diff --git a/keyserver/src/push/crypto.js b/keyserver/src/push/crypto.js
index faad2bfd7..9cadeb0da 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/push/crypto.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/push/crypto.js
@@ -1,508 +1,527 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { EncryptResult } from '@commapp/olm';
 import apn from '@parse/node-apn';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _cloneDeep from 'lodash/fp/cloneDeep.js';
 
 import type {
   PlainTextWebNotification,
   PlainTextWebNotificationPayload,
   WebNotification,
   PlainTextWNSNotification,
   PlainTextWNSNotificationPayload,
   WNSNotification,
 } from 'lib/types/notif-types.js';
 import { toBase64URL } from 'lib/utils/base64.js';
 
 import type {
-  AndroidNotification,
-  AndroidNotificationPayload,
+  AndroidVisualNotification,
+  AndroidVisualNotificationPayload,
+  AndroidBadgeOnlyNotification,
   AndroidNotificationRescind,
   NotificationTargetDevice,
 } from './types.js';
 import { encryptAndUpdateOlmSession } from '../updaters/olm-session-updater.js';
 import { encrypt, generateKey } from '../utils/aes-crypto-utils.js';
 import { getOlmUtility } from '../utils/olm-utils.js';
 
 async function encryptAPNsNotification(
   cookieID: string,
   notification: apn.Notification,
   codeVersion?: ?number,
   notificationSizeValidator?: apn.Notification => boolean,
   blobHolder?: ?string,
 ): Promise<{
   +notification: apn.Notification,
   +payloadSizeExceeded: boolean,
   +encryptedPayloadHash?: string,
   +encryptionOrder?: number,
 }> {
   invariant(
     !notification.collapseId,
     `Collapse ID can't be directly stored in apn.Notification object due ` +
       `to security reasons. Please put it in payload property`,
   );
 
   const encryptedNotification = new apn.Notification();
 
   encryptedNotification.id = notification.id;
   encryptedNotification.payload.id = notification.id;
 
   if (blobHolder) {
     encryptedNotification.payload.blobHolder = blobHolder;
   }
 
   encryptedNotification.payload.keyserverID = notification.payload.keyserverID;
   encryptedNotification.topic = notification.topic;
   encryptedNotification.sound = notification.aps.sound;
   encryptedNotification.pushType = 'alert';
   encryptedNotification.mutableContent = true;
 
   const { id, keyserverID, ...payloadSansUnencryptedData } =
     notification.payload;
   const unencryptedPayload = {
     ...payloadSansUnencryptedData,
     badge: notification.aps.badge.toString(),
     merged: notification.body,
   };
 
   try {
     const unencryptedSerializedPayload = JSON.stringify(unencryptedPayload);
 
     let dbPersistCondition;
     if (notificationSizeValidator) {
       dbPersistCondition = ({
         serializedPayload,
       }: {
         +[string]: EncryptResult,
       }) => {
         const notifCopy = _cloneDeep(encryptedNotification);
         notifCopy.payload.encryptedPayload = serializedPayload.body;
         return notificationSizeValidator(notifCopy);
       };
     }
     const {
       encryptedMessages: { serializedPayload },
       dbPersistConditionViolated,
       encryptionOrder,
     } = await encryptAndUpdateOlmSession(
       cookieID,
       'notifications',
       {
         serializedPayload: unencryptedSerializedPayload,
       },
       dbPersistCondition,
     );
 
     encryptedNotification.payload.encryptedPayload = serializedPayload.body;
 
     if (codeVersion && codeVersion >= 254 && codeVersion % 2 === 0) {
       encryptedNotification.aps = {
         alert: { body: 'ENCRYPTED' },
         ...encryptedNotification.aps,
       };
     }
 
     const encryptedPayloadHash = getOlmUtility().sha256(serializedPayload.body);
     return {
       notification: encryptedNotification,
       payloadSizeExceeded: !!dbPersistConditionViolated,
       encryptedPayloadHash,
       encryptionOrder,
     };
   } catch (e) {
     console.log('Notification encryption failed: ' + e);
 
     encryptedNotification.body = notification.body;
     encryptedNotification.threadId = notification.payload.threadID;
     invariant(
       typeof notification.aps.badge === 'number',
       'Unencrypted notification must have badge as a number',
     );
     encryptedNotification.badge = notification.aps.badge;
 
     encryptedNotification.payload = {
       ...encryptedNotification.payload,
       ...notification.payload,
       encryptionFailed: 1,
     };
     return {
       notification: encryptedNotification,
       payloadSizeExceeded: notificationSizeValidator
         ? notificationSizeValidator(_cloneDeep(encryptedNotification))
         : false,
     };
   }
 }
 
 async function encryptAndroidNotificationPayload<T>(
   cookieID: string,
   unencryptedPayload: T,
   payloadSizeValidator?: (T | { +encryptedPayload: string }) => boolean,
 ): Promise<{
   +resultPayload: T | { +encryptedPayload: string },
   +payloadSizeExceeded: boolean,
   +encryptionOrder?: number,
 }> {
   try {
     const unencryptedSerializedPayload = JSON.stringify(unencryptedPayload);
     if (!unencryptedSerializedPayload) {
       return {
         resultPayload: unencryptedPayload,
         payloadSizeExceeded: payloadSizeValidator
           ? payloadSizeValidator(unencryptedPayload)
           : false,
       };
     }
 
     let dbPersistCondition;
     if (payloadSizeValidator) {
       dbPersistCondition = ({
         serializedPayload,
       }: {
         +[string]: EncryptResult,
       }) => payloadSizeValidator({ encryptedPayload: serializedPayload.body });
     }
 
     const {
       encryptedMessages: { serializedPayload },
       dbPersistConditionViolated,
       encryptionOrder,
     } = await encryptAndUpdateOlmSession(
       cookieID,
       'notifications',
       {
         serializedPayload: unencryptedSerializedPayload,
       },
       dbPersistCondition,
     );
     return {
       resultPayload: { encryptedPayload: serializedPayload.body },
       payloadSizeExceeded: !!dbPersistConditionViolated,
       encryptionOrder,
     };
   } catch (e) {
     console.log('Notification encryption failed: ' + e);
     const resultPayload = {
       encryptionFailed: '1',
       ...unencryptedPayload,
     };
     return {
       resultPayload,
       payloadSizeExceeded: payloadSizeValidator
         ? payloadSizeValidator(resultPayload)
         : false,
     };
   }
 }
 
-async function encryptAndroidNotification(
+async function encryptAndroidVisualNotification(
   cookieID: string,
-  notification: AndroidNotification,
-  notificationSizeValidator?: AndroidNotification => boolean,
+  notification: AndroidVisualNotification,
+  notificationSizeValidator?: AndroidVisualNotification => boolean,
   blobHolder?: ?string,
 ): Promise<{
-  +notification: AndroidNotification,
+  +notification: AndroidVisualNotification,
   +payloadSizeExceeded: boolean,
   +encryptionOrder?: number,
 }> {
-  const { id, keyserverID, badgeOnly, ...rest } = notification.data;
-  let unencryptedData = { badgeOnly, keyserverID };
+  const { id, keyserverID, ...rest } = notification.data;
+
+  let unencryptedData = { keyserverID };
   if (id) {
     unencryptedData = { ...unencryptedData, id };
   }
 
   let unencryptedPayload = rest;
   if (blobHolder) {
     unencryptedPayload = { ...unencryptedPayload, blobHolder };
   }
 
   let payloadSizeValidator;
   if (notificationSizeValidator) {
     payloadSizeValidator = (
-      payload: AndroidNotificationPayload | { +encryptedPayload: string },
+      payload: AndroidVisualNotificationPayload | { +encryptedPayload: string },
     ) => {
       return notificationSizeValidator({
         data: { ...unencryptedData, ...payload },
       });
     };
   }
   const { resultPayload, payloadSizeExceeded, encryptionOrder } =
     await encryptAndroidNotificationPayload(
       cookieID,
       unencryptedPayload,
       payloadSizeValidator,
     );
   return {
     notification: {
       data: {
         ...unencryptedData,
         ...resultPayload,
       },
     },
     payloadSizeExceeded,
     encryptionOrder,
   };
 }
 
-async function encryptAndroidNotificationRescind(
+async function encryptAndroidSilentNotification(
   cookieID: string,
-  notification: AndroidNotificationRescind,
-): Promise<AndroidNotificationRescind> {
+  notification: AndroidNotificationRescind | AndroidBadgeOnlyNotification,
+): Promise<AndroidNotificationRescind | AndroidBadgeOnlyNotification> {
   // We don't validate payload size for rescind
   // since they are expected to be small and
   // never exceed any FCM limit
   const { keyserverID, ...unencryptedPayload } = notification.data;
   const { resultPayload } = await encryptAndroidNotificationPayload(
     cookieID,
     unencryptedPayload,
   );
+  if (resultPayload.encryptedPayload) {
+    return {
+      data: { keyserverID, ...resultPayload },
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (resultPayload.rescind) {
+    return {
+      data: { keyserverID, ...resultPayload },
+    };
+  }
+
   return {
-    data: { keyserverID, ...resultPayload },
+    data: {
+      keyserverID,
+      ...resultPayload,
+    },
   };
 }
 
 async function encryptBasicPayload<T>(
   cookieID: string,
   basicPayload: T,
 ): Promise<
   | { +encryptedPayload: string, +encryptionOrder?: number }
   | { ...T, +encryptionFailed: '1' },
 > {
   const unencryptedSerializedPayload = JSON.stringify(basicPayload);
 
   if (!unencryptedSerializedPayload) {
     return { ...basicPayload, encryptionFailed: '1' };
   }
 
   try {
     const {
       encryptedMessages: { serializedPayload },
       encryptionOrder,
     } = await encryptAndUpdateOlmSession(cookieID, 'notifications', {
       serializedPayload: unencryptedSerializedPayload,
     });
 
     return {
       encryptedPayload: serializedPayload.body,
       encryptionOrder,
     };
   } catch (e) {
     console.log('Notification encryption failed: ' + e);
     return {
       ...basicPayload,
       encryptionFailed: '1',
     };
   }
 }
 
 async function encryptWebNotification(
   cookieID: string,
   notification: PlainTextWebNotification,
 ): Promise<{ +notification: WebNotification, +encryptionOrder?: number }> {
   const { id, keyserverID, ...payloadSansId } = notification;
   const { encryptionOrder, ...encryptionResult } =
     await encryptBasicPayload<PlainTextWebNotificationPayload>(
       cookieID,
       payloadSansId,
     );
   return {
     notification: { id, keyserverID, ...encryptionResult },
     encryptionOrder,
   };
 }
 
 async function encryptWNSNotification(
   cookieID: string,
   notification: PlainTextWNSNotification,
 ): Promise<{ +notification: WNSNotification, +encryptionOrder?: number }> {
   const { keyserverID, ...payloadSansKeyserverID } = notification;
   const { encryptionOrder, ...encryptionResult } =
     await encryptBasicPayload<PlainTextWNSNotificationPayload>(
       cookieID,
       payloadSansKeyserverID,
     );
   return {
     notification: { keyserverID, ...encryptionResult },
     encryptionOrder,
   };
 }
 
 function prepareEncryptedAPNsNotifications(
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
   notification: apn.Notification,
   codeVersion?: ?number,
   notificationSizeValidator?: apn.Notification => boolean,
 ): Promise<
   $ReadOnlyArray<{
     +cookieID: string,
     +deviceToken: string,
     +notification: apn.Notification,
     +payloadSizeExceeded: boolean,
     +encryptedPayloadHash?: string,
     +encryptionOrder?: number,
   }>,
 > {
   const notificationPromises = devices.map(
     async ({ cookieID, deviceToken, blobHolder }) => {
       const notif = await encryptAPNsNotification(
         cookieID,
         notification,
         codeVersion,
         notificationSizeValidator,
         blobHolder,
       );
       return { cookieID, deviceToken, ...notif };
     },
   );
   return Promise.all(notificationPromises);
 }
 
 function prepareEncryptedIOSNotificationRescind(
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
   notification: apn.Notification,
   codeVersion?: ?number,
 ): Promise<
   $ReadOnlyArray<{
     +cookieID: string,
     +deviceToken: string,
     +notification: apn.Notification,
   }>,
 > {
   const notificationPromises = devices.map(
     async ({ deviceToken, cookieID }) => {
       const { notification: notif } = await encryptAPNsNotification(
         cookieID,
         notification,
         codeVersion,
       );
       return { deviceToken, cookieID, notification: notif };
     },
   );
   return Promise.all(notificationPromises);
 }
 
-function prepareEncryptedAndroidNotifications(
+function prepareEncryptedAndroidVisualNotifications(
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
-  notification: AndroidNotification,
-  notificationSizeValidator?: (notification: AndroidNotification) => boolean,
+  notification: AndroidVisualNotification,
+  notificationSizeValidator?: (
+    notification: AndroidVisualNotification,
+  ) => boolean,
 ): Promise<
   $ReadOnlyArray<{
     +cookieID: string,
     +deviceToken: string,
-    +notification: AndroidNotification,
+    +notification: AndroidVisualNotification,
     +payloadSizeExceeded: boolean,
     +encryptionOrder?: number,
   }>,
 > {
   const notificationPromises = devices.map(
     async ({ deviceToken, cookieID, blobHolder }) => {
-      const notif = await encryptAndroidNotification(
+      const notif = await encryptAndroidVisualNotification(
         cookieID,
         notification,
         notificationSizeValidator,
         blobHolder,
       );
       return { deviceToken, cookieID, ...notif };
     },
   );
   return Promise.all(notificationPromises);
 }
 
-function prepareEncryptedAndroidNotificationRescinds(
+function prepareEncryptedAndroidSilentNotifications(
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
-  notification: AndroidNotificationRescind,
+  notification: AndroidNotificationRescind | AndroidBadgeOnlyNotification,
 ): Promise<
   $ReadOnlyArray<{
     +cookieID: string,
     +deviceToken: string,
-    +notification: AndroidNotificationRescind,
+    +notification: AndroidNotificationRescind | AndroidBadgeOnlyNotification,
     +encryptionOrder?: number,
   }>,
 > {
   const notificationPromises = devices.map(
     async ({ deviceToken, cookieID }) => {
-      const notif = await encryptAndroidNotificationRescind(
+      const notif = await encryptAndroidSilentNotification(
         cookieID,
         notification,
       );
       return { deviceToken, cookieID, notification: notif };
     },
   );
   return Promise.all(notificationPromises);
 }
 
 function prepareEncryptedWebNotifications(
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
   notification: PlainTextWebNotification,
 ): Promise<
   $ReadOnlyArray<{
     +deviceToken: string,
     +notification: WebNotification,
     +encryptionOrder?: number,
   }>,
 > {
   const notificationPromises = devices.map(
     async ({ deviceToken, cookieID }) => {
       const notif = await encryptWebNotification(cookieID, notification);
       return { ...notif, deviceToken };
     },
   );
   return Promise.all(notificationPromises);
 }
 
 function prepareEncryptedWNSNotifications(
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
   notification: PlainTextWNSNotification,
 ): Promise<
   $ReadOnlyArray<{
     +deviceToken: string,
     +notification: WNSNotification,
     +encryptionOrder?: number,
   }>,
 > {
   const notificationPromises = devices.map(
     async ({ deviceToken, cookieID }) => {
       const notif = await encryptWNSNotification(cookieID, notification);
       return { ...notif, deviceToken };
     },
   );
   return Promise.all(notificationPromises);
 }
 
 async function encryptBlobPayload(payload: string): Promise<{
   +encryptionKey: string,
   +encryptedPayload: Blob,
   +encryptedPayloadHash: string,
 }> {
   const encryptionKey = await generateKey();
   const encryptedPayload = await encrypt(
     encryptionKey,
     new TextEncoder().encode(payload),
   );
   const encryptedPayloadBuffer = Buffer.from(encryptedPayload);
   const blobHashBase64 = await crypto
     .createHash('sha256')
     .update(encryptedPayloadBuffer)
     .digest('base64');
   const blobHash = toBase64URL(blobHashBase64);
 
   const payloadBlob = new Blob([encryptedPayloadBuffer]);
   const encryptionKeyString = Buffer.from(encryptionKey).toString('base64');
   return {
     encryptionKey: encryptionKeyString,
     encryptedPayload: payloadBlob,
     encryptedPayloadHash: blobHash,
   };
 }
 
 export {
   prepareEncryptedAPNsNotifications,
   prepareEncryptedIOSNotificationRescind,
-  prepareEncryptedAndroidNotifications,
-  prepareEncryptedAndroidNotificationRescinds,
+  prepareEncryptedAndroidVisualNotifications,
+  prepareEncryptedAndroidSilentNotifications,
   prepareEncryptedWebNotifications,
   prepareEncryptedWNSNotifications,
   encryptBlobPayload,
 };
diff --git a/keyserver/src/push/rescind.js b/keyserver/src/push/rescind.js
index 1f013d463..093a0d426 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/push/rescind.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/push/rescind.js
@@ -1,389 +1,393 @@
 // @flow
 
 import apn from '@parse/node-apn';
 import type { ResponseFailure } from '@parse/node-apn';
 import type { FirebaseError } from 'firebase-admin';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import type { PlatformDetails } from 'lib/types/device-types.js';
 import { threadSubscriptions } from 'lib/types/subscription-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import { promiseAll } from 'lib/utils/promises.js';
 import { tID } from 'lib/utils/validation-utils.js';
 
 import {
-  prepareEncryptedAndroidNotificationRescinds,
+  prepareEncryptedAndroidSilentNotifications,
   prepareEncryptedIOSNotificationRescind,
 } from './crypto.js';
 import { getAPNsNotificationTopic } from './providers.js';
 import type {
   NotificationTargetDevice,
   TargetedAndroidNotification,
   TargetedAPNsNotification,
 } from './types.js';
 import {
   apnPush,
   fcmPush,
   type APNPushResult,
   type FCMPushResult,
 } from './utils.js';
 import createIDs from '../creators/id-creator.js';
 import { dbQuery, SQL } from '../database/database.js';
 import type { SQLStatementType } from '../database/types.js';
 import { thisKeyserverID } from '../user/identity.js';
 import { validateOutput } from '../utils/validation-utils.js';
 
 type ParsedDelivery = {
   +platform: 'ios' | 'macos' | 'android',
   +codeVersion: ?number,
   +stateVersion: ?number,
   +notificationID: string,
   +deviceTokens: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 
 type RescindDelivery = {
   source: 'rescind',
   rescindedID: string,
   errors?:
     | $ReadOnlyArray<FirebaseError | mixed>
     | $ReadOnlyArray<ResponseFailure>,
 };
 
 async function rescindPushNotifs(
   notifCondition: SQLStatementType,
   inputCountCondition?: SQLStatementType,
 ) {
   const notificationExtractString = `$.${threadSubscriptions.home}`;
   const visPermissionExtractString = `$.${threadPermissions.VISIBLE}.value`;
   const fetchQuery = SQL`
     SELECT n.id, n.user, n.thread, n.message, n.delivery, n.collapse_key, COUNT(
   `;
   fetchQuery.append(inputCountCondition ? inputCountCondition : SQL`m.thread`);
   fetchQuery.append(SQL`
       ) AS unread_count
     FROM notifications n
     LEFT JOIN memberships m ON m.user = n.user
       AND m.last_message > m.last_read_message 
       AND m.role > 0 
       AND JSON_EXTRACT(subscription, ${notificationExtractString})
       AND JSON_EXTRACT(permissions, ${visPermissionExtractString})
     WHERE n.rescinded = 0 AND
   `);
   fetchQuery.append(notifCondition);
   fetchQuery.append(SQL` GROUP BY n.id, m.user`);
   const [[fetchResult], keyserverID] = await Promise.all([
     dbQuery(fetchQuery),
     thisKeyserverID(),
   ]);
 
   const allDeviceTokens = new Set<string>();
   const parsedDeliveries: { [string]: $ReadOnlyArray<ParsedDelivery> } = {};
 
   for (const row of fetchResult) {
     const rawDelivery = JSON.parse(row.delivery);
     const deliveries = Array.isArray(rawDelivery) ? rawDelivery : [rawDelivery];
     const id = row.id.toString();
 
     const rowParsedDeliveries = [];
 
     for (const delivery of deliveries) {
       if (
         delivery.iosID ||
         delivery.deviceType === 'ios' ||
         delivery.deviceType === 'macos'
       ) {
         const deviceTokens = delivery.iosDeviceTokens ?? delivery.deviceTokens;
         rowParsedDeliveries.push({
           notificationID: delivery.iosID,
           codeVersion: delivery.codeVersion,
           stateVersion: delivery.stateVersion,
           platform: delivery.deviceType ?? 'ios',
           deviceTokens,
         });
         deviceTokens.forEach(deviceToken => allDeviceTokens.add(deviceToken));
       } else if (delivery.androidID || delivery.deviceType === 'android') {
         const deviceTokens =
           delivery.androidDeviceTokens ?? delivery.deviceTokens;
         rowParsedDeliveries.push({
           notificationID: row.collapse_key ? row.collapse_key : id,
           codeVersion: delivery.codeVersion,
           stateVersion: delivery.stateVersion,
           platform: 'android',
           deviceTokens,
         });
         deviceTokens.forEach(deviceToken => allDeviceTokens.add(deviceToken));
       }
     }
     parsedDeliveries[id] = rowParsedDeliveries;
   }
   const deviceTokenToCookieID = await getDeviceTokenToCookieID(allDeviceTokens);
 
   const deliveryPromises: {
     [string]: Promise<APNPushResult> | Promise<FCMPushResult>,
   } = {};
   const notifInfo = {};
   const rescindedIDs = [];
 
   for (const row of fetchResult) {
     const id = row.id.toString();
     const threadID = row.thread.toString();
 
     notifInfo[id] = {
       userID: row.user.toString(),
       threadID,
       messageID: row.message.toString(),
     };
 
     for (const delivery of parsedDeliveries[id]) {
       let platformDetails: PlatformDetails = { platform: delivery.platform };
       if (delivery.codeVersion) {
         platformDetails = {
           ...platformDetails,
           codeVersion: delivery.codeVersion,
         };
       }
       if (delivery.stateVersion) {
         platformDetails = {
           ...platformDetails,
           stateVersion: delivery.stateVersion,
         };
       }
 
       if (delivery.platform === 'ios') {
         const devices = delivery.deviceTokens.map(deviceToken => ({
           deviceToken,
           cookieID: deviceTokenToCookieID[deviceToken],
         }));
         const deliveryPromise = (async () => {
           const targetedNotifications = await prepareIOSNotification(
             keyserverID,
             delivery.notificationID,
             row.unread_count,
             threadID,
             platformDetails,
             devices,
           );
           return await apnPush({
             targetedNotifications,
             platformDetails: {
               platform: 'ios',
               codeVersion: delivery.codeVersion,
             },
           });
         })();
         deliveryPromises[id] = deliveryPromise;
       } else if (delivery.platform === 'android') {
         const devices = delivery.deviceTokens.map(deviceToken => ({
           deviceToken,
           cookieID: deviceTokenToCookieID[deviceToken],
         }));
         const deliveryPromise = (async () => {
           const targetedNotifications = await prepareAndroidNotification(
             keyserverID,
             delivery.notificationID,
             row.unread_count,
             threadID,
             platformDetails,
             devices,
           );
           return await fcmPush({
             targetedNotifications,
             codeVersion: delivery.codeVersion,
           });
         })();
         deliveryPromises[id] = deliveryPromise;
       }
     }
     rescindedIDs.push(id);
   }
 
   const numRescinds = Object.keys(deliveryPromises).length;
   const dbIDsPromise: Promise<?Array<string>> = (async () => {
     if (numRescinds === 0) {
       return undefined;
     }
     return await createIDs('notifications', numRescinds);
   })();
   const rescindPromise: Promise<mixed> = (async () => {
     if (rescindedIDs.length === 0) {
       return undefined;
     }
     const rescindQuery = SQL`
       UPDATE notifications SET rescinded = 1 WHERE id IN (${rescindedIDs})
     `;
     return await dbQuery(rescindQuery);
   })();
 
   const [deliveryResults, dbIDs] = await Promise.all([
     promiseAll(deliveryPromises),
     dbIDsPromise,
     rescindPromise,
   ]);
 
   const newNotifRows = [];
   if (numRescinds > 0) {
     invariant(dbIDs, 'dbIDs should be set');
     for (const rescindedID in deliveryResults) {
       const delivery: RescindDelivery = {
         source: 'rescind',
         rescindedID,
       };
       const { errors } = deliveryResults[rescindedID];
       if (errors) {
         delivery.errors = errors;
       }
       const dbID = dbIDs.shift();
       const { userID, threadID, messageID } = notifInfo[rescindedID];
       newNotifRows.push([
         dbID,
         userID,
         threadID,
         messageID,
         null,
         JSON.stringify([delivery]),
         1,
       ]);
     }
   }
   if (newNotifRows.length > 0) {
     const insertQuery = SQL`
       INSERT INTO notifications
         (id, user, thread, message, collapse_key, delivery, rescinded)
       VALUES ${newNotifRows}
     `;
     await dbQuery(insertQuery);
   }
 }
 
 async function getDeviceTokenToCookieID(
   deviceTokens: Set<string>,
 ): Promise<{ +[string]: string }> {
   if (deviceTokens.size === 0) {
     return {};
   }
   const deviceTokenToCookieID = {};
   const fetchCookiesQuery = SQL`
     SELECT id, device_token FROM cookies 
     WHERE device_token IN (${[...deviceTokens]})
   `;
   const [fetchResult] = await dbQuery(fetchCookiesQuery);
   for (const row of fetchResult) {
     deviceTokenToCookieID[row.device_token.toString()] = row.id.toString();
   }
   return deviceTokenToCookieID;
 }
 
 async function conditionallyEncryptNotification<T>(
   notification: T,
   codeVersion: ?number,
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
   encryptCallback: (
     devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
     notification: T,
     codeVersion?: ?number,
   ) => Promise<
     $ReadOnlyArray<{
       +notification: T,
       +cookieID: string,
       +deviceToken: string,
       +encryptionOrder?: number,
     }>,
   >,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<{ +deviceToken: string, +notification: T }>> {
   const shouldBeEncrypted = codeVersion && codeVersion >= 233;
   if (!shouldBeEncrypted) {
     return devices.map(({ deviceToken }) => ({
       notification,
       deviceToken,
     }));
   }
   const notifications = await encryptCallback(
     devices,
     notification,
     codeVersion,
   );
   return notifications.map(({ deviceToken, notification: notif }) => ({
     deviceToken,
     notification: notif,
   }));
 }
 
 async function prepareIOSNotification(
   keyserverID: string,
   iosID: string,
   unreadCount: number,
   threadID: string,
   platformDetails: PlatformDetails,
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAPNsNotification>> {
   threadID = await validateOutput(platformDetails, tID, threadID);
   const { codeVersion } = platformDetails;
 
   const notification = new apn.Notification();
   notification.topic = getAPNsNotificationTopic({
     platform: 'ios',
     codeVersion,
   });
 
   if (codeVersion && codeVersion > 198) {
     notification.mutableContent = true;
     notification.pushType = 'alert';
     notification.badge = unreadCount;
   } else {
     notification.priority = 5;
     notification.contentAvailable = true;
     notification.pushType = 'background';
   }
   notification.payload =
     codeVersion && codeVersion > 135
       ? {
           backgroundNotifType: 'CLEAR',
           notificationId: iosID,
           setUnreadStatus: true,
           threadID,
           keyserverID,
         }
       : {
           managedAps: {
             action: 'CLEAR',
             notificationId: iosID,
           },
         };
   return await conditionallyEncryptNotification(
     notification,
     codeVersion,
     devices,
     prepareEncryptedIOSNotificationRescind,
   );
 }
 
 async function prepareAndroidNotification(
   keyserverID: string,
   notifID: string,
   unreadCount: number,
   threadID: string,
   platformDetails: PlatformDetails,
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAndroidNotification>> {
   threadID = await validateOutput(platformDetails, tID, threadID);
   const { codeVersion } = platformDetails;
 
   const notification = {
     data: {
       badge: unreadCount.toString(),
       rescind: 'true',
       rescindID: notifID,
       setUnreadStatus: 'true',
       threadID,
       keyserverID,
     },
   };
-  return await conditionallyEncryptNotification(
+  const targetedRescinds = await conditionallyEncryptNotification(
     notification,
     codeVersion,
     devices,
-    prepareEncryptedAndroidNotificationRescinds,
+    prepareEncryptedAndroidSilentNotifications,
   );
+  return targetedRescinds.map(targetedRescind => ({
+    ...targetedRescind,
+    priority: 'normal',
+  }));
 }
 
 export { rescindPushNotifs };
diff --git a/keyserver/src/push/send.js b/keyserver/src/push/send.js
index 22bca337b..004c3edc8 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/push/send.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/push/send.js
@@ -1,1943 +1,1955 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { ResponseFailure } from '@parse/node-apn';
 import apn from '@parse/node-apn';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _cloneDeep from 'lodash/fp/cloneDeep.js';
 import _flow from 'lodash/fp/flow.js';
 import _groupBy from 'lodash/fp/groupBy.js';
 import _mapValues from 'lodash/fp/mapValues.js';
 import _pickBy from 'lodash/fp/pickBy.js';
 import type { QueryResults } from 'mysql';
 import t from 'tcomb';
 import uuidv4 from 'uuid/v4.js';
 
 import { oldValidUsernameRegex } from 'lib/shared/account-utils.js';
 import { isUserMentioned } from 'lib/shared/mention-utils.js';
 import {
   createMessageInfo,
   shimUnsupportedRawMessageInfos,
   sortMessageInfoList,
 } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import { messageSpecs } from 'lib/shared/messages/message-specs.js';
 import { notifTextsForMessageInfo } from 'lib/shared/notif-utils.js';
 import {
   rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo,
   threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import { hasMinCodeVersion } from 'lib/shared/version-utils.js';
 import type { Platform, PlatformDetails } from 'lib/types/device-types.js';
 import { messageTypes } from 'lib/types/message-types-enum.js';
 import {
   type MessageData,
   type RawMessageInfo,
   rawMessageInfoValidator,
 } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import type { ResolvedNotifTexts } from 'lib/types/notif-types.js';
 import { resolvedNotifTextsValidator } from 'lib/types/notif-types.js';
 import type { ServerThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import { updateTypes } from 'lib/types/update-types-enum.js';
 import { type GlobalUserInfo } from 'lib/types/user-types.js';
 import { values } from 'lib/utils/objects.js';
 import { tID, tPlatformDetails, tShape } from 'lib/utils/validation-utils.js';
 
 import {
-  prepareEncryptedAndroidNotifications,
+  prepareEncryptedAndroidVisualNotifications,
+  prepareEncryptedAndroidSilentNotifications,
   prepareEncryptedAPNsNotifications,
   prepareEncryptedWebNotifications,
   prepareEncryptedWNSNotifications,
 } from './crypto.js';
 import { getAPNsNotificationTopic } from './providers.js';
 import { rescindPushNotifs } from './rescind.js';
 import type {
-  AndroidNotification,
+  AndroidVisualNotification,
   NotificationTargetDevice,
   TargetedAndroidNotification,
   TargetedAPNsNotification,
   TargetedWebNotification,
   TargetedWNSNotification,
 } from './types.js';
 import {
   apnMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize,
   apnPush,
   fcmMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize,
   fcmPush,
   getUnreadCounts,
   webPush,
   type WebPushError,
   wnsMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize,
   wnsPush,
   type WNSPushError,
   blobServiceUpload,
 } from './utils.js';
 import createIDs from '../creators/id-creator.js';
 import { createUpdates } from '../creators/update-creator.js';
 import { dbQuery, mergeOrConditions, SQL } from '../database/database.js';
 import type { CollapsableNotifInfo } from '../fetchers/message-fetchers.js';
 import { fetchCollapsableNotifs } from '../fetchers/message-fetchers.js';
 import { fetchServerThreadInfos } from '../fetchers/thread-fetchers.js';
 import { fetchUserInfos } from '../fetchers/user-fetchers.js';
 import type { Viewer } from '../session/viewer.js';
 import { thisKeyserverID } from '../user/identity.js';
 import { getENSNames } from '../utils/ens-cache.js';
 import { getFCNames } from '../utils/fc-cache.js';
 import { validateOutput } from '../utils/validation-utils.js';
 
 export type Device = {
   +platform: Platform,
   +deviceToken: string,
   +cookieID: string,
   +codeVersion: ?number,
   +stateVersion: ?number,
   +majorDesktopVersion: ?number,
 };
 
 export type PushUserInfo = {
   +devices: Device[],
   // messageInfos and messageDatas have the same key
   +messageInfos: RawMessageInfo[],
   +messageDatas: MessageData[],
 };
 type Delivery = PushDelivery | { collapsedInto: string };
 type NotificationRow = {
   +dbID: string,
   +userID: string,
   +threadID?: ?string,
   +messageID?: ?string,
   +collapseKey?: ?string,
   +deliveries: Delivery[],
 };
 export type PushInfo = { [userID: string]: PushUserInfo };
 
 async function sendPushNotifs(pushInfo: PushInfo) {
   if (Object.keys(pushInfo).length === 0) {
     return;
   }
 
   const keyserverID = await thisKeyserverID();
 
   const [
     unreadCounts,
     { usersToCollapsableNotifInfo, serverThreadInfos, userInfos },
     dbIDs,
   ] = await Promise.all([
     getUnreadCounts(Object.keys(pushInfo)),
     fetchInfos(pushInfo),
     createDBIDs(pushInfo),
   ]);
 
   const preparePromises: Array<Promise<?$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>>> =
     [];
   const notifications: Map<string, NotificationRow> = new Map();
   for (const userID in usersToCollapsableNotifInfo) {
     const threadInfos = _flow(
       _mapValues((serverThreadInfo: ServerThreadInfo) => {
         const rawThreadInfo = rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo(
           serverThreadInfo,
           userID,
           { minimallyEncodePermissions: true },
         );
         if (!rawThreadInfo) {
           return null;
         }
         invariant(
           rawThreadInfo.minimallyEncoded,
           'rawThreadInfo from rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo must be ' +
             'minimallyEncoded when minimallyEncodePermissions option is set',
         );
         return threadInfoFromRawThreadInfo(rawThreadInfo, userID, userInfos);
       }),
       _pickBy(threadInfo => threadInfo),
     )(serverThreadInfos);
     for (const notifInfo of usersToCollapsableNotifInfo[userID]) {
       preparePromises.push(
         preparePushNotif({
           keyserverID,
           notifInfo,
           userID,
           pushUserInfo: pushInfo[userID],
           unreadCount: unreadCounts[userID],
           threadInfos,
           userInfos,
           dbIDs,
           rowsToSave: notifications,
         }),
       );
     }
   }
 
   const prepareResults = await Promise.all(preparePromises);
   const flattenedPrepareResults = prepareResults.filter(Boolean).flat();
 
   const deliveryResults = await deliverPushNotifsInEncryptionOrder(
     flattenedPrepareResults,
   );
   const cleanUpPromise = (async () => {
     if (dbIDs.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
     const query = SQL`DELETE FROM ids WHERE id IN (${dbIDs})`;
     await dbQuery(query);
   })();
 
   await Promise.all([
     cleanUpPromise,
     saveNotifResults(deliveryResults, notifications, true),
   ]);
 }
 
 type PreparePushResult = {
   +platform: Platform,
   +notificationInfo: NotificationInfo,
   +notification:
     | TargetedAPNsNotification
     | TargetedAndroidNotification
     | TargetedWebNotification
     | TargetedWNSNotification,
 };
 
 async function preparePushNotif(input: {
   keyserverID: string,
   notifInfo: CollapsableNotifInfo,
   userID: string,
   pushUserInfo: PushUserInfo,
   unreadCount: number,
   threadInfos: {
     +[threadID: string]: ThreadInfo,
   },
   userInfos: { +[userID: string]: GlobalUserInfo },
   dbIDs: string[], // mutable
   rowsToSave: Map<string, NotificationRow>, // mutable
 }): Promise<?$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>> {
   const {
     keyserverID,
     notifInfo,
     userID,
     pushUserInfo,
     unreadCount,
     threadInfos,
     userInfos,
     dbIDs,
     rowsToSave,
   } = input;
 
   const hydrateMessageInfo = (rawMessageInfo: RawMessageInfo) =>
     createMessageInfo(rawMessageInfo, userID, userInfos, threadInfos);
   const newMessageInfos = [];
   const newRawMessageInfos = [];
   for (const newRawMessageInfo of notifInfo.newMessageInfos) {
     const newMessageInfo = hydrateMessageInfo(newRawMessageInfo);
     if (newMessageInfo) {
       newMessageInfos.push(newMessageInfo);
       newRawMessageInfos.push(newRawMessageInfo);
     }
   }
   if (newMessageInfos.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
   const existingMessageInfos = notifInfo.existingMessageInfos
     .map(hydrateMessageInfo)
     .filter(Boolean);
   const allMessageInfos = sortMessageInfoList([
     ...newMessageInfos,
     ...existingMessageInfos,
   ]);
   const [firstNewMessageInfo, ...remainingNewMessageInfos] = newMessageInfos;
   const { threadID } = firstNewMessageInfo;
 
   const threadInfo = threadInfos[threadID];
   const parentThreadInfo = threadInfo.parentThreadID
     ? threadInfos[threadInfo.parentThreadID]
     : null;
   const updateBadge = threadInfo.currentUser.subscription.home;
   const displayBanner = threadInfo.currentUser.subscription.pushNotifs;
   const username = userInfos[userID] && userInfos[userID].username;
 
   let resolvedUsername;
   if (getENSNames) {
     const userInfosWithENSNames = await getENSNames([userInfos[userID]]);
     resolvedUsername = userInfosWithENSNames[0].username;
   }
 
   const userWasMentioned =
     username &&
     threadInfo.currentUser.role &&
     oldValidUsernameRegex.test(username) &&
     newMessageInfos.some(newMessageInfo => {
       const unwrappedMessageInfo =
         newMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.SIDEBAR_SOURCE
           ? newMessageInfo.sourceMessage
           : newMessageInfo;
       return (
         unwrappedMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.TEXT &&
         (isUserMentioned(username, unwrappedMessageInfo.text) ||
           (resolvedUsername &&
             isUserMentioned(resolvedUsername, unwrappedMessageInfo.text)))
       );
     });
   if (!updateBadge && !displayBanner && !userWasMentioned) {
     return null;
   }
   const badgeOnly = !displayBanner && !userWasMentioned;
 
   const notifTargetUserInfo = { id: userID, username };
   const notifTexts = await notifTextsForMessageInfo(
     allMessageInfos,
     threadInfo,
     parentThreadInfo,
     notifTargetUserInfo,
     getENSNames,
     getFCNames,
   );
   if (!notifTexts) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const dbID = dbIDs.shift();
   invariant(dbID, 'should have sufficient DB IDs');
   const byPlatform = getDevicesByPlatform(pushUserInfo.devices);
   const firstMessageID = firstNewMessageInfo.id;
   invariant(firstMessageID, 'RawMessageInfo.id should be set on server');
   const notificationInfo = {
     source: 'new_message',
     dbID,
     userID,
     threadID,
     messageID: firstMessageID,
     collapseKey: notifInfo.collapseKey,
   };
 
   const preparePromises: Array<Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>>> = [];
 
   const iosVersionsToTokens = byPlatform.get('ios');
   if (iosVersionsToTokens) {
     for (const [versionKey, devices] of iosVersionsToTokens) {
       const { codeVersion, stateVersion } = stringToVersionKey(versionKey);
 
       const platformDetails: PlatformDetails = {
         platform: 'ios',
         codeVersion,
         stateVersion,
       };
       const shimmedNewRawMessageInfos = shimUnsupportedRawMessageInfos(
         newRawMessageInfos,
         platformDetails,
       );
       const preparePromise: Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>> =
         (async () => {
           const targetedNotifications = await prepareAPNsNotification(
             {
               keyserverID,
               notifTexts,
               newRawMessageInfos: shimmedNewRawMessageInfos,
               threadID: threadInfo.id,
               collapseKey: notifInfo.collapseKey,
               badgeOnly,
               unreadCount,
               platformDetails,
             },
             devices,
           );
           return targetedNotifications.map(notification => ({
             notification,
             platform: 'ios',
             notificationInfo: {
               ...notificationInfo,
               codeVersion,
               stateVersion,
             },
           }));
         })();
       preparePromises.push(preparePromise);
     }
   }
   const androidVersionsToTokens = byPlatform.get('android');
   if (androidVersionsToTokens) {
     for (const [versionKey, devices] of androidVersionsToTokens) {
       const { codeVersion, stateVersion } = stringToVersionKey(versionKey);
       const platformDetails = {
         platform: 'android',
         codeVersion,
         stateVersion,
       };
       const shimmedNewRawMessageInfos = shimUnsupportedRawMessageInfos(
         newRawMessageInfos,
         platformDetails,
       );
       const preparePromise: Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>> =
         (async () => {
-          const targetedNotifications = await prepareAndroidNotification(
+          const targetedNotifications = await prepareAndroidVisualNotification(
             {
               keyserverID,
               notifTexts,
               newRawMessageInfos: shimmedNewRawMessageInfos,
               threadID: threadInfo.id,
               collapseKey: notifInfo.collapseKey,
               unreadCount,
               platformDetails,
               dbID,
             },
             devices,
           );
           return targetedNotifications.map(notification => ({
             notification,
             platform: 'android',
             notificationInfo: {
               ...notificationInfo,
               codeVersion,
               stateVersion,
             },
           }));
         })();
       preparePromises.push(preparePromise);
     }
   }
   const webVersionsToTokens = byPlatform.get('web');
   if (webVersionsToTokens) {
     for (const [versionKey, devices] of webVersionsToTokens) {
       const { codeVersion, stateVersion } = stringToVersionKey(versionKey);
       const platformDetails = {
         platform: 'web',
         codeVersion,
         stateVersion,
       };
 
       const preparePromise: Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>> =
         (async () => {
           const targetedNotifications = await prepareWebNotification(
             {
               notifTexts,
               threadID: threadInfo.id,
               keyserverID,
               unreadCount,
               platformDetails,
             },
             devices,
           );
 
           return targetedNotifications.map(notification => ({
             notification,
             platform: 'web',
             notificationInfo: {
               ...notificationInfo,
               codeVersion,
               stateVersion,
             },
           }));
         })();
       preparePromises.push(preparePromise);
     }
   }
   const macosVersionsToTokens = byPlatform.get('macos');
   if (macosVersionsToTokens) {
     for (const [versionKey, devices] of macosVersionsToTokens) {
       const { codeVersion, stateVersion, majorDesktopVersion } =
         stringToVersionKey(versionKey);
       const platformDetails = {
         platform: 'macos',
         codeVersion,
         stateVersion,
         majorDesktopVersion,
       };
       const shimmedNewRawMessageInfos = shimUnsupportedRawMessageInfos(
         newRawMessageInfos,
         platformDetails,
       );
       const preparePromise: Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>> =
         (async () => {
           const targetedNotifications = await prepareAPNsNotification(
             {
               keyserverID,
               notifTexts,
               newRawMessageInfos: shimmedNewRawMessageInfos,
               threadID: threadInfo.id,
               collapseKey: notifInfo.collapseKey,
               badgeOnly,
               unreadCount,
               platformDetails,
             },
             devices,
           );
           return targetedNotifications.map(notification => ({
             notification,
             platform: 'macos',
             notificationInfo: {
               ...notificationInfo,
               codeVersion,
               stateVersion,
             },
           }));
         })();
       preparePromises.push(preparePromise);
     }
   }
   const windowsVersionsToTokens = byPlatform.get('windows');
   if (windowsVersionsToTokens) {
     for (const [versionKey, devices] of windowsVersionsToTokens) {
       const { codeVersion, stateVersion, majorDesktopVersion } =
         stringToVersionKey(versionKey);
       const platformDetails = {
         platform: 'windows',
         codeVersion,
         stateVersion,
         majorDesktopVersion,
       };
 
       const preparePromise: Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>> =
         (async () => {
           const targetedNotifications = await prepareWNSNotification(devices, {
             notifTexts,
             threadID: threadInfo.id,
             keyserverID,
             unreadCount,
             platformDetails,
           });
 
           return targetedNotifications.map(notification => ({
             notification,
             platform: 'windows',
             notificationInfo: {
               ...notificationInfo,
               codeVersion,
               stateVersion,
             },
           }));
         })();
       preparePromises.push(preparePromise);
     }
   }
 
   for (const newMessageInfo of remainingNewMessageInfos) {
     const newDBID = dbIDs.shift();
     invariant(newDBID, 'should have sufficient DB IDs');
     const messageID = newMessageInfo.id;
     invariant(messageID, 'RawMessageInfo.id should be set on server');
     rowsToSave.set(newDBID, {
       dbID: newDBID,
       userID,
       threadID: newMessageInfo.threadID,
       messageID,
       collapseKey: notifInfo.collapseKey,
       deliveries: [{ collapsedInto: dbID }],
     });
   }
 
   const prepareResults = await Promise.all(preparePromises);
   return prepareResults.flat();
 }
 
 // For better readability we don't differentiate between
 // encrypted and unencrypted notifs and order them together
 function compareEncryptionOrder(
   pushNotif1: PreparePushResult,
   pushNotif2: PreparePushResult,
 ): number {
   const order1 = pushNotif1.notification.encryptionOrder ?? 0;
   const order2 = pushNotif2.notification.encryptionOrder ?? 0;
   return order1 - order2;
 }
 
 async function deliverPushNotifsInEncryptionOrder(
   preparedPushNotifs: $ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PushResult>> {
   const deliveryPromises: Array<Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PushResult>>> = [];
 
   const groupedByDevice = _groupBy(
     preparedPushNotif => preparedPushNotif.deviceToken,
   )(preparedPushNotifs);
 
   for (const preparedPushNotifsForDevice of values(groupedByDevice)) {
     const orderedPushNotifsForDevice = preparedPushNotifsForDevice.sort(
       compareEncryptionOrder,
     );
 
     const deviceDeliveryPromise = (async () => {
       const deliveries = [];
       for (const preparedPushNotif of orderedPushNotifsForDevice) {
         const { platform, notification, notificationInfo } = preparedPushNotif;
         let delivery: PushResult;
         if (platform === 'ios' || platform === 'macos') {
           delivery = await sendAPNsNotification(
             platform,
             [notification],
             notificationInfo,
           );
         } else if (platform === 'android') {
           delivery = await sendAndroidNotification(
             [notification],
             notificationInfo,
           );
         } else if (platform === 'web') {
           delivery = await sendWebNotifications(
             [notification],
             notificationInfo,
           );
         } else if (platform === 'windows') {
           delivery = await sendWNSNotification(
             [notification],
             notificationInfo,
           );
         }
         if (delivery) {
           deliveries.push(delivery);
         }
       }
       return deliveries;
     })();
     deliveryPromises.push(deviceDeliveryPromise);
   }
 
   const deliveryResults = await Promise.all(deliveryPromises);
   return deliveryResults.flat();
 }
 
 async function sendRescindNotifs(rescindInfo: PushInfo) {
   if (Object.keys(rescindInfo).length === 0) {
     return;
   }
 
   const usersToCollapsableNotifInfo = await fetchCollapsableNotifs(rescindInfo);
 
   const promises = [];
   for (const userID in usersToCollapsableNotifInfo) {
     for (const notifInfo of usersToCollapsableNotifInfo[userID]) {
       for (const existingMessageInfo of notifInfo.existingMessageInfos) {
         const rescindCondition = SQL`
           n.user = ${userID} AND
           n.thread = ${existingMessageInfo.threadID} AND
           n.message = ${existingMessageInfo.id}
         `;
 
         promises.push(rescindPushNotifs(rescindCondition));
       }
     }
   }
 
   await Promise.all(promises);
 }
 
 // The results in deliveryResults will be combined with the rows
 // in rowsToSave and then written to the notifications table
 async function saveNotifResults(
   deliveryResults: $ReadOnlyArray<PushResult>,
   inputRowsToSave: Map<string, NotificationRow>,
   rescindable: boolean,
 ) {
   const rowsToSave = new Map(inputRowsToSave);
 
   const allInvalidTokens = [];
   for (const deliveryResult of deliveryResults) {
     const { info, delivery, invalidTokens } = deliveryResult;
     const { dbID, userID } = info;
     const curNotifRow = rowsToSave.get(dbID);
     if (curNotifRow) {
       curNotifRow.deliveries.push(delivery);
     } else {
       // Ternary expressions for Flow
       const threadID = info.threadID ? info.threadID : null;
       const messageID = info.messageID ? info.messageID : null;
       const collapseKey = info.collapseKey ? info.collapseKey : null;
       rowsToSave.set(dbID, {
         dbID,
         userID,
         threadID,
         messageID,
         collapseKey,
         deliveries: [delivery],
       });
     }
     if (invalidTokens) {
       allInvalidTokens.push({
         userID,
         tokens: invalidTokens,
       });
     }
   }
 
   const notificationRows = [];
   for (const notification of rowsToSave.values()) {
     notificationRows.push([
       notification.dbID,
       notification.userID,
       notification.threadID,
       notification.messageID,
       notification.collapseKey,
       JSON.stringify(notification.deliveries),
       Number(!rescindable),
     ]);
   }
 
   const dbPromises: Array<Promise<mixed>> = [];
   if (allInvalidTokens.length > 0) {
     dbPromises.push(removeInvalidTokens(allInvalidTokens));
   }
   if (notificationRows.length > 0) {
     const query = SQL`
       INSERT INTO notifications
         (id, user, thread, message, collapse_key, delivery, rescinded)
       VALUES ${notificationRows}
     `;
     dbPromises.push(dbQuery(query));
   }
   if (dbPromises.length > 0) {
     await Promise.all(dbPromises);
   }
 }
 
 async function fetchInfos(pushInfo: PushInfo) {
   const usersToCollapsableNotifInfo = await fetchCollapsableNotifs(pushInfo);
 
   const threadIDs = new Set<string>();
   const threadWithChangedNamesToMessages = new Map<string, Array<string>>();
   const addThreadIDsFromMessageInfos = (rawMessageInfo: RawMessageInfo) => {
     const threadID = rawMessageInfo.threadID;
     threadIDs.add(threadID);
     const messageSpec = messageSpecs[rawMessageInfo.type];
     if (messageSpec.threadIDs) {
       for (const id of messageSpec.threadIDs(rawMessageInfo)) {
         threadIDs.add(id);
       }
     }
     if (
       rawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.CHANGE_SETTINGS &&
       rawMessageInfo.field === 'name'
     ) {
       const messages = threadWithChangedNamesToMessages.get(threadID);
       if (messages) {
         messages.push(rawMessageInfo.id);
       } else {
         threadWithChangedNamesToMessages.set(threadID, [rawMessageInfo.id]);
       }
     }
   };
   for (const userID in usersToCollapsableNotifInfo) {
     for (const notifInfo of usersToCollapsableNotifInfo[userID]) {
       for (const rawMessageInfo of notifInfo.existingMessageInfos) {
         addThreadIDsFromMessageInfos(rawMessageInfo);
       }
       for (const rawMessageInfo of notifInfo.newMessageInfos) {
         addThreadIDsFromMessageInfos(rawMessageInfo);
       }
     }
   }
 
   // These threadInfos won't have currentUser set
   const threadPromise = fetchServerThreadInfos({ threadIDs });
 
   const oldNamesPromise: Promise<?QueryResults> = (async () => {
     if (threadWithChangedNamesToMessages.size === 0) {
       return undefined;
     }
     const typesThatAffectName = [
       messageTypes.CHANGE_SETTINGS,
       messageTypes.CREATE_THREAD,
     ];
     const oldNameQuery = SQL`
       SELECT IF(
         JSON_TYPE(JSON_EXTRACT(m.content, "$.name")) = 'NULL',
         "",
         JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(m.content, "$.name"))
       ) AS name, m.thread
       FROM (
         SELECT MAX(id) AS id
         FROM messages
         WHERE type IN (${typesThatAffectName})
           AND JSON_EXTRACT(content, "$.name") IS NOT NULL
           AND`;
     const threadClauses = [];
     for (const [threadID, messages] of threadWithChangedNamesToMessages) {
       threadClauses.push(
         SQL`(thread = ${threadID} AND id NOT IN (${messages}))`,
       );
     }
     oldNameQuery.append(mergeOrConditions(threadClauses));
     oldNameQuery.append(SQL`
         GROUP BY thread
       ) x
       LEFT JOIN messages m ON m.id = x.id
     `);
     return await dbQuery(oldNameQuery);
   })();
 
   const [threadResult, oldNames] = await Promise.all([
     threadPromise,
     oldNamesPromise,
   ]);
   const serverThreadInfos = { ...threadResult.threadInfos };
   if (oldNames) {
     const [result] = oldNames;
     for (const row of result) {
       const threadID = row.thread.toString();
       serverThreadInfos[threadID] = {
         ...serverThreadInfos[threadID],
         name: row.name,
       };
     }
   }
 
   const userInfos = await fetchNotifUserInfos(
     serverThreadInfos,
     usersToCollapsableNotifInfo,
   );
 
   return { usersToCollapsableNotifInfo, serverThreadInfos, userInfos };
 }
 
 async function fetchNotifUserInfos(
   serverThreadInfos: { +[threadID: string]: ServerThreadInfo },
   usersToCollapsableNotifInfo: { +[userID: string]: CollapsableNotifInfo[] },
 ) {
   const missingUserIDs = new Set<string>();
 
   for (const threadID in serverThreadInfos) {
     const serverThreadInfo = serverThreadInfos[threadID];
     for (const member of serverThreadInfo.members) {
       missingUserIDs.add(member.id);
     }
   }
 
   const addUserIDsFromMessageInfos = (rawMessageInfo: RawMessageInfo) => {
     missingUserIDs.add(rawMessageInfo.creatorID);
     const userIDs =
       messageSpecs[rawMessageInfo.type].userIDs?.(rawMessageInfo) ?? [];
     for (const userID of userIDs) {
       missingUserIDs.add(userID);
     }
   };
 
   for (const userID in usersToCollapsableNotifInfo) {
     missingUserIDs.add(userID);
     for (const notifInfo of usersToCollapsableNotifInfo[userID]) {
       for (const rawMessageInfo of notifInfo.existingMessageInfos) {
         addUserIDsFromMessageInfos(rawMessageInfo);
       }
       for (const rawMessageInfo of notifInfo.newMessageInfos) {
         addUserIDsFromMessageInfos(rawMessageInfo);
       }
     }
   }
 
   return await fetchUserInfos([...missingUserIDs]);
 }
 
 async function createDBIDs(pushInfo: PushInfo): Promise<string[]> {
   let numIDsNeeded = 0;
   for (const userID in pushInfo) {
     numIDsNeeded += pushInfo[userID].messageInfos.length;
   }
   return await createIDs('notifications', numIDsNeeded);
 }
 
 type VersionKey = {
   +codeVersion: number,
   +stateVersion: number,
   +majorDesktopVersion?: number,
 };
 const versionKeyRegex: RegExp = new RegExp(/^-?\d+\|-?\d+(\|-?\d+)?$/);
 function versionKeyToString(versionKey: VersionKey): string {
   const baseStringVersionKey = `${versionKey.codeVersion}|${versionKey.stateVersion}`;
   if (!versionKey.majorDesktopVersion) {
     return baseStringVersionKey;
   }
   return `${baseStringVersionKey}|${versionKey.majorDesktopVersion}`;
 }
 
 function stringToVersionKey(versionKeyString: string): VersionKey {
   invariant(
     versionKeyRegex.test(versionKeyString),
     'should pass correct version key string',
   );
   const [codeVersion, stateVersion, majorDesktopVersion] = versionKeyString
     .split('|')
     .map(Number);
   return { codeVersion, stateVersion, majorDesktopVersion };
 }
 
 function getDevicesByPlatform(
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<Device>,
 ): Map<Platform, Map<string, Array<NotificationTargetDevice>>> {
   const byPlatform = new Map<
     Platform,
     Map<string, Array<NotificationTargetDevice>>,
   >();
   for (const device of devices) {
     let innerMap = byPlatform.get(device.platform);
     if (!innerMap) {
       innerMap = new Map<string, Array<NotificationTargetDevice>>();
       byPlatform.set(device.platform, innerMap);
     }
     const codeVersion: number =
       device.codeVersion !== null && device.codeVersion !== undefined
         ? device.codeVersion
         : -1;
     const stateVersion: number = device.stateVersion ?? -1;
 
     let versionsObject = { codeVersion, stateVersion };
     if (device.majorDesktopVersion) {
       versionsObject = {
         ...versionsObject,
         majorDesktopVersion: device.majorDesktopVersion,
       };
     }
 
     const versionKey = versionKeyToString(versionsObject);
     let innerMostArrayTmp: ?Array<NotificationTargetDevice> =
       innerMap.get(versionKey);
     if (!innerMostArrayTmp) {
       innerMostArrayTmp = [];
       innerMap.set(versionKey, innerMostArrayTmp);
     }
     const innerMostArray = innerMostArrayTmp;
 
     innerMostArray.push({
       cookieID: device.cookieID,
       deviceToken: device.deviceToken,
     });
   }
   return byPlatform;
 }
 
 type CommonNativeNotifInputData = {
   +keyserverID: string,
   +notifTexts: ResolvedNotifTexts,
   +newRawMessageInfos: RawMessageInfo[],
   +threadID: string,
   +collapseKey: ?string,
   +unreadCount: number,
   +platformDetails: PlatformDetails,
 };
 
 const commonNativeNotifInputDataValidator = tShape<CommonNativeNotifInputData>({
   keyserverID: t.String,
   notifTexts: resolvedNotifTextsValidator,
   newRawMessageInfos: t.list(rawMessageInfoValidator),
   threadID: tID,
   collapseKey: t.maybe(t.String),
   unreadCount: t.Number,
   platformDetails: tPlatformDetails,
 });
 
 type APNsNotifInputData = {
   ...CommonNativeNotifInputData,
   +badgeOnly: boolean,
 };
 
 const apnsNotifInputDataValidator = tShape<APNsNotifInputData>({
   ...commonNativeNotifInputDataValidator.meta.props,
   badgeOnly: t.Boolean,
 });
 
 async function prepareAPNsNotification(
   inputData: APNsNotifInputData,
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAPNsNotification>> {
   const convertedData = await validateOutput(
     inputData.platformDetails,
     apnsNotifInputDataValidator,
     inputData,
   );
   const {
     keyserverID,
     notifTexts,
     newRawMessageInfos,
     threadID,
     collapseKey,
     badgeOnly,
     unreadCount,
     platformDetails,
   } = convertedData;
 
   const canDecryptNonCollapsibleTextIOSNotifs =
     platformDetails.codeVersion && platformDetails.codeVersion > 222;
 
   const isNonCollapsibleTextNotification =
     newRawMessageInfos.every(
       newRawMessageInfo => newRawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.TEXT,
     ) && !collapseKey;
 
   const canDecryptAllIOSNotifs =
     platformDetails.codeVersion && platformDetails.codeVersion >= 267;
 
   const canDecryptIOSNotif =
     platformDetails.platform === 'ios' &&
     (canDecryptAllIOSNotifs ||
       (isNonCollapsibleTextNotification &&
         canDecryptNonCollapsibleTextIOSNotifs));
 
   const canDecryptMacOSNotifs =
     platformDetails.platform === 'macos' &&
     hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, {
       web: 47,
       majorDesktop: 9,
     });
 
   const shouldBeEncrypted = canDecryptIOSNotif || canDecryptMacOSNotifs;
 
   const uniqueID = uuidv4();
   const notification = new apn.Notification();
   notification.topic = getAPNsNotificationTopic(platformDetails);
 
   const { merged, ...rest } = notifTexts;
   // We don't include alert's body on macos because we
   // handle displaying the notification ourselves and
   // we don't want macOS to display it automatically.
   if (!badgeOnly && platformDetails.platform !== 'macos') {
     notification.body = merged;
     notification.sound = 'default';
   }
 
   notification.payload = {
     ...notification.payload,
     ...rest,
   };
 
   notification.badge = unreadCount;
   notification.threadId = threadID;
   notification.id = uniqueID;
   notification.pushType = 'alert';
   notification.payload.id = uniqueID;
   notification.payload.threadID = threadID;
   notification.payload.keyserverID = keyserverID;
 
   if (platformDetails.codeVersion && platformDetails.codeVersion > 198) {
     notification.mutableContent = true;
   }
   if (collapseKey && (canDecryptAllIOSNotifs || canDecryptMacOSNotifs)) {
     notification.payload.collapseID = collapseKey;
   } else if (collapseKey) {
     notification.collapseId = collapseKey;
   }
   const messageInfos = JSON.stringify(newRawMessageInfos);
   // We make a copy before checking notification's length, because calling
   // length compiles the notification and makes it immutable. Further
   // changes to its properties won't be reflected in the final plaintext
   // data that is sent.
   const copyWithMessageInfos = _cloneDeep(notification);
   copyWithMessageInfos.payload = {
     ...copyWithMessageInfos.payload,
     messageInfos,
   };
 
   const notificationSizeValidator = (notif: apn.Notification) =>
     notif.length() <= apnMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize;
 
   if (!shouldBeEncrypted) {
     const notificationToSend = notificationSizeValidator(
       _cloneDeep(copyWithMessageInfos),
     )
       ? copyWithMessageInfos
       : notification;
     return devices.map(({ deviceToken }) => ({
       notification: notificationToSend,
       deviceToken,
     }));
   }
 
   // The `messageInfos` field in notification payload is
   // not used on MacOS so we can return early.
   if (platformDetails.platform === 'macos') {
     const macOSNotifsWithoutMessageInfos =
       await prepareEncryptedAPNsNotifications(
         devices,
         notification,
         platformDetails.codeVersion,
       );
     return macOSNotifsWithoutMessageInfos.map(
       ({ notification: notif, deviceToken }) => ({
         notification: notif,
         deviceToken,
       }),
     );
   }
 
   const notifsWithMessageInfos = await prepareEncryptedAPNsNotifications(
     devices,
     copyWithMessageInfos,
     platformDetails.codeVersion,
     notificationSizeValidator,
   );
 
   const devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders = notifsWithMessageInfos
     .filter(({ payloadSizeExceeded }) => payloadSizeExceeded)
     .map(({ deviceToken, cookieID }) => ({ deviceToken, cookieID }));
 
   if (devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders.length === 0) {
     return notifsWithMessageInfos.map(
       ({
         notification: notif,
         deviceToken,
         encryptedPayloadHash,
         encryptionOrder,
       }) => ({
         notification: notif,
         deviceToken,
         encryptedPayloadHash,
         encryptionOrder,
       }),
     );
   }
 
   const canQueryBlobService = hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, {
     native: 331,
   });
 
   let blobHash, blobHolders, encryptionKey, blobUploadError;
   if (canQueryBlobService) {
     ({ blobHash, blobHolders, encryptionKey, blobUploadError } =
       await blobServiceUpload(
         copyWithMessageInfos.compile(),
         devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders.length,
       ));
   }
 
   if (blobUploadError) {
     console.warn(
       `Failed to upload payload of notification: ${uniqueID} ` +
         `due to error: ${blobUploadError}`,
     );
   }
 
   let devicesWithExcessiveSize = devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders;
   if (
     blobHash &&
     encryptionKey &&
     blobHolders &&
     blobHolders.length === devicesWithExcessiveSize.length
   ) {
     notification.payload = {
       ...notification.payload,
       blobHash,
       encryptionKey,
     };
 
     devicesWithExcessiveSize = blobHolders.map((holder, idx) => ({
       ...devicesWithExcessiveSize[idx],
       blobHolder: holder,
     }));
   }
 
   const notifsWithoutMessageInfos = await prepareEncryptedAPNsNotifications(
     devicesWithExcessiveSize,
     notification,
     platformDetails.codeVersion,
   );
 
   const targetedNotifsWithMessageInfos = notifsWithMessageInfos
     .filter(({ payloadSizeExceeded }) => !payloadSizeExceeded)
     .map(
       ({
         notification: notif,
         deviceToken,
         encryptedPayloadHash,
         encryptionOrder,
       }) => ({
         notification: notif,
         deviceToken,
         encryptedPayloadHash,
         encryptionOrder,
       }),
     );
 
   const targetedNotifsWithoutMessageInfos = notifsWithoutMessageInfos.map(
     ({
       notification: notif,
       deviceToken,
       encryptedPayloadHash,
       encryptionOrder,
     }) => ({
       notification: notif,
       deviceToken,
       encryptedPayloadHash,
       encryptionOrder,
     }),
   );
 
   return [
     ...targetedNotifsWithMessageInfos,
     ...targetedNotifsWithoutMessageInfos,
   ];
 }
 
 type AndroidNotifInputData = {
   ...CommonNativeNotifInputData,
   +dbID: string,
 };
 const androidNotifInputDataValidator = tShape<AndroidNotifInputData>({
   ...commonNativeNotifInputDataValidator.meta.props,
   dbID: t.String,
 });
-async function prepareAndroidNotification(
+async function prepareAndroidVisualNotification(
   inputData: AndroidNotifInputData,
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAndroidNotification>> {
   const convertedData = await validateOutput(
     inputData.platformDetails,
     androidNotifInputDataValidator,
     inputData,
   );
   const {
     keyserverID,
     notifTexts,
     newRawMessageInfos,
     threadID,
     collapseKey,
     unreadCount,
     platformDetails,
     dbID,
   } = convertedData;
 
   const canDecryptNonCollapsibleTextNotifs = hasMinCodeVersion(
     platformDetails,
     { native: 228 },
   );
   const isNonCollapsibleTextNotif =
     newRawMessageInfos.every(
       newRawMessageInfo => newRawMessageInfo.type === messageTypes.TEXT,
     ) && !collapseKey;
 
   const canDecryptAllNotifTypes = hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, {
     native: 267,
   });
 
   const shouldBeEncrypted =
     canDecryptAllNotifTypes ||
     (canDecryptNonCollapsibleTextNotifs && isNonCollapsibleTextNotif);
 
   const { merged, ...rest } = notifTexts;
   const notification = {
     data: {
       keyserverID,
       badge: unreadCount.toString(),
       ...rest,
       threadID,
     },
   };
 
   let notifID;
   if (collapseKey && canDecryptAllNotifTypes) {
     notifID = dbID;
     notification.data = {
       ...notification.data,
       collapseKey,
     };
   } else if (collapseKey) {
     notifID = collapseKey;
   } else {
     notifID = dbID;
   }
 
   notification.data = {
     ...notification.data,
     id: notifID,
     badgeOnly: '0',
   };
 
   const messageInfos = JSON.stringify(newRawMessageInfos);
   const copyWithMessageInfos = {
     ...notification,
     data: { ...notification.data, messageInfos },
   };
 
+  const priority = 'high';
   if (!shouldBeEncrypted) {
     const notificationToSend =
       Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(copyWithMessageInfos)) <=
       fcmMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize
         ? copyWithMessageInfos
         : notification;
 
     return devices.map(({ deviceToken }) => ({
+      priority,
       notification: notificationToSend,
       deviceToken,
     }));
   }
 
-  const notificationsSizeValidator = (notif: AndroidNotification) => {
+  const notificationsSizeValidator = (notif: AndroidVisualNotification) => {
     const serializedNotif = JSON.stringify(notif);
     return (
       !serializedNotif ||
       Buffer.byteLength(serializedNotif) <= fcmMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize
     );
   };
 
-  const notifsWithMessageInfos = await prepareEncryptedAndroidNotifications(
-    devices,
-    copyWithMessageInfos,
-    notificationsSizeValidator,
-  );
+  const notifsWithMessageInfos =
+    await prepareEncryptedAndroidVisualNotifications(
+      devices,
+      copyWithMessageInfos,
+      notificationsSizeValidator,
+    );
 
   const devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders = notifsWithMessageInfos
     .filter(({ payloadSizeExceeded }) => payloadSizeExceeded)
     .map(({ cookieID, deviceToken }) => ({ cookieID, deviceToken }));
 
   if (devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders.length === 0) {
     return notifsWithMessageInfos.map(
       ({ notification: notif, deviceToken, encryptionOrder }) => ({
+        priority,
         notification: notif,
         deviceToken,
         encryptionOrder,
       }),
     );
   }
 
   const canQueryBlobService = hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, {
     native: 331,
   });
 
   let blobHash, blobHolders, encryptionKey, blobUploadError;
   if (canQueryBlobService) {
     ({ blobHash, blobHolders, encryptionKey, blobUploadError } =
       await blobServiceUpload(
         JSON.stringify(copyWithMessageInfos.data),
         devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders.length,
       ));
   }
 
   if (blobUploadError) {
     console.warn(
       `Failed to upload payload of notification: ${notifID} ` +
         `due to error: ${blobUploadError}`,
     );
   }
 
   let devicesWithExcessiveSize = devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders;
   if (
     blobHash &&
     encryptionKey &&
     blobHolders &&
     blobHolders.length === devicesWithExcessiveSizeNoHolders.length
   ) {
     notification.data = {
       ...notification.data,
       blobHash,
       encryptionKey,
     };
 
     devicesWithExcessiveSize = blobHolders.map((holder, idx) => ({
       ...devicesWithExcessiveSize[idx],
       blobHolder: holder,
     }));
   }
 
-  const notifsWithoutMessageInfos = await prepareEncryptedAndroidNotifications(
-    devicesWithExcessiveSize,
-    notification,
-  );
+  const notifsWithoutMessageInfos =
+    await prepareEncryptedAndroidVisualNotifications(
+      devicesWithExcessiveSize,
+      notification,
+    );
 
   const targetedNotifsWithMessageInfos = notifsWithMessageInfos
     .filter(({ payloadSizeExceeded }) => !payloadSizeExceeded)
     .map(({ notification: notif, deviceToken, encryptionOrder }) => ({
+      priority,
       notification: notif,
       deviceToken,
       encryptionOrder,
     }));
 
   const targetedNotifsWithoutMessageInfos = notifsWithoutMessageInfos.map(
     ({ notification: notif, deviceToken, encryptionOrder }) => ({
+      priority,
       notification: notif,
       deviceToken,
       encryptionOrder,
     }),
   );
 
   return [
     ...targetedNotifsWithMessageInfos,
     ...targetedNotifsWithoutMessageInfos,
   ];
 }
 
 type WebNotifInputData = {
   +notifTexts: ResolvedNotifTexts,
   +threadID: string,
   +keyserverID: string,
   +unreadCount: number,
   +platformDetails: PlatformDetails,
 };
 const webNotifInputDataValidator = tShape<WebNotifInputData>({
   notifTexts: resolvedNotifTextsValidator,
   threadID: tID,
   keyserverID: t.String,
   unreadCount: t.Number,
   platformDetails: tPlatformDetails,
 });
 async function prepareWebNotification(
   inputData: WebNotifInputData,
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<TargetedWebNotification>> {
   const convertedData = await validateOutput(
     inputData.platformDetails,
     webNotifInputDataValidator,
     inputData,
   );
   const { notifTexts, threadID, unreadCount, keyserverID } = convertedData;
   const id = uuidv4();
   const { merged, ...rest } = notifTexts;
   const notification = {
     ...rest,
     unreadCount,
     id,
     threadID,
     keyserverID,
   };
 
   const shouldBeEncrypted = hasMinCodeVersion(convertedData.platformDetails, {
     web: 43,
   });
 
   if (!shouldBeEncrypted) {
     return devices.map(({ deviceToken }) => ({ deviceToken, notification }));
   }
 
   return prepareEncryptedWebNotifications(devices, notification);
 }
 
 type WNSNotifInputData = {
   +notifTexts: ResolvedNotifTexts,
   +threadID: string,
   +keyserverID: string,
   +unreadCount: number,
   +platformDetails: PlatformDetails,
 };
 const wnsNotifInputDataValidator = tShape<WNSNotifInputData>({
   notifTexts: resolvedNotifTextsValidator,
   threadID: tID,
   keyserverID: t.String,
   unreadCount: t.Number,
   platformDetails: tPlatformDetails,
 });
 async function prepareWNSNotification(
   devices: $ReadOnlyArray<NotificationTargetDevice>,
   inputData: WNSNotifInputData,
 ): Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<TargetedWNSNotification>> {
   const convertedData = await validateOutput(
     inputData.platformDetails,
     wnsNotifInputDataValidator,
     inputData,
   );
   const { notifTexts, threadID, unreadCount, keyserverID } = convertedData;
   const { merged, ...rest } = notifTexts;
   const notification = {
     ...rest,
     unreadCount,
     threadID,
     keyserverID,
   };
 
   if (
     Buffer.byteLength(JSON.stringify(notification)) >
     wnsMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize
   ) {
     console.warn('WNS notification exceeds size limit');
   }
 
   const shouldBeEncrypted = hasMinCodeVersion(inputData.platformDetails, {
     majorDesktop: 10,
   });
 
   if (!shouldBeEncrypted) {
     return devices.map(({ deviceToken }) => ({
       deviceToken,
       notification,
     }));
   }
   return await prepareEncryptedWNSNotifications(devices, notification);
 }
 
 type NotificationInfo =
   | {
       +source: 'new_message',
       +dbID: string,
       +userID: string,
       +threadID: string,
       +messageID: string,
       +collapseKey: ?string,
       +codeVersion: number,
       +stateVersion: number,
     }
   | {
       +source: 'mark_as_unread' | 'mark_as_read' | 'activity_update',
       +dbID: string,
       +userID: string,
       +codeVersion: number,
       +stateVersion: number,
     };
 
 type APNsDelivery = {
   +source: $PropertyType<NotificationInfo, 'source'>,
   +deviceType: 'ios' | 'macos',
   +iosID: string,
   +deviceTokens: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +codeVersion: number,
   +stateVersion: number,
   +errors?: $ReadOnlyArray<ResponseFailure>,
   +encryptedPayloadHashes?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +deviceTokensToPayloadHash?: {
     +[deviceToken: string]: string,
   },
 };
 type APNsResult = {
   info: NotificationInfo,
   delivery: APNsDelivery,
   invalidTokens?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 async function sendAPNsNotification(
   platform: 'ios' | 'macos',
   targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAPNsNotification>,
   notificationInfo: NotificationInfo,
 ): Promise<APNsResult> {
   const { source, codeVersion, stateVersion } = notificationInfo;
 
   const response = await apnPush({
     targetedNotifications,
     platformDetails: { platform, codeVersion },
   });
   invariant(
     new Set(targetedNotifications.map(({ notification }) => notification.id))
       .size === 1,
     'Encrypted versions of the same notification must share id value',
   );
   const iosID = targetedNotifications[0].notification.id;
   const deviceTokens = targetedNotifications.map(
     ({ deviceToken }) => deviceToken,
   );
   let delivery: APNsDelivery = {
     source,
     deviceType: platform,
     iosID,
     deviceTokens,
     codeVersion,
     stateVersion,
   };
   if (response.errors) {
     delivery = {
       ...delivery,
       errors: response.errors,
     };
   }
 
   const deviceTokensToPayloadHash: { [string]: string } = {};
   for (const targetedNotification of targetedNotifications) {
     if (targetedNotification.encryptedPayloadHash) {
       deviceTokensToPayloadHash[targetedNotification.deviceToken] =
         targetedNotification.encryptedPayloadHash;
     }
   }
   if (Object.keys(deviceTokensToPayloadHash).length !== 0) {
     delivery = {
       ...delivery,
       deviceTokensToPayloadHash,
     };
   }
 
   const result: APNsResult = {
     info: notificationInfo,
     delivery,
   };
   if (response.invalidTokens) {
     result.invalidTokens = response.invalidTokens;
   }
   return result;
 }
 
 type PushResult = AndroidResult | APNsResult | WebResult | WNSResult;
 type PushDelivery = AndroidDelivery | APNsDelivery | WebDelivery | WNSDelivery;
 type AndroidDelivery = {
   source: $PropertyType<NotificationInfo, 'source'>,
   deviceType: 'android',
   androidIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   deviceTokens: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   codeVersion: number,
   stateVersion: number,
   errors?: $ReadOnlyArray<Object>,
 };
 type AndroidResult = {
   info: NotificationInfo,
   delivery: AndroidDelivery,
   invalidTokens?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 async function sendAndroidNotification(
   targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAndroidNotification>,
   notificationInfo: NotificationInfo,
 ): Promise<AndroidResult> {
   const collapseKey = notificationInfo.collapseKey
     ? notificationInfo.collapseKey
     : null; // for Flow...
   const { source, codeVersion, stateVersion } = notificationInfo;
   const response = await fcmPush({
     targetedNotifications,
     collapseKey,
     codeVersion,
   });
   const deviceTokens = targetedNotifications.map(
     ({ deviceToken }) => deviceToken,
   );
   const androidIDs = response.fcmIDs ? response.fcmIDs : [];
   const delivery: AndroidDelivery = {
     source,
     deviceType: 'android',
     androidIDs,
     deviceTokens,
     codeVersion,
     stateVersion,
   };
   if (response.errors) {
     delivery.errors = response.errors;
   }
   const result: AndroidResult = {
     info: notificationInfo,
     delivery,
   };
   if (response.invalidTokens) {
     result.invalidTokens = response.invalidTokens;
   }
   return result;
 }
 
 type WebDelivery = {
   +source: $PropertyType<NotificationInfo, 'source'>,
   +deviceType: 'web',
   +deviceTokens: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +codeVersion?: number,
   +stateVersion: number,
   +errors?: $ReadOnlyArray<WebPushError>,
 };
 type WebResult = {
   +info: NotificationInfo,
   +delivery: WebDelivery,
   +invalidTokens?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 async function sendWebNotifications(
   targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedWebNotification>,
   notificationInfo: NotificationInfo,
 ): Promise<WebResult> {
   const { source, codeVersion, stateVersion } = notificationInfo;
 
   const response = await webPush(targetedNotifications);
 
   const deviceTokens = targetedNotifications.map(
     ({ deviceToken }) => deviceToken,
   );
   const delivery: WebDelivery = {
     source,
     deviceType: 'web',
     deviceTokens,
     codeVersion,
     errors: response.errors,
     stateVersion,
   };
   const result: WebResult = {
     info: notificationInfo,
     delivery,
     invalidTokens: response.invalidTokens,
   };
   return result;
 }
 
 type WNSDelivery = {
   +source: $PropertyType<NotificationInfo, 'source'>,
   +deviceType: 'windows',
   +wnsIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +deviceTokens: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +codeVersion?: number,
   +stateVersion: number,
   +errors?: $ReadOnlyArray<WNSPushError>,
 };
 type WNSResult = {
   +info: NotificationInfo,
   +delivery: WNSDelivery,
   +invalidTokens?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 async function sendWNSNotification(
   targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedWNSNotification>,
   notificationInfo: NotificationInfo,
 ): Promise<WNSResult> {
   const { source, codeVersion, stateVersion } = notificationInfo;
 
   const response = await wnsPush(targetedNotifications);
 
   const deviceTokens = targetedNotifications.map(
     ({ deviceToken }) => deviceToken,
   );
   const wnsIDs = response.wnsIDs ?? [];
   const delivery: WNSDelivery = {
     source,
     deviceType: 'windows',
     wnsIDs,
     deviceTokens,
     codeVersion,
     errors: response.errors,
     stateVersion,
   };
   const result: WNSResult = {
     info: notificationInfo,
     delivery,
     invalidTokens: response.invalidTokens,
   };
   return result;
 }
 
 type InvalidToken = {
   +userID: string,
   +tokens: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 async function removeInvalidTokens(
   invalidTokens: $ReadOnlyArray<InvalidToken>,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const sqlTuples = invalidTokens.map(
     invalidTokenUser =>
       SQL`(
       user = ${invalidTokenUser.userID} AND
       device_token IN (${invalidTokenUser.tokens})
     )`,
   );
   const sqlCondition = mergeOrConditions(sqlTuples);
 
   const selectQuery = SQL`
     SELECT id, user, device_token
     FROM cookies
     WHERE
   `;
   selectQuery.append(sqlCondition);
   const [result] = await dbQuery(selectQuery);
 
   const userCookiePairsToInvalidDeviceTokens = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
   for (const row of result) {
     const userCookiePair = `${row.user}|${row.id}`;
     const existing = userCookiePairsToInvalidDeviceTokens.get(userCookiePair);
     if (existing) {
       existing.add(row.device_token);
     } else {
       userCookiePairsToInvalidDeviceTokens.set(
         userCookiePair,
         new Set([row.device_token]),
       );
     }
   }
 
   const time = Date.now();
   const promises: Array<Promise<mixed>> = [];
   for (const entry of userCookiePairsToInvalidDeviceTokens) {
     const [userCookiePair, deviceTokens] = entry;
     const [userID, cookieID] = userCookiePair.split('|');
     const updateDatas = [...deviceTokens].map(deviceToken => ({
       type: updateTypes.BAD_DEVICE_TOKEN,
       userID,
       time,
       deviceToken,
       targetCookie: cookieID,
     }));
     promises.push(createUpdates(updateDatas));
   }
 
   const updateQuery = SQL`
     UPDATE cookies
     SET device_token = NULL
     WHERE
   `;
   updateQuery.append(sqlCondition);
   promises.push(dbQuery(updateQuery));
 
   await Promise.all(promises);
 }
 
 async function updateBadgeCount(
   viewer: Viewer,
   source: 'mark_as_unread' | 'mark_as_read' | 'activity_update',
 ) {
   const { userID } = viewer;
 
   const deviceTokenQuery = SQL`
     SELECT platform, device_token, versions, id
     FROM cookies
     WHERE user = ${userID}
       AND device_token IS NOT NULL
   `;
   if (viewer.data.cookieID) {
     deviceTokenQuery.append(SQL`AND id != ${viewer.cookieID} `);
   }
   const [unreadCounts, [deviceTokenResult], [dbID], keyserverID] =
     await Promise.all([
       getUnreadCounts([userID]),
       dbQuery(deviceTokenQuery),
       createIDs('notifications', 1),
       thisKeyserverID(),
     ]);
   const unreadCount = unreadCounts[userID];
   const devices = deviceTokenResult.map(row => {
     const versions = JSON.parse(row.versions);
     return {
       platform: row.platform,
       cookieID: row.id,
       deviceToken: row.device_token,
       codeVersion: versions?.codeVersion,
       stateVersion: versions?.stateVersion,
     };
   });
   const byPlatform = getDevicesByPlatform(devices);
 
   const preparePromises: Array<Promise<$ReadOnlyArray<PreparePushResult>>> = [];
 
   const iosVersionsToTokens = byPlatform.get('ios');
   if (iosVersionsToTokens) {
     for (const [versionKey, deviceInfos] of iosVersionsToTokens) {
       const { codeVersion, stateVersion } = stringToVersionKey(versionKey);
       const notification = new apn.Notification();
       notification.topic = getAPNsNotificationTopic({
         platform: 'ios',
         codeVersion,
         stateVersion,
       });
       notification.badge = unreadCount;
       notification.pushType = 'alert';
       notification.payload.keyserverID = keyserverID;
       const preparePromise: Promise<PreparePushResult[]> = (async () => {
         let targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAPNsNotification>;
         if (codeVersion > 222) {
           const notificationsArray = await prepareEncryptedAPNsNotifications(
             deviceInfos,
             notification,
             codeVersion,
           );
           targetedNotifications = notificationsArray.map(
             ({ notification: notif, deviceToken, encryptionOrder }) => ({
               notification: notif,
               deviceToken,
               encryptionOrder,
             }),
           );
         } else {
           targetedNotifications = deviceInfos.map(({ deviceToken }) => ({
             notification,
             deviceToken,
           }));
         }
         return targetedNotifications.map(targetedNotification => ({
           notification: targetedNotification,
           platform: 'ios',
           notificationInfo: {
             source,
             dbID,
             userID,
             codeVersion,
             stateVersion,
           },
         }));
       })();
 
       preparePromises.push(preparePromise);
     }
   }
 
   const androidVersionsToTokens = byPlatform.get('android');
   if (androidVersionsToTokens) {
     for (const [versionKey, deviceInfos] of androidVersionsToTokens) {
       const { codeVersion, stateVersion } = stringToVersionKey(versionKey);
-      const notificationData =
-        codeVersion < 69
-          ? { badge: unreadCount.toString() }
-          : { badge: unreadCount.toString(), badgeOnly: '1' };
+      const notificationData = {
+        badge: unreadCount.toString(),
+        badgeOnly: '1',
+      };
       const notification = {
         data: { ...notificationData, keyserverID },
       };
       const preparePromise: Promise<PreparePushResult[]> = (async () => {
         let targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAndroidNotification>;
+        const priority = 'normal';
         if (codeVersion > 222) {
-          const notificationsArray = await prepareEncryptedAndroidNotifications(
-            deviceInfos,
-            notification,
-          );
+          const notificationsArray =
+            await prepareEncryptedAndroidSilentNotifications(
+              deviceInfos,
+              notification,
+            );
           targetedNotifications = notificationsArray.map(
             ({ notification: notif, deviceToken, encryptionOrder }) => ({
+              priority,
               notification: notif,
               deviceToken,
               encryptionOrder,
             }),
           );
         } else {
           targetedNotifications = deviceInfos.map(({ deviceToken }) => ({
+            priority,
             deviceToken,
             notification,
           }));
         }
         return targetedNotifications.map(targetedNotification => ({
           notification: targetedNotification,
           platform: 'android',
           notificationInfo: {
             source,
             dbID,
             userID,
             codeVersion,
             stateVersion,
           },
         }));
       })();
       preparePromises.push(preparePromise);
     }
   }
 
   const macosVersionsToTokens = byPlatform.get('macos');
   if (macosVersionsToTokens) {
     for (const [versionKey, deviceInfos] of macosVersionsToTokens) {
       const { codeVersion, stateVersion, majorDesktopVersion } =
         stringToVersionKey(versionKey);
       const notification = new apn.Notification();
       notification.topic = getAPNsNotificationTopic({
         platform: 'macos',
         codeVersion,
         stateVersion,
         majorDesktopVersion,
       });
       notification.badge = unreadCount;
       notification.pushType = 'alert';
       notification.payload.keyserverID = keyserverID;
       const preparePromise: Promise<PreparePushResult[]> = (async () => {
         const shouldBeEncrypted = hasMinCodeVersion(viewer.platformDetails, {
           web: 47,
           majorDesktop: 9,
         });
         let targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAPNsNotification>;
         if (shouldBeEncrypted) {
           const notificationsArray = await prepareEncryptedAPNsNotifications(
             deviceInfos,
             notification,
             codeVersion,
           );
           targetedNotifications = notificationsArray.map(
             ({ notification: notif, deviceToken, encryptionOrder }) => ({
               notification: notif,
               deviceToken,
               encryptionOrder,
             }),
           );
         } else {
           targetedNotifications = deviceInfos.map(({ deviceToken }) => ({
             deviceToken,
             notification,
           }));
         }
 
         return targetedNotifications.map(targetedNotification => ({
           notification: targetedNotification,
           platform: 'macos',
           notificationInfo: {
             source,
             dbID,
             userID,
             codeVersion,
             stateVersion,
           },
         }));
       })();
       preparePromises.push(preparePromise);
     }
   }
 
   const prepareResults = await Promise.all(preparePromises);
   const flattenedPrepareResults = prepareResults.filter(Boolean).flat();
   const deliveryResults = await deliverPushNotifsInEncryptionOrder(
     flattenedPrepareResults,
   );
   await saveNotifResults(deliveryResults, new Map(), false);
 }
 
 export { sendPushNotifs, sendRescindNotifs, updateBadgeCount };
diff --git a/keyserver/src/push/types.js b/keyserver/src/push/types.js
index b288e147a..47e17d4d9 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/push/types.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/push/types.js
@@ -1,85 +1,119 @@
 // @flow
 
 import apn from '@parse/node-apn';
 
 import type {
   WebNotification,
   WNSNotification,
 } from 'lib/types/notif-types.js';
 
 export type TargetedAPNsNotification = {
   +notification: apn.Notification,
   +deviceToken: string,
   +encryptedPayloadHash?: string,
   +encryptionOrder?: number,
 };
 
-type AndroidNotificationPayloadBase = {
+export type AndroidVisualNotificationPayloadBase = $ReadOnly<{
   +badge: string,
-  +body?: string,
-  +title?: string,
+  +body: string,
+  +title: string,
   +prefix?: string,
-  +threadID?: string,
+  +threadID: string,
   +collapseKey?: string,
+  +badgeOnly?: '0',
   +encryptionFailed?: '1',
-};
+}>;
 
-export type AndroidNotificationPayload =
+export type AndroidVisualNotificationPayload = $ReadOnly<
   | {
-      ...AndroidNotificationPayloadBase,
+      ...AndroidVisualNotificationPayloadBase,
       +messageInfos?: string,
     }
   | {
-      ...AndroidNotificationPayloadBase,
+      ...AndroidVisualNotificationPayloadBase,
       +blobHash: string,
       +encryptionKey: string,
-    };
+    },
+>;
 
-export type AndroidNotification = {
-  +data: {
+export type AndroidVisualNotification = {
+  +data: $ReadOnly<{
     +id?: string,
-    +badgeOnly?: string,
     +keyserverID: string,
-    ...AndroidNotificationPayload | { +encryptedPayload: string },
-  },
+    ...
+      | {
+          ...AndroidVisualNotificationPayloadBase,
+          +messageInfos?: string,
+        }
+      | {
+          ...AndroidVisualNotificationPayloadBase,
+          +blobHash: string,
+          +encryptionKey: string,
+        }
+      | { +encryptedPayload: string },
+  }>,
 };
 
 export type AndroidNotificationRescind = {
-  +data: {
+  +data: $ReadOnly<{
     +keyserverID: string,
     ...
       | {
           +badge: string,
           +rescind: 'true',
           +rescindID: string,
           +setUnreadStatus: 'true',
           +threadID: string,
           +encryptionFailed?: string,
         }
       | { +encryptedPayload: string },
-  },
+  }>,
 };
 
-export type TargetedAndroidNotification = {
-  +notification: AndroidNotification | AndroidNotificationRescind,
+export type AndroidBadgeOnlyNotification = {
+  +data: $ReadOnly<{
+    +keyserverID: string,
+    ...
+      | {
+          +badge: string,
+          +badgeOnly: '1',
+          +encryptionFailed?: string,
+        }
+      | { +encryptedPayload: string },
+  }>,
+};
+
+type AndroidNotificationWithPriority =
+  | {
+      +notification: AndroidVisualNotification,
+      +priority: 'high',
+    }
+  | {
+      +notification: AndroidBadgeOnlyNotification | AndroidNotificationRescind,
+      +priority: 'normal',
+    };
+
+export type TargetedAndroidNotification = $ReadOnly<{
+  ...AndroidNotificationWithPriority,
   +deviceToken: string,
   +encryptionOrder?: number,
-};
+}>;
 
 export type TargetedWebNotification = {
   +notification: WebNotification,
   +deviceToken: string,
   +encryptionOrder?: number,
 };
 
 export type TargetedWNSNotification = {
   +notification: WNSNotification,
   +deviceToken: string,
   +encryptionOrder?: number,
 };
 
 export type NotificationTargetDevice = {
   +cookieID: string,
   +deviceToken: string,
   +blobHolder?: string,
 };
diff --git a/keyserver/src/push/utils.js b/keyserver/src/push/utils.js
index 73c938d6b..ef83ea7df 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/push/utils.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/push/utils.js
@@ -1,449 +1,451 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { ResponseFailure } from '@parse/node-apn';
 import type { FirebaseApp, FirebaseError } from 'firebase-admin';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import nodeFetch from 'node-fetch';
 import type { Response } from 'node-fetch';
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 import webpush from 'web-push';
 
 import type { PlatformDetails } from 'lib/types/device-types.js';
 import { threadSubscriptions } from 'lib/types/subscription-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
 
 import { encryptBlobPayload } from './crypto.js';
 import {
   getAPNPushProfileForCodeVersion,
   getFCMPushProfileForCodeVersion,
   getAPNProvider,
   getFCMProvider,
   ensureWebPushInitialized,
   getWNSToken,
 } from './providers.js';
 import type {
   TargetedAPNsNotification,
   TargetedAndroidNotification,
   TargetedWebNotification,
   TargetedWNSNotification,
 } from './types.js';
 import { dbQuery, SQL } from '../database/database.js';
 import { upload, assignHolder } from '../services/blob.js';
 
 const fcmTokenInvalidationErrors = new Set([
   'messaging/registration-token-not-registered',
   'messaging/invalid-registration-token',
 ]);
 const fcmMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize = 4000;
 const apnTokenInvalidationErrorCode = 410;
 const apnBadRequestErrorCode = 400;
 const apnBadTokenErrorString = 'BadDeviceToken';
 const apnMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize = 4096;
 const webInvalidTokenErrorCodes = [404, 410];
 const wnsInvalidTokenErrorCodes = [404, 410];
 const wnsMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize = 5000;
 
 export type APNPushResult =
   | { +success: true }
   | {
       +errors: $ReadOnlyArray<ResponseFailure>,
       +invalidTokens?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
     };
 async function apnPush({
   targetedNotifications,
   platformDetails,
 }: {
   +targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAPNsNotification>,
   +platformDetails: PlatformDetails,
 }): Promise<APNPushResult> {
   const pushProfile = getAPNPushProfileForCodeVersion(platformDetails);
   const apnProvider = await getAPNProvider(pushProfile);
   if (!apnProvider && process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
     console.log(`no keyserver/secrets/${pushProfile}.json so ignoring notifs`);
     return { success: true };
   }
   invariant(apnProvider, `keyserver/secrets/${pushProfile}.json should exist`);
 
   const results = await Promise.all(
     targetedNotifications.map(({ notification, deviceToken }) => {
       return apnProvider.send(notification, deviceToken);
     }),
   );
 
   const errors: Array<ResponseFailure> = [];
   for (const result of results) {
     errors.push(...result.failed);
   }
 
   const invalidTokens: Array<string> = [];
   for (const error of errors) {
     /* eslint-disable eqeqeq */
     if (
       error.status == apnTokenInvalidationErrorCode ||
       (error.status == apnBadRequestErrorCode &&
         error.response.reason === apnBadTokenErrorString)
     ) {
       invalidTokens.push(error.device);
     }
     /* eslint-enable eqeqeq */
   }
   if (invalidTokens.length > 0) {
     return { errors, invalidTokens };
   } else if (errors.length > 0) {
     return { errors };
   } else {
     return { success: true };
   }
 }
 
 type WritableFCMPushResult = {
   success?: true,
   fcmIDs?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   errors?: $ReadOnlyArray<FirebaseError | mixed>,
   invalidTokens?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 export type FCMPushResult = $ReadOnly<WritableFCMPushResult>;
 async function fcmPush({
   targetedNotifications,
   collapseKey,
   codeVersion,
 }: {
   +targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedAndroidNotification>,
   +codeVersion: ?number,
   +collapseKey?: ?string,
 }): Promise<FCMPushResult> {
   const pushProfile = getFCMPushProfileForCodeVersion(codeVersion);
   const fcmProvider = await getFCMProvider(pushProfile);
   if (!fcmProvider && process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
     console.log(`no keyserver/secrets/${pushProfile}.json so ignoring notifs`);
     return { success: true };
   }
   invariant(fcmProvider, `keyserver/secrets/${pushProfile}.json should exist`);
-  const options: Object = {
-    priority: 'high',
-  };
+  const options: Object = {};
   if (collapseKey) {
     options.collapseKey = collapseKey;
   }
   // firebase-admin is extremely barebones and has a lot of missing or poorly
   // thought-out functionality. One of the issues is that if you send a
   // multicast messages and one of the device tokens is invalid, the resultant
   // won't explain which of the device tokens is invalid. So we're forced to
   // avoid the multicast functionality and call it once per deviceToken.
+
   const results = await Promise.all(
-    targetedNotifications.map(({ notification, deviceToken }) => {
-      return fcmSinglePush(fcmProvider, notification, deviceToken, options);
+    targetedNotifications.map(({ notification, deviceToken, priority }) => {
+      return fcmSinglePush(fcmProvider, notification, deviceToken, {
+        ...options,
+        priority,
+      });
     }),
   );
 
   const errors = [];
   const ids = [];
   const invalidTokens = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
     const pushResult = results[i];
     for (const error of pushResult.errors) {
       errors.push(error.error);
       const errorCode =
         error.type === 'firebase_error'
           ? error.error.errorInfo.code
           : undefined;
       if (errorCode && fcmTokenInvalidationErrors.has(errorCode)) {
         invalidTokens.push(targetedNotifications[i].deviceToken);
       }
     }
     for (const id of pushResult.fcmIDs) {
       ids.push(id);
     }
   }
 
   const result: WritableFCMPushResult = {};
   if (ids.length > 0) {
     result.fcmIDs = ids;
   }
   if (errors.length > 0) {
     result.errors = errors;
   } else {
     result.success = true;
   }
   if (invalidTokens.length > 0) {
     result.invalidTokens = invalidTokens;
   }
   return result;
 }
 
 type FCMSinglePushError =
   | { +type: 'firebase_error', +error: FirebaseError }
   | { +type: 'exception', +error: mixed };
 type FCMSinglePushResult = {
   +fcmIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   +errors: $ReadOnlyArray<FCMSinglePushError>,
 };
 async function fcmSinglePush(
   provider: FirebaseApp,
   notification: Object,
   deviceToken: string,
   options: Object,
 ): Promise<FCMSinglePushResult> {
   try {
     const deliveryResult = await provider
       .messaging()
       .sendToDevice(deviceToken, notification, options);
     const errors = [];
     const ids = [];
     for (const fcmResult of deliveryResult.results) {
       if (fcmResult.error) {
         errors.push({ type: 'firebase_error', error: fcmResult.error });
       } else if (fcmResult.messageId) {
         ids.push(fcmResult.messageId);
       }
     }
     return { fcmIDs: ids, errors };
   } catch (e) {
     return { fcmIDs: [], errors: [{ type: 'exception', error: e }] };
   }
 }
 
 async function getUnreadCounts(
   userIDs: string[],
 ): Promise<{ [userID: string]: number }> {
   const visPermissionExtractString = `$.${threadPermissions.VISIBLE}.value`;
   const notificationExtractString = `$.${threadSubscriptions.home}`;
   const query = SQL`
     SELECT user, COUNT(thread) AS unread_count
     FROM memberships
     WHERE user IN (${userIDs}) AND last_message > last_read_message 
       AND role > 0
       AND JSON_EXTRACT(permissions, ${visPermissionExtractString})
       AND JSON_EXTRACT(subscription, ${notificationExtractString})
     GROUP BY user
   `;
   const [result] = await dbQuery(query);
   const usersToUnreadCounts: { [string]: number } = {};
   for (const row of result) {
     usersToUnreadCounts[row.user.toString()] = row.unread_count;
   }
   for (const userID of userIDs) {
     if (usersToUnreadCounts[userID] === undefined) {
       usersToUnreadCounts[userID] = 0;
     }
   }
   return usersToUnreadCounts;
 }
 
 export type WebPushError = {
   +statusCode: number,
   +headers: { +[string]: string },
   +body: string,
 };
 type WritableWebPushResult = {
   success?: true,
   errors?: $ReadOnlyArray<WebPushError>,
   invalidTokens?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 type WebPushResult = $ReadOnly<WritableWebPushResult>;
 type WebPushAttempt = {
   +error?: WebPushError,
 };
 async function webPush(
   targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedWebNotification>,
 ): Promise<WebPushResult> {
   await ensureWebPushInitialized();
 
   const pushResults: $ReadOnlyArray<WebPushAttempt> = await Promise.all(
     targetedNotifications.map(
       async ({ notification, deviceToken: deviceTokenString }) => {
         const deviceToken: PushSubscriptionJSON = JSON.parse(deviceTokenString);
         const notificationString = JSON.stringify(notification);
         try {
           await webpush.sendNotification(deviceToken, notificationString);
         } catch (error) {
           return ({ error }: WebPushAttempt);
         }
         return {};
       },
     ),
   );
 
   const errors = [];
   const invalidTokens = [];
   const deviceTokens = targetedNotifications.map(
     ({ deviceToken }) => deviceToken,
   );
   for (let i = 0; i < pushResults.length; i++) {
     const pushResult = pushResults[i];
     const { error } = pushResult;
     if (error) {
       errors.push(error);
       if (webInvalidTokenErrorCodes.includes(error.statusCode)) {
         invalidTokens.push(deviceTokens[i]);
       }
     }
   }
 
   const result: WritableWebPushResult = {};
   if (errors.length > 0) {
     result.errors = errors;
   } else {
     result.success = true;
   }
   if (invalidTokens.length > 0) {
     result.invalidTokens = invalidTokens;
   }
   return result;
 }
 
 export type WNSPushError = any | string | Response;
 type WritableWNSPushResult = {
   success?: true,
   wnsIDs?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
   errors?: $ReadOnlyArray<WNSPushError>,
   invalidTokens?: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 };
 type WNSPushResult = $ReadOnly<WritableWNSPushResult>;
 async function wnsPush(
   targetedNotifications: $ReadOnlyArray<TargetedWNSNotification>,
 ): Promise<WNSPushResult> {
   const token = await getWNSToken();
   if (!token && process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
     console.log(`no keyserver/secrets/wns_config.json so ignoring notifs`);
     return { success: true };
   }
   invariant(token, `keyserver/secrets/wns_config.json should exist`);
 
   const pushResults = targetedNotifications.map(async targetedNotification => {
     const notificationString = JSON.stringify(
       targetedNotification.notification,
     );
 
     try {
       return await wnsSinglePush(
         token,
         notificationString,
         targetedNotification.deviceToken,
       );
     } catch (error) {
       return { error };
     }
   });
 
   const errors = [];
   const notifIDs = [];
   const invalidTokens = [];
   const deviceTokens = targetedNotifications.map(
     ({ deviceToken }) => deviceToken,
   );
   for (let i = 0; i < pushResults.length; i++) {
     const pushResult = await pushResults[i];
     if (pushResult.error) {
       errors.push(pushResult.error);
       if (
         pushResult.error === 'invalidDomain' ||
         wnsInvalidTokenErrorCodes.includes(pushResult.error?.status)
       ) {
         invalidTokens.push(deviceTokens[i]);
       }
     } else {
       notifIDs.push(pushResult.wnsID);
     }
   }
 
   const result: WritableWNSPushResult = {};
   if (notifIDs.length > 0) {
     result.wnsIDs = notifIDs;
   }
   if (errors.length > 0) {
     result.errors = errors;
   } else {
     result.success = true;
   }
   if (invalidTokens.length > 0) {
     result.invalidTokens = invalidTokens;
   }
   return result;
 }
 
 async function wnsSinglePush(token: string, notification: string, url: string) {
   const parsedURL = new URL(url);
   const domain = parsedURL.hostname.split('.').slice(-3);
   if (
     domain[0] !== 'notify' ||
     domain[1] !== 'windows' ||
     domain[2] !== 'com'
   ) {
     return { error: 'invalidDomain' };
   }
 
   try {
     const result = await nodeFetch(url, {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: {
         'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
         'X-WNS-Type': 'wns/raw',
         'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
       },
       body: notification,
     });
 
     if (!result.ok) {
       return { error: result };
     }
 
     const wnsID = result.headers.get('X-WNS-MSG-ID');
     invariant(wnsID, 'Missing WNS ID');
 
     return { wnsID };
   } catch (err) {
     return { error: err };
   }
 }
 
 async function blobServiceUpload(
   payload: string,
   numberOfHolders: number,
 ): Promise<
   | {
       +blobHolders: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
       +blobHash: string,
       +encryptionKey: string,
     }
   | { +blobUploadError: string },
 > {
   const blobHolders = Array.from({ length: numberOfHolders }, () => uuid.v4());
   try {
     const { encryptionKey, encryptedPayload, encryptedPayloadHash } =
       await encryptBlobPayload(payload);
     const [blobHolder, ...additionalHolders] = blobHolders;
 
     const uploadPromise = upload(encryptedPayload, {
       hash: encryptedPayloadHash,
       holder: blobHolder,
     });
 
     const additionalHoldersPromises = additionalHolders.map(holder =>
       assignHolder({ hash: encryptedPayloadHash, holder }),
     );
 
     await Promise.all([uploadPromise, Promise.all(additionalHoldersPromises)]);
     return {
       blobHash: encryptedPayloadHash,
       blobHolders,
       encryptionKey,
     };
   } catch (e) {
     return {
       blobUploadError: e.message,
     };
   }
 }
 
 export {
   apnPush,
   blobServiceUpload,
   fcmPush,
   webPush,
   wnsPush,
   getUnreadCounts,
   apnMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize,
   fcmMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize,
   wnsMaxNotificationPayloadByteSize,
 };
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommNotificationsHandler.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommNotificationsHandler.java
index f117df1e7..cd2d0ac13 100644
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommNotificationsHandler.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommNotificationsHandler.java
@@ -1,619 +1,651 @@
 package app.comm.android.notifications;
 
 import android.app.Notification;
 import android.app.NotificationManager;
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.service.notification.StatusBarNotification;
 import android.util.JsonReader;
 import android.util.Log;
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat;
 import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle;
 import androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleOwner;
 import androidx.localbroadcastmanager.content.LocalBroadcastManager;
 import app.comm.android.ExpoUtils;
 import app.comm.android.MainActivity;
 import app.comm.android.R;
 import app.comm.android.aescrypto.AESCryptoModuleCompat;
 import app.comm.android.commservices.CommAndroidBlobClient;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.CommMMKV;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.CommSecureStore;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.GlobalDBSingleton;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.MessageOperationsUtilities;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.NetworkModule;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.NotificationsCryptoModule;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.StaffUtils;
 import app.comm.android.fbjni.ThreadOperations;
 import com.google.firebase.messaging.FirebaseMessagingService;
 import com.google.firebase.messaging.RemoteMessage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.OutOfMemoryError;
 import java.lang.StringBuilder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Map;
 import me.leolin.shortcutbadger.ShortcutBadger;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 public class CommNotificationsHandler extends FirebaseMessagingService {
   private static final String BADGE_KEY = "badge";
   private static final String BADGE_ONLY_KEY = "badgeOnly";
   private static final String SET_UNREAD_STATUS_KEY = "setUnreadStatus";
   private static final String NOTIF_ID_KEY = "id";
   private static final String ENCRYPTED_PAYLOAD_KEY = "encryptedPayload";
   private static final String ENCRYPTION_FAILED_KEY = "encryptionFailed";
   private static final String BLOB_HASH_KEY = "blobHash";
   private static final String BLOB_HOLDER_KEY = "blobHolder";
   private static final String AES_ENCRYPTION_KEY_LABEL = "encryptionKey";
   private static final String GROUP_NOTIF_IDS_KEY = "groupNotifIDs";
   private static final String COLLAPSE_ID_KEY = "collapseKey";
   private static final String KEYSERVER_ID_KEY = "keyserverID";
   private static final String CHANNEL_ID = "default";
   private static final long[] VIBRATION_SPEC = {500, 500};
+  private static final Map<Integer, String> NOTIF_PRIORITY_VERBOSE =
+      Map.of(0, "UNKNOWN", 1, "HIGH", 2, "NORMAL");
 
   // Those and future MMKV-related constants should match
   // similar constants in NotificationService.mm
   private static final String MMKV_KEY_SEPARATOR = ".";
   private static final String MMKV_KEYSERVER_PREFIX = "KEYSERVER";
   private static final String MMKV_UNREAD_COUNT_SUFFIX = "UNREAD_COUNT";
   private Bitmap displayableNotificationLargeIcon;
   private NotificationManager notificationManager;
   private LocalBroadcastManager localBroadcastManager;
   private CommAndroidBlobClient blobClient;
   private AESCryptoModuleCompat aesCryptoModule;
 
   public static final String RESCIND_KEY = "rescind";
   public static final String RESCIND_ID_KEY = "rescindID";
   public static final String TITLE_KEY = "title";
   public static final String PREFIX_KEY = "prefix";
   public static final String BODY_KEY = "body";
   public static final String MESSAGE_INFOS_KEY = "messageInfos";
   public static final String THREAD_ID_KEY = "threadID";
 
   public static final String TOKEN_EVENT = "TOKEN_EVENT";
   public static final String MESSAGE_EVENT = "MESSAGE_EVENT";
 
   @Override
   public void onCreate() {
     super.onCreate();
     CommSecureStore.getInstance().initialize(
         ExpoUtils.createExpoSecureStoreSupplier(this.getApplicationContext()));
     notificationManager = (NotificationManager)this.getSystemService(
         Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
     localBroadcastManager = LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this);
     displayableNotificationLargeIcon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(
         this.getApplicationContext().getResources(), R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
     blobClient = new CommAndroidBlobClient();
     aesCryptoModule = new AESCryptoModuleCompat();
   }
 
   @Override
   public void onNewToken(String token) {
     Intent intent = new Intent(TOKEN_EVENT);
     intent.putExtra("token", token);
     localBroadcastManager.sendBroadcast(intent);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void onMessageReceived(RemoteMessage message) {
-    if (message.getData().get(KEYSERVER_ID_KEY) == null) {
+    handleAlteredNotificationPriority(message);
+
+    if (StaffUtils.isStaffRelease() &&
+        message.getData().get(KEYSERVER_ID_KEY) == null) {
       displayErrorMessageNotification(
           "Received notification without keyserver ID.",
           "Missing keyserver ID.",
           null);
       return;
     }
 
     String senderKeyserverID = message.getData().get(KEYSERVER_ID_KEY);
 
     if (message.getData().get(ENCRYPTED_PAYLOAD_KEY) != null) {
       try {
         message = this.olmDecryptRemoteMessage(message, senderKeyserverID);
       } catch (JSONException e) {
         Log.w("COMM", "Malformed notification JSON payload.", e);
         return;
       } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
         Log.w("COMM", "Android notification type violation.", e);
         return;
       } catch (Exception e) {
         Log.w("COMM", "Notification decryption failure.", e);
         return;
       }
     } else if ("1".equals(message.getData().get(ENCRYPTION_FAILED_KEY))) {
       Log.w(
           "COMM",
           "Received unencrypted notification for client with existing olm session for notifications");
     }
 
     String rescind = message.getData().get(RESCIND_KEY);
     if ("true".equals(rescind) &&
         android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
       handleNotificationRescind(message);
     }
 
     try {
       handleUnreadCountUpdate(message);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       Log.w("COMM", "Unread count update failure.", e);
     }
 
     String badgeOnly = message.getData().get(BADGE_ONLY_KEY);
     if ("1".equals(badgeOnly)) {
       return;
     }
 
     if (message.getData().get(MESSAGE_INFOS_KEY) != null) {
       handleMessageInfosPersistence(message);
     }
 
     if (message.getData().get(BLOB_HASH_KEY) != null &&
         message.getData().get(AES_ENCRYPTION_KEY_LABEL) != null &&
         message.getData().get(BLOB_HOLDER_KEY) != null) {
       handleLargeNotification(message);
     }
 
     Intent intent = new Intent(MESSAGE_EVENT);
     intent.putExtra(
         "message", serializeMessageDataForIntentAttachment(message));
     localBroadcastManager.sendBroadcast(intent);
 
     if (this.isAppInForeground()) {
       return;
     }
     this.displayNotification(message);
   }
 
+  private void handleAlteredNotificationPriority(RemoteMessage message) {
+    if (!StaffUtils.isStaffRelease()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    int originalPriority = message.getOriginalPriority();
+    int priority = message.getPriority();
+
+    String priorityName = NOTIF_PRIORITY_VERBOSE.get(priority);
+    String originalPriorityName = NOTIF_PRIORITY_VERBOSE.get(originalPriority);
+
+    if (priorityName == null || originalPriorityName == null) {
+      // Technically this will never happen as
+      // it would violate FCM documentation
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (priority != originalPriority) {
+      displayErrorMessageNotification(
+          "System changed notification priority from " + priorityName + " to " +
+              originalPriorityName,
+          "Notification priority altered.",
+          null);
+    }
+  }
+
   private boolean isAppInForeground() {
     return ProcessLifecycleOwner.get().getLifecycle().getCurrentState() ==
         Lifecycle.State.RESUMED;
   }
 
   private boolean notificationGroupingSupported() {
     // Comm doesn't support notification grouping for clients running
     // Android versions older than 23
     return android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.M;
   }
 
   private void handleNotificationRescind(RemoteMessage message) {
     String setUnreadStatus = message.getData().get(SET_UNREAD_STATUS_KEY);
     String threadID = message.getData().get(THREAD_ID_KEY);
     if ("true".equals(setUnreadStatus)) {
       File sqliteFile =
           this.getApplicationContext().getDatabasePath("comm.sqlite");
       if (sqliteFile.exists()) {
         GlobalDBSingleton.scheduleOrRun(() -> {
           ThreadOperations.updateSQLiteUnreadStatus(
               sqliteFile.getPath(), threadID, false);
         });
       } else {
         Log.w(
             "COMM",
             "Database not existing yet. Skipping thread status update.");
       }
     }
     String rescindID = message.getData().get(RESCIND_ID_KEY);
     boolean groupSummaryPresent = false;
     boolean threadGroupPresent = false;
 
     for (StatusBarNotification notification :
          notificationManager.getActiveNotifications()) {
       String tag = notification.getTag();
       boolean isGroupMember =
           threadID.equals(notification.getNotification().getGroup());
       boolean isGroupSummary =
           (notification.getNotification().flags &
            Notification.FLAG_GROUP_SUMMARY) == Notification.FLAG_GROUP_SUMMARY;
 
       if (tag != null && tag.equals(rescindID)) {
         notificationManager.cancel(notification.getTag(), notification.getId());
       } else if (
           isGroupMember && isGroupSummary && StaffUtils.isStaffRelease()) {
         groupSummaryPresent = true;
         removeNotificationFromGroupSummary(threadID, rescindID, notification);
       } else if (isGroupMember && isGroupSummary) {
         groupSummaryPresent = true;
       } else if (isGroupMember) {
         threadGroupPresent = true;
       } else if (isGroupSummary && StaffUtils.isStaffRelease()) {
         checkForUnmatchedRescind(threadID, rescindID, notification);
       }
     }
 
     if (groupSummaryPresent && !threadGroupPresent) {
       notificationManager.cancel(threadID, threadID.hashCode());
     }
   }
 
   private void handleUnreadCountUpdate(RemoteMessage message) {
     String badge = message.getData().get(BADGE_KEY);
     if (badge == null) {
       return;
     }
 
     if (message.getData().get(KEYSERVER_ID_KEY) == null) {
       throw new RuntimeException("Received badge update without keyserver ID.");
     }
     String senderKeyserverID = message.getData().get(KEYSERVER_ID_KEY);
     String senderKeyserverUnreadCountKey = String.join(
         MMKV_KEY_SEPARATOR,
         MMKV_KEYSERVER_PREFIX,
         senderKeyserverID,
         MMKV_UNREAD_COUNT_SUFFIX);
 
     int senderKeyserverUnreadCount;
     try {
       senderKeyserverUnreadCount = Integer.parseInt(badge);
     } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
       Log.w("COMM", "Invalid badge count", e);
       return;
     }
     CommMMKV.setInt(senderKeyserverUnreadCountKey, senderKeyserverUnreadCount);
 
     int totalUnreadCount = 0;
     String[] allKeys = CommMMKV.getAllKeys();
     for (String key : allKeys) {
 
       if (!key.startsWith(MMKV_KEYSERVER_PREFIX) ||
           !key.endsWith(MMKV_UNREAD_COUNT_SUFFIX)) {
         continue;
       }
 
       Integer unreadCount = CommMMKV.getInt(key, -1);
       if (unreadCount == null) {
         continue;
       }
 
       totalUnreadCount += unreadCount;
     }
 
     if (totalUnreadCount > 0) {
       ShortcutBadger.applyCount(this, totalUnreadCount);
     } else {
       ShortcutBadger.removeCount(this);
     }
   }
 
   private void handleMessageInfosPersistence(RemoteMessage message) {
     String rawMessageInfosString = message.getData().get(MESSAGE_INFOS_KEY);
     File sqliteFile =
         this.getApplicationContext().getDatabasePath("comm.sqlite");
     if (rawMessageInfosString != null && sqliteFile.exists()) {
       GlobalDBSingleton.scheduleOrRun(() -> {
         MessageOperationsUtilities.storeMessageInfos(
             sqliteFile.getPath(), rawMessageInfosString);
       });
     } else if (rawMessageInfosString != null) {
       Log.w("COMM", "Database not existing yet. Skipping notification");
     }
   }
 
   private void handleLargeNotification(RemoteMessage message) {
     String blobHash = message.getData().get(BLOB_HASH_KEY);
     String blobHolder = message.getData().get(BLOB_HOLDER_KEY);
     try {
       byte[] largePayload = blobClient.getBlobSync(blobHash);
       message = aesDecryptRemoteMessage(message, largePayload);
       handleMessageInfosPersistence(message);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       Log.w("COMM", "Failure when handling large notification.", e);
     }
     blobClient.scheduleDeferredBlobDeletion(
         blobHash, blobHolder, this.getApplicationContext());
   }
 
   private void addToThreadGroupAndDisplay(
       String notificationID,
       NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder,
       String threadID) {
 
     notificationBuilder.setGroup(threadID).setGroupAlertBehavior(
         NotificationCompat.GROUP_ALERT_CHILDREN);
 
     NotificationCompat.Builder groupSummaryNotificationBuilder =
         new NotificationCompat.Builder(this.getApplicationContext())
             .setChannelId(CHANNEL_ID)
             .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notif_icon)
             .setContentIntent(
                 this.createStartMainActivityAction(threadID, threadID))
             .setGroup(threadID)
             .setGroupSummary(true)
             .setGroupAlertBehavior(NotificationCompat.GROUP_ALERT_CHILDREN);
 
     if (StaffUtils.isStaffRelease()) {
       ArrayList<String> groupNotifIDs =
           recordNotificationInGroupSummary(threadID, notificationID);
 
       String notificationSummaryBody =
           "Notif IDs: " + String.join(System.lineSeparator(), groupNotifIDs);
 
       Bundle data = new Bundle();
       data.putStringArrayList(GROUP_NOTIF_IDS_KEY, groupNotifIDs);
 
       groupSummaryNotificationBuilder
           .setContentTitle("Summary for thread id " + threadID)
           .setExtras(data)
           .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(
               notificationSummaryBody))
           .setAutoCancel(false);
     } else {
       groupSummaryNotificationBuilder.setAutoCancel(true);
     }
 
     notificationManager.notify(
         notificationID, notificationID.hashCode(), notificationBuilder.build());
     notificationManager.notify(
         threadID, threadID.hashCode(), groupSummaryNotificationBuilder.build());
   }
 
   private void displayNotification(RemoteMessage message) {
     if (message.getData().get(RESCIND_KEY) != null) {
       // don't attempt to display rescinds
       return;
     }
     String id = message.getData().get(NOTIF_ID_KEY);
     String collapseKey = message.getData().get(COLLAPSE_ID_KEY);
     String notificationID = id;
 
     if (collapseKey != null) {
       notificationID = collapseKey;
     }
 
     String title = message.getData().get(TITLE_KEY);
     String prefix = message.getData().get(PREFIX_KEY);
     String body = message.getData().get(BODY_KEY);
     String threadID = message.getData().get(THREAD_ID_KEY);
 
     if (prefix != null) {
       body = prefix + " " + body;
     }
 
     Bundle data = new Bundle();
     data.putString(THREAD_ID_KEY, threadID);
 
     NotificationCompat.Builder notificationBuilder =
         new NotificationCompat.Builder(this.getApplicationContext())
             .setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_ALL)
             .setContentText(body)
             .setExtras(data)
             .setChannelId(CHANNEL_ID)
             .setVibrate(VIBRATION_SPEC)
             .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notif_icon)
             .setLargeIcon(displayableNotificationLargeIcon)
             .setAutoCancel(true);
 
     if (title != null) {
       notificationBuilder.setContentTitle(title);
     }
 
     if (threadID != null) {
       notificationBuilder.setContentIntent(
           this.createStartMainActivityAction(id, threadID));
     }
 
     if (!this.notificationGroupingSupported() || threadID == null) {
       notificationManager.notify(
           notificationID,
           notificationID.hashCode(),
           notificationBuilder.build());
       return;
     }
     this.addToThreadGroupAndDisplay(
         notificationID, notificationBuilder, threadID);
   }
 
   private PendingIntent
   createStartMainActivityAction(String notificationID, String threadID) {
     Intent intent =
         new Intent(this.getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);
     intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
     intent.putExtra("threadID", threadID);
 
     return PendingIntent.getActivity(
         this.getApplicationContext(),
         notificationID.hashCode(),
         intent,
         PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT | PendingIntent.FLAG_MUTABLE);
   }
 
   private RemoteMessage updateRemoteMessageWithDecryptedPayload(
       RemoteMessage message,
       String decryptedSerializedPayload)
       throws JSONException, IllegalStateException {
     JSONObject decryptedPayload = new JSONObject(decryptedSerializedPayload);
 
     ((Iterable<String>)() -> decryptedPayload.keys())
         .forEach(payloadFieldName -> {
           if (decryptedPayload.optJSONArray(payloadFieldName) != null ||
               decryptedPayload.optJSONObject(payloadFieldName) != null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(
                 "Notification payload JSON is not {[string]: string} type.");
           }
           String payloadFieldValue =
               decryptedPayload.optString(payloadFieldName);
           message.getData().put(payloadFieldName, payloadFieldValue);
         });
     return message;
   }
 
   private RemoteMessage
   olmDecryptRemoteMessage(RemoteMessage message, String senderKeyserverID)
       throws JSONException, IllegalStateException {
     String encryptedSerializedPayload =
         message.getData().get(ENCRYPTED_PAYLOAD_KEY);
     String decryptedSerializedPayload = NotificationsCryptoModule.decrypt(
         senderKeyserverID,
         encryptedSerializedPayload,
         NotificationsCryptoModule.olmEncryptedTypeMessage());
 
     return updateRemoteMessageWithDecryptedPayload(
         message, decryptedSerializedPayload);
   }
 
   private RemoteMessage
   aesDecryptRemoteMessage(RemoteMessage message, byte[] blob)
       throws JSONException, IllegalStateException {
     String aesEncryptionKey = message.getData().get(AES_ENCRYPTION_KEY_LABEL);
     // On the keyserver AES key is generated as raw bytes
     // so to send it in JSON it is encoded to Base64 string.
     byte[] aesEncryptionKeyBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode(aesEncryptionKey);
     // On the keyserver notification is a string so it is
     // first encoded into UTF8 bytes. Therefore bytes
     // obtained from blob decryption are correct UTF8 bytes.
     String decryptedSerializedPayload = new String(
         aesCryptoModule.decrypt(aesEncryptionKeyBytes, blob),
         StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
     return updateRemoteMessageWithDecryptedPayload(
         message, decryptedSerializedPayload);
   }
 
   private Bundle
   serializeMessageDataForIntentAttachment(RemoteMessage message) {
     Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
     message.getData().forEach(bundle::putString);
     return bundle;
   }
 
   private void displayErrorMessageNotification(
       String errorMessage,
       String errorTitle,
       String largeErrorData) {
 
     NotificationCompat.Builder errorNotificationBuilder =
         new NotificationCompat.Builder(this.getApplicationContext())
             .setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_ALL)
             .setChannelId(CHANNEL_ID)
             .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notif_icon)
             .setLargeIcon(displayableNotificationLargeIcon);
 
     if (errorMessage != null) {
       errorNotificationBuilder.setContentText(errorMessage);
     }
 
     if (errorTitle != null) {
       errorNotificationBuilder.setContentTitle(errorTitle);
     }
 
     if (largeErrorData != null) {
       errorNotificationBuilder.setStyle(
           new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(largeErrorData));
     }
 
     notificationManager.notify(
         errorMessage,
         errorMessage.hashCode(),
         errorNotificationBuilder.build());
   }
 
   private boolean
   isGroupSummary(StatusBarNotification notification, String threadID) {
     boolean isAnySummary = (notification.getNotification().flags &
                             Notification.FLAG_GROUP_SUMMARY) != 0;
     if (threadID == null) {
       return isAnySummary;
     }
     return isAnySummary &&
         threadID.equals(notification.getNotification().getGroup());
   }
 
   private ArrayList<String>
   recordNotificationInGroupSummary(String threadID, String notificationID) {
     ArrayList<String> groupNotifIDs =
         Arrays.stream(notificationManager.getActiveNotifications())
             .filter(notif -> isGroupSummary(notif, threadID))
             .findFirst()
             .map(
                 notif
                 -> notif.getNotification().extras.getStringArrayList(
                     GROUP_NOTIF_IDS_KEY))
             .orElse(new ArrayList<>());
 
     groupNotifIDs.add(notificationID);
     return groupNotifIDs;
   }
 
   private void removeNotificationFromGroupSummary(
       String threadID,
       String notificationID,
       StatusBarNotification groupSummaryNotification) {
     ArrayList<String> groupNotifIDs =
         groupSummaryNotification.getNotification().extras.getStringArrayList(
             GROUP_NOTIF_IDS_KEY);
     if (groupNotifIDs == null) {
       displayErrorMessageNotification(
           "Empty summary notif for thread ID " + threadID,
           "Empty Summary Notif",
           "Summary notification for thread ID " + threadID +
               " had empty body when rescinding " + notificationID);
     }
 
     boolean notificationRemoved =
         groupNotifIDs.removeIf(notifID -> notifID.equals(notificationID));
 
     if (!notificationRemoved) {
       displayErrorMessageNotification(
           "Notif with ID " + notificationID + " not in " + threadID,
           "Unrecorded Notif",
           "Rescinded notification with id " + notificationID +
               " not found in group summary for thread id " + threadID);
       return;
     }
 
     String notificationSummaryBody =
         "Notif IDs: " + String.join(System.lineSeparator(), groupNotifIDs);
 
     Bundle data = new Bundle();
     data.putStringArrayList(GROUP_NOTIF_IDS_KEY, groupNotifIDs);
 
     NotificationCompat.Builder groupSummaryNotificationBuilder =
         new NotificationCompat.Builder(this.getApplicationContext())
             .setChannelId(CHANNEL_ID)
             .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.notif_icon)
             .setContentIntent(
                 this.createStartMainActivityAction(threadID, threadID))
             .setContentTitle("Summary for thread id " + threadID)
             .setExtras(data)
             .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(
                 notificationSummaryBody))
             .setGroup(threadID)
             .setGroupSummary(true)
             .setAutoCancel(false)
             .setGroupAlertBehavior(NotificationCompat.GROUP_ALERT_CHILDREN);
 
     notificationManager.notify(
         threadID, threadID.hashCode(), groupSummaryNotificationBuilder.build());
   }
 
   private void checkForUnmatchedRescind(
       String threadID,
       String notificationID,
       StatusBarNotification anySummaryNotification) {
     ArrayList<String> anyGroupNotifIDs =
         anySummaryNotification.getNotification().extras.getStringArrayList(
             GROUP_NOTIF_IDS_KEY);
     if (anyGroupNotifIDs == null) {
       return;
     }
 
     String groupID = anySummaryNotification.getNotification().getGroup();
     for (String notifID : anyGroupNotifIDs) {
       if (!notificationID.equals(notifID)) {
         continue;
       }
 
       displayErrorMessageNotification(
           "Summary for thread id " + groupID + "has " + notifID,
           "Rescind Mismatch",
           "Summary notif for thread id " + groupID + " contains notif id " +
               notifID + " which was received in rescind with thread id " +
               threadID);
     }
   }
 }