diff --git a/src/features/webhook/assembly/api/webhook.controller.ts b/src/features/webhook/assembly/api/webhook.controller.ts
index 09c0c19..7c07a16 100644
--- a/src/features/webhook/assembly/api/webhook.controller.ts
+++ b/src/features/webhook/assembly/api/webhook.controller.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ import logger from '@/lib/logger'
 import { sleep } from '@/utils/sleep'
 
 export const handleWebhookEvent = async (req: NextRequest) => {
-  await sleep(800) // prevent ping-pong case of webhooks
+  // Read the body before any awaits so the upstream connection isn't torn down
+  // (sleep + auth + DB lookup) while we still have an unread request stream.
+  const rawBody = await req.json()
   const token = req.nextUrl.searchParams.get('token')
 
+  await sleep(800) // prevent ping-pong case of webhooks
+
   const user = await User.authenticate(token)
 
   const dropboxConnectionService = new DropboxConnectionsService(user)
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ export const handleWebhookEvent = async (req: NextRequest) => {
     accountId: connection.accountId,
     rootNamespaceId: connection.rootNamespaceId,
   })
-  const webhookEvent = await assemblyWebhookService.parseWebhook(req)
+  const webhookEvent = assemblyWebhookService.parseWebhook(rawBody)
   logger.info(`Event triggered. ${JSON.stringify(webhookEvent)}`)
 
   const eventType = assemblyWebhookService.validateHandleableEvent(webhookEvent)
diff --git a/src/features/webhook/assembly/lib/webhook.service.ts b/src/features/webhook/assembly/lib/webhook.service.ts
index 0eb4fbc..50008d0 100644
--- a/src/features/webhook/assembly/lib/webhook.service.ts
+++ b/src/features/webhook/assembly/lib/webhook.service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { and, eq } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'
 import z from 'zod'
 import { ObjectType, type ObjectTypeValue } from '@/db/constants'
 import { channelSync } from '@/db/schema/channelSync.schema'
@@ -23,6 +22,8 @@ import {
   updateAssemblyFileInDropbox,
 } from '@/trigger/processFileSync'
 
+const SYNCABLE_OBJECT_TYPES: readonly string[] = [ObjectType.FILE, ObjectType.FOLDER]
+
 export class AssemblyWebhookService extends AuthenticatedDropboxService {
   readonly mapFilesService: MapFilesService
   constructor(user: User, connectionToken: DropboxConnectionTokens) {
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ export class AssemblyWebhookService extends AuthenticatedDropboxService {
     this.mapFilesService = new MapFilesService(user, connectionToken)
   }
 
-  async parseWebhook(req: NextRequest): Promise<AssemblyWebhookEvent> {
-    const webhookEvent = AssemblyWebhookSchema.safeParse(await req.json())
+  parseWebhook(body: unknown): AssemblyWebhookEvent {
+    const webhookEvent = AssemblyWebhookSchema.safeParse(body)
     logger.info('AssemblyWebhookService#parseWebhook :: Parsed webhook event', webhookEvent)
     if (!webhookEvent.success) {
       throw new APIError('Failed to parse webhook event')
@@ -63,8 +64,7 @@ export class AssemblyWebhookService extends AuthenticatedDropboxService {
         DISPATCHABLE_HANDLEABLE_EVENT.FolderCreated,
         DISPATCHABLE_HANDLEABLE_EVENT.FolderDeleted,
         DISPATCHABLE_HANDLEABLE_EVENT.FolderUpdated,
-      ].includes(eventType) ||
-      !(webhookEvent.object !== ObjectType.FILE && webhookEvent.object !== ObjectType.FOLDER) // avoid file with object 'link'
+      ].includes(eventType) && SYNCABLE_OBJECT_TYPES.includes(webhookEvent.data.object) // avoid non-syncable object types like 'link'
 
     // if (isValidWebhook) {
     //   const record = await this.checkNonDuplicateWebhookRecord(webhookEvent)
diff --git a/src/features/webhook/assembly/utils/types.ts b/src/features/webhook/assembly/utils/types.ts
index c0b858c..3b384dd 100644
--- a/src/features/webhook/assembly/utils/types.ts
+++ b/src/features/webhook/assembly/utils/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export enum DISPATCHABLE_HANDLEABLE_EVENT {
 export const AssemblyWebhookSchema = z.object({
   eventType: z.string(),
   created: z.string().optional(),
-  object: z.string().optional(),
   data: CopilotFileRetrieveSchema,
 })
 
diff --git a/src/features/webhook/dropbox/api/webhook.controller.ts b/src/features/webhook/dropbox/api/webhook.controller.ts
index ec8cbec..320905d 100644
--- a/src/features/webhook/dropbox/api/webhook.controller.ts
+++ b/src/features/webhook/dropbox/api/webhook.controller.ts
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ export const handleWebhookUrlVerification = (req: NextRequest) => {
 }
 
 export const handleWebhookEvents = async (req: NextRequest) => {
-  await sleep(800) // prevent ping-pong case of webhooks
-
   const signature = req.headers.get('X-Dropbox-Signature')
   if (!signature)
     return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Missing signature' }, { status: status.BAD_REQUEST })
 
   const body = await req.text()
 
+  await sleep(800) // prevent ping-pong case of webhooks
+
   const computedSignature = crypto
     .createHmac('sha256', env.DROPBOX_APP_SECRET)
     .update(body)