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Asana Sends Duplicate Notification Emails for Task Assignments

Asana users receive redundant email notifications when both a task update and a direct assignment notification fire for the same event. This creates inbox clutter and reduces the signal value of Asana notifications. Affected users either ignore notifications entirely or spend time filtering duplicates.

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