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42 changes: 31 additions & 11 deletions content/en/cloud/guides/self-hosted/operating/smtp.md
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## Testing Email Configuration

### 1. Email Configuration Test Endpoint
### 1. Email Configuration Test Endpoint (Provider Admin Only) {#1-email-configuration-test-endpoint}

Test the basic email configuration without sending actual emails:
Check that the four `SMTP_*` values are configured, without sending an email.
**Both verbs of this endpoint require authentication and the provider admin
role**, so the `GET` must carry a credential. It validates configuration only -
it does not dial the SMTP server.
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```bash
curl -X GET "https://your-domain.com/api/system/email/test"
curl -X GET "https://your-domain.com/api/system/email/test" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT_TOKEN"
```

**Expected Response (Success):**
```json
{
"status": "success",
"message": "Email configuration is valid",
"timestamp": "1695312000",
"smtp_host": "smtp.gmail.com",
"smtp_port": "587",
"smtp_username": "your-email@domain.com"
"timestamp": "1695312000"
}
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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  content/en/cloud/guides/self-hosted/operating/smtp.md data/openapi.yml

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Align the SMTP guide with data/openapi.yml.

data/openapi.yml defines only POST /api/system/email/test; it does not define the documented GET operation or its response schema. Add the GET contract when supported, or remove the GET instructions. Also change the POST response field from sent_to to the required sentTo field.

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In `@content/en/cloud/guides/self-hosted/operating/smtp.md` around lines 38 - 48,
Align the SMTP guide’s email test examples with the API contract in
data/openapi.yml: remove the undocumented GET instructions unless GET is
formally added to the OpenAPI definition, and update the POST success response
field from sent_to to sentTo.

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```

The response carries the verdict only. It does not report `smtp_host`,
`smtp_port` or `smtp_username`: those are the deployment's own relay settings,
and `SMTP_USERNAME` is an email address. Read the configured values from your
deployment configuration instead.

**Expected Response (Error):** `500 Internal Server Error`, as plain text
rather than JSON:

```text
Email configuration verification failed: SMTP configuration error for field 'SMTP_HOST'
```

**Expected Response (Unauthenticated):** `401 Unauthorized`
```json
{
"message": "user must be logged in to perform this operation"
}
```

**Expected Response (Error):**
**Expected Response (Authenticated, not a provider admin):** `403 Forbidden`
```json
{
"error": "Email configuration test failed: SMTP_HOST environment variable is not set"
"message": "user you@example.com must be Provider Admin to perform this operation"
}
```

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -126,7 +146,7 @@ When `LOG_LEVEL=5`, you'll see detailed debug logs for email operations:
### 1. SMTP Configuration Validation

```log
DEBUG SMTP Configuration Debug host=smtp.gmail.com port=587 username=user@domain.com password_set=true password_length=16
DEBUG SMTP Configuration Debug host=smtp.gmail.com port=587 username=user@domain.com password_set=true
```

### 2. Template Processing
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- [ ] Check `LOG_LEVEL` is set to 5 or 6 for debug logging
- [ ] Verify all SMTP environment variables are configured
- [ ] Test email configuration using `/api/system/email/test` endpoint
- [ ] Test email configuration using the provider-admin-only `/api/system/email/test` endpoint, authenticating the request
- [ ] Check network connectivity to SMTP server
- [ ] Validate email template files exist and are accessible
- [ ] Verify recipient email addresses are valid
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