diff --git a/crates/e2e_test/src/reliant/tiering.rs b/crates/e2e_test/src/reliant/tiering.rs
index 3011e8199..49211b233 100644
--- a/crates/e2e_test/src/reliant/tiering.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e_test/src/reliant/tiering.rs
@@ -647,3 +647,41 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_run_black_box_semantics() -> TestResult {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_manual_transition_run_contract_no_status_cancel_fields() -> TestResult {
+    let mut cold = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    cold.access_key = "manualcontractcoldtieradmin".to_string();
+    cold.secret_key = "manualcontractcoldtiersecret".to_string();
+    cold.start_rustfs_server_without_cleanup(vec![]).await?;
+    let cold_client = cold.create_s3_client();
+    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;
+
+    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
+        .await?;
+    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
+    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;
+
+    hot_client.create_bucket().bucket("ilm7-manual-contract").send().await?;
+
+    let (status, body) = signed_admin_request(
+        &hot.url,
+        Method::POST,
+        "/rustfs/admin/v3/ilm/transition/run?bucket=ilm7-manual-contract",
+        None,
+        &hot.access_key,
+        &hot.secret_key,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "manual transition contract call should still be OK");
+    let response: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&body)?;
+
+    assert!(response.get("state").is_some(), "response should include state field");
+    assert!(response.get("job_id").is_none() || response.get("job_id").is_some_and(|v| v.is_null()));
+    assert!(response.get("status").is_none() || response.get("status").is_some_and(|v| v.is_null()));
+    assert!(response.get("status_endpoint").is_none() || response.get("status_endpoint").is_some_and(|v| v.is_null()));
+    assert!(response.get("cancel").is_none() || response.get("cancel").is_some_and(|v| v.is_null()));
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/remote_disk.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/remote_disk.rs
index df8f8d076..642aca597 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/remote_disk.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/remote_disk.rs
@@ -3131,6 +3131,26 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(err.contains("server:9000"), "unexpected error: {err}");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn read_multiple_response_decode_reports_corrupt_json_item() {
+        let endpoint = sample_remote_endpoint();
+        let response = ReadMultipleResponse {
+            success: true,
+            read_multiple_resps: vec![
+                serde_json::to_string(&sample_read_multiple_resp("good", b"ok")).expect("json response should encode"),
+                "{not-json".to_string(),
+            ],
+            read_multiple_resps_bin: Vec::new(),
+            error: None,
+        };
+
+        let err = decode_read_multiple_response_items(response, &endpoint).expect_err("corrupt json item should fail");
+        let err = err.to_string();
+
+        assert!(err.contains("ReadMultipleResp json item 1"), "unexpected error: {err}");
+        assert!(err.contains("server:9000"), "unexpected error: {err}");
+    }
+
     fn sample_batch_read_version_resp(index: usize, path: &str, success: bool) -> BatchReadVersionResp {
         let mut file_info = FileInfo::new(path, 1, 0);
         file_info.erasure.index = 1;
@@ -3210,6 +3230,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(err.contains("server:9000"), "unexpected error: {err}");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn batch_read_version_response_decode_reports_corrupt_json_item() {
+        let endpoint = sample_remote_endpoint();
+        let response = BatchReadVersionResponse {
+            success: true,
+            batch_read_version_resps: vec![
+                serde_json::to_string(&sample_batch_read_version_resp(0, "ok", false)).expect("json should encode"),
+                "{not-json".to_string(),
+            ],
+            batch_read_version_resps_bin: Vec::new(),
+            error: None,
+        };
+
+        let err = decode_batch_read_version_response_items(response, &endpoint)
+            .expect_err("corrupt json item should fail")
+            .to_string();
+
+        assert!(err.contains("BatchReadVersionResp json item 1"), "unexpected error: {err}");
+        assert!(err.contains("server:9000"), "unexpected error: {err}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn batch_metadata_rpc_mode_defaults_to_off_and_parses_supported_values() {
         assert_eq!(parse_batch_metadata_rpc_mode(""), BatchMetadataRpcMode::Off);
diff --git a/rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service/disk.rs b/rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service/disk.rs
index 44990045a..31f1da99f 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service/disk.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service/disk.rs
@@ -1309,6 +1309,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(err.to_string().contains("decode SamplePayload msgpack failed"), "unexpected error: {err}");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_msgpack_or_json_reports_corrupt_json_item_when_msgpack_absent() {
+        let err = decode_msgpack_or_json::<SamplePayload>(&[], "{not-json", "SamplePayload")
+            .expect_err("corrupt json item should fail in fallback branch");
+
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("decode SamplePayload failed"), "unexpected error: {err}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn decode_msgpack_or_json_accepts_named_msgpack_and_legacy_json() {
         let payload = SamplePayload {