diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/CloudStorageIntegrationUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/CloudStorageIntegrationUtil.java
index 6ee625f..d49fe26 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/CloudStorageIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/CloudStorageIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         boolean cleanStart = Boolean.getBoolean("cleanup.start");
-        LocalCloudUtil.startS3CloudEnvironment(cleanStart);
+        LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock.startS3CloudEnvironment(cleanStart);
         final AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil integrationUtil = new AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil();
         try {
             integrationUtil.run(cleanStart, Boolean.getBoolean("cleanup.shutdown"),
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/LocalCloudUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/LocalCloudUtil.java
index 95fdafc..9e67c92 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/LocalCloudUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/LocalCloudUtil.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         LOGGER.info("Starting S3 mock server");
         // Use file backend for debugging/inspection
         s3MockServer = new S3Mock.Builder().withPort(MOCK_SERVER_PORT).withFileBackend(MOCK_FILE_BACKEND).build();
-        shutdownSilently();
+        stopS3MockServer();
         try {
             s3MockServer.start();
         } catch (Exception ex) {
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@
         return s3MockServer;
     }
 
+    public static void stopS3MockServer() {
+        shutdownSilently();
+        // since they are running on same port, we need to shut down other mock server as well
+        LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock.shutdownSilently();
+    }
+
     private static void shutdownSilently() {
         if (s3MockServer != null) {
             try {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock.java
index 5f6b492..30d4c3c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/api/common/LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     private static final int MOCK_SERVER_PORT = 8001;
     private static final int MOCK_SERVER_PORT_HTTPS = 8002;
     public static final String CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET = "cloud-storage-container";
+    public static final String PLAYGROUND_BUCKET = "playground";
     private static S3MockApplication s3Mock;
 
     private LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock() {
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
         properties.put(S3MockApplication.PROP_HTTP_PORT, MOCK_SERVER_PORT);
         properties.put(S3MockApplication.PROP_HTTPS_PORT, MOCK_SERVER_PORT_HTTPS);
         properties.put(S3MockApplication.PROP_SILENT, false);
-        shutdownSilently();
+        LocalCloudUtil.stopS3MockServer();
         s3Mock = S3MockApplication.start(properties);
 
         LOGGER.info("S3 mock server started successfully");
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@
         LOGGER.info("Created bucket {} for cloud storage", CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET);
 
         if (createPlaygroundContainer) {
-            client.createBucket(CreateBucketRequest.builder().bucket("playground").build());
-            LOGGER.info("Created bucket {}", "playground");
+            client.createBucket(CreateBucketRequest.builder().bucket(PLAYGROUND_BUCKET).build());
+            LOGGER.info("Created bucket {}", PLAYGROUND_BUCKET);
         }
         client.close();
         return s3Mock;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudPythonTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudPythonTest.java
index 643ed80..e969519 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudPythonTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudPythonTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.api.common.LocalCloudUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.api.common.LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.runtime.LangExecutionUtil;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUp() throws Exception {
-        LocalCloudUtil.startS3CloudEnvironment(true);
+        LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock.startS3CloudEnvironment(true);
         TestExecutor testExecutor = new TestExecutor(DELTA_RESULT_PATH);
         testExecutor.executorId = "cloud";
         testExecutor.stripSubstring = "//DB:";
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageUnstableTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageUnstableTest.java
index 82a264a..29087f3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageUnstableTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/cloud_storage/CloudStorageUnstableTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.api.common.LocalCloudUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.api.common.LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.common.TestExecutor;
 import org.apache.asterix.test.runtime.LangExecutionUtil;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUp() throws Exception {
         System.setProperty(CloudRetryableRequestUtil.CLOUD_UNSTABLE_MODE, "true");
-        LocalCloudUtil.startS3CloudEnvironment(true, true);
+        LocalCloudUtilAdobeMock.startS3CloudEnvironment(true, true);
         TestExecutor testExecutor = new TestExecutor(DELTA_RESULT_PATH);
         testExecutor.executorId = "cloud";
         testExecutor.stripSubstring = "//DB:";
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
index d279643..224ede4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@
                     LOGGER.warn("Failed to delete object: {}, code: {}, message: {}", s3Error.key(), s3Error.code(),
                             s3Error.message());
                 }
-                throw new RuntimeDataException(ErrorCode.CLOUD_IO_FAILURE, "DELETE", deleteErrors.get(0).key(),
-                        paths.toString());
+                throw new RuntimeDataException(ErrorCode.CLOUD_IO_FAILURE, "DELETE",
+                        !deleteErrors.isEmpty() ? deleteErrors.get(0).key() : "", paths.toString());
             }
             profiler.objectDelete();
         }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageCloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageCloudClient.java
index 02da6ae..84d68e3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageCloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/azure/blobstorage/AzBlobStorageCloudClient.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     private static final String AZURITE_ACCOUNT_NAME = "devstoreaccount1";
     private static final String AZURITE_ACCOUNT_KEY =
             "Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==";
+    private static final int SUCCESS_RESPONSE_CODE = 202;
     private final ICloudGuardian guardian;
     private BlobContainerClient blobContainerClient;
     private AzBlobStorageClientConfig config;
@@ -264,7 +265,14 @@
             try {
                 for (Response<Void> response : responses) {
                     deletedPath = deletePathIter.next();
-                    response.getStatusCode();
+                    // The response.getStatusCode() method returns:
+                    // - 202 (Accepted) if the delete operation is successful
+                    // - exception if the delete operation fails
+                    int statusCode = response.getStatusCode();
+                    if (statusCode != SUCCESS_RESPONSE_CODE) {
+                        LOGGER.warn("Failed to delete blob: {} with status code: {} while deleting {}", deletedPath,
+                                statusCode, paths.toString());
+                    }
                 }
             } catch (BlobStorageException e) {
                 throw new RuntimeDataException(ErrorCode.CLOUD_IO_FAILURE, e, "DELETE", deletedPath, paths.toString());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
index 2ef34b0..cb246ff 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/google/gcs/GCSCloudClient.java
@@ -221,9 +221,13 @@
             for (StorageBatchResult<Boolean> deleteResponse : deleteResponses) {
                 String deletedPath = deletePathIter.next();
                 try {
+                    // The deleteResponse.get() method returns:
+                    // - true if the file was successfully deleted,
+                    // - false if the file could not be deleted,
+                    // - and throws an exception if an error occurred during the delete operation.
                     boolean deleted = deleteResponse.get();
                     if (!deleted) {
-                        LOGGER.warn("File {} already deleted while deleting {}", deletedPath, paths);
+                        LOGGER.warn("Failed to delete object {} while deleting {}", deletedPath, paths);
                     }
                 } catch (BaseServiceException e) {
                     LOGGER.warn("Failed to delete object {} while deleting {}", deletedPath, paths, e);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
index 4a1629d..6900de3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 68 = Invalid key type. Expected '%1$s', found '%2$s'.
 69 = Failed to read key. Reason: %1$s.
 70 = Avro type '%1$s' is not supported by default. To enable type conversion, recreate the external dataset with the option '%2$s' enabled
-71 = Cloud I/O operation '%1$s' failed during deletion of file '%2$s' in context of files '%3$s'
+71 = Cloud I/O '%1$s' operation failed for file '%2$s' while operating on files '%3$s'.
 
 100 = Unsupported JRE: %1$s