* Fix payroll email: grant SES config-set permission + isolate failures The weekly pay-summary email to payroll has been failing with SES AccessDenied since 2026-06-08. The sending identity (seahaven.com) gained a default configuration set (seahaven-email-events), and SES authorizes SendEmail against the config-set ARN as well as the identity — but the WeeklyPostFunction role only granted ses:SendEmail on identity/*. - template.yaml: add the configuration-set ARN (scoped to the known set name) to the SES policy so sends are authorized again. - weekly-post/app.py: wrap _send_pay_email in try/except so a delivery failure can never abort the handler before the Slack schedule post. Previously the SES error also blocked the two-week schedule post. - Add a regression test covering the isolation. Cross-family GPT-4.1 IAM review: APPROVE. * Bump to v1.10.1 in CHANGELOG and sync App Home copy
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Changelog
What's changed in the After-Hours Shift Manager — the Slack bot that runs our after-hours on-call phone duty. Newest first, in plain language.
Versions are MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH: a minor bump adds a new feature, a patch
is a fix or tidy-up, and a major would be a big change to how things work.
A few older entries cover two versions at once (e.g. v1.9.0 / v1.9.1) — that's
fine and still supported.
v1.10.1 — June 15, 2026
Payroll summary emails are sending again. The automated weekly pay summary to payroll had stopped going out (an email-permissions change on our side blocked it from June 8 onward). Fixed the permission so the emails send, and made the Monday job sturdier: if the payroll email ever fails again, it no longer stops the on-call schedule from being posted in Slack. The two missed summaries were re-sent by hand.
v1.10.0 — June 11, 2026
The bot now tells you what's new. Two things:
- When a noticeable update ships (a new feature or a bigger change), the bot posts a short "What's New" note right in the on-call channel — so you hear about changes without having to go looking. Small fixes stay quiet.
- The bot now has an About page. Click the bot's name in Slack and open its
Home tab to see what it does, the full list of
/oncallcommands, and the latest "What's New". It always shows the current version.
v1.9.2 — June 1, 2026
Setup-guide fix. Corrected the install instructions so secrets (the Slack and phone-system passwords) are stored in the right, secure place. No change to the bot itself — this only affects someone setting it up from scratch.
v1.9.0 / v1.9.1 — June 1, 2026
You can no longer drop a shift at the last minute. If a shift starts within the next 24 hours, you can't just drop it and walk away — you have to hand it to someone specific (a swap they accept), or ask an admin. This stops the phones from being left uncovered with no notice. (v1.9.1 was a routine update of behind-the-scenes software libraries.)
v1.8.0 — June 1, 2026
Swaps now need the other person to say yes. Before, /oncall swap instantly
dumped your shift on someone else. Now they get a Slack message with Accept
and Decline buttons, and the shift only moves if they accept. Until then it
stays yours. If they don't respond before the shift starts, the request quietly
expires.
v1.7.19 — June 1, 2026
Quality safety net (no visible change). Added an automated test suite that checks the bot's behavior on every change, so bugs get caught before they ship. You won't notice anything different day-to-day — it just makes future updates safer.
May 2026 — Phone-system automation & a big fix
- Live phone routing follows the schedule. The system that decides which phone rings after hours now reads directly from the on-call schedule, so pickups, drops, and swaps take effect automatically.
- Fixed a release that had broken the whole bot. A packaging mistake stopped all of the bot's functions from running; this was found and fixed.
- Ongoing routine updates to behind-the-scenes software libraries.
- Behind the scenes: moved to an automated build-and-release pipeline, added automatic code checks and formatting, and turned on automated dependency and code-review tooling. None of this changes how you use the bot.
May 1, 2026 — Reliability & notifications
- No more double-booking. Fixed a timing bug where two people could grab the same open shift at once.
- Shift changes are announced. When someone picks up, drops, or swaps a shift, a note is posted to the team channel.
- Fixed a confusing error that showed up when picking a shift even though the pickup had actually worked.
April 8, 2026 — Schedule & pay polish
- The weekly schedule now always starts on Monday (it used to start from today).
- Tidied up the weekly pay report (recipient and wording).
April 7, 2026 — Scheduling & pay
- Two-week schedule view instead of just the current week.
- Weekly pay totals for on-call shifts, with a configurable flat rate.
- Per-person pay rates and an
/oncall ratecommand to manage them from Slack. - Weekend day shifts — weekends are split into a daytime and an overnight shift.
- Automatic employee roster sync — the bot pulls the staff list from the phone system each day, so the roster stays current on its own.
- Weekly "Bonus Pay Summary" emailed to payroll (and sent as a Slack DM to the admin) every Monday.
April 3, 2026 — Launch 🎉
The first version of the After-Hours Shift Manager:
- See the on-call schedule in Slack with
/oncall. - Pick up an open shift and drop a shift you're covering.
- Link your Slack account to your phone extension with
/oncall register.