diff --git a/internal/store/webhook.go b/internal/store/webhook.go
index 891ce5f..161db96 100644
--- a/internal/store/webhook.go
+++ b/internal/store/webhook.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
@@ -51,12 +52,22 @@ func (s *WebhookStore) MarkDelivered(id uint64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// truncateUTF8 safely truncates a string to n bytes without splitting UTF-8 runes.
+func truncateUTF8(s string, n int) string {
+	if len(s) <= n {
+		return s
+	}
+	s = s[:n]
+	for len(s) > 0 && !utf8.ValidString(s) {
+		s = s[:len(s)-1]
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
 // MarkFailed increments attempts and records the last error, leaving the row
 // undelivered for the next retry sweep.
 func (s *WebhookStore) MarkFailed(id uint64, errMsg string) error {
-	if len(errMsg) > 255 {
-		errMsg = errMsg[:255]
-	}
+	errMsg = truncateUTF8(errMsg, 255)
 	if err := s.db.Model(&model.WebhookDelivery{}).Where("id = ?", id).
 		Updates(map[string]any{
 			"attempts":   gorm.Expr("attempts + 1"),
diff --git a/internal/store/webhook_test.go b/internal/store/webhook_test.go
index 6f51d53..162e3bc 100644
--- a/internal/store/webhook_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/webhook_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package store_test
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/wangjia/pay/internal/model"
 	"github.com/wangjia/pay/internal/store"
@@ -42,3 +43,39 @@ func TestWebhookMarkFailed(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("失败后应仍待投递且 attempts=1, got %+v", again)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWebhookMarkFailedUTF8Truncation(t *testing.T) {
+	ws := store.NewWebhookStore(model.OpenTestDB(t))
+	_ = ws.EnqueueDelivery("PAY-3", "pangolin", "payment.succeeded", `{}`)
+	list, _ := ws.ListUndelivered(10)
+
+	// Create a long Chinese error message that exceeds 255 bytes
+	// Each Chinese character is typically 3 bytes in UTF-8
+	longChinese := "错误信息: " // "error message: " in Chinese (each char ~3 bytes)
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		longChinese += "中"
+	}
+	// longChinese is now > 300 bytes
+
+	if err := ws.MarkFailed(list[0].ID, longChinese); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("markFailed with long Chinese: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	again, _ := ws.ListUndelivered(10)
+	if len(again) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 pending row, got %d", len(again))
+	}
+
+	stored := again[0].LastError
+	// Verify last_error is valid UTF-8
+	if !utf8.ValidString(stored) {
+		t.Fatalf("last_error is not valid UTF-8: %q", stored)
+	}
+
+	// Verify last_error is <= 255 bytes
+	if len(stored) > 255 {
+		t.Fatalf("last_error exceeds 255 bytes: %d", len(stored))
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("UTF-8 truncated error (%d bytes): %q", len(stored), stored)
+}
diff --git a/internal/webhook/notifier.go b/internal/webhook/notifier.go
index d2a9540..67ed598 100644
--- a/internal/webhook/notifier.go
+++ b/internal/webhook/notifier.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
@@ -69,7 +70,11 @@ func (n *Notifier) DeliverPending(limit int) (int, error) {
 func (n *Notifier) deliverOne(d *store.WebhookDeliveryRow) bool {
 	// 门禁:订单未付不投递(不计失败,等 settle 翻转后自然放行)。
 	paid, err := n.orderPaid(d.OutTradeNo)
-	if err != nil || !paid {
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[webhook] 投递门禁查单失败 %s: %v", d.OutTradeNo, err)
+		return false
+	}
+	if !paid {
 		return false
 	}
 	cfg, found := n.bizConfig(d.BizSystem)
@@ -109,9 +114,14 @@ func (n *Notifier) deliverOne(d *store.WebhookDeliveryRow) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// truncate safely truncates a string to n bytes without splitting UTF-8 runes.
 func truncate(s string, n int) string {
-	if len(s) > n {
-		return s[:n]
+	if len(s) <= n {
+		return s
+	}
+	s = s[:n]
+	for len(s) > 0 && !utf8.ValidString(s) {
+		s = s[:len(s)-1]
 	}
 	return s
 }