Yeah, but until Windows 11 it was the notification area! But for Windows 11 it looks like they gave up on this fight, finally, and the general UI in Windows 11

Yeah, but until Windows 11 it was the notification area! But for Windows 11 it looks like they gave up on this fight, finally, and the general UI in Windows 11 actually now calls it the system tray. So presumably that is now its official name.