diff --git a/app/controllers/active_storage/representations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/active_storage/representations_controller.rb
index 928d292f1..68cca5585 100644
--- a/app/controllers/active_storage/representations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/active_storage/representations_controller.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ module ActiveStorage
 
       unless processing
         ActiveStorage::PreviewJob.perform_later(@blob.id)
-        @blob.attachments.take.record.update(file_processing: true)
+        ActiveRecord::Base.no_touching do
+          @blob.attachments.take.record.update(file_processing: true)
+        end
       end
 
       false
diff --git a/app/jobs/active_storage/preview_job.rb b/app/jobs/active_storage/preview_job.rb
index f1eda5812..2d1941ca6 100644
--- a/app/jobs/active_storage/preview_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/active_storage/preview_job.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ class ActiveStorage::PreviewJob < ActiveStorage::BaseJob
 
   discard_on StandardError do |job, error|
     blob = ActiveStorage::Blob.find_by(id: job.arguments.first)
-    blob&.attachments&.take&.record&.update(file_processing: false)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.no_touching do
+      blob&.attachments&.take&.record&.update(file_processing: false)
+    end
     Rails.logger.error "Couldn't generate preview for Blob with id: #{job.arguments.first}. Error:\n #{error}"
   end
 
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ class ActiveStorage::PreviewJob < ActiveStorage::BaseJob
     Rails.logger.info "Preview for the Blod with id: #{blob.id} - successfully generated.\n" \
                       "Transformations applied: #{preview.variation.transformations}"
 
-    blob.attachments.take.record.update(file_processing: false)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.no_touching do
+      blob.attachments.take.record.update(file_processing: false)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/asset.rb b/app/models/asset.rb
index 982e2af99..ea036f300 100644
--- a/app/models/asset.rb
+++ b/app/models/asset.rb
@@ -32,17 +32,15 @@ class Asset < ApplicationRecord
              optional: true
   belongs_to :team, optional: true
   has_one :step_asset, inverse_of: :asset, dependent: :destroy
-  has_one :step, through: :step_asset, dependent: :nullify
+  has_one :step, through: :step_asset, touch: true, dependent: :nullify
   has_one :result_asset, inverse_of: :asset, dependent: :destroy
-  has_one :result, through: :result_asset, dependent: :nullify
+  has_one :result, through: :result_asset, touch: true, dependent: :nullify
   has_one :repository_asset_value, inverse_of: :asset, dependent: :destroy
   has_one :repository_cell, through: :repository_asset_value,
     dependent: :nullify
   has_many :report_elements, inverse_of: :asset, dependent: :destroy
   has_one :asset_text_datum, inverse_of: :asset, dependent: :destroy
 
-  after_save { result&.touch; step&.touch }
-
   attr_accessor :file_content, :file_info, :in_template
 
   def self.search(
diff --git a/app/models/protocol.rb b/app/models/protocol.rb
index 735b9c120..4ddafea6a 100644
--- a/app/models/protocol.rb
+++ b/app/models/protocol.rb
@@ -229,14 +229,16 @@ class Protocol < ApplicationRecord
 
   # Deep-clone given array of assets
   def self.deep_clone_assets(assets_to_clone)
-    assets_to_clone.each do |src_id, dest_id|
-      src = Asset.find_by(id: src_id)
-      dest = Asset.find_by(id: dest_id)
-      dest.destroy! if src.blank? && dest.present?
-      next unless src.present? && dest.present?
+    ActiveRecord::Base.no_touching do
+      assets_to_clone.each do |src_id, dest_id|
+        src = Asset.find_by(id: src_id)
+        dest = Asset.find_by(id: dest_id)
+        dest.destroy! if src.blank? && dest.present?
+        next unless src.present? && dest.present?
 
-      # Clone file
-      src.duplicate_file(dest)
+        # Clone file
+        src.duplicate_file(dest)
+      end
     end
   end