refactor(domain): purify the Feed aggregate (Track D — points 1, 4, 6b)

Remove the infrastructure Env leak and ambient time from the domain core, and
model the sender policy as a value object.

- Point 1: Feed.create/edit no longer receive Env. The application layer resolves
  the effective lifetime (parsing FEED_TTL_HOURS and applying the server override)
  via feed-service.resolveTtlHours and hands the domain a plain ttlHours.
  resolveExpiresAt(ttlHours, now) is now pure.
- Point 4: introduce a Clock port (systemClock default), injected at
  create/reconstitute. The aggregate uses clock.now() instead of Date.now().
  The isExpired edge helper keeps its Date.now() default for routes.
- Point 6b: extract SenderPolicy value object built once from the lists
  (decide(senders)) instead of re-parsing per sender; applySenderPolicy is now a
  thin wrapper over it.

Coverage moved with the logic: the FEED_TTL_HOURS override is now pinned by
feed-service.test.ts; aggregate tests use an injected fixed clock.

351 tests pass; tsc --noEmit clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/application/feed-service.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { createMockEnv } from "../test/setup";
+import { createFeedRecord, editFeed } from "./feed-service";
+import type { Env } from "../types";
+
+const mkEnv = (overrides: Partial<Env> = {}) =>
+  ({ ...createMockEnv(), ...overrides }) as unknown as Env;
+
+const baseInput = {
+  title: "N",
+  language: "en",
+  allowedSenders: [],
+  blockedSenders: [],
+};
+
+const TWO_HOURS = 2 * 3_600_000;
+
+// The lifetime policy (parse env, apply the server-side FEED_TTL_HOURS override)
+// lives here in the application layer; the domain only receives a resolved
+// ttlHours. These tests pin that policy at the public service boundary.
+describe("createFeedRecord — TTL policy", () => {
+  it("never expires when neither server nor client lifetime is set", async () => {
+    const { config } = await createFeedRecord(mkEnv(), { ...baseInput });
+    expect(config.expires_at).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("uses the client lifetimeHours when there is no server override", async () => {
+    const before = Date.now();
+    const { config } = await createFeedRecord(mkEnv(), {
+      ...baseInput,
+      lifetimeHours: 2,
+    });
+    expect(config.expires_at!).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(before + TWO_HOURS);
+  });
+
+  it("lets a server FEED_TTL_HOURS override a larger client lifetime", async () => {
+    const before = Date.now();
+    const { config } = await createFeedRecord(mkEnv({ FEED_TTL_HOURS: "1" }), {
+      ...baseInput,
+      lifetimeHours: 9999,
+    });
+    // 1h (server) wins over 9999h (client).
+    expect(config.expires_at!).toBeLessThan(before + TWO_HOURS);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("editFeed — TTL policy", () => {
+  it("recomputes expiry from the server override on edit", async () => {
+    const env = mkEnv({ FEED_TTL_HOURS: "1" });
+    const { feedId } = await createFeedRecord(env, { ...baseInput });
+
+    const before = Date.now();
+    const result = await editFeed(env, feedId, { title: "renamed" });
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe("ok");
+    if (result.status === "ok") {
+      expect(result.config.title).toBe("renamed");
+      expect(result.config.expires_at!).toBeLessThan(before + TWO_HOURS);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("preserves expiry when neither server TTL nor client lifetime is given", async () => {
+    const env = mkEnv();
+    const { feedId, config } = await createFeedRecord(env, {
+      ...baseInput,
+      lifetimeHours: 5,
+    });
+
+    const result = await editFeed(env, feedId, { title: "x" });
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe("ok");
+    if (result.status === "ok") {
+      expect(result.config.expires_at).toBe(config.expires_at);
+    }
+  });
+});

src/application/feed-service.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ import {
 
 export type { CreateFeedInput, UpdateFeedInput };
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the effective feed lifetime (hours) from a client request and the
+ * server-side `FEED_TTL_HOURS` override. Parsing the env string and applying the
+ * override is application/config policy — the domain only receives the resolved
+ * number. Returns undefined when the feed should never expire.
+ */
+function resolveTtlHours(
+  env: Env,
+  requestedHours?: number,
+): number | undefined {
+  const hours = env.FEED_TTL_HOURS
+    ? parseInt(env.FEED_TTL_HOURS, 10)
+    : (requestedHours ?? NaN);
+  return Number.isFinite(hours) && hours > 0 ? hours : undefined;
+}
+
 /**
  * Create a feed: write its config + empty metadata, register it in the global
  * list, and bump the `feeds_created` counter. Returns the new feed id + config.
@@ -27,7 +43,9 @@ export async function createFeedRecord(
   input: CreateFeedInput,
 ): Promise<{ feedId: string; config: FeedConfig }> {
   const repo = FeedRepository.from(env);
-  const feed = Feed.create(FeedId.generate(), input, env);
+  const feed = Feed.create(FeedId.generate(), input, {
+    ttlHours: resolveTtlHours(env, input.lifetimeHours),
+  });
 
   await repo.save(feed);
   await repo.addToList(
@@ -88,7 +106,14 @@ export async function editFeed(
   const feed = await repo.load(FeedId.fromTrusted(feedId));
   if (!feed) return { status: "not_found" };
 
-  if (feed.edit(input, env).status === "expired") {
+  const recomputeExpiry =
+    Boolean(env.FEED_TTL_HOURS) || input.lifetimeHours !== undefined;
+  if (
+    feed.edit(input, {
+      recomputeExpiry,
+      ttlHours: resolveTtlHours(env, input.lifetimeHours),
+    }).status === "expired"
+  ) {
     return { status: "expired" };
   }
 

src/domain/clock.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * A source of "now", injected into the domain so aggregates never reach for
+ * ambient `Date.now()`. Production wires `systemClock`; tests can supply a fixed
+ * clock for deterministic expiry/timestamp assertions.
+ */
+export interface Clock {
+  now(): number;
+}
+
+export const systemClock: Clock = {
+  now: () => Date.now(),
+};

src/domain/feed.aggregate.test.ts

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import { createMockEnv } from "../test/setup";
 import { Feed, CreateFeedInput } from "./feed.aggregate";
 import { FeedRepository } from "./feed-repository";
 import { FeedId } from "./value-objects/feed-id";
+import { Clock } from "./clock";
 import type { Env, EmailMetadata } from "../types";
 
 const FID = FeedId.fromTrusted("a.b.42");
 
-const mockEnv = (overrides: Partial<Env> = {}) =>
-  ({ ...createMockEnv(), ...overrides }) as unknown as Env;
+const mockEnv = () => createMockEnv() as unknown as Env;
+
+const fixedClock = (now: number): Clock => ({ now: () => now });
 
 const createInput = (
   overrides: Partial<CreateFeedInput> = {},
@@ -30,26 +32,31 @@ const entry = (overrides: Partial<EmailMetadata> = {}): EmailMetadata => ({
 
 describe("Feed.create", () => {
   it("builds a config with an empty email index and no expiry by default", () => {
-    const feed = Feed.create(FID, createInput(), mockEnv());
+    const feed = Feed.create(FID, createInput());
     expect(feed.id.value).toBe("a.b.42");
     expect(feed.config.title).toBe("News");
     expect(feed.config.expires_at).toBeUndefined();
     expect(feed.metadata.emails).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it("resolves expiry from lifetimeHours", () => {
-    const feed = Feed.create(FID, createInput({ lifetimeHours: 1 }), mockEnv());
-    expect(feed.config.expires_at).toBeGreaterThan(Date.now());
+  it("resolves expiry from the supplied ttlHours using the injected clock", () => {
+    const NOW = 1_000_000;
+    const feed = Feed.create(FID, createInput(), {
+      clock: fixedClock(NOW),
+      ttlHours: 2,
+    });
+    expect(feed.config.created_at).toBe(NOW);
+    expect(feed.config.updated_at).toBe(NOW);
+    expect(feed.config.expires_at).toBe(NOW + 2 * 3_600_000);
   });
 
-  it("lets FEED_TTL_HOURS override a client lifetime", () => {
-    const feed = Feed.create(
-      FID,
-      createInput({ lifetimeHours: 1000000 }),
-      mockEnv({ FEED_TTL_HOURS: "1" }),
-    );
-    const oneClientHour = Date.now() + 1000000 * 3_600_000;
-    expect(feed.config.expires_at).toBeLessThan(oneClientHour);
+  it("trusts only deps.ttlHours, not the client lifetimeHours field", () => {
+    // The aggregate no longer parses lifetime policy: the application resolves
+    // the effective ttlHours (env override etc.) and hands it in.
+    const feed = Feed.create(FID, createInput({ lifetimeHours: 9999 }), {
+      ttlHours: undefined,
+    });
+    expect(feed.config.expires_at).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -64,6 +71,16 @@ describe("Feed.isExpired / accepts", () => {
     expect(feed.isExpired(150)).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("uses the injected clock when no instant is supplied", () => {
+    const feed = Feed.reconstitute(
+      FID,
+      { title: "T", language: "en", created_at: 0, expires_at: 100 },
+      { emails: [] },
+      fixedClock(150),
+    );
+    expect(feed.isExpired()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("applies the sender policy", () => {
     const feed = Feed.reconstitute(
       FID,
@@ -80,6 +97,36 @@ describe("Feed.isExpired / accepts", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("Feed.edit", () => {
+  it("recomputes expiry only when asked", () => {
+    const NOW = 5_000_000;
+    const FUTURE = NOW + 10 * 3_600_000;
+    const feed = Feed.reconstitute(
+      FID,
+      { title: "T", language: "en", created_at: 0, expires_at: FUTURE },
+      { emails: [] },
+      fixedClock(NOW),
+    );
+
+    feed.edit({ title: "T2" }, { recomputeExpiry: false });
+    expect(feed.config.expires_at).toBe(FUTURE); // preserved
+    expect(feed.config.updated_at).toBe(NOW);
+
+    feed.edit({ title: "T3" }, { recomputeExpiry: true, ttlHours: 1 });
+    expect(feed.config.expires_at).toBe(NOW + 3_600_000);
+  });
+
+  it("refuses to edit an already-expired feed", () => {
+    const feed = Feed.reconstitute(
+      FID,
+      { title: "T", language: "en", created_at: 0, expires_at: 100 },
+      { emails: [] },
+      fixedClock(200),
+    );
+    expect(feed.edit({ title: "X" }).status).toBe("expired");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("Feed.ingest", () => {
   it("prepends the entry, tracks icon/unsub and trims to the byte budget", () => {
     const feed = Feed.reconstitute(
@@ -129,11 +176,7 @@ describe("Feed.removeEmails", () => {
 describe("FeedRepository.load / save round-trip", () => {
   it("persists a created feed and reflects later mutations", async () => {
     const repo = new FeedRepository(mockEnv().EMAIL_STORAGE);
-    const created = Feed.create(
-      FID,
-      createInput({ title: "Round" }),
-      mockEnv(),
-    );
+    const created = Feed.create(FID, createInput({ title: "Round" }));
     await repo.save(created);
 
     const loaded = await repo.load(FID);

src/domain/feed.aggregate.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-import { Env, FeedConfig, FeedMetadata, EmailMetadata } from "../types";
+import { FeedConfig, FeedMetadata, EmailMetadata } from "../types";
 import { FeedId } from "./value-objects/feed-id";
-import {
-  resolveExpiresAt,
-  isExpired,
-  applySenderPolicy,
-  trimToByteBudget,
-  SenderDecision,
-} from "./feed";
+import { SenderPolicy, SenderDecision } from "./value-objects/sender-policy";
+import { Clock, systemClock } from "./clock";
+import { resolveExpiresAt, isExpired, trimToByteBudget } from "./feed";
 
 export interface CreateFeedInput {
   title: string;
@@ -26,6 +22,28 @@ export interface UpdateFeedInput {
   lifetimeHours?: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Dependencies the aggregate needs from the outside but must not reach for
+ * itself: a clock (never ambient `Date.now()`) and an already-resolved feed
+ * lifetime. The application layer decides the lifetime — parsing env config and
+ * applying any server-side `FEED_TTL_HOURS` override — and hands the result in.
+ */
+export interface CreateFeedDeps {
+  clock?: Clock;
+  /** Effective lifetime in hours, already resolved by the application. */
+  ttlHours?: number;
+}
+
+export interface EditFeedDeps {
+  /** Effective lifetime in hours, already resolved by the application. */
+  ttlHours?: number;
+  /**
+   * Whether to recompute expiry at all. False preserves the current expiry
+   * (mirrors the old "no server TTL and no client lifetime ⇒ leave as-is").
+   */
+  recomputeExpiry?: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface IngestOptions {
   maxBytes: number;
   iconDomain?: string;
@@ -41,21 +59,28 @@ export interface IngestOptions {
  * deliberately sit *outside* the aggregate — the caller flushes them alongside
  * `FeedRepository.save`/`saveMetadata`.
  *
- * I/O-free: load and persist state through `FeedRepository`. KV has no multi-key
- * transaction, so a future Durable Object keyed by feed id would wrap
- * load→mutate→save to serialise concurrent writers (see email-processor.ts).
+ * I/O-free and time-free: load and persist state through `FeedRepository`; time
+ * comes from an injected `Clock`. KV has no multi-key transaction, so a future
+ * Durable Object keyed by feed id would wrap load→mutate→save to serialise
+ * concurrent writers (see email-processor.ts).
  */
 export class Feed {
   private constructor(
     readonly id: FeedId,
     private _config: FeedConfig,
     private _metadata: FeedMetadata,
+    private readonly clock: Clock,
   ) {}
 
   /** Mint a brand-new feed with an empty email index. */
-  static create(id: FeedId, input: CreateFeedInput, env: Env): Feed {
-    const now = Date.now();
-    const expiresAt = resolveExpiresAt(env, input.lifetimeHours);
+  static create(
+    id: FeedId,
+    input: CreateFeedInput,
+    deps: CreateFeedDeps = {},
+  ): Feed {
+    const clock = deps.clock ?? systemClock;
+    const now = clock.now();
+    const expiresAt = resolveExpiresAt(deps.ttlHours, now);
     const config: FeedConfig = {
       title: input.title,
       description: input.description,
@@ -66,7 +91,7 @@ export class Feed {
       updated_at: now,
       ...(expiresAt !== undefined ? { expires_at: expiresAt } : {}),
     };
-    return new Feed(id, config, { emails: [] });
+    return new Feed(id, config, { emails: [] }, clock);
   }
 
   /** Rebuild an aggregate from persisted state. */
@@ -74,8 +99,9 @@ export class Feed {
     id: FeedId,
     config: FeedConfig,
     metadata: FeedMetadata,
+    clock: Clock = systemClock,
   ): Feed {
-    return new Feed(id, config, metadata);
+    return new Feed(id, config, metadata, clock);
   }
 
   get config(): Readonly<FeedConfig> {
@@ -86,12 +112,15 @@ export class Feed {
     return this._metadata;
   }
 
-  isExpired(now: number = Date.now()): boolean {
+  isExpired(now: number = this.clock.now()): boolean {
     return isExpired(this._config, now);
   }
 
   accepts(senders: string[]): SenderDecision {
-    return applySenderPolicy(this._config, senders);
+    return SenderPolicy.fromLists(
+      this._config.allowed_senders,
+      this._config.blocked_senders,
+    ).decide(senders);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -143,20 +172,23 @@ export class Feed {
     if (patch.description !== undefined) {
       this._config.description = patch.description;
     }
-    this._config.updated_at = Date.now();
+    this._config.updated_at = this.clock.now();
   }
 
   /**
-   * Full edit: apply the patch and recompute expiry from `FEED_TTL_HOURS` or a
-   * supplied lifetime (an absent lifetime preserves the current expiry). Rejects
-   * an already-expired feed without mutating it.
+   * Full edit: apply the patch and recompute expiry from the application-supplied
+   * lifetime when asked (an absent recompute preserves the current expiry).
+   * Rejects an already-expired feed without mutating it.
    */
-  edit(patch: UpdateFeedInput, env: Env): { status: "ok" | "expired" } {
+  edit(
+    patch: UpdateFeedInput,
+    deps: EditFeedDeps = {},
+  ): { status: "ok" | "expired" } {
     if (this.isExpired()) return { status: "expired" };
 
-    const expiresAt =
-      env.FEED_TTL_HOURS || patch.lifetimeHours !== undefined
-        ? resolveExpiresAt(env, patch.lifetimeHours)
+    const now = this.clock.now();
+    const expiresAt = deps.recomputeExpiry
+      ? resolveExpiresAt(deps.ttlHours, now)
       : this._config.expires_at;
 
     if (patch.title !== undefined) this._config.title = patch.title;
@@ -170,7 +202,7 @@ export class Feed {
     if (patch.blockedSenders !== undefined) {
       this._config.blocked_senders = patch.blockedSenders;
     }
-    this._config.updated_at = Date.now();
+    this._config.updated_at = now;
     this._config.expires_at = expiresAt;
 
     return { status: "ok" };

src/domain/feed.test.ts

@@ -5,35 +5,26 @@ import {
   applySenderPolicy,
   trimToByteBudget,
 } from "./feed";
-import type { Env, FeedMetadata, EmailMetadata } from "../types";
-
-const env = (overrides: Partial<Env> = {}): Env =>
-  ({ FEED_TTL_HOURS: undefined, ...overrides }) as Env;
+import type { FeedMetadata, EmailMetadata } from "../types";
 
 describe("resolveExpiresAt", () => {
-  it("returns undefined when no lifetime applies", () => {
-    expect(resolveExpiresAt(env())).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(resolveExpiresAt(env(), 0)).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(resolveExpiresAt(env(), -5)).toBeUndefined();
+  const NOW = 1_000_000;
+
+  it("returns undefined when no positive lifetime applies", () => {
+    expect(resolveExpiresAt(undefined, NOW)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(resolveExpiresAt(0, NOW)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(resolveExpiresAt(-5, NOW)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(resolveExpiresAt(NaN, NOW)).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it("computes expiry from a supplied lifetime", () => {
-    const before = Date.now();
-    const result = resolveExpiresAt(env(), 2)!;
-    expect(result).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(before + 2 * 3_600_000);
-  });
-
-  it("lets a server-side FEED_TTL_HOURS override the client value", () => {
-    const before = Date.now();
-    const result = resolveExpiresAt(env({ FEED_TTL_HOURS: "1" }), 999)!;
-    // Uses 1h (server), not 999h (client).
-    expect(result).toBeLessThan(before + 2 * 3_600_000);
+  it("computes expiry from a supplied lifetime relative to now", () => {
+    expect(resolveExpiresAt(2, NOW)).toBe(NOW + 2 * 3_600_000);
   });
 });
 
 describe("isExpired", () => {
   it("is false when no expiry is set", () => {
-    expect(isExpired({ expires_at: undefined })).toBe(false);
+    expect(isExpired({ expires_at: undefined }, 1000)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("is true at or past the expiry instant", () => {

src/domain/feed.ts

@@ -1,33 +1,38 @@
-import { Env, FeedConfig, FeedMetadata, EmailMetadata } from "../types";
-import { EmailAddress } from "./value-objects/email-address";
-import { Domain } from "./value-objects/domain";
+import { FeedConfig, FeedMetadata, EmailMetadata } from "../types";
+import { SenderPolicy, SenderDecision } from "./value-objects/sender-policy";
 
 const HOUR_MS = 3_600_000;
 
+export type { SenderDecision };
+
 /**
  * The Feed aggregate's invariants, in one framework-agnostic place: expiry,
- * sender allow/block policy, and the email-size budget. No I/O — callers load
- * and persist state through the FeedRepository.
+ * sender allow/block policy, and the email-size budget. No I/O and no ambient
+ * time or environment — callers pass `now` (from a Clock) and a resolved
+ * lifetime; persistence goes through the FeedRepository.
  */
 
 /**
- * Resolve a feed's `expires_at` from a requested lifetime (hours). A server-side
- * `FEED_TTL_HOURS` always overrides the client-supplied value. Returns undefined
- * when no positive lifetime applies (i.e. the feed never expires).
+ * Resolve a feed's `expires_at` from an already-resolved lifetime (hours) and a
+ * current instant. Returns undefined when no positive lifetime applies (i.e. the
+ * feed never expires). The policy decision of *which* lifetime applies (a client
+ * request vs. a server-side `FEED_TTL_HOURS` override, and parsing the env
+ * string) belongs to the application layer, not here.
  */
 export function resolveExpiresAt(
-  env: Env,
-  lifetimeHours?: number,
+  ttlHours: number | undefined,
+  now: number,
 ): number | undefined {
-  const hours = env.FEED_TTL_HOURS
-    ? parseInt(env.FEED_TTL_HOURS, 10)
-    : (lifetimeHours ?? NaN);
-  return Number.isFinite(hours) && hours > 0
-    ? Date.now() + hours * HOUR_MS
+  return ttlHours !== undefined && Number.isFinite(ttlHours) && ttlHours > 0
+    ? now + ttlHours * HOUR_MS
     : undefined;
 }
 
-/** Whether a feed has reached its expiry instant. */
+/**
+ * Whether a feed has reached its expiry instant. `now` defaults to the wall
+ * clock for convenience at the HTTP edge (routes); the aggregate always passes
+ * its injected clock so its own behaviour stays deterministic.
+ */
 export function isExpired(
   config: Pick<FeedConfig, "expires_at">,
   now: number = Date.now(),
@@ -35,77 +40,19 @@ export function isExpired(
   return config.expires_at !== undefined && config.expires_at <= now;
 }
 
-export type SenderDecision = "accepted" | "blocked";
-
-function normalizeEmail(value: string): string {
-  return value.trim().toLowerCase();
-}
-
-type SenderMatch = "blocked" | "allowed" | "neutral";
-
-function toDomains(entries: string[]): Domain[] {
-  return entries
-    .map((e) => Domain.parse(e))
-    .filter((d): d is Domain => d !== null);
-}
-
-function evaluateSender(
-  sender: string,
-  allowedSenders: string[],
-  blockedSenders: string[],
-): SenderMatch {
-  const parsed = EmailAddress.parse(sender);
-  const normalized = parsed ? parsed.normalized : normalizeEmail(sender);
-  const senderDomain = parsed?.domain ?? null;
-
-  const exactBlocked = blockedSenders.filter((e) => e.includes("@"));
-  const exactAllowed = allowedSenders.filter((e) => e.includes("@"));
-  const domainBlocked = toDomains(
-    blockedSenders.filter((e) => !e.includes("@")),
-  );
-  const domainAllowed = toDomains(
-    allowedSenders.filter((e) => !e.includes("@")),
-  );
-
-  if (exactBlocked.includes(normalized)) return "blocked";
-  if (exactAllowed.includes(normalized)) return "allowed";
-  if (senderDomain && domainBlocked.some((d) => d.matches(senderDomain)))
-    return "blocked";
-  if (senderDomain && domainAllowed.some((d) => d.matches(senderDomain)))
-    return "allowed";
-  return "neutral";
-}
-
 /**
  * Decide whether an inbound email is accepted, given the feed's sender lists and
- * the message's candidate sender addresses. With no lists configured everything
- * is accepted; a blocklist hit always rejects; an allowlist (when present) must
- * be matched by at least one sender.
+ * the message's candidate sender addresses. Thin wrapper over the `SenderPolicy`
+ * value object (which holds the matching semantics).
  */
 export function applySenderPolicy(
   config: Pick<FeedConfig, "allowed_senders" | "blocked_senders">,
   senders: string[],
 ): SenderDecision {
-  const allowedSenders = (config.allowed_senders || [])
-    .map(normalizeEmail)
-    .filter(Boolean);
-  const blockedSenders = (config.blocked_senders || [])
-    .map(normalizeEmail)
-    .filter(Boolean);
-
-  if (allowedSenders.length === 0 && blockedSenders.length === 0) {
-    return "accepted";
-  }
-
-  const hasAllowlist = allowedSenders.length > 0;
-  const accepted = senders.some((sender) => {
-    const decision = evaluateSender(sender, allowedSenders, blockedSenders);
-    if (decision === "allowed") return true;
-    if (decision === "blocked") return false;
-    return !hasAllowlist;
-  });
-
-  return accepted ? "accepted" : "blocked";
+  return SenderPolicy.fromLists(
+    config.allowed_senders,
+    config.blocked_senders,
+  ).decide(senders);
 }
 
 /**

src/domain/value-objects/sender-policy.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { EmailAddress } from "./email-address";
+import { Domain } from "./domain";
+
+export type SenderDecision = "accepted" | "blocked";
+
+type SenderMatch = "blocked" | "allowed" | "neutral";
+
+function normalizeEmail(value: string): string {
+  return value.trim().toLowerCase();
+}
+
+function toDomains(entries: string[]): Domain[] {
+  return entries
+    .map((e) => Domain.parse(e))
+    .filter((d): d is Domain => d !== null);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The sender allow/block policy as a value object, built ONCE from a feed's
+ * lists. The exact-vs-domain split is pre-computed here so `decide` is a cheap
+ * lookup per candidate sender instead of re-parsing both lists for every one
+ * (the previous `applySenderPolicy` was O(senders × lists)).
+ *
+ * Semantics (unchanged): no lists ⇒ everything accepted; a blocklist hit always
+ * rejects; an allowlist (when present) must be matched by at least one sender.
+ */
+export class SenderPolicy {
+  private constructor(
+    private readonly exactAllowed: string[],
+    private readonly exactBlocked: string[],
+    private readonly domainAllowed: Domain[],
+    private readonly domainBlocked: Domain[],
+    private readonly hasAllowlist: boolean,
+    private readonly hasAnyRule: boolean,
+  ) {}
+
+  static fromLists(
+    allowed: string[] = [],
+    blocked: string[] = [],
+  ): SenderPolicy {
+    const allowedSenders = allowed.map(normalizeEmail).filter(Boolean);
+    const blockedSenders = blocked.map(normalizeEmail).filter(Boolean);
+    return new SenderPolicy(
+      allowedSenders.filter((e) => e.includes("@")),
+      blockedSenders.filter((e) => e.includes("@")),
+      toDomains(allowedSenders.filter((e) => !e.includes("@"))),
+      toDomains(blockedSenders.filter((e) => !e.includes("@"))),
+      allowedSenders.length > 0,
+      allowedSenders.length > 0 || blockedSenders.length > 0,
+    );
+  }
+
+  private evaluate(sender: string): SenderMatch {
+    const parsed = EmailAddress.parse(sender);
+    const normalized = parsed ? parsed.normalized : normalizeEmail(sender);
+    const senderDomain = parsed?.domain ?? null;
+
+    if (this.exactBlocked.includes(normalized)) return "blocked";
+    if (this.exactAllowed.includes(normalized)) return "allowed";
+    if (senderDomain && this.domainBlocked.some((d) => d.matches(senderDomain)))
+      return "blocked";
+    if (senderDomain && this.domainAllowed.some((d) => d.matches(senderDomain)))
+      return "allowed";
+    return "neutral";
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Decide whether an inbound email is accepted, given its candidate sender
+   * addresses. A blocklist hit on any sender rejects; with an allowlist set, at
+   * least one sender must match it.
+   */
+  decide(senders: string[]): SenderDecision {
+    if (!this.hasAnyRule) return "accepted";
+
+    const accepted = senders.some((sender) => {
+      const decision = this.evaluate(sender);
+      if (decision === "allowed") return true;
+      if (decision === "blocked") return false;
+      return !this.hasAllowlist;
+    });
+
+    return accepted ? "accepted" : "blocked";
+  }
+}