diff --git a/packages/providers/interface/src/provider.ts b/packages/providers/interface/src/provider.ts
index a151cc9..ac1fc70 100644
--- a/packages/providers/interface/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/interface/src/provider.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ export abstract class StorageServiceProvider<ID> {
         expiresIn: ExpiresIn
     ): SignedUploadUrlRequest<ID>
 
-    abstract getData(fileId: ID): GetDataRequest<ID>
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param fileId
+     * @param optimistic If true, the provider will return the data without checking the existence of the file
+     */
+    abstract getData(fileId: ID, optimistic?: boolean): GetDataRequest<ID>
 
     abstract delete(fileId: ID): DeleteRequest
 }
diff --git a/packages/providers/s3/__test__/s3-provider-configuration-parser.test.ts b/packages/providers/s3/__test__/s3-provider-configuration-parser.test.ts
index 24f3418..b6b98b4 100644
--- a/packages/providers/s3/__test__/s3-provider-configuration-parser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/s3/__test__/s3-provider-configuration-parser.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ describe('S3ProviderConfigurationParser', () => {
                 bucketPath: [bareMinimumConfig.bucketPath],
             },
             acl: ObjectCannedACL.bucket_owner_full_control,
-            optimisticFileDataResponse: true,
         })
     })
 
diff --git a/packages/providers/s3/src/provider.ts b/packages/providers/s3/src/provider.ts
index 563ac38..406c412 100644
--- a/packages/providers/s3/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/s3/src/provider.ts
@@ -97,42 +97,43 @@ export class S3Provider<ID> extends StorageServiceProvider<ID> {
         }
     }
 
-    private async createFileUrls(fileId: ID): Promise<string[]> {
-        if (!this.configuration.optimisticFileDataResponse) {
-            const existingKeys = await this.buckets.resource.existingKeys(
-                fileId
-            )
+    private async createFileUrls(
+        fileId: ID,
+        optimistic: boolean
+    ): Promise<string[]> {
+        if (optimistic) {
+            return this.buckets.resource.getSignedDownloadUrls(fileId)
+        }
 
-            if (existingKeys.length === 0) {
-                return []
-            } else {
-                return this.buckets.resource.getSignedDownloadUrls(
-                    fileId,
-                    existingKeys as unknown as S3ResourceBucketPath
-                )
-            }
+        const existingKeys = await this.buckets.resource.existingKeys(fileId)
+
+        if (existingKeys.length > 0) {
+            return this.buckets.resource.getSignedDownloadUrls(
+                fileId,
+                existingKeys as unknown as S3ResourceBucketPath
+            )
         }
 
-        return this.buckets.resource.getSignedDownloadUrls(fileId)
+        return []
     }
 
-    async getData(fileId: ID): GetDataRequest<ID> {
+    async getData(fileId: ID, optimistic = false): GetDataRequest<ID> {
         // TODO: Refactor the file check
 
-        const variants = await this.createFileUrls(fileId)
+        const variants = await this.createFileUrls(fileId, optimistic)
 
-        if (variants.length === 0) {
+        if (
+            variants.length ===
+            this.configuration.resourceBucket.bucketPath.length
+        ) {
             return {
                 id: fileId,
-                variants: [],
-                status: FileStatus.NOT_FOUND,
+                variants,
+                status: FileStatus.PROCESSED,
             }
         }
 
-        if (
-            variants.length !==
-            this.configuration.resourceBucket.bucketPath.length
-        ) {
+        if (variants.length > 0) {
             return {
                 id: fileId,
                 variants,
@@ -140,10 +141,24 @@ export class S3Provider<ID> extends StorageServiceProvider<ID> {
             }
         }
 
+        if (!optimistic && !this.buckets.upload.equals(this.buckets.resource)) {
+            const existsInUploadBucket = await this.buckets.upload.keyExists(
+                this.buckets.upload.keyResolver.resolve(fileId)
+            )
+
+            if (existsInUploadBucket) {
+                return {
+                    id: fileId,
+                    variants: [],
+                    status: FileStatus.UPLOADED,
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         return {
             id: fileId,
-            variants,
-            status: FileStatus.PROCESSED,
+            variants: [],
+            status: FileStatus.NOT_FOUND,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/providers/s3/src/types.ts b/packages/providers/s3/src/types.ts
index 4b4dd2b..c8ac37f 100644
--- a/packages/providers/s3/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/s3/src/types.ts
@@ -93,15 +93,6 @@ export interface S3ProviderConfiguration extends S3DefaultBucketConfiguration {
      * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
      */
     acl?: ObjectCannedACL
-    /**
-     * Whether the file response should be optimistic or not.
-     *
-     * @default true
-     * @description If set to false it will make an additional request to the S3 API to check if the file exists.
-     * If the file does not exist, the `status` property of the response will be set to `NOT_FOUND`.
-     * If the file does exist, the `status` property of the response will be set to `PROCESSED`.
-     */
-    optimisticFileDataResponse?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface S3ProviderConfigurationParsed
diff --git a/packages/providers/s3/src/utils/s3-bucket.ts b/packages/providers/s3/src/utils/s3-bucket.ts
index 8cb4162..af42b90 100644
--- a/packages/providers/s3/src/utils/s3-bucket.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/s3/src/utils/s3-bucket.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
 import { ExpiresIn } from 'shared-types'
 import { getSignedUrl } from '@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner'
 
-class S3Bucket<
+abstract class S3Bucket<
     Config extends
         | Required<S3DefaultBucketConfiguration>
         | Required<S3ResourceBucketConfiguration>,
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ class S3Bucket<
         this.path = s3Config.bucketPath
     }
 
+    abstract equals(
+        bucket: this extends S3UploadBucket<ID>
+            ? S3ResourceBucket<ID>
+            : S3UploadBucket<ID>
+    ): boolean
+
     async keyExists(
         key: string,
         commandInput?: Omit<HeadObjectCommandInput, 'Bucket' | 'Key'>
@@ -72,6 +78,14 @@ export class S3UploadBucket<ID> extends S3Bucket<
     Required<S3DefaultBucketConfiguration>,
     ID
 > {
+    equals(bucket: S3ResourceBucket<ID>): boolean {
+        return (
+            this.name === bucket.name &&
+            this.region === bucket.region &&
+            this.path === bucket.path[0]
+        )
+    }
+
     async getSignedUploadUrl(
         fileId: ID,
         expiresIn: ExpiresIn,
@@ -93,6 +107,14 @@ export class S3ResourceBucket<ID> extends S3Bucket<
     Required<S3ResourceBucketConfiguration>,
     ID
 > {
+    equals(bucket: S3UploadBucket<ID>): boolean {
+        return (
+            this.name === bucket.name &&
+            this.region === bucket.region &&
+            this.path[0] === bucket.path
+        )
+    }
+
     async getSignedDownloadUrl(
         key: string,
         commandInput?: Omit<GetObjectCommandInput, 'Bucket' | 'Key'>
diff --git a/packages/providers/s3/src/utils/s3-provider-configuration-parser.ts b/packages/providers/s3/src/utils/s3-provider-configuration-parser.ts
index 46dde5a..1a79ef3 100644
--- a/packages/providers/s3/src/utils/s3-provider-configuration-parser.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/s3/src/utils/s3-provider-configuration-parser.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ export class S3ProviderConfigurationParser {
                     bucketPath: z.array(z.string()).nonempty(),
                 }),
                 acl: z.nativeEnum(ObjectCannedACL),
-                optimisticFileDataResponse: z.boolean(),
             }
         )
 
@@ -86,8 +85,6 @@ export class S3ProviderConfigurationParser {
             ...s3DefaultBucketConfiguration,
             resourceBucket: s3DefaultResourceBucketConfiguration,
             acl: configuration.acl ?? ObjectCannedACL.bucket_owner_full_control,
-            optimisticFileDataResponse:
-                configuration.optimisticFileDataResponse ?? true,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/core/src/upload-wizard.ts b/packages/server/core/src/upload-wizard.ts
index 1c67431..363e5b5 100644
--- a/packages/server/core/src/upload-wizard.ts
+++ b/packages/server/core/src/upload-wizard.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ export class UploadWizard<ID = DefaultID> {
 
     async getData(fileId: ID): Promise<MediaFile<ID>> {
         const { status, variants } = await this.storageServiceProvider.getData(
-            fileId
+            fileId,
+            true
         )
 
         if (status === FileStatus.NOT_FOUND) {