# Group email notifications are not sent when set to Watching First Post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-email-notifications-are-not-sent-when-set-to-watching-first-post/266141
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-email-notifications-are-not-sent-when-set-to-watching-first-post/266141 "2023-05-25T03:16:45Z")
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### Author: ![pedro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pedro/32/365099_2.png) [@pedro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pedro)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-email-notifications-are-not-sent-when-set-to-watching-first-post/266141/1 "2023-05-25T03:16:46Z")

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**Priority/Severity** : Medium

**Platform** : Desktop, macOS Ventura 13.3.1, Browser: Safari Version 16.4.

**Description** : Emails notifications are not being sent to group members when a new message is sent if `Watching First Post` is selected as the group notification option.

**Reproducible steps** :

1. Create a test group, add 2 members or more and set `Watching First Post` as the group notification option in the `Interaction` settings.

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-24 at 9.42.19 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/1/a/21aadc43e6b1cd15c5812e01c0d2c886c171cc05.png)

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-24 at 9.58.18 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/7/c/a7c88582bda314aff004ca43e9c14af51b63659d.png)

1. Send a new PM addressed to the group.

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-24 at 7.23.53 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/5/4/3541f19cde6d9023017b802b961aff380d5d7166.png)

1. Check the email logs → There is no trace of emails of type `user_watching_first_post` sent to the group members in any of the tabs (Sent, Skipped, Bounced).

In contrast, `Watching` notification group emails are indeed sent.

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-24 at 10.00.19 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/d/d/6ddc07004064a5412fe965cb710cf0ceec7690af.png)

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-24 at 9.52.51 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/b/d/dbd6cb127c7343d4372be908cf93cfd5ebc790df.png)

 ![Screenshot 2023-05-24 at 9.53.30 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/3/7/9378a63ead29d8ea3199f8e0c7c6aec93ae62533.png)

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### Author: ![selase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/selase/32/270909_2.png) [@selase](https://meta.discourse.org/u/selase)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-email-notifications-are-not-sent-when-set-to-watching-first-post/266141/6 "2023-06-09T10:48:13Z")

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This should be resolved now. Thanks for the detailed report @pedro

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21997](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21997)

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### Author: ![selase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/selase/32/270909_2.png) [@selase](https://meta.discourse.org/u/selase)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-email-notifications-are-not-sent-when-set-to-watching-first-post/266141/7 "2023-06-09T16:23:35Z")

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