diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index e462a2e..3a584e1 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +10,4 @@ COPY . .
 
 # Runs the Taskiq worker against taskiq_management.broker_setup.
 # docker-compose overrides this command if needed.
-CMD ["taskiq", "worker", "taskiq_management.broker_setup:broker", "inbox.tasks", "taskiq_management.tasks"]
+CMD ["taskiq", "worker", "taskiq_management.broker_setup:broker", "inbox.tasks", "inbox.sync_tasks", "taskiq_management.tasks"]
diff --git a/backend/inbox/app.py b/backend/inbox/app.py
index 6d4321e..9f279c5 100644
--- a/backend/inbox/app.py
+++ b/backend/inbox/app.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ async def fetch_email(
             await service.enqueue_matching(list(service.pending_match_ids),force=False)
 
         account_setup=[]
+        if test_on:
+            return JSONResponse(content={"data":items_lst,"status_code":200})
         if service.pending_confirmation_emails:
             account_setup=await service.send_account_setup(list(service.pending_confirmation_emails))
 
diff --git a/backend/inbox/decoded_attachments/Mehdi Raza Content Writing Samples 001.docx b/backend/inbox/decoded_attachments/Mehdi Raza Content Writing Samples 001.docx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96dd43c
Binary files /dev/null and b/backend/inbox/decoded_attachments/Mehdi Raza Content Writing Samples 001.docx differ
diff --git a/backend/inbox/models.py b/backend/inbox/models.py
index 97f9699..d63be73 100644
--- a/backend/inbox/models.py
+++ b/backend/inbox/models.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import Column, DateTime, func, or_, update
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
 from sqlmodel import Field, Relationship, SQLModel, select, true
 
 from users.models import Users
@@ -42,9 +43,33 @@ class Inbox(SQLModel, table=True):
 
     created_at: datetime = Field(default_factory=datetime.now)
     updated_at: datetime = Field(default_factory=datetime.now)
-    # is_active: bool = Field(default=True)
-    # is_deleted: bool = Field(default=False)
-    # user: Users | None = Relationship(back_populates="inbox")
+
+    user: Optional[Users] = Relationship(
+        back_populates="inbox",
+        sa_relationship_kwargs={"lazy": "joined"},
+    )
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def get_candidate_profile(cls,session:AsyncSession,user_id:uuid.UUID|None=None,limit:int=10,offset:int=0):
+        try:
+            qry = (
+                select(cls)
+                .options(selectinload(cls.messages))
+                .join(Users, cls.user_id == Users.id)
+                .join(Roles, Users.role_id == Roles.id)
+                .where(Roles.role_name == EnumRoles.CANDIDATE.value)
+                .limit(limit)
+                .offset(offset)
+            )
+            if user_id:
+                qry = qry.where(cls.user_id == user_id)
+            result = await session.execute(qry)
+            rows = result.scalars().all()
+            if user_id and len(rows) == 1:
+                return rows[0]
+            return rows
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
 
 
 class Inbox_Alerts(SQLModel, table=True):
@@ -101,14 +126,6 @@ class Inbox_Messages(SQLModel, table=True):
             return body
         return email_data.get("bodyPreview") or ""
 
-    # @classmethod
-    # async def get_candidate_profile(cls,session:AsyncSession,user_id:uuid.UUID|None=None):
-    #     try:
-    #         qryy=select(cls,Users).join(cls,cls.)
-    #         if user_id
-
-    #     except Exception as e:
-    #         raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
 
     @classmethod
     async def get_all_applications(cls,session:AsyncSession,message_id:uuid.UUID|int|None=None):
@@ -219,11 +236,12 @@ class Inbox_Messages(SQLModel, table=True):
         if not cls._is_linkable_sender(address):
             return None
         try:
-            user=(await session.execute(
-                select(Users).where(func.lower(Users.email)==address)
-            )).scalars().first()
+            # id-only: avoid Users.job_posts selectin / role lazy loads under asyncio
+            user_id=(await session.execute(
+                select(Users.id).where(func.lower(Users.email)==address)
+            )).scalar_one_or_none()
 
-            if not user:
+            if user_id is None:
                 role=await Roles.get_role_by_name(session,EnumRoles.CANDIDATE.value)
                 user=Users(
                     name=cls._sender_display_name(email_data,address),
@@ -232,15 +250,18 @@ class Inbox_Messages(SQLModel, table=True):
                     password=hash_password(DEFAULT_CANDIDATE_PASSWORD),
                 )
                 session.add(user)
+                # autoflush=False: flush so users.id exists before inbox FK insert
+                # (Relationship helps ordering, but flush keeps this path explicit).
+                await session.flush()
                 session.add(Inbox(user_id=user.id,message_id=email.id))
                 await session.commit()
                 return address
 
             link=(await session.execute(
-                select(Inbox).where(Inbox.message_id==email.id,Inbox.user_id==user.id)
-            )).scalars().first()
-            if not link:
-                session.add(Inbox(user_id=user.id,message_id=email.id))
+                select(Inbox.id).where(Inbox.message_id==email.id,Inbox.user_id==user_id)
+            )).scalar_one_or_none()
+            if link is None:
+                session.add(Inbox(user_id=user_id,message_id=email.id))
                 await session.commit()
             return None
         except IntegrityError:
@@ -275,17 +296,21 @@ class Inbox_Messages(SQLModel, table=True):
                 session.add(existing)
                 await session.commit()
                 await session.refresh(existing)
-                
+
                 if fields.get("attachment"):
                     link_user=await cls._link_sender(session, email_data, existing)
+                    # _link_sender may rollback (IntegrityError); that expires this row
+                    await session.refresh(existing)
                 return existing, link_user
 
         email = cls(**fields)
         session.add(email)
         await session.commit()
+        await session.refresh(email)
 
         if fields.get("attachment"):
             link_user=await cls._link_sender(session, email_data, email)
+            await session.refresh(email)
         return email, link_user
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/backend/inbox/plugins.py b/backend/inbox/plugins.py
index 5176f49..9548c6d 100644
--- a/backend/inbox/plugins.py
+++ b/backend/inbox/plugins.py
@@ -36,14 +36,17 @@ async def request_email_confirmation(email):
     return response.status_code
 
 
-async def fetch_read_status_delta(folder, since=None, limit=1000, max_pages=10, token=None):
-    """GET /sync/read-status -> the raw round dict."""
+async def fetch_read_status_delta(folder, since=None, limit=100, max_pages=10, token=None):
+    """GET /sync/read-status -> the raw round dict.
+
+    Upstream Email API caps `limit` at 100; keep the default at that ceiling.
+    """
     if not EMAIL_URL:
         raise RuntimeError("EMAIL_URL must be set")
     auth_token=token or EMAIL_API_TOKEN
     if not auth_token:
         raise RuntimeError("EMAIL_API_TOKEN must be set")
-    params={"folder":folder,"limit":limit,"max_pages":max_pages}
+    params={"folder":folder,"limit":min(int(limit or 100),100),"max_pages":max_pages}
     if since:
         params["since"]=since
     async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=15.0) as client:
diff --git a/backend/inbox/sync_tasks.py b/backend/inbox/sync_tasks.py
index 42dc6ac..42cc8e9 100644
--- a/backend/inbox/sync_tasks.py
+++ b/backend/inbox/sync_tasks.py
@@ -49,9 +49,14 @@ async def sync_read_status() -> dict:
                     round_data=await fetch_read_status_delta(
                         EMAIL_SYNC_FOLDER,
                         since=since if rounds==1 else None,
-                        limit=1000,
+                        limit=100,
                         max_pages=10,
                     )
+                except httpx.ConnectError as e:
+                    # Email API down / unreachable from this process — soft-fail so the
+                    # cron does not burn retries every minute.
+                    logger.warning("sync_read_status unreachable: %s",e)
+                    return {"error":"unreachable","detail":str(e)}
                 except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
                     if e.response.status_code==401:
                         logger.warning("sync_read_status 401 — device-code sign-in required")
diff --git a/backend/inbox/views.py b/backend/inbox/views.py
index 8c6092d..ea6a12d 100644
--- a/backend/inbox/views.py
+++ b/backend/inbox/views.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Email:
             except Exception as e:
                 raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
     
-    async def get_email_by_id(self,message_id):
+    async def get_email_by_id(self,message_id,test_on=True):
         async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
             try:
                 response=await client.get(f"{self.get_url}/emails/{message_id}",
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class Email:
                     row,new_user_email=await Inbox_Messages.insert_email(session=self.session,email_data=data,file_path=re_create_file)
                     if row.attachment and row.file_path and row.match_status is None:
                         self.pending_match_ids.append(str(row.id))
+                    if test_on:
+                        return data
                     if new_user_email:
                         self.pending_confirmation_emails.append(new_user_email)
                     return data
diff --git a/backend/job/app.py b/backend/job/app.py
index 682bb75..3d95117 100644
--- a/backend/job/app.py
+++ b/backend/job/app.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from fastapi import APIRouter,Depends,Query
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from fastapi import HTTPException
 from db_setup import get_session
-from job.candidate.views import FileRead
+from job.candidate.views import FileRead,CandidateView
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from users.permissions import PermissionTag, require_permission
 from job.job_post.views import JobPost,JobPostCreate
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from job.job_post.plugins import PlatformAlias
 from fastapi import UploadFile, File
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from datetime import datetime, time, timezone
+
 load_dotenv()
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -102,21 +103,20 @@ async def buffer_channels(
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
 
-# @router.get("/candidate/fetch")
-# async def fetch_candidate(
-#     user_id:str=Query(None),
-#     current_user: dict = Depends(require_permission(PermissionTag.CANDIDATES_VIEW)),
-#     session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session),
-# ):
-#     try:
-#         service=CandidateView(session=session)
-#         if user_id:
-#             data=await service.get_candidate(user_id=user_id)
-#         else:
-#             data=await service.get_candidate()
-#         return JSONResponse(content={"data":data,"status_code":200})
-#     except HTTPException:
-#         raise
-#     except Exception as e:
-#         raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+@router.get("/candidate/fetch")
+async def fetch_candidate(
+    user_id:str=Query(None),
+    limit:int=Query(10),
+    offset:int=Query(0),
+    current_user: dict = Depends(require_permission(PermissionTag.CANDIDATES_VIEW)),
+    session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session),
+):
+    try:
+        service=CandidateView(session=session)
+        data=await service.get_candidate(user_id=user_id,limit=limit,offset=offset)
+        total=len(data) if isinstance(data,list) else 1
+        return JSONResponse(content={"data":data,"total":total,"status_code":200})
+    except HTTPException:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
diff --git a/backend/job/candidate/serializers.py b/backend/job/candidate/serializers.py
index e69de29..9e6f6b7 100644
--- a/backend/job/candidate/serializers.py
+++ b/backend/job/candidate/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from inbox.models import Inbox
+from typing import Any,List,Dict
+
+
+def serialize_candidate_profile(link:Inbox|List[Inbox]|Dict[str,Any]|List[Dict[str,Any]]) -> Dict[str,Any]|List[Dict[str,Any]]:
+    if isinstance(link,list):
+        return [serialize_candidate_profile(item) for item in link]
+    if isinstance(link,dict):
+        return link
+
+    user = link.user
+    message = link.messages
+    return {
+        "inbox_id": link.id,
+        "user_id": str(link.user_id) if link.user_id else None,
+        "name": user.name if user else None,
+        "email": user.email if user else None,
+        "is_active": user.is_active if user else None,
+        "message_id": str(link.message_id) if link.message_id else None,
+        "created_at": link.created_at.isoformat() if link.created_at else None,
+        "application_status": message.application_status if message else None,
+        "experience": message.experience if message else None,
+        "resume_text": message.resume_text if message else None,
+        "suggested_job_post_ids": list(message.suggested_job_post_ids or []) if message else [],
+        "match_summary": message.match_summary if message else None,
+        "match_reasoning": message.match_reasoning if message else None,
+        "match_status": message.match_status if message else None,
+        "match_error": message.match_error if message else None,
+        "matched_at": message.matched_at.isoformat() if message and message.matched_at else None,
+        "job_posts": [],
+    }
diff --git a/backend/job/candidate/views.py b/backend/job/candidate/views.py
index 6b10aa3..6f430c7 100644
--- a/backend/job/candidate/views.py
+++ b/backend/job/candidate/views.py
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ from fastapi import HTTPException
 from pypdf import PdfReader
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlmodel import true
-from inbox.models import Inbox_Messages
+from job.job_post.models import JobPosts
+from job.job_post.serializers import serialize_job_post
+from job.candidate.serializers import serialize_candidate_profile
+from inbox.models import Inbox_Messages,Inbox
 from job.candidate.plugins import normalize_spaced_text
 
 class FileRead:
@@ -68,12 +71,41 @@ class FileRead:
     #         get_subject=Inbox_Messages.candidate_x_inbox(self.session,self.candidate_id)
     #         get_file=
 
-# class CandidateView:
-#     def __init__(self,session:AsyncSession):
-#         self.session=session
-    
-#     async def get_candidate(self,user_id=None):
-#         try:
-#             call_func=Inbox_Messages.get_candidate_profile(user_id=user_id)
-#         except Exception as e:
-#             raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
\ No newline at end of file
+class CandidateView:
+    def __init__(self,session:AsyncSession):
+        self.session=session
+
+    async def get_candidate(self,user_id=None,limit=10,offset=0):
+        try:
+            rows=await Inbox.get_candidate_profile(session=self.session,user_id=user_id,limit=limit,offset=offset)
+            return await self.attach_job_posts(rows)
+        except HTTPException:
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
+
+    async def get_job_post_by_id(self,record_id,data=None):
+        """Load full job_posts row and optionally append it onto a candidate payload."""
+        try:
+            job_post_data=await JobPosts.get_job_post_by_id(session=self.session,record_id=record_id)
+            if not job_post_data:
+                return None
+            payload=serialize_job_post(job_post_data)
+            if isinstance(data,dict):
+                data.setdefault("job_posts",[]).append(payload)
+            return payload
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=500,detail=str(e))
+
+    async def attach_job_posts(self,data):
+        """Normalize list/single, serialize each record, attach full job_posts rows."""
+        single=not isinstance(data,list)
+        records=[data] if single else list(data or [])
+        enriched=[]
+        for record in records:
+            payload=serialize_candidate_profile(record)
+            payload["job_posts"]=[]
+            for job_id in payload.get("suggested_job_post_ids") or []:
+                await self.get_job_post_by_id(record_id=job_id,data=payload)
+            enriched.append(payload)
+        return enriched[0] if single else enriched
diff --git a/backend/job/job_post/serializers.py b/backend/job/job_post/serializers.py
index 4589f3d..d58e3ad 100644
--- a/backend/job/job_post/serializers.py
+++ b/backend/job/job_post/serializers.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ def serialize_job_post(row) -> dict:
         "post_text": row.post_text,
         "channel_id": row.channel_id,
         "platform": row.platform,
+        "is_active": row.is_active,
+        "is_deleted": row.is_deleted,
         "buffer_post_id": row.buffer_post_id,
         "buffer_external_link": row.buffer_external_link,
         "buffer_sent_at": row.buffer_sent_at.isoformat() if row.buffer_sent_at else None,
diff --git a/backend/users/models.py b/backend/users/models.py
index cacf22d..bbfa0a1 100644
--- a/backend/users/models.py
+++ b/backend/users/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from sqlalchemy import func, or_
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ from sqlmodel import Field, Relationship, SQLModel, select
 from role.models import Roles
 from job.job_post.models import JobPosts
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:  # runtime import would cycle: inbox.models imports this module
+    from inbox.models import Inbox
+
 class Users(SQLModel, table=True):
     __tablename__ = "users"
 
@@ -16,7 +20,9 @@ class Users(SQLModel, table=True):
     name: str
     email: str = Field(unique=True)
     role_id: int | None = Field(nullable=True, foreign_key="roles.id")
-    role: Roles | None = Relationship(back_populates="users")
+    role: Roles | None = Relationship(back_populates="users",
+    sa_relationship_kwargs={"lazy": "selectin"}
+    )
     # selectin, not joined: this is a one-to-many, so a joined load would repeat the
     # user row once per post. Without an explicit strategy the default is a lazy load,
     # which raises MissingGreenlet the moment anything touches it under asyncio.
@@ -24,6 +30,10 @@ class Users(SQLModel, table=True):
         back_populates="user",
         sa_relationship_kwargs={"lazy": "selectin"},
     )
+    inbox: list["Inbox"] = Relationship(
+        back_populates="user",
+        sa_relationship_kwargs={"lazy": "selectin"},
+    )
     password: str
     created_at: datetime = Field(default_factory=datetime.now)
     updated_at: datetime = Field(default_factory=datetime.now)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index be849d0..7f99556 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./backend
     container_name: hrms-taskiq-worker
+    working_dir: /app
     command:
       [
         "taskiq",
@@ -32,10 +33,14 @@ services:
     env_file:
       - ./backend/.env
     environment:
+      PYTHONPATH: /app
       REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
       TASKIQ_QUEUE_NAME: inbox
       TASKIQ_WORKER_NAME: worker-01
+      # .env uses localhost for the host-side API; containers must reach the host.
       DB_HOST: host.docker.internal
+      EMAIL_URL: http://host.docker.internal:5000
+      BACKEND_URL: http://host.docker.internal:8000
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     volumes:
@@ -49,12 +54,19 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./backend
     container_name: hrms-taskiq-scheduler
+    working_dir: /app
     command: ["taskiq", "scheduler", "taskiq_management.broker_setup:scheduler", "inbox.sync_tasks"]
     env_file:
       - ./backend/.env
     environment:
+      PYTHONPATH: /app
       REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
       TASKIQ_QUEUE_NAME: inbox
+      DB_HOST: host.docker.internal
+      EMAIL_URL: http://host.docker.internal:5000
+      BACKEND_URL: http://host.docker.internal:8000
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     depends_on:
       redis:
         condition: service_healthy