Hardware→Outpost: in-app notification instead of the after-recording popup

[dhamariT]

Per review feedback: recording a timelapse on a hardware project shouldn't throw a modal — send an in-app notification instead (lands in the notifications list, like the achievement/shop-order rows).

What changed

• New notification type Notifications::HardwareMovedToOutpost — inbox-only (low priority, no Slack/email), aggregatable so a builder who records repeatedly keeps a single unread notice instead of a pile. Registered in Notifications::Registry and given an alert-triangle icon; inbox partial reads "Hardware projects have moved to Hack Club Outpost" with the subtitle "Building hardware? It all happens over on Hack Club Outpost now." and links to outpost.hackclub.com.
• Fires from LookoutSessionsController#create for hardware projects (flag hardware_to_outpost), after the session is created — recording is unaffected.
• Removed the on-recorder popup (Show the hardware→Outpost notice after a timelapse, not before #765): the record.html.erb render + the capture controller's showHardwareOutpostNotice trigger/method.

Unchanged

Project creation (starting a new hardware project, or picking a hardware mission in the setup wizard) still shows the Outpost popup up front — this only moves the timelapse nudge from a modal to a notification. The popup partial + modal controller are still used there.

Gating

Fires only when the user has hardware_to_outpost (the feature flag) and week_2_release (the notification system's own rollout gate — every notification type inherits this).

Testing

• ruby -c / node --check / ERB parse all clean; net +17 lines.
• Manual (both flags on, hardware project): start a timelapse → it records normally → a "Hardware projects have moved to Hack Club Outpost" notification appears in the inbox; no modal.

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Note

Low Risk
Changes are feature-flagged, non-blocking on the recording path, and the backfill defaults to dry-run; no auth or payment logic touched.

Overview
Hardware → Outpost messaging for Lookout timelapses moves from a blocking modal on the recorder to an in-app notification that appears when a hardware project starts a Lookout session (after the session is created, recording unchanged).

Adds Notifications::HardwareMovedToOutpost: low-priority, inbox-only, aggregatable, with an inbox partial linking to Outpost and preview copy. Notification rows can show a brand image chip (Outpost favicon) via new TYPE_ICON_IMAGES styling in the item component.

Removes the hardware Outpost modal from record.html.erb and showHardwareOutpostNotice in the capture controller. Project creation / setup wizards still use the existing Outpost popup.

Adds a one-time backfill job (dry-run by default) to notify all users with hardware project memberships, reusing the same notify path and aggregation rules.

Gated by hardware_to_outpost on the Lookout create path and the notification system’s usual rollout gates on notify.

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Missing aggregate group key

Medium Severity

HardwareMovedToOutpost sets aggregatable but leaves the default build_group_key (nil). Other aggregatable notification types define a non-nil key so the partial unique index can dedupe unread rows; with a nil group_key, concurrent notify calls can each insert a separate unread notification instead of one aggregated notice.

 

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Timelapse nudge lost without inbox

Medium Severity

The recorder Outpost modal was removed for users with only hardware_to_outpost, while the replacement notification is skipped unless week_2_release is enabled for the recipient inside Notification.notify. Those users no longer get any timelapse Outpost nudge.

Additional Locations (1)

• app/views/projects/lookout_sessions/record.html.erb#L171-L176

 

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