> **Possible Duplicate:**  
> [Showing 99 notification when a a new notification comes](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/134802/showing-99-notification-when-a-a-new-notification-comes)  

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I just received **a whoppin’ *57* notifications**, and yet none of these appear to be new, nor even duplicated.  This smells like the same bug that [someone else just reported](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/135574/153355) an hourish ago, but which somehow got closed without being addressed.

This is not a joke bug report.  I’m serious.  And it appears I am not alone. So what’s up, doc?