HydraIssues

hydraheadflatscreen (macOS): suppress App Background Activity notification on kiosk displays
open unclassified Project: hydraheadflatscreen Reporter: 17 May 2026 12:20

Description

On macOS Ventura/Sonoma, registering as a LaunchAgent triggers a system notification: "App Background Activity - hydraheadflatscreen can run in the background." This persists until a user physically clicks X and is distracting on an unmanned kiosk. The POST /api/v1/warnings/notifications/suppress suppresses the in-kiosk UI warning but cannot dismiss the macOS system banner. Options: (1) add LSBackgroundOnly or SMAppService registration to avoid the prompt, (2) auto-dismiss via AppleScript on first boot, (3) document as expected one-time behavior per machine lifetime. Observed on cheeky-cactus-86 during mic relay validation 2026-05-17.