diff --git a/app/Controllers/AbdmGateway.php b/app/Controllers/AbdmGateway.php
index 3a3f01c..4b0f415 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/AbdmGateway.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/AbdmGateway.php
@@ -4975,9 +4975,14 @@ class AbdmGateway extends BaseController
             return $authFailure;
         }
 
-        $payload = $this->request->getJSON(true);
+        try {
+            $payload = $this->request->getJSON(true);
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+            $payload = null;
+        }
         if (! is_array($payload)) {
-            $payload = [];
+            $raw = (string) $this->request->getBody();
+            $payload = json_decode($raw, true) ?? [];
         }
 
         $requestId = trim((string) ($payload['requestId'] ?? $payload['request_id'] ?? $this->request->getHeaderLine('X-Request-Id')));
@@ -5122,9 +5127,14 @@ class AbdmGateway extends BaseController
             return $authFailure;
         }
 
-        $payload = $this->request->getJSON(true);
+        try {
+            $payload = $this->request->getJSON(true);
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
+            $payload = null;
+        }
         if (! is_array($payload)) {
-            $payload = [];
+            $raw = (string) $this->request->getBody();
+            $payload = json_decode($raw, true) ?? [];
         }
 
         $requestId = trim((string) ($payload['requestId'] ?? $payload['request_id'] ?? $this->request->getHeaderLine('X-Request-Id')));
diff --git a/app/Libraries/AbdmAuditService.php b/app/Libraries/AbdmAuditService.php
index 81080c8..a4664b9 100644
--- a/app/Libraries/AbdmAuditService.php
+++ b/app/Libraries/AbdmAuditService.php
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ class AbdmAuditService
                 $insert['entity_id'] = $entityId !== '' ? $entityId : null;
             }
             if (in_array('abha_id', $auditFields, true)) {
-                $insert['abha_id'] = trim((string) ($data['abha_id'] ?? '')) ?: null;
+                $val = trim((string) ($data['abha_id'] ?? ''));
+                $insert['abha_id'] = $val !== '' ? $val : ($insert['abha_id'] ?? 'UNKNOWN');
             }
             if (in_array('request_json', $auditFields, true)) {
                 $insert['request_json'] = $requestJson;