04/17 Update: sends email to each IT Staff when a new ticket created

app/services/notification_service.py

@@ -135,11 +135,20 @@ def send_email(subject, recipients, html_body):
 # ─── Ticket Event Helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 def notify_new_ticket(ticket):
-    """Notify IT staff (email + in-app) and confirm receipt to the creator."""
+    """Notify IT staff (email + in-app) and confirm receipt to the creator.
+
+    Email fan-out strategy:
+    - The department alias (IT_DEPT_EMAIL) always receives one consolidated email.
+    - Each active IT staff / admin user who has email_notif=True also receives an
+      individual email so that personal notification preferences are respected.
+    - In-app notifications are created for every active IT staff / admin user
+      regardless of their email_notif setting.
+    """
     base_url = current_app.config.get('APP_BASE_URL', '')
     ticket_url = f"{base_url}/tickets/{ticket.id}"
 
-    # Email IT staff
+    # Build the shared HTML body once — reused for both the dept alias and
+    # individual staff emails to avoid rendering the template multiple times.
     html = render_template_string(_NEW_TICKET_EMAIL,
         ticket_number = ticket.ticket_number,
         title         = ticket.title,
@@ -150,15 +159,25 @@ def notify_new_ticket(ticket):
         submitted_by  = ticket.creator.full_name,
         ticket_url    = ticket_url,
     )
-    it_email = current_app.config.get('IT_DEPT_EMAIL')
+    subject = f'[New Ticket] {ticket.ticket_number} – {ticket.title}'
-    send_email(f'[New Ticket] {ticket.ticket_number} – {ticket.title}', [it_email], html)
 
-    # In-app: all IT staff
+    # --- Department alias email (existing behaviour, preserved) ---------------
+    it_email = current_app.config.get('IT_DEPT_EMAIL')
+    if it_email:
+        send_email(subject, [it_email], html)
+        logger.info(f'[NEW TICKET NOTIFY] Dept alias email sent to {it_email} for ticket_id={ticket.id}')
+    else:
+        logger.warning('[NEW TICKET NOTIFY] IT_DEPT_EMAIL is not configured — dept alias email skipped')
+
+    # --- Per-staff individual emails + in-app notifications ------------------
     it_users = User.query.filter(
         User.role.in_([UserRole.IT_STAFF, UserRole.ADMIN]),
         User.is_active == True,
     ).all()
+
+    email_sent_count = 0
     for staff in it_users:
+        # In-app notification — sent regardless of email preference
         create_notification(
             user_id   = staff.id,
             notif_type= NotificationType.TICKET_CREATED,
@@ -168,7 +187,22 @@ def notify_new_ticket(ticket):
             link      = f'/tickets/{ticket.id}',
         )
 
-    # Confirm to creator
+        # Individual email — only if the staff member has opted in
+        if staff.email_notif:
+            send_email(subject, [staff.email], html)
+            email_sent_count += 1
+            logger.info(
+                f'[NEW TICKET NOTIFY] Individual email sent to staff user_id={staff.id} '
+                f'email={staff.email} for ticket_id={ticket.id}'
+            )
+
+    logger.info(
+        f'[NEW TICKET NOTIFY] ticket_id={ticket.id} number={ticket.ticket_number} — '
+        f'in-app notifications sent to {len(it_users)} IT staff; '
+        f'individual emails sent to {email_sent_count} of {len(it_users)} staff (email_notif=True)'
+    )
+
+    # --- Confirm receipt to ticket creator -----------------------------------
     create_notification(
         user_id   = ticket.created_by_id,
         notif_type= NotificationType.TICKET_CREATED,