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fix(mail): honor configured SMTP security mode - #408

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Summary

Honors the configured SMTP security mode for outbound email and fixes the duplicate migration version that prevented database-backed tests from loading.

Linked issues

Closes #404

Type of change

  • Bug fix (fix:) — corrects broken behavior

Surface

  • API (apps/api/)

What changed

  • TLS now requires STARTTLS and returns an error if STARTTLS is unavailable or the handshake fails.
  • None skips STARTTLS; SSL continues to use implicit TLS.
  • SMTP AUTH is skipped when no username is configured, and credentials are not sent over a remote plaintext connection.
  • Renumbered the Slack integration migration from 000013 to 000014; SQL is unchanged. Version 000013 is already used by the cancelled-state migration, and the collision prevented all migrations from loading.

Why this approach

Go's smtp.SendMail opportunistically attempts STARTTLS whenever the server advertises it, so it cannot honor an explicit None setting. The sender now uses smtp.Client and applies each security mode explicitly. The migration version correction allows the existing database-backed tests to load migrations.

Database / migrations

No SQL schema change. The Slack integration up/down migration pair is renumbered to 000014 so its version is unique.

Breaking changes

  • No

Test plan

  • GitHub Actions API CI run passed: dependency verification, formatting, build, go vet, and go test ./....
  • Local web typecheck, ESLint, and Prettier checks passed.
  • Local go test ./internal/mail -count=1 passed, including SMTP mode and protocol probe tests.
  • Local npm run validate reaches the database tests, but Testcontainers cannot start PostgreSQL on this Windows host (rootless Docker is not supported on Windows). The full API test suite passed in CI.
  • Manual smoke test against a configured SMTP relay was not run; regression tests use local ephemeral SMTP servers.

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  • AI tools were used — tool(s): Codex; AI-assisted commits include a Co-Authored-By: trailer.

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  • PR title follows Conventional Commits and is ≤ 100 chars
  • Hooks ran cleanly (no --no-verify bypass)
  • No secrets, tokens, or .env values committed

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • SMTP security settings now behave consistently: TLS is the default, SSL uses implicit TLS regardless of port, and NONE sends without TLS.
    • TLS delivery requires STARTTLS and fails rather than falling back to an unsecured connection if STARTTLS is unavailable or fails.
    • SMTP authentication is created only when a username is configured.
    • Existing state entries marked “canceled” are now normalized to “cancelled.”

dannyward630 and others added 2 commits October 24, 2026 00:39
Migration 000013 is already used by the cancelled-state migration.

Assign Slack integration version 000014 to allow migration loading and database-backed tests.

Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Honor None by skipping STARTTLS and require a successful STARTTLS upgrade for TLS.

Keep SSL on implicit TLS and cover the wire behavior with local SMTP probes.

Closes Devlaner#404

Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>
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Walkthrough

SMTP sending now uses the configured security mode to select implicit TLS, STARTTLS, or no TLS. Authentication is omitted when no username is configured. The migrations also make Slack table creation conditional and change matching state group values from canceled to cancelled.

Changes: SMTP delivery

Layer / File(s) Summary
SMTP security and message delivery
apps/api/internal/mail/mail.go, apps/api/internal/mail/mail_test.go
The sender defaults an empty security setting to TLS, supports SSL with implicit TLS, requires STARTTLS for TLS, and skips TLS for NONE. It creates authentication only when a username is configured and sends SMTP commands through a shared helper. Tests cover security modes, TLS and authentication failure paths, and SMTP command handling.

Database migrations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Conditional Slack table creation
apps/api/migrations/000014_slack_integration.up.sql
The migration creates slack_channel_links only if the table does not already exist.
Canceled state normalization
apps/api/migrations/000015_refix_cancelled_state_group.up.sql, apps/api/migrations/000015_refix_cancelled_state_group.down.sql
The migration changes states.group from canceled to cancelled for matching rows. The rollback migration executes SELECT 1 without schema changes.

Priority: Not assessed

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Sender as sendMailWithConfig
  participant Client as smtp.Client
  participant Server as SMTP server
  Sender->>Server: Open TCP connection
  Sender->>Client: Create SMTP client
  alt Security is SSL
    Sender->>Server: Establish implicit TLS
  else Security is TLS
    Client->>Server: Request STARTTLS
    Server-->>Client: Accept or reject STARTTLS
    Client->>Server: Establish TLS after acceptance
  else Security is NONE
    Note over Client,Server: Continue without TLS
  end
  opt Authenticator is configured
    Client->>Server: Authenticate
  end
  Client->>Server: Send MAIL, RCPT, and DATA
  Server-->>Client: Return SMTP responses
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Possibly related issues

  • Issue 402 reports SMTP AUTH failures when no username is configured. This change skips authentication when the username is empty.

Suggested reviewers: martian56

Merge Risk: High · up to 536c0

Migration rollback can cause Slack data loss, while the state backfill can alter user-defined states; both should be corrected before merge.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 2

Failed Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check Warning The SMTP implementation and protocol tests relate to issue #404. The migration changes do not. The PR renumbers the Slack integration migration from 000013 to 000014, while issue #404 concerns SMT… Remove the Slack migration renumbering from this pull request, or move it to a separate pull request linked to the migration issue that requires it.
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 11.76% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed
Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title is concise, follows Conventional Commits, and accurately identifies the primary change: honoring the configured SMTP security mode.
Description check Passed The description covers the change, rationale, linked issue, affected API surface, migration renumbering, test results, limitations, AI assistance, and breaking-change status. It is sufficiently comple…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #404 requires the SMTP security setting to control STARTTLS. The reviewed code maps NONE to a plaintext SMTP client without calling STARTTLS. It maps TLS to required STARTTLS and returns a…
Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description covers the change, rationale, linked issue, affected API surface, migration renumbering, test results, limitations, AI assistance, and breaking-change status. It is sufficiently complete, although the migration checklist and some standard checklist items are not explicitly checked.

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Explanation

Issue #404 requires the SMTP security setting to control STARTTLS. The reviewed code maps NONE to a plaintext SMTP client without calling STARTTLS. It maps TLS to required STARTTLS and returns an error when the extension or handshake fails. It retains implicit TLS for SSL. The new tests cover these modes, including no STARTTLS for NONE and no plaintext authentication before secure SMTP. No concrete coding requirement from #404 remains unmet.

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Explanation

The SMTP implementation and protocol tests relate to issue #404. The migration changes do not. The PR renumbers the Slack integration migration from 000013 to 000014, while issue #404 concerns SMTP security behavior. The repository evidence shows the migration files as a separate change with no connection to email security.

Resolution

Remove the Slack migration renumbering from this pull request, or move it to a separate pull request linked to the migration issue that requires it.

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TLS guides messages in their flight
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Major · Make the renamed Slack migration idempotent. · 000014_slack_integration.up.sql:1

apps/api/migrations/000014_slack_integration.up.sql:1
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Make the renamed Slack migration idempotent.

apps/api/cmd/api/main.go calls RunMigrations at startup, and RunMigrations executes m.Up(). An earlier release could have applied the Slack migration as version 13 before the cancelled-state migration also used version 13. After this rename, version 14 is pending, so it can execute CREATE TABLE slack_channel_links again and fail because the table already exists. The failed migration can leave the database dirty and block later upgrades.

Suggested fix
-CREATE TABLE slack_channel_links (
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS slack_channel_links (
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Review comment at @apps/api/migrations/000014_slack_integration.up.sql at line
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Update the Slack migration’s CREATE TABLE statement for slack_channel_links to
tolerate the table already existing, while preserving the rest of the migration
unchanged.
Major · Add a new migration that corrects canceled state groups… · 000014_slack_integration.up.sql:1

apps/api/migrations/000014_slack_integration.up.sql:1
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add a new migration that corrects canceled state groups for installations upgraded from the Slack-only tree.

Installations upgraded from commit 38e621c skip the cancelled-state correction. Their existing default Cancelled states keep the misspelled canceled group. Renaming the Slack migration to 000014 does not run that correction, because the database is already at version 13.

Auto-close, auto-archive, and progress charts only match cancelled. Affected projects therefore keep the bugs that migration 000013_fix_cancelled_state_group fixes.

A new idempotent migration runs on both upgrade paths. Rows already set to cancelled are not changed.

Suggested fix
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/migrations/000015_fix_cancelled_state_group.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- Correct default Cancelled states seeded with the misspelled group "canceled".
+-- Installations that migrated through the Slack-only version-13 tree never ran
+-- the cancelled-state correction, so they need it here. Re-running is a no-op.
+UPDATE states SET "group" = 'cancelled' WHERE "group" = 'canceled';
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/migrations/000015_fix_cancelled_state_group.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- Intentionally a no-op: the misspelled group cannot be restored safely.
+SELECT 1;
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Add a new version-15 migration after the Slack integration migration that
updates `states."group"` from `canceled` to `cancelled`; leave rows already set
to `cancelled` unchanged so the correction is idempotent. Make the down
migration a no-op because the original spelling cannot be safely restored.

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Review comments at @apps/api/migrations/000014_slack_integration.up.sql:
- Line 1: Update the Slack migration’s CREATE TABLE statement for
slack_channel_links to tolerate the table already existing, while preserving the
rest of the migration unchanged.
- Line 1: Add a new version-15 migration after the Slack integration migration
that updates `states."group"` from `canceled` to `cancelled`; leave rows already
set to `cancelled` unchanged so the correction is idempotent. Make the down
migration a no-op because the original spelling cannot be safely restored.

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Files selected for processing: 4
  • apps/api/internal/mail/mail.go
  • apps/api/internal/mail/mail_test.go
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Installs that applied the Slack migration as 000013 would re-run it as
000014 and fail on CREATE TABLE; use IF NOT EXISTS (the integrations
insert already uses ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING). Those installs also never
ran 000013_fix_cancelled_state_group, so re-apply that idempotent
correction as 000015.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
martian56 added a commit to hofipeti/devlane that referenced this pull request Oct 25, 2026
Resolve mail.go by keeping Devlaner#408's explicit security handling (TLS
requires STARTTLS, None skips it, SSL is implicit TLS) together with
this branch's context-aware dialing and deadlines.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Reviewed: SMTP security modes are now explicit and tested; no suspicious changes. Pushed a follow-up making the renumbered Slack migration idempotent (IF NOT EXISTS) and re-applying the cancelled-state fix as 000015 for installs that took the old 000013 Slack migration. Thanks!

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[BUG] "Email security" setting doesn't control whether STARTTLS is attempted

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