fix: deduplicate identical digest events

AppImage/scripts/notification_manager.py

@@ -1602,6 +1602,10 @@ class NotificationManager:
         'vm_fail', 'ct_fail',
         'system_shutdown', 'system_reboot',
     })
+    # A task completion can be observed twice through adjacent collectors.
+    # Keep the daily digest useful by coalescing only byte-for-byte identical
+    # buffered INFO entries that arrive close together.
+    _DIGEST_DUPLICATE_WINDOW = 300  # seconds
 
     def _should_buffer_for_digest(self, ch_name: str, severity: str,
                                   event_type: str) -> bool:
@@ -1632,12 +1636,29 @@ class NotificationManager:
             conn = sqlite3.connect(str(DB_PATH), timeout=10)
             conn.execute('PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL')
             conn.execute('PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000')
+            # Adjacent collectors can observe the same completed task. Only
+            # coalesce byte-for-byte identical rows, so a different version,
+            # source or result stays visible in the same digest.
+            now = int(time.time())
+            duplicate = conn.execute(
+                'SELECT 1 FROM digest_pending '
+                'WHERE channel = ? AND event_type = ? AND event_group = ? '
+                'AND severity = ? AND title = ? AND body = ? AND ts >= ? '
+                'LIMIT 1',
+                (
+                    ch_name, event_type, event_group, severity, title, body,
+                    now - self._DIGEST_DUPLICATE_WINDOW,
+                ),
+            ).fetchone()
+            if duplicate:
+                conn.close()
+                return
             conn.execute(
                 'INSERT INTO digest_pending '
                 '(channel, event_type, event_group, severity, ts, title, body) '
                 'VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)',
                 (ch_name, event_type, event_group, severity,
-                 int(time.time()), title, body),
+                 now, title, body),
             )
             conn.commit()
             conn.close()

AppImage/scripts/tests/test_notification_runtime_i18n.py

@@ -707,6 +707,52 @@ class RuntimeCatalogTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("System", channel.payload[1])
         self.assertTrue(channel.payload[3]["_quiet_hours_summary"])
 
+    def test_digest_buffer_coalesces_only_identical_recent_events(self):
+        manager = notification_manager.NotificationManager()
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            db_path = Path(directory) / "settings.db"
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
+            conn.execute(
+                "CREATE TABLE digest_pending ("
+                "id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, channel TEXT, event_type TEXT, "
+                "event_group TEXT, severity TEXT, ts INTEGER, title TEXT, body TEXT)"
+            )
+            conn.commit()
+            conn.close()
+
+            with mock.patch.object(notification_manager, "DB_PATH", db_path), \
+                    mock.patch.object(notification_manager.time, "time", side_effect=(1000, 1060, 1070, 1301)):
+                manager._buffer_digest_event(
+                    "telegram", "lxc_update_applied", "vm_ct", "INFO",
+                    "pve01: LXC wireguard (101) update completed", "Source: Manual",
+                )
+                # Same completed task from an adjacent collector: do not list it twice.
+                manager._buffer_digest_event(
+                    "telegram", "lxc_update_applied", "vm_ct", "INFO",
+                    "pve01: LXC wireguard (101) update completed", "Source: Manual",
+                )
+                # Different result/body for the same LXC remains visible.
+                manager._buffer_digest_event(
+                    "telegram", "lxc_update_applied", "vm_ct", "INFO",
+                    "pve01: LXC wireguard (101) update completed", "Source: Scheduled",
+                )
+                # The same result is allowed again outside the short window.
+                manager._buffer_digest_event(
+                    "telegram", "lxc_update_applied", "vm_ct", "INFO",
+                    "pve01: LXC wireguard (101) update completed", "Source: Manual",
+                )
+
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
+            rows = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT ts, body FROM digest_pending ORDER BY id"
+            ).fetchall()
+            conn.close()
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            rows,
+            [(1000, "Source: Manual"), (1070, "Source: Scheduled"), (1301, "Source: Manual")],
+        )
+
     def test_visible_templates_use_known_backend_and_frontend_groups(self):
         visible_groups = {
             template.get("group", "other")