app/controllers/orders_controller.rb

@@ -188,15 +188,8 @@ class OrdersController < ApplicationController
           # Don't fail the payment process due to job scheduling issues
         end
 
-        # Send confirmation emails
-        @order.tickets.each do |ticket|
-          begin
-            TicketMailer.purchase_confirmation(ticket).deliver_now
-          rescue => e
-            Rails.logger.error "Failed to send confirmation email for ticket #{ticket.id}: #{e.message}"
-            # Don't fail the entire payment process due to email/PDF generation issues
-          end
-        end
+        # Email confirmation is handled by the order model's mark_as_paid! method
+        # to avoid duplicate emails
 
         # Clear session data
         session.delete(:pending_cart)

test/models/order_email_test.rb

@@ -25,15 +25,14 @@ class OrderEmailTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert @order.tickets.all? { |ticket| ticket.status == "active" }
   end
 
-  test "email sending is part of the transaction" do
+  test "email sending failure does not prevent order completion" do
     # Mock mailer to raise an error
     TicketMailer.stubs(:purchase_confirmation_order).raises(StandardError.new("Email error"))
     
-    assert_raises(StandardError) do
+    # Should not raise error - email failure is logged but doesn't fail the payment
     @order.mark_as_paid!
-    end
     
-    # Order should not be marked as paid if email fails
-    assert_equal "draft", @order.reload.status
+    # Order should still be marked as paid even if email fails
+    assert_equal "paid", @order.reload.status
   end
 end