From 43f0123f6ebea594f32dd5752d531a689f8fd67e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ostap Zherebetskyi <ozherebetskyi@exoft.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 13:09:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add blank notification type and template

---
 notifications.yaml                | 7 +++++++
 osf/models/notification_type.py   | 1 +
 website/templates/blank.html.mako | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 website/templates/blank.html.mako

diff --git a/notifications.yaml b/notifications.yaml
index e3b7b286a30..f10bafa4396 100644
--- a/notifications.yaml
+++ b/notifications.yaml
@@ -801,3 +801,10 @@ notification_types:
     object_content_type_model_name: abstractnode
     template: 'website/templates/empty.html.mako'
     tests: []
+
+  - name: blank
+    subject: '{subject}'
+    __docs__: ...
+    object_content_type_model_name: osfuser
+    template: 'website/templates/blank.html.mako'
+    tests: []
diff --git a/osf/models/notification_type.py b/osf/models/notification_type.py
index f8162a08bce..9a6629e22e2 100644
--- a/osf/models/notification_type.py
+++ b/osf/models/notification_type.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def get_default_frequency_choices():
 
 class NotificationTypeEnum(str, Enum):
     EMPTY = 'empty'
+    BLANK = 'blank'
     # Desk notifications
     REVIEWS_SUBMISSION_STATUS = 'reviews_submission_status'
     ADDONS_BOA_JOB_FAILURE = 'addon_boa_job_failure'
diff --git a/website/templates/blank.html.mako b/website/templates/blank.html.mako
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca288db0a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/templates/blank.html.mako
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<%inherit file="notify_base.mako" />
+
+<%def name="content()">
+
+</%def>
\ No newline at end of file

From dfd518bc18ed804914ee2ebd4936250ecec97ec7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Longze Chen <cslzchen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 13:29:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Respond to CR

---
 notifications.yaml                | 2 +-
 website/templates/blank.html.mako | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/notifications.yaml b/notifications.yaml
index f10bafa4396..6161abd9fc6 100644
--- a/notifications.yaml
+++ b/notifications.yaml
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ notification_types:
     tests: []
 
   - name: blank
-    subject: '{subject}'
+    subject: 'PLACEHOLDER FOR EMAIL SUBJECT'
     __docs__: ...
     object_content_type_model_name: osfuser
     template: 'website/templates/blank.html.mako'
diff --git a/website/templates/blank.html.mako b/website/templates/blank.html.mako
index ca288db0a10..f41301c1d1c 100644
--- a/website/templates/blank.html.mako
+++ b/website/templates/blank.html.mako
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 <%def name="content()">
 
-</%def>
\ No newline at end of file
+</%def>