From 789abd38d57fb45552d1eccb98d048de3d79fc7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B8rgen=20Galdal?= <jorgen.4@live.no>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:05:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add try around confirmation email/sms

---
 pages/api/applicants/index.ts | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pages/api/applicants/index.ts b/pages/api/applicants/index.ts
index e1308d3c..1a05d6ba 100644
--- a/pages/api/applicants/index.ts
+++ b/pages/api/applicants/index.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,16 @@ const handler = async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
       const mode = process.env.NODE_ENV;
 
       if (applicant && mode == "production") {
-        await sendConfirmationEmail(applicant);
-        await sendConfirmationSMS(applicant);
+        try {
+          await sendConfirmationEmail(applicant);
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error("Could not send confirmation email", error);
+        }
+        try {
+          await sendConfirmationSMS(applicant);
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error("Could not send confirmation SMS", error);
+        }
       }
 
       return res.status(201).json({ applicant });

From 7e27310210ee2d660af4191bfc4758dd3688c91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B8rgen=20Galdal?= <jorgen.4@live.no>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:11:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add failsafe for other emails

---
 lib/sendInterviewTimes/formatAndSend.ts | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 pages/api/applicants/index.ts           | 13 +++++++----
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/sendInterviewTimes/formatAndSend.ts b/lib/sendInterviewTimes/formatAndSend.ts
index ace1da82..34f0b02c 100644
--- a/lib/sendInterviewTimes/formatAndSend.ts
+++ b/lib/sendInterviewTimes/formatAndSend.ts
@@ -25,21 +25,34 @@ export const formatAndSendEmails = async ({
     // Send email to each applicant
     applicantsToEmail.forEach(
       async (applicant: emailApplicantInterviewType) => {
-        await sendEmail({
-          toEmails: [applicant.applicantEmail],
-          subject: `Hei, ${applicant.applicantName}, her er dine intervjutider:`,
-          htmlContent: formatApplicantInterviewEmail(applicant),
-        });
+        let potentialError;
+
+        try {
+          await sendEmail({
+            toEmails: [applicant.applicantEmail],
+            subject: `Hei, ${applicant.applicantName}, her er dine intervjutider:`,
+            htmlContent: formatApplicantInterviewEmail(applicant),
+          });
+        } catch (error) {
+          potentialError = error;
+        } finally {
+          sendSMS(
+            `+${applicant.applicantPhone}`,
+            formatInterviewSMS(applicant),
+          );
+        }
 
-        sendSMS(`+${applicant.applicantPhone}`, formatInterviewSMS(applicant));
-      }
+        if (potentialError) {
+          throw potentialError;
+        }
+      },
     );
 
     // Send email to each committee
     committeesToEmail.forEach(
       async (committee: emailCommitteeInterviewType) => {
         const subject = `${changeDisplayName(
-          committee.committeeName
+          committee.committeeName,
         )} sine intervjutider for ${committee.period_name}`;
 
         await sendEmail({
@@ -47,7 +60,7 @@ export const formatAndSendEmails = async ({
           subject: subject,
           htmlContent: formatCommitteeInterviewEmail(committee),
         });
-      }
+      },
     );
   } catch (error) {
     return { error: "Failed to send out interview times" };
diff --git a/pages/api/applicants/index.ts b/pages/api/applicants/index.ts
index 1a05d6ba..ee6440cb 100644
--- a/pages/api/applicants/index.ts
+++ b/pages/api/applicants/index.ts
@@ -56,15 +56,18 @@ const handler = async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
       const mode = process.env.NODE_ENV;
 
       if (applicant && mode == "production") {
+        let potentialError;
+
         try {
           await sendConfirmationEmail(applicant);
         } catch (error) {
-          console.error("Could not send confirmation email", error);
-        }
-        try {
+          potentialError = error;
+        } finally {
           await sendConfirmationSMS(applicant);
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error("Could not send confirmation SMS", error);
+        }
+
+        if (potentialError) {
+          throw potentialError;
         }
       }