Notifications

Rostyman includes a Notifications Center that keeps you informed about important events without interrupting your workflow.

Opening the Notifications Center

• Click the bell icon in the right panel's vertical tab strip
• Or open the right panel with Ctrl+J and switch to the Notifications tab

What Gets Notified

• Source changes — when a linked source file or URL has been updated since your last import
• Cloud share warnings — when a shared cloud link becomes invalid (file may have been deleted)
• Update available — a new version of Rostyman is ready to install
• MCP errors — when the MCP server encounters critical errors
• Scheduler failures — when a scheduled job fails

Managing Notifications

Dismiss a single notification

Click the X button on any notification to remove it.

Clear all notifications

Click Clear All at the top of the Notifications panel to dismiss everything at once.

Search notifications

Use the search bar at the top of the panel to filter notifications by keyword.

Source Change Notifications

When a collection was imported from a file or URL, Rostyman watches for changes. When a change is detected:

1. A notification appears with the collection name
2. Click Sync Now on the notification to pull in the latest version
3. Or dismiss the notification to keep your current version

See Source Watching for details on how file and URL monitoring works.

Cloud Share Link Validation

Rostyman checks cloud share links on startup and periodically. If a link returns an error (file deleted from cloud storage), a warning notification appears. Temporary network issues are ignored to avoid false alarms.

Native OS Notifications

When Rostyman is minimized to the system tray or not focused, important notifications are delivered through your operating system's native notification system:

• Windows — appears in the notification area (bottom-right)
• macOS — appears as a banner notification
• Linux — uses your desktop's notification daemon

Click a native notification to bring Rostyman back to the foreground.

Tips

• The bell icon shows a badge count when you have unread notifications
• Notifications are persisted in SQLite — they survive app restarts
• Source change notifications include a direct Sync Now action for one-click updates