cmd/minstrel/main.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/lidarrconfig"
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/lidarrrequests"
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/logging"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/mailer"
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/notifications"
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/playlists"
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/reacquisition"
@@ -359,6 +360,15 @@ func run() error {
 	// days, anything at all after a year.
 	go notifications.NewRetention(pool, logger.With("component", "notifications_retention")).Run(ctx)
 
+	// Notifications by email (M489 #5346), grouped, never one per event: new
+	// music as a daily summary at a local hour, everything else batched an
+	// hour (admin-configurable) after the first item.
+	go notifications.NewDigest(
+		pool,
+		mailer.NewSMTPSender(pool, logger.With("component", "mailer")),
+		logger.With("component", "notification_digest"),
+	).Run(ctx)
+
 	// Per-user system-playlist scheduler (#392 Half B). Fires each
 	// active user's daily build at 03:00 in their stored timezone.
 	// Replaces the 24h-anchored cron loop (removed in the next commit

internal/api/admin_notification_email.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/apierror"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/notifications"
+)
+
+// notificationEmailBody is the wire shape for GET and PUT
+// /api/admin/notification-email (M489 #5346): when the grouped emails go out.
+type notificationEmailBody struct {
+	SummaryHour        int32 `json:"summary_hour"`
+	BatchWindowMinutes int32 `json:"batch_window_minutes"`
+}
+
+func notificationEmailBodyOf(s notifications.EmailSettings) notificationEmailBody {
+	return notificationEmailBody{SummaryHour: s.SummaryHour, BatchWindowMinutes: s.BatchWindowMinutes}
+}
+
+// handleGetNotificationEmail implements GET /api/admin/notification-email.
+func (h *handlers) handleGetNotificationEmail(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	s, err := notifications.LoadEmailSettings(r.Context(), dbq.New(h.pool))
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrWithLog(w, h.logger, "admin notification email: load failed", apierror.Internal(err))
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, notificationEmailBodyOf(s))
+}
+
+// handleUpdateNotificationEmail implements PUT /api/admin/notification-email.
+// A whole-row write; the digest reads it on its next tick.
+func (h *handlers) handleUpdateNotificationEmail(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var req notificationEmailBody
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+		writeErr(w, apierror.BadRequest("invalid_body", "malformed JSON"))
+		return
+	}
+	saved, err := notifications.SaveEmailSettings(r.Context(), dbq.New(h.pool), notifications.EmailSettings{
+		SummaryHour:        req.SummaryHour,
+		BatchWindowMinutes: req.BatchWindowMinutes,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, notifications.ErrEmailSettingOutOfRange) {
+			writeErr(w, apierror.BadRequest("invalid_setting", err.Error()))
+			return
+		}
+		writeErrWithLog(w, h.logger, "admin notification email: update failed", apierror.Internal(err))
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, notificationEmailBodyOf(saved))
+}

internal/api/admin_notification_email_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestUpdateNotificationEmail_Rejects(t *testing.T) {
+	// No pool: every case is refused before the database is reached.
+	h := &handlers{logger: slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))}
+	for name, tc := range map[string]struct {
+		body     string
+		code     string
+		mentions string
+	}{
+		"an hour past 23":     {body: `{"summary_hour":24,"batch_window_minutes":60}`, code: "invalid_setting", mentions: "summary_hour"},
+		"a window under 15m":  {body: `{"summary_hour":9,"batch_window_minutes":5}`, code: "invalid_setting", mentions: "batch_window_minutes"},
+		"a body missing both": {body: `{}`, code: "invalid_setting", mentions: "batch_window_minutes"},
+		"malformed JSON":      {body: `{"summary_hour":`, code: "invalid_body"},
+	} {
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.handleUpdateNotificationEmail(rec, httptest.NewRequest(
+			http.MethodPut, "/api/admin/notification-email", strings.NewReader(tc.body)))
+		body := rec.Body.String()
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusBadRequest || !strings.Contains(body, `"`+tc.code+`"`) || !strings.Contains(body, tc.mentions) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d body %s; want 400 %s mentioning %q", name, rec.Code, body, tc.code, tc.mentions)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/api/api.go

@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ func Mount(r chi.Router, pool *pgxpool.Pool, logger *slog.Logger, events *playev
 				admin.Get("/smtp-config", h.handleGetSMTPConfig)
 				admin.Put("/smtp-config", h.handleUpdateSMTPConfig)
 				admin.Post("/smtp-config/test", h.handleTestSMTPConfig)
+				admin.Get("/notification-email", h.handleGetNotificationEmail)
+				admin.Put("/notification-email", h.handleUpdateNotificationEmail)
 
 				// Recommendation tuning lab (#1250): scoring-weight
 				// profiles + taste-build knobs, DB-backed, live effect.

internal/db/dbq/models.go

@@ -472,6 +472,13 @@ type NetworkSetting struct {
 	PublicUrl        string
 }
 
+type NotificationEmailSetting struct {
+	ID                 bool
+	SummaryHour        int32
+	BatchWindowMinutes int32
+	UpdatedAt          pgtype.Timestamptz
+}
+
 type PasswordReset struct {
 	Token     string
 	UserID    pgtype.UUID
@@ -842,6 +849,15 @@ type UserNotification struct {
 	EmailedAt   pgtype.Timestamptz
 }
 
+type UserNotificationEmailState struct {
+	UserID        pgtype.UUID
+	EmailGroup    string
+	BatchOpenedAt pgtype.Timestamptz
+	LastSentAt    pgtype.Timestamptz
+	Failures      int32
+	RetryAfter    pgtype.Timestamptz
+}
+
 type UserNotificationPref struct {
 	UserID    pgtype.UUID
 	Kind      string

internal/db/dbq/notifications.sql.go

@@ -23,10 +23,27 @@ func (q *Queries) CountUnreadNotifications(ctx context.Context, userID pgtype.UU
 	return count, err
 }
 
+const getNotificationEmailSettings = `-- name: GetNotificationEmailSettings :one
+SELECT id, summary_hour, batch_window_minutes, updated_at FROM notification_email_settings WHERE id = true
+`
+
+func (q *Queries) GetNotificationEmailSettings(ctx context.Context) (NotificationEmailSetting, error) {
+	row := q.db.QueryRow(ctx, getNotificationEmailSettings)
+	var i NotificationEmailSetting
+	err := row.Scan(
+		&i.ID,
+		&i.SummaryHour,
+		&i.BatchWindowMinutes,
+		&i.UpdatedAt,
+	)
+	return i, err
+}
+
 const insertNotification = `-- name: InsertNotification :one
 
-INSERT INTO user_notifications (user_id, kind, payload)
+INSERT INTO user_notifications (user_id, kind, payload, emailed_at)
-VALUES ($1, $2, $3)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3,
+        CASE WHEN $4::boolean THEN NULL ELSE now() END)
 RETURNING id
 `
 
@@ -34,13 +51,22 @@ type InsertNotificationParams struct {
 	UserID      pgtype.UUID
 	Kind        string
 	Payload     []byte
+	EmailWanted bool
 }
 
 // M489 notifications inbox (#726). Rows are written only through
 // internal/notifications.Notifier, which decides recipients and honours each
 // recipient's inbox preference before it reaches these.
+// email_wanted is the recipient's email channel for this kind as of now. A
+// row nobody wants emailed is stamped at once, so the digest never has to
+// judge it and a later "email on" doesn't send an old backlog.
 func (q *Queries) InsertNotification(ctx context.Context, arg InsertNotificationParams) (pgtype.UUID, error) {
-	row := q.db.QueryRow(ctx, insertNotification, arg.UserID, arg.Kind, arg.Payload)
+	row := q.db.QueryRow(ctx, insertNotification,
+		arg.UserID,
+		arg.Kind,
+		arg.Payload,
+		arg.EmailWanted,
+	)
 	var id pgtype.UUID
 	err := row.Scan(&id)
 	return id, err
@@ -70,6 +96,100 @@ func (q *Queries) ListAdminUserIDs(ctx context.Context) ([]pgtype.UUID, error) {
 	return items, nil
 }
 
+const listEmailPendingNotifications = `-- name: ListEmailPendingNotifications :many
+
+SELECT n.id, n.user_id, n.kind, n.payload, n.created_at,
+       u.email::text AS email, u.username, u.display_name, u.timezone,
+       now()::timestamptz AS read_as_of
+  FROM user_notifications n
+  JOIN users u ON u.id = n.user_id
+ WHERE n.read_at IS NULL
+   AND n.emailed_at IS NULL
+   AND u.email IS NOT NULL AND u.email <> ''
+ ORDER BY n.user_id, n.created_at, n.id
+`
+
+type ListEmailPendingNotificationsRow struct {
+	ID          pgtype.UUID
+	UserID      pgtype.UUID
+	Kind        string
+	Payload     []byte
+	CreatedAt   pgtype.Timestamptz
+	Email       string
+	Username    string
+	DisplayName *string
+	Timezone    string
+	ReadAsOf    pgtype.Timestamptz
+}
+
+// Email digest (#5346) ------------------------------------------------------
+// Every unread, un-emailed row of a user who has an address, oldest first.
+// Read rows are never selected: the user has seen them, so they are not news.
+// read_as_of is the database's clock at the read, handed back to
+// MarkNotificationsEmailed.
+func (q *Queries) ListEmailPendingNotifications(ctx context.Context) ([]ListEmailPendingNotificationsRow, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.Query(ctx, listEmailPendingNotifications)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var items []ListEmailPendingNotificationsRow
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var i ListEmailPendingNotificationsRow
+		if err := rows.Scan(
+			&i.ID,
+			&i.UserID,
+			&i.Kind,
+			&i.Payload,
+			&i.CreatedAt,
+			&i.Email,
+			&i.Username,
+			&i.DisplayName,
+			&i.Timezone,
+			&i.ReadAsOf,
+		); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, i)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}
+
+const listNotificationEmailState = `-- name: ListNotificationEmailState :many
+SELECT user_id, email_group, batch_opened_at, last_sent_at, failures, retry_after
+  FROM user_notification_email_state
+`
+
+func (q *Queries) ListNotificationEmailState(ctx context.Context) ([]UserNotificationEmailState, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.Query(ctx, listNotificationEmailState)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var items []UserNotificationEmailState
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var i UserNotificationEmailState
+		if err := rows.Scan(
+			&i.UserID,
+			&i.EmailGroup,
+			&i.BatchOpenedAt,
+			&i.LastSentAt,
+			&i.Failures,
+			&i.RetryAfter,
+		); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		items = append(items, i)
+	}
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return items, nil
+}
+
 const listNotificationPrefsForKind = `-- name: ListNotificationPrefsForKind :many
 SELECT user_id, inbox, phone, email
   FROM user_notification_prefs
@@ -258,6 +378,31 @@ func (q *Queries) MarkNotificationRead(ctx context.Context, arg MarkNotification
 	return result.RowsAffected(), nil
 }
 
+const markNotificationsEmailed = `-- name: MarkNotificationsEmailed :execrows
+UPDATE user_notifications
+   SET emailed_at = now()
+ WHERE id = ANY($1::uuid[])
+   AND created_at <= $2::timestamptz
+   AND emailed_at IS NULL
+`
+
+type MarkNotificationsEmailedParams struct {
+	Ids      []pgtype.UUID
+	ReadAsOf pgtype.Timestamptz
+}
+
+// Stamps the rows an email carried, or that were judged not to need one.
+// read_as_of is from ListEmailPendingNotifications: a coalesced row updated
+// since that read carries a later created_at, holds newer news, and stays
+// pending for the next email.
+func (q *Queries) MarkNotificationsEmailed(ctx context.Context, arg MarkNotificationsEmailedParams) (int64, error) {
+	result, err := q.db.Exec(ctx, markNotificationsEmailed, arg.Ids, arg.ReadAsOf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return result.RowsAffected(), nil
+}
+
 const trimNotifications = `-- name: TrimNotifications :execrows
 DELETE FROM user_notifications
  WHERE (read_at IS NOT NULL AND read_at < $1)
@@ -279,20 +424,48 @@ func (q *Queries) TrimNotifications(ctx context.Context, arg TrimNotificationsPa
 	return result.RowsAffected(), nil
 }
 
+const updateNotificationEmailSettings = `-- name: UpdateNotificationEmailSettings :one
+UPDATE notification_email_settings
+   SET summary_hour         = $1,
+       batch_window_minutes = $2,
+       updated_at           = now()
+ WHERE id = true
+RETURNING id, summary_hour, batch_window_minutes, updated_at
+`
+
+type UpdateNotificationEmailSettingsParams struct {
+	SummaryHour        int32
+	BatchWindowMinutes int32
+}
+
+// Migration 0074's CHECKs are the backstop behind the service's validation.
+func (q *Queries) UpdateNotificationEmailSettings(ctx context.Context, arg UpdateNotificationEmailSettingsParams) (NotificationEmailSetting, error) {
+	row := q.db.QueryRow(ctx, updateNotificationEmailSettings, arg.SummaryHour, arg.BatchWindowMinutes)
+	var i NotificationEmailSetting
+	err := row.Scan(
+		&i.ID,
+		&i.SummaryHour,
+		&i.BatchWindowMinutes,
+		&i.UpdatedAt,
+	)
+	return i, err
+}
+
 const upsertCoalescedNotification = `-- name: UpsertCoalescedNotification :one
-INSERT INTO user_notifications (user_id, kind, payload, coalesce_key)
+INSERT INTO user_notifications (user_id, kind, payload, coalesce_key, emailed_at)
-VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4,
+        CASE WHEN $5::boolean THEN NULL ELSE now() END)
 ON CONFLICT (user_id, coalesce_key) WHERE read_at IS NULL AND coalesce_key IS NOT NULL
 DO UPDATE SET
     payload = CASE
-        WHEN $5::boolean THEN
+        WHEN $6::boolean THEN
             EXCLUDED.payload || jsonb_build_object('count',
                 COALESCE((user_notifications.payload->>'count')::bigint, 0)
               + COALESCE((EXCLUDED.payload->>'count')::bigint, 0))
         ELSE EXCLUDED.payload
     END,
     created_at = now(),
-    emailed_at = NULL
+    emailed_at = EXCLUDED.emailed_at
 RETURNING id
 `
 
@@ -301,6 +474,7 @@ type UpsertCoalescedNotificationParams struct {
 	Kind        string
 	Payload     []byte
 	CoalesceKey *string
+	EmailWanted bool
 	SumCount    bool
 }
 
@@ -314,12 +488,14 @@ type UpsertCoalescedNotificationParams struct {
 //
 // emailed_at is cleared so the newer state goes out in the next batch; an
 // emailed-but-unread row that keeps growing is news the user hasn't seen.
+// Unless email_wanted is false, as in InsertNotification.
 func (q *Queries) UpsertCoalescedNotification(ctx context.Context, arg UpsertCoalescedNotificationParams) (pgtype.UUID, error) {
 	row := q.db.QueryRow(ctx, upsertCoalescedNotification,
 		arg.UserID,
 		arg.Kind,
 		arg.Payload,
 		arg.CoalesceKey,
+		arg.EmailWanted,
 		arg.SumCount,
 	)
 	var id pgtype.UUID
@@ -327,6 +503,39 @@ func (q *Queries) UpsertCoalescedNotification(ctx context.Context, arg UpsertCoa
 	return id, err
 }
 
+const upsertNotificationEmailState = `-- name: UpsertNotificationEmailState :exec
+INSERT INTO user_notification_email_state
+       (user_id, email_group, batch_opened_at, last_sent_at, failures, retry_after)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3,
+        $4, $5, $6)
+ON CONFLICT (user_id, email_group) DO UPDATE SET
+    batch_opened_at = EXCLUDED.batch_opened_at,
+    last_sent_at    = EXCLUDED.last_sent_at,
+    failures        = EXCLUDED.failures,
+    retry_after     = EXCLUDED.retry_after
+`
+
+type UpsertNotificationEmailStateParams struct {
+	UserID        pgtype.UUID
+	EmailGroup    string
+	BatchOpenedAt pgtype.Timestamptz
+	LastSentAt    pgtype.Timestamptz
+	Failures      int32
+	RetryAfter    pgtype.Timestamptz
+}
+
+func (q *Queries) UpsertNotificationEmailState(ctx context.Context, arg UpsertNotificationEmailStateParams) error {
+	_, err := q.db.Exec(ctx, upsertNotificationEmailState,
+		arg.UserID,
+		arg.EmailGroup,
+		arg.BatchOpenedAt,
+		arg.LastSentAt,
+		arg.Failures,
+		arg.RetryAfter,
+	)
+	return err
+}
+
 const upsertNotificationPref = `-- name: UpsertNotificationPref :exec
 INSERT INTO user_notification_prefs (user_id, kind, inbox, phone, email)
 VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)

internal/db/migrations/0074_notification_email.down.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS user_notifications_email_pending_idx;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS user_notification_email_state;
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS notification_email_settings;

internal/db/migrations/0074_notification_email.up.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+-- M489 #5346: notifications by email, grouped. Nothing is emailed per event.
+--
+-- New music (request_completed) goes out as at most one summary a day, at a set
+-- hour in each user's own timezone. Everything else is batched: a batch opens
+-- at the first un-emailed item and one email goes out a window later, holding
+-- whatever accumulated. internal/notifications/digest.go is the one sender.
+
+-- The two knobs, in admin Settings (rule 25). Singleton in the style of
+-- fingerprint_settings (0061).
+CREATE TABLE notification_email_settings (
+    id                    boolean PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT true,
+    -- The local hour (0-23, in each user's timezone) the daily new-music
+    -- summary goes out.
+    summary_hour          integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 9,
+    -- How long a batch stays open after its first item before it is sent.
+    batch_window_minutes  integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 60,
+    updated_at            timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+
+    CONSTRAINT notification_email_settings_singleton CHECK (id = true),
+    CONSTRAINT notification_email_settings_hour_range
+        CHECK (summary_hour >= 0 AND summary_hour <= 23),
+    CONSTRAINT notification_email_settings_window_range
+        CHECK (batch_window_minutes >= 15 AND batch_window_minutes <= 1440)
+);
+INSERT INTO notification_email_settings (id) VALUES (true) ON CONFLICT (id) DO NOTHING;
+
+-- Per user, per email group: where the digest stands. A missing row is a user
+-- who has never had a batch open or a summary sent.
+CREATE TABLE user_notification_email_state (
+    user_id          uuid        NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    email_group      text        NOT NULL CHECK (email_group IN ('batch', 'summary')),
+    -- When the open batch started. Held here rather than read off the items,
+    -- because a coalesced item moves its created_at forward on every update
+    -- and would otherwise keep a batch from ever coming due.
+    batch_opened_at  timestamptz,
+    -- The last email of this group the mailer accepted. A summary is due once
+    -- per local day, after the summary hour, if this is before it.
+    last_sent_at     timestamptz,
+    -- A failed send backs off: nothing is tried for this group before
+    -- retry_after, and the gap doubles with each failure in a row.
+    failures         integer     NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    retry_after      timestamptz,
+    PRIMARY KEY (user_id, email_group)
+);
+
+-- The digest's selection: unread rows not yet emailed.
+CREATE INDEX user_notifications_email_pending_idx
+    ON user_notifications (user_id, created_at)
+    WHERE read_at IS NULL AND emailed_at IS NULL;
+
+-- Rows written before this migration were never judged for email. Treat them
+-- as already handled, so the first digest after the upgrade doesn't send a
+-- backlog nobody asked for.
+UPDATE user_notifications SET emailed_at = now() WHERE emailed_at IS NULL;

internal/db/queries/notifications.sql

@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 -- recipient's inbox preference before it reaches these.
 
 -- name: InsertNotification :one
-INSERT INTO user_notifications (user_id, kind, payload)
+-- email_wanted is the recipient's email channel for this kind as of now. A
-VALUES (sqlc.arg(user_id), sqlc.arg(kind), sqlc.arg(payload))
+-- row nobody wants emailed is stamped at once, so the digest never has to
+-- judge it and a later "email on" doesn't send an old backlog.
+INSERT INTO user_notifications (user_id, kind, payload, emailed_at)
+VALUES (sqlc.arg(user_id), sqlc.arg(kind), sqlc.arg(payload),
+        CASE WHEN sqlc.arg(email_wanted)::boolean THEN NULL ELSE now() END)
 RETURNING id;
 
 -- name: UpsertCoalescedNotification :one
@@ -18,8 +22,10 @@ RETURNING id;
 --
 -- emailed_at is cleared so the newer state goes out in the next batch; an
 -- emailed-but-unread row that keeps growing is news the user hasn't seen.
-INSERT INTO user_notifications (user_id, kind, payload, coalesce_key)
+-- Unless email_wanted is false, as in InsertNotification.
-VALUES (sqlc.arg(user_id), sqlc.arg(kind), sqlc.arg(payload), sqlc.arg(coalesce_key))
+INSERT INTO user_notifications (user_id, kind, payload, coalesce_key, emailed_at)
+VALUES (sqlc.arg(user_id), sqlc.arg(kind), sqlc.arg(payload), sqlc.arg(coalesce_key),
+        CASE WHEN sqlc.arg(email_wanted)::boolean THEN NULL ELSE now() END)
 ON CONFLICT (user_id, coalesce_key) WHERE read_at IS NULL AND coalesce_key IS NOT NULL
 DO UPDATE SET
     payload = CASE
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ DO UPDATE SET
         ELSE EXCLUDED.payload
     END,
     created_at = now(),
-    emailed_at = NULL
+    emailed_at = EXCLUDED.emailed_at
 RETURNING id;
 
 -- name: ListNotifications :many
@@ -97,3 +103,58 @@ ON CONFLICT (user_id, kind) DO UPDATE SET
     phone      = EXCLUDED.phone,
     email      = EXCLUDED.email,
     updated_at = now();
+
+-- Email digest (#5346) ------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- name: ListEmailPendingNotifications :many
+-- Every unread, un-emailed row of a user who has an address, oldest first.
+-- Read rows are never selected: the user has seen them, so they are not news.
+-- read_as_of is the database's clock at the read, handed back to
+-- MarkNotificationsEmailed.
+SELECT n.id, n.user_id, n.kind, n.payload, n.created_at,
+       u.email::text AS email, u.username, u.display_name, u.timezone,
+       now()::timestamptz AS read_as_of
+  FROM user_notifications n
+  JOIN users u ON u.id = n.user_id
+ WHERE n.read_at IS NULL
+   AND n.emailed_at IS NULL
+   AND u.email IS NOT NULL AND u.email <> ''
+ ORDER BY n.user_id, n.created_at, n.id;
+
+-- name: MarkNotificationsEmailed :execrows
+-- Stamps the rows an email carried, or that were judged not to need one.
+-- read_as_of is from ListEmailPendingNotifications: a coalesced row updated
+-- since that read carries a later created_at, holds newer news, and stays
+-- pending for the next email.
+UPDATE user_notifications
+   SET emailed_at = now()
+ WHERE id = ANY(sqlc.arg(ids)::uuid[])
+   AND created_at <= sqlc.arg(read_as_of)::timestamptz
+   AND emailed_at IS NULL;
+
+-- name: ListNotificationEmailState :many
+SELECT user_id, email_group, batch_opened_at, last_sent_at, failures, retry_after
+  FROM user_notification_email_state;
+
+-- name: UpsertNotificationEmailState :exec
+INSERT INTO user_notification_email_state
+       (user_id, email_group, batch_opened_at, last_sent_at, failures, retry_after)
+VALUES (sqlc.arg(user_id), sqlc.arg(email_group), sqlc.narg(batch_opened_at),
+        sqlc.narg(last_sent_at), sqlc.arg(failures), sqlc.narg(retry_after))
+ON CONFLICT (user_id, email_group) DO UPDATE SET
+    batch_opened_at = EXCLUDED.batch_opened_at,
+    last_sent_at    = EXCLUDED.last_sent_at,
+    failures        = EXCLUDED.failures,
+    retry_after     = EXCLUDED.retry_after;
+
+-- name: GetNotificationEmailSettings :one
+SELECT * FROM notification_email_settings WHERE id = true;
+
+-- name: UpdateNotificationEmailSettings :one
+-- Migration 0074's CHECKs are the backstop behind the service's validation.
+UPDATE notification_email_settings
+   SET summary_hour         = sqlc.arg(summary_hour),
+       batch_window_minutes = sqlc.arg(batch_window_minutes),
+       updated_at           = now()
+ WHERE id = true
+RETURNING *;

internal/dbtest/reset.go

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ var dataTables = []string{
 	// never deleted, so rows a test wrote for it would otherwise survive.
 	"user_notifications",
 	"user_notification_prefs",
+	"user_notification_email_state", // #5346
 	"tracks",
 	"albums",
 	"artists",
@@ -158,4 +159,11 @@ func ResetDB(t *testing.T, pool *pgxpool.Pool) {
 	); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("dbtest.ResetDB reset loudness settings: %v", err)
 	}
+	// Notification email settings (M489 #5346), reset the same way.
+	if _, err := pool.Exec(ctx, `
+		UPDATE notification_email_settings
+		   SET summary_hour = DEFAULT, batch_window_minutes = DEFAULT, updated_at = DEFAULT`,
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("dbtest.ResetDB reset notification email settings: %v", err)
+	}
 }

internal/lidarrrequests/reconciler.go

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func (r *Reconciler) publishCompleted(ctx context.Context, row dbq.LidarrRequest
 		RequestID:   formatUUIDForBus(row.ID),
 		RequestKind: string(row.Kind),
 		Name:        DisplayName(row),
+		Artist:      row.ArtistName,
+		Title:       requestedTitle(row),
 	}
 	if row.MatchedAlbumID.Valid {
 		p.AlbumID = formatUUIDForBus(row.MatchedAlbumID)

internal/lidarrrequests/service.go

@@ -141,6 +141,18 @@ func DisplayName(row dbq.LidarrRequest) string {
 	return row.ArtistName
 }
 
+// requestedTitle is the album or track a request names, or "" for an
+// artist request. DisplayName is the artist and this, joined.
+func requestedTitle(row dbq.LidarrRequest) string {
+	switch {
+	case row.Kind == dbq.LidarrRequestKindTrack && row.TrackTitle != nil:
+		return *row.TrackTitle
+	case row.Kind == dbq.LidarrRequestKindAlbum && row.AlbumTitle != nil:
+		return *row.AlbumTitle
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 func validateKindFields(p CreateParams) error {
 	if p.LidarrArtistMBID == "" || p.ArtistName == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: artist_mbid and artist_name are always required", ErrInvalidKindFields)

internal/mailer/mailer.go

@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"mime"
 	"net"
 	"net/smtp"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ func composeMessage(cfg dbq.SmtpConfig, to, subject, textBody, htmlBody string)
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "From: %s\r\n", from)
 	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "To: %s\r\n", to)
-	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "Subject: %s\r\n", subject)
+	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "Subject: %s\r\n", encodeSubject(subject))
 	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n")
 	fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"%s\"\r\n\r\n", boundary)
 
@@ -169,6 +171,15 @@ func composeMessage(cfg dbq.SmtpConfig, to, subject, textBody, htmlBody string)
 	return buf.Bytes()
 }
 
+// encodeSubject makes subject safe as a header value. Line breaks are
+// replaced, so a name carried into a subject cannot start a header of its
+// own, and non-ASCII text ("Moe Shop – WWW") is RFC 2047 encoded, which
+// mime.QEncoding leaves alone when there is nothing to encode.
+func encodeSubject(subject string) string {
+	subject = strings.NewReplacer("\r\n", " ", "\r", " ", "\n", " ").Replace(subject)
+	return mime.QEncoding.Encode("utf-8", subject)
+}
+
 // SentEmail is the in-memory record FakeSender keeps. Tests assert
 // against these.
 type SentEmail struct {

internal/mailer/subject_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package mailer
+
+import (
+	"mime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestEncodeSubject(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := encodeSubject("Minstrel: 2 updates"); got != "Minstrel: 2 updates" {
+		t.Errorf("plain ASCII changed: %q", got)
+	}
+
+	enc := encodeSubject("Minstrel: Moe Shop – WWW")
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(enc, "=?utf-8?q?") {
+		t.Errorf("non-ASCII not RFC 2047 encoded: %q", enc)
+	}
+	if dec, err := new(mime.WordDecoder).DecodeHeader(enc); err != nil || dec != "Minstrel: Moe Shop – WWW" {
+		t.Errorf("round trip = %q, %v", dec, err)
+	}
+
+	if got := encodeSubject("Hi\r\nBcc: everyone@example.com"); strings.ContainsAny(got, "\r\n") {
+		t.Errorf("a line break survived into the header: %q", got)
+	}
+}

internal/notifications/digest.go

@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+package notifications
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/mailer"
+)
+
+// The email digest (#5346). Nothing is emailed per event. Operator,
+// 2026-10-08: "music and stuff coming in should land as a summary email and
+// not everytime same for a approvals the emails should be grouped by a
+// reasonable amount of time like an hour or so."
+//
+// - EmailSummary kinds (new music) go out at most once a day, at the summary
+//   hour in the user's own timezone, listing everything since the last one.
+// - EmailBatch kinds go out a batch window after the first un-emailed item,
+//   holding whatever accumulated.
+// - A row the user has read is never emailed: they have seen it.
+
+const (
+	// digestInterval is how often the digest looks for due groups. It bounds
+	// how late an email can be, not how often one is sent.
+	digestInterval = 5 * time.Minute
+	// maxEmailAge: an item older than this when the digest first gets to it is
+	// not news worth an email. It covers a user who adds an address, or an
+	// SMTP server set up, after weeks of unread notifications.
+	maxEmailAge = 7 * 24 * time.Hour
+	// A failed send waits retryBase, doubling with each failure in a row, up
+	// to retryMax.
+	retryBase = 5 * time.Minute
+	retryMax  = 6 * time.Hour
+)
+
+const (
+	groupBatch   = "batch"
+	groupSummary = "summary"
+)
+
+func (g EmailGroup) key() string {
+	if g == EmailSummary {
+		return groupSummary
+	}
+	return groupBatch
+}
+
+// groupState is where one user's group stands; user_notification_email_state.
+type groupState struct {
+	BatchOpenedAt time.Time
+	LastSentAt    time.Time
+	Failures      int32
+	RetryAfter    time.Time
+}
+
+// pendingItem is one unread, un-emailed notification.
+type pendingItem struct {
+	ID        pgtype.UUID
+	Kind      Kind
+	Payload   []byte
+	CreatedAt time.Time
+}
+
+// userPlan is what the digest does for one user on one tick.
+type userPlan struct {
+	// Skip is stamped emailed without sending: email is off for its kind now,
+	// or it is too old to be news.
+	Skip []pendingItem
+
+	Batch    []pendingItem
+	BatchDue bool
+	// BatchOpenedAt is the open batch's start, kept until it is sent. Zero
+	// when nothing is pending in the batch group.
+	BatchOpenedAt time.Time
+
+	Summary    []pendingItem
+	SummaryDue bool
+}
+
+// planUser decides, from the clock and stored state alone, what goes out for
+// one user. items are oldest first. emailOn is the user's effective email
+// channel per kind.
+func planUser(now time.Time, cfg EmailSettings, loc *time.Location, items []pendingItem,
+	emailOn map[Kind]bool, batch, summary groupState) userPlan {
+	var p userPlan
+	for _, it := range items {
+		switch {
+		case !emailOn[it.Kind] || now.Sub(it.CreatedAt) > maxEmailAge:
+			p.Skip = append(p.Skip, it)
+		case it.Kind.EmailGroup() == EmailSummary:
+			p.Summary = append(p.Summary, it)
+		default:
+			p.Batch = append(p.Batch, it)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(p.Batch) > 0 {
+		p.BatchOpenedAt = batch.BatchOpenedAt
+		if p.BatchOpenedAt.IsZero() {
+			p.BatchOpenedAt = p.Batch[0].CreatedAt
+		}
+		p.BatchDue = !now.Before(batch.RetryAfter) && !now.Before(p.BatchOpenedAt.Add(cfg.BatchWindow()))
+	}
+	if len(p.Summary) > 0 {
+		slot := summarySlot(now, loc, int(cfg.SummaryHour))
+		p.SummaryDue = !now.Before(summary.RetryAfter) && !now.Before(slot) && summary.LastSentAt.Before(slot)
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+// summarySlot is today's summary time in loc: the summary hour on the user's
+// local calendar day. Across a DST change the hour keeps its local meaning,
+// so the instant moves by the shift. An hour that does not exist that day
+// (inside a spring-forward gap) is normalised by time.Date to one that does.
+func summarySlot(now time.Time, loc *time.Location, hour int) time.Time {
+	l := now.In(loc)
+	return time.Date(l.Year(), l.Month(), l.Day(), hour, 0, 0, 0, loc)
+}
+
+// retryDelay is the wait after the failures-th failure in a row.
+func retryDelay(failures int32) time.Duration {
+	d := retryBase
+	for i := int32(1); i < failures && d < retryMax; i++ {
+		d *= 2
+	}
+	return min(d, retryMax)
+}
+
+// Digest sends the grouped emails. One per process, on a ticker.
+type Digest struct {
+	pool      *pgxpool.Pool
+	sender    mailer.Sender
+	logger    *slog.Logger
+	publicURL func(context.Context) string
+}
+
+// NewDigest returns a Digest sending through sender. Links in its emails are
+// built from the public address in admin Settings, never from a request.
+func NewDigest(pool *pgxpool.Pool, sender mailer.Sender, logger *slog.Logger) *Digest {
+	if logger == nil {
+		logger = slog.Default()
+	}
+	d := &Digest{pool: pool, sender: sender, logger: logger}
+	d.publicURL = func(ctx context.Context) string {
+		row, err := dbq.New(pool).GetNetworkSettings(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return ""
+		}
+		return row.PublicUrl
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+// Run blocks until ctx is cancelled. It ticks once at startup, so a process
+// that has been down past a batch or a summary hour catches up, then every
+// few minutes.
+func (d *Digest) Run(ctx context.Context) {
+	d.Tick(ctx, time.Now())
+	t := time.NewTicker(digestInterval)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case now := <-t.C:
+			d.Tick(ctx, now)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Tick sends every group that is due as of now. Failures are logged and
+// retried on a later tick; nothing here is fatal.
+func (d *Digest) Tick(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) {
+	q := dbq.New(d.pool)
+	cfg, err := LoadEmailSettings(ctx, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		d.logger.Warn("notification digest: using default settings", "err", err)
+	}
+	rows, err := q.ListEmailPendingNotifications(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		d.logger.Warn("notification digest: list pending", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+	states, err := d.loadStates(ctx, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		d.logger.Warn("notification digest: load state", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+	base := d.publicURL(ctx)
+
+	handled := map[pgtype.UUID]bool{}
+	for start := 0; start < len(rows); {
+		end := start + 1
+		for end < len(rows) && rows[end].UserID == rows[start].UserID {
+			end++
+		}
+		u := rows[start]
+		handled[u.UserID] = true
+		d.digestUser(ctx, q, now, cfg, base, rows[start:end], states[u.UserID])
+		start = end
+	}
+
+	// A user with nothing pending at all whose batch is still open read
+	// everything before it came due. Close it, so their next item opens a
+	// fresh batch rather than going out at once.
+	for userID, st := range states {
+		if !handled[userID] && !st[groupBatch].BatchOpenedAt.IsZero() {
+			closed := st[groupBatch]
+			closed.BatchOpenedAt = time.Time{}
+			d.saveState(ctx, q, userID, groupBatch, closed)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// digestUser handles one user's pending rows.
+func (d *Digest) digestUser(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, now time.Time, cfg EmailSettings, base string,
+	rows []dbq.ListEmailPendingNotificationsRow, st map[string]groupState) {
+	u := rows[0]
+	emailOn, err := emailChannels(ctx, q, u.UserID)
+	if err != nil {
+		d.logger.Warn("notification digest: read prefs", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+	items := make([]pendingItem, len(rows))
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		items[i] = pendingItem{ID: r.ID, Kind: Kind(r.Kind), Payload: r.Payload, CreatedAt: r.CreatedAt.Time}
+	}
+	plan := planUser(now, cfg, userLocation(u.Timezone), items, emailOn, st[groupBatch], st[groupSummary])
+	readAsOf := u.ReadAsOf.Time
+
+	if len(plan.Skip) > 0 {
+		if _, err := q.MarkNotificationsEmailed(ctx, dbq.MarkNotificationsEmailedParams{
+			Ids: itemIDs(plan.Skip), ReadAsOf: ts(readAsOf),
+		}); err != nil {
+			d.logger.Warn("notification digest: stamp skipped", "err", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// The batch's start is recorded before anything is sent, so a failed send
+	// below keeps it along with its retry. With nothing left in the batch
+	// group (all read, or skipped), an open batch is closed.
+	batchSt := st[groupBatch]
+	if !plan.BatchOpenedAt.Equal(batchSt.BatchOpenedAt) {
+		batchSt.BatchOpenedAt = plan.BatchOpenedAt
+		d.saveState(ctx, q, u.UserID, groupBatch, batchSt)
+	}
+
+	to := recipient{email: u.Email, name: displayName(u)}
+	if plan.SummaryDue {
+		d.send(ctx, q, now, u.UserID, to, EmailSummary, plan.Summary, st[groupSummary], base, readAsOf)
+	}
+	if plan.BatchDue {
+		d.send(ctx, q, now, u.UserID, to, EmailBatch, plan.Batch, batchSt, base, readAsOf)
+	}
+}
+
+type recipient struct{ email, name string }
+
+// send renders and sends one group's email. Only once the mailer has accepted
+// it are its rows stamped and the group's state reset, in one transaction, so
+// a failure sends again later and a success never sends twice.
+func (d *Digest) send(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, now time.Time, userID pgtype.UUID, to recipient,
+	group EmailGroup, items []pendingItem, st groupState, base string, readAsOf time.Time) {
+	msg, err := renderDigest(group, to.name, items, base)
+	if err != nil {
+		d.logger.Error("notification digest: render", "group", group.key(), "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+	err = d.sender.Send(ctx, to.email, msg.Subject, msg.Text, msg.HTML)
+	if errors.Is(err, mailer.ErrNotConfigured) {
+		// Not a failure to back off from: nothing can go until SMTP is set
+		// up, and the rows wait, unread and un-emailed, until it is.
+		return
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		st.Failures++
+		st.RetryAfter = now.Add(retryDelay(st.Failures))
+		d.logger.Warn("notification digest: send failed",
+			"group", group.key(), "failures", st.Failures, "retry_after", st.RetryAfter, "err", err)
+		d.saveState(ctx, q, userID, group.key(), st)
+		return
+	}
+
+	sent := groupState{LastSentAt: now}
+	if err := pgx.BeginFunc(ctx, d.pool, func(tx pgx.Tx) error {
+		tq := dbq.New(tx)
+		if _, err := tq.MarkNotificationsEmailed(ctx, dbq.MarkNotificationsEmailedParams{
+			Ids: itemIDs(items), ReadAsOf: ts(readAsOf),
+		}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return tq.UpsertNotificationEmailState(ctx, stateParams(userID, group.key(), sent))
+	}); err != nil {
+		// The email is out but its rows are not stamped, so the next due
+		// group would repeat them. Logged at ERROR: it needs a look.
+		d.logger.Error("notification digest: sent but not recorded", "group", group.key(), "err", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *Digest) loadStates(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries) (map[pgtype.UUID]map[string]groupState, error) {
+	rows, err := q.ListNotificationEmailState(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	out := make(map[pgtype.UUID]map[string]groupState, len(rows))
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		if out[r.UserID] == nil {
+			out[r.UserID] = map[string]groupState{}
+		}
+		out[r.UserID][r.EmailGroup] = groupState{
+			BatchOpenedAt: tsTime(r.BatchOpenedAt),
+			LastSentAt:    tsTime(r.LastSentAt),
+			Failures:      r.Failures,
+			RetryAfter:    tsTime(r.RetryAfter),
+		}
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func (d *Digest) saveState(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, userID pgtype.UUID, group string, st groupState) {
+	if err := q.UpsertNotificationEmailState(ctx, stateParams(userID, group, st)); err != nil {
+		d.logger.Warn("notification digest: save state", "group", group, "err", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// emailChannels is the user's effective email channel for every kind: their
+// stored preference, or the kind's default.
+func emailChannels(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, userID pgtype.UUID) (map[Kind]bool, error) {
+	rows, err := q.ListNotificationPrefsForUser(ctx, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("prefs: %w", err)
+	}
+	out := make(map[Kind]bool, len(order))
+	for _, k := range order {
+		out[k] = k.Defaults().Effective().Email
+	}
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		out[Kind(r.Kind)] = Channels{Inbox: r.Inbox, Phone: r.Phone, Email: r.Email}.Effective().Email
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// userLocation is the user's timezone, or UTC when it does not parse.
+func userLocation(tz string) *time.Location {
+	if loc, err := time.LoadLocation(tz); err == nil && tz != "" {
+		return loc
+	}
+	return time.UTC
+}
+
+func displayName(u dbq.ListEmailPendingNotificationsRow) string {
+	if u.DisplayName != nil && *u.DisplayName != "" {
+		return *u.DisplayName
+	}
+	return u.Username
+}
+
+func itemIDs(items []pendingItem) []pgtype.UUID {
+	out := make([]pgtype.UUID, len(items))
+	for i, it := range items {
+		out[i] = it.ID
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func stateParams(userID pgtype.UUID, group string, st groupState) dbq.UpsertNotificationEmailStateParams {
+	return dbq.UpsertNotificationEmailStateParams{
+		UserID:        userID,
+		EmailGroup:    group,
+		BatchOpenedAt: ts(st.BatchOpenedAt),
+		LastSentAt:    ts(st.LastSentAt),
+		Failures:      st.Failures,
+		RetryAfter:    ts(st.RetryAfter),
+	}
+}
+
+func ts(t time.Time) pgtype.Timestamptz { return pgtype.Timestamptz{Time: t, Valid: !t.IsZero()} }
+
+func tsTime(t pgtype.Timestamptz) time.Time {
+	if !t.Valid {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	return t.Time
+}

internal/notifications/digest_db_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+package notifications_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/mailer"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/notifications"
+)
+
+// emailUser is a user with an address, so the digest can reach them.
+func emailUser(t *testing.T, pool *pgxpool.Pool, name string, admin bool) pgtype.UUID {
+	t.Helper()
+	id := mkUser(t, dbq.New(pool), name, admin)
+	_, err := pool.Exec(context.Background(), "UPDATE users SET email = $2 WHERE id = $1", id, name+"@example.com")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return id
+}
+
+func digestWith(pool *pgxpool.Pool) (*notifications.Digest, *mailer.FakeSender) {
+	fake := &mailer.FakeSender{}
+	return notifications.NewDigest(pool, fake, nil), fake
+}
+
+func TestDigest_BatchGoesOutOnceAWindowAfterTheFirstItem(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	alice := emailUser(t, pool, "alice", false)
+	n := notifications.New(pool, nil, nil)
+	d, fake := digestWith(pool)
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindRequestApproved, notifications.ToUser(alice),
+		notifications.Payload{Name: "Moe Shop – WWW"}.Map()))
+	require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindRequestRejected, notifications.ToUser(alice),
+		notifications.Payload{Name: "Tycho – Awake", Reason: "already have it"}.Map()))
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(30*time.Minute))
+	require.Empty(t, fake.Sent, "inside the window nothing goes")
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(61*time.Minute))
+	require.Len(t, fake.Sent, 1, "both items, one email")
+	require.Equal(t, "alice@example.com", fake.Sent[0].To)
+	require.Equal(t, "Minstrel: 2 updates", fake.Sent[0].Subject)
+	require.Contains(t, fake.Sent[0].TextBody, "Moe Shop – WWW is on its way.")
+	require.Contains(t, fake.Sent[0].TextBody, "Tycho – Awake was declined: already have it")
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(3*time.Hour))
+	require.Len(t, fake.Sent, 1, "never sent twice")
+}
+
+func TestDigest_ReadBeforeTheEmailIsNotEmailed(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	q := dbq.New(pool)
+	alice := emailUser(t, pool, "alice", false)
+	n := notifications.New(pool, nil, nil)
+	d, fake := digestWith(pool)
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindRequestApproved, notifications.ToUser(alice), nil))
+	_, err := q.MarkAllNotificationsRead(ctx, dbq.MarkAllNotificationsReadParams{UserID: alice})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(2*time.Hour))
+	require.Empty(t, fake.Sent, "everything was read: nothing to send")
+}
+
+func TestDigest_EmailOffAtNotifyTimeIsNeverSent(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	q := dbq.New(pool)
+	alice := emailUser(t, pool, "alice", false)
+	off := false
+	_, err := notifications.SaveSettings(ctx, q, alice, false, []notifications.SettingChange{
+		{Kind: notifications.KindRequestApproved, Email: &off},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	n := notifications.New(pool, nil, nil)
+	d, fake := digestWith(pool)
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindRequestApproved, notifications.ToUser(alice), nil))
+	on := true
+	_, err = notifications.SaveSettings(ctx, q, alice, false, []notifications.SettingChange{
+		{Kind: notifications.KindRequestApproved, Email: &on},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(2*time.Hour))
+	require.Empty(t, fake.Sent, "turning email on later does not send what came before")
+}
+
+func TestDigest_NoAddressNoEmail(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	bob := mkUser(t, dbq.New(pool), "bob", false)
+	n := notifications.New(pool, nil, nil)
+	d, fake := digestWith(pool)
+
+	require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindRequestApproved, notifications.ToUser(bob), nil))
+	d.Tick(ctx, time.Now().Add(2*time.Hour))
+	require.Empty(t, fake.Sent)
+}
+
+func TestDigest_CoalescedItemAppearsOnceWithItsLatestCount(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	q := dbq.New(pool)
+	root := emailUser(t, pool, "root", true)
+	on := true
+	_, err := notifications.SaveSettings(ctx, q, root, true, []notifications.SettingChange{
+		{Kind: notifications.KindTracksMissing, Email: &on},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	n := notifications.New(pool, nil, nil)
+	d, fake := digestWith(pool)
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	for _, c := range []int64{3, 2} {
+		require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindTracksMissing,
+			notifications.ToAdmins(pgtype.UUID{}), notifications.Payload{Count: c}.Map()))
+	}
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(2*time.Hour))
+	require.Len(t, fake.Sent, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "Minstrel: 5 tracks went missing", fake.Sent[0].Subject)
+}
+
+func TestDigest_MailerFailureRetriesWithBackoffAndSendsOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	alice := emailUser(t, pool, "alice", false)
+	n := notifications.New(pool, nil, nil)
+	d, fake := digestWith(pool)
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindRequestApproved, notifications.ToUser(alice), nil))
+
+	fake.FailNext = errors.New("smtp: 421 try later")
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(61*time.Minute))
+	require.Empty(t, fake.Sent)
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(63*time.Minute))
+	require.Empty(t, fake.Sent, "waits out the first retry gap")
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(67*time.Minute))
+	require.Len(t, fake.Sent, 1, "then goes")
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(80*time.Minute))
+	require.Len(t, fake.Sent, 1, "and is not sent again")
+}
+
+func TestDigest_NewMusicWaitsForTheSummaryHour(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	alice := emailUser(t, pool, "alice", false) // timezone defaults to UTC
+	n := notifications.New(pool, nil, nil)
+	d, fake := digestWith(pool)
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	slot := time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	if !slot.After(now) {
+		slot = slot.AddDate(0, 0, 1)
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range []notifications.Payload{
+		{Name: "Moe Shop – WWW", Artist: "Moe Shop", Title: "WWW"},
+		{Name: "Moe Shop – Pure", Artist: "Moe Shop", Title: "Pure"},
+	} {
+		require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindRequestCompleted, notifications.ToUser(alice), p.Map()))
+	}
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, slot.Add(-time.Minute))
+	require.Empty(t, fake.Sent, "new music never goes out in an hourly batch")
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, slot)
+	require.Len(t, fake.Sent, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "Minstrel: new music in your library", fake.Sent[0].Subject)
+	require.Contains(t, fake.Sent[0].TextBody, "Moe Shop\n  - WWW")
+	require.Contains(t, fake.Sent[0].TextBody, "  - Pure")
+
+	d.Tick(ctx, slot.Add(5*time.Hour))
+	require.Len(t, fake.Sent, 1, "one summary a day")
+}
+
+func TestEmailSettings_DefaultsMatchTheMigrationAndRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	q := dbq.New(pool)
+
+	got, err := notifications.LoadEmailSettings(ctx, q)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, notifications.DefaultEmailSettings, got)
+
+	saved, err := notifications.SaveEmailSettings(ctx, q, notifications.EmailSettings{SummaryHour: 7, BatchWindowMinutes: 30})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, notifications.EmailSettings{SummaryHour: 7, BatchWindowMinutes: 30}, saved)
+	got, err = notifications.LoadEmailSettings(ctx, q)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, saved, got)
+}
+
+func TestDigest_UsesTheConfiguredBatchWindow(t *testing.T) {
+	pool := testPool(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	alice := emailUser(t, pool, "alice", false)
+	_, err := notifications.SaveEmailSettings(ctx, dbq.New(pool), notifications.EmailSettings{SummaryHour: 9, BatchWindowMinutes: 15})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	n := notifications.New(pool, nil, nil)
+	d, fake := digestWith(pool)
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	require.NoError(t, n.Notify(ctx, notifications.KindRequestApproved, notifications.ToUser(alice), nil))
+	d.Tick(ctx, start.Add(16*time.Minute))
+	require.Len(t, fake.Sent, 1)
+}

internal/notifications/digest_render.go

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package notifications
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"embed"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	htmltemplate "html/template"
+	"strings"
+	texttemplate "text/template"
+)
+
+//go:embed templates/digest.txt templates/digest.html
+var digestFS embed.FS
+
+var (
+	digestText = texttemplate.Must(texttemplate.ParseFS(digestFS, "templates/digest.txt"))
+	digestHTML = htmltemplate.Must(htmltemplate.ParseFS(digestFS, "templates/digest.html"))
+)
+
+// digestEmail is one rendered email.
+type digestEmail struct {
+	Subject string
+	Text    string
+	HTML    string
+}
+
+type digestLine struct {
+	Title string
+	Body  string
+	URL   string
+}
+
+type digestArtist struct {
+	Name   string
+	URL    string
+	Titles []digestLine
+}
+
+type digestVars struct {
+	Name        string
+	Intro       string
+	Items       []digestLine
+	Artists     []digestArtist
+	SettingsURL string
+}
+
+// renderDigest renders one group's email. base is the public address; with
+// none set, the email still goes out, without links.
+func renderDigest(group EmailGroup, name string, items []pendingItem, base string) (digestEmail, error) {
+	vars := digestVars{Name: name, SettingsURL: joinURL(base, "/settings#notifications")}
+	var subject string
+	if group == EmailSummary {
+		vars.Artists = summaryArtists(items, base)
+		vars.Intro = "New in your library since the last summary:"
+		subject = "Minstrel: new music in your library"
+	} else {
+		for _, it := range items {
+			r := Render(it.Kind, it.Payload)
+			vars.Items = append(vars.Items, digestLine{Title: r.Title, Body: r.Body, URL: joinURL(base, r.Link)})
+		}
+		vars.Intro = "Here's what happened on Minstrel:"
+		subject = fmt.Sprintf("Minstrel: %d updates", len(items))
+		if len(items) == 1 {
+			subject = "Minstrel: " + vars.Items[0].Title
+		}
+	}
+
+	var text, html bytes.Buffer
+	if err := digestText.Execute(&text, vars); err != nil {
+		return digestEmail{}, fmt.Errorf("render text: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := digestHTML.Execute(&html, vars); err != nil {
+		return digestEmail{}, fmt.Errorf("render html: %w", err)
+	}
+	return digestEmail{Subject: subject, Text: text.String(), HTML: html.String()}, nil
+}
+
+// summaryArtists groups new-music arrivals by artist, in the order each
+// artist first arrived, with each artist's albums and tracks under them. An
+// artist request has no title of its own; the artist links to its page.
+func summaryArtists(items []pendingItem, base string) []digestArtist {
+	var out []digestArtist
+	index := map[string]int{}
+	for _, it := range items {
+		var p Payload
+		_ = json.Unmarshal(it.Payload, &p)
+		artist, title := p.Artist, p.Title
+		if artist == "" {
+			// Rows from before Artist was recorded carry only "Artist – Title".
+			artist, title, _ = strings.Cut(p.Name, " – ")
+		}
+		if artist == "" {
+			artist = "Something you asked for"
+		}
+		i, ok := index[artist]
+		if !ok {
+			i = len(out)
+			index[artist] = i
+			out = append(out, digestArtist{Name: artist})
+		}
+		link := Render(it.Kind, it.Payload).Link
+		if title == "" {
+			if p.ArtistID != "" {
+				out[i].URL = joinURL(base, link)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		out[i].Titles = append(out[i].Titles, digestLine{Title: title, URL: joinURL(base, link)})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// joinURL is base followed by path, or "" when no public address is set.
+func joinURL(base, path string) string {
+	if base == "" || path == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.TrimRight(base, "/") + path
+}

internal/notifications/digest_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+package notifications
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+var (
+	digestCfg = EmailSettings{SummaryHour: 9, BatchWindowMinutes: 60}
+	t0        = time.Date(2026, 10, 8, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+)
+
+func item(k Kind, at time.Time) pendingItem {
+	return pendingItem{ID: pgtype.UUID{Bytes: [16]byte{byte(at.Minute()), byte(len(k))}, Valid: true}, Kind: k, CreatedAt: at}
+}
+
+func allEmail() map[Kind]bool {
+	m := map[Kind]bool{}
+	for _, k := range Kinds() {
+		m[k] = true
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func TestPlanUser_BatchWindow(t *testing.T) {
+	first := item(KindRequestApproved, t0)
+	later := item(KindRequestRejected, t0.Add(40*time.Minute))
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		now      time.Time
+		state    groupState
+		items    []pendingItem
+		wantDue  bool
+		wantOpen time.Time
+	}{
+		{"opens at the first item and is not due inside the window", t0.Add(59 * time.Minute), groupState{}, []pendingItem{first, later}, false, t0},
+		{"due a window after the first item, carrying everything since", t0.Add(60 * time.Minute), groupState{}, []pendingItem{first, later}, true, t0},
+		{"a recorded start wins over an item that moved later", t0.Add(61 * time.Minute), groupState{BatchOpenedAt: t0}, []pendingItem{later}, true, t0},
+		{"a failed send waits out its retry", t0.Add(90 * time.Minute), groupState{BatchOpenedAt: t0, RetryAfter: t0.Add(95 * time.Minute)}, []pendingItem{first}, false, t0},
+		{"and goes once the retry has passed", t0.Add(96 * time.Minute), groupState{BatchOpenedAt: t0, RetryAfter: t0.Add(95 * time.Minute)}, []pendingItem{first}, true, t0},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p := planUser(c.now, digestCfg, time.UTC, c.items, allEmail(), c.state, groupState{})
+			require.Equal(t, c.wantDue, p.BatchDue)
+			require.Equal(t, c.wantOpen, p.BatchOpenedAt)
+			require.Len(t, p.Batch, len(c.items))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPlanUser_QuietBatchSendsNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	p := planUser(t0.Add(3*time.Hour), digestCfg, time.UTC, nil, allEmail(), groupState{BatchOpenedAt: t0}, groupState{})
+	require.False(t, p.BatchDue)
+	require.True(t, p.BatchOpenedAt.IsZero(), "nothing pending leaves no batch open")
+}
+
+func TestPlanUser_SummaryHourInUserTimezone(t *testing.T) {
+	ny, err := time.LoadLocation("America/New_York")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	arrived := []pendingItem{item(KindRequestCompleted, time.Date(2026, 7, 1, 3, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))}
+	// 09:00 in New York in July is 13:00 UTC (EDT, UTC-4).
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		now      time.Time
+		lastSent time.Time
+		want     bool
+	}{
+		{"before the local hour", time.Date(2026, 7, 1, 12, 59, 0, 0, time.UTC), time.Time{}, false},
+		{"at the local hour", time.Date(2026, 7, 1, 13, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), time.Time{}, true},
+		{"once a day: already sent after today's hour", time.Date(2026, 7, 1, 18, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), time.Date(2026, 7, 1, 13, 1, 0, 0, time.UTC), false},
+		{"yesterday's summary does not hold today's", time.Date(2026, 7, 2, 13, 5, 0, 0, time.UTC), time.Date(2026, 7, 1, 13, 1, 0, 0, time.UTC), true},
+		// 03:30 UTC on 2 July is 23:30 on 1 July in New York: still the 1st there.
+		{"the local day, not the UTC day", time.Date(2026, 7, 2, 3, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC), time.Date(2026, 7, 1, 13, 1, 0, 0, time.UTC), false},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p := planUser(c.now, digestCfg, ny, arrived, allEmail(), groupState{}, groupState{LastSentAt: c.lastSent})
+			require.Equal(t, c.want, p.SummaryDue)
+			require.False(t, p.BatchDue, "new music never goes out in a batch")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPlanUser_SummaryAcrossDST(t *testing.T) {
+	ny, err := time.LoadLocation("America/New_York")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	arrived := []pendingItem{item(KindRequestCompleted, time.Date(2026, 11, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))}
+	// Clocks go back on 1 November 2026: 09:00 the day before is 13:00 UTC
+	// (EDT), and 09:00 that day is 14:00 UTC (EST).
+	before := groupState{LastSentAt: time.Date(2026, 10, 31, 13, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)}
+	p := planUser(time.Date(2026, 11, 1, 13, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC), digestCfg, ny, arrived, allEmail(), groupState{}, before)
+	require.False(t, p.SummaryDue, "08:30 local after the change is not yet the hour")
+	p = planUser(time.Date(2026, 11, 1, 14, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), digestCfg, ny, arrived, allEmail(), groupState{}, before)
+	require.True(t, p.SummaryDue, "09:00 local after the change")
+
+	// Spring forward, 8 March 2026: 02:00 does not exist. A summary hour of
+	// 2 still goes out that day, once.
+	gap := EmailSettings{SummaryHour: 2, BatchWindowMinutes: 60}
+	spring := []pendingItem{item(KindRequestCompleted, time.Date(2026, 3, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))}
+	at := time.Date(2026, 3, 8, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) // 05:00 EDT
+	p = planUser(at, gap, ny, spring, allEmail(), groupState{}, groupState{LastSentAt: time.Date(2026, 3, 7, 7, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)})
+	require.True(t, p.SummaryDue)
+	p = planUser(at.Add(time.Hour), gap, ny, spring, allEmail(), groupState{}, groupState{LastSentAt: at})
+	require.False(t, p.SummaryDue)
+}
+
+func TestPlanUser_EmailOffAndStaleItemsAreSkippedNotSent(t *testing.T) {
+	off := allEmail()
+	off[KindRequestRejected] = false
+	items := []pendingItem{
+		item(KindRequestRejected, t0),
+		item(KindRequestApproved, t0.Add(-8*24*time.Hour)),
+	}
+	p := planUser(t0.Add(2*time.Hour), digestCfg, time.UTC, items, off, groupState{}, groupState{})
+	require.Len(t, p.Skip, 2)
+	require.Empty(t, p.Batch)
+	require.False(t, p.BatchDue, "nothing left after filtering: no email")
+	require.False(t, p.SummaryDue)
+}
+
+func TestRetryDelay_DoublesToACap(t *testing.T) {
+	require.Equal(t, 5*time.Minute, retryDelay(1))
+	require.Equal(t, 10*time.Minute, retryDelay(2))
+	require.Equal(t, 40*time.Minute, retryDelay(4))
+	require.Equal(t, 6*time.Hour, retryDelay(20))
+}
+
+func TestRenderDigest_SummaryGroupsByArtist(t *testing.T) {
+	arrival := func(p Payload) pendingItem {
+		b, _ := json.Marshal(p.Map())
+		return pendingItem{Kind: KindRequestCompleted, Payload: b}
+	}
+	items := []pendingItem{
+		arrival(Payload{Name: "Moe Shop – WWW", Artist: "Moe Shop", Title: "WWW", AlbumID: "al-1"}),
+		arrival(Payload{Name: "Boards of Canada", Artist: "Boards of Canada", ArtistID: "ar-2"}),
+		arrival(Payload{Name: "Moe Shop – Pure", Artist: "Moe Shop", Title: "Pure", AlbumID: "al-3"}),
+		arrival(Payload{Name: "Tycho – Awake"}), // stored before Artist was recorded
+	}
+	e, err := renderDigest(EmailSummary, "alice", items, "https://music.example/")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "Minstrel: new music in your library", e.Subject)
+
+	moe := strings.Index(e.Text, "Moe Shop")
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, moe, 0)
+	require.Equal(t, moe, strings.LastIndex(e.Text, "Moe Shop\n"), "one heading per artist")
+	require.Less(t, moe, strings.Index(e.Text, "Boards of Canada"), "artists in the order they arrived")
+	require.Contains(t, e.Text, "  - WWW\n    https://music.example/albums/al-1")
+	require.Contains(t, e.Text, "  - Pure\n    https://music.example/albums/al-3")
+	require.Contains(t, e.Text, "Boards of Canada\n  https://music.example/artists/ar-2")
+	require.Contains(t, e.Text, "Tycho\n  - Awake")
+	require.Contains(t, e.Text, "https://music.example/settings#notifications")
+	require.Contains(t, e.HTML, `<a href="https://music.example/albums/al-1"`)
+}
+
+func TestRenderDigest_BatchListsEachItemAndEscapesHTML(t *testing.T) {
+	b, _ := json.Marshal(Payload{Name: "<script>x</script>", Reason: "dup"}.Map())
+	items := []pendingItem{
+		{Kind: KindRequestApproved, Payload: []byte(`{"name":"WWW"}`)},
+		{Kind: KindRequestRejected, Payload: b},
+	}
+	e, err := renderDigest(EmailBatch, "alice", items, "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "Minstrel: 2 updates", e.Subject)
+	require.Contains(t, e.Text, "- Request approved\n  WWW is on its way.")
+	require.NotContains(t, e.Text, "http", "no public address: no links")
+	require.Contains(t, e.Text, "Settings → Notifications")
+	require.NotContains(t, e.HTML, "<script>")
+
+	one, err := renderDigest(EmailBatch, "alice", items[:1], "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "Minstrel: Request approved", one.Subject)
+}

internal/notifications/email_settings.go

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package notifications
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
+)
+
+// EmailSettings are the digest's two knobs, in admin Settings (rule 25).
+type EmailSettings struct {
+	// SummaryHour is the local hour (0-23, in each user's own timezone) the
+	// daily new-music summary goes out.
+	SummaryHour int32
+	// BatchWindowMinutes is how long a batch stays open after its first item.
+	BatchWindowMinutes int32
+}
+
+const (
+	minBatchWindowMinutes = 15
+	maxBatchWindowMinutes = 1440
+)
+
+// DefaultEmailSettings mirrors migration 0074's column defaults.
+var DefaultEmailSettings = EmailSettings{SummaryHour: 9, BatchWindowMinutes: 60}
+
+// ErrEmailSettingOutOfRange is a value migration 0074's CHECKs would reject,
+// so the API answers 400 naming the field rather than a constraint violation.
+var ErrEmailSettingOutOfRange = errors.New("notification email setting out of range")
+
+// BatchWindow is BatchWindowMinutes as a duration.
+func (s EmailSettings) BatchWindow() time.Duration {
+	return time.Duration(s.BatchWindowMinutes) * time.Minute
+}
+
+// LoadEmailSettings reads the settings. A failed read returns the defaults
+// with the error, so the digest keeps its shipped cadence rather than stopping.
+func LoadEmailSettings(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries) (EmailSettings, error) {
+	row, err := q.GetNotificationEmailSettings(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DefaultEmailSettings, fmt.Errorf("notification email settings: load: %w", err)
+	}
+	return EmailSettings{SummaryHour: row.SummaryHour, BatchWindowMinutes: row.BatchWindowMinutes}, nil
+}
+
+// SaveEmailSettings validates and writes the settings, returning them as saved.
+// The digest reads them on its next tick; nothing is cached.
+func SaveEmailSettings(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, in EmailSettings) (EmailSettings, error) {
+	switch {
+	case in.SummaryHour < 0 || in.SummaryHour > 23:
+		return EmailSettings{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: summary_hour must be 0-23", ErrEmailSettingOutOfRange)
+	case in.BatchWindowMinutes < minBatchWindowMinutes || in.BatchWindowMinutes > maxBatchWindowMinutes:
+		return EmailSettings{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: batch_window_minutes must be %d-%d",
+			ErrEmailSettingOutOfRange, minBatchWindowMinutes, maxBatchWindowMinutes)
+	}
+	row, err := q.UpdateNotificationEmailSettings(ctx, dbq.UpdateNotificationEmailSettingsParams{
+		SummaryHour:        in.SummaryHour,
+		BatchWindowMinutes: in.BatchWindowMinutes,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return EmailSettings{}, fmt.Errorf("notification email settings: save: %w", err)
+	}
+	return EmailSettings{SummaryHour: row.SummaryHour, BatchWindowMinutes: row.BatchWindowMinutes}, nil
+}

internal/notifications/notifier.go

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (n *Notifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, kind Kind, to Recipients, payload
 		if !channels[id].Inbox {
 			continue
 		}
-		if err := write(ctx, q, kind, id, body); err != nil {
+		if err := write(ctx, q, kind, id, body, channels[id].Email); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("notifications: write %s: %w", kind, err)
 		}
 		delivered = append(delivered, id)
@@ -166,11 +166,14 @@ func channelsFor(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, kind Kind, ids []pgtype.UU
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func write(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, kind Kind, userID pgtype.UUID, body []byte) error {
+// write stores one row. emailWanted is the recipient's email channel for the
+// kind: a row nobody wants emailed is stamped emailed_at at once, so the
+// digest never sends it, even if email is switched on later.
+func write(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, kind Kind, userID pgtype.UUID, body []byte, emailWanted bool) error {
 	key := kind.coalesceKey()
 	if key == "" {
 		_, err := q.InsertNotification(ctx, dbq.InsertNotificationParams{
-			UserID: userID, Kind: string(kind), Payload: body,
+			UserID: userID, Kind: string(kind), Payload: body, EmailWanted: emailWanted,
 		})
 		return err
 	}
@@ -179,6 +182,7 @@ func write(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, kind Kind, userID pgtype.UUID, b
 		Kind:        string(kind),
 		Payload:     body,
 		CoalesceKey: &key,
+		EmailWanted: emailWanted,
 		SumCount:    specs[kind].sumCount,
 	})
 	return err

internal/notifications/render.go

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ type Payload struct {
 	// Name is what was requested or flagged, as the user would say it:
 	// "WWW", "Moe Shop", "Moe Shop – WWW".
 	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	// Artist and Title are Name's parts, for request_completed: the new-music
+	// summary email groups arrivals by artist. Title is empty for an artist
+	// request.
+	Artist   string `json:"artist,omitempty"`
+	Title    string `json:"title,omitempty"`
 	ArtistID string `json:"artist_id,omitempty"`
 	AlbumID  string `json:"album_id,omitempty"`
 	// Actor is the other person involved: who asked, who flagged.

internal/notifications/templates/digest.html

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<body style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, sans-serif; max-width: 560px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 24px; color: #2c2c2c;">
+  <p>Hello <strong>{{.Name}}</strong>,</p>
+
+  <p>{{.Intro}}</p>
+{{range .Artists}}
+  <p style="margin: 20px 0 4px; font-weight: 600;">{{if .URL}}<a href="{{.URL}}" style="color: #2c2c2c;">{{.Name}}</a>{{else}}{{.Name}}{{end}}</p>
+  {{if .Titles}}<ul style="margin: 0; padding-left: 20px;">
+    {{range .Titles}}<li style="margin: 2px 0;">{{if .URL}}<a href="{{.URL}}" style="color: #4a6b5c;">{{.Title}}</a>{{else}}{{.Title}}{{end}}</li>
+    {{end}}</ul>{{end}}
+{{end}}{{if .Items}}
+  <ul style="margin: 16px 0; padding-left: 20px;">
+    {{range .Items}}<li style="margin: 8px 0;">
+      {{if .URL}}<a href="{{.URL}}" style="color: #2c2c2c; font-weight: 600;">{{.Title}}</a>{{else}}<strong>{{.Title}}</strong>{{end}}
+      {{if .Body}}<br><span style="color: #555;">{{.Body}}</span>{{end}}
+    </li>
+    {{end}}</ul>
+{{end}}
+  <p style="font-size: 12px; color: #999; margin-top: 32px; border-top: 1px solid #eee; padding-top: 16px;">
+    {{if .SettingsURL}}<a href="{{.SettingsURL}}" style="color: #999;">Choose which notifications are emailed to you</a>{{else}}Choose which notifications are emailed to you in Minstrel, under Settings → Notifications.{{end}}<br>
+    — Minstrel
+  </p>
+</body>
+</html>

internal/notifications/templates/digest.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Hello {{.Name}},
+
+{{.Intro}}
+{{range .Artists}}
+{{.Name}}{{if .URL}}
+  {{.URL}}{{end}}{{range .Titles}}
+  - {{.Title}}{{if .URL}}
+    {{.URL}}{{end}}{{end}}
+{{end}}{{range .Items}}
+- {{.Title}}{{if .Body}}
+  {{.Body}}{{end}}{{if .URL}}
+  {{.URL}}{{end}}
+{{end}}
+{{if .SettingsURL}}Choose which notifications are emailed to you: {{.SettingsURL}}{{else}}Choose which notifications are emailed to you in Minstrel, under Settings → Notifications.{{end}}
+
+— Minstrel

web/src/lib/api/admin.ts

@@ -921,3 +921,19 @@ export async function updateReacquisitionSettings(
 ): Promise<ReacquisitionSettings> {
   return api.put<ReacquisitionSettings>('/api/admin/library/reacquisition', s);
 }
+
+// Notification emails (M489 #5346): when the grouped emails go out.
+export type NotificationEmailSettings = {
+  summary_hour: number;
+  batch_window_minutes: number;
+};
+
+export async function getNotificationEmailSettings(): Promise<NotificationEmailSettings> {
+  return api.get<NotificationEmailSettings>('/api/admin/notification-email');
+}
+
+export async function updateNotificationEmailSettings(
+  s: NotificationEmailSettings
+): Promise<NotificationEmailSettings> {
+  return api.put<NotificationEmailSettings>('/api/admin/notification-email', s);
+}

web/src/lib/components/NotificationEmailCard.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+  import {
+    getNotificationEmailSettings,
+    updateNotificationEmailSettings,
+    type NotificationEmailSettings
+  } from '$lib/api/admin';
+  import { errMessage } from '$lib/api/errors';
+  import { pushToast } from '$lib/stores/toast.svelte';
+
+  // When notification emails go out (M489 #5346). Nothing is emailed per
+  // event: new music is a daily summary, everything else a batch.
+
+  let saved = $state<NotificationEmailSettings | null>(null);
+  let form = $state<NotificationEmailSettings | null>(null);
+  let saving = $state(false);
+  let loadError = $state(false);
+
+  const dirty = $derived(
+    !!saved &&
+      !!form &&
+      (saved.summary_hour !== form.summary_hour ||
+        saved.batch_window_minutes !== form.batch_window_minutes)
+  );
+
+  const hours = Array.from({ length: 24 }, (_, h) => h);
+
+  function hourLabel(h: number): string {
+    return `${String(h).padStart(2, '0')}:00`;
+  }
+
+  async function load() {
+    try {
+      saved = await getNotificationEmailSettings();
+      form = { ...saved };
+      loadError = false;
+    } catch {
+      loadError = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  onMount(load);
+
+  async function save() {
+    if (!form) return;
+    saving = true;
+    try {
+      saved = await updateNotificationEmailSettings(form);
+      form = { ...saved };
+      pushToast('Notification email schedule saved.');
+    } catch (e) {
+      // The server names the field it refused (#3937: errMessage, not
+      // e.message, because the client throws a plain object).
+      pushToast(errMessage(e), 'error');
+    } finally {
+      saving = false;
+    }
+  }
+</script>
+
+<section class="space-y-4 rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface p-5">
+  <div>
+    <h3 class="font-display text-lg font-medium text-text-primary">Notification emails</h3>
+    <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-text-secondary">
+      Nothing is emailed per event. Each person chooses which notifications reach their email in
+      their own settings.
+    </p>
+  </div>
+
+  {#if loadError}
+    <p class="text-sm text-action-destructive">
+      Couldn't load the email schedule.
+      <button type="button" class="underline hover:no-underline" onclick={load}>Try again</button>
+    </p>
+  {:else if form === null}
+    <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary">Loading the email schedule…</p>
+  {:else}
+    <div class="grid gap-4 sm:grid-cols-2">
+      <label class="block">
+        <span class="text-sm text-text-primary">New music summary</span>
+        <span class="block text-xs text-text-secondary">
+          Once a day at this hour, in each person's own timezone.
+        </span>
+        <select
+          bind:value={form.summary_hour}
+          class="mt-1 w-28 rounded border border-border bg-background px-2 py-1 text-sm
+                 text-text-primary focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2
+                 focus-visible:outline-accent"
+        >
+          {#each hours as h (h)}
+            <option value={h}>{hourLabel(h)}</option>
+          {/each}
+        </select>
+      </label>
+
+      <label class="block">
+        <span class="text-sm text-text-primary">Batch everything else (minutes)</span>
+        <span class="block text-xs text-text-secondary">
+          One email this long after the first item, holding all that came in.
+        </span>
+        <input
+          type="number"
+          min="15"
+          max="1440"
+          bind:value={form.batch_window_minutes}
+          class="mt-1 w-28 rounded border border-border bg-background px-2 py-1 text-sm
+                 text-text-primary focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2
+                 focus-visible:outline-accent"
+        />
+      </label>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="flex justify-end">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        class="rounded-md bg-action-secondary px-4 py-2 text-sm text-action-fg hover:opacity-90
+               focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-accent
+               disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50"
+        disabled={!dirty || saving}
+        onclick={save}
+      >
+        {saving ? 'Saving…' : 'Save'}
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  {/if}
+</section>

web/src/lib/components/NotificationEmailCard.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte';
+
+vi.mock('$lib/api/admin', () => ({
+  getNotificationEmailSettings: vi.fn(),
+  updateNotificationEmailSettings: vi.fn()
+}));
+
+vi.mock('$lib/stores/toast.svelte', () => ({ pushToast: vi.fn() }));
+
+import NotificationEmailCard from './NotificationEmailCard.svelte';
+import { getNotificationEmailSettings, updateNotificationEmailSettings } from '$lib/api/admin';
+import { pushToast } from '$lib/stores/toast.svelte';
+
+afterEach(() => vi.clearAllMocks());
+
+async function renderCard() {
+  vi.mocked(getNotificationEmailSettings).mockResolvedValue({ summary_hour: 9, batch_window_minutes: 60 });
+  render(NotificationEmailCard);
+  return screen.findByRole('combobox', { name: /new music summary/i });
+}
+
+describe('NotificationEmailCard', () => {
+  test('shows the summary hour and the batch window', async () => {
+    const hour = await renderCard();
+    expect(hour).toHaveValue('9');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('option', { name: '09:00' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('spinbutton', { name: /batch everything else/i })).toHaveValue(60);
+  });
+
+  test('save stays off until something changes, then sends both values', async () => {
+    const hour = await renderCard();
+    const save = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Save' });
+    expect(save).toBeDisabled();
+
+    vi.mocked(updateNotificationEmailSettings).mockResolvedValue({ summary_hour: 7, batch_window_minutes: 60 });
+    await fireEvent.change(hour, { target: { value: '7' } });
+    expect(save).toBeEnabled();
+    await fireEvent.click(save);
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(updateNotificationEmailSettings).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ summary_hour: 7, batch_window_minutes: 60 })
+    );
+    await waitFor(() => expect(save).toBeDisabled());
+  });
+
+  test("a refused save shows the server's reason", async () => {
+    await renderCard();
+    vi.mocked(updateNotificationEmailSettings).mockRejectedValue({
+      code: 'invalid_setting',
+      message: 'batch_window_minutes must be 15-1440',
+      status: 400
+    });
+    const batch = screen.getByRole('spinbutton', { name: /batch everything else/i });
+    await fireEvent.input(batch, { target: { value: '5' } });
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Save' }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(pushToast).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('15-1440'), 'error'));
+  });
+
+  test('a failed load offers a retry', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getNotificationEmailSettings).mockRejectedValue(new Error('down'));
+    render(NotificationEmailCard);
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Try again' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});

web/src/routes/admin/integrations/+page.svelte

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   import AcoustIDCard from '$lib/components/AcoustIDCard.svelte';
   import NetworkSettingsCard from '$lib/components/NetworkSettingsCard.svelte';
   import PublicAddressCard from '$lib/components/PublicAddressCard.svelte';
+  import NotificationEmailCard from '$lib/components/NotificationEmailCard.svelte';
   import type { LidarrConfig, LidarrTestResult } from '$lib/api/types';
 
   // Lidarr connection panel. The "saved api key" is masked as "***" on GET —
@@ -754,7 +755,7 @@
     <div>
       <h3 class="font-display text-lg font-medium text-text-primary">Email (SMTP)</h3>
       <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-text-secondary">
-        Configure outgoing email for password resets. The "Send test email"
+        Configure outgoing email for password resets and notifications. The "Send test email"
         button verifies your config end-to-end.
       </p>
     </div>
@@ -811,6 +812,8 @@
     </div>
   </section>
 
+  <NotificationEmailCard />
+
   <!-- Client IP detection. Belongs here rather than in user Settings: it
        describes how Minstrel sits behind other infrastructure, same as every
        other card on this page, and it's an operator-wide setting rather than

web/src/routes/admin/integrations/integrations.test.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ vi.mock('$lib/api/admin', () => ({
   getAcoustID: vi.fn(() => new Promise(() => {})),
   updateAcoustIDSettings: vi.fn(),
   runAcoustIDLookup: vi.fn(),
-  listUnsettledAcoustID: vi.fn()
+  listUnsettledAcoustID: vi.fn(),
+  // NotificationEmailCard loads on mount; left pending like AcoustIDCard.
+  getNotificationEmailSettings: vi.fn(() => new Promise(() => {})),
+  updateNotificationEmailSettings: vi.fn()
 }));
 
 import IntegrationsPage from './+page.svelte';