification reminder opening. Notification clicks unminimize the window before focusing it. The default capability allows both window operations.
Windows notification settings action
src/surfaces/SettingsView.tsx
The blocked-notification view shows the system-settings action on Windows and macOS.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant NotificationHandler
  participant TauriWindow
  participant ReminderRoute
  NotificationHandler->>TauriWindow: unminimize
  TauriWindow-->>NotificationHandler: restore completion
  NotificationHandler->>TauriWindow: setFocus
  NotificationHandler->>ReminderRoute: open reminder identifier
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The Windows notification flows route blocked users to system settings and restore the app when notification actions open sessions. No merge-blocking issue was identified.

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ardevdevts force-pushed the notifications-windows branch from ca06f3b to 3b14c57 Compare September 13, 2026 20:40
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In `@src-tauri/src/notifications.rs`:
- Line 531: Update the notification settings rendering in SettingsView.tsx so
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@ardevdevts thanks for the work. Overall this is great however I found two issues before merge:

  1. The backend always returns Granted, so the Windows “Open System Settings” button never appears when notifications are blocked. It also means a blocked toast may be treated as delivered, skipping the in-app cue.
  2. Clicking a notification while MonoCode is minimized only calls setFocus(). On Windows, the window must be unminimized first, otherwise it remains minimized.

Could you address these cases? 🙏

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@ardevdevts Thanks for the updates. I checked the latest changes and both issues are resolved. Looks good to me.

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hardbeat920 merged commit d79ee04 into hardbeat920:main Sep 14, 2026
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