diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/execution_handler.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/execution_handler.test.ts
index 2b8f816369664..9e7d9859b0553 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/execution_handler.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/execution_handler.test.ts
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ describe('Execution Handler', () => {
       `);
     });
 
-    it('does not populate the rule.url when the alert id is set to undefined', async () => {
+    it('does not populate the rule.url when the rule id is set to undefined', async () => {
       const execParams = {
         ...defaultExecutionParams,
         rule: ruleWithUrl,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/execution_handler.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/execution_handler.ts
index aefd0b0c9dfff..c6836f35115dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/execution_handler.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/execution_handler.ts
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ export class ExecutionHandler<
 
       return ruleUrl.toString();
     } catch (error) {
+      this.logger.debug(
+        `Rule "${this.rule.id}" encountered an error while constructing the rule.url variable: ${error.message}`
+      );
       return;
     }
   }