This may have been a bug once, but during the work on T342907, it has been promoted to a feature.

The number of seen notifications is hidden by this line: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue/+/f0cf4a47fc3f1af98bc2c232778c7fbf35a8a102/resources/skins.minerva.loggedin.styles/styles.less#13

In T185360#10706489, @matmarex wrote:

This may have been a bug once, but during the work on T342907, it has been promoted to a feature.

The number of seen notifications is hidden by this line: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue/+/f0cf4a47fc3f1af98bc2c232778c7fbf35a8a102/resources/skins.minerva.loggedin.styles/styles.less#13

Can we decline this ticket then or close it as invalid?

Well… I think it'd be better to show the counter. But it's up to y'all to declare that this is expected 🤷‍♂️

In T185360#10832496, @matmarex wrote:

Well… I think it'd be better to show the counter. But it's up to y'all to declare that this is expected 🤷‍♂️

Agree. Maybe some design review is needed? There are two small issues (which might be considered features)

• displaying 0 in a red circle. The red color implies a call to an action, but what actions zero notifications might require?
• changing notifications icons - from a circle (un-seen/seen notifications) to a bell (read notifications)

Previously the red circle became gray and then on page refresh became a bell.

In T185360#10861686, @Jdlrobson wrote:

Previously the red circle became gray and then on page refresh became a bell.

Yes, I used to see it too - the grey circle was for seen notifications. I re-checked on testwiki wmf.3 - for seen notification the red circle with zero counter is consistently displayed (see the animated gif below). After seeing notification and marking them all as read, the notification icon will stay as the red circle with 0. Reloading a page with zero red circle changes the notification icon to the bell