Aglet

Verify notification actions across state and role contexts

Verification should prove that each notification action is understandable, available only in the right context, and followed by the result its label promises. Test a normal and changed state, then inspect role, destination, copy, and recovery. Keep no-action notifications useful.

Check whether the outcome improved

  1. Check the expected action

    Open a notification in its intended state and confirm label, destination, resource, and resulting state match. Record the expected outcome before tapping. A detail page is not proof that a task action completed.

  2. Check changed context

    Repeat after state or role changes and verify action visibility, stale fallback, permission response, and return context. Ensure a person gets a useful explanation when the original action is no longer available.

  3. Review copy and recovery

    Inspect previews, narrow layout, focus, back navigation, and no-action state. State tested events and roles in the closure. Leave a partial pass when external notification action behavior or platform controls remain unobserved. Record whether returning to the resource completed the intended handoff.

What to carry forward

Verification passes when labels predict outcomes, destinations retain resource context, and changed states offer honest recovery. If a role or platform path is missing, name the untested boundary. A button that opens the app without preserving the event is not an action-context pass.

Technical background: Apple developer documentation.

Keep the decision with the work.

Use a Work Item in Aglet to record the problem, the evidence you have, and the next decision. Add an owner and priority, then keep updates in the discussion so the next person can follow the reasoning.

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