diff --git a/src/task_monitor/tasks/process_identities.rs b/src/task_monitor/tasks/process_identities.rs
index a2ca21a3..28642efe 100644
--- a/src/task_monitor/tasks/process_identities.rs
+++ b/src/task_monitor/tasks/process_identities.rs
@@ -168,40 +168,56 @@ async fn process_identities(
                 // We have _at most_ one complete batch here.
                 let updates = batching_tree.peek_next_updates(batch_size);
 
-
                 // If insertion, check if we have enough identities to insert or if the insertion interval has elapsed
-                if insertion{
-                    // If there are not enough identities to insert at this
-                    // stage we can wait. The timer will ensure that the API
-                    // clients do not wait too long for their submission to be
-                    // completed.
-                    if updates.len() < batch_size && !should_process_anyway {
-                        // We do not reset the timer here as we may want to
-                        // insert anyway soon.
-                        tracing::trace!(
-                            "Pending identities ({}) is less than batch size ({}). Waiting.",
-                            updates.len(),
-                            batch_size
-                        );
-                        continue;
+                if insertion {
+                    // If the batch size is full or if the insertion time has elapsed, process the batch
+                    if updates.len() == batch_size || should_process_anyway {
+                        commit_identities(
+                            database,
+                            identity_manager,
+                            batching_tree,
+                            monitored_txs_sender,
+                            &updates,
+                        ).await?;
+
+                        // We've inserted the identities, so we want to ensure that
+                        // we don't trigger again until either we get a full batch
+                        // or the timer ticks.
+                        timer.reset();
+                        last_batch_time = Utc::now();
+                        database.update_latest_insertion_timestamp(last_batch_time).await?;
+                    }else{
+                        // Check if the next batch after the current insertion batch is deletion.
+                        // The only time that deletions are inserted is when there is a full deletion batch or the deletion time interval has elapsed.
+                        // In this case, we should immediately process the batch.
+                        let next_batch_is_deletion = if let Some(update) = batching_tree.peek_next_updates(batch_size + 1).last(){
+                            update.update.element == Hash::ZERO
+                        }else{
+                            false
+                        };
+
+                        //If the next batch is deletion, process the current insertion batch
+                        if next_batch_is_deletion {
+                            commit_identities(
+                                database,
+                                identity_manager,
+                                batching_tree,
+                                monitored_txs_sender,
+                                &updates,
+                            ).await?;
+
+                        }else{
+                            // If there are not enough identities to fill the batch, the time interval has not elapsed and the next batch is not deletion, wait for more identities
+                            tracing::trace!(
+                                "Pending identities ({}) is less than batch size ({}). Waiting.",
+                                updates.len(),
+                                batch_size
+                            );
+                            continue;
+                        }
                     }
-
-                    commit_identities(
-                        database,
-                        identity_manager,
-                        batching_tree,
-                        monitored_txs_sender,
-                        &updates,
-                    ).await?;
-
-                     // We've inserted the identities, so we want to ensure that
-                    // we don't trigger again until either we get a full batch
-                    // or the timer ticks.
-                    timer.reset();
-                    last_batch_time = Utc::now();
-                    database.update_latest_insertion_timestamp(last_batch_time).await?;
-
                 }else{
+                    // If the next batch is a deletion batch, process immediately
                     commit_identities(
                         database,
                         identity_manager,