Feed Group Push Configuration

Activity Feeds supports push notifications at the feed group level, allowing you to configure which activity types trigger push notifications. You can use built-in defaults, override built-in feed groups, or create entirely custom feed groups with push configuration.

Built-in Feed Groups Default Configuration

Stream provides several built-in feed groups with different default push notification configurations:

How Push Notifications Work

The shared delivery rules that apply to all Stream push notifications are covered in the Push Notification documentation.

When you set create_notification_activity: true, you can choose how to send the notification:

Send via notification feed (skip_push: true)

• The notification goes through the user's notification feed
• Triggers push via feeds.notification_feed.updated event
• Good for apps that want all notifications in one place

Send directly (skip_push: false)

• The notification is sent right away via direct event (e.g., feeds.activity.comment.added, feeds.activity.reaction.added)
• The activity is still saved to the notification feed for history

Note: Stream automatically prevents duplicate push notifications. You'll only get one push notification per action, regardless of your combination of skip_push and create_notification_activity flags.

Updating Feed Group Push Configuration

You can update existing feed groups to modify their push notification behavior:

use GetStream\GeneratedModels;

// Update notification feed group to only send push for follows
$response = $feedsClient->updateFeedGroup("notification", new GeneratedModels\UpdateFeedGroupRequest(
    pushNotification: new GeneratedModels\PushNotificationConfig(
        enablePush: true,
        pushTypes: ["follow"] // Only follows will trigger push notifications
    )
));

// Disable all push notifications for a feed group
$response = $feedsClient->updateFeedGroup("user", new GeneratedModels\UpdateFeedGroupRequest(
    pushNotification: new GeneratedModels\PushNotificationConfig(
        enablePush: false
    )
));

Configuration Options

Supported Activity Types:

• Built-in: follow, comment, reaction, comment_reaction, mention
• Custom: Any activity.type value you define (e.g., post, achievement, system_alert)

Best Practices

• Be selective with push_types - Choose specific activity types to avoid overwhelming users
• Use aggregation - Group similar activities in the feed for better organization, though each activity in push_types will still trigger individual push notifications