From 61c75eede01fdfefda00b71fd10c399d665bf34e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rudy Celekli <rudy@gradiahq.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 17:00:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(backups): preserve failure messages in alert JSON

Signed-off-by: Rudy Celekli <rudy@gradiahq.com>
---
 support/support-infrastructure-maintainer.md | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/support/support-infrastructure-maintainer.md b/support/support-infrastructure-maintainer.md
index 77508dc9..090da915 100644
--- a/support/support-infrastructure-maintainer.md
+++ b/support/support-infrastructure-maintainer.md
@@ -305,9 +305,11 @@ handle_error() {
     local error_message="$1"
     log "ERROR: $error_message"
     
-    # Send notification
+    # Encode the message as JSON data: backup paths can contain quotes or newlines.
+    local payload
+    payload=$(python3 -c 'import json, sys; print(json.dumps({"text": "🚨 Backup Failed: " + sys.argv[1]}))' "$error_message")
     curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' \
-        --data "{\"text\":\"🚨 Backup Failed: $error_message\"}" \
+        --data "$payload" \
         "$NOTIFICATION_WEBHOOK"
     
     exit 1