diff --git a/pkg/channels/manager_channel.go b/pkg/channels/manager_channel.go
index 9dbd35cab..b6b407c59 100644
--- a/pkg/channels/manager_channel.go
+++ b/pkg/channels/manager_channel.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func toChannelHashes(cfg *config.Config) map[string]string {
 	_ = json.Unmarshal(marshal, &channelConfig)
 
 	for key, value := range channelConfig {
-		if !value["enabled"].(bool) {
+		if enabled, ok := value["enabled"].(bool); !ok || !enabled {
 			continue
 		}
 		hiddenValues(key, value, ch.Get(key))
@@ -94,7 +94,15 @@ func hiddenValues(key string, value map[string]any, ch *config.Channel) {
 		vv := value["webhooks"]
 		webhooks := make(map[string]string)
 		if vv != nil {
-			webhooks = vv.(map[string]string)
+			if m, ok := vv.(map[string]string); ok {
+				webhooks = m
+			} else if m, ok := vv.(map[string]any); ok {
+				for k, w := range m {
+					if s, ok := w.(string); ok {
+						webhooks[k] = s
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		if settings, ok := v.(*config.TeamsWebhookSettings); ok {
 			for name, target := range settings.Webhooks {
diff --git a/pkg/channels/manager_channel_test.go b/pkg/channels/manager_channel_test.go
index b991e58d6..9d0373299 100644
--- a/pkg/channels/manager_channel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/channels/manager_channel_test.go
@@ -151,3 +151,57 @@ func TestToChannelHashes_RealWorldChannel(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(h))
 	assert.Contains(t, h, "telegram")
 }
+
+func TestToChannelHashes_MissingEnabledKey(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.Channels["test"] = &config.Channel{
+		Settings: config.RawNode(`{"key":"value"}`),
+	}
+
+	// Should not panic — the ok check safely handles the missing/false case
+	assert.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		_ = toChannelHashes(cfg)
+	})
+	h := toChannelHashes(cfg)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(h), "channel with Enabled=false (default) skipped")
+}
+
+func TestToChannelHashes_EnabledNotBool(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.Channels["test"] = &config.Channel{
+		Enabled:  false,
+		Settings: config.RawNode(`{"enabled":"yes","boolField":true}`),
+	}
+
+	// Should not panic — string "enabled" won't match bool assertion, ok=false
+	assert.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		_ = toChannelHashes(cfg)
+	})
+	h := toChannelHashes(cfg)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(h), "string enabled not treated as true")
+}
+
+func TestToChannelHashes_TeamsWebhookWithWebhooks(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
+	// teams_webhook with configured webhooks — this is the real-world
+	// scenario where the map type from JSON unmarshal (map[string]any)
+	// would cause a panic on the old unchecked vv.(map[string]string)
+	settings, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+		"enabled": true,
+		"webhooks": map[string]any{
+			"hook1": "https://example.com/webhook",
+		},
+	})
+	cfg.Channels["teams_webhook"] = &config.Channel{
+		Enabled:  true,
+		Type:     config.ChannelTeamsWebHook,
+		Settings: config.RawNode(settings),
+	}
+
+	assert.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		_ = toChannelHashes(cfg)
+	})
+	h := toChannelHashes(cfg)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(h))
+	assert.Contains(t, h, "teams_webhook")
+}