Ignore Sending Notifications for Own Actions

[tgmcguire]

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Hi there,

I am new to the GitHub + Slack integration, and was thinking that it would be great if Slack didn't notify me about my own activity.

For example, I added a few private repos into my "conversation" with the GitHub app. I merged a pull request, and received a notification for it – but since this was my own action, I really didn't need to be notified about it.

Any way around this, or is there any possibility this functionality/option could be worked in?

Thanks!!

[bkeepers]

Hey @tgmcguire, thanks for the feature request!

This is definitely something that would be possible. We don't currently do anything special to handle notifications in DMs vs other channels, but I think it makes sense to not deliver your own activity to you in a DM.

That being said, this isn't a priority for us, but we'll leave this issue open in case anyone else wants to try implementing it.

[stale[bot]]

Is this still relevant? If so, just comment with any updates and we'll leave it open. Otherwise, if there is no further activity, it will be closed.

[DiesIrae]

It's still the main pain-point IMHO, would love to see this fixed!

[carlbennettnz]

Yeah, this is really annoying. Would be great to see this reopened.

[rdxroman]

Would be nice to not get notifications for my own commits!

[Visput]

Could this be reopen? Really annoying to be notified about my own actions. It could work similarly how GitHub email notifications work with setting "Include your own updates" being off.

[spydercapriani]

Agreed, it would be nice to filter out some of the spam I create with commits 👍

[martlume-operose]

+1

[mskelton]

+1

[dennissivia]

Hey 👋 , thanks for bringing this to our attention.

A quick thing that would help us triage: @markypython @martlume-operose @Visput (and everybody else) could you please 👍 the original post instead of adding a new +1 comment. We are using the reactions on the OP as an indicator of the existing demand.

[spydercapriani]

👍

[BruceWangTRT]

👍

[Niaro]

Wow can't believe its been 2 years and there is still no way to filter out your own actions. When I make a PR review with 20+ comments, I get notified 20+ times... that's extremely annoying.

[thesyntaxinator]

Bump

[CarlosLopezRoa]

for example github unsubscribe owner/repo comments:user_name

[shizukann]

+1 from 2021, indeed annoying to receive notifications from own actions

[rbroggi]

+1

[PeterHewat]

For all you +1 and bump comments out there (and those that react to those +1s), as @dennissivia mentioned, they are useless. Just give a 👍 TO THE ORIGINAL POST for it to have any chance getting somewhere. That said, this issue is 3.5 years old, they obviously don't see this as important (however glaringly obvious a missing feature this is). All that is left for us at this point is for one of us to do the work and submit a PR for this. Who goes first ? :sweat_smile:

[eytanhanig]

"All that is left for us at this point is for one of us to do the work and submit a PR for this."

@PeterHewat This repo no longer accepts PRs. From the Readme (emphasis mine):

"This repository is not accepting any code contributions. The current code which is running for GitHub and Slack integration has significantly diverged from the code present in this repository as it contains specific code which is required to run service in GitHub infrastructure and which can not be open sourced at this point of time."

[sohnya]

I reacted to the original post, but I'm wondering if anyone is actually getting/reading those notifications?

[sewi-cpan]

This is very annoying. Will this issue ever get solved?

[mxcl]

“I know, I’ll install the GitHub slack app so I can get notifications for my team’s activity on GitHub”

is overwhelmed by his own activity

mxcl uninstalls the app.

GitHub needs to be replaced, a startup would not make this crap.

[ahaverty]

Just to add why this is a impactful bug for me:

1. I'm focused on a PR
2. I leave a comment or review for that PR
3. Alarm bells and visual distractions immediately spring onto screen 🔔 "Who is pinging me on slack!?, why is the slack app bouncing on my screen". Better check in case services have gone down, of it it's important.
4. Open Github bot, and notice it's Slack telling me You have left a comment on a PR!.. 🙃
5. Lose track of what I was doing..
6. Eventually regain context after 15 minutes of wondering how this is still an issue, and whether today will be the day I comment "+1" on this issue.

[fogx]

How many upvotes does a feature request require to be "a priority"? Over 100 should be more than enough :thinking:

[roeiK-wix]

Is there progress on this issue?

[acoudouy]

Hey folks, I sent the same message in the duplicated issue:

It seems your Slack is blowing up with GitHub updates. I've been working on Axolo, a GitHub-Slack integration with a friend for the past 3 years, I'm biased but I recommend you check it out - we filter the noise so you can focus on what matters.

You are not notified by your comments, each PR creates a dedicated PR channel and Axolo invites only the right people. Let me know if you have any feedback 🙏

[em843]

Still awaiting this feature eagerly. Axolo seems cool, but is too involved a solution for my small team.