Signal Chrome app keeps notifying/alerting/highlighting taskbar icon even though there is no new message. (Windows)

[martinsvensson-sonepar]

• I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates

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Bug description

The Signal app icon in the Windows taskbar keep highlighting itself every now and then, even though there are no new messages.

Steps to reproduce

• Just open Signal is enough. It may take a minute or two before it alerts.

Actual result:
When clicking the icon the highlight goes out, but then after a while it alerts you again.
Doesn't matter if you minimize or leave Signal app open.

Expected result: The icon should only notify you when it needs your attention, e.g. when there is a new message or some other notification. However, there is no notification!

Screenshots

Platform info

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro N 1703 64-bit.
Browser: Version 59.0.3071.109 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Signal version: 0.41.3

Link to debug log

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/b0aa7aa2092e1a4226e6a17e38e63130

[JamesHarrison]

Also seeing this, after a reset/reinstall of the plugin. Win10, Chrome Version 58.0.3029.110 (64-bit), Signal 0.41.3.

[liliakai]

dupe #567

tldr: chrome's api/implementation of drawing attention to the dock or taskbar is flakey and there's nothing we can do to change that, so we're punting on this issue until we migrate to electron, which has much more predictable behavior.

[martinsvensson-sonepar]

Thanks @liliakai ! Sorry my searches didn't find any open issues, my apologies!