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Teams Desktop – Notification area becomes unresponsive after first notification
Summary
After the first notification is displayed following Teams startup, the notification area becomes unresponsive to clicks. This persists even after the notification itself has been dismissed, and is only resolved by force-closing and restarting Teams.
Environment
- OS: Windows 11 25H2 (Build 26200.8655)
- Microsoft Teams version: 26163.407.4851.7751
Steps to Reproduce
- Launch Microsoft Teams
- Wait for the first notification to appear
- Attempt to interact with the notification area (click to open/dismiss)
- Observe that the area is no longer responsive to clicks, even after the notification closes
Expected behavior
The notification area should remain interactive after each notification, allowing normal click interaction.
Actual behavior
The notification area stops responding to clicks after the first notification of the session. Interactivity is only restored after a full force-close and restart of Teams.
Scope
- Issue is specific to Teams notifications; notifications from other applications on the same system behave normally.
- Issue has been reproduced on multiple PCs, suggesting it is not tied to a single machine configuration.
Troubleshooting already attempted (no resolution)
- Clearing Teams cache
- Resetting the app
- Full uninstall/reinstall of Teams
Has anyone else encountered this behavior, or is this a known issue with a fix/workaround in progress? Any guidance on additional logs or diagnostics I could provide would be appreciated.
1 Reply
That sounds like a frustrating regression. Since you have already cleared the cache and reinstalled, please collect Teams client logs immediately after reproducing it and include the exact Teams version, Windows build, and whether the new Teams client is installed per-user or machine-wide. As it reproduces across PCs, I’d also check whether a shared policy, notification setting, or security product is injecting into the notification process.
