diff --git a/src/backend/features/virtual-drive/services/operations/release.service.test.ts b/src/backend/features/virtual-drive/services/operations/release.service.test.ts
index 1d024bf2b..5baabfb41 100644
--- a/src/backend/features/virtual-drive/services/operations/release.service.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/features/virtual-drive/services/operations/release.service.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { TemporalFileDeleter } from '../../../../../context/storage/TemporalFile
 import { TemporalFile } from '../../../../../context/storage/TemporalFiles/domain/TemporalFile';
 import { FirstsFileSearcher } from '../../../../../context/virtual-drive/files/application/search/FirstsFileSearcher';
 import { File, FileAttributes } from '../../../../../context/virtual-drive/files/domain/File';
+import { ContentsId } from '../../../../../apps/main/database/entities/DriveFile';
 import { FileStatuses } from '../../../../../context/virtual-drive/files/domain/FileStatus';
 import { FuseCodes } from '../../../../../apps/drive/fuse/callbacks/FuseCodes';
 import { call, calls } from '../../../../../../tests/vitest/utils.helper';
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ describe('release', () => {
       const temporalFile = createTemporalFile('/Documents/report.pdf');
       finder.run.mockResolvedValue(temporalFile);
       fileSearcher.run.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-      uploader.run.mockResolvedValue('contents-id-123');
+      uploader.run.mockResolvedValue('contents-id-123' as ContentsId);
 
       const { data, error } = await release({ path: '/Documents/report.pdf', processName: 'cat', container });
 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ describe('release', () => {
       const existingFile = File.from(fileAttrs);
       finder.run.mockResolvedValue(temporalFile);
       fileSearcher.run.mockResolvedValue(existingFile);
-      uploader.run.mockResolvedValue('new-contents-id');
+      uploader.run.mockResolvedValue('new-contents-id' as ContentsId);
 
       const { data, error } = await release({ path: '/Documents/report.pdf', processName: 'cat', container });
 
@@ -114,6 +115,37 @@ describe('release', () => {
       expect(error?.code).toBe(FuseCodes.EIO);
       call(deleter.run).toStrictEqual('/Documents/report.pdf');
     });
+
+    it('should skip the second release when an upload for the same path is already in progress', async () => {
+      const temporalFile = createTemporalFile('/Documents/report.pdf');
+      finder.run.mockResolvedValue(temporalFile);
+      fileSearcher.run.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+      // First release never resolves during the test — simulates a long in-progress upload
+      let resolveFirstUpload!: () => void;
+      uploader.run.mockReturnValue(
+        new Promise<ContentsId>((resolve) => {
+          resolveFirstUpload = () => resolve('contents-id-123' as ContentsId);
+        }),
+      );
+
+      const first = release({ path: '/Documents/report.pdf', processName: 'proc-a', container });
+
+      await Promise.resolve();
+
+      const { data: data2, error: error2 } = await release({
+        path: '/Documents/report.pdf',
+        processName: 'proc-b',
+        container,
+      });
+
+      expect(error2).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(data2).toBeUndefined();
+      calls(uploader.run).toHaveLength(1);
+
+      resolveFirstUpload();
+      await first;
+    });
   });
 
   describe('when finder throws an unexpected error', () => {
diff --git a/src/backend/features/virtual-drive/services/operations/release.service.ts b/src/backend/features/virtual-drive/services/operations/release.service.ts
index 017863a7e..f207f0f78 100644
--- a/src/backend/features/virtual-drive/services/operations/release.service.ts
+++ b/src/backend/features/virtual-drive/services/operations/release.service.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,22 @@ import { TemporalFileUploader } from '../../../../../context/storage/TemporalFil
 import { TemporalFileDeleter } from '../../../../../context/storage/TemporalFiles/application/deletion/TemporalFileDeleter';
 import { FirstsFileSearcher } from '../../../../../context/virtual-drive/files/application/search/FirstsFileSearcher';
 import { FileStatuses } from '../../../../../context/virtual-drive/files/domain/FileStatus';
+
 type Props = {
   path: string;
   processName: string;
   container: Container;
 };
+
+// v.2.6.0
+// Esteban Galvis Triana
+// For files with unusual extensions or when the system has to figure
+// out which app to use to open them—two file descriptors end up being created:
+// one for metadata and one for the actual content.
+// The issue is that when each descriptor closes, it triggers a release,
+// resulting in a duplicate request to create the file remotely.
+const uploadsInProgress = new Set<string>();
+
 export async function release({ path, processName, container }: Props): Promise<Result<void, FuseError>> {
   try {
     const temporalFile = await container.get(TemporalFileByPathFinder).run(path);
@@ -27,12 +38,18 @@ export async function release({ path, processName, container }: Props): Promise<
       return { data: undefined };
     }
 
-    const existingFile = await container.get(FirstsFileSearcher).run({ path, status: FileStatuses.EXISTS });
-    const replaces = existingFile
-      ? { contentsId: existingFile.contentsId, name: existingFile.name, extension: existingFile.type }
-      : undefined;
+    if (uploadsInProgress.has(path)) {
+      logger.debug({ msg: '[Release] Upload already in progress, skipping duplicate release', path, processName });
+      return { data: undefined };
+    }
+    uploadsInProgress.add(path);
 
     try {
+      const existingFile = await container.get(FirstsFileSearcher).run({ path, status: FileStatuses.EXISTS });
+      const replaces = existingFile
+        ? { contentsId: existingFile.contentsId, name: existingFile.name, extension: existingFile.type }
+        : undefined;
+
       await container.get(TemporalFileUploader).run(temporalFile, replaces);
       logger.debug({ msg: '[Release] Temporal file uploaded', path, processName });
       return { data: undefined };
@@ -40,6 +57,8 @@ export async function release({ path, processName, container }: Props): Promise<
       logger.error({ msg: '[Release] Upload failed, deleting temporal file', error: uploadError, path, processName });
       await container.get(TemporalFileDeleter).run(path);
       return { error: new FuseIOError('Upload failed due to insufficient storage or network issues.') };
+    } finally {
+      uploadsInProgress.delete(path);
     }
   } catch (err: unknown) {
     logger.error({ msg: '[Release] Unexpected error', error: err, path, processName });