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Support / SUP-820

Northgate: decision email said 'approved' but the request was refused

Project
Support
Type
Bug
Status
Done Done
Priority
High
Organization
Northgate
Reporter
Joanne Pike <joanne.pike@northgate.example>
Assignee
Ines Costa <ines.costa@acme-hq.example>
Labels
northgatenoticesemail
Components
notifier
Created
8 May 2026, 07:30 UTC
Updated
11 May 2026, 13:00 UTC
Resolved
11 May 2026, 13:00 UTC

Description

One of my site workers at Preston got an email saying "Your request was approved", with the note "Refused, ask your team lead first". In the portal the request is refused. The worker turned up at the cold store expecting to get in.

Linked issues

Comments (5)

Ines Costa · 8 May 2026, 08:30 UTC

Hi Joanne, sorry about that. We can see it: the request was refused with a note, and the email used the wrong wording. Passing it to engineering now.

Ines Costa · 8 May 2026, 08:40 UTCInternal note

Piet, refused-with-note sends the 'approved' template. Northgate, Preston.

Piet de Vries · 8 May 2026, 09:00 UTCInternal note

Logged ENG-1425. The note-present branch in access-events picks the approved template for both events.

Piet de Vries · 11 May 2026, 10:10 UTCInternal note

Fixed and tested every event with and without a note. Looked back: 41 refused-with-note emails went out with the approved wording since March, 9 of them Northgate's. List for Ines attached.

Ines Costa · 11 May 2026, 13:00 UTC

Hi Joanne, fixed: a refusal with a note now says "Your request was refused", with the note.

Looking back, 9 Northgate workers got the wrong wording since March; their names are in the attached list, so site managers can check nobody thinks they have access they don't. Closing.