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35 changes: 23 additions & 12 deletions app/Jobs/Emails/PresentationSubmissions/ProcessSpeakersEmailRequestJob.php
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* limitations under the License.
**/
use App\Jobs\Emails\PresentationSubmissions\SelectionProcess\PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessExcerptEmail;
use App\Jobs\Emails\Traits\ResumableChunkJob;
use App\Jobs\Utils\JobDispatcher;
use App\Services\utils\IEmailExcerptService;
use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
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*/
final class ProcessSpeakersEmailRequestJob implements ShouldQueue
{
public $timeout = 0;

public $tries = 1;

use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
// $timeout/$tries/$backoff and the resume-on-retry mechanics come from ResumableChunkJob -
// see that trait's doc comment for why timeout must stay below every retry_after / worker
// --timeout this job can run under.
use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels, ResumableChunkJob;

/**
* @var int
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)
);

// ResumableChunkJob::activateResumeIfRetrying(): resume, not resend. On a retry it sets
// resume_since = dispatched_at in $this->payload so the service skips only the speakers
// whose proof for this email type was written by THIS run. should_resend is left exactly
// as it arrived - it answers a different question (does the operator want to re-email
// speakers with a proof from any earlier campaign?) and the two filters stack.
$this->activateResumeIfRetrying();
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$filter = !is_null($this->filter) ? FilterParser::parse($this->filter, \services\model\ISpeakerFilterFields::OPERATORS) : null;

$service->sendEmails($this->summit_id, $this->payload, $filter);
}

/**
* Invoked by the queue worker once this job is marked failed. With tries = 1 that includes a
* chunk whose worker was killed mid-run: the job sits reserved until the connection's
* retry_after elapses, is re-served, and is failed without re-running. Nothing else reports
* Invoked by the queue worker once this job is marked failed - with tries = 2 and a resume
* check on the retry (see handle()), that means BOTH attempts failed: a chunk whose worker
* was merely killed mid-run (rolling deploy, OOM, scale-down) is re-served and automatically
* resumed once, skipping only the speakers this run already reached. This hook only fires
* when that automatic resume itself also failed to finish the chunk. Nothing else reports
* that loss - the outcome excerpt is only sent when sendEmails() runs to completion - so
* without this hook a dead chunk leaves no trace beyond a queue_failed_jobs row.
*
* Log the chunk's speaker ids at error, and when the operator asked for an outcome e-mail
* send one naming them, so the chunk can be re-sent by id. The chunk is processed one speaker
* per transaction, so a worker killed mid-run has already e-mailed (and written the "already
* sent" proof for) the speakers before the kill: the ids are an upper bound on what was lost,
* not confirmed misses, and both messages say so and tell the operator to re-send with
* should_resend=false so the resend guard skips the speakers that already have a proof. The
* sent" proof for) some of the speakers before the kill: the ids are an upper bound on what
* was lost, not confirmed misses, and both messages say so. should_resend=false is NOT a
* blanket recommendation here: hasAnnouncementEmailTypeSent (the check it gates) carries no
* date, so it also skips every speaker with a proof from any EARLIER, unrelated campaign of
* the same type - the hint below warns about that rather than recommending it outright. The
* excerpt goes through JobDispatcher::withDbFallback (primary, then the database queue, then
* an inline run) and is best-effort: a failure there must not mask the original failure.
*
Expand All @@ -114,7 +125,7 @@ public function failed(\Throwable $e): void
$flow_event = $this->payload['email_flow_event'] ?? '';
$ids_list = implode(', ', $speaker_ids);

$resend_hint = "Re-send these ids with should_resend=false so the speakers already e-mailed are skipped";
$resend_hint = "Both automatic attempts are exhausted. A manual re-send of these ids with should_resend=false skips any speaker who already has a proof of this email type - not just from this run, but from ANY earlier campaign of the same type - so use it to avoid duplicating what this run already sent, never to re-run a deliberate second campaign, or the first campaign's speakers get silently skipped too";
if (isset($this->payload['promo_code_spec'])) {
// AutomaticMultiSpeakerPromoCodeStrategy::getPromoCode() generates a fresh code on every
// call, before the resend guard runs, so should_resend=false does not prevent this one.
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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions app/Jobs/Emails/Traits/ResumableChunkJob.php
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<?php namespace App\Jobs\Emails\Traits;
/**
* Copyright 2026 OpenStack Foundation
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
**/
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

/**
* Trait ResumableChunkJob
*
* Shared retry/resume mechanics for a bulk-email chunk job dispatched by a *Service::sendEmails
* chunk loop (ProcessSpeakersEmailRequestJob / SpeakerService::triggerSendEmails is the first
* caller). Bounds the job's own runtime strictly below every queue connection's retry_after so a
* retried attempt can never run concurrently with a still-live earlier attempt - timeout = 0
* would NOT mean "no job-level bound, use the worker's": Laravel writes the job's $timeout
* property into the queue payload, Worker::timeoutForJob prefers it over the worker option
* because 0 is not null, and registerTimeoutHandler then calls pcntl_alarm(0), which cancels the
* alarm outright. Without an explicit bound below retry_after, a hung (not killed, just slow)
* chunk could outlive retry_after and be re-served to a second worker while the first is still
* running it - true concurrent execution of the same chunk, which the resume check below cannot
* protect against. Retries once with a backoff so a deterministic failure does not retry
* instantly, and on that retry exposes resume_since = dispatched_at in the payload so the
* receiving *Service::sendEmails can skip only the recipients this run already reached. Every
* other payload key - notably should_resend - is left exactly as it arrived: the resume check and
* should_resend answer different questions (did THIS run already reach this recipient, vs. does
* the operator want to re-send to anyone with a proof from any past campaign) and stack rather
* than replace one another.
*
* Composing job must:
* - implement Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue and use
* Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue (this trait's attempts() call comes from there);
* - hold the dispatch payload in a $payload array property, stamped with a dispatched_at key
* (UTC epoch, once per run) by the *Service::triggerSendEmails chunk loop that dispatches it;
* - call activateResumeIfRetrying() at the top of handle(), before handing $this->payload to the
* receiving service.
*
* A chunk with no dispatched_at (queued by a pod running a version of the composing job from
* before this trait existed) is left untouched on a retry - it retries as a full re-run rather
* than an incorrect resume computed from a missing timestamp. That is a bounded, accepted risk
* (one duplicate chunk) limited to a single rolling-deploy window.
*/
trait ResumableChunkJob
{
// 1200s: strictly below every queue connection's retry_after (1800 on both redis and
// database, config/queue.php) and the database-fallback worker's --timeout=1400
// (fn-docker/summit-api/php-entry-point.sh). Composing jobs sharing this trait must not
// override this to a value at or above the lowest retry_after / worker --timeout they run
// under, or the concurrency guarantee above no longer holds.
public $timeout = 1200;

public $tries = 2;

public $backoff = 300;

/**
* Mutates $this->payload in place: on a retry (attempts() > 1) with a dispatched_at already
* stamped, sets resume_since = dispatched_at and logs a warning. First attempt, or a chunk
* with no dispatched_at, leaves the payload untouched.
*/
private function activateResumeIfRetrying(): void
{
if ($this->attempts() <= 1 || !isset($this->payload['dispatched_at'])) {
return;
}

$this->payload['resume_since'] = $this->payload['dispatched_at'];

Log::warning
(
sprintf
(
"%s::handle attempt %s: resuming chunk from dispatched_at %s",
static::class,
$this->attempts(),
date('c', $this->payload['dispatched_at'])
)
);
}
}
26 changes: 25 additions & 1 deletion app/Models/Foundation/Summit/Speakers/PresentationSpeaker.php
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protected $active_involvements;

/**
* @var SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail[]
* @var \Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection<int, SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail>
*/
#[ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity: \SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::class, mappedBy: 'speaker', cascade: ['persist'], orphanRemoval: true, fetch: 'EXTRA_LAZY')]
private $announcement_summit_emails;
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return $this->announcement_summit_emails->matching($criteria)->count() > 0;
}

/**
* Same criteria as hasAnnouncementEmailTypeSent, additionally bounded to a proof written at
* or after $since. Used to resume a retried bulk send: it answers "did THIS run already
* reach this speaker" rather than "has this speaker ever received this type", which is what
* makes it safe to combine with should_resend on a retry without silently swallowing a
* deliberate second campaign of the same type.
*
* @param Summit $summit
* @param string $type
* @param \DateTime $since
* @return bool
*/
public function hasAnnouncementEmailTypeSentSince(Summit $summit, string $type, \DateTime $since): bool
{
$criteria = Criteria::create();

$criteria
->where(Criteria::expr()->eq('summit', $summit))
->andWhere(Criteria::expr()->eq('type', $type))
->andWhere(Criteria::expr()->gte('send_date', $since));

return $this->announcement_summit_emails->matching($criteria)->count() > 0;
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}


/**
* @return bool
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// deduplicated). withDbFallback() fails over to the database queue (and runs sync on a
// double failure) so the loop completes. Same pattern as
// PresentationSubmissionReopenService::notify's per-recipient dispatch loop.
// Stamped once per run (not per chunk) so every chunk's resume check, if the chunk is
// ever retried, compares against the same instant this run started.
$dispatched_at = time();
$chunk_nbr = 1;
foreach (array_chunk($ids, $process_jon_chunk_size) as $chunk) {
$chunkPayload = $payload;
$chunkPayload['speaker_ids'] = $chunk;
$chunkPayload['dispatched_at'] = $dispatched_at;
unset($chunkPayload['excluded_speaker_ids']);
// resume_since is set only by ProcessSpeakersEmailRequestJob::handle() on a retry -
// getJsonPayload() returns the raw request body and no validation rule declares this
// key, so a caller-supplied value must never reach a first-attempt chunk.
unset($chunkPayload['resume_since']);

Log::debug
(
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throw new EntityNotFoundException('Speaker not found');
}

// Resume, not resend: set only by ProcessSpeakersEmailRequestJob::handle()
// on a retry (attempts() > 1). A speaker whose proof for this email type
// was written at or after resume_since was already reached by this run
// before the kill - skip before any side effect (promo code, assistance)
// so a retry never leaves an orphan promo code for a speaker it must not
// re-email. should_resend is independent and evaluated later, unchanged,
// inside SpeakerActionsEmailStrategy::process().
$resume_since = $payload['resume_since'] ?? null;
if (!is_null($resume_since)) {
$announcement_type = $email_strategy->getAnnouncementType();
if
(
!is_null($announcement_type) &&
$speaker->hasAnnouncementEmailTypeSentSince($summit, $announcement_type, new \DateTime('@' . $resume_since))

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Dispatch selection emails after the proof transaction commits

SpeakerActionsEmailStrategy::process() dispatches through PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessEmailFactory::send() before creating SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail. With Redis after_commit=false, a worker can execute the queued email before the transaction commits. If the transaction rolls back, the retry finds no proof in hasAnnouncementEmailTypeSentSince() and can dispatch the same email again. Use afterCommit() or an atomic outbox, and add a termination-window integration test.

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In `@app/Services/Model/Imp/SpeakerService.php` at line 1411, The
SpeakerActionsEmailStrategy::process flow must defer
PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessEmailFactory::send dispatch until the proof
transaction commits, preventing retries from sending duplicates after rollback.
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SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail creation and dispatch, and add an integration
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Confirmed: PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessEmailFactory::send() does run before the SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail proof is created, and with after_commit=false on the redis connection a fast worker could process the mail before the wrapping transaction commits. This is pre-existing behavior this PR doesn't touch — the ordering inside SpeakerActionsEmailStrategy::process() is unchanged — and it's the same trade-off this PR's plan already documented: "A kill between the redis push and the commit re-emails that one speaker on the retry. Bounded to one speaker per kill; accepted."

Moving to an afterCommit/outbox pattern would touch the same dispatch path shared by all ten services on ParametrizedSendEmails, not just this job — platform-level, out of scope here. Leaving as a documented accepted risk.

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@smarcet, thanks for the clarification. The dispatch-before-proof termination window is pre-existing and unchanged by this PR. The retry behavior bounds the duplicate-email risk to one speaker per killed chunk.

An afterCommit() or atomic-outbox change affects the shared ParametrizedSendEmails dispatch path. It is out of scope for this PR. Would you like me to open a follow-up GitHub issue for that platform-level change?

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File: app/Services/Model/Imp/SpeakerService.php:1411-1411
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Learning: In OpenStackweb/summit-api speaker bulk-email processing, `PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessEmailFactory::send()` can dispatch before `SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail` proof creation, while Redis has `after_commit=false`. A kill between queue dispatch and transaction commit can cause one speaker to be re-emailed on retry. This pre-existing bounded risk is accepted for PR `#598`. An `afterCommit()` or atomic-outbox solution is platform-level work because the dispatch path is shared by ten services using `ParametrizedSendEmails`.

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File: app/Jobs/Emails/PresentationSubmissions/ProcessSpeakersEmailRequestJob.php:93-93
Timestamp: 2026-09-04T14:03:11.531Z
Learning: In the speaker email flow, `SpeakerActionsEmailStrategy::process()` creates a `SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail` proof only after `PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessEmailFactory::send()` has dispatched that speaker’s email job. Therefore, when overlapping same-summit, same-type campaigns use the date-based `resume_since` check, a proof from the other campaign can affect excerpt run attribution but does not cause a missed email.

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) {
if (!is_null($onDispatchInfo)) {
$onDispatchInfo
(
sprintf
(
"Speaker %s (%s) already processed by this run before the retry, skipped.",
$speaker->getEmail(),
$speaker->getId()
)
);
}
return;
}
}

// try to get or auto-build a promo code

$promo_code_strategy = $this->promo_code_strategy_factory->createStrategy($summit, $payload);
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sprintf("Processing EMAIL %s for %s %s", $flow_event, $getRootEntityName(), $root_entity_id)
);

// Set only by ProcessSpeakersEmailRequestJob::handle() on a retry (SpeakerService is the
// only caller of _sendEmails whose payload ever carries this key); announces the resume
// so the operator's excerpt reads the same as the "already has an email of type" lines it
// sits next to. Must stay after the header above - anything added before
// EmailExcerpt::clearReport() (top of this method) is wiped.
if (isset($payload['resume_since'])) {
EmailExcerpt::addInfoMessage
(
sprintf
(
"RETRY: resuming this run; %s already processed since %s are skipped",
$subject,
date('c', $payload['resume_since'])
)
);
}

$root_entity = $this->tx_service->transaction(function () use($root_entity_id, $getRootEntity){
return $getRootEntity($root_entity_id);
});
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): void
{
try {
$type = null;

Log::debug
(
sprintf
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)
);

switch ($this->flow_event) {
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAcceptedAlternateEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
$type = SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAcceptedAlternate;
break;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAcceptedOnlyEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
$type = SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAccepted;
break;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAcceptedRejectedEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
$type = SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAcceptedRejected;
break;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAlternateOnlyEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
$type = SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAlternate;
break;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAlternateRejectedEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
$type = SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAlternateRejected;
break;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessRejectedOnlyEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
$type = SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeRejected;
break;
default:
if (!is_null($onSuccess)) {
$onSuccess
(
$speaker->getEmail(),
IEmailExcerptService::EmailLineType,
SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeNone
);
}
break;
$type = $this->getAnnouncementType();

if (is_null($type) && !is_null($onSuccess)) {
$onSuccess
(
$speaker->getEmail(),
IEmailExcerptService::EmailLineType,
SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeNone
);
}

if (!is_null($type)) {
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$onError($ex->getMessage());
}
}

/**
* Maps this strategy's flow_event to the SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail type it announces, or
* null when the flow_event carries no announcement type (process()'s TypeNone branch). Public
* so SpeakerService::sendEmails can resolve the type ahead of process() to evaluate a retry's
* resume check before any side effect, without duplicating this mapping.
*
* @return string|null
*/
public function getAnnouncementType(): ?string
{
switch ($this->flow_event) {
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAcceptedAlternateEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
return SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAcceptedAlternate;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAcceptedOnlyEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
return SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAccepted;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAcceptedRejectedEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
return SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAcceptedRejected;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAlternateOnlyEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
return SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAlternate;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessAlternateRejectedEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
return SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeAlternateRejected;
case PresentationSpeakerSelectionProcessRejectedOnlyEmail::EVENT_SLUG:
return SpeakerAnnouncementSummitEmail::TypeRejected;
default:
return null;
}
}
}
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