diff --git a/public/service/scanner.go b/public/service/scanner.go
index b79eac6b0d..91390f1be7 100644
--- a/public/service/scanner.go
+++ b/public/service/scanner.go
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ func ackOnce(fn AckFunc) AckFunc {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, err error) error {
 		var ackErr error
 		once.Do(func() {
-			ackErr = fn(ctx, err)
+			if fn != nil {
+				ackErr = fn(ctx, err)
+			}
 		})
 		return ackErr
 	}
diff --git a/public/service/scanner_test.go b/public/service/scanner_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5119068110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/service/scanner_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// mockSimpleBatchScanner is a test helper that implements SimpleBatchScanner
+type mockSimpleBatchScanner struct {
+	batches []MessageBatch
+	errs    []error
+	index   int
+	closed  bool
+}
+
+func (m *mockSimpleBatchScanner) NextBatch(ctx context.Context) (MessageBatch, error) {
+	if m.index >= len(m.batches) {
+		return nil, io.EOF
+	}
+
+	batch := m.batches[m.index]
+	err := m.errs[m.index]
+	m.index++
+
+	return batch, err
+}
+
+func (m *mockSimpleBatchScanner) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
+	m.closed = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestAutoAggregateBatchScannerAcksWithNilAckFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	// This test verifies that AutoAggregateBatchScannerAcks does not panic
+	// when provided with a nil AckFunc and the scanner encounters a non-EOF error.
+	// This reproduces the issue where the S3 processor passes nil as AckFunc
+	// and the CSV scanner encounters a parse error.
+
+	parseErr := errors.New("csv parse error: bare \" in non-quoted-field")
+
+	mock := &mockSimpleBatchScanner{
+		batches: []MessageBatch{nil},
+		errs:    []error{parseErr},
+	}
+
+	// Pass nil as AckFunc - this is what the S3 processor does
+	scanner := AutoAggregateBatchScannerAcks(mock, nil)
+
+	// This should NOT panic even though AckFunc is nil
+	require.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		_, _, err := scanner.NextBatch(context.Background())
+		// The error should be propagated
+		assert.Equal(t, parseErr, err)
+	})
+
+	// Clean up
+	require.NoError(t, scanner.Close(context.Background()))
+	assert.True(t, mock.closed)
+}
+
+func TestAutoAggregateBatchScannerAcksWithNilAckFuncOnClose(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that Close doesn't panic when AckFunc is nil and scanner wasn't finished
+
+	mock := &mockSimpleBatchScanner{
+		batches: []MessageBatch{{NewMessage([]byte("test"))}},
+		errs:    []error{nil},
+	}
+
+	scanner := AutoAggregateBatchScannerAcks(mock, nil)
+
+	// Close without consuming all messages (simulates early termination)
+	// This should NOT panic
+	require.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		require.NoError(t, scanner.Close(context.Background()))
+	})
+	assert.True(t, mock.closed)
+}
+
+func TestAutoAggregateBatchScannerAcksWithValidAckFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test normal operation with a valid AckFunc to ensure the fix
+	// doesn't break the normal case
+
+	mock := &mockSimpleBatchScanner{
+		batches: []MessageBatch{
+			{NewMessage([]byte("first"))},
+			{NewMessage([]byte("second"))},
+		},
+		errs: []error{nil, nil},
+	}
+
+	var ackCalled bool
+	var ackErr error
+	ackFn := func(ctx context.Context, err error) error {
+		ackCalled = true
+		ackErr = err
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	scanner := AutoAggregateBatchScannerAcks(mock, ackFn)
+
+	// Read first batch
+	batch1, ack1, err := scanner.NextBatch(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, batch1, 1)
+	b1, _ := batch1[0].AsBytes()
+	assert.Equal(t, "first", string(b1))
+
+	// Read second batch
+	batch2, ack2, err := scanner.NextBatch(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, batch2, 1)
+	b2, _ := batch2[0].AsBytes()
+	assert.Equal(t, "second", string(b2))
+
+	// Read EOF
+	_, _, err = scanner.NextBatch(context.Background())
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+
+	// Ack should not be called yet
+	assert.False(t, ackCalled)
+
+	// Ack first batch
+	require.NoError(t, ack1(context.Background(), nil))
+	assert.False(t, ackCalled) // Still waiting for second
+
+	// Ack second batch - this should trigger the source ack
+	require.NoError(t, ack2(context.Background(), nil))
+	assert.True(t, ackCalled)
+	assert.NoError(t, ackErr)
+
+	require.NoError(t, scanner.Close(context.Background()))
+}
+
+func TestAutoAggregateBatchScannerAcksErrorPropagatesAck(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that when a batch ack receives an error, it propagates to source ack
+
+	mock := &mockSimpleBatchScanner{
+		batches: []MessageBatch{
+			{NewMessage([]byte("first"))},
+		},
+		errs: []error{nil},
+	}
+
+	var ackErr error
+	ackFn := func(ctx context.Context, err error) error {
+		ackErr = err
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	scanner := AutoAggregateBatchScannerAcks(mock, ackFn)
+
+	// Read batch
+	_, ack, err := scanner.NextBatch(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Read EOF
+	_, _, err = scanner.NextBatch(context.Background())
+	assert.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
+
+	// Ack with error
+	processingErr := errors.New("processing failed")
+	require.NoError(t, ack(context.Background(), processingErr))
+
+	// Source ack should receive the error
+	assert.Equal(t, processingErr, ackErr)
+
+	require.NoError(t, scanner.Close(context.Background()))
+}