Notifications#
Hinata keeps people informed without drowning them. Notifications arrive through three channels, and every user decides exactly which events reach them and where.
Channels#
- In-app — a live notification centre inside the app, updated as things happen.
- E-mail — delivered through your server's SMTP relay. Actionable e-mails (an assignment, a mention) carry a deep link that opens the exact issue in the app.
- Push — mobile push notifications delivered through the Hinata Connect gateway, so a published app can notify users of any self-hosted server without each server owning Firebase credentials.
E-mail needs a real relay
In-app notifications work out of the box. For e-mail to actually be delivered — including verification and password-reset links — the server needs a real SMTP relay configured. See E-mail & SMTP.
What triggers a notification#
Typical events include:
- Assignment — an issue is assigned to you.
- Mentions — someone
@-mentions you in a description or comment. - Comments — new activity on an issue you're involved with.
- Status changes — an issue you follow moves through the workflow.
- Sprint events — sprint start/complete and related planning changes.
- Invites — you're invited to the workspace or a team.
- Security — sign-ins and account-security events (always on — you can't silence these).
The notification matrix#
In Settings → Notifications, each user gets a matrix: a row per event type, a column per channel. Two master switches turn e-mail and push on or off wholesale, and the matrix fine-tunes the rest. Turn off comment e-mails but keep mention e-mails; get push for assignments but not for digests — whatever fits how you work.
Set it once, forget it
Encourage new team members to spend thirty seconds on their matrix during onboarding. Well-tuned notifications are the difference between a tool people trust and one they mute entirely.
Security-related notifications are locked on by design, so account-safety events always reach you.
Next steps#
- Configure delivery: E-mail & SMTP and the Connect gateway.
- Manage your own preferences under Account & settings.