From 9df4add4353647cc193347b4e881e9344e3ae539 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Newman <mozzius@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:22:37 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Only request notification permission once per session
 (#11004)

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Bailey <git@esb.lol>
---
 src/lib/notifications/notifications.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/notifications/notifications.ts b/src/lib/notifications/notifications.ts
index e8de8e9de3..008b2ef73f 100644
--- a/src/lib/notifications/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/lib/notifications/notifications.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,14 @@ export function useNotificationsRegistration() {
   }, [currentAccount, getAndRegisterPushToken, registerPushToken, aa])
 }
 
+/**
+ * Tracks whether we have already shown the OS notification permission prompt
+ * during this app session. On Android `canAskAgain` stays true after a single
+ * in-app denial, so without this guard a later call site (e.g. Home after
+ * Login) would surface a second prompt. Resets on app restart.
+ */
+let hasRequestedPermissionsThisSession = false
+
 export function useRequestNotificationsPermission() {
   const ax = useAnalytics()
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
@@ -249,6 +257,11 @@ export function useRequestNotificationsPermission() {
       return
     }
 
+    if (hasRequestedPermissionsThisSession) {
+      return
+    }
+    hasRequestedPermissionsThisSession = true
+
     const res = await Notifications.requestPermissionsAsync({
       ios: {
         /*