Migrate dev server from MongoDB to SQLite

- Replace mongooseAdapter with sqliteAdapter in payload config
- Update database configuration to use file:./dev.db
- Remove MongoDB memory database helper and references
- Simplify start script by removing verbose logging and MongoDB messaging
- Fix email processing with immediate send support and proper queue handling
- Restructure app with route groups for frontend/admin separation
- Add dashboard and test pages for email management
- Update API routes for improved email processing and testing

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)

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

dev/.env.local

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+USE_MEMORY_DB=true
+PAYLOAD_SECRET=YOUR_SECRET_HERE

dev/app/(frontend)/dashboard/page.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+'use client'
+
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+interface EmailStats {
+  total: number
+  sent: number
+  pending: number
+  failed: number
+  processing: number
+}
+
+export default function HomePage() {
+  const [emailStats, setEmailStats] = useState<EmailStats>({
+    total: 0,
+    sent: 0,
+    pending: 0,
+    failed: 0,
+    processing: 0
+  })
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(true)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    fetchEmailStats()
+  }, [])
+
+  const fetchEmailStats = async () => {
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch('/api/test-email')
+      const data = await response.json()
+
+      if (data.outbox?.emails) {
+        const emails = data.outbox.emails
+        const stats: EmailStats = {
+          total: emails.length,
+          sent: emails.filter((email: any) => email.status === 'sent').length,
+          pending: emails.filter((email: any) => email.status === 'pending').length,
+          failed: emails.filter((email: any) => email.status === 'failed').length,
+          processing: emails.filter((email: any) => email.status === 'processing').length
+        }
+        setEmailStats(stats)
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Error fetching email statistics:', error)
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const StatCard = ({ label, value, color, description }: { label: string; value: number; color: string; description: string }) => (
+    <div style={{
+      backgroundColor: 'white',
+      border: '1px solid #e5e7eb',
+      borderRadius: '12px',
+      padding: '24px',
+      textAlign: 'center',
+      boxShadow: '0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)',
+    }}>
+      <div style={{
+        fontSize: '3rem',
+        fontWeight: 'bold',
+        color: color,
+        marginBottom: '8px'
+      }}>
+        {value}
+      </div>
+      <div style={{
+        fontSize: '1.1rem',
+        fontWeight: '600',
+        color: '#374151',
+        marginBottom: '4px'
+      }}>
+        {label}
+      </div>
+      <div style={{
+        fontSize: '0.875rem',
+        color: '#6b7280'
+      }}>
+        {description}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <div style={{
+      backgroundColor: '#f9fafb',
+      padding: '40px 20px',
+      minHeight: 'calc(100vh - 80px)'
+    }}>
+      <div style={{
+        maxWidth: '1200px',
+        margin: '0 auto'
+      }}>
+        {/* Header */}
+        <div style={{ textAlign: 'center', marginBottom: '48px' }}>
+          <h1 style={{
+            fontSize: '3rem',
+            fontWeight: 'bold',
+            color: '#1f2937',
+            marginBottom: '16px'
+          }}>
+            📧 PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin
+          </h1>
+          <p style={{
+            fontSize: '1.25rem',
+            color: '#6b7280',
+            marginBottom: '24px'
+          }}>
+            Development Dashboard
+          </p>
+
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: '16px', justifyContent: 'center', flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
+            <Link
+              href="/admin"
+              style={{
+                backgroundColor: '#3b82f6',
+                color: 'white',
+                padding: '12px 24px',
+                borderRadius: '8px',
+                textDecoration: 'none',
+                fontWeight: '500',
+                transition: 'background-color 0.2s'
+              }}
+            >
+              📊 Admin Panel
+            </Link>
+            <Link
+              href="/mailing-test"
+              style={{
+                backgroundColor: '#10b981',
+                color: 'white',
+                padding: '12px 24px',
+                borderRadius: '8px',
+                textDecoration: 'none',
+                fontWeight: '500',
+                transition: 'background-color 0.2s'
+              }}
+            >
+              🧪 Test Interface
+            </Link>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Email Statistics */}
+        <div style={{ marginBottom: '48px' }}>
+          <div style={{
+            display: 'flex',
+            justifyContent: 'space-between',
+            alignItems: 'center',
+            marginBottom: '24px'
+          }}>
+            <h2 style={{
+              fontSize: '2rem',
+              fontWeight: 'bold',
+              color: '#1f2937'
+            }}>
+              Email Statistics
+            </h2>
+            <button
+              onClick={fetchEmailStats}
+              disabled={loading}
+              style={{
+                backgroundColor: loading ? '#9ca3af' : '#6b7280',
+                color: 'white',
+                padding: '8px 16px',
+                borderRadius: '6px',
+                border: 'none',
+                cursor: loading ? 'not-allowed' : 'pointer',
+                fontWeight: '500'
+              }}
+            >
+              {loading ? 'Loading...' : 'Refresh'}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
+          {loading ? (
+            <div style={{ textAlign: 'center', padding: '48px' }}>
+              <div style={{ color: '#6b7280', fontSize: '1.1rem' }}>Loading email statistics...</div>
+            </div>
+          ) : (
+            <div style={{
+              display: 'grid',
+              gridTemplateColumns: 'repeat(auto-fit, minmax(250px, 1fr))',
+              gap: '24px'
+            }}>
+              <StatCard
+                label="Total Emails"
+                value={emailStats.total}
+                color="#1f2937"
+                description="All emails in the system"
+              />
+              <StatCard
+                label="Successfully Sent"
+                value={emailStats.sent}
+                color="#10b981"
+                description="Delivered successfully"
+              />
+              <StatCard
+                label="Pending"
+                value={emailStats.pending}
+                color="#f59e0b"
+                description="Waiting to be sent"
+              />
+              <StatCard
+                label="Failed"
+                value={emailStats.failed}
+                color="#ef4444"
+                description="Failed to send"
+              />
+              {emailStats.processing > 0 && (
+                <StatCard
+                  label="Processing"
+                  value={emailStats.processing}
+                  color="#3b82f6"
+                  description="Currently being sent"
+                />
+              )}
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Quick Actions */}
+        <div style={{
+          backgroundColor: 'white',
+          borderRadius: '12px',
+          padding: '32px',
+          border: '1px solid #e5e7eb',
+          boxShadow: '0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)'
+        }}>
+          <h3 style={{
+            fontSize: '1.5rem',
+            fontWeight: 'bold',
+            color: '#1f2937',
+            marginBottom: '16px'
+          }}>
+            Quick Actions
+          </h3>
+          <div style={{
+            display: 'grid',
+            gridTemplateColumns: 'repeat(auto-fit, minmax(300px, 1fr))',
+            gap: '16px'
+          }}>
+            <div style={{ padding: '16px', backgroundColor: '#f9fafb', borderRadius: '8px' }}>
+              <h4 style={{ marginBottom: '8px', color: '#1f2937' }}>🎯 Test Email Sending</h4>
+              <p style={{ color: '#6b7280', marginBottom: '12px', fontSize: '0.9rem' }}>
+                Send test emails using templates with the interactive testing interface.
+              </p>
+              <Link
+                href="/mailing-test"
+                style={{
+                  color: '#3b82f6',
+                  textDecoration: 'none',
+                  fontWeight: '500'
+                }}
+              >
+                Open Test Interface →
+              </Link>
+            </div>
+
+            <div style={{ padding: '16px', backgroundColor: '#f9fafb', borderRadius: '8px' }}>
+              <h4 style={{ marginBottom: '8px', color: '#1f2937' }}>📝 Manage Templates</h4>
+              <p style={{ color: '#6b7280', marginBottom: '12px', fontSize: '0.9rem' }}>
+                Create and edit email templates in the Payload admin interface.
+              </p>
+              <Link
+                href="/admin/collections/email-templates"
+                style={{
+                  color: '#3b82f6',
+                  textDecoration: 'none',
+                  fontWeight: '500'
+                }}
+              >
+                Manage Templates →
+              </Link>
+            </div>
+
+            <div style={{ padding: '16px', backgroundColor: '#f9fafb', borderRadius: '8px' }}>
+              <h4 style={{ marginBottom: '8px', color: '#1f2937' }}>📬 Email Queue</h4>
+              <p style={{ color: '#6b7280', marginBottom: '12px', fontSize: '0.9rem' }}>
+                View and manage the email outbox and delivery status.
+              </p>
+              <Link
+                href="/admin/collections/emails"
+                style={{
+                  color: '#3b82f6',
+                  textDecoration: 'none',
+                  fontWeight: '500'
+                }}
+              >
+                View Email Queue →
+              </Link>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Footer */}
+        <div style={{
+          textAlign: 'center',
+          marginTop: '48px',
+          padding: '24px',
+          color: '#6b7280',
+          fontSize: '0.875rem'
+        }}>
+          PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin Development Environment
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}

dev/app/(frontend)/layout.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import type { Metadata } from 'next'
+
+export const metadata: Metadata = {
+  title: 'PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin - Development',
+  description: 'Development environment for PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin',
+}
+
+export default function FrontendLayout({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode
+}) {
+  return (
+    <html lang="en">
+      <body style={{
+        margin: 0,
+        padding: 0,
+        fontFamily: '-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif'
+      }}>
+        {children}
+      </body>
+    </html>
+  )
+}

dev/app/(frontend)/mailing-test/page.tsx

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export default function MailingTestPage() {
   const [selectedTemplate, setSelectedTemplate] = useState<string>('')
   const [toEmail, setToEmail] = useState<string>('test@example.com')
   const [variables, setVariables] = useState<Record<string, any>>({})
+  const [jsonVariables, setJsonVariables] = useState<string>('{}')
+  const [jsonError, setJsonError] = useState<string>('')
   const [emailType, setEmailType] = useState<'send' | 'schedule'>('send')
   const [scheduleDate, setScheduleDate] = useState<string>('')
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false)
@@ -58,6 +60,23 @@ export default function MailingTestPage() {
     const template = templates.find(t => t.slug === templateSlug)
     if (template?.previewData) {
       setVariables(template.previewData)
+      setJsonVariables(JSON.stringify(template.previewData, null, 2))
+    } else {
+      setVariables({})
+      setJsonVariables('{}')
+    }
+    setJsonError('')
+  }
+
+  const handleJsonVariablesChange = (jsonString: string) => {
+    setJsonVariables(jsonString)
+    setJsonError('')
+
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(jsonString)
+      setVariables(parsed)
+    } catch (error) {
+      setJsonError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Invalid JSON')
     }
   }
 
@@ -67,6 +86,11 @@ export default function MailingTestPage() {
       return
     }
 
+    if (jsonError) {
+      setMessage('Please fix the JSON syntax error before sending')
+      return
+    }
+
     setLoading(true)
     setMessage('')
 
@@ -88,7 +112,8 @@ export default function MailingTestPage() {
       const result = await response.json()
       
       if (result.success) {
-        setMessage(`✅ ${result.message} (ID: ${result.emailId})`)
+        const statusIcon = result.status === 'sent' ? '📧' : '📫'
+        setMessage(`✅ ${statusIcon} ${result.message} (ID: ${result.emailId})`)
         fetchData() // Refresh email queue
       } else {
         setMessage(`❌ Error: ${result.error}`)
@@ -204,28 +229,43 @@ export default function MailingTestPage() {
             </div>
           )}
 
-          {selectedTemplateData?.variables && (
+          {selectedTemplate && (
             <div style={{ marginBottom: '15px' }}>
-              <h3>Template Variables:</h3>
-              {selectedTemplateData.variables.map(variable => (
-                <div key={variable.name} style={{ marginBottom: '10px' }}>
-                  <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: '5px' }}>
-                    {variable.name} {variable.required && <span style={{ color: 'red' }}>*</span>}
-                    {variable.description && <small style={{ color: '#666' }}> - {variable.description}</small>}
-                  </label>
-                  <input
-                    type={variable.type === 'number' ? 'number' : variable.type === 'date' ? 'datetime-local' : 'text'}
-                    value={variables[variable.name] || ''}
-                    onChange={(e) => setVariables({
-                      ...variables,
-                      [variable.name]: variable.type === 'number' ? Number(e.target.value) : 
-                                     variable.type === 'boolean' ? e.target.checked : 
-                                     e.target.value
-                    })}
-                    style={{ width: '100%', padding: '8px', borderRadius: '4px', border: '1px solid #ddd' }}
-                  />
+              <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: '5px' }}>
+                <strong>Template Variables (JSON):</strong>
+                {selectedTemplateData?.variables && (
+                  <small style={{ color: '#666', marginLeft: '8px' }}>
+                    Available variables: {selectedTemplateData.variables.map(v => v.name).join(', ')}
+                  </small>
+                )}
+              </label>
+              <textarea
+                value={jsonVariables}
+                onChange={(e) => handleJsonVariablesChange(e.target.value)}
+                placeholder='{\n  "firstName": "John",\n  "siteName": "MyApp",\n  "createdAt": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z"\n}'
+                style={{
+                  width: '100%',
+                  height: '150px',
+                  padding: '8px',
+                  borderRadius: '4px',
+                  border: jsonError ? '2px solid #dc3545' : '1px solid #ddd',
+                  fontFamily: 'monaco, "Courier New", monospace',
+                  fontSize: '13px',
+                  resize: 'vertical'
+                }}
+              />
+              {jsonError && (
+                <div style={{
+                  color: '#dc3545',
+                  fontSize: '12px',
+                  marginTop: '5px',
+                  padding: '5px',
+                  backgroundColor: '#f8d7da',
+                  borderRadius: '4px'
+                }}>
+                  Invalid JSON: {jsonError}
                 </div>
-              ))}
+              )}
             </div>
           )}
 

dev/app/api/process-emails/route.ts

@@ -4,24 +4,25 @@ import config from '@payload-config'
 export async function POST(request: Request) {
   try {
     const payload = await getPayload({ config })
-    
-    // Queue the combined email queue processing job
-    const job = await payload.jobs.queue({
-      task: 'process-email-queue',
-      input: {},
+
+    // Run jobs in the default queue (the plugin already schedules email processing on init)
+    const results = await payload.jobs.run({
+      queue: 'default',
     })
-    
+
+    const processedCount = Array.isArray(results) ? results.length : (results ? 1 : 0)
+
     return Response.json({
       success: true,
-      message: 'Email queue processing job queued successfully (will process both pending and failed emails)',
-      jobId: job.id,
+      message: `Email queue processing completed. Processed ${processedCount} jobs.`,
+      processedJobs: processedCount,
     })
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Process emails error:', error)
     return Response.json(
-      { 
+      {
         error: 'Failed to process emails',
-        details: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error' 
+        details: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'
       },
       { status: 500 }
     )

dev/app/api/test-email/route.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getPayload } from 'payload'
 import config from '@payload-config'
-import { sendEmail } from '@xtr-dev/payload-mailing'
+import { sendEmail, processEmailById } from '@xtr-dev/payload-mailing'
 
 export async function POST(request: Request) {
   try {
@@ -41,10 +41,33 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
 
     const result = await sendEmail(payload, emailOptions)
 
+    // If it's "send now" (not scheduled), process the email immediately
+    if (type === 'send' && !scheduledAt) {
+      try {
+        await processEmailById(payload, String(result.id))
+        return Response.json({
+          success: true,
+          emailId: result.id,
+          message: 'Email sent successfully',
+          status: 'sent'
+        })
+      } catch (processError) {
+        // If immediate processing fails, return that it's queued
+        console.warn('Failed to process email immediately, left in queue:', processError)
+        return Response.json({
+          success: true,
+          emailId: result.id,
+          message: 'Email queued successfully (immediate processing failed)',
+          status: 'queued'
+        })
+      }
+    }
+
     return Response.json({
       success: true,
       emailId: result.id,
       message: scheduledAt ? 'Email scheduled successfully' : 'Email queued successfully',
+      status: scheduledAt ? 'scheduled' : 'queued'
     })
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Test email error:', error)

dev/app/page.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Metadata } from 'next'
+import {redirect} from "next/navigation.js"
+
+export const metadata: Metadata = {
+  title: 'PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin - Development',
+  description: 'Development environment for PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin',
+}
+
+export default function HomePage() {
+  redirect('/dashboard')
+}

dev/payload-types.ts

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export interface Config {
     'payload-migrations': PayloadMigrationsSelect<false> | PayloadMigrationsSelect<true>;
   };
   db: {
-    defaultIDType: string;
+    defaultIDType: number;
   };
   globals: {};
   globalsSelect: {};
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export interface Config {
   };
   jobs: {
     tasks: {
-      processEmails: ProcessEmailsJob;
+      'process-emails': ProcessEmailsTask;
       'send-email': TaskSendEmail;
       inline: {
         input: unknown;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export interface UserAuthOperations {
  * via the `definition` "users".
  */
 export interface User {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   firstName?: string | null;
   lastName?: string | null;
   updatedAt: string;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export interface User {
  * via the `definition` "posts".
  */
 export interface Post {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
 }
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export interface Post {
  * via the `definition` "media".
  */
 export interface Media {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
   url?: string | null;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export interface Media {
  * via the `definition` "email-templates".
  */
 export interface EmailTemplate {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   /**
    * A descriptive name for this email template
    */
@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@ export interface EmailTemplate {
  * via the `definition` "emails".
  */
 export interface Email {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   /**
    * Email template used (optional if custom content provided)
    */
-  template?: (string | null) | EmailTemplate;
+  template?: (number | null) | EmailTemplate;
   /**
    * Recipient email addresses
    */
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export interface Email {
  * via the `definition` "payload-jobs".
  */
 export interface PayloadJob {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   /**
    * Input data provided to the job
    */
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export interface PayloadJob {
     | {
         executedAt: string;
         completedAt: string;
-        taskSlug: 'inline' | 'processEmails' | 'send-email';
+        taskSlug: 'inline' | 'process-emails' | 'send-email';
         taskID: string;
         input?:
           | {
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ export interface PayloadJob {
         id?: string | null;
       }[]
     | null;
-  taskSlug?: ('inline' | 'processEmails' | 'send-email') | null;
+  taskSlug?: ('inline' | 'process-emails' | 'send-email') | null;
   queue?: string | null;
   waitUntil?: string | null;
   processing?: boolean | null;
@@ -408,36 +408,36 @@ export interface PayloadJob {
  * via the `definition` "payload-locked-documents".
  */
 export interface PayloadLockedDocument {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   document?:
     | ({
         relationTo: 'users';
-        value: string | User;
+        value: number | User;
       } | null)
     | ({
         relationTo: 'posts';
-        value: string | Post;
+        value: number | Post;
       } | null)
     | ({
         relationTo: 'media';
-        value: string | Media;
+        value: number | Media;
       } | null)
     | ({
         relationTo: 'email-templates';
-        value: string | EmailTemplate;
+        value: number | EmailTemplate;
       } | null)
     | ({
         relationTo: 'emails';
-        value: string | Email;
+        value: number | Email;
       } | null)
     | ({
         relationTo: 'payload-jobs';
-        value: string | PayloadJob;
+        value: number | PayloadJob;
       } | null);
   globalSlug?: string | null;
   user: {
     relationTo: 'users';
-    value: string | User;
+    value: number | User;
   };
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
@@ -447,10 +447,10 @@ export interface PayloadLockedDocument {
  * via the `definition` "payload-preferences".
  */
 export interface PayloadPreference {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   user: {
     relationTo: 'users';
-    value: string | User;
+    value: number | User;
   };
   key?: string | null;
   value?:
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ export interface PayloadPreference {
  * via the `definition` "payload-migrations".
  */
 export interface PayloadMigration {
-  id: string;
+  id: number;
   name?: string | null;
   batch?: number | null;
   updatedAt: string;
@@ -628,9 +628,9 @@ export interface PayloadMigrationsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
 }
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
- * via the `definition` "ProcessEmailsJob".
+ * via the `definition` "ProcessEmailsTask".
  */
-export interface ProcessEmailsJob {
+export interface ProcessEmailsTask {
   input?: unknown;
   output?: unknown;
 }
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ export interface ProcessEmailsJob {
  */
 export interface TaskSendEmail {
   input: {
+    /**
+     * Process and send the email immediately instead of waiting for the queue processor
+     */
+    processImmediately?: boolean | null;
     /**
      * Use a template (leave empty for direct email)
      */

dev/payload.config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mongooseAdapter } from '@payloadcms/db-mongodb'
+import { sqliteAdapter } from '@payloadcms/db-sqlite'
 import { lexicalEditor } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical'
 import {
   FixedToolbarFeature,
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   HorizontalRuleFeature,
   InlineToolbarFeature,
 } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical'
-import { MongoMemoryReplSet } from 'mongodb-memory-server'
 import path from 'path'
 import { buildConfig } from 'payload'
 import sharp from 'sharp'
@@ -24,36 +23,7 @@ if (!process.env.ROOT_DIR) {
   process.env.ROOT_DIR = dirname
 }
 
-const buildConfigWithMemoryDB = async () => {
-  // Use in-memory MongoDB for development and testing
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' || process.env.USE_MEMORY_DB === 'true' || !process.env.DATABASE_URI) {
-    console.log('🚀 Starting MongoDB in-memory database...')
-
-    const memoryDB = await MongoMemoryReplSet.create({
-      replSet: {
-        count: 1, // Single instance for dev (faster startup)
-        dbName: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? 'payloadmemory' : 'payload-mailing-dev',
-        storageEngine: 'wiredTiger',
-      },
-    })
-
-    const uri = `${memoryDB.getUri()}&retryWrites=true`
-    process.env.DATABASE_URI = uri
-
-    console.log('✅ MongoDB in-memory database started')
-    console.log(`📊 Database URI: ${uri.replace(/mongodb:\/\/[^@]*@/, 'mongodb://***@')}`)
-
-    // Graceful shutdown
-    process.on('SIGINT', async () => {
-      console.log('🛑 Stopping MongoDB in-memory database...')
-      await memoryDB.stop()
-      process.exit(0)
-    })
-  } else {
-    console.log(`🔗 Using external MongoDB: ${process.env.DATABASE_URI?.replace(/mongodb:\/\/[^@]*@/, 'mongodb://***@')}`)
-  }
-
-  return buildConfig({
+export default buildConfig({
     admin: {
       importMap: {
         baseDir: path.resolve(dirname),
@@ -122,22 +92,36 @@ const buildConfigWithMemoryDB = async () => {
         },
       },
     ],
-    db: mongooseAdapter({
-      ensureIndexes: true,
-      url: process.env.DATABASE_URI || '',
+    db: sqliteAdapter({
+      client: {
+        url: process.env.DATABASE_URI || 'file:./dev.db',
+      },
     }),
     editor: lexicalEditor(),
     email: testEmailAdapter,
     onInit: async (payload) => {
       await seed(payload)
     },
+    jobs: {
+      jobsCollectionOverrides: c => {
+        if (c.defaultJobsCollection.admin) c.defaultJobsCollection.admin.hidden = false
+        return c.defaultJobsCollection
+      },
+      autoRun: [
+        {
+          cron: '*/1 * * * *', // every minute
+          limit: 10, // limit jobs to process each run
+          queue: 'default', // name of the queue
+        },
+      ],
+    },
     plugins: [
       mailingPlugin({
         defaultFrom: 'noreply@test.com',
         initOrder: 'after',
         retryAttempts: 3,
         retryDelay: 60000, // 1 minute for dev
-        queue: 'email-queue',
+        queue: 'default',
 
         // Example: Collection overrides for customization
         // Uncomment and modify as needed for your use case
@@ -286,6 +270,3 @@ const buildConfigWithMemoryDB = async () => {
       outputFile: path.resolve(dirname, 'payload-types.ts'),
     },
   })
-}
-
-export default buildConfigWithMemoryDB()

dev/start-dev.js

@@ -3,26 +3,14 @@
 // Development startup script for PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin
 // This ensures proper environment setup and provides helpful information
 
-console.log('🚀 PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin - Development Mode')
-console.log('=' .repeat(50))
-
 // Set development environment
 process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development'
 
-// Enable in-memory MongoDB by default for development
+// Set default SQLite database for development
 if (!process.env.DATABASE_URI) {
-  process.env.USE_MEMORY_DB = 'true'
-  console.log('📦 Using in-memory MongoDB (no installation required)')
-} else {
-  console.log(`🔗 Using external MongoDB: ${process.env.DATABASE_URI}`)
+  process.env.DATABASE_URI = 'file:./dev.db'
 }
 
-console.log('')
-console.log('🔧 Starting development server...')
-console.log('📧 Mailing plugin configured with test transport')
-console.log('🎯 Test interface will be available at: /mailing-test')
-console.log('')
-
 // Import and start Next.js
 import('next/dist/cli/next-dev.js')
   .then(({ nextDev }) => {
@@ -35,11 +23,9 @@ import('next/dist/cli/next-dev.js')
 
 // Handle graceful shutdown
 process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
-  console.log('\n🛑 Shutting down development server...')
   process.exit(0)
 })
 
 process.on('SIGINT', () => {
-  console.log('\n🛑 Shutting down development server...')
   process.exit(0)
 })