UT Instapoll Alert

Tracking since Apr 3, 2026.

Changelog

• Apr 17, 2026
  description

  ****UPDATED 2026 FOR ALL TYPES OF INSTAPOLLS***
  Updated:
  ->Add test chime 
  ->Added welcome and goodbye site
  
  Miss one Instapoll and lose the points. UT Instapoll Alert monitors the polls.la.utexas.edu page in real-time and fires a push notification to your phone, a desktop alert, and an audio chime the instant a poll opens.
  
  HOW IT WORKS
  Unlike timers that check every few seconds, this extension intercepts the same live WebSocket channel UT uses internally — you get the alert the exact moment the poll fires, not 10–30 seconds later.
  
  PRIVACY
  No data leaves your browser except the push notification payload sent directly from your browser to ntfy.sh. NO servers, NO accounts, NO tracking.
  
  SETUP
  1. Install the extension
  2. Open the popup and enter a free ntfy.sh topic name
  3. Subscribe to the same topic in the ntfy app on your phone
  4. Navigate to polls.la.utexas.edu — monitoring starts automatically
  
  
  FEATURES
  • Real-time detection via WebSocket (Pusher) interception
  • Push notifications to any device via ntfy.sh — no app account required
  • Audio chime that repeats every 4 seconds until the poll closes
  • Experimental: auto-submit for one-click attendance polls
  • Clean status indicator (monitoring / poll detected / idle)
  
  
  
  
  Open source under MIT license

  ****UPDATED 2026 FOR ALL TYPES OF INSTAPOLLS***
  
  v1.0.2 — Bug Fix: Alerts now work when the Instapoll tab is already open
  
  Fixed an issue where no alerts (audio, notification, or push) would fire unless you refreshed the Instapoll tab after opening it. The extension now correctly intercepts live polls even when the tab has been sitting open in the background. No setup changes needed.
  
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  Miss one Instapoll and lose the points. UT Instapoll Alert monitors the polls.la.utexas.edu page in real-time and fires a push notification to your phone, a desktop alert, and an audio chime the instant a poll opens.
  
  HOW IT WORKS
  Unlike timers that check every few seconds, this extension intercepts the same live WebSocket channel UT uses internally — you get the alert the exact moment the poll fires, not 10–30 seconds later.
  
  PRIVACY
  No data leaves your browser except the push notification payload sent directly from your browser to ntfy.sh. NO servers, NO accounts, NO tracking.
  
  SETUP
  1. Install the extension
  2. Open the popup and enter a free ntfy.sh topic name
  3. Subscribe to the same topic in the ntfy app on your phone
  4. Navigate to polls.la.utexas.edu — monitoring starts automatically
  
  
  FEATURES
  • Real-time detection via WebSocket (Pusher) interception
  • Push notifications to any device via ntfy.sh — no app account required
  • Audio chime that repeats every 4 seconds until the poll closes
  • Experimental: auto-submit for one-click attendance polls
  • Clean status indicator (monitoring / poll detected / idle)
  
  
  
  
  Open source under MIT license

• Apr 3, 2026
  description

  Miss one Instapoll and lose the points. UT Instapoll Alert monitors the polls.la.utexas.edu page in real-time and fires a push notification to your phone, a desktop alert, and an audio chime the instant a poll opens.
  
  HOW IT WORKS
  Unlike timers that check every few seconds, this extension intercepts the same live WebSocket channel UT uses internally — you get the alert the exact moment the poll fires, not 10–30 seconds later.
  
  FEATURES
  • Real-time detection via WebSocket (Pusher) interception
  • Push notifications to any device via ntfy.sh — no app account required
  • Audio chime that repeats every 4 seconds until the poll closes
  • Experimental: auto-submit for one-click attendance polls
  • Clean status indicator (monitoring / poll detected / idle)
  
  SETUP
  1. Install the extension
  2. Open the popup and enter a free ntfy.sh topic name
  3. Subscribe to the same topic in the ntfy app on your phone
  4. Navigate to polls.la.utexas.edu — monitoring starts automatically
  
  PRIVACY
  No data leaves your browser except the push notification payload sent directly from your browser to ntfy.sh. No servers, no accounts, no tracking.
  
  Open source under MIT license: github.com/adihebbalae/UTPoll

  ****UPDATED 2026 FOR ALL TYPES OF INSTAPOLLS***
  Updated:
  ->Add test chime 
  ->Added welcome and goodbye site
  
  Miss one Instapoll and lose the points. UT Instapoll Alert monitors the polls.la.utexas.edu page in real-time and fires a push notification to your phone, a desktop alert, and an audio chime the instant a poll opens.
  
  HOW IT WORKS
  Unlike timers that check every few seconds, this extension intercepts the same live WebSocket channel UT uses internally — you get the alert the exact moment the poll fires, not 10–30 seconds later.
  
  PRIVACY
  No data leaves your browser except the push notification payload sent directly from your browser to ntfy.sh. NO servers, NO accounts, NO tracking.
  
  SETUP
  1. Install the extension
  2. Open the popup and enter a free ntfy.sh topic name
  3. Subscribe to the same topic in the ntfy app on your phone
  4. Navigate to polls.la.utexas.edu — monitoring starts automatically
  
  
  FEATURES
  • Real-time detection via WebSocket (Pusher) interception
  • Push notifications to any device via ntfy.sh — no app account required
  • Audio chime that repeats every 4 seconds until the poll closes
  • Experimental: auto-submit for one-click attendance polls
  • Clean status indicator (monitoring / poll detected / idle)
  
  
  
  
  Open source under MIT license

• Apr 3, 2026
  host_permissions

  *://polls.la.utexas.edu/*, https://ntfy.sh/*, wss://pusher-ws.la.utexas.edu/*

  *://polls.la.utexas.edu/*, https://ntfy.sh/*, wss://pusher-ws.la.utexas.edu/*, http://localhost:8080/*

Permissions & access

Permissions

notificationsstorageoffscreen

Host access

*://polls.la.utexas.edu/*, https://ntfy.sh/*, wss://pusher-ws.la.utexas.edu/*, http://localhost:8080/*

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