The "Send Test Email" button on the Update Notifications settings page
called sendUpdateNotificationNow() — which bailed out with "No updates
available" when the instance was already on the latest version. Admins
on a current install had no way to verify their SMTP / recipient list
was working until an update happened to be pending. Reported in #418
by @Rekoo-PS.
Changes:
- Add migration 087: insert a dedicated `version_update_test` email
template (EN + DE, matching the existing version_update_available
convention) with copy that reads as a config-check rather than as a
real update notice. Subject prefixed with [TEST] so it's unambiguous
in the inbox. Variables: current_version, channel, recipient_email.
- Replace sendUpdateNotificationNow() with sendTestUpdateNotification()
in updateNotificationService.js. The new path:
- Always sends — no updateAvailable bail-out.
- Uses the version_update_test template.
- Falls back gracefully if checkForUpdates fails (so a transient
GitHub API hiccup doesn't block a config-check email).
- Does NOT update last_notified_version — that field stays owned by
the real-update path so a test send doesn't shadow a future
genuine notification for the same version.
- Wire /admin/system/updates/notifications/send to the renamed function.
No frontend change needed (the button already calls this endpoint).
Verified locally with the dev mailhog: clicking Send Test Email on a
3.42.3-beta.0 instance (which has no pending update) delivers 4 emails
to all admin recipients with subject "[TEST] PicPeak Update Notification
— configuration check" and body interpolated correctly. Returns
{success: true, successCount: 4, ...} — previously would have returned
{success: false, message: "No updates available"}.
Paul Nothaft
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