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The Inbox is where your in-app notifications land. Open it from the bell in the top bar.
The Inbox is notifications only. It is not a task inbox and never holds work. Your assigned tasks live under My tasks.

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What is in the Inbox?

One row per notification you received – a task assigned to you, a timesheet approved, an invoice gone overdue. Newest first. A row appears here only when in-app is one of your channels for that category. If you switched in-app off and left email on, you get the email and nothing in the bell.

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Opening it

1

Click the bell

It sits in the top bar of every workspace screen.
2

Read the list

The panel shows your most recent notifications, newest first.
3

Click a row

The row is marked read and you are taken to the thing it is about.

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The unread badge

A small count sits on the bell whenever you have unread notifications. The badge disappears completely at zero. It never shows a 0.

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What each row shows

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Where a row takes you

Clicking a row marks it read and then opens the item. A few notifications are information only and do not navigate anywhere. They are still marked read when you click them.

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Marking things read

Mark all read only appears when you actually have unread notifications.
There is no way to delete a notification, and no unread filter. Rows age out on their own – see Retention below.

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How many rows you see

The panel holds your most recent 50 notifications. There is no “load more”. Anything older has scrolled off, but the work itself is untouched – notifications are a signal, not a record.

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Empty state

When you have nothing waiting, the panel reads:
You’re all caught up New activity will appear here.

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Retention

Notifications do not stay forever. Removing an old notification never touches the task, timesheet or invoice it described.

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Example

Sarah Lin opens TimeTracker on Monday morning. Her bell shows 4. She clicks the first three, which marks each read as she goes. She clicks Mark all read to clear the last one. The badge disappears. Note what is not there: Sarah submitted her own timesheet last Friday, and she was not notified about that. She did it.

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Permissions

Your Inbox is yours. There is no capability to read someone else’s, and no way to see another person’s notifications from any screen.

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Common questions

No. The bell panel is the whole Inbox. The View all notifications button at the bottom of the panel takes you to notification settings, not to a longer list.
No. Unread rows are visually distinct – bold title and a dot on the right – but there is no filter.
No. Marking read is the only action. Rows age out on their own.
Your in-app channel is off for those categories. Turn it back on from your profile’s Notifications tab. See Your notification settings.
You are excluded from notifications about your own actions. The task’s other watchers heard about it. You did not, because you already knew.
No. Notifications are per person and nobody can read yours.

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Troubleshooting

The badge shows a number but the panel looks empty. Refresh the page. If it persists, one of your unread rows is older than the 50 the panel holds. Rows appear but clicking does nothing. Some notifications are information only and have nothing to open. They still mark read. I get emails but no Inbox rows. That is a channel setting, not a bug. Turn in-app back on for that category. I get nothing at all. Check whether you were the person who performed the action. See Notifications overview.

Notifications overview

How the notification system fits together.

Your notification settings

Choose what reaches you, and on which channel.

Notification types

Every notification, its trigger, and its recipients.

Email notifications

What emails look like and how delivery works.

My tasks

Your actual work. This is not the Inbox.

Reminders

The daily checks and how to schedule them.