## TL;DR
Warmup only works as a gradual ramp; dumping day-thirty volume on day one burns the domain's reputation before it exists. Pause the schedule, restart the ramp from the day-one cap, and make the scheduler refuse to exceed the daily budget.

```text
agent's email warmup schedule fired 200 emails on day one instead of 20
```

## Use this when
- Day-one warmup volume exceeded the plan by an order of magnitude.
- The domain's reputation dropped right after warmup started.
- Logs show the scheduler fired the whole queue at once.

## Not for this skill when
- Warmup content getting flagged, which is a content problem.
- IP warmup on a dedicated IP, which has its own ramp.
- Post-warmup volume spikes, which need their own pacing.

## Steps
1. Pause the warmup schedule immediately. Verify: the queue is held and nothing new sends.
2. Find the bug: usually a units error (hours versus minutes) or a missing per-day cap. Verify: you can point at the line that dropped the limit.
3. Assess the damage: check bounce and complaint rates on the overshoot. Verify: you know whether the domain took a reputation hit.
4. Restart the ramp from the day-one volume with a hard per-day cap in code. Verify: the cap is a constant the scheduler cannot exceed.
5. Add a dry-run mode and an alert when actual sends approach the cap. Verify: a simulated run shows the ramp curve before any real send.

## Variant phrasings
### email warmup sent too many day one
Common phrasing of the problem.
### warmup schedule overshoot fix
The fix-angle search.
### domain warmup ramp too fast
The ramp-angle search.

Compatibility: Any warmup tooling or custom scheduler; ramp discipline is provider-independent.

## Why it happens
Mailbox providers learn a domain's reputation from its early sending pattern. A new domain that suddenly fires hundreds of emails looks exactly like a spammer, so the overshoot teaches every filter the wrong lesson on day one.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- Restarting the ramp does not erase the overshoot; expect a slower climb.
- Warmup emails still need engagement; unopened warmup mail teaches nothing.
- Shared IPs dilute the damage but also the learning; know which you are on.
- A second bug can re-fire the queue; keep the pause until the fix is deployed.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_DlC0Lg5vprkJkquEPI4oNw

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_RssKZImUbod1KRJ7HdTReA/versions/skv_zcqhxXK5e4quEl57oP8oZg>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_RssKZImUbod1KRJ7HdTReA>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_RssKZImUbod1KRJ7HdTReA/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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