---
id: 3-8
title: 3-8 Consultation Reminders
status: QA Review
date: 2026-09-27
parent: 3
---

## Description

As a client, I want to receive reminder emails before my consultation, So that I don't forget my appointment and can prepare accordingly. Context: Integrates with: consultations table, Laravel scheduler, email notifications; Technology: Laravel Queue, Scheduler, Mailable; Follows pattern: Scheduled job pattern. Full implementation history: docs/stories/story-3.8-consultation-reminders.md

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Sent 24 hours before consultation
- [ ] Includes:
- [ ] Sent 2 hours before consultation
- [ ] Includes:
- [ ] Only for approved consultations
- [ ] Skip cancelled consultations
- [ ] Skip no-show consultations
- [ ] Don't send duplicate reminders
- [ ] Handle timezone correctly
- [ ] Email in client's preferred language
- [ ] Arabic template for Arabic preference
- [ ] English template for English preference
- [ ] Scheduled jobs run reliably
- [ ] Retry on failure
- [ ] Logging for debugging
- [ ] Tests for reminder logic