fix(gmail-sync): replace in:inbox with -in:sent -in:drafts

in:inbox matches only messages currently in the Inbox, so it silently
excluded archived mail and everything routed past the inbox by a
label-and-archive filter - exactly the mail matched by the job-search
label Step 3.1 hunts for. The stated intent ("skip sent/drafts") is what
the negative operators express. Failure mode was silent under-detection
that read as "no updates" and left the tracker stale. Review finding F18
(2026-08-19).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Mads Lorentzen
2026-08-19 19:55:48 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5
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@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ Lookback window: `since <date>` argument if given, else `state.last_sync` if set
- A quoted-name OR-group of the open applications' company names, e.g. `{"Acme Corp" "BigCo"}`
- A sender-domain OR-group of common ATS platforms: `{from:greenhouse.io from:lever.co from:myworkday.com from:ashbyhq.com from:smartrecruiters.com from:icims.com from:bamboohr.com}`
- The lookback bound, e.g. `newer_than:30d` or `after:2026/06/15`
- `in:inbox` (skip sent/drafts - status signals come from what employers send you, not what you sent them)
- `-in:sent -in:drafts` (status signals come from what employers send you, not what you sent them; the negative operators keep **archived** mail and label-filtered mail in scope - restricting to the Inbox instead would silently drop both, including exactly the mail matched by the job-search label from step 1, since the standard filter that applies such a label also archives it)
Example: `newer_than:30d in:inbox ({"Acme Corp" "BigCo"} OR {from:greenhouse.io from:lever.co from:myworkday.com from:ashbyhq.com})`
Example: `newer_than:30d -in:sent -in:drafts ({"Acme Corp" "BigCo"} OR {from:greenhouse.io from:lever.co from:myworkday.com from:ashbyhq.com})`
4. Call `search_threads` with `view: THREAD_VIEW_MINIMAL`, `pageSize: 50`, paginating via `pageToken` until exhausted or results are clearly outside the relevant window.