fix(gateway): skip heartbeat wake on deduped notifications

src/gateway/server-node-events.test.ts

@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ describe("notifications changed events", () => {
     requestHeartbeatNowMock.mockClear();
     loadSessionEntryMock.mockClear();
     loadSessionEntryMock.mockImplementation((sessionKey: string) => buildSessionLookup(sessionKey));
+    enqueueSystemEventMock.mockReturnValue(true);
   });
 
   it("enqueues notifications.changed posted events", async () => {
@@ -457,6 +458,31 @@ describe("notifications changed events", () => {
     expect(enqueueSystemEventMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(requestHeartbeatNowMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it("does not wake heartbeat when notifications.changed event is deduped", async () => {
+    enqueueSystemEventMock.mockReset();
+    enqueueSystemEventMock.mockReturnValueOnce(true).mockReturnValueOnce(false);
+    const ctx = buildCtx();
+    const payload = JSON.stringify({
+      change: "posted",
+      key: "notif-dupe",
+      packageName: "com.example.chat",
+      title: "Message",
+      text: "Ping from Alex",
+    });
+
+    await handleNodeEvent(ctx, "node-n6", {
+      event: "notifications.changed",
+      payloadJSON: payload,
+    });
+    await handleNodeEvent(ctx, "node-n6", {
+      event: "notifications.changed",
+      payloadJSON: payload,
+    });
+
+    expect(enqueueSystemEventMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(requestHeartbeatNowMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("agent request events", () => {

src/gateway/server-node-events.ts

@@ -485,8 +485,13 @@ export const handleNodeEvent = async (ctx: NodeEventContext, nodeId: string, evt
         }
       }
 
-      enqueueSystemEvent(summary, { sessionKey, contextKey: `notification:${key}` });
-      requestHeartbeatNow({ reason: "notifications-event", sessionKey });
+      const queued = enqueueSystemEvent(summary, {
+        sessionKey,
+        contextKey: `notification:${key}`,
+      });
+      if (queued) {
+        requestHeartbeatNow({ reason: "notifications-event", sessionKey });
+      }
       return;
     }
     case "chat.subscribe": {

src/infra/system-events.test.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ describe("system events (session routing)", () => {
   it("requires an explicit session key", () => {
     expect(() => enqueueSystemEvent("Node: Mac Studio", { sessionKey: " " })).toThrow("sessionKey");
   });
+
+  it("returns false for consecutive duplicate events", () => {
+    const first = enqueueSystemEvent("Node connected", { sessionKey: "agent:main:main" });
+    const second = enqueueSystemEvent("Node connected", { sessionKey: "agent:main:main" });
+
+    expect(first).toBe(true);
+    expect(second).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("isCronSystemEvent", () => {

src/infra/system-events.ts

@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ export function enqueueSystemEvent(text: string, options: SystemEventOptions) {
     })();
   const cleaned = text.trim();
   if (!cleaned) {
-    return;
+    return false;
   }
   const normalizedContextKey = normalizeContextKey(options?.contextKey);
   entry.lastContextKey = normalizedContextKey;
   if (entry.lastText === cleaned) {
-    return;
+    return false;
   } // skip consecutive duplicates
   entry.lastText = cleaned;
   entry.queue.push({
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export function enqueueSystemEvent(text: string, options: SystemEventOptions) {
   if (entry.queue.length > MAX_EVENTS) {
     entry.queue.shift();
   }
+  return true;
 }
 
 export function drainSystemEventEntries(sessionKey: string): SystemEvent[] {