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feat(notifications): list Macro in iOS notification settings before prompting - #8868
On iOS, Macro has no Settings → Apps → Macro → Notifications row until
the user answers the system prompt, and that prompt only appears after
tapping Enable inside Macro. Someone who goes to iOS Settings to turn
notifications on finds nothing. Apps like Bluesky appear there from first
launch by requesting provisional authorization.
How it works
While the user hasn't decided, the plugin requests provisional authorization
at launch. iOS grants it silently, with no dialog: the Settings row appears and
pushes arrive quietly in Notification Center. The device registers its token
as soon as it's signed in. Macro's own prompt and switch still offer full
alerts.
launch, undecided ──► requestAuthorization(.provisional) ──► Provisional
(quiet: NC only,
token registered)
│
Macro modal / Mobile notifications switch ─► system prompt ─► Allow ──┐
iOS Settings, or a quiet push's Keep → Deliver Immediately ───────────┤
▼
Authorized
Already-allowed and denied users are untouched: the request only runs while
the status is .notDetermined.
What
ios_push_plugin/.../NotificationsPlugin.swift
Requests [.alert, .sound, .badge, .provisional] at init, only while
undecided.
check_permissions reports provisional (and ephemeral) as granted, with
a new provisional: true field.
registerForRemoteNotifications no longer prompts. It registers under
authorized, provisional or ephemeral, and otherwise returns success: false. requestPermissions still shows the real prompt.
src/lib/tauri/push-api.ts: checkPermissions invokes the same plugin:notifications|check_permissions command directly so the result
can be typed with the provisional flag.
src/lib/tauri/PushNotification.tsx: provisional reads as default. The
in-app switch stays off and the enable modal still shows; enabling goes
through the existing path, which now ends in the system prompt.
Docs: the notifications agent guide and ios_push_plugin/AGENTS.md.
Decisions:
Email digest. The backend queues the digest email only when every push
fails. A quiet push counts as delivered, so users on quiet delivery stop
getting the digest. This includes users who dismissed Macro's prompt.
Accepted: the digest is low value.
OTA compatibility. New web on an older binary sees no provisional
flag and behaves as today, so this doesn't need to raise the native floor.
Old web would treat quiet delivery as fully on, but it can't run on a
binary with this change: the web side reaches main in the same merge, so
every later binary and prod bundle includes it.
Release. Labeled skip-ios-update: the Swift change ships with the
next native release rather than its own. Merge after chore: ios deploy #8829 (iOS 2.0.12,
in App Review) so this native change doesn't invalidate its build.
Follow-ups
Upgrading from Notification Center pulled down over Macro leaves the in-app
switch off until Macro next returns from the background. That gesture
doesn't background the WebView, so no focus event fires. A fix needs a
native app-became-active event.
Only iOS Settings can fix two states: denied, and authorized with banners
off. Keep → Deliver Immediately on a quiet notification authorizes
Macro without turning banners or the Lock Screen on, so the switch shows on
while delivery stays quiet. Enable could open UIApplication.openNotificationSettingsURLString.
…rompting
Why:
iOS only adds an app's Notifications row to Settings after the app first
requests authorization. Macro requested it only from the in-app Enable
action, so users could not find or turn on Macro notifications in iOS
Settings until they had found that action.
What:
- Request provisional authorization at launch while the status is
undecided. It shows no prompt, creates the Settings row, and delivers
pushes quietly to Notification Center.
- Registration no longer requests full authorization itself; it reads
the current status, so registering a provisional device cannot pop
the system prompt.
- check_permissions keeps reporting provisional as granted (the token
registers) and adds `provisional: true`, which the web app reads to
keep the Mobile notifications switch and enable prompt offering full
alerts. Older binaries omit the flag; older web bundles ignore it.
Why: the backend treats any registered device as push-enabled and only
queues the digest email when every push fails. Provisional (quiet)
delivery succeeds at APNs, so those users stop getting the digest.
This was reviewed and accepted, and is not obvious from the client code.
What: one sentence in the iOS provisional paragraph of the
notifications agent guide.
Why: simulator testing showed the in-app switch re-reads permission
only on the window focus event, which fires when Macro returns from
the background (e.g. from iOS Settings) but not when Notification
Center is pulled down over it. The guide claimed the switch updates as
soon as you return. Testing also hit an unsigned-simulator gotcha:
`--no-sign` builds never receive an APNs token.
What: the notifications agent guide describes when the switch updates,
and the push plugin's Checks note that registration tests need a
simulator build Xcode signs to run locally.
On iOS, notification access can begin in quiet mode, allowing signed-in devices to receive notifications before full alerts are enabled.
Users can upgrade to full alerts through the app or iOS notification settings.
Bug Fixes
Notification permission status now distinguishes quiet access from full authorization, keeping the in-app switch and enable prompt aligned with the system settings.
The iOS plugin now requests provisional notification authorization at initialization when authorization is undecided. It reports provisional status and allows remote notification registration for authorized, provisional, and ephemeral states. The web client reads the plugin’s permission result and maps provisional permission to the default prompt state. The documentation describes notification behavior and simulator signing requirements.
Priority: Normal
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 88f07
A signed-in user launching the app for the first time after this change may not get a push token registered until a later resume or sync. Users who choose to deliver quiet notifications immediately can see mobile notifications shown as fully enabled while alerts remain off. Fix both before merging, or explicitly accept them.
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The description explains the change in detail: iOS Settings has no Macro notifications row until the system prompt is answered, and the PR requests provisional authorization at launch to make the row appear with quiet delivery. It also covers the plugin, push-api.ts, PushNotification.tsx, and docs changes, plus decisions on email digest, OTA compatibility, and release ordering. It matches the raw summary and the PR objectives.
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Shorten the title to 72 characters or fewer and keep the conventional commits prefix. For example: "feat(notifications): list Macro in iOS settings before prompting" (65 characters).
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@apps/web/tauri/ios_push_plugin/ios/Sources/NotificationsPlugin.swift:
- Around line 52-55: In the authorization completion handler in the notification
settings flow, trigger syncDeviceRegistration after the native authorization
request completes so an existing signed-in session retries device registration
after provisional authorization; preserve the current permission request
behavior.
- Around line 54-55: Update the authorization callback in
NotificationsPlugin.init to capture the granted result and whether an error
occurred, then record the provisional authorization outcome using the plugin’s
structured Logger convention. Do not include notification content or the raw
error message.
- Line 352: Update checkPermissions and PermissionStatus to expose alert
permission separately from notification authorization: include an alertsEnabled
field and populate it from settings.alertSetting, preserving the existing status
and provisional values.
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… permission
Why: the provisional request at launch is asynchronous. A signed-in
launch that checked permission before it settled saw "prompt" and
skipped device registration until the next launch, and the request's
outcome was never logged.
What: check_permissions waits on a DispatchGroup held until the launch
request completes, and the request logs its outcome without the error
text.
… off
Why: on a quiet notification, Keep → Deliver Immediately only changes
the status from provisional to authorized; banners and the Lock Screen
stay off. The guide said the switch stays off until full alerts are
allowed, but this path turns it on while delivery is still quiet.
What: describe that state in the notifications guide and the push
plugin's AGENTS.md.
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Why
On iOS, Macro has no Settings → Apps → Macro → Notifications row until
the user answers the system prompt, and that prompt only appears after
tapping Enable inside Macro. Someone who goes to iOS Settings to turn
notifications on finds nothing. Apps like Bluesky appear there from first
launch by requesting provisional authorization.
How it works
While the user hasn't decided, the plugin requests provisional authorization
at launch. iOS grants it silently, with no dialog: the Settings row appears and
pushes arrive quietly in Notification Center. The device registers its token
as soon as it's signed in. Macro's own prompt and switch still offer full
alerts.
Already-allowed and denied users are untouched: the request only runs while
the status is
.notDetermined.What
ios_push_plugin/.../NotificationsPlugin.swift[.alert, .sound, .badge, .provisional]at init, only whileundecided.
check_permissionsreports provisional (and ephemeral) asgranted, witha new
provisional: truefield.registerForRemoteNotificationsno longer prompts. It registers underauthorized, provisional or ephemeral, and otherwise returns
success: false.requestPermissionsstill shows the real prompt.src/lib/tauri/push-api.ts:checkPermissionsinvokes the sameplugin:notifications|check_permissionscommand directly so the resultcan be typed with the
provisionalflag.src/lib/tauri/PushNotification.tsx: provisional reads asdefault. Thein-app switch stays off and the enable modal still shows; enabling goes
through the existing path, which now ends in the system prompt.
ios_push_plugin/AGENTS.md.Decisions:
fails. A quiet push counts as delivered, so users on quiet delivery stop
getting the digest. This includes users who dismissed Macro's prompt.
Accepted: the digest is low value.
provisionalflag and behaves as today, so this doesn't need to raise the native floor.
Old web would treat quiet delivery as fully on, but it can't run on a
binary with this change: the web side reaches
mainin the same merge, soevery later binary and prod bundle includes it.
skip-ios-update: the Swift change ships with thenext native release rather than its own. Merge after chore: ios deploy #8829 (iOS 2.0.12,
in App Review) so this native change doesn't invalidate its build.
Follow-ups
switch off until Macro next returns from the background. That gesture
doesn't background the WebView, so no
focusevent fires. A fix needs anative app-became-active event.
off. Keep → Deliver Immediately on a quiet notification authorizes
Macro without turning banners or the Lock Screen on, so the switch shows on
while delivery stays quiet. Enable could open
UIApplication.openNotificationSettingsURLString.