diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/attachment-url-upload-preparator.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/attachment-url-upload-preparator.ts
index fa6a34d417..b8d61d0ae3 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/attachment-url-upload-preparator.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2/attachment-url-upload-preparator.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { NcRequest } from 'nocodb-sdk';
+import { NcApiVersion, type NcRequest } from 'nocodb-sdk';
 import type { IBaseModelSqlV2 } from '~/db/IBaseModelSqlV2';
 import { type AttachmentUrlUploadJobData, JobTypes } from '~/interface/Jobs';
 import { EMIT_EVENT } from '~/constants';
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export class AttachmentUrlUploadPreparator {
     const postInsertOps: ((rowId: any) => Promise<string>)[] = [];
     const preInsertOps: (() => Promise<string>)[] = [];
     const postInsertAuditOps: ((rowId: any) => Promise<void>)[] = [];
+    // return early if not v3
+    if (baseModel.context.api_version !== NcApiVersion.V3) {
+      return { postInsertOps, preInsertOps, postInsertAuditOps };
+    }
     for (const col of attachmentCols) {
       let attachmentData: { id?: string; url: string }[];
       try {
@@ -40,24 +44,27 @@ export class AttachmentUrlUploadPreparator {
       } catch {
         continue;
       }
-      postInsertOps.push(async (recordId) => {
-        Noco.eventEmitter.emit(EMIT_EVENT.HANDLE_ATTACHMENT_URL_UPLOAD, {
-          jobName: JobTypes.AttachmentUrlUpload,
-          context: baseModel.context,
-          modelId: baseModel.model.id,
-          column: col,
-          recordId,
-          user: baseModel.context.user,
-          attachments: attachmentData,
-          req,
-        } as AttachmentUrlUploadJobData);
-        return '';
-      });
-      const columnKeyName = dataWrapper(data).getColumnKeyName(col);
-      // remove temp_ ids so it doesn't get recorded in audit
-      data[columnKeyName] = JSON.stringify(
-        attachmentData.filter((dt) => !dt.id?.startsWith('temp_')),
-      );
+      // only process when temp id exists
+      if (attachmentData.some((attr) => attr.id?.startsWith('temp_'))) {
+        postInsertOps.push(async (recordId) => {
+          Noco.eventEmitter.emit(EMIT_EVENT.HANDLE_ATTACHMENT_URL_UPLOAD, {
+            jobName: JobTypes.AttachmentUrlUpload,
+            context: baseModel.context,
+            modelId: baseModel.model.id,
+            column: col,
+            recordId,
+            user: baseModel.context.user,
+            attachments: attachmentData,
+            req,
+          } as AttachmentUrlUploadJobData);
+          return '';
+        });
+        const columnKeyName = dataWrapper(data).getColumnKeyName(col);
+        // remove temp_ ids so it doesn't get recorded in audit
+        data[columnKeyName] = JSON.stringify(
+          attachmentData.filter((dt) => !dt.id?.startsWith('temp_')),
+        );
+      }
     }
     return { postInsertOps, preInsertOps, postInsertAuditOps };
   }