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What does this PR do?

Lets a host decide what to do with a failed send without parsing the error message.

• MailError.kind: a new public jasil.providers.MailFailure (StrEnum) naming the step that failed: auth_failed, unsupported, sender_refused, recipient_refused, message_rejected, unreachable, tls_failed, connection_lost, deadline, lease_lost, settings_unavailable, not_configured, and other as the default. MailNotConfiguredError always has not_configured.
• MailError.delivery_unknown: True only when the connection was lost, or the deadline fired, after DATA was sent. Any reply from the server (even a 5xx at end of data) is a definite rejection and stays False.
• MailError.message_id: set on every failure after the message was built, so an operator can find it in the relay's logs. Never part of str(error).

All three are keyword-only with defaults, so the change is additive under docs/api-stability.md.

To know when DATA begins, SmtpMail now sends MAIL FROM, RCPT TO and DATA itself (_envelope) instead of calling send_message. It keeps what sendmail did: EHLO when nothing has sent it yet (implicit TLS without login, cleartext), SIZE= when the server offers it, stopping on a 421 during RCPT, and succeeding with a warning when only some recipients are refused. SMTPUTF8/8BITMIME are not needed because build_mime produces 7-bit content and ASCII addresses.

The mapping from smtplib/socket errors moved from the except chain in send into one _failure(error, stage) function. stage is connecting → session → data, which separates a TLS handshake failure (tls_failed) from a TLS error later in the session (connection_lost).

Related issue

Closes #52
Closes #53

Type of change

• Bug fix
• New feature (exception during freeze; link prior discussion/acknowledgment)
• Documentation
• Refactor / code quality
• Translation
• Other (describe below)

Checklist

• This PR is focused on a single concern
• An issue was opened and acknowledged before writing this code (if not a small fix)
• If this PR introduces a new feature during freeze, it was discussed and explicitly acknowledged first
• The PR is under ~300 lines changed, excluding lock files, migrations, and generated code
• Tests have been added or updated where applicable
• Documentation has been updated where applicable
• Commit messages follow Conventional Commits format

Notes for the reviewer

• Size: about 490 added lines, around 270 of them tests. [FEATURE]: Tell a caller whether a failed mail send may have been delivered #52 and [FEATURE]: Classify MailError by the SMTP step that failed (MailError.kind) #53 are combined because both rewrite the same except chain and send path.
• Departures from the issues:
  • delivery_unknown is set once DATA is sent, not only after the 354 reply. Detecting the 354 would mean reimplementing smtplib.SMTP.data. A drop between DATA and 354 is rare and only costs a manual check, never a duplicate send.
  • The list of kind values is trimmed. connection_refused (a non-220 greeting) is folded into unreachable, since status still tells them apart. "No supported AUTH mechanism" is unsupported, not auth_failed.
• Wording changes (message text is not covered by SemVer): "refused every recipient" → "refused the recipients", because a 421 during RCPT stops early. A refused MAIL FROM now says "refused the sender" instead of "rejected the message".
• Tests:
  • The fake SMTP server now implements mail/rcpt/data.
  • Two new tests drive the real smtplib against an in-process peer: the EHLO → MAIL (with size=) → RCPT → DATA order, and a peer hanging up after the body (connection_lost with delivery_unknown).
  • Failure cases covered: a drop at connect, at RCPT and during DATA; a TLS error during DATA; the deadline before and during DATA; a 554 at end of data.
• Follow-up: MailFailure.DEADLINE's docstring can point at MAIL_SEND_DEADLINE_SECONDS once feat(providers): make the mail send deadline public #58 merges.

Checks run: ruff, ruff format, lint-imports, mypy, pytest (3664 passed, 139 skipped, 97.80% coverage), check_module_coverage.py, check_docs_api.py.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Mail errors now include a failure category and can indicate when delivery status is unknown, with the message ID available for tracking.
  • SMTP sending now has a documented 90-second deadline, excluding DNS lookups.
  • MailFailure is available as a public API, with categories for common mail delivery and configuration failures.
• Documentation
  • Updated mail provider guidance to explain failure categories, delivery uncertainty, and when to avoid retrying a message.

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Walkthrough

This change adds public mail failure categories and delivery-status fields. The SMTP backend now sends envelope and DATA commands directly, classifies failures by stage, and includes the message ID on delivery errors. Other mail providers assign failure kinds to settings and lease errors.

Changes: Mail error handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Mail error contract and public documentation jasil/providers.py, jasil/__init__.py, docs/api-stability.md, docs/providers-and-backends.md, docs/durable-jobs.md, CHANGELOG.md, tests/test_mail.py	Adds and exports MailFailure. MailError gains kind, delivery_unknown, and message_id fields. Documentation describes their behavior and stability. Tests check defaults and MailNotConfiguredError.
SMTP delivery stages and failure classification jasil/backends/mail_smtp.py, tests/test_mail.py, CHANGELOG.md	SmtpMail issues MAIL, RCPT, and DATA directly. It classifies failures by stage and attaches the message ID to delivery errors. Tests cover command ordering, refusals, deadlines, and connection loss during DATA.
Failure kinds in other mail providers jasil/_reloading.py, jasil/backends/mail_memory.py, tests/test_reloading.py, tests/test_mail.py	ReloadingMail assigns SETTINGS_UNAVAILABLE to settings failures. MemoryMail assigns LEASE_LOST when a job lease is lost. Tests assert the failure kinds.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant SmtpMail
  participant SMTPRelay
  Caller->>SmtpMail: Send message
  SmtpMail->>SMTPRelay: Send MAIL FROM and RCPT TO commands
  SmtpMail->>SMTPRelay: Send DATA and message body
  SMTPRelay--xSmtpMail: Connection lost during DATA
  SmtpMail-->>Caller: Raise MailError with delivery_unknown and message_id

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Possibly related PRs

• endurain-project/jasil#58: Adds the public SMTP send deadline used by this change’s deadline failure classification.
• endurain-project/jasil#30: Adds ReloadingMail, whose settings errors this change classifies.

Suggested labels: enhancement, documentation

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 91706

One redaction test no longer runs, and a connection drop before the server accepts DATA can be reported as possibly delivered, which can suppress a safe retry. Both are small fixes to make before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		[ #52 ] The PR adds the error fields, message ID propagation, explicit SMTP steps, and failure tests. It marks delivery unknown when DATA is sent, even if the server has not returned 354 and the b…	[ #52 ] Track acceptance of DATA and the start of body transmission. Add tests for disconnects and deadlines before and after that boundary. [ #53 ] Add the required connection_refused member and apply the specified greeting, unsupporte…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 61.11% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check		The title clearly describes the new mail failure classification and delivery uncertainty fields.
Out of Scope Changes check		[ #52, #53 ] The SMTP refactor, provider changes, tests, and documentation support delivery uncertainty and failure classification. The deadline documentation relates to the documented deadline failur…

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[ #52, #53 ] The SMTP refactor, provider changes, tests, and documentation support delivery uncertainty and failure classification. The deadline documentation relates to the documented deadline failure category.

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[ #52 ] The PR adds the error fields, message ID propagation, explicit SMTP steps, and failure tests. It marks delivery unknown when DATA is sent, even if the server has not returned 354 and the body has not started. The issue requires that case to remain false. [ #53 ] The PR adds MailFailure and classifies the main failure paths. It maps SMTPConnectError to UNREACHABLE instead of the required connection_refused, and maps no supported AUTH mechanism to UNSUPPORTED instead of auth_failed. It also maps an ssl.SSLError after connection setup to CONNECTION_LOST instead of tls_failed.

Resolution

[ #52 ] Track acceptance of DATA and the start of body transmission. Add tests for disconnects and deadlines before and after that boundary. [ #53 ] Add the required connection_refused member and apply the specified greeting, unsupported AUTH mechanism, and TLS error mappings. Test those cases.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @jasil/backends/mail_smtp.py:
- Around line 388-389: Update the SMTP delivery flow around connection.data so
it sends DATA separately and sets stage to "data" only after receiving a 354
response, before transmitting the body; preserve smtplib-compatible dot-stuffing
and final-reply handling. Update FakeSMTP to support the split exchange and add
a test confirming a connection drop before 354 leaves delivery_unknown false.

Review comments at @tests/test_mail.py:
- Line 976: Restore test_success_logs_no_personal_data as a method of
TestFailuresAreRedacted rather than leaving it nested inside _serve_smtp, where
pytest cannot collect it; alternatively, place TestTheEnvelope and its helper
after that test. Preserve the existing assertions verifying successful-send logs
omit the address and subject.

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[ #52 ] Track acceptance of `DATA` and the start of body transmission. Add tests
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