diff --git a/crates/heal/src/heal/mrf_queue.rs b/crates/heal/src/heal/mrf_queue.rs
index a43f591f6..95c66a23c 100644
--- a/crates/heal/src/heal/mrf_queue.rs
+++ b/crates/heal/src/heal/mrf_queue.rs
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ async fn submit_mrf_heal_request(manager: &HealManager, intent: &MrfIntent) -> c
 
 struct MrfRuntime {
     queue: MrfQueue,
-    retained_replay_intents: Vec<MrfIntent>,
     config: MrfConsumerConfig,
     new_since_flush: usize,
     /// True while the in-memory pending set has changed since the last
@@ -536,7 +535,7 @@ impl MrfRuntime {
     fn snapshot(&self) -> (Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>) {
         let mut authoritative = Vec::new();
         let mut legacy = Vec::new();
-        for intent in self.retained_replay_intents.iter().chain(self.queue.intents()) {
+        for intent in self.queue.intents() {
             let scoped_identity =
                 !matches!(intent.kind, rustfs_common::mrf_channel::MrfKind::MetadataCorruption) && intent.scope.is_some();
             if !encode_intent(intent, &mut authoritative) {
@@ -674,11 +673,10 @@ pub async fn replay_journal_once(manager: &Arc<HealManager>) -> usize {
 struct ReplayOutcome {
     replayed: usize,
     journal_on_disk: bool,
-    retained_replay_intents: Vec<MrfIntent>,
 }
 
-fn replay_must_retain_journal(rearm_incomplete: bool, pending_depth: usize, retained_replay_depth: usize) -> bool {
-    rearm_incomplete || pending_depth > 0 || retained_replay_depth > 0
+fn replay_must_retain_journal(rearm_incomplete: bool, pending_depth: usize) -> bool {
+    rearm_incomplete || pending_depth > 0
 }
 
 /// Shared replay core: read + decode + re-arm, then drain what fits. The
@@ -700,7 +698,6 @@ async fn replay_into(
                 return ReplayOutcome {
                     replayed: 0,
                     journal_on_disk: false,
-                    retained_replay_intents: Vec::new(),
                 };
             }
         },
@@ -739,7 +736,6 @@ async fn replay_into(
 
     // Drain the replayed intents immediately; whatever the manager refuses
     // stays armed in `queue` for the consumer's retry loop.
-    let mut retained_replay_intents = Vec::new();
     if backoff_until.is_none() {
         while let Some(mut intent) = queue.pop_front() {
             if !matches!(
@@ -752,9 +748,7 @@ async fn replay_into(
                 break;
             }
             match submit_mrf_heal_request(manager, &intent).await {
-                Ok(HealAdmissionResult::Accepted) | Ok(HealAdmissionResult::Merged) => {
-                    retained_replay_intents.push(intent);
-                }
+                Ok(HealAdmissionResult::Accepted) | Ok(HealAdmissionResult::Merged) => {}
                 Ok(HealAdmissionResult::Full) | Ok(HealAdmissionResult::Dropped(HealAdmissionDropReason::QueueFull)) => {
                     intent.attempts = intent.attempts.saturating_add(1);
                     if intent.attempts < MRF_MAX_ATTEMPTS {
@@ -785,7 +779,7 @@ async fn replay_into(
             }
         }
     }
-    let journal_on_disk = if replay_must_retain_journal(rearm_incomplete, queue.depth(), retained_replay_intents.len()) {
+    let journal_on_disk = if replay_must_retain_journal(rearm_incomplete, queue.depth()) {
         true
     } else {
         !delete_journals().await
@@ -793,7 +787,6 @@ async fn replay_into(
     ReplayOutcome {
         replayed,
         journal_on_disk,
-        retained_replay_intents,
     }
 }
 
@@ -803,7 +796,6 @@ async fn run_mrf_consumer(manager: Arc<HealManager>, mut receiver: mpsc::Receive
     let config = MrfConsumerConfig::default();
     let mut runtime = MrfRuntime {
         queue: MrfQueue::new(config.queue_capacity, config.journal_max_bytes),
-        retained_replay_intents: Vec::new(),
         config: config.clone(),
         new_since_flush: 0,
         dirty: false,
@@ -815,7 +807,6 @@ async fn run_mrf_consumer(manager: Arc<HealManager>, mut receiver: mpsc::Receive
     // on disk whenever any replayed intent still needs a successor snapshot.
     let replay = replay_into(&manager, &mut runtime.queue, &mut runtime.backoff_until).await;
     runtime.journal_on_disk = replay.journal_on_disk;
-    runtime.retained_replay_intents = replay.retained_replay_intents;
     // Anything still pending (e.g. the manager was full and backoff armed)
     // must be re-persisted by the next flush before replay can delete the
     // startup anchor.
@@ -833,7 +824,7 @@ async fn run_mrf_consumer(manager: Arc<HealManager>, mut receiver: mpsc::Receive
                     // provably current AND idle (a dirty or pending state
                     // gets one last persist attempt, matching the shutdown
                     // retry the unconditional flush used to provide).
-                    if runtime.dirty || runtime.queue.depth() > 0 || !runtime.retained_replay_intents.is_empty() {
+                    if runtime.dirty || runtime.queue.depth() > 0 {
                         runtime.flush().await;
                     }
                     tracing::info!(
@@ -862,7 +853,6 @@ async fn run_mrf_consumer(manager: Arc<HealManager>, mut receiver: mpsc::Receive
                 match tick_action(
                     runtime.dirty,
                     runtime.queue.depth(),
-                    runtime.retained_replay_intents.len(),
                     runtime.journal_on_disk,
                 ) {
                     TickAction::Flush => {
@@ -877,8 +867,8 @@ async fn run_mrf_consumer(manager: Arc<HealManager>, mut receiver: mpsc::Receive
                         runtime.dispatch(manager.as_ref()).await;
                     }
                     TickAction::DeleteJournal => {
-                        // Only remove a stale journal after every replayed
-                        // intent has a durable successor proof.
+                        // All replayed intents have either been accepted,
+                        // merged, or replaced by a pending successor snapshot.
                         if delete_journals().await {
                             runtime.journal_on_disk = false;
                             gauge!("rustfs_heal_mrf_journal_bytes").set(0.0);
@@ -907,13 +897,11 @@ enum TickAction {
     Idle,
 }
 
-fn tick_action(dirty: bool, depth: usize, retained_replay_depth: usize, journal_on_disk: bool) -> TickAction {
+fn tick_action(dirty: bool, depth: usize, journal_on_disk: bool) -> TickAction {
     if dirty {
         TickAction::Flush
     } else if depth > 0 {
         TickAction::Retry
-    } else if retained_replay_depth > 0 {
-        TickAction::Idle
     } else if journal_on_disk {
         TickAction::DeleteJournal
     } else {
@@ -946,42 +934,34 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Dirty dominates: a changed pending set flushes even when idle
         // otherwise.
-        assert!(matches!(tick_action(true, 0, 0, false), Flush));
-        assert!(matches!(tick_action(true, 3, 0, true), Flush));
+        assert!(matches!(tick_action(true, 0, false), Flush));
+        assert!(matches!(tick_action(true, 3, true), Flush));
 
         // Clean backlog: no rewrite, but keep draining so an expired
         // admission backoff retries on time.
-        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 1, 0, false), Retry));
-        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 2, 0, true), Retry));
-
-        // Replayed records accepted by the manager are still restart anchors
-        // until a durable successor proof can tombstone them.
-        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 0, 1, true), Idle));
+        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 1, false), Retry));
+        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 2, true), Retry));
 
         // Quiescent with a stale journal file on disk: remove it.
-        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 0, 0, true), DeleteJournal));
+        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 0, true), DeleteJournal));
 
         // Fully quiescent: nothing to do.
-        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 0, 0, false), Idle));
+        assert!(matches!(tick_action(false, 0, false), Idle));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn replay_cleanup_retains_journal_for_unarmed_or_refused_records() {
         assert!(
-            replay_must_retain_journal(true, 0, 0),
+            replay_must_retain_journal(true, 0),
             "a rejected replay record still needs its disk anchor"
         );
         assert!(
-            replay_must_retain_journal(false, 1, 0),
+            replay_must_retain_journal(false, 1),
             "a Full admission retry must keep the startup journal until the next snapshot"
         );
         assert!(
-            replay_must_retain_journal(false, 0, 1),
-            "an accepted replay record still needs a durable successor before cleanup"
-        );
-        assert!(
-            !replay_must_retain_journal(false, 0, 0),
-            "only a fully consumed replay snapshot with no retained anchors may be deleted"
+            !replay_must_retain_journal(false, 0),
+            "only a fully consumed replay snapshot may be deleted"
         );
     }
 
@@ -1019,37 +999,6 @@ mod tests {
         rustfs_common::mrf_channel::release_mrf_intent(&replay);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn retained_replay_anchor_remains_in_successor_snapshot() {
-        let retained = intent("accepted-replay", "object", 0);
-        let mut runtime = MrfRuntime {
-            queue: MrfQueue::new(8, 8192),
-            retained_replay_intents: vec![retained.clone()],
-            config: MrfConsumerConfig::default(),
-            new_since_flush: 0,
-            dirty: false,
-            journal_on_disk: true,
-            backoff_until: None,
-        };
-        assert_eq!(
-            runtime.queue.try_push_typed(intent("new-pending", "object", 0)),
-            MrfQueuePushResult::Enqueued
-        );
-
-        let (authoritative, legacy) = runtime.snapshot();
-        let (decoded, truncated) = decode_journal(&authoritative);
-        let (legacy_decoded, legacy_truncated) = decode_journal(&legacy);
-
-        assert_eq!(truncated, 0);
-        assert_eq!(legacy_truncated, 0);
-        assert_eq!(decoded.len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(legacy_decoded.len(), 2);
-        assert!(
-            decoded.iter().any(|intent| intent.bucket == retained.bucket),
-            "accepted replay anchor must remain crash-replayable"
-        );
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn replay_can_arm_more_records_than_live_queue_budget() {
         let mut queue = MrfQueue::new(1, intent("bucket", "object-0", 0).estimated_bytes());