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When are the notifications displayed to the recipient?

What happens to web push notifications when the browser is closed?

Carina Fontan avatar
Written by Carina Fontan
Updated over 2 years ago

Push notifications are sent in real-time, meaning messages are delivered to the recipient when the PushPanda user sends them.

If you send web push notifications while the subscriber's browser is closed, the messages will be displayed when the subscriber opens the browser. You can find a current list here.

Browser

Opened

Closed

Google Chrome

YES

YES

Microsoft Edge (1)

YES

YES

Firefox

YES

NO

OPERA (1)

YES

NO

Samsung Internet Browser

YES

NO

Yandex (1)

YES

YES

UC Browser (1)

YES

NO

NOTE (1) - Microsoft Edge, Opera, Samsung Browser, Yandex, and UC Browser are Chromium-based browsers.

Web push notifications are only available for a limited time. Messages that are no longer valid (= expiration date) will not be delivered.

Suppose a subscriber has not opened his browser for several weeks, e.g. during vacation. In that case, the subscriber will receive only the latest push message thanks to our "Message expires in x days" feature - starting with Plan Premium & Business.

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