diff --git a/panels/notification/common/notifyentity.cpp b/panels/notification/common/notifyentity.cpp
index 8e9d4354b..9171d799d 100644
--- a/panels/notification/common/notifyentity.cpp
+++ b/panels/notification/common/notifyentity.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(notifyLog, "dde.shell.notification")
 #define ACTION_SEGMENT ("|")
 #define HINT_SEGMENT ("|")
 #define KEY_VALUE_SEGMENT ("!!!")
+#define LIST_VALUE_SEGMENT (":::")
 
 static const uint NoReplaceId = 0;
 
@@ -294,7 +295,13 @@ QString NotifyEntity::convertHintsToString(const QVariantMap &map)
         QString key = it.key();
         text += key;
         text += KEY_VALUE_SEGMENT;
-        QString value = it.value().toString();
+        QString value;
+        if (it.value().typeId() == QMetaType::QStringList) {
+            QStringList tmp = it.value().toStringList();
+            value = tmp.join(LIST_VALUE_SEGMENT);
+        } else {
+            value = it.value().toString();
+        }
         text += value;
         text += HINT_SEGMENT;
     }
@@ -328,7 +335,13 @@ QVariantMap NotifyEntity::parseHint(const QString &hint)
         if (list.size() != 2)
             continue;
         const QString &key = list[0];
-        QVariant value = QVariant::fromValue(list[1]);
+        QVariant value;
+        auto listValue = list[1].split(LIST_VALUE_SEGMENT);
+        if (listValue.size() > 1) {
+            value = QVariant::fromValue(listValue);
+        } else {
+            value = QVariant::fromValue(list[1]);
+        }
 
         map.insert(key, value);
     }
diff --git a/panels/notification/server/notificationmanager.cpp b/panels/notification/server/notificationmanager.cpp
index a9c0eb173..0af7f5b0a 100644
--- a/panels/notification/server/notificationmanager.cpp
+++ b/panels/notification/server/notificationmanager.cpp
@@ -512,7 +512,14 @@ void NotificationManager::doActionInvoked(const NotifyEntity &entity, const QStr
     QMap<QString, QVariant>::const_iterator i = hints.constBegin();
     while (i != hints.constEnd()) {
         if (i.key() == "x-deepin-action-" + actionId) {
-            QStringList args = i.value().toString().split(",");
+            QStringList args;
+            if (i.value().typeId() == QMetaType::QStringList) {
+                args = i.value().toStringList();
+            } else {
+                qDebug(notifyLog) << "Deprecate hint format, use string list instead of string."
+                                  << "actionId:" << actionId << ", value:" << i.value();
+                args = i.value().toString().split(",");
+            }
             if (!args.isEmpty()) {
                 QString cmd = args.takeFirst(); // 命令