Symptoms
Block-start, session-summary and AI Focus notifications never appear on screen. Or they appear briefly and disappear before you can read them.
Likely causes
- Notification permission was denied on first launch and never re-prompted.
- macOS Focus mode (Do Not Disturb, Work, Sleep) is suppressing FocusDragon notifications.
- Notification style is set to Banners (auto-dismiss) instead of Alerts (stay until dismissed).
Step-by-step fix
- 1. Open System Settings → Notifications → FocusDragon.
- 2. Toggle Allow Notifications On.
- 3. Set Alert Style to Alerts (not Banners) if you want them to stay until you dismiss.
- 4. Enable Show in Notification Centre and Show on Lock Screen as you prefer.
- 5. Open Control Centre (top-right of the menu bar) and check that Focus / Do Not Disturb is off — or add FocusDragon to its allow-list under System Settings → Focus → Allowed Apps.
Block enforcement does not depend on notifications. Even with notifications off, blocks still block — you just won't see the surface-level pings.
AI Focus notices, such as "Screen Recording is off", also show on the AI Focus block screen, so you'll still see them there with notifications off.
Still stuck? Contact support at focusdragon.app/contact with your macOS version and which specific notifications are missing (block start, AI Focus notices, session end).