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rootnode-academy/docs/RUNBOOK_STUDENT_ACTIVATION.md
ced4568 777efd168d docs(phase5c): enrollment communications documentation + Google Workspace runbook
- PHASE5C_ENROLLMENT_COMMUNICATIONS.md: the full design doc.
- RUNBOOK_GOOGLE_WORKSPACE_EMAIL.md: every REQUIRES GOOGLE WORKSPACE ADMIN ACTION step
  (mailbox, service account, domain-wide delegation scoped to gmail.send only, SPF/DKIM/DMARC),
  environment variables, testing procedure, production secret handling, rotation, revocation,
  troubleshooting, quotas.
- RUNBOOK_STUDENT_ACTIVATION.md: day-to-day operation of the pipeline from /admin.
- WEBSITE_ENROLLMENT_INTEGRATION.md: explicit website-vs-RootNode responsibility boundary,
  the new contact_email field, and closes the 'RootNode doesn't send activation email yet'
  known limitation this doc previously documented.
- RUNBOOK_SELF_PACED_ENROLLMENT.md, RUNBOOK_STUDENT_ACCOUNT_LIFECYCLE.md: point at the new
  automatic-email behavior and the Resend activation control.
- REMOTE_AND_SELF_PACED_ARCHITECTURE.md, ENGINEERING_SOP.md: close the enrollment-
  communication gap; new ENGINEERING_SOP §16.
- PRODUCTION_VALIDATION_CHECKLIST.md, README.md, platform/README.md: cross-references and a
  Phase 5C production-validation section.
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# Runbook: Student Activation Pipeline
Covers the day-to-day operation of the enrollment → activation → login pipeline from `/admin`.
See `docs/PHASE5C_ENROLLMENT_COMMUNICATIONS.md` for the underlying design and
`docs/RUNBOOK_GOOGLE_WORKSPACE_EMAIL.md` for the email delivery mechanism itself.
## What happens automatically
Every time a student account gains a new enrollment — whether the website's checkout triggered
it (`POST /api/integrations/enrollments`) or an instructor enrolled them manually from
`/admin` → Programs — RootNode decides and sends the right email on its own:
- **Never activated before** → an activation email, with a one-time link to set their password.
- **Already has real credentials** → an enrollment confirmation email pointing them back to
sign in — no link/token involved.
Nothing needs to be triggered by hand for the normal case. The controls below are for when the
normal case didn't work.
## Checking delivery status
**Per student**: Students → \[student\] → the "Notifications" card shows every notification ever
sent to (or attempted for) that student, with type/status/attempt count. `sent` means it
actually reached the provider successfully; `failed` means it gave up (see below); `queued`/
`sending` means it's still in flight — check back in a few seconds, delivery happens through a
background worker, not the same request that triggered it.
**Everywhere**: `/admin` → Notifications (owner/admin only) — the same information across every
student, most recent first.
## If a student never got their activation email
1. Check Students → \[student\] → Notifications. If it shows `failed`, note the error — a
`no_recipient_address` failure means the student truly has no email or contact address on
file and can only be activated by an instructor manually relaying a link (see below); other
error codes usually mean a delivery-infrastructure issue worth checking
`docs/RUNBOOK_GOOGLE_WORKSPACE_EMAIL.md`'s troubleshooting table for.
2. Students → \[student\] → Credentials → **Resend activation**. This invalidates whatever link
was outstanding and sends a fresh one — safe to click as many times as needed; only the most
recent link is ever valid, so there's never a "which link do I use" confusion for the student.
3. If the student genuinely has no deliverable address at all (a younger student with a
login-only account and no guardian contact email on file), convert/create them without email
in the first place (see `docs/RUNBOOK_STUDENT_ACCOUNT_LIFECYCLE.md`) and relay the one-time
activation link shown in the admin UI directly (print it, read it aloud) — this manual path
still works exactly as it did before Phase 5C added automatic email.
## If a student says they didn't get an enrollment confirmation
Check Students → \[student\] → Notifications for the `enrollment_confirmation` row. If it's
`sent`, the email genuinely went out — check their spam folder, or confirm the address on file
(Students → \[student\]) is actually correct. If none exists for a given enrollment,
Programs → \[program\] → Enrollments → find the enrollment → (student detail page also works)
and use **Send enrollment confirmation** to trigger one explicitly.
## Password reset
Students should use "Forgot password" on the login screen themselves wherever possible — it's
delivered the same way as everything else here and the flow is self-service end to end.
If a student can't complete self-service reset (e.g. they no longer have access to the email a
guardian originally provided and it needs an instructor to re-trigger with a corrected address),
Students → \[student\] → Credentials → **Send password reset** issues a fresh reset link and
revokes all of that student's existing sessions immediately. In production, the instructor
never sees the token itself — the response is a confirmation that an email was queued, not the
link. If automatic delivery still can't reach the student, use `docs/RUNBOOK_STUDENT_ACCOUNT_
LIFECYCLE.md`'s manual-relay procedure, which is unaffected by any of this.
## What "resend" does NOT do
Resending activation does not touch the student's enrollment status, progress, achievements, or
attempt history — it only affects the credential/token side of their account. It's always safe.