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This bell pulls live notifications from /go/notify/messages — the same contract documented at /docs/concepts/service-contracts/. Static articles like this one are the no-JS / no-backend fallback.
recently-visited
Device-local reader history lens. Tracks pages the reader has visited on this device only. Stored in localStorage, never sent to a backend, never aggregated.
Overview
This is the private half of the lens family. It records pages the reader has visited on this device only and surfaces them as a most-recent-first list. The data lives in localStorage under vb:recently-visited and never crosses the network.
Reader sovereignty is non-negotiable here: the component renders both a Pause toggle and a Clear control alongside the list, and an explicit explainer that this history is local-only.
HTML
<recently-visited limit="20"></recently-visited>Attributes
| Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | number | 25 | Max entries kept in local history |
no-track | boolean | false | Don't append the current page on connect (useful for an embed on the home page) |
empty-text | string | built-in | Message rendered when history is empty |
Storage
Two localStorage keys are used:
vb:recently-visited- JSON array of
{ url, title, ts }records, most-recent-first. vb:recently-visited:paused"1"when the reader has paused tracking. Existence of the key is the signal — absence means tracking is active.
Both keys are reader-controllable: the Clear button removes the first; the Pause toggle manages the second. Privacy/incognito modes that block localStorage degrade silently — tracking just doesn't happen.
Events
| Event | Detail | When |
|---|---|---|
recently-visited:clear | — | Reader clears the local history |