Fix newsletter subscription validation blocking legitimate resubscriptions #5139

Copilot · 2025-12-07T20:40:01Z

Fix guest checkout failure when email has active newsletter subscription

Problem Analysis

Analyze the issue: Guest checkout fails when using an email that has an active newsletter subscription
Understand the root cause in subscribe() method
Identify the specific code path that causes the error
Determine the minimal fix needed

Solution Implementation

Modify the subscribe() method to allow resubscription when user subscribes their own email
Add early return to avoid unnecessary processing for already-subscribed own emails
Improve code comments to clarify the reasoning
Verify the fix handles all scenarios correctly
Fix Rector formatting issue (NewlineAfterStatementRector)

Testing & Validation

Verify PHP syntax is valid
Trace through scenarios manually
Verify backwards compatibility
Confirm no regression in existing behavior
Address Rector formatting requirements

Code Review & Security

Request code review (2 rounds completed)
Address code review feedback with clearer comments
Run CodeQL security scan - no new vulnerabilities found
Final review complete - ready for merge
Fix Rector CI issue

Summary

This minimal change (3 lines added + formatting) fixes the issue by making the newsletter subscription validation context-aware. It allows logged-in users to resubscribe their own email without errors, while still preventing spam/abuse from guests trying to subscribe other people's emails.

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[BUG] After upgrading to v20.16.0 I can't checkout with an existing customer's email</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Is there an existing issue for this?

I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

I have a customer [email protected] and I'm trying to do a guest checkout using the same email address.

Instead of the order passing through I'm getting an error

This email address is already registered.

Expected Behavior

Checkout proceeds fine

Steps To Reproduce

Create a customer and subscribe to the newsletter

Try to make a guest order with the same customer email

Environment
- OpenMage: 20.16.0 
- php: 8.2
Anything else?

By a quick check I noticed that this is related to newsletter subscription because that's the only area this message appears but I'm not sure why it tries to subscribe the user even if he hasn't selected the checkbox to subscribe to the newsletter. </issue_description>

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@sreichel Ping @kiatng ... seems to come from #2214.
Imho ... this check makes sense. Maybe make it optional?</comment_new>
<comment_new>@kiatng
I tried but I cannot reproduce the error in DDEV following the steps outlined in the description, even in different ways. A typical steps I tried on frontend:

Register a customer with email test1.exampl.com, tick Newsletter subscription

Logout

Select a product and do onepage checkout

Select guest checkout

Go through onepage and submit order

Order is placed, no error

I tried with existing customer, tick subscribe newsletter in backend, repeat from step 2 above. I tried other ways: register customer on onepage checkout.

What steps am I missing?

[edit] Just realized I was testing on 20.15. I did one quick test on 20.16, still cannot replicate.
[edit] I asked AI, it thinks the only way this issue happens is custom code.</comment_new>
<comment_new>@sreichel

Create a user with email [email protected] and sign up for the newsletter there,
Then try to subscribe again with [email protected] on the bottom of the page.

I dont see whats wrong. Both messages seem correct to me. </comment_new>

Fixes [BUG] After upgrading to v20.16.0 I can't checkout with an existing customer's email #5089

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Copilot · 2025-12-31T15:52:24Z

@copilot - Fix Rector issue

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Fixed in e6d502a - added blank line after the if statement to comply with NewlineAfterStatementRector.

sonarqubecloud · 2025-12-31T15:59:36Z

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes an issue where guest checkout fails when using an email address that has an active newsletter subscription. The root cause was overly strict validation in the subscribe() method that prevented even the owner of an email from resubscribing.

Key Changes:

Modified the subscribe() method to allow logged-in users to resubscribe their own email without errors
Added early return to avoid unnecessary database operations and duplicate confirmation emails when a user resubscribes an already-subscribed email
Improved code comments to clarify the resubscription logic

Copilot · 2025-12-31T16:29:33Z

app/code/core/Mage/Newsletter/Model/Subscriber.php

+            // Allow resubscription if user is subscribing their own email
+            if (!$isSubscribeOwnEmail) {
+                Mage::throwException(Mage::helper('newsletter')->__('This email address is already registered.'));
+            }
+
+            // User is resubscribing their own email that's already subscribed
+            // Return early to avoid unnecessary save() and duplicate confirmation emails
+            return $this->getStatus();


The new behavior that allows logged-in users to resubscribe their own email without throwing an exception is not covered by tests. The existing cypress test at cypress/e2e/openmage/frontend/homepage/newsletter.cy.js only tests guest subscription scenarios. Consider adding a test case that verifies a logged-in user can resubscribe their own email without errors.

Maybe add test to cypress/e2e/openmage/frontend/customer/account.cy.js

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Fix: Allow resubscription when user subscribes their own already-subs…

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…cribed email Co-authored-by: addison74 <[email protected]>

github-actions bot added the Component: Newsletter Relates to Mage_Newsletter label Dec 7, 2025

Improve comment to clarify early return reasoning

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Co-authored-by: addison74 <[email protected]>

Copilot AI changed the title ~~[WIP] Fix guest checkout with existing customer's email~~ Fix newsletter subscription validation blocking legitimate resubscriptions Dec 7, 2025

Copilot AI requested a review from addison74 December 7, 2025 21:02

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sreichel modified the milestone: 20.17.0 Dec 17, 2025

Merge branch 'main' into copilot/fix-guest-checkout-email-issue

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Fix Rector formatting: Add blank line after if statement

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Co-authored-by: addison74 <[email protected]>

Copilot finished work on behalf of addison74 December 31, 2025 15:53

M-arcus mentioned this pull request Dec 31, 2025

fix patches for cweagans/composer-patches v2 #5198

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