diff --git a/skyvern/webeye/actions/handler.py b/skyvern/webeye/actions/handler.py
index 600da02c..de7163f9 100644
--- a/skyvern/webeye/actions/handler.py
+++ b/skyvern/webeye/actions/handler.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ from skyvern.webeye.actions.actions import (
     UploadFileAction,
     WebAction,
 )
+from skyvern.webeye.actions.handler_utils import download_file_safe
 from skyvern.webeye.actions.responses import ActionAbort, ActionFailure, ActionResult, ActionSuccess
 from skyvern.webeye.scraper.scraper import (
     CleanupElementTreeFunc,
@@ -1887,15 +1888,7 @@ async def chain_click(
     file: list[str] | str = []
     if action.file_url:
         file_url = await get_actual_value_of_parameter_if_secret(task, action.file_url)
-        try:
-            file = await download_file(file_url)
-        except Exception:
-            LOG.exception(
-                "Failed to download file, continuing without it",
-                action=action,
-                file_url=file_url,
-            )
-            file = []
+        file = await download_file_safe(file_url, action.model_dump())
 
     is_filechooser_trigger = False
 
diff --git a/skyvern/webeye/actions/handler_utils.py b/skyvern/webeye/actions/handler_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57e0d86d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skyvern/webeye/actions/handler_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+import structlog
+
+from skyvern.forge.sdk.api.files import download_file
+
+LOG = structlog.get_logger()
+
+
+async def download_file_safe(file_url: str, action: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> str | list[str]:
+    try:
+        return await download_file(file_url)
+    except Exception:
+        LOG.exception(
+            "Failed to download file, continuing without it",
+            action=action,
+            file_url=file_url,
+        )
+        return []