server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobBackup.cs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 }
             }
             AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers.ApiServerState apiServerState = null;
-            string BackupStatusNotification = string.Empty;
+          
             try
             {
                 BackupIsRunning = true;
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 apiServerState.SetClosed("BACKUP RUNNING");
                 var jobstartmessage = $"Starting backup job {(OnDemand ? "manual / on demand" : "scheduled") } ";
                 await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, jobstartmessage);
-                BackupStatusNotification = jobstartmessage + "\n";
+              
+              DateTime dtStartBackup=DateTime.Now;
                 log.LogDebug("Backup starting");
                 var DemandFileNamePrepend = OnDemand ? "manual-" : string.Empty;
                 //*************
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 {
                     var ms = "Backup of database completed OK";
                     log.LogDebug(ms);
-                    BackupStatusNotification += (ms + "\n");
+                   
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -96,8 +97,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Attachments backup starting");
                     FileUtil.BackupAttachments(DemandFileNamePrepend);
                     var ms = "Backup of file attachments completed OK";
-                    log.LogDebug(ms);
-                    BackupStatusNotification += (ms + "\n");
+                    log.LogDebug(ms);                 
 
                 }
 
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 //***************     
 
                 log.LogDebug("Backup completed");
+                var duration=DateTime.Now - dtStartBackup;
+                await NotifyEventProcessor.AddGeneralNotifyEvent(NotifyEventType.BackupStatus, $"Backup completed {(OnDemand ? "manual / on demand" : "scheduled")} duration: {duration.ToString()} server re-opened");
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 apiServerState.ResumePriorState();
                 BackupIsRunning = false;
                 await JobsBiz.LogJobAsync(Guid.Empty, $"Backup - fully complete, server re-opened");
-                await NotifyEventProcessor.AddGeneralNotifyEvent(NotifyEventType.BackupStatus, $"Backup completed server re-opened\nStatus:{BackupStatusNotification}");
+               
             }
         }
 

server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs

@@ -158,7 +158,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         {
             log.LogTrace($"DeliverSMTP deliving notify event: {ne}");
             throw new System.NotImplementedException("DeliverSMTP: NOT IMPLEMENTED YET");
-
+            //todo: //Open question: what to do with failed deliveries?
+            //we dont' want them piling up but we don't want to just dump them do we?
+            //it should be only mail ones that fail, not app ones, there's no way for an app delivery to fail as it's just put in a table
+            //### PLAN if it's an smtp delivery that fails and it's to someone who can be delivered in app then it should send an inapp notification of 
+            //delivery failure and still delete the smtp delivery
+            //If it's not possible to notify the person via in app of the failed smtp then perhaps it notifies OPS personnel and biz admin personnel
         }