diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
  "futures-util",
  "mio",
  "num_cpus",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -165,11 +165,26 @@
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "smallvec",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "time 0.3.20",
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.21.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a30b2e23b9e17a9f90641c7ab1549cd9b44f296d3ccbf309d2863cfe398a0cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -535,6 +550,21 @@
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2089b7e3f35b9dd2d0ed921ead4f6d318c27680d4a5bd167b3ee120edb105837"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -649,6 +679,7 @@
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -918,6 +949,12 @@
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.28.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -1015,7 +1052,7 @@
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -1227,6 +1264,15 @@
  "unicase",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7810e0be55b428ada41041c41f32c9f1a42817901b4ccf45fa3d4b6561e74c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -1286,6 +1332,15 @@
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.32.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77ac5bbd07aea88c60a577a1ce218075ffd59208b2d7ca97adf9bfc5aeb21ebe"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.17.1"
@@ -1399,9 +1454,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0a7ae3ac2f1173085d398531c705756c94a4c56843785df85a60c1a0afac116"
+checksum = "12cc1b0bf1727a77a54b6654e7b5f1af8604923edc8b81885f8ec92f9e3f0a05"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-utils"
@@ -1550,6 +1605,12 @@
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -1771,6 +1832,16 @@
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2538b18701741680e0322a2302176d3253a35388e2e62f172f64f4f16605f877"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -1871,20 +1942,19 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.25.0"
+version = "1.32.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c8e00990ebabbe4c14c08aca901caed183ecd5c09562a12c824bb53d3c3fd3af"
+checksum = "17ed6077ed6cd6c74735e21f37eb16dc3935f96878b1fe961074089cc80893f9"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
+ "backtrace",
  "bytes",
  "libc",
- "memchr",
  "mio",
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2",
- "windows-sys 0.42.0",
+ "socket2 0.5.3",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "dep:futures-util",
   "dep:serde",
   "dep:serde_json",
+  "dep:tokio",
 ]
 http = ["dep:actix-cors"]
 
@@ -31,5 +32,6 @@
 ], optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "1.32", optional = true }
 # http dependencies
 actix-cors = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/src/blob/client.rs b/services/comm-services-lib/src/blob/client.rs
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/src/blob/client.rs
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/src/blob/client.rs
@@ -251,8 +251,30 @@
       return Ok(false);
     }
     trace!("Uploading blob data...");
-    self.upload_blob(blob_hash, data_stream).await?;
-    Ok(true)
+    let Err(upload_error) = self.upload_blob(blob_hash, data_stream).await else {
+      return Ok(true);
+    };
+
+    trace!(%blob_hash, %holder, "Revoking holder due to upload failure");
+    self.schedule_revoke_holder(blob_hash, holder);
+    Err(upload_error)
+  }
+
+  /// Revokes holder in a separate task. Useful to clean up after
+  /// upload failure without blocking the current task.
+  pub fn schedule_revoke_holder(
+    &self,
+    blob_hash: impl Into<String>,
+    holder: impl Into<String>,
+  ) {
+    let this = self.clone();
+    let blob_hash: String = blob_hash.into();
+    let holder: String = holder.into();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+      if let Err(err) = this.revoke_holder(&blob_hash, &holder).await {
+        warn!("Failed to revoke holder: {0:?} - {0}", err);
+      }
+    });
   }
 }