diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Event/Notification.php b/src/Appwrite/Event/Notification.php
index acb4c8b62d..b7a31755ba 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Event/Notification.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Event/Notification.php
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ class Notification extends Event
         $this->name = '';
         $this->subject = '';
         $this->body = '';
+        $this->preview = '';
         $this->variables = [];
         $this->bodyTemplate = '';
         $this->attachment = [];
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Account/Http/Alerts/Track/Get.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Account/Http/Alerts/Track/Get.php
index 7c5a48346c..acad23c7d4 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Account/Http/Alerts/Track/Get.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Account/Http/Alerts/Track/Get.php
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ class Get extends Action
                 $decoded = $decoder->decode($jwt);
 
                 if (
-                    isset($decoded['alertId'], $decoded['userId'])
+                    isset($decoded['alertId'], $decoded['userId'], $decoded['purpose'])
+                    && $decoded['purpose'] === 'alert_track'
                     && $decoded['alertId'] === $alertId
                 ) {
                     $authorization->skip(function () use ($dbForPlatform, $alertId, $decoded) {
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Notifications.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Notifications.php
index b7d02fc03f..d9ac17e592 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Notifications.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Notifications.php
@@ -247,20 +247,20 @@ class Notifications extends Action
         }
         $subject = \strip_tags($subjectTemplate->render());
 
-        // Persist alert BEFORE adapter send so the alertId is available for
-        // the tracking pixel. Failure to persist still allows the email to
-        // go out unsignals (we degrade gracefully).
-        $alertId = null;
-        if ($messageId !== '') {
-            $alertId = $this->persistAlert($dbForPlatform, $messageId, $recipient, $payload);
-        }
+        // Pre-compute the alertId WITHOUT persisting so the tracking pixel
+        // URL is stable, but defer the database write until after a
+        // successful adapter send. Persisting first risks a dedup-by-attribute
+        // hit on retry if SMTP throws — the email would be permanently lost.
+        $deterministicAlertId = $messageId !== ''
+            ? self::buildAlertId($messageId, $recipient)
+            : null;
 
-        // C3 tracking pixel: only injectable when we have a userId AND a
-        // persisted alertId AND a signing key.
+        // Tracking pixel: only injectable when we have a userId AND a
+        // deterministic alertId AND a signing key.
         $userId = $recipient['userId'] ?? '';
         $opensslKey = System::getEnv('_APP_OPENSSL_KEY_V1');
-        if ($alertId !== null && $userId !== '' && !empty($opensslKey)) {
-            $body = $this->injectTrackingPixel($body, $alertId, $userId, $opensslKey);
+        if ($deterministicAlertId !== null && $userId !== '' && !empty($opensslKey)) {
+            $body = $this->injectTrackingPixel($body, $deterministicAlertId, $userId, $opensslKey);
         }
 
         /** @var EmailAdapter $adapter */
@@ -320,13 +320,21 @@ class Notifications extends Action
         try {
             $adapter->send($emailMessage);
         } catch (Throwable $error) {
-            if ($type === 'smtp') {
-                throw new Exception('Error sending notification: ' . $error->getMessage(), 401);
-            }
+            // Use 500 for any SMTP delivery failure: timeouts, DNS, refused
+            // connections, and authentication errors are all infrastructure
+            // problems, not HTTP-style 401s. The queue infrastructure handles
+            // retries based on the throw, not the code.
             throw new Exception('Error sending notification: ' . $error->getMessage(), 500);
         }
 
-        return $alertId;
+        // Persist the alert ONLY after a successful send. The Track endpoint
+        // tolerates a missing alert row, so a tracking pixel fetched between
+        // send and persistence is harmless.
+        if ($messageId !== '') {
+            return $this->persistAlert($dbForPlatform, $messageId, $recipient, $payload);
+        }
+
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -448,10 +456,10 @@ class Notifications extends Action
         // userId is supplied (matches Console adapter's own bookkeeping).
         if ($channel === NOTIFICATION_TYPE_CONSOLE && $userId === '' && $teamId === '') {
             $userId = $address;
+            $recipient['userId'] = $userId;
         }
 
-        $idSuffix = \substr(\md5($channel . ':' . $address . ':' . $userId . ':' . $teamId), 0, 8);
-        $alertId = $messageId . '_' . $idSuffix;
+        $alertId = self::buildAlertId($messageId, $recipient);
 
         $permissions = $this->buildAlertPermissions($userId, $teamId);
         if (empty($permissions)) {
@@ -481,6 +489,24 @@ class Notifications extends Action
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Build the deterministic alertId composed of the messageId plus an
+     * 8-char hash over the recipient identity. Single source of truth used
+     * by both `persistAlert()` and `dispatchEmail()` so the tracking pixel
+     * URL matches the eventually-persisted row exactly.
+     *
+     * @param array{address: string, channel: string, signatureKey?: string, userId?: string, teamId?: string} $recipient
+     */
+    private static function buildAlertId(string $messageId, array $recipient): string
+    {
+        $channel = $recipient['channel'];
+        $address = $recipient['address'];
+        $userId = $recipient['userId'] ?? '';
+        $teamId = $recipient['teamId'] ?? '';
+
+        return $messageId . '_' . \substr(\md5($channel . ':' . $address . ':' . $userId . ':' . $teamId), 0, 8);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array<string>
      */
@@ -542,6 +568,7 @@ class Notifications extends Action
             ->encode([
                 'alertId' => $alertId,
                 'userId' => $userId,
+                'purpose' => 'alert_track',
             ]);
 
         $protocol = System::getEnv('_APP_OPTIONS_FORCE_HTTPS', 'disabled') === 'disabled' ? 'http' : 'https';
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Webhooks.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Webhooks.php
index c5abf4f755..91485c2906 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Webhooks.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Webhooks.php
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ class Webhooks extends Action
      */
     public function sendAlert(int $attempts, mixed $statusCode, Document $webhook, Document $project, Database $dbForPlatform, Notification $queueForNotifications, array $plan): void
     {
+        // The DI-shared Notification event accumulates state across calls. Reset
+        // before configuring this alert so multiple webhook failures in a single
+        // worker invocation do not bleed recipients/subject/body between alerts.
+        $queueForNotifications->reset();
+
         $memberships = $dbForPlatform->find('memberships', [
             Query::equal('teamInternalId', [$project->getAttribute('teamInternalId')]),
             Query::limit(APP_LIMIT_SUBQUERY)
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Utopia/Messaging/Adapter/Console.php b/src/Appwrite/Utopia/Messaging/Adapter/Console.php
index 28765e3242..bb705e59e4 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Utopia/Messaging/Adapter/Console.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Utopia/Messaging/Adapter/Console.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace Appwrite\Utopia\Messaging\Adapter;
 use Appwrite\Utopia\Messaging\Messages\Console as ConsoleMessage;
 use Utopia\Database\Database;
 use Utopia\Database\Document;
+use Utopia\Database\Exception\Duplicate as DuplicateException;
 use Utopia\Database\Helpers\ID;
 use Utopia\Database\Helpers\Permission;
 use Utopia\Database\Helpers\Role;
@@ -84,6 +85,12 @@ class Console extends Adapter
                 $this->database->createDocument('alerts', $document);
                 $delivered++;
                 $response->addResult($key);
+            } catch (DuplicateException) {
+                // Idempotent retry: row already exists for this messageId/recipient.
+                // Treat as a successful (already-delivered) result so the worker
+                // does not throw and re-queue.
+                $delivered++;
+                $response->addResult($key);
             } catch (\Throwable $error) {
                 $response->addResult($key, $error->getMessage());
             }