Fix ntfy dedup: make duplicate suppression permanent for process lifetime

The time-based 1-hour dedup window wasn't preventing repeated skip
notifications for tasks with missing fields every poll cycle. Replaced
with a permanent sent-set so each unique message only fires once per
process run. Dedup log bumped to INFO for visibility.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

cheddahbot/ntfy.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import hashlib
 import logging
 import re
 import threading
-import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from datetime import date
 
@@ -56,14 +55,12 @@ class NtfyNotifier:
         channels: list[NtfyChannel],
         *,
         daily_cap: int = 200,
-        dedup_window_secs: int = 3600,
     ):
         self._channels = [ch for ch in channels if ch.topic]
         self._daily_cap = daily_cap
-        self._dedup_window_secs = dedup_window_secs
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
-        # dedup: hash(channel.name + message) -> last-sent epoch
+        # dedup: set of hash(channel.name + message) — persists for process lifetime
-        self._recent: dict[str, float] = {}
+        self._sent: set[str] = set()
         # daily cap tracking
         self._daily_count = 0
         self._daily_date = ""
@@ -85,7 +82,6 @@ class NtfyNotifier:
 
     def _check_and_track(self, channel_name: str, message: str) -> bool:
         """Return True if this message should be sent. Updates internal state."""
-        now = time.monotonic()
         today = self._today()
 
         with self._lock:
@@ -93,30 +89,29 @@ class NtfyNotifier:
             if self._rate_limited_until == today:
                 return False
 
-            # Reset daily counter on date rollover
+            # Reset daily counter on date rollover (but keep dedup memory)
             if self._daily_date != today:
                 self._daily_date = today
                 self._daily_count = 0
                 self._rate_limited_until = ""
-                self._recent.clear()
 
             # Daily cap check
             if self._daily_count >= self._daily_cap:
                 return False
 
-            # Dedup check
+            # Dedup check — once sent, never send the same message again
+            # (until process restart)
             key = hashlib.md5(
                 (channel_name + "\0" + message).encode()
             ).hexdigest()
-            last_sent = self._recent.get(key)
+            if key in self._sent:
-            if last_sent is not None and (now - last_sent) < self._dedup_window_secs:
+                log.info(
-                log.debug(
                     "ntfy dedup: suppressed duplicate to '%s'", channel_name,
                 )
                 return False
 
             # All checks passed — record send
-            self._recent[key] = now
+            self._sent.add(key)
             self._daily_count += 1
 
             if self._daily_count == self._daily_cap:

tests/test_ntfy.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import time
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import httpx
@@ -309,29 +308,28 @@ def _make_channel(**overrides) -> NtfyChannel:
 
 class TestDedup:
     def test_first_message_goes_through(self):
-        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()], dedup_window_secs=3600)
+        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()])
         assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task X skipped") is True
 
-    def test_duplicate_within_window_suppressed(self):
+    def test_duplicate_permanently_suppressed(self):
-        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()], dedup_window_secs=3600)
+        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()])
         assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task X skipped") is True
         assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task X skipped") is False
 
-    def test_duplicate_after_window_passes(self):
+    def test_duplicate_still_suppressed_after_day_rollover(self):
-        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()], dedup_window_secs=60)
+        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()])
-        assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task X skipped") is True
-        # Simulate time passing beyond the window
-        key = list(notifier._recent.keys())[0]
-        notifier._recent[key] = time.monotonic() - 120
         assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task X skipped") is True
+        # Dedup memory persists even across date rollover
+        with patch.object(notifier, "_today", return_value="2099-01-01"):
+            assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task X skipped") is False
 
     def test_different_messages_not_deduped(self):
-        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()], dedup_window_secs=3600)
+        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()])
         assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task A skipped") is True
         assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task B skipped") is True
 
     def test_same_message_different_channel_not_deduped(self):
-        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()], dedup_window_secs=3600)
+        notifier = NtfyNotifier([_make_channel()])
         assert notifier._check_and_track("errors", "task X skipped") is True
         assert notifier._check_and_track("alerts", "task X skipped") is True