feat(email): reuse email-imported documents by content SHA

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Why

Forwarded mail was creating a new Files document for every email_attachments row. Identity was the MIME part, not the file bytes. The same PDF showed up many times. Default Files still hid those rows via document_email. Search and the Attachments tab kept working. The bug was the extra files, not the hide mark.

CreateDocumentRepoResult { metadata, created } coupled generic create to "maybe this did not create." Email import now has its own path. Generic create always inserts.

The unique document_email.email_attachment_id index is not required for SHA reuse across forwards (those rows have different attachment ids). Same-attachment retries collapse under the advisory lock plus attachment-id lookup. The unique-index cleanup is in #5939 so this change can merge without deleting extra document_email link rows.

Scope

• DocumentRepo::create_document always inserts a Document row. It no longer takes email_attachment_id.
• DocumentRepo::import_email_attachment_document owns lookup, possible insert, and the document_email link in one transaction under an advisory lock on (owner, sha). It returns EmailImportRepoOutcome::Created or Reused.
• Domain create_document always finishes a new document (pending content, presigned URL, document.created). Domain import_email_attachment defaults attribution to the system bot. Created shares that finish path. Reused returns existing content and no upload URL.
• POST /documents still accepts emailAttachmentId. When it is set, the inbound handler routes to import. Auth stays internal-only. Email upload and Gmail backfill are unchanged.
• Live email upload and Gmail backfill skip the S3 PUT when DSS returns no URL.
• set_email_attachment_properties inserts only if absent so a later forward does not clobber Source, Sender, Recipients, or Subject.
• This PR does not add a unique index on document_email.email_attachment_id and does not delete existing duplicate links.

Tradeoffs

• SHA reuse looks at DocumentInstance only. Docx create stores the file on DocumentBom and does not persist the original file SHA, so a forwarded .docx still mints a new document. Same-attachment retries still collapse.
• Concurrent imports for the same owner and SHA take a transaction advisory lock (sqlx::query!). That serializes those imports. It does not add a new table.
• A user-uploaded file with the same SHA is never reused. Reusing it would hide a normal file behind document_email.
• Another owner's document is never reused.
• Generic create_document does not reuse an email-imported SHA. A same-SHA user upload still inserts.
• Inbox hide is not restored. June 2026 did not reaffirm that hide.

Blast Radius

• Email attachment import and the offline Gmail backfill binary.
• Task property writes still overwrite. Only the email-attachment property path is first-write-wins.

Verification

Red before the fix, two distinct document ids for the same SHA and for the same attachment id. After the import fork:

• test_import_email_attachment_reuses_document_by_sha
• test_import_email_attachment_same_attachment_id_reuses_document
• test_import_email_attachment_does_not_reuse_non_email_document_by_sha
• test_import_email_attachment_does_not_reuse_other_owner_sha
• test_create_document_does_not_reuse_email_document_by_sha
• create_document_reuse_skips_content_url_and_created_event (import reuse: ready ObjectStorage content, no URL, no document.created)
• inbound routing: emailAttachmentId calls import; other creates stay on create
• test_bulk_insert_properties_if_absent_keeps_first_write
• SQLX_OFFLINE=true cargo clippy -p documents --all-features --lib with -Dclippy::disallowed_methods

  

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Email attachments can now reuse matching existing documents, avoiding duplicate documents and uploads.
  • Additional attachments are linked safely, including repeated or concurrent processing.
  • Document creation now indicates whether a new document was created.

• Bug Fixes

  • Existing document properties are preserved instead of being overwritten.
  • Missing attachment upload URLs are handled without errors.
  • Duplicate email-attachment links no longer cause failures.

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The change adds email-document reuse based on attachment links, owner, and document SHA. Repository results now identify whether a document was created. Reused documents skip upload initialization and creation events. Database migration and conflict handling enforce one attachment link. Email attachment properties now use insert-if-absent writes. Gmail backfill and attachment upload flows skip storage uploads when DSS returns no presigned URL.

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crates/system_properties/src/outbound/pgpool/test.rs (1)

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Use a compile-time checked SQLx scalar query.

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In `@crates/system_properties/src/outbound/pgpool/test.rs` around lines 154 - 160,
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In `@crates/documents/src/domain/service.rs`:
- Around line 1085-1109: In the !created reuse branch, replace the unconditional
pending_content_for_file_type value in DocumentResponseMetadataWithContent::new
with the persisted state returned by content_for_document for document_id. Add a
reuse test covering a document with ready persisted content and verify the
response reports that ready state without an upload URL.

In
`@crates/macro_db_client/migrations/20260823025637_unique_document_email_attachment_id.up.sql`:
- Around line 19-22: Update both migration files to support concurrent index
operations by adding the required no-transaction directive. In
crates/macro_db_client/migrations/20260823025637_unique_document_email_attachment_id.up.sql
lines 19-22, create the unique index concurrently before dropping the existing
index, coordinating writers or retrying after duplicate cleanup. Apply
concurrent equivalents in
crates/macro_db_client/migrations/20260823025637_unique_document_email_attachment_id.down.sql
lines 1-4.

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In `@crates/system_properties/src/outbound/pgpool/test.rs`:
- Around line 154-160: Update the query in the test to use the compile-time
checked sqlx::query_scalar! macro, explicitly declaring the nullable JSONB
result as Option<serde_json::Value>. Generate and commit the corresponding .sqlx
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