fix(api): stop notification emails rendering a broken avatar - #9650
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User.avatar_url returns None when neither avatar_asset nor avatar is set, which
is the default for most accounts. send_email_notification built the context as
f"{base_api}{actor.avatar_url}" unconditionally, so those users got the truthy
string "<base>/None".
The template already handles a missing avatar -- it picks between an <img> and
an initials circle on {% if actor_detail.avatar_url %} -- but a non-empty string
sends it down the image branch. The resulting URL is served by the SPA catch-all
as HTML with a 200 rather than 404ing, so mail clients cannot fall back either:
they just render a broken-image icon next to every comment and activity line.
Only build the URL when there is an avatar to point at, so the template's
existing fallback is reached.
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In `@apps/api/plane/tests/contract/bgtasks/test_email_notification_avatar.py`:
- Around line 67-74: Extend the tests around _render to parameterize
notification payloads for comment, mention, and an activity-change field,
covering the actor-detail branches for each path. For every case, assert both
the no-avatar fallback and the configured-avatar image rendering, while
preserving the existing comment-path assertions.
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The guard was applied at three call sites in send_email_notification, each reached by a different activity field: "comment" and "mention" append to the comments block, anything else falls through to the activity-change block. The tests only built a comment payload, so two of the three guards were unverified and a regression in either would have gone green. Parameterize over comment / mention / activity-change. Verified each case actually covers its own site: reverting any single guard fails only that field's parameters and leaves the other six green.
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The bug
User.avatar_urlreturnsNonewhen neitheravatar_assetnoravataris set — thedefault for most accounts.
send_email_notificationbuilt the email context as:unconditionally, so those users get the truthy string
"<base>/None".The template already handles a missing avatar — it chooses between an
<img>and aninitials circle on
{% if actor_detail.avatar_url %}— but a non-empty string sends itdown the image branch.
The result is worse than a plain 404:
<base>/Noneis served by the SPA catch-all asHTML with a 200, so mail clients cannot fall back either. They render a
broken-image icon next to every comment and activity line in the notification.
Fix is to only build the URL when there is an avatar to point at, so the template's
existing fallback is reached. Three call sites (comment, mention, activity).
Reproducing
Any user without an avatar, on any instance. On ours, 7 of 9 non-bot accounts have
neither
avatarnoravatar_asset_id, so effectively every notification email isaffected. It was reported by a user noticing "no default profile image on emails".
Tests
plane/tests/contract/bgtasks/test_email_notification_avatar.pyrenders the real taskwith its external edges mocked (redis, lock, SMTP config,
EmailMultiAlternatives) andasserts on the produced HTML rather than the context dict — the bug only becomes visible
once the value reaches the template's truthiness check, so asserting the dict would pass
while the mail stayed broken.
Three cases:
..._does_not_get_a_broken_imagesrcanywhere ends inNone..._falls_back_to_initials..._with_avatar_still_gets_the_imageVerified red/green: with the guard reverted, the first two fail and the third still
passes — which is the correct signature, since the guard does not touch the
has-an-avatar path.
Full suite: 12 failed / 507 passed on this branch versus 12 failed / 504 passed on
preview— same pre-existing failures, +3 new tests, no regressions.Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Tests