The notifications (either the recommended bubble or the required dialog) first appear when the UpgradeDetector announces that the "low" annoyance level has been reached. On canary and dev (the so-called "unstable channels"), this happens after an hour rather than after two days. While this makes sense for the coloration of the app menu, the notification is a bit too annoying at this pace. On top of that, this behavior is not documented, so it's surprising for everyone.
The notification schedule should not change based on the channel.
Additionally, it looks like the bubble reshows never happen for these channels since the "high" annoyance level is never announced by the UpgradeDetector.
Comment 1 by bugdroid1@chromium.org
, Aug 8