feat(auth-server): copy local email codes to the clipboard#20922
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Pull request overview
Adds an opt-in local-dev enhancement to the auth-server mail helper to copy incoming authentication codes to the system clipboard, and documents how to use the local “inbox” mail capture service.
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MAIL_HELPER_COPY_CODES=1flag support totest/mail_helper.js, including platform-specific clipboard integration and startup status logging. - Copy received codes to the clipboard for multiple flows (signin/token/unblock/password reset/MFA/passwordless/recovery phone).
- Document local email/code retrieval workflow and the new flag in the auth-server README.
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| File | Description |
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| packages/fxa-auth-server/test/mail_helper.js | Adds clipboard-copy feature gated by MAIL_HELPER_COPY_CODES, and invokes it when codes are received. |
| packages/fxa-auth-server/README.md | Documents the local “inbox” mail helper service and how to enable clipboard copying of codes. |
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| console.log('\x1B[32m', link || vc, '\x1B[39m'); | ||
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| console.log('\x1B[32mToken code: ', sc, '\x1B[39m'); | ||
| copyCode(sc); |
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Thanks for this dev improvement 🪄 No comments beyond the copilot ones.
Because: * I got tired of copy/pasting codes between the terminal and the browser. This commit: * Adds MAIL_HELPER_COPY_CODES=1 to mail_helper, which copies each code to the local clipboard as it arrives. Off by default. * Copies whatever the helper logs, so flows that send a verification link instead of a code are covered too. * Logs the clipboard mode on startup so a missing env var is obvious. * Documents the inbox service and the new flag in the auth-server README, including a caution about clipboard history tools.
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MAIL_HELPER_COPY_CODES=1flag topackages/fxa-auth-server/test/mail_helper.jsthat copies each code to the local clipboard as it arrives, so it can be pasted straight into the browser.Clipboard copy: enabled (pbcopy)/disabledon startup next tomail_helper started..., so a missing env var is diagnosable at a glance rather than looking like a broken feature.inboxservice and the new flag under a "Local emails and codes" section inpackages/fxa-auth-server/README.md, which previously had no mention of how to retrieve a code locally.Issue that this pull request solves
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The flag is off by default, so CI and local functional-test runs are unaffected —
copyCode()returns immediately unlessMAIL_HELPER_COPY_CODES=1, and no clipboard process is spawned. It resolvespbcopy/xclip/clipby platform and silently no-ops if the tool is missing, so it cannot take the mail helper down.No Jira ticket: local dev-tooling only, with no production code path or user-facing behaviour. No pre-merge review skill was run for the same reason.