Switching off email notifications on comments is also blocking web notifications

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP SP1, 7.0.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP FP43, 7.0.6 CE GA7, 7.0.0 DXP SP8, 7.0.X, 7.1.0 M2, 7.1.X, Master
• Component/s: Social Networking, User Notifications
• Labels:
  • INACTIVE
  • backend_test
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-digital-enterprise-70-sp8
  • liferay-fixpack-de-43-7010
• Branch Version/s:
  7.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 1
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/56518

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start Liferay
2. Create a Basic Web Content
3. Add a Web Content Display portlet on a page
4. Add previously created web content to WCD portlet
5. Go to Configuration section of WCD portlet > Content Metadata configuration and enable comments
6. Create a new User who should be a member of the site where you created the content
7. Add the role Administrator to the new User
8. Log in with new User and subscribe to comments
9. As omniadmin, add a new comment for the published WC

>>> An email notification will be sent (mail server) and the User will also see a notification in the 'Notifications' section on the left-hand side, within Liferay.

10. Now add the following property to portal-ext: discussion.email.comments.added.enabled=false in order to disable email notifications
11. Restart Liferay
12. Log in with omniadmin and add a new comment for the WC
13. Check mail server, there is no email notification sent, which is good
14. Log in with User

Result: No notification is visible in the Notifications section.

Expected: The property should only disable email notifications, not regular ones within Liferay.