Bug 435249

Summary:	Notification timeout in OSD messages is not adhered if urgency is set to critical
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Boris Shtrasman <boris.sh.1983+kde.bugzilla>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.20.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Boris Shtrasman 2021-04-02 07:05:23 UTC

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. notify-send -t 1000 -u critical "cirtical message but should dissapear in 1 seconds"
2. wait 1 second


OBSERVED RESULT

OSD is still on after 1 second

EXPECTED RESULT

OSD is gone after 1 second.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian Gnu/Linux bullseye
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Mode other than critical work as epxected.

such as notify-send -t 1000 -u normal "non cirtical message but should dissapear 
in 1 seconds"

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-04-06 00:51:10 UTC

Yes that's intentional. Critical notifications never time out and have to be explicitly acknowledged by the user as a matter of policy. If a notification is deemed unimportant enough that the user can miss it without issue, it's by definition not critical, and you shouldn't mark it as critical. :)