Mailgun is a popular transactional email API trusted by developers for reliable delivery. But how do you test that your Mailgun emails actually arrive, contain the right content, and work end-to-end in CI?

This guide covers the full testing progression — from local development to automated Playwright tests in GitHub Actions.

The app we're testing

A Next.js API route that sends a verification email via Mailgun:

// app/api/auth/signup/route.ts