diff --git a/Classes/Cache/CloudFrontCacheManager.php b/Classes/Cache/CloudFrontCacheManager.php
index d577c79..b7349d2 100644
--- a/Classes/Cache/CloudFrontCacheManager.php
+++ b/Classes/Cache/CloudFrontCacheManager.php
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ public function __construct()
     public function fileMod(Folder|File|ProcessedFile $resource): void
     {
         // Skip processed files that are already processed
-        if($resource instanceof ProcessedFile) {
-            if($resource->isProcessed()) return;
+        if ($resource instanceof ProcessedFile) {
+            if ($resource->isProcessed()) return;
         }
 
         $storage = $resource->getStorage();
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public function fileMod(Folder|File|ProcessedFile $resource): void
         $this->enqueue($resource->getIdentifier() . $wildcard, $distributionIds);
         $this->clearCache();
 
-        if(isset($GLOBALS['BE_USER'])) {
+        if (isset($GLOBALS['BE_USER'])) {
             $errorMessage = 'fileMod distributionsIds : ' . $distributionIds . ' resource identifier : ' . $resource->getIdentifier() . ' wildcard : ' . $wildcard;
             $GLOBALS['BE_USER']->writelog(4, 0, 0, 0, $errorMessage, ["ext" => "tm_cloudfront"]);
         }
@@ -331,13 +331,16 @@ public function getLanguagesDomains(int $uid_page): array
         return $domains;
     }
 
-    public function getLanguageHost(SiteLanguage $language): string {
+    public function getLanguageHost(SiteLanguage $language): string
+    {
         if ($host = $language->getBase()->getHost()) {
             return $host;
         }
         $currentRequest = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_REQUEST'] ?? null;
-        if ($currentRequest
-            && $currentRequest instanceof \Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface) {
+        if (
+            $currentRequest
+            && $currentRequest instanceof \Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface
+        ) {
             return $currentRequest->getUri()->getHost();
         }
         return '';
diff --git a/Classes/EventListener/FileAndFolderEventListener.php b/Classes/EventListener/FileAndFolderEventListener.php
index 9aa08ca..a37a300 100644
--- a/Classes/EventListener/FileAndFolderEventListener.php
+++ b/Classes/EventListener/FileAndFolderEventListener.php
@@ -18,8 +18,16 @@
 namespace Toumoro\TmCloudfront\EventListener;
 
 use Toumoro\TmCloudfront\Cache\CloudFrontCacheManager;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\Event\{AfterFileMovedEvent, AfterFileRenamedEvent, AfterFileReplacedEvent,
-    AfterFileDeletedEvent, AfterFileContentsSetEvent, AfterFolderMovedEvent, AfterFolderRenamedEvent, AfterFolderDeletedEvent};
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\Event\{
+    AfterFileMovedEvent,
+    AfterFileRenamedEvent,
+    AfterFileReplacedEvent,
+    AfterFileDeletedEvent,
+    AfterFileContentsSetEvent,
+    AfterFolderMovedEvent,
+    AfterFolderRenamedEvent,
+    AfterFolderDeletedEvent
+};
 
 class FileAndFolderEventListener
 {
@@ -49,7 +57,8 @@ public function afterFileDeleted(AfterFileDeletedEvent $event): void
     {
         try {
             $this->cacheManager->fileMod($event->getFile());
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {}
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        }
     }
 
     public function afterFileContentsSet(AfterFileContentsSetEvent $event): void
diff --git a/Classes/Hooks/ClearCachePostProc.php b/Classes/Hooks/ClearCachePostProc.php
index ac34163..1019a10 100644
--- a/Classes/Hooks/ClearCachePostProc.php
+++ b/Classes/Hooks/ClearCachePostProc.php
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ class ClearCachePostProc
 
     public function __construct(
         protected SiteFinder $siteFinder
-    )
-    {
+    ) {
         $this->cloudFrontConfiguration = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ExtensionConfiguration::class)
             ->get('tm_cloudfront')['cloudfront'];
         $this->cacheManager = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(CloudFrontCacheManager::class);
@@ -55,6 +54,11 @@ public function __construct(
      */
     public function clearCachePostProc(&$params, &$pObj): void
     {
+        // looks if the table array key is set and in [content,pages] if not returns. This to avoid running hook on unwanted table like sys_file_metadata
+        if (!empty($params['table']) && !in_array($params['table'], ['tt_content', 'pages'])) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Reset the queue after processing for testing purposes
         $this->cacheManager->resetQueue();
 
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ public function clearCachePostProc(&$params, &$pObj): void
 
             // Priority to TsConfig settings
             if (!empty($tsConfig['TCEMAIN.'])) {
-                if(!empty($tsConfig['TCEMAIN.']['distributionIds'])) {
+                if (!empty($tsConfig['TCEMAIN.']['distributionIds'])) {
                     $distributionIds = $tsConfig['TCEMAIN.']['distributionIds'];
                 }
             }
@@ -221,7 +225,7 @@ private function isPageDeleted($uid): int
 
         $queryBuilder->getRestrictions()->removeAll();
 
-       return (int)$queryBuilder
+        return (int)$queryBuilder
             ->select('deleted')
             ->from('pages')
             ->where(
diff --git a/Classes/Task/ClearTask.php b/Classes/Task/ClearTask.php
index c834451..090d6f1 100644
--- a/Classes/Task/ClearTask.php
+++ b/Classes/Task/ClearTask.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Toumoro\TmCloudfront\Task;
 
+
+
 use Aws\CloudFront\CloudFrontClient;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Configuration\ExtensionConfiguration;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\Connection;
diff --git a/Tests/Functional/Hooks/FileMetadataTest.php b/Tests/Functional/Hooks/FileMetadataTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4231aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Functional/Hooks/FileMetadataTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Toumoro\TmCloudfront\Tests\Functional\Hooks;
+
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\Index\MetaDataRepository;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\ConnectionPool;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\ResourceFactory;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
+use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Functional\FunctionalTestCase;
+
+class FileMetadataTest extends FunctionalTestCase
+{
+    protected array $testExtensionsToLoad = [
+        'toumoro/tm-cloudfront',
+        'typo3/cms-scheduler'
+    ];
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->importCSVDataSet(__DIR__ . '/../DataSet/be_users.csv');
+        $this->importCSVDataSet(__DIR__ . '/../DataSet/sys_file_storage.csv');
+
+        $this->setUpBackendUser(1);
+
+        $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS']['tm_cloudfront']['cloudfront'] = [
+            'distributionIds' => '{"www.example.com":"WWWWWWWWW","cdn.example.com":"CDNCDNCDNCDN"}',
+            'mode' => 'table',
+            'region' => 'us',
+            'apikey' => 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA',
+            'apisecret' => 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA',
+            'version' => 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA',
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * test metadadata invalidation
+     */
+    #[\PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test]
+    public function editingFileMetadataDoesNotCreateRootInvalidation(): void
+    {
+        $storage = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ResourceFactory::class)->getStorageObject(1);
+
+        // Create a test file outside of the storage path
+        $tempFileName = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'test-file');
+        file_put_contents($tempFileName, 'test content');
+        $file = $storage->addFile($tempFileName, $storage->getRootLevelFolder(), 'test-file.txt');
+
+        // Clear any invalidations created during file upload
+        GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)
+            ->getConnectionForTable('tx_tmcloudfront_domain_model_invalidation')
+            ->truncate('tx_tmcloudfront_domain_model_invalidation');
+
+        $subject = $this->get(MetaDataRepository::class);
+        $result = $subject->update(1, [
+            'title' => 'test2',
+        ]);
+
+        // Assert that no "/" invalidation was created
+        $rows = $this->getAllRecords('tx_tmcloudfront_domain_model_invalidation');
+
+        $pathSegments = array_column($rows, 'pathsegment');
+        $this->assertNotContains('/', $pathSegments, 'Root invalidation "/" should not be created when editing file metadata.');
+        $this->assertNotContains('/test-file.txt', $pathSegments, 'The file path should not be invalidated when editing its metadata.');
+    }
+}