Fix notification background polling, add first/last name sharing

Notifications: enable refetchIntervalInBackground on unread count
query so notifications appear in background tabs without requiring
a tab switch to trigger refetchOnWindowFocus.

Name sharing: add share_first_name and share_last_name to the full
sharing pipeline — migration 045, Settings model/schema, SHAREABLE_FIELDS,
resolve_shared_profile, create_person_from_connection (now populates
first_name + last_name + computed display name), SharingOverrideUpdate,
frontend types and SettingsPage toggles.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

backend/alembic/versions/045_add_share_name_fields.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""Add share_first_name and share_last_name to settings.
+
+Revision ID: 045
+Revises: 044
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+revision = "045"
+down_revision = "044"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column(
+        "settings",
+        sa.Column("share_first_name", sa.Boolean, nullable=False, server_default="false"),
+    )
+    op.add_column(
+        "settings",
+        sa.Column("share_last_name", sa.Boolean, nullable=False, server_default="false"),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column("settings", "share_last_name")
+    op.drop_column("settings", "share_first_name")

backend/app/models/settings.py

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class Settings(Base):
     accept_connections: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False, server_default="false")
 
     # Sharing defaults (what fields are shared with connections by default)
+    share_first_name: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False, server_default="false")
+    share_last_name: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False, server_default="false")
     share_preferred_name: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=True, server_default="true")
     share_email: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False, server_default="false")
     share_phone: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean, default=False, server_default="false")

backend/app/schemas/connection.py

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class CancelResponse(BaseModel):
 
 class SharingOverrideUpdate(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
+    first_name: Optional[bool] = None
+    last_name: Optional[bool] = None
     preferred_name: Optional[bool] = None
     email: Optional[bool] = None
     phone: Optional[bool] = None

backend/app/schemas/settings.py

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class SettingsUpdate(BaseModel):
     accept_connections: Optional[bool] = None
 
     # Sharing defaults
+    share_first_name: Optional[bool] = None
+    share_last_name: Optional[bool] = None
     share_preferred_name: Optional[bool] = None
     share_email: Optional[bool] = None
     share_phone: Optional[bool] = None
@@ -185,6 +187,8 @@ class SettingsResponse(BaseModel):
     accept_connections: bool = False
 
     # Sharing defaults
+    share_first_name: bool = False
+    share_last_name: bool = False
     share_preferred_name: bool = True
     share_email: bool = False
     share_phone: bool = False

backend/app/services/connection.py

@@ -20,17 +20,19 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Single source of truth — only these fields can be shared via connections
 SHAREABLE_FIELDS = frozenset({
-    "preferred_name", "email", "phone", "mobile",
+    "first_name", "last_name", "preferred_name", "email", "phone", "mobile",
     "birthday", "address", "company", "job_title",
 })
 
 # Maps shareable field names to their Settings model column names
 _SETTINGS_FIELD_MAP = {
+    "first_name": None,   # first_name comes from User model
+    "last_name": None,    # last_name comes from User model
     "preferred_name": "preferred_name",
-    "email": None,  # email comes from User model, not Settings
+    "email": None,        # email comes from User model
     "phone": "phone",
     "mobile": "mobile",
-    "birthday": None,  # birthday comes from User model (date_of_birth)
+    "birthday": None,     # birthday comes from User model (date_of_birth)
     "address": "address",
     "company": "company",
     "job_title": "job_title",
@@ -60,7 +62,11 @@ def resolve_shared_profile(
             continue
 
         # Resolve the actual value
-        if field == "preferred_name":
+        if field == "first_name":
+            result[field] = user.first_name
+        elif field == "last_name":
+            result[field] = user.last_name
+        elif field == "preferred_name":
             result[field] = settings.preferred_name
         elif field == "email":
             result[field] = user.email
@@ -79,8 +85,9 @@ def create_person_from_connection(
     shared_profile: dict,
 ) -> Person:
     """Create a Person record for a new connection. Does NOT add to session — caller does."""
-    # Use shared preferred_name for display, fall back to umbral_name
+    # Use shared first_name, fall back to preferred_name, then umbral_name
-    first_name = shared_profile.get("preferred_name") or connected_user.umbral_name
+    first_name = shared_profile.get("first_name") or shared_profile.get("preferred_name") or connected_user.umbral_name
+    last_name = shared_profile.get("last_name")
     email = shared_profile.get("email")
     phone = shared_profile.get("phone")
     mobile = shared_profile.get("mobile")
@@ -97,12 +104,14 @@ def create_person_from_connection(
             pass
 
     # Compute display name
-    display_name = first_name or connected_user.umbral_name
+    full = ((first_name or '') + ' ' + (last_name or '')).strip()
+    display_name = full or connected_user.umbral_name
 
     return Person(
         user_id=owner_user_id,
         name=display_name,
         first_name=first_name,
+        last_name=last_name,
         email=email,
         phone=phone,
         mobile=mobile,

frontend/src/components/settings/SettingsPage.tsx

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
 
   // Social settings
   const [acceptConnections, setAcceptConnections] = useState(settings?.accept_connections ?? false);
+  const [shareFirstName, setShareFirstName] = useState(settings?.share_first_name ?? false);
+  const [shareLastName, setShareLastName] = useState(settings?.share_last_name ?? false);
   const [sharePreferredName, setSharePreferredName] = useState(settings?.share_preferred_name ?? true);
   const [shareEmail, setShareEmail] = useState(settings?.share_email ?? false);
   const [sharePhone, setSharePhone] = useState(settings?.share_phone ?? false);
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
       setSettingsCompany(settings.company ?? '');
       setSettingsJobTitle(settings.job_title ?? '');
       setAcceptConnections(settings.accept_connections);
+      setShareFirstName(settings.share_first_name);
+      setShareLastName(settings.share_last_name);
       setSharePreferredName(settings.share_preferred_name);
       setShareEmail(settings.share_email);
       setSharePhone(settings.share_phone);
@@ -788,6 +792,8 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
                     </p>
                     <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
                       {[
+                        { field: 'share_first_name', label: 'First Name', state: shareFirstName, setter: setShareFirstName },
+                        { field: 'share_last_name', label: 'Last Name', state: shareLastName, setter: setShareLastName },
                         { field: 'share_preferred_name', label: 'Preferred Name', state: sharePreferredName, setter: setSharePreferredName },
                         { field: 'share_email', label: 'Email', state: shareEmail, setter: setShareEmail },
                         { field: 'share_phone', label: 'Phone', state: sharePhone, setter: setSharePhone },

frontend/src/hooks/useNotifications.ts

@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ export function NotificationProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       const { data } = await api.get<{ count: number }>('/notifications/unread-count');
       return data.count;
     },
-    refetchInterval: () => (visibleRef.current ? 15_000 : false),
+    refetchInterval: 15_000,
+    refetchIntervalInBackground: true,
     staleTime: 10_000,
   });
 

frontend/src/types/index.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export interface Settings {
   // Social settings
   accept_connections: boolean;
   // Sharing defaults
+  share_first_name: boolean;
+  share_last_name: boolean;
   share_preferred_name: boolean;
   share_email: boolean;
   share_phone: boolean;