pal-e-docs

Review: Deliverability validation: mail-tester + e2e password reset (ISS) (R2)

review-1860-2026-07-17-r2 Review

review approved
Project

Verdict: APPROVED

Re-review (R2) of board item #1860. All 5 issues from R1 (review-1860-2026-07-17) have been resolved in a complete body rewrite.

R1 Issues -- Resolution Status

  • [x] [BODY] Replace domain references (landscaping/westside to ISS) -- body now exclusively references ISS (intelligentstaffingsystems.ai)
  • [x] [LABEL] Change type:feature to type:spike -- board item labels now type:spike,arch:keycloak,story:transactional-email,domain:iss
  • [x] [BODY] Replace "stalwart-email project" references -- no stalwart references remain
  • [x] [BODY] Replace generic "Blocked by: ALL other stalwart-email tickets" with specific references -- Prerequisites section now lists pal-e-platform#517 and pal-e-services#174 with resolution status
  • [x] [BODY] Add docs/ deliverable per spike template -- docs/postmark-deliverability.md added to Deliverables

Template Completeness

Issue type is Spike. Checked against template-issue-spike.
  • [x] Type -- "Spike"
  • [x] Context (serves as Lineage) -- references parent issues pal-e-platform#517 and pal-e-services#174
  • [ ] Repo -- missing section header, but implied (issue filed on ldraney/pal-e-services). Minor.
  • [x] Question -- clear yes/no framing: "Does the ISS Keycloak realm deliver password reset emails via Postmark with acceptable deliverability?"
  • [x] Deliverables -- 4 items including docs/postmark-deliverability.md
  • [x] Timebox -- "2 hours"
  • [ ] Related -- missing section header, but related issues referenced in Context and Prerequisites. Minor.
  • [x] Prerequisites (bonus) -- specific issue cross-references with completion status
  • [x] Test Plan (bonus) -- 7-step validation procedure
  • [x] Acceptance Criteria (bonus) -- 4 measurable criteria

Traceability

  • [x] story:transactional-email label -- "Transactional Email Flows"
  • [x] story note verified -- found in project-postmark-email user-stories section (row: transactional-email, role: App user, metric: "Password reset email arrives within 30s with working link")
  • [x] arch:keycloak label -- Keycloak component
  • [x] arch note verified -- arch-keycloak note exists in pal-e-docs (project: pal-enterprises, note_type: doc)
  • [x] Forgejo issue -- ldraney/pal-e-services#168, open
  • [x] type:spike label -- matches issue body Type header
  • [x] domain:iss label -- matches issue scope (ISS only)

File Targets

Spike type -- no existing file targets to verify. Expected output is docs/postmark-deliverability.md (correctly listed as deliverable). No codebase changes expected.

Repo Placement

OK -- issue filed on ldraney/pal-e-services. Spike validates Keycloak SMTP configuration which lives in pal-e-services. Postmark Terraform provider lives in pal-e-platform but that is a resolved dependency (#517, closed), not a target for this spike.

Dependencies

Prerequisites section documents specific resolved dependencies:
  • [x] pal-e-platform#517 -- Postmark provider + DNS for intelligentstaffingsystems.ai (closed)
  • [x] pal-e-services#174 -- Keycloak SMTP via Postmark configured (closed)
  • [ ] ISS Keycloak realm provisioned and accessible (runtime check before testing)
Board state confirms: #1801 (pal-e-platform#517) and #1802 (pal-e-services#174) are in validation column. No blockers remain for this spike.

Acceptance Criteria

4 criteria, all measurable and testable by an agent:
  • "Password reset email arrives in inbox (not spam)" -- testable via e2e browser flow + email API
  • "mail-tester.com score >= 9/10" -- testable via browser automation
  • "SPF, DKIM, DMARC all pass" -- testable via email header inspection
  • "Results documented in docs/postmark-deliverability.md" -- verifiable file output

Blast Radius

Read-only validation spike -- no code changes expected, only a docs file output and potential follow-up tickets. Blast radius is minimal.

Decomposition Assessment

4 deliverables, 1 repo, 2-hour timebox. No decomposition needed -- fits in a single agent pass.

Recommendation

No action needed. All R1 issues resolved. Ticket is ready for execution.
Minor template compliance notes (not blocking):
  • Missing ### Repo header -- information is implied by issue placement on pal-e-services
  • Missing ### Related header -- related issues are referenced in Context and Prerequisites sections
  • ### Context used instead of ### Lineage -- serves the same purpose with more detail
These are cosmetic and do not affect agent executability.