diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/middleware/otp/response/LocalizedAlert.java b/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/middleware/otp/response/LocalizedAlert.java
index 369c9d0ab..ad48cd680 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/middleware/otp/response/LocalizedAlert.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/middleware/otp/response/LocalizedAlert.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ public class LocalizedAlert {
 
     public Date effectiveEndDate;
 
+    public String id;
+
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
         return Objects.hash(alertHeaderText, alertDescriptionText, alertUrl, effectiveStartDate, effectiveEndDate);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/middleware/utils/NotificationUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/middleware/utils/NotificationUtils.java
index 7e4c0fcb2..12ecb24f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/middleware/utils/NotificationUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/middleware/utils/NotificationUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.opentripplanner.middleware.utils;
 
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.sparkpost.Client;
 import com.sparkpost.model.responses.Response;
 import com.twilio.Twilio;
@@ -80,14 +81,8 @@ public static String sendPush(OtpUser otpUser, String textTemplate, Object templ
      */
     static String sendPush(String toUser, String body) {
         try {
-            var jsonBody = String.format(
-                "{\"user\":\"%s\",\"message\":\"%s\"}",
-                toUser,
-                body
-                    // Escape carriage returns and trim message length (iOS limitation).
-                    .replace("\n", "\\n")
-                    .substring(0, PUSH_MESSAGE_MAX_LENGTH - 1)
-            );
+            NotificationInfo notifInfo = new NotificationInfo(toUser, body.substring(0, Math.min(PUSH_MESSAGE_MAX_LENGTH, body.length())));
+            var jsonBody = new Gson().toJson(notifInfo);
             Map<String, String> headers = Map.of(
                 "Accept", "application/json",
                 "Content-Type", "application/json"
@@ -151,9 +146,9 @@ public static String sendSMS(String toPhone, String body) {
                 toPhoneNumber,
                 fromPhoneNumber,
                 // Trim body to max message length
-                body.substring(0, SMS_MAX_LENGTH - 1)
+                body.substring(0, Math.min(SMS_MAX_LENGTH, body.length()))
             ).create();
-            LOG.debug("SMS ({}) sent successfully", message.getSid());
+            LOG.info("SMS ({}) sent successfully", message.getSid());
             return message.getSid();
             // TODO: Is there a more specific exception we're ok with here?
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -329,4 +324,13 @@ public static int getPushInfo(String toUser) {
         return 0;
     }
 
+    static class NotificationInfo {
+        public String user;
+        public String message;
+
+        public NotificationInfo(String user, String message) {
+            this.user = user;
+            this.message = message;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/latest-spark-swagger-output.yaml b/src/main/resources/latest-spark-swagger-output.yaml
index 4cf74df2b..d3bc90e19 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/latest-spark-swagger-output.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/latest-spark-swagger-output.yaml
@@ -2437,6 +2437,8 @@ definitions:
       effectiveEndDate:
         type: "string"
         format: "date"
+      id:
+        type: "string"
   MonitoredTrip:
     type: "object"
     properties: