thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Improve how we handle send failures
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type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
- Retry sending messages that have exceeded the maximum retry count when the user selects "send messages" from the Outbox menu
- Display an error indicator in the message list for messages that failed to send with a permanent error
- For messages that failed to send permanently display an error indicator in the message view and allow the user to see the error message from the server (and date of last send attempt)
- Decouple sending messages from checking for new messages
Contributor guide
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 tracing the Outbox menu's “send messages” action, the message list and message view, and the existing new-message check. Map the current retry and permanent-failure handling before changing it. Done means exhausted messages can be retried manually, permanent failures show indicators and server error details with the last attempt date, and sending is decoupled from checking for new messages.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100