diff --git a/addons/sale_async_emails/__init__.py b/addons/sale_async_emails/__init__.py
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+++ b/addons/sale_async_emails/__init__.py
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+# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
+
+from . import models
diff --git a/addons/sale_async_emails/__manifest__.py b/addons/sale_async_emails/__manifest__.py
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+++ b/addons/sale_async_emails/__manifest__.py
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+# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
+
+{
+ 'name': "Sales - Async Emails",
+ 'category': 'Sales/Sales',
+ 'summary': "Send order status emails asynchronously",
+ 'depends': ['sale'],
+ 'data': [
+ 'data/ir_config_parameter.xml',
+ 'data/ir_cron.xml',
+ ],
+ 'auto_install': True,
+ 'license': 'LGPL-3',
+}
diff --git a/addons/sale_async_emails/data/ir_config_parameter.xml b/addons/sale_async_emails/data/ir_config_parameter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..633ff0deb7e
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+++ b/addons/sale_async_emails/data/ir_config_parameter.xml
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+
+
+
+
+ sale.async_emails
+ False
+
+
+
diff --git a/addons/sale_async_emails/data/ir_cron.xml b/addons/sale_async_emails/data/ir_cron.xml
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index 00000000000..57291dee7a8
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+++ b/addons/sale_async_emails/data/ir_cron.xml
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+
+
+
+
+ Sales: Send pending emails
+
+ code
+ model._cron_send_pending_emails()
+
+ 1
+ days
+ -1
+ True
+
+
+
diff --git a/addons/sale_async_emails/models/__init__.py b/addons/sale_async_emails/models/__init__.py
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index 00000000000..83d45ea62a4
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+++ b/addons/sale_async_emails/models/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
+
+from . import sale_order
diff --git a/addons/sale_async_emails/models/sale_order.py b/addons/sale_async_emails/models/sale_order.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5c54bbe457
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+++ b/addons/sale_async_emails/models/sale_order.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
+
+from odoo import api, fields, models
+from odoo.tools.misc import str2bool
+
+
+class SaleOrder(models.Model):
+ _inherit = 'sale.order'
+
+ pending_email_template_id = fields.Many2one(
+ string="Pending Email Template",
+ help="The template of the pending email that must be sent asynchronously.",
+ comodel_name='mail.template',
+ ondelete='set null',
+ readonly=True,
+ )
+
+ def _send_order_notification_mail(self, mail_template):
+ """ Override of `sale` to reschedule order status emails to be sent asynchronously. """
+ async_send = str2bool(self.env['ir.config_parameter'].sudo().get_param('sale.async_emails'))
+ cron = async_send and self.env.ref('sale_async_emails.cron', raise_if_not_found=False)
+ if async_send and cron and not self.env.context.get('is_async_email', False):
+ # Schedule the email to be sent asynchronously.
+ self.pending_email_template_id = mail_template
+ cron._trigger()
+ else: # We are in the cron job, or the user has disabled async emails.
+ super()._send_order_notification_mail(mail_template) # Send the email synchronously.
+
+ @api.model
+ def _cron_send_pending_emails(self, auto_commit=True):
+ """ Find and send pending order status emails asynchronously.
+
+ :param bool auto_commit: Whether the database cursor should be committed as soon as an email
+ is sent. Set to False in unit tests.
+ :return: None
+ """
+ pending_email_orders = self.search([('pending_email_template_id', '!=', False)])
+ for order in pending_email_orders:
+ order = order[0] # Avoid pre-fetching after each cache invalidation due to committing.
+ order.with_context(is_async_email=True)._send_order_notification_mail(
+ order.pending_email_template_id
+ ) # Asynchronously resume the email sending.
+ order.pending_email_template_id = None
+ if auto_commit:
+ self.env.cr.commit() # Save progress in case the cron is killed.
diff --git a/addons/sale_async_emails/tests/__init__.py b/addons/sale_async_emails/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e8180e07e5
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+++ b/addons/sale_async_emails/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
+
+from . import test_sale_order
diff --git a/addons/sale_async_emails/tests/test_sale_order.py b/addons/sale_async_emails/tests/test_sale_order.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9724d1a4bc
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+++ b/addons/sale_async_emails/tests/test_sale_order.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from odoo.tests import tagged
+
+from odoo.addons.sale.tests.common import SaleCommon
+
+
+@tagged('post_install', '-at_install')
+class TestSaleOrder(SaleCommon):
+
+ @classmethod
+ def setUpClass(cls):
+ super().setUpClass()
+ cls.async_emails_cron = cls.env.ref('sale_async_emails.cron')
+ cls.confirmation_email_template = cls.sale_order._get_confirmation_template()
+
+ def test_order_status_email_is_sent_asynchronously(self):
+ """ Test that the order status email is sent asynchronously when configured. """
+ self.env['ir.config_parameter'].set_param('sale.async_emails', 'True')
+
+ with patch(
+ 'odoo.addons.sale.models.sale_order.SaleOrder._send_order_notification_mail'
+ ) as sync_email_send_mock:
+ self.sale_order._send_order_notification_mail(self.confirmation_email_template)
+ self.assertTrue(
+ self.sale_order.pending_email_template_id,
+ msg="The email template should be saved on the sales order.",
+ )
+ self.assertTrue(
+ self.env['ir.cron.trigger'].search_count(
+ [('cron_id', '=', self.async_emails_cron.id)]
+ ),
+ msg="The asynchronous email sending cron should be triggered.",
+ )
+ self.assertEqual(
+ sync_email_send_mock.call_count,
+ 0,
+ msg="The email should not also be sent synchronously.",
+ )
+
+ def test_order_status_email_is_sent_synchronously_if_not_configured(self):
+ """ Test that the order status email is sent synchronously when nothing is configured. """
+ self.env['ir.config_parameter'].set_param('sale.async_emails', 'False')
+
+ with patch(
+ 'odoo.addons.sale.models.sale_order.SaleOrder._send_order_notification_mail'
+ ) as sync_email_send_mock:
+ self.sale_order._send_order_notification_mail(self.confirmation_email_template)
+ self.assertEqual(
+ sync_email_send_mock.call_count,
+ 1,
+ msg="The email should be sent synchronously when the system parameter is not set.",
+ )
+
+ def test_async_emails_cron_does_not_trigger_itself(self):
+ """ Test that the asynchronous email sending cron does not enter an infinite loop. """
+ self.env['ir.config_parameter'].set_param('sale.async_emails', 'True')
+ self.sale_order.pending_email_template_id = self.confirmation_email_template
+
+ with patch(
+ 'odoo.addons.sale.models.sale_order.SaleOrder._send_order_notification_mail'
+ ) as sync_email_send_mock:
+ self.env['sale.order']._cron_send_pending_emails(auto_commit=False)
+ self.assertFalse(
+ self.sale_order.pending_email_template_id,
+ msg="The email template should be removed from the sales order.",
+ )
+ self.assertEqual(
+ sync_email_send_mock.call_count,
+ 1,
+ msg="The email should be sent synchronously when requested by the cron.",
+ )