diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 083ddd0..f0e2866 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ The client proxies `/api/*` requests to the server via Vite config (target is co
- To add a new background job: create a queue with `boss.createQueue()`, register a worker with `boss.work()` in `startQueue()`, and export a `send*Job()` function
- **Existing queues**:
- `classify-ticket` — classifies inbound tickets via GPT (retryLimit: 3, retryDelay: 30s, exponential backoff)
+ - `auto-resolve-ticket` — attempts to auto-resolve tickets via GPT; if unsuccessful, transitions status to `open`
+
+## Ticket Lifecycle
+
+- Inbound emails arrive via the `/api/webhooks/inbound-email` endpoint (SendGrid multipart format) and are created with status `new`
+- The system enqueues `classify-ticket` and `auto-resolve-ticket` background jobs automatically
+- Status flow: `new` → `processing` (AI working) → `open` (if not auto-resolved) or `resolved` (if auto-resolved)
+- `new` and `processing` tickets are system-managed and never shown in the agent UI — agents only see `open`, `resolved`, and `closed` tickets
+- The `/api/tickets` endpoint excludes `new` and `processing` tickets by default (no `status` filter param)
## Authentication
diff --git a/client/src/pages/TicketsPage.test.tsx b/client/src/pages/TicketsPage.test.tsx
index cc3b6d0..dc06aeb 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/TicketsPage.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/TicketsPage.test.tsx
@@ -107,15 +107,15 @@ describe("TicketsPage", () => {
expect(screen.getByText("Closed")).toBeInTheDocument();
});
- it("should display category with underscores replaced by spaces", async () => {
+ it("should display category using category labels", async () => {
mockedAxios.get.mockResolvedValue(mockResponse());
renderWithQuery();
await waitFor(() => {
- expect(screen.getByText("technical question")).toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.getByText("Technical")).toBeInTheDocument();
});
- expect(screen.getByText("refund request")).toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.getByText("Refund")).toBeInTheDocument();
});
it("should show dash for null category", async () => {
diff --git a/e2e/fixtures/auth.ts b/e2e/fixtures/auth.ts
index 48b042e..2d00874 100644
--- a/e2e/fixtures/auth.ts
+++ b/e2e/fixtures/auth.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ export async function logout(page: Page) {
*/
export async function expectLoginPage(page: Page) {
await expect(page).toHaveURL("/login");
- await expect(page.getByText("Helpdesk")).toBeVisible();
- await expect(page.getByText(/sign in to your account/i)).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(page.getByText("Welcome back")).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(page.getByText(/sign in to your helpdesk account/i)).toBeVisible();
}
/**
diff --git a/e2e/tests/auth.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/auth.spec.ts
index 3f4f376..3df9f43 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/auth.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/auth.spec.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ test.describe("Authentication", () => {
test("should display login form with all elements", async ({ page }) => {
// Check page title and description
- await expect(page.getByText("Helpdesk")).toBeVisible();
- await expect(page.getByText(/sign in to your account/i)).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(page.getByText("Welcome back")).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(page.getByText(/sign in to your helpdesk account/i)).toBeVisible();
// Check form fields
await expect(page.getByLabel("Email")).toBeVisible();
@@ -129,18 +129,27 @@ test.describe("Authentication", () => {
});
test("should show loading state during login", async ({ page }) => {
+ // Delay the auth response so we can observe the loading state
+ let resolveDelay!: () => void;
+ const delay = new Promise((resolve) => {
+ resolveDelay = resolve;
+ });
+
+ await page.route("**/api/auth/sign-in/email", async (route) => {
+ await delay;
+ await route.continue();
+ });
+
await page.getByLabel("Email").fill(TEST_USERS.admin.email);
await page.getByLabel("Password").fill(TEST_USERS.admin.password);
-
- // Start login
- const loginPromise = page
- .getByRole("button", { name: /sign in/i })
- .click();
+ await page.getByRole("button", { name: /sign in/i }).click();
// Check loading state appears (button disabled with loading text)
await expect(page.getByText(/signing in.../i)).toBeVisible();
- await loginPromise;
+ // Allow the request to complete
+ resolveDelay();
+ await page.unrouteAll({ behavior: "ignoreErrors" });
});
test("should redirect to home if already authenticated", async ({
diff --git a/e2e/tests/ticket-detail.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/ticket-detail.spec.ts
index 70de20c..e859783 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/ticket-detail.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/ticket-detail.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
+import { test, expect, type APIRequestContext } from "@playwright/test";
import { loginAsAdmin } from "../fixtures/auth";
import type { InboundEmailInput } from "core/schemas/tickets.ts";
@@ -9,14 +9,22 @@ const API_BASE_URL = process.env.BETTER_AUTH_URL!;
* Creates a ticket via the inbound email webhook and returns the ticket object.
*/
async function createTicketViaWebhook(
- request: Parameters[1]>[0]["request"],
+ request: APIRequestContext,
payload: InboundEmailInput
) {
+ const from = payload.fromName?.trim()
+ ? `${payload.fromName} <${payload.from}>`
+ : payload.from;
const response = await request.post(
`${API_BASE_URL}/api/webhooks/inbound-email`,
{
headers: { "x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET },
- data: payload,
+ multipart: {
+ from,
+ subject: payload.subject,
+ text: payload.body,
+ ...(payload.bodyHtml ? { html: payload.bodyHtml } : {}),
+ },
}
);
expect(response.status()).toBe(201);
@@ -76,6 +84,9 @@ test.describe("Ticket Detail Page", () => {
);
await loginAsAdmin(page);
+ await page.request.patch(`${API_BASE_URL}/api/tickets/${ticket.id}`, {
+ data: { status: "open" },
+ });
await page.goto(`/tickets/${ticket.id}`);
// Update status
@@ -107,10 +118,7 @@ test.describe("Ticket Detail Page", () => {
resp.request().method() === "PATCH" &&
resp.status() === 200
);
- await page
- .getByRole("combobox")
- .filter({ hasText: "Unassigned" })
- .click();
+ await page.getByRole("combobox").nth(2).click();
await page.getByRole("option", { name: /^Admin$/ }).click();
await assignPatch;
@@ -170,6 +178,9 @@ test.describe("Ticket Detail Page", () => {
const ticket = await createTicketViaWebhook(request, payload);
await loginAsAdmin(page);
+ await page.request.patch(`${API_BASE_URL}/api/tickets/${ticket.id}`, {
+ data: { status: "open" },
+ });
// Navigate from list to detail
await page.goto("/tickets");
diff --git a/e2e/tests/tickets.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/tickets.spec.ts
index adfffa2..eb403a3 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/tickets.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/tickets.spec.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,21 @@ async function createTicketViaWebhook(
request: any,
payload: Partial & { from: string; fromName: string; subject: string; body: string }
) {
+ const from = payload.fromName?.trim()
+ ? `${payload.fromName} <${payload.from}>`
+ : payload.from;
const response = await request.post(
`${API_BASE_URL}/api/webhooks/inbound-email`,
{
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: {
+ from,
+ subject: payload.subject,
+ text: payload.body,
+ ...(payload.bodyHtml ? { html: payload.bodyHtml } : {}),
+ },
}
);
@@ -73,13 +81,17 @@ test.describe("Tickets Page", () => {
const ticket = await createTicketViaWebhook(request, payload);
await loginAsAdmin(page);
+ await page.request.patch(`${API_BASE_URL}/api/tickets/${ticket.id}`, {
+ data: { status: "open" },
+ });
+
await page.goto("/tickets");
const row = page.getByRole("row").filter({ hasText: ticket.subject });
await expect(row).toBeVisible();
await expect(row.getByText(payload.fromName)).toBeVisible();
await expect(row.getByText(payload.from)).toBeVisible();
- await expect(row.locator("text=open").first()).toBeVisible();
+ await expect(row.locator("text=Open").first()).toBeVisible();
});
test("should show newly created ticket after page reload", async ({ page, request }) => {
@@ -89,6 +101,9 @@ test.describe("Tickets Page", () => {
const uniqueId = `refresh-${Date.now()}`;
const payload = createTestPayload(uniqueId);
const ticket = await createTicketViaWebhook(request, payload);
+ await page.request.patch(`${API_BASE_URL}/api/tickets/${ticket.id}`, {
+ data: { status: "open" },
+ });
await page.reload();
diff --git a/e2e/tests/webhook-inbound-email.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/webhook-inbound-email.spec.ts
index a175532..1e87724 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/webhook-inbound-email.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/webhook-inbound-email.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ import type { InboundEmailInput } from "core/schemas/tickets.ts";
const WEBHOOK_SECRET = process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET!;
const API_BASE_URL = process.env.BETTER_AUTH_URL!;
+/**
+ * Converts an InboundEmailInput to multipart form fields matching SendGrid's format
+ */
+function toMultipart(payload: InboundEmailInput): Record {
+ const from = payload.fromName?.trim()
+ ? `${payload.fromName} <${payload.from}>`
+ : (payload.from ?? "");
+ const result: Record = {
+ from,
+ subject: payload.subject,
+ text: payload.body,
+ };
+ if (payload.bodyHtml) result.html = payload.bodyHtml;
+ return result;
+}
+
/**
* Helper to create a valid inbound email payload
*/
@@ -30,7 +46,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
const response = await request.post(
`${API_BASE_URL}/api/webhooks/inbound-email`,
{
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
failOnStatusCode: false,
}
);
@@ -52,7 +68,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": "wrong-secret",
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
failOnStatusCode: false,
}
);
@@ -71,7 +87,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
const response = await request.post(
`${API_BASE_URL}/api/webhooks/inbound-email?secret=wrong-secret`,
{
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
failOnStatusCode: false,
}
);
@@ -93,7 +109,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
}
);
@@ -110,7 +126,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
const response = await request.post(
`${API_BASE_URL}/api/webhooks/inbound-email?secret=${WEBHOOK_SECRET}`,
{
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
}
);
@@ -132,7 +148,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
failOnStatusCode: false,
}
);
@@ -156,7 +172,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
failOnStatusCode: false,
}
);
@@ -164,7 +180,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
expect(response.status()).toBe(400);
});
- test("should reject request with empty fromName", async ({ request }) => {
+ test("should use email as sender name when from field has no name", async ({ request }) => {
const payload = createValidPayload({ fromName: "" });
const response = await request.post(
@@ -173,18 +189,16 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
- failOnStatusCode: false,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
}
);
- expect(response.status()).toBe(400);
+ expect(response.status()).toBe(201);
const body = await response.json();
- expect(body).toHaveProperty("error");
- expect(body.error).toMatch(/sender name is required/i);
+ expect(body.ticket.senderName).toBe(payload.from);
});
- test("should reject request with whitespace-only fromName", async ({
+ test("should use email as sender name when from field has whitespace-only name", async ({
request,
}) => {
const payload = createValidPayload({ fromName: " " });
@@ -195,15 +209,13 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
- failOnStatusCode: false,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
}
);
- expect(response.status()).toBe(400);
+ expect(response.status()).toBe(201);
const body = await response.json();
- expect(body).toHaveProperty("error");
- expect(body.error).toMatch(/sender name is required/i);
+ expect(body.ticket.senderName).toBe(payload.from);
});
test("should reject request with empty subject", async ({ request }) => {
@@ -215,7 +227,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
failOnStatusCode: false,
}
);
@@ -237,7 +249,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
failOnStatusCode: false,
}
);
@@ -257,7 +269,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
failOnStatusCode: false,
}
);
@@ -280,7 +292,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
}
);
@@ -309,7 +321,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
}
);
@@ -324,7 +336,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
expect(ticket.body).toBe(payload.body);
expect(ticket.senderName).toBe(payload.fromName);
expect(ticket.senderEmail).toBe(payload.from);
- expect(ticket.status).toBe("open");
+ expect(ticket.status).toBe("new");
expect(ticket.category).toBeNull();
expect(ticket.bodyHtml).toBeNull(); // Not provided in payload
@@ -353,7 +365,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: payload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(payload),
}
);
@@ -387,7 +399,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: firstPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(firstPayload),
}
);
@@ -409,7 +421,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: secondPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(secondPayload),
}
);
@@ -444,7 +456,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: firstPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(firstPayload),
}
);
@@ -466,7 +478,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: replyPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(replyPayload),
}
);
@@ -497,7 +509,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: firstPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(firstPayload),
}
);
@@ -519,7 +531,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: forwardPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(forwardPayload),
}
);
@@ -549,7 +561,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: firstPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(firstPayload),
}
);
@@ -569,7 +581,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: replyPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(replyPayload),
}
);
@@ -598,7 +610,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: firstPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(firstPayload),
}
);
@@ -618,7 +630,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: lowercasePayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(lowercasePayload),
}
);
@@ -647,7 +659,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: firstPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(firstPayload),
}
);
@@ -668,7 +680,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: secondPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(secondPayload),
}
);
@@ -699,7 +711,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: firstPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(firstPayload),
}
);
@@ -720,7 +732,7 @@ test.describe("Webhook: Inbound Email", () => {
headers: {
"x-webhook-secret": WEBHOOK_SECRET,
},
- data: secondPayload,
+ multipart: toMultipart(secondPayload),
}
);
diff --git a/server/src/routes/webhooks.ts b/server/src/routes/webhooks.ts
index 89f0a95..b182e2d 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/webhooks.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/webhooks.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ router.post("/inbound-email", requireWebhookSecret, upload.any(), async (req, re
const existingTicket = await prisma.ticket.findFirst({
where: {
senderEmail: data.from,
- status: "open",
+ status: { notIn: ["resolved", "closed"] },
subject: { equals: normalizedSubject, mode: "insensitive" },
},
});