diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/i18n/format-bold-message.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/i18n/format-bold-message.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a449e8808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/i18n/format-bold-message.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import FormatMessage from '$lib/components/i18n/format-message.svelte';
+  import type { InterpolationValues } from '$lib/components/i18n/format-message.svelte';
+
+  export let key: string;
+  export let values: InterpolationValues = {};
+</script>
+
+<FormatMessage {key} {values} let:message let:tag>
+  {#if tag === 'b'}
+    <b>{message}</b>
+  {/if}
+</FormatMessage>
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/i18n/format-message.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/i18n/format-message.svelte
index 9b91d1b7f4..d6ff09ed1c 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/i18n/format-message.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/i18n/format-message.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+<script lang="ts" context="module">
+  import type { FormatXMLElementFn, PrimitiveType } from 'intl-messageformat';
+  export type InterpolationValues = Record<string, PrimitiveType | FormatXMLElementFn<unknown>>;
+</script>
+
 <script lang="ts">
-  import { IntlMessageFormat, type FormatXMLElementFn, type PrimitiveType } from 'intl-messageformat';
+  import { IntlMessageFormat } from 'intl-messageformat';
   import {
     TYPE,
     type MessageFormatElement,
@@ -8,8 +13,6 @@
   } from '@formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser';
   import { locale as i18nLocale, json } from 'svelte-i18n';
 
-  type InterpolationValues = Record<string, PrimitiveType | FormatXMLElementFn<unknown>>;
-
   type MessagePart = {
     message: string;
     tag?: string;
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/__tests__/notification-card.spec.ts b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/__tests__/notification-card.spec.ts
index 187b1e0ccb..bed072f5b7 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/__tests__/notification-card.spec.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/__tests__/notification-card.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import NotificationComponentTest from '$lib/components/shared-components/notification/__tests__/notification-component-test.svelte';
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
 import { cleanup, render, type RenderResult } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { NotificationType } from '../notification';
@@ -37,4 +38,24 @@ describe('NotificationCard component', () => {
     expect(sut.getByTestId('title')).toHaveTextContent('info');
     expect(sut.getByTestId('message')).toHaveTextContent('Notification message');
   });
+
+  it('shows title and renders component', () => {
+    sut = render(NotificationCard, {
+      notification: {
+        id: 1234,
+        type: NotificationType.Info,
+        timeout: 1,
+        action: { type: 'discard' },
+        component: {
+          type: NotificationComponentTest,
+          props: {
+            href: 'link',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(sut.getByTestId('title')).toHaveTextContent('info');
+    expect(sut.getByTestId('message').innerHTML).toEqual('Notification <b>message</b> with <a href="link">link</a>');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/__tests__/notification-component-test.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/__tests__/notification-component-test.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfa305a19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/__tests__/notification-component-test.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  export let href: string;
+</script>
+
+Notification <b>message</b> with <a {href}>link</a>
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification-card.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification-card.svelte
index 0919bca035..aac0823bf5 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification-card.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification-card.svelte
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
   import { fade } from 'svelte/transition';
   import Icon from '$lib/components/elements/icon.svelte';
   import {
-    type Notification,
+    isComponentNotification,
     notificationController,
     NotificationType,
+    type ComponentNotification,
+    type Notification,
   } from '$lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification';
   import { onMount } from 'svelte';
   import { mdiCloseCircleOutline, mdiInformationOutline, mdiWindowClose } from '@mdi/js';
   import CircleIconButton from '$lib/components/elements/buttons/circle-icon-button.svelte';
   import { t } from 'svelte-i18n';
 
-  export let notification: Notification;
+  export let notification: Notification | ComponentNotification;
 
   $: icon = notification.type === NotificationType.Error ? mdiCloseCircleOutline : mdiInformationOutline;
   $: hoverStyle = notification.action.type === 'discard' ? 'hover:cursor-pointer' : '';
@@ -93,9 +95,8 @@
   </div>
 
   <p class="whitespace-pre-wrap pl-[28px] pr-[16px] text-sm" data-testid="message">
-    {#if notification.html}
-      <!-- eslint-disable-next-line svelte/no-at-html-tags -->
-      {@html notification.message}
+    {#if isComponentNotification(notification)}
+      <svelte:component this={notification.component.type} {...notification.component.props} />
     {:else}
       {notification.message}
     {/if}
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification.ts b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification.ts
index dfe4e1f923..9cafcd9eaf 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ComponentProps, ComponentType, SvelteComponent } from 'svelte';
 import { writable } from 'svelte/store';
 
 export enum NotificationType {
@@ -15,11 +16,6 @@ export type Notification = {
   id: number;
   type: NotificationType;
   message: string;
-  /**
-   * Allow HTML to be inserted within the message. Make sure to verify/encode
-   * variables that may be interpoalted into 'message'
-   */
-  html?: boolean;
   /** The action to take when the notification is clicked */
   action: NotificationAction;
   button?: NotificationButton;
@@ -32,13 +28,37 @@ type NoopAction = { type: 'noop' };
 
 export type NotificationAction = DiscardAction | NoopAction;
 
-export type NotificationOptions = Partial<Exclude<Notification, 'id'>> & { message: string };
+type Component<T extends ComponentType> = {
+  type: T;
+  props: ComponentProps<InstanceType<T>>;
+};
+
+type BaseNotificationOptions<T, R extends keyof T> = Partial<Omit<T, 'id'>> & Pick<T, R>;
+
+export type NotificationOptions = BaseNotificationOptions<Notification, 'message'>;
+export type ComponentNotificationOptions<T extends ComponentType> = BaseNotificationOptions<
+  ComponentNotification<T>,
+  'component'
+>;
+
+export type ComponentNotification<T extends ComponentType = ComponentType<SvelteComponent>> = Omit<
+  Notification,
+  'message'
+> & {
+  component: Component<T>;
+};
+
+export const isComponentNotification = <T extends ComponentType>(
+  notification: Notification | ComponentNotification<T>,
+): notification is ComponentNotification<T> => {
+  return 'component' in notification;
+};
 
 function createNotificationList() {
-  const notificationList = writable<Notification[]>([]);
+  const notificationList = writable<(Notification | ComponentNotification)[]>([]);
   let count = 1;
 
-  const show = (options: NotificationOptions) => {
+  const show = <T>(options: T extends ComponentType ? ComponentNotificationOptions<T> : NotificationOptions) => {
     notificationList.update((currentList) => {
       currentList.push({
         id: count++,
diff --git a/web/src/lib/i18n/en.json b/web/src/lib/i18n/en.json
index 549322ed98..c122941656 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/i18n/en.json
+++ b/web/src/lib/i18n/en.json
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
   "assets": "Assets",
   "assets_added_count": "Added {count, plural, one {# asset} other {# assets}}",
   "assets_added_to_album_count": "Added {count, plural, one {# asset} other {# assets}} to the album",
-  "assets_added_to_name_count": "Added {count, plural, one {# asset} other {# assets}} to {name}",
+  "assets_added_to_name_count": "Added {count, plural, one {# asset} other {# assets}} to {hasName, select, true {<b>{name}</b>} other {new album}}",
   "assets_count": "{count, plural, one {# asset} other {# assets}}",
   "assets_moved_to_trash_count": "Moved {count, plural, one {# asset} other {# assets}} to trash",
   "assets_permanently_deleted_count": "Permanently deleted {count, plural, one {# asset} other {# assets}}",
diff --git a/web/src/lib/utils/asset-utils.ts b/web/src/lib/utils/asset-utils.ts
index 6d8279a165..476d910523 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/utils/asset-utils.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/utils/asset-utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
+import FormatBoldMessage from '$lib/components/i18n/format-bold-message.svelte';
 import { NotificationType, notificationController } from '$lib/components/shared-components/notification/notification';
 import { AppRoute } from '$lib/constants';
 import type { AssetInteractionStore } from '$lib/stores/asset-interaction.store';
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ import { preferences } from '$lib/stores/user.store';
 import { downloadRequest, getKey, withError } from '$lib/utils';
 import { createAlbum } from '$lib/utils/album-utils';
 import { getByteUnitString } from '$lib/utils/byte-units';
-import { encodeHTMLSpecialChars } from '$lib/utils/string-utils';
 import {
   addAssetsToAlbum as addAssets,
   getAssetInfo,
@@ -63,13 +63,17 @@ export const addAssetsToNewAlbum = async (albumName: string, assetIds: string[])
   if (!album) {
     return;
   }
-  const displayName = albumName ? `<b>${encodeHTMLSpecialChars(albumName)}</b>` : 'new album';
   const $t = get(t);
   notificationController.show({
     type: NotificationType.Info,
     timeout: 5000,
-    message: $t('assets_added_to_name_count', { values: { count: assetIds.length, name: displayName } }),
-    html: true,
+    component: {
+      type: FormatBoldMessage,
+      props: {
+        key: 'assets_added_to_name_count',
+        values: { count: assetIds.length, name: albumName, hasName: !!albumName },
+      },
+    },
     button: {
       text: $t('view_album'),
       onClick() {
diff --git a/web/src/lib/utils/string-utils.ts b/web/src/lib/utils/string-utils.ts
index b58f859f62..0170c34737 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/utils/string-utils.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/utils/string-utils.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,3 @@ export const removeAccents = (str: string) => {
 export const normalizeSearchString = (str: string) => {
   return removeAccents(str.toLocaleLowerCase());
 };
-
-export const encodeHTMLSpecialChars = (str: string) => {
-  return str
-    .replaceAll('&', '&amp;')
-    .replaceAll('<', '&lt;')
-    .replaceAll('>', '&gt;')
-    .replaceAll('"', '&quot;')
-    .replaceAll("'", '&#39;');
-};