diff --git a/cypress/e2e/Chat.Notification.feature b/cypress/e2e/Chat.Notification.feature
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+Feature: Chat notification badge
+  As a user
+  I want to see a notification badge on the chat icon
+  When another user sends me a chat message
+
+  Background:
+    Given the following "users" are in the database:
+      | slug    | email              | password | id     | name          | termsAndConditionsAgreedVersion |
+      | alice   | alice@example.org  | 1234     | alice  | Alice         | 0.0.4                          |
+      | bob     | bob@example.org    | 4321     | bob    | Bob           | 0.0.4                          |
+
+  Scenario: Receive chat notification live via websocket
+    Given I am logged in as "bob"
+    And I navigate to page "/"
+    And I see no unread chat messages in the header
+    When "alice" sends a chat message "Hello Bob!" to "bob"
+    Then I see 1 unread chat message in the header
diff --git a/cypress/support/step_definitions/Chat.Notification/I_see_{int}_unread_chat_message_in_the_header.js b/cypress/support/step_definitions/Chat.Notification/I_see_{int}_unread_chat_message_in_the_header.js
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+import { defineStep } from '@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor'
+
+defineStep('I see no unread chat messages in the header', () => {
+  cy.get('.chat-notification-menu:visible', { timeout: 15000 }).should('exist')
+  cy.get('.chat-notification-menu:visible .count.--danger').should('not.exist')
+})
+
+defineStep('I see {int} unread chat message in the header', (count) => {
+  cy.get('.chat-notification-menu:visible .count.--danger', { timeout: 15000 }).should(
+    'contain',
+    count,
+  )
+})
diff --git a/cypress/support/step_definitions/Chat.Notification/{string}_sends_a_chat_message_{string}_to_{string}.js b/cypress/support/step_definitions/Chat.Notification/{string}_sends_a_chat_message_{string}_to_{string}.js
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+import { defineStep } from '@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor'
+import './../../commands'
+import './../../factories'
+
+const createRoomMutation = `
+  mutation ($userId: ID!) {
+    CreateRoom(userId: $userId) {
+      id
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const createMessageMutation = `
+  mutation ($roomId: ID!, $content: String) {
+    CreateMessage(roomId: $roomId, content: $content) {
+      id
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+defineStep(
+  '{string} sends a chat message {string} to {string}',
+  (senderSlug, message, recipientSlug) => {
+    cy.neode()
+      .then((neode) => {
+        return neode.cypher(
+          `MATCH (sender:User {slug: $senderSlug})-[:PRIMARY_EMAIL]->(e:EmailAddress)
+           MATCH (recipient:User {slug: $recipientSlug})
+           RETURN e.email AS senderEmail, recipient.id AS recipientId`,
+          { senderSlug, recipientSlug },
+        )
+      })
+      .then((result) => {
+        expect(result.records).to.have.length.greaterThan(0,
+          `No users found for sender "${senderSlug}" or recipient "${recipientSlug}"`)
+        const senderEmail = result.records[0].get('senderEmail')
+        const recipientId = result.records[0].get('recipientId')
+        return cy.authenticateAs({ email: senderEmail, password: '1234' }).then((client) => {
+          return client.request(createRoomMutation, { userId: recipientId }).then((roomData) => {
+            const roomId = roomData.CreateRoom.id
+            return client.request(createMessageMutation, { roomId, content: message })
+          })
+        })
+      })
+  },
+)