diff --git a/ordinis-rest-api/src/main/java/cloud/nstart/terravault/ordinis/restapi/web/MeNotificationsController.java b/ordinis-rest-api/src/main/java/cloud/nstart/terravault/ordinis/restapi/web/MeNotificationsController.java
index 76e4f10..5e90578 100644
--- a/ordinis-rest-api/src/main/java/cloud/nstart/terravault/ordinis/restapi/web/MeNotificationsController.java
+++ b/ordinis-rest-api/src/main/java/cloud/nstart/terravault/ordinis/restapi/web/MeNotificationsController.java
@@ -72,21 +72,48 @@ public class MeNotificationsController {
     String emailKey = currentUserEmail();
     int safeLimit = Math.min(limit, MAX_LIMIT);
 
-    Page<NotificationLog> page;
-    if (emailKey != null && !emailKey.isBlank()) {
-      page = notificationLogRepository.findByRecipientOrderBySentAtDesc(
-          emailKey, PageRequest.of(0, safeLimit));
-    } else {
-      // No email in JWT — return empty, not an error
+    // Hardened against runtime exceptions — endpoint hit от bell on каждой
+    // странице; 500 здесь сломает global UX. Каждая под-операция wraped
+    // в try/catch с structured log + sensible fallback (empty list / 0 count).
+    // Backend can still see issues via logs; user sees empty drawer instead
+    // of "Внутренняя ошибка сервера".
+
+    if (emailKey == null || emailKey.isBlank()) {
+      // No email claim in JWT — can't look up notifications. Return empty.
+      log.debug("No email claim in JWT for user sub={}, returning empty notifications", currentUserSub);
       return Map.of("items", List.of(), "totalUnread", 0);
     }
 
-    List<NotificationItemDto> items = page.getContent().stream()
-        .filter(n -> status == null || status.equalsIgnoreCase(n.getStatus().name()))
-        .map(n -> toDto(n, currentUserSub))
-        .toList();
+    List<NotificationItemDto> items;
+    try {
+      Page<NotificationLog> page = notificationLogRepository.findByRecipientOrderBySentAtDesc(
+          emailKey, PageRequest.of(0, safeLimit));
+      items = page.getContent().stream()
+          .filter(n -> status == null || status.equalsIgnoreCase(n.getStatus().name()))
+          .map(n -> {
+            try {
+              return toDto(n, currentUserSub);
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+              log.warn("Failed to map NotificationLog id={} to DTO: {}", n.getId(), e.getMessage());
+              return null;
+            }
+          })
+          .filter(java.util.Objects::nonNull)
+          .toList();
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      log.error("Failed to load notifications for user sub={}, email={}: {}",
+          currentUserSub, emailKey, e.getMessage(), e);
+      items = List.of();
+    }
 
-    long totalUnread = countUnread(currentUserSub, emailKey);
+    long totalUnread = 0L;
+    try {
+      totalUnread = countUnread(currentUserSub, emailKey);
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      log.error("Failed to count unread notifications for user sub={}: {}",
+          currentUserSub, e.getMessage(), e);
+      // Fallback to 0 — better to under-count than show user a 500.
+    }
 
     return Map.of(
         "items", items,
@@ -118,7 +145,6 @@ public class MeNotificationsController {
     Page<NotificationLog> page = notificationLogRepository.findByRecipientOrderBySentAtDesc(
         emailKey, PageRequest.of(0, MAX_LIMIT));
 
-    OffsetDateTime now = OffsetDateTime.now();
     page.getContent().forEach(n -> markReadState(sub, n.getId()));
     log.debug("Marked {} notifications read for user {}", page.getNumberOfElements(), sub);
   }
@@ -160,10 +186,13 @@ public class MeNotificationsController {
   }
 
   private boolean isRead(String sub, Long notificationId) {
-    Integer count = jdbcTemplate.queryForObject(
+    // PostgreSQL COUNT(*) returns BIGINT — request Long.class to avoid
+    // narrowing-conversion edge cases в Spring's RowMapper. Was Integer.class
+    // which Spring auto-converts via rs.getInt() (works but type-imprecise).
+    Long count = jdbcTemplate.queryForObject(
         "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM notification_read_state WHERE user_id = ? AND notification_id = ?",
-        Integer.class, sub, notificationId);
-    return count != null && count > 0;
+        Long.class, sub, notificationId);
+    return count != null && count > 0L;
   }
 
   private static String buildPreview(NotificationLog n) {