Add "Tentative" button to calendar invitation emails
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Feature Request
Currently, calendar invitation emails sent by Nextcloud only include "Accept" and "Decline" buttons. To improve flexibility for attendees, a "Tentative" button should be added, which sets the PARTSTAT to TENTATIVE in the iCalendar object (RFC 5545).
Why?
- Many users need a "maybe" option before confirming attendance.
TENTATIVEis a standard value in the CalDAV/iCalendar specification.- Other calendar services (e.g., Google Calendar, Outlook) support this.
Proposed Changes
- Add a "Tentative" button to the email template (
apps/dav/templates/email/invitation.html). - Generate a
tentativeUrlin the email notification logic (apps/dav/lib/Notification/EmailNotification.php). - Add a new route and controller method (
InvitationController::tentative()) to handle the tentative response. - Update the attendee's
PARTSTATtoTENTATIVEin the iCalendar object.
Technical Details
- The change affects the DAV app (CalDAV backend) in the Nextcloud server.
- The
PARTSTATproperty in theATTENDEEfield of the iCalendar object should be set toTENTATIVE. - The email template and notification logic need to be extended.
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Research direction
Start with apps/dav/templates/email/invitation.html and apps/dav/lib/Notification/EmailNotification.php, then trace the invitation route and InvitationController response methods. Add the tentative action so the email offers the new response and the attendee's iCalendar PARTSTAT becomes TENTATIVE; done means the invitation flow supports that response alongside Accept and Decline.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100