# Save and release/dispatch notifications later?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/save-and-release-dispatch-notifications-later/129257>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** homey-pro\
**Created:** [January 29, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/save-and-release-dispatch-notifications-later/129257 "2025-01-29T20:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Victor\_Nedstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victor_nedstrom/32/108782_2.png) [@Victor\_Nedstrom](https://community.homey.app/u/Victor_Nedstrom)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/save-and-release-dispatch-notifications-later/129257/1 "2025-01-29T20:20:07Z")

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Hi,

I would like to allow notifications only from certain flows during night time (important ones), while disallowing notifications from unimportant ones. I have already accomplished this by creating a boolean, indicating whether or not “unimportant” notifications shall be sent; this boolean is set to False when I go to bed, and True about the time I wake up, and then checked by all “unimportant” flows before sending notifications.

The downside of this approach is I miss out on all the “unimportant” notifications that were never sent during the night - ideally, I’d like to receive them in the morning (reflection: I guess this means they are not THAT unimportant after all…). I do already publish these messages on the timeline, but it would simply be more convenient to receive them as push notifications (as well).

Now, my question is, where/how would I most conveniently store the notifications (i.e. the message strings), and how would I go about looping over and “releasing” them when I want to receive them? I was thinking of utilizing a text variable and appending notifications to it (separated by e.g. semicolon, CSV style) and then parse that variable using a Homey script and sending the push notifications, but I have a feeling there may be more straightforward ways of accomplishing this. Any ideas?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/save-and-release-dispatch-notifications-later/129257/2 "2025-01-29T22:01:02Z")

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For the “unimportant” notifications I use [Simple Log log cards](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533).  
It even provides for a [script, to add log cards](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/6) to all, or selected flows.  
Pro: the data is 100% saved locally to Homey’s storage.  
Con: it’s not endless, the logs rotate, to prevent running out of storage, _ **unless** _ you send the logs to a syslog server.

I made a howto, [to display the logs](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-simple-sys-log-use-this-app-for-simple-sys-logging/77533/449) on Homey dashboard.

For “need to know” notifications I use Signal/Telegram, part of the [CallMeBot app](https://community.homey.app/t/48374).  
Con: Those are 3rd party online services, to trust your information to.  
Pro: This offers a (neverending) history, and it’s searchable with search tools.  
Somehow this is not offered by native timeline & push notifications.