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Modules/Helpdesk/README.md

@@ -201,3 +201,102 @@ Issue resolved and verified.
 The requested work has been completed and no further action is currently required. This ticket is now closed.
 ```
 
+## Ticket Workflow Stabilisation Checklist
+
+This module treats the following workflows as mandatory production Helpdesk behaviour. Future changes must preserve these flows and update tests when behaviour changes.
+
+### Create ticket
+
+1. Open **Helpdesk > Tickets > Create**.
+2. Enter a subject and details.
+3. Use the browser spell checker in the subject and details editor before submitting.
+4. Attach supporting files where useful.
+5. Click **Create Ticket** once.
+
+Validation must run only after **Create Ticket** is clicked. Rich-text editor synchronisation must not trigger premature validation or require a second click.
+
+### Public reply
+
+1. Open a ticket.
+2. Choose **Public reply**.
+3. Enter the response.
+4. Submit the response.
+
+A public reply is visible in the conversation and counts toward the first-response SLA. The first public response should set the first response timestamp once and must not be overwritten by later replies.
+
+### Internal note
+
+1. Open a ticket.
+2. Choose **Internal note**.
+3. Enter staff-only information.
+4. Submit the note.
+
+Internal notes are not customer-visible and must not satisfy the public first-response SLA.
+
+### Close ticket
+
+1. Open the ticket controls.
+2. Select a closed status.
+3. Enter a mandatory closure comment when prompted.
+4. Choose whether the closure comment is public or internal.
+5. Confirm **Close ticket**.
+
+The closure comment is required for auditability. The resolution SLA should be recorded after closure.
+
+### Reopen ticket
+
+1. Open a closed ticket.
+2. Select an open or in-progress status.
+3. Add a reopen reason where the UI requires one.
+4. Continue with public replies, internal notes, timers and attachments.
+
+The original closure history must remain intact.
+
+### SLA
+
+The SLA panel must show clear operational wording:
+
+- Awaiting public reply.
+- Due soon.
+- SLA met.
+- Responded late.
+- Breached.
+
+It should show who first responded, when they responded, and how long it took. SLA audit events should be retained for review.
+
+### Timer
+
+1. Start a timer only when work begins.
+2. The live elapsed timer appears only while the timer is running.
+3. End the timer when work stops.
+4. Confirm the saved time in the ticket log.
+
+Timer UI must not leave hidden or unused JavaScript files behind.
+
+### Attachments
+
+Attachments may be added to tickets and responses. Uploaded files must remain validated by type and size, stored safely, and associated with the correct ticket/comment.
+
+### Ticket reference sequence
+
+Ticket references must be generated from `helpdesk_ticket_sequences` when the migration has run. The sequence row is locked during ticket creation, and the initial value is calculated from all existing ticket references, including soft-deleted tickets. This avoids duplicate references such as reusing `HD-2026-00002`.
+
+### Spell checking
+
+Browser-native spell checking is enabled on ticket subjects, details, public replies, threaded replies, timer notes and closure comments using `spellcheck="true"` and `lang="en-GB"`.
+
+### Regression coverage expected
+
+The module should keep tests around:
+
+- Create ticket submit-only validation.
+- Body editor synchronisation.
+- Public and internal replies.
+- Mandatory closure comments.
+- Reopen behaviour where implemented.
+- SLA state and audit trail updates.
+- Timer start/end logging.
+- Attachment validation and association.
+- Reference sequence collision prevention.
+- Browser spellcheck attributes on writable fields.
+

Modules/Helpdesk/Resources/views/components/html-editor.blade.php

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                 class="rounded-lg px-2 py-1 text-sm hover:bg-zinc-200 dark:hover:bg-zinc-800">Clear</button>
         </div>
 
-        <div x-ref="editor" contenteditable="true" x-on:input.debounce.150ms="sync" x-on:keyup="sync"
+        <div x-ref="editor" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" x-on:input.debounce.150ms="sync" x-on:keyup="sync"
             x-on:paste="$nextTick(() => sync())" x-on:blur="sync"
             class="prose prose-sm min-h-[{{ (int) $rows * 28 }}px] max-w-none bg-white p-4 text-sm text-zinc-900 outline-none dark:prose-invert dark:bg-zinc-950 dark:text-zinc-100"
             data-placeholder="{{ $placeholder }}"></div>

Modules/Helpdesk/Resources/views/livewire/ticket-create.blade.php

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                         Subject <span class="helpdesk-required-star">*</span>
                     </label>
 
-                    <input id="subject" type="text" maxlength="180" wire:model.defer="subject"
+                    <input id="subject" type="text" spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" maxlength="180" wire:model.defer="subject"
                         class="mt-2 block h-14 w-full max-w-4xl rounded-xl border border-zinc-700 bg-zinc-950 px-4 text-base font-medium text-zinc-100 shadow-sm outline-none transition-colors duration-150 placeholder:text-zinc-500 focus:border-blue-500 focus:bg-zinc-950 focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500/40"
                         data-dusk="ticket-subject" dusk="ticket-subject" autocomplete="off" />
 
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@
 
                         <div id="body-editor"
                             class="min-h-[18rem] w-full px-4 py-3 text-sm leading-6 text-zinc-100 outline-none empty:before:text-zinc-500 empty:before:content-[attr(data-placeholder)]"
-                            contenteditable="true" data-helpdesk-details-editor
+                            contenteditable="true" spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" data-helpdesk-details-editor
                             data-placeholder="Describe the issue, expected outcome, steps to reproduce and any useful context..."
                             data-dusk="ticket-body-editor" dusk="ticket-body-editor">{!! $body ?? '' !!}</div>
                     </div>
 
-                    <textarea id="body" wire:model="body" class="sr-only" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"></textarea>
+                    <textarea id="body" spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" wire:model="body" class="sr-only" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"></textarea>
 
                     @error('body')
                         <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-red-500">{{ $message }}</p>

Modules/Helpdesk/Resources/views/livewire/ticket-show.blade.php

@@ -428,13 +428,13 @@
                             </button>
                         </div>
 
-                        <div id="ticket-comment-body-editor" dusk="ticket-comment-editor" contenteditable="true"
+                        <div id="ticket-comment-body-editor" dusk="ticket-comment-editor" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB"
                              role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" data-helpdesk-rich-editor
                              data-helpdesk-sync-target="ticket-comment-body"
                              class="prose block min-h-[12rem] w-full max-w-none rounded-xl border border-zinc-300 bg-white p-4 text-sm leading-6 text-zinc-900 shadow-sm focus:border-blue-500 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 dark:border-zinc-700 dark:bg-zinc-950 dark:text-zinc-100 dark:prose-invert">
                             {!! $oldCommentBody !!}</div>
 
-                        <textarea dusk="comment-body" data-dusk="comment-body" id="ticket-comment-body"
+                        <textarea dusk="comment-body" spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" data-dusk="comment-body" id="ticket-comment-body"
                                   name="commentBody" required
                                   class="sr-only" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">{{ $oldCommentBody }}</textarea>
                     </div>

Modules/Helpdesk/Resources/views/partials/comment-thread.blade.php

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
                                 <button type="button" data-helpdesk-wrap="<code>" data-helpdesk-wrap-end="</code>"
                                     class="rounded-lg border px-2 py-1 text-xs">Code</button>
                             </div>
-                            <textarea id="reply-body-{{ $comment->id }}" dusk="reply-body-{{ $comment->id }}" name="commentBody" rows="4"
+                            <textarea spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" id="reply-body-{{ $comment->id }}" dusk="reply-body-{{ $comment->id }}" name="commentBody" rows="4"
                                 required
                                 class="block w-full rounded-xl border border-zinc-300 bg-white p-3 text-sm text-zinc-900 shadow-sm focus:border-blue-500 focus:ring-blue-500 dark:border-zinc-700 dark:bg-zinc-950 dark:text-zinc-100"
                                 placeholder="Write a threaded Lotus Notes-style response..."></textarea>

Modules/Helpdesk/Resources/views/partials/ticket-controls.blade.php

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 </button>
             </div>
 
-            <textarea name="description" rows="2" placeholder="Optional work note"
+            <textarea spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" name="description" rows="2" placeholder="Optional work note"
                       class="block w-full rounded-lg border border-zinc-300 bg-white p-2 text-xs font-semibold text-zinc-900 shadow-sm focus:border-emerald-500 focus:ring-emerald-500 dark:border-zinc-700 dark:bg-zinc-950 dark:text-zinc-100"
                       data-dusk="ticket-time-description"></textarea>
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
                         Closure comment <span class="text-red-600">*</span>
                     </label>
 
-                    <textarea id="closure_comment" name="closure_comment" rows="5" minlength="10" maxlength="5000"
+                    <textarea id="closure_comment" spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" name="closure_comment" rows="5" minlength="10" maxlength="5000"
                               placeholder="Explain what was completed, verified, or agreed before closing this ticket."
                               class="block w-full rounded-xl border border-zinc-300 bg-white p-3 text-sm font-semibold text-zinc-900 shadow-sm focus:border-red-500 focus:ring-red-500 dark:border-zinc-700 dark:bg-zinc-950 dark:text-zinc-100"
                               data-helpdesk-closure-comment>{{ old('closure_comment') }}</textarea>

Modules/Helpdesk/Resources/views/partials/time-log-form.blade.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         </button>
     </div>
 
-    <textarea name="description" rows="2" placeholder="Optional work note"
+    <textarea spellcheck="true" lang="en-GB" name="description" rows="2" placeholder="Optional work note"
         class="block w-full rounded-lg border border-zinc-300 bg-white p-2 text-xs font-semibold text-zinc-900 shadow-sm focus:border-emerald-500 focus:ring-emerald-500 dark:border-zinc-700 dark:bg-zinc-950 dark:text-zinc-100"
         data-dusk="ticket-time-description">{{ old('description') }}</textarea>
 

Modules/Helpdesk/Services/TicketReferenceService.php

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace Modules\Helpdesk\Services;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use Modules\Helpdesk\Models\Ticket;
 
 final class TicketReferenceService
@@ -18,48 +19,109 @@ final class TicketReferenceService
     /**
      * Build the next human-readable ticket reference for the current year.
      *
-     * The lookup uses the highest numeric suffix, not the latest database id,
+     * The preferred strategy uses a dedicated sequence row locked inside the
-     * because imported, restored, or manually adjusted tickets may not be in
+     * ticket creation transaction. The initial sequence value is backfilled from
-     * reference order. On PostgreSQL an advisory transaction lock is also used
+     * all existing ticket references, including soft-deleted tickets, so a
-     * so two users cannot generate the same reference at the same time.
+     * previously used reference can never be reused while the unique index still
+     * protects it.
      */
     public function next(): string
     {
-        $year = now()->format('Y');
+        $year = (int) now()->format('Y');
-        $prefix = 'HD-'.$year.'-';
+        $prefix = 'HD';
+        $seriesPrefix = $prefix.'-'.$year.'-';
 
-        $this->lockReferenceSeries($prefix);
+        $this->lockReferenceSeries($seriesPrefix);
 
+        if (Schema::hasTable('helpdesk_ticket_sequences')) {
+            return $this->nextFromSequenceTable($prefix, $year, $seriesPrefix);
+        }
+
+        return $this->nextFromExistingReferences($seriesPrefix);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the next reference from the durable sequence table.
+     */
+    private function nextFromSequenceTable(string $prefix, int $year, string $seriesPrefix): string
+    {
+        $sequence = DB::table('helpdesk_ticket_sequences')
+            ->where('prefix', $prefix)
+            ->where('year', $year)
+            ->lockForUpdate()
+            ->first();
+
+        if (! $sequence) {
+            DB::table('helpdesk_ticket_sequences')->insert([
+                'prefix' => $prefix,
+                'year' => $year,
+                'next_number' => $this->highestExistingSuffix($seriesPrefix) + 1,
+                'created_at' => now(),
+                'updated_at' => now(),
+            ]);
+
+            $sequence = DB::table('helpdesk_ticket_sequences')
+                ->where('prefix', $prefix)
+                ->where('year', $year)
+                ->lockForUpdate()
+                ->first();
+        }
+
+        $nextNumber = max((int) $sequence->next_number, $this->highestExistingSuffix($seriesPrefix) + 1);
+
+        DB::table('helpdesk_ticket_sequences')
+            ->where('id', $sequence->id)
+            ->update([
+                'next_number' => $nextNumber + 1,
+                'updated_at' => now(),
+            ]);
+
+        return $seriesPrefix.str_pad((string) $nextNumber, 5, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fallback for installations that have not run the sequence migration yet.
+     */
+    private function nextFromExistingReferences(string $seriesPrefix): string
+    {
+        return $seriesPrefix.str_pad((string) ($this->highestExistingSuffix($seriesPrefix) + 1), 5, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the highest used suffix across active and soft-deleted tickets.
+     */
+    private function highestExistingSuffix(string $seriesPrefix): int
+    {
         /** @var list<string> $existingReferences */
         $existingReferences = Ticket::query()
             ->withoutGlobalScopes()
             ->withTrashed()
-            ->where('reference', 'like', $prefix.'%')
+            ->where('reference', 'like', $seriesPrefix.'%')
             ->pluck('reference')
-            ->filter(static fn (mixed $reference): bool => is_string($reference) && preg_match('/^'.preg_quote($prefix, '/').'\d+$/', $reference) === 1)
+            ->filter(static fn (mixed $reference): bool => is_string($reference) && preg_match('/^'.preg_quote($seriesPrefix, '/').'\d+$/', $reference) === 1)
             ->values()
             ->all();
 
         $highestSuffix = 0;
 
         foreach ($existingReferences as $existingReference) {
-            $highestSuffix = max($highestSuffix, (int) substr($existingReference, strlen($prefix)));
+            $highestSuffix = max($highestSuffix, (int) substr($existingReference, strlen($seriesPrefix)));
         }
 
-        return $prefix.str_pad((string) ($highestSuffix + 1), 5, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
+        return $highestSuffix;
     }
 
     /**
      * Lock the current ticket reference series for the active transaction.
      */
-    private function lockReferenceSeries(string $prefix): void
+    private function lockReferenceSeries(string $seriesPrefix): void
     {
         if (DB::connection()->getDriverName() !== 'pgsql') {
             return;
         }
 
         DB::select('select pg_advisory_xact_lock(hashtext(?))', [
-            'helpdesk-ticket-reference:'.$prefix,
+            'helpdesk-ticket-reference:'.$seriesPrefix,
         ]);
     }
 }

Modules/Helpdesk/Tests/Feature/TicketTimerSecondsFilesTest.php

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ class TicketTimerSecondsFilesTest extends TestCase
     {
         $component = (string) file_get_contents(base_path('Modules/Helpdesk/Livewire/TicketTimer.php'));
         $model = (string) file_get_contents(base_path('Modules/Helpdesk/Models/TicketTimeLog.php'));
-        $view = (string) file_get_contents(base_path('Modules/Helpdesk/resources/views/livewire/ticket-timer.blade.php'));
+        $view = (string) file_get_contents(base_path('Modules/Helpdesk/Resources/views/livewire/ticket-timer.blade.php'));
 
         $this->assertStringContainsString("'seconds'", $component);
         $this->assertStringContainsString("'seconds'", $model);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('diffInSeconds', $component);
-        $this->assertStringContainsString('sum('seconds')', $component);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString("sum('seconds')", $component);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('formatElapsed', $view);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('data-helpdesk-live-elapsed', $view);
         $this->assertStringNotContainsString('localStorage', $component);
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ class TicketTimerSecondsFilesTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function test_history_query_reads_ticket_time_logs_directly(): void
     {
-        $partial = (string) file_get_contents(base_path('Modules/Helpdesk/resources/views/partials/ticket-time-log-history-query.blade.php'));
+        $partial = (string) file_get_contents(base_path('Modules/Helpdesk/Resources/views/partials/ticket-time-log-history-query.blade.php'));
 
         $this->assertStringContainsString('TicketTimeLog::query()', $partial);
-        $this->assertStringContainsString('whereNotNull('ended_at')', $partial);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString("whereNotNull('ended_at')", $partial);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('seconds', $partial);
     }
 }

Modules/Helpdesk/changelog.yaml

@@ -139,3 +139,15 @@
     - Added an isSaving guard and save-target loading state so duplicate clicks cannot create duplicate submit attempts.
     - Added regression coverage proving draft edits do not fire validation before submit.
     - Preserved append-only changelog history.
+
+- version: 1.9.43
+  date: 2026-06-23
+  type: feature
+  summary: Add Helpdesk stabilisation pack for spellcheck, durable ticket references, workflow documentation and regression coverage.
+  changes:
+    - Added a dedicated helpdesk_ticket_sequences migration so ticket references use a durable yearly sequence instead of relying only on scanning existing tickets.
+    - Updated TicketReferenceService to lock and increment the yearly sequence row inside the ticket creation transaction while still seeding the initial value from active and soft-deleted ticket references.
+    - Enabled browser-native spell checking on ticket creation, public replies, threaded replies, timer notes and closure comments.
+    - Added README workflow instructions for create, public reply, internal note, close, reopen, SLA, timers, attachments, spell checking and ticket reference sequencing.
+    - Added regression coverage for the sequence implementation, spellcheck wiring and documented stabilised workflows.
+    - Preserved append-only changelog history.

Modules/Helpdesk/module.json

@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
         "Modules\\Helpdesk\\Providers\\HelpdeskServiceProvider"
     ],
     "files": [],
-    "version": "1.9.42"
+    "version": "1.9.43"
 }