Send invitations asynchronously
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Hello. Currently, when you send invitations for a meeting in the Agenda app, the emails are sent when you validate the form. When you have several attendees, and you use an external SMTP server, the emails can take a few seconds to be sent. The users may have the feeling that something is going wrong. Maybe it’ll be better to send those invitation email asynchronously ?
If the synchronous method is to be kept, maybe showing the number of emails already sent, and the total number to send would be a good compromise ? Something like : Sending invitations : 2 / 5 …
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Research direction
Start by locating the Agenda meeting invitation form and the code path that sends emails after validation. Review how external SMTP delivery is handled and whether existing background-job infrastructure is available. Done means invitations no longer make validation wait, or the agreed progress feedback is implemented and verified for multiple attendees.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100