System tray & notifications
Zagens runs as a normal desktop app with a system tray icon on Windows.
Tray behavior
- Minimize or close the window — the app can stay running in the tray (per your OS settings)
- Click the tray icon to restore the main window
- Quit fully from the tray menu when you want to stop the runtime sidecar
Turn-complete notifications
When a long agent turn finishes while Zagens is in the background, a native toast notification can alert you (see desktop shell settings).
Useful for Office DOCX generation or Code test runs that take several minutes.
Runtime sidecar
The tray reflects app process health; agent work still flows through the local runtime sidecar on 127.0.0.1. Check the sidebar connection badge if turns fail silently.
Tips
- Allow notifications for Zagens in Windows Settings if toasts never appear.
- For unattended runs, keep the machine awake and API key configured.