Understanding the Notification Center
Phase 10 — Ongoing Operations · OpenFrame Onboarding
The bell in the top-right corner is mission control for anything that needs your attention — Mingo asking permission, alerts firing, status changes. This guide covers what lives there and how to keep it from becoming noise.
Open it
Click the bell icon in the top navigation bar (a small dot on it means you have unread items). The Notification Center opens as a side panel with two tabs: New Notifications and Notifications History.
New Notifications
This is your live queue. The most common item you'll see is an Approval required card — that's Mingo asking permission to run an action you've gated in your guardrails (Phase 9). Each card lets you:
- Show Command — expand to see exactly what Mingo wants to run before you decide.
- Acknowledge / complete (the checkmark) — clear the item once you've handled it.
Use Complete All (top of the panel) to clear the whole queue at once when you've worked through everything.
Approval cards here are the same ones that appear in ticket chats (Phase 6). The Notification Center just gives you a single place to catch them, wherever they originated.
Control the noise
At the bottom of the panel are two toggles:
- Show Notifications — show pop-up messages for new alerts as they arrive.
- Desktop Notifications — notify you even when the OpenFrame tab is in the background, so you don't miss an approval while working elsewhere.
Tune these to your workflow. If you live in OpenFrame all day, in-app pop-ups may be enough; if you bounce between tools, turn on desktop notifications so a waiting approval doesn't stall automation.
Notifications History
Switch to the Notifications History tab for a searchable record of past notifications — handy for "did that approval go through?" or tracing a status change. Use the Search for Notification box to filter.
Retention: history is kept for 30 days, then permanently deleted. If you need a longer-lived record, the Logs page (Phase 9) and ticket history are your durable trail.
Quick checklist
- Opened the bell → Notification Center
- Reviewed New Notifications and used Show Command before approving
- Cleared items (checkmark) or Complete All
- Set Show / Desktop Notifications to match how you work
- Knew to check Notifications History (30-day retention) for past items
What's next
You know how to stay on top of what needs attention. Next, keep the agent itself healthy: Managing the OpenFrame Client — Updates & Recovery.
Based on OpenFrame v0.9.19. The Notification Center evolves between releases — what's in your console wins.
