diff --git a/crates/heal/tests/heal_b920_subquorum_union_test.rs b/crates/heal/tests/heal_b920_subquorum_union_test.rs
index d2af21e33..b38a90620 100644
--- a/crates/heal/tests/heal_b920_subquorum_union_test.rs
+++ b/crates/heal/tests/heal_b920_subquorum_union_test.rs
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ mod serial_tests {
         create_versioned_bucket(&ecstore, bucket).await;
 
         let v1 = put_versioned(&ecstore, bucket, object, &versioned_test_data(1)).await;
+        wait_for_object_copies(&disk_paths, bucket, object).await;
 
         // Wipe the object entirely on disks 1..4, leaving it on ONLY disk[0]
         // (1/4 disks < read-quorum 2). effective listing_quorum for 4 drives is
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@ mod serial_tests {
 
         let data_v1 = versioned_test_data(9);
         let v1 = put_versioned(&ecstore, bucket, object, &data_v1).await;
+        wait_for_object_copies(&disk_paths, bucket, object).await;
 
         // EC4+4: wipe the object ENTIRELY on 4 disks, leaving full copies on the
         // other 4 (== data_blocks). Meta quorum (4) still holds, so this heals via
@@ -500,6 +502,7 @@ mod serial_tests {
 
         let data_v1 = versioned_test_data(11);
         let v1 = put_versioned(&ecstore, bucket, object, &data_v1).await;
+        wait_for_object_copies(&disk_paths, bucket, object).await;
 
         // Drop the object entirely on ONE disk (its shard + meta gone), leaving it
         // on 3/4 (>= data_blocks 2). The union must still enumerate it.
@@ -545,6 +548,7 @@ mod serial_tests {
 
         let data_v1 = versioned_test_data(12);
         let v1 = put_versioned(&ecstore, bucket, object, &data_v1).await;
+        wait_for_object_copies(&disk_paths, bucket, object).await;
 
         std::fs::remove_dir_all(object_dir(&disk_paths[3], bucket, object)).expect("wipe object on disk3");
         for disk in &disk_paths[..3] {
diff --git a/crates/heal/tests/heal_integration_test.rs b/crates/heal/tests/heal_integration_test.rs
index 21a0ab78b..940a69f73 100644
--- a/crates/heal/tests/heal_integration_test.rs
+++ b/crates/heal/tests/heal_integration_test.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,32 @@ async fn wait_for_path_exists(path: &Path, timeout: Duration, interval: Duration
     }
 }
 
+fn find_part_file(obj_dir: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    WalkDir::new(obj_dir)
+        .min_depth(2)
+        .max_depth(2)
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(Result::ok)
+        .find(|entry| entry.file_type().is_file() && entry.file_name().to_str().is_some_and(|name| name.starts_with("part.")))
+        .map(|entry| entry.into_path())
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_object_copies(disks: &[PathBuf], bucket: &str, object: &str) {
+    tokio::time::timeout(HEAL_FORMAT_WAIT_TIMEOUT, async {
+        loop {
+            if disks.iter().all(|disk| {
+                let obj_dir = disk.join(bucket).join(object);
+                obj_dir.join("xl.meta").exists() && find_part_file(&obj_dir).is_some()
+            }) {
+                break;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(HEAL_FORMAT_WAIT_INTERVAL).await;
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("PUT rename tails must converge before corrupting the disk fixture");
+}
+
 /// Test helper: build the shared 4-disk temp-dir ECStore environment
 /// (rustfs-test-utils, backlog#1153 infra-1) and wrap it in the heal storage
 /// layer. Port 0 + uuid temp dirs keep this parallel-safe under nextest.
@@ -103,18 +129,10 @@ mod serial_tests {
 
         create_test_bucket(&ecstore, bucket_name).await;
         upload_test_object(&ecstore, bucket_name, object_name, &test_data).await;
-        let _obj_dir = disk_paths[0].join(bucket_name).join(object_name);
+        wait_for_object_copies(&disk_paths, bucket_name, object_name).await;
         // ─── 1️⃣ delete single data shard file ─────────────────────────────────────
         let obj_dir = disk_paths[0].join(bucket_name).join(object_name);
-        // find part file at depth 2, e.g. .../<uuid>/part.1
-        let target_part = WalkDir::new(&obj_dir)
-            .min_depth(2)
-            .max_depth(2)
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter_map(Result::ok)
-            .find(|e| e.file_type().is_file() && e.file_name().to_str().map(|n| n.starts_with("part.")).unwrap_or(false))
-            .map(|e| e.into_path())
-            .expect("Failed to locate part file to delete");
+        let target_part = find_part_file(&obj_dir).expect("converged fixture must contain a part file");
 
         std::fs::remove_file(&target_part).expect("failed to delete part file");
         assert!(!target_part.exists());
@@ -171,6 +189,7 @@ mod serial_tests {
 
         create_test_bucket(&ecstore, bucket_name).await;
         upload_test_object(&ecstore, bucket_name, object_name, &test_data).await;
+        wait_for_object_copies(&disk_paths, bucket_name, object_name).await;
 
         // Plant a leaked, unreferenced UUID data dir under the object on every disk
         // that actually holds the object (i.e. has an `xl.meta`). Planting on a disk
@@ -381,15 +400,9 @@ mod serial_tests {
 
         create_test_bucket(&ecstore, bucket_name).await;
         upload_test_object(&ecstore, bucket_name, object_name, &test_data).await;
+        wait_for_object_copies(&disk_paths, bucket_name, object_name).await;
         let obj_dir = disk_paths[0].join(bucket_name).join(object_name);
-        let target_part = WalkDir::new(&obj_dir)
-            .min_depth(2)
-            .max_depth(2)
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter_map(Result::ok)
-            .find(|e| e.file_type().is_file() && e.file_name().to_str().map(|n| n.starts_with("part.")).unwrap_or(false))
-            .map(|e| e.into_path())
-            .expect("Failed to locate part file to delete");
+        let target_part = find_part_file(&obj_dir).expect("converged fixture must contain a part file");
 
         // ─── 1️⃣ delete format.json on one disk ──────────────
         let format_path = disk_paths[0].join(".rustfs.sys").join("format.json");