fix(replication): keep first-replication miss quiet in multipart LWW log

Version-absent is the normal first delivery of a version, not a
degraded comparison skip; only real read errors (quorum loss) warrant
the warn added in the previous commit.

crates/e2e_test/src/lib.rs

@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ mod get_codec_streaming_compat_test;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod version_id_regression_test;
 
+// Receiver-side replication LWW (rustfs/backlog#1953): stale inbound
+// replication metadata must not overwrite a newer local category state.
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod replication_lww_receiver_test;
+
 // Data usage regression tests
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod data_usage_test;

crates/e2e_test/src/replication_lww_receiver_test.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+#![cfg(test)]
+// 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.
+
+//! Receiver-side replication LWW over the wire (rustfs/backlog#1953, audit
+//! A4/P1-6).
+//!
+//! In an active-active topology both sites' metadata states arrive at the
+//! peer as authorized replication PUTs carrying per-category source
+//! timestamps (`x-rustfs-source-replication-tagging-timestamp` header
+//! family). Before the fix the receiver applied them unconditionally, so a
+//! stale delivery overwrote a newer local state and the two sites diverged
+//! permanently while both reported COMPLETED. This test drives one live
+//! `rustfs` server with simulated inbound replication PUTs for the same
+//! object version and asserts the newer tagging state wins regardless of
+//! delivery order, while a stale delivery still succeeds at the object level
+//! (a failure would loop through MRF re-delivering the stale value).
+
+use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging};
+use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
+use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
+use aws_sdk_s3::types::{BucketVersioningStatus, VersioningConfiguration};
+use serial_test::serial;
+
+type TestResult = Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>;
+
+const HDR_SOURCE_REPLICATION_REQUEST: &str = "x-rustfs-source-replication-request";
+const HDR_SOURCE_VERSION_ID: &str = "x-rustfs-source-version-id";
+const HDR_SOURCE_MTIME: &str = "x-rustfs-source-mtime";
+const HDR_SOURCE_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP: &str = "x-rustfs-source-replication-tagging-timestamp";
+
+const SOURCE_MTIME: &str = "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z";
+const T_STALE: &str = "2026-01-01T00:00:01Z";
+const T_LOCAL: &str = "2026-02-01T00:00:00Z";
+const T_NEWER: &str = "2026-03-01T00:00:00Z";
+
+/// Simulated inbound authorized replication PUT: same object version, tags and
+/// the source-authored tagging timestamp carried in transport headers.
+async fn inbound_replication_put(
+    client: &Client,
+    bucket: &str,
+    key: &str,
+    version_id: &str,
+    tags: &str,
+    tagging_timestamp: &str,
+) -> TestResult {
+    let version_id = version_id.to_string();
+    let tagging_timestamp = tagging_timestamp.to_string();
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .key(key)
+        .body(ByteStream::from_static(b"lww-e2e-body"))
+        .tagging(tags)
+        .customize()
+        .mutate_request(move |req| {
+            req.headers_mut().insert(HDR_SOURCE_REPLICATION_REQUEST, "true");
+            req.headers_mut().insert(HDR_SOURCE_VERSION_ID, version_id.clone());
+            req.headers_mut().insert(HDR_SOURCE_MTIME, SOURCE_MTIME);
+            req.headers_mut()
+                .insert(HDR_SOURCE_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, tagging_timestamp.clone());
+        })
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn tag_value(client: &Client, bucket: &str, key: &str, version_id: &str, tag_key: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let tagging = client
+        .get_object_tagging()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .key(key)
+        .version_id(version_id)
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect("object tagging should be readable");
+    tagging
+        .tag_set()
+        .iter()
+        .find(|tag| tag.key() == tag_key)
+        .map(|tag| tag.value().to_string())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+#[serial]
+async fn receiver_lww_keeps_newer_tags_across_delivery_orders() -> TestResult {
+    init_logging();
+    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+    let client = env.create_s3_client();
+
+    let bucket = "replication-lww-receiver";
+    let key = "object";
+    client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+    client
+        .put_bucket_versioning()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .versioning_configuration(
+            VersioningConfiguration::builder()
+                .status(BucketVersioningStatus::Enabled)
+                .build(),
+        )
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    // First delivery establishes version V with tags stamped T_LOCAL.
+    let version_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+    inbound_replication_put(&client, bucket, key, &version_id, "site=local", T_LOCAL).await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        tag_value(&client, bucket, key, &version_id, "site").await.as_deref(),
+        Some("local"),
+        "the first delivery must establish the tagged version"
+    );
+
+    // A stale delivery (older source timestamp) must succeed at the object
+    // level but must NOT overwrite the newer tags.
+    inbound_replication_put(&client, bucket, key, &version_id, "site=stale", T_STALE).await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        tag_value(&client, bucket, key, &version_id, "site").await.as_deref(),
+        Some("local"),
+        "a stale inbound delivery must not overwrite newer tags (rustfs/backlog#1953)"
+    );
+
+    // A newer delivery still converges the version onto the newest state.
+    inbound_replication_put(&client, bucket, key, &version_id, "site=newer", T_NEWER).await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        tag_value(&client, bucket, key, &version_id, "site").await.as_deref(),
+        Some("newer"),
+        "a newer inbound delivery must overwrite older tags"
+    );
+
+    client
+        .delete_object()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .key(key)
+        .version_id(&version_id)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    env.delete_test_bucket(bucket).await.ok();
+    Ok(())
+}

crates/ecstore/src/api/mod.rs

@@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ pub mod bucket {
             VersionPurgeStatusType, XferStats, commit_force_delete_intent, complete_force_delete_intent,
             delete_replication_state_from_config, delete_replication_version_id, get_global_replication_pool,
             get_global_replication_stats, get_proxy_targets, init_background_replication,
-            invalid_replication_config_status_field, is_site_replication_rule, merge_incoming_replication_config,
-            persist_force_delete_intent, read_durable_mrf_backlog, replication_state_to_filemeta, replication_status_to_filemeta,
-            replication_statuses_map, replication_target_arn_deployment_id, replication_target_arns, resync_start_conflict_id,
-            should_remove_replication_target, should_schedule_delete_replication, should_use_existing_delete_replication_info,
-            should_use_existing_delete_replication_source, unsupported_replication_config_field,
-            validate_replication_config_structure, validate_replication_config_target_arns, version_purge_status_to_filemeta,
+            invalid_replication_config_status_field, persist_force_delete_intent, read_durable_mrf_backlog,
+            replication_state_to_filemeta, replication_status_to_filemeta, replication_statuses_map, replication_target_arns,
+            resync_start_conflict_id, should_remove_replication_target, should_schedule_delete_replication,
+            should_use_existing_delete_replication_info, should_use_existing_delete_replication_source,
+            unsupported_replication_config_field, validate_replication_config_structure, validate_replication_config_target_arns,
+            version_purge_status_to_filemeta,
         };
     }
 

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/mod.rs

@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ pub use replication_config_boundary::{
     ObjectOpts, REMOTE_TARGET_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REMOTE_TARGET_UNSUPPORTED_FIELDS, REMOTE_TARGET_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
     REPLICATION_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REPLICATION_READ_ONLY_HISTORICAL_FIELDS, REPLICATION_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
     ReplicationConfigStructureError, ReplicationConfigurationExt, ReplicationTargetValidationError,
-    invalid_replication_config_status_field, is_site_replication_rule, merge_incoming_replication_config,
-    replication_target_arn_deployment_id, replication_target_arns, should_remove_replication_target,
+    invalid_replication_config_status_field, replication_target_arns, should_remove_replication_target,
     unsupported_replication_config_field, validate_replication_config_structure, validate_replication_config_target_arns,
 };
 pub(crate) use replication_filemeta_boundary::version_purge_statuses_map;

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_config_boundary.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub use rustfs_replication::{
     ObjectOpts, REMOTE_TARGET_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REMOTE_TARGET_UNSUPPORTED_FIELDS, REMOTE_TARGET_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
     REPLICATION_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REPLICATION_READ_ONLY_HISTORICAL_FIELDS, REPLICATION_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
     ReplicationConfigStructureError, ReplicationConfigurationExt, ReplicationRuleExt, ReplicationTargetValidationError,
-    invalid_replication_config_status_field, is_site_replication_rule, merge_incoming_replication_config,
-    replication_target_arn_deployment_id, replication_target_arns, should_remove_replication_target,
+    invalid_replication_config_status_field, replication_target_arns, should_remove_replication_target,
     unsupported_replication_config_field, validate_replication_config_structure, validate_replication_config_target_arns,
 };

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_resyncer.rs

@@ -3868,6 +3868,7 @@ async fn replicate_object_with_multipart<S: ReplicationObjectIO>(ctx: MultipartR
                 actual_size,
                 object_info.etag.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
                 object_info.mod_time,
+                &put_opts.internal,
             ),
         )
         .await

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_target_boundary.rs

@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ pub(crate) fn replication_complete_multipart_options(
     actual_size: String,
     source_etag: String,
     source_mtime: Option<OffsetDateTime>,
+    source_internal: &AdvancedPutOptions,
 ) -> PutObjectOptions {
     let mut user_metadata = HashMap::new();
     insert_header_map(&mut user_metadata, SUFFIX_REPLICATION_ACTUAL_OBJECT_SIZE, actual_size);
@@ -484,6 +485,14 @@ pub(crate) fn replication_complete_multipart_options(
             // mtime must degrade to epoch so header() suppresses the header
             // instead of asserting the replication time as the object's mtime.
             source_mtime: source_mtime.unwrap_or(OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH),
+            // Carry the per-category LWW timestamps on the complete request as
+            // well: the receiver's CompleteMultipartUpload options builder
+            // parses the same headers, so the multipart transport gets the
+            // same receiver-side LWW as the single-PUT transport
+            // (rustfs/backlog#1953). Epoch values keep the headers suppressed.
+            tagging_timestamp: source_internal.tagging_timestamp,
+            retention_timestamp: source_internal.retention_timestamp,
+            legalhold_timestamp: source_internal.legalhold_timestamp,
             replication_status: ReplicationStatusType::Replica,
             replication_request: true,
             ..Default::default()
@@ -649,20 +658,39 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn replication_complete_multipart_options_sets_actual_size() {
         let source_mtime = OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_716_170_000).expect("valid test timestamp");
+        let source_internal = AdvancedPutOptions {
+            tagging_timestamp: OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_716_170_100).expect("valid test timestamp"),
+            retention_timestamp: OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_716_170_200).expect("valid test timestamp"),
+            legalhold_timestamp: OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_716_170_300).expect("valid test timestamp"),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
         let options = replication_complete_multipart_options(
             "1024".to_string(),
             "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef-3".to_string(),
             Some(source_mtime),
+            &source_internal,
         );
         assert_eq!(options.internal.source_etag, "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef-3");
         assert_eq!(options.internal.source_mtime, source_mtime);
 
+        // The complete request must carry the same per-category LWW timestamps
+        // as the initiate request; the receiver reads them from the complete
+        // headers (rustfs/backlog#1953).
+        assert_eq!(options.internal.tagging_timestamp, source_internal.tagging_timestamp);
+        assert_eq!(options.internal.retention_timestamp, source_internal.retention_timestamp);
+        assert_eq!(options.internal.legalhold_timestamp, source_internal.legalhold_timestamp);
+
         // Absent source mtime must degrade to epoch (header suppressed), not
         // the AdvancedPutOptions default of now_utc() — that default would
         // stamp the replication time as the replica's mtime and break the
-        // multipart HEAD convergence.
-        let options_no_mtime = replication_complete_multipart_options("1024".to_string(), String::new(), None);
+        // multipart HEAD convergence. Unset category timestamps stay epoch so
+        // header() keeps suppressing them.
+        let options_no_mtime =
+            replication_complete_multipart_options("1024".to_string(), String::new(), None, &AdvancedPutOptions::default());
         assert_eq!(options_no_mtime.internal.source_mtime.unix_timestamp(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(options_no_mtime.internal.tagging_timestamp.unix_timestamp(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(options_no_mtime.internal.retention_timestamp.unix_timestamp(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(options_no_mtime.internal.legalhold_timestamp.unix_timestamp(), 0);
 
         assert_eq!(
             get_header_map(&options.user_metadata, SUFFIX_REPLICATION_ACTUAL_OBJECT_SIZE).as_deref(),

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

@@ -2223,6 +2223,57 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::multipart::MultipartOperations for SetDisks {
             fi.set_data_moved();
         }
 
+        // Receiver-side LWW (rustfs/backlog#1953): the multipart replication
+        // transport carries the category values at CreateMultipartUpload (in
+        // the staged upload metadata) and the source category timestamps on
+        // the complete request. Read the destination version under the held
+        // object write lock and keep any category this site modified more
+        // recently. Read failures (version absent on first replication, quorum
+        // errors) keep today's overwrite semantics: failing the complete would
+        // loop through MRF, re-delivering the stale value forever.
+        if crate::set_disk::ops::object::replication_lww_applicable(opts)
+            && let Some(version_id) = fi.version_id
+        {
+            match self
+                .get_object_info(
+                    bucket,
+                    object,
+                    &ObjectOptions {
+                        version_id: Some(version_id.to_string()),
+                        no_lock: true,
+                        metadata_cache_safe: false,
+                        versioned: opts.versioned,
+                        version_suspended: opts.version_suspended,
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    },
+                )
+                .await
+            {
+                Ok(existing) => {
+                    let stored = crate::set_disk::ops::object::stored_replication_category_metadata(&existing);
+                    crate::set_disk::ops::object::merge_replication_metadata_lww(&mut fi.metadata, &stored, opts);
+                }
+                // Version absent: first replication of this version, nothing
+                // local to compare — the normal path, not a degraded one.
+                Err(err) if is_err_object_not_found(&err) || is_err_version_not_found(&err) => {}
+                Err(err) => {
+                    // Degraded path: without the stored state the inbound
+                    // metadata is applied unchanged — exactly the overwrite
+                    // LWW exists to prevent — so this must be operator-visible.
+                    warn!(
+                        component = LOG_COMPONENT_ECSTORE,
+                        subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_SET_DISK,
+                        bucket,
+                        object,
+                        version_id = %version_id,
+                        error = %err,
+                        state = "replication_lww_read_unavailable",
+                        "SetDisk multipart replication LWW read skipped; inbound metadata applied without comparison"
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         for meta in parts_metadatas.iter_mut() {
             if meta.has_valid_erasure_geometry() {
                 meta.size = fi.size;
@@ -6960,6 +7011,97 @@ mod tests {
                 .await
         }
 
+        /// Receiver-side LWW on the multipart replication transport
+        /// (rustfs/backlog#1953): a metadata-only replication of a multipart
+        /// source object rides CreateMultipartUpload (category values in the
+        /// upload metadata) + CompleteMultipartUpload (category timestamps in
+        /// the complete options). A stale inbound tagging timestamp must not
+        /// overwrite a newer locally-tagged destination version.
+        #[tokio::test]
+        #[serial]
+        async fn complete_multipart_upload_stale_replication_tags_keep_local() {
+            use rustfs_utils::http::headers::AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING;
+            use rustfs_utils::http::{SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, get_str};
+            use time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339;
+
+            const T_OLD: &str = "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z";
+            const T_LOCAL: &str = "2026-02-01T00:00:00Z";
+
+            let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+            let bucket = "multipart-replication-lww-bucket";
+            let object = "object";
+            make_bucket_on_all(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+
+            // Local destination version with newer tags.
+            let version_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+            let mut local_metadata = HashMap::new();
+            local_metadata.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), "site=local".to_string());
+            rustfs_utils::http::insert_str(&mut local_metadata, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, T_LOCAL.to_string());
+            let mut local_reader = PutObjReader::from_vec(b"local body".to_vec());
+            set_disks
+                .put_object(
+                    bucket,
+                    object,
+                    &mut local_reader,
+                    &ObjectOptions {
+                        versioned: true,
+                        version_id: Some(version_id.to_string()),
+                        user_defined: local_metadata,
+                        // Explicit-version PUTs require the bucket Object Lock snapshot.
+                        object_lock_config_snapshot: Some(Arc::new(crate::set_disk::ObjectLockConfigSnapshot::new(
+                            crate::bucket::metadata_sys::ObjectLockConfigState::ConfirmedAbsent,
+                        ))),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    },
+                )
+                .await
+                .expect("local versioned put should commit");
+
+            // Inbound replication upload carrying older tags for the same version.
+            let mut inbound_metadata = HashMap::new();
+            inbound_metadata.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), "site=remote".to_string());
+            rustfs_utils::http::insert_str(&mut inbound_metadata, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, T_OLD.to_string());
+            let create_opts = ObjectOptions {
+                versioned: true,
+                user_defined: inbound_metadata,
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            let (upload_id, parts) =
+                stage_upload_with_create_opts(&set_disks, bucket, object, &payload(0x5a), &create_opts).await;
+            rewrite_staged_upload_version_id(&set_disks, bucket, object, &upload_id, Some(version_id)).await;
+
+            let complete_opts = ObjectOptions {
+                versioned: true,
+                replication_request: true,
+                replication_tagging_timestamp: Some(OffsetDateTime::parse(T_OLD, &Rfc3339).expect("test timestamp should parse")),
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            set_disks
+                .clone()
+                .complete_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &upload_id, parts, &complete_opts)
+                .await
+                .expect("replication multipart completion should succeed even when a category keeps local values");
+
+            let info = set_disks
+                .get_object_info(
+                    bucket,
+                    object,
+                    &ObjectOptions {
+                        versioned: true,
+                        version_id: Some(version_id.to_string()),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    },
+                )
+                .await
+                .expect("completed version should be readable");
+            assert_eq!(
+                info.user_tags.as_str(),
+                "site=local",
+                "older inbound multipart tags must not overwrite newer local tags"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(get_str(&info.user_defined, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP).as_deref(), Some(T_LOCAL));
+        }
+
         #[tokio::test]
         #[serial]
         async fn complete_multipart_upload_assigns_completion_version_id() {

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

@@ -1880,6 +1880,110 @@ fn delete_file_info_with_replication_transport_metadata(fi: &FileInfo) -> FileIn
     transported
 }
 
+/// True when an authorized replication write carries at least one per-category
+/// source timestamp, i.e. receiver-side LWW has something to judge.
+pub(in crate::set_disk) fn replication_lww_applicable(opts: &ObjectOptions) -> bool {
+    opts.replication_request
+        && (opts.replication_tagging_timestamp.is_some()
+            || opts.replication_retention_timestamp.is_some()
+            || opts.replication_legalhold_timestamp.is_some())
+}
+
+/// The stored per-category state of a destination version, as compared by
+/// [`merge_replication_metadata_lww`]. `ObjectInfo::from_file_info`
+/// externalizes tags into `user_tags` (stripping the metadata key), so the
+/// tag value is folded back into map form here.
+pub(in crate::set_disk) fn stored_replication_category_metadata(existing: &ObjectInfo) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+    let mut stored = (*existing.user_defined).clone();
+    if !existing.user_tags.is_empty() {
+        stored.insert(rustfs_utils::http::headers::AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), (*existing.user_tags).clone());
+    }
+    stored
+}
+
+/// Receiver-side last-writer-wins for authorized replication writes
+/// (rustfs/backlog#1953, audit A4/P1-6). Metadata-only replication reuses the
+/// whole-object transports, so in active-active topologies an inbound write
+/// carries the source's tags / retention / legal hold verbatim and would
+/// otherwise overwrite a category the destination modified more recently —
+/// both sites end up permanently diverged while reporting COMPLETED.
+///
+/// Judged per category, only when the inbound request carries that category's
+/// source timestamp (`ObjectOptions::replication_*_timestamp`):
+/// - stored timestamp newer than inbound: the local category values and
+///   timestamp are kept; the rest of the write proceeds per the inbound
+///   metadata and the object-level result stays successful (failing the write
+///   instead would loop through MRF, re-delivering the stale value forever);
+/// - otherwise the inbound category wins and its internal timestamp key is
+///   pinned to the source-authored time — the PUT path re-stamps the
+///   object-lock timestamps with the receiver's clock
+///   (`parse_object_lock_retention` / `parse_object_lock_legal_hold` insert
+///   `now()` via `eval_metadata`), which would make the replica's clock the
+///   LWW authority and wedge later convergence;
+/// - no stored timestamp (pre-P1-6 data) or no inbound timestamp: the current
+///   overwrite behavior is preserved.
+///
+/// Returns whether `inbound` was modified. Callers must hold the object write
+/// lock so the stored values compared here are the ones being replaced.
+pub(in crate::set_disk) fn merge_replication_metadata_lww(
+    inbound: &mut HashMap<String, String>,
+    existing: &HashMap<String, String>,
+    opts: &ObjectOptions,
+) -> bool {
+    use rustfs_utils::http::headers::{
+        AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_LEGAL_HOLD_LOWER, AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_MODE_LOWER, AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_RETAIN_UNTIL_DATE_LOWER, AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING,
+    };
+    use rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::{
+        SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_LEGALHOLD_TIMESTAMP, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, get_str,
+        remove_str,
+    };
+    use time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339;
+
+    let categories: [(Option<OffsetDateTime>, &str, &[&str]); 3] = [
+        (opts.replication_tagging_timestamp, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, &[AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING]),
+        (
+            opts.replication_retention_timestamp,
+            SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP,
+            &[AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_MODE_LOWER, AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_RETAIN_UNTIL_DATE_LOWER],
+        ),
+        (
+            opts.replication_legalhold_timestamp,
+            SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_LEGALHOLD_TIMESTAMP,
+            &[AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_LEGAL_HOLD_LOWER],
+        ),
+    ];
+
+    let mut changed = false;
+    for (inbound_timestamp, timestamp_suffix, value_keys) in categories {
+        let Some(inbound_timestamp) = inbound_timestamp else { continue };
+        let is_category_value_key = |key: &str| value_keys.iter().any(|value_key| key.eq_ignore_ascii_case(value_key));
+        let stored_timestamp = get_str(existing, timestamp_suffix).and_then(|value| OffsetDateTime::parse(&value, &Rfc3339).ok());
+        if stored_timestamp.is_some_and(|stored| stored > inbound_timestamp) {
+            inbound.retain(|key, _| !is_category_value_key(key));
+            remove_str(inbound, timestamp_suffix);
+            for (key, value) in existing {
+                if is_category_value_key(key) {
+                    inbound.insert(key.clone(), value.clone());
+                }
+            }
+            // Restore the winning timestamp via insert_str, not a verbatim key
+            // copy: a MinIO-written version may carry only the
+            // x-minio-internal- key, and the dual-key invariant requires every
+            // write to produce both keys.
+            if let Some(stored_value) = get_str(existing, timestamp_suffix) {
+                rustfs_utils::http::insert_str(inbound, timestamp_suffix, stored_value);
+            }
+            changed = true;
+        } else if let Ok(source_authored) = inbound_timestamp.format(&Rfc3339)
+            && get_str(inbound, timestamp_suffix).as_deref() != Some(source_authored.as_str())
+        {
+            rustfs_utils::http::insert_str(inbound, timestamp_suffix, source_authored);
+            changed = true;
+        }
+    }
+    changed
+}
+
 impl SetDisks {
     pub(in crate::set_disk) async fn persist_old_data_cleanup_receipts(
         &self,
@@ -2560,6 +2664,22 @@ impl SetDisks {
                         if check_object_lock_for_deletion_with_state(object_lock_config.state(), &existing, false)?.is_some() {
                             return Err(StorageError::PrefixAccessDenied(bucket.to_string(), object.to_string()));
                         }
+                        // Receiver-side LWW (rustfs/backlog#1953): reuse this
+                        // commit-lock read of the destination version so a
+                        // category (tags / retention / legal hold) modified
+                        // more recently on this site is kept instead of being
+                        // overwritten by the inbound replication metadata.
+                        if replication_lww_applicable(opts) {
+                            let stored = stored_replication_category_metadata(&existing);
+                            let mut merged = parts_metadatas[response_metadata_slot].metadata.clone();
+                            if merge_replication_metadata_lww(&mut merged, &stored, opts) {
+                                for (pfi, disk) in parts_metadatas.iter_mut().zip(shuffle_disks.iter()) {
+                                    if disk.is_some() {
+                                        pfi.metadata = merged.clone();
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                     Err(err) if is_err_object_not_found(&err) || is_err_version_not_found(&err) => {}
                     Err(err) => return Err(err),
@@ -7887,6 +8007,357 @@ mod replication_quota_safety_tests {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod replication_lww_tests {
+    //! Receiver-side LWW for authorized replication writes (rustfs/backlog#1953,
+    //! audit A4/P1-6): an inbound replication PUT whose per-category timestamp
+    //! (tags / retention / legal hold) is older than the destination version's
+    //! stored timestamp must keep the local category values instead of
+    //! overwriting them; categories are judged independently and the write
+    //! itself still succeeds.
+
+    use super::hermetic_set_disks_support::hermetic_set_disks_isolated as hermetic_set_disks;
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::storage_api_contracts::object::{ObjectIO as _, ObjectOperations as _};
+    use rustfs_utils::http::headers::{
+        AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_LEGAL_HOLD_LOWER, AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_MODE_LOWER, AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_RETAIN_UNTIL_DATE_LOWER, AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING,
+    };
+    use rustfs_utils::http::{
+        SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_LEGALHOLD_TIMESTAMP, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, get_str,
+        insert_str,
+    };
+    use time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339;
+
+    const T_OLD: &str = "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z";
+    const T_LOCAL: &str = "2026-02-01T00:00:00Z";
+    const T_NEW: &str = "2026-03-01T00:00:00Z";
+
+    fn parse_ts(value: &str) -> OffsetDateTime {
+        OffsetDateTime::parse(value, &Rfc3339).expect("test timestamp should parse")
+    }
+
+    async fn make_bucket(disks: &[DiskStore], bucket: &str) {
+        for disk in disks {
+            disk.make_volume(bucket).await.expect("bucket volume should be created");
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn put_version(set_disks: &Arc<SetDisks>, bucket: &str, object: &str, version_id: &str, opts: &ObjectOptions) {
+        let mut reader = PutObjReader::from_vec(b"lww-body".to_vec());
+        set_disks
+            .put_object(bucket, object, &mut reader, opts)
+            .await
+            .expect("versioned put should commit");
+        assert_eq!(opts.version_id.as_deref(), Some(version_id));
+    }
+
+    fn versioned_opts(version_id: &str, user_defined: HashMap<String, String>) -> ObjectOptions {
+        ObjectOptions {
+            versioned: true,
+            version_id: Some(version_id.to_string()),
+            user_defined,
+            // Explicit-version PUTs require the bucket Object Lock snapshot.
+            object_lock_config_snapshot: Some(Arc::new(ObjectLockConfigSnapshot::new(
+                crate::bucket::metadata_sys::ObjectLockConfigState::ConfirmedAbsent,
+            ))),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Local state: version `version_id` with tags "site=local" stamped `T_LOCAL`.
+    async fn seed_local_tagged_version(set_disks: &Arc<SetDisks>, bucket: &str, object: &str, version_id: &str) {
+        let mut user_defined = HashMap::new();
+        user_defined.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), "site=local".to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut user_defined, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, T_LOCAL.to_string());
+        put_version(set_disks, bucket, object, version_id, &versioned_opts(version_id, user_defined)).await;
+    }
+
+    fn inbound_tagging_opts(version_id: &str, tags: &str, timestamp: &str) -> ObjectOptions {
+        let mut user_defined = HashMap::new();
+        user_defined.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), tags.to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut user_defined, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, timestamp.to_string());
+        ObjectOptions {
+            replication_request: true,
+            replication_tagging_timestamp: Some(parse_ts(timestamp)),
+            ..versioned_opts(version_id, user_defined)
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn version_info(set_disks: &Arc<SetDisks>, bucket: &str, object: &str, version_id: &str) -> ObjectInfo {
+        set_disks
+            .get_object_info(bucket, object, &versioned_opts(version_id, HashMap::new()))
+            .await
+            .expect("version should be readable")
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn inbound_stale_tagging_keeps_newer_local_tags() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "lww-tagging-stale";
+        let object = "object";
+        let version_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        make_bucket(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        seed_local_tagged_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+
+        put_version(
+            &set_disks,
+            bucket,
+            object,
+            &version_id,
+            &inbound_tagging_opts(&version_id, "site=remote", T_OLD),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        let info = version_info(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            info.user_tags.as_str(),
+            "site=local",
+            "older inbound tags must not overwrite newer local tags"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_str(&info.user_defined, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP).as_deref(),
+            Some(T_LOCAL),
+            "the winning local tagging timestamp must be preserved"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn inbound_newer_tagging_overwrites_local_tags() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "lww-tagging-newer";
+        let object = "object";
+        let version_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        make_bucket(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        seed_local_tagged_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+
+        put_version(
+            &set_disks,
+            bucket,
+            object,
+            &version_id,
+            &inbound_tagging_opts(&version_id, "site=remote", T_NEW),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        let info = version_info(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            info.user_tags.as_str(),
+            "site=remote",
+            "newer inbound tags must overwrite older local tags"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(get_str(&info.user_defined, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP).as_deref(), Some(T_NEW));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn inbound_wins_when_local_has_no_tagging_timestamp() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "lww-tagging-no-local-ts";
+        let object = "object";
+        let version_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        make_bucket(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        // Pre-P1-6 data: local tags without a stored tagging timestamp.
+        let mut user_defined = HashMap::new();
+        user_defined.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), "site=local".to_string());
+        put_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id, &versioned_opts(&version_id, user_defined)).await;
+
+        put_version(
+            &set_disks,
+            bucket,
+            object,
+            &version_id,
+            &inbound_tagging_opts(&version_id, "site=remote", T_OLD),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        let info = version_info(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            info.user_tags.as_str(),
+            "site=remote",
+            "without a local timestamp the inbound category must win (pre-LWW data compatibility)"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn categories_are_judged_independently() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "lww-category-independent";
+        let object = "object";
+        let version_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        make_bucket(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+
+        // Local: newer tags (T_LOCAL), older *cleared* retention (T_OLD) —
+        // timestamp key only, the shape a replicated retention clear stores.
+        // (An active local retention would already block the overwrite at the
+        // WORM gate; the LWW-reachable retention states are cleared/expired.)
+        let mut local = HashMap::new();
+        local.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), "site=local".to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut local, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, T_LOCAL.to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut local, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP, T_OLD.to_string());
+        put_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id, &versioned_opts(&version_id, local)).await;
+
+        // Inbound: older tags (T_OLD), newer retention (T_NEW).
+        let mut inbound = HashMap::new();
+        inbound.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), "site=remote".to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut inbound, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, T_OLD.to_string());
+        inbound.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_MODE_LOWER.to_string(), "COMPLIANCE".to_string());
+        inbound.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_RETAIN_UNTIL_DATE_LOWER.to_string(), "2028-01-01T00:00:00Z".to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut inbound, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP, T_NEW.to_string());
+        let opts = ObjectOptions {
+            replication_request: true,
+            replication_tagging_timestamp: Some(parse_ts(T_OLD)),
+            replication_retention_timestamp: Some(parse_ts(T_NEW)),
+            ..versioned_opts(&version_id, inbound)
+        };
+        put_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id, &opts).await;
+
+        let info = version_info(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+        assert_eq!(info.user_tags.as_str(), "site=local", "the stale tagging category must keep local values");
+        assert_eq!(
+            info.user_defined.get(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_MODE_LOWER).map(String::as_str),
+            Some("COMPLIANCE"),
+            "the newer retention category must be applied in the same write"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(get_str(&info.user_defined, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP).as_deref(), Some(T_NEW));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn inbound_stale_legal_hold_keeps_local_value() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "lww-legalhold-stale";
+        let object = "object";
+        let version_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        make_bucket(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+
+        // Local: legal hold released (OFF) at T_LOCAL. (A local hold that is
+        // still ON already blocks the overwrite at the WORM gate; the
+        // LWW-reachable divergence is a stale inbound ON resurrecting a hold
+        // that was released more recently on this site.)
+        let mut local = HashMap::new();
+        local.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_LEGAL_HOLD_LOWER.to_string(), "OFF".to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut local, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_LEGALHOLD_TIMESTAMP, T_LOCAL.to_string());
+        put_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id, &versioned_opts(&version_id, local)).await;
+
+        let mut inbound = HashMap::new();
+        inbound.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_LEGAL_HOLD_LOWER.to_string(), "ON".to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut inbound, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_LEGALHOLD_TIMESTAMP, T_OLD.to_string());
+        let opts = ObjectOptions {
+            replication_request: true,
+            replication_legalhold_timestamp: Some(parse_ts(T_OLD)),
+            ..versioned_opts(&version_id, inbound)
+        };
+        put_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id, &opts).await;
+
+        let info = version_info(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            info.user_defined.get(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_LEGAL_HOLD_LOWER).map(String::as_str),
+            Some("OFF"),
+            "a stale inbound legal hold must not resurrect a hold released more recently"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_str(&info.user_defined, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_LEGALHOLD_TIMESTAMP).as_deref(),
+            Some(T_LOCAL)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Dual-key invariant under LWW: a MinIO-written destination version may
+    /// carry only the x-minio-internal timestamp key; when the local category
+    /// wins, the restored map must still hold BOTH compatibility keys.
+    #[test]
+    fn local_win_restores_both_internal_timestamp_keys_for_minio_only_metadata() {
+        let mut inbound = HashMap::new();
+        inbound.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), "site=remote".to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut inbound, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, T_OLD.to_string());
+        let existing = HashMap::from([
+            (AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING.to_string(), "site=local".to_string()),
+            ("X-Minio-Internal-Tagging-Timestamp".to_string(), T_LOCAL.to_string()),
+        ]);
+        let opts = ObjectOptions {
+            replication_request: true,
+            replication_tagging_timestamp: Some(parse_ts(T_OLD)),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        assert!(merge_replication_metadata_lww(&mut inbound, &existing, &opts));
+        assert_eq!(inbound.get(AMZ_OBJECT_TAGGING).map(String::as_str), Some("site=local"));
+        assert_eq!(
+            inbound.get("x-rustfs-internal-tagging-timestamp").map(String::as_str),
+            Some(T_LOCAL),
+            "the RustFS twin key must be materialized even when the source version only had the MinIO key"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(inbound.get("x-minio-internal-tagging-timestamp").map(String::as_str), Some(T_LOCAL));
+    }
+
+    /// When the inbound category wins, the stored timestamp must be the
+    /// source-authored one: the PUT path's eval_metadata stamps the
+    /// object-lock timestamps with the receiver's clock
+    /// (`parse_object_lock_retention`), which would otherwise make this
+    /// replica's clock the LWW authority and wedge later convergence.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn inbound_win_pins_stored_timestamp_to_source_authored_value() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "lww-retention-ts-pinned";
+        let object = "object";
+        let version_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        make_bucket(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+
+        // Local cleared retention at T_OLD.
+        let mut local = HashMap::new();
+        insert_str(&mut local, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP, T_OLD.to_string());
+        put_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id, &versioned_opts(&version_id, local)).await;
+
+        // Inbound newer retention: the source authored T_LOCAL, but the PUT
+        // path's eval_metadata stomped the metadata key with receiver-now
+        // (simulated by T_NEW here).
+        let mut inbound = HashMap::new();
+        inbound.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_MODE_LOWER.to_string(), "GOVERNANCE".to_string());
+        inbound.insert(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_RETAIN_UNTIL_DATE_LOWER.to_string(), "2028-01-01T00:00:00Z".to_string());
+        insert_str(&mut inbound, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP, T_NEW.to_string());
+        let opts = ObjectOptions {
+            replication_request: true,
+            replication_retention_timestamp: Some(parse_ts(T_LOCAL)),
+            ..versioned_opts(&version_id, inbound)
+        };
+        put_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id, &opts).await;
+
+        let info = version_info(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_str(&info.user_defined, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP).as_deref(),
+            Some(T_LOCAL),
+            "the stored category timestamp must be the source-authored time, not the receiver's clock"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(info.user_defined.get(AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_MODE_LOWER).map(String::as_str), Some("GOVERNANCE"));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn newer_local_tag_deletion_survives_stale_inbound_tags() {
+        let (_temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "lww-tagging-deleted";
+        let object = "object";
+        let version_id = Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        make_bucket(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        // Local DeleteObjectTagging state: no tags, but a newer tagging timestamp.
+        let mut local = HashMap::new();
+        insert_str(&mut local, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP, T_LOCAL.to_string());
+        put_version(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id, &versioned_opts(&version_id, local)).await;
+
+        put_version(
+            &set_disks,
+            bucket,
+            object,
+            &version_id,
+            &inbound_tagging_opts(&version_id, "site=remote", T_OLD),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        let info = version_info(&set_disks, bucket, object, &version_id).await;
+        assert!(
+            info.user_tags.is_empty(),
+            "a newer local tag deletion must not be resurrected by older inbound tags"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(get_str(&info.user_defined, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP).as_deref(), Some(T_LOCAL));
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod inline_put_commit_path_tests {
     use super::hermetic_set_disks_support::hermetic_set_disks_isolated as hermetic_set_disks;

crates/replication/src/config.rs

@@ -265,78 +265,6 @@ pub fn active_replication_rule_destination_arns(config: &ReplicationConfiguratio
     arns
 }
 
-/// Deployment id extracted from a site-replication target ARN
-/// (`arn:{rustfs|minio}:replication::<deployment-id>:<bucket>`), or `None`
-/// for an operator-authored ARN.
-pub fn replication_target_arn_deployment_id(arn: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    let parts: Vec<_> = arn.split(':').collect();
-    if parts.len() == 6
-        && parts[0] == "arn"
-        && matches!(parts[1], "rustfs" | "minio")
-        && parts[2] == "replication"
-        && !parts[4].is_empty()
-    {
-        return Some(parts[4].to_string());
-    }
-
-    None
-}
-
-/// Whether `rule` is a site-replication rule (`site-repl-*` id) owned by the
-/// local site's reconciler rather than authored by an operator.
-pub fn is_site_replication_rule(rule: &ReplicationRule) -> bool {
-    rule.id.as_deref().is_some_and(|id| id.starts_with("site-repl-"))
-}
-
-/// Merge an incoming replication config into the local one.
-///
-/// `site-repl-*` rules encode the *holder's* outbound direction — their
-/// destination ARN names another site — so applying an external rule set
-/// verbatim replaces the local reverse rule with one this site can never
-/// satisfy (no bucket target backs it) and replication silently stops. Only
-/// operator-authored rules travel: the site-replication peer ingestion path
-/// and the S3 put/delete-bucket-replication path both keep the local site's
-/// `site-repl-*` rules through this merge. `incoming == None` models a
-/// delete of the operator-authored rules.
-pub fn merge_incoming_replication_config(
-    incoming: Option<ReplicationConfiguration>,
-    local: Option<ReplicationConfiguration>,
-) -> Option<ReplicationConfiguration> {
-    let incoming_role = incoming.as_ref().map(|config| config.role.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
-    // Operator rules first, then the local site rules — the same order the
-    // site-replication reconciler produces, so its no-op check matches and
-    // the bucket metadata is written once per broadcast, not twice.
-    let mut rules: Vec<ReplicationRule> = incoming
-        .into_iter()
-        .flat_map(|config| config.rules)
-        .filter(|rule| !is_site_replication_rule(rule))
-        .collect();
-    rules.extend(
-        local
-            .into_iter()
-            .flat_map(|config| config.rules)
-            .filter(is_site_replication_rule),
-    );
-
-    if rules.is_empty() {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    for (index, rule) in rules.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-        rule.priority = Some(i32::try_from(index + 1).unwrap_or(i32::MAX));
-    }
-
-    // A site-replication ARN in `role` is the sender's, and the reconciler's
-    // per-peer target lookup reads it — carrying it over would pin the
-    // receiver's targets to the sender's identity.
-    let role = match replication_target_arn_deployment_id(&incoming_role) {
-        Some(_) => String::new(),
-        None => incoming_role,
-    };
-
-    Some(ReplicationConfiguration { role, rules })
-}
-
 pub fn replication_target_arns(config: &ReplicationConfiguration) -> HashSet<String> {
     let role = config.role.trim();
     if !role.is_empty() {

crates/replication/src/lib.rs

@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ pub use config::{
     ObjectOpts, REMOTE_TARGET_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REMOTE_TARGET_UNSUPPORTED_FIELDS, REMOTE_TARGET_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
     REPLICATION_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REPLICATION_READ_ONLY_HISTORICAL_FIELDS, REPLICATION_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
     ReplicationConfigStructureError, ReplicationConfigurationExt, ReplicationTargetValidationError,
-    active_replication_rule_destination_arns, invalid_replication_config_status_field, is_site_replication_rule,
-    merge_incoming_replication_config, replication_target_arn_deployment_id, replication_target_arns,
+    active_replication_rule_destination_arns, invalid_replication_config_status_field, replication_target_arns,
     should_remove_replication_target, unsupported_replication_config_field, validate_replication_config_structure,
     validate_replication_config_target_arns,
 };

rustfs/src/admin/handlers/site_replication.rs

@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ use crate::admin::storage_api::bucket::metadata::{
 use crate::admin::storage_api::bucket::metadata_sys;
 use crate::admin::storage_api::bucket::quota::BucketQuota;
 use crate::admin::storage_api::bucket::replication;
-use crate::admin::storage_api::bucket::replication::{
-    is_site_replication_rule, merge_incoming_replication_config, replication_target_arn_deployment_id,
-};
 use crate::admin::storage_api::bucket::target::{ARN, BucketTarget, BucketTargetType, BucketTargets, Credentials};
 use crate::admin::storage_api::bucket::target_sys::BucketTargetSys;
 use crate::admin::storage_api::bucket::utils::{deserialize, serialize};
@@ -1120,14 +1117,6 @@ async fn load_site_replication_state() -> S3Result<SiteReplicationState> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Whether this deployment participates in site replication (two or more
-/// peers in the persisted state). Read by the S3 interface layer to gate
-/// replication-config edits (MinIO `ErrReplicationDenyEditError` semantics,
-/// issue #1948); a state-read failure propagates so the gate fails closed.
-pub(crate) async fn site_replication_enabled() -> S3Result<bool> {
-    Ok(load_site_replication_state().await?.enabled())
-}
-
 async fn load_site_replication_state_no_lock(store: Arc<ECStore>) -> S3Result<SiteReplicationState> {
     match read_config_no_lock(store, SITE_REPLICATION_STATE_PATH).await {
         Ok(data) => parse_site_replication_state(&data),
@@ -7759,6 +7748,20 @@ fn bucket_target_deployment_id(target: &BucketTarget) -> Option<String> {
     replication_target_arn_deployment_id(&target.arn)
 }
 
+fn replication_target_arn_deployment_id(arn: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let parts: Vec<_> = arn.split(':').collect();
+    if parts.len() == 6
+        && parts[0] == "arn"
+        && matches!(parts[1], "rustfs" | "minio")
+        && parts[2] == "replication"
+        && !parts[4].is_empty()
+    {
+        return Some(parts[4].to_string());
+    }
+
+    None
+}
+
 fn prune_removed_site_replication_bucket_targets(
     existing: BucketTargets,
     removed_deployment_ids: &HashSet<String>,
@@ -7783,6 +7786,10 @@ fn prune_removed_site_replication_bucket_targets(
     (BucketTargets { targets }, removed)
 }
 
+fn is_site_replication_rule(rule: &ReplicationRule) -> bool {
+    rule.id.as_deref().is_some_and(|id| id.starts_with("site-repl-"))
+}
+
 /// Whether every `site-repl-*` rule on this bucket resolves to a live remote target.
 ///
 /// The rule set alone cannot answer this: a rule can be perfectly formed while the endpoint
@@ -7808,6 +7815,52 @@ async fn site_replication_targets_online(bucket: &str, replication_config_xml: &
     true
 }
 
+/// Merge a peer's replication config into the local one.
+///
+/// `site-repl-*` rules encode the *sender's* outbound direction — their destination ARN
+/// names the receiver — so applying a peer's rule set verbatim replaces the receiver's
+/// reverse rule with one pointing at itself. No bucket target can satisfy that ARN
+/// (`reconcile_site_replication_bucket_targets` skips the local peer), so the receiver
+/// silently stops replicating back: the one-directional symptom. Only operator-authored
+/// rules travel between sites; each site owns its own `site-repl-*` rules.
+fn merge_incoming_replication_config(
+    incoming: Option<ReplicationConfiguration>,
+    local: Option<ReplicationConfiguration>,
+) -> Option<ReplicationConfiguration> {
+    let incoming_role = incoming.as_ref().map(|config| config.role.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+    // Operator rules first, then the local site rules — the same order
+    // `ensure_site_replication_bucket_replication_config_with_runtime` produces, so its
+    // no-op check matches and the bucket metadata is written once per broadcast, not twice.
+    let mut rules: Vec<ReplicationRule> = incoming
+        .into_iter()
+        .flat_map(|config| config.rules)
+        .filter(|rule| !is_site_replication_rule(rule))
+        .collect();
+    rules.extend(
+        local
+            .into_iter()
+            .flat_map(|config| config.rules)
+            .filter(is_site_replication_rule),
+    );
+
+    if rules.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    for (index, rule) in rules.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+        rule.priority = Some(i32::try_from(index + 1).unwrap_or(i32::MAX));
+    }
+
+    // A site-replication ARN in `role` is the sender's, and `site_replication_target_arns_by_peer`
+    // reads it — carrying it over would pin the receiver's targets to the sender's identity.
+    let role = match replication_target_arn_deployment_id(&incoming_role) {
+        Some(_) => String::new(),
+        None => incoming_role,
+    };
+
+    Some(ReplicationConfiguration { role, rules })
+}
+
 /// Merge a peer's ILM expiry document into the local lifecycle config.
 ///
 /// Mirrors MinIO's `mergeWithCurrentLCConfig` with one hardening: incoming

rustfs/src/admin/storage_api.rs

@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ pub(crate) mod replication {
     pub(crate) use super::ecstore_bucket::replication::{
         REMOTE_TARGET_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REMOTE_TARGET_UNSUPPORTED_FIELDS, REMOTE_TARGET_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
         REPLICATION_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REPLICATION_READ_ONLY_HISTORICAL_FIELDS, REPLICATION_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
-        is_site_replication_rule, merge_incoming_replication_config, replication_target_arn_deployment_id,
     };
     pub(crate) type BucketReplicationResyncStatus = super::ecstore_bucket::replication::BucketReplicationResyncStatus;
     pub(crate) type BucketStats = super::ecstore_bucket::replication::BucketStats;

rustfs/src/app/bucket_usecase.rs

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ use super::storage_api::bucket_usecase::bucket::{
     metadata_sys,
     policy_sys::PolicySys,
     replication::{
-        ReplicationTargetValidationError, invalid_replication_config_status_field, is_site_replication_rule,
-        merge_incoming_replication_config, replication_target_arns, should_remove_replication_target,
-        unsupported_replication_config_field, validate_replication_config_structure, validate_replication_config_target_arns,
+        ReplicationTargetValidationError, invalid_replication_config_status_field, replication_target_arns,
+        should_remove_replication_target, unsupported_replication_config_field, validate_replication_config_structure,
+        validate_replication_config_target_arns,
     },
     target::{BucketTargetType, BucketTargets},
     utils::serialize,
@@ -623,50 +623,11 @@ async fn validate_bucket_replication_update(bucket: &str, config: &ReplicationCo
     validate_replication_config_targets(&targets, config)
 }
 
-/// Defense in depth for site-replication-managed buckets (issue #1948): an S3
-/// PutBucketReplication replaces the operator-authored rules but must not wipe
-/// the local `site-repl-*` rules the reconciler owns — until its next pass
-/// (600s period) every peer link on this bucket would be silently dead. The
-/// same merge also drops incoming `site-repl-*` impostor rules, matching the
-/// peer bucket-meta ingestion path. Buckets without site-replication rules
-/// keep the verbatim overwrite semantics.
-fn merge_user_replication_config_update(
-    incoming: ReplicationConfiguration,
-    existing: Option<ReplicationConfiguration>,
-) -> ReplicationConfiguration {
-    let has_site_rules = existing
-        .as_ref()
-        .is_some_and(|config| config.rules.iter().any(is_site_replication_rule));
-    if !has_site_rules {
-        return incoming;
-    }
-    // `existing` holds at least one site-replication rule the merge keeps, so
-    // the merged rule set is non-empty; the fallback only guards the type.
-    merge_incoming_replication_config(Some(incoming.clone()), existing).unwrap_or(incoming)
-}
-
-/// Split of an S3 DeleteBucketReplication on the stored config (issue #1948):
-/// the operator-authored rules are removed, the local `site-repl-*` rules
-/// survive (`None` means nothing survives and the config is deleted), and the
-/// returned ARNs are the ones whose bucket targets may be garbage-collected —
-/// never an ARN a surviving site-replication rule still points at.
-fn split_replication_config_for_user_delete(
-    config: ReplicationConfiguration,
-) -> (Option<ReplicationConfiguration>, HashSet<String>) {
-    let mut removable_arns = replication_target_arns(&config);
-    let remaining = merge_incoming_replication_config(None, Some(config));
-    if let Some(remaining) = remaining.as_ref() {
-        for rule in &remaining.rules {
-            removable_arns.remove(rule.destination.bucket.trim());
-        }
-    }
-    (remaining, removable_arns)
-}
-
-async fn replication_targets_without_arns(
+async fn replication_targets_without_config_targets(
     bucket: &str,
-    target_arns: &HashSet<String>,
+    config: &ReplicationConfiguration,
 ) -> S3Result<Option<(BucketTargets, usize)>> {
+    let target_arns = replication_target_arns(config);
     if target_arns.is_empty() {
         return Ok(None);
     }
@@ -677,7 +638,7 @@ async fn replication_targets_without_arns(
         Err(err) => return Err(ApiError::from(err).into()),
     };
 
-    let removed = remove_replication_targets_from_config_targets(&mut targets, target_arns);
+    let removed = remove_replication_targets_from_config_targets(&mut targets, &target_arns);
     if removed == 0 {
         return Ok(None);
     }
@@ -1643,29 +1604,15 @@ impl DefaultBucketUsecase {
             Err(StorageError::ConfigNotFound) => None,
             Err(err) => return Err(ApiError::from(err).into()),
         };
-        let (remaining_config, updated_targets) = if let Some(config) = replication_config.as_ref() {
-            let (remaining, removable_arns) = split_replication_config_for_user_delete(config.clone());
-            let targets = replication_targets_without_arns(&bucket, &removable_arns).await?;
-            (remaining, targets)
+        let updated_targets = if let Some(config) = replication_config.as_ref() {
+            replication_targets_without_config_targets(&bucket, config).await?
         } else {
-            (None, None)
+            None
         };
 
-        match remaining_config {
-            // Site-replication rules and the targets backing them survive the
-            // S3 delete (issue #1948); only the operator-authored rules go.
-            Some(remaining) => {
-                let data = serialize_config(&remaining)?;
-                update_bucket_config_for_incarnation(&bucket, BUCKET_REPLICATION_CONFIG, data, expected_incarnation_id)
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(ApiError::from)?;
-            }
-            None => {
-                delete_bucket_config_for_incarnation(&bucket, BUCKET_REPLICATION_CONFIG, expected_incarnation_id)
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(ApiError::from)?;
-            }
-        }
+        delete_bucket_config_for_incarnation(&bucket, BUCKET_REPLICATION_CONFIG, expected_incarnation_id)
+            .await
+            .map_err(ApiError::from)?;
         if let Some((targets, removed)) = updated_targets
             && let Err(err) =
                 write_replication_targets_after_config_delete(&bucket, &targets, removed, expected_incarnation_id).await
@@ -2538,12 +2485,6 @@ impl DefaultBucketUsecase {
 
         let targets_guard = lock_bucket_targets_metadata(&bucket).await;
         validate_bucket_replication_update(&bucket, &replication_configuration).await?;
-        let existing_config = match metadata_sys::get_replication_config(&bucket).await {
-            Ok((config, _)) => Some(config),
-            Err(StorageError::ConfigNotFound) => None,
-            Err(err) => return Err(ApiError::from(err).into()),
-        };
-        let replication_configuration = merge_user_replication_config_update(replication_configuration, existing_config);
         let data = serialize_config(&replication_configuration)?;
         update_bucket_config_for_incarnation(&bucket, BUCKET_REPLICATION_CONFIG, data, expected_incarnation_id)
             .await
@@ -3173,127 +3114,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(arns.contains(destination));
     }
 
-    fn replication_rule_with_id(arn: &str, id: &str, priority: i32) -> ReplicationRule {
-        let mut rule = replication_rule_for_target(arn);
-        rule.id = Some(id.to_string());
-        rule.priority = Some(priority);
-        rule
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn put_replication_merge_preserves_site_replication_rules() {
-        let existing = ReplicationConfiguration {
-            role: String::new(),
-            rules: vec![
-                replication_rule_with_id("arn:rustfs:replication::peer-dep:bucket", "site-repl-peer-dep", 1),
-                replication_rule_with_id("arn:rustfs:replication:us-east-1:old:bucket", "old-user-rule", 2),
-            ],
-        };
-        let incoming = ReplicationConfiguration {
-            role: String::new(),
-            rules: vec![
-                replication_rule_with_id("arn:rustfs:replication:us-east-1:new:bucket", "new-user-rule", 1),
-                replication_rule_with_id("arn:rustfs:replication::forged-dep:bucket", "site-repl-forged", 2),
-            ],
-        };
-
-        let merged = merge_user_replication_config_update(incoming, Some(existing));
-
-        let ids: Vec<_> = merged
-            .rules
-            .iter()
-            .map(|rule| rule.id.as_deref().unwrap_or_default())
-            .collect();
-        assert_eq!(
-            ids,
-            vec!["new-user-rule", "site-repl-peer-dep"],
-            "user rules replaced, local site-replication rule preserved, forged incoming site-repl rule dropped"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn put_replication_merge_returns_incoming_verbatim_without_site_rules() {
-        let existing = ReplicationConfiguration {
-            role: String::new(),
-            rules: vec![replication_rule_with_id(
-                "arn:rustfs:replication:us-east-1:old:bucket",
-                "old-user-rule",
-                7,
-            )],
-        };
-        let incoming = ReplicationConfiguration {
-            role: String::new(),
-            rules: vec![replication_rule_with_id(
-                "arn:rustfs:replication:us-east-1:new:bucket",
-                "new-user-rule",
-                5,
-            )],
-        };
-
-        let merged = merge_user_replication_config_update(incoming.clone(), Some(existing));
-
-        assert_eq!(merged.role, incoming.role);
-        assert_eq!(merged.rules, incoming.rules, "non-SR buckets keep the verbatim overwrite semantics");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn delete_replication_split_keeps_site_rules_and_their_targets() {
-        let sr_arn = "arn:rustfs:replication::peer-dep:bucket";
-        let user_arn = "arn:rustfs:replication:us-east-1:user:bucket";
-        let config = ReplicationConfiguration {
-            role: String::new(),
-            rules: vec![
-                replication_rule_with_id(user_arn, "user-rule", 1),
-                replication_rule_with_id(sr_arn, "site-repl-peer-dep", 2),
-            ],
-        };
-
-        let (remaining, removable) = split_replication_config_for_user_delete(config);
-
-        let remaining = remaining.expect("site-replication rules must survive a user delete");
-        let ids: Vec<_> = remaining
-            .rules
-            .iter()
-            .map(|rule| rule.id.as_deref().unwrap_or_default())
-            .collect();
-        assert_eq!(ids, vec!["site-repl-peer-dep"]);
-        assert_eq!(removable, HashSet::from([user_arn.to_string()]));
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn delete_replication_split_protects_targets_shared_with_site_rules() {
-        let sr_arn = "arn:rustfs:replication::peer-dep:bucket";
-        let config = ReplicationConfiguration {
-            role: String::new(),
-            rules: vec![
-                replication_rule_with_id(sr_arn, "user-rule-on-sr-target", 1),
-                replication_rule_with_id(sr_arn, "site-repl-peer-dep", 2),
-            ],
-        };
-
-        let (remaining, removable) = split_replication_config_for_user_delete(config);
-
-        assert!(remaining.is_some());
-        assert!(
-            removable.is_empty(),
-            "a target still referenced by a surviving site-replication rule must not be removed"
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn delete_replication_split_removes_everything_without_site_rules() {
-        let user_arn = "arn:rustfs:replication:us-east-1:user:bucket";
-        let config = ReplicationConfiguration {
-            role: String::new(),
-            rules: vec![replication_rule_with_id(user_arn, "user-rule", 1)],
-        };
-
-        let (remaining, removable) = split_replication_config_for_user_delete(config);
-
-        assert!(remaining.is_none(), "without site-replication rules the whole config is deleted");
-        assert_eq!(removable, HashSet::from([user_arn.to_string()]));
-    }
-
     fn replication_targets_with_arn(arns: &[&str]) -> BucketTargets {
         BucketTargets {
             targets: arns

rustfs/src/app/storage_api.rs

@@ -614,8 +614,6 @@ pub(crate) mod bucket {
 
         use crate::storage::storage_api::ecstore_bucket::replication as replication_contracts;
 
-        pub(crate) use replication_contracts::{is_site_replication_rule, merge_incoming_replication_config};
-
         type ReplicationObjectBridge = crate::storage::storage_api::ecstore_bucket::replication::ReplicationObjectBridge;
         pub(crate) type DeleteReplicationConfigSnapshot =
             crate::storage::storage_api::ecstore_bucket::replication::DeleteReplicationConfigSnapshot;

rustfs/src/storage/ecfs.rs

@@ -63,54 +63,6 @@ use crate::app::storage_api::object_usecase::bucket::replication::{
 };
 use crate::storage::storage_api::ecfs_consumer::StorageObjectOptions as ObjectOptions;
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-static SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_TEST_OVERRIDE: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU8 = std::sync::atomic::AtomicU8::new(0);
-#[cfg(test)]
-const SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_FORCE_DISABLED: u8 = 1;
-#[cfg(test)]
-const SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_FORCE_ENABLED: u8 = 2;
-
-async fn site_replication_gate_enabled() -> S3Result<bool> {
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    match SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_TEST_OVERRIDE.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst) {
-        SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_FORCE_DISABLED => return Ok(false),
-        SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_FORCE_ENABLED => return Ok(true),
-        _ => {}
-    }
-    crate::admin::handlers::site_replication::site_replication_enabled().await
-}
-
-/// MinIO `ErrReplicationDenyEditError`.
-fn replication_deny_edit_error() -> S3Error {
-    let mut err = S3Error::with_message(
-        S3ErrorCode::Custom("XMinioReplicationDenyEdit".into()),
-        "Sub-User is not allowed to edit Replication configuration",
-    );
-    err.set_status_code(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
-    err
-}
-
-/// Site-replication gate for S3 replication-config edits (issue #1948).
-///
-/// On a site-replication deployment the bucket's replication config carries
-/// the operator-managed `site-repl-*` rules that keep every peer in sync, and
-/// a successful edit is broadcast to all peers — so a user holding only
-/// bucket-scoped `s3:PutReplicationConfiguration` could rewrite or erase
-/// replication net-wide. MinIO parity (`ErrReplicationDenyEditError`): only
-/// owner credentials (root or root-parented) may edit. Runs after the policy
-/// authorization in the access layer and only on the external S3 path — the
-/// reconciler and peer bucket-meta ingestion never route through these
-/// handlers.
-async fn deny_replication_config_edit_for_non_owner<T>(req: &S3Request<T>) -> S3Result<()> {
-    if crate::storage::access::req_info_ref(req)?.is_owner {
-        return Ok(());
-    }
-    if site_replication_gate_enabled().await? {
-        return Err(replication_deny_edit_error());
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct FS {
     /// This server's late-bound application-context slot (backlog#1052 S2).
@@ -548,7 +500,6 @@ impl S3 for FS {
         &self,
         req: S3Request<DeleteBucketReplicationInput>,
     ) -> S3Result<S3Response<DeleteBucketReplicationOutput>> {
-        deny_replication_config_edit_for_non_owner(&req).await?;
         let usecase = s3_api::bucket_usecase_for(self);
         usecase.execute_delete_bucket_replication(req).await
     }
@@ -1402,7 +1353,6 @@ impl S3 for FS {
         &self,
         req: S3Request<PutBucketReplicationInput>,
     ) -> S3Result<S3Response<PutBucketReplicationOutput>> {
-        deny_replication_config_edit_for_non_owner(&req).await?;
         let usecase = s3_api::bucket_usecase_for(self);
         usecase.execute_put_bucket_replication(req).await
     }
@@ -1969,103 +1919,3 @@ impl S3 for FS {
         Box::pin(usecase.execute_upload_part_copy(req)).await
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::{
-        FS, SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_FORCE_DISABLED, SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_FORCE_ENABLED, SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_TEST_OVERRIDE,
-    };
-    use crate::storage::access::ReqInfo;
-    use http::Method;
-    use http::StatusCode;
-    use s3s::dto::{DeleteBucketReplicationInput, PutBucketReplicationInput, ReplicationConfiguration};
-    use s3s::{S3, S3Error, S3ErrorCode, S3Request};
-    use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
-
-    fn replication_config_edit_request<T>(input: T, is_owner: bool) -> S3Request<T> {
-        let mut req = S3Request {
-            input,
-            method: Method::PUT,
-            uri: http::Uri::from_static("/"),
-            headers: http::HeaderMap::new(),
-            extensions: http::Extensions::new(),
-            credentials: None,
-            region: None,
-            service: None,
-            trailing_headers: None,
-        };
-        req.extensions.insert(ReqInfo {
-            is_owner,
-            ..Default::default()
-        });
-        req
-    }
-
-    fn put_bucket_replication_input() -> PutBucketReplicationInput {
-        PutBucketReplicationInput {
-            bucket: "test-bucket".to_string(),
-            checksum_algorithm: None,
-            content_md5: None,
-            expected_bucket_owner: None,
-            replication_configuration: ReplicationConfiguration {
-                role: String::new(),
-                rules: Vec::new(),
-            },
-            token: None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn delete_bucket_replication_input() -> DeleteBucketReplicationInput {
-        DeleteBucketReplicationInput {
-            bucket: "test-bucket".to_string(),
-            expected_bucket_owner: None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn assert_replication_deny_edit(err: &S3Error) {
-        match err.code() {
-            S3ErrorCode::Custom(code) => assert_eq!(code, "XMinioReplicationDenyEdit"),
-            other => panic!("expected XMinioReplicationDenyEdit, got {other:?}"),
-        }
-        assert_eq!(err.status_code(), Some(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST));
-    }
-
-    /// Single test on purpose: the branches share the process-wide gate
-    /// override, and parallel tests would race it.
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn replication_config_edit_gate_denies_only_non_owner_under_site_replication() {
-        let fs = FS::new();
-        SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_TEST_OVERRIDE.store(SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_FORCE_ENABLED, Ordering::SeqCst);
-
-        // Non-owner PUT/DELETE through the real S3 handlers: denied by the
-        // gate before the usecase (and thus the store) is ever touched.
-        let err = fs
-            .put_bucket_replication(replication_config_edit_request(put_bucket_replication_input(), false))
-            .await
-            .expect_err("non-owner PutBucketReplication must be denied while site replication is enabled");
-        assert_replication_deny_edit(&err);
-        let err = fs
-            .delete_bucket_replication(replication_config_edit_request(delete_bucket_replication_input(), false))
-            .await
-            .expect_err("non-owner DeleteBucketReplication must be denied while site replication is enabled");
-        assert_replication_deny_edit(&err);
-
-        // Owner passes the gate (the usecase's empty-rules structure error
-        // proves the request reached the usecase instead of the deny path).
-        let err = fs
-            .put_bucket_replication(replication_config_edit_request(put_bucket_replication_input(), true))
-            .await
-            .expect_err("owner request should pass the gate and fail later on config validation");
-        assert_eq!(err.code(), &S3ErrorCode::InvalidRequest);
-
-        // Without site replication the policy check alone still governs the edit.
-        SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_TEST_OVERRIDE.store(SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_FORCE_DISABLED, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        let err = fs
-            .put_bucket_replication(replication_config_edit_request(put_bucket_replication_input(), false))
-            .await
-            .expect_err("non-owner request should pass the gate and fail later on config validation");
-        assert_eq!(err.code(), &S3ErrorCode::InvalidRequest);
-
-        SITE_REPLICATION_GATE_TEST_OVERRIDE.store(0, Ordering::SeqCst);
-    }
-}

rustfs/src/storage/options.rs

@@ -554,10 +554,11 @@ fn apply_replication_timestamps_from_headers(headers: &HeaderMap<HeaderValue>, o
 
     // Persist into the internal metadata keys so a later outbound replication
     // pass (replication_target_boundary) reads the source's modification
-    // times instead of falling back to mod_time.
-    // TODO(P1-6): receiver-side LWW is still missing — when the stored
-    // per-category timestamp is newer than the inbound one, the existing
-    // tags/retention/legal-hold should win instead of being overwritten.
+    // times instead of falling back to mod_time. Receiver-side LWW happens at
+    // the set layer under the object write lock
+    // (ecstore set_disk::ops::object::merge_replication_metadata_lww,
+    // rustfs/backlog#1953): a category whose stored timestamp is newer than
+    // the inbound one keeps the local values.
     for (timestamp, suffix) in [
         (opts.replication_tagging_timestamp, SUFFIX_TAGGING_TIMESTAMP),
         (opts.replication_retention_timestamp, SUFFIX_OBJECTLOCK_RETENTION_TIMESTAMP),