- Create sendEmailWorkflow as a Payload workflow alternative to task
- Add processImmediately option (disabled by default) to send emails immediately
- Expose processEmailItem method in MailingService for individual email processing
- Add comprehensive input schema with conditional fields
- Update plugin to register both tasks and workflows
- Add detailed documentation comparing tasks vs workflows
- Includes status tracking and error handling
- Bump version to 0.3.0 (new feature)
- Properly encapsulate processEmailsJob in its own file with handler and definition
- Clean up index.ts to remove duplicate code and just export job definitions
- Add comprehensive JSDoc comments for better documentation
- Separate job handler logic from job definition for clarity
- Fix job scheduling to use correct field names
- Bump version to 0.2.1
- Removed custom transport configuration from plugin
- Plugin now requires Payload email to be configured
- Simplified setup by relying on Payload's email adapter
- Updated README with new configuration requirements
- Bump version to 0.2.0 (breaking change)
Users must now configure email in their Payload config using an email adapter
like @payloadcms/email-nodemailer instead of configuring transport in the plugin.
- Validate that 'from' field is not removed
- Validate that 'to' field is not removed or emptied
- Validate that 'subject' field is not removed
- Validate that at least 'html' or 'text' content exists
- Throw clear error messages if validation fails
- Bump version to 0.1.21
- Add BeforeSendHook type and BeforeSendMailOptions interface
- Implement hook execution in MailingService before sending emails
- Hook allows adding attachments, headers, and modifying email options
- Add comprehensive documentation with examples
- Bump version to 0.1.20
- Filter out existing collections with same slugs before adding plugin collections
- Prevents 'Cannot overwrite model once compiled' errors in Next.js apps
- Fixes issue during hot reload and multiple getPayload() calls
- Bump version to 0.1.19
- Add sanitizeDisplayName() method to prevent header injection attacks
- Remove newlines, carriage returns, and control characters from display names
- Fix quote escaping inconsistency between getDefaultFrom() and processEmailItem()
- Create formatEmailAddress() helper method for consistent email formatting
- Add fromName sanitization in sendEmail() function for input validation
- Prevent malformed email headers and potential security issues
Security improvements:
- Header injection prevention (removes \r\n and control characters)
- Consistent quote escaping across all display name usage
- Proper sanitization at both input and output stages
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- Add fromName field to Emails collection schema for sender display name
- Update BaseEmailDocument and QueuedEmail interfaces to include fromName
- Add SendEmailTaskInput support for fromName field in job tasks
- Update MailingService to combine fromName and from into proper "Name <email>" format
- Add fromName, from, and replyTo fields to job input schema for admin UI
- Update field copying logic to handle new sender-related fields
Users can now specify a display name for emails (e.g., "John Doe <john@example.com>").
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- Update SendEmailTaskInput.scheduledAt to support string | Date types
- Add Date object normalization to ISO strings in sendEmail processing
- Ensure consistent database storage format for all timestamp fields
- Convert Date objects to ISO strings before database operations
Resolves remaining "Type Date is not assignable to type string" error
for scheduledAt field in job task input.
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- Update scheduledAt, sentAt, lastAttemptAt, createdAt, updatedAt fields to support Date | string | null
- Support both Date objects and ISO string formats for all timestamp fields
- Update BaseEmailDocument, BaseEmailTemplateDocument, and QueuedEmail interfaces consistently
- Update documentation to reflect Date object compatibility
Fixes type constraint error where customer timestamp fields use Date objects
but plugin interfaces only supported string formats.
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- Replace restrictive Record<string, any> with flexible JSONValue type for variables field
- Add JSONValue type alias that matches Payload's JSON field type specification
- Support string, number, boolean, objects, arrays, null, and undefined for variables
- Update both BaseEmailDocument and QueuedEmail interfaces consistently
- Update documentation to reflect JSONValue support
Fixes type constraint error where customer Email.variables field type
(string | number | boolean | {...} | unknown[] | null | undefined)
was not assignable to Record<string, any>.
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- Update QueuedEmail interface to include `| null` for optional fields to match BaseEmailDocument
- Add missing null checks for replyTo and from fields in sendEmail processing
- Add proper email validation for replyTo and from fields (single email addresses)
- Ensure type consistency across all email-related interfaces
Fixes potential type conflicts between QueuedEmail and BaseEmailDocument,
and ensures all nullable email fields are properly validated.
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- Update BaseEmailDocument to support `| null` for optional fields (cc, bcc, from, replyTo, text, etc.)
- Update BaseEmailTemplateDocument to support `| null` for optional fields
- Add explicit null checks in sendEmail processing to handle null values properly
- Update CUSTOM-TYPES.md documentation to reflect null value compatibility
Fixes type constraint error where customer Email types had `cc?: string[] | null`
but BaseEmailDocument only supported `cc?: string[]`.
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- Remove duplicate BaseEmailDocument interface from sendEmail.ts
- Import BaseEmailDocument from types/index.ts instead
- Update sendEmailTask.ts to import from types/index.ts
- Maintain single source of truth for BaseEmailDocument type definition
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- Replace hardcoded payload-types imports with generic BaseEmailDocument interface
- Update sendEmail and sendEmailTask to work with both string and number IDs
- Refactor MailingService to use generic document types instead of specific ones
- Add BaseEmailDocument and BaseEmailTemplateDocument interfaces supporting id: string | number
- Export BaseEmailDocument for users to extend with their custom fields
- Fix TypeScript compilation error in template subject handling
- Add CUSTOM-TYPES.md documentation for users with different ID types
Fixes compatibility issue where plugin required number IDs but user projects used string IDs.
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- Remove BaseEmail import from sendEmail.ts (no longer used after type refactoring)
- Remove BaseEmail import from sendEmailTask.ts (no longer used after type refactoring)
- BaseEmail types are still used in MailingService.ts for proper type casting
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- Simplify sendEmail generic constraints for better type safety
- Add validation before type assertions in sendEmail
- Preserve error stack traces in sendEmailTask error handling
- Extract field copying logic into reusable helper function
- Improve code documentation and separation of concerns
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- Replace `EmailTemplate` with `BaseEmailTemplate` for stricter type validation.
- Update `sendEmail` and `sendEmailTask` to utilize refined `BaseEmail` structure.
- Simplify type definitions in `MailingService` and related modules.
- Refactor `sendEmail` to return extended type with `id` for better type inference.
- Update `sendEmailTask` to use `BaseEmail` instead of `Email`.
- Add `outputSchema` in `sendEmailTask` for consistent output structure.
Issue 2 - Type Safety:
- Remove dangerous 'as any' casts in sendEmail function
- Use proper typing for payload.create() calls
- Maintain type safety throughout email creation process
Issue 3 - Email Validation:
- Implement RFC 5322 compliant email regex
- Add comprehensive validation for common invalid patterns
- Check for consecutive dots, invalid domain formats
- Prevent emails like 'test@.com' and 'test@domain.'
Issue 4 - Error Message Logic:
- Add contextual error messages for template vs direct email modes
- Distinguish between template rendering failures and missing direct email content
- Provide clearer guidance to developers on what went wrong
Additional fixes:
- Update imports to use generated Email type instead of BaseEmailData
- Maintain compatibility with updated sendEmail interface
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- Replace `BaseEmailData` with `Email` type for stricter type validation
- Update `sendEmail` API to support new typed structure and template integration
- Migrate to `@xtr-dev/payload-mailing` for enhanced email sending capabilities
- Remove unnecessary null checks and redundant code in email scheduling logic
- Regenerate PayloadCMS types for aligning with revised schema changes
- Update dev scripts and imports for seamless compatibility with the new email module
Resolves: ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined in ES module scope
- Import fileURLToPath from 'url' module
- Create __filename and __dirname using ES module pattern
- Maintains compatibility with TypeScript output file path resolution
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Resolves: TS2344: Type Email does not satisfy the constraint BaseEmailData
- Add null support to BaseEmailData interface for all optional fields
- Update parseAndValidateEmails to handle null values
- Update sendEmail validation to properly check for null values
- Maintain compatibility with PayloadCMS generated types that include null
Generated Email types like cc?: string[] | null | undefined now work correctly.
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Critical fixes:
- Update dev/app/api/test-email/route.ts to use new sendEmail API instead of deprecated sendEmail/scheduleEmail
- Fix dev/test-plugin.mjs imports to remove scheduleEmail reference
- Update dev/README.md examples to use new sendEmail pattern
- Replace templateId with template.slug throughout dev examples
- Add support for direct HTML emails in test route
The development routes now work correctly with v0.1.5 API changes.
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- Extract sendEmail function to src/sendEmail.ts as primary module
- Export BaseEmailData and SendEmailOptions interfaces alongside
- Update all imports to use new location
- Add sendEmailDefault export for CommonJS compatibility
- Export parseAndValidateEmails for external utility use
- Updated README to highlight sendEmail as primary export
Breaking change: BaseEmailData and SendEmailOptions now imported from main module, not utils/helpers
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- Extract parseAndValidateEmails() as shared utility function
- Refactor sendEmailJob to use sendEmail helper internally
- Remove 100+ lines of duplicated validation and processing logic
- Maintain single source of truth for email handling logic
- Cleaner, more maintainable codebase with DRY principles
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- New sendEmail<T>() helper that extends BaseEmailData for full type safety
- Supports both template-based and direct HTML emails
- Automatic email validation and address parsing
- Merges template output with custom data fields
- Full TypeScript autocomplete for custom Email collection fields
- Updated README with comprehensive examples and API reference
- Exports BaseEmailData and SendEmailOptions types for external use
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- Replace createMailingJobs() function with static mailingJobs array
- Remove complex initialization dependencies and function wrappers
- Jobs now get MailingService from payload context instead of factory injection
- Fix PayloadCMS task handler return types to use proper {output: {}} format
- Eliminate potential initialization race conditions
- Cleaner, more straightforward job registration process
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- Fix hard-coded collection name in sendEmailTask - now uses configurable collection name
- Add type validation for task input with proper error handling
- Add email format validation with regex to prevent invalid email addresses
- Fix potential memory leak in plugin initialization by properly initializing MailingService
- Add runtime validation for required fields
- Improve error messages and validation feedback
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