diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/action/DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/action/DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.kt
index fe5cfe29..21ddfffb 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/action/DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/action/DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.kt
@@ -7,17 +7,25 @@ package org.opensearch.commons.alerting.action
 
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException
+import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.model.DataSources
 import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.model.IndexExecutionContext
+import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.model.IntervalSchedule
 import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.model.Monitor
+import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.model.Monitor.Companion.NO_VERSION
 import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.model.MonitorMetadata
 import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.model.WorkflowRunContext
+import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.util.IndexUtils.Companion.NO_SCHEMA_VERSION
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.StreamInput
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.StreamOutput
 import org.opensearch.core.index.shard.ShardId
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.ToXContent
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.ToXContentObject
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentBuilder
+import org.opensearch.index.seqno.SequenceNumbers
 import java.io.IOException
+import java.time.Instant
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
+import java.util.UUID
 
 class DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest : ActionRequest, ToXContentObject {
     val monitor: Monitor
@@ -37,7 +45,7 @@ class DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest : ActionRequest, ToXContentObject {
         indexExecutionContext: IndexExecutionContext?,
         shardIds: List<ShardId>,
         concreteIndicesSeenSoFar: List<String>,
-        workflowRunContext: WorkflowRunContext?
+        workflowRunContext: WorkflowRunContext?,
     ) : super() {
         this.monitor = monitor
         this.dryRun = dryRun
@@ -52,16 +60,75 @@ class DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest : ActionRequest, ToXContentObject {
 
     @Throws(IOException::class)
     constructor(sin: StreamInput) : this(
-        monitor = Monitor.readFrom(sin)!!,
-        dryRun = sin.readBoolean(),
-        monitorMetadata = MonitorMetadata.readFrom(sin),
-        executionId = sin.readString(),
-        shardIds = sin.readList(::ShardId),
-        concreteIndicesSeenSoFar = sin.readStringList(),
-        workflowRunContext = if (sin.readBoolean()) {
-            WorkflowRunContext(sin)
-        } else { null },
-        indexExecutionContext = IndexExecutionContext(sin)
+        monitor = try {
+            Monitor.readFrom(sin)!!
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            Monitor(
+                "failed_serde",
+                NO_VERSION,
+                "failed_serde",
+                true,
+                IntervalSchedule(1, ChronoUnit.MINUTES),
+                Instant.now(),
+                Instant.now(),
+                "",
+                null,
+                NO_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+                emptyList(),
+                emptyList(),
+                emptyMap(),
+                DataSources(),
+                false,
+                false,
+                "failed"
+            )
+        },
+        dryRun = try {
+            sin.readBoolean()
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            false
+        },
+        monitorMetadata = try {
+            MonitorMetadata.readFrom(sin)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            MonitorMetadata(
+                "failed_serde", SequenceNumbers.UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO, SequenceNumbers.UNASSIGNED_PRIMARY_TERM,
+                "failed_serde", emptyList(), emptyMap(),
+                mutableMapOf()
+            )
+        },
+        executionId = try {
+            sin.readString()
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            ""
+        },
+        shardIds = try {
+            sin.readList(::ShardId)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            listOf(ShardId("failed_serde", "failed_serde",999999))// to circumvent an isEmpty() check in constructor
+        },
+        concreteIndicesSeenSoFar = try {
+            sin.readStringList()
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            emptyList()
+        },
+        workflowRunContext = try {
+            if (sin.readBoolean()) {
+                WorkflowRunContext(sin)
+            } else {
+                null
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            null
+        },
+        indexExecutionContext = try {
+            IndexExecutionContext(sin)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            IndexExecutionContext(
+                emptyList(), mutableMapOf(), mutableMapOf(), "failed_serde", "failed_serde", emptyList(), emptyList(), emptyList(),
+                emptyList(), emptyList()
+            )
+        }
     )
 
     @Throws(IOException::class)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/action/DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequestTests.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/action/DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequestTests.kt
index 1ef82f18..5320351a 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/action/DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequestTests.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/commons/alerting/action/DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequestTests.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package org.opensearch.commons.alerting.action
 
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamOutput
 import org.opensearch.commons.alerting.model.ActionExecutionTime
@@ -151,4 +152,64 @@ class DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequestTests {
         assertEquals(docLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.shardIds, newDocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.shardIds)
         assertEquals(docLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.workflowRunContext, newDocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.workflowRunContext)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test serde failure returning dummy object instead of exception`() {
+        val docQuery = DocLevelQuery(query = "test_field:\"us-west-2\"", fields = listOf(), name = "3")
+        val docLevelInput = DocLevelMonitorInput("description", listOf("test-index"), listOf(docQuery))
+
+        val trigger = randomDocumentLevelTrigger(condition = Script("return true"))
+        val monitor = randomDocumentLevelMonitor(
+            inputs = listOf(docLevelInput),
+            triggers = listOf(trigger),
+            enabled = true,
+            schedule = IntervalSchedule(1, ChronoUnit.MINUTES)
+        )
+        val monitorMetadata = MonitorMetadata(
+            "test",
+            SequenceNumbers.UNASSIGNED_SEQ_NO,
+            SequenceNumbers.UNASSIGNED_PRIMARY_TERM,
+            Monitor.NO_ID,
+            listOf(ActionExecutionTime("", Instant.now())),
+            mutableMapOf("index" to mutableMapOf("1" to "1")),
+            mutableMapOf("test-index" to ".opensearch-sap-test_windows-queries-000001")
+        )
+        val indexExecutionContext = IndexExecutionContext(
+            listOf(docQuery),
+            mutableMapOf("index" to mutableMapOf("1" to "1")),
+            mutableMapOf("index" to mutableMapOf("1" to "1")),
+            "test-index",
+            "test-index",
+            listOf("test-index"),
+            listOf("test-index"),
+            listOf("test-field"),
+            listOf("1", "2")
+        )
+        val workflowRunContext = WorkflowRunContext(
+            Workflow.NO_ID,
+            Workflow.NO_ID,
+            Monitor.NO_ID,
+            mutableMapOf("index" to listOf("1")),
+            true,
+            listOf("finding1")
+        )
+        val docLevelMonitorFanOutRequest = DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest(
+            monitor,
+            false,
+            monitorMetadata,
+            UUID.randomUUID().toString(),
+            indexExecutionContext,
+            listOf(ShardId("test-index", UUID.randomUUID().toString(), 0)),
+            listOf("test-index"),
+            workflowRunContext
+        )
+        val out = BytesStreamOutput()
+        monitor.writeTo(out)
+        val sin = StreamInput.wrap(out.bytes().toBytesRef().bytes)
+        val newDocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest = DocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest(sin)
+        assertTrue(newDocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.shardIds.isNotEmpty())
+        assertTrue(newDocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.shardIds.size == 1)
+        assertTrue(newDocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.shardIds[0].indexName == "failed_serde")
+        assertTrue(newDocLevelMonitorFanOutRequest.shardIds[0].id == 999999)
+    }
 }