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Add single-use registration verification
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id type title domain repo status owner topic_slug created updated depends_on state_hub_workstream_id
EMAIL-WP-0004 workplan Provide transactional invitation mail delivery infotech email-connect active codex netkingdom 2026-08-08 2026-08-08
NK-WP-0024
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EMAIL-WP-0004 - transactional invitation mail delivery

Extend email-connect beyond mailbox evidence scanning with a narrow, provider-neutral transactional-send service for user-engine invitations and verification messages. Email evidence remains non-authoritative.

T01 - Define the send and evidence contract

id: EMAIL-WP-0004-T01
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "ef07126a-3c1b-4a8b-9ec1-252c8844ec49"

Define an authenticated HTTP send request derived from the user-engine outbox envelope, approved templates, recipient/address validation, tenant/template allow-lists, Idempotency-Key, correlation, redaction, and response/error semantics. Provider acceptance must not be described as inbox delivery, awareness, identity, or authorization.

Done when the contract supports invitation-created and invitation-resent events without accepting arbitrary sender, template, or message content.

Done 2026-08-09: authenticated /v1/send accepts only the two invitation event types, validates recipient/event/idempotency fields, and renders a fixed portal invitation template. Provider acceptance remains explicitly distinct from delivery or identity evidence.

T02 - Implement provider-neutral transactional sending

id: EMAIL-WP-0004-T02
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "6a6ae927-4393-480f-a83e-93c9dabe18fe"

Implement the HTTP receiver, template rendering, idempotency store, suppression checks, bounded provider calls, and provider adapter. Start with the approved IONOS SMTP/STARTTLS lane while keeping provider credentials outside requests, logs, Git, and database evidence.

Done when repeated event IDs send at most one message and failures return stable retryable/permanent classifications without leaking SMTP details.

Done 2026-08-09: SQLite idempotency, provider-neutral injection, bounded STARTTLS SMTP calls, duplicate suppression, and redacted provider-unavailable responses are implemented. The same narrow service now issues public- registration mailbox challenges: plaintext handles exist only in the message, SQLite retains a SHA-256 digest, evidence is purpose/binding scoped, expiry is enforced, and consumption is atomic and single-use. All 23 repository tests pass.

T03 - Establish custody and deploy the service

id: EMAIL-WP-0004-T03
status: progress
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "13428364-29b1-4e0d-aaf5-c0b254c829b9"

Route SMTP and caller credentials through the credential catalog before requesting them, store provider material in OpenBao, and deliver only scoped runtime secrets. Deploy an immutable image on railiance01 with probes, resource/security controls, default-deny NetworkPolicy, restricted user-engine ingress, SMTP-only egress, and rollback.

Done when user-engine can call the cluster-local receiver without possessing SMTP credentials and unrelated workloads cannot send through it.

T04 - Prove invitation delivery failure behavior

id: EMAIL-WP-0004-T04
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "34127b3e-f7c6-4ebe-a86c-743ba1b27640"

Test template allow-list denial, invalid recipient, provider timeout, temporary deferral, permanent rejection, duplicate request, suppression, resend, and redacted diagnostics. Verify mailbox ownership and provider acceptance never alter user-engine authorization. Hand non-secret message/event references and failure evidence back to NK-WP-0024.

Done when deployed invitation and verification flows are observable, idempotent, retry-safe, and conservative about delivery evidence.