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      "Title": "v3.7.2 E2E test sweep — 48 findings across all 22 tools",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nManual E2E sweep of every tool/action permutation in v3.7.2 against a live **Personal Outlook.com** account, run on 2026-05-05.\n\n- **Tools touched:** 22 / 22\n- **Findings:** 48 (F-1 through F-48)\n- **Account type:** Personal Outlook.com (M365-only features marked skipped)\n- **Write safety:** Self-only sends + cleanup; sentinel naming (`e2e-test-2026-05-05`, `[E2E v3.7.2]`)\n- **Cleanup status:** ✅ All sentinels removed, mailbox state restored\n\n### Severity histogram\n\n| Severity | Coun",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/159",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-05T04:59:09.000Z",
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      "Title": "search-emails: searchAllFolders=true silently drops kqlQuery and returns wrong results",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nThe `search-emails` tool's `searchAllFolders=true` branch is unreliable in two ways:\n\n1. **`kqlQuery` is silently ignored.** A KQL filter that should narrow results is dropped; the call returns a chronological dump of recent inbox messages with `_Search strategy: combined-search_` (a strategy line that lies about what was applied).\n2. **`query` returns zero where without `searchAllFolders` it returns matches.** The cross-folder branch sometimes finds strictly fewer results than the i",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/169",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-05T09:50:36.000Z",
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      "Title": "Add JSDoc comments to exported functions in `utils/graph-api.js`",
      "Excerpt": "The `utils/graph-api.js` module is the core Graph API client used by every tool module, but its exported functions lack JSDoc documentation.\n\n**What to do:**\n- Add `@param` and `@returns` JSDoc comments to all exported functions in `utils/graph-api.js`\n- Include brief descriptions of what each function does\n- Document any important side effects (e.g., automatic token refresh)\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Helps contributors understand the API surface without reading the full implementation\n- Enables ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/70",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-09T06:39:44.000Z",
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      "Title": "v3.7.3 regression: F-24 fix incomplete — chokepoint misses JSON-stringified arrays from MCP transport",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nThe post-tag commit `9b4373a` (\"fix(coerce): close v3.7.3 verification gaps (F-17, F-24)\") claims to fix F-24 (array literals in string-typed params like `to`/`cc`/`bcc`), but the fix only catches the case where the value arrives as a real JS array. In practice, MCP clients (Claude Code's MCP harness, at minimum) JSON-stringify the array literal before transmission when the schema declares `type: \"string\"`, so the chokepoint receives a string like `'[\"nathanschram@live.com\"]'` (liter",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/168",
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      "Title": "Theme: tool outputs omit useful context (IDs, pagination, identity)",
      "Excerpt": "**Tracking issue:** #159\n**Severity:** inefficiency\n**Theme:** Tools return human-readable output but skip details that callers (especially AI agents) need to drive subsequent operations\n\n## The pattern\n\nA common failure mode: tool A creates a thing, tool B operates on it. If A doesn't return the ID, the caller has to make an extra \\`list\\` call (with potential ambiguity if names aren't unique). Or: a list returns 50 items with no pagination indicator, leaving the caller unsure whether more exis",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/165",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-05T05:01:44.000Z",
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      "Title": "Theme: param-shape mismatches — array/boolean/string schema-vs-handler drift",
      "Excerpt": "**Tracking issue:** #159\n**Severity:** blocker (multiple sub-findings)\n**Theme:** Param shape mismatches across the entire tool surface\n\n## The pattern\n\nSchema declares one type, handler reads another. Common variants:\n- Schema says \\`type: 'array'\\` → MCP delivers a JSON-stringified array → handler iterates over the *characters*.\n- Schema says \\`type: 'boolean'\\` → MCP delivers a string → handler does \\`=== true\\` and gets \\`false\\`.\n- Schema says \\`type: 'string'\\` (\"comma-separated\") → caller",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/160",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-05T05:00:11.000Z",
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      "Title": "feat: publisher-verified shared multi-tenant app (one-click setup for read-only)",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nRegister a **publisher-verified** shared multi-tenant Azure app owned by Little Bear Apps so end users can connect Outlook Assistant without each creating their own Azure app. The shared app is **read-only by design**; users who need write scopes (`Mail.Send`, `Mail.ReadWrite`, etc.) continue to use BYO mode via `OUTLOOK_CLIENT_ID` override.\n\nOne app covers **both Microsoft 365 work/school accounts and personal Microsoft accounts** (outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com) via `signInAudi",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/147",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-04-20T03:37:33.000Z",
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      "Title": "feat: add draft email tool (create, update, send, delete, reply, forward)",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nAdd a consolidated `draft` tool to manage email drafts via the Microsoft Graph API. Follows the existing action-based routing pattern used by `update-email`, `folders`, `manage-rules`, etc.\n\n## Actions\n\n| Action | Graph API | Description |\n|--------|-----------|-------------|\n| `create` | `POST me/messages` | Create new draft in Drafts folder |\n| `update` | `PATCH me/messages/{id}` | Update existing draft (subject, body, recipients, importance) |\n| `send` | `POST me/messages/{id}/sen",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/110",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-29T05:20:34.000Z",
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      "Title": "docs: folders delete is recoverable (moves to Deleted Items), not \"no recycle-bin recovery\"",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nThe `folders` tool's `delete` action is described as permanent:\n\n> action=`delete` permanently removes a folder (by `folderName`/path or `folderId`) and its contents — **there is no recycle-bin recovery**.\n\nBut on **personal Outlook.com**, deleting a mail folder actually **moves it (and its contents) to Deleted Items**, where it is recoverable — it is *not* an unrecoverable hard delete.\n\nObserved during the v3.9.0 live E2E sweep: after `folders delete folderName=\"e2e-v390-parent\"`, t",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/218",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-22T04:53:54.000Z",
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      "Title": "docs: raw searchExpression field-scoped $search returns 0 on personal Outlook.com",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nOn **personal Outlook.com** accounts, a raw `searchExpression` (formerly `kqlQuery`) using field-scoped `$search` syntax — e.g. `subject:\"LinkedIn\"`, `from:github.com` — often returns **0 results**, even when matching messages clearly exist. The raw-`$search` branch intentionally does **not** fall back to the OData/client-side ladder (that's the #169 V37-F-1 fix that stopped it silently dropping the filter), so the user just sees \"No emails found\".\n\nSurfaced during the v3.9.0 live E2",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/217",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-22T04:53:53.000Z",
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      "Title": "feat: nested folder addressing (path syntax + folder IDs) for folders tool",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nThe `folders` tool cannot address any **non-top-level (nested) folder** for `move`, `stats`, or `delete`. On work/school (Entra ID) accounts — where deep folder trees are the norm — this makes large parts of the mailbox unreachable.\n\nReported by @boz-tech on #159 (v3.8.1, Claude Desktop / Windows, work-school Entra ID account). Splitting into its own issue because #159 is the (now closed) v3.7.2 personal-account E2E sweep tracker; this is a distinct cross-cutting capability gap.\n\n## ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/216",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-22T02:54:38.000Z",
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      "Title": "Security Audit: bump @modelcontextprotocol/sdk to clear transitive hono (high) + body-parser (low) advisories",
      "Excerpt": "## Context\n\nThe required `Security Audit` CI gate (`npm audit --omit=dev --audit-level=high`) fails on `main` due to **pre-existing, transitive** advisories, not any first-party code:\n\n- **`hono` (high)** — via `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` → `@hono/node-server` → `hono@4.12.7`. Advisories: serve-static path traversal on Windows (GHSA-wwfh-h76j-fc44), CORS wildcard-with-credentials (GHSA-88fw-hqm2-52qc), Lambda adapter cookie/header issues, body-limit bypass. All are **HTTP-server** issues; this s",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/215",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-21T15:03:03.000Z",
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      "Title": "Device-code auth returns empty output on failure (reported via LinkedIn)",
      "Excerpt": "## Report\n\nA user (\"Ben\", Windows 11, Claude **Cowork** remote-connector session) reported that:\n\n- `auth { action: \"authenticate\", method: \"device-code\" }` \"completes successfully but returns **empty output**\" — no device code, no verification URL.\n- Follow-up `auth { action: \"status\" }` still shows \"Not authenticated.\"\n\n## Root cause\n\n`handleDeviceCodeAuth()` called `initiateDeviceCodeFlow()` with **no try/catch**. When the HTTPS request to Microsoft throws (blocked outbound egress in a sandbo",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/213",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-07-21T14:55:13.000Z",
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      "Title": "docs: add docs/faq/index.md for help-centre FAQPage schema",
      "Excerpt": "## Context\n\nThe littlebearapps.com help centre now emits Schema.org `FAQPage`\nJSON-LD on any help article whose `category: faq` frontmatter is set,\n*or* whose body contains ≥3 question-shaped H2s. The category exists in\nthe help collection schema, but **no tool currently has a dedicated\nFAQ article** — synced or hand-written. This issue tracks creating\nthat scaffold for **Outlook Assistant**.\n\nThe marketing-site infrastructure (FAQPage extractor, author byline,\nheading anchors, per-tool `llms.tx",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/167",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-05T08:30:59.000Z",
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      "Title": "Theme: schema-vs-docs param-name drift across tools",
      "Excerpt": "**Tracking issue:** #159\n**Severity:** docs / inefficiency\n**Theme:** Param names are inconsistent across tools and not always discoverable\n\n## The pattern\n\nEach tool was built with its own naming conventions. There's no shared vocabulary for:\n- The **identifier** of the thing being managed (\\`id\\` vs \\`eventId\\` vs \\`ruleId\\` vs \\`categoryId\\` vs \\`sharedMailbox\\`)\n- The **display name** (\\`name\\` vs \\`displayName\\`)\n- The **email** of a contact / shared mailbox (\\`email\\` vs \\`emails\\` vs \\`sh",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/163",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-05T05:01:42.000Z",
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      "Title": "Theme: invalid actions silently fall through to default handler",
      "Excerpt": "**Tracking issue:** #159\n**Severity:** bug (UX + correctness)\n**Theme:** Multi-action tools' switch statements default to \\`get\\`/\\`list\\` for unknown actions\n\n## The pattern\n\nEvery multi-action tool has:\n\n\\`\\`\\`js\nswitch (action) {\n  case 'create': return handleCreate(args);\n  case 'update': return handleUpdate(args);\n  case 'delete': return handleDelete(args);\n  case 'get':\n  default:       return handleGet(args);    // ← swallows typos\n}\n\\`\\`\\`\n\nCalling \\`mailbox-settings action=set-auto-repl",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/162",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-05T05:00:14.000Z",
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      "Title": "Theme: PATCH-then-format silent failures across mutating tools",
      "Excerpt": "**Tracking issue:** #159\n**Severity:** bug (data integrity)\n**Theme:** Tool reports \\\"updated!\\\" but Graph state didn't change\n\n## The pattern\n\nMultiple tools follow this template:\n1. Read current state (GET).\n2. Build a partial settings object.\n3. PATCH it to Graph.\n4. GET fresh state.\n5. Format and return: \\\"X updated!\\\\n\\\\n{formatted state}\\\".\n\nWhen step 3's PATCH is silently rejected by Graph (or the partial object has no effect), step 5 still returns \\\"updated!\\\" — but the formatted state s",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/161",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-05-05T05:00:12.000Z",
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      "Title": "Token refresh fails for device-code auth — client_secret sent for public client flow",
      "Excerpt": "## Bug\n\nWhen tokens are obtained via the **device code flow** (a public client flow), the subsequent token refresh always fails because `refreshAccessToken()` in `token-storage.js` unconditionally includes `client_secret` in the refresh request. Microsoft rejects this for public client flows:\n\n> \"Public clients can't send a client secret.\" — [Microsoft docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/advertising/guides/authentication-oauth-get-tokens?view=bingads-13)\n\nThis means device-code-authenticated",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant/issues/143",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-04-16T07:42:33.000Z",
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