Fixes silenced notification preventing notification prompt to be shown

src/Notifier.ts

@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export const Notifier = {
         }
         const isGuest = client.isGuest();
         return !isGuest && this.supportsDesktopNotifications() && !isPushNotifyDisabled() &&
-            !localNotificationsAreSilenced(client) && !this.isEnabled() && !this._isPromptHidden();
+               !this.isEnabled() && !this._isPromptHidden();
     },
 
     _isPromptHidden: function() {

src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx

@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ import { TimelineRenderingType } from "../../contexts/RoomContext";
 import { UseCaseSelection } from '../views/elements/UseCaseSelection';
 import { ValidatedServerConfig } from '../../utils/ValidatedServerConfig';
 import { isLocalRoom } from '../../utils/localRoom/isLocalRoom';
-import { createLocalNotificationSettingsIfNeeded } from '../../utils/notifications';
 
 // legacy export
 export { default as Views } from "../../Views";
@@ -401,8 +400,6 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         }
     }
 
-    private get cli(): MatrixClient { return MatrixClientPeg.get(); }
-
     public componentDidMount(): void {
         window.addEventListener("resize", this.onWindowResized);
     }
@@ -1260,8 +1257,6 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         this.themeWatcher.recheck();
         StorageManager.tryPersistStorage();
 
-        this.cli.on(ClientEvent.Sync, this.onInitialSync);
-
         if (
             MatrixClientPeg.currentUserIsJustRegistered() &&
             SettingsStore.getValue("FTUE.useCaseSelection") === null
@@ -1288,14 +1283,6 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         }
     }
 
-    private onInitialSync = (): void => {
-        if (this.cli.isInitialSyncComplete()) {
-            this.cli.off(ClientEvent.Sync, this.onInitialSync);
-        }
-
-        createLocalNotificationSettingsIfNeeded(this.cli);
-    };
-
     private async onShowPostLoginScreen(useCase?: UseCase) {
         if (useCase) {
             PosthogAnalytics.instance.setProperty("ftueUseCaseSelection", useCase);

src/components/views/settings/Notifications.tsx

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export default class Notifications extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
 
         this.state = {
             phase: Phase.Loading,
-            deviceNotificationsEnabled: SettingsStore.getValue("deviceNotificationsEnabled") ?? false,
+            deviceNotificationsEnabled: SettingsStore.getValue("deviceNotificationsEnabled") ?? true,
             desktopNotifications: SettingsStore.getValue("notificationsEnabled"),
             desktopShowBody: SettingsStore.getValue("notificationBodyEnabled"),
             audioNotifications: SettingsStore.getValue("audioNotificationsEnabled"),

src/settings/Settings.tsx

@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ export const SETTINGS: {[setting: string]: ISetting} = {
     },
     "deviceNotificationsEnabled": {
         supportedLevels: [SettingLevel.DEVICE],
-        default: false,
+        default: true,
     },
     "notificationSound": {
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_ROOM_OR_ACCOUNT,

src/toasts/DesktopNotificationsToast.ts

@@ -18,9 +18,16 @@ import { _t } from "../languageHandler";
 import Notifier from "../Notifier";
 import GenericToast from "../components/views/toasts/GenericToast";
 import ToastStore from "../stores/ToastStore";
+import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../MatrixClientPeg";
+import { getLocalNotificationAccountDataEventType } from "../utils/notifications";
 
 const onAccept = () => {
     Notifier.setEnabled(true);
+    const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+    const eventType = getLocalNotificationAccountDataEventType(cli.deviceId);
+    cli.setAccountData(eventType, {
+        is_silenced: false,
+    });
 };
 
 const onReject = () => {

src/utils/notifications.ts

@@ -18,36 +18,10 @@ import { LOCAL_NOTIFICATION_SETTINGS_PREFIX } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/eve
 import { LocalNotificationSettings } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/local_notifications";
 import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
 
-import SettingsStore from "../settings/SettingsStore";
-
-export const deviceNotificationSettingsKeys = [
-    "notificationsEnabled",
-    "notificationBodyEnabled",
-    "audioNotificationsEnabled",
-];
-
 export function getLocalNotificationAccountDataEventType(deviceId: string): string {
     return `${LOCAL_NOTIFICATION_SETTINGS_PREFIX.name}.${deviceId}`;
 }
 
-export async function createLocalNotificationSettingsIfNeeded(cli: MatrixClient): Promise<void> {
-    const eventType = getLocalNotificationAccountDataEventType(cli.deviceId);
-    const event = cli.getAccountData(eventType);
-    // New sessions will create an account data event to signify they support
-    // remote toggling of push notifications on this device. Default `is_silenced=true`
-    // For backwards compat purposes, older sessions will need to check settings value
-    // to determine what the state of `is_silenced`
-    if (!event) {
-        // If any of the above is true, we fall in the "backwards compat" case,
-        // and `is_silenced` will be set to `false`
-        const isSilenced = !deviceNotificationSettingsKeys.some(key => SettingsStore.getValue(key));
-
-        await cli.setAccountData(eventType, {
-            is_silenced: isSilenced,
-        });
-    }
-}
-
 export function localNotificationsAreSilenced(cli: MatrixClient): boolean {
     const eventType = getLocalNotificationAccountDataEventType(cli.deviceId);
     const event = cli.getAccountData(eventType);

test/utils/notifications-test.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { mocked } from "jest-mock";
 
 import {
     localNotificationsAreSilenced,
-    createLocalNotificationSettingsIfNeeded,
     getLocalNotificationAccountDataEventType,
 } from "../../src/utils/notifications";
 import SettingsStore from "../../src/settings/SettingsStore";
@@ -47,38 +46,6 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
         mocked(SettingsStore).getValue.mockReturnValue(false);
     });
 
-    describe('createLocalNotification', () => {
-        it('creates account data event', async () => {
-            await createLocalNotificationSettingsIfNeeded(mockClient);
-            const event = mockClient.getAccountData(accountDataEventKey);
-            expect(event?.getContent().is_silenced).toBe(true);
-        });
-
-        // Can't figure out why the mock does not override the value here
-        /*.each(deviceNotificationSettingsKeys) instead of skip */
-        it.skip("unsilenced for existing sessions", async (/*settingKey*/) => {
-            mocked(SettingsStore)
-                .getValue
-                .mockImplementation((key) => {
-                    // return key === settingKey;
-                });
-
-            await createLocalNotificationSettingsIfNeeded(mockClient);
-            const event = mockClient.getAccountData(accountDataEventKey);
-            expect(event?.getContent().is_silenced).toBe(false);
-        });
-
-        it("does not override an existing account event data", async () => {
-            mockClient.setAccountData(accountDataEventKey, {
-                is_silenced: false,
-            });
-
-            await createLocalNotificationSettingsIfNeeded(mockClient);
-            const event = mockClient.getAccountData(accountDataEventKey);
-            expect(event?.getContent().is_silenced).toBe(false);
-        });
-    });
-
     describe('localNotificationsAreSilenced', () => {
         it('defaults to true when no setting exists', () => {
             expect(localNotificationsAreSilenced(mockClient)).toBeTruthy();