# "Unknown" notification **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [October 8, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024 "2021-10-08T13:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dan\_johnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dan_johnson/32/1449_2.png) [@dan\_johnson](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dan_johnson)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/1 "2021-10-08T13:34:07Z")
**Platform** (Android, iOS, Website): website **Browser** , if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : chrome Step 1: Click on the notifications icon in the upper right of the main web page. Among my notifications, one shows “Unknown.” ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/5/a/5a95787aa5d5cd317d81ead8981f00200378e777.png) The unknown is for this observation: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17743863](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17743863) It does not appear that anything has changed with this observation in 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![lappelbaum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lappelbaum/32/7312_2.png) [@lappelbaum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lappelbaum)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/2 "2021-10-08T17:01:04Z")
I got this too. One today and one yesterday. I also couldn’t find anything that changed. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/4 "2021-10-09T00:31:16Z")
In our logs, there’s one vote made someone that was then deleted, so we don’t know much about the vote itself. Still looking into why it generated that specific notification. ---
**Author:** ![ellen5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ellen5/32/3448_2.png) [@ellen5](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ellen5)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/5 "2021-10-23T04:28:29Z")
I just got one of these. It’s the first time it has happened. Screen capture shows the notification. ![Screen Shot 2021-10-22 at 10.21.44 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/9/c9153d110a04854126fc95036a1fdecddb4f14a7.jpeg) Clicking the notification takes me to this observation, where there has been no activity that I can see: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98196035](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98196035) Also, NOTHING appeared on my dashboard for that timestamp: ![Screen Shot 2021-10-22 at 10.25.57 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/5/0/50a79d709199dab82a9c1b337856751d98f2a1c5.jpeg) My interface is Safari browser 14.1.2 (15611.3.10.1.7, 15611), on Catalina 10.15.7 operating system ---
**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/6 "2021-10-23T09:42:48Z")
Perhaps some engagement, which was deleted, but the notification is a zombie? ---
**Author:** ![ellen5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ellen5/32/3448_2.png) [@ellen5](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ellen5)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/7 "2021-10-23T12:31:18Z")
I like that characterization :) Yeah, this glitch isn’t too big a problem since it happens only rarely (so far) ---
**Author:** ![fluffyinca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/fluffyinca/32/10786_2.png) [@fluffyinca](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/fluffyinca)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/8 "2021-11-18T23:25:33Z")
This just happened to me too! ![Screenshot (150)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/0/b/0ba1716bb54f075c46c874219f6792bb90df04ba.png) ---
**Author:** ![ellen5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ellen5/32/3448_2.png) [@ellen5](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ellen5)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/9 "2021-11-19T00:31:24Z")
iNaturalist is haunted. ---
**Author:** ![markg729](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/markg729/32/10225_2.png) [@markg729](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/markg729)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/10 "2021-12-03T12:08:28Z")
I just got one of these unknown notifications for this observation: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94026697](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94026697) ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/11 "2021-12-07T14:32:39Z")
I also got my first one today: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/d/4/d446d02b6d8478851dbe52b9da3c8559a5165b7c.png) ---
**Author:** ![fluffyinca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/fluffyinca/32/10786_2.png) [@fluffyinca](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/fluffyinca)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/12 "2021-12-07T16:17:24Z")
Interesting, it’s in English too. ---
**Author:** ![Mercedes-Fletcher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mercedes-fletcher/32/24784_2.png) [@Mercedes-Fletcher](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Mercedes-Fletcher)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/13 "2023-05-09T16:51:30Z")
**Platform** : Website **Browser** : Chrome **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: [1](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160451291), [2](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160451337) **Description of problem** : Several of my notifications only say “unknown”. It seems to pop up when someone IDs one of my observations. I’ve never had this problem before and I’m not doing anything differently on my end so I’m not really sure what triggered this to start happening now. ![bug](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/3/c369fdf5f83ddc2a378ea134815032f5617c628e.png) ---
**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/14 "2023-05-09T19:34:55Z")
Might the ID / comment / whatever have been deleted before you got to it. The dead notification lingers … ---
**Author:** ![thebeachcomber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thebeachcomber/32/12748_2.png) [@thebeachcomber](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/thebeachcomber)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/15 "2023-05-09T22:02:55Z")
from memory I’ve received these when someone added my observation to a project ---
**Author:** ![Mercedes-Fletcher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mercedes-fletcher/32/24784_2.png) [@Mercedes-Fletcher](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Mercedes-Fletcher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/16 "2023-05-10T17:13:25Z")
Hmm… I don’t think either of these observations are in any projects I haven’t already joined. Good theory though! ---
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/17 "2023-05-10T18:08:13Z")
this might be relevant: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024) i faved and then unfaved this observation ([https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160451291](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160451291)) just to see if it triggered anything strange. ---
**Author:** ![Mercedes-Fletcher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mercedes-fletcher/32/24784_2.png) [@Mercedes-Fletcher](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Mercedes-Fletcher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/18 "2023-05-10T18:45:32Z")
I just got another unknown notification on that observation! That must be what’s triggering it. Well done! :) ---
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/19 "2023-05-10T18:48:11Z")
i wonder why folks like things one minute and then don’t like the next? ---
**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/20 "2023-05-10T20:06:42Z")
Mis-click? ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024/21 "2023-05-10T23:39:20Z")
I accidentally hit `f` on the Identify modal more often than I’d like to admit, so I’ve faved and unfaved observations quite a few times. [Next page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unknown-notification/27024.md?page=2)