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I receive a notification that Sentry Mode activated when opening the camera feed in the official Tesla app. Is that normal?

This behavior only occurs on Model S and Model X vehicles manufactured before 2021 that use Tesla’s legacy API. For these vehicles, the official app needs to activate Sentry Mode to receive the live video feed, which isn’t distinguished by an activity-related activation. Hence, Sentry Pro will send you a notification.

For these legacy vehicles, this is actually a good method to verify that notifications are functioning, especially if you park in an area with a potentially poor network connection for the vehicle.