From: izzy Meyer <izder456@disroot.org>
Subject: Re: desktop notifications broken in firefox?
To: Edd Barrett <edd@theunixzoo.co.uk>
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 15:53:19 -0600

On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 15:41:27 +0000
Edd Barrett <edd@theunixzoo.co.uk> 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?

It affects me too. I use dunst for my notification daemon.

> ```
> $ pkg_info | grep firefox
> firefox-144.0.2     Firefox web browser
> $ uname -a
> OpenBSD arrakis.home 7.8 GENERIC.MP#81 amd64
> ```
> 
> Cheers
> 



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iz (she/her)

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> there are too many uninteresting things
> that go unnoticed.

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