This PR addresses a race condition in the contact inbox model caused by
duplicate `source_id` values linked to different contacts.
The issue typically occurs when an agent updates a contact’s email or
phone number or when two contacts are merged. In these scenarios, the
`source_id`, which is intended to uniquely identify the contact in a
session, may still be associated with the old contact inbox.
To solve this, we check if there’s already a ContactInbox with the same
source_id but linked to another contact. If we find one, we update that
old record by changing its source_id to a random value. This breaks the
wrong connection and prevents issues, while still keeping the old data
safe.
However, this is only a temporary fix. The main issue is with the way
the contact inbox model is designed. Right now, it’s being used to track
sessions, but that may not be necessary for non-live chat channels. In
the long run, we should consider redesigning this part of the system to
avoid such problems.
- Add endpoint which lists inboxes through which a contact can be contacted
- Conversation creation API auto-creates contact_inbox for specific channels [ Twilio, email, api]
- Ability to send the initial message payload along with the conversation creation
- Fixes#1678 ( issue saving additional attributes for conversation )
