Hi @lpb, I know, things got a big confusing, so thanks for the detailed breakdown.
The “Attachments” checkbox in the project’s Member notification settings is project-level only, and doesn’t affect attachments added to any other objects like tasks, for example. To go through your five cases directly:
Will setting the attachment checkbox in the project’s Manage notifications dialog result in a notification for any/all of those 1-5 cases of a file being attached?
- Task attachments: No. Notifications for those depend on whether the person is a collaborator on the task, not on this setting.
- Message attachments: No. Those follow the Messages checkbox in the same notification settings, not the Attachments one. If you have “Messages” in that checkbox unchecked, you will not be notified of project messages, even if they have attachments.
- Pages: Yes. Pages now count as project-level attachments, so adding a page will trigger a notification for anyone with this box checked. But adding attachments to an existing page will not trigger attachment notifications.
- Files added via the “+Add file” button in the Files tab: Yes, and this applies to all kinds of files added there.
- Files added to Overview > Key Resources: Yes. This is also project-level, so new attachments will trigger notifications.
The important distinction is that the Files tab shows all attachments in a project, including those on tasks and messages, for visibility purposes. But that display behaviour is separate from the notification setting. The checkbox only fires for items attached directly to the project.
I’m flagging your empty state suggestion to the team. You are right that the current copy doesn’t reflect that project level attachments like Pages and Key Resources also appear there, and that’s worth updating. 