feat(notifications): stack agent alerts by thread on both platforms#12048

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mobile/sdk58-notification-grouping
openedSep 16, 2026byJJulius Marminge
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Stacked on #12047. A chatty thread used to push every other thread's alert out of Notification Center and the Android shade. The relay now tags every APNs alert with a thread-id and every FCM alert with an alert_group encoding the environment/thread pair, and the Android handler passes it to setGroup, so alerts from one thread stack together.

expo-notifications 58 added threadIdentifier to local notifications, but these alerts are remote, so the grouping key rides in the push payload instead.

Validation: 55 relay tests pass (APNs client and FCM deliveries, with the new fields asserted). Native regression tests verify a silent summary for repeated thread alerts and that sign-out clears the complete group.

Model: Claude Fable 5. Harness: Claude Code.

Review fixes: Android group keys encode the environment/thread pair with JSON, and repeated alerts receive a silent group summary. SDK 58 sets Android minSdkVersion 24; pre-N child-notification behavior is outside the supported range. Thread identifiers are validated non-empty strings, so the empty-thread case cannot enter this relay path.

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🟠 High t3agentnotifications/AgentNotifications.kt:151

On Android API levels below 24, setting setGroup(...) without a setGroupSummary(true) notification hides these alert children, so delivered alerts become invisible on supported pre-N devices. Restrict grouping to API 24+ (or post a stable summary for each group) so alerts remain visible.

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1 .setGroup(data["alert_group"]?.takeIf { Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N } ?: ALERT_TAG.takeIf { Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N })
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1In file @apps/mobile/modules/t3-agent-notifications/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3agentnotifications/AgentNotifications.kt around line 151:
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3On Android API levels below 24, setting `setGroup(...)` without a `setGroupSummary(true)` notification hides these alert children, so delivered alerts become invisible on supported pre-N devices. Restrict grouping to API 24+ (or post a stable summary for each group) so alerts remain visible.
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Push payloads now include environment and thread grouping identifiers. Android uses alert_group to group alerts and falls back to ALERT_TAG when the value is missing or blank. Tests verify APNs, FCM, and Android grouping behavior.

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Notification Thread Grouping

Layer / File(s)Summary
Push payload grouping
infra/relay/src/agentActivity/ApnsClient.ts, infra/relay/src/agentActivity/ApnsClient.test.ts, infra/relay/src/agentActivity/FcmDeliveries.ts, infra/relay/src/agentActivity/FcmDeliveries.test.ts
APNs adds a thread-id based on the environment and thread. If the thread ID is empty, APNs uses t3-agent-alerts. FCM activity and aggregate alerts include an alert_group based on the environment and thread. Tests verify both payload fields.
Android notification grouping
apps/mobile/modules/t3-agent-notifications/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/t3agentnotifications/AgentNotifications.kt, apps/mobile/modules/t3-agent-notifications/android/src/test/java/expo/modules/t3agentnotifications/AgentNotificationsTest.kt
Android groups alerts by a nonblank alert_group and uses ALERT_TAG when the value is missing or blank. Tests verify the environment/thread group.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

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Agent alerts still post, but grouping on Android may not stack as intended until summary notifications are added. Low risk; address before merge if practical.

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infra/relay/src/agentActivity/FcmDeliveries.tsline 70Outdated Β· 979bca2Open thread
……@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export function androidAlertForState(
6767 const notification = notificationForActivity({ ...state, status: statusForPhase(state.phase) });
6868 return {
6969 alert_id: JSON.stringify([state.environmentId, state.threadId, state.phase, state.updatedAt]),
70+ alert_group: `${state.environmentId}/${state.threadId}`,
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟑 Minor | ⚑ Quick win

Handle empty threadId before building alert_group.

ApnsClient.ts maps an empty threadId to the default group. These FCM paths interpolate it directly, so an empty value produces environment/ and bypasses Android’s fallback group. Reuse one helper that applies the default group for empty thread IDs in both paths. Add a test for this case.

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6In `@infra/relay/src/agentActivity/FcmDeliveries.ts` at line 70, Update both FCM
7alert_group construction paths in FcmDeliveries.ts to use a shared helper that
8maps an empty threadId to the same default group used by ApnsClient.ts, while
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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable β€” This PR changes production notification delivery and presentation on both iOS and Android, including APNs threading, FCM grouping metadata, and Android summary notifications for existing alerts. The scope is tested and contained, but it is a coordinated user-facing behavior change rather than an off-by-default option.

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infra/relay/src/agentActivity/FcmDeliveries.tslines 96–96Outdated Β· b5b375eOpen thread
……@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ export function androidAlertForAggregate(input: {
9293 const notification = notificationForActivity(first);
9394 return {
9495 alert_id: JSON.stringify([first.environmentId, first.threadId, first.phase, first.updatedAt]),
96+ alert_group: `${first.environmentId}/${first.threadId}`,
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🟑 Medium agentActivity/FcmDeliveries.ts:96

alert_group is not unique for distinct (environmentId, threadId) pairs, so Android setGroup collapses unrelated notifications together. For example, environmentId: "a/b" with threadId: "c" and environmentId: "a" with threadId: "b/c" both produce a/b/c; use an injective encoding such as JSON.stringify of the ID pair.

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infra/relay/src/agentActivity/ApnsClient.ts:173

notificationThreadId builds the grouping key by joining two arbitrary nonempty IDs with /, which is not injective. For example, environment/thread pairs a/b + c and a + b/c both produce a/b/c; both ID schemas accept trimmed strings containing /. Their unrelated iOS alerts will therefore be stacked into the same Notification Center thread instead of being separated.

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……@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ object AgentNotifications {
161161 .setContentTitle(title).setContentText(body)
162162 .setStyle(NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(body))
163163 .setAutoCancel(true)
164+ .setGroup(data["alert_group"]?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: ALERT_TAG)
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site:developer.android.com notification grouping setGroupSummary required Android 7 NotificationCompat setGroup

πŸ’‘ Result:

1Yes. For a **manually grouped** notification set, Android’s documentation says to call `setGroup()` on the notifications and also post a group summary with the same group key and `setGroupSummary(true)`. This applies to `NotificationCompat` too. ([developer.android.com](https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/group?utm_source=openai))
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3Android 7.0 (API 24) and later can display the nested group; on older Android versions, only the summary is shown. Android 7.0+ may automatically group ungrouped notifications, but if you want to ensure your own group is formed, provide the summary yourself. ([developer.android.com](https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/group?utm_source=openai))
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5Citations:
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7- 1: https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/group?utm_source=openai
8- 2: https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/group?utm_source=openai

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πŸ’‘ Result:

1On **Android 7.0 (API 24) and later**, the system may automatically group an app’s notifications if you don’t provide a group key. The docs say automatic grouping applies when the app sends **four or more notifications** without specifying grouping. ([developer.android.com](https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/group?utm_source=openai))
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3For predictable grouping, set a shared group key on the child notifications and explicitly mark a summary with `setGroupSummary(true)`. Automatic grouping is system-managed; it doesn’t mean your app has set that flag. ([developer.android.com](https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/group?utm_source=openai))
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Post a summary notification for each alert group.

postAlert assigns an explicit group key to each alert but posts only the child notification. No Android path posts a summary notification. Add a summary notification with the same group key and setGroupSummary(true) so alerts from each thread stack predictably.

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9Update postAlert to post a summary notification for each alert group using the
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Added 7 commits

  • feat(notifications): stack agent alerts by thread on both platforms6da1e0c
  • fix(relay): type mutable FCM data at the payload boundary75a8251
  • fix(relay): accept aggregate alerts in grouped FCM deliverybb6ab59
  • test(notifications): account for silent group summariesce1f36a
  • test(notifications): use validated identifiers in grouping regressionf13acce
  • fix(notifications): keep Android groups distinct with silent summariesf1a7c52
  • style(notifications): format Android summary cleanup4773913