diff --git a/aruna/api/google b/aruna/api/google
index fb30b795..bbcd7c56 160000
--- a/aruna/api/google
+++ b/aruna/api/google
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fb30b7950fbd3df9ddafa7be5557ed35605d9e55
+Subproject commit bbcd7c5619a6171baeeb393c387563b5463b4f89
diff --git a/aruna/api/hooks/services/v2/hooks_service.proto b/aruna/api/hooks/services/v2/hooks_service.proto
index 64def827..73a66891 100644
--- a/aruna/api/hooks/services/v2/hooks_service.proto
+++ b/aruna/api/hooks/services/v2/hooks_service.proto
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ message HookCallbackRequest {
     string secret = 4;
     string hook_id = 5;
     string object_id = 6;
-    string pubkey_serial = 7;
+    int32 pubkey_serial = 7;
 }
 
 message HookCallbackResponse{}
diff --git a/aruna/api/storage/models/v2/models.proto b/aruna/api/storage/models/v2/models.proto
index ae5ae7a7..f9a73843 100644
--- a/aruna/api/storage/models/v2/models.proto
+++ b/aruna/api/storage/models/v2/models.proto
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum KeyValueVariant {
   KEY_VALUE_VARIANT_LABEL = 1;
   KEY_VALUE_VARIANT_STATIC_LABEL = 2; // A Label that only admins can remove
   KEY_VALUE_VARIANT_HOOK = 3;
+  KEY_VALUE_VARIANT_HOOK_STATUS = 4;
 }
 
 // External Relations
diff --git a/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/info_service.proto b/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/info_service.proto
index 54a64a7d..f9ba34f2 100644
--- a/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/info_service.proto
+++ b/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/info_service.proto
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ option java_package = "com.github.ArunaStorage.java_api.aruna.api.storage.servic
 option java_outer_classname = "StorageStatusService";
 import "aruna/api/storage/models/v2/models.proto";
 import "google/api/annotations.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
 
 
 // StorageStatusService
@@ -45,6 +46,21 @@ service StorageStatusService {
       get : "/v2/info/pubkeys"
     };
   }
+
+
+  rpc GetAnouncements(GetAnouncementsRequest) returns (GetAnouncementsResponse) {
+    option (google.api.http) = {
+      get : "/v2/info/anouncements"
+    };
+  }
+
+
+  rpc SetAnouncements(SetAnouncementsRequest) returns (SetAnouncementsResponse) {
+    option (google.api.http) = {
+      post : "/v2/info/anouncements/set"
+      body : "*"
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -102,4 +118,27 @@ message GetPubkeysRequest {}
 
 message GetPubkeysResponse {
   repeated storage.models.v2.Pubkey pubkeys = 1;
+}
+
+
+message Anouncement {
+  string id = 1;
+  string content = 2;
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp created_at = 3;
+}
+
+message GetAnouncementsRequest {}
+
+
+message GetAnouncementsResponse {
+  repeated Anouncement anouncements = 1;
+}
+
+message SetAnouncementsRequest {
+  repeated Anouncement anouncements_upsert = 1;
+  repeated string anouncements_delete = 2;
+}
+
+message SetAnouncementsResponse {
+  repeated Anouncement anouncements = 1;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/search_service.proto b/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/search_service.proto
index 03f80425..e576fb37 100644
--- a/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/search_service.proto
+++ b/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/search_service.proto
@@ -22,17 +22,29 @@ service SearchService {
       };
     }
 
-    // GetPublicResource
+    // GetResource
     //
     // Status: BETA
     //
-    // Retrieves a public resource by its ID.
+    // Retrieves resource by its ID.
     rpc GetResource(GetResourceRequest) returns (GetResourceResponse){
       option (google.api.http) = {
         get : "/v2/resource/{resource_id}"
       };
     }
 
+
+    // GetResources
+    //
+    // Status: BETA
+    //
+    // Retrieves resources by a list of IDs.
+    rpc GetResources(GetResourcesRequest) returns (GetResourcesResponse){
+      option (google.api.http) = {
+        get : "/v2/resources"
+      };
+    }
+
 }
 
 message SearchResourcesRequest {
@@ -56,7 +68,21 @@ message GetResourceRequest {
   string resource_id = 1;
 }
 
-message GetResourceResponse {
+message ResourceWithPermission {
   storage.models.v2.GenericResource resource = 1;
   storage.models.v2.PermissionLevel permission = 2;
 }
+
+message GetResourceResponse {
+  ResourceWithPermission resource = 1;
+}
+
+
+message GetResourcesRequest {
+  repeated string resource_ids = 1;
+}
+
+message GetResourcesResponse {
+  repeated ResourceWithPermission resources = 1;
+}
+
diff --git a/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/user_service.proto b/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/user_service.proto
index 5a1965fc..9353c7b0 100644
--- a/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/user_service.proto
+++ b/aruna/api/storage/services/v2/user_service.proto
@@ -211,6 +211,14 @@ service UserService {
     };
   }
 
+
+  rpc GetPersonalNotifications(GetPersonalNotificationsRequest)
+      returns (GetPersonalNotificationsResponse) {
+    option (google.api.http) = {
+      get : "/v2/user/{user_id}/notifications"
+    };
+  }
+
 }
 
 message RegisterUserRequest {
@@ -370,3 +378,24 @@ message GetDataproxyTokenUserRequest {
 message GetDataproxyTokenUserResponse {
   string token = 1;
 }
+
+message GetPersonalNotificationsRequest {
+  string user_id = 1;
+}
+
+
+message References {
+  string ref_type = 1; // UserRequestAccess
+  string ref_name = 2; // "User A"
+  string ref_value = 3; // 0123AAA123AAA (id)
+}
+
+message UserNotification {
+  string variant = 1; // Request access
+  string message = 2; // User A has requested access for resource B
+  repeated References refs = 3; // References to resource in the "message"
+}
+
+message GetPersonalNotificationsResponse {
+  repeated UserNotification notifications = 1;
+}