diff --git a/crates/heal/src/heal/mrf_queue/snapshot.rs b/crates/heal/src/heal/mrf_queue/snapshot.rs
index 46bb15679..3153d6008 100644
--- a/crates/heal/src/heal/mrf_queue/snapshot.rs
+++ b/crates/heal/src/heal/mrf_queue/snapshot.rs
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ async fn read_recovery_snapshot(disks: &[EcstoreDiskStore], limit: usize) -> Res
     if let Some(snapshot) = read_committed(disks, limit).await? {
         return Ok(Some(RecoverySnapshot::Committed(snapshot)));
     }
-    // RUSTFS_COMPAT_TODO(backlog-2263): keep legacy import until every supported
-    // rollback reader understands committed snapshots. Never mix both mirrors.
+    // RUSTFS_COMPAT_TODO(backlog-2263): inspect retained legacy MRF journals. Remove after all supported upgrade and rollback readers understand committed snapshots and retained journals have migrated.
     if let Some(payload) = read_legacy(disks, MRF_SCOPED_JOURNAL_PATH, limit).await? {
         return Ok(Some(RecoverySnapshot::Legacy(payload)));
     }
diff --git a/docs/architecture/compat-cleanup-register.md b/docs/architecture/compat-cleanup-register.md
index 924193b6e..52c50e042 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/compat-cleanup-register.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/compat-cleanup-register.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 ## Open Items
 
+- `backlog-2263` legacy heal MRF inspection: retained per-record journals remain readable while committed-snapshot ownership and writer activation are staged. Remove legacy import only after all supported direct-upgrade and rollback readers understand committed snapshots and migration tooling confirms that no retained or restorable legacy journal requires it. This does not enable a new writer or change the automatic legacy consumer.
 - `backlog-1337` legacy restore orphan recovery: releases that predate the restore worker-lock marker can leave a valid operation-id and `ongoing-request="true"` after cancellation or process failure, with no durable liveness proof. New servers allow an exact, non-nil legacy generation to be superseded only when its consistently parsed request date is at least 24 hours old. Remove the clock-based legacy fallback after the minimum supported direct-upgrade release writes the v1 worker-lock marker on every restore and operators have resolved every retained pre-v1 ongoing generation.
 - `backlog-2133-tier-delete-chunk-parent` bounded tier-delete dispatch compatibility: prefixes at or below the legacy manifest limit keep the byte-compatible v1 single-manifest protocol, while larger prefixes place a chunk-parent sentinel at the original deterministic root path and use operation-scoped child manifests. Older binaries reject the sentinel and child paths, preserving the v6 sole-owner downgrade fence instead of starting a competing local delete. Remove the v1 reader and fail-closed mixed-version sentinel only after every supported rollback release validates the parent/child protocol and migration tooling confirms that no retained v1 dispatch manifest remains.
 - `tokio-tar-extension-limits` bounded archive parser hardening: Snowball extraction depends on precedence-resolved MinIO PAX metadata; per-entry and cumulative extension limits; a physical-entry limit; cancellation-safe parsing and ownership of large streamed members; fused streams after errors; and compatibility with minio-go streams that omit the two-block terminator. Swift bulk extraction also uses the same fork. Keep the reviewed pin while the Snowball path is prototyped against tar-codec/tar-framing. Remove it only after a released API exposes the effective allowed vendor records, RustFS provides a cancellation-safe handoff for borrowed member payloads, footerless input is accepted solely when authenticated request framing proves EOF immediately after a complete member, the existing resource-limit, cancellation, error-fuse, and real minio-go fixtures pass against the replacement, and Swift no longer depends on the fork.