diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/flask_notification_routes.py b/AppImage/scripts/flask_notification_routes.py
index 6f1227e9..8364797c 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/flask_notification_routes.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/flask_notification_routes.py
@@ -1548,11 +1548,15 @@ def proxmox_webhook():
             return _reject(400, 'missing_title', 400)
         if not isinstance(message, str):
             message = str(message) if message is not None else ''
-        # Bound runaway sizes — webhooks shouldn't exceed a few KB of text.
+        # Keep the full webhook body for downstream parsers. PVE vzdump
+        # reports can legitimately exceed Telegram's 4096-character delivery
+        # limit when a job covers many VM/CT guests. Truncating here can cut a
+        # table row in half before notification_templates._parse_vzdump_message
+        # sees it, which makes a successful backup look like a failed one.
+        # Channel-specific senders (for example TelegramChannel._split_message)
+        # are responsible for splitting the final formatted notification.
         if len(title) > 256:
             payload['title'] = title[:256]
-        if len(message) > 4096:
-            payload['message'] = message[:4096]
         # Severity normalisation: accept the canonical set, default to 'info'.
         sev = (payload.get('severity') or '').lower()
         if sev not in {'info', 'warning', 'critical', 'error', 'notice'}:
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_vzdump_webhook_truncation.py b/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_vzdump_webhook_truncation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7081a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/tests/test_vzdump_webhook_truncation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+if str(SCRIPTS_DIR) not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(SCRIPTS_DIR))
+
+from notification_templates import _format_vzdump_body, _parse_vzdump_message
+
+
+def _vzdump_table_row(vmid, name, status="OK", time_value="00:00:12", size="1.23 GiB"):
+    filename = (
+        f"/mnt/pve/fast-zfs-backup/dump/"
+        f"vzdump-lxc-{vmid}-2026_08_09-04_00_00.tar.zst"
+    )
+    return "{:<8}{:<22}{:<10}{:<10}{:<14}{}".format(
+        str(vmid),
+        name,
+        status,
+        time_value,
+        size,
+        filename,
+    )
+
+
+def _make_long_vzdump_report():
+    header = "{:<8}{:<22}{:<10}{:<10}{:<14}{}".format(
+        "VMID",
+        "Name",
+        "Status",
+        "Time",
+        "Size",
+        "Filename",
+    )
+    rows = [_vzdump_table_row(100 + i, f"ct-{100 + i:03d}") for i in range(28)]
+    dockflare_row = _vzdump_table_row(129, "dockflare")
+
+    message_prefix = (
+        "Proxmox vzdump report\n\n"
+        + header
+        + "\n"
+        + "\n".join(rows)
+        + "\n"
+    )
+
+    # Place the 4096-character cut right after the dockflare VMID + name
+    # columns, before the Status/Time/Size/Filename columns. This reproduces
+    # the production symptom: CT 129 appears as a failed backup with no detail.
+    cut_at = len(message_prefix) + 8 + 22
+    filler = "X" * max(0, 4096 - cut_at) + "\n"
+
+    return (
+        filler
+        + message_prefix
+        + dockflare_row
+        + "\nTotal running time: 00:12:34\nTotal size: 42.0 GiB\n"
+    )
+
+
+class VzdumpWebhookTruncationTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_truncating_vzdump_report_at_4096_can_create_false_failed_backup(self):
+        full_message = _make_long_vzdump_report()
+        truncated_message = full_message[:4096]
+
+        full_parsed = _parse_vzdump_message(full_message)
+        full_body = _format_vzdump_body(full_parsed, True)
+        truncated_parsed = _parse_vzdump_message(truncated_message)
+        truncated_body = _format_vzdump_body(truncated_parsed, True)
+
+        full_dockflare = [
+            vm for vm in full_parsed["vms"] if vm.get("vmid") == "129"
+        ][0]
+        truncated_dockflare = [
+            vm for vm in truncated_parsed["vms"] if vm.get("vmid") == "129"
+        ][0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(full_dockflare["status"], "OK")
+        self.assertIn("✅ CT dockflare (129)", full_body)
+        self.assertNotIn("failed", full_body)
+
+        self.assertEqual(truncated_dockflare["name"], "dockflare")
+        self.assertEqual(truncated_dockflare["status"], "")
+        self.assertIn("❌ dockflare (129)", truncated_body)
+        self.assertIn("❌ 1 failed", truncated_body)
+
+    def test_webhook_handler_does_not_truncate_message_before_parsing(self):
+        source = (SCRIPTS_DIR / "flask_notification_routes.py").read_text()
+
+        self.assertNotIn("payload['message'] = message[:4096]", source)
+        self.assertNotIn('payload["message"] = message[:4096]', source)
+        self.assertIn("Keep the full webhook body for downstream parsers", source)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()