Hey guys. Im running Home Assistant in docker container for few years and I’m super happy with it. The only way I access my server when not home is wireguard VPN. I noticed that I’m still receiving notifications even when not connected to VPN. I wonder how is that possible?

I don’t have sub for HA Cloud or Nabu Casa. I also don’t own a domain, using duckdns for wireguard connection and reverse proxy (npm). I thought I have 100% local setup, but I guess there is a Google or HA server in between. I don’t want to disable the feature, I just want to know where is my data being sent

Thx

    • danAEnglish
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      5 months ago

      There’s a few comments like this in this thread, from people that I guess didn’t actually read the post :)

      They weren’t asking how to do it; they were asking why it works out-of-the-box with the standard Home Assistant notifications.

      You don’t need ntfy; the standard Home Assistant app notifications work anywhere since they route via Google Firebase.