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Add Resend email provider support for self-hosted deployments - #2890

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Summary

Adds native support for sending emails via Resend in self-hosted deployments, complementing Postmark and SendGrid.

Changes

  • Implemented instant.resend using Resend's REST API (POST https://api.resend.com/emails).
  • Added resend-token config and auto-detection / explicit override via INSTANT_EMAIL_PROVIDER=resend in instant.email-router.
  • Updated self-hosting/.env.example and docker compose files with RESEND_TOKEN.

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Walkthrough

The server adds Resend as an email provider. Configuration supports Resend credentials and provider selection. Email routing supports explicit and automatic Resend selection. Self-hosting Compose files and documentation expose the required configuration.

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Resend email provider

Layer / File(s) Summary
Provider configuration
self-hosting/.env.example, self-hosting/docker-compose*.yml, self-hosting/swarm.yml, server/src/instant/config.clj, server/src/instant/config_edn.clj, server/test/instant/config_edn_test.clj
Self-hosting configuration exposes Resend tokens and API keys. Server configuration reads Resend credentials, validates the new secret field, and tests environment overrides.
Resend delivery implementation
server/src/instant/resend.clj
The new Resend namespace formats email fields, builds API requests, sends messages to https://api.resend.com/emails, records disabled spans, and converts API errors into email-send-failed exceptions.
Email routing and setup documentation
server/src/instant/email_router.clj, client/www/app/docs/self-hosting/page.md
The router supports explicit :resend selection and automatic Resend selection when Postmark and SendGrid are unavailable. Documentation describes Resend configuration and delivery verification.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e9c36

When Resend is explicitly selected without a usable token, authentication emails can be silently skipped while requests appear successful, leaving users unable to receive login codes. Credential validation or caller-visible failure handling should be addressed before merging.

Suggested reviewers: dwwoelfel

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant EmailRouter
  participant Resend
  participant ResendAPI
  EmailRouter->>Resend: send! email payload
  Resend->>Resend: format request fields
  Resend->>ResendAPI: POST email with Bearer token
  ResendAPI-->>Resend: response or error
  Resend-->>EmailRouter: success or email-send-failed exception
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Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the addition of Resend support, configuration changes, provider selection, and Docker Compose updates. It directly matches the changeset.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: adding Resend email provider support for self-hosted deployments.
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Inline comments:
In `@server/src/instant/resend.clj`:
- Around line 54-55: Update both spans in the resend delivery flow to remove the
email payload from span attributes, replacing :attributes body and :attributes
{:body body} with non-sensitive delivery metadata only. Preserve the existing
span names and resend behavior while ensuring no email content is serialized by
the logging exporter.
- Around line 65-69: Update the clj-http/post options for the Resend API request
to set :follow-redirects to false, ensuring redirects cannot forward the
Authorization header containing config/resend-token.
- Around line 65-69: Update the clj-http.client/post call in
instant.resend/send! to configure finite connection, socket, and
connection-request timeouts appropriate for the synchronous request budget,
while preserving the existing headers and JSON body.
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Actionable comments posted: 1

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server/src/instant/resend.clj (1)

69-69: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major

Sensitive Data Exposure (CWE-522): Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Reachability: External · Exploitability: Difficult

Use the supported redirect control.

Verify the effective clj-http version. In clj-http 3.x, :follow-redirects is no longer used; :redirect-strategy :none is the supported setting. (github.com) With the current option, the credential-bearing request remains subject to default redirect handling. If a redirect reaches an unintended target, config/resend-token can be disclosed.

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-            :follow-redirects false
+            :redirect-strategy :none
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In `@server/src/instant/resend.clj` at line 69, Update the clj-http request
options near :follow-redirects to use the supported :redirect-strategy :none
setting, verifying the project’s effective clj-http version and preserving
redirects as disabled for the credential-bearing request.
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Inline comments:
In `@server/src/instant/resend.clj`:
- Line 69: Update the Resend request options in send! to set
:unexceptional-status to a predicate accepting only HTTP statuses from 200
through 299, ensuring every non-2xx response is routed to throw-send-error!
while preserving the existing redirect behavior.

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Duplicate comments:
In `@server/src/instant/resend.clj`:
- Line 69: Update the clj-http request options near :follow-redirects to use the
supported :redirect-strategy :none setting, verifying the project’s effective
clj-http version and preserving redirects as disabled for the credential-bearing
request.
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LGTM! Thanks for contributing!

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nezaj merged commit ad0b759 into instantdb:main Sep 5, 2026
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