fix(heal): fence format repair during pool transitions

crates/heal/src/heal/task/heal_erasure_set.rs

@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ impl HealTask {
                             "Heal erasure set format repair skipped because no format heal was required"
                         );
                     } else {
+                        let error = e;
+                        if error.is_recoverable_heal() {
+                            return Err(error);
+                        }
                         error!(
                             target: "rustfs::heal::task",
                             event = EVENT_HEAL_ERASURE_SET_RESULT,
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ impl HealTask {
                             task_id = %self.id,
                             set_disk_id,
                             result = "format_failed",
-                            error = %e,
+                            error = %error,
                             "Heal erasure set failed"
                         );
                         {
@@ -247,7 +251,7 @@ impl HealTask {
                             progress.update_progress(4, 4, 0, 0);
                         }
                         return Err(Error::TaskExecutionFailed {
-                            message: format!("Failed to heal disk format for {set_disk_id}: {e}"),
+                            message: format!("Failed to heal disk format for {set_disk_id}: {error}"),
                         });
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -284,6 +288,9 @@ impl HealTask {
             Err(Error::TaskCancelled) => return Err(Error::TaskCancelled),
             Err(Error::TaskTimeout) => return Err(Error::TaskTimeout),
             Err(e) => {
+                if e.is_recoverable_heal() {
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
                 error!(
                     target: "rustfs::heal::task",
                     event = EVENT_HEAL_ERASURE_SET_RESULT,

crates/heal/src/heal/task/tests.rs

@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ struct MockStorage {
     heal_object_outcome: Mutex<Option<MockHealObjectOutcome>>,
     heal_object_outcomes: Mutex<HashMap<String, VecDeque<MockHealObjectOutcome>>>,
     format_no_heal_required: Mutex<bool>,
+    format_error: Mutex<Option<Error>>,
     global_format_calls: Mutex<u32>,
     replacement_format_calls: Mutex<Vec<(usize, usize, Vec<String>)>>,
     replacement_targets_ready: Mutex<bool>,
@@ -867,6 +868,9 @@ impl HealStorageAPI for MockStorage {
 
     async fn heal_format(&self, _dry_run: bool) -> Result<(HealResultItem, Option<Error>)> {
         *self.global_format_calls.lock().unwrap() += 1;
+        if let Some(error) = self.format_error.lock().unwrap().take() {
+            return Err(error);
+        }
         let no_heal_required = *self.format_no_heal_required.lock().unwrap();
         if no_heal_required {
             Ok((HealResultItem::default(), Some(Error::Storage(EcstoreError::NoHealRequired))))
@@ -2052,6 +2056,30 @@ async fn test_erasure_set_heal_continues_after_format_no_heal_required() {
     );
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn erasure_set_format_slowdown_is_propagated() {
+    let storage = Arc::new(MockStorage {
+        format_error: Mutex::new(Some(Error::Storage(EcstoreError::SlowDown))),
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+    let request = HealRequest::new(
+        HealType::ErasureSet {
+            buckets: Vec::new(),
+            set_disk_id: "pool_0_set_0".to_string(),
+        },
+        HealOptions::default(),
+        HealPriority::Normal,
+    );
+    let task = HealTask::from_request(request, storage);
+
+    let error = task
+        .execute()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("format SlowDown must remain recoverable for the task manager");
+
+    assert!(matches!(error, Error::Storage(EcstoreError::SlowDown)));
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn erasure_set_bucket_prepass_failure_stops_before_object_heal() {
     let temp = TempDir::new().expect("temporary directory should be created");