changes

src/docker-compose.yml

@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ services:
     # command: "python"
     command: >
       bash -c " python manage.py migrate &&
-      python manage.py load &&
       python manage.py createcachetable &&
+      python manage.py load &&
       python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080"
 
   db:

src/registrar/admin.py

@@ -1690,8 +1690,7 @@ class DomainRequestAdmin(ListHeaderAdmin, ImportExportModelAdmin):
             return super().save_model(request, obj, form, change)
 
         # == Handle non-status changes == #
-        # Change this in #1901. Add a check on "not self.action_needed_reason_email"
+        if obj.action_needed_reason and not self.action_needed_reason_email:
-        if obj.action_needed_reason:
             self._handle_action_needed_reason_email(obj)
             should_save = True
 
@@ -1911,14 +1910,17 @@ class DomainRequestAdmin(ListHeaderAdmin, ImportExportModelAdmin):
         # Call the superclass method with updated extra_context
         return super().change_view(request, object_id, form_url, extra_context)
 
+    # TODO - scrap this approach and just centralize everything
     def get_all_action_needed_reason_emails_as_json(self, domain_request):
         """Returns a json dictionary of every action needed reason and its associated email
         for this particular domain request."""
         emails = {}
         for action_needed_reason in domain_request.ActionNeededReasons:
             enum_value = action_needed_reason.value
-            # Change this in #1901. Just add a check for the current value.
+            if domain_request.action_needed_reason == enum_value and domain_request.action_needed_reason_email:
-            emails[enum_value] = self._get_action_needed_reason_default_email_text(domain_request, enum_value)
+                emails[enum_value] = domain_request.action_needed_reason_email
+            else:
+                emails[enum_value] = self._get_action_needed_reason_default_email_text(domain_request, enum_value)
         return json.dumps(emails)
 
     def _get_action_needed_reason_default_email_text(self, domain_request, action_needed_reason: str):

src/registrar/models/domain_request.py

@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ class DomainRequest(TimeStampedModel):
             logger.error(f"Can't query an approved domain while attempting {called_from}")
 
     def _send_status_update_email(
-        self, new_status, email_template, email_template_subject, send_email=True, bcc_address="", wrap_email=False
+        self, new_status, email_template, email_template_subject, bcc_address="", context=None, **kwargs
     ):
         """Send a status update email to the creator.
 
@@ -683,13 +683,21 @@ class DomainRequest(TimeStampedModel):
         If the waffle flag "profile_feature" is active, then this email will be sent to the
         domain request creator rather than the submitter
 
+        kwargs:
         send_email: bool -> Used to bypass the send_templated_email function, in the event
         we just want to log that an email would have been sent, rather than actually sending one.
 
         wrap_email: bool -> Wraps emails using `wrap_text_and_preserve_paragraphs` if any given
         paragraph exceeds our desired max length (for prettier display).
+
+        custom_email_content: str -> Renders an email with the content of this string as its body text.
         """
 
+        # Email config options
+        wrap_email = kwargs.get("wrap_email", False)
+        send_email = kwargs.get("send_email", True)
+        custom_email_content = kwargs.get("custom_email_content", None)
+
         recipient = self.creator if flag_is_active(None, "profile_feature") else self.submitter
         if recipient is None or recipient.email is None:
             logger.warning(
@@ -705,15 +713,21 @@ class DomainRequest(TimeStampedModel):
             return None
 
         try:
+            if not context:
+                context = {
+                    "domain_request": self,
+                    # This is the user that we refer to in the email
+                    "recipient": recipient,
+                }
+
+            if custom_email_content:
+                context["custom_email_content"] = custom_email_content
+
             send_templated_email(
                 email_template,
                 email_template_subject,
                 recipient.email,
-                context={
+                context=context,
-                    "domain_request": self,
-                    # This is the user that we refer to in the email
-                    "recipient": recipient,
-                },
                 bcc_address=bcc_address,
                 wrap_email=wrap_email,
             )
@@ -844,12 +858,12 @@ class DomainRequest(TimeStampedModel):
         if self.action_needed_reason and self.action_needed_reason != self.ActionNeededReasons.OTHER:
             self._send_action_needed_reason_email(send_email)
 
-    def _send_action_needed_reason_email(self, send_email=True):
+    def _send_action_needed_reason_email(self, send_email=True, custom_email_content=None):
         """Sends out an automatic email for each valid action needed reason provided"""
 
         # Store the filenames of the template and template subject
         email_template_name: str = ""
-        email_template_subject_name: str = ""
+        email_template_subject_name: str = "" if not custom_email_content else "custom_email"
 
         # Check for the "type" of action needed reason.
         can_send_email = True
@@ -877,6 +891,7 @@ class DomainRequest(TimeStampedModel):
                 email_template_subject=f"emails/action_needed_reasons/{email_template_subject_name}",
                 send_email=send_email,
                 bcc_address=bcc_address,
+                custom_email_content=custom_email_content,
                 wrap_email=True,
             )
 

src/registrar/templates/emails/action_needed_reasons/custom_email.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{% comment %} {% autoescape off %}{# In a text file, we don't want to have HTML entities escaped #} {% endcomment %}
+{{ custom_email_content }}