---
id: 8-9
title: 8-9 Admin Notification - New Booking
status: QA Review
date: 2026-09-27
parent: 8
---

## Description

As an admin, I want to be notified when a client submits a booking request, So that I can review and respond promptly. Using Mailable pattern to align with sibling stories (8.2-8.8):. Full implementation history: docs/stories/story-8.9-admin-notification-new-booking.md

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Sent immediately after successful consultation creation (same trigger as Story 8.3)
- [ ] Consultation status: pending
- [ ] Email queued for async delivery
- [ ] First user with `user_type = 'admin'` in the database
- [ ] If no admin exists, log error but don't fail the booking process
- [ ] Subject line: "[Action Required] New Consultation Request" / "[إجراء مطلوب] طلب استشارة جديد"
- [ ] "New Consultation Request" heading
- [ ] Client name:
- [ ] Requested date and time (formatted per admin's language preference)
- [ ] Problem summary (full text, no truncation)
- [ ] Client contact information:
- [ ] "Review Request" button linking to consultation detail in admin dashboard
- [ ] "[Action Required]" prefix in subject line (English)
- [ ] "[إجراء مطلوب]" prefix in subject line (Arabic)
- [ ] Email sent in admin's `preferred_language`
- [ ] Default to 'en' (English) if admin has no preference set (admin-facing communications default to English)