diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 97787db..fc89089 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ services:
       # shows "Link invalid" and the portal Compliance section is empty.
       - CUSTOMER_JWT_SECRET=${CUSTOMER_JWT_SECRET}
       - DATABASE_URL=postgresql://pw:${DB_PASSWORD:-pw_dev_2026}@api-postgres:5432/performancewest
+      # Outgoing mail: the "Performance West Outgoing" Email Account password is
+      # reconciled from these on `bench migrate` (after_migrate hook), so the
+      # account can never be left with awaiting_password=1 / empty password.
+      - SMTP_HOST=${SMTP_HOST}
+      - SMTP_PORT=${SMTP_PORT}
+      - SMTP_USER=${SMTP_USER}
+      - SMTP_PASS=${SMTP_PASS}
+      - SMTP_FROM=${SMTP_FROM}
     volumes:
       - erpnext-frappe-public:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/public
       - erpnext-erpnext-public:/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/erpnext/erpnext/public
@@ -219,6 +227,14 @@ services:
       - REDIS_CACHE=redis://erpnext-redis:6379/0
       - REDIS_QUEUE=redis://erpnext-redis:6379/1
       - REDIS_SOCKETIO=redis://erpnext-redis:6379/2
+      # Daily scheduler self-heals the outgoing Email Account password from these
+      # (email_account_sync.sync_outgoing_password), covering drift from
+      # out-of-band restarts / DB restores.
+      - SMTP_HOST=${SMTP_HOST}
+      - SMTP_PORT=${SMTP_PORT}
+      - SMTP_USER=${SMTP_USER}
+      - SMTP_PASS=${SMTP_PASS}
+      - SMTP_FROM=${SMTP_FROM}
     depends_on:
       - erpnext-mariadb
       - erpnext-redis
diff --git a/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/email_account_sync.py b/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/email_account_sync.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3325c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/email_account_sync.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+"""
+Self-healing sync for the outgoing Email Account password.
+
+Background
+----------
+ERPNext stores the SMTP password for an Email Account encrypted in the
+``__Auth`` table, keyed by the site's ``encryption_key``. That secret is NOT
+portable: it cannot live in a fixture, in git, or in a DB dump that gets
+restored under a different key. As a result the "Performance West Outgoing"
+account would periodically end up with ``awaiting_password = 1`` and an empty
+password, after which every outgoing send (login notifications, password
+resets, welcome emails) throws::
+
+    Password not found for Email Account Performance West Outgoing
+
+The recurrence vectors we have actually hit:
+  * ``bench migrate`` reimporting an Email Account *fixture* (fixtures can't
+    carry the encrypted password, and the fixture set ``awaiting_password=1``).
+  * a site DB restore from a backup taken under a different encryption key.
+
+Fix
+---
+Treat the *environment* (``SMTP_*`` vars, same ones the API/workers use) as the
+single source of truth and reconcile the Email Account doc to it. This runs:
+  * ``after_migrate`` — repairs the account at the end of every deploy/migrate,
+    immediately after fixtures import, so migrate can never leave it broken.
+  * daily via the scheduler — heals drift from out-of-band restarts / restores.
+
+The function is idempotent and never raises into the migrate/scheduler flow:
+a misconfigured or missing secret must not abort a deploy.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+
+import frappe
+
+# The single outgoing account this app manages. Matches the value formerly
+# shipped as a fixture (email_account_name / name).
+ACCOUNT_NAME = "Performance West Outgoing"
+
+
+def _env(*names: str, default: str = "") -> str:
+    """First non-empty value among the given environment variable names."""
+    for n in names:
+        v = os.environ.get(n)
+        if v:
+            return v
+    return default
+
+
+def sync_outgoing_password() -> None:
+    """Reconcile the outgoing Email Account to the SMTP_* environment.
+
+    Idempotent and exception-safe — logs and returns on any problem so it can
+    be wired into ``after_migrate`` and ``scheduler_events`` without risk of
+    aborting a deploy or a scheduler tick.
+    """
+    try:
+        host = _env("SMTP_HOST")
+        user = _env("SMTP_USER", "SMTP_FROM")
+        password = _env("SMTP_PASS")
+        port = _env("SMTP_PORT", default="587")
+        # email_id is the From address; fall back to the login user.
+        email_id = _env("SMTP_FROM_EMAIL", "SMTP_USER") or user
+
+        if not (host and user and password):
+            # No secret available in this environment — leave the account as-is
+            # rather than wiping a working password. (e.g. dev box with no SMTP.)
+            frappe.logger("pw_email_sync").info(
+                "SMTP_HOST/USER/PASS not all set; skipping outgoing password sync"
+            )
+            return
+
+        try:
+            port_int = int(str(port).strip())
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            port_int = 587
+
+        exists = frappe.db.exists("Email Account", ACCOUNT_NAME)
+        if exists:
+            doc = frappe.get_doc("Email Account", ACCOUNT_NAME)
+        else:
+            doc = frappe.new_doc("Email Account")
+            doc.email_account_name = ACCOUNT_NAME
+            # `name` is set from email_account_name on insert; set explicitly so
+            # downstream references (notifications, the fixture name) line up.
+            doc.name = ACCOUNT_NAME
+
+        # Reconcile connection settings + the password from the environment.
+        doc.email_id = email_id
+        doc.login_id = user
+        doc.login_id_is_different = 1 if (user and user != email_id) else 0
+        doc.smtp_server = host
+        doc.smtp_port = port_int
+        doc.use_tls = 1
+        doc.enable_outgoing = 1
+        doc.default_outgoing = 1
+        doc.password = password
+        # The whole point: clear the flag that makes ERPNext refuse to send.
+        doc.awaiting_password = 0
+
+        # Skip the live SMTP round-trip validation on save (deploys run offline
+        # / behind egress controls); a separate connectivity check covers that.
+        doc.flags.ignore_validate = True
+        if exists:
+            doc.save(ignore_permissions=True)
+        else:
+            doc.insert(ignore_permissions=True)
+        frappe.db.commit()
+
+        frappe.logger("pw_email_sync").info(
+            f"Synced outgoing Email Account '{ACCOUNT_NAME}' "
+            f"({user}@{host}:{port_int}); awaiting_password cleared"
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        # Never abort migrate / scheduler. Log full traceback for diagnosis.
+        frappe.log_error(
+            title="pw outgoing email account sync failed",
+            message=frappe.get_traceback(),
+        )
diff --git a/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/fixtures/email_account.json b/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/fixtures/email_account.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ed0cd1c..0000000
--- a/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/fixtures/email_account.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "name": "Performance West Outgoing",
-    "doctype": "Email Account",
-    "email_id": "noreply@performancewest.net",
-    "email_account_name": "Performance West Outgoing",
-    "smtp_server": "co.carrierone.com",
-    "smtp_port": 587,
-    "use_tls": 1,
-    "login_id": "noreply@performancewest.net",
-    "enable_outgoing": 1,
-    "enable_incoming": 0,
-    "default_outgoing": 1,
-    "awaiting_password": 1,
-    "used_for_outgoing_emails_from": "System Notifications",
-    "add_signature": 0,
-    "auto_follow_threads": 0,
-    "enable_auto_reply": 0
-  }
-]
diff --git a/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/hooks.py b/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/hooks.py
index 07df054..f4d5b73 100644
--- a/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/hooks.py
+++ b/performancewest_erpnext/performancewest_erpnext/hooks.py
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ fixtures = [
     {"dt": "Custom Field", "filters": [["dt", "in", ["Sales Order", "Sales Invoice", "Payment Request"]]]},
     {"dt": "Notification", "filters": [["name", "like", "CRTC%"]]},
     {"dt": "Notification", "filters": [["name", "like", "Admin %"]]},
-    {"dt": "Email Account", "filters": [["email_account_name", "=", "Performance West Outgoing"]]},
+    # NB: the "Performance West Outgoing" Email Account is intentionally NOT a
+    # fixture. Its SMTP password is stored encrypted (per-site encryption_key)
+    # and cannot be carried in a fixture, so reimporting it on `bench migrate`
+    # would set awaiting_password=1 and an empty password — breaking all
+    # outgoing mail ("Password not found for Email Account ..."). The account is
+    # created/repaired idempotently from the SMTP_* env via
+    # email_account_sync.sync_outgoing_password (after_migrate + scheduler).
     # Subscription plans for recurring renewals (RA, annual report, CRTC maintenance,
     # formation maintenance bundles). Pricing updated per go-live-todo.md:37, 261.
     {"dt": "Subscription Plan"},
@@ -44,3 +50,19 @@ doc_events = {
 csrf_ignore_methods = [
     "performancewest_erpnext.api.stripe_webhook",
 ]
+
+# Reconcile the outgoing Email Account password from the SMTP_* environment at
+# the end of every migrate (fixtures import just before this, and cannot carry
+# the encrypted password). Keeps "Password not found for Email Account ..." from
+# recurring after a deploy.
+after_migrate = [
+    "performancewest_erpnext.email_account_sync.sync_outgoing_password",
+]
+
+# Daily self-heal: catches drift from out-of-band restarts / DB restores that
+# wipe the encrypted password without going through migrate.
+scheduler_events = {
+    "daily": [
+        "performancewest_erpnext.email_account_sync.sync_outgoing_password",
+    ],
+}