The notification issues here on XF.com (i.e. notification alert bubble not showing new alerts until one or more page refreshes) is quite annoying. I'm sure it would annoy my users too. I would not want to upgrade any site to XF2.3 until it is fixed.
Same thing happens here most of the time. Took a recording of it and while replaying it, i noticed that the notification is shown very briefly before the page loads fully, but isn't there once it's done loading. (On refresh it's shown correctly). View attachment screen-20240728-181542~2.mp4
At the two second mark, you can see the notification briefly:
@Jeremy P, sorry, but it just occurred.
The red square alerts appears upon my arrival and then disappears quickly; upon reloading the page, it appears again.
Experienced a form of this. The red marker for notifications will be there for, like, half a second on a new page load, disappear for about 3-4 seconds, and then reappear again. It's nothing too serious, but it is slightly annoying.
Correct. When you actually have none that are new it shows and disappears quickly. If you actually have new notifications it reappears. Exactly as you stated.