diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__/@azure/storage-blob.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__/@azure/storage-blob.ts
index 4fc1e4c374..0d480a7fa9 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__/@azure/storage-blob.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__/@azure/storage-blob.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ import type {
   BlobUploadCommonResponse,
   ContainerGetPropertiesResponse,
 } from '@azure/storage-blob';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 
 const rootDir = os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'C:\\rootDir' : '/rootDir';
+
 /**
  * @param sourceFile Relative path to entity root dir. Contains either / or \ as file separator
  * depending upon the OS.
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ export class BlockBlobClient {
   }
 
   uploadFile(source: string): Promise<BlobUploadCommonResponse> {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(source)) {
+      return Promise.reject(new Error(`The file ${source} does not exist`));
+    }
     return Promise.resolve({
       _response: {
         request: {
@@ -62,6 +67,25 @@ export class BlockBlobClient {
   exists() {
     return checkFileExists(this.blobName);
   }
+
+  download() {
+    const filePath = path.join(rootDir, this.blobName);
+    const emitter = new EventEmitter();
+    process.nextTick(() => {
+      if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+        emitter.emit('data', Buffer.from(fs.readFileSync(filePath)));
+        emitter.emit('end');
+      } else {
+        emitter.emit(
+          'error',
+          new Error(`The file ${filePath} does not exist !`),
+        );
+      }
+    });
+    return Promise.resolve({
+      readableStreamBody: emitter,
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 class BlockBlobClientFailUpload extends BlockBlobClient {
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
index cf1ea60592..44262768a5 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { Entity, ENTITY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import {
+  Entity,
+  EntityName,
+  ENTITY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE,
+} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import mockFs from 'mock-fs';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import { AzureBlobStoragePublish } from './azureBlobStorage';
-import { PublisherBase } from './types';
+import { PublisherBase, TechDocsMetadata } from './types';
 
 // NOTE: /packages/techdocs-common/__mocks__ is being used to mock Azure client library
 
@@ -38,7 +42,14 @@ const createMockEntity = (annotations = {}) => {
   };
 };
 
+const createMockEntityName = (): EntityName => ({
+  kind: 'TestKind',
+  name: 'test-component-name',
+  namespace: 'test-namespace',
+});
+
 const rootDir = os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'C:\\rootDir' : '/rootDir';
+
 const getEntityRootDir = (entity: Entity) => {
   const {
     kind,
@@ -163,6 +174,72 @@ describe('publishing with valid credentials', () => {
       expect(await publisher.hasDocsBeenGenerated(entity)).toBe(false);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('fetchTechDocsMetadata', () => {
+    it('should return tech docs metadata', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+      const entity = createMockEntity();
+      const entityRootDir = getEntityRootDir(entity);
+
+      mockFs({
+        [entityRootDir]: {
+          'techdocs_metadata.json':
+            '{"site_name": "backstage", "site_description": "site_content"}',
+        },
+      });
+      const expectedMetadata: TechDocsMetadata = {
+        site_name: 'backstage',
+        site_description: 'site_content',
+      };
+      expect(
+        await publisher.fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock),
+      ).toStrictEqual(expectedMetadata);
+      mockFs.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should return tech docs metadata when json encoded with single quotes', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+      const entity = createMockEntity();
+      const entityRootDir = getEntityRootDir(entity);
+
+      mockFs({
+        [entityRootDir]: {
+          'techdocs_metadata.json': `{'site_name': 'backstage', 'site_description': 'site_content'}`,
+        },
+      });
+
+      const expectedMetadata: TechDocsMetadata = {
+        site_name: 'backstage',
+        site_description: 'site_content',
+      };
+      expect(
+        await publisher.fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock),
+      ).toStrictEqual(expectedMetadata);
+      mockFs.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should return an error if the techdocs_metadata.json file is not present', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+      const entity = createMockEntity();
+      const entityRootDir = getEntityRootDir(entity);
+
+      let error;
+      try {
+        await publisher.fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock);
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = e;
+      }
+
+      expect(error).toEqual(
+        new Error(
+          `TechDocs metadata fetch failed, The file ${path.join(
+            entityRootDir,
+            'techdocs_metadata.json',
+          )} does not exist !`,
+        ),
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('error reporting', () => {
@@ -255,4 +332,63 @@ describe('error reporting', () => {
 
     mockFs.restore();
   });
+
+  describe('fetchTechDocsMetadata', () => {
+    it('should return tech docs metadata', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+      const entity = createMockEntity();
+      const entityRootDir = getEntityRootDir(entity);
+
+      mockFs({
+        [entityRootDir]: {
+          'techdocs_metadata.json':
+            '{"site_name": "backstage", "site_description": "site_content"}',
+        },
+      });
+      const expectedMetadata: TechDocsMetadata = {
+        site_name: 'backstage',
+        site_description: 'site_content',
+      };
+      expect(
+        await publisher.fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock),
+      ).toStrictEqual(expectedMetadata);
+      mockFs.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should return tech docs metadata when json encoded with single quotes', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+      const entity = createMockEntity();
+      const entityRootDir = getEntityRootDir(entity);
+
+      mockFs({
+        [entityRootDir]: {
+          'techdocs_metadata.json': `{'site_name': 'backstage', 'site_description': 'site_content'}`,
+        },
+      });
+
+      const expectedMetadata: TechDocsMetadata = {
+        site_name: 'backstage',
+        site_description: 'site_content',
+      };
+      expect(
+        await publisher.fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock),
+      ).toStrictEqual(expectedMetadata);
+      mockFs.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('should return an error if the techdocs_metadata.json file is not present', async () => {
+      const entityNameMock = createMockEntityName();
+
+      let error;
+      try {
+        await publisher.fetchTechDocsMetadata(entityNameMock);
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = e;
+      }
+
+      expect(error.message).toEqual(
+        expect.stringContaining('TechDocs metadata fetch'),
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
index 2136ee2bc2..155d14fbb5 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
@@ -201,10 +201,7 @@ export class AzureBlobStoragePublish implements PublisherBase {
             return;
           }
           body
-            .on('error', e => {
-              this.logger.error(e.message);
-              reject(e.message);
-            })
+            .on('error', reject)
             .on('data', chunk => {
               fileStreamChunks.push(chunk);
             })
@@ -220,16 +217,21 @@ export class AzureBlobStoragePublish implements PublisherBase {
   ): Promise<TechDocsMetadata> {
     const entityRootDir = `${entityName.namespace}/${entityName.kind}/${entityName.name}`;
     try {
-      return await new Promise<TechDocsMetadata>(resolve => {
-        const download = this.download(
-          this.containerName,
-          `${entityRootDir}/techdocs_metadata.json`,
+      const techdocsMetadataJson = await this.download(
+        this.containerName,
+        `${entityRootDir}/techdocs_metadata.json`,
+      );
+      if (!techdocsMetadataJson) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Unable to parse the techdocs metadata file ${entityRootDir}/techdocs_metadata.json.`,
         );
-        resolve(JSON5.parse(download.toString()));
-      });
+      }
+      const techdocsMetadata = JSON5.parse(
+        techdocsMetadataJson.toString('utf-8'),
+      );
+      return techdocsMetadata;
     } catch (e) {
-      this.logger.error(e.message);
-      throw e;
+      throw new Error(`TechDocs metadata fetch failed, ${e.message}`);
     }
   }