Slack: Ignore Sending Notifications for Own Actions

[tgmcguire]

Hi there,

I am new to the GitHub + Slack integration, and was thinking that it would be great if Slack didn't notify me about my own activity.

For example, I added a few private repos into my "conversation" with the GitHub app. I merged a pull request, and received a notification for it – but since this was my own action, I really didn't need to be notified about it.

Any way around this, or is there any possibility this functionality/option could be worked in?

Thanks!!

[bkeepers]

Hey @tgmcguire, thanks for the feature request!

This is definitely something that would be possible. We don't currently do anything special to handle notifications in DMs vs other channels, but I think it makes sense to not deliver your own activity to you in a DM.

That being said, this isn't a priority for us, but we'll leave this issue open in case anyone else wants to try implementing it.

[stale[bot]]

Is this still relevant? If so, just comment with any updates and we'll leave it open. Otherwise, if there is no further activity, it will be closed.

[DiesIrae]

It's still the main pain-point IMHO, would love to see this fixed!

[carlbennettnz]

Yeah, this is really annoying. Would be great to see this reopened.

[rdxroman]

Would be nice to not get notifications for my own commits!

[Visput]

Could this be reopen?
Really annoying to be notified about my own actions.
It could work similarly how GitHub email notifications work with setting "Include your own updates" being off.

[spydercapriani]

Agreed, it would be nice to filter out some of the spam I create with commits 👍

[martlume-operose]

+1

[mskelton]

+1

[dennissivia]

Hey 👋 ,
thanks for bringing this to our attention.

A quick thing that would help us triage:
@markypython @martlume-operose @Visput (and everybody else) could you please 👍 the original post instead of adding a new +1 comment. We are using the reactions on the OP as an indicator of the existing demand.

[spydercapriani]

👍

[BruceWangTRT]

👍

[Niaro]

Wow can't believe its been 2 years and there is still no way to filter out your own actions. When I make a PR review with 20+ comments, I get notified 20+ times... that's extremely annoying.

[thesyntaxinator]

Bump

[mr3m]

for example github unsubscribe owner/repo comments:user_name