Configuring notifications against phone Do Not Disturb mode

A few years ago I remember that for motion alerts I had to explicitly tell the app to "ignore do not disturb mode." This is obviously desirable for motion/person detection... if I'm asleep in the middle of the night and someone is creeping around my house, I want to be alerted! However, recently I'm getting notifications in the middle of the night for less important events. Like low battery alert, or when the mode is changed. I've looked everywhere I can think of and I see no place to tell the app to ignore or honor do not disturb. It's like all notifications are automatically given the same priority. Does anyone know of a way to configure which notifications should be blocked by do not disturb and which ones should not? If not, is there a possibility of getting a feature request submitted?