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The plugin directory reads a copy of helpdesk conversations, wporg_helpscout, which HelpScout's webhook keeps up to date. This has FreeScout's webhook keep it too, so the plugins team can move.

Split out of #1035 so that one can concentrate on the reviewers' tools. #1035 drops these parts once this lands. A later commit drops #1035's per-conversation lock, since production's meta table is unique.

  • WPOrgWebhooks: events carry the conversation as WordPress.org keeps it, and the threads webhook.php needs to find the plugins and themes they mention. An event too big for the web server is sent again without its threads.
  • webhook.php: writes the copy without transactions, which may not hold across HyperDB's connections. Writes skip what's there already, relying on the meta table's unique key, and go in an order that the event, sent again after a 503, finishes. It deletes the copies of deleted conversations and spam, and handles merges and restores. The local meta table now matches production's.
  • WPOrgHelpScoutImport: once a mailbox moves, Point WordPress.org at FreeScout swaps the copies of HelpScout's conversations for the imported ones, 250 at a time, through a new replace-copies.php. HelpScout's webhook then leaves them alone. The import page shows how many were sent, when it's done, and why WordPress.org refused a batch. Sending again changes nothing, so Send again, and every import that finishes after the switch, sends them all again.
  • Bumps WPOrgWebhooks and WPOrgHelpScoutImport to 1.1.0.

Don't press the button before #1052, #1053, and #1035's reviewer tools are deployed: until then, they build HelpScout links from the copy.

Testing: npm run freescout:test from environments/ (354 tests), and vendor/bin/phpunit -c api.wordpress.org/public_html/dotorg/freescout/phpunit.xml (29 tests).

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  • New Features
    • Added mailbox-level controls to switch WordPress.org conversation copies from HelpScout to FreeScout, with progress, completion, and error status.
    • Imported conversations can be sent in batches, and copying can be restarted after further imports.
    • Conversation updates now include relevant thread and mailbox details, with special handling for replies, notes, merges, restorations, and deleted or spam conversations.
  • Improvements
    • Oversized or incomplete webhook deliveries can be retried with adjusted conversation data.

obenland and others added 2 commits October 13, 2026 14:54
The plugin directory reads a copy of helpdesk conversations, wporg_helpscout,
which HelpScout's webhook keeps. FreeScout's webhook now keeps it too:
WPOrgWebhooks' events carry the conversation and the threads webhook.php needs
to find the plugins and themes it mentions, and webhook.php writes the copy,
one event at a time per conversation, in a transaction.

The HelpScout import can point the copy at the imported conversations once a
mailbox moves, through a new replace-copies.php, after which HelpScout's
webhook leaves them alone.

Split out of WordPress#1035, so that one can concentrate on the reviewers' tools.

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📝 Walkthrough

FreeScout webhook events now include conversation snapshots and selected thread data. WordPress.org stores and replaces HelpScout-format conversation copies. The import module provides mailbox-level switching and queued copy batches, while webhook delivery handles requests for more threads and oversized payloads.

Changes: Conversation Copy Switching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Webhook event payloads
freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Providers/*, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Services/EventPayload.php, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/tests/EventForwardingTest.php, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/README.md, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/module.json
Event resolvers now provide thread, merge, status, and restore details. EventPayload builds refreshed conversation data and selects threads by event, with limits on thread count and text size.
WordPress.org conversation persistence and replacement
api.wordpress.org/public_html/dotorg/freescout/*, api.wordpress.org/public_html/dotorg/helpscout/common.php, environments/plugin-directory/bin/database-tables.sql, environments/freescout/mock-api/index.php
The FreeScout webhook writes conversation rows and metadata, handles deletion and replacement, and can request all threads when a copy is missing. The replacement endpoint updates HelpScout copies using imported FreeScout IDs.
Webhook delivery and retries
freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Services/Client.php, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Services/PayloadTooLargeException.php, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Jobs/SendEvent.php, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/tests/SendEventTest.php
The client returns decoded responses and reports HTTP 413 separately. SendEvent resends payloads when the API requests all threads and retries oversized payloads without threads.
Mailbox copy batches
freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Services/Copies.php, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Jobs/*, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Http/*, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Providers/WPOrgHelpScoutImportServiceProvider.php, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Resources/views/index.blade.php, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/tests/*, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/README.md, freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/module.json, freescout.wordpress.net/AGENTS.md
The import module tracks mailbox switch state, builds replacement batches, and records progress and errors. The administrator page reports copy state and provides actions to start or repeat a send. Filters control event routing and HelpScout ID lookup.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Admin
  participant ImportController
  participant Copies
  participant ReplaceCopies
  participant WordPressOrgAPI
  Admin->>ImportController: Submit mailbox copy switch
  ImportController->>Copies: Start copy run
  Copies->>ReplaceCopies: Dispatch batch job
  ReplaceCopies->>Copies: Read batch and record progress
  ReplaceCopies->>WordPressOrgAPI: Post conversation copies
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The change keeps WordPress.org's copy of conversations in sync with FreeScout events. No concrete merge-blocking problem was identified in the reviewed files.

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obenland and others added 3 commits October 13, 2026 15:25
wporg_helpscout_meta has a unique key on helpscout_id, meta_key and
meta_value on production, as HelpScout's ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE relies on,
so writes add their meta with INSERT IGNORE inside their transaction
instead of taking a lock per conversation. A failed write throws, and the
endpoint answers 503 for FreeScout to send it again. The local table
matches production's.

Also drops replace-copies.php's cap on a batch, which only FreeScout sends,
names the automation account, and moves the shared meta keys to the top of
common.php.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Drop comments that restate the code or another docblock, and shorten the
rest to what the code can't say.

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Recording each imported conversation's mailbox only served conversations
deleted for good before their mailbox switched, so that the switch could
delete their HelpScout copies. Those copies are left to the cleanup of
HelpScout copies nothing replaced, which happens before HelpScout closes
anyway, so the column, its migration, and the delete hook go.

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freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Providers/WPOrgHelpScoutImportServiceProvider.php: 1

154-156: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

The catch block can throw when $conversation is not a Conversation.

The catch block reads $conversation->id without a guard. The instanceof check sits inside the try, so the catch block cannot assume that $conversation is an object. This is unlikely in practice, because touch() only runs for a Conversation. Use the same guard in the log message anyway. Then the catch block cannot raise an error inside a hook callback, which the fail-soft rule forbids.

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-					\Log::error( '[WPOrgHelpScoutImport] Could not mark conversation ' . $conversation->id . ' as imported again: ' . $e->getMessage() );
+					\Log::error( '[WPOrgHelpScoutImport] Could not mark conversation ' . ( $conversation instanceof Conversation ? $conversation->id : '?' ) . ' as imported again: ' . $e->getMessage() );

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Guard the `$conversation->id` access in the catch block with an `instanceof
Conversation` check, using a safe fallback when `$conversation` is not a
`Conversation`, so logging cannot throw while handling the original error.

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- Around line 154-156: Guard the `$conversation->id` access in the catch block
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  • api.wordpress.org/public_html/dotorg/freescout/common.php
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  • api.wordpress.org/public_html/dotorg/freescout/tests/bootstrap.php
  • api.wordpress.org/public_html/dotorg/freescout/tests/class-copy-plan-test.php
  • api.wordpress.org/public_html/dotorg/freescout/tests/class-email-row-test.php
  • api.wordpress.org/public_html/dotorg/freescout/webhook.php
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  • environments/freescout/mock-api/index.php
  • environments/plugin-directory/bin/database-tables.sql
  • freescout.wordpress.net/AGENTS.md
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Http/routes.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Jobs/ImportPage.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Jobs/ReplaceCopies.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Providers/WPOrgHelpScoutImportServiceProvider.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/README.md
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Resources/views/index.blade.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Services/Copies.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Services/Importer.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/module.json
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/tests/CopiesTest.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/tests/ImporterTest.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Jobs/SendEvent.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Providers/WPOrgWebhooksServiceProvider.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/README.md
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  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Services/EventPayload.php
  • freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgWebhooks/Services/PayloadTooLargeException.php
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obenland and others added 3 commits October 14, 2026 08:35
The copy's tables may sit behind a different connection than a table-less
START TRANSACTION, so the transactions are gone. Every write now goes in
an order that the event, or batch, sent again after a failure finishes.

Taking over a replaced copy's plugins and themes is an UPDATE IGNORE, and
the new meta one INSERT IGNORE, as the meta is unique. replace-copies.php
reads which copies exist once per batch, and renames a HelpScout copy
whenever FreeScout's isn't there yet, merged away or not, so a merge into
a conversation without a copy keeps its plugins.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pointing WordPress.org at a mailbox's imported conversations is safe to
repeat, so the switch no longer tracks ranges, queues imports behind a
running send, or resumes one. Each send goes through every imported
conversation, 250 at a time; pressing Send again, or an import finishing
after the switch, starts a new one, which stops the one before. The
import page still shows how many were sent, when it's done, and why
WordPress.org refused a batch.

Imported conversations are no longer announced, as nothing here needs
it anymore. replace-copies.php isn't told about merges either, as it
treats a conversation merged away like any other.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…nged

Renaming a HelpScout copy now writes FreeScout's status too: HelpScout's
webhook stops for the mailbox before the last import, so the status it
wrote last can be out of date, and the plugin directory reads it.

The copy's subject column keeps 255 characters, so a longer subject
never matched it, and every event looked its plugins up again.

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🟠 Major · Route Copies::sends() failures through the… · WPOrgHelpScoutImportServiceProvider.php:146-164

freescout.wordpress.net/Modules/WPOrgHelpScoutImport/Providers/WPOrgHelpScoutImportServiceProvider.php:146-164
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Route Copies::sends() failures through the queue retry path.

Returning false would remove email in EventPayload::refresh(), but SendEvent would still post the payload and complete the job. webhook.php then skips the copy because the email is absent. A legitimate conversation can therefore miss its snapshot without a retry.

Simply propagating the exception is not sufficient. SendEvent::current() catches Throwable and returns the original payload. If that catch is bypassed, handle() fails generic exceptions instead of releasing them. Convert this lookup failure to the existing NotDeliveredException path and preserve that exception through current() so handle() releases the job for retry. Do not use either $copy or false as the exception fallback.

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around lines 146 - 164:
Update the `Copies::sends()` failure handling in the `wporgwebhooks.copy` filter
to raise the existing `NotDeliveredException` instead of returning `$copy` or
`false`. Ensure `SendEvent::current()` preserves that exception so
`SendEvent::handle()` can release the job for retry.

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- Around line 146-164: Update the `Copies::sends()` failure handling in the
`wporgwebhooks.copy` filter to raise the existing `NotDeliveredException`
instead of returning `$copy` or `false`. Ensure `SendEvent::current()` preserves
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obenland and others added 2 commits October 14, 2026 10:50
Everything that writes WordPress.org's copy of conversations, which only
webhook.php and replace-copies.php use, moves out of common.php and
webhook.php into copies.php, so it can go in one piece once nothing reads
the copy. The two meta keys, each used once, are inlined.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Point WordPress.org at FreeScout ran five writes per conversation, about
1,250 per batch of 250. The batch is now planned first, then written in
five statements: move the meta, add the new pairs, rename the rows with
CASE, and delete what's left. The end state is the same, and so is the
order that lets a batch sent again after a failure finish.

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