# Notification Question

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-question/92367
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [July 14, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-question/92367 "2018-07-14T19:38:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Nichalas\_Petranek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nichalas_petranek/32/92404_2.png) [@Nichalas\_Petranek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nichalas_Petranek)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-question/92367/1 "2018-07-14T19:38:15Z")

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So I noticed that I had a notification in my panel that I have never seen before… I have two questions from this:

- What triggered the notification?
- What type of notification is it and is there a setting associated with it?

 ![20180714_152157](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/9/29cae2f36fee2355bccf85135133fb7ba67c3684.png)

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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-question/92367/2 "2018-07-14T19:45:08Z")

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I’ve never seen it before either but based on the icon, my first guess would be that it’s an invitation to that topic.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-question/92367/3 "2018-07-14T21:46:57Z")

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That is correct. Hovering mouse over the icon should show a tooltip as well.