Originally Posted by Unregistered

But does the game auto-refresh? I don't think you can leave an empty raid list open and have things pop in, you have to cycle tabs or do a mission or something to refresh it? Or does game auto-do this at points?. Could I sit at the home screen and wait for the red number on the raid button to popup?

you need to switch screens to refresh it, like going into unit screen or raid boss screen.