v1.3.9.9.4 — Push notifications with actions, sounds & critical alerts + configurable severity border

AlertTicker Card — v1.3.9.9.4

🎉 What's new

🔔 Push notifications, now with actions, custom sounds & critical alerts

Every alert can now send push notifications with action buttons, custom sounds, critical alerts (which bypass silent mode & Do Not Disturb), and much more.

Real-world example: you get a notification on your phone with two buttons — "Turn Off Light" and "Open Camera" — and you can act on it without even opening Home Assistant.

push_notify: true
push_notify_service: mobile_app_iphone
push_notify_title: '💡 Studio'
push_notify_message: 'Light on since {trigger_time}'
push_notify_data:
  push:
    sound:
      name: Alarm.caf
      critical: 1
      volume: 1.0
    interruption-level: critical
  actions:
    - action: TURN_OFF_LIGHT
      title: 🔌 Turn Off
      destructive: true
    - action: URI
      title: 📸 View Camera
      uri: /lovelace/cameras

Everything is configurable from the visual editor too — a new YAML field appears inside each alert under the "Push notification" section.

Full README example includes a matching HA automation for handling the action button tap.

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⚠️ New reminder: notifications need HA open in a browser

Added an amber notice in the editor (next to both the TTS and Push toggles) and in the README to make it clear that TTS, push notifications, and sounds only fire while at least one browser tab has Home Assistant open (desktop, wall tablet, or the HA Companion app in the foreground).

For 24/7 critical alerts (smoke, security, water leaks…) the right choice is still a server-side HA automation. The card's push/TTS is best used as a convenience layer on top.

Translated to all 12 supported languages.

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🎨 New severity border control (thanks to @sriramsv)

With ha_theme: true, each alert gets a coloured border based on its severity (red critical, orange warning, blue info, green ok). There's now a toggle to disable it while keeping the coloured badges and icons.

severity_border: false

Great for users who want a flatter look without losing the colour coding.

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📥 How to upgrade

• Via HACS: open HACS → Frontend → AlertTicker Card → Update
• Manual: replace alert-ticker-card.js and alert-ticker-card-editor.js

After updating, clear your browser cache (Ctrl+F5) so you see the new features right away.

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🙏 Thanks

Special thanks to @ShaneYu for suggesting the push_notify_data feature (#207) and to @sriramsv for the severity_border contribution (#206).

If this card is useful and saves you time, consider buying me a coffee — it's the best way to support continued development. ☕