diff --git a/ui/js/components/auth.js b/ui/js/components/auth.js
index 862315627..1bee2573d 100644
--- a/ui/js/components/auth.js
+++ b/ui/js/components/auth.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ treeherder.component("login", {
                     .then(function () {
                         ctrl.setLoggedOut();
                     }, function (data) {
-                        thNotify.send(`Logout failed: ${data.data}`, "danger", true);
+                        thNotify.send(`Logout failed: ${data.data}`, "danger", { sticky: true });
                     });
             };
 
diff --git a/ui/js/controllers/bugfiler.js b/ui/js/controllers/bugfiler.js
index 724289feb..1892a6c20 100644
--- a/ui/js/controllers/bugfiler.js
+++ b/ui/js/controllers/bugfiler.js
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ treeherder.controller('BugFilerCtrl', [
                     var data = response.data;
                     if (data.failure) {
                         var error = JSON.parse(data.failure.join(""));
-                        thNotify.send("Bugzilla error: " + error.message, "danger", true);
+                        thNotify.send("Bugzilla error: " + error.message, "danger", { sticky: true });
                         $scope.toggleForm(false);
                     } else {
                         successCallback(data);
diff --git a/ui/js/controllers/failureviewer.js b/ui/js/controllers/failureviewer.js
index 3654d5ec1..b89f342d1 100644
--- a/ui/js/controllers/failureviewer.js
+++ b/ui/js/controllers/failureviewer.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ failureViewerApp.controller('FailureViewerCtrl', [
         if (query_string.classified_failure_id) {
             $scope.classifiedFailureId = query_string.classified_failure_id;
         } else {
-            thNotify.send("No classified_failure_id specified", "danger", true);
+            thNotify.send("No classified_failure_id specified", "danger", { sticky: true });
         }
         $scope.init = function () {
             if ($scope.classifiedFailureId) {
diff --git a/ui/js/controllers/jobs.js b/ui/js/controllers/jobs.js
index 6fa0cdd3f..0cf94654d 100644
--- a/ui/js/controllers/jobs.js
+++ b/ui/js/controllers/jobs.js
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ treeherderApp.controller('ResultSetCtrl', [
                 ).then(function (msg) {
                     thNotify.send(msg, "success");
                 }, function (e) {
-                    thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', true);
+                    thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', { sticky: true });
                 });
             });
         };
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ treeherderApp.controller('ResultSetCtrl', [
                         thNotify.send(results[1], "success");
                         ThResultSetStore.deleteRunnableJobs($scope.repoName, $scope.resultset);
                     }, function (e) {
-                        thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', true);
+                        thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', { sticky: true });
                     });
                 });
             } else {
diff --git a/ui/js/controllers/logviewer.js b/ui/js/controllers/logviewer.js
index e03b9c100..311155df2 100644
--- a/ui/js/controllers/logviewer.js
+++ b/ui/js/controllers/logviewer.js
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ logViewerApp.controller('LogviewerCtrl', [
                 }, () => {
                     $scope.loading = false;
                     $scope.jobExists = false;
-                    thNotify.send('The job does not exist or has expired', 'danger', true);
+                    thNotify.send('The job does not exist or has expired', 'danger', { sticky: true });
                 });
             });
         };
diff --git a/ui/js/controllers/tcjobactions.js b/ui/js/controllers/tcjobactions.js
index 69f276a30..2405473a0 100644
--- a/ui/js/controllers/tcjobactions.js
+++ b/ui/js/controllers/tcjobactions.js
@@ -76,10 +76,13 @@ treeherder.controller('TCJobActionsCtrl', [
                     message = 'Visit Taskcluster Tools site to access loaner:';
                     url = `${url}/connect`;
                 }
-                $scope.$apply(thNotify.send(message, 'success', true, 'Open in Taskcluster', url));
+                $scope.$apply(thNotify.send(message, 'success', {
+                    linkText: 'Open in Taskcluster',
+                    url,
+                }));
                 $uibModalInstance.close('request sent');
             }, function (e) {
-                $scope.$apply(thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', true));
+                $scope.$apply(thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', { sticky: true }));
                 $scope.triggering = false;
                 $uibModalInstance.close('error');
             });
diff --git a/ui/js/models/resultsets_store.js b/ui/js/models/resultsets_store.js
index 704ca8e28..e7982f323 100644
--- a/ui/js/models/resultsets_store.js
+++ b/ui/js/models/resultsets_store.js
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ treeherder.factory('ThResultSetStore', [
             return $q.all([loadRepositories, loadResultsets])
                 .then(() => appendResultSets(repoName, resultsets),
                      (data) => {
-                         thNotify.send("Error retrieving resultset data!", "danger", true);
+                         thNotify.send("Error retrieving resultset data!", "danger", { sticky: true });
                          $log.error(data);
                          appendResultSets(repoName, { results: [] });
                      })
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ treeherder.factory('ThResultSetStore', [
                     }, function () {
                         // the job wasn't found in the db.  Either never existed,
                         // or was expired and deleted.
-                        thNotify.send("Unable to find job with id " + selectedJobId, "danger", true);
+                        thNotify.send("Unable to find job with id " + selectedJobId, "danger", { sticky: true });
                     });
                 }
             }
diff --git a/ui/js/services/buildapi.js b/ui/js/services/buildapi.js
index 485ec3d6a..877bfa19d 100644
--- a/ui/js/services/buildapi.js
+++ b/ui/js/services/buildapi.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ treeherder.factory('thBuildApi', [
             } else if (status === 202 || status === 200) {
                 thNotify.send(action + " SUCCESS");
             } else {
-                thNotify.send(action + " FAILED " + status, "danger", true);
+                thNotify.send(action + " FAILED " + status, "danger", { sticky: true });
             }
 
 
diff --git a/ui/js/services/main.js b/ui/js/services/main.js
index e65d7e64f..22c06d60b 100755
--- a/ui/js/services/main.js
+++ b/ui/js/services/main.js
@@ -125,20 +125,24 @@ treeherder.factory('thNotify', [
             /*
              * send a message to the notification queue
              * @severity can be one of success|info|warning|danger
-             * @sticky is a boolean indicating if you want the message to disappear
-             * after a while or not
+             * @opts is an object with up to three entries:
+             *   sticky -- Keeps notification visible until cleared if true
+             *   linkText -- Text to display as a link if exists
+             *   url -- Location the link should point to if exists
              */
-            send: function (message, severity, sticky, linkText, url) {
+            send: function (message, severity, opts) {
+                if (!_.isPlainObject(opts)) {
+                    throw new Error('Must pass an object as last argument to thNotify.send!');
+                }
                 $log.debug("received message", message);
+                opts = opts || {};
                 severity = severity || 'info';
-                sticky = sticky || false;
+
                 var maxNsNotifications = 5;
                 var notification = {
-                    message: message,
-                    severity: severity,
-                    sticky: sticky,
-                    linkText: linkText,
-                    url: url,
+                    ...opts,
+                    message,
+                    severity,
                     created: Date.now()
                 };
                 thNotify.notifications.unshift(notification);
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ treeherder.factory('thNotify', [
                 thNotify.storedNotifications.splice(40);
                 localStorageService.set('notifications', thNotify.storedNotifications);
 
-                if (!sticky) {
+                if (!opts.sticky) {
                     if (thNotify.notifications.length > maxNsNotifications) {
                         $timeout(thNotify.shift);
                         return;
diff --git a/ui/js/services/tcactions.js b/ui/js/services/tcactions.js
index 487603508..410d9aa10 100644
--- a/ui/js/services/tcactions.js
+++ b/ui/js/services/tcactions.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ treeherder.factory('tcactions', [
             },
             load: (decisionTaskID, job) => {
                 if (!decisionTaskID) {
-                    thNotify.send("No decision task, can't find taskcluster actions", "danger", true);
+                    thNotify.send("No decision task, can't find taskcluster actions", "danger", { sticky: true });
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ treeherder.factory('tcactions', [
                         return null;
                     }
                     if (response.data.version !== 1) {
-                        thNotify.send("Wrong version of actions.json, can't continue", "danger", true);
+                        thNotify.send("Wrong version of actions.json, can't continue", "danger", { sticky: true });
                         return;
                     }
 
diff --git a/ui/plugins/annotations/controller.js b/ui/plugins/annotations/controller.js
index 011bc8fe8..86be7e2b2 100644
--- a/ui/plugins/annotations/controller.js
+++ b/ui/plugins/annotations/controller.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ treeherder.controller('AnnotationsPluginCtrl', [
             classification.delete()
                 .then(
                     function () {
-                        thNotify.send("Classification successfully deleted", "success", false);
+                        thNotify.send("Classification successfully deleted", "success");
                         var jobs = {};
                         jobs[$scope.selectedJob.id] = $scope.selectedJob;
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ treeherder.controller('AnnotationsPluginCtrl', [
                         $rootScope.$emit(thEvents.jobsClassified, { jobs: jobs });
                     },
                     function () {
-                        thNotify.send("Classification deletion failed", "danger", true);
+                        thNotify.send("Classification deletion failed", "danger", { sticky: true });
                     }
                 );
         };
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ treeherder.controller('AnnotationsPluginCtrl', [
             bug.delete()
                 .then(
                     function () {
-                        thNotify.send("Association to bug " + bug.bug_id + " successfully deleted", "success", false);
+                        thNotify.send("Association to bug " + bug.bug_id + " successfully deleted", "success");
                         var jobs = {};
                         jobs[$scope.selectedJob.id] = $scope.selectedJob;
 
                         $rootScope.$emit(thEvents.bugsAssociated, { jobs: jobs });
                     },
                     function () {
-                        thNotify.send("Association to bug " + bug.bug_id + " deletion failed", "danger", true);
+                        thNotify.send("Association to bug " + bug.bug_id + " deletion failed", "danger", { sticky: true });
                     }
                 );
         };
diff --git a/ui/plugins/controller.js b/ui/plugins/controller.js
index 5c502905b..a770823f1 100644
--- a/ui/plugins/controller.js
+++ b/ui/plugins/controller.js
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ treeherder.controller('PluginCtrl', [
                                     }, function (e) {
                                         // The full message is too large to fit in a Treeherder
                                         // notification box.
-                                        $scope.$apply(thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', true));
+                                        $scope.$apply(thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', { sticky: true }));
                                     });
                                 }
                             }
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ treeherder.controller('PluginCtrl', [
                                 }, function (e) {
                                     // The full message is too large to fit in a Treeherder
                                     // notification box.
-                                    $scope.$apply(thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', true));
+                                    $scope.$apply(thNotify.send(ThTaskclusterErrors.format(e), 'danger', { sticky: true }));
                                 });
                             });
                         });