Review: Remove SendGrid dependency -- Gmail OAuth covers all email

review-222-2026-03-22 Review

review ready

Verdict: READY

Template Completeness

  • [x] Lineage
  • [x] Repo
  • [x] User Story
  • [x] Context
  • [x] File Targets
  • [x] Acceptance Criteria
  • [x] Test Expectations
  • [x] Constraints
  • [x] Checklist
  • [x] Related

File Targets

  • [x] ~/secrets/sendgrid/api_key -- verified: file exists, contains SendGrid key (SG. prefix confirmed)
  • [x] Keycloak realm SMTP settings -- verified: no Keycloak SMTP config in Terraform or pal-e-services IaC. Either configured manually via admin console or already reverted. Agent should check via Keycloak admin API.
  • [x] Terraform/k8s references to SendGrid -- verified: zero matches in pal-e-platform and pal-e-services
  • [x] basketball-api exclusion -- verified: zero SendGrid references in basketball-api. Gmail OAuth path is separate.

Repo Placement

OK. Filed on pal-e-platform which owns platform secrets and Keycloak. The secret is a local filesystem path, not a k8s resource. Single-repo scope is correct.

Dependencies

None found. No board items reference SendGrid. No services depend on it. Board item #222 is standalone.

Acceptance Criteria

All criteria are verifiable:
  • "SendGrid API key removed" -- ls ~/secrets/sendgrid/
  • "Keycloak SMTP cleared" -- check via Keycloak admin API
  • "No references remain" -- grep command provided in Test Expectations
  • "Email delivery continues" -- functional test, clear criterion

Blast Radius

Minimal. No code references SendGrid anywhere. The secret is orphaned. No downstream consumers affected.

Recommendation

No action needed. Scope is clean and well-defined. Points=1 appropriate for this cleanup.