SAFETY: fail-closed kill switch on PR Gmail send() — Steve directive 2026-08-15, no rentv emails to anyone

8de14eefee6a69aa51e01c37faa2bf64032ef201 · 2026-08-15 08:24:03 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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M src/pr/services/email-providers.js

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commit 8de14eefee6a69aa51e01c37faa2bf64032ef201
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Sat Aug 15 08:24:03 2026 -0700

    SAFETY: fail-closed kill switch on PR Gmail send() — Steve directive 2026-08-15, no rentv emails to anyone
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 src/pr/services/email-providers.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pr/services/email-providers.js b/src/pr/services/email-providers.js
index 1c2d778a..08cb50ca 100644
--- a/src/pr/services/email-providers.js
+++ b/src/pr/services/email-providers.js
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ class GmailProvider {
     return { draft_id: j.id, message_id: j.message && j.message.id, thread_id: j.message && j.message.threadId };
   }
   async send({ draft_id }) {
+    // ── HARD KILL SWITCH (Steve directive 2026-08-15: "do not allow any rentv emails to
+    // be sent to anyone"). Fail-closed: refuse to send while the block sentinel exists.
+    // Remove ~/.claude/rentv-EMAIL-SEND-BLOCK (and any Kamatera-side copy) to re-enable.
+    const _fs = require('fs'), _os = require('os'), _path = require('path');
+    const _block = _path.join(_os.homedir(), '.claude', 'rentv-EMAIL-SEND-BLOCK');
+    if (_fs.existsSync(_block)) {
+      throw new Error(`RENTV email sending DISABLED by Steve directive 2026-08-15 (kill switch: ${_block}). Refusing to send draft ${draft_id}. Delete the sentinel to re-enable.`);
+    }
     const j = await this._call('/drafts/send', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify({ id: draft_id }) });
     return { message_id: j.id, thread_id: j.threadId };
   }

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