> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.timetracker.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Digests and summaries

> How TimeTracker groups notifications: why every notification arrives immediately by default, and the end-of-day rollup you can actually control.

TimeTracker delivers notifications **immediately** by default. Nothing is
batched, held back, or rolled into a summary unless you have opted in.

The one rollup you control today is the **end-of-day deadline reminder**, which
collects everything due today and everything overdue into a single message.

## Digests are opt-in

Every notification category is set to **immediate** unless someone opts that
category into a digest. There is no digest turned on for you, and none turned on
for your workspace, unless it was deliberately chosen.

<Note>
  This is deliberate. A digest that arrives by default sends people a summary of
  things they were already emailed about an hour ago. Opt-in means a digest only
  ever replaces individual messages, never duplicates them.
</Note>

## The end-of-day rollup you can control

This is the per-person rollup most teams actually want, and it is a
[reminder](/notifications/reminders), not a digest.

|                               |                                                             |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| **What it collects**          | Everything due today plus everything already overdue        |
| **When it sends**             | A number of hours before *your* working day ends            |
| **Where you set it**          | Your profile → **Notifications** → **Before your day ends** |
| **Default lead**              | 3 hours before your day ends                                |
| **If nothing is outstanding** | Nothing is sent                                             |

It is per person. Sarah Lin's day ends at 15:00 so hers lands about 12:00.
Jonas Bergman's ends at 18:00 so his lands about 15:00. Same setting, different
clock, because it follows each person's own schedule.

<Tip>
  There is no single workspace-wide overdue scan that emails everyone at the same
  hour. That would arrive in the middle of the night for half a distributed team.
  Each person's rollup follows their own working day.
</Tip>

## How a digest works when one is on

If a category is set to a digest rather than immediate, notifications in that
category stop arriving one by one and are collected instead.

| Frequency  | When it sends |
| ---------- | ------------- |
| **Daily**  | Once a day    |
| **Weekly** | Once a week   |

The summary is titled **Your daily summary** or **Your weekly summary**, and the
body is a count – *"7 updates while you were away."*

What goes into it:

| Included                             | Excluded                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Notifications you have not read      | Anything you already read                                                   |
| Notifications from the digest window | Anything already counted in an earlier summary                              |
| Normal work notifications            | **Security** and **Account** notifications, which always arrive immediately |

<Warning>
  Security alerts and account changes are never digested. An "unusual sign-in"
  notice you read a week later is useless.
</Warning>

## Empty summaries are never sent

If nothing happened in the window, or you had already read everything, no summary
is produced. You will never get a digest that says "0 updates".

## No quiet hours

TimeTracker has **no quiet hours** setting. A notification is not held back
because of the time of day.

If a category is too noisy outside work, the options are:

| Option                           | Effect                                     |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Turn email off, keep in-app on   | You read it next time you open TimeTracker |
| Turn the category off entirely   | You stop receiving it                      |
| Use your mail client's own rules | Mute or schedule delivery on your side     |

Daily reminders already respect your working days and your approved leave, so
they never arrive on a day off.

## Example

Priya Raman manages delivery at Northwind Studio and wants one summary at the
end of her day rather than a running commentary.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Turn email off for the chatty categories">
    On her profile's **Notifications** tab she switches email off for
    **Scope changes** and **Assignments**, keeping in-app on for both.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Keep approvals immediate">
    **Timesheets** and **Time off** stay on both channels. A stuck approval costs
    her team the week.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the end-of-day rollup">
    Under **Your daily reminders** she sets **Before your day ends** to
    **2 hours before the day ends**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Her day ends at 17:30, so about 15:30 she gets one message listing everything due
today and everything overdue. If there is nothing outstanding, she hears nothing –
which is the point.

## Options and settings

| Setting                                | Where                            | Who          |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------ |
| End-of-day rollup on/off and lead      | Your profile → **Notifications** | You          |
| Workspace default lead for that rollup | **Settings → Notifications**     | Owner, Admin |
| Email on or off, per row               | Your profile → **Notifications** | You          |

## Permissions

| Action                    | Capability                 | Roles        |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------ |
| Set your own rollup       | None                       | Everyone     |
| Set the workspace default | `workspace.updateSettings` | Owner, Admin |

## What happens next

Turning email off for a category does not stop the notification. It still lands
in your [Inbox](/notifications/inbox), where you can read it in one pass rather
than one interruption at a time.

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can I get one email a day instead of many?">
    The closest thing available today is the end-of-day reminder, which collects
    everything due and everything overdue into one message. Combine it with
    switching email off for the chattier categories and you get close to a daily
    digest.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Why did I not get a digest?">
    Because notifications arrive immediately unless a digest was deliberately
    turned on. Nothing is digested by default.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I pause notifications at night?">
    There is no quiet hours setting. Turn email off for the noisy categories and
    keep in-app on, or use your own mail client's rules.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Will a digest include my security alerts?">
    No. Security and account notifications are never digested and always arrive
    straight away.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Do daily reminders get rolled into a summary?">
    Never. A reminder is scheduled to a moment you chose, so holding it back or
    bundling it would deliver something other than what you asked for.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Will I be emailed twice – once individually and once in a summary?">
    No. A summary only counts notifications you have not read, and never counts
    the same one twice.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Troubleshooting

**I get too many emails.** Turn email off for the categories you can read later
and keep in-app on. Approvals and mentions are usually the two worth keeping.

**My end-of-day rollup never arrives.** It is silent when nothing is due and
nothing is overdue. Check the switch is on for both you and the workspace, and
that today is a working day on your schedule.

**It arrives at an odd hour.** It fires relative to when *your* working day ends,
not at a fixed clock time. See [Reminders](/notifications/reminders).

## Related guides

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Reminders" icon="alarm-clock" href="/notifications/reminders">
    The three daily checks, including the end-of-day rollup.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your notification settings" icon="sliders" href="/notifications/your-notification-settings">
    Turn email off per category.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Email notifications" icon="envelope" href="/notifications/email-notifications">
    What emails look like and how delivery works.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Inbox" icon="inbox" href="/notifications/inbox">
    Read everything in one pass instead.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Workspace defaults" icon="building" href="/notifications/workspace-notification-defaults">
    Set the starting point for everyone.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Notification types" icon="list" href="/notifications/notification-types">
    Every notification, its trigger, and its recipients.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>