Synchronously destroy attachments

activestorage/app/jobs/active_storage/purge_job.rb

 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-# Provides delayed purging of attachments or blobs using their +purge_later+ method.
+# Provides delayed purging of ActiveStorage::Blob records via ActiveStorage::Blob#purge_later.
 class ActiveStorage::PurgeJob < ActiveJob::Base
   # FIXME: Limit this to a custom ActiveStorage error
   retry_on StandardError
 
-  def perform(attachment_or_blob)
-    attachment_or_blob.purge
+  def perform(blob)
+    blob.purge
   end
 end

activestorage/app/models/active_storage/attachment.rb

@@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ class ActiveStorage::Attachment < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   delegate_missing_to :blob
 
-  # Purging an attachment will purge the blob (delete the file on the service, then destroy the record)
-  # and then destroy the attachment itself.
+  # Synchronously purges the blob (deletes it from the configured service) and destroys the attachment.
   def purge
     blob.purge
     destroy
   end
 
-  # Purging an attachment means purging the blob, which means talking to the service, which means
-  # talking over the Internet. Whenever you're doing that, it's a good idea to put that work in a job,
-  # so it doesn't hold up other operations. That's what +purge_later+ provides.
+  # Destroys the attachment and asynchronously purges the blob (deletes it from the configured service).
   def purge_later
-    ActiveStorage::PurgeJob.perform_later(self)
+    blob.purge_later
+    destroy
   end
 end