How push notification works?

[ska@community.nodebb.org]

hello,
I can't quite figure out how push notifications work since I can't see/activate them even here at community.nodebb.org.

I am using NodeBB 4.4.4.

I see that in the settings there is and active "Push Notifications (via Push API) but nowhere and nowhere do I ever get a suggestion to enable browser notifications.

Is there something I don't understand that needs to be enabled that I don't see or do they work differently than I imagine?

Thanks!

[julian@community.nodebb.org]

ska there should be a user setting page for push notifications, and they are activated on a per-device level.

Does the toggle activate for you?

[ska@community.nodebb.org]

julian thanks for the answer.

I see in F12 console this error:

service-worker.js:31 Uncaught NetworkError: Failed to execute 'importScripts' on 'WorkerGlobalScope': The script at 'https://citiverse.it/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-web-push/static/web-push.js' failed to load.
    at service-worker.js:31:1
(anonymous) @ service-worker.js:31
An unknown error occurred when fetching the script.

But the web-push plugin is active and I even tried uninstalling -> deleting it and reinstalling it.

on NodeBB I see:

2025-07-01T12:09:00.698Z [4567/47620] - info: [plugins/web-push] VAPID keys OK.
2025-07-01T12:09:00.765Z [4567/47620] - info: [api] Adding 8 route(s) to `api/v3/plugins`
2025-07-01T12:09:00.799Z [4567/47620] - info: [router] Routes added
2025-07-01T12:09:00.843Z [4567/47620] - info: 🎉 NodeBB Ready
2025-07-01T12:09:00.845Z [4567/47620] - info: 🤝 Enabling 'trust proxy'
2025-07-01T12:09:00.857Z [4567/47620] - info: 📡 NodeBB is now listening on: 0.0.0.0:4567
2025-07-01T12:09:00.858Z [4567/47620] - info: 🔗 Canonical URL: https://citiverse.it

edit: I understand that the problem is with the “PEACE” theme.

Do you know if there is a patch for it?

[julian@community.nodebb.org]

ska the push notifications are now working again on the regular theme?

[ska@community.nodebb.org]

julian yep on "Harmony" works but It seems not to go only with the “Peace” theme.

[baris@community.nodebb.org]

ska I published web-push@0.7.5, let me know if that works on peace theme.

[ska@community.nodebb.org]

baris Thank you it seems to be working now.

I still have problems on Brave but maybe it's just a cache issue because on Firefox and Edge it's not giving me problems, I'll try again later from another computer.

[ska@community.nodebb.org]

thanks baris and julian it seems works now.

I went back to the “original” theme because actually the ntfy push has the exact same problem, if I activate the PEACE theme the ntfy notifications don't go.

Can you tell me who is possible to tag for this plugin?

Thank you.

[julian@community.nodebb.org]

ska me, but I have deprecated that plugin in favour of web-push

[ska@community.nodebb.org]

julian ah ok, I didn't realize that and didn't know that.

So it's basically abandoned and there will be no particular updates I guess, is it recommended to leave only web-push?

[julian@community.nodebb.org]

ska correct, since web-push relies on more modern browser supported technology and doesn't require a third-party service (in this case, ntfy.sh)