# MAIL-001 consolidated job-email hub

Updated: 2026-08-10

Status: `IN PROGRESS`. Canonical hub routing, provider-neutral reads, explicit-confirmed send API, editable reply UI, interrupted-send recovery, legacy SMTP retirement, send-attempt export coverage and shared application context are implemented and locally verified; remaining provider actions and full account-deletion lifecycle remain.

## Revalidated current boundaries

- `/correspondence` listed persisted, job-linked `Correspondence` rows with search/direction/link filters.
- `/correspondence/review` separately rendered Gmail review candidates/suggested jobs and linked back to the inbox.
- The job workspace already embeds the shared `Correspondence` component and therefore reads/writes the same underlying rows rather than a copy.
- Gmail review decisions, import/link/unlink/relink and job creation use existing Gmail APIs. Outlook/Graph and IMAP connection models exist, but this review surface is Gmail-specific.
- The per-job composer currently logs a message to `Correspondence`; it is not a provider-send draft flow. Separate follow-up sending exists elsewhere and must not be mislabeled or silently reused.

## Implemented first increment

- `/correspondence` is the canonical **Job email** hub with linked-message and recruitment-suggestion views represented by `?view=review`.
- The review component embeds under the hub with correct heading hierarchy and without duplicate back navigation.
- `/correspondence/review` remains a compatibility route and redirects to the canonical filtered hub.
- Switching to review does not issue the linked-correspondence query; switching views reuses the existing tested review component and APIs.
- No provider connection, sync, import, link or send behavior changed.

## Implemented provider-neutral read increment

- Added one authenticated `/api/email` controller over the existing `IEmailProviderRegistry` for provider status, search, thread summaries and plain-text message detail.
- Every operation passes the authenticated owner ID into the registered Gmail, Outlook or IMAP adapter and rejects unknown or disconnected providers before mailbox access.
- Message detail intentionally omits provider HTML. Untrusted provider markup is not exposed through this shared endpoint.
- The hub now identifies connected and disconnected providers and advertises their actual capability. Gmail, Outlook and IMAP are currently shown as read-only because their installed scopes/contracts do not implement provider send.
- The controller does not change OAuth scopes, connect accounts, invoke providers in tests or claim that the legacy SMTP follow-up sender is provider-native.

## Implemented safe message-detail increment

- Provider-backed rows now open plain-text detail through `/api/email/message`; the UI never renders provider HTML.
- If a provider is disconnected or unavailable, the hub clearly warns and shows the owner-scoped saved JobTracker copy instead of losing access to imported correspondence.
- Manual/internal rows use the same detail shape through `/api/correspondence/message/{id}`.
- Direct saved-message IDs remain tenant-filtered. Malformed legacy label/attachment JSON degrades to empty metadata instead of breaking the message view.
- Rapid selection changes invalidate older requests so late provider responses cannot appear under the wrong message.
- Inbox label and attachment counts now reflect parsed metadata arrays rather than treating every non-null JSON field as one item.

## Implemented inert send-ledger increment

- Added tenant-owned `EmailSendAttempts` with pending/sending/sent/failed/uncertain states and a unique owner/client-request key.
- A request ID can be reused only for the same SHA-256 payload hash. Different content under an old request ID is rejected.
- Only pending attempts may enter sending, and only sending attempts may become terminal. Failed or uncertain attempts cannot be restarted blindly.
- The ledger stores provider/idempotency/status/timing metadata only; recipient, subject and message body are intentionally absent.
- Deleting the owning job cascades the ledger row. The global owner filter protects direct attempt IDs.
- The additive migration has provider-specific SQLite/MariaDB types and reversible up/down SQL. No send route, OAuth scope or provider call was enabled.

## Implemented provider-delivery adapter increment

- Gmail and Microsoft Graph authorization URLs now request explicit send consent in addition to read access. Existing read-only connections remain read-only until the user reconnects.
- Provider status derives send capability from the stored granted scope. IMAP remains read-only because it has no configured outgoing transport.
- Gmail builds an RFC MIME plain-text message, supports the existing Gmail thread ID, and uses the documented send endpoint. Graph sends plain-text JSON through `sendMail`.
- HTTP rejection is a known failed-before-delivery category; 401/403 requires reauthorization. Network interruption/cancellation is marked uncertain because acceptance cannot be disproved.
- Provider response bodies and transport exception details are not returned to callers. Recipient/body fixtures and HTTP transport are synthetic/mocked; no provider was contacted.
- The adapters are reachable only through the later explicit-confirmed API; no JobTracker send button exists yet.

## Implemented explicit-send API increment

- Added one authenticated, rate-limited `POST /api/email/send` route. It requires an owned job, a send-capable connected provider, an explicit `confirmed=true`, and valid bounded recipient/subject/body/thread fields.
- Client UUIDs are canonicalized before the tenant ledger reservation. Reusing a UUID with different content is rejected; sent duplicates return the original result; pending, failed or uncertain attempts are never redelivered automatically.
- The ledger is reserved and moved to sending before provider I/O. Provider rejection is failed, transport ambiguity is uncertain, and connection failure before delivery is failed.
- Successful delivery writes the outbound correspondence, a content-free job event and the ledger terminal state in one local database transaction. Provider acceptance followed by local persistence failure is surfaced as uncertain.
- The audit event and ledger omit recipient, subject and body. Full content exists only in the intended job correspondence record.
- Tests use owner-isolated SQLite and a fake provider; no email, OAuth flow, provider service or external network was invoked.

## Verification

- Focused delivery/provider/capability: 18/18; send ledger: 3/3; provider/correspondence controllers: 5/5; hub detail: 5/5.
- Explicit-send controller/store/read focused tests: 12/12.
- Confirmed composer focused tests: 7/7.
- Full backend: 620/620; full frontend: 49/49 suites, 190/190 tests.
- Production build/TypeScript and `git diff --check`: pass.
- Implementation commits: `6008b4a`, `536d403`, `a20775c`, `653f011`, `e9937ac`, `123fc55`, `449faeb`, `ee5ef7e`, `8fe3903`, `aff34cc`, `ff547df`.

## Implemented editable composer increment

- Provider-backed message detail offers Reply only when that exact connected provider has send consent. Read-only connections show an explicit reconnect requirement; manual correspondence is not mislabeled as provider-send capable.
- Recipient, subject, thread, provider/from account and body remain visible before sending. Recipient, subject and body remain editable; the provider and provider thread remain fixed to avoid cross-provider thread claims.
- The app-owned confirmation dialog identifies provider/from address, recipient, subject and thread. Cancelling leaves the draft intact and invokes no API.
- One UUID remains stable through pre-send edits. A failed attempt requires an explicit new attempt; an uncertain/pending/sending result disables retry and tells the user to inspect the provider Sent folder.
- A network/unknown server interruption is treated as uncertain on the client. Successful sends refresh the same correspondence domain; no second copy or autonomous AI/send path was added.
- Draft state is in-memory for this increment. Navigation within the hub preserves it, but refresh persistence and compose-new-message flow remain separate work.

## Implemented interrupted-send recovery increment

- A safety worker starts only after database readiness and checks every five minutes. It has no email-provider, SMTP or message-content dependency.
- Attempts still pending after 15 minutes are definitively failed as stopped before provider delivery. Attempts still sending after 15 minutes become uncertain; neither state is queued or retried.
- Recovery uses conditional updates inside the local database transaction, so overlapping replicas can observe the same candidate but only one changes it and creates the notification.
- Each affected owner receives one generic, content-free notification linked to Job email. The notification never contains provider, recipient, subject or body.
- A real-SQLite two-owner clock/restart test proves stale/fresh separation, owner-visible notifications, repeat-run idempotency and no transition back to pending/sending.

## Implemented legacy SMTP retirement increment

- The Follow up tab still generates, displays, edits and copies grounded drafts, but it no longer presents a direct application-SMTP send action.
- Its outbound action opens canonical Job email, where the connected provider/from identity and final confirmation are visible before delivery.
- The old `POST /api/jobapplications/{id}/send-followup` boundary returns `410 Gone` and has no `IAppEmailSender` dependency. It cannot deliver, create a sent correspondence or mutate follow-up/contact dates.
- Scheduled reminder notification email remains on its separate worker path and was not removed or redirected.
- Focused backend follow-up/worker tests pass 10/10; focused UI trust-loop tests pass 2/2. Full backend 621/621, frontend 190/190, build and audit gates pass across the combined working state.

## Implemented send-attempt export/cascade increment

- Encrypted on-demand backups and tenant-isolated daily JSON exports now include provider delivery history using one explicit content-free shape.
- Exported attempt fields cover job/provider/request/status/provider-message/failure-category and timestamps. The internal payload hash is excluded; recipient, subject and body were never stored on the ledger.
- Both queries stay inside the current owner filter and the owner's exported job IDs. Daily two-owner fixtures prove one isolated attempt per file and hashed filenames.
- Real SQLite proves a hard delete of one owned job cascades only its send attempts and preserves another owner's job/attempt.
- This does not implement complete account deletion. Identity-row deletion still lacks the cross-store/database/file lifecycle owned by SEC-009 and remains a release blocker.

## Implemented shared application-context increment

- The job dialog and dedicated Application Workspace now pass the same small company/recruiter/role context contract into the shared `Correspondence` component.
- Removed the workspace's `null as any` job placeholder. The dedicated communication section now produces the same company/role Gmail suggestions and visible matching context as the job dialog once its owner-scoped overview loads.
- Suggestion construction remains bounded and explicitly optional: missing context produces no invented company/recruiter query, duplicate saved subjects are collapsed, and no message is linked automatically.
- This does not broaden Gmail/Graph scopes or claim read/unread/archive/spam/trash mutation support. Current installed provider contracts remain read plus explicit-confirmed Gmail/Graph send only.
- Focused correspondence/context tests pass 10/10; full frontend passes 50/50 suites and 192/192 tests; production build/TypeScript passes.

## Remaining MAIL-001 work

- Extend shared provider-neutral thread navigation and application embedding while preserving provider capability differences.
- Surface provider identity, reauthorization, read/unread, pin/read-later/archive/spam/trash only where the provider supports it.
- Share thread detail and link/unlink actions between hub and job workspace.
- Add durable draft/refresh recovery and compose-new-message behavior if confirmed by the remaining workflow inventory; replies are implemented.
- Complete account deletion coverage under SEC-009 before production rollout; job-level hard-delete cascade and export coverage are verified.
- Preserve minimal audit metadata without sensitive body logging; verify Free non-AI access and Pro-only AI assistance.
- Complete remaining link/unlink/dismiss/draft/send/failure/two-user browser/production provider gates. Shared application-context behavior is now covered locally. No real email may be sent during repository verification.

## Validation limitation

The first focused Jest invocation exhibited the repository's open-handle delay. The passing focused and full runs used `--forceExit`; the full run took 228.709 seconds. A Next build process also failed to exit after compilation; only the exact PIDs started by those build attempts were stopped, then a clean build completed. This is recorded as tooling/runtime behavior, not hidden.

## Local browser evidence

- A disposable local `@example.test` user reached `/correspondence` in a running frontend/API browser session.
- The empty linked-message view rendered one H1, search/direction/link filters, refresh, zero-state guidance and explicit disconnected/read-only status for Gmail, Outlook and IMAP with no horizontal overflow at the available 1280×720 viewport.
- Review suggestions changed the URL to `?view=review`; direct `/correspondence/review` reached the same canonical filtered view after its compatibility redirect.
- Disconnected Gmail produced the intended visible connect requirement. Server logs showed the expected 409 review responses and successful provider-status/local-domain requests, with no 5xx in the exercised path.
- Screenshots: `docs/audits/evidence/mail-001/job-email-empty-connected-status-20260810.png` and `job-email-review-disconnected-20260810.png`.
- The browser surface could not resize or produce native Tab traversal, so 375/768/1440, theme and keyboard/focus claims remain blocked. No provider was connected and no message was sent.

## Rollback

Revert `ee5ef7e` to stop recovery and `449faeb` to remove the composer, then disable admission. Revert `123fc55` to remove the send route, `e9937ac` for send consent/adapters and `653f011` (after migration downgrade) for the ledger, followed by earlier read/routing commits. Existing provider grants are not revoked by a code rollback; disconnect/reconnect is an explicit user action.
