diff --git a/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/balances.test.ts b/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/balances.test.ts
index 488ffb8c..54819074 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/balances.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/balances.test.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jest.mock('../../src/config', () => {
 
 jest.mock('../../src/utils/aws', () => {
   return {
-    sendRealtimeTx: jest.fn(),
+    sendRealtimeTx: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
     invokeOnTxPushNotificationRequestedLambda: jest.fn(),
   };
 });
diff --git a/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/token_created_hybrid_with_reorg.test.ts b/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/token_created_hybrid_with_reorg.test.ts
index 8eb01c29..93439885 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/token_created_hybrid_with_reorg.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/token_created_hybrid_with_reorg.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jest.mock('../../src/config', () => {
 
 jest.mock('../../src/utils/aws', () => {
   return {
-    sendRealtimeTx: jest.fn(),
+    sendRealtimeTx: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
     invokeOnTxPushNotificationRequestedLambda: jest.fn(),
   };
 });
diff --git a/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/token_creation.test.ts b/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/token_creation.test.ts
index 30f374eb..98219e2f 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/token_creation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/__tests__/integration/token_creation.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jest.mock('../../src/config', () => {
 
 jest.mock('../../src/utils/aws', () => {
   return {
-    sendRealtimeTx: jest.fn(),
+    sendRealtimeTx: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
     invokeOnTxPushNotificationRequestedLambda: jest.fn(),
   };
 });
diff --git a/packages/daemon/__tests__/services/services.test.ts b/packages/daemon/__tests__/services/services.test.ts
index 2d699d60..2abdb7ad 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/__tests__/services/services.test.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/__tests__/services/services.test.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ jest.mock('../../src/utils', () => ({
   getFullnodeHttpUrl: jest.fn(),
   invokeOnTxPushNotificationRequestedLambda: jest.fn(),
   sendMessageSQS: jest.fn(),
+  sendRealtimeTx: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
   getWalletBalancesForTx: jest.fn(),
   generateAddresses: jest.fn(),
   retryWithBackoff: jest.fn((fn) => fn()),
diff --git a/packages/daemon/src/services/index.ts b/packages/daemon/src/services/index.ts
index 7b154023..836280b3 100644
--- a/packages/daemon/src/services/index.ts
+++ b/packages/daemon/src/services/index.ts
@@ -528,16 +528,15 @@ export const handleVertexAccepted = async (context: Context, _event: Event) => {
           signal_bits: 0, // TODO: we should actually receive this and store in the database
         };
 
-        try {
-          if (seenWallets.length > 0) {
-            await sendRealtimeTx(
-              Array.from(seenWallets),
-              txData,
-            );
-          }
-        } catch (e) {
-          logger.error('Failed to send transaction to SQS queue');
-          logger.error(e);
+        // Fire-and-forget: SQS publish is a best-effort real-time
+        // notification and must not block the handler. Matches the pattern
+        // used for invokeOnTxPushNotificationRequestedLambda below.
+        if (seenWallets.length > 0) {
+          sendRealtimeTx(Array.from(seenWallets), txData)
+            .catch((err: Error) => {
+              logger.error('Failed to send transaction to SQS queue');
+              logger.error(err);
+            });
         }
 
         try {