diff --git a/docs/PackageOverview.md b/docs/PackageOverview.md
index 26a040008..0ba7de8ec 100644
--- a/docs/PackageOverview.md
+++ b/docs/PackageOverview.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module.exports =
   # watching any files, holding external resources, providing commands or
   # subscribing to events, release them here.
   deactivate: ->
-    ComponentRegistry.unregister('TranslateButton')
+    ComponentRegistry.unregister(TranslateButton)
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/.gitignore b/internal_packages/developer-bar/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/.gitignore
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/.gitignore
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-curl-item.cjsx b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-curl-item.cjsx
similarity index 86%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-curl-item.cjsx
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-curl-item.cjsx
index c91f8fa64..f1c90d369 100644
--- a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-curl-item.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-curl-item.cjsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 React = require 'react/addons'
 
-class ActivityBarCurlItem extends React.Component
-  @displayName: 'ActivityBarCurlItem'
+class DeveloperBarCurlItem extends React.Component
+  @displayName: 'DeveloperBarCurlItem'
 
   render: =>
     <div className={"item status-code-#{@props.item.statusCode}"}>
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ class ActivityBarCurlItem extends React.Component
     shell.openItem(curlFile)
 
 
-module.exports = ActivityBarCurlItem
+module.exports = DeveloperBarCurlItem
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-long-poll-item.cjsx b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-long-poll-item.cjsx
similarity index 87%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-long-poll-item.cjsx
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-long-poll-item.cjsx
index 3bed72ad3..1f3047ebe 100644
--- a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-long-poll-item.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-long-poll-item.cjsx
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ React = require 'react/addons'
 moment = require 'moment'
 {Utils} = require 'nylas-exports'
 
-class ActivityBarLongPollItem extends React.Component
-  @displayName: 'ActivityBarLongPollItem'
+class DeveloperBarLongPollItem extends React.Component
+  @displayName: 'DeveloperBarLongPollItem'
 
   constructor: (@props) ->
     @state = expanded: false
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ class ActivityBarLongPollItem extends React.Component
 
 
 
-module.exports = ActivityBarLongPollItem
+module.exports = DeveloperBarLongPollItem
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-store.coffee b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-store.coffee
similarity index 96%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-store.coffee
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-store.coffee
index 40f950c91..ad2ee5a07 100644
--- a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-store.coffee
+++ b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-store.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _ = require 'underscore-plus'
 
 curlItemId = 0
 
-ActivityBarStore = Reflux.createStore
+DeveloperBarStore = Reflux.createStore
   init: ->
     @_setStoreDefaults()
     @_registerListeners()
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ ActivityBarStore = Reflux.createStore
 
     @triggerThrottled(@)
 
-module.exports = ActivityBarStore
+module.exports = DeveloperBarStore
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-task.cjsx b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-task.cjsx
similarity index 93%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-task.cjsx
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-task.cjsx
index 26a08c693..fb184801c 100644
--- a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar-task.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar-task.cjsx
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ classNames = require 'classnames'
 _ = require 'underscore-plus'
 {Utils} = require 'nylas-exports'
 
-class ActivityBarTask extends React.Component
-  @displayName: 'ActivityBarTask'
+class DeveloperBarTask extends React.Component
+  @displayName: 'DeveloperBarTask'
 
   constructor: (@props) ->
     @state = expanded: false
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ class ActivityBarTask extends React.Component
       "task-success": qs.performedLocal and qs.performedRemote
 
 
-module.exports = ActivityBarTask
+module.exports = DeveloperBarTask
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar.cjsx b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar.cjsx
similarity index 84%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar.cjsx
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar.cjsx
index 1c0c59553..f416f9bd7 100644
--- a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/activity-bar.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/developer-bar.cjsx
@@ -9,28 +9,28 @@ React = require 'react/addons'
  Message} = require 'nylas-exports'
 {ResizableRegion} = require 'nylas-component-kit'
 
-ActivityBarStore = require './activity-bar-store'
-ActivityBarTask = require './activity-bar-task'
-ActivityBarCurlItem = require './activity-bar-curl-item'
-ActivityBarLongPollItem = require './activity-bar-long-poll-item'
+DeveloperBarStore = require './developer-bar-store'
+DeveloperBarTask = require './developer-bar-task'
+DeveloperBarCurlItem = require './developer-bar-curl-item'
+DeveloperBarLongPollItem = require './developer-bar-long-poll-item'
 
-ActivityBarClosedHeight = 30
+DeveloperBarClosedHeight = 30
 
-class ActivityBar extends React.Component
-  @displayName: "ActivityBar"
+class DeveloperBar extends React.Component
+  @displayName: "DeveloperBar"
 
   @containerRequired: false
 
   constructor: (@props) ->
     @state = _.extend @_getStateFromStores(),
-      height: ActivityBarClosedHeight
+      height: DeveloperBarClosedHeight
       section: 'curl'
       filter: ''
 
   componentDidMount: =>
     ipc.on 'report-issue', => @_onFeedback()
     @taskQueueUnsubscribe = TaskQueue.listen @_onChange
-    @activityStoreUnsubscribe = ActivityBarStore.listen @_onChange
+    @activityStoreUnsubscribe = DeveloperBarStore.listen @_onChange
 
   componentWillUnmount: =>
     @taskQueueUnsubscribe() if @taskQueueUnsubscribe
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ class ActivityBar extends React.Component
   render: =>
     return <div></div> unless @state.visible
 
-    <ResizableRegion className="activity-bar"
+    <ResizableRegion className="developer-bar"
                      initialHeight={@state.height}
-                     minHeight={ActivityBarClosedHeight}
+                     minHeight={DeveloperBarClosedHeight}
                      handle={ResizableRegion.Handle.Top}>
       <div className="controls">
         {@_caret()}
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ActivityBar extends React.Component
     </ResizableRegion>
 
   _caret: =>
-    if @state.height > ActivityBarClosedHeight
+    if @state.height > DeveloperBarClosedHeight
       <i className="fa fa-caret-square-o-down" onClick={@_onHide}></i>
     else
       <i className="fa fa-caret-square-o-up" onClick={@_onShow}></i>
@@ -90,26 +90,26 @@ class ActivityBar extends React.Component
 
     if @state.section == 'curl'
       itemDivs = @state.curlHistory.filter(matchingFilter).map (item) ->
-        <ActivityBarCurlItem item={item} key={item.id}/>
+        <DeveloperBarCurlItem item={item} key={item.id}/>
       expandedDiv = <div className="expanded-section curl-history">{itemDivs}</div>
 
     else if @state.section == 'long-polling'
       itemDivs = @state.longPollHistory.filter(matchingFilter).map (item) ->
-        <ActivityBarLongPollItem item={item} key={item.cursor}/>
+        <DeveloperBarLongPollItem item={item} key={item.cursor}/>
       expandedDiv = <div className="expanded-section long-polling">{itemDivs}</div>
 
     else if @state.section == 'queue'
       queue = @state.queue.filter(matchingFilter)
       queueDivs = for i in [@state.queue.length - 1..0] by -1
         task = @state.queue[i]
-        <ActivityBarTask task={task}
+        <DeveloperBarTask task={task}
                          key={task.id}
                          type="queued" />
 
       queueCompleted = @state.completed.filter(matchingFilter)
       queueCompletedDivs = for i in [@state.completed.length - 1..0] by -1
         task = @state.completed[i]
-        <ActivityBarTask task={task}
+        <DeveloperBarTask task={task}
                          key={task.id}
                          type="completed" />
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class ActivityBar extends React.Component
 
   _onHide: =>
     @setState
-      height: ActivityBarClosedHeight
+      height: DeveloperBarClosedHeight
 
   _onShow: =>
     @setState(height: 200) if @state.height < 100
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ class ActivityBar extends React.Component
         Actions.composePopoutDraft(localId)
 
   _getStateFromStores: =>
-    visible: ActivityBarStore.visible()
+    visible: DeveloperBarStore.visible()
     queue: TaskQueue._queue
     completed: TaskQueue._completed
-    curlHistory: ActivityBarStore.curlHistory()
-    longPollHistory: ActivityBarStore.longPollHistory()
-    longPollState: ActivityBarStore.longPollState()
+    curlHistory: DeveloperBarStore.curlHistory()
+    longPollHistory: DeveloperBarStore.longPollHistory()
+    longPollState: DeveloperBarStore.longPollState()
 
 
-module.exports = ActivityBar
+module.exports = DeveloperBar
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/main.cjsx b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/main.cjsx
similarity index 61%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/main.cjsx
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/main.cjsx
index c6e09f20a..4e07c06c2 100644
--- a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/lib/main.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/developer-bar/lib/main.cjsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 React = require 'react'
 {ComponentRegistry, WorkspaceStore} = require 'nylas-exports'
-ActivityBar = require './activity-bar'
+DeveloperBar = require './developer-bar'
 
 module.exports =
   item: null
 
   activate: (@state={}) ->
-    ComponentRegistry.register ActivityBar,
+    ComponentRegistry.register DeveloperBar,
       location: WorkspaceStore.Sheet.Global.Footer
 
   deactivate: ->
-    ComponentRegistry.unregister ActivityBar
+    ComponentRegistry.unregister DeveloperBar
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/package.json b/internal_packages/developer-bar/package.json
similarity index 61%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/package.json
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/package.json
index 47cdc7aa7..ddab3cd7b 100755
--- a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/package.json
+++ b/internal_packages/developer-bar/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "name": "inbox-activity-bar",
+  "name": "developer-bar",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "main": "./lib/main",
-  "description": "Activity bar at the very bottom of the window",
+  "description": "Developer bar at the very bottom of the window",
   "license": "Proprietary",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
diff --git a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/stylesheets/activity-bar.less b/internal_packages/developer-bar/stylesheets/developer-bar.less
similarity index 99%
rename from internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/stylesheets/activity-bar.less
rename to internal_packages/developer-bar/stylesheets/developer-bar.less
index aa12e7036..13f1423c6 100755
--- a/internal_packages/inbox-activity-bar/stylesheets/activity-bar.less
+++ b/internal_packages/developer-bar/stylesheets/developer-bar.less
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @import "ui-variables";
 
-.activity-bar {
+.developer-bar {
   -webkit-font-smoothing: auto;
   background-color: rgba(80,80,80,1);
   border-top:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
diff --git a/internal_packages/notifications/lib/activity-sidebar.cjsx b/internal_packages/notifications/lib/activity-sidebar.cjsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b37e9d877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal_packages/notifications/lib/activity-sidebar.cjsx
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+React = require 'react'
+_ = require 'underscore-plus'
+classNames = require 'classnames'
+NotificationStore = require './notifications-store'
+{Actions,
+ TaskQueue,
+ NamespaceStore,
+ NylasAPI} = require 'nylas-exports'
+{TimeoutTransitionGroup} = require 'nylas-component-kit'
+
+class ActivitySidebar extends React.Component
+  @displayName: 'ActivitySidebar'
+
+  @containerRequired: false
+
+  constructor: (@props) ->
+    @state = @_getStateFromStores()
+
+  componentDidMount: =>
+    @_unlisteners = []
+    @_unlisteners.push NamespaceStore.listen @_onNamespacesChanged
+    @_unlisteners.push TaskQueue.listen @_onDataChanged
+    @_unlisteners.push NotificationStore.listen @_onDataChanged
+    @_onNamespacesChanged()
+
+  componentWillUnmount: =>
+    unlisten() for unlisten in @_unlisteners
+    @_workerUnlisten() if @_workerUnlisten
+
+  render: =>
+    items = [].concat(@_renderSyncActivityItem(), @_renderNotificationActivityItems(), @_renderTaskActivityItems())
+
+    names = classNames
+      "sidebar-activity": true
+      "sidebar-activity-empty": items.length is 0
+      "sidebar-activity-error": error?
+
+    <TimeoutTransitionGroup
+      className={names}
+      leaveTimeout={625}
+      enterTimeout={125}
+      transitionName="activity-item">
+      {items}
+    </TimeoutTransitionGroup>
+
+  _renderSyncActivityItem: =>
+    count = 0
+    fetched = 0
+    progress = 0
+    incomplete = 0
+    error = null
+
+    for model, modelState of @state.sync
+      incomplete += 1 unless modelState.complete
+      error ?= modelState.error
+      if modelState.count
+        count += modelState.count / 1
+        fetched += modelState.fetched / 1
+
+    progress = (fetched / count) * 100 if count > 0
+
+    if incomplete is 0
+      return []
+    else if error
+      <div className="item">
+        <div className="inner">Initial sync encountered an error. Waiting to retry...
+          <div className="btn btn-emphasis" onClick={@_onTryAgain}>Try Again</div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    else
+      <div className="item">
+        <div className="progress-track">
+          <div className="progress" style={width: "#{progress}%"}></div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="inner">Syncing mail data...</div>
+      </div>
+
+  _renderTaskActivityItems: =>
+    summary = {}
+
+    @state.tasks.map (task) ->
+      label = task.label?()
+      return unless label
+      summary[label] ?= 0
+      summary[label] += 1
+
+    _.pairs(summary).map ([label, count]) ->
+      <div className="item" key={label}>
+        <div className="inner">
+          {label} <span className="count">({count})</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+  _renderNotificationActivityItems: =>
+    @state.notifications.map (notification) ->
+      <div className="item" key={notification.id}>
+        <div className="inner">
+          {notification.message}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+  _onNamespacesChanged: =>
+    namespace = NamespaceStore.current()
+    return unless namespace
+    @_worker = NylasAPI.workerForNamespace(namespace)
+    @_workerUnlisten() if @_workerUnlisten
+    @_workerUnlisten = @_worker.listen(@_onDataChanged, @)
+    @_onDataChanged()
+
+  _onTryAgain: =>
+    @_worker.resumeFetches()
+
+  _onDataChanged: =>
+    @setState(@_getStateFromStores())
+
+  _getStateFromStores: =>
+    tasks: TaskQueue.queue()
+    notifications: NotificationStore.notifications()
+    sync: @_worker?.state()
+
+
+module.exports = ActivitySidebar
diff --git a/internal_packages/notifications/lib/main.cjsx b/internal_packages/notifications/lib/main.cjsx
index 8c6473d78..feb4b99fb 100644
--- a/internal_packages/notifications/lib/main.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/notifications/lib/main.cjsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 React = require "react"
-Notifications = require "./notifications"
+ActivitySidebar = require "./activity-sidebar"
 NotificationsStickyBar = require "./notifications-sticky-bar"
 {ComponentRegistry, WorkspaceStore} = require("nylas-exports")
 
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ module.exports =
   item: null # The DOM item the main React component renders into
 
   activate: (@state={}) ->
-    ComponentRegistry.register Notifications,
+    ComponentRegistry.register ActivitySidebar,
       location: WorkspaceStore.Location.RootSidebar
 
     ComponentRegistry.register NotificationsStickyBar,
       location: WorkspaceStore.Sheet.Global.Header
 
   deactivate: ->
-    ComponentRegistry.unregister('NotificationsStickyBar')
-    ComponentRegistry.unregister('Notifications')
+    ComponentRegistry.unregister(ActivitySidebar)
+    ComponentRegistry.unregister(NotificationsStickyBar)
 
   serialize: -> @state
diff --git a/internal_packages/notifications/lib/notifications.cjsx b/internal_packages/notifications/lib/notifications.cjsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c20b7613..000000000
--- a/internal_packages/notifications/lib/notifications.cjsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-React = require 'react'
-NotificationStore = require './notifications-store'
-
-class Notifications extends React.Component
-  @displayName: "Notifications"
-
-  @containerRequired: false
-
-  constructor: (@props) ->
-    @state = notifications: NotificationStore.notifications()
-
-  componentDidMount: =>
-    @unsubscribeStore = NotificationStore.listen @_onStoreChange
-
-  componentWillUnmount: =>
-    @unsubscribeStore() if @unsubscribeStore
-
-  render: =>
-    <div className="notifications-momentary">
-      {@_notificationComponents()}
-    </div>
-
-  _notificationComponents: =>
-    @state.notifications.map (notification) ->
-      <div key={notification.id}
-           className={"notification-item notification-#{notification.type}"}>
-        {notification.message}
-      </div>
-
-  _onStoreChange: =>
-    @setState
-      notifications: NotificationStore.notifications()
-
-
-module.exports = Notifications
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal_packages/notifications/stylesheets/notifications.less b/internal_packages/notifications/stylesheets/notifications.less
index e20572bb8..a6b5bd488 100644
--- a/internal_packages/notifications/stylesheets/notifications.less
+++ b/internal_packages/notifications/stylesheets/notifications.less
@@ -1,30 +1,77 @@
 @import "ui-variables";
 @import "ui-mixins";
 
-// Notifications Above Threads
-.notifications-momentary {
+.sidebar-activity {
   width: 100%;
   bottom: 0;
-  position: absolute;
+  order:2;
   background: @background-off-primary;
-  border-top: 1px solid @border-secondary-bg;
-  box-shadow: @standard-shadow-up;
+  font-size: @font-size-small;
+  color: @text-color-subtle;
+  line-height:@line-height-computed * 0.95;
+  height:140px;
+  overflow-y:scroll;
+  box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 @border-color-divider;
 
-  .notification-info { border-color: @background-color-info; }
-  .notification-error {
-    border-color: @background-color-error;
-    color: @error-color;
+  .item {
+    border-bottom:1px solid @border-color-divider;
+    .inner {
+      padding: @padding-large-vertical @padding-base-horizontal @padding-large-vertical @padding-base-horizontal;
+      margin-top:3px;
+    }
+    .count {
+      color: @text-color-very-subtle;
+      float:right;
+    }
+    .btn {
+      display:block;
+      text-align:center;
+      margin-top:4px;
+      margin-bottom:4px;
+      font-size: @font-size-small;
+    }
+    .progress-track {
+      display:block;
+      height:3px;
+      font-size:0;
+      .progress {
+        transition: width 0.4s;
+        height:3px;
+        background-color: @background-color-info;
+      }
+    }
   }
-  .notification-success { border-color: @background-color-success; }
 
-  .notification-item {
-    text-align: center;
-    border-top-width: 3px;
-    border-top-style: solid;
-    padding: @spacing-standard;
+  transition: height 0.4s;
+  transition-delay: 2s;
+  &.sidebar-activity-error {
+    .progress {
+      background-color: @error-color;
+    }
   }
 }
 
+.activity-item-enter {
+  opacity:0;
+  transition: opacity .125s ease-out;
+}
+
+.activity-item-enter.activity-item-enter-active {
+  opacity:1;
+}
+
+.activity-item-leave {
+  opacity:1;
+  transition: opacity .125s ease-in;
+  transition-delay: 0.5s;
+}
+
+.activity-item-leave.activity-item-leave-active {
+  transition-delay: 0.5s;
+  opacity:0;
+}
+
+
 .notifications-sticky {
   width:100%;
 
@@ -71,4 +118,4 @@
       margin-right:@padding-base-horizontal;
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list-store.coffee b/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list-store.coffee
index d7235082c..e10786492 100644
--- a/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list-store.coffee
+++ b/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list-store.coffee
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ ThreadListStore = Reflux.createStore
     # Archive the current thread
     task = new AddRemoveTagsTask(focused, ['archive'], ['inbox'])
     Actions.queueTask(task)
-    Actions.postNotification({message: "Archived thread", type: 'success'})
 
     # Remove the current thread from selection
     @_view.selection.remove(focused)
diff --git a/spec-nylas/nylas-sync-worker-spec.coffee b/spec-nylas/nylas-sync-worker-spec.coffee
index af11b5921..1d791b987 100644
--- a/spec-nylas/nylas-sync-worker-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec-nylas/nylas-sync-worker-spec.coffee
@@ -7,62 +7,154 @@ describe "NylasSyncWorker", ->
   beforeEach ->
     @apiRequests = []
     @api =
+      makeRequest: (requestOptions) =>
+        @apiRequests.push({requestOptions})
       getCollection: (namespace, model, params, requestOptions) =>
         @apiRequests.push({namespace, model, params, requestOptions})
       getThreads: (namespace, params, requestOptions) =>
         @apiRequests.push({namespace, model:'threads', params, requestOptions})
 
-    @state =
-      "contacts": {busy: true}
-      "calendars": {complete: true}
-
     spyOn(atom.config, 'get').andCallFake (key) =>
       expected = "nylas.namespace-id.worker-state"
-      return throw new Error("Not stubbed!") unless key is expected
-      return @state
+      return throw new Error("Not stubbed! #{key}") unless key is expected
+      return _.extend {}, {
+        "contacts":
+          busy: true
+          complete: false
+        "calendars":
+          busy:false
+          complete: true
+      }
 
     spyOn(atom.config, 'set').andCallFake (key, val) =>
-      expected = "nylas.namespace-id.worker-state"
-      return throw new Error("Not stubbed!") unless key is expected
-      @state = val
+      return
 
     @worker = new NylasSyncWorker(@api, 'namespace-id')
     @connection = @worker.connection()
 
+  it "should reset `busy` to false when reading state from disk", ->
+    state = @worker.state()
+    expect(state.contacts.busy).toEqual(false)
+
   describe "start", ->
     it "should open the long polling connection", ->
       spyOn(@connection, 'start')
       @worker.start()
       expect(@connection.start).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
-    it "should start querying for model collections that haven't been fully cached", ->
+    it "should start querying for model collections and counts that haven't been fully cached", ->
       @worker.start()
-      expect(@apiRequests.length).toBe(3)
-      modelsRequested = _.map @apiRequests, (r) -> r.model
+      expect(@apiRequests.length).toBe(6)
+      modelsRequested = _.compact _.map @apiRequests, ({model}) -> model
       expect(modelsRequested).toEqual(['threads', 'contacts', 'files'])
 
+      countsRequested = _.compact _.map @apiRequests, ({requestOptions}) ->
+        if requestOptions.qs?.view is 'count'
+          return requestOptions.path
+
+      expect(modelsRequested).toEqual(['threads', 'contacts', 'files'])
+      expect(countsRequested).toEqual(['/n/namespace-id/threads', '/n/namespace-id/contacts', '/n/namespace-id/files'])
+
     it "should mark incomplete collections as `busy`", ->
       @worker.start()
-      expect(@state).toEqual({
-        "contacts": {busy: true}
-        "threads": {busy: true}
-        "files": {busy: true}
-        "calendars": {complete: true}
-      })
+      nextState = @worker.state()
 
-  describe "when an API request completes", ->
+      for collection in ['contacts','threads','files']
+        expect(nextState[collection].busy).toEqual(true)
+
+    it "should initialize count and fetched to 0", ->
+      @worker.start()
+      nextState = @worker.state()
+
+      for collection in ['contacts','threads','files']
+        expect(nextState[collection].fetched).toEqual(0)
+        expect(nextState[collection].count).toEqual(0)
+
+    it "should periodically try to restart failed collection syncs", ->
+      spyOn(@worker, 'resumeFetches').andCallThrough()
+      @worker.start()
+      advanceClock(50000)
+      expect(@worker.resumeFetches.callCount).toBe(2)
+
+  describe "when a count request completes", ->
     beforeEach ->
       @worker.start()
       @request = @apiRequests[0]
       @apiRequests = []
 
+    it "should update the count on the collection", ->
+      @request.requestOptions.success({count: 1001})
+      nextState = @worker.state()
+      expect(nextState.threads.count).toEqual(1001)
+
+  describe "resumeFetches", ->
+    it "should fetch collections", ->
+      spyOn(@worker, 'fetchCollection')
+      @worker.resumeFetches()
+      expect(@worker.fetchCollection.calls.map (call) -> call.args[0]).toEqual(['threads', 'calendars', 'contacts', 'files'])
+
+  describe "fetchCollection", ->
+    beforeEach ->
+      @apiRequests = []
+
+    it "should not start if the collection sync is already in progress", ->
+      @worker._state.threads = {
+        'busy': true
+        'complete': false
+      }
+      @worker.fetchCollection('threads')
+      expect(@apiRequests.length).toBe(0)
+
+    it "should not start if the collection sync is already complete", ->
+      @worker._state.threads = {
+        'busy': false
+        'complete': true
+      }
+      @worker.fetchCollection('threads')
+      expect(@apiRequests.length).toBe(0)
+
+    it "should start the request for the model count", ->
+      @worker._state.threads = {
+        'busy': false
+        'complete': false
+      }
+      @worker.fetchCollection('threads')
+      expect(@apiRequests[0].requestOptions.path).toBe('/n/namespace-id/threads')
+      expect(@apiRequests[0].requestOptions.qs.view).toBe('count')
+
+    it "should start the first request for models", ->
+      @worker._state.threads = {
+        'busy': false
+        'complete': false
+      }
+      @worker.fetchCollection('threads')
+      expect(@apiRequests[1].model).toBe('threads')
+      expect(@apiRequests[1].params.offset).toBe(0)
+
+  describe "when an API request completes", ->
+    beforeEach ->
+      @worker.start()
+      @request = @apiRequests[1]
+      @apiRequests = []
+
     describe "successfully, with models", ->
       it "should request the next page", ->
+        pageSize = @request.params.limit
         models = []
-        models.push(new Thread) for i in [0..249]
+        models.push(new Thread) for i in [0..(pageSize-1)]
         @request.requestOptions.success(models)
         expect(@apiRequests.length).toBe(1)
-        expect(@apiRequests[0].params).toEqual({limit:250; offset: 250})
+        expect(@apiRequests[0].params).toEqual
+          limit: pageSize,
+          offset: @request.params.offset + pageSize
+
+      it "should update the fetched count on the collection", ->
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.fetched).toEqual(0)
+        pageSize = @request.params.limit
+        models = []
+        models.push(new Thread) for i in [0..(pageSize-1)]
+        @request.requestOptions.success(models)
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.fetched).toEqual(pageSize)
 
     describe "successfully, with fewer models than requested", ->
       beforeEach ->
@@ -71,17 +163,14 @@ describe "NylasSyncWorker", ->
         @request.requestOptions.success(models)
 
       it "should not request another page", ->
-        @request.requestOptions.success([])
         expect(@apiRequests.length).toBe(0)
 
       it "should update the state to complete", ->
-        @request.requestOptions.success([])
-        expect(@state).toEqual({
-          "contacts": {busy: true}
-          "files": {busy: true}
-          "threads": {complete : true}
-          "calendars": {complete: true}
-        })
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.busy).toEqual(false)
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.complete).toEqual(true)
+
+      it "should update the fetched count on the collection", ->
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.fetched).toEqual(101)
 
     describe "successfully, with no models", ->
       it "should not request another page", ->
@@ -90,23 +179,16 @@ describe "NylasSyncWorker", ->
 
       it "should update the state to complete", ->
         @request.requestOptions.success([])
-        expect(@state).toEqual({
-          "contacts": {busy: true}
-          "files": {busy: true}
-          "threads": {complete : true}
-          "calendars": {complete: true}
-        })
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.busy).toEqual(false)
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.complete).toEqual(true)
 
     describe "with an error", ->
       it "should log the error to the state", ->
         err = new Error("Oh no a network error")
         @request.requestOptions.error(err)
-        expect(@state).toEqual({
-          "contacts": {busy: true}
-          "files": {busy: true}
-          "threads": {busy: false, error: err.toString()}
-          "calendars": {complete: true}
-        })
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.busy).toEqual(false)
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.complete).toEqual(false)
+        expect(@worker.state().threads.error).toEqual(err.toString())
 
       it "should not request another page", ->
         @request.requestOptions.error(new Error("Oh no a network error"))
@@ -117,3 +199,9 @@ describe "NylasSyncWorker", ->
       spyOn(@connection, 'end')
       @worker.cleanup()
       expect(@connection.end).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    it "should stop trying to restart failed collection syncs", ->
+      spyOn(@worker, 'resumeFetches').andCallThrough()
+      @worker.cleanup()
+      advanceClock(50000)
+      expect(@worker.resumeFetches.callCount).toBe(0)
diff --git a/spec-nylas/tasks/send-draft-spec.coffee b/spec-nylas/tasks/send-draft-spec.coffee
index a27a03a54..b30824fc2 100644
--- a/spec-nylas/tasks/send-draft-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec-nylas/tasks/send-draft-spec.coffee
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ describe "SendDraftTask", ->
       waitsForPromise => @task.performRemote().then ->
         expect(atom.playSound).toHaveBeenCalledWith("mail_sent.ogg")
 
-    it "post a notification", ->
-      waitsForPromise => @task.performRemote().then ->
-        expect(Actions.postNotification).toHaveBeenCalled()
-
     it "should start an API request to /send", ->
       waitsForPromise =>
         @task.performRemote().then =>
diff --git a/spec/spec-helper.coffee b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
index 3125ad30a..d6e9ec72a 100644
--- a/spec/spec-helper.coffee
+++ b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ beforeEach ->
   spyOn(_._, "now").andCallFake -> window.now
   spyOn(window, "setTimeout").andCallFake window.fakeSetTimeout
   spyOn(window, "clearTimeout").andCallFake window.fakeClearTimeout
+  spyOn(window, "setInterval").andCallFake window.fakeSetInterval
+  spyOn(window, "clearInterval").andCallFake window.fakeClearInterval
 
   atom.packages.packageStates = {}
 
diff --git a/src/flux/nylas-api.coffee b/src/flux/nylas-api.coffee
index f0db55844..3903f674c 100644
--- a/src/flux/nylas-api.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/nylas-api.coffee
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class NylasAPI
     return unless atom.isMainWindow()
 
     namespaces = NamespaceStore.items()
-    workers = _.map(namespaces, @_workerForNamespace)
+    workers = _.map(namespaces, @workerForNamespace)
 
     # Stop the workers that are not in the new workers list.
     # These namespaces are no longer in our database, so we shouldn't
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@ class NylasAPI
 
     @_workers = workers
 
-  _cleanupNamespaceWorkers: ->
-    for worker in @_workers
-      worker.cleanup()
-    @_workers = []
+  workers: =>
+    @_workers
 
-  _workerForNamespace: (namespace) =>
+  workerForNamespace: (namespace) =>
     worker = _.find @_workers, (c) ->
       c.namespaceId() is namespace.id
     return worker if worker
@@ -91,6 +89,12 @@ class NylasAPI
     worker.start()
     worker
 
+  _cleanupNamespaceWorkers: ->
+    for worker in @_workers
+      worker.cleanup()
+    @_workers = []
+
+
   # Delegates to node's request object.
   # On success, it will call the passed in success callback with options.
   # On error it will create a new APIError object that wraps the error,
diff --git a/src/flux/nylas-sync-worker.coffee b/src/flux/nylas-sync-worker.coffee
index fb9cdfa02..5a70c2270 100644
--- a/src/flux/nylas-sync-worker.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/nylas-sync-worker.coffee
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 _ = require 'underscore-plus'
 NylasLongConnection = require './nylas-long-connection'
 
+{Publisher} = require './modules/reflux-coffee'
+CoffeeHelpers = require './coffee-helpers'
+
 PAGE_SIZE = 250
 
 module.exports =
 class NylasSyncWorker
 
+  @include: CoffeeHelpers.includeModule
+  @include Publisher
+
   constructor: (api, namespaceId) ->
     @_api = api
     @_namespaceId = namespaceId
@@ -13,6 +19,9 @@ class NylasSyncWorker
     @_terminated = false
     @_connection = new NylasLongConnection(api, namespaceId)
     @_state = atom.config.get("nylas.#{namespaceId}.worker-state") ? {}
+    for model, modelState of @_state
+      modelState.busy = false
+
     @
 
   namespaceId: ->
@@ -21,53 +30,80 @@ class NylasSyncWorker
   connection: ->
     @_connection
 
+  state: ->
+    @_state
+
   start: ->
+    @_resumeTimer = setInterval(@resumeFetches, 20000)
     @_connection.start()
+    @resumeFetches()
+  
+  cleanup: ->
+    clearInterval(@_resumeTimer)
+    @_connection.end()
+    @_terminated = true
+    @
+
+  resumeFetches: =>
     @fetchCollection('threads')
     @fetchCollection('calendars')
     @fetchCollection('contacts')
     @fetchCollection('files')
 
-  cleanup: ->
-    @_connection.end()
-    @_terminated = true
-    @
-
-  fetchCollection: (model, options = {}, callback) ->
+  fetchCollection: (model, options = {}) ->
     return if @_state[model]?.complete and not options.force?
+    return if @_state[model]?.busy
 
-    @_state[model] = {busy: true}
+    @_state[model] =
+      complete: false
+      error: null
+      busy: true
+      count: 0
+      fetched: 0
     @writeState()
 
-    params =
-      offset: 0
-      limit: PAGE_SIZE
-    @fetchCollectionPage(model, params, callback)
+    @fetchCollectionCount(model)
+    @fetchCollectionPage(model, {offset: 0, limit: PAGE_SIZE})
+ 
+  fetchCollectionCount: (model) ->
+    @_api.makeRequest
+      path: "/n/#{@_namespaceId}/#{model}"
+      returnsModel: false
+      qs:
+        view: 'count'
+      success: (response) =>
+        return if @_terminated
+        @updateTransferState(model, count: response.count)
+      error: (err) =>
+        return if @_terminated
 
-  fetchCollectionPage: (model, params = {}, callback) ->
+  fetchCollectionPage: (model, params = {}) ->
     requestOptions =
       error: (err) =>
         return if @_terminated
-        @_state[model] = {busy: false, error: err.toString()}
-        @writeState()
-        callback(err) if callback
+        @updateTransferState(model, {busy: false, complete: false, error: err.toString()})
       success: (json) =>
         return if @_terminated
+        lastReceivedIndex = params.offset + json.length
         if json.length is params.limit
-          params.offset = params.offset + json.length
-          @fetchCollectionPage(model, params, callback)
+          nextParams = _.extend({}, params, {offset: lastReceivedIndex})
+          @fetchCollectionPage(model, nextParams)
+          @updateTransferState(model, {fetched: lastReceivedIndex})
         else
-          @_state[model] = {complete: true}
-          @writeState()
-          callback() if callback
+          @updateTransferState(model, {fetched: lastReceivedIndex, busy: false, complete: true})
 
     if model is 'threads'
       @_api.getThreads(@_namespaceId, params, requestOptions)
     else
       @_api.getCollection(@_namespaceId, model, params, requestOptions)
 
+  updateTransferState: (model, {busy, error, complete, fetched, count}) ->
+    @_state[model] = _.defaults({busy, error, complete, fetched, count}, @_state[model])
+    @writeState()
+
   writeState: ->
     @_writeState ?= _.debounce =>
       atom.config.set("nylas.#{@_namespaceId}.worker-state", @_state)
     ,100
     @_writeState()
+    @trigger()
diff --git a/src/flux/stores/task-queue.coffee b/src/flux/stores/task-queue.coffee
index d1cf0c949..56fe66936 100644
--- a/src/flux/stores/task-queue.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/stores/task-queue.coffee
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ class TaskQueue
       performedRemote: false
       notifiedOffline: false
 
+  queue: =>
+    @_queue
+
   findTask: ({object, matchKey, matchValue}) ->
     for other in @_queue by -1
       if object is object and other[matchKey] is matchValue
diff --git a/src/flux/tasks/add-remove-tags.coffee b/src/flux/tasks/add-remove-tags.coffee
index 45d8d982f..23e893a88 100644
--- a/src/flux/tasks/add-remove-tags.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/tasks/add-remove-tags.coffee
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ class AddRemoveTagsTask extends Task
   constructor: (@thread, @tagIdsToAdd = [], @tagIdsToRemove = []) ->
     super
 
-  tagForId: (id) ->
+  label: ->
+    "Applying tags..."
 
   performLocal:  (versionIncrement = 1) ->
     new Promise (resolve, reject) =>
diff --git a/src/flux/tasks/file-upload-task.coffee b/src/flux/tasks/file-upload-task.coffee
index b9c59a8fb..571136586 100644
--- a/src/flux/tasks/file-upload-task.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/tasks/file-upload-task.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 fs = require 'fs'
+_ = require 'underscore-plus'
 pathUtils = require 'path'
 Task = require './task'
 File = require '../models/file'
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ class FileUploadTask extends Task
       fileName: pathUtils.basename(@filePath)
     @_memoUploadData.bytesUploaded = @_getBytesUploaded()
     @_memoUploadData.state = state if state?
-    return @_memoUploadData
+    return _.extend({}, @_memoUploadData)
 
   _getFileSize: (path) ->
     fs.statSync(path)["size"]
diff --git a/src/flux/tasks/send-draft.coffee b/src/flux/tasks/send-draft.coffee
index 0c8632b12..b077bb2bc 100644
--- a/src/flux/tasks/send-draft.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/tasks/send-draft.coffee
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ class SendDraftTask extends Task
   constructor: (@draftLocalId, {@fromPopout}={}) ->
     super
 
+  label: ->
+    "Sending draft..."
+
   shouldDequeueOtherTask: (other) ->
     other instanceof SendDraftTask and other.draftLocalId is @draftLocalId
 
@@ -25,7 +28,6 @@ class SendDraftTask extends Task
     # it actually succeeds. We don't want users to think messages have
     # already sent when they haven't!
     return Promise.reject("Attempt to call SendDraftTask.performLocal without @draftLocalId") unless @draftLocalId
-    Actions.postNotification({message: "Sending message…", type: 'info'})
 
     Promise.resolve()
 
@@ -59,7 +61,6 @@ class SendDraftTask extends Task
   _onSendDraftSuccess: (draft, resolve, reject) => (newMessage) =>
     newMessage = (new Message).fromJSON(newMessage)
     atom.playSound('mail_sent.ogg')
-    Actions.postNotification({message: "Sent!", type: 'success'})
     Actions.sendDraftSuccess
       draftLocalId: @draftLocalId
       newMessage: newMessage