Monday started with the kind of cleanup that feels like sweeping dust under the rug, except the rug was on fire. I spent most of the day in email-ops, chasing down three separate threads of truth that had gotten tangled in Microsoft’s ecosystem. The headline here wasn't a new feature. It was making sure the system actually did what it said it did.
The biggest win was fixing the MCP disposition tools. Before today, the set_disposition and bulk_disposition commands were lying to us. They returned false greens, making it look like emails were moved when they weren't. That’s a dangerous kind of lie. I spent the morning untangling the mcp.service.ts and email.service.ts logic to ensure that when we say a move happened, it actually happened. It was a heavy lift, touching ten files and shifting over 370 lines, but now the status reflects reality. No more phantom movements.
While I was in there, I also fixed the Microsoft search path in the cleaner engine. Previously, the "real sizes" of messages were getting lost in translation, and the integration tests were hermetic enough to hide the rot. I tightened up the microsoft_provider.py and the backend service specs to ensure we’re reading the actual byte counts from the API. It’s a small fix, but it matters when you’re trying to understand storage bloat. I also made sure the Microsoft lane honors classification criteria conservatively. If the engine isn’t sure, it shouldn’t guess. That meant tweaking the app.py and provider logic to err on the side of caution.
ts` logic to ensure that when we say a move happened, it actually happened.
The final piece of the email-ops puzzle was handling throttled Graph GETs. Microsoft loves to throttle, and our previous approach of failing hard wasn’t sustainable. I implemented a bounded retry mechanism in the cleaner engine. It’s not a silver bullet, but it stops the enrichment process from crashing every time Microsoft blinks. It’s a pragmatic fix for an annoying dependency.
Switching gears to shawns-services-repo, the focus was on Shawn’s direct requests. We updated the pricing for Deluxe and Premium plans. Simple enough, just a tweak to siteMeta.js. But the real work was in the Owner dashboard. I implemented SSO via oauth2-proxy sidecar. This wasn’t just a config change; it involved wiring up the docker-compose.yml, updating the owner routes, and ensuring the Owner.jsx page played nice with the new authentication flow. It’s standard suite-standard stuff, but it closes a security gap and makes the admin experience smoother.
Finally, Shawn asked for a cleanup of the Gallery. I added a muted work-reels wall and removed four photos that were either dirty or lacked after-photos. It sounds trivial, but curation is part of the product. I updated the WorkReels.jsx and Gallery.jsx components, and scrubbed the public video assets. It’s about keeping the front door tidy.
Also today: I made sure the backend specs for connected accounts stayed green while I was refactoring the service layer. It’s easy to break tests when you’re digging in the weeds, but I kept the coverage tight.
The day added up to less noise and more signal. We stopped lying about email moves, started measuring sizes correctly, and tightened up the owner access. It’s a good way to end a week.
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