Extract a shared display-name helper for users
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Description
What
The logic that builds a user's display name from first and last name (falling back to email) is copy-pasted in several places: the mailer, workflow JSON serialization, the sandbox picker payload, and more.
Why it matters
Each copy can drift, and there is no single place to change how a name is shown.
What to do
Add one shared helper (for example on the Accounts context) and route the existing copies through it.
Surfaced during the Edit in sandbox review (#4901).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the duplicated display-name logic in the mailer, workflow JSON serialization, and sandbox picker payload mentioned in the issue, then inspect the Accounts context as a possible home for the shared helper. Done means those existing copies use one helper while preserving the current first-name, last-name, and email fallback behavior; run the relevant tests for these areas.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- elixir
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100