Task mentions (#926)

Co-authored-by: kolaente <k@knt.li>
Reviewed-on: https://kolaente.dev/vikunja/api/pulls/926
Co-authored-by: konrad <konrad@kola-entertainments.de>
Co-committed-by: konrad <konrad@kola-entertainments.de>

docs/content/doc/development/events-and-listeners.md

@@ -193,3 +193,19 @@ This prevents any events from being fired and lets you assert an event has been
 {{< highlight golang >}}
 events.AssertDispatched(t, &TaskCreatedEvent{})
 {{< /highlight >}}
+
+### Testing a listener
+
+You can call an event listener manually with the `events.TestListener` method like so:
+
+{{< highlight golang >}}
+ev := &TaskCommentCreatedEvent{
+	Task:    &task,
+	Doer:    u,
+	Comment: tc,
+}
+
+events.TestListener(t, ev, &SendTaskCommentNotification{})
+{{< /highlight >}}
+
+This will call the listener's `Handle` method and assert it did not return an error when calling.

pkg/cmd/testmail.go

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var testmailCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		log.Info("Sending testmail...")
 		message := notifications.NewMail().
-			From(config.MailerFromEmail.GetString()).
+			From("Vikunja <"+config.MailerFromEmail.GetString()+">").
 			To(args[0]).
 			Subject("Test from Vikunja").
 			Line("This is a test mail!").

pkg/events/testing.go

@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@
 package events
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill"
+	"github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill/message"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -47,3 +51,13 @@ func AssertDispatched(t *testing.T, event Event) {
 
 	assert.True(t, found, "Failed to assert "+event.Name()+" has been dispatched.")
 }
+
+// TestListener takes an event and a listener and calls the listener's Handle method.
+func TestListener(t *testing.T, event Event, listener Listener) {
+	content, err := json.Marshal(event)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	msg := message.NewMessage(watermill.NewUUID(), content)
+	err = listener.Handle(msg)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}

pkg/mail/send_mail.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func SendTestMail(opts *Opts) error {
 func sendMail(opts *Opts) *gomail.Message {
 	m := gomail.NewMessage()
 	if opts.From == "" {
-		opts.From = config.MailerFromEmail.GetString()
+		opts.From = "Vikunja <" + config.MailerFromEmail.GetString() + ">"
 	}
 	m.SetHeader("From", opts.From)
 	m.SetHeader("To", opts.To)

pkg/migration/20210729142940.go

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2021 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public Licensee for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package migration
+
+import (
+	"src.techknowlogick.com/xormigrate"
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+type notifications20210729142940 struct {
+	SubjectID int64 `xorm:"bigint null" json:"-"`
+}
+
+func (notifications20210729142940) TableName() string {
+	return "notifications"
+}
+
+func init() {
+	migrations = append(migrations, &xormigrate.Migration{
+		ID:          "20210729142940",
+		Description: "Add subject id to notification",
+		Migrate: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return tx.Sync2(notifications20210729142940{})
+		},
+		Rollback: func(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
+			return nil
+		},
+	})
+}

pkg/models/events.go

@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ func (t *TaskCommentCreatedEvent) Name() string {
 	return "task.comment.created"
 }
 
+// TaskCommentUpdatedEvent represents a TaskCommentUpdatedEvent event
+type TaskCommentUpdatedEvent struct {
+	Task    *Task
+	Comment *TaskComment
+	Doer    *user.User
+}
+
+// Name defines the name for TaskCommentUpdatedEvent
+func (t *TaskCommentUpdatedEvent) Name() string {
+	return "task.comment.edited"
+}
+
 //////////////////////
 // Namespace Events //
 //////////////////////

pkg/models/listeners.go

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ import (
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/metrics"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/modules/keyvalue"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/notifications"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/user"
+
 	"github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill/message"
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
 )
 
 // RegisterListeners registers all event listeners
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ func RegisterListeners() {
 	events.RegisterListener((&ListCreatedEvent{}).Name(), &SendListCreatedNotification{})
 	events.RegisterListener((&TaskAssigneeCreatedEvent{}).Name(), &SubscribeAssigneeToTask{})
 	events.RegisterListener((&TeamMemberAddedEvent{}).Name(), &SendTeamMemberAddedNotification{})
+	events.RegisterListener((&TaskCommentUpdatedEvent{}).Name(), &HandleTaskCommentEditMentions{})
+	events.RegisterListener((&TaskCreatedEvent{}).Name(), &HandleTaskCreateMentions{})
+	events.RegisterListener((&TaskUpdatedEvent{}).Name(), &HandleTaskUpdatedMentions{})
 }
 
 //////
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ func (s *IncreaseTaskCounter) Name() string {
 	return "task.counter.increase"
 }
 
-// Hanlde is executed when the event IncreaseTaskCounter listens on is fired
+// Handle is executed when the event IncreaseTaskCounter listens on is fired
 func (s *IncreaseTaskCounter) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
 	return keyvalue.IncrBy(metrics.TaskCountKey, 1)
 }
@@ -72,11 +78,56 @@ func (s *DecreaseTaskCounter) Name() string {
 	return "task.counter.decrease"
 }
 
-// Hanlde is executed when the event DecreaseTaskCounter listens on is fired
+// Handle is executed when the event DecreaseTaskCounter listens on is fired
 func (s *DecreaseTaskCounter) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
 	return keyvalue.DecrBy(metrics.TaskCountKey, 1)
 }
 
+func notifyMentionedUsers(sess *xorm.Session, task *Task, text string, n notifications.NotificationWithSubject) (users map[int64]*user.User, err error) {
+	users, err = FindMentionedUsersInText(sess, text)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(users) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("Processing %d mentioned users for text %d", len(users), n.SubjectID())
+
+	var notified int
+	for _, u := range users {
+		can, _, err := task.CanRead(sess, u)
+		if err != nil {
+			return users, err
+		}
+
+		if !can {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Don't notify a user if they were already notified
+		dbn, err := notifications.GetNotificationsForNameAndUser(sess, u.ID, n.Name(), n.SubjectID())
+		if err != nil {
+			return users, err
+		}
+
+		if len(dbn) > 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		err = notifications.Notify(u, n)
+		if err != nil {
+			return users, err
+		}
+		notified++
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("Notified %d mentioned users for text %d", notified, n.SubjectID())
+
+	return
+}
+
 // SendTaskCommentNotification  represents a listener
 type SendTaskCommentNotification struct {
 }
@@ -97,6 +148,17 @@ func (s *SendTaskCommentNotification) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
 	sess := db.NewSession()
 	defer sess.Close()
 
+	n := &TaskCommentNotification{
+		Doer:      event.Doer,
+		Task:      event.Task,
+		Comment:   event.Comment,
+		Mentioned: true,
+	}
+	mentionedUsers, err := notifyMentionedUsers(sess, event.Task, event.Comment.Comment, n)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	subscribers, err := getSubscribersForEntity(sess, SubscriptionEntityTask, event.Task.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -109,6 +171,10 @@ func (s *SendTaskCommentNotification) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if _, has := mentionedUsers[subscriber.UserID]; has {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		n := &TaskCommentNotification{
 			Doer:    event.Doer,
 			Task:    event.Task,
@@ -123,6 +189,36 @@ func (s *SendTaskCommentNotification) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// HandleTaskCommentEditMentions  represents a listener
+type HandleTaskCommentEditMentions struct {
+}
+
+// Name defines the name for the HandleTaskCommentEditMentions listener
+func (s *HandleTaskCommentEditMentions) Name() string {
+	return "handle.task.comment.edit.mentions"
+}
+
+// Handle is executed when the event HandleTaskCommentEditMentions listens on is fired
+func (s *HandleTaskCommentEditMentions) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
+	event := &TaskCommentUpdatedEvent{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Payload, event)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	sess := db.NewSession()
+	defer sess.Close()
+
+	n := &TaskCommentNotification{
+		Doer:      event.Doer,
+		Task:      event.Task,
+		Comment:   event.Comment,
+		Mentioned: true,
+	}
+	_, err = notifyMentionedUsers(sess, event.Task, event.Comment.Comment, n)
+	return err
+}
+
 // SendTaskAssignedNotification  represents a listener
 type SendTaskAssignedNotification struct {
 }
@@ -247,6 +343,65 @@ func (s *SubscribeAssigneeToTask) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
 	return sess.Commit()
 }
 
+// HandleTaskCreateMentions  represents a listener
+type HandleTaskCreateMentions struct {
+}
+
+// Name defines the name for the HandleTaskCreateMentions listener
+func (s *HandleTaskCreateMentions) Name() string {
+	return "task.created.mentions"
+}
+
+// Handle is executed when the event HandleTaskCreateMentions listens on is fired
+func (s *HandleTaskCreateMentions) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
+	event := &TaskCreatedEvent{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Payload, event)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	sess := db.NewSession()
+	defer sess.Close()
+
+	n := &UserMentionedInTaskNotification{
+		Task:  event.Task,
+		Doer:  event.Doer,
+		IsNew: true,
+	}
+	_, err = notifyMentionedUsers(sess, event.Task, event.Task.Description, n)
+	return err
+}
+
+// HandleTaskUpdatedMentions  represents a listener
+type HandleTaskUpdatedMentions struct {
+}
+
+// Name defines the name for the HandleTaskUpdatedMentions listener
+func (s *HandleTaskUpdatedMentions) Name() string {
+	return "task.updated.mentions"
+}
+
+// Handle is executed when the event HandleTaskUpdatedMentions listens on is fired
+func (s *HandleTaskUpdatedMentions) Handle(msg *message.Message) (err error) {
+	event := &TaskUpdatedEvent{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Payload, event)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	sess := db.NewSession()
+	defer sess.Close()
+
+	n := &UserMentionedInTaskNotification{
+		Task:  event.Task,
+		Doer:  event.Doer,
+		IsNew: false,
+	}
+	_, err = notifyMentionedUsers(sess, event.Task, event.Task.Description, n)
+	return err
+
+}
+
 ///////
 // List Event Listeners
 

pkg/models/main_test.go

@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/events"
-
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/config"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/events"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/files"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/user"
 )

pkg/models/mentions.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2021 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public Licensee for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package models
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/user"
+
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+func FindMentionedUsersInText(s *xorm.Session, text string) (users map[int64]*user.User, err error) {
+	reg := regexp.MustCompile(`@\w+`)
+	matches := reg.FindAllString(text, -1)
+	if matches == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	usernames := []string{}
+	for _, match := range matches {
+		usernames = append(usernames, strings.TrimPrefix(match, "@"))
+	}
+
+	return user.GetUsersByUsername(s, usernames, true)
+}

pkg/models/mentions_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2021 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public Licensee for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package models
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/notifications"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/user"
+)
+
+func TestFindMentionedUsersInText(t *testing.T) {
+	user1 := &user.User{
+		ID: 1,
+	}
+	user2 := &user.User{
+		ID: 2,
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		text      string
+		wantUsers []*user.User
+		wantErr   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no users mentioned",
+			text: "Lorem Ipsum dolor sit amet",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "one user at the beginning",
+			text:      "@user1 Lorem Ipsum",
+			wantUsers: []*user.User{user1},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "one user at the end",
+			text:      "Lorem Ipsum @user1",
+			wantUsers: []*user.User{user1},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "one user in the middle",
+			text:      "Lorem @user1 Ipsum",
+			wantUsers: []*user.User{user1},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "same user multiple times",
+			text:      "Lorem @user1 Ipsum @user1 @user1",
+			wantUsers: []*user.User{user1},
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "Multiple users",
+			text:      "Lorem @user1 Ipsum @user2",
+			wantUsers: []*user.User{user1, user2},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			db.LoadAndAssertFixtures(t)
+			s := db.NewSession()
+			defer s.Close()
+
+			gotUsers, err := FindMentionedUsersInText(s, tt.text)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("FindMentionedUsersInText() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			for _, u := range tt.wantUsers {
+				_, has := gotUsers[u.ID]
+				if !has {
+					t.Errorf("wanted user %d but did not get it", u.ID)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSendingMentionNotification(t *testing.T) {
+	u := &user.User{ID: 1}
+
+	t.Run("should send notifications to all users having access", func(t *testing.T) {
+		db.LoadAndAssertFixtures(t)
+		s := db.NewSession()
+		defer s.Close()
+
+		task, err := GetTaskByIDSimple(s, 32)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tc := &TaskComment{
+			Comment: "Lorem Ipsum @user1 @user2 @user3 @user4 @user5 @user6",
+			TaskID:  32, // user2 has access to the list that task belongs to
+		}
+		err = tc.Create(s, u)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		n := &TaskCommentNotification{
+			Doer:    u,
+			Task:    &task,
+			Comment: tc,
+		}
+
+		_, err = notifyMentionedUsers(s, &task, tc.Comment, n)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		db.AssertExists(t, "notifications", map[string]interface{}{
+			"subject_id":    tc.ID,
+			"notifiable_id": 1,
+			"name":          n.Name(),
+		}, false)
+		db.AssertExists(t, "notifications", map[string]interface{}{
+			"subject_id":    tc.ID,
+			"notifiable_id": 2,
+			"name":          n.Name(),
+		}, false)
+		db.AssertExists(t, "notifications", map[string]interface{}{
+			"subject_id":    tc.ID,
+			"notifiable_id": 3,
+			"name":          n.Name(),
+		}, false)
+		db.AssertMissing(t, "notifications", map[string]interface{}{
+			"subject_id":    tc.ID,
+			"notifiable_id": 4,
+			"name":          n.Name(),
+		})
+		db.AssertMissing(t, "notifications", map[string]interface{}{
+			"subject_id":    tc.ID,
+			"notifiable_id": 5,
+			"name":          n.Name(),
+		})
+		db.AssertMissing(t, "notifications", map[string]interface{}{
+			"subject_id":    tc.ID,
+			"notifiable_id": 6,
+			"name":          n.Name(),
+		})
+	})
+	t.Run("should not send notifications multiple times", func(t *testing.T) {
+		db.LoadAndAssertFixtures(t)
+		s := db.NewSession()
+		defer s.Close()
+
+		task, err := GetTaskByIDSimple(s, 32)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tc := &TaskComment{
+			Comment: "Lorem Ipsum @user2",
+			TaskID:  32, // user2 has access to the list that task belongs to
+		}
+		err = tc.Create(s, u)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		n := &TaskCommentNotification{
+			Doer:    u,
+			Task:    &task,
+			Comment: tc,
+		}
+
+		_, err = notifyMentionedUsers(s, &task, tc.Comment, n)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		_, err = notifyMentionedUsers(s, &task, "Lorem Ipsum @user2 @user3", n)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// The second time mentioning the user in the same task should not create another notification
+		dbNotifications, err := notifications.GetNotificationsForNameAndUser(s, 2, n.Name(), tc.ID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Len(t, dbNotifications, 1)
+	})
+}

pkg/models/notifications.go

@@ -58,17 +58,29 @@ func (n *ReminderDueNotification) Name() string {
 
 // TaskCommentNotification represents a TaskCommentNotification notification
 type TaskCommentNotification struct {
-	Doer    *user.User   `json:"doer"`
-	Task    *Task        `json:"task"`
-	Comment *TaskComment `json:"comment"`
+	Doer      *user.User   `json:"doer"`
+	Task      *Task        `json:"task"`
+	Comment   *TaskComment `json:"comment"`
+	Mentioned bool         `json:"mentioned"`
+}
+
+func (n *TaskCommentNotification) SubjectID() int64 {
+	return n.Comment.ID
 }
 
 // ToMail returns the mail notification for TaskCommentNotification
 func (n *TaskCommentNotification) ToMail() *notifications.Mail {
 
 	mail := notifications.NewMail().
-		From(n.Doer.GetNameAndFromEmail()).
-		Subject("Re: " + n.Task.Title)
+		From(n.Doer.GetNameAndFromEmail())
+
+	subject := "Re: " + n.Task.Title
+	if n.Mentioned {
+		subject = n.Doer.GetName() + ` mentioned you in a comment in "` + n.Task.Title + `"`
+		mail.Line("**" + n.Doer.GetName() + "** mentioned you in a comment:")
+	}
+
+	mail.Subject(subject)
 
 	lines := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(n.Comment.Comment))
 	for lines.Scan() {
@@ -248,3 +260,45 @@ func (n *UndoneTasksOverdueNotification) ToDB() interface{} {
 func (n *UndoneTasksOverdueNotification) Name() string {
 	return "task.undone.overdue"
 }
+
+// UserMentionedInTaskNotification represents a UserMentionedInTaskNotification notification
+type UserMentionedInTaskNotification struct {
+	Doer  *user.User `json:"doer"`
+	Task  *Task      `json:"task"`
+	IsNew bool       `json:"is_new"`
+}
+
+func (n *UserMentionedInTaskNotification) SubjectID() int64 {
+	return n.Task.ID
+}
+
+// ToMail returns the mail notification for UserMentionedInTaskNotification
+func (n *UserMentionedInTaskNotification) ToMail() *notifications.Mail {
+	subject := n.Doer.GetName() + ` mentioned you in a new task "` + n.Task.Title + `"`
+	if n.IsNew {
+		subject = n.Doer.GetName() + ` mentioned you in a task "` + n.Task.Title + `"`
+	}
+
+	mail := notifications.NewMail().
+		From(n.Doer.GetNameAndFromEmail()).
+		Subject(subject).
+		Line("**" + n.Doer.GetName() + "** mentioned you in a task:")
+
+	lines := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(n.Task.Description))
+	for lines.Scan() {
+		mail.Line(lines.Text())
+	}
+
+	return mail.
+		Action("View Task", n.Task.GetFrontendURL())
+}
+
+// ToDB returns the UserMentionedInTaskNotification notification in a format which can be saved in the db
+func (n *UserMentionedInTaskNotification) ToDB() interface{} {
+	return n
+}
+
+// Name returns the name of the notification
+func (n *UserMentionedInTaskNotification) Name() string {
+	return "task.mentioned"
+}

pkg/models/task_comments.go

@@ -132,7 +132,21 @@ func (tc *TaskComment) Update(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth) error {
 	if updated == 0 {
 		return ErrTaskCommentDoesNotExist{ID: tc.ID}
 	}
-	return err
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	task, err := GetTaskSimple(s, &Task{ID: tc.TaskID})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return events.Dispatch(&TaskCommentUpdatedEvent{
+		Task:    &task,
+		Comment: tc,
+		Doer:    tc.Author,
+	})
 }
 
 // ReadOne handles getting a single comment

pkg/models/task_comments_test.go

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package models
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/events"
+
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/user"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ func TestTaskComment_Create(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, int64(1), tc.Author.ID)
 		err = s.Commit()
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		events.AssertDispatched(t, &TaskCommentCreatedEvent{})
 
 		db.AssertExists(t, "task_comments", map[string]interface{}{
 			"id":        tc.ID,
@@ -62,6 +65,32 @@ func TestTaskComment_Create(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 		assert.True(t, IsErrTaskDoesNotExist(err))
 	})
+	t.Run("should send notifications for comment mentions", func(t *testing.T) {
+		db.LoadAndAssertFixtures(t)
+		s := db.NewSession()
+		defer s.Close()
+
+		task, err := GetTaskByIDSimple(s, 32)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		tc := &TaskComment{
+			Comment: "Lorem Ipsum @user2",
+			TaskID:  32, // user2 has access to the list that task belongs to
+		}
+		err = tc.Create(s, u)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		ev := &TaskCommentCreatedEvent{
+			Task:    &task,
+			Doer:    u,
+			Comment: tc,
+		}
+
+		events.TestListener(t, ev, &SendTaskCommentNotification{})
+		db.AssertExists(t, "notifications", map[string]interface{}{
+			"subject_id":    tc.ID,
+			"notifiable_id": 2,
+			"name":          (&TaskCommentNotification{}).Name(),
+		}, false)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestTaskComment_Delete(t *testing.T) {

pkg/models/unit_tests.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/log"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/mail"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/notifications"
 )
 
 // SetupTests takes care of seting up the db, fixtures etc.
@@ -32,7 +33,11 @@ func SetupTests() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	err = x.Sync2(GetTables()...)
+	tables := []interface{}{}
+	tables = append(tables, GetTables()...)
+	tables = append(tables, notifications.GetTables()...)
+
+	err = x.Sync2(tables...)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}

pkg/notifications/database.go

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ type DatabaseNotification struct {
 	Notification interface{} `xorm:"json not null" json:"notification"`
 	// The name of the notification
 	Name string `xorm:"varchar(250) index not null" json:"name"`
+	// The thing the notification is about. Used to check if a notification for this thing already happened or not.
+	SubjectID int64 `xorm:"bigint null" json:"-"`
 
 	// When this notification is marked as read, this will be updated with the current timestamp.
 	ReadAt time.Time `xorm:"datetime null" json:"read_at"`
@@ -65,6 +67,13 @@ func GetNotificationsForUser(s *xorm.Session, notifiableID int64, limit, start i
 	return notifications, len(notifications), total, err
 }
 
+func GetNotificationsForNameAndUser(s *xorm.Session, notifiableID int64, event string, subjectID int64) (notifications []*DatabaseNotification, err error) {
+	notifications = []*DatabaseNotification{}
+	err = s.Where("notifiable_id = ? AND name = ? AND subject_id = ?", notifiableID, event, subjectID).
+		Find(&notifications)
+	return
+}
+
 // CanMarkNotificationAsRead checks if a user can mark a notification as read.
 func CanMarkNotificationAsRead(s *xorm.Session, notification *DatabaseNotification, notifiableID int64) (can bool, err error) {
 	can, err = s.

pkg/notifications/main_test.go

@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/config"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/log"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/mail"
-
-	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/config"
 )
 
 // SetupTests initializes all db tests

pkg/notifications/notification.go

@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ type Notification interface {
 	Name() string
 }
 
+type SubjectID interface {
+	SubjectID() int64
+}
+
+type NotificationWithSubject interface {
+	Notification
+	SubjectID
+}
+
 // Notifiable is an entity which can be notified. Usually a user.
 type Notifiable interface {
 	// Should return the email address this notifiable has.
@@ -82,6 +91,10 @@ func notifyDB(notifiable Notifiable, notification Notification) (err error) {
 		Name:         notification.Name(),
 	}
 
+	if subject, is := notification.(SubjectID); is {
+		dbNotification.SubjectID = subject.SubjectID()
+	}
+
 	_, err = s.Insert(dbNotification)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = s.Rollback()

pkg/user/user.go

@@ -197,6 +197,27 @@ func GetUserByUsername(s *xorm.Session, username string) (user *User, err error)
 	return getUser(s, &User{Username: username}, false)
 }
 
+// GetUsersByUsername returns a slice of users with the provided usernames
+func GetUsersByUsername(s *xorm.Session, usernames []string, withEmails bool) (users map[int64]*User, err error) {
+	if len(usernames) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	users = make(map[int64]*User)
+	err = s.In("username", usernames).Find(&users)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !withEmails {
+		for _, u := range users {
+			u.Email = ""
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 // GetUserWithEmail returns a user object with email
 func GetUserWithEmail(s *xorm.Session, user *User) (userOut *User, err error) {
 	return getUser(s, user, true)