# Watching a category does not cause push notifications

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-a-category-does-not-cause-push-notifications/282794>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-a-category-does-not-cause-push-notifications/282794 "2023-10-19T13:27:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![markvanlan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/markvanlan/32/160087_2.png) [@markvanlan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markvanlan)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-a-category-does-not-cause-push-notifications/282794/10 "2023-11-06T16:17:35Z")

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I just pushed [another commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/047cae4b3f316b5018efaab552ef1762f4bbdd37) that improves the push notification text a bit. From PR description:

> Now for new **topics** it’ll read:
> 
> `username created a new topic "title here!" - Marks' Discourse`

> And for new **posts** :
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> `username posted in "title here!" - Marks' Discourse`

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After digging into the code it would be a huge change to have the text read something like: “X posted a new topic in Y category/tag”. This is a good step in the right direction and we can follow up with a much more complex change if it’s required in the future.

Thanks again @RGJ!

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