diff --git a/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/posts.lisp b/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/posts.lisp
index e2454b0..6c417a6 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/posts.lisp
+++ b/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/posts.lisp
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
     (text "setTimeout(async () => {
         await trigger(\"ui::io_data_load\", [\"/_swiss_army_timeline?user_id={{ profile.id }}&tag={{ tag }}&page=\", Number.parseInt(\"{{ page }}\") - 1, \"{{ paged }}\" === \"true\"]);
         (await ns(\"ui\")).IO_DATA_DISABLE_RELOAD = true;
-    });"))
+    }, 500);"))
 
 (text "{% endblock %}")
diff --git a/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/settings.lisp b/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/settings.lisp
index 0867dda..2b12aa0 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/settings.lisp
+++ b/crates/app/src/public/html/profile/settings.lisp
@@ -1536,6 +1536,11 @@
                         \"{{ profile.settings.paged_timelines }}\",
                         \"checkbox\",
                     ],
+                    [
+                        [\"auto_clear_notifs\", \"Automatically clear all notifications when you open the notifications page\"],
+                        \"{{ profile.settings.auto_clear_notifs }}\",
+                        \"checkbox\",
+                    ],
                     [[], \"Fun\", \"title\"],
                     [
                         [\"disable_gpa_fun\", \"Disable GPA\"],
diff --git a/crates/app/src/routes/api/v1/auth/connections/stripe.rs b/crates/app/src/routes/api/v1/auth/connections/stripe.rs
index b0eaee6..6ef6fcd 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/routes/api/v1/auth/connections/stripe.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/routes/api/v1/auth/connections/stripe.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub async fn stripe_webhook(
 
             loop {
                 if retries >= 5 {
-                    // we've already tried 5 times (10 seconds of waiting)... it's not
+                    // we've already tried 5 times (25 seconds of waiting)... it's not
                     // going to happen
                     //
                     // we're going to report this error to the audit log so someone can
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pub async fn stripe_webhook(
                     Err(_) => {
                         tracing::info!("checkout session not stored in db yet");
                         retries += 1;
-                        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+                        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
                         continue;
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
index d83a695..f11c116 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/misc.rs
@@ -331,6 +331,14 @@ pub async fn notifications_request(
         Err(e) => return Err(Html(render_error(e, &jar, &data, &Some(user)).await)),
     };
 
+    // check and clear
+    if profile.settings.auto_clear_notifs {
+        if let Err(e) = data.0.delete_all_notifications(&user).await {
+            return Err(Html(render_error(e, &jar, &data, &Some(user)).await));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ...
     let lang = get_lang!(jar, data.0);
     let mut context = initial_context(&data.0.0.0, lang, &Some(user)).await;
 
diff --git a/crates/core/src/model/auth.rs b/crates/core/src/model/auth.rs
index 64ebc62..d38a576 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/model/auth.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/model/auth.rs
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ pub struct UserSettings {
     /// Hide posts that are answering a question on the "All" timeline.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub all_timeline_hide_answers: bool,
+    /// Automatically clear all notifications when notifications are viewed.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub auto_clear_notifs: bool,
 }
 
 fn mime_avif() -> String {