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From:
Nathan Koch <sovietnate@yandex.com>
Subject:
Re: desktop notifications broken in firefox?
To:
ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Wed, 5 Nov 2025 14:58:07 -0800

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I've noticed MP4 video playback is borked too.

-Nate

On 11/5/25 07:41, Edd Barrett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I upgraded my snapshot yesterday evening and now it appears that desktop
> notifications no longer work in firefox.
>
> I first noticed it with Mattermost -- when a notification should be sent, it
> shows a red bar at the top of the screen saying a Javascript error occurred,
> then if you look in the JS console:
>
> ```
> Uncaught Error: Notification failed to show.
> ```
>
> This notification test page also seems to not work:
> https://www.kenherbert.dev/browser-notification-tester/
>
> If I click "Send Notification", then grant permission for the page to do so, it
> shows: "Notification displayed? no - an error occurred: error".
>
> Nothing in the JS console for this site though.
>
> FWIW, `notify-send` works.
>
> Is it just me? Or is this a problem for others too?
>
> ```
> $ pkg_info | grep firefox
> firefox-144.0.2     Firefox web browser
> $ uname -a
> OpenBSD arrakis.home 7.8 GENERIC.MP#81 amd64
> ```
>
> Cheers
>