From eafb176d6e7a4b3f788b482c1777b5eea7a8d76e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zacharias-Brohn <zacbro-8@student.ltu.se>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:08:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] notification cooldown

---
 Config/Config.qml       | 19 +++++++++++++------
 Config/NotifConfig.qml  |  1 +
 Daemons/NotifServer.qml | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Config/Config.qml b/Config/Config.qml
index 716a02c..124ae6f 100644
--- a/Config/Config.qml
+++ b/Config/Config.qml
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ Singleton {
 		return {
 			expire: notifs.expire,
 			defaultExpireTimeout: notifs.defaultExpireTimeout,
+			appNotifCooldown: notifs.appNotifCooldown,
 			clearThreshold: notifs.clearThreshold,
 			expandThreshold: notifs.expandThreshold,
 			actionOnClick: notifs.actionOnClick,
@@ -306,7 +307,8 @@ Singleton {
 
 				fileView.setText(JSON.stringify(config, null, 4));
 			} catch (e) {
-				Toaster.toast(qsTr("Failed to serialize config"), e.message, "settings_alert", Toast.Error);
+				Toaster.toast(qsTr("Failed to serialize config"), e.message,
+							  "settings_alert", Toast.Error);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -337,7 +339,8 @@ Singleton {
 		}
 		onLoadFailed: err => {
 			if (err !== FileViewError.FileNotFound)
-				Toaster.toast(qsTr("Failed to read config"), FileViewError.toString(err), "settings_alert", Toast.Warning);
+			Toaster.toast(qsTr("Failed to read config"), FileViewError.toString(err),
+						  "settings_alert", Toast.Warning);
 		}
 		onLoaded: {
 			ModeScheduler.checkStartup();
@@ -346,15 +349,19 @@ Singleton {
 				const elapsed = timer.elapsedMs();
 
 				if (adapter.utilities.toasts.configLoaded && !root.recentlySaved) {
-					Toaster.toast(qsTr("Config loaded"), qsTr("Config loaded in %1ms").arg(elapsed), "rule_settings");
+					Toaster.toast(qsTr("Config loaded"), qsTr("Config loaded in %1ms").arg(
+									  elapsed), "rule_settings");
 				} else if (adapter.utilities.toasts.configLoaded && root.recentlySaved) {
-					Toaster.toast(qsTr("Config saved"), qsTr("Config reloaded in %1ms").arg(elapsed), "settings_alert");
+					Toaster.toast(qsTr("Config saved"), qsTr("Config reloaded in %1ms").arg(
+									  elapsed), "settings_alert");
 				}
 			} catch (e) {
-				Toaster.toast(qsTr("Failed to load config"), e.message, "settings_alert", Toast.Error);
+				Toaster.toast(qsTr("Failed to load config"), e.message, "settings_alert",
+							  Toast.Error);
 			}
 		}
-		onSaveFailed: err => Toaster.toast(qsTr("Failed to save config"), FileViewError.toString(err), "settings_alert", Toast.Error)
+		onSaveFailed: err => Toaster.toast(qsTr("Failed to save config"),
+										   FileViewError.toString(err), "settings_alert", Toast.Error)
 
 		JsonAdapter {
 			id: adapter
diff --git a/Config/NotifConfig.qml b/Config/NotifConfig.qml
index fde337b..0a11d46 100644
--- a/Config/NotifConfig.qml
+++ b/Config/NotifConfig.qml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Quickshell.Io
 
 JsonObject {
 	property bool actionOnClick: false
+	property int appNotifCooldown: 0
 	property real clearThreshold: 0.3
 	property int defaultExpireTimeout: 5000
 	property int expandThreshold: 20
diff --git a/Daemons/NotifServer.qml b/Daemons/NotifServer.qml
index 8937e57..c4cec7a 100644
--- a/Daemons/NotifServer.qml
+++ b/Daemons/NotifServer.qml
@@ -23,6 +23,29 @@ Singleton {
 	readonly property list<Notif> popups: list.filter(n => n.popup)
 	property alias server: server
 
+	readonly property var appCooldownMap: new Map()
+
+	function shouldThrottle(appName: string): bool {
+		if ( props.dnd )
+			return false;
+
+		const key = ( appName || "unknown" ).trim().toLowerCase();
+		const cooldownSec = Config.notifs.appNotifCooldown;
+		const cooldownMs = Math.max(0, cooldownSec * 1000);
+
+		if ( cooldownMs <= 0 )
+			return true;
+
+		const now = Date.now();
+		const until = appCooldownMap.get( key ) ?? 0;
+
+		if ( now < until )
+			return false;
+
+		appCooldownMap.set( key, now + cooldownMs )
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	onListChanged: {
 		if (loaded) {
 			saveTimer.restart();
@@ -77,8 +100,10 @@ Singleton {
 		onNotification: notif => {
 			notif.tracked = true;
 
+			const is_popup = root.shouldThrottle(notif.appName);
+
 			const comp = notifComp.createObject(root, {
-				popup: !props.dnd,
+				popup: is_popup,
 				notification: notif
 			});
 			root.list = [comp, ...root.list];