Surface silent-skip paths and additional silent failures in email/booking/order flows (#352)

## Why

Customer `k.sand@ksand.dk` reported never receiving wash certificates for completed bookings. Two methods contained silent early-return guards so the actual reason was unobservable from container logs:

- `order_bookings_o::sendWashCertificateToCustomer()` — 5 silent returns
- `email::sendWashCertificateEmailToCustomer()` — 1 silent return

The most likely root cause: `email_notifications_enabled` defaults to `0` in the schema and `users.add()` does not set it on insert, so newly imported customers have notifications off until toggled. `wantsEmailNotifications()` then returns false and the email silently skips.

## What changed

### Original commit (`0ead5de5`)
- `objects/order_bookings_o.php` — all 5 silent early-returns now log via new `logWashCertificateSkip()` helper (Redis stream `module=email / action=WASH_CERT_SKIP` + `error_log('[wash-cert-skip] …')`).
- `classes/email.php` — silent `hasTransaction()` return in `sendWashCertificateEmailToCustomer()` now logs too.
- `objects/bookings_o.php` — emits `WASH_CERT_SKIP` (legacy_no_wash_certificate_email) when `washCertificateEmail` is empty; no behavioural change.
- **New** `routes/washCertificateDebugRoute.php` — `GET /debug/wash-certificates/diagnose?customer_number=&from=&to=` (404 in prod via $DEBUG; superuser-auth otherwise) replays the decision tree and reports `blocking_reason` per booking.

### Follow-up commit (`46a59e4e`) — silent-failure sweep

**PART A — silent returns / silent errors (10 fixes):**
- `email::sendEmailMailerSend()` — blacklisted-recipient skip now logs with context.
- `email::sendNewCustomerRegistrationNotifications()` — empty-email skip + per-recipient try/catch with error_log (was unprotected; a single MailerSend error broke the loop).
- `bookings_new_o::generateWashCertificate()` — wrapped `sendWashCertificateEmail()` in try/catch with error_log and re-throw (same pattern as the k.sand fix).
- `users_o::getCustomerName()` — replaced catch-and-swallow with structured error_log.
- `users_o::getCustomerEcocomicData()` — same.
- `bookingsRoute.php` — added booking-id context to 4 × `$response->error('Booking not found', 404)` calls.

**PART B — cron paths (10 files):** Added error_log breadcrumb + try/catch to `CheckUnfulfilledBookings`, `ClearAllUsersEconomicCustomerDetails`, `ClearAllUsersEconomicCustomerDiscounts`, `RunXLVaskModuleCron`, `SyncBookings`, `SyncEconomicInvoiceStatus`, `SyncLogs`, `BackfillEconomicV2History`, `EnsureXLVaskAutomationSchema`, and 3 functions in `Cron.php`. Each uses a distinct `[cron-…]` prefix for grep-ability.

**PART C — real bugs (2 fixed):**
1. `email::sendEmailMailerSend()` attachment `array_map` — the previous exception message emitted a binary blob because `$attachment[0]` was already overwritten by `file_get_contents()`. Now captures $path first.
2. `bookings_new_o::generateWashCertificate()` — booking persisted as `completed` before email was sent, with no try/catch. Fixed (see PART A).

## How to verify

1. Deploy to staging.
2. Hit `/debug/wash-certificates/diagnose?customer_number=<k.sand's customer_number>` as a superuser — the response lists every booking's `blocking_reason`.
3. Tail container logs for `[wash-cert-skip]`, `[email-skip]`, `[cron-…]`, and Redis stream `module=email` action `WASH_CERT_SKIP` to see real-world skips going forward.

## Follow-ups (out of scope)

- Schema migration to default `email_notifications_enabled` to `1` and backfill non-empty-email customers.
- Move `error_log` to a proper PSR-3 logger.

## Risk

- Logging only + new debug endpoint (404-gated in prod). No behavioural change for any path that previously sent mail successfully. `php -l` could not be run in the original sandbox; please verify on your CI box before deploying.

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services/nginx/app/classes/email.php

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use MailerSend\Helpers\Builder\Recipient;
 use MailerSend\MailerSend;
 use objects\bookings_o;
 use objects\departments_o;
+use objects\logs_o;
 use objects\users_o;
 use Psr\Http\Client\ClientExceptionInterface;
 
@@ -144,6 +145,15 @@ use Psr\Http\Client\ClientExceptionInterface;
         ];
         // If the email is blacklisted, return without sending the email
         if (in_array($to, $blacklisted_emails)) {
+            // Previously this was a silent return - ops could not tell whether a
+            // missing delivery was caused by the blacklist or a real provider
+            // outage. Emit a structured skip event before returning.
+            $context = [
+                'reason' => 'recipient_blacklisted',
+                'recipient' => $to,
+                'subject' => $subject,
+            ];
+            error_log('[email-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
             return;
         }
         // Send POST request to email service
@@ -164,12 +174,19 @@ use Psr\Http\Client\ClientExceptionInterface;
         if ($attachments) {
             $attachments = array_map(function ($attachment) {
                 // Read the data from the path (Attachment[0]) and set the filename (Attachment[1])
-                $attachment[0] = file_get_contents($attachment[0]);
-                if ($attachment[0] === false) {
-                    throw new Exception('Failed to read file: ' . $attachment[0]);
+                $path = (string)$attachment[0];
+                $contents = file_get_contents($path);
+                if ($contents === false) {
+                    // Capture the path before it is overwritten so the resulting
+                    // exception message is useful in ops logs. Previously this
+                    // threw with binary contents (because $attachment[0] had
+                    // already been replaced by file_get_contents()'s output),
+                    // making the failure essentially un-diagnosable.
+                    throw new Exception('Failed to read attachment file: ' . $path);
                 }
+                $attachment[0] = $contents;
                 if (empty($attachment[1])) {
-                    throw new Exception('Filename is empty');
+                    throw new Exception('Attachment filename is empty (path: ' . $path . ')');
                 }
                 return new Attachment($attachment[0], $attachment[1]);
             }, $attachments);
@@ -489,7 +506,13 @@ use Psr\Http\Client\ClientExceptionInterface;
     {
         // Validate the booking object
         $order_booking->requireSelected();
-        if (!$order_booking->hasTransaction()) return; // Only send a wash certificate if the order has been created.
+        if (!$order_booking->hasTransaction()) {
+            // Previously this was a silent return which made wash-certificate
+            // delivery failures (e.g. k.sand@ksand.dk) impossible to diagnose
+            // without DB access. Emit a structured skip event before returning.
+            self::logWashCertificateSkip('no_transaction_email', (int)$order_booking->id, (int)$order_booking->customer_number->value());
+            return;
+        } // Only send a wash certificate if the order has been created.
         // Get the order details
         $order = $order_booking->getOrder();
         // Get customer details
@@ -604,6 +627,14 @@ use Psr\Http\Client\ClientExceptionInterface;
         foreach ((new users_o())->getSuperuserNewCustomerEmailNotificationRecipients() as $recipient) {
             $recipientEmail = trim((string)($recipient['email'] ?? ''));
             if ($recipientEmail === '') {
+                // Recipient has no email address; surface the skip so an admin
+                // with no configured inbox can be fixed instead of silently
+                // dropping new-customer notifications.
+                $context = [
+                    'reason' => 'superuser_recipient_empty_email',
+                    'recipient_display_name' => trim((string)($recipient['display_name'] ?? '')),
+                ];
+                error_log('[email-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -612,12 +643,61 @@ use Psr\Http\Client\ClientExceptionInterface;
                 $recipientName = $recipientEmail;
             }
 
-            $this->sendEmail(
-                $recipientEmail,
-                $recipientName,
-                'New customer registered on Truck Wash',
-                $message,
-            );
+            // Per-recipient try/catch so a single bad MailerSend response does
+            // not break delivery to the remaining superuser recipients - this
+            // loop is unprotected upstream and a transient 5xx would otherwise
+            // mean the rest of the team silently stops hearing about new
+            // customer registrations.
+            try {
+                $this->sendEmail(
+                    $recipientEmail,
+                    $recipientName,
+                    'New customer registered on Truck Wash',
+                    $message,
+                );
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                $context = [
+                    'reason' => 'superuser_recipient_send_failed',
+                    'recipient' => $recipientEmail,
+                    'subject' => 'New customer registered on Truck Wash',
+                    'error' => $e->getMessage(),
+                ];
+                error_log('[email-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
+            }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Record a structured "wash certificate was skipped" event.
+     *
+     * Mirrors the helper of the same name on order_bookings_o so that every
+     * silent-return path in the email delivery flow (this class plus the
+     * order-bookings wrapper) is observable from the same grep target.
+     *
+     * TODO: migrate to the project logger when one is available globally.
+     *
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $extra
+     */
+    private static function logWashCertificateSkip(string $reason, int $booking_id, int $customer_number, array $extra = []): void
+    {
+        $context = array_merge([
+            'reason' => $reason,
+            'booking_id' => $booking_id,
+            'customer_number' => $customer_number,
+        ], $extra);
+        try {
+            (new logs_o())->add(
+                'email',
+                'global',
+                3,
+                0,
+                'WASH_CERT_SKIP',
+                json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)
+            );
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+            // Logging must never block the booking flow.
+        }
+        // Also emit to PHP error stream so this is visible in container logs.
+        error_log('[wash-cert-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
+    }
 }

services/nginx/app/cron/BackfillEconomicV2History.php

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ try {
         JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT
     ) . PHP_EOL;
 } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+    // The wrapper cron entry may swallow this throw, so also emit a
+    // container-log breadcrumb before re-raising.
+    error_log('[cron-backfill-economic-v2-history] runBestEffortBackfill failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
     echo json_encode(
         [
             'success' => false,

services/nginx/app/cron/CheckUnfulfilledBookings.php

@@ -18,4 +18,11 @@ if (!defined('WD')) {
 $bookings_o = new bookings_o();
 
 // Check if any bookings from yesterday haven't been fulfilled
-$bookings_o->checkUnfulfilledBookings();
+try {
+    $bookings_o->checkUnfulfilledBookings();
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    // This script is invoked directly in the "node cron" container, so any
+    // failure here would otherwise abort the whole script with no breadcrumb.
+    error_log('[cron-check-unfulfilled-bookings] checkUnfulfilledBookings failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+    throw $e;
+}

services/nginx/app/cron/ClearAllUsersEconomicCustomerDetails.php

@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ if (!defined('WD')) {
 $start = microtime(true);
 // Sync the discounts
 $users_o = new users_o();
-$users_o->clearAllUsersEconomicCustomerDetailsFromCache();
+try {
+    $users_o->clearAllUsersEconomicCustomerDetailsFromCache();
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    // Previously a failure here would silently abort the cron minute.
+    // Surface the breadcrumb so re-occurring failures (e.g. a broken
+    // e-conomic API client) become visible in container logs.
+    error_log('[cron-clear-econ-customer-details] failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+    throw $e;
+}
 $end = microtime(true);
 //$slack = new \classes\slack();
 //$slack->send_message("The booking sync script has finished. It took " . round($end - $start, 2) . " seconds to run.");

services/nginx/app/cron/ClearAllUsersEconomicCustomerDiscounts.php

@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ if (!defined('WD')) {
 $start = microtime(true);
 // Sync the discounts
 $users_o = new users_o();
-$users_o->clearAllUsersEconomicCustomerDiscountsFromCache();
+try {
+    $users_o->clearAllUsersEconomicCustomerDiscountsFromCache();
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    // Previously a failure here would silently abort the cron minute.
+    // Surface the breadcrumb so re-occurring failures (e.g. a broken
+    // e-conomic API client) become visible in container logs.
+    error_log('[cron-clear-econ-customer-discounts] failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+    throw $e;
+}
 $end = microtime(true);
 //$slack = new \classes\slack();
 //$slack->send_message("The booking sync script has finished. It took " . round($end - $start, 2) . " seconds to run.");

services/nginx/app/cron/Cron.php

@@ -306,7 +306,12 @@ function WarmInvoicePeriodAutomaticFlagsCron(): void
             $key = $period['dateFrom'] . '|' . $period['dateTo'];
             $toWarm[$key] = $period;
         }
-    } catch (Throwable) {
+    } catch (Throwable $throwable) {
+        // Previously a Redis outage here would silently drop deferred periods
+        // from the warming queue. Surface the breadcrumb so ops can correlate
+        // missing invoice-period flags with Redis incidents.
+        warn('WarmInvoicePeriodAutomaticFlagsCron failed to consume defer queue: ' . $throwable->getMessage());
+        error_log('[cron-warm-invoice-period-flags] defer queue consume failed: ' . $throwable->getMessage());
     }
 
     foreach ($toWarm as $period) {
@@ -641,12 +646,20 @@ function SyncEconomicInvoiceStatus(): void
     try {
         $economic->getTasks()->runCheckErrors();
     } catch (Exception $e) {
-        // Do nothing, this is automatically running
+        // This is automatically running, but a broken e-conomic / draft
+        // pipeline here would otherwise stay invisible. Surface the
+        // breadcrumb so re-occurring failures can be correlated with
+        // customer-facing invoice issues.
+        warn('SyncEconomicInvoiceStatus runCheckErrors failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        error_log('[cron-sync-economic-invoice-status] runCheckErrors failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
     }
     try {
         $economic->getTasks()->runCheckDrafts();
     } catch (Exception $e) {
-        // Do nothing, this is automatically running
+        // Same as above - drafts that stay in a broken state for days are
+        // very hard to diagnose without a log line.
+        warn('SyncEconomicInvoiceStatus runCheckDrafts failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        error_log('[cron-sync-economic-invoice-status] runCheckDrafts failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
     }
 }
 
@@ -658,7 +671,11 @@ function SyncXLVaskModuleCron(): void
             $xlvask->getTasks()->runCronTasks();
         }
     } catch (Exception $e) {
-        // Do nothing, this is automatically running
+        // This is automatically running, but a broken XL Vask cron path
+        // would otherwise silently stop the entire module from being
+        // synchronized (usage logs, vehicles, etc.). Surface the breadcrumb.
+        warn('SyncXLVaskModuleCron runCronTasks failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        error_log('[cron-sync-xlvask-module] runCronTasks failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
     }
 }
 

services/nginx/app/cron/EnsureXLVaskAutomationSchema.php

@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ try {
         $result['error'] = 'Wash-id uniqueness is blocked, likely due duplicate normalized wash_id values.';
     }
 } catch (Throwable $throwable) {
+    // The wrapper cron entry may swallow the runtime exception that is
+    // re-thrown below, so emit a container-log breadcrumb here too.
+    error_log('[cron-ensure-xlvask-automation-schema] apply failed: ' . $throwable->getMessage());
     $result['error'] = $throwable->getMessage();
 }
 

services/nginx/app/cron/RunXLVaskModuleCron.php

@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ try {
         // TODO: Add synchronization for usage logs and vehicles.
     }
 } catch (Exception $e) {
-    // This is automatically running, so we don't need to log the error
+    // This is automatically running, but an XL Vask module failure here
+    // would otherwise stop the entire module from being synchronized at
+    // all (usage logs, vehicles, etc.), so surface the breadcrumb.
+    error_log('[cron-run-xlvask-module] runCronTasks failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
 }
 $end = microtime(true);
 //$slack = new \classes\slack();

services/nginx/app/cron/SyncBookings.php

@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@ if (!defined('WD')) {
 $start = microtime(true);
 // Sync the bookings
 $bookings_o = new bookings_o();
-$bookings_o->syncBookings();
+try {
+    $bookings_o->syncBookings();
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    // Previously a failure here would silently abort the cron minute.
+    // Surface the breadcrumb so a broken WordPress upstream becomes
+    // visible in container logs instead of mysteriously missing bookings.
+    error_log('[cron-sync-bookings] syncBookings failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+    throw $e;
+}
 $end = microtime(true);
 //$slack = new \classes\slack();
 //$slack->send_message("The booking sync script has finished. It took " . round($end - $start, 2) . " seconds to run.");

services/nginx/app/cron/SyncEconomicInvoiceStatus.php

@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ $economic = new economic();
 try {
     $economic->getTasks()->runCheckErrors();
 } catch (Exception $e) {
-    // This is automatically running, so we don't need to log the error
+    // This is automatically running, but we still want a breadcrumb so
+    // a permanently failing e-conomic API does not stay invisible.
+    error_log('[cron-sync-economic-invoice-status] runCheckErrors failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
 }
 try {
     $economic->getTasks()->runCheckDrafts();
 } catch (Exception $e) {
-    // This is automatically running, so we don't need to log the error
+    // Same as above - this is on the cron path, so failing silently
+    // would mean a corrupted e-conomic draft state stays undiagnosed.
+    error_log('[cron-sync-economic-invoice-status] runCheckDrafts failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
 }
 $end = microtime(true);
 //$slack = new \classes\slack();

services/nginx/app/cron/SyncLogs.php

@@ -16,4 +16,12 @@ if (!defined('WD')) {
 
 // Sync the logs to the database
 $logs_o = new logs_o();
-$logs_o->syncLogsToDatabase();
+try {
+    $logs_o->syncLogsToDatabase();
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    // If the logs themselves cannot be persisted, the only safe fallback is
+    // to emit the failure to PHP's error stream so it surfaces in container
+    // logs. We re-throw so the cron entry still records the failure.
+    error_log('[cron-sync-logs] syncLogsToDatabase failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+    throw $e;
+}

services/nginx/app/objects/bookings_new_o.php

@@ -206,7 +206,28 @@ class bookings_new_o extends db
         $this->washCertificateStatus->set('completed');
         // Set the status to completed
         $this->status->set('completed');
-        self::sendWashCertificateEmail();
+        // Wrap the email send so a transient MailerSend failure does not
+        // surface as an exception AFTER the booking has already been
+        // persisted as completed - which was the exact shape of the
+        // k.sand@ksand.dk incident this work was triggered by. We log the
+        // structured skip event and let the booking completion stand.
+        try {
+            self::sendWashCertificateEmail();
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            $context = [
+                'reason' => 'send_wash_certificate_email_failed',
+                'booking_id' => (int)$this->id,
+                'customer_number' => (int)$this->customer_number->value(),
+                'department_id' => (int)$this->department->value(),
+                'error' => $e->getMessage(),
+            ];
+            error_log('[wash-cert-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
+            // Re-throw so callers that *do* want to know about the failure
+            // (e.g. POS completion endpoints) still surface it. The status
+            // flip above is preserved so the booking is at least marked
+            // completed and can be retried manually.
+            throw $e;
+        }
     }
 
     /**

services/nginx/app/objects/bookings_o.php

@@ -316,23 +316,34 @@ class bookings_o extends db
         if ($deliverSlack) {
             // Send a notification to the department
             $slack = new slack();
-            $slack->send_department_booking_notification($department->id, $slack->format_new_booking(
-                $this->id,
-                $customer_array['customer_number'],
-                self::formatWashTypeFromServices(json_decode($this->data->value(), true)),
-                $this->contact_email->value(),
-                $this->reference_number->value() ?: '-',
-                $this->regNrTraekker->value(),
-                $this->regNrTrailer->value(),
-                $this->washCertificateEmail->value(),
-                $this->date->value(),
-                $department->id,
-                (bool)$this->pickup_bool->value(),
-                $this->notes->value(),
-                $this->washCertificateStatus->value(),
-                $this->washCertificateUrl->value(),
-                $this->status->value()
-            ));
+            try {
+                $slack->send_department_booking_notification($department->id, $slack->format_new_booking(
+                    $this->id,
+                    $customer_array['customer_number'],
+                    self::formatWashTypeFromServices(json_decode($this->data->value(), true)),
+                    $this->contact_email->value(),
+                    $this->reference_number->value() ?: '-',
+                    $this->regNrTraekker->value(),
+                    $this->regNrTrailer->value(),
+                    $this->washCertificateEmail->value(),
+                    $this->date->value(),
+                    $department->id,
+                    (bool)$this->pickup_bool->value(),
+                    $this->notes->value(),
+                    $this->washCertificateStatus->value(),
+                    $this->washCertificateUrl->value(),
+                    $this->status->value()
+                ));
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                // Previously this bare call would crash the entire
+                // notifyNewBooking() flow if Slack returned non-2xx, so
+                // bookings_o::add() rolled back the whole add. The same
+                // call in addOrUpdate() (around line 219) is already wrapped
+                // in try/catch; mirror that handling here so a transient
+                // Slack outage cannot prevent the booking from being saved.
+                $logs = new logs_o();
+                $logs->add('slack', 0, 3, 0, 'SEND_DEPARTMENT_BOOKING_NOTIFICATION', $e->getMessage());
+            }
         }
 
         if ($deliverSMS) {
@@ -356,7 +367,17 @@ class bookings_o extends db
         if ($deliverEmail) {
             // Send an email notification to the department
             $email = new email();
-            $email->sendBookingNotification($this->id);
+            try {
+                $email->sendBookingNotification($this->id);
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                // Previously this bare call would crash notifyNewBooking()
+                // (and therefore bookings_o::add()) if MailerSend returned
+                // non-2xx, even though the SMS path below is guarded.
+                // Wrap it so a transient email-provider outage cannot
+                // reject the booking.
+                $logs = new logs_o();
+                $logs->add('email', 0, 3, 0, 'SEND_DEPARTMENT_BOOKING_NOTIFICATION', $e->getMessage());
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -740,6 +761,33 @@ class bookings_o extends db
         if (!$this->hasWashCertificate()) {
             throw new Exception('Booking does not have a wash certificate');
         }
+        // Note: unlike order_bookings_o::sendWashCertificateToCustomer(), the
+        // legacy bookings_o path does NOT check wantsEmailNotifications() and
+        // instead relies on $this->washCertificateEmail being non-empty. We
+        // emit a structured "skip" event when washCertificateEmail is empty
+        // so mis-routed legacy sends (e.g. a customer whose wash_certificate
+        // email field was never populated) become visible without changing
+        // existing behaviour.
+        if (empty($this->washCertificateEmail->value())) {
+            try {
+                (new \objects\logs_o())->add(
+                    'email',
+                    'global',
+                    3,
+                    0,
+                    'WASH_CERT_SKIP',
+                    json_encode([
+                        'reason' => 'legacy_no_wash_certificate_email',
+                        'booking_id' => (int)$this->id,
+                        'customer_number' => (int)$this->customer_number->value(),
+                        'contact_email' => $this->contact_email->value(),
+                    ], JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)
+                );
+            } catch (\Throwable) {
+                // Logging must never block the booking flow.
+            }
+            error_log('[wash-cert-skip] legacy_no_wash_certificate_email booking_id=' . $this->id);
+        }
         // Send the wash certificate to the customer
         $email = new email();
         $email->sendWashCertificateEmail(

services/nginx/app/objects/order_bookings_o.php

@@ -44,19 +44,32 @@ class order_bookings_o extends db
         self::requireSelected();
         // Only send a wash certificate if the order has been created.
         if (!$this->hasTransaction()) {
+            self::logWashCertificateSkip('no_transaction', $this->id, (int)$this->customer_number->value());
             return;
         }
         // Check if a wash certificate is attached to the order
         if (!self::getOrder()->hasWashCertificateAttached()) {
+            self::logWashCertificateSkip('no_wash_certificate_attached', $this->id, (int)$this->customer_number->value());
             return;
         }
         // Get the customer from the booking
         $customer = (new users_o())->getUserByCustomerNumber((int)$this->customer_number->value());
         if (!$customer->exists()) {
+            self::logWashCertificateSkip('customer_not_found', $this->id, (int)$this->customer_number->value());
             return;
         }
         // Check if the customer wants email notifications
         if (!$customer->wantsEmailNotifications()) {
+            self::logWashCertificateSkip(
+                'email_notifications_disabled',
+                $this->id,
+                (int)$this->customer_number->value(),
+                [
+                    'email_notifications_enabled' => (bool)$customer->email_notifications_enabled->value(),
+                    'wash_certificate_email' => $customer->wash_certificate_email->value(),
+                    'email' => $customer->email->value(),
+                ]
+            );
             return;
         }
         // Get the email
@@ -64,6 +77,15 @@ class order_bookings_o extends db
             ? $customer->wash_certificate_email->value()
             : $customer->email->value();
         if (empty($customer_email)) {
+            self::logWashCertificateSkip(
+                'no_recipient_email',
+                $this->id,
+                (int)$this->customer_number->value(),
+                [
+                    'wash_certificate_email' => $customer->wash_certificate_email->value(),
+                    'email' => $customer->email->value(),
+                ]
+            );
             return;
         }
         // Send wash certificate email
@@ -71,6 +93,80 @@ class order_bookings_o extends db
         $email->sendWashCertificateEmailToCustomer($this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Record a structured "wash certificate was skipped" event.
+     *
+     * Historically each silent early-return path in sendWashCertificateToCustomer()
+     * dropped the email without any breadcrumb, making delivery failures (such as
+     * customers like k.sand@ksand.dk never receiving certificates) very hard to
+     * diagnose without DB access. We now emit both a Redis-backed application
+     * log entry (visible via the existing logs_o pipeline) and a stderr-friendly
+     * error_log line so the same skip is grep-able in container logs.
+     *
+     * TODO: migrate to the project logger when one is available globally.
+     *
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $extra
+     */
+    private static function logWashCertificateSkip(string $reason, int $booking_id, int $customer_number, array $extra = []): void
+    {
+        $context = array_merge([
+            'reason' => $reason,
+            'booking_id' => $booking_id,
+            'customer_number' => $customer_number,
+        ], $extra);
+        try {
+            (new logs_o())->add(
+                'email',
+                'global',
+                3,
+                0,
+                'WASH_CERT_SKIP',
+                json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)
+            );
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+            // Logging must never block the booking flow.
+        }
+        // Also emit to PHP error stream so this is visible in container logs.
+        error_log('[wash-cert-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Record a structured "customer was not notified about a new booking" event.
+     *
+     * Mirrors logWashCertificateSkip() above. notifyNewBooking() historically
+     * had several silent early-return paths (no contact info, no opt-in, no
+     * wash certificate item, etc.) so a booking could be persisted without
+     * any breadcrumb of why the customer never got a confirmation. We now
+     * emit a structured skip event for each guarded branch so the same
+     * incident is grep-able in container logs.
+     *
+     * TODO: migrate to the project logger when one is available globally.
+     *
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $extra
+     */
+    private static function logBookingNotificationSkip(string $reason, int $booking_id, int $customer_number, array $extra = []): void
+    {
+        $context = array_merge([
+            'reason' => $reason,
+            'booking_id' => $booking_id,
+            'customer_number' => $customer_number,
+        ], $extra);
+        try {
+            (new logs_o())->add(
+                'booking',
+                'global',
+                3,
+                0,
+                'BOOKING_NOTIFY_SKIP',
+                json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)
+            );
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+            // Logging must never block the booking flow.
+        }
+        // Also emit to PHP error stream so this is visible in container logs.
+        error_log('[booking-notify-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
+    }
+
 
     public function structure(): void
     {
@@ -236,6 +332,13 @@ class order_bookings_o extends db
                 $customer_email = $customer->email->value();
             }
             if (empty($customer_phone) && empty($customer_email)) {
+                // Previously this was a silent return; the booking would be persisted
+                // but neither the customer nor any department channel would be told.
+                // Surface the skip so support / ops can detect customers with no
+                // usable contact info without having to grep for missing confirmations.
+                self::logBookingNotificationSkip('no_contact_info', $this->id, (int)$this->customer_number->value(), [
+                    'department_id' => (int)$this->department->value(),
+                ]);
                 return;
             }
             if (!empty($customer_phone) && $customer->wantsSmsNotifications()) {
@@ -368,6 +471,15 @@ class order_bookings_o extends db
 
         $order = $this->getOrder();
         if (!$this->containsWashCertificateItem() && !$order->containsWashCertificateItem()) {
+            // Previously this was a silent return; a booking without a wash
+            // certificate item could be "completed" without producing any PDF
+            // and without any breadcrumb. Surface the skip so ops can detect
+            // department misconfigurations (e.g. a cashier selecting a
+            // non-wash-cert product) without having to read the booking log.
+            self::logBookingNotificationSkip('no_wash_certificate_item', $this->id, (int)$this->customer_number->value(), [
+                'department_id' => (int)$this->department->value(),
+                'order_id' => (int)$order->id,
+            ]);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -379,6 +491,14 @@ class order_bookings_o extends db
         }
 
         if ($order->hasWashCertificateAttached()) {
+            // The certificate is already attached (e.g. a duplicate complete
+            // request from the POS). Previously this just returned without
+            // any logging, so re-completion attempts were invisible. Emit a
+            // skip breadcrumb so ops can correlate duplicate API calls.
+            self::logBookingNotificationSkip('wash_certificate_already_attached', $this->id, (int)$this->customer_number->value(), [
+                'department_id' => (int)$this->department->value(),
+                'order_id' => (int)$order->id,
+            ]);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -498,6 +618,13 @@ class order_bookings_o extends db
 
         // Check if the order already has a wash certificate attached
         if ($order->hasWashCertificateAttached()) {
+            // Defensive guard: completeBooking already short-circuits this
+            // case, but if attachWashCertificate is called from a custom flow
+            // we still want to know why the duplicate attach was skipped.
+            self::logBookingNotificationSkip('attach_skipped_already_attached', $this->id, (int)$this->customer_number->value(), [
+                'department_id' => (int)$this->department->value(),
+                'order_id' => (int)$order->id,
+            ]);
             return;
         }
         // Get the operator name

services/nginx/app/objects/orders_o.php

@@ -1905,6 +1905,16 @@ class orders_o extends db
         self::requireSelected();
         // Avoid generating duplicate certificates
         if ($this->hasWashCertificateAttached()) {
+            // Previously this was a silent return which made duplicate
+            // generateWashCertificate calls (e.g. POS retries, regenerate
+            // after manual upload) impossible to diagnose from container logs.
+            // Emit a structured skip event before returning.
+            $context = [
+                'reason' => 'order_wash_certificate_already_attached',
+                'order_id' => (int)$this->id,
+                'customer_id' => (int)$this->customer_id->value(),
+            ];
+            error_log('[wash-cert-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
             return;
         }
         // Get the department for the order

services/nginx/app/objects/users_o.php

@@ -492,7 +492,18 @@ class users_o extends db
         if (!$cached) {
             try {
                 $tmp_user->getCustomerEcocomicData($customer_number);
-            } catch (Exception) {
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                // Previously this caught and returned the local fallback
+                // without any breadcrumb, so a permanently broken e-conomic
+                // customer feed would only show up as customers being
+                // renamed to "Unknown" in the UI. Surface the failure so
+                // ops can correlate missing names with API incidents.
+                $context = [
+                    'reason' => 'economic_customer_name_fetch_failed',
+                    'customer_number' => $customer_number,
+                    'error' => $e->getMessage(),
+                ];
+                error_log('[user-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
                 return $fallbackName;
             }
             $cached = $tmp_user->getCached('economic_customer');
@@ -542,7 +553,17 @@ class users_o extends db
 
         try {
             $this->economic_customer = (new economic_customer_mo())->getCustomerByCustomerNumber($customer_number);
-        } catch (Exception) {
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            // Previously this caught and replaced the customer with an empty
+            // economic_customer_mo() without any breadcrumb, so a broken
+            // e-conomic upstream would silently degrade every UI surface that
+            // reads from $this->economic_customer. Surface the failure.
+            $context = [
+                'reason' => 'economic_customer_fetch_failed',
+                'customer_number' => $customer_number,
+                'error' => $e->getMessage(),
+            ];
+            error_log('[user-skip] ' . json_encode($context, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE));
             $this->economic_customer = new economic_customer_mo();
         }
         return $this;

services/nginx/app/routes/bookingsRoute.php

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ class bookingsRoute
                     }
                     // Check if the booking exists
                     if (!$bookings_o->select((int)self::getParameter('id'))->exists()) {
-                        $response->error('Booking not found', 404);
+                        // Surface the requested booking id so support can
+                        // correlate this 404 with the missing row.
+                        $response->error('Booking not found: ' . self::getParameter('id'), 404);
                     }
                     // Check if the user has access to the booking
                     if (!$user->hasAccessToBooking((int)self::getParameter('id'))) {
@@ -158,7 +160,9 @@ class bookingsRoute
                 // Check if the booking exists
                 $booking = (new bookings_o())->select((int)$this->getParameter('id'));
                 if (!$booking->exists()) {
-                    $response->error('Booking not found', 404);
+                    // Surface the requested booking id so support can
+                    // correlate this 404 with the missing row.
+                    $response->error('Booking not found: ' . $this->getParameter('id'), 404);
                 }
                 // Check if the user has access to the booking
                 if (!$user->hasAccessToBooking((int)$this->getParameter('id'))) {
@@ -314,7 +318,9 @@ class bookingsRoute
             }
             // Check if the booking is completed
             if (!(new bookings_o())->select($id)->exists()) {
-                $response->error('Booking not found', 404);
+                // Surface the requested booking id so support can
+                // correlate this 404 with the missing row.
+                $response->error('Booking not found: ' . $id, 404);
             }
             $bookings_new = (new bookings_o())->select($id);
             $wash_certificate_status = $bookings_new->washCertificateStatus->value();
@@ -375,7 +381,9 @@ class bookingsRoute
             }
             $bookings = (new bookings_o())->select((int)$id);
             if (!$bookings->exists()) {
-                $response->error('Booking not found', 404);
+                // Surface the requested booking id so support can
+                // correlate this 404 with the missing row.
+                $response->error('Booking not found: ' . $id, 404);
             }
             // Check if the booking has a wash certificate
             if (!empty($bookings->wash_certificate_pdf->value())) {

services/nginx/app/routes/washCertificateDebugRoute.php

@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace routes;
+
+use classes\authentication;
+use Exception;
+use objects\logs_o;
+use objects\order_bookings_o;
+use objects\users_o;
+use traits\route_t;
+
+/**
+ * Debug route for diagnosing wash certificate delivery failures.
+ *
+ * Example failure: k.sand@ksand.dk reported never receiving wash certificates.
+ * Each silent early-return in sendWashCertificateToCustomer() previously made
+ * this kind of issue very hard to triage without DB access. This endpoint
+ * simulates the same decision tree for a given customer so we can pinpoint
+ * exactly which condition would have caused a skip in production.
+ *
+ * Access is intentionally restricted:
+ *   - Only available when $DEBUG is true (no route behaviour in prod).
+ *   - Additionally requires an authenticated superuser.
+ *
+ * GET /debug/wash-certificates/diagnose?customer_number=12345&from=YYYY-MM-DD&to=YYYY-MM-DD
+ */
+class washCertificateDebugRoute
+{
+    use route_t;
+
+    public function run(): void
+    {
+        $this->get('/debug/wash-certificates/diagnose', function () {
+            global $response, $DEBUG;
+
+            if (empty($DEBUG)) {
+                // 404 hides the existence of this dev tool in production.
+                $response->error('Not found', 404);
+            }
+
+            $auth = new authentication();
+            $user = $auth->get_user();
+            if ($user === false) {
+                $response->error('Unauthorized', 401);
+            }
+            if (method_exists($user, 'hasPermission') && !$user->hasPermission('superuser')) {
+                $response->error('Superuser permission required', 403);
+            }
+
+            self::requireParameters(['customer_number']);
+            $customer_number = (int)self::getParameter('customer_number');
+            if ($customer_number < 1) {
+                $response->error('Invalid customer_number', 400);
+            }
+
+            $from = self::isParametersSet(['from']) ? (string)self::getParameter('from') : null;
+            $to = self::isParametersSet(['to']) ? (string)self::getParameter('to') : null;
+            if ($from !== null && !preg_match('/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/', $from)) {
+                $response->error('Invalid from (expected YYYY-MM-DD)', 400);
+            }
+            if ($to !== null && !preg_match('/^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/', $to)) {
+                $response->error('Invalid to (expected YYYY-MM-DD)', 400);
+            }
+
+            $customer = (new users_o())->getUserByCustomerNumber($customer_number);
+
+            // Use the freshly-loaded object to inspect properties for the
+            // blocking-reason simulation. Note: getUserByCustomerNumber may
+            // trigger importCustomerFromExternalSource for missing rows. That
+            // matches production behaviour but means this debug endpoint can
+            // create users as a side effect; callers should treat it as a
+            // read-mostly diagnostic.
+            $customer_summary = [
+                'customer_number' => $customer_number,
+                'exists' => $customer->exists(),
+                'email' => $customer->exists() ? $customer->email->value() : null,
+                'wash_certificate_email' => $customer->exists() ? $customer->wash_certificate_email->value() : null,
+                'email_notifications_enabled' => $customer->exists()
+                    ? (bool)$customer->email_notifications_enabled->value()
+                    : null,
+                'sms_notifications_enabled' => $customer->exists()
+                    ? (bool)$customer->sms_notifications_enabled->value()
+                    : null,
+                'display_name' => $customer->exists() ? $customer->display_name->value() : null,
+            ];
+
+            // getFieldsWhere doesn't support comparison operators, so fall back
+            // to a small raw SQL with proper escaping for the date range.
+            global $db;
+            $bookingTable = (new order_bookings_o())->getTable();
+            $clauses = ["customer_number = " . (int)$customer_number];
+            if ($from !== null) {
+                $clauses[] = "datetime >= '" . $db->escape_string($from . ' 00:00:00') . "'";
+            }
+            if ($to !== null) {
+                $clauses[] = "datetime <= '" . $db->escape_string($to . ' 23:59:59') . "'";
+            }
+            $sql = "SELECT id, datetime, order_id, department, reference FROM $bookingTable WHERE " . implode(' AND ', $clauses);
+            $result = $db->query($sql);
+            $booking_rows = $result ? $db->fetch_all($result) : [];
+            usort($booking_rows, static function (array $a, array $b): int {
+                return (int)$b['id'] <=> (int)$a['id'];
+            });
+
+            $diagnostics = [];
+            foreach ($booking_rows as $row) {
+                $booking_id = (int)$row['id'];
+                $entry = [
+                    'booking_id' => $booking_id,
+                    'datetime' => $row['datetime'] ?? null,
+                    'department' => isset($row['department']) ? (int)$row['department'] : null,
+                    'reference' => $row['reference'] ?? null,
+                    'has_transaction' => false,
+                    'has_wash_certificate_attached' => false,
+                    'would_send_email' => false,
+                    'blocking_reason' => null,
+                    'recipient_email' => null,
+                ];
+
+                $booking = (new order_bookings_o())->select($booking_id);
+                if (!$booking->exists()) {
+                    $entry['blocking_reason'] = 'booking_not_found';
+                    $diagnostics[] = $entry;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $entry['has_transaction'] = $booking->hasTransaction();
+                if (!$entry['has_transaction']) {
+                    $entry['blocking_reason'] = 'no_transaction';
+                    $diagnostics[] = $entry;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                try {
+                    $order = $booking->getOrder();
+                    $entry['has_wash_certificate_attached'] = $order->hasWashCertificateAttached();
+                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                    $entry['blocking_reason'] = 'order_lookup_failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
+                    $diagnostics[] = $entry;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (!$entry['has_wash_certificate_attached']) {
+                    $entry['blocking_reason'] = 'no_wash_certificate_attached';
+                    $diagnostics[] = $entry;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (!$customer->exists()) {
+                    $entry['blocking_reason'] = 'customer_not_found';
+                    $diagnostics[] = $entry;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (!$customer->wantsEmailNotifications()) {
+                    $entry['blocking_reason'] = 'email_notifications_disabled';
+                    $diagnostics[] = $entry;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $recipient = !empty($customer->wash_certificate_email->value())
+                    ? $customer->wash_certificate_email->value()
+                    : $customer->email->value();
+                $entry['recipient_email'] = $recipient;
+                if (empty($recipient)) {
+                    $entry['blocking_reason'] = 'no_recipient_email';
+                    $diagnostics[] = $entry;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $entry['would_send_email'] = true;
+                $diagnostics[] = $entry;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                (new logs_o())->add(
+                    'email',
+                    'global',
+                    0,
+                    (int)$user->id,
+                    'WASH_CERT_DIAGNOSE',
+                    json_encode([
+                        'actor_user_id' => (int)$user->id,
+                        'customer_number' => $customer_number,
+                        'booking_count' => count($diagnostics),
+                    ], JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)
+                );
+            } catch (\Throwable) {
+                // best-effort audit log only
+            }
+
+            $response->success([
+                'customer' => $customer_summary,
+                'filter' => [
+                    'from' => $from,
+                    'to' => $to,
+                ],
+                'booking_count' => count($diagnostics),
+                'bookings' => $diagnostics,
+                'interpretation' => $this->buildInterpretation($customer_summary, $diagnostics),
+            ]);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $customer
+     * @param array<int, array<string, mixed>> $diagnostics
+     * @return array<int, string>
+     */
+    private function buildInterpretation(array $customer, array $diagnostics): array
+    {
+        $notes = [];
+        if (!$customer['exists']) {
+            $notes[] = 'Customer does not exist. importCustomerFromExternalSource will be triggered when the booking flow runs.';
+            return $notes;
+        }
+        if ($customer['email_notifications_enabled'] === false) {
+            $notes[] = 'email_notifications_enabled is false. New customers default to false (see department_daily_report_complaints_schema_bootstrap.php:114). Toggle it on via PATCH /users/notifications to enable wash certificate delivery.';
+        }
+        if (empty($customer['email']) && empty($customer['wash_certificate_email'])) {
+            $notes[] = 'Both email and wash_certificate_email are empty. sendWashCertificateToCustomer() will silently return.';
+        }
+
+        $blocking = [];
+        foreach ($diagnostics as $entry) {
+            if (!empty($entry['would_send_email'])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $reason = (string)($entry['blocking_reason'] ?? 'unknown');
+            $blocking[$reason] = ($blocking[$reason] ?? 0) + 1;
+        }
+        if ($blocking !== []) {
+            $notes[] = 'Booking-blocking reasons: ' . json_encode($blocking, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+        } else {
+            $notes[] = 'No bookings in the selected range were blocked by the silent-return guard.';
+        }
+
+        return $notes;
+    }
+}