Limitations
All interpreters share constraints on which ntfy features are available and how input is processed.
Unsupported ntfy Headers
The proxy builds outgoing headers from the interpreter's notification object. Only 8 headers are supported:
| Header | Notification Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
X-Title | title | Message title. |
X-Priority | priority | Priority level from 1 (min) to 5 (max). |
X-Tags | tags | Comma-separated tags and emoji shortcodes. |
X-Markdown | markdown | Enable Markdown rendering. |
X-Icon | icon | URL of a custom notification icon. |
X-Actions | actions | Action buttons (view, broadcast, http). |
X-Attach | attach | URL of a file to attach. |
X-Filename | filename | Filename for a binary attachment. |
ntfy supports additional headers that the proxy does not forward: X-Click, X-Delay, X-Email, X-Call, and X-Template. Incoming request headers are not passed through — the proxy constructs all outgoing headers from the interpreter output.
The ntfy-json interpreter provides the most control, but is still limited to the 8 fields above. For the full list of ntfy-supported headers, see the ntfy publishing docs.
HTML Stripping
All interpreter output bodies have HTML tags removed and common entities decoded before delivery:
&→&<→<>→>"→"'→' →
This applies after interpretation and before formatting, so interpreters can work with raw HTML internally.
Notification Suppression
Interpreters can return null to intentionally suppress a notification.
- HTTP contexts — Returns
{"status": "ignored"}with HTTP 200. - Email contexts — Silently drops the message. No response is sent to the sender.
Currently, only the statuspage interpreter uses suppression — for duplicate incident updates detected via KV and component-only updates without a bound KV namespace.
Interpreter Availability by Context Type
| Interpreter | HTTP | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
plain-text | Yes | Yes | Available in CLI menu for both types. |
ntfy-json | Yes | No | JSON payloads only — not applicable to email. |
seerr | Yes | No | Webhook-only service. |
synology | Yes | No | Webhook-only service. |
statuspage | Yes | No | Webhook-only service. |
pfsense | No | Yes | Email alerts only. |
unifi | No | Yes | Email alerts only. |