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Enable email alerts in Semaphore

Task #132: Enable email alerts in Semaphore

Added by Frank Refol 19 days ago. Updated 19 days ago.

Status:
Open
Priority:
Will Not Have
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Category:
Semaphore
Start date:
11/24/2025
Due date:
% Done:

0%

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Description

See the following to enable email alerts in Semaphore.

https://docs.semaphoreui.com/administration-guide/notifications/email/

Use Google email forwarding, https://support.google.com/a/answer/176600?hl=en

SMTP Hostname: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Port: 587
Encryption: True
SMTP Login: Gmail Login Account
From Email: Semaphore

FR Updated by Frank Refol 19 days ago Actions #1

  • Status changed from New to In Progress

FR Updated by Frank Refol 19 days ago Actions #2

  • Description updated (diff)

FR Updated by Frank Refol 19 days ago Actions #3

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FR Updated by Frank Refol 19 days ago Actions #4

Tried the following config.json.

  "email_alert": true,
  "email_sender": "myaccount@gmail.com",
  "email_host": "smtp.gmail.com",
  "email_port": "587",
  "email_secure" : true,
  "email_username" : "myaccount@gmail.com",
  "email_password" : "gmail app password",
  "email_tls": true,

Getting the following error when trying to test.

2025-11-24T12:51:03.123732-05:00 semaphore-0 semaphore[83622]: time="2025-11-24T12:51:03-05:00" level=error msg="tls: first record does not look like a TLS handshake" fields.level=Error

FR Updated by Frank Refol 19 days ago Actions #5

  • Status changed from In Progress to Open
  • Priority changed from Must Have to Will Not Have

There appears to be an issue with Semaphore communicating with Gmail. Reopening this ticket and lower its priority.

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