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Windsurf: Devin Adds a Notification Inbox for Session Updates

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Windsurf's Devin added a notification inbox, a bell in the sidebar that collects alerts about sessions, such as when Devin finishes working or needs attention. A new Settings > Notifications page lets users choose which notifications land in the inbox and which are also pushed to their phone. On mobile web, the bell opens notifications full-screen.

Key Takeaways

  • A sidebar bell now collects session notifications, including when Devin finishes work or needs the user's attention.
  • Opening a session automatically marks its notifications as read, keeping the inbox free of manual housekeeping.
  • A new Settings > Notifications page controls which alerts appear in the inbox.
  • Users can separately choose which notifications are also pushed to their phone.
  • On mobile web, the bell opens a full-screen notifications view for quick triage.
  • The release also adds command palette PR actions and merge queue status (an orange "Queued" state) across the app.

A Central Place for Session Alerts

Windsurf's Devin now has a notification inbox. A bell icon in the sidebar collects notifications about a user's sessions, such as when Devin finishes working or needs the user's attention. Opening a session marks its notifications as read, so the inbox stays tidy without manual clean-up.

This matters most for people who run several Devin sessions in parallel. Instead of checking each session to see whether the agent is done or blocked, a developer can glance at the bell and jump straight to whichever session needs input.

Control What Reaches You

A new Settings > Notifications page gives users control over what they receive. Each notification type can be set to appear in the inbox, and users can separately choose which ones are also pushed to their phone. That split lets developers keep low-priority updates quietly in the inbox while reserving phone alerts for the moments when Devin is stuck or has finished a long task.

Mobile Web Support

On mobile web, the bell opens the notifications list full-screen, making it practical to triage Devin activity from a phone while away from the desk.

Related Polish in the Same Release

The same release also refined the command palette (鈱楰), which now lists the same navigation pages as the sidebar plus settings pages directly, and adds pull request actions such as copy link or branch, open in Devin Review or GitHub, convert to draft, and close when a review is open. Other small changes include a cleaner right-click session menu in the sidebar, preview chips in the worklog that open in a new tab, and merge queue status shown across the app, including an orange "Queued" state in the PR header.

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