fix: improve mailbox role management by ensuring roles are cleared from all mailboxes when reassigning

components/settings/folder-settings.tsx

@@ -490,21 +490,34 @@ export function FolderSettings() {
 
       {/* Standard Folder Roles — advanced section */}
       <SettingsSection title={t('standard_roles')} description={t('standard_roles_description')}>
-        {STANDARD_ROLES.map((role) => (
+        {STANDARD_ROLES.map((role) => {
-          <SettingItem key={role} label={t(`role_${role}`)}>
+          // Disambiguate duplicate folder names by appending parent path
-            <Select
+          const nameCounts = new Map<string, number>();
-              value={getRoleMailboxId(role)}
+          ownMailboxes.forEach(mb => nameCounts.set(mb.name, (nameCounts.get(mb.name) || 0) + 1));
-              onChange={(value) => handleRoleChange(role, value)}
+          const getParentPath = (mb: { parentId?: string; name: string }) => {
-              options={[
+            if (!mb.parentId) return '';
-                { value: '', label: t('role_none') },
+            const parent = ownMailboxes.find(p => p.id === mb.parentId);
-                ...ownMailboxes.map(mb => ({
+            return parent ? `${parent.name}/` : '';
-                  value: mb.id,
+          };
-                  label: mb.name,
+
-                })),
+          return (
-              ]}
+            <SettingItem key={role} label={t(`role_${role}`)}>
-            />
+              <Select
-          </SettingItem>
+                value={getRoleMailboxId(role)}
-        ))}
+                onChange={(value) => handleRoleChange(role, value)}
+                options={[
+                  { value: '', label: t('role_none') },
+                  ...ownMailboxes.map(mb => ({
+                    value: mb.id,
+                    label: (nameCounts.get(mb.name) || 0) > 1
+                      ? `${getParentPath(mb)}${mb.name} (${mb.id.slice(-6)})`
+                      : mb.name,
+                  })),
+                ]}
+              />
+            </SettingItem>
+          );
+        })}
       </SettingsSection>
     </div>
   );

lib/utils.ts

@@ -97,17 +97,19 @@ const ROLE_PRIORITY: Record<string, number> = {
 
 // Deduplicate mailboxes (e.g., "Sent" vs "Sent Mail")
 function deduplicateMailboxes(mailboxes: Mailbox[]): Mailbox[] {
-  const roleMap = new Map<string, Mailbox>();
   const result: Mailbox[] = [];
 
-  // First pass: collect mailboxes with roles
+  // Group role mailboxes by account so deduplication is scoped per-account
+  const rolesByAccount = new Map<string, Mailbox[]>();
   mailboxes.forEach(mb => {
     if (mb.role) {
-      roleMap.set(mb.role, mb);
+      const key = mb.accountId || '';
+      if (!rolesByAccount.has(key)) rolesByAccount.set(key, []);
+      rolesByAccount.get(key)!.push(mb);
     }
   });
 
-  // Second pass: filter out duplicates
+  // Filter out duplicates scoped to the same account
   mailboxes.forEach(mb => {
     // If this mailbox has a role, always keep it
     if (mb.role) {
@@ -115,9 +117,11 @@ function deduplicateMailboxes(mailboxes: Mailbox[]): Mailbox[] {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Check if this is a duplicate of a role-based mailbox
+    // Check if this is a duplicate of a role-based mailbox in the SAME account
+    const accountKey = mb.accountId || '';
+    const accountRoles = rolesByAccount.get(accountKey) || [];
     const lowerName = mb.name.toLowerCase();
-    const isDuplicate = Array.from(roleMap.values()).some(roleMb => {
+    const isDuplicate = accountRoles.some(roleMb => {
       const roleLowerName = roleMb.name.toLowerCase();
       // Check for common duplicates: "Sent Mail" vs "Sent", etc.
       return lowerName.includes(roleLowerName) || roleLowerName.includes(lowerName);

stores/__tests__/folder-management.test.ts

@@ -226,6 +226,34 @@ describe('email-store folder management', () => {
       expect(client.updateMailbox).toHaveBeenCalledWith('trash-1', { role: 'trash' });
     });
 
+    it('should clear role from ALL mailboxes with that role when reassigning', async () => {
+      // Simulate server anomaly: two mailboxes with role "trash"
+      const extraTrash = makeMailbox({ id: 'trash-2', name: 'Deleted Items', role: 'trash' });
+      useEmailStore.setState({
+        mailboxes: [inbox, sent, trash, custom, extraTrash],
+      });
+
+      const newMailboxes = [inbox, sent, custom,
+        makeMailbox({ id: 'trash-1', name: 'Trash', role: undefined }),
+        makeMailbox({ id: 'trash-2', name: 'Deleted Items', role: undefined }),
+      ];
+      // custom-1 gets the trash role
+      newMailboxes[2] = { ...newMailboxes[2], role: 'trash' };
+
+      const client = makeMockClient({
+        getAllMailboxes: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(newMailboxes),
+      });
+
+      await useEmailStore.getState().setMailboxRole(client, 'custom-1', 'trash');
+
+      // Should clear trash role from BOTH trash-1 and trash-2
+      expect(client.updateMailbox).toHaveBeenCalledWith('trash-1', { role: null });
+      expect(client.updateMailbox).toHaveBeenCalledWith('trash-2', { role: null });
+      // Then set trash role on custom-1
+      expect(client.updateMailbox).toHaveBeenCalledWith('custom-1', { role: 'trash' });
+      expect(client.updateMailbox).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    });
+
     it('should set error on failure', async () => {
       const client = makeMockClient({
         updateMailbox: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('Role update failed')),

stores/email-store.ts

@@ -1298,11 +1298,11 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailStore>((set, get) => ({
 
   setMailboxRole: async (client, mailboxId, role) => {
     try {
-      // If assigning a role, first clear that role from any other mailbox
+      // If assigning a role, first clear that role from ALL other mailboxes that have it
       if (role) {
-        const existingMailbox = get().mailboxes.find(mb => mb.role === role && !mb.isShared);
+        const existingMailboxes = get().mailboxes.filter(mb => mb.role === role && !mb.isShared && mb.id !== mailboxId);
-        if (existingMailbox && existingMailbox.id !== mailboxId) {
+        for (const existing of existingMailboxes) {
-          await client.updateMailbox(existingMailbox.id, { role: null });
+          await client.updateMailbox(existing.id, { role: null });
         }
       }
       await client.updateMailbox(mailboxId, { role });