diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1c2c3f653..ff0ea7053 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "origintrail_node",
-    "version": "8.2.2",
+    "version": "8.2.3",
     "lockfileVersion": 2,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "origintrail_node",
-            "version": "8.2.2",
+            "version": "8.2.3",
             "license": "ISC",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@comunica/query-sparql": "^4.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ea0c3e0a..e4813f273 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "origintrail_node",
-    "version": "8.2.2",
+    "version": "8.2.3",
     "description": "OTNode V8",
     "main": "index.js",
     "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/commands/protocols/publish/publish-finalization-command.js b/src/commands/protocols/publish/publish-finalization-command.js
index b314b5c53..78db13bd0 100644
--- a/src/commands/protocols/publish/publish-finalization-command.js
+++ b/src/commands/protocols/publish/publish-finalization-command.js
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class PublishFinalizationCommand extends Command {
         const { id, publishOperationId, merkleRoot, byteSize } = eventData;
         const { blockchain, contractAddress } = event;
         const operationId = this.operationIdService.generateId();
+        const ual = this.ualService.deriveUAL(blockchain, contractAddress, id);
+
         this.operationIdService.emitChangeEvent(
             OPERATION_ID_STATUS.PUBLISH_FINALIZATION.PUBLISH_FINALIZATION_START,
             operationId,
@@ -70,8 +72,10 @@ class PublishFinalizationCommand extends Command {
             cachedMerkleRoot = result.merkleRoot;
             assertion = result.assertion;
             publisherPeerId = result.remotePeerId;
-        } catch (error) {
-            this.logger.error(`Failed to read cached publish data: ${error.message}`); // TODO: Make this log more descriptive
+        } catch (_error) {
+            this.logger.warn(
+                `[Cache] Failed to read cached publish data for UAL ${ual} (publishOperationId: ${publishOperationId}, txHash: ${txHash}, operationId: ${operationId})`,
+            );
             this.operationIdService.emitChangeEvent(
                 OPERATION_ID_STATUS.FAILED,
                 operationId,
@@ -81,8 +85,6 @@ class PublishFinalizationCommand extends Command {
             return Command.empty();
         }
 
-        const ual = this.ualService.deriveUAL(blockchain, contractAddress, id);
-
         try {
             await this.validatePublishData(merkleRoot, cachedMerkleRoot, byteSize, assertion, ual);
         } catch (e) {
@@ -185,23 +187,24 @@ class PublishFinalizationCommand extends Command {
 
     async readWithRetries(publishOperationId) {
         let attempt = 0;
+        const datasetPath = this.fileService.getPendingStorageDocumentPath(publishOperationId);
 
         while (attempt < MAX_RETRIES_READ_CACHED_PUBLISH_DATA) {
             try {
-                const datasetPath =
-                    this.fileService.getPendingStorageDocumentPath(publishOperationId);
                 // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
                 const cachedData = await this.fileService.readFile(datasetPath, true);
                 return cachedData;
             } catch (error) {
                 attempt += 1;
-
                 // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
                 await new Promise((resolve) => {
                     setTimeout(resolve, RETRY_DELAY_READ_CACHED_PUBLISH_DATA);
                 });
             }
         }
+        this.logger.warn(
+            `[Cache] Exhausted retries reading cached publish data (publishOperationId: ${publishOperationId}, path: ${datasetPath}).`,
+        );
         // TODO: Mark this operation as failed
         throw new Error('Failed to read cached publish data');
     }
diff --git a/src/modules/triple-store/implementation/ot-blazegraph/ot-blazegraph.js b/src/modules/triple-store/implementation/ot-blazegraph/ot-blazegraph.js
index 16a4d9af3..ee4c478b1 100644
--- a/src/modules/triple-store/implementation/ot-blazegraph/ot-blazegraph.js
+++ b/src/modules/triple-store/implementation/ot-blazegraph/ot-blazegraph.js
@@ -177,12 +177,24 @@ class OtBlazegraph extends OtTripleStore {
     }
 
     async queryVoid(repository, query, timeout) {
-        return axios.post(this.repositories[repository].sparqlEndpoint, query, {
-            headers: {
-                'Content-Type': 'application/sparql-update; charset=UTF-8',
-                'X-BIGDATA-MAX-QUERY-MILLIS': timeout,
-            },
-        });
+        try {
+            return await axios.post(this.repositories[repository].sparqlEndpoint, query, {
+                headers: {
+                    'Content-Type': 'application/sparql-update; charset=UTF-8',
+                    'X-BIGDATA-MAX-QUERY-MILLIS': timeout,
+                },
+            });
+        } catch (error) {
+            const status = error?.response?.status;
+            const dataSnippet =
+                typeof error?.response?.data === 'string' ? error.response.data.slice(0, 200) : '';
+            this.logger.error(
+                `[OtBlazegraph.queryVoid] Update failed for ${repository} (status: ${status}): ${
+                    error.message
+                }${dataSnippet ? ` | data: ${dataSnippet}` : ''}`,
+            );
+            throw error;
+        }
     }
 
     async deleteRepository(repository) {
diff --git a/src/service/publish-service.js b/src/service/publish-service.js
index 6f043c1a5..8851f8403 100644
--- a/src/service/publish-service.js
+++ b/src/service/publish-service.js
@@ -69,32 +69,42 @@ class PublishService extends OperationService {
         // }
 
         // 2. Check if all responses have been received
-        if (totalResponses === numberOfFoundNodes) {
-            // 2.1 If minimum replication is reached, mark the operation as completed
-            if (completedNumber >= minAckResponses) {
-                await this.markOperationAsCompleted(
-                    operationId,
-                    blockchain,
-                    null,
-                    this.completedStatuses,
-                );
-                await this.repositoryModuleManager.updateMinAcksReached(operationId, true);
-                this.logResponsesSummary(completedNumber, failedNumber);
-            }
-            // 2.2 Otherwise, mark as failed
-            else {
-                await this.markOperationAsFailed(
-                    operationId,
-                    blockchain,
-                    'Not replicated to enough nodes!',
-                    this.errorType,
-                );
-                this.operationIdService.emitChangeEvent(
-                    OPERATION_ID_STATUS.PUBLISH.PUBLISH_FAILED,
-                    operationId,
-                );
-                this.logResponsesSummary(completedNumber, failedNumber);
-            }
+        // 2.1 If minimum replication is reached, mark the operation as completed
+
+        const record = await this.operationIdService.getOperationIdRecord(operationId);
+        if (record?.minAcksReached) return;
+
+        if (completedNumber >= minAckResponses) {
+            this.logger.info(
+                `[PUBLISH] Minimum replication reached for operationId: ${operationId}, ` +
+                    `datasetRoot: ${datasetRoot}, completed: ${completedNumber}/${minAckResponses}`,
+            );
+            await this.markOperationAsCompleted(
+                operationId,
+                blockchain,
+                null,
+                this.completedStatuses,
+            );
+            await this.repositoryModuleManager.updateMinAcksReached(operationId, true);
+            this.logResponsesSummary(completedNumber, failedNumber);
+        }
+        // 2.2 Otherwise, mark as failed
+        else if (totalResponses === numberOfFoundNodes) {
+            this.logger.warn(
+                `[PUBLISH] Failed for operationId: ${operationId}, ` +
+                    `only ${completedNumber}/${minAckResponses} nodes responded successfully`,
+            );
+            await this.markOperationAsFailed(
+                operationId,
+                blockchain,
+                'Not replicated to enough nodes!',
+                this.errorType,
+            );
+            this.operationIdService.emitChangeEvent(
+                OPERATION_ID_STATUS.PUBLISH.PUBLISH_FAILED,
+                operationId,
+            );
+            this.logResponsesSummary(completedNumber, failedNumber);
         }
         //  else {
         //     // 3. Not all responses have arrived yet.