diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 03648ea01c78e..01edc71191f8e 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -5481,7 +5481,8 @@ package android.app {
     method @DimenRes public int getDesiredHeightResId();
     method @NonNull public android.graphics.drawable.Icon getIcon();
     method @NonNull public android.app.PendingIntent getIntent();
-    method public boolean getSuppressInitialNotification();
+    method @Deprecated public boolean getSuppressInitialNotification();
+    method public boolean getSuppressNotification();
     method public void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int);
     field @NonNull public static final android.os.Parcelable.Creator<android.app.Notification.BubbleMetadata> CREATOR;
   }
@@ -5495,7 +5496,8 @@ package android.app {
     method @NonNull public android.app.Notification.BubbleMetadata.Builder setDesiredHeightResId(@DimenRes int);
     method @NonNull public android.app.Notification.BubbleMetadata.Builder setIcon(@NonNull android.graphics.drawable.Icon);
     method @NonNull public android.app.Notification.BubbleMetadata.Builder setIntent(@NonNull android.app.PendingIntent);
-    method @NonNull public android.app.Notification.BubbleMetadata.Builder setSuppressInitialNotification(boolean);
+    method @Deprecated @NonNull public android.app.Notification.BubbleMetadata.Builder setSuppressInitialNotification(boolean);
+    method @NonNull public android.app.Notification.BubbleMetadata.Builder setSuppressNotification(boolean);
   }
 
   public static class Notification.Builder {
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
index a90185cf1468d..5248329718640 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
@@ -8557,16 +8557,16 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
         private static final int FLAG_AUTO_EXPAND_BUBBLE = 0x00000001;
 
         /**
-         * If set and the app creating the bubble is in the foreground, the bubble will be posted
-         * <b>without</b> the associated notification in the notification shade. Subsequent update
-         * notifications to this bubble will post a notification in the shade.
+         * If set and the app posting the bubble is in the foreground, the bubble will
+         * be posted <b>without</b> the associated notification in the notification shade.
          *
-         * <p>If the app creating the bubble is not in the foreground this flag has no effect.</p>
+         * <p>If the app posting the bubble is not in the foreground this flag has no effect.</p>
          *
          * <p>Generally this flag should only be set if the user has performed an action to request
-         * or create a bubble.</p>
+         * or create a bubble, or if the user has seen the content in the notification and the
+         * notification is no longer relevant.</p>
          */
-        private static final int FLAG_SUPPRESS_INITIAL_NOTIFICATION = 0x00000002;
+        private static final int FLAG_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION = 0x00000002;
 
         private BubbleMetadata(PendingIntent expandIntent, PendingIntent deleteIntent,
                 Icon icon, int height, @DimenRes int heightResId) {
@@ -8645,9 +8645,20 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
          * @return whether this bubble should suppress the initial notification when it is posted.
          *
          * @see BubbleMetadata.Builder#setSuppressInitialNotification(boolean)
+         * @deprecated TO BE REMOVED, use {@link #getSuppressNotification()} instead.
          */
+        @Deprecated
         public boolean getSuppressInitialNotification() {
-            return (mFlags & FLAG_SUPPRESS_INITIAL_NOTIFICATION) != 0;
+            return (mFlags & FLAG_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION) != 0;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @return whether this bubble should suppress the notification when it is posted.
+         *
+         * @see BubbleMetadata.Builder#setSuppressInitialNotification(boolean)
+         */
+        public boolean getSuppressNotification() {
+            return (mFlags & FLAG_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION) != 0;
         }
 
         public static final @android.annotation.NonNull Parcelable.Creator<BubbleMetadata> CREATOR =
@@ -8806,11 +8817,31 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
              *
              * <p>Generally this flag should only be set if the user has performed an action to
              * request or create a bubble.</p>
+             *
+             * @deprecated TO BE REMOVED, use {@link #setSuppressNotification(boolean)} instead.
              */
+            @Deprecated
             @NonNull
             public BubbleMetadata.Builder setSuppressInitialNotification(
                     boolean shouldSupressNotif) {
-                setFlag(FLAG_SUPPRESS_INITIAL_NOTIFICATION, shouldSupressNotif);
+                setFlag(FLAG_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION, shouldSupressNotif);
+                return this;
+            }
+
+            /**
+             * If set and the app posting the bubble is in the foreground, the bubble will be
+             * posted <b>without</b> the associated notification in the notification shade.
+             *
+             * <p>If the app posting the bubble is not in the foreground this flag has no effect.
+             * </p>
+             *
+             * <p>Generally this flag should only be set if the user has performed an action to
+             * request or create a bubble, or if the user has seen the content in the notification
+             * and the notification is no longer relevant.</p>
+             */
+            @NonNull
+            public BubbleMetadata.Builder setSuppressNotification(boolean shouldSupressNotif) {
+                setFlag(FLAG_SUPPRESS_NOTIFICATION, shouldSupressNotif);
                 return this;
             }
 
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/bubbles/BubbleController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/bubbles/BubbleController.java
index 418d052e18580..89abd35ab92ef 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/bubbles/BubbleController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/bubbles/BubbleController.java
@@ -397,11 +397,8 @@ public class BubbleController implements BubbleExpandedView.OnBubbleBlockedListe
                 return;
             }
             if (shouldAutoBubbleForFlags(mContext, entry) || shouldBubble(entry)) {
-                // TODO: handle group summaries
-                boolean suppressNotification = entry.getBubbleMetadata() != null
-                        && entry.getBubbleMetadata().getSuppressInitialNotification()
-                        && isForegroundApp(entry.notification.getPackageName());
-                entry.setShowInShadeWhenBubble(!suppressNotification);
+                // TODO: handle group summaries?
+                updateShowInShadeForSuppressNotification(entry);
             }
         }
 
@@ -422,7 +419,7 @@ public class BubbleController implements BubbleExpandedView.OnBubbleBlockedListe
             }
             if (mNotificationInterruptionStateProvider.shouldBubbleUp(entry)
                     && alertAgain(entry, entry.notification.getNotification())) {
-                entry.setShowInShadeWhenBubble(true);
+                updateShowInShadeForSuppressNotification(entry);
                 entry.setBubbleDismissed(false); // updates come back as bubbles even if dismissed
                 updateBubble(entry);
                 mStackView.updateDotVisibility(entry.key);
@@ -589,6 +586,13 @@ public class BubbleController implements BubbleExpandedView.OnBubbleBlockedListe
                 && isForegroundApp(entry.notification.getPackageName());
     }
 
+    private void updateShowInShadeForSuppressNotification(NotificationEntry entry) {
+        boolean suppressNotification = entry.getBubbleMetadata() != null
+                && entry.getBubbleMetadata().getSuppressNotification()
+                && isForegroundApp(entry.notification.getPackageName());
+        entry.setShowInShadeWhenBubble(!suppressNotification);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return true if the applications with the package name is running in foreground.
      *