diff --git a/packages/data-context/src/actions/ElectronActions.ts b/packages/data-context/src/actions/ElectronActions.ts
index afce5ab557ad..091e81d54677 100644
--- a/packages/data-context/src/actions/ElectronActions.ts
+++ b/packages/data-context/src/actions/ElectronActions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { App, BrowserWindow, OpenDialogOptions, OpenDialogReturnValue, SaveDialogOptions, SaveDialogReturnValue } from 'electron'
+import type { App, BrowserWindow, OpenDialogOptions, OpenDialogReturnValue, SaveDialogOptions, SaveDialogReturnValue, Notification } from 'electron'
 import os from 'os'
 import type { DataContext } from '..'
 import _ from 'lodash'
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface ElectronApiShape {
   copyTextToClipboard(text: string): void
   isMainWindowFocused(): boolean
   focusMainWindow(): void
+  createNotification(title: string, body: string): Notification
 }
 
 export class ElectronActions {
@@ -104,4 +105,18 @@ export class ElectronActions {
       return obj.filePath || null
     })
   }
+
+  showSystemNotification (title: string, body: string, onClick?: () => void) {
+    const notification = this.ctx.electronApi.createNotification(title, body)
+
+    const defaultOnClick = async () => {
+      await this.ctx.actions.browser.focusActiveBrowserWindow()
+    }
+
+    const clickHandler = onClick || defaultOnClick
+
+    notification.on('click', clickHandler)
+
+    notification.show()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/graphql/schemas/schema.graphql b/packages/graphql/schemas/schema.graphql
index 572d6ada5b25..051f97132614 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/schemas/schema.graphql
+++ b/packages/graphql/schemas/schema.graphql
@@ -1786,6 +1786,9 @@ type Mutation {
   """Set failed tests for the current run to be used by the runner"""
   setTestsForRun(testsBySpec: [TestsBySpecInput!]!): Boolean
 
+  """Show system notification via Electron"""
+  showSystemNotification(body: String!, title: String!): Boolean
+
   """Switch Testing type and relaunch browser"""
   switchTestingTypeAndRelaunch(testingType: TestingTypeEnum!): Boolean
 
diff --git a/packages/graphql/src/schemaTypes/objectTypes/gql-Mutation.ts b/packages/graphql/src/schemaTypes/objectTypes/gql-Mutation.ts
index 3e7f04e8121f..c29d019bc02e 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/src/schemaTypes/objectTypes/gql-Mutation.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql/src/schemaTypes/objectTypes/gql-Mutation.ts
@@ -775,6 +775,19 @@ export const mutation = mutationType({
       },
     })
 
+    t.boolean('showSystemNotification', {
+      description: 'Show system notification via Electron',
+      args: {
+        title: nonNull(stringArg()),
+        body: nonNull(stringArg()),
+      },
+      resolve: async (source, args, ctx) => {
+        ctx.actions.electron.showSystemNotification(args.title, args.body)
+
+        return true
+      },
+    })
+
     t.boolean('moveToRelevantRun', {
       description: 'Allow the relevant run for debugging marked as next to be considered the current relevant run',
       args: {
@@ -787,7 +800,7 @@ export const mutation = mutationType({
       },
     })
 
-    //Using a mutation to just return data in order to be able to await the results in the component
+    // Using a mutation to just return data in order to be able to await the results in the component
     t.list.nonNull.string('testsForRun', {
       description: 'Return the set of test titles for the given spec path',
       args: {
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/makeDataContext.ts b/packages/server/lib/makeDataContext.ts
index a3cab7acf137..74b7349df09c 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/makeDataContext.ts
+++ b/packages/server/lib/makeDataContext.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ export function makeDataContext (options: MakeDataContextOptions): DataContext {
       focusMainWindow () {
         return focusMainWindow()
       },
+      createNotification (title, body) {
+        return new electron.Notification({ title, body })
+      },
     },
     localSettingsApi: {
       async setPreferences (object: AllowedState) {
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/modes/interactive.ts b/packages/server/lib/modes/interactive.ts
index fe7227cf6369..b76912ca5dd3 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/modes/interactive.ts
+++ b/packages/server/lib/modes/interactive.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ export = {
   },
 
   async run (options: LaunchArgs, _loading: Promise<void>) {
+    // Need to set this for system notifications to appear as "Cypress" on Windows
+    if (app.setAppUserModelId) {
+      app.setAppUserModelId('Cypress')
+    }
+
     // Note: We do not await the `_loading` promise here since initializing
     // the data context can significantly delay initial render of the UI
     // https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/26388#issuecomment-1492616609