diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/README.md b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/README.md
index c7c04f0ad..45a18e7b6 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/README.md
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ paths.
 | `ReplicationResyncContracts` | Resync options, target status, bucket status, status classifiers, and persisted resync/MRF status wire format. | Owned by `crates/replication`; ECStore imports them through `replication_resync_boundary.rs`, which maps crate errors to ECStore errors. |
 | `ReplicationConfigStore` | Replication config persistence and config-derived labels used by target options. | Config read/save helpers and storage class labels are exposed through the contract type in `replication_config_store.rs`. |
 | `ReplicationFileMeta` | Replication status, decisions, MRF entries, resync decisions, and target reset helpers. | `rustfs_filemeta` replication contracts are concentrated in `replication_filemeta_boundary.rs`; `FileInfo` remains in the storage boundary for storage trait bindings and walk options. |
+| `StorageApiReplicationContracts` | Storage-api delete DTO replication state/status helpers. | The temporary `rustfs-filemeta` dependency is isolated in `crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs` until the wire contracts can move without creating a `rustfs-replication` / `rustfs-storage-api` cycle. |
 | `ReplicationObjectDecisionContracts` | Object replication options, delete replication decisions, resync target projection, multipart planning, and delete-marker retry classifiers. | Owned by `crates/replication`; ECStore imports them through `replication_object_decision_boundary.rs`. |
 | `ReplicationQueueContracts` | Queue admission, heal queue results/actions, worker operations, worker sizing, and backpressure decisions. | Owned by `crates/replication`; ECStore imports them through `replication_queue_boundary.rs`. |
 | `ReplicationStatsContracts` | Bucket stats, replication target stats, queue/proxy metrics, and worker metric snapshots. | Owned by `crates/replication`; ECStore imports them through `replication_stats_boundary.rs`. |
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ paths.
    compatibility facade.
 10. Keep ECStore owner modules outside `bucket/replication` behind bridge
     contracts when they need replication codec or config helper behavior.
+11. Keep storage-api replication status/state helpers behind
+    `crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs` until the underlying wire contracts
+    can move without a `rustfs-replication` / `rustfs-storage-api` dependency
+    cycle.
 
 ## First Code-Bearing Step
 
diff --git a/crates/storage-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/storage-api/Cargo.toml
index 2218d302a..25f4d2cb4 100644
--- a/crates/storage-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storage-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ doctest = false
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait.workspace = true
-# NOTE: This dependency on rustfs-filemeta is a known architectural limitation.
-# The replication types (ReplicationStatusType, VersionPurgeStatusType, ReplicationState)
-# are shared between storage-api and filemeta. Moving them would require changes in 300+ files.
+# Storage-facing replication contracts are isolated in src/replication.rs until
+# the underlying wire types can move without creating a replication/storage-api cycle.
 rustfs-filemeta.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 time.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/storage-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/storage-api/src/lib.rs
index 8c15ec8dd..e6bc3ea5d 100644
--- a/crates/storage-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/storage-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ pub mod object;
 pub mod observability;
 pub mod topology;
 
+mod replication;
+
 pub use admin::{DiskSetSelector, StorageAdminApi};
 pub use bucket::{BucketInfo, BucketOperations, BucketOptions, DeleteBucketOptions, MakeBucketOptions, SRBucketDeleteOp};
 pub use capability::{CapabilitySnapshotError, CapabilityState, CapabilityStatus};
diff --git a/crates/storage-api/src/object.rs b/crates/storage-api/src/object.rs
index 074ce6f54..7853708bf 100644
--- a/crates/storage-api/src/object.rs
+++ b/crates/storage-api/src/object.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use rustfs_filemeta::{
+use crate::replication::{
     ReplicationState, ReplicationStatusType, VersionPurgeStatusType, replication_statuses_map, version_purge_statuses_map,
 };
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
diff --git a/crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs b/crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..903da4d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2024 RustFS Team
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+pub(crate) use rustfs_filemeta::{
+    ReplicationState, ReplicationStatusType, VersionPurgeStatusType, replication_statuses_map, version_purge_statuses_map,
+};
diff --git a/docs/architecture/crate-boundaries.md b/docs/architecture/crate-boundaries.md
index 1bebbccd6..36f4019a9 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/crate-boundaries.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/crate-boundaries.md
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ Contract crates must stay below implementation crates. Initial forbidden edges:
 - `extension-schema -> rustfs`
 - `extension-schema -> ecstore`
 
+`rustfs-storage-api` may only expose storage-facing replication status/state
+contracts through `crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs` while the underlying
+wire types still live in `rustfs-filemeta`. This keeps the temporary dependency
+centralized until those wire contracts can move without introducing a
+`rustfs-replication` / `rustfs-storage-api` cycle.
+
 Existing migration checks live in:
 
 - `scripts/check_layer_dependencies.sh`
diff --git a/docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md b/docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md
index 70d94b3a9..b41321dde 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ Current coupling:
 - resync options, bucket/target resync status DTOs, status display labels, and
   the persisted resync status wire format live in `crates/replication`, with
   ECStore retaining only error mapping and MRF persistence locally;
+- storage-api delete replication status/state helpers use the local
+  `crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs` contract boundary while the
+  underlying wire types remain in `rustfs-filemeta`;
 - admin replication extension target filtering and resync request construction
   stay behind the admin storage boundary instead of exposing replication work
   DTO construction to handlers;
@@ -168,6 +171,10 @@ Required contracts before crate movement:
   `crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_filemeta_boundary.rs`,
   while `FileInfo` remains in the storage boundary for storage trait bindings
   and walk options.
+- `StorageApiReplicationContracts`: storage-api delete DTO replication
+  state/status helpers are concentrated in `crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs`
+  until the underlying wire contracts can move without a
+  `rustfs-replication` / `rustfs-storage-api` dependency cycle.
 - `ReplicationErrorBoundary`: ECStore error/result contracts and
   replication-specific error classifiers. `crate::error` imports are
   concentrated in
diff --git a/scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh b/scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
index 124ebcee2..15ea67a97 100755
--- a/scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ require_source_contains "docs/architecture/obs-ecstore-dependency-inventory.md"
 require_source_contains "docs/architecture/obs-ecstore-dependency-inventory.md" "crates/obs/src/metrics/storage_api.rs" "observability ECStore storage_api boundary"
 require_source_contains "docs/architecture/overview.md" "ecstore-api-facade-inventory.md" "architecture overview ECStore facade inventory link"
 require_source_contains "docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md" "ecstore-api-facade-inventory.md" "ECStore split plan facade inventory link"
+require_source_contains "docs/architecture/ecstore-module-split-plan.md" "StorageApiReplicationContracts" "ECStore split plan storage-api replication contract section"
 require_source_contains "docs/architecture/ecstore-api-facade-inventory.md" "## Facade Group Inventory" "ECStore facade inventory group section"
 require_source_contains "docs/architecture/ecstore-api-facade-inventory.md" "## External Consumer Boundaries" "ECStore facade inventory consumer boundary section"
 require_source_contains "docs/architecture/ecstore-api-facade-inventory.md" "## Split Dependency Inventory" "ECStore split dependency inventory section"
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ LIFECYCLE_OBJECT_LOCK_BOUNDARY_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/lifecycle_object_loc
 LIFECYCLE_REPLICATION_SINK_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/lifecycle_replication_sink_bypass_hits.txt"
 LIFECYCLE_REPLICATION_CRATE_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/lifecycle_replication_crate_bypass_hits.txt"
 ECSTORE_REPLICATION_CONTRACT_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/ecstore_replication_contract_bypass_hits.txt"
+STORAGE_API_REPLICATION_CONTRACT_BYPASS_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/storage_api_replication_contract_bypass_hits.txt"
 STORE_API_EXTERNAL_LIST_CONSUMER_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/store_api_external_list_consumer_hits.txt"
 STORE_API_EXTERNAL_OPERATION_CONSUMER_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/store_api_external_operation_consumer_hits.txt"
 STORE_API_OBJECT_OPERATION_LOCAL_METHOD_HITS_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/store_api_object_operation_local_method_hits.txt"
@@ -972,6 +974,18 @@ if [[ -s "$ECSTORE_REPLICATION_CONTRACT_BYPASS_HITS_FILE" ]]; then
   report_failure "ECStore owner replication contracts must stay behind crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication: $(paste -sd '; ' "$ECSTORE_REPLICATION_CONTRACT_BYPASS_HITS_FILE")"
 fi
 
+(
+  cd "$ROOT_DIR"
+  rg -n -U --with-filename 'use\s+rustfs_filemeta::\{[^}]*\b(ReplicationState|ReplicationStatusType|VersionPurgeStatusType|replication_statuses_map|version_purge_statuses_map)\b|use\s+rustfs_filemeta::(ReplicationState|ReplicationStatusType|VersionPurgeStatusType|replication_statuses_map|version_purge_statuses_map)\b|rustfs_filemeta::(Replication|VersionPurge|replication_statuses_map|version_purge_statuses_map)' \
+    crates/storage-api/src \
+    --glob '*.rs' |
+    rg -v '^crates/storage-api/src/replication\.rs:' || true
+) >"$STORAGE_API_REPLICATION_CONTRACT_BYPASS_HITS_FILE"
+
+if [[ -s "$STORAGE_API_REPLICATION_CONTRACT_BYPASS_HITS_FILE" ]]; then
+  report_failure "storage-api replication contracts must stay behind crates/storage-api/src/replication.rs: $(paste -sd '; ' "$STORAGE_API_REPLICATION_CONTRACT_BYPASS_HITS_FILE")"
+fi
+
 (
   cd "$ROOT_DIR"
   rg -n --no-heading 'rustfs_ecstore::store_api(?:::\{[^}]*\b(?:ListObjectVersionsInfo|ListObjectsV2Info|ObjectInfoOrErr)\b|::(?:ListObjectVersionsInfo|ListObjectsV2Info|ObjectInfoOrErr)\b)' \