diff --git a/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/models/blog_generation_log.py b/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/models/blog_generation_log.py
index 3eb9ca8..9b69750 100644
--- a/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/models/blog_generation_log.py
+++ b/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/models/blog_generation_log.py
@@ -225,12 +225,14 @@ class BlogGenerationLog(models.Model):
             return
 
         for email_addr in recipient_emails:
-            template.with_context(
-                email_to_override=email_addr,
-            ).send_mail(
+            template.send_mail(
                 self.id,
-                force_send=True,
-                email_values={'email_to': email_addr},
+                force_send=False,
+                email_values={
+                    'email_to': email_addr,
+                    'res_id': self.id,
+                    'model': self._name,
+                },
             )
 
         _logger.info(
diff --git a/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/conftest.py b/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5485c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def odoo_env(env):
+    """Re-export pytest-odoo's env fixture for use in pytest-bdd step definitions."""
+    return env
diff --git a/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/test_performance.py b/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/test_performance.py
index 126d071..84c478f 100644
--- a/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/test_performance.py
+++ b/addons/itsulu_blog_publisher/tests/test_performance.py
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ Measures latency, query count, token usage, and throughput.
 
 These tests establish baseline metrics for Phase 3 SLO tracking.
 """
+import logging
 import time
 from odoo.tests import TransactionCase, tagged
 from .factories import BlogPublisherFactory
 
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 @tagged('post_install', '-at_install', 'itsulu_blog_publisher', 'performance')
 class TestGenerationLatency(TransactionCase):
@@ -64,13 +67,9 @@ class TestGenerationLatency(TransactionCase):
         self.assertLess(elapsed, 30,
                         f"Generation took {elapsed:.2f}s, target <30s")
 
-        # Log metric for trend analysis
-        self.env.cr.execute(
-            "INSERT INTO ir_logging (name, level, dbname, body, create_date) "
-            "VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, now())",
-            ('itsulu_blog_publisher.performance.generation_latency', 'INFO',
-             self.env.cr.dbname,
-             f'elapsed_seconds={elapsed:.2f} post_id={post.id}')
+        _logger.info(
+            'performance.generation_latency elapsed_seconds=%.2f post_id=%d',
+            elapsed, post.id,
         )
 
     def test_social_copy_generation_overhead(self):