diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a76bd45..44c9092 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -331,6 +331,17 @@ bash scripts/package.sh
 
 ### Lokaler Test
 
+Die PHP-Statushelper lassen sich unabhängig vom laufenden MUA-Dienst testen
+(PHP 8 erforderlich):
+
+```bash
+php scripts/test-notifications.php
+php scripts/test-docker-update-status.php
+```
+
+Der Benachrichtigungsparser liest auch mehrzeilige URBM-Meldungen und erhält
+Text wörtlich, ohne INI-Variablen wie `${HOME}` auszuwerten.
+
 ```bash
 # Test-Setup (ohne Unraid)
 MUA_CONFIG_DIR=/tmp/mua-test MUA_PORT=3999 MUA_CONFIG_PORT=3998 ./dist/mua-mac
diff --git a/scripts/test-notifications.php b/scripts/test-notifications.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..362a9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-notifications.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/unraid-mcp-status-helper.php';
+
+set_error_handler(function ($severity, $message) { throw new RuntimeException($message); });
+function expect_same(string $label, mixed $expected, mixed $actual): void {
+    if ($expected !== $actual) throw new RuntimeException('FAIL: ' . $label);
+    echo "PASS: $label\n";
+}
+
+$record = <<<'NOTIFY'
+timestamp=1789870052
+event="URBM"
+subject="✅ Backup (nightly)"
+description="First line
+
+📦 Repository: Test
+Literal "quotes", semicolons; equals=signs
+importance=alert
+${PATH} ${HOME} null true OFF
+✅ Status: Erfolgreich"
+importance="normal"
+NOTIFY;
+$fields = notification_fields($record);
+expect_same('timestamp stays literal', '1789870052', $fields['timestamp']);
+expect_same('multiline Unicode and punctuation', "First line\n\n📦 Repository: Test\nLiteral \"quotes\", semicolons; equals=signs\nimportance=alert\n" . '${PATH} ${HOME} null true OFF' . "\n✅ Status: Erfolgreich", $fields['description']);
+expect_same('embedded key is description text', 'normal', $fields['importance']);
+expect_same('CRLF records', $fields, notification_fields(str_replace("\n", "\r\n", $record)));
+expect_same('empty field and raw scalars', ['event'=>'', 'subject'=>'OFF', 'timestamp'=>'001'], notification_fields("event=\"\"\nsubject=OFF\ntimestamp=001\n"));
+expect_same('comments and whitespace', ['event'=>'test'], notification_fields("; comment\n# comment\n\nevent=\"test\"  \n"));
+expect_same('truncated record is rejected', [], notification_fields("event=\"URBM\"\ndescription=\"unfinished\n"));
+expect_same('malformed record is rejected', [], notification_fields("not a record\n"));
+expect_same('empty record', [], notification_fields(''));
+echo "All notification parser tests passed.\n";
diff --git a/scripts/unraid-mcp-status-helper.php b/scripts/unraid-mcp-status-helper.php
index 1c5dbca..a693c79 100644
--- a/scripts/unraid-mcp-status-helper.php
+++ b/scripts/unraid-mcp-status-helper.php
@@ -170,14 +170,48 @@ function disk_health(?string $requested): array {
     return ['schema_version' => '1.0', 'disk_count' => count($result), 'disks' => $result];
 }
 
+/** Read Unraid's flat notification records without INI value interpolation.
+ * INI_SCANNER_RAW rejects multiline quoted descriptions; INI_SCANNER_NORMAL
+ * expands ${...} and coerces bare values. Notification text must stay literal.
+ */
+function notification_fields(string $contents): array {
+    $fields = [];
+    $pending = null;
+    $value = '';
+    foreach (preg_split('/\r\n|\n|\r/', $contents) as $line) {
+        if ($pending !== null) {
+            $value .= "\n" . $line;
+        } else {
+            if (trim($line) === '' || preg_match('/^\s*[;#]/', $line)) continue;
+            if (!preg_match('/^([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\s*=(.*)$/', $line, $match)) return [];
+            $pending = $match[1];
+            $value = ltrim($match[2]);
+            if (!str_starts_with($value, '"')) {
+                $fields[$pending] = rtrim($value);
+                $pending = null;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+        $end = rtrim($value, " \t");
+        if (strlen($end) >= 2 && str_ends_with($end, '"')) {
+            $fields[$pending] = substr($end, 1, -1);
+            $pending = null;
+        }
+    }
+    // Never return a partial record when a quoted field is truncated.
+    return $pending === null ? $fields : [];
+}
+
 function notification_list(int $limit, ?string $importance): array {
     $limit = max(1, min(50, $limit));
     $files = array_merge(glob('/tmp/notifications/*.notify') ?: [], glob('/tmp/notifications/archive/*.notify') ?: []);
     usort($files, fn($a, $b) => filemtime($b) <=> filemtime($a));
     $items = [];
     foreach ($files as $file) {
-        $n = parse_ini_file($file, false, INI_SCANNER_RAW);
-        if (!is_array($n)) continue;
+        $contents = @file_get_contents($file);
+        if ($contents === false) continue; // Notifications may be archived/deleted concurrently.
+        $n = notification_fields($contents);
+        if (!$n) continue;
         $level = trim((string)($n['importance'] ?? 'normal'), '"');
         if ($importance && $importance !== 'all' && $level !== $importance) continue;
         $items[] = [