From dcbda2825e2c4d25c7c2e065e0f809116ce306e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aadil Ahmed <aadil.ahmed@kainos.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:27:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Email case team only when there's no external reference

---
 .../middlewares/services/SubmitService/SubmitService.ts   | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/src/middlewares/services/SubmitService/SubmitService.ts b/api/src/middlewares/services/SubmitService/SubmitService.ts
index a113c3c6..8d172083 100644
--- a/api/src/middlewares/services/SubmitService/SubmitService.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/services/SubmitService/SubmitService.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,12 @@ export class SubmitService {
         type,
         metadata,
       });
-      const caseProcessJob = await caseService.sendToProcessQueue(processQueueData);
-      this.logger.info({ reference, caseProcessJob }, `SES_PROCESS job queued successfully for ${reference}`);
+
+      // only email case team when there is no external reference (i.e. from Orbit) indicating a submission failure there
+      if (!metadata?.externalReference) {
+        const caseProcessJob = await caseService.sendToProcessQueue(processQueueData);
+        this.logger.info({reference, caseProcessJob}, `SES_PROCESS job queued successfully for ${reference}`);
+      }
 
       const userProcessJob = await this.userService.sendToProcessQueue(answers, { reference, payment: metadata.pay, type, postal: metadata.postal });