diff --git a/crates/channel/src/channel_chat.rs b/crates/channel/src/channel_chat.rs
index 5f256f2f29..c08b657187 100644
--- a/crates/channel/src/channel_chat.rs
+++ b/crates/channel/src/channel_chat.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ impl ChannelChat {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Load all of the chat messages since a certain message id.
+    ///
+    /// For now, we always maintain a suffix of the channel's messages.
     pub async fn load_history_since_message(
         chat: ModelHandle<Self>,
         message_id: u64,
diff --git a/crates/collab/src/rpc.rs b/crates/collab/src/rpc.rs
index 7ff1dc7717..adb7ff50ff 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/rpc.rs
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@ fn send_notifications(
         for connection_id in connection_pool.user_connection_ids(user_id) {
             if let Err(error) = peer.send(
                 connection_id,
-                proto::NewNotification {
+                proto::AddNotification {
                     notification: Some(notification.clone()),
                 },
             ) {
diff --git a/crates/notifications/src/notification_store.rs b/crates/notifications/src/notification_store.rs
index 0ee4ad35f1..6aeb792e87 100644
--- a/crates/notifications/src/notification_store.rs
+++ b/crates/notifications/src/notification_store.rs
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl NotificationStore {
 
     async fn handle_new_notification(
         this: ModelHandle<Self>,
-        envelope: TypedEnvelope<proto::NewNotification>,
+        envelope: TypedEnvelope<proto::AddNotification>,
         _: Arc<Client>,
         cx: AsyncAppContext,
     ) -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/crates/rpc/proto/zed.proto b/crates/rpc/proto/zed.proto
index 6eeb006f3a..854c3f0f9a 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/proto/zed.proto
+++ b/crates/rpc/proto/zed.proto
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ message Envelope {
         MoveChannel move_channel = 147;
         SetChannelVisibility set_channel_visibility = 148;
 
-        NewNotification new_notification = 149;
+        AddNotification add_notification = 149;
         GetNotifications get_notifications = 150;
         GetNotificationsResponse get_notifications_response = 151;
         DeleteNotification delete_notification = 152;
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ message GetNotifications {
     optional uint64 before_id = 1;
 }
 
-message NewNotification {
+message AddNotification {
     Notification notification = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/rpc/src/proto.rs b/crates/rpc/src/proto.rs
index 1c46bbbb14..571fbec865 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/src/proto.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/src/proto.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ messages!(
     (Ack, Foreground),
     (AckBufferOperation, Background),
     (AckChannelMessage, Background),
+    (AddNotification, Foreground),
     (AddProjectCollaborator, Foreground),
     (ApplyCodeAction, Background),
     (ApplyCodeActionResponse, Background),
@@ -212,7 +213,6 @@ messages!(
     (LinkChannel, Foreground),
     (MarkNotificationsRead, Foreground),
     (MoveChannel, Foreground),
-    (NewNotification, Foreground),
     (OnTypeFormatting, Background),
     (OnTypeFormattingResponse, Background),
     (OpenBufferById, Background),