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MailPit scale to zero

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Description

### Related to an existing integration?

Yes

### Existing integration

MailPit

### Overview

Currently all my dev/test environments running on Azure Container Apps with scale to zero. Since adding MailPit, it has dominated my costs. It would be great MailPit would scale to zero too.

### Usage example

**Option A**

``` csharp
// No API, it's by default <3
```

**Option B**

``` csharp
.AddMailPit()
.WithDataVolume()
.WithScaleToZero()

// needs some more thought
```

### Breaking change?

I'm not sure

### Alternatives

1. Do nothing: just pay the cost.
2. Set up scale rules in apphost logic.

### Additional context

As far as I can tell this should be possible with [TCP Scale Rules](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-apps/scale-app?pivots=container-apps-bicep#tcp). I thought this was a KEDA thing but maybe it's Azure Container Apps specific :(.

Another wrinkle might be that persistent storage is not enabled by default, without which every scale operation loses all the emails.

### Help us help you

Yes, but only if others can assist

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing MailPit integration and the Azure Container Apps TCP Scale Rules documentation linked in the issue. Clarify how scale-to-zero should be exposed, whether persistent storage is required, and what behavior should be considered complete; ask for guidance before choosing between the proposed options.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
azure, csharp
Domain
cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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