diff --git a/handlers/facebookapp/facebookapp.go b/handlers/facebookapp/facebookapp.go
index 19dad01a..4c9b0711 100644
--- a/handlers/facebookapp/facebookapp.go
+++ b/handlers/facebookapp/facebookapp.go
@@ -1993,6 +1993,7 @@ func (h *handler) sendCloudAPIWhatsappMsg(ctx context.Context, msg courier.Msg)
 
 					if len(msg.Attachments()) > 0 {
 						attType, attURL := handlers.SplitAttachment(msg.Attachments()[i])
+						fileURL := attURL
 						mediaID, mediaLogs, err := h.fetchWACMediaID(msg, attType, attURL, accessToken)
 						for _, log := range mediaLogs {
 							status.AddLog(log)
@@ -2006,9 +2007,7 @@ func (h *handler) sendCloudAPIWhatsappMsg(ctx context.Context, msg courier.Msg)
 						if attType == "application" {
 							attType = "document"
 						}
-						fileURL := attURL
 						media := wacMTMedia{ID: mediaID, Link: attURL}
-
 						if attType == "image" {
 							interactive.Header = &struct {
 								Type     string      "json:\"type\""
diff --git a/handlers/facebookapp/facebookapp_test.go b/handlers/facebookapp/facebookapp_test.go
index 2fa59994..f303a37d 100644
--- a/handlers/facebookapp/facebookapp_test.go
+++ b/handlers/facebookapp/facebookapp_test.go
@@ -870,10 +870,58 @@ var SendTestCasesWAC = []ChannelSendTestCase{
 		SendPrep:    setSendURL},
 }
 
+var CachedSendTestCasesWAC = []ChannelSendTestCase{
+	{Label: "Interactive Button Message Send with attachment with cached attachment",
+		Text: "Interactive Button Msg", URN: "whatsapp:250788123123", QuickReplies: []string{"BUTTON1"},
+		Status: "W", ExternalID: "157b5e14568e8",
+		Attachments: []string{`application/pdf:https://foo.bar/document.pdf`},
+		Responses: map[MockedRequest]MockedResponse{
+			MockedRequest{
+				Method:       "POST",
+				Path:         "/12345_ID/media",
+				BodyContains: "media bytes",
+			}: MockedResponse{
+				Status: 201,
+				Body:   `{"id":"157b5e14568e8"}`,
+			},
+			MockedRequest{
+				Method: "POST",
+				Path:   "/12345_ID/messages",
+				Body:   `{"messaging_product":"whatsapp","recipient_type":"individual","to":"250788123123","type":"interactive","interactive":{"type":"button","header":{"type":"document","document":{"id":"157b5e14568e8","filename":"document.pdf"}},"body":{"text":"Interactive Button Msg"},"action":{"buttons":[{"type":"reply","reply":{"id":"0","title":"BUTTON1"}}]}}}`,
+			}: MockedResponse{
+				Status: 201,
+				Body:   `{ "messages": [{"id": "157b5e14568e8"}] }`,
+			},
+		},
+		SendPrep: setSendURL},
+}
+
+func mockAttachmentURLs(mediaServer *httptest.Server, testCases []ChannelSendTestCase) []ChannelSendTestCase {
+	casesWithMockedUrls := make([]ChannelSendTestCase, len(testCases))
+
+	for i, testCase := range testCases {
+		mockedCase := testCase
+
+		for j, attachment := range testCase.Attachments {
+			mockedCase.Attachments[j] = strings.Replace(attachment, "https://foo.bar", mediaServer.URL, 1)
+		}
+		casesWithMockedUrls[i] = mockedCase
+	}
+	return casesWithMockedUrls
+}
+
 func TestSending(t *testing.T) {
 	uuids.SetGenerator(uuids.NewSeededGenerator(1234))
 	defer uuids.SetGenerator(uuids.DefaultGenerator)
 
+	mediaServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		defer req.Body.Close()
+		res.WriteHeader(200)
+		res.Write([]byte("media bytes"))
+	}))
+	defer mediaServer.Close()
+	CachedSendTestCasesWAC := mockAttachmentURLs(mediaServer, CachedSendTestCasesWAC)
+
 	// shorter max msg length for testing
 	maxMsgLengthFBA = 100
 	maxMsgLengthIG = 100
@@ -884,6 +932,8 @@ func TestSending(t *testing.T) {
 	RunChannelSendTestCases(t, ChannelFBA, newHandler("FBA", "Facebook", false), SendTestCasesFBA, nil)
 	RunChannelSendTestCases(t, ChannelIG, newHandler("IG", "Instagram", false), SendTestCasesIG, nil)
 	RunChannelSendTestCases(t, ChannelWAC, newHandler("WAC", "Cloud API WhatsApp", false), SendTestCasesWAC, nil)
+	RunChannelSendTestCases(t, ChannelWAC, newHandler("WAC", "Cloud API WhatsApp", false), CachedSendTestCasesWAC, nil)
+
 }
 
 func TestSigning(t *testing.T) {