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Dunstctl output does not include data available via environment variable (e.g., DUNST_URGENCY) #1425

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@BinaryInk

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Simply put: The history JSON provided by dunstctl history does not provide an urgency property. E.g., the current object for a history output is:

{
	"body" : {
		"type" : "s",
		"data" : "Hyprland battery settings applied."
	},
	"message" : {
		"type" : "s",
		"data" : "<b>Battery Mode Activated</b>\nHyprland battery settings applied."
	},
	"summary" : {
		"type" : "s",
		"data" : "Battery Mode Activated"
	},
	"appname" : {
		"type" : "s",
		"data" : "hypr-power-handler.sh"
	},
	"category" : {
		"type" : "s",
		"data" : ""
	},
	"default_action_name" : {
		"type" : "s",
		"data" : "default"
	},
	"icon_path" : {
		"type" : "s",
		"data" : ""
	},
	"id" : {
		"type" : "i",
		"data" : 2
	},
	"timestamp" : {
		"type" : "x",
		"data" : 54834483
	},
	"timeout" : {
		"type" : "x",
		"data" : 3000000
	},
	"progress" : {
		"type" : "i",
		"data" : -1
	}
}

I would expect to see something similar to "urgency" : { "type" : "s", "data" : "low" } here. Dunst does appear to have memory of the urgency, as indicated by the urgency appearance matching the message urgency when using dunstctl history-pop.

I can--and plan to for the moment--to work around this by keeping my own history file with all of the environment variables saved to JSON via dunst-fired script, but it does seem like it's something that should be included in the dunstctl history output. I could also make the same argument for DUNST_STACK_TAG and DUNST_URLS, though the exclusion of those didn't lead me to create a history workaround and submit this.

Installation info

  • Version:
Dunst - A customizable and lightweight notification-daemon 1.12.1 (2024-12-17)
Compiled on 2024-12-22 with the following options:
X11 support: enabled
Wayland support: enabled
SYSCONFDIR set to: /etc
Compiler flags: -g -std=gnu11 -pedantic -Wall -Wno-overlength-strings -Os -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -g -ffile-prefix-map=/build/dunst/src=/usr/src/debug/dunst -flto=auto -pthread -MMD -MP
Linker flags: -lm -lrt -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -flto=auto -lgio-2.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lharfbuzz -lcairo -lwayland-client -lwayland-cursor -lX11 -lXinerama -lXext -lXrandr -lXss
  • Install type: Arch Package extra/dunst
  • Window manager / Desktop environment:
Hyprland 0.46.2 built from branch  at commit 0bd541f2fd902dbfa04c3ea2ccf679395e316887  (version: bump to 0.46.2).
Date: Thu Dec 19 19:26:47 2024
Tag: v0.46.2, commits: 5566
built against:
 aquamarine 0.5.1
 hyprlang 0.6.0
 hyprutils 0.3.0
 hyprcursor 0.1.11
 hyprgraphics 0.1.1


flags set:
debug
  • Distro: Arch Linux
Minimal dunstrc
# This occurs on built-in config

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