R-1199: a box whose household never saved its notification choice pushes the default list its page shows at start, so the hub mails by it; unreleased

controller/internal/settings/settings.go

@@ -676,6 +676,15 @@ func (p *NotificationPrefs) SyncOnStartup() bool {
 	return p != nil && (p.Email != "" || p.EmailCleared)
 }
 
+// NotificationPrefsSaved reports whether the household ever saved its notification choice on this box. A box that never
+// did shows DefaultEnabledEvents ticked on its page (GetNotificationPrefs) — R-1199: the hub must then mail by that
+// same list, so the start-up sync pushes it (main.go, prefsSyncAtStartup).
+func (s *Settings) NotificationPrefsSaved() bool {
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
+	return s.Notifications != nil
+}
+
 // DefaultEnabledEvents are the events enabled by default for new customers.
 var DefaultEnabledEvents = []string{
 	"backup_failed",