Do I need to configure something to make push notifications work with self hosted relay?

Chatmail Relays
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I set up my relay using these instructions Setting up a chatmail relay - chatmail relay documentation . But I ran into the problem that I don’t receive notifications on android if the app is not open. As I understand it, delta chat supports push notifications. Do I need to configure something on the self hosted relay side to make push notifications work? In the android app Logs, I see push-enabled=true and push-token=fcm-chat.delta:... Android version: 11, App version: Delta Chat 2.48.0-gplay

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in theory if you have a push-token it then should work since chatmail relays automatically integrate with the push notifications service, maybe there is a bug somewhere

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It’s working for my relay out of the box, try testing host notifications.delta.chat (resolving and connectivity from your server)

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I can ping and also make https requests to this address from the server. Maybe there are some logs on the server that I can check?

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I checked through tcpdump that after sending the message on the client, the server sends some packets to notifications.delta.chat. But the notifications on the phone are still not coming. Do I understand correctly that push notifications should work even without a constant background connection?

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Yes, they should.

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I’m facing the same issue! I followed the same instructions to host a chatmail relay.

I have 5 friends who do not receive notifications on Android unless they open the Delta Chat app. They installed it through the Play Store and have Google Play Services.

2 other Android devices receive notifications while the app is not open because they have Delta Chat’s background connection force-enabled.

I also thought that perhaps I had to configure something! I can ping notifications.delta.chat too.