Windows Notification on Bell #18605

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1. Shmueli Englard (shmuelie)

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3. zadjii-msft commented on Feb 26, 2025

   

   Mike Griese (zadjii-msft)

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   well there is:

   • terminal activity indicator/alert when in background #7955
   • Send Desktop Notification via VT Sequence (OSC777) #7718
   • Notification after a long running command finishes #6372

   but I don't think any of those are explicitly "bellstyle": "notification"

   I coulda swore we spec'd that at one point?
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8. shanselman commented on Jan 3, 2026

   

   Scott Hanselman (shanselman)

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   Clint Rutkas (@crutkas) This ask is more important now that people are using terminal bells on Mac in order to have claude code and github copilot cli let them know when it's done.

   👍React with 👍9Reacted by Clint Rutkas, Dima Zakharov, Ondřej Netík, agniuks, Martin Wernstål, Petr, F.P.J. Nijweide, fknvdia and Max Katz
9. Adam-Jin commented on Feb 5, 2026

   

   fknvdia (Adam-Jin)

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   With tools like Claude Code, it’s super common to run a bunch of long tasks in parallel, but since all BEL alerts sound the same, you have no idea which one just finished unless you check; different sounds or notifications per task would make it instantly clear and way better for staying in the zone.
10. duaneking commented on Apr 21, 2026

    

    Duane King (duaneking)

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    I'm being told that the reuse of the bell was actively removed and I'd like to validate that because that seems insane. I'm on Windows 11 Pro and the terminal does not even respect the BEL when it's asked to be wrung. It simply does nothing, even though It's explicitly configured in the JSON to be audible.
11. Carlos Zamora (carlos-zamora)

    closed this as completedin #20011on May 4, 2026
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    Add a setting for sending a notification on BEL (microsoft#20011)

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    This issue will close once commit a834313 is merged into the 'main' branch.

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14. carlos-zamora commented on May 4, 2026

    

    Carlos Zamora (carlos-zamora)

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    I'm being told that the reuse of the bell was actively removed and I'd like to validate that because that seems insane. I'm on Windows 11 Pro and the terminal does not even respect the BEL when it's asked to be wrung. It simply does nothing, even though It's explicitly configured in the JSON to be audible.

    Hi Duane King (@duaneking)! Just saw your post and a similar one over in #2952 . I'm currently working in this area and I haven't had any issues with BEL. Could you please open a new bug report with a copy of your settings.json so that I can investigate this further? Easier for us to track on our end and make sure it doesn't get lost. I agree, BEL is super important, so we want to make sure we get to the bottom of this 😊.
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    Add a setting for sending a notification on BEL (microsoft#20011)

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    This issue will close once commit cd1f56c is merged into the 'main' branch.

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