Why am I not getting chat notifications in the top-bar?

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I noticed that after the black top bar was added I don't get the chat notifications anymore...

I can see them in chat.[sitename] page but I would like to get them in the main pages of the website.

I don't know if this a new feature or a bug, but can you add this back, please?

I get chat notifications in my top bar, if I don't read them or post in the chat after the mention. — 3ventic, Jan 1, 2014 at 13:47
@3ventic That's nice.. I cannot see them. But if I go to the chat page (chat.stackoverflow.com) I see that green circle with the number of pings. — Ionică Bizău, Jan 1, 2014 at 13:50
I'm not sure what the problem you're facing is - the functionality seems to work as requested already. — Flyk, Jan 1, 2014 at 14:58
@Flyk I don't see the chat messages in the inbox... I can see only the notifications from sites. — Ionică Bizău, Jan 1, 2014 at 15:42
Chat notifications do appear in the inbox on the main site. They are delayed, have you waited long enough? There's a known bug that the read/unread marking may be incorrect. — Gilles 'SO- stop being evil', Jan 1, 2014 at 15:47
@Gilles Voted that, since the new top bar was implemented I don't get the chat notifications... I guessed this is a new feature but this confused me when I saw the unread messages in the chat going to the chat.stackoverflow.com page. How much must I wait until I get the notifications? — Ionică Bizău, Jan 1, 2014 at 16:00
I think the delay is 30min, but I'm not sure. I didn't observe any change in the switch to the new top bar. — Gilles 'SO- stop being evil', Jan 1, 2014 at 16:02
I'm still getting chat notifications today, so this isn't broken for everyone. Can you link to some messages that should have notified you but didn't? — Gilles 'SO- stop being evil', Jan 2, 2014 at 18:11
@Gilles I think that I was actually wrong.. They have a delay of 20 minutes - I guess. — Ionică Bizău, Jan 2, 2014 at 19:14

Ionică Bizău · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-02 19:13:30Z

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Ok, It's not really a bug. We tested this functionality in the meta chat.

It seems that the chat notifications come in the top navbar after 20 (?) minutes.

Here is what I see after 23 minutes

answered Jan 2, 2014 at 19:13

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Wasn't this always the case? Chat notifications have always been delayed by atleast 15 minutes as far as I remember... They are never realtime..
– Aditya
Jan 2, 2014 at 20:05
@Aditya I don't remember this.. The others say that it was always the case.
– Ionică Bizău
Jan 3, 2014 at 6:29

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