Why does my text notification stay in the status bar even after I have read the text?

[krittig]

The only way I can discard the envelope in the status bar is to pull down the notification status bar and hit clear. It use to disappear after reading the text. Any thoughts, please. This is so annoying.

Thank you.

 

[N4Newbie]

There are various utilities that can mess with the status bar. Just a few days ago someone had a similar problem and traced it to Light Flow.