diff --git a/app/Controllers/TicketController.php b/app/Controllers/TicketController.php
index 5fee206e..bd293ae4 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/TicketController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/TicketController.php
@@ -1621,16 +1621,6 @@ class TicketController extends BaseController
                     $this->ticketMasterModel->where('id', $return_value)->set($updateUploadedLetterData)->update();
                 }
 
-                // Merge all uploaded PDFs for this ticket into a single combined PDF
-                try {
-                    helper('merge_pdf');
-                    merge_ticket_pdfs((int) $return_value, [
-                        'ticket_type' => (int) ($ticket_data['ticket_type_id'] ?? 1),
-                    ]);
-                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-                    log_message('error', 'TicketController::createTicket | merge_ticket_pdfs failed | ticket_id=' . $return_value . ' | ' . $e->getMessage());
-                }
-
                 //mail trigger part
                 $this->putHistoryAfterInsert($ticket_data, $return_value);
                 $mail_responce = $this->sendAutoMailTrigger($return_value);
@@ -2076,6 +2066,16 @@ class TicketController extends BaseController
             $return_value = $this->ticketMasterModel->where('id', $ticket_id)->set($ticket_data)->update();
             if ($return_value) {
 
+                // Merge all uploaded PDFs for this ticket into a single combined PDF
+                try {
+                    helper('merge_pdf');
+                    merge_ticket_pdfs((int) $ticket_id, [
+                        'ticket_type' => (int) ($ticket_data['ticket_type_id'] ?? 1),
+                    ]);
+                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                    log_message('error', 'TicketController::updateTicket | merge_ticket_pdfs failed | ticket_id=' . $ticket_id . ' | ' . $e->getMessage());
+                }
+
                 $mail_responce = null;
                 if($old_ticket_data['claim_status_id'] != $ticket_data['claim_status_id']){
                     //mail trigger part