hs.notify autoWithdraw not working after reload

[kassi]

​Behavior as is:
The autoWithdraw functionality in hs.notify doesn't seem to work after the configuration has been reloaded.
If have a function to reload the config (on key press or file change using pathwatcher).

function reloadConfig(files)
  hs.reload()
  hs.notify.new({title="Hammerspoon", informativeText="Configuration reloaded", autoWithdraw=true, withdrawAfter=2}):send()
end

The configuration reloads, the notification appears but stays.
Running only the notify code in the console works as expected.
Running it as a one-liner in the console (concatenated with ";", even without calling the function) doesn't work: the notification stays. Switching order doesn't work either.

Expected behavior:
The configuration reloads, the notification appears and withdraws after 2 seconds.

System information:
Tested on Mac OS 10.13.6 and 10.15.5
Hammerspoon: 0.9.78 (5164)

[kia-nasirzadeh]

1- This method has no effect if the user has set Hammerspoon notifications to Alert in the Notification Center pane of System Preferences: clicking on either the action or other button will clear the notification automatically.

2- If a notification which was created before your last reload (or restart) of Hammerspoon and is clicked upon before hs.notify has been loaded into memory, this setting will not be honored because the initial application delegate is not aware of this option and is set to automatically withdraw all notifications which are acted upon.

[latenitefilms]

You'll need to store the notification tags somewhere (i.e. in a JSON file), and re-register them when Hammerspoon reloads.

[kia-nasirzadeh]

You'll need to store the notification tags somewhere (i.e. in a JSON file), and re-register them when Hammerspoon reloads.

can u explain more please?
i mean how to do that exactly?

[latenitefilms]

Actually, I just remembered that there's some things broken in Hammerspoon that prevent this from working correctly.

I think the only way to really do this currently is using hs.notify.deliveredNotifications() to check for what notifications have been delivered, trigger hs.notify.withdrawAll() to remove them all, then add them again.

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• Handling hs.notify across restarts? Handling hs.notify across restarts? #1414
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