diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2551ff9e0..9439290da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-operator</artifactId>
-    <version>5.62.4</version>
+    <version>5.62.6-alpha-270-SNAPSHOT</version>
   
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/UIDOperatorVerticle.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/UIDOperatorVerticle.java
index fd11f4882..409d36de5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/UIDOperatorVerticle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/operator/vertx/UIDOperatorVerticle.java
@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ private void handleTokenGenerateV2(RoutingContext rc) {
     }
 
     private Future handleLogoutAsyncV2(RoutingContext rc) {
+        LOGGER.info("handleLogoutAsyncV2 is called");
         RuntimeConfig config = getConfigFromRc(rc);
         IdentityEnvironment env = config.getIdentityEnvironment();
 
@@ -1011,6 +1012,7 @@ private Future handleLogoutAsyncV2(RoutingContext rc) {
         final InputUtil.InputVal input = getTokenInputV2(req);
         final String uidTraceId = rc.request().getHeader(Audit.UID_TRACE_ID_HEADER);
         if (input != null && input.isValid()) {
+            LOGGER.info("input is valid");
             final Instant now = Instant.now();
 
             Promise promise = Promise.promise();
@@ -1018,6 +1020,7 @@ private Future handleLogoutAsyncV2(RoutingContext rc) {
             final String phone = req == null ? null : req.getString("phone");
             final String clientIp = req == null ? null : req.getString("clientIp");
 
+            LOGGER.info("invalidating tokens async");
             this.idService.invalidateTokensAsync(input.toUserIdentity(this.identityScope, 0, now), now, uidTraceId, env,
                     email, phone, clientIp,
                     ar -> {
@@ -1026,7 +1029,10 @@ private Future handleLogoutAsyncV2(RoutingContext rc) {
                     body.put("optout", "OK");
                     ResponseUtil.SuccessV2(rc, body);
                 } else {
-                    rc.fail(500);
+                    Throwable cause = ar.cause();
+                    String errorMsg = cause != null ? cause.getMessage() : "Unknown error during opt-out";
+                    LOGGER.error("V2 logout failed for traceId={}: {}", uidTraceId, errorMsg, cause);
+                    ResponseUtil.LogErrorAndSendResponse(ResponseStatus.GenericError, 500, rc, errorMsg);
                 }
                 promise.complete();
             });