fix(data-usage): make empty checks exhaustive

* ci: preserve timeout evidence for workspace tests

* ci: allow cold doctest compilation to finish

* ci: allow cold nextest compilation to finish

* ci: allow cold nextest compilation to finish

---------

Co-authored-by: houseme <housemecn@gmail.com>

.config/nextest.toml

@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 # nextest configuration for RustFS.
 #
-# Serialize two known load-sensitive / global-state-sharing ecstore test groups
-# so the full parallel nextest suite stops producing spurious failures
-# (backlog #937). These tests pass in isolation but flake under the loaded
-# parallel run for two distinct reasons:
+# Serialize the ecstore tests that share the process-wide disk registry or
+# exercise a multi-disk commit handoff across nextest process boundaries.
 #
 #   * store::bucket::tests::bucket_delete_* share process/global state (disk
 #     registry, lock client) and race make_bucket into InsufficientWriteQuorum
 #     when run concurrently with other ecstore tests.
 #   * bucket_lifecycle_ops::tests::concurrent_resend_same_part_commits_one_generation
-#     asserts a lock-acquire correctness property whose serialized cross-disk
-#     commits exceed the (already max'd, 60s) acquire deadline only when the
-#     suite saturates disk I/O.
+#     uses the shared multipart fixture and a deterministic uploadId-lock
+#     handoff, so it must not overlap another process mutating that fixture.
 #
 # serial_test's #[serial] attribute does NOT serialize these across runs:
 # nextest executes each test in its own process, where the in-process
@@ -100,13 +97,6 @@ path = "junit.xml"
 # profile's own overrides list, not the default profile's).
 # ===========================================================================
 
-# QUARANTINE: OPEN backlog#937 — concurrent_resend lock-acquire deadline flakes
-# under saturated disk I/O in the full parallel suite.
-[[profile.ci.overrides]]
-filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(concurrent_resend_same_part_commits_one_generation)'
-test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
-retries = 2
-
 # QUARANTINE: OPEN backlog#937 — store::bucket::tests::bucket_delete_* race
 # make_bucket into InsufficientWriteQuorum via shared global state under load.
 [[profile.ci.overrides]]
@@ -114,6 +104,11 @@ filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(/^store::bucket::tests::bucket_delete_(
 test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
 retries = 2
 
+# Keep the deterministic multipart handoff isolated across nextest processes.
+[[profile.ci.overrides]]
+filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(concurrent_resend_same_part_commits_one_generation)'
+test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
+
 # QUARANTINE: OPEN rustfs#4690 — walk_dir stall-budget accounting test depends
 # on producer/consumer timing windows that stretch past the budget on loaded
 # CI runners (regression test for rustfs#4644; failed on a zero-Rust-diff PR).

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -156,16 +156,69 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           cache-save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
+      - name: Prepare test evidence
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p artifacts/test-and-lint
+          {
+            echo "run_id=${GITHUB_RUN_ID}"
+            echo "job=${GITHUB_JOB}"
+            echo "runner=${RUNNER_NAME}"
+            echo "started_at=$(date --utc --iso-8601=seconds)"
+          } > artifacts/test-and-lint/run-metadata.txt
+
       # Clippy runs before the test pass: lint failures are the most common
       # CI-only breakage and should surface in minutes, not after 20+ minutes
       # of tests.
       - name: Run clippy lints
         run: cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
 
-      - name: Run tests
+      - name: Run nextest tests
         run: |
-          cargo nextest run --profile ci --all --exclude e2e_test
-          cargo test --all --doc
+          mkdir -p artifacts/test-and-lint
+          set +e
+          NEXTEST_HIDE_PROGRESS_BAR=1 timeout --verbose --signal=TERM --kill-after=30s 75m \
+            cargo nextest run --profile ci --all --exclude e2e_test \
+            --status-level all --final-status-level all \
+            2>&1 | tee artifacts/test-and-lint/nextest.log
+          status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+          {
+            echo "command=cargo nextest run --profile ci --all --exclude e2e_test"
+            echo "exit_status=${status}"
+            echo "finished_at=$(date --utc --iso-8601=seconds)"
+            echo
+            echo "Remaining test-related processes:"
+            pgrep -af 'cargo|nextest|target/.*/deps/' || true
+          } > artifacts/test-and-lint/nextest-diagnostics.txt
+          exit "${status}"
+
+      - name: Run documentation tests
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p artifacts/test-and-lint
+          set +e
+          timeout --verbose --signal=TERM --kill-after=30s 15m \
+            cargo test --all --doc \
+            2>&1 | tee artifacts/test-and-lint/doctest.log
+          status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+          {
+            echo "command=cargo test --all --doc"
+            echo "exit_status=${status}"
+            echo "finished_at=$(date --utc --iso-8601=seconds)"
+            echo
+            echo "Remaining test-related processes:"
+            pgrep -af 'cargo|rustdoc|target/.*/deps/' || true
+          } > artifacts/test-and-lint/doctest-diagnostics.txt
+          exit "${status}"
+
+      - name: Upload test reports and diagnostics
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: junit-test-and-lint-${{ github.run_number }}
+          path: |
+            target/nextest/ci/junit.xml
+            artifacts/test-and-lint
+          retention-days: 3
+          if-no-files-found: error
 
       # rustfs/backlog#1289: fail if a seed rule's log anchor no longer exists
       # verbatim in the source tree (log message drifted without updating the
@@ -174,15 +227,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check log-analyzer rule anchors
         run: ./scripts/check_log_analyzer_rules.sh
 
-      - name: Upload test junit report
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
-        with:
-          name: junit-test-and-lint-${{ github.run_number }}
-          path: target/nextest/ci/junit.xml
-          retention-days: 3
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
-
       # Explicit gate for migration-critical suites. These tests already ran in
       # the full nextest pass above; a single filtered nextest invocation keeps
       # the named gate without rebuilding or re-running them one package at a time.

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   REGISTRY_DOCKERHUB: rustfs/rustfs
   REGISTRY_GHCR: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
-  REGISTRY_QUAY: quay.io/${{ secrets.QUAY_USERNAME }}/rustfs
+  REGISTRY_QUAY: quay.io/rustfs/rustfs
   DOCKER_PLATFORMS: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
 
 jobs:

Cargo.lock

@@ -9732,6 +9732,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustfs-policy",
  "rustfs-rio",
  "rustfs-storage-api",
+ "rustfs-test-utils",
  "rustfs-tls-runtime",
  "rustfs-trusted-proxies",
  "rustfs-utils",

crates/checksums/Cargo.toml

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ keywords = ["checksum-calculation", "verification", "integrity", "authenticity",
 categories = ["web-programming", "development-tools", "network-programming"]
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/rustfs-checksums/latest/rustfs_checksum/"
 
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
 [dependencies]
 bytes = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 crc-fast = { workspace = true }

crates/data-usage/src/data_usage.rs

@@ -506,8 +506,35 @@ pub struct ReplicationStats {
 }
 
 impl ReplicationStats {
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        let Self {
+            pending_size,
+            replicated_size,
+            failed_size,
+            failed_count,
+            pending_count,
+            missed_threshold_size,
+            after_threshold_size,
+            missed_threshold_count,
+            after_threshold_count,
+            replicated_count,
+        } = self;
+
+        *pending_size == 0
+            && *replicated_size == 0
+            && *failed_size == 0
+            && *failed_count == 0
+            && *pending_count == 0
+            && *missed_threshold_size == 0
+            && *after_threshold_size == 0
+            && *missed_threshold_count == 0
+            && *after_threshold_count == 0
+            && *replicated_count == 0
+    }
+
+    #[deprecated(note = "use is_empty instead")]
     pub fn empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.replicated_size == 0 && self.failed_size == 0 && self.failed_count == 0
+        self.is_empty()
     }
 }
 
@@ -520,16 +547,19 @@ pub struct ReplicationAllStats {
 }
 
 impl ReplicationAllStats {
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        let Self {
+            replica_size,
+            replica_count,
+            targets,
+        } = self;
+
+        *replica_size == 0 && *replica_count == 0 && targets.values().all(ReplicationStats::is_empty)
+    }
+
+    #[deprecated(note = "use is_empty instead")]
     pub fn empty(&self) -> bool {
-        if self.replica_size != 0 && self.replica_count != 0 {
-            return false;
-        }
-        for v in self.targets.values() {
-            if !v.empty() {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        true
+        self.is_empty()
     }
 }
 
@@ -783,7 +813,7 @@ impl DataUsageCache {
                     return Some(root);
                 }
                 let mut flat = self.flatten(&root);
-                if flat.replication_stats.as_ref().is_some_and(|stats| stats.empty()) {
+                if flat.replication_stats.as_ref().is_some_and(ReplicationAllStats::is_empty) {
                     flat.replication_stats = None;
                 }
                 Some(flat)
@@ -1582,6 +1612,126 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(map["BETWEEN_1024B_AND_1_MB"], u64::MAX);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn replication_stats_empty_checks_every_field() {
+        type SetField = fn(&mut ReplicationStats);
+
+        let cases: [(&str, SetField); 10] = [
+            ("pending_size", |stats| stats.pending_size = 1),
+            ("replicated_size", |stats| stats.replicated_size = 1),
+            ("failed_size", |stats| stats.failed_size = 1),
+            ("failed_count", |stats| stats.failed_count = 1),
+            ("pending_count", |stats| stats.pending_count = 1),
+            ("missed_threshold_size", |stats| stats.missed_threshold_size = 1),
+            ("after_threshold_size", |stats| stats.after_threshold_size = 1),
+            ("missed_threshold_count", |stats| stats.missed_threshold_count = 1),
+            ("after_threshold_count", |stats| stats.after_threshold_count = 1),
+            ("replicated_count", |stats| stats.replicated_count = 1),
+        ];
+
+        assert!(ReplicationStats::default().is_empty());
+        for (field, set_nonzero) in cases {
+            let mut stats = ReplicationStats::default();
+            set_nonzero(&mut stats);
+            assert!(!stats.is_empty(), "{field} must make replication stats non-empty");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn replication_all_stats_empty_checks_aggregate_fields_independently() {
+        let cases = [
+            (
+                "replica_size",
+                ReplicationAllStats {
+                    replica_size: 1,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            ),
+            (
+                "replica_count",
+                ReplicationAllStats {
+                    replica_count: 1,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            ),
+        ];
+
+        assert!(ReplicationAllStats::default().is_empty());
+        for (field, stats) in cases {
+            assert!(!stats.is_empty(), "{field} must make aggregate replication stats non-empty");
+        }
+
+        let empty_targets = ReplicationAllStats {
+            targets: HashMap::from([("arn:test:empty".to_string(), ReplicationStats::default())]),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        assert!(empty_targets.is_empty(), "all-empty targets must keep aggregate stats empty");
+
+        let stats = ReplicationAllStats {
+            targets: HashMap::from([
+                ("arn:test:empty".to_string(), ReplicationStats::default()),
+                (
+                    "arn:test:non-empty".to_string(),
+                    ReplicationStats {
+                        pending_count: 1,
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    },
+                ),
+            ]),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        assert!(!stats.is_empty(), "a non-empty target must make aggregate replication stats non-empty");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn size_recursive_prunes_empty_and_preserves_pending_replication_stats() {
+        let root = hash_path("bucket");
+        let child = hash_path("bucket/child");
+        let mut cache = DataUsageCache::default();
+        cache.replace_hashed(&root, &None, &DataUsageEntry::default());
+        cache.replace_hashed(
+            &child,
+            &Some(root.clone()),
+            &DataUsageEntry {
+                replication_stats: Some(ReplicationAllStats::default()),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+
+        assert!(
+            cache
+                .size_recursive("bucket")
+                .expect("bucket usage should flatten")
+                .replication_stats
+                .is_none()
+        );
+
+        cache.replace_hashed(
+            &child,
+            &Some(root.clone()),
+            &DataUsageEntry {
+                replication_stats: Some(ReplicationAllStats {
+                    targets: HashMap::from([(
+                        "arn:test:pending".to_string(),
+                        ReplicationStats {
+                            pending_count: 1,
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        },
+                    )]),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+
+        let flattened = cache.size_recursive("bucket").expect("bucket usage should flatten");
+        let replication = flattened
+            .replication_stats
+            .expect("pending-only replication stats must survive pruning");
+
+        assert_eq!(replication.targets["arn:test:pending"].pending_count, 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_data_usage_cache_merge_adds_missing_child() {
         let mut base = DataUsageCache::default();

crates/ecstore/src/api/mod.rs

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pub mod bucket {
             get_object_lock_config, get_public_access_block_config, get_quota_config, get_replication_config,
             get_request_payment_config, get_sse_config, get_tagging_config, get_versioning_config, get_website_config,
             init_bucket_metadata_sys, list_bucket_targets, remove_bucket_metadata, set_bucket_metadata, update,
-            update_bucket_targets_under_transaction_lock,
+            update_bucket_targets_under_transaction_lock, update_config_with,
         };
     }
 

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/lifecycle/bucket_lifecycle_ops.rs

@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ async fn delete_free_version_remote_object(
     oi: &ObjectInfo,
     tier_config_mgr: &Arc<RwLock<TierConfigMgr>>,
 ) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    let version_id_exact = validate_transition_remote_version(oi)?;
     let identity = tier_destination_id_from_metadata(&oi.user_defined)?
         .ok_or_else(|| std::io::Error::other("tier free-version has no durable backend identity"))?;
     delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent_with_manager_and_identity(
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ async fn delete_free_version_remote_object(
         &oi.transitioned_object.tier,
         identity,
         tier_config_mgr,
-        false,
+        version_id_exact,
     )
     .await?;
     Ok(())
@@ -4201,6 +4202,23 @@ pub async fn get_transitioned_object_reader(
     get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(bucket, object, rs, h, oi, opts, &tier_config_mgr).await
 }
 
+fn validate_transition_remote_version(oi: &ObjectInfo) -> Result<bool, std::io::Error> {
+    let version = oi.transitioned_object.version_id.as_str();
+    match oi.transition_version_state {
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown => Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "remote tier object version state is unknown",
+        )),
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled if version.is_empty() => Ok(false),
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull if version == "null" => Ok(true),
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact if !version.is_empty() && version != "null" => Ok(true),
+        _ => Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "remote tier object version state conflicts with its version ID",
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) async fn get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
     bucket: &str,
     object: &str,
@@ -4210,6 +4228,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
     opts: &ObjectOptions,
     tier_config_mgr: &Arc<RwLock<TierConfigMgr>>,
 ) -> Result<GetObjectReader, std::io::Error> {
+    validate_transition_remote_version(oi)?;
     let expected_identity = tier_destination_id_from_metadata(&oi.user_defined)?;
     let lease = match expected_identity {
         Some(identity) => {
@@ -5506,6 +5525,7 @@ mod tests {
                 tier: tier.clone(),
                 ..Default::default()
             },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
@@ -5569,6 +5589,7 @@ mod tests {
                 tier,
                 ..Default::default()
             },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
@@ -5591,6 +5612,70 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(backend.get_count().await, 0);
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn transitioned_get_rejects_unknown_version_state_before_backend_io() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let tier = format!("COLDTIER{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]).to_uppercase();
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, &tier).await;
+        let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+            bucket: "bucket".to_string(),
+            name: "object".to_string(),
+            size: 1,
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: "remote/object".to_string(),
+                version_id: String::new(),
+                status: crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
+                tier,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let err = match get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
+            &object_info.bucket,
+            &object_info.name,
+            &None,
+            &HeaderMap::new(),
+            &object_info,
+            &ObjectOptions::default(),
+            &manager,
+        )
+        .await
+        {
+            Ok(_) => panic!("unknown remote version state must fail before backend IO"),
+            Err(err) => err,
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+        assert_eq!(backend.get_count().await, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn free_version_delete_rejects_unknown_version_state_before_backend_io() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, "WARM").await;
+        let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: "remote/object".to_string(),
+                version_id: "legacy-version".to_string(),
+                tier: "WARM".to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let err = super::delete_free_version_remote_object(&object_info, &manager)
+            .await
+            .expect_err("unknown remote version state must fail before backend IO");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn free_version_remote_delete_requires_persisted_destination_identity() {
@@ -5640,6 +5725,7 @@ mod tests {
         oi.transitioned_object.tier = "WARM".to_string();
         oi.transitioned_object.name = "remote/object".to_string();
         oi.transitioned_object.version_id = "remote-version".to_string();
+        oi.transition_version_state = rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact;
         let local_delete_calls = Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0));
 
         let legacy_err = delete_free_version_remote_object_then(&oi, &manager, {
@@ -5650,7 +5736,8 @@ mod tests {
         })
         .await
         .expect_err("legacy free-version without identity must be retained");
-        assert!(legacy_err.to_string().contains("no durable backend identity"));
+        assert_eq!(legacy_err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::Other);
+        assert_eq!(old_backend.remove_count().await, 0);
         assert_eq!(local_delete_calls.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 0);
 
         let mut invalid_metadata = HashMap::new();
@@ -5781,6 +5868,7 @@ mod tests {
         oi.transitioned_object.tier = "WARM".to_string();
         oi.transitioned_object.name = "remote/object".to_string();
         oi.transitioned_object.version_id = "remote-version".to_string();
+        oi.transition_version_state = rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact;
 
         let err = match get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
             "bucket",
@@ -5796,7 +5884,12 @@ mod tests {
             Ok(_) => panic!("identity-bound GET must reject a same-name tier rebind"),
             Err(err) => err,
         };
-        assert!(err.to_string().contains("identity no longer matches"));
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::Other);
+        let admin_err = err
+            .get_ref()
+            .and_then(|source| source.downcast_ref::<crate::client::admin_handler_utils::AdminError>())
+            .expect("identity mismatch should retain the typed tier error");
+        assert_eq!(admin_err.code, crate::services::tier::tier::ERR_TIER_INVALID_CONFIG.code);
         assert_eq!(new_backend.get_count().await, 0);
 
         oi.user_defined = Arc::new(HashMap::new());
@@ -5902,7 +5995,8 @@ mod tests {
             version_id: "remote-version".to_string(),
             tier_name: "WARM".to_string(),
             backend_identity: Some([1; 32]),
-            version_id_exact: false,
+            version_id_exact: true,
+            version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
         };
 
         let err = state
@@ -6013,7 +6107,8 @@ mod tests {
             version_id: "remote-version".to_string(),
             tier_name: "WARM".to_string(),
             backend_identity: Some([1; 32]),
-            version_id_exact: false,
+            version_id_exact: true,
+            version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
         };
 
         state
@@ -10081,6 +10176,87 @@ mod tests {
         (backend, identity_hex)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn journal_replay_rejects_unknown_version_state_before_backend_io() {
+        let (_disk_paths, ecstore) = setup_test_env().await;
+        let (backend, _) = register_recovery_mock_tier(&ecstore).await;
+        let identity = TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease(&ecstore.tier_config_mgr(), "WARM")
+            .await
+            .expect("mock tier lease should be available")
+            .backend_identity();
+        let je = Jentry {
+            obj_name: "remote/object".to_string(),
+            version_id: "legacy-version".to_string(),
+            tier_name: "WARM".to_string(),
+            backend_identity: Some(identity),
+            version_id_exact: false,
+            version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+        };
+
+        let err = crate::bucket::lifecycle::tier_delete_journal::process_tier_delete_journal_entry(ecstore, &je)
+            .await
+            .expect_err("unknown journal state must fail before backend IO");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn journal_replay_deletes_confirmed_exact_provider_token() {
+        let (_disk_paths, ecstore) = setup_test_env().await;
+        let (backend, _) = register_recovery_mock_tier(&ecstore).await;
+        let lease = TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease(&ecstore.tier_config_mgr(), "WARM")
+            .await
+            .expect("mock tier lease should be available");
+        let identity = lease.backend_identity();
+        backend
+            .set_put_remote_version(Some("provider-version-token".to_string()))
+            .await;
+        lease
+            .put(
+                "remote/object",
+                crate::client::transition_api::ReaderImpl::Body(bytes::Bytes::from_static(b"candidate")),
+                9,
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("confirmed remote candidate should be seeded");
+        backend.set_remove_failure(true);
+        backend.set_reject_non_empty_remote_versions(true);
+        let je = Jentry {
+            obj_name: "remote/object".to_string(),
+            version_id: "provider-version-token".to_string(),
+            tier_name: "WARM".to_string(),
+            backend_identity: Some(identity),
+            version_id_exact: true,
+            version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
+        };
+
+        crate::set_disk::cleanup_rejected_transition_upload_durably(
+            &lease,
+            &je.obj_name,
+            &je.version_id,
+            true,
+            Some(ecstore.clone()),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("failed immediate cleanup should remain durable in the journal");
+        assert!(backend.contains(&je.obj_name).await);
+
+        backend.set_remove_failure(false);
+        crate::bucket::lifecycle::tier_delete_journal::process_tier_delete_journal_entry(ecstore, &je)
+            .await
+            .expect("identity-bound exact journal must retry confirmed candidate cleanup");
+
+        assert!(!backend.contains(&je.obj_name).await);
+        assert_eq!(backend.exact_remove_count(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend.remove_versions().await,
+            vec![("remote/object".to_string(), "provider-version-token".to_string())]
+        );
+    }
+
     async fn seed_recoverable_free_version(
         disk_paths: &[PathBuf],
         bucket: &str,
@@ -10100,6 +10276,7 @@ mod tests {
                 identity,
             );
         }
+        let transition_version_id = Uuid::new_v4();
         let mut metadata = FileMeta::new();
         metadata
             .add_version(FileInfo {
@@ -10108,7 +10285,9 @@ mod tests {
                 version_id: Some(object_version_id),
                 transition_status: crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
                 transitioned_objname: format!("remote/{bucket}/{object}"),
-                transition_version_id: Some(Uuid::new_v4()),
+                transition_version_id: Some(transition_version_id),
+                transition_version: Some(transition_version_id.to_string()),
+                transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
                 transition_tier: "WARM".to_string(),
                 mod_time: Some(OffsetDateTime::now_utc()),
                 metadata: transitioned_metadata,
@@ -11112,6 +11291,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
     #[serial]
     async fn concurrent_resend_same_part_commits_one_generation() {
+        use crate::set_disk::{MultipartCommitBarrier, MultipartCommitPause};
         use crate::storage_api_contracts::object::ObjectIO as _;
 
         let (_paths, ecstore) = setup_test_env().await;
@@ -11133,51 +11313,36 @@ mod tests {
             })
             .collect();
 
-        // Two independent causes can produce a spurious lock-acquire timeout
-        // here, and both must stay covered:
-        // 1. A lost/stolen fast-lock wakeup could strand a waiter until the
-        //    deadline — fixed for real in fast_lock::shard by bounding each
-        //    notification wait (NOTIFY_WAIT_CAP re-polling).
-        // 2. Under the full nextest suite on loaded CI disks, the
-        //    *legitimately serialized* cross-disk commits can exceed the
-        //    acquire deadline all by themselves — observed on CI at the 5s
-        //    default and the 30s production default with six resends, and
-        //    again at 60s, which is a hard ceiling: fast_lock clamps every
-        //    requested timeout to MAX_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT (60s), so raising the
-        //    env override higher is a no-op (the Timeout error still reports
-        //    the requested value). Keep the guard about the correctness
-        //    property, not disk latency: request the full 60s ceiling and cap
-        //    the queue depth at three resends, so the last waiter sits behind
-        //    at most two serialized commits (~12s each on the slowest observed
-        //    CI runner, comfortably inside the deadline). Three concurrent
-        //    resends still race the streaming phase and contend on the commit
-        //    lock, which is all the generation-mixing regression needs.
-        //    `#[serial]` keeps the process-wide env override isolated.
-        let results = temp_env::async_with_vars([(rustfs_config::ENV_OBJECT_LOCK_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT, Some("60"))], async {
-            let mut tasks = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
-            for payload in candidates.iter().cloned() {
-                let store = ecstore.clone();
-                let bucket = bucket.clone();
-                let upload_id = upload.upload_id.clone();
-                tasks.spawn(async move {
-                    let mut data = PutObjReader::from_vec(payload.clone());
-                    store
-                        .put_object_part(&bucket, object, &upload_id, 1, &mut data, &ObjectOptions::default())
-                        .await
-                        .map(|info| (info, payload))
-                });
-            }
+        let commit_barrier = MultipartCommitBarrier::install(&bucket, object, MultipartCommitPause::PutPartBeforeLockLost);
+        let start = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Barrier::new(candidates.len() + 1));
+        let mut tasks = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
+        for payload in candidates.iter().cloned() {
+            let store = ecstore.clone();
+            let bucket = bucket.clone();
+            let upload_id = upload.upload_id.clone();
+            let start = Arc::clone(&start);
+            tasks.spawn(async move {
+                start.wait().await;
+                let mut data = PutObjReader::from_vec(payload.clone());
+                store
+                    .put_object_part(&bucket, object, &upload_id, 1, &mut data, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                    .await
+                    .map(|info| (info, payload))
+            });
+        }
+        start.wait().await;
 
-            // Every concurrent resend must succeed; the commit lock must never
-            // starve a waiter into a timeout.
-            let mut results = Vec::new();
-            while let Some(joined) = tasks.join_next().await {
-                let outcome = joined.expect("put_object_part task should not panic");
-                results.push(outcome.expect("every concurrent same-part resend must succeed without lock timeout"));
-            }
-            results
-        })
-        .await;
+        // The first writer holds the uploadId commit lock while the other
+        // resends reach the same critical section. Releasing it proves the
+        // handoff without depending on saturated CI disk latency.
+        commit_barrier.wait_until_paused().await;
+        commit_barrier.release();
+
+        let mut results = Vec::new();
+        while let Some(joined) = tasks.join_next().await {
+            let outcome = joined.expect("put_object_part task should not panic");
+            results.push(outcome.expect("every concurrent same-part resend must succeed without lock timeout"));
+        }
         assert_eq!(results.len(), candidates.len());
 
         // Exactly one generation is visible after the serialized commits, and its

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/lifecycle/tier_delete_journal.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::{debug, warn};
 
 use crate::bucket::lifecycle::config_boundary;
-use crate::bucket::lifecycle::tier_sweeper::{Jentry, delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent_with_manager_and_identity};
+use crate::bucket::lifecycle::tier_sweeper::{
+    Jentry, delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_manager_and_identity,
+    delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent_with_manager_and_identity,
+};
 use crate::disk::RUSTFS_META_BUCKET;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
 use crate::object_api::{GetObjectReader, ObjectInfo, ObjectOptions, PutObjReader};
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ const TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_RECOVERY_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
 const TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(300);
 const TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_VERSION: u8 = 2;
 const TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_EXACT_VERSION: u8 = 3;
+const TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_STATE_VERSION: u8 = 4;
 pub(crate) const TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_PREFIX: &str = "ilm/tier-delete-journal/";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -55,24 +59,35 @@ struct PersistedTierDeleteJournalEntry {
     backend_identity: Option<[u8; 32]>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     version_id_exact: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    version_state: Option<rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState>,
 }
 
 impl PersistedTierDeleteJournalEntry {
-    fn from_jentry(je: &Jentry) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            version: if je.version_id_exact {
-                TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_EXACT_VERSION
-            } else if je.backend_identity.is_some() {
+    fn from_jentry(je: &Jentry) -> Result<Self> {
+        validate_version_state(je.version_state, &je.version_id, je.version_id_exact)?;
+        let legacy_unknown = je.version_state == rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown;
+        let version = if legacy_unknown {
+            if je.backend_identity.is_some() {
                 TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_VERSION
             } else {
                 1
-            },
+            }
+        } else {
+            if je.backend_identity.is_none() {
+                return Err(Error::other("new tier delete journal entry is missing its backend identity"));
+            }
+            TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_STATE_VERSION
+        };
+        Ok(Self {
+            version,
             obj_name: je.obj_name.clone(),
             version_id: je.version_id.clone(),
             tier_name: je.tier_name.clone(),
             backend_identity: je.backend_identity,
             version_id_exact: je.version_id_exact.then_some(true),
-        }
+            version_state: (!legacy_unknown).then_some(je.version_state),
+        })
     }
 
     fn into_jentry(self) -> Result<Jentry> {
@@ -84,19 +99,23 @@ impl PersistedTierDeleteJournalEntry {
         if self.obj_name.is_empty() || self.tier_name.is_empty() {
             return Err(Error::other("tier delete journal entry is incomplete"));
         }
-        if self.version != TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_EXACT_VERSION && self.version_id_exact.unwrap_or(false) {
+        if self.version != TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_EXACT_VERSION
+            && self.version != TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_STATE_VERSION
+            && self.version_id_exact.unwrap_or(false)
+        {
             return Err(Error::other(
                 "legacy tier delete journal entry has an unsupported exact version constraint",
             ));
         }
-        let (backend_identity, version_id_exact) = match self.version {
-            1 => (None, false),
+        let (backend_identity, version_id_exact, version_state) = match self.version {
+            1 => (None, false, rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown),
             TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_VERSION => (
                 Some(
                     self.backend_identity
                         .ok_or_else(|| Error::other("tier delete journal v2 entry is missing its backend identity"))?,
                 ),
                 false,
+                rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
             ),
             TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_EXACT_VERSION => {
                 if self.version_id.is_empty() || self.version_id_exact != Some(true) {
@@ -108,6 +127,22 @@ impl PersistedTierDeleteJournalEntry {
                             .ok_or_else(|| Error::other("tier delete journal v3 entry is missing its backend identity"))?,
                     ),
                     true,
+                    rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
+                )
+            }
+            TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_STATE_VERSION => {
+                let state = self
+                    .version_state
+                    .ok_or_else(|| Error::other("tier delete journal v4 entry is missing its version state"))?;
+                let exact = self.version_id_exact.unwrap_or(false);
+                validate_version_state(state, &self.version_id, exact)?;
+                (
+                    Some(
+                        self.backend_identity
+                            .ok_or_else(|| Error::other("tier delete journal v4 entry is missing its backend identity"))?,
+                    ),
+                    exact,
+                    state,
                 )
             }
             version => return Err(Error::other(format!("unsupported tier delete journal version {version}"))),
@@ -118,10 +153,30 @@ impl PersistedTierDeleteJournalEntry {
             tier_name: self.tier_name,
             backend_identity,
             version_id_exact,
+            version_state,
         })
     }
 }
 
+fn validate_version_state(
+    state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState,
+    version_id: &str,
+    version_id_exact: bool,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    use rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::{Exact, KnownDisabled, SuspendedNull, Unknown};
+
+    let valid = match state {
+        Unknown => !version_id_exact,
+        KnownDisabled => version_id.is_empty() && !version_id_exact,
+        SuspendedNull => version_id == "null" && version_id_exact,
+        Exact => !version_id.is_empty() && version_id != "null" && version_id_exact,
+    };
+    if !valid {
+        return Err(Error::other("tier delete journal version state conflicts with its version id"));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct TierDeleteJournalRecoveryStats {
     pub scanned: usize,
@@ -159,7 +214,7 @@ pub(crate) fn decode_tier_delete_journal_entry(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Jentry> {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn encode_tier_delete_journal_entry(je: &Jentry) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    serde_json::to_vec(&PersistedTierDeleteJournalEntry::from_jentry(je))
+    serde_json::to_vec(&PersistedTierDeleteJournalEntry::from_jentry(je)?)
         .map_err(|err| Error::other(format!("encode tier delete journal failed: {err}")))
 }
 
@@ -209,18 +264,35 @@ where
 }
 
 pub async fn process_tier_delete_journal_entry(api: Arc<ECStore>, je: &Jentry) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    if je.version_state == rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown {
+        return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "tier delete journal remote version state is unknown",
+        ));
+    }
     let backend_identity = je
         .backend_identity
         .ok_or_else(|| std::io::Error::other("legacy tier delete journal has no durable backend identity"))?;
-    delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent_with_manager_and_identity(
-        &je.obj_name,
-        &je.version_id,
-        &je.tier_name,
-        backend_identity,
-        &api.tier_config_mgr(),
-        je.version_id_exact,
-    )
-    .await?;
+    if je.version_id_exact {
+        delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_manager_and_identity(
+            &je.obj_name,
+            &je.version_id,
+            &je.tier_name,
+            backend_identity,
+            &api.tier_config_mgr(),
+        )
+        .await?;
+    } else {
+        delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent_with_manager_and_identity(
+            &je.obj_name,
+            &je.version_id,
+            &je.tier_name,
+            backend_identity,
+            &api.tier_config_mgr(),
+            false,
+        )
+        .await?;
+    }
     remove_tier_delete_journal_entry(api, je).await
 }
 
@@ -406,8 +478,9 @@ where
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::{
-        TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_EXACT_VERSION, await_tier_delete_journal_recovery, decode_tier_delete_journal_entry,
-        encode_tier_delete_journal_entry, record_tier_delete_journal_backend_identity, tier_delete_journal_object_name,
+        TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_EXACT_VERSION, TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_STATE_VERSION, await_tier_delete_journal_recovery,
+        decode_tier_delete_journal_entry, encode_tier_delete_journal_entry, record_tier_delete_journal_backend_identity,
+        tier_delete_journal_object_name,
     };
     use crate::bucket::lifecycle::tier_sweeper::Jentry;
     use crate::error::Result;
@@ -420,7 +493,8 @@ mod tests {
             version_id: "remote-version".to_string(),
             tier_name: "WARM".to_string(),
             backend_identity: Some([7; 32]),
-            version_id_exact: false,
+            version_id_exact: true,
+            version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
         }
     }
 
@@ -436,6 +510,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(decoded.tier_name, je.tier_name);
         assert_eq!(decoded.backend_identity, je.backend_identity);
         assert_eq!(decoded.version_id_exact, je.version_id_exact);
+        assert_eq!(decoded.version_state, je.version_state);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -450,7 +525,7 @@ mod tests {
         let persisted: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&encoded).expect("exact journal JSON should decode");
         let decoded = decode_tier_delete_journal_entry(&encoded).expect("exact journal entry should decode");
 
-        assert_eq!(persisted["version"], TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_EXACT_VERSION);
+        assert_eq!(persisted["version"], TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_STATE_VERSION);
         assert_eq!(persisted["version_id_exact"], true);
         assert!(decoded.version_id_exact);
         assert_ne!(tier_delete_journal_object_name(&exact), tier_delete_journal_object_name(&normalized));
@@ -513,6 +588,46 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn tier_delete_journal_rejects_conflicting_v4_version_states() {
+        let identity = vec![7_u8; 32];
+        let invalid = [
+            ("known-disabled", "unexpected", false),
+            ("suspended-null", "", true),
+            ("suspended-null", "null", false),
+            ("exact", "", true),
+            ("exact", "null", true),
+            ("exact", "version", false),
+            ("unknown", "version", true),
+        ];
+
+        for (state, version_id, exact) in invalid {
+            let persisted = serde_json::json!({
+                "version": TIER_DELETE_JOURNAL_STATE_VERSION,
+                "obj_name": "remote/object",
+                "version_id": version_id,
+                "tier_name": "WARM",
+                "backend_identity": identity,
+                "version_id_exact": exact.then_some(true),
+                "version_state": state,
+            });
+            let encoded = serde_json::to_vec(&persisted).expect("invalid journal fixture should encode");
+            decode_tier_delete_journal_entry(&encoded).expect_err("conflicting v4 version state must fail closed");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn legacy_journals_decode_with_unknown_version_state() {
+        let v1 = br#"{"version":1,"obj_name":"remote/object","version_id":"opaque","tier_name":"WARM"}"#;
+        let v2 = br#"{"version":2,"obj_name":"remote/object","version_id":"opaque","tier_name":"WARM","backend_identity":[7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7]}"#;
+
+        for payload in [v1.as_slice(), v2.as_slice()] {
+            let decoded = decode_tier_delete_journal_entry(payload).expect("legacy journal should decode");
+            assert_eq!(decoded.version_state, rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
+            assert!(!decoded.version_id_exact);
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn tier_delete_journal_path_is_stable_and_sanitized() {
         let je = journal_entry();
@@ -530,6 +645,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn tier_delete_journal_paths_separate_legacy_and_backend_identities() {
         let mut legacy = journal_entry();
         legacy.backend_identity = None;
+        legacy.version_id_exact = false;
+        legacy.version_state = rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown;
         let mut backend_a = journal_entry();
         backend_a.backend_identity = Some([1; 32]);
         let mut backend_b = journal_entry();
@@ -575,6 +692,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn tier_delete_journal_without_transition_identity_stays_legacy() {
         let mut je = journal_entry();
         je.backend_identity = None;
+        je.version_id_exact = false;
+        je.version_state = rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown;
 
         let encoded = encode_tier_delete_journal_entry(&je).expect("legacy journal should remain encodable");
         let persisted: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&encoded).expect("journal JSON should decode");

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/lifecycle/tier_sweeper.rs

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ struct ObjSweeper {
     transition_status: String,
     transition_tier: String,
     transition_version_id: String,
+    transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState,
     remote_object: String,
 }
 
@@ -231,7 +232,9 @@ impl ObjSweeper {
     }
 
     pub fn should_remove_remote_object(&self) -> Option<Jentry> {
-        if self.transition_status != lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE {
+        if self.transition_status != lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE
+            || self.transition_version_state == rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown
+        {
             return None;
         }
 
@@ -249,7 +252,11 @@ impl ObjSweeper {
                 version_id: self.transition_version_id.clone(),
                 tier_name: self.transition_tier.clone(),
                 backend_identity: None,
-                version_id_exact: false,
+                version_id_exact: matches!(
+                    self.transition_version_state,
+                    rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull | rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact
+                ),
+                version_state: self.transition_version_state,
             });
         }
         None
@@ -286,6 +293,7 @@ pub struct Jentry {
     pub(crate) tier_name: String,
     pub(crate) backend_identity: Option<TierDestinationId>,
     pub(crate) version_id_exact: bool,
+    pub(crate) version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState,
 }
 
 impl ExpiryOp for Jentry {
@@ -330,7 +338,7 @@ async fn delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_manager(
     let lease = TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease(&tier_config_mgr, tier_name)
         .await
         .map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
-    delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_lease(obj_name, rv_id, &lease, false).await
+    delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_lease(obj_name, rv_id, &lease, false, true).await
 }
 
 async fn delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_lease(
@@ -338,8 +346,11 @@ async fn delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_lease(
     rv_id: &str,
     lease: &TierOperationLease,
     version_id_exact: bool,
+    validate_remote_version_id: bool,
 ) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-    lease.validate_remote_version_id(rv_id)?;
+    if validate_remote_version_id {
+        lease.validate_remote_version_id(rv_id)?;
+    }
 
     if remote_delete_breaker_is_open(Instant::now()).await {
         metrics::counter!(METRIC_DELETE_REMOTE_BREAKER_TOTAL).increment(1);
@@ -435,7 +446,53 @@ pub(crate) async fn delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent(
     lease: &TierOperationLease,
     version_id_exact: bool,
 ) -> Result<RemoteTierDeleteOutcome, std::io::Error> {
-    match delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_lease(obj_name, rv_id, lease, version_id_exact).await {
+    delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent_inner(obj_name, rv_id, lease, version_id_exact, true).await
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_lease_idempotent(
+    obj_name: &str,
+    rv_id: &str,
+    lease: &TierOperationLease,
+) -> Result<RemoteTierDeleteOutcome, std::io::Error> {
+    if rv_id.is_empty() {
+        return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+            "confirmed versioned transition candidate requires a non-empty remote version",
+        ));
+    }
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    if obj_name == "remote/empty-guard-probe" {
+        CONFIRMED_TRANSITION_EMPTY_GUARD_DISPATCHES.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+    delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent_inner(obj_name, rv_id, lease, true, false).await
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+static CONFIRMED_TRANSITION_EMPTY_GUARD_DISPATCHES: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize = std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0);
+
+pub(crate) async fn delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_manager_and_identity(
+    obj_name: &str,
+    rv_id: &str,
+    tier_name: &str,
+    backend_identity: TierDestinationId,
+    tier_config_mgr: &Arc<tokio::sync::RwLock<TierConfigMgr>>,
+) -> Result<RemoteTierDeleteOutcome, std::io::Error> {
+    let lease = TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease_for_backend_identity(tier_config_mgr, tier_name, backend_identity)
+        .await
+        .map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
+    delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_lease_idempotent(obj_name, rv_id, &lease).await
+}
+
+async fn delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent_inner(
+    obj_name: &str,
+    rv_id: &str,
+    lease: &TierOperationLease,
+    version_id_exact: bool,
+    validate_remote_version_id: bool,
+) -> Result<RemoteTierDeleteOutcome, std::io::Error> {
+    match delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_lease(obj_name, rv_id, lease, version_id_exact, validate_remote_version_id)
+        .await
+    {
         Ok(()) => Ok(RemoteTierDeleteOutcome::Deleted),
         Err(err) if is_remote_tier_not_found_error(&err) => Ok(RemoteTierDeleteOutcome::AlreadyRemoved),
         Err(err) => {
@@ -460,6 +517,7 @@ pub fn transitioned_delete_journal_entry(
     versioned: bool,
     suspended: bool,
     transitioned: &TransitionedObject,
+    transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState,
 ) -> Option<Jentry> {
     let sweeper = ObjSweeper {
         version_id,
@@ -468,6 +526,7 @@ pub fn transitioned_delete_journal_entry(
         transition_status: transitioned.status.clone(),
         transition_tier: transitioned.tier.clone(),
         transition_version_id: transitioned.version_id.clone(),
+        transition_version_state,
         remote_object: transitioned.name.clone(),
         ..Default::default()
     };
@@ -475,8 +534,13 @@ pub fn transitioned_delete_journal_entry(
     sweeper.should_remove_remote_object()
 }
 
-pub fn transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry(transitioned: &TransitionedObject) -> Option<Jentry> {
-    if transitioned.status != lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE {
+pub fn transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry(
+    transitioned: &TransitionedObject,
+    transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState,
+) -> Option<Jentry> {
+    if transitioned.status != lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE
+        || transition_version_state == rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown
+    {
         return None;
     }
 
@@ -485,7 +549,11 @@ pub fn transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry(transitioned: &TransitionedObject
         version_id: transitioned.version_id.clone(),
         tier_name: transitioned.tier.clone(),
         backend_identity: None,
-        version_id_exact: false,
+        version_id_exact: matches!(
+            transition_version_state,
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull | rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact
+        ),
+        version_state: transition_version_state,
     })
 }
 
@@ -494,11 +562,14 @@ mod test {
     use crate::client::signer_error::invalid_utf8_header_error;
 
     use super::{
-        ERR_REMOTE_DELETE_BREAKER_OPEN, ERR_REMOTE_DELETE_LIMITER_CLOSED, RemoteDeleteBreaker, RemoteTierDeleteOutcome,
+        CONFIRMED_TRANSITION_EMPTY_GUARD_DISPATCHES, ERR_REMOTE_DELETE_BREAKER_OPEN, ERR_REMOTE_DELETE_LIMITER_CLOSED,
+        RemoteDeleteBreaker, RemoteTierDeleteOutcome, delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_manager_and_identity,
         delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent, delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent_with_manager_and_identity,
-        is_remote_tier_not_found_error, is_signer_header_error, set_remote_tier_delete_test_hook,
-        should_record_remote_delete_failure,
+        is_remote_tier_not_found_error, is_signer_header_error, lifecycle, set_remote_tier_delete_test_hook,
+        should_record_remote_delete_failure, transitioned_delete_journal_entry, transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry,
     };
+    use crate::storage_api_contracts::lifecycle::TransitionedObject;
+    use rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState;
     use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
     use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
@@ -542,6 +613,43 @@ mod test {
         assert!(should_record_remote_delete_failure(&Error::other("NoSuchVersion")));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn transitioned_delete_journal_preserves_remote_version_state() {
+        let cases = [
+            (TransitionVersionState::Unknown, "legacy-version", None),
+            (TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled, "", Some(false)),
+            (TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull, "null", Some(true)),
+            (TransitionVersionState::Exact, "opaque-version", Some(true)),
+        ];
+
+        for (state, version_id, expected_exact) in cases {
+            let transitioned = TransitionedObject {
+                name: "remote/object".to_string(),
+                version_id: version_id.to_string(),
+                tier: "WARM".to_string(),
+                status: lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            let regular = transitioned_delete_journal_entry(None, false, false, &transitioned, state);
+            let forced = transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry(&transitioned, state);
+
+            match expected_exact {
+                Some(expected_exact) => {
+                    let regular = regular.expect("known version state should produce a regular delete journal entry");
+                    assert_eq!(regular.version_state, state);
+                    assert_eq!(regular.version_id_exact, expected_exact);
+                    let forced = forced.expect("known version state should produce a forced delete journal entry");
+                    assert_eq!(forced.version_state, state);
+                    assert_eq!(forced.version_id_exact, expected_exact);
+                }
+                None => {
+                    assert!(regular.is_none());
+                    assert!(forced.is_none());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     async fn idempotent_remote_delete_treats_hooked_nosuchversion_as_already_removed() {
@@ -664,6 +772,55 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(backend.remove_versions().await, vec![("remote/object".to_string(), String::new())]);
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial_test::serial]
+    async fn confirmed_transition_cleanup_deletes_exact_provider_token() {
+        CONFIRMED_TRANSITION_EMPTY_GUARD_DISPATCHES.store(0, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let manager = crate::services::tier::tier::TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let backend = crate::services::tier::test_util::register_mock_tier(&manager, "WARM").await;
+        let lease = crate::services::tier::tier::TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease(&manager, "WARM")
+            .await
+            .expect("test tier lease should be available");
+        let identity = lease.backend_identity();
+        drop(lease);
+        backend.set_reject_non_empty_remote_versions(true);
+
+        let outcome = delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_manager_and_identity(
+            "remote/object",
+            "provider-version-token",
+            "WARM",
+            identity,
+            &manager,
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("confirmed upload compensation should delete the exact provider token");
+
+        assert_eq!(outcome, RemoteTierDeleteOutcome::Deleted);
+        assert_eq!(backend.exact_remove_count(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend.remove_versions().await,
+            vec![("remote/object".to_string(), "provider-version-token".to_string())]
+        );
+
+        let err = delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_manager_and_identity(
+            "remote/empty-guard-probe",
+            "",
+            "WARM",
+            identity,
+            &manager,
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect_err("confirmed versioned cleanup must reject an empty token");
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            CONFIRMED_TRANSITION_EMPTY_GUARD_DISPATCHES.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed),
+            0,
+            "empty remote versions must be rejected before exact cleanup dispatch"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn breaker_opens_at_threshold_and_recovers_after_window() {
         let mut breaker = RemoteDeleteBreaker::new(3, Duration::from_secs(30));

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/lifecycle/transition_transaction.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::bucket::lifecycle::config_boundary;
 use crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE;
-use crate::bucket::lifecycle::tier_sweeper::delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent_with_manager_and_identity;
+use crate::bucket::lifecycle::tier_sweeper::{
+    delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_manager_and_identity,
+    delete_object_from_remote_tier_idempotent_with_manager_and_identity,
+};
 use crate::disk::RUSTFS_META_BUCKET;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result as EcstoreResult};
 use crate::object_api::ObjectOptions;
@@ -708,6 +711,21 @@ async fn recover_unknown_upload_outcome(
         TransitionCandidateProbe::UnversionedPresent => {
             cleanup_recovered_unknown_upload_candidate(api, transaction, TransitionRemoteVersion::unversioned()).await
         }
+        TransitionCandidateProbe::VersionedPresent(version_id)
+            if Uuid::parse_str(&version_id).is_ok_and(|version_id| version_id.is_nil()) =>
+        {
+            delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_manager_and_identity(
+                &transaction.remote_object,
+                &version_id,
+                &transaction.tier_name,
+                transaction.backend_fingerprint,
+                &api.tier_config_mgr(),
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(Error::other)?;
+            delete_transition_transaction_record(api, transaction.transaction_id).await?;
+            Ok(TransitionTransactionRecoveryOutcome::RemoteCandidateDeleted)
+        }
         TransitionCandidateProbe::VersionedPresent(version_id) => {
             cleanup_recovered_unknown_upload_candidate(api, transaction, TransitionRemoteVersion::versioned(version_id)).await
         }

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/metadata.rs

@@ -737,6 +737,9 @@ impl BucketMetadata {
             }
             BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG => {
                 self.tagging_config_xml = data;
+                // Drop the parsed form (like lifecycle above) so clearing the
+                // payload can't leave stale parsed tags to be cached.
+                self.tagging_config = None;
                 self.tagging_config_updated_at = updated;
             }
             BUCKET_QUOTA_CONFIG_FILE => {
@@ -1318,6 +1321,30 @@ mod test {
         assert!(bm.lifecycle_config.is_none());
     }
 
+    /// Companion to the lifecycle case above. `parse_all_configs` skips empty
+    /// XML rather than clearing, so without the explicit reset a cleared
+    /// tagging config would keep serving the previously parsed tags.
+    #[test]
+    fn tagging_update_config_clears_parsed_config_on_delete() {
+        let mut bm = BucketMetadata::new("test-bucket");
+        let tagging_xml = br#"<Tagging><TagSet><Tag><Key>env</Key><Value>prod</Value></Tag></TagSet></Tagging>"#;
+
+        bm.update_config(BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG, tagging_xml.to_vec())
+            .expect("tagging config should update");
+        bm.parse_all_configs().expect("tagging config should parse");
+        assert!(bm.tagging_config.is_some());
+
+        bm.update_config(BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG, Vec::new())
+            .expect("tagging config delete should update metadata");
+
+        assert!(bm.tagging_config_xml.is_empty());
+        assert!(bm.tagging_config.is_none());
+
+        // A re-parse must not resurrect them either.
+        bm.parse_all_configs().expect("cleared tagging should parse");
+        assert!(bm.tagging_config.is_none());
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn marshal_msg_complete_example() {
         // Create a complete BucketMetadata with various configurations

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/metadata_sys.rs

@@ -239,6 +239,35 @@ pub async fn update_bucket_targets_under_transaction_lock(bucket: &str, data: Ve
     bucket_meta_sys.update(bucket, BUCKET_TARGETS_FILE, data).await
 }
 
+/// Read-modify-write one bucket config file under the metadata system's
+/// outer write guard.
+///
+/// `mutate` sees the freshly loaded on-disk metadata and returns the
+/// replacement payload for `config_file` (empty clears it, like
+/// [`delete`]). Both the read and the persisted write happen inside the
+/// same guard that [`update`] uses, so within this process the rewrite can
+/// neither clobber a concurrent update to another config file nor lose a
+/// concurrent write to the same one — unlike caching a mutated clone of
+/// previously read metadata.
+///
+/// This guard is process-local. Writers on other nodes still race, exactly
+/// as they do for [`update`]: each rewrites the whole metadata file, so the
+/// later save wins. What this narrows is the window — from "as stale as the
+/// local cache" down to a single metadata read plus write.
+pub async fn update_config_with<F>(bucket: &str, config_file: &str, mutate: F) -> Result<OffsetDateTime>
+where
+    F: FnOnce(&BucketMetadata) -> Result<Vec<u8>> + Send,
+{
+    let bucket_meta_sys_lock = get_bucket_metadata_sys()?;
+    let _targets_guard = if config_file == BUCKET_TARGETS_FILE {
+        Some(acquire_bucket_targets_transaction_lock(bucket).await?)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+    let mut bucket_meta_sys = bucket_meta_sys_lock.write().await;
+    bucket_meta_sys.update_config_with(bucket, config_file, mutate).await
+}
+
 pub async fn acquire_bucket_targets_transaction_lock(bucket: &str) -> Result<rustfs_lock::NamespaceLockGuard> {
     let bucket_meta_sys_lock = get_bucket_metadata_sys()?;
     let api = bucket_meta_sys_lock.read().await.object_store();
@@ -603,24 +632,7 @@ impl BucketMetadataSys {
             return Err(Error::other("errServerNotInitialized"));
         };
 
-        if is_meta_bucketname(bucket) {
-            return Err(Error::other("errInvalidArgument"));
-        }
-
-        let mut bm = match load_bucket_metadata_parse(store, bucket, parse).await {
-            Ok(res) => res,
-            Err(err) => {
-                if !runtime_sources::setup_is_erasure().await
-                    && !runtime_sources::setup_is_dist_erasure().await
-                    && is_err_bucket_not_found(&err)
-                {
-                    BucketMetadata::new(bucket)
-                } else {
-                    error!("load bucket metadata failed: {}", err);
-                    return Err(err);
-                }
-            }
-        };
+        let mut bm = Self::load_bucket_metadata_for_update(store, bucket, parse).await?;
 
         let updated = bm.update_config(config_file, data)?;
 
@@ -629,6 +641,49 @@ impl BucketMetadataSys {
         Ok(updated)
     }
 
+    /// See the free [`update_config_with`]: same load-mutate-persist cycle as
+    /// [`Self::update`], with the payload computed from the loaded metadata
+    /// instead of supplied up front. Loads through this system's own store so
+    /// the read and the persisted write target the same instance.
+    async fn update_config_with<F>(&mut self, bucket: &str, config_file: &str, mutate: F) -> Result<OffsetDateTime>
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(&BucketMetadata) -> Result<Vec<u8>> + Send,
+    {
+        let mut bm = Self::load_bucket_metadata_for_update(self.api.clone(), bucket, true).await?;
+
+        let data = mutate(&bm)?;
+        let updated = bm.update_config(config_file, data)?;
+
+        self.save(bm).await?;
+
+        Ok(updated)
+    }
+
+    /// Load a bucket's on-disk metadata as the base of a config rewrite.
+    /// Outside erasure setups a missing metadata file degrades to a fresh
+    /// default (legacy buckets without one); erasure setups fail instead of
+    /// fabricating state that a quorum may still hold.
+    async fn load_bucket_metadata_for_update(store: Arc<ECStore>, bucket: &str, parse: bool) -> Result<BucketMetadata> {
+        if is_meta_bucketname(bucket) {
+            return Err(Error::other("errInvalidArgument"));
+        }
+
+        match load_bucket_metadata_parse(store, bucket, parse).await {
+            Ok(res) => Ok(res),
+            Err(err) => {
+                if !runtime_sources::setup_is_erasure().await
+                    && !runtime_sources::setup_is_dist_erasure().await
+                    && is_err_bucket_not_found(&err)
+                {
+                    Ok(BucketMetadata::new(bucket))
+                } else {
+                    error!("load bucket metadata failed: {}", err);
+                    Err(err)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     async fn save(&self, bm: BucketMetadata) -> Result<()> {
         if is_meta_bucketname(&bm.name) {
             return Err(Error::other("errInvalidArgument"));
@@ -1068,6 +1123,122 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert!(matches!(err, Error::Io(_)), "malformed persisted policy must surface its parse failure");
     }
+    /// A tagging rewrite through `update_config_with` (the Swift metadata
+    /// POST path) is persisted: it survives a metadata reload from disk, and
+    /// an emptied rewrite clears the config in the cached copy too instead of
+    /// leaving stale parsed tags behind.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn update_config_with_persists_tagging_rewrite_across_disk_reload() {
+        use crate::bucket::metadata::BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG;
+        use s3s::dto::Tag;
+
+        let (_dirs, ecstore) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
+        let mut sys = BucketMetadataSys::new(ecstore);
+
+        let bucket = "swift-tagging-bucket";
+        sys.persist_and_set(BucketMetadata::new(bucket))
+            .await
+            .expect("initial metadata should persist");
+
+        let tagging = Tagging {
+            tag_set: vec![Tag {
+                key: Some("swift-meta-color".to_string()),
+                value: Some("blue".to_string()),
+            }],
+        };
+        let xml = crate::bucket::utils::serialize::<Tagging>(&tagging).expect("tagging should serialize");
+        sys.update_config_with(bucket, BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG, move |bm| {
+            assert!(bm.tagging_config.is_none(), "rewrite must see the on-disk state");
+            Ok(xml)
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("tagging rewrite should persist");
+
+        // Simulate the disk-truth reload that used to lose Swift writes: drop
+        // the cached entry and lazily re-load from the metadata file.
+        sys.metadata_map.write().await.clear();
+        let (tags, _) = sys
+            .get_tagging_config(bucket)
+            .await
+            .expect("tagging must survive a reload from disk");
+        assert_eq!(tags.tag_set.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(tags.tag_set[0].key.as_deref(), Some("swift-meta-color"));
+        assert_eq!(tags.tag_set[0].value.as_deref(), Some("blue"));
+
+        // An emptied rewrite clears the config everywhere.
+        sys.update_config_with(bucket, BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG, |bm| {
+            assert!(bm.tagging_config.is_some(), "rewrite must see the persisted tags");
+            Ok(Vec::new())
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("clearing rewrite should persist");
+        assert_eq!(
+            sys.get_tagging_config(bucket).await.unwrap_err(),
+            Error::ConfigNotFound,
+            "cleared tagging must not be served from the cache"
+        );
+        sys.metadata_map.write().await.clear();
+        assert_eq!(
+            sys.get_tagging_config(bucket).await.unwrap_err(),
+            Error::ConfigNotFound,
+            "cleared tagging must not reappear after a reload from disk"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// The load and the persisted write share one write guard, so concurrent
+    /// rewrites of the same config compose instead of clobbering each other.
+    /// Moving the load outside that guard loses all but the last tag.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn concurrent_update_config_with_calls_do_not_lose_writes() {
+        use crate::bucket::metadata::BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG;
+        use s3s::dto::Tag;
+
+        let (_dirs, ecstore) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
+        let sys = Arc::new(RwLock::new(BucketMetadataSys::new(ecstore)));
+
+        let bucket = "swift-tagging-concurrent";
+        sys.read()
+            .await
+            .persist_and_set(BucketMetadata::new(bucket))
+            .await
+            .expect("initial metadata should persist");
+
+        const WRITERS: usize = 8;
+        let mut handles = Vec::with_capacity(WRITERS);
+        for idx in 0..WRITERS {
+            let sys = sys.clone();
+            handles.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
+                sys.write()
+                    .await
+                    .update_config_with(bucket, BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG, move |bm| {
+                        // Each writer merges its own tag onto whatever is
+                        // currently persisted — the Swift rewrite shape.
+                        let mut tagging = bm.tagging_config.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
+                        tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
+                            key: Some(format!("swift-meta-key{idx}")),
+                            value: Some(idx.to_string()),
+                        });
+                        crate::bucket::utils::serialize::<Tagging>(&tagging).map_err(|e| Error::other(e.to_string()))
+                    })
+                    .await
+            }));
+        }
+
+        for handle in handles {
+            handle
+                .await
+                .expect("writer task should join")
+                .expect("rewrite should persist");
+        }
+
+        let (tags, _) = sys
+            .read()
+            .await
+            .get_tagging_config(bucket)
+            .await
+            .expect("tagging should be readable");
+        assert_eq!(tags.tag_set.len(), WRITERS, "every concurrent rewrite must survive: {tags:?}");
+    }
 
     fn target(bucket: &str, id: &str) -> BucketTarget {
         BucketTarget {

crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/client.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 use crate::cluster::rpc::http_auth::RPC_CONTENT_SHA256_HEADER;
 use crate::cluster::rpc::{gen_tonic_signature_headers, normalize_tonic_rpc_audience};
-use crate::disk::error::{DiskError, Error as DiskErrorType};
+use crate::disk::error::{DiskError, Error as DiskErrorType, RpcStatusError};
 use crate::runtime::sources as runtime_sources;
 use http::Uri;
 use rustfs_protos::{
@@ -107,10 +107,79 @@ pub async fn node_service_time_out_client_no_auth(
     node_service_time_out_client(addr, TonicInterceptor::NoOp(NoOpInterceptor)).await
 }
 
+/// The typed `tonic::Status` an internode RPC failure was converted from, if
+/// this error carries one.
+pub(crate) fn embedded_tonic_status(io_err: &std::io::Error) -> Option<&tonic::Status> {
+    io_err.get_ref()?.downcast_ref::<RpcStatusError>().map(RpcStatusError::status)
+}
+
+/// Decide whether a gRPC status reports a peer we cannot currently reach,
+/// rather than an application outcome from a live peer.
+///
+/// `Unavailable` is the one code that means "no service behind this channel":
+/// the client transport raises it when the connection is broken, and the
+/// server's own not-ready gates use it deliberately.
+///
+/// `Unknown` is the client transport's escape hatch for a cause it could not
+/// map to a code — tower's "Service was not ready: <cause>", an h2 error with
+/// no gRPC mapping. Our handlers never return it, so there its message is the
+/// only evidence available and the anchored needles decide.
+///
+/// Every other code is an answer from a live peer and is never a transport
+/// failure, whatever its message says. That distinction is the point of
+/// classifying by code: a peer relaying its own downstream trouble as
+/// `Internal("connection refused ...")`, or a handler interpolating a local
+/// `io::Error` into `Status::internal`, answered us perfectly well. Marking it
+/// offline over that text is the bug this classification replaces. Likewise a
+/// `Cancelled` "Timeout expired" from the per-RPC channel deadline means the
+/// peer is slow, not gone; gating it would turn load into a partition.
+pub(crate) fn is_network_like_status(status: &tonic::Status) -> bool {
+    match status.code() {
+        tonic::Code::Unavailable => true,
+        tonic::Code::Unknown => message_has_network_needle(&status.to_string()),
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Substring fallback for failures that only exist as text: dial errors
+/// wrapped by `get_client`, remote `error_info` payloads, and statuses
+/// flattened through `format!`. Needles must stay anchored to transport
+/// context — a bare word like "unavailable" also matches application text
+/// (e.g. a bucket named "unavailable-logs") and would take a healthy peer
+/// offline.
+pub(crate) fn message_has_network_needle(message: &str) -> bool {
+    let message = message.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    [
+        "temporarily offline",
+        "transport error",
+        // tonic >= 0.14 renders Code::Unavailable as
+        // `code: 'The service is currently unavailable'`.
+        "code: 'the service is currently unavailable'",
+        // RUSTFS_COMPAT_TODO(tonic-013-status-render): releases up to 1.0.0-alpha.38 shipped tonic 0.13, which rendered the same status as `status: Unavailable`, and peers relay that text in error_info. Remove after the minimum supported RustFS peer version ships tonic >= 0.14.
+        "status: unavailable",
+        "error trying to connect",
+        "connection refused",
+        "connection reset",
+        "broken pipe",
+        "not connected",
+        "unexpected eof",
+        "timed out",
+        "deadline has elapsed",
+        "connection closed",
+        "connection aborted",
+        "tcp connect error",
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .any(|needle| message.contains(needle))
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn is_network_like_disk_error(err: &DiskErrorType) -> bool {
     match err {
         DiskError::Timeout => true,
         DiskError::Io(io_err) => {
+            if let Some(status) = embedded_tonic_status(io_err) {
+                return is_network_like_status(status);
+            }
             if matches!(
                 io_err.kind(),
                 ErrorKind::TimedOut
@@ -124,24 +193,7 @@ pub(crate) fn is_network_like_disk_error(err: &DiskErrorType) -> bool {
                 return true;
             }
 
-            let message = io_err.to_string().to_ascii_lowercase();
-            [
-                "transport error",
-                "unavailable",
-                "error trying to connect",
-                "connection refused",
-                "connection reset",
-                "broken pipe",
-                "not connected",
-                "unexpected eof",
-                "timed out",
-                "deadline has elapsed",
-                "connection closed",
-                "connection aborted",
-                "tcp connect error",
-            ]
-            .iter()
-            .any(|needle| message.contains(needle))
+            message_has_network_needle(&io_err.to_string())
         }
         _ => false,
     }
@@ -269,6 +321,70 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = provider.shutdown();
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn network_like_disk_error_uses_typed_status_code() {
+        // Transport-level Unavailable statuses justify retry/eviction.
+        assert!(is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::from(tonic::Status::unavailable(
+            "storage layer is not initialized"
+        ))));
+        // Application statuses from a live peer must not look network-like,
+        // even when their message contains transport-sounding words.
+        assert!(!is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::from(tonic::Status::internal(
+            "failed to heal bucket \"unavailable-logs\""
+        ))));
+        assert!(!is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::from(tonic::Status::unauthenticated(
+            "No valid auth token"
+        ))));
+        // A slow peer that blew the per-RPC deadline is still answering.
+        assert!(!is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::from(tonic::Status::cancelled("Timeout expired"))));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn embedded_tonic_status_is_recovered_across_error_conversions() {
+        // DiskError and StorageError share one wrapper, so a status keeps its
+        // typed classification whichever error it was converted into first.
+        let from_storage: DiskErrorType = crate::error::Error::from(tonic::Status::unavailable("peer gone")).into();
+        let DiskError::Io(io_err) = &from_storage else {
+            panic!("status-derived disk error should stay an Io error");
+        };
+        assert_eq!(embedded_tonic_status(io_err).map(|status| status.code()), Some(tonic::Code::Unavailable));
+
+        let from_disk = crate::error::Error::from(DiskError::from(tonic::Status::unavailable("peer gone")));
+        let crate::error::Error::Io(io_err) = &from_disk else {
+            panic!("status-derived storage error should stay an Io error");
+        };
+        assert_eq!(embedded_tonic_status(io_err).map(|status| status.code()), Some(tonic::Code::Unavailable));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn network_like_disk_error_ignores_transport_words_in_application_statuses() {
+        // Same contract as the peer client: a status the peer answered with
+        // is not a transport failure, so it must not drive a reconnect even
+        // when its message describes one.
+        assert!(!is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::from(tonic::Status::internal(
+            "connection refused while dialing downstream backend"
+        ))));
+        assert!(!is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::from(tonic::Status::unauthenticated(
+            "connection reset while validating token"
+        ))));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn network_like_disk_error_requires_anchored_unavailable_needle() {
+        // Regression: a bare "unavailable" needle used to match application
+        // text such as a bucket name.
+        assert!(!is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::other("bucket \"unavailable-logs\" not found")));
+        // Anchored renderings of a flattened Unavailable status still match.
+        assert!(is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::other(
+            "code: 'The service is currently unavailable', message: \"peer gone\""
+        )));
+        assert!(is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::other(
+            "status: Unavailable, message: \"peer gone\""
+        )));
+        assert!(is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::other("connection refused")));
+        assert!(!is_network_like_disk_error(&DiskError::FileNotFound));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_signature_interceptor_keeps_auth_headers() {
         ensure_test_rpc_secret();

crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/peer_rest_client.rs

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 use crate::cluster::rpc::client::{
-    TonicInterceptor, gen_tonic_signature_interceptor, heal_control_time_out_client, node_service_time_out_client,
-    tier_mutation_control_time_out_client,
+    TonicInterceptor, embedded_tonic_status, gen_tonic_signature_interceptor, heal_control_time_out_client,
+    is_network_like_status, message_has_network_needle, node_service_time_out_client, tier_mutation_control_time_out_client,
 };
 use crate::cluster::rpc::{set_tonic_canonical_body_digest, verify_tonic_rpc_response_proof};
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
@@ -471,26 +471,21 @@ impl PeerRestClient {
         self.offline.store(false, Ordering::Release);
     }
 
+    /// Whether this failure means the peer is unreachable, so it should be
+    /// gated offline and its connection evicted.
+    ///
+    /// RPC failures are classified by their typed gRPC code first
+    /// (`is_network_like_status`); an application error from a live peer must
+    /// never take it offline no matter what its message says. The substring
+    /// fallback only covers failures that exist purely as text, such as the
+    /// dial errors `get_client` wraps.
     fn is_network_like_error(err: &Error) -> bool {
-        let message = err.to_string().to_ascii_lowercase();
-        [
-            "temporarily offline",
-            "transport error",
-            "unavailable",
-            "error trying to connect",
-            "connection refused",
-            "connection reset",
-            "broken pipe",
-            "not connected",
-            "unexpected eof",
-            "timed out",
-            "deadline has elapsed",
-            "connection closed",
-            "connection aborted",
-            "tcp connect error",
-        ]
-        .iter()
-        .any(|needle| message.contains(needle))
+        if let Error::Io(io_err) = err
+            && let Some(status) = embedded_tonic_status(io_err)
+        {
+            return is_network_like_status(status);
+        }
+        message_has_network_needle(&err.to_string())
     }
 
     fn mark_offline_and_spawn_recovery(&self) {
@@ -1702,30 +1697,17 @@ fn tier_config_reload_connection_outcome(err: Error) -> TierConfigReloadOutcome
 }
 
 fn is_tier_config_reload_connection_failure(err: &Error) -> bool {
-    let message = err.to_string().to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let message = err.to_string();
+    // A bare "unavailable" is only trusted inside the local dial-failure
+    // wrapper from `get_client`, never in application text.
     if message
+        .to_ascii_lowercase()
         .split_once("can not get client, err:")
         .is_some_and(|(_, local_error)| local_error.contains("unavailable"))
     {
         return true;
     }
-    [
-        "temporarily offline",
-        "transport error",
-        "error trying to connect",
-        "connection refused",
-        "connection reset",
-        "connection closed",
-        "connection aborted",
-        "broken pipe",
-        "not connected",
-        "unexpected eof",
-        "timed out",
-        "deadline has elapsed",
-        "tcp connect error",
-    ]
-    .iter()
-    .any(|needle| message.contains(needle))
+    message_has_network_needle(&message)
 }
 
 fn tier_config_reload_remote_failure(error_info: Option<String>) -> TierConfigReloadOutcome {
@@ -2151,6 +2133,126 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::NotImplemented));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_rest_client_network_classifier_uses_typed_status_code() {
+        // The one code that means "nothing is answering on this channel".
+        assert!(PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(tonic::Status::unavailable(
+            "storage layer is not initialized"
+        ))));
+        // Application statuses from a live peer must not mark it offline,
+        // even when their message contains transport-sounding words.
+        assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(tonic::Status::internal(
+            "failed to reload metadata for bucket \"unavailable-logs\""
+        ))));
+        assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(tonic::Status::unauthenticated(
+            "No valid auth token"
+        ))));
+        // A request-budget expiry answered by a live peer is an application
+        // outcome, not a transport failure.
+        assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(tonic::Status::deadline_exceeded(
+            "heal control request expired"
+        ))));
+        // Unknown is the transport's escape hatch for a cause it could not
+        // map, and our handlers never return it, so there the text decides.
+        assert!(PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(tonic::Status::unknown(
+            "Service was not ready: transport error"
+        ))));
+        assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(tonic::Status::unknown(
+            "peer response unknown"
+        ))));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_rest_client_network_classifier_ignores_transport_words_in_application_statuses() {
+        // The reason classification reads the code rather than the text: a
+        // peer that answers is reachable, even when what it says describes a
+        // connection failure of its own. A handler interpolating a local
+        // io::Error into Status::internal, or relaying trouble with its own
+        // downstream, must not cost us the channel to a healthy peer.
+        for status in [
+            tonic::Status::internal("connection refused while dialing downstream backend"),
+            tonic::Status::internal("write failed: broken pipe"),
+            tonic::Status::unauthenticated("connection reset while validating token"),
+            tonic::Status::failed_precondition("scanner lease timed out"),
+            tonic::Status::deadline_exceeded("heal control request timed out"),
+        ] {
+            let rendered = status.to_string();
+            assert!(
+                !PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(status)),
+                "an answered application status must not mark the peer offline: {rendered}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_rest_client_network_classifier_keeps_slow_peers_online() {
+        // The per-RPC channel deadline (RUSTFS_INTERNODE_RPC_TIMEOUT, 30s)
+        // surfaces as Cancelled "Timeout expired" carrying the transport
+        // cause as its source. A peer that is merely slow must stay online:
+        // gating it would spend a full recovery cycle fast-failing every RPC
+        // to a host that is still answering, turning load into a partition.
+        let timeout_status = tonic::Status::cancelled("Timeout expired");
+        assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(timeout_status)));
+
+        let sourced = tonic::Status::from_error(Box::new(std::io::Error::other("Timeout expired")));
+        assert!(
+            std::error::Error::source(&sourced).is_some(),
+            "the transport builds this status through Status::from_error, which attaches the cause"
+        );
+        assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::from(sourced)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rpc_status_errors_keep_their_rendering_and_hide_peer_metadata() {
+        let err = Error::from(tonic::Status::unavailable("peer gone"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            err.to_string(),
+            "Io error: code: 'The service is currently unavailable', message: \"peer gone\""
+        );
+
+        // tonic's own Debug prints the MetadataMap, i.e. every response header
+        // the peer sent; those must not reach a log through this error.
+        let mut status = tonic::Status::unavailable("peer gone");
+        status
+            .metadata_mut()
+            .insert("authorization", "Bearer secret".parse().expect("valid header value"));
+        let rendered = format!("{:?}", Error::from(status));
+        assert!(!rendered.contains("Bearer secret"), "{rendered}");
+        assert!(!rendered.contains("MetadataMap"), "{rendered}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_rest_client_network_classifier_ignores_application_text_containing_unavailable() {
+        // Regression: a bare "unavailable" needle used to match application
+        // strings like these and take a healthy peer offline.
+        assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::other(
+            "peer replication statistics provider is unavailable"
+        )));
+        assert!(!PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::other(
+            "bucket \"unavailable-logs\" not found"
+        )));
+        // Anchored renderings of a flattened Unavailable status still match:
+        // tonic >= 0.14 form ...
+        assert!(PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::other(
+            "peer tier mutation commit RPC failed: code: 'The service is currently unavailable', message: \"peer gone\""
+        )));
+        // ... which is only anchored as long as tonic renders Unavailable this
+        // way. A tonic bump that reworded it leaves the typed path correct but
+        // this needle stale, so pin the coupling rather than discover it in a
+        // partition.
+        assert!(
+            tonic::Status::unavailable("peer gone")
+                .to_string()
+                .to_ascii_lowercase()
+                .contains("code: 'the service is currently unavailable'"),
+            "tonic reworded Code::Unavailable; update the anchored needle"
+        );
+        // ... and the tonic <= 0.13 form peers may relay in error_info.
+        assert!(PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error(&Error::other(
+            "peer tier mutation commit RPC failed: status: Unavailable, message: \"peer gone\""
+        )));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn tier_config_reload_outcome_keeps_tonic_and_remote_errors_typed() {
         assert!(matches!(
@@ -2193,6 +2295,14 @@ mod tests {
             tier_config_reload_connection_outcome(Error::other("can not get client, err: connection unavailable")),
             TierConfigReloadOutcome::TransientReconnect(_)
         ));
+        // The bare word is trusted only to the right of the dial-failure
+        // prefix, not anywhere in the message.
+        assert!(matches!(
+            tier_config_reload_connection_outcome(Error::other(
+                "bucket unavailable-logs rejected it, then: can not get client, err: some other reason"
+            )),
+            TierConfigReloadOutcome::Terminal(_)
+        ));
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -2495,6 +2605,39 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!client.offline.load(Ordering::Acquire));
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn peer_rest_client_finalize_result_keeps_online_for_app_errors_mentioning_unavailable() {
+        // Regression: application error text containing "unavailable" (a
+        // remote error_info payload, or a bucket named "unavailable-logs" in
+        // a typed application status) must not take a healthy peer offline.
+        let client = test_peer_client();
+        let err = client
+            .finalize_result::<()>(Err(Error::other("peer replication statistics provider is unavailable")))
+            .await
+            .expect_err("application error should still be returned");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("provider is unavailable"));
+        assert!(!client.offline.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+
+        let err = client
+            .finalize_result::<()>(Err(Error::from(tonic::Status::internal(
+                "failed to reload metadata for bucket \"unavailable-logs\"",
+            ))))
+            .await
+            .expect_err("application status should still be returned");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("unavailable-logs"));
+        assert!(!client.offline.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn peer_rest_client_finalize_result_marks_offline_for_typed_unavailable_status() {
+        let client = test_peer_client();
+        client
+            .finalize_result::<()>(Err(Error::from(tonic::Status::unavailable("storage layer is not initialized"))))
+            .await
+            .expect_err("network error should still be returned");
+        assert!(client.offline.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
     async fn peer_rest_recovery_probe_logs_keep_request_id_span_context() {
         let logs = CapturedLogs::default();

crates/ecstore/src/config/com.rs

@@ -2543,6 +2543,7 @@ mod tests {
                 data_dir: None,
                 delete_marker: false,
                 transitioned_object: Default::default(),
+                transition_version_state: Default::default(),
                 restore_ongoing: false,
                 restore_expires: None,
                 user_tags: Arc::new(String::new()),

crates/ecstore/src/disk/disk_store.rs

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 use crate::disk::{
-    CheckPartsResp, DeleteOptions, DiskAPI, DiskError, DiskInfo, DiskInfoOptions, DiskLocation, Endpoint, Error,
-    FileInfoVersions, MmapCopyStageMetrics, ReadMultipleReq, ReadMultipleResp, ReadOptions, RenameDataResp, Result,
-    UpdateMetadataOpts, VolumeInfo, WalkDirOptions,
+    CheckPartsResp, DataDirDeleteStatus, DeleteOptions, DiskAPI, DiskError, DiskInfo, DiskInfoOptions, DiskLocation, Endpoint,
+    Error, FileInfoVersions, MmapCopyStageMetrics, ReadMultipleReq, ReadMultipleResp, ReadOptions, RenameDataResp, Result,
+    SnapshotLeaseToken, UpdateMetadataOpts, VolumeInfo, WalkDirOptions,
     health_state::{
         RuntimeDriveHealthState, classify_drive_recovery, get_drive_returning_probe_interval,
         get_drive_returning_success_threshold, get_drive_suspect_failure_threshold, record_drive_offline_duration,
@@ -1349,6 +1349,30 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDiskWrapper {
             .await
     }
 
+    async fn acquire_snapshot_lease(&self, volume: &str, path: &str) -> Result<SnapshotLeaseToken> {
+        self.track_disk_health(
+            || async { self.disk.acquire_snapshot_lease(volume, path).await },
+            get_max_timeout_duration(),
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
+    async fn release_snapshot_lease(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, token: SnapshotLeaseToken) -> Result<()> {
+        self.track_disk_health(
+            || async { self.disk.release_snapshot_lease(volume, path, token).await },
+            get_max_timeout_duration(),
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
+    async fn delete_data_dir(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, opts: DeleteOptions) -> Result<DataDirDeleteStatus> {
+        self.track_disk_health(
+            || async { self.disk.delete_data_dir(volume, path, opts).await },
+            get_max_timeout_duration(),
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
     async fn write_metadata(&self, org_volume: &str, volume: &str, path: &str, fi: FileInfo) -> Result<()> {
         self.track_disk_health(
             || async { self.disk.write_metadata(org_volume, volume, path, fi).await },

crates/ecstore/src/disk/error.rs

@@ -337,9 +337,54 @@ impl From<DiskError> for std::io::Error {
     }
 }
 
+/// The single in-band representation of a failed internode RPC: it carries the
+/// typed `tonic::Status` so failure classifiers can read the gRPC code instead
+/// of substring-matching the rendered message (see `is_network_like_status`).
+/// Both `DiskError` and `StorageError` wrap statuses in this type, so one
+/// downcast recovers the status regardless of which error the status was
+/// converted into first.
+pub(crate) struct RpcStatusError(tonic::Status);
+
+impl RpcStatusError {
+    pub(crate) fn status(&self) -> &tonic::Status {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<tonic::Status> for RpcStatusError {
+    fn from(status: tonic::Status) -> Self {
+        Self(status)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for RpcStatusError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        std::fmt::Display::fmt(&self.0, f)
+    }
+}
+
+/// `tonic::Status`'s own `Debug` prints its `MetadataMap`, i.e. every response
+/// header and trailer the peer sent. Those are remote-controlled and can carry
+/// credentials injected by a proxy in front of the peer, so keep them out of
+/// anything that reaches a log.
+impl std::fmt::Debug for RpcStatusError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("RpcStatusError")
+            .field("code", &self.0.code())
+            .field("message", &self.0.message())
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+impl StdError for RpcStatusError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn StdError + 'static)> {
+        Some(&self.0)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<tonic::Status> for DiskError {
     fn from(e: tonic::Status) -> Self {
-        DiskError::other(e.message().to_string())
+        DiskError::Io(io::Error::other(RpcStatusError(e)))
     }
 }
 

crates/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs

@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ use crate::data_usage::local_snapshot::ensure_data_usage_layout;
 use crate::disk::disk_store::{get_drive_walkdir_stall_timeout, get_object_disk_read_timeout};
 use crate::disk::{
     BUCKET_META_PREFIX, CHECK_PART_FILE_CORRUPT, CHECK_PART_FILE_NOT_FOUND, CHECK_PART_SUCCESS, CHECK_PART_UNKNOWN,
-    CHECK_PART_VOLUME_NOT_FOUND, CheckPartsResp, DeleteOptions, DiskAPI, DiskInfo, DiskInfoOptions, DiskLocation, DiskMetrics,
-    FileInfoVersions, FileReader, FileWriter, MmapCopyStageMetrics, OldCurrentSize, PART_TRANSACTION_NEW_META,
-    PART_TRANSACTION_OLD_META, PART_TRANSACTION_ROLLBACK, PartTransactionAction, RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, RUSTFS_META_TMP_BUCKET,
-    RUSTFS_META_TMP_DELETED_BUCKET, ReadMultipleReq, ReadMultipleResp, ReadOptions, RenameDataResp, STORAGE_FORMAT_FILE,
-    STORAGE_FORMAT_FILE_BACKUP, UpdateMetadataOpts, VolumeInfo, WalkDirOptions, conv_part_err_to_int,
+    CHECK_PART_VOLUME_NOT_FOUND, CheckPartsResp, DataDirDeleteStatus, DeleteOptions, DiskAPI, DiskInfo, DiskInfoOptions,
+    DiskLocation, DiskMetrics, FileInfoVersions, FileReader, FileWriter, MmapCopyStageMetrics, OldCurrentSize,
+    PART_TRANSACTION_NEW_META, PART_TRANSACTION_OLD_META, PART_TRANSACTION_ROLLBACK, PartTransactionAction, RUSTFS_META_BUCKET,
+    RUSTFS_META_TMP_BUCKET, RUSTFS_META_TMP_DELETED_BUCKET, ReadMultipleReq, ReadMultipleResp, ReadOptions, RenameDataResp,
+    STORAGE_FORMAT_FILE, STORAGE_FORMAT_FILE_BACKUP, SnapshotLeaseToken, UpdateMetadataOpts, VolumeInfo, WalkDirOptions,
+    conv_part_err_to_int,
     endpoint::Endpoint,
     error::{DiskError, Error, FileAccessDeniedWithContext, Result},
     error_conv::{to_access_error, to_file_error, to_unformatted_disk_error, to_volume_error},
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ use tokio::fs::{self, File};
 #[cfg(not(unix))]
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt, ErrorKind, ReadBuf};
-use tokio::sync::{Notify, RwLock, Semaphore};
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex, Notify, RwLock, Semaphore};
 use tokio::time::{Instant, Sleep, interval_at, timeout};
 use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -3856,6 +3857,25 @@ pub struct LocalDisk {
     exit_signal: Option<tokio::sync::broadcast::Sender<()>>,
     io_backend: Arc<dyn LocalIoBackend>,
     file_sync_permits: Arc<Semaphore>,
+    snapshot_leases: Arc<Mutex<SnapshotLeaseRegistry>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
+struct SnapshotLeaseKey {
+    volume: String,
+    path: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct SnapshotLeaseEntry {
+    tokens: HashSet<SnapshotLeaseToken>,
+    pending_delete: Option<DeleteOptions>,
+    deleting: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct SnapshotLeaseRegistry {
+    entries: HashMap<SnapshotLeaseKey, SnapshotLeaseEntry>,
 }
 
 impl Drop for LocalDisk {
@@ -4092,6 +4112,7 @@ impl LocalDisk {
             exit_signal: None,
             io_backend: build_local_io_backend(root.clone()),
             file_sync_permits: os::disk_file_sync_limiter(&root),
+            snapshot_leases: Arc::new(Mutex::new(SnapshotLeaseRegistry::default())),
         };
         let (info, _root) = get_disk_info(root.clone()).await.inspect_err(|err| {
             log_startup_disk_error("get_disk_info", &root, err);
@@ -4576,6 +4597,23 @@ impl LocalDisk {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    async fn delete_unleased(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, opt: &DeleteOptions) -> Result<()> {
+        let volume_dir = self.get_bucket_path(volume)?;
+        if !skip_access_checks(volume)
+            && let Err(e) = access(&volume_dir).await
+        {
+            return Err(to_access_error(e, DiskError::VolumeAccessDenied).into());
+        }
+
+        let file_path = self.get_object_path(volume, path)?;
+        check_path_length(file_path.to_string_lossy().as_ref())?;
+        self.delete_file(&volume_dir, &file_path, opt.recursive, opt.immediate)
+            .await?;
+        // A deleted shard must not remain readable through the io_uring fd cache.
+        self.io_backend.invalidate_cached_fds_under(volume, path);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
     #[async_recursion::async_recursion]
     async fn delete_file(
@@ -6216,27 +6254,7 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
     async fn delete(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, opt: DeleteOptions) -> Result<()> {
         crate::hp_guard!("LocalDisk::delete");
-        let volume_dir = self.get_bucket_path(volume)?;
-        if !skip_access_checks(volume)
-            && let Err(e) = access(&volume_dir).await
-        {
-            return Err(to_access_error(e, DiskError::VolumeAccessDenied).into());
-        }
-
-        let file_path = self.get_object_path(volume, path)?;
-
-        check_path_length(file_path.to_string_lossy().to_string().as_str())?;
-
-        self.delete_file(&volume_dir, &file_path, opt.recursive, opt.immediate)
-            .await?;
-
-        // The inode is unlinked, but a cached descriptor would keep it readable —
-        // a deleted shard must not keep answering reads (backlog#1145). The part
-        // numbers under `path` are not known here, so this is the one caller that
-        // needs the predicate form.
-        self.io_backend.invalidate_cached_fds_under(volume, path);
-
-        Ok(())
+        self.delete_unleased(volume, path, &opt).await
     }
 
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
@@ -7824,6 +7842,118 @@ impl DiskAPI for LocalDisk {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    async fn acquire_snapshot_lease(&self, volume: &str, path: &str) -> Result<SnapshotLeaseToken> {
+        let file_path = self.get_object_path(volume, path)?;
+        let key = SnapshotLeaseKey {
+            volume: volume.to_string(),
+            path: path.to_string(),
+        };
+        let token = {
+            let mut registry = self.snapshot_leases.lock().await;
+            if registry.entries.get(&key).is_some_and(|entry| entry.deleting) {
+                return Err(DiskError::FileNotFound);
+            }
+            let token = SnapshotLeaseToken::new();
+            registry.entries.entry(key).or_default().tokens.insert(token);
+            token
+        };
+        match fs::metadata(file_path).await {
+            Ok(metadata) if metadata.is_dir() => Ok(token),
+            Ok(_) => {
+                self.release_snapshot_lease(volume, path, token).await?;
+                Err(DiskError::FileNotFound)
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                self.release_snapshot_lease(volume, path, token).await?;
+                Err(to_file_error(err).into())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn release_snapshot_lease(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, token: SnapshotLeaseToken) -> Result<()> {
+        let key = SnapshotLeaseKey {
+            volume: volume.to_string(),
+            path: path.to_string(),
+        };
+        let opts = {
+            let mut registry = self.snapshot_leases.lock().await;
+            let Some(entry) = registry.entries.get_mut(&key) else {
+                return Ok(());
+            };
+            entry.tokens.remove(&token);
+            if !entry.tokens.is_empty() || entry.deleting {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+
+            let Some(opts) = entry.pending_delete.clone() else {
+                registry.entries.remove(&key);
+                return Ok(());
+            };
+            entry.deleting = true;
+            opts
+        };
+        let result = self.delete_unleased(volume, path, &opts).await;
+        let mut registry = self.snapshot_leases.lock().await;
+        match result {
+            Ok(()) => {
+                registry.entries.remove(&key);
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                if let Some(entry) = registry.entries.get_mut(&key) {
+                    entry.deleting = false;
+                }
+                Err(err)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn delete_data_dir(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, opts: DeleteOptions) -> Result<DataDirDeleteStatus> {
+        let key = SnapshotLeaseKey {
+            volume: volume.to_string(),
+            path: path.to_string(),
+        };
+        {
+            let mut registry = self.snapshot_leases.lock().await;
+            if let Some(entry) = registry.entries.get_mut(&key) {
+                if !entry.tokens.is_empty() {
+                    entry.pending_delete.get_or_insert_with(|| opts.clone());
+                    return Ok(DataDirDeleteStatus::Deferred);
+                }
+                if entry.deleting {
+                    entry.pending_delete.get_or_insert_with(|| opts.clone());
+                    return Ok(DataDirDeleteStatus::Deferred);
+                }
+                entry.deleting = true;
+                entry.pending_delete.get_or_insert_with(|| opts.clone());
+            } else {
+                registry.entries.insert(
+                    key.clone(),
+                    SnapshotLeaseEntry {
+                        pending_delete: Some(opts.clone()),
+                        deleting: true,
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    },
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        let result = self.delete_unleased(volume, path, &opts).await;
+        let mut registry = self.snapshot_leases.lock().await;
+        match result {
+            Ok(()) => {
+                registry.entries.remove(&key);
+                Ok(DataDirDeleteStatus::Deleted)
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                if let Some(entry) = registry.entries.get_mut(&key) {
+                    entry.deleting = false;
+                }
+                Err(err)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
     async fn update_metadata(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, fi: FileInfo, opts: &UpdateMetadataOpts) -> Result<()> {
         if !fi.metadata.is_empty() {
@@ -14800,6 +14930,162 @@ mod test {
         assert!(construction_source.is::<ErasureConstructionError>());
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snapshot_leases_defer_data_dir_cleanup_until_last_release() {
+        use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+        let root_dir = tempdir().expect("temp dir should be created");
+        let endpoint = Endpoint::try_from(root_dir.path().to_string_lossy().as_ref()).expect("endpoint should parse");
+        let disk = LocalDisk::new(&endpoint, false).await.expect("local disk should be created");
+        let volume = "snapshot-lease-volume";
+        let data_dir = path_join_buf(&["object", &Uuid::new_v4().to_string()]);
+        let first_part = path_join_buf(&[&data_dir, "part.1"]);
+        let later_part = path_join_buf(&[&data_dir, "part.2"]);
+        ensure_test_volume(&disk, volume).await;
+        disk.write_all(volume, &first_part, Bytes::from_static(b"first"))
+            .await
+            .expect("first shard should be written");
+        disk.write_all(volume, &later_part, Bytes::from_static(b"later"))
+            .await
+            .expect("later shard should be written");
+
+        let first = disk
+            .acquire_snapshot_lease(volume, &data_dir)
+            .await
+            .expect("first lease should be acquired");
+        let second = disk
+            .acquire_snapshot_lease(volume, &data_dir)
+            .await
+            .expect("second lease should be acquired");
+        let status = disk
+            .delete_data_dir(
+                volume,
+                &data_dir,
+                DeleteOptions {
+                    recursive: true,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("cleanup should be deferred");
+        assert_eq!(status, DataDirDeleteStatus::Deferred);
+        assert_eq!(
+            disk.read_all(volume, &later_part)
+                .await
+                .expect("a later multipart shard must remain openable while leased"),
+            Bytes::from_static(b"later")
+        );
+
+        disk.release_snapshot_lease(volume, &data_dir, first)
+            .await
+            .expect("first lease release should succeed");
+        assert!(
+            disk.read_all(volume, &first_part).await.is_ok(),
+            "one remaining lease must keep the data directory"
+        );
+        disk.release_snapshot_lease(volume, &data_dir, second)
+            .await
+            .expect("last lease release should run deferred cleanup");
+        disk.release_snapshot_lease(volume, &data_dir, second)
+            .await
+            .expect("releasing an already released token should be idempotent");
+        assert!(matches!(disk.read_all(volume, &first_part).await, Err(DiskError::FileNotFound)));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn data_dir_cleanup_without_a_lease_keeps_existing_behavior() {
+        use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+        let root_dir = tempdir().expect("temp dir should be created");
+        let endpoint = Endpoint::try_from(root_dir.path().to_string_lossy().as_ref()).expect("endpoint should parse");
+        let disk = LocalDisk::new(&endpoint, false).await.expect("local disk should be created");
+        let volume = "snapshot-no-lease-volume";
+        let data_dir = path_join_buf(&["object", &Uuid::new_v4().to_string()]);
+        let part = path_join_buf(&[&data_dir, "part.1"]);
+        ensure_test_volume(&disk, volume).await;
+        disk.write_all(volume, &part, Bytes::from_static(b"payload"))
+            .await
+            .expect("test shard should be written");
+
+        let status = disk
+            .delete_data_dir(
+                volume,
+                &data_dir,
+                DeleteOptions {
+                    recursive: true,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("unleased cleanup should retain the existing delete behavior");
+        assert_eq!(status, DataDirDeleteStatus::Deleted);
+        assert!(matches!(disk.read_all(volume, &part).await, Err(DiskError::FileNotFound)));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snapshot_lease_acquire_and_cleanup_are_atomic() {
+        use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+        let root_dir = tempdir().expect("temp dir should be created");
+        let endpoint = Endpoint::try_from(root_dir.path().to_string_lossy().as_ref()).expect("endpoint should parse");
+        let disk = Arc::new(LocalDisk::new(&endpoint, false).await.expect("local disk should be created"));
+        let volume = "snapshot-race-volume";
+        ensure_test_volume(&disk, volume).await;
+
+        for iteration in 0..32 {
+            let data_dir = path_join_buf(&["object", &format!("{iteration:032x}")]);
+            let part = path_join_buf(&[&data_dir, "part.1"]);
+            disk.write_all(volume, &part, Bytes::from_static(b"payload"))
+                .await
+                .expect("test shard should be written");
+            let barrier = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Barrier::new(3));
+            let acquire_disk = Arc::clone(&disk);
+            let acquire_barrier = Arc::clone(&barrier);
+            let acquire_path = data_dir.clone();
+            let acquire = tokio::spawn(async move {
+                acquire_barrier.wait().await;
+                acquire_disk.acquire_snapshot_lease(volume, &acquire_path).await
+            });
+            let delete_disk = Arc::clone(&disk);
+            let delete_barrier = Arc::clone(&barrier);
+            let delete_path = data_dir.clone();
+            let delete = tokio::spawn(async move {
+                delete_barrier.wait().await;
+                delete_disk
+                    .delete_data_dir(
+                        volume,
+                        &delete_path,
+                        DeleteOptions {
+                            recursive: true,
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        },
+                    )
+                    .await
+            });
+            barrier.wait().await;
+
+            let acquired = acquire.await.expect("acquire task should join");
+            let deleted = delete
+                .await
+                .expect("delete task should join")
+                .expect("delete should either run or defer");
+            match acquired {
+                Ok(token) => {
+                    assert_eq!(deleted, DataDirDeleteStatus::Deferred);
+                    assert!(disk.read_all(volume, &part).await.is_ok());
+                    disk.release_snapshot_lease(volume, &data_dir, token)
+                        .await
+                        .expect("release should finish deferred cleanup");
+                }
+                Err(DiskError::FileNotFound) => {
+                    assert_eq!(deleted, DataDirDeleteStatus::Deleted);
+                }
+                Err(err) => panic!("unexpected lease acquisition error: {err}"),
+            }
+            assert!(matches!(disk.read_all(volume, &part).await, Err(DiskError::FileNotFound)));
+        }
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn local_disk_check_parts_rejects_zero_data_geometry_before_shard_math() {
         use tempfile::tempdir;

crates/ecstore/src/disk/mod.rs

@@ -72,6 +72,27 @@ pub type DiskStore = Arc<Disk>;
 pub type FileReader = Box<dyn AsyncRead + Send + Sync + Unpin>;
 pub type FileWriter = Box<dyn AsyncWrite + Send + Sync + Unpin>;
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct SnapshotLeaseToken(Uuid);
+
+impl SnapshotLeaseToken {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self(Uuid::new_v4())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for SnapshotLeaseToken {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum DataDirDeleteStatus {
+    Deleted,
+    Deferred,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum PartTransactionAction {
     Commit,
@@ -249,6 +270,27 @@ impl DiskAPI for Disk {
         }
     }
 
+    async fn acquire_snapshot_lease(&self, volume: &str, path: &str) -> Result<SnapshotLeaseToken> {
+        match self {
+            Disk::Local(local_disk) => local_disk.acquire_snapshot_lease(volume, path).await,
+            Disk::Remote(remote_disk) => remote_disk.acquire_snapshot_lease(volume, path).await,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn release_snapshot_lease(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, token: SnapshotLeaseToken) -> Result<()> {
+        match self {
+            Disk::Local(local_disk) => local_disk.release_snapshot_lease(volume, path, token).await,
+            Disk::Remote(remote_disk) => remote_disk.release_snapshot_lease(volume, path, token).await,
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn delete_data_dir(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, opts: DeleteOptions) -> Result<DataDirDeleteStatus> {
+        match self {
+            Disk::Local(local_disk) => local_disk.delete_data_dir(volume, path, opts).await,
+            Disk::Remote(remote_disk) => remote_disk.delete_data_dir(volume, path, opts).await,
+        }
+    }
+
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
     async fn write_metadata(&self, _org_volume: &str, volume: &str, path: &str, fi: FileInfo) -> Result<()> {
         match self {
@@ -646,6 +688,16 @@ pub trait DiskAPI: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
     ) -> Result<()>;
     async fn delete_versions(&self, volume: &str, versions: Vec<FileInfoVersions>, opts: DeleteOptions) -> Vec<Option<Error>>;
     async fn delete_paths(&self, volume: &str, paths: &[String]) -> Result<()>;
+    async fn acquire_snapshot_lease(&self, _volume: &str, _path: &str) -> Result<SnapshotLeaseToken> {
+        Err(Error::other("snapshot leases are not supported by this disk"))
+    }
+    async fn release_snapshot_lease(&self, _volume: &str, _path: &str, _token: SnapshotLeaseToken) -> Result<()> {
+        Err(Error::other("snapshot leases are not supported by this disk"))
+    }
+    async fn delete_data_dir(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, opts: DeleteOptions) -> Result<DataDirDeleteStatus> {
+        self.delete(volume, path, opts).await?;
+        Ok(DataDirDeleteStatus::Deleted)
+    }
     async fn write_metadata(&self, org_volume: &str, volume: &str, path: &str, fi: FileInfo) -> Result<()>;
     async fn update_metadata(&self, volume: &str, path: &str, fi: FileInfo, opts: &UpdateMetadataOpts) -> Result<()>;
     async fn read_version(

crates/ecstore/src/error/mod.rs

@@ -818,7 +818,11 @@ impl From<s3s::xml::DeError> for Error {
 
 impl From<tonic::Status> for Error {
     fn from(e: tonic::Status) -> Self {
-        Error::other(e.to_string())
+        // Keep the typed status as the io::Error payload instead of a
+        // flattened string so RPC failure classifiers can read the gRPC code
+        // via downcast (see `PeerRestClient::is_network_like_error`).
+        // `RpcStatusError` renders exactly as `e.to_string()` did.
+        Error::other(crate::disk::error::RpcStatusError::from(e))
     }
 }
 

crates/ecstore/src/object_api/types.rs

@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ pub struct ObjectInfo {
     pub data_dir: Option<Uuid>,
     pub delete_marker: bool,
     pub transitioned_object: TransitionedObject,
+    pub transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState,
     pub restore_ongoing: bool,
     pub restore_expires: Option<OffsetDateTime>,
     pub user_tags: Arc<String>,
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ impl Clone for ObjectInfo {
             data_dir: self.data_dir,
             delete_marker: self.delete_marker,
             transitioned_object: self.transitioned_object.clone(),
+            transition_version_state: self.transition_version_state,
             restore_ongoing: self.restore_ongoing,
             restore_expires: self.restore_expires,
             user_tags: self.user_tags.clone(),
@@ -464,11 +466,11 @@ impl ObjectInfo {
 
         let transitioned_object = TransitionedObject {
             name: fi.transitioned_objname.clone(),
-            version_id: if let Some(transition_version_id) = fi.transition_version_id {
-                transition_version_id.to_string()
-            } else {
-                "".to_string()
-            },
+            version_id: fi
+                .transition_version
+                .clone()
+                .or_else(|| fi.transition_version_id.map(|version_id| version_id.to_string()))
+                .unwrap_or_default(),
             status: fi.transition_status.clone(),
             free_version: fi.tier_free_version(),
             tier: fi.transition_tier.clone(),
@@ -537,6 +539,7 @@ impl ObjectInfo {
             inlined,
             user_defined: Arc::new(metadata),
             transitioned_object,
+            transition_version_state: fi.transition_version_state,
             checksum: fi.checksum.clone(),
             storage_class,
             restore_ongoing,

crates/ecstore/src/services/tier/test_util.rs

@@ -931,7 +931,10 @@ pub async fn read_transition_meta(disk_path: &Path, bucket: &str, object: &str)
         status: fi.transition_status.clone(),
         tier: fi.transition_tier.clone(),
         remote_object: fi.transitioned_objname.clone(),
-        remote_version_id: fi.transition_version_id.map(|id| id.to_string()),
+        remote_version_id: fi
+            .transition_version
+            .clone()
+            .or_else(|| fi.transition_version_id.map(|id| id.to_string())),
         free_version_count,
     })
 }

crates/ecstore/src/services/tier/tier.rs

@@ -9274,7 +9274,8 @@ mod tests {
             version_id: "v1".to_string(),
             tier_name: "COLD-A".to_string(),
             backend_identity: Some(current_identity),
-            version_id_exact: false,
+            version_id_exact: true,
+            version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
         };
         journal_store
             .insert_config_object(

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/core/io_primitives.rs

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ use crate::diagnostics::get::{
     record_get_object_pipeline_failure_for_path, record_get_stage_duration_if_enabled,
 };
 use crate::disk::{
-    OldCurrentSize, PART_TRANSACTION_NEW_META, PART_TRANSACTION_OLD_META, PART_TRANSACTION_ROLLBACK, PartTransactionAction,
-    part_transaction_path,
+    DataDirDeleteStatus, OldCurrentSize, PART_TRANSACTION_NEW_META, PART_TRANSACTION_OLD_META, PART_TRANSACTION_ROLLBACK,
+    PartTransactionAction, part_transaction_path,
 };
 use crate::erasure::coding::BitrotReader;
 use crate::io_support::bitrot::ShardReader;
@@ -547,6 +547,8 @@ pub(in crate::set_disk) fn metadata_early_stop_candidate_matches(left: &FileInfo
         && left.transitioned_objname == right.transitioned_objname
         && left.transition_tier == right.transition_tier
         && left.transition_version_id == right.transition_version_id
+        && left.transition_version == right.transition_version
+        && left.transition_version_state == right.transition_version_state
         && left.expire_restored == right.expire_restored
         && left.size == right.size
         && left.mod_time == right.mod_time
@@ -2985,29 +2987,48 @@ impl SetDisks {
                 Self::rename_fanout_barrier(&object_for_fault, idx, rename_fanout_barrier_phase::CLEANUP).await;
 
                 if let Some(err) = Self::cleanup_injected_error(&object_for_fault, idx) {
-                    return Some(err);
+                    return (false, Some(err));
                 }
                 if let Some(disk) = disk {
-                    disk.delete(
-                        &bucket,
-                        &file_path,
-                        DeleteOptions {
-                            recursive: true,
-                            ..Default::default()
-                        },
-                    )
-                    .await
-                    .err()
+                    match disk
+                        .delete_data_dir(
+                            &bucket,
+                            &file_path,
+                            DeleteOptions {
+                                recursive: true,
+                                ..Default::default()
+                            },
+                        )
+                        .await
+                    {
+                        Ok(DataDirDeleteStatus::Deleted) => (false, None),
+                        Ok(DataDirDeleteStatus::Deferred) => (true, None),
+                        Err(err) => (false, Some(err)),
+                    }
                 } else {
                     // `None` slot: ignored placeholder. It is not `attempted`, so
                     // classification excludes it from residue regardless.
-                    Some(DiskError::DiskNotFound)
+                    (false, Some(DiskError::DiskNotFound))
                 }
             })
         });
-        let errs: Vec<Option<DiskError>> = join_all(futures).await.into_iter().map(map_cleanup_join_result).collect();
+        let mut deferred = 0usize;
+        let errs: Vec<Option<DiskError>> = join_all(futures)
+            .await
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|result| match result {
+                Ok((was_deferred, err)) => {
+                    deferred += usize::from(was_deferred);
+                    err
+                }
+                Err(join_err) => Some(DiskError::other(format!("old data dir cleanup task failed: {join_err}"))),
+            })
+            .collect();
 
-        classify_old_data_dir_cleanup(&errs, &attempted, write_quorum)
+        let mut cleanup = classify_old_data_dir_cleanup(&errs, &attempted, write_quorum);
+        cleanup.deferred = deferred;
+        cleanup.reclaimed = cleanup.reclaimed.saturating_sub(deferred);
+        cleanup
     }
 
     /// Test-only fault-injection seam for the old-data-dir cleanup path
@@ -3098,6 +3119,20 @@ impl SetDisks {
 
         rustfs_io_metrics::record_old_data_dir_cleanup(c.attempted, c.reclaimed, c.unreclaimed_disks.len(), c.below_quorum);
 
+        if c.deferred > 0 {
+            debug!(
+                event = EVENT_SET_DISK_WRITE,
+                component = LOG_COMPONENT_ECSTORE,
+                subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_SET_DISK,
+                bucket = %bucket,
+                object = %object,
+                old_data_dir = %old_dir,
+                deferred = c.deferred,
+                state = "old_data_cleanup_deferred",
+                "Old data directory cleanup deferred for active snapshot leases"
+            );
+        }
+
         if actions.warn {
             warn!(
                 component = LOG_COMPONENT_ECSTORE,
@@ -4129,6 +4164,9 @@ pub(in crate::set_disk) struct OldDataDirCleanup {
     /// Number of attempted disks that returned `Ok` or a not-found variant
     /// (a missing dir == already reclaimed).
     pub reclaimed: usize,
+    /// Number of attempted disks that retained the directory for an active
+    /// snapshot lease and registered it for deletion after the final release.
+    pub deferred: usize,
     /// Indices of attempted disks that failed with a non-ignored, non-not-found
     /// error (including task panic/cancel). This is the residue that actually
     /// leaks and drives the leak metric + heal enqueue.
@@ -4191,6 +4229,7 @@ fn classify_old_data_dir_cleanup(errs: &[Option<DiskError>], attempted: &[bool],
     OldDataDirCleanup {
         attempted: attempted_count,
         reclaimed,
+        deferred: 0,
         unreclaimed_disks,
         below_quorum,
     }
@@ -5131,6 +5170,40 @@ mod tests {
         drop((disk1, disk2));
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn commit_cleanup_reports_and_releases_deferred_snapshot_data_dirs() {
+        let bucket = "cleanup-lease-bucket";
+        let object = "cleanup-lease-object";
+        let old_data_dir = "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111";
+        let committed_data_dir = "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222";
+        let data_dir_path = format!("{object}/{old_data_dir}");
+        let shard_path = format!("{data_dir_path}/part.1");
+        let (_dir1, disk1) = read_multiple_test_disk(bucket, &[(&shard_path, b"one".as_slice())]).await;
+        let set = io_primitives_test_set(vec![Some(disk1.clone())], 0).await;
+        let lease = disk1
+            .acquire_snapshot_lease(bucket, &data_dir_path)
+            .await
+            .expect("snapshot lease should be acquired before cleanup");
+
+        let cleanup = set
+            .commit_rename_data_dir(&[Some(disk1.clone())], bucket, object, old_data_dir, committed_data_dir, 1)
+            .await;
+        assert_eq!(cleanup.attempted, 1);
+        assert_eq!(cleanup.reclaimed, 0);
+        assert_eq!(cleanup.deferred, 1);
+        assert!(cleanup.unreclaimed_disks.is_empty());
+        disk1
+            .read_all(bucket, &shard_path)
+            .await
+            .expect("deferred cleanup must leave later shard opens available");
+
+        disk1
+            .release_snapshot_lease(bucket, &data_dir_path, lease)
+            .await
+            .expect("final lease release should reclaim the old data directory");
+        assert!(matches!(disk1.read_all(bucket, &shard_path).await, Err(DiskError::FileNotFound)));
+    }
+
     /// Isolation guard: an armed barrier / observed object only affects its own
     /// object. A fan-out for a different (unobserved, unarmed) object must not be
     /// paused and must not accrue any tracked task count — so concurrent tests

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/metadata.rs

@@ -578,6 +578,13 @@ impl SetDisks {
         Self::update_hash_str(hasher, &meta.transition_tier);
         Self::update_hash_str(hasher, &meta.transitioned_objname);
         Self::update_hash_optional_uuid(hasher, meta.transition_version_id);
+        Self::update_hash_optional_str(hasher, meta.transition_version.as_deref());
+        hasher.update([match meta.transition_version_state {
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown => 0,
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled => 1,
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull => 2,
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact => 3,
+        }]);
         Self::update_hash_optional_u32(hasher, meta.mode);
         Self::update_hash_optional_u64(hasher, meta.written_by_version);
 

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/mod.rs

@@ -687,9 +687,13 @@ mod core;
 mod ctx;
 mod metadata;
 mod ops;
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) use ops::multipart::{MultipartCommitBarrier, MultipartCommitPause};
 #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
 pub(crate) use ops::object::TransitionCleanupStoreBarrier as SetDiskTransitionCleanupStoreBarrier;
 pub(crate) use ops::object::body_cache_plaintext_len;
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) use ops::object::cleanup_rejected_transition_upload_durably;
 mod read;
 mod replication;
 pub(crate) mod shard_source;

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/ops/list.rs

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ impl SetDisks {
     pub async fn delete_all(&self, bucket: &str, prefix: &str) -> Result<()> {
         ListOperations::new(self.ctx()).delete_all(bucket, prefix).await
     }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn delete_all_with_quorum(&self, bucket: &str, prefix: &str, write_quorum: usize) -> Result<()> {
+        ListOperations::new(self.ctx())
+            .delete_all_with_quorum(bucket, prefix, write_quorum)
+            .await
+    }
 }
 
 /// List/prefix maintenance operations, borrowing the `SetDisks` core state
@@ -48,6 +54,14 @@ impl<'a> ListOperations<'a> {
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn delete_all(&self, bucket: &str, prefix: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        self.delete_all_inner(bucket, prefix, None).await
+    }
+
+    async fn delete_all_with_quorum(&self, bucket: &str, prefix: &str, write_quorum: usize) -> Result<()> {
+        self.delete_all_inner(bucket, prefix, Some(write_quorum)).await
+    }
+
+    async fn delete_all_inner(&self, bucket: &str, prefix: &str, write_quorum: Option<usize>) -> Result<()> {
         let disks = self.ctx.disks().read().await;
 
         let disks = disks.clone();
@@ -79,6 +93,9 @@ impl<'a> ListOperations<'a> {
                 Ok(_) => {
                     errors.push(None);
                 }
+                Err(DiskError::FileNotFound | DiskError::PathNotFound | DiskError::VolumeNotFound) => {
+                    errors.push(None);
+                }
                 Err(e) => {
                     errors.push(Some(e));
                 }
@@ -97,6 +114,12 @@ impl<'a> ListOperations<'a> {
             );
         }
 
+        if let Some(write_quorum) = write_quorum
+            && let Some(err) = reduce_write_quorum_errs(&errors, OBJECT_OP_IGNORED_ERRS, write_quorum)
+        {
+            return Err(err.into());
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/ops/multipart.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ use crate::crash_inject::{self, CrashPoint};
 use crate::multipart_listing::paginate_multipart_listing;
 use futures::{StreamExt, stream};
 use std::future::Future;
+#[cfg(test)]
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::task::JoinSet;
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ const MULTIPART_LIST_IO_CONCURRENCY: usize = 16;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-enum MultipartCommitPause {
+pub(crate) enum MultipartCommitPause {
     PutPartBeforeLockLost,
     PutPartAfterRename,
     BeforeLockLost,
@@ -45,12 +47,13 @@ struct MultipartCommitBarrierState {
     bucket: String,
     object: String,
     pause: MultipartCommitPause,
+    armed: AtomicBool,
     arrived: tokio::sync::Notify,
     release: tokio::sync::Notify,
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
-struct MultipartCommitBarrier {
+pub(crate) struct MultipartCommitBarrier {
     state: Arc<MultipartCommitBarrierState>,
 }
 
@@ -60,11 +63,12 @@ static MULTIPART_COMMIT_BARRIER: std::sync::OnceLock<std::sync::Mutex<Option<Arc
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 impl MultipartCommitBarrier {
-    fn install(bucket: &str, object: &str, pause: MultipartCommitPause) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn install(bucket: &str, object: &str, pause: MultipartCommitPause) -> Self {
         let state = Arc::new(MultipartCommitBarrierState {
             bucket: bucket.to_string(),
             object: object.to_string(),
             pause,
+            armed: AtomicBool::new(true),
             arrived: tokio::sync::Notify::new(),
             release: tokio::sync::Notify::new(),
         });
@@ -78,13 +82,13 @@ impl MultipartCommitBarrier {
         Self { state }
     }
 
-    async fn wait_until_paused(&self) {
+    pub(crate) async fn wait_until_paused(&self) {
         tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(30), self.state.arrived.notified())
             .await
             .expect("multipart completion should reach the deterministic commit barrier");
     }
 
-    fn release(&self) {
+    pub(crate) fn release(&self) {
         self.state.release.notify_one();
     }
 }
@@ -112,7 +116,9 @@ async fn pause_multipart_commit(bucket: &str, object: &str, pause: MultipartComm
         .as_ref()
         .filter(|barrier| barrier.bucket == bucket && barrier.object == object && barrier.pause == pause)
         .cloned();
-    if let Some(barrier) = barrier {
+    if let Some(barrier) = barrier
+        && barrier.armed.swap(false, Ordering::AcqRel)
+    {
         barrier.arrived.notify_one();
         barrier.release.notified().await;
     }
@@ -777,6 +783,9 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::multipart::MultipartOperations for SetDisks {
         mut max_parts: usize,
         opts: &ObjectOptions,
     ) -> Result<ListPartsInfo> {
+        let _upload_guard = self
+            .acquire_multipart_upload_read_lock("list_object_parts", bucket, object, upload_id, opts)
+            .await?;
         let (fi, _) = self.check_upload_id_exists(bucket, object, upload_id, false).await?;
 
         let upload_id_path = Self::get_upload_id_dir(bucket, object, upload_id);
@@ -1254,10 +1263,15 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::multipart::MultipartOperations for SetDisks {
         let _upload_guard = self
             .acquire_multipart_upload_write_lock("abort_multipart_upload", bucket, object, upload_id, opts)
             .await?;
-        self.check_upload_id_exists(bucket, object, upload_id, false).await?;
+        let (fi, _) = self.check_upload_id_exists(bucket, object, upload_id, true).await?;
         let upload_id_path = Self::get_upload_id_dir(bucket, object, upload_id);
 
-        self.delete_all(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET, &upload_id_path).await
+        self.delete_all_with_quorum(
+            RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET,
+            &upload_id_path,
+            fi.write_quorum(self.default_write_quorum()),
+        )
+        .await
     }
     // complete_multipart_upload finished
     #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
@@ -1815,7 +1829,36 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::multipart::MultipartOperations for SetDisks {
 
         #[cfg(test)]
         pause_multipart_commit(bucket, object, MultipartCommitPause::AfterRename).await;
-        drop(upload_guard);
+
+        let cleanup_store = self.clone();
+        let cleanup_upload_id_path = upload_id_path.clone();
+        let cleanup_bucket = bucket.to_owned();
+        let cleanup_object = object.to_owned();
+        let cleanup_upload_id = upload_id.to_owned();
+        let cleanup_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let _upload_guard = upload_guard;
+            if let Err(err) = cleanup_store
+                .delete_all_with_quorum(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET, &cleanup_upload_id_path, write_quorum)
+                .await
+            {
+                warn!(
+                    bucket = %cleanup_bucket,
+                    object = %cleanup_object,
+                    upload_id = %cleanup_upload_id,
+                    error = ?err,
+                    "completed multipart upload staging cleanup did not reach write quorum"
+                );
+            }
+        });
+        if let Err(err) = cleanup_handle.await {
+            warn!(
+                bucket = %bucket,
+                object = %object,
+                upload_id = %upload_id,
+                error = ?err,
+                "completed multipart upload staging cleanup task failed"
+            );
+        }
         drop(object_lock_guard); // drop object lock guard to release the lock
 
         // backlog#1321: enqueue heal only when the committed replicas actually
@@ -1860,12 +1903,6 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::multipart::MultipartOperations for SetDisks {
             });
         }
 
-        let upload_id_path = upload_id_path.clone();
-        let store = self.clone();
-        let _cleanup_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let _ = store.delete_all(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET, &upload_id_path).await;
-        });
-
         for (i, op_disk) in online_disks.iter().enumerate() {
             if let Some(disk) = op_disk
                 && disk.is_online().await
@@ -2177,6 +2214,122 @@ mod tests {
         )
     }
 
+    async fn assert_complete_first_linearizes(bucket: &'static str, object: &'static str, create_opts: ObjectOptions) {
+        let manager = Arc::new(rustfs_lock::GlobalLockManager::new());
+        let signaling = Arc::new(SignalingLockClient::new(Arc::new(LocalClient::with_manager(manager))));
+        let lockers: Vec<Arc<dyn LockClient>> = vec![signaling.clone()];
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks_with_lockers(4, 0, 2, lockers).await;
+        make_bucket_on_all(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        let (upload_id, parts) = stage_upload_with_create_opts(&set_disks, bucket, object, &[0x47; 4096], &create_opts).await;
+        let upload_id_path = SetDisks::get_upload_id_dir(bucket, object, &upload_id);
+        signaling.set_target(rustfs_lock::ObjectKey::new(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET, upload_id_path));
+        let _setup_type_guard = SetupTypeGuard::switch_to(SetupType::DistErasure).await;
+        let barrier = MultipartCommitBarrier::install(bucket, object, MultipartCommitPause::AfterRename);
+
+        let complete_store = set_disks.clone();
+        let complete_upload_id = upload_id.clone();
+        let complete = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            complete_store
+                .complete_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &complete_upload_id, parts, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                .await
+        });
+        barrier.wait_until_paused().await;
+
+        let abort_store = set_disks.clone();
+        let abort_upload_id = upload_id.clone();
+        let abort = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            abort_store
+                .abort_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &abort_upload_id, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                .await
+        });
+        signaling.wait_for_attempts(2).await;
+        assert!(!abort.is_finished(), "abort must wait for the completion upload lock");
+
+        barrier.release();
+        complete
+            .await
+            .expect("completion task should not panic")
+            .expect("completion should win the upload finalization");
+        let abort_err = abort
+            .await
+            .expect("abort task should not panic")
+            .expect_err("abort must observe the upload as finalized");
+        assert!(matches!(abort_err, StorageError::InvalidUploadID(..)));
+        set_disks
+            .get_object_info(bucket, object, &ObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("complete-first must leave the committed object readable");
+        assert!(matches!(
+            set_disks.check_upload_id_exists(bucket, object, &upload_id, false).await,
+            Err(StorageError::InvalidUploadID(..))
+        ));
+    }
+
+    async fn assert_abort_first_linearizes(bucket: &'static str, object: &'static str, create_opts: ObjectOptions) {
+        let manager = Arc::new(rustfs_lock::GlobalLockManager::new());
+        let signaling = Arc::new(SignalingLockClient::new(Arc::new(LocalClient::with_manager(manager))));
+        let lockers: Vec<Arc<dyn LockClient>> = vec![signaling.clone()];
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks_with_lockers(4, 0, 2, lockers).await;
+        make_bucket_on_all(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        let (upload_id, parts) = stage_upload_with_create_opts(&set_disks, bucket, object, &[0x48; 4096], &create_opts).await;
+        let upload_id_path = SetDisks::get_upload_id_dir(bucket, object, &upload_id);
+        signaling.set_target(rustfs_lock::ObjectKey::new(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET, upload_id_path.clone()));
+        let _setup_type_guard = SetupTypeGuard::switch_to(SetupType::DistErasure).await;
+        let object_holder = set_disks
+            .new_ns_lock(bucket, object)
+            .await
+            .expect("object namespace lock should be created")
+            .get_write_lock(Duration::from_secs(5))
+            .await
+            .expect("test should hold the object lock");
+        let holder = set_disks
+            .new_ns_lock(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET, &upload_id_path)
+            .await
+            .expect("upload namespace lock should be created")
+            .get_write_lock(Duration::from_secs(5))
+            .await
+            .expect("test should hold the upload lock");
+        signaling.wait_for_attempts(1).await;
+
+        let abort_store = set_disks.clone();
+        let abort_upload_id = upload_id.clone();
+        let abort = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            abort_store
+                .abort_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &abort_upload_id, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                .await
+        });
+        signaling.wait_for_attempts(2).await;
+
+        let complete_store = set_disks.clone();
+        let complete_upload_id = upload_id.clone();
+        let complete = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            complete_store
+                .complete_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &complete_upload_id, parts, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                .await
+        });
+        drop(holder);
+
+        abort
+            .await
+            .expect("abort task should not panic")
+            .expect("abort should win the upload finalization");
+        drop(object_holder);
+        let complete_err = complete
+            .await
+            .expect("completion task should not panic")
+            .expect_err("completion must observe the aborted upload");
+        assert!(matches!(complete_err, StorageError::InvalidUploadID(..)));
+        let object_err = set_disks
+            .get_object_info(bucket, object, &ObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("abort-first must not publish an object");
+        assert!(matches!(object_err, StorageError::ObjectNotFound(..)));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            set_disks.check_upload_id_exists(bucket, object, &upload_id, false).await,
+            Err(StorageError::InvalidUploadID(..))
+        ));
+    }
+
     async fn assert_quorum_minus_one_retry_preserves_completable_part(
         disk_count: usize,
         parity: usize,
@@ -3039,6 +3192,81 @@ mod tests {
         .await;
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn abort_and_complete_linearize_for_plain_sse_and_legacy_layouts() {
+        assert_complete_first_linearizes("multipart-complete-first-plain", "object", ObjectOptions::default()).await;
+        assert_abort_first_linearizes("multipart-abort-first-plain", "object", ObjectOptions::default()).await;
+
+        let encrypted_opts = ObjectOptions {
+            user_defined: HashMap::from([(SSEC_ALGORITHM_HEADER.to_string(), "AES256".to_string())]),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        temp_env::async_with_vars([(crate::object_api::ENV_RUSTFS_ENCRYPTED_RANGE_SEEK, Some("true"))], async {
+            assert_complete_first_linearizes("multipart-complete-first-sse", "object", encrypted_opts.clone()).await;
+            assert_abort_first_linearizes("multipart-abort-first-sse", "object", encrypted_opts.clone()).await;
+        })
+        .await;
+        temp_env::async_with_vars([(crate::object_api::ENV_RUSTFS_ENCRYPTED_RANGE_SEEK, Some("false"))], async {
+            assert_complete_first_linearizes("multipart-complete-first-legacy", "object", encrypted_opts.clone()).await;
+            assert_abort_first_linearizes("multipart-abort-first-legacy", "object", encrypted_opts).await;
+        })
+        .await;
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn abort_enforces_delete_write_quorum_boundary() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "multipart-abort-delete-quorum";
+        let object = "object";
+        make_bucket_on_all(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        let quorum_upload = set_disks
+            .new_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &ObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("multipart upload should be created");
+
+        let saved_disks = {
+            let mut disks = set_disks.disks.write().await;
+            let saved = disks.clone();
+            disks[3] = None;
+            saved
+        };
+        set_disks
+            .abort_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &quorum_upload.upload_id, &ObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("abort should succeed at the exact delete write quorum");
+        *set_disks.disks.write().await = saved_disks;
+        assert!(matches!(
+            set_disks
+                .check_upload_id_exists(bucket, object, &quorum_upload.upload_id, false)
+                .await,
+            Err(StorageError::InvalidUploadID(..))
+        ));
+
+        let below_quorum_upload = set_disks
+            .new_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &ObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("second multipart upload should be created");
+        let saved_disks = {
+            let mut disks = set_disks.disks.write().await;
+            let saved = disks.clone();
+            disks[2] = None;
+            disks[3] = None;
+            saved
+        };
+        let err = set_disks
+            .abort_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &below_quorum_upload.upload_id, &ObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("abort must report a delete below write quorum");
+        assert!(matches!(err, StorageError::ErasureWriteQuorum));
+
+        *set_disks.disks.write().await = saved_disks;
+        set_disks
+            .check_upload_id_exists(bucket, object, &below_quorum_upload.upload_id, false)
+            .await
+            .expect("failed abort must leave quorum-visible staging on the restored disks");
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
     #[serial]
     async fn complete_revalidates_layout_candidate_after_upload_lock() {
@@ -3170,6 +3398,17 @@ mod tests {
             tokio::task::yield_now().await;
             assert!(!abort.is_finished(), "abort must wait until completion releases the upload lock");
 
+            let list_store = set_disks.clone();
+            let list_upload_id = upload_id.clone();
+            let list = tokio::spawn(async move {
+                list_store
+                    .list_object_parts(bucket, object, &list_upload_id, None, MAX_PARTS_COUNT, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                    .await
+            });
+            signaling.wait_for_attempts(3).await;
+            tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+            assert!(!list.is_finished(), "ListParts must wait until completion releases the upload lock");
+
             barrier.release();
             complete
                 .await
@@ -3180,10 +3419,68 @@ mod tests {
                 .expect("abort task should not panic")
                 .expect_err("the committed upload should no longer exist when abort acquires the lock");
             assert!(matches!(abort_err, StorageError::InvalidUploadID(..)));
+            let list_err = list
+                .await
+                .expect("ListParts task should not panic")
+                .expect_err("the committed upload should no longer exist when ListParts acquires the lock");
+            assert!(matches!(list_err, StorageError::InvalidUploadID(..)));
         })
         .await;
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn complete_validates_parts_after_an_inflight_upload_part_commit() {
+        let manager = Arc::new(rustfs_lock::GlobalLockManager::new());
+        let signaling = Arc::new(SignalingLockClient::new(Arc::new(LocalClient::with_manager(manager))));
+        let lockers: Vec<Arc<dyn LockClient>> = vec![signaling.clone()];
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks_with_lockers(4, 0, 2, lockers).await;
+        let bucket = "multipart-complete-put-part-race-bucket";
+        let object = "object";
+        make_bucket_on_all(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        let (upload_id, original_parts) =
+            stage_upload_with_create_opts(&set_disks, bucket, object, &[0x49; 4096], &ObjectOptions::default()).await;
+        let upload_id_path = SetDisks::get_upload_id_dir(bucket, object, &upload_id);
+        signaling.set_target(rustfs_lock::ObjectKey::new(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET, upload_id_path));
+        let _setup_type_guard = SetupTypeGuard::switch_to(SetupType::DistErasure).await;
+        let barrier = MultipartCommitBarrier::install(bucket, object, MultipartCommitPause::PutPartBeforeLockLost);
+
+        let put_store = set_disks.clone();
+        let put_upload_id = upload_id.clone();
+        let put = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut reader = PutObjReader::from_vec(vec![0x4a; 4096]);
+            put_store
+                .put_object_part(bucket, object, &put_upload_id, 1, &mut reader, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                .await
+        });
+        barrier.wait_until_paused().await;
+
+        let complete_store = set_disks.clone();
+        let complete_upload_id = upload_id.clone();
+        let complete = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            complete_store
+                .complete_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &complete_upload_id, original_parts, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                .await
+        });
+        signaling.wait_for_attempts(2).await;
+        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+        assert!(!complete.is_finished(), "completion must wait for the UploadPart commit lock");
+
+        barrier.release();
+        put.await
+            .expect("UploadPart task should not panic")
+            .expect("UploadPart replacement should commit");
+        let err = complete
+            .await
+            .expect("completion task should not panic")
+            .expect_err("completion must reject the stale ETag after UploadPart wins");
+        assert!(matches!(err, StorageError::InvalidPart(..)));
+        set_disks
+            .list_object_parts(bucket, object, &upload_id, None, MAX_PARTS_COUNT, &ObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("failed completion must leave the upload retryable");
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test(start_paused = true)]
     #[serial]
     async fn complete_fences_upload_lock_loss_before_commit() {

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/ops/object.rs

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ use crate::set_disk::read::GetObjectDownstreamWriter;
 
 use crate::bucket::lifecycle::{
     tier_delete_journal::{persist_tier_delete_journal_entry, remove_tier_delete_journal_entry},
-    tier_sweeper::{Jentry, RemoteTierDeleteOutcome, delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent},
+    tier_sweeper::{
+        Jentry, RemoteTierDeleteOutcome, delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_lease_idempotent,
+        delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent,
+    },
     transition_transaction::{
         TransitionRemoteVersion, TransitionSourceIdentity, TransitionSourceVersionMode, TransitionTransaction,
         TransitionTransactionInit, TransitionTransactionState, delete_transition_transaction_record,
@@ -1663,7 +1666,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn cleanup_uncommitted_transition_upload(
     cleanup_version: &str,
     version_id_exact: bool,
 ) -> std::io::Result<RemoteTierDeleteOutcome> {
-    delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent(object, cleanup_version, lease, version_id_exact).await
+    if version_id_exact {
+        delete_confirmed_transition_candidate_exact_with_lease_idempotent(object, cleanup_version, lease).await
+    } else {
+        delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent(object, cleanup_version, lease, false).await
+    }
 }
 
 fn log_transition_upload_cleanup_failure(lease: &TierOperationLease, object: &str, cleanup_version: &str, err: &std::io::Error) {
@@ -1800,7 +1807,7 @@ impl Drop for TransitionUploadCleanup {
     }
 }
 
-async fn cleanup_rejected_transition_upload_durably(
+pub(crate) async fn cleanup_rejected_transition_upload_durably(
     lease: &TierOperationLease,
     object: &str,
     cleanup_version: &str,
@@ -1813,6 +1820,13 @@ async fn cleanup_rejected_transition_upload_durably(
         tier_name: lease.tier_name().to_string(),
         backend_identity: Some(lease.backend_identity()),
         version_id_exact,
+        version_state: if !version_id_exact {
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled
+        } else if cleanup_version == "null" {
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull
+        } else {
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact
+        },
     };
 
     let journal_error = if let Some(api) = api.as_ref() {
@@ -1972,12 +1986,83 @@ async fn advance_and_save_transition_transaction(
     next: TransitionTransactionState,
     remote_version: Option<TransitionRemoteVersion>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    record_transition_uploaded_save_attempt(transaction, next);
     transaction
         .advance(transaction.fence(), next, remote_version)
         .map_err(Error::other)?;
     save_transition_transaction_if_available(api, transaction).await
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+struct TransitionUploadedSaveProbeState {
+    bucket: String,
+    object: String,
+    attempts: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+struct TransitionUploadedSaveProbe {
+    state: Arc<TransitionUploadedSaveProbeState>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+static TRANSITION_UPLOADED_SAVE_PROBE: std::sync::OnceLock<std::sync::Mutex<Option<Arc<TransitionUploadedSaveProbeState>>>> =
+    std::sync::OnceLock::new();
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+impl TransitionUploadedSaveProbe {
+    fn install(bucket: &str, object: &str) -> Self {
+        let state = Arc::new(TransitionUploadedSaveProbeState {
+            bucket: bucket.to_string(),
+            object: object.to_string(),
+            attempts: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0),
+        });
+        let mut slot = TRANSITION_UPLOADED_SAVE_PROBE
+            .get_or_init(|| std::sync::Mutex::new(None))
+            .lock()
+            .expect("transition uploaded-save probe mutex should not poison");
+        assert!(slot.is_none(), "transition uploaded-save probe must be installed by one test at a time");
+        *slot = Some(Arc::clone(&state));
+        drop(slot);
+        Self { state }
+    }
+
+    fn attempts(&self) -> usize {
+        self.state.attempts.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Acquire)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+impl Drop for TransitionUploadedSaveProbe {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let mut slot = TRANSITION_UPLOADED_SAVE_PROBE
+            .get_or_init(|| std::sync::Mutex::new(None))
+            .lock()
+            .expect("transition uploaded-save probe mutex should not poison");
+        if slot.as_ref().is_some_and(|state| Arc::ptr_eq(state, &self.state)) {
+            *slot = None;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+fn record_transition_uploaded_save_attempt(transaction: &TransitionTransaction, next: TransitionTransactionState) {
+    if next != TransitionTransactionState::Uploaded {
+        return;
+    }
+    let state = TRANSITION_UPLOADED_SAVE_PROBE
+        .get_or_init(|| std::sync::Mutex::new(None))
+        .lock()
+        .expect("transition uploaded-save probe mutex should not poison")
+        .as_ref()
+        .filter(|state| state.bucket == transaction.source.bucket && state.object == transaction.source.object)
+        .cloned();
+    if let Some(state) = state {
+        state.attempts.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::AcqRel);
+    }
+}
+
 async fn delete_transition_transaction_if_available(api: Option<&Arc<ECStore>>, transaction_id: Uuid) -> Result<()> {
     if let Some(api) = api {
         return delete_transition_transaction_record(api.clone(), transaction_id).await;
@@ -2228,11 +2313,25 @@ async fn pause_transition_commit(bucket: &str, object: &str, pause: TransitionCo
     }
 }
 
-fn parse_transition_version_id(remote_version: &str) -> std::result::Result<Option<Uuid>, uuid::Error> {
+fn persisted_transition_version(
+    remote_version: &str,
+) -> std::io::Result<(Option<String>, rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState)> {
     if remote_version.is_empty() {
-        return Ok(None);
+        return Ok((None, rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled));
     }
-    Uuid::parse_str(remote_version).map(|version_id| (!version_id.is_nil()).then_some(version_id))
+    let version_id = Uuid::parse_str(remote_version).map_err(|_| {
+        std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
+            "opaque remote tier versions require the cluster capability gate",
+        )
+    })?;
+    if version_id.is_nil() {
+        return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "remote tier returned a nil object version ID",
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok((Some(remote_version.to_string()), rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -2470,16 +2569,17 @@ mod transition_upload_completion_tests {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod transition_version_id_tests {
-    use super::{TransitionUploadCandidate, parse_transition_version_id};
+    use super::{TransitionUploadCandidate, persisted_transition_version};
+    use rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState;
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
     #[test]
     fn normalizes_persisted_unversioned_ids_and_preserves_put_constraints() {
-        assert_eq!(parse_transition_version_id("").expect("empty remote version should be valid"), None);
         assert_eq!(
-            parse_transition_version_id(&Uuid::nil().to_string()).expect("nil remote version should be valid"),
-            None
+            persisted_transition_version("").expect("empty remote version identifies an unversioned tier"),
+            (None, TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled)
         );
+        assert!(persisted_transition_version(&Uuid::nil().to_string()).is_err());
         let nil_put_response = Uuid::nil().to_string();
         let nil_candidate = TransitionUploadCandidate::from_put_response(nil_put_response.clone());
         assert_eq!(nil_candidate.cleanup_version(), nil_put_response);
@@ -2491,12 +2591,14 @@ mod transition_version_id_tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn preserves_valid_remote_id_and_rejects_invalid_text() {
+    fn preserves_uuid_and_gates_opaque_remote_ids() {
         let version_id = Uuid::new_v4();
         assert_eq!(
-            parse_transition_version_id(&version_id.to_string()).expect("UUID remote version should be valid"),
-            Some(version_id)
+            persisted_transition_version(&version_id.to_string()).expect("UUID remote version"),
+            (Some(version_id.to_string()), TransitionVersionState::Exact)
         );
+        assert!(persisted_transition_version("null").is_err());
+        assert!(persisted_transition_version("opaque-version-token").is_err());
         assert_eq!(
             TransitionUploadCandidate::from_put_response(version_id.to_string()).cleanup_version(),
             version_id.to_string()
@@ -2505,7 +2607,6 @@ mod transition_version_id_tests {
             TransitionUploadCandidate::from_put_response("opaque-version-token".to_string()).cleanup_version(),
             "opaque-version-token"
         );
-        assert!(parse_transition_version_id("not-a-uuid").is_err());
     }
 }
 
@@ -3775,6 +3876,20 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::object::ObjectOperations for SetDisks {
             delete_transition_transaction_after_remote_cleanup(transaction_api.as_ref(), transaction_id, bucket, object).await;
             return Err(err.into());
         }
+        let (transition_version_id, transition_version_state) = match persisted_transition_version(candidate.remote_version()) {
+            Ok(version) => version,
+            Err(err) => {
+                let cleanup_api = transition_cleanup_store(&self.ctx).await;
+                if let Err(cleanup_err) = upload_cleanup.cleanup_rejected_upload(cleanup_api).await {
+                    return Err(StorageError::Io(std::io::Error::other(format!(
+                        "{err}; rejected remote upload cleanup failed: {cleanup_err}"
+                    ))));
+                }
+                delete_transition_transaction_after_remote_cleanup(transaction_api.as_ref(), transaction_id, bucket, object)
+                    .await;
+                return Err(err.into());
+            }
+        };
         if let Err(err) = advance_and_save_transition_transaction(
             transaction_api.as_ref(),
             &mut transaction,
@@ -3792,16 +3907,6 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::object::ObjectOperations for SetDisks {
             delete_transition_transaction_after_remote_cleanup(transaction_api.as_ref(), transaction_id, bucket, object).await;
             return Err(err);
         }
-        let transition_version_id = match parse_transition_version_id(candidate.remote_version()) {
-            Ok(version_id) => version_id,
-            Err(err) => {
-                if upload_cleanup.cleanup().await.is_ok() {
-                    delete_transition_transaction_after_remote_cleanup(transaction_api.as_ref(), transaction_id, bucket, object)
-                        .await;
-                }
-                return Err(err.into());
-            }
-        };
 
         let mut commit_opts = opts.clone();
         commit_opts.no_lock = true;
@@ -3859,7 +3964,11 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::object::ObjectOperations for SetDisks {
         current_fi.transition_status = TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string();
         current_fi.transitioned_objname = dest_obj;
         current_fi.transition_tier = opts.transition.tier.clone();
-        current_fi.transition_version_id = transition_version_id;
+        current_fi.transition_version_id = transition_version_id
+            .as_deref()
+            .and_then(|version_id| Uuid::parse_str(version_id).ok());
+        current_fi.transition_version = transition_version_id;
+        current_fi.transition_version_state = transition_version_state;
         rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::insert_str(
             &mut current_fi.metadata,
             rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER_DESTINATION_ID,
@@ -4076,6 +4185,7 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::object::ObjectOperations for SetDisks {
             let mut p_reader = PutObjReader::new(hash_reader);
             return match self_.clone().put_object(bucket, object, &mut p_reader, &ropts).await {
                 Ok(restored_info) => {
+                    let restored_info = self_.finalize_restore_metadata(bucket, object, &restored_info, &opts).await?;
                     send_event(EventArgs {
                         event_name: EventName::ObjectRestoreCompleted.as_str().to_string(),
                         bucket_name: bucket.to_string(),
@@ -4210,6 +4320,7 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::object::ObjectOperations for SetDisks {
                 return set_restore_header_fn(&mut oi, Some(err)).await;
             }
         };
+        let restored_info = self_.finalize_restore_metadata(bucket, object, &restored_info, opts).await?;
         send_event(EventArgs {
             event_name: EventName::ObjectRestoreCompleted.as_str().to_string(),
             bucket_name: bucket.to_string(),
@@ -4668,6 +4779,33 @@ mod transition_commit_failure_tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    async fn rejected_unsupported_remote_versions_are_cleaned_up() {
+        for remote_version in ["null", "opaque-version-token"] {
+            let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+            let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, "WARM").await;
+            let lease = TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease(&manager, "WARM")
+                .await
+                .expect("mock tier lease should be available");
+            let candidate = TransitionUploadCandidate::from_put_response(remote_version.to_string());
+
+            persisted_transition_version(candidate.remote_version()).expect_err("unsupported writer version must fail closed");
+            cleanup_rejected_transition_upload_durably(
+                &lease,
+                "remote/object",
+                candidate.cleanup_version(),
+                candidate.cleanup_version_is_exact(),
+                None,
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("rejected remote upload must be cleaned up");
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                backend.remove_versions().await,
+                vec![("remote/object".to_string(), candidate.cleanup_version().to_string())]
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     #[serial_test::serial(restore_multipart_failure_point)]
     async fn multipart_restore_aborts_every_post_create_failure() {
         let (temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
@@ -6615,6 +6753,45 @@ mod transition_upload_integrity_tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial_test::serial]
+    async fn unversioned_remote_version_is_persisted_without_version_id() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "transition-unversioned-tier-bucket";
+        let object = "object.bin";
+        let payload = b"unversioned remote tier must commit without a version id".repeat(1024);
+        let original = write_source(&set_disks, &disk_stores, bucket, object, &payload).await;
+        let tier_name = format!("COLDTIER{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]).to_uppercase();
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&runtime_sources::global_tier_config_mgr(), &tier_name).await;
+        backend.set_put_remote_version(Some(String::new())).await;
+        let save_probe = TransitionUploadedSaveProbe::install(bucket, object);
+
+        set_disks
+            .transition_object(bucket, object, &transition_options(&original, tier_name))
+            .await
+            .expect("an unversioned remote version must commit");
+        let (fi, _, _) = set_disks
+            .get_object_fileinfo(
+                bucket,
+                object,
+                &ObjectOptions {
+                    no_lock: true,
+                    metadata_cache_safe: false,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                true,
+                false,
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("committed unversioned transition metadata should be readable");
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, None);
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_state, rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled);
+        assert_eq!(save_probe.attempts(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
+        assert_eq!(backend.object_count().await, 1);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     async fn opaque_remote_version_is_cleaned_before_parse_failure() {
@@ -6630,7 +6807,7 @@ mod transition_upload_integrity_tests {
         set_disks
             .transition_object(bucket, object, &transition_options(&original, tier_name))
             .await
-            .expect_err("an unparseable remote version must fail closed");
+            .expect_err("an opaque remote version must fail closed until the capability gate is active");
         let removed_versions = backend.remove_versions().await;
         assert_eq!(removed_versions.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(removed_versions[0].1, "opaque-version-token");
@@ -6638,6 +6815,38 @@ mod transition_upload_integrity_tests {
         assert_local_source_intact(&set_disks, bucket, object, &payload).await;
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial_test::serial]
+    async fn nil_remote_version_is_cleaned_exactly_before_transaction_persistence() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "transition-nil-version-bucket";
+        let object = "object.bin";
+        let payload = b"nil remote version must retain local data".repeat(1024);
+        let original = write_source(&set_disks, &disk_stores, bucket, object, &payload).await;
+        let tier_name = format!("COLDTIER{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]).to_uppercase();
+        let remote_version = Uuid::nil().to_string();
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&runtime_sources::global_tier_config_mgr(), &tier_name).await;
+        backend.set_put_remote_version(Some(remote_version.clone())).await;
+        let save_probe = TransitionUploadedSaveProbe::install(bucket, object);
+
+        set_disks
+            .transition_object(bucket, object, &transition_options(&original, tier_name))
+            .await
+            .expect_err("a nil remote version must fail closed before transaction persistence");
+        let put_versions = backend.put_versions().await;
+        let removed_versions = backend.remove_versions().await;
+        assert_eq!(removed_versions, put_versions);
+        assert_eq!(removed_versions.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            removed_versions.first().map(|(_, version)| version.as_str()),
+            Some(remote_version.as_str())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(save_probe.attempts(), 0, "nil remote version must be rejected before saving Uploaded");
+        assert_eq!(backend.exact_remove_count(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(backend.object_count().await, 0);
+        assert_local_source_intact(&set_disks, bucket, object, &payload).await;
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     async fn authoritative_read_failure_after_upload_cleans_exact_candidate_and_preserves_source() {
@@ -6985,23 +7194,36 @@ mod transition_source_identity_matrix_tests {
             let object = format!("identity-{index}.bin");
             let payload = vec![u8::try_from(index + 1).expect("matrix index should fit u8"); 1024 * 1024];
             let mut reader = PutObjReader::from_vec(payload);
+            let source_version_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+            let source_opts = ObjectOptions {
+                version_id: Some(source_version_id.to_string()),
+                versioned: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
             let original = set_disks
-                .put_object(bucket, &object, &mut reader, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                .put_object(bucket, &object, &mut reader, &source_opts)
                 .await
                 .expect("source object should be written");
             let (source, _, _) = set_disks
-                .get_object_fileinfo(bucket, &object, &ObjectOptions::default(), true, false)
+                .get_object_fileinfo(bucket, &object, &source_opts, true, false)
                 .await
                 .expect("source metadata should resolve");
+            assert_eq!(source.version_id, Some(source_version_id));
+            assert_eq!(
+                transition_source_identity(bucket, &object, &source, &source_opts, &get_raw_etag(&source.metadata))
+                    .expect("persisted versioned source identity should build")
+                    .version_mode,
+                TransitionSourceVersionMode::Versioned
+            );
             let opts = ObjectOptions {
                 no_lock: true,
+                versioned: true,
                 transition: TransitionOptions {
                     status: TRANSITION_PENDING.to_string(),
                     tier: tier_name.clone(),
                     etag: original.etag.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
-                version_id: original.version_id.map(|version| version.to_string()),
                 mod_time: original.mod_time,
                 ..Default::default()
             };
@@ -7014,7 +7236,10 @@ mod transition_source_identity_matrix_tests {
 
             let mut changed = source.clone();
             match field {
-                IdentityField::VersionId => changed.version_id = Some(Uuid::new_v4()),
+                IdentityField::VersionId => {
+                    changed.version_id = Some(Uuid::new_v4());
+                    changed.fresh = true;
+                }
                 IdentityField::DataDir => changed.data_dir = Some(Uuid::new_v4()),
                 IdentityField::ModTime => {
                     changed.mod_time = changed.mod_time.map(|value| value + time::Duration::nanoseconds(1));
@@ -7032,12 +7257,19 @@ mod transition_source_identity_matrix_tests {
                     .await
                     .expect("single-field metadata drift should be written");
             }
+            let persisted_opts = ObjectOptions {
+                version_id: changed.version_id.map(|version_id| version_id.to_string()),
+                versioned: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            let (persisted, _, _) = set_disks
+                .get_object_fileinfo(bucket, &object, &persisted_opts, true, false)
+                .await
+                .expect("drifted source metadata should resolve");
             put_barrier.release();
 
-            transition
-                .await
-                .expect("transition task should not panic")
-                .expect_err("transition must reject a source whose identity changed after upload");
+            let result = transition.await.expect("transition task should not panic");
+            assert!(result.is_err(), "transition must reject {field:?} drift");
             let expected_attempts = index + 1;
             assert_eq!(backend.put_count().await, expected_attempts);
             assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, expected_attempts);
@@ -7048,26 +7280,26 @@ mod transition_source_identity_matrix_tests {
             );
 
             match field {
-                IdentityField::VersionId => assert_ne!(source.version_id, changed.version_id),
-                IdentityField::DataDir => assert_ne!(source.data_dir, changed.data_dir),
-                IdentityField::ModTime => assert_ne!(source.mod_time, changed.mod_time),
-                IdentityField::Size => assert_ne!(source.size, changed.size),
-                IdentityField::Etag => assert_ne!(get_raw_etag(&source.metadata), get_raw_etag(&changed.metadata)),
+                IdentityField::VersionId => assert_ne!(source.version_id, persisted.version_id),
+                IdentityField::DataDir => assert_ne!(source.data_dir, persisted.data_dir),
+                IdentityField::ModTime => assert_ne!(source.mod_time, persisted.mod_time),
+                IdentityField::Size => assert_ne!(source.size, persisted.size),
+                IdentityField::Etag => assert_ne!(get_raw_etag(&source.metadata), get_raw_etag(&persisted.metadata)),
             }
             if !matches!(field, IdentityField::VersionId) {
-                assert_eq!(source.version_id, changed.version_id);
+                assert_eq!(source.version_id, persisted.version_id);
             }
             if !matches!(field, IdentityField::DataDir) {
-                assert_eq!(source.data_dir, changed.data_dir);
+                assert_eq!(source.data_dir, persisted.data_dir);
             }
             if !matches!(field, IdentityField::ModTime) {
-                assert_eq!(source.mod_time, changed.mod_time);
+                assert_eq!(source.mod_time, persisted.mod_time);
             }
             if !matches!(field, IdentityField::Size) {
-                assert_eq!(source.size, changed.size);
+                assert_eq!(source.size, persisted.size);
             }
             if !matches!(field, IdentityField::Etag) {
-                assert_eq!(get_raw_etag(&source.metadata), get_raw_etag(&changed.metadata));
+                assert_eq!(get_raw_etag(&source.metadata), get_raw_etag(&persisted.metadata));
             }
         }
     }

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/replication.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 use super::*;
+use crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle;
+use rustfs_filemeta::RestoreStatusOps;
 use rustfs_utils::http::headers::{AMZ_RESTORE_EXPIRY_DAYS, AMZ_RESTORE_REQUEST_DATE};
+use s3s::dto::{RestoreStatus, Timestamp};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 struct RestoreCleanupIdentity {
@@ -43,6 +46,69 @@ impl RestoreCleanupIdentity {
 }
 
 impl SetDisks {
+    pub(super) async fn finalize_restore_metadata(
+        &self,
+        bucket: &str,
+        object: &str,
+        obj_info: &ObjectInfo,
+        opts: &ObjectOptions,
+    ) -> Result<ObjectInfo> {
+        let expected = RestoreCleanupIdentity::from_object_info(obj_info);
+        let expected_operation_id = restore_operation_id_from_metadata(&opts.user_defined)?;
+        let expected_etag = obj_info
+            .etag
+            .clone()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| get_raw_etag(obj_info.user_defined.as_ref()));
+        let version_id = expected.version_id.map(|v| v.to_string());
+        let _lock_guard = if !opts.no_lock {
+            Some(
+                self.acquire_write_lock_diag("restore_finalize_metadata", bucket, object)
+                    .await?,
+            )
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        let read_opts = ObjectOptions {
+            version_id,
+            versioned: opts.versioned,
+            version_suspended: opts.version_suspended,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let (mut fi, _, disks) = self
+            .get_object_fileinfo_gated(bucket, object, &read_opts, false, false)
+            .await?;
+        if let Some(expected_operation_id) = expected_operation_id {
+            require_restore_operation_id(&fi.metadata, expected_operation_id)?;
+        }
+        if !expected.matches_file_info(&fi, &expected_etag) {
+            return Err(Error::other("restored object changed before restore metadata finalization"));
+        }
+        let restore_expiry =
+            lifecycle::expected_expiry_time(OffsetDateTime::now_utc(), opts.transition.restore_request.days.unwrap_or(1));
+        fi.metadata.insert(
+            X_AMZ_RESTORE.as_str().to_string(),
+            RestoreStatus {
+                is_restore_in_progress: Some(false),
+                restore_expiry_date: Some(Timestamp::from(restore_expiry)),
+            }
+            .to_string(),
+        );
+        self.invalidate_get_object_metadata_cache(bucket, object).await;
+        self.update_object_meta_with_opts(
+            bucket,
+            object,
+            fi.clone(),
+            disks.as_slice(),
+            &UpdateMetadataOpts {
+                replace_user_metadata: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        )
+        .await?;
+        self.invalidate_get_object_metadata_cache(bucket, object).await;
+        Ok(ObjectInfo::from_file_info(&fi, bucket, object, opts.versioned || opts.version_suspended))
+    }
+
     pub async fn update_restore_metadata(
         &self,
         bucket: &str,

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/transition_matrix_tests.rs

@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 use super::*;
-use crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::{TRANSITION_COMPLETE, TRANSITION_PENDING, TransitionOptions};
+use crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::{TRANSITION_COMPLETE, TRANSITION_PENDING, TransitionOptions, expected_expiry_time};
 use crate::ecstore_validation_blackbox::make_local_set_disks;
 use crate::services::tier::test_util::register_mock_tier;
 use crate::storage_api_contracts::object::{ObjectIO as _, ObjectOperations as _};
+use rustfs_filemeta::{RestoreStatusOps as _, parse_restore_obj_status};
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
 async fn prime_metadata_generation(set_disks: &SetDisks, bucket: &str, object: &str) -> GetObjectMetadataCacheKey {
@@ -83,13 +84,57 @@ async fn transition_and_restore_reclaim_prior_metadata_generations() {
     let transitioned_generation = prime_metadata_generation(&set_disks, bucket, object).await;
     let mut restore_opts = ObjectOptions::default();
     restore_opts.transition.restore_request.days = Some(1);
-    Arc::clone(&set_disks)
-        .restore_transitioned_object(bucket, object, &restore_opts)
-        .await
-        .expect("restore should succeed");
+    let restore_started = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
+    let expiry_from_restore_start = temp_env::async_with_vars(
+        [
+            ("RUSTFS_ILM_DEBUG_DAY_SECS", Some("1")),
+            ("RUSTFS_ILM_PROCESS_TIME", Some("1")),
+        ],
+        async {
+            let expiry_from_restore_start = expected_expiry_time(restore_started, 1);
+            let get_barrier = backend.arm_get_barrier().await;
+            let restore_set = Arc::clone(&set_disks);
+            let restore =
+                tokio::spawn(async move { restore_set.restore_transitioned_object(bucket, object, &restore_opts).await });
+            get_barrier.wait_until_paused().await;
+            tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), async {
+                loop {
+                    if expected_expiry_time(OffsetDateTime::now_utc(), 1) > expiry_from_restore_start {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+                }
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("test clock should cross the next accelerated lifecycle boundary");
+            get_barrier.release();
+            restore
+                .await
+                .expect("restore task should join")
+                .expect("restore should succeed");
+            expiry_from_restore_start
+        },
+    )
+    .await;
     assert_generation_reclaimed(&set_disks, &transitioned_generation).await;
     assert_eq!(backend.get_count().await, 1, "restore should read the remote candidate exactly once");
 
+    let restored_info = set_disks
+        .get_object_info(bucket, object, &ObjectOptions::default())
+        .await
+        .expect("restored object metadata should be readable");
+    let restore_status = parse_restore_obj_status(
+        restored_info
+            .user_defined
+            .get(s3s::header::X_AMZ_RESTORE.as_str())
+            .expect("completed restore header should be present"),
+    )
+    .expect("completed restore header should parse");
+    assert!(
+        restore_status.expiry().expect("completed restore should have an expiry") > expiry_from_restore_start,
+        "restore expiry must be based on completion, not the time the remote copy started"
+    );
+
     let mut restored = Vec::new();
     set_disks
         .get_object_reader(bucket, object, None, HeaderMap::new(), &ObjectOptions::default())

crates/ecstore/src/store/init.rs

@@ -1311,14 +1311,16 @@ mod tests {
             version_id: "version-a".to_string(),
             tier_name: tier_a.to_string(),
             backend_identity: Some(identity_a),
-            version_id_exact: false,
+            version_id_exact: true,
+            version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
         };
         let entry_b = Jentry {
             obj_name: "remote-b".to_string(),
             version_id: "version-b".to_string(),
             tier_name: tier_b.to_string(),
             backend_identity: Some(identity_b),
-            version_id_exact: false,
+            version_id_exact: true,
+            version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact,
         };
         let remove_a = backend_a.arm_failing_remove_barrier().await;
         persist_tier_delete_journal_entry(store_a.clone(), &entry_a)
@@ -2720,10 +2722,12 @@ mod tests {
     #[serial_test::serial(storage_class_env)]
     async fn transition_transaction_recovery_deletes_provider_recovered_unknown_upload() {
         let versioned_remote = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        let nil_remote = uuid::Uuid::nil().to_string();
         for (case, tier_name, remote_version) in [
             ("missing", "TXPROBEMISSING", None),
             ("unversioned", "TXPROBEUNVERSIONED", Some(String::new())),
             ("versioned", "TXPROBEVERSIONED", Some(versioned_remote)),
+            ("nil-version", "TXPROBENILVERSION", Some(nil_remote)),
         ] {
             let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("create temp store dir");
             let (ctx, store, _shutdown) = without_storage_class_env(build_isolated_test_store(

crates/ecstore/src/store/object.rs

@@ -2601,10 +2601,10 @@ mod tests {
     // (backlog#1304): restore entry no longer serializes on the object lock.
     // The replacement semantics — non-blocking reads during the copy-back and
     // fast rejection of a concurrent restore — are covered end-to-end by
-    // `restore_object_usecase_reports_ongoing_conflict_and_completion`
-    // (rustfs/src/app/lifecycle_transition_api_test.rs) and at the lock level
-    // by the accept-guard test below; restore-vs-reader data protection lives
-    // in the inner put_object/complete_multipart_upload commit locks.
+    // `restore_object_usecase_reports_ongoing_conflict`
+    // (rustfs/src/app/lifecycle_transition_api_test.rs), while the SetDisks
+    // transition matrix covers the final local commit. Restore-vs-reader data
+    // protection lives in the inner put_object/complete_multipart_upload locks.
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     async fn restore_accept_guard_serializes_concurrent_accepts() {

crates/filemeta/src/fileinfo.rs

@@ -219,6 +219,16 @@ impl ErasureInfo {
 }
 
 // #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+pub enum TransitionVersionState {
+    #[default]
+    Unknown,
+    KnownDisabled,
+    SuspendedNull,
+    Exact,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct FileInfo {
     pub volume: String,
@@ -230,6 +240,10 @@ pub struct FileInfo {
     pub transitioned_objname: String,
     pub transition_tier: String,
     pub transition_version_id: Option<Uuid>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub transition_version: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub transition_version_state: TransitionVersionState,
     pub expire_restored: bool,
     pub data_dir: Option<Uuid>,
     pub mod_time: Option<OffsetDateTime>,
@@ -459,6 +473,10 @@ impl FileInfo {
         if self.mod_time.is_none_or(|mod_time| mod_time <= OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
             || (!allow_nil_version_id && self.version_id.is_some_and(|version_id| version_id.is_nil()))
             || self.transition_version_id.is_some_and(|version_id| version_id.is_nil())
+            || self
+                .transition_version
+                .as_ref()
+                .is_some_and(|version_id| version_id.is_empty())
             || self.size != 0
             || self.data_dir.is_some()
             || self.mode.is_some()
@@ -492,6 +510,7 @@ impl FileInfo {
             || !self.transitioned_objname.is_empty()
             || !self.transition_tier.is_empty()
             || self.transition_version_id.is_some()
+            || self.transition_version.is_some()
             || self.expire_restored
             || self.size != 0
             || self.data_dir.is_some()
@@ -536,6 +555,25 @@ impl FileInfo {
     /// return `None`.
     pub fn validate(&self, mode: ValidationMode) -> Result<Option<ValidatedErasureLayout>> {
         self.validate_collection_bounds()?;
+        if let (Some(version), Some(version_id)) = (&self.transition_version, self.transition_version_id)
+            && Uuid::parse_str(version).ok() != Some(version_id)
+        {
+            return Err(Error::FileCorrupt);
+        }
+        let transition_state_valid = match self.transition_version_state {
+            TransitionVersionState::Unknown => true,
+            TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled => self.transition_version.is_none() && self.transition_version_id.is_none(),
+            TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull => {
+                self.transition_version.as_deref() == Some("null") && self.transition_version_id.is_none()
+            }
+            TransitionVersionState::Exact => self
+                .transition_version
+                .as_deref()
+                .is_some_and(|version| version != "null" && !version.is_empty()),
+        };
+        if !transition_state_valid {
+            return Err(Error::FileCorrupt);
+        }
 
         let erasure_layout = match mode {
             ValidationMode::RequireErasure => Some(self.validate_erasure_geometry()?),
@@ -832,6 +870,8 @@ impl FileInfo {
             && self.transition_tier == other.transition_tier
             && self.transitioned_objname == other.transitioned_objname
             && self.transition_version_id == other.transition_version_id
+            && self.transition_version == other.transition_version
+            && self.transition_version_state == other.transition_version_state
     }
 
     /// Check if metadata maps are equal
@@ -1351,6 +1391,15 @@ mod tests {
         assert_file_corrupt(&fi, ValidationMode::DeleteOnly);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn metadata_read_validation_rejects_conflicting_transition_versions() {
+        let mut fi = one_shard_validation_fileinfo(1);
+        fi.transition_version_id = Some(Uuid::new_v4());
+        fi.transition_version = Some(Uuid::new_v4().to_string());
+
+        assert_file_corrupt(&fi, ValidationMode::RequireErasure);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn metadata_read_validation_requires_canonical_delete_marker_shape() {
         let marker = FileInfo {
@@ -1722,6 +1771,12 @@ mod tests {
                     transitioned_objname,
                     transition_tier,
                     transition_version_id,
+                    transition_version: transition_version_id.map(|version_id| version_id.to_string()),
+                    transition_version_state: if transition_version_id.is_some() {
+                        TransitionVersionState::Exact
+                    } else {
+                        TransitionVersionState::Unknown
+                    },
                     expire_restored,
                     data_dir,
                     mod_time,

crates/filemeta/src/filemeta/version.rs

@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ use super::msgp_decode::{
     PrependByteReader, prealloc_hint, read_exact_vec, read_nil_or_array_len, read_nil_or_map_len, skip_msgp_value,
 };
 use super::*;
-use crate::ChecksumInfo;
+use crate::{ChecksumInfo, TransitionVersionState};
 use rustfs_utils::HashAlgorithm;
 use rustfs_utils::http::{
     RUSTFS_INTERNAL_PREFIX, SUFFIX_CRC, SUFFIX_FREE_VERSION, SUFFIX_INLINE_DATA, SUFFIX_PURGESTATUS, SUFFIX_TIER_FV_ID,
     SUFFIX_TIER_FV_MARKER, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_STATUS, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER_DESTINATION_ID,
-    SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_OBJECTNAME, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, contains_key_bytes, get_bytes, get_consistent_bytes, get_str,
-    has_internal_suffix, insert_bytes, is_internal_key, remove_bytes, strip_internal_prefix,
+    SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_OBJECTNAME, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE, contains_key_bytes,
+    get_bytes, get_consistent_bytes, get_str, has_internal_suffix, insert_bytes, is_internal_key, remove_bytes,
+    strip_internal_prefix,
 };
 
 const MSGPACK_EXT8: u8 = 0xc7;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const MSGPACK_FIXEXT8: u8 = 0xd7;
 const MSGPACK_TIME_EXT_LEGACY: i8 = 5;
 const MSGPACK_TIME_EXT_OFFICIAL: i8 = -1;
 const MSGPACK_TIME_LEN: u8 = 12;
+const MAX_TRANSITION_VERSION_LEN: usize = 1024;
 
 /// Sentinel signature returned when a version has no computable body (invalid /
 /// missing inner object). Mirrors MinIO's `signatureErr` so such versions never
@@ -251,23 +253,93 @@ fn parse_legacy_uuid_bytes(bytes: &[u8], field: &str) -> Result<Option<Uuid>> {
 
 /// Decode a stored transitioned-version-id from a version's `meta_sys`.
 ///
-/// RustFS writes it as 16 raw UUID bytes; MinIO-migrated tiered objects store
-/// the remote tier's version id as a UUID *string*. Accept both, and treat any
-/// absent / nil / otherwise-unparseable value as "no tier version" (matching the
-/// tolerant pre-hardening behavior) rather than failing the whole object read —
-/// a malformed tier id must not make an otherwise-readable object unreadable.
-fn transitioned_version_id_from_meta_sys(meta_sys: &HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>) -> Option<Uuid> {
-    let value = get_bytes(meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID)?;
+/// Legacy RustFS writes used 16 raw UUID bytes. New writes and MinIO-migrated
+/// records use the provider's exact UTF-8 version text. Empty, nil UUID, and
+/// malformed bytes are not usable remote versions.
+fn transitioned_version_from_meta_sys(meta_sys: &HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+    if !contains_key_bytes(meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID) {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    let Some(value) = get_consistent_bytes(meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID) else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    let value = value.to_vec();
     if value.is_empty() {
-        return None;
+        return Ok(None);
     }
     if let Ok(id) = Uuid::from_slice(&value) {
-        return (!id.is_nil()).then_some(id);
+        return Ok((!id.is_nil()).then(|| id.to_string()));
     }
-    std::str::from_utf8(&value)
+    let Ok(value) = String::from_utf8(value) else {
+        return Ok(None);
+    };
+    if value.is_empty()
+        || value.len() > MAX_TRANSITION_VERSION_LEN
+        || value.chars().any(char::is_control)
+        || Uuid::parse_str(&value).is_ok_and(|id| id.is_nil())
+    {
+        Ok(None)
+    } else {
+        Ok(Some(value))
+    }
+}
+
+fn transition_version_state_from_meta_sys(
+    meta_sys: &HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>,
+    version: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<TransitionVersionState> {
+    if !contains_key_bytes(meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE) {
+        return Ok(TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
+    }
+    let value = get_consistent_bytes(meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE).ok_or(Error::FileCorrupt)?;
+    let state = match value {
+        b"known-disabled" => TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled,
+        b"suspended-null" => TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull,
+        b"exact" => TransitionVersionState::Exact,
+        b"unknown" => TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+        _ => return Err(Error::FileCorrupt),
+    };
+    let valid = match state {
+        TransitionVersionState::Unknown | TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled => version.is_none(),
+        TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull => version == Some("null"),
+        TransitionVersionState::Exact => version.is_some_and(|value| value != "null"),
+    };
+    valid.then_some(state).ok_or(Error::FileCorrupt)
+}
+
+fn transition_version_state_bytes(state: TransitionVersionState) -> &'static [u8] {
+    match state {
+        TransitionVersionState::Unknown => b"unknown",
+        TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled => b"known-disabled",
+        TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull => b"suspended-null",
+        TransitionVersionState::Exact => b"exact",
+    }
+}
+
+fn set_transition_version_state(meta_sys: &mut HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>, state: TransitionVersionState) {
+    if state == TransitionVersionState::Unknown {
+        remove_bytes(meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE);
+    } else {
+        insert_bytes(
+            meta_sys,
+            SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
+            transition_version_state_bytes(state).to_vec(),
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn legacy_transitioned_version_id_from_meta_sys(meta_sys: &HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>) -> Option<Uuid> {
+    transitioned_version_from_meta_sys(meta_sys)
         .ok()
-        .and_then(|s| Uuid::parse_str(s.trim()).ok())
-        .filter(|id| !id.is_nil())
+        .flatten()
+        .and_then(|value| Uuid::parse_str(&value).ok())
+}
+
+fn transitioned_version_bytes(fi: &FileInfo) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    fi.transition_version
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|version| version.as_bytes().to_vec())
+        .or_else(|| fi.transition_version_id.map(|version_id| version_id.as_bytes().to_vec()))
 }
 
 fn parse_legacy_erasure_algo(value: &str) -> ErasureAlgo {
@@ -2398,7 +2470,9 @@ impl MetaObject {
         let transitioned_objname = get_bytes(&self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_OBJECTNAME)
             .map(|v| String::from_utf8_lossy(&v).to_string())
             .unwrap_or_default();
-        let transition_version_id = transitioned_version_id_from_meta_sys(&self.meta_sys);
+        let transition_version = transitioned_version_from_meta_sys(&self.meta_sys)?;
+        let transition_version_state = transition_version_state_from_meta_sys(&self.meta_sys, transition_version.as_deref())?;
+        let transition_version_id = transition_version.as_deref().and_then(|value| Uuid::parse_str(value).ok());
         let transition_tier = get_bytes(&self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER)
             .map(|v| String::from_utf8_lossy(&v).to_string())
             .unwrap_or_default();
@@ -2419,6 +2493,8 @@ impl MetaObject {
             transition_status,
             transitioned_objname,
             transition_version_id,
+            transition_version,
+            transition_version_state,
             transition_tier,
             ..Default::default()
         })
@@ -2431,13 +2507,12 @@ impl MetaObject {
             SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_OBJECTNAME,
             fi.transitioned_objname.as_bytes().to_vec(),
         );
-        if let Some(transition_version_id) = fi.transition_version_id.as_ref() {
-            insert_bytes(
-                &mut self.meta_sys,
-                SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID,
-                transition_version_id.as_bytes().to_vec(),
-            );
+        if let Some(transition_version) = transitioned_version_bytes(fi) {
+            insert_bytes(&mut self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, transition_version);
+        } else {
+            remove_bytes(&mut self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID);
         }
+        set_transition_version_state(&mut self.meta_sys, fi.transition_version_state);
         insert_bytes(&mut self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER, fi.transition_tier.as_bytes().to_vec());
         if let Some(destination_id) = get_str(&fi.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER_DESTINATION_ID) {
             insert_bytes(&mut self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER_DESTINATION_ID, destination_id.into_bytes());
@@ -2501,6 +2576,7 @@ impl MetaObject {
                 SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER,
                 SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_OBJECTNAME,
                 SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID,
+                SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
             ] {
                 if let Some(v) = get_bytes(&self.meta_sys, suffix) {
                     insert_bytes(&mut delete_marker.meta_sys, suffix, v);
@@ -2562,8 +2638,11 @@ impl From<FileInfo> for MetaObject {
             );
         }
 
-        if let Some(vid) = &value.transition_version_id {
-            insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, vid.as_bytes().to_vec());
+        if let Some(transition_version) = transitioned_version_bytes(&value) {
+            insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, transition_version);
+        }
+        if !value.transition_status.is_empty() {
+            set_transition_version_state(&mut meta_sys, value.transition_version_state);
         }
 
         if !value.transition_tier.is_empty() {
@@ -2706,7 +2785,11 @@ impl MetaDeleteMarker {
                 .map(|v| String::from_utf8_lossy(&v).to_string())
                 .unwrap_or_default();
 
-            fi.transition_version_id = transitioned_version_id_from_meta_sys(&self.meta_sys);
+            fi.transition_version = transitioned_version_from_meta_sys(&self.meta_sys).ok().flatten();
+            fi.transition_version_id = legacy_transitioned_version_id_from_meta_sys(&self.meta_sys);
+            fi.transition_version_state =
+                transition_version_state_from_meta_sys(&self.meta_sys, fi.transition_version.as_deref())
+                    .unwrap_or(TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
         }
 
         fi
@@ -2859,8 +2942,11 @@ impl From<FileInfo> for MetaDeleteMarker {
                 value.transitioned_objname.as_bytes().to_vec(),
             );
         }
-        if let Some(version_id) = value.transition_version_id {
-            insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, version_id.as_bytes().to_vec());
+        if let Some(transition_version) = transitioned_version_bytes(&value) {
+            insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, transition_version);
+        }
+        if !value.transition_status.is_empty() || value.tier_free_version() {
+            set_transition_version_state(&mut meta_sys, value.transition_version_state);
         }
         if !value.transition_tier.is_empty() {
             insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER, value.transition_tier.as_bytes().to_vec());
@@ -3412,7 +3498,7 @@ mod tests {
             .insert("x-rustfs-internal-healing".to_string(), "true".to_string());
         marker.metadata.insert("content-type".to_string(), "text/plain".to_string());
         let remote_version_id = Uuid::new_v4();
-        marker.transition_version_id = Some(remote_version_id);
+        marker.transition_version = Some(remote_version_id.to_string());
 
         let converted = MetaDeleteMarker::from(marker);
 
@@ -3420,7 +3506,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(converted.meta_sys.get("x-minio-internal-purgestatus"), Some(&b"pending".to_vec()));
         assert_eq!(
             get_bytes(&converted.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID),
-            Some(remote_version_id.as_bytes().to_vec())
+            Some(remote_version_id.to_string().into_bytes())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            converted
+                .meta_sys
+                .get(&format!("{RUSTFS_INTERNAL_PREFIX}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID}")),
+            Some(&remote_version_id.to_string().into_bytes())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            converted
+                .meta_sys
+                .get(&format!("{}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID}", rustfs_utils::http::MINIO_INTERNAL_PREFIX)),
+            Some(&remote_version_id.to_string().into_bytes())
         );
         assert!(!converted.meta_sys.contains_key("x-rustfs-internal-healing"));
         assert!(!converted.meta_sys.contains_key("content-type"));
@@ -4097,19 +4195,129 @@ mod tests {
             .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
             .expect("into_fileinfo");
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, Some(id));
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, Some(id.to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_state, TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn meta_object_transition_version_id_unparseable_stays_readable_as_none() {
-        // A non-UUID / non-16-byte tier version id must NOT make the object
-        // unreadable; it is tolerated as "no tier version" (compat with
-        // pre-hardening behavior and foreign/edge metadata).
+    fn meta_object_transition_version_id_opaque_text_is_preserved() {
         let mut sys = HashMap::new();
-        insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, b"not-a-uuid".to_vec());
+        insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, b"opaque-generation-42".to_vec());
         let fi = make_meta_object_with_sys(sys)
             .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
-            .expect("unparseable transition version id must not fail the object read");
+            .expect("opaque transition version id must decode");
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version.as_deref(), Some("opaque-generation-42"));
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_state, TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn meta_object_transition_version_state_exact_round_trips_dual_keys() {
+        let id = sample_version_id();
+        let expected_version = id.to_string();
+        let fi = FileInfo {
+            transition_status: "complete".to_string(),
+            transition_version: Some(expected_version.clone()),
+            transition_version_state: TransitionVersionState::Exact,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let object = MetaObject::from(fi);
+        assert_eq!(
+            object
+                .meta_sys
+                .get(&format!("{RUSTFS_INTERNAL_PREFIX}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE}"))
+                .map(Vec::as_slice),
+            Some(b"exact".as_slice())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            object
+                .meta_sys
+                .get(&format!(
+                    "{}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE}",
+                    rustfs_utils::http::MINIO_INTERNAL_PREFIX
+                ))
+                .map(Vec::as_slice),
+            Some(b"exact".as_slice())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            legacy_transitioned_version_id_from_meta_sys(&object.meta_sys),
+            Some(id),
+            "UUID exact writes must remain readable by the legacy UUID consumer"
+        );
+        let decoded = object.into_fileinfo("b", "k", false).expect("exact state should round trip");
+        assert_eq!(decoded.transition_version_state, TransitionVersionState::Exact);
+        assert_eq!(decoded.transition_version.as_deref(), Some(expected_version.as_str()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn set_transition_known_disabled_removes_stale_version_dual_keys() {
+        let mut meta_sys = HashMap::new();
+        insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, b"stale-legacy-version".to_vec());
+        let mut object = make_meta_object_with_sys(meta_sys);
+        object.set_transition(&FileInfo {
+            transition_status: TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
+            transitioned_objname: "remote/object".to_string(),
+            transition_version_state: TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled,
+            transition_tier: "WARM".to_string(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+
+        assert_eq!(get_bytes(&object.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID), None);
+        assert!(
+            !object
+                .meta_sys
+                .contains_key(&format!("{RUSTFS_INTERNAL_PREFIX}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID}"))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !object
+                .meta_sys
+                .contains_key(&format!("{}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID}", rustfs_utils::http::MINIO_INTERNAL_PREFIX))
+        );
+        let decoded = object
+            .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
+            .expect("known-disabled transition must remain readable after replacing stale metadata");
+        assert_eq!(decoded.transition_version, None);
+        assert_eq!(decoded.transition_version_state, TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn meta_object_transition_version_state_conflict_fails_closed() {
+        let mut sys = HashMap::new();
+        insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, sample_version_id().as_bytes().to_vec());
+        sys.insert(format!("{RUSTFS_INTERNAL_PREFIX}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE}"), b"exact".to_vec());
+        sys.insert(
+            format!("{}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE}", rustfs_utils::http::MINIO_INTERNAL_PREFIX),
+            b"known-disabled".to_vec(),
+        );
+
+        make_meta_object_with_sys(sys)
+            .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
+            .expect_err("conflicting state keys must fail closed");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn meta_object_transition_version_id_invalid_utf8_yields_none() {
+        let mut sys = HashMap::new();
+        insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, vec![0xff]);
+        let fi = make_meta_object_with_sys(sys)
+            .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
+            .expect("invalid transition version bytes must not fail the object read");
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn meta_object_transition_version_id_unsafe_text_yields_none() {
+        for value in [b"opaque\0version".to_vec(), vec![b'x'; MAX_TRANSITION_VERSION_LEN + 1]] {
+            let mut sys = HashMap::new();
+            insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, value);
+            let fi = make_meta_object_with_sys(sys)
+                .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
+                .expect("unsafe transition version text must not fail the object read");
+            assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
+            assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, None);
+        }
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4123,6 +4331,7 @@ mod tests {
             .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
             .expect("string-form transition version id must decode");
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, Some(id));
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, Some(id.to_string()));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4152,16 +4361,14 @@ mod tests {
         }
         .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false);
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, Some(id));
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, Some(id.to_string()));
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn delete_marker_free_version_transition_version_id_unparseable_stays_readable() {
-        // A malformed tier version id must not make a free-version record corrupt:
-        // it decodes to None and stays readable. Otherwise free-version expiry
-        // fails and the remote-tier object leaks.
+    fn delete_marker_free_version_transition_version_id_opaque_text_is_preserved() {
         let mut sys = HashMap::new();
         insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_FREE_VERSION, vec![]);
-        insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, b"not-a-uuid".to_vec());
+        insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, b"opaque-generation-42".to_vec());
         insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER, b"WARM".to_vec());
         insert_bytes(&mut sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_OBJECTNAME, b"remote-object".to_vec());
         let fi = MetaDeleteMarker {
@@ -4172,8 +4379,9 @@ mod tests {
         .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false);
 
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version.as_deref(), Some("opaque-generation-42"));
         fi.validate_for_metadata_read()
-            .expect("free-version record with an unparseable tier id must remain readable");
+            .expect("free-version record with an opaque tier id must remain readable");
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4193,6 +4401,7 @@ mod tests {
         .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false);
 
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, Some(id));
+        assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, Some(id.to_string()));
     }
 
     #[test]

crates/protocols/Cargo.toml

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ socket2 = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["all"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 proptest = "1"
+rustfs-test-utils = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter", "time"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["test-util", "macros", "fs"] }
 

crates/protocols/src/swift/account.rs

@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
 
 use super::storage_api::account::{BucketOperations, MakeBucketOptions};
 use super::{SwiftError, SwiftResult};
-use super::{get_swift_bucket_metadata, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, set_swift_bucket_metadata};
+use super::{get_swift_bucket_metadata, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, update_swift_bucket_tagging, validate_metadata};
 use rustfs_credentials::Credentials;
 use s3s::dto::{Tag, Tagging};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use time;
 
 /// Validate that the authenticated user has access to the requested account
 ///
@@ -148,15 +147,33 @@ pub async fn get_account_metadata(account: &str, _credentials: &Option<Credentia
 /// Updates account-level metadata such as TempURL keys.
 /// Only updates swift-account-meta-* tags, preserving other tags.
 ///
+/// The caller must own the account: this metadata holds the account's TempURL
+/// signing key, so writing it for someone else's account would let the writer
+/// mint valid pre-signed URLs against that account's objects. Reads
+/// ([`get_account_metadata`]) stay unauthenticated on purpose — TempURL
+/// signature validation has to resolve the key before any credentials exist.
+///
 /// # Arguments
 /// * `account` - Account identifier
 /// * `metadata` - Metadata key-value pairs to store (keys will be prefixed with `swift-account-meta-`)
-/// * `credentials` - S3 credentials
+/// * `credentials` - Keystone credentials of the caller
 pub async fn update_account_metadata(
     account: &str,
     metadata: &HashMap<String, String>,
-    _credentials: &Option<Credentials>,
+    credentials: &Option<Credentials>,
 ) -> SwiftResult<()> {
+    let Some(credentials) = credentials.as_ref() else {
+        return Err(SwiftError::Unauthorized(
+            "Keystone authentication required to update account metadata".to_string(),
+        ));
+    };
+    validate_account_access(account, credentials)?;
+
+    // These tags are persisted into the bucket metadata file, which every
+    // later config write rewrites in full — so unbounded metadata inflates
+    // the cost of unrelated writes for the life of the account.
+    validate_metadata(metadata)?;
+
     let bucket_name = get_account_metadata_bucket_name(account);
 
     let Some(store) = resolve_swift_object_store_handle() else {
@@ -173,57 +190,30 @@ pub async fn update_account_metadata(
             .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to create account metadata bucket: {}", e)))?;
     }
 
-    // Load current bucket metadata
-    let bucket_meta = get_swift_bucket_metadata(&bucket_name)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to load bucket metadata: {}", e)))?;
+    // Rewrite the persisted tags: replace swift-account-meta-* tags with the
+    // new metadata while preserving other tags. An empty result clears the
+    // tagging config.
+    update_swift_bucket_tagging(bucket_name, |current| {
+        let mut tagging = current.cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
 
-    let mut bucket_meta_clone = (*bucket_meta).clone();
-
-    // Get existing tags, preserving non-Swift tags
-    let mut existing_tagging = bucket_meta_clone
-        .tagging_config
-        .clone()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
-
-    // Remove old swift-account-meta-* tags while preserving other tags
-    existing_tagging.tag_set.retain(|tag| {
-        if let Some(key) = &tag.key {
-            !key.starts_with("swift-account-meta-")
-        } else {
-            true
-        }
-    });
-
-    // Add new metadata tags
-    for (key, value) in metadata {
-        existing_tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
-            key: Some(format!("swift-account-meta-{}", key)),
-            value: Some(value.clone()),
+        tagging.tag_set.retain(|tag| {
+            if let Some(key) = &tag.key {
+                !key.starts_with("swift-account-meta-")
+            } else {
+                true
+            }
         });
-    }
 
-    let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
+        for (key, value) in metadata {
+            tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
+                key: Some(format!("swift-account-meta-{}", key)),
+                value: Some(value.clone()),
+            });
+        }
 
-    if existing_tagging.tag_set.is_empty() {
-        // No tags remain; clear tagging config
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = Vec::new();
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = None;
-    } else {
-        // Serialize tags to XML
-        let tagging_xml = quick_xml::se::to_string(&existing_tagging)
-            .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to serialize tags: {}", e)))?;
-
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = tagging_xml.into_bytes();
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = Some(existing_tagging);
-    }
-
-    // Save updated metadata
-    set_swift_bucket_metadata(bucket_name.clone(), bucket_meta_clone)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to save metadata: {}", e)))?;
+        tagging
+    })
+    .await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }

crates/protocols/src/swift/container.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ use super::storage_api::container::{
 };
 use super::types::Container;
 use super::{SwiftError, SwiftResult};
-use super::{get_swift_bucket_metadata, get_swift_bucket_usage, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, set_swift_bucket_metadata};
+use super::{
+    get_swift_bucket_metadata, get_swift_bucket_usage, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, update_swift_bucket_tagging,
+    validate_metadata,
+};
 use rustfs_credentials::Credentials;
 use s3s::dto::{Tag, Tagging};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
@@ -483,6 +486,11 @@ pub async fn update_container_metadata(
     // Validate container name
     validate_container_name(container)?;
 
+    // These tags are persisted into the bucket metadata file, which every
+    // later config write rewrites in full — so unbounded metadata inflates
+    // the cost of unrelated writes for the life of the container.
+    validate_metadata(&metadata)?;
+
     // Create mapper with default config (tenant prefixing enabled)
     let mapper = ContainerMapper::default();
 
@@ -506,57 +514,30 @@ pub async fn update_container_metadata(
             }
         })?;
 
-    // Load current bucket metadata
-    let bucket_meta = get_swift_bucket_metadata(&bucket_name)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to load bucket metadata: {}", e)))?;
+    // Rewrite the persisted tags: replace swift-meta-* tags with the new
+    // metadata while preserving non-Swift tags. An empty result clears the
+    // tagging config.
+    update_swift_bucket_tagging(bucket_name, |current| {
+        let mut tagging = current.cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
 
-    let mut bucket_meta_clone = (*bucket_meta).clone();
+        tagging.tag_set.retain(|tag| {
+            if let Some(key) = &tag.key {
+                !key.starts_with("swift-meta-")
+            } else {
+                true // Keep tags with no key (shouldn't happen, but be safe)
+            }
+        });
 
-    // Get existing tags, preserving non-Swift tags
-    let mut existing_tagging = bucket_meta_clone
-        .tagging_config
-        .clone()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
-
-    // Remove old swift-meta-* tags while preserving other tags
-    existing_tagging.tag_set.retain(|tag| {
-        if let Some(key) = &tag.key {
-            !key.starts_with("swift-meta-")
-        } else {
-            true // Keep tags with no key (shouldn't happen, but be safe)
+        if let Some(mut new_tagging) = swift_metadata_to_s3_tags(&metadata) {
+            tagging.tag_set.append(&mut new_tagging.tag_set);
         }
-    });
+        // If metadata.is_empty() and swift_metadata_to_s3_tags returns None,
+        // we've already removed swift-meta-* tags above, so only non-Swift
+        // tags remain
 
-    // Add new Swift metadata tags if provided
-    if let Some(mut new_tagging) = swift_metadata_to_s3_tags(&metadata) {
-        // Merge: existing non-Swift tags + new Swift tags
-        existing_tagging.tag_set.append(&mut new_tagging.tag_set);
-    }
-    // If metadata.is_empty() and swift_metadata_to_s3_tags returns None,
-    // we've already removed swift-meta-* tags above, so only non-Swift tags remain
-
-    let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
-
-    if existing_tagging.tag_set.is_empty() {
-        // No tags remain after removing swift-meta-* tags; clear tagging config
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = Vec::new();
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = None;
-    } else {
-        // Serialize the merged tags to XML
-        let tagging_xml = quick_xml::se::to_string(&existing_tagging)
-            .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to serialize tags: {}", e)))?;
-
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = tagging_xml.into_bytes();
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = Some(existing_tagging);
-    }
-
-    // Save updated metadata
-    set_swift_bucket_metadata(bucket_name, bucket_meta_clone)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to save metadata: {}", e)))?;
+        tagging
+    })
+    .await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -819,44 +800,23 @@ pub async fn enable_versioning(
             }
         })?;
 
-    // Load current bucket metadata
-    let bucket_meta = get_swift_bucket_metadata(&bucket_name)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to load bucket metadata: {}", e)))?;
+    // Rewrite the persisted tags: replace any versioning tag with the new
+    // archive location while preserving all other tags.
+    update_swift_bucket_tagging(bucket_name, |current| {
+        let mut tagging = current.cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
 
-    let mut bucket_meta_clone = (*bucket_meta).clone();
+        tagging
+            .tag_set
+            .retain(|tag| tag.key.as_deref() != Some("swift-versions-location"));
 
-    // Get existing tags
-    let mut existing_tagging = bucket_meta_clone
-        .tagging_config
-        .clone()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
+        tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
+            key: Some("swift-versions-location".to_string()),
+            value: Some(archive_container.to_string()), // Store Swift container name, not S3 bucket name
+        });
 
-    // Remove old versioning tag if present
-    existing_tagging
-        .tag_set
-        .retain(|tag| tag.key.as_deref() != Some("swift-versions-location"));
-
-    // Add new versioning tag
-    existing_tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
-        key: Some("swift-versions-location".to_string()),
-        value: Some(archive_container.to_string()), // Store Swift container name, not S3 bucket name
-    });
-
-    let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
-
-    // Serialize tags to XML
-    let tagging_xml = quick_xml::se::to_string(&existing_tagging)
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to serialize tags: {}", e)))?;
-
-    bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = tagging_xml.into_bytes();
-    bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-    bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = Some(existing_tagging);
-
-    // Save updated metadata
-    set_swift_bucket_metadata(bucket_name, bucket_meta_clone)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to save metadata: {}", e)))?;
+        tagging
+    })
+    .await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -882,50 +842,38 @@ pub async fn disable_versioning(account: &str, container: &str, credentials: &Cr
     let mapper = ContainerMapper::default();
     let bucket_name = mapper.swift_to_s3_bucket(container, &project_id);
 
-    // Verify container exists
-    let Some(_store) = resolve_swift_object_store_handle() else {
+    let Some(store) = resolve_swift_object_store_handle() else {
         return Err(SwiftError::InternalServerError("Storage layer not initialized".to_string()));
     };
 
-    // Load current bucket metadata
-    let bucket_meta = get_swift_bucket_metadata(&bucket_name)
+    // Verify container exists. Without this the rewrite below would persist a
+    // fabricated default for a container that does not exist: the metadata
+    // loader turns "no metadata on disk" into a fresh BucketMetadata, and
+    // writing that creates an orphan .metadata.bin and caches a fabricated
+    // default as authoritative.
+    store
+        .get_bucket_info(&bucket_name, &BucketOptions::default())
         .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to load bucket metadata: {}", e)))?;
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            if e.to_string().contains("not found") || e.to_string().contains("NoSuchBucket") {
+                SwiftError::NotFound(format!("Container '{}' not found", container))
+            } else {
+                sanitize_storage_error("Container verification", e)
+            }
+        })?;
 
-    let mut bucket_meta_clone = (*bucket_meta).clone();
+    // Rewrite the persisted tags: drop the versioning tag while preserving
+    // all other tags. An empty result clears the tagging config.
+    update_swift_bucket_tagging(bucket_name, |current| {
+        let mut tagging = current.cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
 
-    // Get existing tags
-    let mut existing_tagging = bucket_meta_clone
-        .tagging_config
-        .clone()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
+        tagging
+            .tag_set
+            .retain(|tag| tag.key.as_deref() != Some("swift-versions-location"));
 
-    // Remove versioning tag
-    existing_tagging
-        .tag_set
-        .retain(|tag| tag.key.as_deref() != Some("swift-versions-location"));
-
-    let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
-
-    if existing_tagging.tag_set.is_empty() {
-        // No tags remain; clear tagging config
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = Vec::new();
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = None;
-    } else {
-        // Serialize remaining tags to XML
-        let tagging_xml = quick_xml::se::to_string(&existing_tagging)
-            .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to serialize tags: {}", e)))?;
-
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = tagging_xml.into_bytes();
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = Some(existing_tagging);
-    }
-
-    // Save updated metadata
-    set_swift_bucket_metadata(bucket_name, bucket_meta_clone)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to save metadata: {}", e)))?;
+        tagging
+    })
+    .await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -1050,65 +998,37 @@ pub async fn set_container_acl(
             }
         })?;
 
-    // Load current bucket metadata
-    let bucket_meta = get_swift_bucket_metadata(&bucket_name)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to load bucket metadata: {}", e)))?;
+    // Rewrite the persisted tags: replace the ACL tags with the new grants
+    // while preserving all other tags. An empty result clears the tagging
+    // config.
+    update_swift_bucket_tagging(bucket_name, |current| {
+        let mut tagging = current.cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
 
-    let mut bucket_meta_clone = (*bucket_meta).clone();
+        tagging
+            .tag_set
+            .retain(|tag| tag.key.as_deref() != Some("swift-acl-read") && tag.key.as_deref() != Some("swift-acl-write"));
 
-    // Get existing tags
-    let mut existing_tagging = bucket_meta_clone
-        .tagging_config
-        .clone()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| Tagging { tag_set: vec![] });
+        if let Some(read) = read_acl
+            && !read.trim().is_empty()
+        {
+            tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
+                key: Some("swift-acl-read".to_string()),
+                value: Some(read.to_string()),
+            });
+        }
 
-    // Remove old ACL tags
-    existing_tagging
-        .tag_set
-        .retain(|tag| tag.key.as_deref() != Some("swift-acl-read") && tag.key.as_deref() != Some("swift-acl-write"));
+        if let Some(write) = write_acl
+            && !write.trim().is_empty()
+        {
+            tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
+                key: Some("swift-acl-write".to_string()),
+                value: Some(write.to_string()),
+            });
+        }
 
-    // Add new read ACL tag if provided
-    if let Some(read) = read_acl
-        && !read.trim().is_empty()
-    {
-        existing_tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
-            key: Some("swift-acl-read".to_string()),
-            value: Some(read.to_string()),
-        });
-    }
-
-    // Add new write ACL tag if provided
-    if let Some(write) = write_acl
-        && !write.trim().is_empty()
-    {
-        existing_tagging.tag_set.push(Tag {
-            key: Some("swift-acl-write".to_string()),
-            value: Some(write.to_string()),
-        });
-    }
-
-    let now = time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
-
-    if existing_tagging.tag_set.is_empty() {
-        // No tags remain; clear tagging config
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = Vec::new();
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = None;
-    } else {
-        // Serialize tags to XML
-        let tagging_xml = quick_xml::se::to_string(&existing_tagging)
-            .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to serialize tags: {}", e)))?;
-
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_xml = tagging_xml.into_bytes();
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config_updated_at = now;
-        bucket_meta_clone.tagging_config = Some(existing_tagging);
-    }
-
-    // Save updated metadata
-    set_swift_bucket_metadata(bucket_name, bucket_meta_clone)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| SwiftError::InternalServerError(format!("Failed to save metadata: {}", e)))?;
+        tagging
+    })
+    .await?;
 
     debug!(
         "Set ACLs for container {}/{}: read={:?}, write={:?}",

crates/protocols/src/swift/mod.rs

@@ -58,10 +58,53 @@ pub mod versioning;
 
 pub use errors::{SwiftError, SwiftResult};
 pub use router::{SwiftRoute, SwiftRouter};
+
+/// Maximum number of metadata headers allowed per resource (Swift standard)
+pub(crate) const MAX_METADATA_COUNT: usize = 90;
+
+/// Maximum size in bytes for a single metadata value (Swift standard)
+pub(crate) const MAX_METADATA_VALUE_SIZE: usize = 256;
+
+/// Validate metadata against Swift limits
+///
+/// Checks that:
+/// - Total number of metadata entries doesn't exceed MAX_METADATA_COUNT
+/// - Individual metadata values don't exceed MAX_METADATA_VALUE_SIZE
+///
+/// Applies to object, container and account metadata alike: all three are
+/// persisted, and container/account metadata additionally lands in the
+/// bucket metadata file that every later config write rewrites in full.
+///
+/// Returns error if limits are exceeded.
+pub(crate) fn validate_metadata(metadata: &std::collections::HashMap<String, String>) -> SwiftResult<()> {
+    // Check total metadata count
+    if metadata.len() > MAX_METADATA_COUNT {
+        return Err(SwiftError::BadRequest(format!(
+            "Too many metadata headers: {} (max: {})",
+            metadata.len(),
+            MAX_METADATA_COUNT
+        )));
+    }
+
+    // Check individual value sizes
+    for (key, value) in metadata.iter() {
+        if value.len() > MAX_METADATA_VALUE_SIZE {
+            return Err(SwiftError::BadRequest(format!(
+                "Metadata value for '{}' too large: {} bytes (max: {} bytes)",
+                key,
+                value.len(),
+                MAX_METADATA_VALUE_SIZE
+            )));
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 // Note: Container, Object, and SwiftMetadata types used by Swift implementation
 pub use storage_api::public_api::{SwiftGetObjectReader, SwiftObjectInfo, SwiftObjectOptions, SwiftPutObjReader};
 pub(crate) use storage_api::public_api::{
-    get_swift_bucket_metadata, get_swift_bucket_usage, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, set_swift_bucket_metadata,
+    get_swift_bucket_metadata, get_swift_bucket_usage, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, update_swift_bucket_tagging,
 };
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 pub use types::{Container, Object, SwiftMetadata};

crates/protocols/src/swift/object.rs

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ use super::account::validate_account_access;
 use super::container::ContainerMapper;
 use super::expiration_worker::{track_object_expiration, untrack_object_expiration};
 use super::storage_api::object::{BucketOperations, BucketOptions, HTTPRangeSpec, ObjectIO as _, ObjectOperations as _};
-use super::{SwiftError, SwiftResult, resolve_swift_object_store_handle};
+use super::{SwiftError, SwiftResult, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, validate_metadata};
 use axum::http::HeaderMap;
 use rustfs_credentials::Credentials;
 use rustfs_rio::HashReader;
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ const LOG_SUBSYSTEM_SWIFT_OBJECT: &str = "swift_object";
 const EVENT_SWIFT_OBJECT_STORAGE_STATE: &str = "swift_object_storage_state";
 const SWIFT_DELETE_AT_METADATA: &str = "x-delete-at";
 
-/// Maximum number of metadata headers allowed per object (Swift standard)
-const MAX_METADATA_COUNT: usize = 90;
-
-/// Maximum size in bytes for a single metadata value (Swift standard)
-const MAX_METADATA_VALUE_SIZE: usize = 256;
-
 /// Maximum object size in bytes (5GB - Swift default)
 const MAX_OBJECT_SIZE: i64 = 5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
 
@@ -234,38 +228,6 @@ impl Default for ObjectKeyMapper {
     }
 }
 
-/// Validate metadata against Swift limits
-///
-/// Checks that:
-/// - Total number of metadata entries doesn't exceed MAX_METADATA_COUNT
-/// - Individual metadata values don't exceed MAX_METADATA_VALUE_SIZE
-///
-/// Returns error if limits are exceeded.
-fn validate_metadata(metadata: &HashMap<String, String>) -> SwiftResult<()> {
-    // Check total metadata count
-    if metadata.len() > MAX_METADATA_COUNT {
-        return Err(SwiftError::BadRequest(format!(
-            "Too many metadata headers: {} (max: {})",
-            metadata.len(),
-            MAX_METADATA_COUNT
-        )));
-    }
-
-    // Check individual value sizes
-    for (key, value) in metadata.iter() {
-        if value.len() > MAX_METADATA_VALUE_SIZE {
-            return Err(SwiftError::BadRequest(format!(
-                "Metadata value for '{}' too large: {} bytes (max: {} bytes)",
-                key,
-                value.len(),
-                MAX_METADATA_VALUE_SIZE
-            )));
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 fn metadata_delete_at(metadata: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Option<u64> {
     metadata
         .get(SWIFT_DELETE_AT_METADATA)

crates/protocols/src/swift/storage_api.rs

@@ -15,14 +15,19 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata::BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG;
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata::BucketMetadata as SwiftBucketMetadata;
-use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata_sys::{
-    get as get_swift_bucket_metadata_from_backend, set_bucket_metadata as set_swift_bucket_metadata_in_backend,
-};
+use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata_sys::{get as get_swift_bucket_metadata_from_backend, update_config_with};
+use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::utils::serialize as serialize_bucket_config;
+use rustfs_ecstore::api::error::Error as SwiftStorageError;
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::error::Result as SwiftStorageResult;
+use rustfs_ecstore::api::notification::get_global_notification_sys;
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::runtime::object_store_handle as resolve_swift_object_store_handle;
 use rustfs_ecstore::api::storage::ECStore as SwiftStore;
 use rustfs_storage_api as storage_contracts;
+use s3s::dto::Tagging;
+
+use super::{SwiftError, SwiftResult};
 
 pub(crate) mod account {
     pub(crate) use super::storage_contracts::{BucketOperations, MakeBucketOptions};
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ pub(crate) mod object {
 pub(crate) mod public_api {
     pub use super::{SwiftGetObjectReader, SwiftObjectInfo, SwiftObjectOptions, SwiftPutObjReader};
     pub(crate) use super::{
-        get_swift_bucket_metadata, get_swift_bucket_usage, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, set_swift_bucket_metadata,
+        get_swift_bucket_metadata, get_swift_bucket_usage, resolve_swift_object_store_handle, update_swift_bucket_tagging,
     };
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +58,15 @@ pub(crate) mod versioning {
     pub(crate) use super::storage_contracts::{ListOperations, ObjectOperations};
 }
 
+const LOG_COMPONENT_PROTOCOLS: &str = "protocols";
+const LOG_SUBSYSTEM_SWIFT_STORAGE: &str = "swift_storage";
+const EVENT_SWIFT_BUCKET_TAGGING_UPDATE: &str = "swift_bucket_tagging_update";
+
+/// Marks the refusal to rewrite an unreadable persisted tagging config, so the
+/// caller can turn it into an actionable client error rather than a generic
+/// storage failure. Carried through the ecstore error, which is a string type.
+const UNREADABLE_TAGGING_SENTINEL: &str = "swift: persisted tagging config could not be parsed";
+
 pub type SwiftGetObjectReader = <SwiftStore as storage_contracts::ObjectIO>::GetObjectReader;
 pub type SwiftObjectInfo = <SwiftStore as storage_contracts::ObjectOperations>::ObjectInfo;
 pub type SwiftObjectOptions = <SwiftStore as storage_contracts::ObjectOperations>::ObjectOptions;
@@ -62,8 +76,80 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_swift_bucket_metadata(bucket: &str) -> SwiftStorageResul
     get_swift_bucket_metadata_from_backend(bucket).await
 }
 
-pub(crate) async fn set_swift_bucket_metadata(bucket: String, metadata: SwiftBucketMetadata) -> SwiftStorageResult<()> {
-    set_swift_bucket_metadata_in_backend(bucket, metadata).await
+/// Rewrite the bucket's tagging config through the persisting
+/// bucket-metadata path.
+///
+/// `rewrite` sees the tag set currently persisted on disk (`None` when the
+/// bucket has none) and returns the full replacement; an empty tag set
+/// clears the config. The read-modify-write runs under the bucket metadata
+/// system's write guard — serialized against every other config update —
+/// and the result is written to the bucket metadata file before the cache
+/// is refreshed, so a Swift metadata POST survives process restarts and
+/// disk-truth reloads. Peers are then told to reload, matching what the S3
+/// handlers do after a config write.
+///
+/// Storage failures are logged in full and reported to the client as a
+/// generic error: these now carry real disk and quorum detail, which does not
+/// belong in a Swift response body. The one exception is an unreadable
+/// persisted config, which is reported specifically because the operator has
+/// to act on it.
+pub(crate) async fn update_swift_bucket_tagging<F>(bucket: String, rewrite: F) -> SwiftResult<()>
+where
+    F: FnOnce(Option<&Tagging>) -> Tagging + Send,
+{
+    let result = update_config_with(&bucket, BUCKET_TAGGING_CONFIG, |bm| {
+        // Merging onto an unparseable tag set would silently drop every tag
+        // the bucket has — including the container ACL and versioning tags —
+        // because the rewrite closures treat "no parsed tags" as "no tags".
+        // Refuse instead: the persisted config is intact, just unreadable.
+        if !bm.tagging_config_xml.is_empty() && bm.tagging_config.is_none() {
+            return Err(SwiftStorageError::other(UNREADABLE_TAGGING_SENTINEL));
+        }
+
+        let tagging = rewrite(bm.tagging_config.as_ref());
+        if tagging.tag_set.is_empty() {
+            Ok(Vec::new())
+        } else {
+            // The S3 XML serializer, not quick_xml: the metadata loader's
+            // parse step must be able to round-trip what we persist.
+            serialize_bucket_config(&tagging)
+                .map_err(|e| SwiftStorageError::other(format!("failed to serialize bucket tagging: {e}")))
+        }
+    })
+    .await;
+
+    if let Err(err) = result {
+        let unreadable = err.to_string().contains(UNREADABLE_TAGGING_SENTINEL);
+        tracing::error!(
+            event = EVENT_SWIFT_BUCKET_TAGGING_UPDATE,
+            component = LOG_COMPONENT_PROTOCOLS,
+            subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_SWIFT_STORAGE,
+            bucket = %bucket,
+            error = %err,
+            reason = if unreadable { "unreadable_persisted_config" } else { "storage_failure" },
+            result = "failed",
+            "swift bucket tagging update failed"
+        );
+        // A Swift-only client has no way to repair this itself, so say what
+        // happened and name the remedy instead of a bare storage error.
+        return Err(if unreadable {
+            SwiftError::Conflict(format!(
+                "The persisted tagging configuration for container store '{bucket}' cannot be parsed, so metadata cannot be updated without discarding it. Reset it with the S3 DeleteBucketTagging API."
+            ))
+        } else {
+            SwiftError::InternalServerError("Metadata update operation failed".to_string())
+        });
+    }
+
+    if let Some(notification_sys) = get_global_notification_sys() {
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            if let Err(err) = notification_sys.load_bucket_metadata(&bucket).await {
+                tracing::warn!(bucket = %bucket, error = %err, "failed to notify peers after swift bucket tagging update");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub(crate) async fn get_swift_bucket_usage() -> SwiftStorageResult<Option<HashMap<String, (u64, u64)>>> {

crates/protocols/tests/ecstore_test_compat/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2024 RustFS Team
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//! ECStore facade boundary for the protocols integration tests.
+//!
+//! The Swift tests need to drive bucket-metadata reloads the way the peer
+//! `LoadBucketMetadata` RPC does. Everything they touch from `rustfs_ecstore`
+//! is aliased here so the tests themselves hold no raw facade subpaths, the
+//! same boundary `crates/protocols/src/swift/storage_api.rs` provides for the
+//! Swift implementation.
+
+pub use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata::load_bucket_metadata;
+pub use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata_sys::{get as get_bucket_metadata, set_bucket_metadata};
+pub use rustfs_ecstore::api::runtime::object_store_handle;

crates/protocols/tests/swift_metadata_persistence.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+// Copyright 2024 RustFS Team
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//! Regression tests: a Swift metadata POST must be persisted to the bucket
+//! metadata file, not just the in-memory cache. The metadata has to survive
+//! the disk-truth reloads performed by peer LoadBucketMetadata notifications
+//! and the periodic refresh loop — and, transitively, a process restart.
+
+#![cfg(feature = "swift")]
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use rustfs_credentials::Credentials;
+use rustfs_protocols::swift::SwiftError;
+use rustfs_protocols::swift::container::{ContainerMapper, update_container_metadata};
+use rustfs_protocols::swift::{account, container};
+use rustfs_test_utils::TestECStoreEnv;
+use serde_json::json;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
+mod ecstore_test_compat;
+use ecstore_test_compat::{get_bucket_metadata, load_bucket_metadata, object_store_handle, set_bucket_metadata};
+
+fn keystone_credentials(project_id: &str) -> Credentials {
+    let mut claims = HashMap::new();
+    claims.insert("keystone_project_id".to_string(), json!(project_id));
+    claims.insert("keystone_roles".to_string(), json!(["member"]));
+
+    Credentials {
+        access_key: "keystone:swift-test".to_string(),
+        claims: Some(claims),
+        ..Default::default()
+    }
+}
+
+/// The account-metadata bucket name scheme from `swift::account`
+/// (`swift-account-{sha256(account)[0..16]}`), mirrored here so the test can
+/// reload that bucket's metadata from disk.
+fn account_metadata_bucket_name(account: &str) -> String {
+    let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+    hasher.update(account.as_bytes());
+    let hash = hex::encode(hasher.finalize());
+    format!("swift-account-{}", &hash[0..16])
+}
+
+/// Replace the cached bucket metadata with what is actually on disk — the
+/// same thing a peer LoadBucketMetadata notification or the periodic refresh
+/// loop does. Before the fix this silently discarded every Swift metadata
+/// POST, because those writes only ever touched the cache.
+async fn reload_bucket_metadata_from_disk(bucket: &str) {
+    let store = object_store_handle().expect("test store should be published");
+    let bm = load_bucket_metadata(store, bucket)
+        .await
+        .expect("bucket metadata should load from disk");
+    set_bucket_metadata(bucket.to_string(), bm)
+        .await
+        .expect("reloaded metadata should install");
+}
+
+/// The `swift-meta-*` tags currently persisted for a container, keyed the way
+/// a Swift client sees them. `get_container_metadata` would be the natural
+/// reader, but it additionally requires a data-usage snapshot for the object
+/// count and byte total, which a bare test store has none of — and that is
+/// orthogonal to whether the metadata itself was persisted.
+async fn persisted_container_metadata(bucket: &str) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+    let bm = get_bucket_metadata(bucket).await.expect("bucket metadata should be cached");
+    let mut out = HashMap::new();
+    if let Some(tagging) = &bm.tagging_config {
+        for tag in &tagging.tag_set {
+            if let (Some(key), Some(value)) = (&tag.key, &tag.value)
+                && let Some(meta_key) = key.strip_prefix("swift-meta-")
+            {
+                out.insert(meta_key.to_string(), value.clone());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Every scenario that needs a store runs against ONE environment: the Swift
+/// handlers resolve the ambient object store and bucket-metadata system, so a
+/// second `TestECStoreEnv` in this process would race the first.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn swift_metadata_writes_are_durable() {
+    let env = TestECStoreEnv::builder().prefix("swift_meta_persist").build().await;
+
+    posts_survive_disk_truth_reload(&env).await;
+    tag_writers_preserve_each_others_state(&env).await;
+    versioning_writes_reject_missing_containers().await;
+}
+
+async fn posts_survive_disk_truth_reload(env: &TestECStoreEnv) {
+    // --- Container metadata POST (X-Container-Meta-*) ---
+    let project_id = "swiftpersistproj";
+    let swift_account = format!("AUTH_{project_id}");
+    let credentials = keystone_credentials(project_id);
+    let swift_container = "photos";
+    let bucket = ContainerMapper::default().swift_to_s3_bucket(swift_container, project_id);
+    env.make_bucket(&bucket, false).await;
+
+    let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
+    metadata.insert("color".to_string(), "blue".to_string());
+    update_container_metadata(&swift_account, swift_container, &credentials, metadata)
+        .await
+        .expect("container metadata POST should succeed");
+
+    reload_bucket_metadata_from_disk(&bucket).await;
+
+    let container_meta = persisted_container_metadata(&bucket).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        container_meta.get("color").map(String::as_str),
+        Some("blue"),
+        "container metadata POST must survive a disk-truth metadata reload"
+    );
+
+    // A follow-up POST replaces the Swift metadata and that replacement must
+    // survive a reload too (the rewrite merges against disk state, so the
+    // previous value must actually be gone).
+    let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
+    metadata.insert("season".to_string(), "summer".to_string());
+    update_container_metadata(&swift_account, swift_container, &credentials, metadata)
+        .await
+        .expect("second container metadata POST should succeed");
+
+    reload_bucket_metadata_from_disk(&bucket).await;
+
+    let container_meta = persisted_container_metadata(&bucket).await;
+    assert_eq!(container_meta.get("season").map(String::as_str), Some("summer"));
+    assert!(
+        !container_meta.contains_key("color"),
+        "replaced container metadata must not resurrect on reload"
+    );
+
+    // --- Container versioning POST (X-Versions-Location) ---
+    let archive_container = "photos-archive";
+    let archive_bucket = ContainerMapper::default().swift_to_s3_bucket(archive_container, project_id);
+    env.make_bucket(&archive_bucket, false).await;
+
+    container::enable_versioning(&swift_account, swift_container, archive_container, &credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect("enable versioning should succeed");
+
+    reload_bucket_metadata_from_disk(&bucket).await;
+
+    let location = container::get_versions_location(&swift_account, swift_container, &credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect("versions location should load");
+    assert_eq!(
+        location.as_deref(),
+        Some(archive_container),
+        "versions location must survive a disk-truth metadata reload"
+    );
+
+    // --- Account metadata POST (TempURL keys etc.) ---
+    let mut account_meta = HashMap::new();
+    account_meta.insert("temp-url-key".to_string(), "s3cr3t".to_string());
+    account::update_account_metadata(&swift_account, &account_meta, &Some(credentials.clone()))
+        .await
+        .expect("account metadata POST should succeed");
+
+    reload_bucket_metadata_from_disk(&account_metadata_bucket_name(&swift_account)).await;
+
+    let loaded = account::get_account_metadata(&swift_account, &None)
+        .await
+        .expect("account metadata should load");
+    assert_eq!(
+        loaded.get("temp-url-key").map(String::as_str),
+        Some("s3cr3t"),
+        "account metadata POST must survive a disk-truth metadata reload"
+    );
+}
+
+/// The rewrites all share one tag set, so a closure that ignored the current
+/// state would still pass a single-feature test. Drive ACLs, versioning and
+/// container metadata over the same container and assert each survives the
+/// others — and that clearing one leaves the rest alone.
+async fn tag_writers_preserve_each_others_state(env: &TestECStoreEnv) {
+    let project_id = "swiftcrosstagproj";
+    let swift_account = format!("AUTH_{project_id}");
+    let credentials = keystone_credentials(project_id);
+    let container = "shared";
+    let archive = "shared-archive";
+    let bucket = ContainerMapper::default().swift_to_s3_bucket(container, project_id);
+    env.make_bucket(&bucket, false).await;
+    env.make_bucket(&ContainerMapper::default().swift_to_s3_bucket(archive, project_id), false)
+        .await;
+
+    let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
+    metadata.insert("color".to_string(), "blue".to_string());
+    update_container_metadata(&swift_account, container, &credentials, metadata)
+        .await
+        .expect("container metadata POST should succeed");
+    container::enable_versioning(&swift_account, container, archive, &credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect("enable versioning should succeed");
+    container::set_container_acl(&swift_account, container, Some(".r:*"), Some("AUTH_other"), &credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect("set container ACL should succeed");
+
+    reload_bucket_metadata_from_disk(&bucket).await;
+
+    // All three writers' state coexists after a disk-truth reload.
+    let meta = persisted_container_metadata(&bucket).await;
+    assert_eq!(meta.get("color").map(String::as_str), Some("blue"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        container::get_versions_location(&swift_account, container, &credentials)
+            .await
+            .expect("versions location should load")
+            .as_deref(),
+        Some(archive)
+    );
+    let acl = container::get_container_acl(&swift_account, container, &credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect("container ACL should load");
+    assert!(!acl.read.is_empty(), "read ACL must survive the reload");
+    assert!(!acl.write.is_empty(), "write ACL must survive the reload");
+
+    // Disabling versioning drops only the versioning tag.
+    container::disable_versioning(&swift_account, container, &credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect("disable versioning should succeed");
+
+    reload_bucket_metadata_from_disk(&bucket).await;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        container::get_versions_location(&swift_account, container, &credentials)
+            .await
+            .expect("versions location should load"),
+        None,
+        "disable_versioning must clear the versioning tag durably"
+    );
+    let meta = persisted_container_metadata(&bucket).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        meta.get("color").map(String::as_str),
+        Some("blue"),
+        "disable_versioning must not disturb container metadata"
+    );
+    let acl = container::get_container_acl(&swift_account, container, &credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect("container ACL should load");
+    assert!(!acl.read.is_empty(), "disable_versioning must not disturb the ACL");
+}
+
+/// A container that does not exist must not get metadata persisted for it:
+/// the metadata loader turns "nothing on disk" into a fresh default, so an
+/// unguarded rewrite would create an orphan metadata file and cache a
+/// fabricated default as authoritative.
+async fn versioning_writes_reject_missing_containers() {
+    let project_id = "swiftmissingproj";
+    let swift_account = format!("AUTH_{project_id}");
+    let credentials = keystone_credentials(project_id);
+    let missing = "no-such-container";
+
+    let err = container::disable_versioning(&swift_account, missing, &credentials)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("disabling versioning on a missing container must fail");
+    assert!(
+        matches!(err, SwiftError::NotFound(_)),
+        "expected NotFound for a missing container, got {err:?}"
+    );
+
+    let bucket = ContainerMapper::default().swift_to_s3_bucket(missing, project_id);
+    assert!(
+        get_bucket_metadata(&bucket).await.is_err(),
+        "a rejected write must not have cached metadata for a nonexistent container"
+    );
+}
+
+/// Account metadata holds the account's TempURL signing key, and it is now
+/// durable — so a write for someone else's account would be a persistent,
+/// cluster-wide takeover of that account's pre-signed URLs, not a cache blip.
+/// The write path must reject both a foreign account and a missing token,
+/// while reads stay open for pre-auth TempURL signature validation.
+///
+/// Deliberately builds no store: both rejections must happen before the write
+/// path resolves storage at all, and a second `TestECStoreEnv` in this process
+/// would race the other test over the ambient store handle.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn account_metadata_write_rejects_foreign_and_anonymous_callers() {
+    let victim_account = "AUTH_victimproject";
+    let attacker_credentials = keystone_credentials("attackerproject");
+
+    let mut poisoned = HashMap::new();
+    poisoned.insert("temp-url-key".to_string(), "attacker-key".to_string());
+
+    let err = account::update_account_metadata(victim_account, &poisoned, &Some(attacker_credentials))
+        .await
+        .expect_err("writing another account's metadata must be rejected");
+    assert!(
+        matches!(err, SwiftError::Forbidden(_)),
+        "cross-account metadata write must be Forbidden, got {err:?}"
+    );
+
+    let err = account::update_account_metadata(victim_account, &poisoned, &None)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("anonymous account metadata write must be rejected");
+    assert!(
+        matches!(err, SwiftError::Unauthorized(_)),
+        "anonymous metadata write must be Unauthorized, got {err:?}"
+    );
+}

crates/scanner/src/data_usage_define.rs

@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ impl DataUsageCache {
                 let mut visited = HashSet::new();
                 visited.insert(hash_path(path).key());
                 let mut flat = self.flatten_with_guard(root, &mut visited, 0);
-                if flat.replication_stats.as_ref().is_some_and(|stats| stats.empty()) {
+                if flat.replication_stats.as_ref().is_some_and(|stats| stats.is_empty()) {
                     flat.replication_stats = None;
                 }
                 Some(flat)
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::storage_api::scanner_io::{HTTPRangeSpec, ObjectIO};
     use crate::{ScannerGetObjectReader, ScannerPutObjReader};
+    use rustfs_data_usage::{ReplicationAllStats, ReplicationStats};
     use serde_json::Value;
     use std::io::Cursor;
     use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -2767,6 +2768,55 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(flat.children.is_empty());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn size_recursive_prunes_empty_and_preserves_threshold_replication_stats() {
+        let root = hash_path("bucket");
+        let child = hash_path("bucket/child");
+        let mut cache = DataUsageCache::default();
+        cache.replace_hashed(&root, &None, &DataUsageEntry::default());
+        cache.replace_hashed(
+            &child,
+            &Some(root.clone()),
+            &DataUsageEntry {
+                replication_stats: Some(ReplicationAllStats::default()),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+
+        assert!(
+            cache
+                .size_recursive("bucket")
+                .expect("scanner bucket usage should flatten")
+                .replication_stats
+                .is_none()
+        );
+
+        cache.replace_hashed(
+            &child,
+            &Some(root.clone()),
+            &DataUsageEntry {
+                replication_stats: Some(ReplicationAllStats {
+                    targets: HashMap::from([(
+                        "arn:test:threshold".to_string(),
+                        ReplicationStats {
+                            after_threshold_count: 1,
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        },
+                    )]),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+
+        let flattened = cache.size_recursive("bucket").expect("scanner bucket usage should flatten");
+        let replication = flattened
+            .replication_stats
+            .expect("threshold-only replication stats must survive pruning");
+
+        assert_eq!(replication.targets["arn:test:threshold"].after_threshold_count, 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn checked_flatten_rejects_dangling_child() {
         let root_key = hash_path("bucket").key();

crates/utils/src/http/metadata_compat.rs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub const SUFFIX_CRC: &str = "crc";
 pub const SUFFIX_TRANSITION_STATUS: &str = "transition-status";
 pub const SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_OBJECTNAME: &str = "transitioned-object";
 pub const SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID: &str = "transitioned-versionID";
+pub const SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE: &str = "transitioned-version-state";
 pub const SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER: &str = "transition-tier";
 pub const SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER_DESTINATION_ID: &str = "transition-tier-destination-id";
 pub const SUFFIX_RESTORE_OPERATION_ID: &str = "restore-operation-id";

docs/architecture/compat-cleanup-register.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ for later deletion.
 - `disk-mutation-body-digest` internode mutating disk RPCs: servers temporarily accept mutating disk RPCs (RenameData, DeleteVersion, DeleteVersions, WriteMetadata, UpdateMetadata, WriteAll, Delete, DeletePaths, RenameFile, RenamePart, DeleteVolume, MakeVolume, MakeVolumes) that carry no signature-bound canonical body digest, so peers from releases that predate body-digest signing remain available during rolling upgrades. Accepted digestless mutations increment the internode body-digest fallback counter; that counter must read zero fleet-wide across a release window before RUSTFS_INTERNODE_RPC_BODY_DIGEST_STRICT is enabled. Because body-bound requests now consume replay-cache nonces on the receiver, deploy the raised RUSTFS_INTERNODE_RPC_REPLAY_CACHE_CAPACITY default fleet-wide before enabling strict mode, and watch the internode replay-cache overflow counter for undersized capacity during the rollout. Remove the digestless fallback after the minimum supported RustFS peer version body-binds every mutating disk RPC.
 - `heal-status-rpc-v1` node heal status capability: new peers treat an unimplemented BackgroundHealStatus RPC as an explicitly incomplete rolling-upgrade response. Remove the fallback after the minimum supported RustFS peer version implements BackgroundHealStatus.
 - `backlog-1316` legacy encrypted multipart range seek: the feature remains opt-in until every server that can initiate, write, or complete multipart uploads supports the candidate-to-final marker protocol and uploadId commit lock, and pre-upgrade multipart uploads have drained. Remove the RUSTFS_ENCRYPTED_RANGE_SEEK switch after the minimum supported release does so; keep the quorum marker and malformed-layout full-read guards permanently.
+- `tonic-013-status-render` peer RPC failure classification: internode failures that reach a node only as text (a peer's error_info payload, a status flattened through format!) are classified by matching the rendering of an Unavailable gRPC status. Releases up to 1.0.0-alpha.38 shipped tonic 0.13, which rendered that status as "status: Unavailable, message: ..."; tonic 0.14 renders it as "code: 'The service is currently unavailable', message: ...". Both forms are matched so an older peer's relayed text still marks an unreachable peer offline. Remove the tonic 0.13 form after the minimum supported RustFS peer version ships tonic 0.14 or later.
 - `rustfs-5063` pre-beta.9 Local KMS recovery: persisted Local KMS configs from beta.8 and earlier predate the explicit insecure-development flag, and encrypted key files use the legacy SHA-256 KDF. Remove the config fallback after supported upgrades have rewritten or explicitly resaved all pre-beta.9 configs with the development-default field, and remove the legacy KDF after supported upgrades have rewritten all pre-beta.9 Local KMS key files with explicit at-rest protection.
 - `sse-local-dek-json-v1` legacy local SSE DEK decoding: releases before the JSON envelope wrote wrapped DEKs as `base64(nonce):base64(ciphertext)`, so readers retain that decoder while all new writes use the versioned JSON envelope. Remove the colon decoder after the minimum supported direct-upgrade release writes JSON envelopes and migration tooling has rewritten every retained legacy object.
 

rustfs/src/app/lifecycle_transition_api_test.rs

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 static GLOBAL_ENV: OnceLock<(Vec<PathBuf>, Arc<ECStore>)> = OnceLock::new();
 static INIT: Once = Once::new();
 const TRANSITION_WAIT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
-const RESTORE_COPY_BACK_WAIT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
 const ENV_GET_CODEC_STREAMING_ENABLE: &str = "RUSTFS_GET_CODEC_STREAMING_ENABLE";
 const ENV_GET_CODEC_STREAMING_ROLLOUT: &str = "RUSTFS_GET_CODEC_STREAMING_ROLLOUT";
 const ENV_GET_CODEC_STREAMING_BODY_COMPAT_CONFIRMED: &str = "RUSTFS_GET_CODEC_STREAMING_BODY_COMPAT_CONFIRMED";
@@ -339,45 +338,6 @@ async fn wait_for_transition(ecstore: &Arc<ECStore>, bucket: &str, object: &str,
     }
 }
 
-async fn wait_for_restore_completion(
-    ecstore: &Arc<ECStore>,
-    backend: &MockWarmBackend,
-    bucket: &str,
-    object: &str,
-    timeout: Duration,
-) -> Result<ObjectInfo, String> {
-    let deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + timeout;
-    let mut last_state = None;
-
-    loop {
-        if tokio::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
-            let tier_gets = backend.get_count().await;
-            let op_log = backend.op_log().await;
-            return Err(format!(
-                "restore copy-back should complete within {timeout:?}; tier_gets={tier_gets}, op_log={op_log:?}; last observed state: {}",
-                last_state.unwrap_or_else(|| "no object info observed".to_string())
-            ));
-        }
-
-        match (**ecstore).get_object_info(bucket, object, &ObjectOptions::default()).await {
-            Ok(info) => {
-                if !info.restore_ongoing && info.restore_expires.is_some() {
-                    return Ok(info);
-                }
-                last_state = Some(format!(
-                    "restore_ongoing={}, restore_expires={:?}, transitioned_status={}",
-                    info.restore_ongoing, info.restore_expires, info.transitioned_object.status
-                ));
-            }
-            Err(err) => {
-                last_state = Some(format!("get_object_info failed: {err}"));
-            }
-        }
-
-        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
-    }
-}
-
 // SAFETY: this helper is used only by `#[serial]` tests and runs under the single-threaded Tokio
 // runtime (`worker_threads = 1`), so no concurrent test can mutate process environment during the
 // `env::set_var` / `env::remove_var` window.
@@ -2097,10 +2057,9 @@ async fn put_bucket_lifecycle_configuration_rejects_zero_day_expiration() {
 /// POST restore(days=1) is accepted and flips the object to
 /// `x-amz-restore: ongoing-request="true"` while the mock tier GET barrier
 /// proves the background copy-back has reached the remote read; a second POST
-/// during that window is rejected with 409 `RestoreAlreadyInProgress`; once the
-/// copy-back completes the object reports `ongoing-request="false"` with a
-/// future expiry-date; and a full GET is then served from the local restored
-/// copy (the mock tier records no further `get` calls).
+/// during that window is rejected with 409 `RestoreAlreadyInProgress`.
+/// Synchronous SetDisks transition tests cover copy-back completion, restore
+/// metadata, and local byte-identical reads.
 ///
 /// Re-enabled in the serial lane by backlog#1304: the accept path now flips
 /// the ongoing flag under a short compare-and-set guard and the copy-back
@@ -2110,7 +2069,7 @@ async fn put_bucket_lifecycle_configuration_rejects_zero_day_expiration() {
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 #[serial]
 #[ignore = "global-state ILM integration test: runs serialized in the CI ILM Integration (serial) lane, see ci.yml test-ilm-integration-serial and rustfs/backlog#1148 (ilm-8)"]
-async fn restore_object_usecase_reports_ongoing_conflict_and_completion() {
+async fn restore_object_usecase_reports_ongoing_conflict() {
     let (_disk_paths, ecstore) = setup_test_env().await;
     let usecase = DefaultObjectUsecase::from_global();
 
@@ -2177,35 +2136,6 @@ async fn restore_object_usecase_reports_ongoing_conflict_and_completion() {
     );
 
     get_barrier.release();
-
-    // Completion: ongoing flips to false and a future expiry-date appears.
-    let completed =
-        wait_for_restore_completion(&ecstore, &backend, bucket.as_str(), object, RESTORE_COPY_BACK_WAIT_TIMEOUT).await;
-    let completed = completed.unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("{err}"));
-
-    let now_secs = std::time::SystemTime::now()
-        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
-        .expect("clock before unix epoch")
-        .as_secs() as i64;
-    let expires = completed.restore_expires.expect("completed restore carries an expiry");
-    assert!(
-        expires.unix_timestamp() > now_secs,
-        "restore expiry-date must be in the future, got {expires}"
-    );
-    assert_eq!(
-        completed.transitioned_object.status, "complete",
-        "restore must not clear the transitioned state"
-    );
-
-    // The restored copy serves GET locally: no further tier GETs.
-    let tier_gets_after_restore = backend.get_count().await;
-    let data = read_object_bytes(&ecstore, bucket.as_str(), object).await;
-    assert_eq!(data, payload, "restored GET must return the original bytes");
-    assert_eq!(
-        backend.get_count().await,
-        tier_gets_after_restore,
-        "GET of a restored object must be served locally, not from the tier"
-    );
 }
 
 /// backlog#1304: the restore-accept compare-and-set itself, under real

rustfs/src/app/object_usecase.rs

@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ async fn enqueue_transitioned_delete_cleanup(
     let _activity_guard = DeleteTailActivityGuard::new(DeleteTailStage::Cleanup);
 
     let je = if opts.delete_prefix {
-        tier_sweeper::transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry(&existing.transitioned_object)
+        tier_sweeper::transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry(&existing.transitioned_object, existing.transition_version_state)
     } else {
         let version_id = opts.version_id.as_ref().and_then(|v| Uuid::parse_str(v).ok());
         tier_sweeper::transitioned_delete_journal_entry(
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ async fn enqueue_transitioned_delete_cleanup(
             opts.versioned,
             opts.version_suspended,
             &existing.transitioned_object,
+            existing.transition_version_state,
         )
     };
     let Some(mut je) = je else {
@@ -9683,7 +9684,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial_test::serial]
-    async fn transitioned_delete_cleanup_persists_identity_bound_and_legacy_journals() {
+    async fn transitioned_delete_cleanup_persists_known_state_and_rejects_unknown_state() {
         let store = crate::app::gating_test_env::shared_gating_ecstore().await;
         if current_app_context().is_none() {
             crate::app::runtime_sources::install_test_app_context(Arc::clone(&store)).await;
@@ -9703,8 +9704,9 @@ mod tests {
         current.transitioned_object.tier = "WARM".to_string();
         current.transitioned_object.name = "remote/identity-bound".to_string();
         current.transitioned_object.version_id = "remote-version".to_string();
+        current.transition_version_state = rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact;
 
-        let journal_name = |remote_object: &str, backend_identity: Option<[u8; 32]>| {
+        let journal_name = |remote_object: &str, backend_identity: Option<[u8; 32]>, version_id_exact: bool| {
             use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 
             let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
@@ -9717,6 +9719,10 @@ mod tests {
                 hasher.update([0]);
                 hasher.update(backend_identity);
             }
+            if version_id_exact {
+                hasher.update([0]);
+                hasher.update(b"exact-version-id");
+            }
             format!("ilm/tier-delete-journal/{}.json", rustfs_utils::crypto::hex(hasher.finalize().as_slice()))
         };
 
@@ -9726,7 +9732,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut identity_bound = store
             .get_object_reader(
                 ".rustfs.sys",
-                &journal_name("remote/identity-bound", Some(identity)),
+                &journal_name("remote/identity-bound", Some(identity), true),
                 None,
                 http::HeaderMap::new(),
                 &ObjectOptions::default(),
@@ -9739,11 +9745,14 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("identity-bound journal body should be readable");
         let identity_bound: serde_json::Value =
             serde_json::from_slice(&identity_bound_data).expect("identity-bound journal should decode as JSON");
-        assert_eq!(identity_bound["version"], serde_json::json!(2));
+        assert_eq!(identity_bound["version"], serde_json::json!(4));
         assert_eq!(identity_bound["backend_identity"], serde_json::json!(identity));
+        assert_eq!(identity_bound["version_id_exact"], serde_json::json!(true));
+        assert_eq!(identity_bound["version_state"], serde_json::json!("exact"));
 
         current.user_defined = Arc::new(HashMap::new());
         current.transitioned_object.name = "remote/legacy".to_string();
+        current.transition_version_state = rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown;
         enqueue_transitioned_delete_cleanup(
             store.clone(),
             "bucket",
@@ -9755,24 +9764,31 @@ mod tests {
             Some(&current),
         )
         .await
-        .expect("legacy force-delete cleanup should persist a fail-closed v1 journal");
-        let mut legacy = store
+        .expect("unknown force-delete cleanup should fail closed without a journal");
+        let legacy_err = match store
             .get_object_reader(
                 ".rustfs.sys",
-                &journal_name("remote/legacy", None),
+                &journal_name("remote/legacy", None, false),
                 None,
                 http::HeaderMap::new(),
                 &ObjectOptions::default(),
             )
             .await
-            .expect("legacy journal should be readable");
-        let mut legacy_data = Vec::new();
-        tokio::io::AsyncReadExt::read_to_end(&mut legacy.stream, &mut legacy_data)
-            .await
-            .expect("legacy journal body should be readable");
-        let legacy: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&legacy_data).expect("legacy journal should decode as JSON");
-        assert_eq!(legacy["version"], serde_json::json!(1));
-        assert_eq!(legacy["backend_identity"], serde_json::Value::Null);
+        {
+            Ok(_) => panic!("unknown remote version state must not persist a delete journal"),
+            Err(err) => err,
+        };
+        assert!(
+            matches!(
+                &legacy_err,
+                StorageError::FileNotFound
+                    | StorageError::ObjectNotFound(_, _)
+                    | StorageError::FileVersionNotFound
+                    | StorageError::VersionNotFound(_, _, _)
+                    | StorageError::VolumeNotFound
+            ),
+            "unknown remote version state must leave no journal, got {legacy_err:?}"
+        );
     }
 
     async fn put_real_cold_fill_object(store: &Arc<ECStore>, bucket: &str, object: &str, body: &[u8]) -> ObjectInfo {

rustfs/src/app/storage_api.rs

@@ -409,20 +409,24 @@ pub(crate) mod bucket {
                 versioned: bool,
                 suspended: bool,
                 transitioned: &super::super::super::storage_contracts::TransitionedObject,
+                transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState,
             ) -> Option<Jentry> {
                 crate::storage::storage_api::ecstore_bucket::lifecycle::tier_sweeper::transitioned_delete_journal_entry(
                     version_id,
                     versioned,
                     suspended,
                     transitioned,
+                    transition_version_state,
                 )
             }
 
             pub(crate) fn transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry(
                 transitioned: &super::super::super::storage_contracts::TransitionedObject,
+                transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState,
             ) -> Option<Jentry> {
                 crate::storage::storage_api::ecstore_bucket::lifecycle::tier_sweeper::transitioned_force_delete_journal_entry(
                     transitioned,
+                    transition_version_state,
                 )
             }
         }

scripts/README.md

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ their issue closes.
 | `manual_transition_journal_audit.sh` | dev-tool | Journal + metrics + log audit for manual transition jobs | — |
 | `manual_transition_mixed_rollout_matrix.sh` | dev-tool | Matrix generator for mixed-version rollout phases | — |
 | `manual_transition_mixed_rollout_runbook.sh` | dev-tool | Reusable mixed-version rollout runbook generator (external run) | — |
-| `manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.sh` | dev-tool | Dedicated #1508 Docker harness for old/new manual-transition rollout evidence | `test_manual_transition_runbooks.sh` |
+| `manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.sh` | dev-tool | Dedicated #1508 Docker harness for old/new manual-transition rollout evidence with strict/baseline/blocked result classification | `test_manual_transition_runbooks.sh` |
 | `monitor_manual_transition_ci.sh` | dev-tool | CI workflow/status watcher for manual transition follow-up monitoring | — |
 | `manual_transition_soak_matrix.sh` | dev-tool | Matrix generator for nightly stress windows | — |
 | `manual_transition_nightly_stress_runbook.sh` | dev-tool | Nightly stress entrypoint with failure snapshot templates | — |

scripts/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.sh

@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ COLD_IMAGE="${COLD_IMAGE:-${NEW_IMAGE}}"
 BASE_PORT="${BASE_PORT:-19400}"
 OUT_DIR="${OUT_DIR:-${PROJECT_ROOT}/target/manual-transition-1508-docker/$(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S)}"
 KEEP_UP=false
-ROLLBACK_NEW2_TO_OLD=true
+ROLLBACK_PHASE="${ROLLBACK_PHASE:-after-terminal}"
+OLD_NODE_PHASE="${OLD_NODE_PHASE:-initial}"
 WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECS="${WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECS:-180}"
 POLL_SECONDS="${POLL_SECONDS:-180}"
+TRANSITION_WORKERS="${TRANSITION_WORKERS:-2}"
+TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY="${TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY:-64}"
+FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT="${FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT:-false}"
 
 HOT_ACCESS_KEY="${HOT_ACCESS_KEY:-mvadmin}"
 HOT_SECRET_KEY="${HOT_SECRET_KEY:-mvsecret}"
@@ -58,18 +62,31 @@ Options:
   --object-count <n>           Non-empty probe object count
   --tier <name>                Remote tier name
   --keep-up                    Leave Docker services running
-  --no-rollback                Do not replace node2 with old image after job admission
+  --rollback-phase <phase>     Rollback node2 timing: after-terminal, in-flight, none
+  --old-node-phase <phase>     Old node1 timing: initial, before-job
+  --no-rollback                Alias for --rollback-phase none
   -h, --help                   Show help
 
 Environment:
   PROJECT_NAME OLD_IMAGE NEW_IMAGE COLD_IMAGE BASE_PORT OUT_DIR KEEP_UP
   HOT_ACCESS_KEY HOT_SECRET_KEY COLD_ACCESS_KEY COLD_SECRET_KEY
   TIER_NAME TIER_BUCKET TIER_PREFIX JOB_BUCKET JOB_PREFIX OBJECT_COUNT
-  WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECS POLL_SECONDS AWS_SIGV4_SCOPE
+  ROLLBACK_PHASE WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECS POLL_SECONDS TRANSITION_WORKERS
+  TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY OLD_NODE_PHASE FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT AWS_SIGV4_SCOPE
 
 Artifacts:
   compose.yml, image inspect files, health/readiness logs, API responses,
   terminal status, old-node readback, container logs, summary.env.
+
+Result classifications:
+  strict_mixed_rollout_pass          Real old/new images, non-empty completed transition, zero failures
+  baseline_tiered_storage_pass      Same old/new image completed transition; useful baseline, not #1508 closure
+  blocked_manual_api_not_implemented Manual transition API returned 501 before job admission
+  blocked_manual_api_unavailable    Manual transition API did not return a usable job_id
+  blocked_cluster_readiness_failed  Docker cluster did not reach health/readiness before admission
+  blocked_empty_scan_or_lifecycle   Job completed without lifecycle-matching transition work
+  blocked_manual_job_preempted_by_lifecycle_queue Lifecycle/immediate transition queued work before the job
+  strict_mixed_rollout_fail         Mixed rollout ran but did not satisfy the strict #1508 gate
 USAGE
 }
 
@@ -111,6 +128,28 @@ parse_positive_int() {
   fi
 }
 
+validate_rollback_phase() {
+  case "$ROLLBACK_PHASE" in
+    after-terminal|in-flight|none)
+      ;;
+    *)
+      log_error "--rollback-phase must be one of: after-terminal, in-flight, none"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+validate_old_node_phase() {
+  case "$OLD_NODE_PHASE" in
+    initial|before-job)
+      ;;
+    *)
+      log_error "--old-node-phase must be one of: initial, before-job"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
 parse_args() {
   while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -150,8 +189,16 @@ parse_args() {
         KEEP_UP=true
         shift
         ;;
+      --rollback-phase)
+        ROLLBACK_PHASE="$(arg_value "$1" "${2:-}")"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      --old-node-phase)
+        OLD_NODE_PHASE="$(arg_value "$1" "${2:-}")"
+        shift 2
+        ;;
       --no-rollback)
-        ROLLBACK_NEW2_TO_OLD=false
+        ROLLBACK_PHASE=none
         shift
         ;;
       -h|--help)
@@ -198,12 +245,18 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 
 write_compose_file() {
+  local node1_image
   COMPOSE_FILE="${OUT_DIR}/compose.yml"
+  node1_image="$OLD_IMAGE"
+  if [[ "$OLD_NODE_PHASE" == "before-job" ]]; then
+    node1_image="$NEW_IMAGE"
+  fi
   cat >"$COMPOSE_FILE" <<EOF
 services:
   cold:
     image: ${COLD_IMAGE}
     hostname: cold
+    user: "0:0"
     environment:
       - RUSTFS_ADDRESS=:9000
       - RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY=${COLD_ACCESS_KEY}
@@ -222,14 +275,20 @@ services:
       - rustfs-1508-net
 
   node1:
-    image: ${OLD_IMAGE}
+    image: ${node1_image}
     hostname: node1
+    user: "0:0"
     environment: &hot-env
       - RUSTFS_ADDRESS=:9000
       - RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY=${HOT_ACCESS_KEY}
       - RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY=${HOT_SECRET_KEY}
       - RUSTFS_VOLUMES=$(hot_volumes)
       - RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED=false
+      - RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE=3600
+      - RUSTFS_SCANNER_START_DELAY_SECS=3600
+      - RUSTFS_MAX_TRANSITION_WORKERS=${TRANSITION_WORKERS}
+      - RUSTFS_TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY=${TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY}
+      - RUSTFS_TEST_FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT=${FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT}
       - RUSTFS_UNSAFE_BYPASS_DISK_CHECK=true
       - RUSTFS_OBS_LOGGER_LEVEL=warn
     volumes:
@@ -245,6 +304,7 @@ services:
   node2:
     image: ${NEW_IMAGE}
     hostname: node2
+    user: "0:0"
     environment: *hot-env
     volumes:
       - node2_data_0:/data/rustfs0
@@ -259,6 +319,7 @@ services:
   node3:
     image: ${NEW_IMAGE}
     hostname: node3
+    user: "0:0"
     environment: *hot-env
     volumes:
       - node3_data_0:/data/rustfs0
@@ -273,6 +334,7 @@ services:
   node4:
     image: ${NEW_IMAGE}
     hostname: node4
+    user: "0:0"
     environment: *hot-env
     volumes:
       - node4_data_0:/data/rustfs0
@@ -433,16 +495,19 @@ seed_objects() {
 }
 
 start_transition_job() {
-  local query response job_id
+  local query response job_id run_http_code
   query="bucket=$(url_encode "$JOB_BUCKET")"
   query="${query}&prefix=$(url_encode "${JOB_PREFIX}/")"
   query="${query}&tier=$(url_encode "$TIER_NAME")"
   query="${query}&dryRun=false&maxObjects=${OBJECT_COUNT}&mode=async"
-  response="$(curl_hot POST "$(hot_endpoint 2)/rustfs/admin/v3/ilm/transition/run?${query}")"
-  printf '%s\n' "$response" >"${OUT_DIR}/run-response.json"
+  curl_hot POST "$(hot_endpoint 2)/rustfs/admin/v3/ilm/transition/run?${query}" \
+    -o "${OUT_DIR}/run-response.json" \
+    -w "%{http_code}\n" >"${OUT_DIR}/run-response.http_code" || true
+  response="$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/run-response.json" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  run_http_code="$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/run-response.http_code" 2>/dev/null || true)"
   job_id="$(printf '%s' "$response" | jq -r '.job_id // empty')"
   if [[ -z "$job_id" ]]; then
-    log_error "manual transition response omitted job_id"
+    log_warn "manual transition response omitted job_id, http_code=${run_http_code:-unknown}"
     return 1
   fi
   printf '%s\n' "$job_id" >"${OUT_DIR}/job-id.txt"
@@ -451,19 +516,25 @@ start_transition_job() {
 replace_node2_with_old_image() {
   local network
   network="$(network_name)"
-  log_info "Replacing node2 with old image ${OLD_IMAGE} for in-flight rollback readback"
+  log_info "Replacing node2 with old image ${OLD_IMAGE} for ${ROLLBACK_PHASE} rollback readback"
   compose stop node2 >/dev/null
   compose rm -f node2 >/dev/null
   docker run -d \
     --name "${PROJECT_NAME}-node2-rollback-old" \
     --network "$network" \
     --network-alias node2 \
+    --user 0:0 \
     -p "$((BASE_PORT + 2)):9000" \
     -e RUSTFS_ADDRESS=:9000 \
     -e RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY="$HOT_ACCESS_KEY" \
     -e RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY="$HOT_SECRET_KEY" \
     -e RUSTFS_VOLUMES="$(hot_volumes)" \
     -e RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED=false \
+    -e RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE=3600 \
+    -e RUSTFS_SCANNER_START_DELAY_SECS=3600 \
+    -e RUSTFS_MAX_TRANSITION_WORKERS="$TRANSITION_WORKERS" \
+    -e RUSTFS_TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY="$TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY" \
+    -e RUSTFS_TEST_FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT="$FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT" \
     -e RUSTFS_UNSAFE_BYPASS_DISK_CHECK=true \
     -e RUSTFS_OBS_LOGGER_LEVEL=warn \
     -v "${PROJECT_NAME}_node2_data_0:/data/rustfs0" \
@@ -473,6 +544,37 @@ replace_node2_with_old_image() {
     "$OLD_IMAGE" >/dev/null
 }
 
+replace_node1_with_old_image() {
+  local network
+  network="$(network_name)"
+  log_info "Replacing node1 with old image ${OLD_IMAGE} before manual transition job"
+  compose stop node1 >/dev/null
+  compose rm -f node1 >/dev/null
+  docker run -d \
+    --name "${PROJECT_NAME}-node1-before-job-old" \
+    --network "$network" \
+    --network-alias node1 \
+    --user 0:0 \
+    -p "$((BASE_PORT + 1)):9000" \
+    -e RUSTFS_ADDRESS=:9000 \
+    -e RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY="$HOT_ACCESS_KEY" \
+    -e RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY="$HOT_SECRET_KEY" \
+    -e RUSTFS_VOLUMES="$(hot_volumes)" \
+    -e RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED=false \
+    -e RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE=3600 \
+    -e RUSTFS_SCANNER_START_DELAY_SECS=3600 \
+    -e RUSTFS_MAX_TRANSITION_WORKERS="$TRANSITION_WORKERS" \
+    -e RUSTFS_TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY="$TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY" \
+    -e RUSTFS_TEST_FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT="$FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT" \
+    -e RUSTFS_UNSAFE_BYPASS_DISK_CHECK=true \
+    -e RUSTFS_OBS_LOGGER_LEVEL=warn \
+    -v "${PROJECT_NAME}_node1_data_0:/data/rustfs0" \
+    -v "${PROJECT_NAME}_node1_data_1:/data/rustfs1" \
+    -v "${PROJECT_NAME}_node1_data_2:/data/rustfs2" \
+    -v "${PROJECT_NAME}_node1_data_3:/data/rustfs3" \
+    "$OLD_IMAGE" >/dev/null
+}
+
 poll_terminal_status() {
   local job_id="$1"
   local status_url status_json terminal_state
@@ -512,6 +614,85 @@ head_probe() {
     -w "%{http_code}\n" >"${OUT_DIR}/head-object.http_code" || true
 }
 
+image_id() {
+  local file="$1"
+  jq -r '.[0].Id // ""' "$file" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+is_compat_readback_code() {
+  case "$1" in
+    200|501)
+      return 0
+      ;;
+    *)
+      return 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+classify_result() {
+  local terminal_state="$1"
+  local transition_completed="$2"
+  local transition_failed="$3"
+  local tier_failure="$4"
+  local old_code="$5"
+  local rollback_code="$6"
+  local run_http_code="$7"
+  local lifecycle_config_found="$8"
+  local scanned="$9"
+  local eligible="${10}"
+  local skipped_already_transitioned="${11}"
+  local skipped_already_in_flight="${12}"
+  local old_image_id new_image_id images_are_mixed readback_ok
+
+  if [[ -f "${OUT_DIR}/readiness-failed" ]]; then
+    printf 'blocked_cluster_readiness_failed\n'
+    return
+  fi
+
+  old_image_id="$(image_id "${OUT_DIR}/old-image.inspect.json")"
+  new_image_id="$(image_id "${OUT_DIR}/new-image.inspect.json")"
+  images_are_mixed=false
+  if [[ "$OLD_IMAGE" != "$NEW_IMAGE" && -n "$old_image_id" && -n "$new_image_id" && "$old_image_id" != "$new_image_id" ]]; then
+    images_are_mixed=true
+  fi
+
+  readback_ok=false
+  if is_compat_readback_code "$old_code"; then
+    if [[ "$ROLLBACK_PHASE" == "none" ]] || is_compat_readback_code "$rollback_code"; then
+      readback_ok=true
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$run_http_code" == "501" ]]; then
+    printf 'blocked_manual_api_not_implemented\n'
+    return
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/job-id.txt" 2>/dev/null || true)" ]]; then
+    printf 'blocked_manual_api_unavailable\n'
+    return
+  fi
+  if [[ "$terminal_state" == "completed" && ( "$lifecycle_config_found" != "true" || "$scanned" == "0" || "$eligible" == "0" || "$transition_completed" == "0" ) ]]; then
+    printf 'blocked_empty_scan_or_lifecycle\n'
+    return
+  fi
+  if [[ "$transition_completed" == "0" && "$eligible" != "0" && "$transition_failed" == "0" && "$tier_failure" == "0" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$skipped_already_transitioned" != "0" || "$skipped_already_in_flight" != "0" ]]; then
+      printf 'blocked_manual_job_preempted_by_lifecycle_queue\n'
+      return
+    fi
+  fi
+  if [[ "$terminal_state" == "completed" && "$transition_completed" != "0" && "$transition_failed" == "0" && "$tier_failure" == "0" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$images_are_mixed" == "true" && "$readback_ok" == "true" ]]; then
+      printf 'strict_mixed_rollout_pass\n'
+      return
+    fi
+    printf 'baseline_tiered_storage_pass\n'
+    return
+  fi
+  printf 'strict_mixed_rollout_fail\n'
+}
+
 collect_logs() {
   local service
   if [[ -z "$COMPOSE_FILE" || ! -f "$COMPOSE_FILE" ]]; then
@@ -520,37 +701,63 @@ collect_logs() {
   for service in cold node1 node2 node3 node4; do
     compose logs --no-color "$service" >"${OUT_DIR}/${service}.log" 2>/dev/null || true
   done
+  docker logs "${PROJECT_NAME}-node1-before-job-old" >"${OUT_DIR}/node1-before-job-old.log" 2>/dev/null || true
   docker logs "${PROJECT_NAME}-node2-rollback-old" >"${OUT_DIR}/node2-rollback-old.log" 2>/dev/null || true
 }
 
 summarize() {
-  local terminal_state transition_completed tier_failure transition_failed old_code rollback_code
+  local terminal_state transition_completed tier_failure transition_failed old_code rollback_code run_http_code lifecycle_config_found scanned eligible skipped_already_transitioned skipped_already_in_flight queue_queued queue_active result_classification
   terminal_state="$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/terminal-state.txt" 2>/dev/null || true)"
   transition_completed="$(jq -r '.report.transition_completed // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
   tier_failure="$(jq -r '.report.tier_failure // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
   transition_failed="$(jq -r '.report.transition_failed // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
   old_code="$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/old-node-status.http_code" 2>/dev/null || true)"
   rollback_code="$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/rollback-node2-status.http_code" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  run_http_code="$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/run-response.http_code" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  lifecycle_config_found="$(jq -r '.report.lifecycle_config_found // false' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf 'false')"
+  scanned="$(jq -r '.report.scanned // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
+  eligible="$(jq -r '.report.eligible // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
+  skipped_already_transitioned="$(jq -r '.report.skipped_already_transitioned // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
+  skipped_already_in_flight="$(jq -r '.report.skipped_already_in_flight // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
+  queue_queued="$(jq -r '.queue_snapshot.queued // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
+  queue_active="$(jq -r '.queue_snapshot.active // 0' "${OUT_DIR}/status-terminal.json" 2>/dev/null || printf '0')"
+  result_classification="$(classify_result "$terminal_state" "$transition_completed" "$transition_failed" "$tier_failure" "$old_code" "$rollback_code" "$run_http_code" "$lifecycle_config_found" "$scanned" "$eligible" "$skipped_already_transitioned" "$skipped_already_in_flight")"
   cat >"${OUT_DIR}/summary.env" <<EOF
 project_name=${PROJECT_NAME}
 old_image=${OLD_IMAGE}
 new_image=${NEW_IMAGE}
 cold_image=${COLD_IMAGE}
+old_image_id=$(image_id "${OUT_DIR}/old-image.inspect.json")
+new_image_id=$(image_id "${OUT_DIR}/new-image.inspect.json")
 base_port=${BASE_PORT}
 tier=${TIER_NAME}
 job_bucket=${JOB_BUCKET}
 job_prefix=${JOB_PREFIX}
 object_count=${OBJECT_COUNT}
+transition_workers=${TRANSITION_WORKERS}
+transition_queue_capacity=${TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY}
+force_immediate_transition_enqueue_timeout=${FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT}
+run_http_code=${run_http_code}
 terminal_state=${terminal_state}
+lifecycle_config_found=${lifecycle_config_found}
+scanned=${scanned}
+eligible=${eligible}
+skipped_already_transitioned=${skipped_already_transitioned}
+skipped_already_in_flight=${skipped_already_in_flight}
 transition_completed=${transition_completed}
 transition_failed=${transition_failed}
 tier_failure=${tier_failure}
+queue_queued=${queue_queued}
+queue_active=${queue_active}
 old_node_status_http_code=${old_code}
 rollback_node2_status_http_code=${rollback_code}
-rollback_new2_to_old=${ROLLBACK_NEW2_TO_OLD}
+rollback_phase=${ROLLBACK_PHASE}
+old_node_phase=${OLD_NODE_PHASE}
+rollback_new2_to_old=$([[ "$ROLLBACK_PHASE" == "none" ]] && printf 'false' || printf 'true')
+result_classification=${result_classification}
 EOF
   cat "${OUT_DIR}/summary.env"
-  if [[ "$terminal_state" != "completed" || "$transition_completed" == "0" || "$transition_failed" != "0" || "$tier_failure" != "0" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$result_classification" != "strict_mixed_rollout_pass" ]]; then
     log_error "strict #1508 mixed-version transition gate failed; see ${OUT_DIR}"
     return 1
   fi
@@ -560,6 +767,8 @@ main() {
   parse_args "$@"
   parse_positive_int "--base-port" "$BASE_PORT"
   parse_positive_int "--object-count" "$OBJECT_COUNT"
+  validate_rollback_phase
+  validate_old_node_phase
   require_cmd docker
   require_cmd curl
   require_cmd jq
@@ -574,20 +783,37 @@ main() {
   docker image inspect "$COLD_IMAGE" >"${OUT_DIR}/cold-image.inspect.json"
 
   compose up -d
-  wait_cluster_ready
+  if ! wait_cluster_ready; then
+    printf 'cluster readiness failed before manual transition admission\n' >"${OUT_DIR}/readiness-failed"
+    collect_logs
+    summarize
+    return 1
+  fi
 
   curl_cold PUT "$(cold_endpoint)/${TIER_BUCKET}" -o "${OUT_DIR}/create-cold-bucket.response" -w "%{http_code}\n" >"${OUT_DIR}/create-cold-bucket.http_code"
   create_bucket "$(hot_endpoint 2)" "$JOB_BUCKET" "${OUT_DIR}/create-hot-bucket"
   add_tier
-  put_lifecycle
   seed_objects
-  start_transition_job
-  if [[ "$ROLLBACK_NEW2_TO_OLD" == "true" ]]; then
-    replace_node2_with_old_image
+  put_lifecycle
+  if [[ "$OLD_NODE_PHASE" == "before-job" ]]; then
+    replace_node1_with_old_image
+    wait_http_ok "$(hot_endpoint 1)/health" "node1-old-live" || true
+    wait_http_ok "$(hot_endpoint 1)/health/ready" "node1-old-ready" || true
+  fi
+  if start_transition_job; then
+    if [[ "$ROLLBACK_PHASE" == "in-flight" ]]; then
+      replace_node2_with_old_image
+    fi
+    poll_terminal_status "$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/job-id.txt")" || true
+    if [[ "$ROLLBACK_PHASE" == "after-terminal" ]]; then
+      replace_node2_with_old_image
+      wait_http_ok "$(hot_endpoint 2)/health" "rollback-node2-live" || true
+    fi
+    capture_old_node_readback "$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/job-id.txt")"
+    head_probe
+  else
+    log_warn "Skipping terminal polling because no manual transition job was admitted"
   fi
-  poll_terminal_status "$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/job-id.txt")"
-  capture_old_node_readback "$(cat "${OUT_DIR}/job-id.txt")"
-  head_probe
   collect_logs
   summarize
 }

scripts/test_manual_transition_runbooks.sh

@@ -208,7 +208,16 @@ bash "$MIXED_DOCKER_HARNESS" --help >/tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker
 rg -q "mixed_version_docker_harness" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
 rg -q -- "--old-image" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
 rg -q -- "--new-image" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q -- "--rollback-phase" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q -- "--old-node-phase" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
 rg -q -- "--no-rollback" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q "strict_mixed_rollout_pass" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q "baseline_tiered_storage_pass" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q "blocked_manual_api_not_implemented" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q "blocked_cluster_readiness_failed" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q "blocked_manual_job_preempted_by_lifecycle_queue" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q "OLD_NODE_PHASE" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
+rg -q "FORCE_IMMEDIATE_TRANSITION_ENQUEUE_TIMEOUT" /tmp/manual_transition_mixed_version_docker_harness.help
 if bash "$FAILURE_SAMPLES" --endpoint http://127.0.0.1:9000 --sample >/tmp/manual_transition_failure_samples.err 2>&1; then
   echo "failure samples script should fail when --sample has no value" >&2
   exit 1