Reminders and notifications
A reminder should reach you whether or not Todome is open. Here is how that works, and what to check when it doesn't.
Setting a reminder
- Open a task.
- Under Reminders, pick one of the presets — 10 minutes, 1 hour or 1 day before — or enter an exact date and time.
- The first time you do this, your browser will ask permission to send notifications. Todome cannot deliver anything until you allow it.
How delivery actually works
This matters when something goes wrong, because each step fails differently.
your reminder is stored ↓ a scheduler checks every minute ↓ finds reminders now due ↓ sends a web push message ↓ your device's service worker receives it ↓ notification appears
The important consequence: the notification comes from a server, not from the open page. You can close Todome, swipe it away, or lock your phone — the reminder still arrives.
Notification types
| Event | Push | |
|---|---|---|
| Mentioned in a comment | Yes | Yes |
| Task assigned to you | Yes | Yes |
| Task completed by a collaborator | Yes | Yes |
| Task reminder | — | Yes |
| Daily summary | Yes | — |
Each row can be switched on or off independently in Settings → Notifications. A dash means that channel does not apply — a reminder has no email form, and the daily summary is an email by definition.
When a reminder doesn’t arrive
Work down this list; it is ordered by how often each one is the cause.
- Notification permission is not granted. Check Settings → Reminders. If it says permission is blocked, you will need to re-enable it in your browser’s site settings — the page cannot ask twice once you have refused.
- The task had no due time. A relative reminder needs one.
- Battery optimisation. Some Android manufacturers aggressively suspend background delivery. Allowing Todome to run in the background in your system settings fixes it.
- You are signed in on a different device than you expect. Push is registered per device. Enabling notifications on your laptop does not enable them on your phone.
Daily summary
One email each morning listing what is overdue and what is due today. It is only sent when you actually have something — an empty summary trains people to ignore the next one.