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Meta Seeing a blue 1-unread square despite all notifications being read

I logged on today and had 4 notifications. I marked them read individually in my (Firefox) browser tab, but the 'unread' count only went to 1, not 0. If I open a new tab - the unread count is 0 and...

1 answer  ·  posted 7mo ago by einpoklum‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by einpoklum‭

Question bug notifications unread
#4: Post edited by user avatar einpoklum‭ · 2026-03-21T09:11:22Z (6 months ago)
  • I logged on today and had 4 notifications. I marked them read individually in my (Firefox) browser tab, but the 'unread' count only went to 1, not 0. If I open a new tab - the unread count is 0 and the blue square is gone. If I follow the link to seeing all my posts - there is nothing in the unread category.
  • This seems to me like some kind of bug.
  • PS - We have both a 'notification' and a 'notifications' tag, I chose one arbitrarily.
  • I logged on today and had 4 notifications. I marked them read individually in my (Firefox) browser tab, but the 'unread' count only went to 1, not 0. If I open a new tab - the unread count is 0 and the blue square is gone. If I follow the link to seeing all my posts - there is nothing in the unread category.
  • This seems to me like some kind of bug.
  • **edit:** Another related scenario: If, after clicking an unread inbox item, and seeing the unread count drop by one - I then press my browser's 'Back' button, I see the previous location with the old unread count. That in itself is not great, but tolerable; however, if I then reload the page - I still get the old unread count! That should _not_ happen. And if I do this twice and go back twice - I'll get 2 above my new unread count, and again with no effect if I reload.
  • PS - We have both a 'notification' and a 'notifications' tag, I chose one arbitrarily.
#3: Post edited by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2026-02-20T23:22:43Z (7 months ago)
Phase out use of notification tag in favour of notifications
Seeing a blue 1-unread square despite all notifications being read
I logged on today and had 4 notifications. I marked them read individually in my (Firefox) browser tab, but the 'unread' count only went to 1, not 0. If I open a new tab - the unread count is 0 and the blue square is gone. If I follow the link to seeing all my posts - there is nothing in the unread category.

This seems to me like some kind of bug.

PS - We have both a 'notification' and a 'notifications' tag, I chose one arbitrarily.
#2: Post edited by user avatar einpoklum‭ · 2026-02-20T22:15:39Z (7 months ago)
  • Seeing a 1 blue 'unread' square despite everything being read
  • Seeing a blue 1-unread square despite all notifications being read
#1: Initial revision by user avatar einpoklum‭ · 2026-02-20T22:15:00Z (7 months ago)
Seeing a 1 blue 'unread' square despite everything being read
I logged on today and had 4 notifications. I marked them read individually in my (Firefox) browser tab, but the 'unread' count only went to 1, not 0. If I open a new tab - the unread count is 0 and the blue square is gone. If I follow the link to seeing all my posts - there is nothing in the unread category.

This seems to me like some kind of bug.

PS - We have both a 'notification' and a 'notifications' tag, I chose one arbitrarily.