fix(ecstore): satisfy decommission test lint

Co-Authored-By: heihutu <heihutu@gmail.com>
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/decommission-test-capacity
2026-09-04 19:25:40 +00:00 · 2026-08-31 20:18:43 +08:00 · 2026-08-31 19:48:01 +08:00 · 2026-08-31 19:45:46 +08:00 · 2026-08-31 19:39:47 +08:00 · 2026-08-31 19:32:07 +08:00
659 changed files with 116922 additions and 40440 deletions
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ---
 name: rustfs-release-publish
-description: "Run the end-to-end RustFS console gate, version bump, preview validation, and final-tag publication pipeline. Use only when the user explicitly asks to release or publish a RustFS version (发版/发布)."
+description: "Run the end-to-end RustFS console gate, version bump, preview validation, human confirmation, and final-tag publication pipeline. Use only when the user explicitly asks to release or publish a RustFS version (发版/发布)."
 ---
 # RustFS Release Publish (preview-validated pipeline)

 This skill orchestrates a full release. It wraps `rustfs-release-version-bump` (which only edits version files and opens the PR) with a mandatory preview-tag validation loop before the final tag is published.

-Core design: **version files never carry a `-preview.N` suffix**. The preview suffix exists only in tag names. A preview tag creates a visible GitHub Release marked Prerelease and uploads versioned assets, but it never becomes GitHub Latest and never updates `*-latest`, `latest.json`, R2, Docker, or Helm channels. This works because the binary self-reports the git tag it was built from (`build::TAG` via shadow_rs, see `rustfs/src/config/cli.rs` `SHORT_VERSION`), and `build.yml` derives artifact names and preview classification from the tag name — Cargo.toml's version is only a no-tag fallback. Therefore the preview tag and the final tag can (and MUST) point at the exact same commit: what you validated is byte-for-byte the source that ships.
+Core design: **version files never carry a `-preview.N` suffix**. The preview suffix exists only in tag names. A preview tag creates a visible GitHub Release marked Prerelease and uploads versioned assets, but it never becomes GitHub Latest and never updates `*-latest`, `latest.json`, R2, Docker, or Helm channels. That Release is temporary: `build.yml` deletes it automatically once the final tag's Release is published, so the Releases page ends up carrying deliverables only while the `-preview.N` tags stay behind as the traceability record. This works because the binary self-reports the git tag it was built from (`build::TAG` via shadow_rs, see `rustfs/src/config/cli.rs` `SHORT_VERSION`), and `build.yml` derives artifact names and preview classification from the tag name — Cargo.toml's version is only a no-tag fallback. Therefore the preview tag and the final tag can (and MUST) point at the exact same commit: what you validated is byte-for-byte the source that ships.

 Pipeline shape:

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ check console main against its latest Release
  -> tag <preview-tag> at that commit -> CI green
  -> verify preview Release assets -> run binary locally + console checks
  -> validate with latest rc client
+  -> report preview acceptance results -> STOP for explicit human confirmation
  -> tag <target> at the SAME commit (zero delta) -> re-verify CI/release
+  -> CI deletes the <target>-preview.N Releases (tags kept)
 ```

 On validation failure: fix lands on main via normal PR (version files are already at `<target>`, no new bump PR), then tag `<preview-tag N+1>` at the new main commit and restart from Phase 2.
@@ -50,16 +52,20 @@ Rules:
 - Use `<target>-preview.N` for every target, e.g. `1.0.0-beta.10-preview.3` or `1.1.0-preview.1`.
 - The canonical suffix is exactly `-preview.<digits>`. `build.yml` recognizes it before alpha/beta/rc classification and routes it to the preview-only path; any other tag containing `-preview` fails closed instead of being treated as a release.
 - A preview Release MUST be published with `isPrerelease=true` and `isLatest=false`. Any `*-latest` preview asset or preview-triggered `latest.json`, R2, Docker, or Helm publication is a pipeline failure.
+- Preview Releases are cleaned up by the `cleanup-preview-releases` job after `publish-release` succeeds for the deliverable tag. It deletes every Release whose tag is exactly `<target>-preview.<digits>` and never passes `--cleanup-tag`, so the tags survive.

 ## Hard rules

 - Version files (Cargo.toml, Cargo.lock, README, flake.nix, Chart.yaml, rustfs.spec) are bumped ONCE, directly to `<target>`. Never write a `-preview.N` suffix into any version file. If `rustfs-release-version-bump` is ever asked for a `-preview` version, that is a pipeline bug — stop.
- Preview Release assets are versioned and intentionally visible on the Releases page. Do not label them Latest or use them to update any latest distribution channel.
+- Preview Release assets are versioned and intentionally visible on the Releases page for the duration of validation. Do not label them Latest or use them to update any latest distribution channel.
+- Never delete a preview Release by hand before Phase 6 finishes — Phase 4 downloads its assets and the final Release notes are generated while it still exists. Cleanup is CI's job; only step in manually (`gh release delete "<preview-tag>" --yes`, never `--cleanup-tag`) if `cleanup-preview-releases` failed.
 - Tags have no `v` prefix. Always annotated: `git tag -a <tag> -m "Release <tag>"`.
 - The final tag MUST point at exactly `PREVIEW_HASH` — the commit the validated preview tag points at. Never tag current `main` HEAD (commits merged after validation are unvalidated), and never create an extra version-bump commit between preview and final.
- When a previous deliverable exists, GitHub Release notes for the preview and final tags MUST use it as their shared comparison baseline: the most recently published non-preview Release before the target. Internal `-preview.N` Releases are explicitly excluded from that selection, even when they point at the same commit as the final tag. If no previous deliverable exists, omit `previous_tag_name` and record that GitHub's default baseline fallback was used.
+- When a previous deliverable exists, GitHub Release notes for the preview and final tags MUST use it as their shared comparison baseline: the most recently published non-preview Release before the target. Internal `-preview.N` Releases are explicitly excluded from that selection, even when they point at the same commit as the final tag — cleanup runs after the notes are generated, so the preview Release is still present and would otherwise be picked as the baseline. If no previous deliverable exists, omit `previous_tag_name` and record that GitHub's default baseline fallback was used.
 - Generated Release notes carry a workflow-management marker so retries can repair them. Before manually curating a generated body, remove that marker; unmarked non-placeholder notes are preserved by later workflow runs.
 - Phases run in order; a failure in any phase blocks everything after it. After the fix lands on main, restart from Phase 2 with the next preview iteration against the new `origin/main` hash — do not resume mid-pipeline against a stale hash.
+- Completing preview acceptance does not authorize the final tag. After Phases 3–5 pass, report the acceptance evidence and stop until the user explicitly confirms continuation. The original release request, an earlier confirmation, silence, or an automated follow-up does not satisfy this gate.
+- Confirmation is scoped to the reported `<target>`, `<preview-tag>`, and `PREVIEW_HASH`. A failed or repeated acceptance cycle, including any new preview iteration, invalidates prior confirmation and requires a new one.
 - If the release is abandoned after Phase 1 merged, main's version files claim a version that was never tagged. Either revert the bump PR or leave it to be overwritten by the next release — but tell the user explicitly and record the decision.
 - User-facing status updates in Chinese; commits, PR titles/bodies, and tag messages in English. No hard-wrapping in commit messages, PR bodies, or documentation prose — one logical line per sentence/paragraph, let soft wrap handle display.

@@ -207,6 +213,12 @@ rc alias remove preview

 - Any FAIL blocks the release. Afterwards stop the server and delete the scratch data directory.

+### Manual confirmation gate
+
+After every Phase 3–5 check passes, report the target, preview tag, `PREVIEW_HASH`, preview Release URL, console result, and rc matrix, then explicitly ask the user whether to publish the final tag. End the turn without creating or pushing `<target>`.
+
+Continue to Phase 6 only after a new user reply explicitly confirms the reported target, preview tag, and commit. A clear affirmative reply to that exact report, such as `确认继续`, is sufficient; if the reply is ambiguous or any reported value changed, ask again.
+
 ## Phase 6 — Publish the final tag on the validated commit

 No second version bump, no release branch. The final tag goes on the exact commit the preview validated:
@@ -221,6 +233,7 @@ git push origin "<target>"
 - CI rebuilds from the same source; the only changed input is the tag name, so the binary now self-reports `<target>`.
 - Verify the final tag's complete publication path: all matrix and release jobs green; `gh release view "<target>"` shows the full versioned and `-latest` asset set plus checksums, SBOM, and provenance; Docker and Helm workflows succeed; `latest.json` points to `<target>`. A stable target must have `isPrerelease=false` and `isLatest=true`. An alpha/beta/rc target must have `isPrerelease=true`; GitHub does not permit prereleases to be Latest, but the project `latest.json` still advances to the final non-preview target.
 - Verify the final Release body contains `## What's Changed` and a Full Changelog link. When `PREVIOUS_DELIVERABLE` exists, the link MUST be `https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/compare/<PREVIOUS_DELIVERABLE>...<target>` and the baseline MUST equal the preview Release baseline; for example, both `1.0.0-beta.12-preview.1` and `1.0.0-beta.12` compare from `1.0.0-beta.11`.
+- Verify the preview cleanup: `cleanup-preview-releases` must succeed, `gh release view "<preview-tag>"` must then report `release not found` for every preview iteration of this target, and `git rev-parse "<preview-tag>^{commit}"` must still resolve to `PREVIEW_HASH` (the tag is kept). If the job failed, delete the leftover Releases manually with `gh release delete "<preview-tag>" --yes` and report it.
 - Optionally spot-check `./rustfs --version` from a final-tag artifact — it must report `<target>`.

 ## Output contract
@@ -229,5 +242,6 @@ Always report:

 - Console gate result: previous/latest Console tags, whether merged changes required a release, `CONSOLE_HASH`, and Console run/Release URLs when a release was published.
 - Target version, preview tag(s) used, `PREVIEW_HASH` (which both tags point at).
- Per-phase result (PASS/FAIL/BLOCKED) with key evidence: preview and final Release URLs, preview `isPrerelease`/`isLatest` state, final latest-channel state, console check results, and the rc command matrix.
+- Manual confirmation gate status (`WAITING_FOR_CONFIRMATION` or `CONFIRMED`) and its exact target, preview tag, and `PREVIEW_HASH`.
+- Per-phase result (PASS/FAIL/BLOCKED) with key evidence: preview and final Release URLs, preview `isPrerelease`/`isLatest` state, final latest-channel state, console check results, the rc command matrix, and the preview-Release cleanup result (deleted Releases plus surviving tags).
 - Any deviation from this pipeline and why the user approved it.
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Update this file only when an advisory adds or changes a reusable lesson, affect

 ### S3 object actions, copy, multipart, and upload policy validation

+- `GHSA-g8w9-qw9q-fghr`: a valid presigned `PutObject` accepted extra `x-amz-tagging`, website redirect, and storage-class headers omitted from `SignedHeaders`. Lesson: a presigned URL is a bounded capability; reject `x-amz-*` headers that are not cryptographically bound by the signature so unsigned metadata cannot change authorization, lifecycle, redirect, cost, or durability semantics.
 - `GHSA-3ppv-fx5m-m749`: explicit `versionId` reads and copy sources authorized `s3:GetObject` instead of `s3:GetObjectVersion`. Lesson: version-specific object access must select version-specific actions for direct reads, `CopyObject`, and `UploadPartCopy`, with tests proving the backend is not reached on denial.
 - `GHSA-x298-9x87-fvjq`: anonymous `ListObjectVersions` fell back to `ListBucket` and returned before public-access-block gates. Lesson: compatibility fallbacks must converge on the same post-authorization checks as direct grants, especially `RestrictPublicBuckets` and anonymous data-plane denies.
 - `GHSA-mx42-j6wv-px98`: `UploadPartCopy` missed source authorization and allowed cross-bucket object exfiltration. Lesson: multipart copy must enforce the same source and destination contract as `CopyObject`.
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ Use these targeted searches when a diff touches security-sensitive code:
 ```bash
 rg -n "validate_admin_request|check_permissions|AdminAction::|deny_only|is_allowed" rustfs crates
 rg -n "authorize_operation|FtpsDriver|SftpDriver|RETR|MKD|SIZE|MDTM|CreateBucket|GetObject|HeadObject" crates/protocols rustfs
-rg -n "UploadPartCopy|upload_part_copy|CompleteMultipart|PostObject|content-length-range|starts-with" rustfs crates
+rg -n "UploadPartCopy|upload_part_copy|CompleteMultipart|PostObject|presign|SignedHeaders|content-length-range|starts-with" rustfs crates
 rg -n "ListBucketVersions|GetObjectVersion|versionId|VersionId|ExistingObjectTag|ForAllValues|ForAnyValue|POLICY_PLUGIN|opa" rustfs crates
 rg -n "normalize_extract_entry_key|Snowball|auto-extract|PathBuf::join|canonicalize|\\.\\.|x-forwarded-for|x-real-ip|SourceIp" rustfs crates
 rg -n "DEFAULT_SECRET|DEFAULT_ACCESS|TEST_PRIVATE_KEY|rustfs rpc|RUSTFS_RPC_SECRET" rustfs crates
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ rg -n "deny_unknown_fields|serde.default|as u32|as usize|as i32" rustfs crates
 - Protocol frontend authz fixes: include denied `RETR`, `SIZE`/`MDTM`, `MKD`, bucket probe, and sibling allowed-operation cases, and assert denied paths do not reach the storage backend.
 - IAM fixes: include import/update/list service-account cases with attacker-controlled parent, claims, access key, secret key, and policy.
 - Copy/upload fixes: include cross-bucket, cross-user, source-denied, destination-denied, copy-source-condition, and multipart completion cases.
+- Presigned upload fixes: include a valid presign with extra unsigned tagging, redirect, and storage-class headers; require rejection before storage access, and verify explicitly signed equivalents still work.
 - Version-action fixes: include historical UUID, explicit current version, `null`, range, partNumber, presigned, STS/session, service-account, anonymous bucket-policy, copy source, and multipart-copy source cases.
 - Policy-condition fixes: include reserved-key header collisions, missing keys, partially overlapping multi-value sets, plugin mode, and built-in policy mode.
 - Path fixes: include encoded traversal, absolute path, nested traversal, archive entries with `..`, valid object keys that resemble traversal text but should be rejected, and canonical bucket/prefix boundary checks.
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-sha256-darwin=88ee9684ece0e27294f2b3f0c9c8fe62890feff76aa47279d42dab0af3196fe2
-sha256-linux=d13337936af6778b1d2b2b255ae7fd350fdec94034be46daf738bd577653f799
+sha256-darwin=d6aa36cfaae2c4d8590482c7e47138c5965b335b34a75f50d11ffc3366e9021e
+sha256-linux=e3eb4ab7fc72224abf58c546ac0706d6605d3bd26bac7d8ce338829fd3daecc2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sha256=9b9bc336b43b70d0e06e0adb5455bf035bb18945d85d60936eb6fe4d48e0e680
+sha256=9c2b958035a038ffd5ab98cac5f59a1b8e6a16e141f109ec7fb956afc0f11105
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sha256=655a3f3c1d042e694339d15caba7580518320322d1bac0f09450b37e6c09e2e7
+sha256=8d5517f5f2fc32d561782dfccd51b7f746f5e25b2835e37e100c883f7f18777d
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sha256=ec27cde6ce6400723c4b372bfbd2ac61709c744294e4810af765e8a808d8e31d
+sha256=dbebfbab9b9efd4eff31211e69dd32235dc00e207f2ab0dd919a1b2ac9e724c2
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ logging-guardrails-check: ## Check logging guardrails for redaction and noise re
 	@echo "🪵 Checking logging guardrails..."
 	./scripts/check_logging_guardrails.sh

+.PHONY: error-other-ratchet-check
+error-other-ratchet-check: ## Check the ecstore ::other(format!) quorum-bucketing ratchet stays shrink-only
+	@echo "🪣 Checking error other(format!) ratchet..."
+	./scripts/check_error_other_format_ratchet.sh
+
 .PHONY: tokio-io-uring-check
 tokio-io-uring-check: ## Check tokio io-uring runtime feature stays removed
 	@echo "🚫 Checking tokio io-uring feature guard..."
@@ -75,6 +80,11 @@ embedded-secrets-check: ## Check no private key material or credential literal i
 	@echo "🔑 Checking embedded secret material guard..."
 	./scripts/check_embedded_secrets.sh

+.PHONY: offline-enrollment-e2e-check
+offline-enrollment-e2e-check: core-deps ## Build and exercise the dedicated offline enrollment E2E root
+	@echo "🔐 Checking the offline enrollment E2E root boundary..."
+	./scripts/check_offline_enrollment_e2e.sh
+
 .PHONY: test-wiring-check
 test-wiring-check: ## Check tests stay registered and selected by their intended runners
 	@echo "🧪 Checking test wiring..."
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ planning-docs-check: ## Check that no planning-type documents are committed
 	./scripts/check_no_planning_docs.sh

 .PHONY: pre-commit
-pre-commit: fmt-check unsafe-code-check architecture-migration-check logging-guardrails-check tokio-io-uring-check extension-schema-check body-cache-whitelist-check s3s-footprint-check fips-wording-check embedded-secrets-check test-wiring-check doc-paths-check planning-docs-check quick-check ## Run fast pre-commit checks without clippy/full tests
+pre-commit: fmt-check unsafe-code-check architecture-migration-check logging-guardrails-check error-other-ratchet-check tokio-io-uring-check extension-schema-check body-cache-whitelist-check s3s-footprint-check fips-wording-check embedded-secrets-check test-wiring-check doc-paths-check planning-docs-check quick-check ## Run fast pre-commit checks without clippy/full tests
 	@echo "✅ All pre-commit checks passed!"

 .PHONY: pre-pr
-pre-pr: fmt-check unsafe-code-check architecture-migration-check logging-guardrails-check tokio-io-uring-check extension-schema-check body-cache-whitelist-check s3s-footprint-check fips-wording-check embedded-secrets-check test-wiring-check doc-paths-check planning-docs-check log-analyzer-rules-check clippy-check test ## Run full pre-PR checks with clippy and tests
+pre-pr: fmt-check unsafe-code-check architecture-migration-check logging-guardrails-check error-other-ratchet-check tokio-io-uring-check extension-schema-check body-cache-whitelist-check s3s-footprint-check fips-wording-check embedded-secrets-check test-wiring-check doc-paths-check planning-docs-check log-analyzer-rules-check offline-enrollment-e2e-check clippy-check test ## Run full pre-PR checks with clippy and tests
 	@echo "✅ All pre-PR checks passed!"

 .PHONY: dev-check
-dev-check: fmt-check unsafe-code-check architecture-migration-check logging-guardrails-check tokio-io-uring-check extension-schema-check body-cache-whitelist-check s3s-footprint-check fips-wording-check embedded-secrets-check test-wiring-check doc-paths-check planning-docs-check quick-check ## Run fast local development checks
+dev-check: fmt-check unsafe-code-check architecture-migration-check logging-guardrails-check error-other-ratchet-check tokio-io-uring-check extension-schema-check body-cache-whitelist-check s3s-footprint-check fips-wording-check embedded-secrets-check test-wiring-check doc-paths-check planning-docs-check quick-check ## Run fast local development checks
 	@echo "✅ Fast development checks passed!"
@@ -46,17 +46,36 @@ e2e-reliability = { max-threads = 1 }
 e2e-inline-boundaries = { max-threads = 1 }
 e2e-cluster-nightly = { max-threads = 1 }

+# Deep async storage futures are composed into tests across several crates.
+# Keep the test stack bounded but above libtest's 2 MiB default.
+[scripts.setup.ecstore-base-stack]
+command = ['sh', '-c', 'echo RUST_MIN_STACK=4194304 >> "$NEXTEST_ENV"']
+
 # These exact regression scenarios build deep async storage futures that exceed
 # libtest's 2 MiB spawned-thread stack on Linux. Give only their test processes
 # the same 32 MiB stack already used by the crate's dedicated large-stack tests.
 [scripts.setup.ecstore-large-stack]
 command = ['sh', '-c', 'echo RUST_MIN_STACK=33554432 >> "$NEXTEST_ENV"']

+# The serial ILM selection builds the same deep storage futures in both the
+# lifecycle transition module and scanner integration binary. Different tests
+# in each have overflowed first across otherwise unrelated CI runs.
+[scripts.setup.lifecycle-large-stack]
+command = ['sh', '-c', 'echo RUST_MIN_STACK=33554432 >> "$NEXTEST_ENV"']
+
 # --- default profile (local): serialize the flaky groups, never retry --------
 [[profile.default.scripts]]
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(/^(bucket::lifecycle::bucket_lifecycle_ops::tests::manual_transition_worker_result_recovery_marks_unknown_for_corrupt_marker|services::rebalance::entry::tests::real_rebalance_run_fence_loss_blocks_multipart_publication|store::init::tests::(decommission_entry_(allows_free_version_consumed_before_source_lock|rejects_subquorum_free_version_conflict_and_retains_source|skips_cleanup_only_marker_when_free_version_is_present)|prepared_tier_delete_recovery_(checks_later_pool_then_commits_after_source_removal|finds_directory_source_on_encoded_set|retains_journal_on_source_metadata_error)|tier_mutation_peer_handler_applies_prepare_commit_and_abort_idempotently|transition_response_loss_persists_unknown_outcome_for_provider_recovery|transition_transaction_recovery_(drops_record_after_confirmed_local_commit|keeps_cleanup_pending_local_commit)))$/)'
 setup = 'ecstore-large-stack'

+[[profile.default.scripts]]
+filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) | package(rustfs-s3select-api) | package(rustfs-scanner) | (package(rustfs) & test(/^(app::multipart_usecase::tests::concurrent_completions_share_durable_bucket_quota_reservations|app::object::delete::tests::compressed_delete_requests_update_observed_usage_without_releasing_quota_floor|storage::access::tests::(delete_object_access_captures_authorized_bucket_incarnation|copy_operations_reject_recreated_source_bucket_after_authorization|request_slot_keeps_bucket_policy_bound_to_its_store))$/))'
+setup = 'ecstore-base-stack'
+
+[[profile.default.scripts]]
+filter = 'binary(lifecycle_integration_test) | (package(rustfs) & test(/^app::lifecycle_transition_api_test::/))'
+setup = 'lifecycle-large-stack'
+
 [[profile.default.overrides]]
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & (test(concurrent_resend_same_part_commits_one_generation) | test(concurrent_config_writes_from_separate_nodes_do_not_lose_writes) | test(/^store::bucket::tests::bucket_delete_(mark_delete|purge_removes|default_s3_delete)/))'
 test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
@@ -90,12 +109,29 @@ test-group = 'embedded-test-ports'
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(manual_transition_page_checkpoint_persists_durable_job_progress)'
 test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'

+# Serialize the transition matrix tests. They build a 4-disk hermetic erasure
+# set, populate the get_object_metadata_cache, and assert generation lifecycle
+# semantics. serial_test's #[serial] has no effect across nextest's process
+# boundary, so concurrent execution races the shared metadata-cache generation
+# counter and causes spurious "metadata read should publish the generation"
+# panics. Preventive serialization, no retries.
+[[profile.default.overrides]]
+filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(set_disk::transition_matrix_tests::)'
+test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
+
 # The durable ILM decommission regressions build isolated multi-pool stores and
 # deliberately take source or target disks offline while checking fencing.
 [[profile.default.overrides]]
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & (test(decommission_migrates_and_verifies_registered_durable_ilm_records) | test(decommission_durable_ilm_target_read_error_is_not_masked_by_peer_success) | test(decommission_durable_ilm_terminal_receipt_recovers_failed_source_cleanup) | test(decommission_durable_ilm_receipt_pagination_fails_closed_on_second_page) | test(decommission_durable_ilm_recovery_keeps_multiple_active_sources))'
 test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'

+# Decommission entry and marker/barrier tests share process-wide fault hooks and
+# deterministic commit barriers. Keep the whole init decommission family in one
+# nextest group; serial_test alone cannot isolate separate test processes.
+[[profile.default.overrides]]
+filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(/^store::init::tests::(decommission_|suspended_.*decommission)$/)'
+test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
+
 # Serialize the bucket-incarnation / lifecycle-fence tests. They drive
 # init_bucket_metadata_sys and bucket_metadata_sys_of, i.e. process-global
 # OnceLock state that serial_test's #[serial] cannot protect across nextest's
@@ -128,7 +164,7 @@ test-group = 'e2e-inline-boundaries'
 # does not cross nextest process boundaries, so keep every Vault-backed test in
 # one group.
 [[profile.default.overrides]]
-filter = 'package(e2e_test) & (test(/^kms::kms_vault_test::/) | test(/^kms::configured_roundtrip_test::test_configured_vault_kms_admin_and_versioned_cleanup$/))'
+filter = 'package(e2e_test) & (test(/^kms::kms_vault_test::/) | test(/^kms::kms_rekey_sweep_test::/) | test(/^kms::configured_roundtrip_test::test_configured_vault_kms_admin_and_versioned_cleanup$/))'
 test-group = 'e2e-vault'

 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -150,6 +186,14 @@ path = "junit.xml"
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(/^(bucket::lifecycle::bucket_lifecycle_ops::tests::manual_transition_worker_result_recovery_marks_unknown_for_corrupt_marker|services::rebalance::entry::tests::real_rebalance_run_fence_loss_blocks_multipart_publication|store::init::tests::(decommission_entry_(allows_free_version_consumed_before_source_lock|rejects_subquorum_free_version_conflict_and_retains_source|skips_cleanup_only_marker_when_free_version_is_present)|prepared_tier_delete_recovery_(checks_later_pool_then_commits_after_source_removal|finds_directory_source_on_encoded_set|retains_journal_on_source_metadata_error)|tier_mutation_peer_handler_applies_prepare_commit_and_abort_idempotently|transition_response_loss_persists_unknown_outcome_for_provider_recovery|transition_transaction_recovery_(drops_record_after_confirmed_local_commit|keeps_cleanup_pending_local_commit)))$/)'
 setup = 'ecstore-large-stack'

+[[profile.ci.scripts]]
+filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) | package(rustfs-s3select-api) | package(rustfs-scanner) | (package(rustfs) & test(/^(app::multipart_usecase::tests::concurrent_completions_share_durable_bucket_quota_reservations|app::object::delete::tests::compressed_delete_requests_update_observed_usage_without_releasing_quota_floor|storage::access::tests::(delete_object_access_captures_authorized_bucket_incarnation|copy_operations_reject_recreated_source_bucket_after_authorization|request_slot_keeps_bucket_policy_bound_to_its_store))$/))'
+setup = 'ecstore-base-stack'
+
+[[profile.ci.scripts]]
+filter = 'binary(lifecycle_integration_test) | (package(rustfs) & test(/^app::lifecycle_transition_api_test::/))'
+setup = 'lifecycle-large-stack'
+
 # ===========================================================================
 # QUARANTINE — flaky tests granted retries = 2 under the ci profile ONLY.
 #
@@ -182,6 +226,15 @@ test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(walk_dir_does_not_charge_consumer_backpressure_to_the_stall_budget)'
 retries = 2

+# Serialize the relocated-pool GET resume regression under the ci profile too
+# (see the matching default-profile override near the top). No longer a
+# quarantine: the fixture race (rustfs#6701/rustfs#6703) was fixed by #6707,
+# which made the staging tolerate quorum-tolerated disk gaps; only the 8-disk
+# cross-disk-IO serialization remains.
+[[profile.ci.overrides]]
+filter = 'package(rustfs) & test(execute_get_object_resumes_from_relocated_pool_without_splicing_body)'
+test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
+
 # Serialize the 4-disk reliability / degraded-read e2e tests under the ci
 # profile too (see the e2e-reliability test-group note near the top). Not a
 # quarantine: no retries, just single-threaded so several 4-disk servers never
@@ -197,10 +250,6 @@ test-group = 'e2e-reliability'
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(/^set_disk::ops::multipart::tests::crash_consistency::/)'
 test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'

-[[profile.ci.overrides]]
-filter = 'package(rustfs) & test(execute_get_object_resumes_from_relocated_pool_without_splicing_body)'
-test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
-
 # Match the default-profile embedded test isolation without quarantining or
 # retrying failures in CI.
 [[profile.ci.overrides]]
@@ -213,10 +262,20 @@ test-group = 'embedded-test-ports'
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(manual_transition_page_checkpoint_persists_durable_job_progress)'
 test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'

+# Serialize the transition matrix tests under the ci profile too (see the
+# matching default-profile override near the top). No retries.
+[[profile.ci.overrides]]
+filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(set_disk::transition_matrix_tests::)'
+test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
+
 [[profile.ci.overrides]]
 filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & (test(decommission_migrates_and_verifies_registered_durable_ilm_records) | test(decommission_durable_ilm_target_read_error_is_not_masked_by_peer_success) | test(decommission_durable_ilm_terminal_receipt_recovers_failed_source_cleanup) | test(decommission_durable_ilm_receipt_pagination_fails_closed_on_second_page) | test(decommission_durable_ilm_recovery_keeps_multiple_active_sources))'
 test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'

+[[profile.ci.overrides]]
+filter = 'package(rustfs-ecstore) & test(/^store::init::tests::(decommission_|suspended_.*decommission)$/)'
+test-group = 'ecstore-serial-flaky'
+
 # Serialize the bucket-incarnation / lifecycle-fence tests under the ci profile
 # too (see the matching default-profile override near the top). No retries.
 [[profile.ci.overrides]]
@@ -433,23 +492,12 @@ path = "junit.xml"
 # parallel-safe — the same property e2e-smoke relies on. The exceptions are the
 # 4-disk reliability / degraded-read fault-injection tests and the fixed-port
 # Vault tests, both serialized below.
-# KNOWN-FAILURE EXCLUSIONS (characterization run 29381309848, 2026-07-15:
-# 341 ran / 32 failed on the suites' first automated run ever). Deterministic
-# product failures cannot be quarantined away with retries, so each family is
-# excluded here with its tracking issue, under the same discipline as the
-# ci-profile quarantine (docs/testing/README.md): every entry MUST cite one
-# OPEN issue, and the fixing PR MUST delete the exclusion. The passing
-# negative-path siblings of each family stay in as regression guards.
-#   * rustfs#4843 — over-limit archive entry paths hard-reject the whole
-#     archive even under ignore-errors semantics.
 [profile.e2e-full]
 default-filter = """
    package(e2e_test)
    & !test(/^protocols::/)
    & !test(/^(admin_timeout_regression_test|cluster_concurrency_test|cluster_multidrive_pool_test|heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test|namespace_lock_quorum_test|object_lambda_test|stale_multipart_cleanup_cluster_test)::/)
    & !test(/^replication_extension_test::/)
-    & !test(/^multipart_auth_test::test_signed_put_object_extract_skips_invalid_entry_when_ignore_errors_enabled$/)
-    & !test(/^snowball_auto_extract_test::tests::snowball_auto_extract_(ignores_invalid_entries_when_requested|supports_standard_headers_with_combined_extract_options)$/)
 """
 fail-fast = false

@@ -470,5 +518,5 @@ filter = 'package(e2e_test) & test(/^inline_fast_path_cluster_test::/)'
 test-group = 'e2e-inline-boundaries'

 [[profile.e2e-full.overrides]]
-filter = 'package(e2e_test) & (test(/^kms::kms_vault_test::/) | test(/^kms::configured_roundtrip_test::test_configured_vault_kms_admin_and_versioned_cleanup$/))'
+filter = 'package(e2e_test) & (test(/^kms::kms_vault_test::/) | test(/^kms::kms_rekey_sweep_test::/) | test(/^kms::configured_roundtrip_test::test_configured_vault_kms_admin_and_versioned_cleanup$/))'
 test-group = 'e2e-vault'
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # if the selected count drops below this number, so a rename or removal that
 # thins the security smoke gate must update this file in the same PR.
 # Adding tests does not require a bump, but bumping keeps the guard tight.
-16
+18
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ self-hosted-runner:
    - sm-standard-2
    - sm-standard-4
    - dind-sm-standard-2
+    - smoke-testing
+    - pf-testing
@@ -7,8 +7,16 @@
  { "workflow": ".github/workflows/e2e-s3tests.yml", "max_age_hours": 192 },
  { "workflow": ".github/workflows/fuzz.yml", "max_age_hours": 36 },
  { "workflow": ".github/workflows/mint.yml", "max_age_hours": 192 },
-  { "workflow": ".github/workflows/minio-interop.yml", "max_age_hours": 36 },
+  {
+    "workflow": ".github/workflows/minio-interop.yml",
+    "max_age_hours": 36,
+    "never_ran_grace_until": "2026-09-08T00:00:00Z"
+  },
  { "workflow": ".github/workflows/nightly-gnu.yml", "max_age_hours": 36 },
  { "workflow": ".github/workflows/performance-ab.yml", "max_age_hours": 36 },
-  { "workflow": ".github/workflows/runner-hygiene.yml", "max_age_hours": 792 }
+  {
+    "workflow": ".github/workflows/runner-hygiene.yml",
+    "max_age_hours": 792,
+    "never_ran_grace_until": "2026-09-02T06:37:00Z"
+  }
 ]
@@ -1033,6 +1033,55 @@ jobs:
          echo "🎉 Released $TAG successfully!"
          echo "📄 Release URL: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_url }}"

+  # Remove the internal preview releases once the deliverable release is live.
+  # Only the Releases are deleted; the -preview.N tags stay so the validated
+  # commit remains traceable.
+  cleanup-preview-releases:
+    name: Cleanup Preview Releases
+    needs: [ build-check, publish-release ]
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && (needs.build-check.outputs.build_type == 'release' || needs.build-check.outputs.build_type == 'prerelease')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Delete preview releases for this target
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          TAG="${{ needs.build-check.outputs.version }}"
+          RELEASES_JSON="${RUNNER_TEMP}/releases.json"
+
+          # Fetch before filtering: a failed listing must abort here instead of
+          # looking like "nothing to clean up".
+          gh api --paginate "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases?per_page=100" > "$RELEASES_JSON"
+
+          # Match only <target>-preview.<digits>. String operations, not a
+          # regex over the tag, so dots in the version cannot widen the match.
+          DELETED=0
+          while IFS= read -r preview_tag; do
+            [[ -n "$preview_tag" ]] || continue
+            echo "🧹 Deleting preview release $preview_tag (tag kept)"
+            gh release delete "$preview_tag" --yes
+            DELETED=$((DELETED + 1))
+          done < <(
+            jq -r --arg tag "$TAG" '
+              .[]
+              | select(.tag_name | startswith($tag + "-preview."))
+              | select(.tag_name | ltrimstr($tag + "-preview.") | test("^[0-9]+$"))
+              | .tag_name
+            ' "$RELEASES_JSON"
+          )
+
+          if [[ "$DELETED" -eq 0 ]]; then
+            echo "ℹ️  No preview releases to clean up for $TAG"
+          else
+            echo "✅ Removed $DELETED preview release(s) for $TAG"
+          fi
+
  alert-on-failure:
    name: Alert on scheduled failure
    needs: [build-check, prepare-platform-matrix, build-rustfs, build-summary]
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ jobs:
          install-build-packaging-tools: 'false'

      - name: Build ci-feat-rio superset
+        env:
+          # --all-targets links the same test binaries as the reader lane.
+          CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: "2"
        run: |
          cargo build -p rustfs -p rustfs-ecstore --all-targets --features rio-v2
          cargo build -p rustfs --bins --features rio-v2,e2e-test-hooks
@@ -240,6 +243,9 @@ jobs:
          install-build-packaging-tools: 'false'

      - name: Build ci-feat-proto superset
+        env:
+          # Avoid an unbounded burst of concurrent test-binary links (#5394).
+          CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: "2"
        run: |
          cargo build -p rustfs -p rustfs-protocols --all-targets --features swift
          cargo build -p rustfs -p rustfs-protocols --all-targets --features sftp
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ jobs:
      - name: Check logging guardrails
        run: ./scripts/check_logging_guardrails.sh

+      - name: Check error other(format!) ratchet
+        run: ./scripts/check_error_other_format_ratchet.sh
+
      - name: Check tokio io-uring feature guard
        run: ./scripts/check_no_tokio_io_uring.sh

@@ -305,6 +308,9 @@ jobs:
          } > artifacts/test-and-lint/doctest-diagnostics.txt
          exit "${status}"

+      - name: Check offline enrollment E2E root boundary
+        run: ./scripts/check_offline_enrollment_e2e.sh
+
      - name: Upload test reports and diagnostics
        if: always()
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
@@ -423,10 +429,38 @@ jobs:
      #   - test_noncurrent_{expiry,transition}_still_works_after_immediate_compensation_transition:
      #     noncurrent transition/expiry after an immediate compensation transition.
      - name: Run ignored ILM integration tests serially
+        env:
+          # Match the measured Test and Lint link budget. The default exposed
+          # all 14 pod CPUs and a cold cache spent the full 80m compiling
+          # without starting one ILM test (main run 32982910990).
+          CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: ${{ (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch') && '3' || '2' }}
        run: |
-          cargo nextest run -j1 --run-ignored ignored-only \
+          mkdir -p artifacts/ilm-integration
+          set +e
+          NEXTEST_HIDE_PROGRESS_BAR=1 timeout --verbose --signal=TERM --kill-after=30s 80m \
+            cargo nextest run -j1 --run-ignored ignored-only \
            -p rustfs-scanner -p rustfs \
-            -E '(binary(lifecycle_integration_test) or (package(rustfs) and test(lifecycle_transition_api_test))) and not (test(test_noncurrent_expiry_still_works_after_immediate_compensation_transition) or test(test_noncurrent_transition_still_works_after_immediate_compensation_transition))'
+            -E '(binary(lifecycle_integration_test) or (package(rustfs) and test(lifecycle_transition_api_test))) and not (test(test_noncurrent_expiry_still_works_after_immediate_compensation_transition) or test(test_noncurrent_transition_still_works_after_immediate_compensation_transition))' \
+            --status-level all --final-status-level all \
+            2>&1 | tee artifacts/ilm-integration/nextest.log
+          status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+          {
+            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/ilm-integration/diagnostics.txt
+          exit "${status}"
+
+      - name: Upload ILM test diagnostics
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: ilm-integration-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+          path: |
+            artifacts/ilm-integration
+            target/nextest/ci/junit.xml

  test-and-lint-rio-v2:
    name: Test and Lint (rio-v2)
@@ -457,10 +491,76 @@ jobs:
        run: cargo clippy -p rustfs -p rustfs-ecstore --all-targets --features rio-v2 -- -D warnings

      - name: Run rio-v2 feature tests
+        env:
+          # Match the main nextest lane's #5394 link-I/O guard. A cold feature
+          # cache otherwise fans out enough rust-lld processes to exhaust this
+          # job's 90-minute budget before any test starts.
+          CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: "2"
        run: |
-          cargo nextest run -p rustfs -p rustfs-ecstore --features rio-v2
+          # --profile ci so the quarantine list (and its junit flaky markers)
+          # covers this leg too; the default profile is the local no-retry
+          # profile and silently ignored quarantined flakes here (rustfs#6703).
+          cargo nextest run --profile ci -p rustfs -p rustfs-ecstore --features rio-v2
          cargo test -p rustfs --doc --features rio-v2

+  connect-short-credential-boundary:
+    name: Connect Short Credential Boundary
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.action != 'closed'
+    needs: [ quick-checks ]
+    runs-on: sm-standard-4
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    env:
+      FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Setup Rust environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+        with:
+          rust-version: stable
+          cache-shared-key: ci-dev
+          cache-save-if: 'false'
+          install-build-packaging-tools: 'false'
+          install-test-tools: 'false'
+
+      - name: Run short credential behavior tests
+        env:
+          CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: "2"
+        run: |
+          cargo test -p rustfs --test connect_registration \
+            --features connect-e2e-short-credentials \
+            registration_enforces_build_profile_credential_lifetime -- --exact
+          cargo test -p rustfs --test connect_registration \
+            --features connect-e2e-short-credentials \
+            rotation_waits_for_threshold_and_stops_on_revocation -- --exact
+
+      - name: Reject short credentials in release builds
+        env:
+          CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: "2"
+        run: |
+          log="$(mktemp)"
+          set +e
+          CARGO_TERM_COLOR=never cargo check -p rustfs --release \
+            --features connect-e2e-short-credentials >"$log" 2>&1
+          status=$?
+          set -e
+          cat "$log"
+          expected='error: connect-e2e-short-credentials is restricted to debug builds'
+          summary="error: could not compile \`rustfs\` (lib) due to 1 previous error"
+          expected_count="$(grep -Fxc "$expected" "$log" || true)"
+          summary_count="$(grep -Fc "$summary" "$log" || true)"
+          error_count="$(grep -Ec '^error(:|\[)' "$log" || true)"
+          if [ "$status" -ne 101 ] || [ "$expected_count" -ne 1 ] \
+            || [ "$summary_count" -ne 1 ] || [ "$error_count" -ne 2 ]; then
+            echo "release feature gate did not fail solely at the expected compile_error" >&2
+            rm -f "$log"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          rm -f "$log"
+
  test-and-lint-protocols:
    name: "Test and Lint (${{ matrix.features.name }})"
    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.action != 'closed'
@@ -505,8 +605,15 @@ jobs:
          cargo clippy -p rustfs -p rustfs-protocols --all-targets ${{ matrix.features.flags }} -- -D warnings

      - name: Run tests with ${{ matrix.features.name }}
+        env:
+          # Keep feature-test linking under the same bounded concurrency as the
+          # main nextest lane; Clippy is metadata-only and needs no such limit.
+          CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: "2"
        run: |
-          cargo nextest run -p rustfs -p rustfs-protocols ${{ matrix.features.flags }}
+          # --profile ci so the quarantine list (and its junit flaky markers)
+          # covers this leg too; the default profile is the local no-retry
+          # profile and silently ignored quarantined flakes here (rustfs#6703).
+          cargo nextest run --profile ci -p rustfs -p rustfs-protocols ${{ matrix.features.flags }}

  build-rustfs-debug-binary:
    name: Build RustFS Debug Binary
@@ -20,22 +20,27 @@
 # each run with Docker and then runs the `#[ignore]` reader tests in
 # rustfs/src/storage/minio_generated_read_test.rs.
 #
-# Scope: end-to-end MinIO-to-RustFS SSE interop is NOT implemented yet. Both
-# envelope parsers reject MinIO's own wrapped-DEK shape — see
-# `is_data_key_envelope` in crates/kms/src/encryption/dek.rs and the
-# `deny_unknown_fields` `LocalSseDekEnvelope` in rustfs/src/storage/sse.rs — and
-# closing that gap is tracked in rustfs/backlog#1638. Treat this job as the
-# harness for #1638, not as standing evidence that a MinIO migration reads back.
+# Scope: MinIO-to-RustFS SSE read interop is implemented behind the `rio-v2`
+# feature for MinIO's builtin static-KMS deployments — SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS
+# (single- and multipart) since rustfs/rustfs#6191, SSE-C detection since the
+# rustfs/backlog#1638 D2 close-out. This job is the standing evidence: it
+# regenerates real MinIO backend trees and proves byte-identical plaintext
+# reconstruction. KES/MinKMS-backed MinIO objects remain unreadable by design
+# (their envelopes are sealed by the KES service, not by a key RustFS can
+# hold), and default RustFS builds do not include the read path — it is a
+# special-purpose migration capability, not a default-build feature.
 #
 # Runner: GitHub-hosted `ubuntu-latest`. It reliably ships Docker + Python,
 # unlike the self-hosted fleet, whose pods drift in Docker/pip availability
 # (see the infra note in e2e-s3tests.yml). Nightly + manual only.
-# DISABLED. This workflow is switched off in the repository's Actions settings
-# (state: disabled_manually) and does not run on any trigger, including its cron
-# and workflow_dispatch. That state lives in GitHub's UI and is invisible when
-# reading this file, which has already misled at least one audit — hence this
-# banner. Re-enabling is a UI action; anyone doing so should first check that the
-# workflow still matches the current CI layout. See rustfs/backlog#1603.
+#
+# Enablement: this workflow was long disabled in the repository's Actions
+# settings (state: disabled_manually — a state that lives in GitHub's UI and is
+# invisible in this file). The change that updated this banner also re-added
+# the .github/scheduled-validations.json entry; both only make sense together
+# with re-enabling the workflow in the Actions settings. If it is ever disabled
+# again, remove the scheduled-validations entry in the same change — a disabled
+# workflow can never satisfy the freshness check. See rustfs/backlog#1603.
 #
 name: minio-interop

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
  build:
    name: Build x86_64 GNU
-    runs-on: sm-standard-2
+    runs-on: sm-standard-4
    timeout-minutes: 150
    env:
      FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
@@ -55,6 +55,155 @@ jobs:
      - name: Build RustFS
        run: cargo build --release --locked --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -p rustfs --bins

+      - name: Build DEB package
+        id: deb
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          # Nightly snapshot name: rustfs-nightly-<YYYY-MM-DD> (Asia/Shanghai,
+          # matching the schedule timezone so the file date always matches the
+          # cron's intended day).
+          DEB_DATE="$(TZ=Asia/Shanghai date +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          DEB_FILE="rustfs-nightly-${DEB_DATE}.deb"
+          PKG_DIR="rustfs-nightly-${DEB_DATE}"
+
+          command -v fakeroot >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo apt-get install -y -qq fakeroot
+
+          BIN="target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/rustfs"
+          test -x "${BIN}" || { echo "rustfs binary not found: ${BIN}"; exit 1; }
+
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN"
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}/usr/bin"
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}/etc/default"
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}/lib/systemd/system"
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}/usr/share/doc/rustfs"
+
+          cp "${BIN}" "${PKG_DIR}/usr/bin/rustfs"
+          chmod 755 "${PKG_DIR}/usr/bin/rustfs"
+          cp deploy/build/rustfs.service "${PKG_DIR}/lib/systemd/system/"
+
+          cat > "${PKG_DIR}/etc/default/rustfs" << 'ENVEOF'
+          # RustFS Environment Configuration
+          # See https://rustfs.com/docs/ for more information
+          # RUSTFS_VOLUMES=""
+          # RUSTFS_ROOT_USER=""
+          # RUSTFS_ROOT_PASSWORD=""
+          ENVEOF
+
+          # dpkg versions must start with a digit and cannot contain hyphens;
+          # a date-based snapshot version keeps the nightly installable
+          # alongside release packages.
+          DEB_VERSION="${DEB_DATE//-/.}~nightly"
+
+          cat > "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/control" << EOF
+          Package: rustfs
+          Version: ${DEB_VERSION}
+          Section: utils
+          Priority: optional
+          Architecture: amd64
+          Depends: libc6 (>= 2.31)
+          Maintainer: RustFS Team <support@rustfs.com>
+          Description: High-performance distributed object storage
+           RustFS is a high-performance distributed object storage software
+           built using Rust. It is compatible with MinIO and S3 API.
+          Homepage: https://rustfs.com
+          EOF
+
+          cat > "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/conffiles" << 'CONFFILES'
+          /etc/default/rustfs
+          CONFFILES
+
+          cat > "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/postinst" << 'POSTINST'
+          #!/bin/bash
+          set -e
+          if ! getent passwd rustfs > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+              useradd -r -s /bin/false -d /opt/rustfs rustfs
+          fi
+          mkdir -p /opt/rustfs /data/rustfs /var/log/rustfs
+          chown rustfs:rustfs /opt/rustfs /data/rustfs /var/log/rustfs
+          if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+              systemctl daemon-reload
+          fi
+          echo "RustFS installed. Configure /etc/default/rustfs then: systemctl start rustfs"
+          POSTINST
+          chmod 755 "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/postinst"
+
+          cat > "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/prerm" << 'PRERM'
+          #!/bin/bash
+          set -e
+          if [ -d /run/systemd/system ] && systemctl is-active --quiet rustfs; then
+              systemctl stop rustfs
+          fi
+          PRERM
+          chmod 755 "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/prerm"
+
+          cat > "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/postrm" << 'POSTRM'
+          #!/bin/bash
+          set -e
+          if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+              systemctl daemon-reload
+          fi
+          POSTRM
+          chmod 755 "${PKG_DIR}/DEBIAN/postrm"
+
+          cp LICENSE "${PKG_DIR}/usr/share/doc/rustfs/"
+          cp README.md "${PKG_DIR}/usr/share/doc/rustfs/"
+
+          fakeroot dpkg-deb --build "${PKG_DIR}"
+          ls -lh "${DEB_FILE}"
+          echo "deb_file=${DEB_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+      - name: Upload DEB artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: ${{ steps.deb.outputs.deb_file }}
+          path: ${{ steps.deb.outputs.deb_file }}
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      # Persist the nightly deb on Cloudflare R2 (same channel as package.yml)
+      # so it can be downloaded later with a stable, unauthenticated URL —
+      # e.g. https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/... .
+      # Skipped when the R2 secrets are not configured (artifact-only mode).
+      - name: Upload DEB to Cloudflare R2
+        if: env.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID != ''
+        env:
+          R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          R2_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.R2_ENDPOINT }}
+          R2_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.R2_BUCKET }}
+          AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED: true
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          if [[ -z "$R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID" || -z "$R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" || -z "$R2_ENDPOINT" || -z "$R2_BUCKET" ]]; then
+            echo "⚠️ R2 credentials missing, skipping upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          if ! command -v aws >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y -qq awscli
+          fi
+
+          export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="$R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+          export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="$R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+          export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="auto"
+
+          DEB_FILE="${{ steps.deb.outputs.deb_file }}"
+          R2_PREFIX="s3://${R2_BUCKET}/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/"
+
+          echo "📤 Uploading ${DEB_FILE} to ${R2_PREFIX}"
+          aws s3 cp "${DEB_FILE}" "${R2_PREFIX}" --endpoint-url "$R2_ENDPOINT" --only-show-errors
+
+          # Stable "latest" alias so tests can fetch the newest nightly
+          # without knowing today's date.
+          echo "📤 Uploading latest alias"
+          aws s3 cp "${DEB_FILE}" "${R2_PREFIX}rustfs-nightly-latest.deb" \
+            --endpoint-url "$R2_ENDPOINT" --only-show-errors
+
+          echo "✅ R2 upload complete"
+
  # Live-Vault lane for the rustfs-kms suite (rustfs/backlog#1774).
  #
  # RUSTFS_KMS_VAULT_TOKEN is the single switch that adds the Vault KV2 and
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ on:
    paths:
      - 'flake.nix'
      - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'nix/**'
      - 'Cargo.toml'
      - 'Cargo.lock'
      - '.github/workflows/nix.yml'
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ on:
    paths:
      - 'flake.nix'
      - 'flake.lock'
+      - 'nix/**'
      - 'Cargo.toml'
      - 'Cargo.lock'
      - '.github/workflows/nix.yml'
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
          ZIP_FILE=$(find ./binary-artifact -name "*.zip" -type f | head -1)
          if [[ -z "$ZIP_FILE" ]]; then
            echo "❌ No binary artifact found"
-            ls -la ./binary-artifact/ || true
+            find ./binary-artifact -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print 2>/dev/null || true
            exit 1
          fi

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ jobs:
          fi

          chmod +x ./bin/rustfs
-          ls -lh ./bin/rustfs
+          stat --printf='%n %s bytes\n' ./bin/rustfs
          echo "✅ Binary extracted"

      - name: Build DEB package
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ jobs:
          fakeroot dpkg-deb --build "${PKG_DIR}"

          DEB_FILE="${PKG_DIR}.deb"
-          ls -lh "$DEB_FILE"
+          stat --printf='%n %s bytes\n' "$DEB_FILE"
          echo "deb_file=$DEB_FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          echo "✅ DEB built: $DEB_FILE"

@@ -410,13 +410,14 @@ jobs:
            LICENSE=/usr/share/doc/rustfs/LICENSE \
            README.md=/usr/share/doc/rustfs/README.md

-          RPM_FILE=$(ls -1 rustfs-*.rpm 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+            RPM_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'rustfs-*.rpm' -print | head -1)
+            RPM_FILE="${RPM_FILE#./}"
          if [[ -z "$RPM_FILE" ]]; then
            echo "❌ RPM build failed"
            exit 1
          fi

-          ls -lh "$RPM_FILE"
+          stat --printf='%n %s bytes\n' "$RPM_FILE"
          echo "rpm_file=$RPM_FILE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          echo "✅ RPM built: $RPM_FILE"

@@ -552,11 +553,13 @@ jobs:
      - name: Print summary
        shell: bash
        run: |
-          echo "## 📦 Package Summary" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "| Item | Value |" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "|------|-------|" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "| Version | \`${{ needs.resolve.outputs.version }}\` |" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "| Build Type | ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.build_type }} |" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "| Build Run | #${{ needs.resolve.outputs.build_run_id }} |" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
-          echo "| Package Status | ${{ needs.package.result }} |" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          {
+            echo "## 📦 Package Summary"
+            echo ""
+            echo "| Item | Value |"
+            echo "|------|-------|"
+            echo "| Version | \`${{ needs.resolve.outputs.version }}\` |"
+            echo "| Build Type | ${{ needs.resolve.outputs.build_type }} |"
+            echo "| Build Run | #${{ needs.resolve.outputs.build_run_id }} |"
+            echo "| Package Status | ${{ needs.package.result }} |"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+name: RustFS Heal Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      package_url:
+        description: 'Direct .deb URL (nightly/R2). Defaults to the latest nightly deb.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      stop_node_gb:
+        description: 'Stop the outage node when surviving nodes reach N GiB'
+        required: false
+        default: '15'
+      warp_stop_gb:
+        description: 'Stop warp when surviving nodes reach N GiB'
+        required: false
+        default: '40'
+      cleanup_before:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes before the test (DESTROYS existing data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      cleanup_after:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes after the test (DESTROYS test data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# Only one test at a time: both this and the pool-expansion workflow mutate
+# the same test environment, so they share one concurrency group.
+concurrency:
+  group: rustfs-shared-functional-tests
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT || vars.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT || vars.RUSTFS_RC_ENDPOINT }}
+  RUSTFS_NODES: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_NODES || vars.RUSTFS_NODES }}
+  RUSTFS_SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SSH_USER || vars.RUSTFS_SSH_USER }}
+  PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+  RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL: ${{ vars.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL || 'https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/rustfs-nightly-latest.deb' }}
+
+jobs:
+  heal-test:
+    runs-on: smoke-testing
+    timeout-minutes: 480
+    # Manual-only standalone run. Nightly chain already runs heal in
+    # rustfs-pool-expand-test.yml to avoid duplicate heal executions.
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          openssl version
+          warp --version || true
+          df -h /data | tail -1
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (before)
+        if: ${{ inputs.cleanup_before != 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Install RustFS package & start cluster
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--steps "1,2" -y --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}")
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_heal_test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Preflight checks
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--preflight --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}")
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_heal_test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Run heal test (write -> outage -> heal -> verify)
+        id: test
+        run: |
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_heal_test.sh \
+            --steps "3,4,5,6,7" -y \
+            --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}" \
+            --stop-node-gb "${{ inputs.stop_node_gb }}" \
+            --warp-stop-gb "${{ inputs.warp_stop_gb }}" \
+            --log-file /tmp/rustfs-heal-test.log
+
+      - name: Generate report
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-heal-test.log
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-heal-report.md
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${PACKAGE_URL}"
+          else
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}"
+          fi
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS heal test report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+            echo "- Trigger: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "- Package: ${PACKAGE_SOURCE}"
+            echo "- Test Step Outcome: ${{ steps.test.outcome }}"
+            echo ""
+            echo "## Log tail"
+            echo '```text'
+            tail -n 200 "${LOG_FILE}" || true
+            echo '```'
+          } | tee "${REPORT_FILE}"
+          cat "${REPORT_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-heal-report.md
+          SUITE: heal
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping dashboard upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="functional-reports/${SUITE}/${DATE}.md"
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64,sys;print(base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[1],"rb").read()).decode())' "${REPORT_FILE}")"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+          cat > /tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html <<'EOF'
+          <!doctype html>
+          <html lang="en">
+          <head>
+            <meta charset="utf-8" />
+            <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+            <title>RustFS Functional Test Reports</title>
+            <style>
+              :root { --bg:#f4f6fb; --card:#fff; --text:#1f2937; --muted:#6b7280; --line:#e5e7eb; --accent:#0f766e; }
+              * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+              body { margin: 0; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); }
+              .wrap { max-width: 980px; margin: 32px auto; padding: 0 16px; }
+              .card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; padding: 20px; }
+              h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 26px; }
+              p { margin: 0 0 14px; color: var(--muted); }
+              .tabs { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin: 14px 0 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+              button { border: 1px solid var(--line); background: #fff; color: var(--text); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+              button.active { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }
+              .report-btn { border: 0; background: transparent; padding: 0; color: var(--accent); }
+              ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+              li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
+              a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+              a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+              .meta { margin-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding-top: 14px; }
+              .kv { margin: 6px 0; color: var(--text); }
+              .muted { color: var(--muted); }
+            </style>
+          </head>
+          <body>
+            <div class="wrap">
+              <div class="card">
+                <h1>RustFS Functional Test Reports</h1>
+                <p>Select a suite and date to view the build version used in that run.</p>
+                <div class="tabs" id="tabs"></div>
+                <ul id="list"></ul>
+                <div class="meta">
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>Date:</strong> <span id="report-date" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>RustFS Version:</strong> <span id="report-version" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><a id="report-link" href="#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open report</a></div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <script>
+              const suites = [
+                { key: 's3', label: 'S3 Compatibility' },
+                { key: 'kms', label: 'KMS' },
+                { key: 'tier', label: 'Tier' },
+                { key: 'heal', label: 'Heal' },
+                { key: 'pool', label: 'Pool Expansion' },
+                { key: 'security', label: 'Security' },
+                { key: 'upgrade', label: 'Upgrade' },
+              ];
+              const tabs = document.getElementById('tabs');
+              const list = document.getElementById('list');
+              const reportDate = document.getElementById('report-date');
+              const reportVersion = document.getElementById('report-version');
+              const reportLink = document.getElementById('report-link');
+
+              function parseVersion(markdown) {
+                const m = markdown.match(/^- RustFS Version:\s*(.+)$/m);
+                return m ? m[1].trim() : 'N/A';
+              }
+
+              async function showReport(report) {
+                reportDate.textContent = report.name.replace('.md', '');
+                reportVersion.textContent = 'Loading...';
+                reportLink.href = report.html_url;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(report.download_url, { cache: 'no-store' });
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const text = await res.text();
+                  reportVersion.textContent = parseVersion(text);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                }
+              }
+
+              async function loadSuite(suite) {
+                list.innerHTML = '<li>Loading...</li>';
+                const api = `https://api.github.com/repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/functional-reports/${suite}`;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(api);
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const data = await res.json();
+                  const files = data.filter(f => f.type === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.md')).sort((a,b) => b.name.localeCompare(a.name));
+                  if (!files.length) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportLink.href = '#';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  list.innerHTML = '';
+                  files.forEach((f) => {
+                    const li = document.createElement('li');
+                    const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                    btn.className = 'report-btn';
+                    btn.textContent = f.name.replace('.md', '');
+                    btn.addEventListener('click', () => showReport(f));
+                    li.appendChild(btn);
+                    list.appendChild(li);
+                  });
+                  showReport(files[0]);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  list.innerHTML = '<li>Failed to load reports.</li>';
+                  reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportLink.href = '#';
+                }
+              }
+
+              function setActive(key) {
+                for (const btn of tabs.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+                  btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.key === key);
+                }
+                loadSuite(key);
+              }
+
+              for (const suite of suites) {
+                const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                btn.textContent = suite.label;
+                btn.dataset.key = suite.key;
+                btn.addEventListener('click', () => setActive(suite.key));
+                tabs.appendChild(btn);
+              }
+              setActive('s3');
+            </script>
+          </body>
+          </html>
+          EOF
+
+          INDEX_PATH="functional/index.html"
+          INDEX_CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64;print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          INDEX_SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${INDEX_SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui update" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" --arg sha "${INDEX_SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui init" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload test logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-heal-test-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-heal-test*.log
+            /tmp/rustfs-warp.*.log
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (after)
+        if: ${{ always() && inputs.cleanup_after != 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS heal test failed"
+          echo "Package source: ${{ inputs.package_url || 'nightly (R2 latest)' }}"
+          echo "See the uploaded log artifact for details."
@@ -0,0 +1,376 @@
+name: RustFS KMS Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      rustfs_version:
+        description: 'RustFS release tag to test (e.g. 1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1)'
+        required: false
+        default: '1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1'
+      package_url:
+        description: 'Direct .deb URL (nightly/R2/dev). Overrides rustfs_version.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      enforce_sse_key_policy:
+        description: 'Enable RUSTFS_KMS_ENFORCE_SSE_KEY_POLICY (runs KMS-401/402)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      frame_v2:
+        description: 'Enable RUSTFS_ENCRYPTION_FRAME_V2 (runs KMS-318)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      config_secret:
+        description: 'Set RUSTFS_KMS_CONFIG_SECRET (runs KMS-107 config sealing)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+  workflow_run:
+    # Strict shared-environment order: run after S3 compatibility test completes.
+    workflows: ["RustFS S3 Compatibility Test"]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: rustfs-shared-functional-tests
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_NODES: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_NODES || vars.RUSTFS_NODES }}
+  RUSTFS_SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SSH_USER || vars.RUSTFS_SSH_USER }}
+  RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL: ${{ vars.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL || 'https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/rustfs-nightly-latest.deb' }}
+  PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  kms-test:
+    runs-on: smoke-testing
+    continue-on-error: true
+    timeout-minutes: 420
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'workflow_run' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          openssl version
+          docker --version || true
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (before)
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Ensure docker (Vault container)
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install -y docker.io
+          fi
+          sudo systemctl enable --now docker
+          docker info >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo docker info >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+      - name: Run KMS suite
+        id: test
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-kms.log
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          chmod +x auto-testing/rustfs-kms-test.sh
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          RUSTFS_VERSION='${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}'
+          ARGS=(--all-topologies --backends "local,vault-kv2" -y --log-file "${LOG_FILE}")
+          EXTRA_ENV=""
+          if [ "${{ inputs.enforce_sse_key_policy }}" = "true" ]; then
+            EXTRA_ENV+="RUSTFS_KMS_ENFORCE_SSE_KEY_POLICY=true"$'\n'
+          fi
+          if [ "${{ inputs.frame_v2 }}" = "true" ]; then
+            EXTRA_ENV+="RUSTFS_ENCRYPTION_FRAME_V2=true"$'\n'
+          fi
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.config_secret }}" ]; then
+            EXTRA_ENV+="RUSTFS_KMS_CONFIG_SECRET=${{ inputs.config_secret }}"$'\n'
+          fi
+          if [ -n "${EXTRA_ENV}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--extra-env "${EXTRA_ENV}")
+          fi
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${PACKAGE_URL}")
+          elif [ -n "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--version "${RUSTFS_VERSION}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs-kms-test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Generate report
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-kms.log
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-kms-report.md
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          RUSTFS_VERSION='${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}'
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${PACKAGE_URL}"
+          elif [ -n "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="version ${RUSTFS_VERSION}"
+          else
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}"
+          fi
+          CASE_TABLE="/tmp/rustfs-kms-cases.md"
+          python3 - "${LOG_FILE}" "${CASE_TABLE}" <<'PY'
+          import re
+          import sys
+
+          log_file, out_file = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+          ansi = re.compile(r'\x1b\[[0-9;]*m')
+          start_re = re.compile(r'^---\s+([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)\s+(.+?)\s+---$')
+          done_re = re.compile(r'^\[(PASS|FAIL|UNSUPPORTED)\]\s+([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)\b')
+
+          rows = []
+          index = {}
+          try:
+            with open(log_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as fh:
+              for raw in fh:
+                line = ansi.sub('', raw).strip()
+                m = start_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                  case_id, name = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+                  if case_id not in index:
+                    index[case_id] = len(rows)
+                    rows.append([case_id, name, 'RUNNING'])
+                  continue
+                m = done_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                  status, case_id = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+                  if case_id in index:
+                    rows[index[case_id]][2] = status
+                  else:
+                    rows.append([case_id, case_id, status])
+                    index[case_id] = len(rows) - 1
+          except FileNotFoundError:
+            rows = []
+
+          counts = {'PASS': 0, 'FAIL': 0, 'UNSUPPORTED': 0, 'RUNNING': 0}
+          for _, _, status in rows:
+            counts[status] = counts.get(status, 0) + 1
+
+          with open(out_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as out:
+            out.write('## Case Summary\n\n')
+            out.write(f"- Total: {len(rows)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- PASS: {counts.get('PASS', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- FAIL: {counts.get('FAIL', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- UNSUPPORTED: {counts.get('UNSUPPORTED', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write('\\n')
+            out.write('| Case | Name | Status |\\n')
+            out.write('| --- | --- | --- |\\n')
+            for case_id, name, status in rows:
+              out.write(f'| {case_id} | {name} | {status} |\\n')
+          PY
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS KMS test report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+            echo "- Trigger: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "- Package: ${PACKAGE_SOURCE}"
+            echo "- Test Step Outcome: ${{ steps.test.outcome }}"
+            echo ""
+            cat "${CASE_TABLE}" || true
+            echo ""
+            echo "## Log tail"
+            echo '```text'
+            tail -n 200 "${LOG_FILE}" || true
+            echo '```'
+          } | tee "${REPORT_FILE}"
+          cat "${REPORT_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-kms-report.md
+          SUITE: kms
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping dashboard upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="functional-reports/${SUITE}/${DATE}.md"
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64,sys;print(base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[1],"rb").read()).decode())' "${REPORT_FILE}")"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+          cat > /tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html <<'EOF'
+          <!doctype html>
+          <html lang="en">
+          <head>
+            <meta charset="utf-8" />
+            <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+            <title>RustFS Functional Test Reports</title>
+            <style>
+              :root { --bg:#f4f6fb; --card:#fff; --text:#1f2937; --muted:#6b7280; --line:#e5e7eb; --accent:#0f766e; }
+              * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+              body { margin: 0; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); }
+              .wrap { max-width: 980px; margin: 32px auto; padding: 0 16px; }
+              .card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; padding: 20px; }
+              h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 26px; }
+              p { margin: 0 0 14px; color: var(--muted); }
+              .tabs { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin: 14px 0 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+              button { border: 1px solid var(--line); background: #fff; color: var(--text); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+              button.active { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }
+              ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+              li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
+              a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+              a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+            </style>
+          </head>
+          <body>
+            <div class="wrap">
+              <div class="card">
+                <h1>RustFS Functional Test Reports</h1>
+                <p>S3, KMS, Tier report tabs. Each tab lists reports by date.</p>
+                <div class="tabs" id="tabs"></div>
+                <ul id="list"></ul>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <script>
+              const suites = [
+                { key: 's3', label: 'S3 Compatibility' },
+                { key: 'kms', label: 'KMS' },
+                { key: 'tier', label: 'Tier' },
+                { key: 'heal', label: 'Heal' },
+                { key: 'pool', label: 'Pool Expansion' },
+                { key: 'security', label: 'Security' },
+                { key: 'upgrade', label: 'Upgrade' },
+              ];
+              const tabs = document.getElementById('tabs');
+              const list = document.getElementById('list');
+
+              async function loadSuite(suite) {
+                list.innerHTML = '<li>Loading...</li>';
+                const api = `https://api.github.com/repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/functional-reports/${suite}`;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(api);
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const data = await res.json();
+                  const files = data.filter(f => f.type === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.md')).sort((a,b) => b.name.localeCompare(a.name));
+                  if (!files.length) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  list.innerHTML = files.map(f => `<li><a href="${f.html_url}" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">${f.name.replace('.md','')}</a></li>`).join('');
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  list.innerHTML = '<li>Failed to load reports.</li>';
+                }
+              }
+
+              function setActive(key) {
+                for (const btn of tabs.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+                  btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.key === key);
+                }
+                loadSuite(key);
+              }
+
+              for (const suite of suites) {
+                const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                btn.textContent = suite.label;
+                btn.dataset.key = suite.key;
+                btn.addEventListener('click', () => setActive(suite.key));
+                tabs.appendChild(btn);
+              }
+              setActive('s3');
+            </script>
+          </body>
+          </html>
+          EOF
+
+          INDEX_PATH="functional/index.html"
+          INDEX_CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64;print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          INDEX_SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${INDEX_SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui update" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" --arg sha "${INDEX_SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui init" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload report and logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-kms-test-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-kms.log
+            /tmp/rustfs-kms-report.md
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (after)
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS KMS suite failed"
+          echo "See the uploaded report and log artifacts for details."
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+name: RustFS Performance Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      package_url:
+        description: 'Direct .deb URL (nightly/R2). Defaults to the latest nightly deb.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      test_method:
+        description: 'Benchmark method(s) to run (manual runs only; "all" = GET+PUT+MIXED)'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - all
+          - get
+          - put
+          - mixed
+        default: 'all'
+      object_size:
+        description: 'Object size(s) to test (manual runs only; "all" = all 10 sizes)'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - all
+          - 1KiB
+          - 4KiB
+          - 16KiB
+          - 128KiB
+          - 1MiB
+          - 4MiB
+          - 8MiB
+          - 16MiB
+          - 32MiB
+          - 64MiB
+        default: 'all'
+      warp_duration:
+        description: 'warp duration per round (e.g. 5m, 30s)'
+        required: false
+        default: '5m'
+      warp_concurrency:
+        description: 'warp concurrency'
+        required: false
+        default: '64'
+      cleanup_before:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes before the test (DESTROYS existing data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      cleanup_after:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes after the test (DESTROYS test data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+  workflow_run:
+    # Run after the nightly build completes; the nightly deb is what the test installs.
+    workflows: ["Nightly GNU Build"]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# Dedicated pf-testing runner/environment: own concurrency group so perf runs
+# never block (or are blocked by) the pool-expansion / heal tests.
+concurrency:
+  group: rustfs-performance-test
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY }}
+  # Performance test uses its own node list (4 nodes); the shared
+  # RUSTFS_NODES secret is used by the 3-node pool-expansion / heal tests.
+  RUSTFS_NODES: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_PERF_NODES || vars.RUSTFS_PERF_NODES || 'vm000 vm001 vm002 vm003' }}
+  RUSTFS_SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SSH_USER || vars.RUSTFS_SSH_USER }}
+  # Package used by the nightly run (workflow_dispatch inputs are empty for
+  # workflow_run events), i.e. the latest nightly deb published by nightly-gnu.yml.
+  RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL: ${{ vars.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL || 'https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/rustfs-nightly-latest.deb' }}
+  # Fixed benchmark result directory so later steps can read summary.md
+  RUSTFS_RESULT_DIR: /tmp/rustfs-perf-results
+  # Cross-repo token for uploading reports to rustfs/dashboard (set in repo settings)
+  PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  performance-test:
+    runs-on: pf-testing
+    timeout-minutes: 900
+    # Run on manual dispatch, or when the nightly build completed successfully.
+    # Skipped when nightly failed.
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          warp --version || true
+          df -h /data | tail -1
+
+      - name: Reset test environment (before)
+        if: ${{ inputs.cleanup_before != 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          chmod +x auto-testing/rustfs_performance_test.sh
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_performance_test.sh --step 1 -y
+
+      - name: Install RustFS package & start cluster (4x4)
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--steps "2,3,4" -y)
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_performance_test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Preflight checks
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--preflight)
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_performance_test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Run benchmark (GET/PUT/MIXED)
+        id: benchmark
+        run: |
+          # Empty on automatic (workflow_run) runs -> full 30 rounds.
+          # Manual dispatch can restrict method(s)/size(s).
+          export WARP_METHODS="${{ inputs.test_method }}"
+          export WARP_SIZES="${{ inputs.object_size }}"
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_performance_test.sh \
+            --step 5 -y \
+            --warp-duration "${{ inputs.warp_duration || '5m' }}" \
+            --warp-concurrency "${{ inputs.warp_concurrency || '64' }}" \
+            --log-file /tmp/rustfs-perf-test.log
+
+      - name: Analyze results
+        if: ${{ steps.benchmark.conclusion == 'success' }}
+        run: |
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_performance_test.sh --step 6 -y
+
+      - name: Collect RustFS version info
+        if: ${{ steps.benchmark.conclusion == 'success' }}
+        env:
+          VERSION_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-version.txt
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES}"
+          [ "${#NODES[@]}" -gt 0 ] || { echo "RUSTFS_NODES is empty"; exit 1; }
+          NODE="${NODES[0]}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          {
+            echo "Node: ${NODE}"
+            echo "Command: rustfs --version"
+            echo ""
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \
+              "${SSH_USER}@${NODE}" 'rustfs --version'
+          } > "${VERSION_FILE}"
+
+      - name: Upload report to dashboard (reports/YYYY-MM-DD.md)
+        if: ${{ steps.benchmark.conclusion == 'success' }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          RESULT_DIR: ${{ env.RUSTFS_RESULT_DIR }}
+          VERSION_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-version.txt
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping report upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          SUMMARY="${RESULT_DIR}/summary.md"
+          [ -f "${SUMMARY}" ] || { echo "summary.md not found at ${SUMMARY}"; exit 1; }
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="reports/${DATE}.md"
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS nightly build performance testing report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- **Date**: ${DATE}"
+            echo "- **Run**: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+            echo "- **Trigger**: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "- **Package**: ${{ inputs.package_url || 'nightly (R2 latest)' }}"
+            echo ""
+            cat "${SUMMARY}"
+            echo ""
+            echo "## RustFS version"
+            echo '```text'
+            cat "${VERSION_FILE}"
+            echo '```'
+          } > /tmp/rustfs-perf-report.md
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64; print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-perf-report.md","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report: ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+            echo "updated ${REPORT_PATH} in rustfs/dashboard"
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report: ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+            echo "created ${REPORT_PATH} in rustfs/dashboard"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload test logs & results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-perf-test-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-perf-test*.log
+            /tmp/rustfs-perf-results/**
+            /tmp/rustfs-version.txt
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Reset test environment (after)
+        if: ${{ always() && inputs.cleanup_after != 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_performance_test.sh --step 7 -y
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS performance test failed"
+          echo "Package source: ${{ inputs.package_url || 'nightly (R2 latest)' }}"
+          echo "See the uploaded log artifact for details."
@@ -0,0 +1,731 @@
+name: RustFS Pool Expansion / Heal Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      rustfs_version:
+        description: 'RustFS release tag to test (leave empty to use the latest nightly deb)'
+        required: false
+      package_url:
+        description: 'Direct .deb URL (nightly/R2/dev). Overrides rustfs_version.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      pools:
+        description: 'Number of pools to expand to (2 = first rebalance only)'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - '2'
+          - '3'
+        default: '3'
+      storage_threshold:
+        description: 'Stop writing when storage usage reaches N%'
+        required: false
+        default: '50'
+      warp_duration:
+        description: 'warp write duration (e.g. 5m, 10m)'
+        required: false
+        default: '10m'
+      run_decommission:
+        description: 'Run the pool decommission step (3-pool topology only)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      stop_node_gb:
+        description: 'Heal: stop the outage node when surviving nodes reach N GiB'
+        required: false
+        default: '15'
+      warp_stop_gb:
+        description: 'Heal: stop warp when surviving nodes reach N GiB'
+        required: false
+        default: '40'
+      cleanup_before:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes before the test (DESTROYS existing data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      cleanup_after:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes after the test (DESTROYS test data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+  workflow_run:
+    # Strict shared-environment order: run after tier test completes.
+    workflows: ["RustFS Tier Test"]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# Only one test run at a time: every job mutates the same shared test
+# environment (vm000/vm001/vm002), so concurrent runs must not clobber each
+# other. Jobs inside a run are chained with needs to serialize them.
+concurrency:
+  group: rustfs-shared-functional-tests
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT || vars.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT || vars.RUSTFS_RC_ENDPOINT }}
+  RUSTFS_NODES: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_NODES || vars.RUSTFS_NODES }}
+  RUSTFS_SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SSH_USER || vars.RUSTFS_SSH_USER }}
+  PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+  # Package used by the nightly run (workflow_dispatch inputs are empty for
+  # workflow_run events), i.e. the latest nightly deb published by nightly-gnu.yml.
+  RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL: ${{ vars.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL || 'https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/rustfs-nightly-latest.deb' }}
+
+jobs:
+  heal-test:
+    name: Heal test
+    runs-on: smoke-testing
+    timeout-minutes: 480
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'workflow_run' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          openssl version
+          df -h /data | tail -1
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (before)
+        if: ${{ inputs.cleanup_before != 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Install RustFS package & start cluster
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--steps "1,2" -y --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}")
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_heal_test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Preflight checks
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--preflight --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}")
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_heal_test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Run heal test (write -> outage -> heal -> verify)
+        id: test
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--steps "3,4,5,6,7" -y \
+            --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}" \
+            --stop-node-gb "${{ inputs.stop_node_gb || '15' }}" \
+            --warp-stop-gb "${{ inputs.warp_stop_gb || '40' }}" \
+            --log-file /tmp/rustfs-heal-test.log)
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_heal_test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Generate report
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-heal-test.log
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-heal-report.md
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${PACKAGE_URL}"
+          else
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}"
+          fi
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS heal test report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+            echo "- Trigger: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "- Package: ${PACKAGE_SOURCE}"
+            echo "- Test Step Outcome: ${{ steps.test.outcome }}"
+            echo ""
+            echo "## Log tail"
+            echo '```text'
+            tail -n 200 "${LOG_FILE}" || true
+            echo '```'
+          } | tee "${REPORT_FILE}"
+          cat "${REPORT_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-heal-report.md
+          SUITE: heal
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping dashboard upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="functional-reports/${SUITE}/${DATE}.md"
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64,sys;print(base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[1],"rb").read()).decode())' "${REPORT_FILE}")"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+          cat > /tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html <<'EOF'
+          <!doctype html>
+          <html lang="en">
+          <head>
+            <meta charset="utf-8" />
+            <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+            <title>RustFS Functional Test Reports</title>
+            <style>
+              :root { --bg:#f4f6fb; --card:#fff; --text:#1f2937; --muted:#6b7280; --line:#e5e7eb; --accent:#0f766e; }
+              * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+              body { margin: 0; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); }
+              .wrap { max-width: 980px; margin: 32px auto; padding: 0 16px; }
+              .card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; padding: 20px; }
+              h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 26px; }
+              p { margin: 0 0 14px; color: var(--muted); }
+              .tabs { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin: 14px 0 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+              button { border: 1px solid var(--line); background: #fff; color: var(--text); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+              button.active { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }
+              .report-btn { border: 0; background: transparent; padding: 0; color: var(--accent); }
+              ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+              li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
+              a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+              a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+              .meta { margin-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding-top: 14px; }
+              .kv { margin: 6px 0; color: var(--text); }
+              .muted { color: var(--muted); }
+            </style>
+          </head>
+          <body>
+            <div class="wrap">
+              <div class="card">
+                <h1>RustFS Functional Test Reports</h1>
+                <p>Select a suite and date to view the build version used in that run.</p>
+                <div class="tabs" id="tabs"></div>
+                <ul id="list"></ul>
+                <div class="meta">
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>Date:</strong> <span id="report-date" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>RustFS Version:</strong> <span id="report-version" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><a id="report-link" href="#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open report</a></div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <script>
+              const suites = [
+                { key: 's3', label: 'S3 Compatibility' },
+                { key: 'kms', label: 'KMS' },
+                { key: 'tier', label: 'Tier' },
+                { key: 'heal', label: 'Heal' },
+                { key: 'pool', label: 'Pool Expansion' },
+                { key: 'security', label: 'Security' },
+                { key: 'upgrade', label: 'Upgrade' },
+              ];
+              const tabs = document.getElementById('tabs');
+              const list = document.getElementById('list');
+              const reportDate = document.getElementById('report-date');
+              const reportVersion = document.getElementById('report-version');
+              const reportLink = document.getElementById('report-link');
+
+              function parseVersion(markdown) {
+                const m = markdown.match(/^- RustFS Version:\s*(.+)$/m);
+                return m ? m[1].trim() : 'N/A';
+              }
+
+              async function showReport(report) {
+                reportDate.textContent = report.name.replace('.md', '');
+                reportVersion.textContent = 'Loading...';
+                reportLink.href = report.html_url;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(report.download_url, { cache: 'no-store' });
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const text = await res.text();
+                  reportVersion.textContent = parseVersion(text);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                }
+              }
+
+              async function loadSuite(suite) {
+                list.innerHTML = '<li>Loading...</li>';
+                const api = `https://api.github.com/repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/functional-reports/${suite}`;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(api);
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const data = await res.json();
+                  const files = data.filter(f => f.type === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.md')).sort((a,b) => b.name.localeCompare(a.name));
+                  if (!files.length) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportLink.href = '#';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  list.innerHTML = '';
+                  files.forEach((f) => {
+                    const li = document.createElement('li');
+                    const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                    btn.className = 'report-btn';
+                    btn.textContent = f.name.replace('.md', '');
+                    btn.addEventListener('click', () => showReport(f));
+                    li.appendChild(btn);
+                    list.appendChild(li);
+                  });
+                  showReport(files[0]);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  list.innerHTML = '<li>Failed to load reports.</li>';
+                  reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportLink.href = '#';
+                }
+              }
+
+              function setActive(key) {
+                for (const btn of tabs.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+                  btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.key === key);
+                }
+                loadSuite(key);
+              }
+
+              for (const suite of suites) {
+                const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                btn.textContent = suite.label;
+                btn.dataset.key = suite.key;
+                btn.addEventListener('click', () => setActive(suite.key));
+                tabs.appendChild(btn);
+              }
+              setActive('s3');
+            </script>
+          </body>
+          </html>
+          EOF
+
+          INDEX_PATH="functional/index.html"
+          INDEX_CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64;print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          INDEX_SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${INDEX_SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui update" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" --arg sha "${INDEX_SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui init" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload test logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-heal-test-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-heal-test.log
+            /tmp/rustfs-warp.*.log
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (after)
+        if: ${{ always() && inputs.cleanup_after != 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS heal test failed"
+          echo "Package source: ${{ inputs.package_url || 'nightly (R2 latest)' }}"
+          echo "See the uploaded log artifact for details."
+
+  # Pool expansion runs after heal regardless of heal outcome.
+  pool-expansion-test:
+    name: Pool expansion / decommission test
+    runs-on: smoke-testing
+    timeout-minutes: 360
+    needs: heal-test
+    if: ${{ always() && (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'workflow_run') }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          openssl version
+          warp --version || true
+          df -h /data | tail -1
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (before)
+        if: ${{ inputs.cleanup_before != 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Install RustFS package & start cluster
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--steps "1,2,3" -y --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}")
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          elif [ -n "${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--version "${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_pool_expand.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Preflight checks
+        run: |
+          ARGS=(--preflight --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}")
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          elif [ -n "${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--version "${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_pool_expand.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Run pool expansion & decommission test
+        id: pool_test
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          STEPS="4,5,6"
+          if [ "${{ inputs.pools || '3' }}" = "3" ]; then
+            STEPS="$STEPS,7,8"
+            if [ "${{ inputs.run_decommission != 'false' }}" = "true" ]; then
+              STEPS="$STEPS,9"
+            fi
+          fi
+          ARGS=(--steps "$STEPS" --with-warp -y \
+            --endpoint "${{ env.RUSTFS_API_ENDPOINT }}" \
+            --storage-threshold "${{ inputs.storage_threshold || '50' }}" \
+            --warp-duration "${{ inputs.warp_duration || '10m' }}" \
+            --log-file /tmp/rustfs-pool-test.log)
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.package_url }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ inputs.package_url }}")
+          elif [ -n "${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--version "${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${{ env.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL }}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs_pool_expand.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Generate report
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-pool-test.log
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-pool-report.md
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          RUSTFS_VERSION='${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}'
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${PACKAGE_URL}"
+          elif [ -n "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="version ${RUSTFS_VERSION}"
+          else
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}"
+          fi
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS pool expansion test report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+            echo "- Trigger: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "- Package: ${PACKAGE_SOURCE}"
+            echo "- Test Step Outcome: ${{ steps.pool_test.outcome }}"
+            echo ""
+            echo "## Log tail"
+            echo '```text'
+            tail -n 200 "${LOG_FILE}" || true
+            echo '```'
+          } | tee "${REPORT_FILE}"
+          cat "${REPORT_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-pool-report.md
+          SUITE: pool
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping dashboard upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="functional-reports/${SUITE}/${DATE}.md"
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64,sys;print(base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[1],"rb").read()).decode())' "${REPORT_FILE}")"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+          cat > /tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html <<'EOF'
+          <!doctype html>
+          <html lang="en">
+          <head>
+            <meta charset="utf-8" />
+            <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+            <title>RustFS Functional Test Reports</title>
+            <style>
+              :root { --bg:#f4f6fb; --card:#fff; --text:#1f2937; --muted:#6b7280; --line:#e5e7eb; --accent:#0f766e; }
+              * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+              body { margin: 0; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); }
+              .wrap { max-width: 980px; margin: 32px auto; padding: 0 16px; }
+              .card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; padding: 20px; }
+              h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 26px; }
+              p { margin: 0 0 14px; color: var(--muted); }
+              .tabs { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin: 14px 0 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+              button { border: 1px solid var(--line); background: #fff; color: var(--text); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+              button.active { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }
+              .report-btn { border: 0; background: transparent; padding: 0; color: var(--accent); }
+              ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+              li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
+              a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+              a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+              .meta { margin-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding-top: 14px; }
+              .kv { margin: 6px 0; color: var(--text); }
+              .muted { color: var(--muted); }
+            </style>
+          </head>
+          <body>
+            <div class="wrap">
+              <div class="card">
+                <h1>RustFS Functional Test Reports</h1>
+                <p>Select a suite and date to view the build version used in that run.</p>
+                <div class="tabs" id="tabs"></div>
+                <ul id="list"></ul>
+                <div class="meta">
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>Date:</strong> <span id="report-date" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>RustFS Version:</strong> <span id="report-version" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><a id="report-link" href="#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open report</a></div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <script>
+              const suites = [
+                { key: 's3', label: 'S3 Compatibility' },
+                { key: 'kms', label: 'KMS' },
+                { key: 'tier', label: 'Tier' },
+                { key: 'heal', label: 'Heal' },
+                { key: 'pool', label: 'Pool Expansion' },
+                { key: 'security', label: 'Security' },
+                { key: 'upgrade', label: 'Upgrade' },
+              ];
+              const tabs = document.getElementById('tabs');
+              const list = document.getElementById('list');
+              const reportDate = document.getElementById('report-date');
+              const reportVersion = document.getElementById('report-version');
+              const reportLink = document.getElementById('report-link');
+
+              function parseVersion(markdown) {
+                const m = markdown.match(/^- RustFS Version:\s*(.+)$/m);
+                return m ? m[1].trim() : 'N/A';
+              }
+
+              async function showReport(report) {
+                reportDate.textContent = report.name.replace('.md', '');
+                reportVersion.textContent = 'Loading...';
+                reportLink.href = report.html_url;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(report.download_url, { cache: 'no-store' });
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const text = await res.text();
+                  reportVersion.textContent = parseVersion(text);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                }
+              }
+
+              async function loadSuite(suite) {
+                list.innerHTML = '<li>Loading...</li>';
+                const api = `https://api.github.com/repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/functional-reports/${suite}`;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(api);
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const data = await res.json();
+                  const files = data.filter(f => f.type === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.md')).sort((a,b) => b.name.localeCompare(a.name));
+                  if (!files.length) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportLink.href = '#';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  list.innerHTML = '';
+                  files.forEach((f) => {
+                    const li = document.createElement('li');
+                    const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                    btn.className = 'report-btn';
+                    btn.textContent = f.name.replace('.md', '');
+                    btn.addEventListener('click', () => showReport(f));
+                    li.appendChild(btn);
+                    list.appendChild(li);
+                  });
+                  showReport(files[0]);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  list.innerHTML = '<li>Failed to load reports.</li>';
+                  reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportLink.href = '#';
+                }
+              }
+
+              function setActive(key) {
+                for (const btn of tabs.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+                  btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.key === key);
+                }
+                loadSuite(key);
+              }
+
+              for (const suite of suites) {
+                const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                btn.textContent = suite.label;
+                btn.dataset.key = suite.key;
+                btn.addEventListener('click', () => setActive(suite.key));
+                tabs.appendChild(btn);
+              }
+              setActive('s3');
+            </script>
+          </body>
+          </html>
+          EOF
+
+          INDEX_PATH="functional/index.html"
+          INDEX_CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64;print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          INDEX_SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${INDEX_SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui update" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" --arg sha "${INDEX_SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui init" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload test logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-pool-test-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-pool-test*.log
+            /tmp/rustfs-warp.*.log
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (after)
+        if: ${{ always() && inputs.cleanup_after != 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS pool expansion test failed"
+          echo "Package source: ${{ inputs.package_url || inputs.rustfs_version || 'nightly (R2 latest)' }}"
+          echo "See the uploaded log artifact for details."
@@ -0,0 +1,406 @@
+name: RustFS S3 Compatibility Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      rustfs_version:
+        description: 'RustFS release tag to test (e.g. 1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1)'
+        required: false
+        default: '1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1'
+      package_url:
+        description: 'Direct .deb URL (nightly/R2/dev). Overrides rustfs_version.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+  workflow_run:
+    # Run after upgrade compatibility completes; the nightly deb is what the test installs.
+    workflows: ["RustFS Upgrade Test"]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: rustfs-shared-functional-tests
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_NODES: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_NODES || vars.RUSTFS_NODES }}
+  RUSTFS_SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SSH_USER || vars.RUSTFS_SSH_USER }}
+  RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL: ${{ vars.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL || 'https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/rustfs-nightly-latest.deb' }}
+  PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  s3-compat-test:
+    runs-on: smoke-testing
+    continue-on-error: true
+    timeout-minutes: 360
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          openssl version
+          df -h /data | tail -1
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (before)
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Run S3 compatibility suite
+        id: test
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-s3-compat.log
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          chmod +x auto-testing/rustfs-s3-compat-test.sh
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          RUSTFS_VERSION='${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}'
+          ARGS=(--all-topologies -y --log-file "${LOG_FILE}")
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${PACKAGE_URL}")
+          elif [ -n "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--version "${RUSTFS_VERSION}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs-s3-compat-test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Generate report
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-s3-compat.log
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-s3-compat-report.md
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          RUSTFS_VERSION='${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}'
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${PACKAGE_URL}"
+          elif [ -n "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="version ${RUSTFS_VERSION}"
+          else
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}"
+          fi
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          RUSTFS_VERSION_INFO="N/A"
+          if [ "${#NODES[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
+            DETECTED_VERSION="$(ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \
+              "${SSH_USER}@${NODES[0]}" 'rustfs --version' 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r' | head -n 1 || true)"
+            if [ -n "${DETECTED_VERSION}" ]; then
+              RUSTFS_VERSION_INFO="${DETECTED_VERSION}"
+            fi
+          fi
+          CASE_TABLE="/tmp/rustfs-s3-compat-cases.md"
+          python3 - "${LOG_FILE}" "${CASE_TABLE}" <<'PY'
+          import re
+          import sys
+
+          log_file, out_file = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+          ansi = re.compile(r'\x1b\[[0-9;]*m')
+          start_re = re.compile(r'^---\s+([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)\s+(.+?)\s+---$')
+          done_re = re.compile(r'^\[(PASS|FAIL|UNSUPPORTED)\]\s+([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)\b')
+
+          rows = []
+          index = {}
+          current = None
+          try:
+            with open(log_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as fh:
+              for raw in fh:
+                line = ansi.sub('', raw).strip()
+                m = start_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                  case_id, name = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+                  current = case_id
+                  if case_id not in index:
+                    index[case_id] = len(rows)
+                    rows.append([case_id, name, 'RUNNING'])
+                  continue
+                m = done_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                  status, case_id = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+                  if case_id in index:
+                    rows[index[case_id]][2] = status
+                  else:
+                    rows.append([case_id, case_id, status])
+                    index[case_id] = len(rows) - 1
+                  current = None
+          except FileNotFoundError:
+            rows = []
+
+          counts = {'PASS': 0, 'FAIL': 0, 'UNSUPPORTED': 0, 'RUNNING': 0}
+          for _, _, status in rows:
+            counts[status] = counts.get(status, 0) + 1
+
+          with open(out_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as out:
+            out.write('## Case Summary\n\n')
+            out.write(f"- Total: {len(rows)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- PASS: {counts.get('PASS', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- FAIL: {counts.get('FAIL', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- UNSUPPORTED: {counts.get('UNSUPPORTED', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write('\\n')
+            out.write('| Case | Name | Status |\\n')
+            out.write('| --- | --- | --- |\\n')
+            for case_id, name, status in rows:
+              out.write(f'| {case_id} | {name} | {status} |\\n')
+          PY
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS S3 compatibility test report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+            echo "- Trigger: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "- Package: ${PACKAGE_SOURCE}"
+            echo "- RustFS Version: ${RUSTFS_VERSION_INFO}"
+            echo "- Test Step Outcome: ${{ steps.test.outcome }}"
+            echo ""
+            cat "${CASE_TABLE}" || true
+            echo ""
+            echo "## Log tail"
+            echo '```text'
+            tail -n 200 "${LOG_FILE}" || true
+            echo '```'
+          } | tee "${REPORT_FILE}"
+          cat "${REPORT_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-s3-compat-report.md
+          SUITE: s3
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping dashboard upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="functional-reports/${SUITE}/${DATE}.md"
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64,sys;print(base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[1],"rb").read()).decode())' "${REPORT_FILE}")"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+          cat > /tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html <<'EOF'
+          <!doctype html>
+          <html lang="en">
+          <head>
+            <meta charset="utf-8" />
+            <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+            <title>RustFS Functional Test Reports</title>
+            <style>
+              :root { --bg:#f4f6fb; --card:#fff; --text:#1f2937; --muted:#6b7280; --line:#e5e7eb; --accent:#0f766e; }
+              * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+              body { margin: 0; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); }
+              .wrap { max-width: 980px; margin: 32px auto; padding: 0 16px; }
+              .card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; padding: 20px; }
+              h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 26px; }
+              p { margin: 0 0 14px; color: var(--muted); }
+              .tabs { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin: 14px 0 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+              button { border: 1px solid var(--line); background: #fff; color: var(--text); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+              button.active { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }
+              .report-btn { border: 0; background: transparent; padding: 0; color: var(--accent); }
+              ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+              li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
+              a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+              a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+              .meta { margin-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding-top: 14px; }
+              .kv { margin: 6px 0; color: var(--text); }
+              .muted { color: var(--muted); }
+            </style>
+          </head>
+          <body>
+            <div class="wrap">
+              <div class="card">
+                <h1>RustFS Functional Test Reports</h1>
+                <p>Select a suite and date to view the build version used in that run.</p>
+                <div class="tabs" id="tabs"></div>
+                <ul id="list"></ul>
+                <div class="meta">
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>Date:</strong> <span id="report-date" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>RustFS Version:</strong> <span id="report-version" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><a id="report-link" href="#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open report</a></div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <script>
+              const suites = [
+                { key: 's3', label: 'S3 Compatibility' },
+                { key: 'kms', label: 'KMS' },
+                { key: 'tier', label: 'Tier' },
+                { key: 'heal', label: 'Heal' },
+                { key: 'pool', label: 'Pool Expansion' },
+                { key: 'security', label: 'Security' },
+                { key: 'upgrade', label: 'Upgrade' },
+              ];
+              const tabs = document.getElementById('tabs');
+              const list = document.getElementById('list');
+              const reportDate = document.getElementById('report-date');
+              const reportVersion = document.getElementById('report-version');
+              const reportLink = document.getElementById('report-link');
+
+              function parseVersion(markdown) {
+                const m = markdown.match(/^- RustFS Version:\s*(.+)$/m);
+                return m ? m[1].trim() : 'N/A';
+              }
+
+              async function showReport(report) {
+                reportDate.textContent = report.name.replace('.md', '');
+                reportVersion.textContent = 'Loading...';
+                reportLink.href = report.html_url;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(report.download_url, { cache: 'no-store' });
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const text = await res.text();
+                  reportVersion.textContent = parseVersion(text);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                }
+              }
+
+              async function loadSuite(suite) {
+                list.innerHTML = '<li>Loading...</li>';
+                const api = `https://api.github.com/repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/functional-reports/${suite}`;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(api);
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const data = await res.json();
+                  const files = data.filter(f => f.type === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.md')).sort((a,b) => b.name.localeCompare(a.name));
+                  if (!files.length) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportLink.href = '#';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  list.innerHTML = '';
+                  files.forEach((f) => {
+                    const li = document.createElement('li');
+                    const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                    btn.className = 'report-btn';
+                    btn.textContent = f.name.replace('.md', '');
+                    btn.addEventListener('click', () => showReport(f));
+                    li.appendChild(btn);
+                    list.appendChild(li);
+                  });
+                  showReport(files[0]);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  list.innerHTML = '<li>Failed to load reports.</li>';
+                  reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportLink.href = '#';
+                }
+              }
+
+              function setActive(key) {
+                for (const btn of tabs.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+                  btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.key === key);
+                }
+                loadSuite(key);
+              }
+
+              for (const suite of suites) {
+                const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                btn.textContent = suite.label;
+                btn.dataset.key = suite.key;
+                btn.addEventListener('click', () => setActive(suite.key));
+                tabs.appendChild(btn);
+              }
+              setActive('s3');
+            </script>
+          </body>
+          </html>
+          EOF
+
+          INDEX_PATH="functional/index.html"
+          INDEX_CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64;print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          INDEX_SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${INDEX_SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui update" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" --arg sha "${INDEX_SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui init" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload report and logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-s3-compat-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-s3-compat.log
+            /tmp/rustfs-s3-compat-report.md
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (after)
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS S3 compatibility suite failed"
+          echo "See the uploaded report and log artifacts for details."
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+# 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.
+
+name: RustFS Security Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      rustfs_version:
+        description: 'RustFS release tag to test (e.g. 1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1)'
+        required: false
+        default: '1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1'
+      package_url:
+        description: 'Direct .deb URL (nightly/R2/dev). Overrides rustfs_version.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      topology:
+        description: 'Topology to run (all = SNSD, SNMD, MNMD)'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - all
+          - single-single
+          - single-multi
+          - multi-multi
+        default: all
+      oidc_live:
+        description: 'Run the live Keycloak OIDC/SSO gate as part of the suite'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      cleanup_before:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes before the test (DESTROYS existing data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      cleanup_after:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes after the test (DESTROYS test data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+  workflow_run:
+    # Runs last in the functional chain, after pool/heal, on the shared VMs.
+    workflows: ["RustFS Pool Expansion / Heal Test"]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# The security suite uses the same shared VMs as the other functional tests,
+# so it must serialize with them instead of running in parallel.
+concurrency:
+  group: rustfs-shared-functional-tests
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_NODES: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_NODES || vars.RUSTFS_NODES }}
+  RUSTFS_SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SSH_USER || vars.RUSTFS_SSH_USER }}
+  RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL: ${{ vars.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL || 'https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/rustfs-nightly-latest.deb' }}
+  PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  security-test:
+    runs-on: smoke-testing
+    continue-on-error: true
+    timeout-minutes: 360
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Checkout repository (for the OIDC live gate script)
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          openssl version
+          aws --version || true
+          docker --version || true
+          df -h /data | tail -1
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (before)
+        if: ${{ inputs.cleanup_before != 'false' || github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Run security suite
+        id: test
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md
+          RUSTFS_SECURITY_OIDC_LIVE_SCRIPT: ${{ github.workspace }}/scripts/test/oidc_keycloak_live.sh
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          chmod +x auto-testing/rustfs-security-test.sh
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          RUSTFS_VERSION='${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}'
+          TOPOLOGY='${{ inputs.topology }}'
+          ARGS=(-y)
+          if [ "${TOPOLOGY}" = "all" ] || [ -z "${TOPOLOGY}" ] || [ "${TOPOLOGY}" = "null" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--all-topologies)
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--topology "${TOPOLOGY}")
+          fi
+          if [ "${{ inputs.oidc_live }}" = "true" ] || [ "${{ github.event_name }}" != "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--oidc-live)
+          fi
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${PACKAGE_URL}")
+          elif [ -n "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" ] && [ "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" != "null" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--version "${RUSTFS_VERSION}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs-security-test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Generate report
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ ! -f /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md ]; then
+            {
+              echo "# RustFS security test report"
+              echo ""
+              echo "- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+              echo "- Trigger: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+              echo "- Test Step Outcome: failure (suite did not produce a report)"
+            } > /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md
+          fi
+          cat /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md
+          SUITE: security
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping dashboard upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="functional-reports/${SUITE}/${DATE}.md"
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64,sys;print(base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[1],"rb").read()).decode())' "${REPORT_FILE}")"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+          cat > /tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html <<'EOF'
+          <!doctype html>
+          <html lang="en">
+          <head>
+            <meta charset="utf-8" />
+            <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+            <title>RustFS Functional Test Reports</title>
+            <style>
+              :root { --bg:#f4f6fb; --card:#fff; --text:#1f2937; --muted:#6b7280; --line:#e5e7eb; --accent:#0f766e; }
+              * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+              body { margin: 0; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); }
+              .wrap { max-width: 980px; margin: 32px auto; padding: 0 16px; }
+              .card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; padding: 20px; }
+              h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 26px; }
+              p { margin: 0 0 14px; color: var(--muted); }
+              .tabs { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin: 14px 0 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+              button { border: 1px solid var(--line); background: #fff; color: var(--text); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+              button.active { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }
+              .report-btn { border: 0; background: transparent; padding: 0; color: var(--accent); }
+              ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+              li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
+              a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+              a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+              .meta { margin-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding-top: 14px; }
+              .kv { margin: 6px 0; color: var(--text); }
+              .muted { color: var(--muted); }
+            </style>
+          </head>
+          <body>
+            <div class="wrap">
+              <div class="card">
+                <h1>RustFS Functional Test Reports</h1>
+                <p>Select a suite and date to view the build version used in that run.</p>
+                <div class="tabs" id="tabs"></div>
+                <ul id="list"></ul>
+                <div class="meta">
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>Date:</strong> <span id="report-date" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>RustFS Version:</strong> <span id="report-version" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><a id="report-link" href="#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open report</a></div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <script>
+              const suites = [
+                { key: 's3', label: 'S3 Compatibility' },
+                { key: 'kms', label: 'KMS' },
+                { key: 'tier', label: 'Tier' },
+                { key: 'heal', label: 'Heal' },
+                { key: 'pool', label: 'Pool Expansion' },
+                { key: 'security', label: 'Security' },
+                { key: 'upgrade', label: 'Upgrade' },
+              ];
+              const tabs = document.getElementById('tabs');
+              const list = document.getElementById('list');
+              const reportDate = document.getElementById('report-date');
+              const reportVersion = document.getElementById('report-version');
+              const reportLink = document.getElementById('report-link');
+
+              function parseVersion(markdown) {
+                const m = markdown.match(/^- RustFS Version:\s*(.+)$/m);
+                return m ? m[1].trim() : 'N/A';
+              }
+
+              async function showReport(report) {
+                reportDate.textContent = report.name.replace('.md', '');
+                reportVersion.textContent = 'Loading...';
+                reportLink.href = report.html_url;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(report.download_url, { cache: 'no-store' });
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const text = await res.text();
+                  reportVersion.textContent = parseVersion(text);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                }
+              }
+
+              async function loadSuite(suite) {
+                list.innerHTML = '<li>Loading...</li>';
+                const api = `https://api.github.com/repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/functional-reports/${suite}`;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(api);
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const data = await res.json();
+                  const files = data.filter(f => f.type === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.md')).sort((a,b) => b.name.localeCompare(a.name));
+                  if (!files.length) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportLink.href = '#';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  list.innerHTML = '';
+                  files.forEach((f) => {
+                    const li = document.createElement('li');
+                    const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                    btn.className = 'report-btn';
+                    btn.textContent = f.name.replace('.md', '');
+                    btn.addEventListener('click', () => showReport(f));
+                    li.appendChild(btn);
+                    list.appendChild(li);
+                  });
+                  showReport(files[0]);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  list.innerHTML = '<li>Failed to load reports.</li>';
+                  reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportLink.href = '#';
+                }
+              }
+
+              function setActive(key) {
+                for (const btn of tabs.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+                  btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.key === key);
+                }
+                loadSuite(key);
+              }
+
+              for (const suite of suites) {
+                const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                btn.textContent = suite.label;
+                btn.dataset.key = suite.key;
+                btn.addEventListener('click', () => setActive(suite.key));
+                tabs.appendChild(btn);
+              }
+              setActive('s3');
+            </script>
+          </body>
+          </html>
+          EOF
+
+          INDEX_PATH="functional/index.html"
+          INDEX_CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64;print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          INDEX_SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${INDEX_SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui update" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" --arg sha "${INDEX_SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui init" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload report and logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-security-test-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md
+            /tmp/rustfs-security.*/*
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 3
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (after)
+        if: ${{ always() && (inputs.cleanup_after != 'false' || github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS security test failed"
+          echo "Package source: ${{ inputs.package_url || 'nightly (R2 latest)' }}"
+          echo "See the uploaded report and logs for details."
@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+name: RustFS Tier Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      rustfs_version:
+        description: 'RustFS release tag to test (e.g. 1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1)'
+        required: false
+        default: '1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1'
+      package_url:
+        description: 'Direct .deb URL (nightly/R2/dev). Overrides rustfs_version.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+  workflow_run:
+    # Strict shared-environment order: run after KMS test completes.
+    workflows: ["RustFS KMS Test"]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: rustfs-shared-functional-tests
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_NODES: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_NODES || vars.RUSTFS_NODES }}
+  RUSTFS_SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SSH_USER || vars.RUSTFS_SSH_USER }}
+  RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL: ${{ vars.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL || 'https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/rustfs-nightly-latest.deb' }}
+  PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  tier-test:
+    runs-on: smoke-testing
+    continue-on-error: true
+    timeout-minutes: 420
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'workflow_run' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          openssl version
+          df -h /data | tail -1
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (before)
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          sudo docker rm -f rustfs-test-mqtt >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+          sudo rm -f /tmp/rustfs-mosquitto.conf
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Ensure MQTT broker + clients
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if ! command -v mosquitto_sub >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install -y mosquitto-clients
+          fi
+          command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo 'docker not found on runner'; exit 1; }
+          sudo docker rm -f rustfs-test-mqtt >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+          cat <<'EOF' | sudo tee /tmp/rustfs-mosquitto.conf >/dev/null
+          listener 1883 0.0.0.0
+          allow_anonymous true
+          EOF
+          sudo docker run -d --name rustfs-test-mqtt -p 1883:1883 \
+            -v /tmp/rustfs-mosquitto.conf:/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf:ro \
+            eclipse-mosquitto:2 >/dev/null
+          for _ in {1..10}; do
+            if ss -tln 2>/dev/null | grep -q ':1883'; then
+              break
+            fi
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          ss -tln 2>/dev/null | grep -q ':1883' || {
+            echo 'mosquitto container is not listening on 1883'
+            sudo docker logs rustfs-test-mqtt || true
+            exit 1
+          }
+
+      - name: Run tier suite
+        id: test
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-tier.log
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          chmod +x auto-testing/rustfs-tier-test.sh
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          RUSTFS_VERSION='${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}'
+          ARGS=(--all-topologies -y --log-file "${LOG_FILE}")
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${PACKAGE_URL}")
+          elif [ -n "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--version "${RUSTFS_VERSION}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--package-url "${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs-tier-test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Generate report
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-tier.log
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-tier-report.md
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PACKAGE_URL='${{ inputs.package_url }}'
+          RUSTFS_VERSION='${{ inputs.rustfs_version }}'
+          if [ -n "${PACKAGE_URL}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${PACKAGE_URL}"
+          elif [ -n "${RUSTFS_VERSION}" ]; then
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="version ${RUSTFS_VERSION}"
+          else
+            PACKAGE_SOURCE="${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}"
+          fi
+          CASE_TABLE="/tmp/rustfs-tier-cases.md"
+          python3 - "${LOG_FILE}" "${CASE_TABLE}" <<'PY'
+          import re
+          import sys
+
+          log_file, out_file = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+          ansi = re.compile(r'\x1b\[[0-9;]*m')
+          start_re = re.compile(r'^---\s+([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)\s+(.+?)\s+---$')
+          done_re = re.compile(r'^\[(PASS|FAIL|UNSUPPORTED)\]\s+([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)\b')
+
+          rows = []
+          index = {}
+          try:
+            with open(log_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as fh:
+              for raw in fh:
+                line = ansi.sub('', raw).strip()
+                m = start_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                  case_id, name = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+                  if case_id not in index:
+                    index[case_id] = len(rows)
+                    rows.append([case_id, name, 'RUNNING'])
+                  continue
+                m = done_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                  status, case_id = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+                  if case_id in index:
+                    rows[index[case_id]][2] = status
+                  else:
+                    rows.append([case_id, case_id, status])
+                    index[case_id] = len(rows) - 1
+          except FileNotFoundError:
+            rows = []
+
+          counts = {'PASS': 0, 'FAIL': 0, 'UNSUPPORTED': 0, 'RUNNING': 0}
+          for _, _, status in rows:
+            counts[status] = counts.get(status, 0) + 1
+
+          with open(out_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as out:
+            out.write('## Case Summary\n\n')
+            out.write(f"- Total: {len(rows)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- PASS: {counts.get('PASS', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- FAIL: {counts.get('FAIL', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- UNSUPPORTED: {counts.get('UNSUPPORTED', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write('\\n')
+            out.write('| Case | Name | Status |\\n')
+            out.write('| --- | --- | --- |\\n')
+            for case_id, name, status in rows:
+              out.write(f'| {case_id} | {name} | {status} |\\n')
+          PY
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS tier test report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+            echo "- Trigger: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "- Package: ${PACKAGE_SOURCE}"
+            echo "- Test Step Outcome: ${{ steps.test.outcome }}"
+            echo ""
+            cat "${CASE_TABLE}" || true
+            echo ""
+            echo "## Log tail"
+            echo '```text'
+            tail -n 200 "${LOG_FILE}" || true
+            echo '```'
+          } | tee "${REPORT_FILE}"
+          cat "${REPORT_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-tier-report.md
+          SUITE: tier
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping dashboard upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="functional-reports/${SUITE}/${DATE}.md"
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64,sys;print(base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[1],"rb").read()).decode())' "${REPORT_FILE}")"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+          cat > /tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html <<'EOF'
+          <!doctype html>
+          <html lang="en">
+          <head>
+            <meta charset="utf-8" />
+            <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+            <title>RustFS Functional Test Reports</title>
+            <style>
+              :root { --bg:#f4f6fb; --card:#fff; --text:#1f2937; --muted:#6b7280; --line:#e5e7eb; --accent:#0f766e; }
+              * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+              body { margin: 0; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); }
+              .wrap { max-width: 980px; margin: 32px auto; padding: 0 16px; }
+              .card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; padding: 20px; }
+              h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 26px; }
+              p { margin: 0 0 14px; color: var(--muted); }
+              .tabs { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin: 14px 0 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+              button { border: 1px solid var(--line); background: #fff; color: var(--text); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+              button.active { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }
+              ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+              li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
+              a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+              a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+            </style>
+          </head>
+          <body>
+            <div class="wrap">
+              <div class="card">
+                <h1>RustFS Functional Test Reports</h1>
+                <p>S3, KMS, Tier report tabs. Each tab lists reports by date.</p>
+                <div class="tabs" id="tabs"></div>
+                <ul id="list"></ul>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <script>
+              const suites = [
+                { key: 's3', label: 'S3 Compatibility' },
+                { key: 'kms', label: 'KMS' },
+                { key: 'tier', label: 'Tier' },
+                { key: 'heal', label: 'Heal' },
+                { key: 'pool', label: 'Pool Expansion' },
+                { key: 'security', label: 'Security' },
+                { key: 'upgrade', label: 'Upgrade' },
+              ];
+              const tabs = document.getElementById('tabs');
+              const list = document.getElementById('list');
+
+              async function loadSuite(suite) {
+                list.innerHTML = '<li>Loading...</li>';
+                const api = `https://api.github.com/repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/functional-reports/${suite}`;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(api);
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const data = await res.json();
+                  const files = data.filter(f => f.type === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.md')).sort((a,b) => b.name.localeCompare(a.name));
+                  if (!files.length) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  list.innerHTML = files.map(f => `<li><a href="${f.html_url}" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">${f.name.replace('.md','')}</a></li>`).join('');
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  list.innerHTML = '<li>Failed to load reports.</li>';
+                }
+              }
+
+              function setActive(key) {
+                for (const btn of tabs.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+                  btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.key === key);
+                }
+                loadSuite(key);
+              }
+
+              for (const suite of suites) {
+                const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                btn.textContent = suite.label;
+                btn.dataset.key = suite.key;
+                btn.addEventListener('click', () => setActive(suite.key));
+                tabs.appendChild(btn);
+              }
+              setActive('s3');
+            </script>
+          </body>
+          </html>
+          EOF
+
+          INDEX_PATH="functional/index.html"
+          INDEX_CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64;print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          INDEX_SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${INDEX_SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui update" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" --arg sha "${INDEX_SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui init" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload report and logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-tier-test-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-tier.log
+            /tmp/rustfs-tier-report.md
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (after)
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          sudo docker rm -f rustfs-test-mqtt >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+          sudo rm -f /tmp/rustfs-mosquitto.conf
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS tier suite failed"
+          echo "See the uploaded report and log artifacts for details."
@@ -0,0 +1,477 @@
+# 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.
+
+name: RustFS Upgrade Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      from_version:
+        description: 'OLD RustFS release tag (e.g. 1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1)'
+        required: false
+        default: '1.0.0-rc.4-preview.1'
+      from_url:
+        description: 'OLD .deb URL. Overrides from_version.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      to_version:
+        description: 'NEW RustFS release tag (leave empty for latest nightly)'
+        required: false
+      to_url:
+        description: 'NEW .deb URL. Overrides to_version / nightly default.'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      topology:
+        description: 'Topology to run (all = SNSD, SNMD, MNMD)'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - all
+          - single-single
+          - single-multi
+          - multi-multi
+        default: all
+      backends:
+        description: 'KMS backends to run (local,vault-kv2)'
+        required: false
+        default: 'local,vault-kv2'
+      cleanup_before:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes before the test (DESTROYS existing data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      cleanup_after:
+        description: 'Reset the nodes after the test (DESTROYS test data/config)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+  workflow_run:
+    # Runs first in the functional chain: upgrade compatibility gates the
+    # nightly suites that follow (S3 -> KMS -> Tier -> Pool/Heal -> Security).
+    workflows: ["Nightly GNU Build"]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: rustfs-shared-functional-tests
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY }}
+  RUSTFS_NODES: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_NODES || vars.RUSTFS_NODES }}
+  RUSTFS_SSH_USER: ${{ secrets.RUSTFS_SSH_USER || vars.RUSTFS_SSH_USER }}
+  RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL: ${{ vars.RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL || 'https://dl.rustfs.com/artifacts/rustfs/packages/nightly/rustfs-nightly-latest.deb' }}
+  PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  upgrade-test:
+    runs-on: smoke-testing
+    continue-on-error: true
+    timeout-minutes: 420
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          repository: rustfs/auto-testing
+          ref: main
+          path: auto-testing
+          persist-credentials: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show environment
+        run: |
+          uname -a
+          jq --version
+          openssl version
+          aws --version || true
+          docker --version || true
+          df -h /data | tail -1
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (before)
+        if: ${{ inputs.cleanup_before != 'false' || github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Ensure docker (Vault container)
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install -y docker.io
+          fi
+          sudo systemctl enable --now docker
+          docker info >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo docker info >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+      - name: Run upgrade compatibility suite
+        id: test
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-upgrade.log
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          chmod +x auto-testing/rustfs-upgrade-test.sh
+          FROM_URL='${{ inputs.from_url }}'
+          FROM_VERSION='${{ inputs.from_version }}'
+          TO_URL='${{ inputs.to_url }}'
+          TO_VERSION='${{ inputs.to_version }}'
+          TOPOLOGY='${{ inputs.topology }}'
+          BACKENDS='${{ inputs.backends }}'
+          ARGS=(-y --log-file "${LOG_FILE}")
+          if [ "${TOPOLOGY}" = "all" ] || [ -z "${TOPOLOGY}" ] || [ "${TOPOLOGY}" = "null" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--all-topologies)
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--topology "${TOPOLOGY}")
+          fi
+          if [ -n "${BACKENDS}" ] && [ "${BACKENDS}" != "null" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--backends "${BACKENDS}")
+          fi
+          if [ -n "${FROM_URL}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--from-url "${FROM_URL}")
+          elif [ -n "${FROM_VERSION}" ] && [ "${FROM_VERSION}" != "null" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--from-version "${FROM_VERSION}")
+          fi
+          if [ -n "${TO_URL}" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--to-url "${TO_URL}")
+          elif [ -n "${TO_VERSION}" ] && [ "${TO_VERSION}" != "null" ]; then
+            ARGS+=(--to-version "${TO_VERSION}")
+          else
+            ARGS+=(--to-url "${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}")
+          fi
+          ./auto-testing/rustfs-upgrade-test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+
+      - name: Generate report
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-upgrade.log
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-upgrade-report.md
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          FROM_URL='${{ inputs.from_url }}'
+          FROM_VERSION='${{ inputs.from_version }}'
+          TO_URL='${{ inputs.to_url }}'
+          TO_VERSION='${{ inputs.to_version }}'
+          if [ -n "${FROM_URL}" ]; then
+            FROM_SOURCE="${FROM_URL}"
+          elif [ -n "${FROM_VERSION}" ]; then
+            FROM_SOURCE="version ${FROM_VERSION}"
+          else
+            FROM_SOURCE="release (default)"
+          fi
+          if [ -n "${TO_URL}" ]; then
+            TO_SOURCE="${TO_URL}"
+          elif [ -n "${TO_VERSION}" ]; then
+            TO_SOURCE="version ${TO_VERSION}"
+          else
+            TO_SOURCE="${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}"
+          fi
+          CASE_TABLE="/tmp/rustfs-upgrade-cases.md"
+          python3 - "${LOG_FILE}" "${CASE_TABLE}" <<'PY'
+          import re
+          import sys
+
+          log_file, out_file = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+          ansi = re.compile(r'\x1b\[[0-9;]*m')
+          start_re = re.compile(r'^---\s+([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)\s+(.+?)\s+---$')
+          done_re = re.compile(r'^\[(PASS|FAIL|UNSUPPORTED)\]\s+([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)\b')
+
+          rows = []
+          index = {}
+          try:
+            with open(log_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as fh:
+              for raw in fh:
+                line = ansi.sub('', raw).strip()
+                m = start_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                  case_id, name = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+                  if case_id not in index:
+                    index[case_id] = len(rows)
+                    rows.append([case_id, name, 'RUNNING'])
+                  continue
+                m = done_re.match(line)
+                if m:
+                  status, case_id = m.group(1), m.group(2)
+                  if case_id in index:
+                    rows[index[case_id]][2] = status
+                  else:
+                    rows.append([case_id, case_id, status])
+                    index[case_id] = len(rows) - 1
+          except FileNotFoundError:
+            rows = []
+
+          counts = {'PASS': 0, 'FAIL': 0, 'UNSUPPORTED': 0, 'RUNNING': 0}
+          for _, _, status in rows:
+            counts[status] = counts.get(status, 0) + 1
+
+          with open(out_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as out:
+            out.write('## Case Summary\n\n')
+            out.write(f"- Total: {len(rows)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- PASS: {counts.get('PASS', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- FAIL: {counts.get('FAIL', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write(f"- UNSUPPORTED: {counts.get('UNSUPPORTED', 0)}\\n")
+            out.write('\\n')
+            out.write('| Case | Name | Status |\\n')
+            out.write('| --- | --- | --- |\\n')
+            for case_id, name, status in rows:
+              out.write(f'| {case_id} | {name} | {status} |\\n')
+          PY
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS upgrade compatibility report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- Run: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+            echo "- Trigger: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+            echo "- From: ${FROM_SOURCE}"
+            echo "- To: ${TO_SOURCE}"
+            echo "- Test Step Outcome: ${{ steps.test.outcome }}"
+            echo ""
+            cat "${CASE_TABLE}" || true
+            echo ""
+            echo "## Log tail"
+            echo '```text'
+            tail -n 200 "${LOG_FILE}" || true
+            echo '```'
+          } | tee "${REPORT_FILE}"
+          cat "${REPORT_FILE}" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+
+      - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
+        if: always()
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
+          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-upgrade-report.md
+          SUITE: upgrade
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN is not configured; skipping dashboard upload"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          DATE="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+          REPORT_PATH="functional-reports/${SUITE}/${DATE}.md"
+          CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64,sys;print(base64.b64encode(open(sys.argv[1],"rb").read()).decode())' "${REPORT_FILE}")"
+          SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" --arg sha "${SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "report(${SUITE}): ${DATE}" --arg content "${CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${REPORT_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+          cat > /tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html <<'EOF'
+          <!doctype html>
+          <html lang="en">
+          <head>
+            <meta charset="utf-8" />
+            <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+            <title>RustFS Functional Test Reports</title>
+            <style>
+              :root { --bg:#f4f6fb; --card:#fff; --text:#1f2937; --muted:#6b7280; --line:#e5e7eb; --accent:#0f766e; }
+              * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+              body { margin: 0; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text); }
+              .wrap { max-width: 980px; margin: 32px auto; padding: 0 16px; }
+              .card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 14px; padding: 20px; }
+              h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 26px; }
+              p { margin: 0 0 14px; color: var(--muted); }
+              .tabs { display: flex; gap: 10px; margin: 14px 0 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+              button { border: 1px solid var(--line); background: #fff; color: var(--text); border-radius: 10px; padding: 8px 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+              button.active { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }
+              .report-btn { border: 0; background: transparent; padding: 0; color: var(--accent); }
+              ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+              li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
+              a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+              a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+              .meta { margin-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding-top: 14px; }
+              .kv { margin: 6px 0; color: var(--text); }
+              .muted { color: var(--muted); }
+            </style>
+          </head>
+          <body>
+            <div class="wrap">
+              <div class="card">
+                <h1>RustFS Functional Test Reports</h1>
+                <p>Select a suite and date to view the build version used in that run.</p>
+                <div class="tabs" id="tabs"></div>
+                <ul id="list"></ul>
+                <div class="meta">
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>Date:</strong> <span id="report-date" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><strong>RustFS Version:</strong> <span id="report-version" class="muted">N/A</span></div>
+                  <div class="kv"><a id="report-link" href="#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open report</a></div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <script>
+              const suites = [
+                { key: 'upgrade', label: 'Upgrade' },
+                { key: 's3', label: 'S3 Compatibility' },
+                { key: 'kms', label: 'KMS' },
+                { key: 'tier', label: 'Tier' },
+                { key: 'heal', label: 'Heal' },
+                { key: 'pool', label: 'Pool Expansion' },
+                { key: 'security', label: 'Security' },
+              ];
+              const tabs = document.getElementById('tabs');
+              const list = document.getElementById('list');
+              const reportDate = document.getElementById('report-date');
+              const reportVersion = document.getElementById('report-version');
+              const reportLink = document.getElementById('report-link');
+
+              function parseVersion(markdown) {
+                const m = markdown.match(/^- RustFS Version:\s*(.+)$/m);
+                return m ? m[1].trim() : 'N/A';
+              }
+
+              async function showReport(report) {
+                reportDate.textContent = report.name.replace('.md', '');
+                reportVersion.textContent = 'Loading...';
+                reportLink.href = report.html_url;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(report.download_url, { cache: 'no-store' });
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const text = await res.text();
+                  reportVersion.textContent = parseVersion(text);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                }
+              }
+
+              async function loadSuite(suite) {
+                list.innerHTML = '<li>Loading...</li>';
+                const api = `https://api.github.com/repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/functional-reports/${suite}`;
+                try {
+                  const res = await fetch(api);
+                  if (!res.ok) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  const data = await res.json();
+                  const files = data.filter(f => f.type === 'file' && f.name.endsWith('.md')).sort((a,b) => b.name.localeCompare(a.name));
+                  if (!files.length) {
+                    list.innerHTML = '<li>No reports yet.</li>';
+                    reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                    reportLink.href = '#';
+                    return;
+                  }
+                  list.innerHTML = '';
+                  files.forEach((f) => {
+                    const li = document.createElement('li');
+                    const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                    btn.className = 'report-btn';
+                    btn.textContent = f.name.replace('.md', '');
+                    btn.addEventListener('click', () => showReport(f));
+                    li.appendChild(btn);
+                    list.appendChild(li);
+                  });
+                  showReport(files[0]);
+                } catch (_e) {
+                  list.innerHTML = '<li>Failed to load reports.</li>';
+                  reportDate.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportVersion.textContent = 'N/A';
+                  reportLink.href = '#';
+                }
+              }
+
+              function setActive(key) {
+                for (const btn of tabs.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+                  btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.key === key);
+                }
+                loadSuite(key);
+              }
+
+              for (const suite of suites) {
+                const btn = document.createElement('button');
+                btn.textContent = suite.label;
+                btn.dataset.key = suite.key;
+                btn.addEventListener('click', () => setActive(suite.key));
+                tabs.appendChild(btn);
+              }
+              setActive('upgrade');
+            </script>
+          </body>
+          </html>
+          EOF
+
+          INDEX_PATH="functional/index.html"
+          INDEX_CONTENT="$(python3 -c 'import base64;print(base64.b64encode(open("/tmp/rustfs-functional-index.html","rb").read()).decode())')"
+          INDEX_SHA="$(gh api "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" -q '.sha' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          if [ -n "${INDEX_SHA}" ]; then
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui update" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" --arg sha "${INDEX_SHA}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content, sha:$sha}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          else
+            jq -n --arg msg "functional ui init" --arg content "${INDEX_CONTENT}" \
+              '{message:$msg, content:$content}' \
+              | gh api --method PUT "repos/rustfs/dashboard/contents/${INDEX_PATH}" --input - >/dev/null
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload report and logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: rustfs-upgrade-test-${{ github.run_id }}
+          path: |
+            /tmp/rustfs-upgrade-report.md
+            /tmp/rustfs-upgrade.*/*
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          retention-days: 3
+
+      - name: Cleanup environment (after)
+        if: ${{ always() && (inputs.cleanup_after != 'false' || github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          read -r -a NODES <<< "${RUSTFS_NODES:-vm000 vm001 vm002}"
+          SSH_USER="${RUSTFS_SSH_USER:-azureuser}"
+          for node in "${NODES[@]}"; do
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "${SSH_USER}@${node}" '
+              set -euo pipefail
+              SUDO=""; [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ] && SUDO="sudo -n"
+              ${SUDO} systemctl stop rustfs 2>/dev/null || true
+              if ${SUDO} dpkg -l rustfs 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^ii"; then
+                ${SUDO} dpkg -P rustfs
+              fi
+              for i in 1 2 3 4; do ${SUDO} rm -rf /data/rustfs${i}/mnmd; done
+              ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/rustfs /var/lib/rustfs/kms /var/lib/rustfs/kms-backup
+            '
+          done
+
+      - name: Notify on failure
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          echo "RustFS upgrade compatibility test failed"
+          echo "From: ${{ inputs.from_url || inputs.from_version || 'release (default)' }}"
+          echo "To: ${{ inputs.to_url || inputs.to_version || 'nightly (R2 latest)' }}"
+          echo "See the uploaded report and logs for details."
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+# Copyright 2024 RustFS Team
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Targets Integration
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - ".github/actions/setup/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/targets-integration.yml"
+      - "crates/targets/**"
+      - "Cargo.lock"
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "17 2 * * *"
+      timezone: "Asia/Shanghai"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: targets-integration-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.event_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name != 'schedule' }}
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+
+jobs:
+  targets-live:
+    name: PostgreSQL, MySQL, AMQP, and NATS
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+    env:
+      FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
+      NO_PROXY: 127.0.0.1,localhost
+      RUSTFS_TEST_PG_DSN: postgres://postgres:rustfs@127.0.0.1:5432/rustfs_events
+      RUSTFS_TEST_MYSQL_DSN: root:testpass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/testdb
+      RUSTFS_TEST_AMQP_URL: amqp://rustfs:rustfs@127.0.0.1:5672/%2f
+      RUSTFS_TEST_NATS_URL: nats://127.0.0.1:4222
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Setup Rust environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+        with:
+          cache-shared-key: targets-live-lane
+          cache-save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
+          install-build-packaging-tools: 'false'
+          install-test-tools: 'false'
+
+      - name: Start target services
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mkdir -p artifacts/targets-live/services
+          docker run -d --name rustfs-targets-postgres \
+            -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=rustfs \
+            -e POSTGRES_DB=rustfs_events \
+            -p 5432:5432 postgres:16
+          docker run -d --name rustfs-targets-mysql \
+            -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=testpass \
+            -e MYSQL_DATABASE=testdb \
+            -p 3306:3306 mysql:8.0.36
+          docker run -d --name rustfs-targets-rabbitmq \
+            -e RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=rustfs \
+            -e RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS=rustfs \
+            -p 5672:5672 rabbitmq:3
+          docker run -d --name rustfs-targets-nats \
+            -p 4222:4222 -p 8222:8222 nats:2 -js -m 8222
+
+          for _ in $(seq 1 120); do
+            docker exec rustfs-targets-postgres pg_isready -U postgres -d rustfs_events >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          docker exec rustfs-targets-postgres pg_isready -U postgres -d rustfs_events
+
+          for _ in $(seq 1 120); do
+            docker exec rustfs-targets-mysql mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -uroot -ptestpass --silent >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          docker exec rustfs-targets-mysql mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -uroot -ptestpass --silent
+
+          for _ in $(seq 1 120); do
+            docker exec rustfs-targets-rabbitmq rabbitmq-diagnostics -q ping >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          docker exec rustfs-targets-rabbitmq rabbitmq-diagnostics -q ping
+
+          for _ in $(seq 1 120); do
+            curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:8222/healthz >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+            sleep 1
+          done
+          curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:8222/healthz
+
+      - name: Run live target tests
+        env:
+          CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: "2"
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          timeout --verbose --signal=TERM --kill-after=30s 75m bash <<'TESTS' \
+            2>&1 | tee artifacts/targets-live/tests.log
+          result=0
+
+          echo "::group::PostgreSQL"
+          cargo test --locked -p rustfs-targets --test postgres_integration -- --ignored --test-threads=1 || result=1
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          echo "::group::MySQL"
+          cargo test --locked -p rustfs-targets --test mysql_integration -- --ignored --test-threads=1 || result=1
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          echo "::group::AMQP"
+          cargo test --locked -p rustfs-targets --test amqp_integration -- --ignored --test-threads=1 || result=1
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          echo "::group::NATS integration"
+          cargo test --locked -p rustfs-targets --test nats_jetstream_validation_integration -- --ignored --test-threads=1 || result=1
+          cargo test --locked -p rustfs-targets --test nats_jetstream_regression_guards -- --ignored --test-threads=1 || result=1
+          cargo test --locked -p rustfs-targets --lib target::nats::jetstream -- --ignored --test-threads=1 || result=1
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          exit "${result}"
+          TESTS
+          status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+          {
+            echo "exit_status=${status}"
+            echo "finished_at=$(date --utc --iso-8601=seconds)"
+            echo
+            echo "Remaining test-related processes:"
+            pgrep -af 'cargo|target/.*/deps/' || true
+          } > artifacts/targets-live/diagnostics.txt
+          exit "${status}"
+
+      - name: Collect service logs
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p artifacts/targets-live/services
+          for container in postgres mysql rabbitmq nats; do
+            docker logs --tail 500 "rustfs-targets-${container}" \
+              > "artifacts/targets-live/services/${container}.log" 2>&1 || true
+          done
+
+      - name: Stop target services
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          docker rm -f \
+            rustfs-targets-postgres \
+            rustfs-targets-mysql \
+            rustfs-targets-rabbitmq \
+            rustfs-targets-nats >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+      - name: Upload target integration diagnostics
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
+        with:
+          name: targets-integration-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+          path: artifacts/targets-live
+
+  alert-on-failure:
+    name: Alert on scheduled failure
+    needs: [targets-live]
+    if: >-
+      always() && github.event_name == 'schedule' &&
+      (contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Open or update failure-tracking issue
+        uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ This file contains repository-wide rules. Use the nearest subdirectory
 - An existing clean, isolated task worktree is sufficient. Create another
  worktree only when the current checkout is shared, dirty with unrelated work,
  or belongs to another task.
- Never commit from a shared checkout. Use an `overtrue/` feature branch unless
-  the user requests another name.
+- Never commit from a shared checkout.
+- Use a task-specific branch named `<type>/<topic>`, such as `fix/...`,
+  `feat/...`, `test/...`, or `docs/...`, unless the user specifies a name.
+- Do not include agent, tool, contributor, account, or organization names in
+  branch names.
+- Push to the user-requested remote or the repository's configured push remote.
+  Do not hard-code or infer a remote from an account name.
 - Check free space before artifact-heavy builds, tests, coverage, or downloads.
  Re-check before a broad gate when space is tight.
 - Remove only task-owned temporary/build artifacts. Never delete another task's
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The main crate is organized in layers, top to bottom:
 |-------|-----------|----------------|
 | **Server** | `server/` | HTTP listener, TLS, CORS, compression, middleware, graceful shutdown |
 | **Admin** | `admin/` | Admin API routing, 30+ handler modules, web console |
-| **App** | `app/` | Use-case orchestration: object_usecase, bucket_usecase, multipart_usecase |
+| **App** | `app/` | Use-case orchestration: object (per-operation modules under `app/object/`, re-exported as `object_usecase`), bucket_usecase, multipart_usecase |
 | **Storage** | `storage/` | S3 API translation, erasure-coded FS, SSE encryption, RPC, concurrency |
 | **Auth** | `auth.rs` | S3 signature verification, credential validation |
 | **Config** | `config/` | CLI parsing, config struct, workload profiles |
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ refactors.

 | Domain | Current workspace crates | Responsibility |
 |--------|--------------------------|----------------|
-| Foundation | `checksums`, `common`, `config`, `data-usage`, `utils` | Shared configuration, data-usage models, utilities, and checksums. |
-| I/O and storage | `concurrency`, `ecstore`, `filemeta`, `heal`, `io-core`, `io-metrics`, `lifecycle`, `lock`, `object-capacity`, `object-data-cache`, `replication`, `rio`, `rio-v2`, `scanner`, `storage-api` | Erasure-coded object storage, metadata, recovery, lifecycle, replication, locking, cache, and I/O pipelines. |
+| Foundation | `checksums`, `common`, `config`, `data-usage`, `heal-contracts`, `scanner-contracts`, `utils` | Shared configuration, data-usage models, heal/scanner domain contracts, utilities, and checksums. |
+| I/O and storage | `concurrency`, `ecstore`, `filemeta`, `heal`, `io-core`, `io-metrics`, `lifecycle`, `lock`, `object-capacity`, `object-data-cache`, `replication`, `rio`, `rio-v2`, `s3-client`, `scanner`, `storage-api` | Erasure-coded object storage, metadata, recovery, lifecycle, replication, locking, cache, I/O pipelines, and the engine-side S3 client for remote tier/transition targets. |
 | Security and identity | `credentials`, `crypto`, `iam`, `keystone`, `kms`, `policy`, `security-governance`, `signer`, `tls-runtime`, `trusted-proxies` | Credentials, authentication, authorization, encryption, key management, TLS, and security contracts. |
 | Protocols and contracts | `extension-schema`, `madmin`, `protos`, `protocols`, `s3-ops`, `s3-types`, `s3select-api`, `s3select-query` | Admin, inter-node, S3, S3 Select, and optional protocol contracts. |
 | Operations and integration | `audit`, `notify`, `obs`, `targets`, `zip` | Auditing, observability, event delivery, notification targets, and archive support. |
@@ -115,8 +115,15 @@ default build (lifecycle:
 1. **Layers flow downward.** Server → Admin/App → Storage → ecstore → rio/io-core.
   No upward imports.

-2. **Leaf crates have zero internal dependencies.** `config`, `credentials`, `crypto`,
-   `io-metrics`, and `madmin` should depend only on external crates.
+2. **Leaf crates depend only on external crates, with adjudicated exceptions
+   pinned by a guard.** `config`, `credentials`, and `crypto` take no internal
+   dependency. `io-metrics` takes exactly `rustfs-s3-ops` (transitively
+   `rustfs-s3-types`), a pure contract crate with no I/O and no global state —
+   adjudicated in rustfs/backlog#1834. `madmin` left the leaf set when #6166 made
+   it the SigV4-signed admin SDK client; its internal dependency surface is pinned
+   to exactly `rustfs-signer`. Both pins live in the leaf allowlist in
+   `scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh`; any other internal dependency
+   fails the guard ([crate boundaries](docs/architecture/crate-boundaries.md)).
   - ✅ RESOLVED: the historical `utils → config` and `common → filemeta`/`madmin`
     edges were removed; do not reintroduce them (see Known Structural Issues).

@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ default build (lifecycle:
     `crates/ecstore/src/bucket/replication/replication_state.rs`) — a naming
     collision, not copies; renaming is tracked in rustfs/backlog#1847.
   - `LastMinuteLatency` has two deliberately different implementations: the
-     per-second bucketed accumulator in `crates/common/src/last_minute.rs` and
+     per-second bucketed accumulator in `crates/scanner-contracts/src/last_minute.rs` and
     the in-memory endpoint-health sample tracker in
     `crates/ecstore/src/bucket/bucket_target_sys.rs` (its doc comment explains
     why it stays local).
@@ -138,15 +145,19 @@ default build (lifecycle:
     `BackpressureSettings` copy that lingered in io-metrics was removed
     (rustfs/backlog#1833).

-4. **ecstore does not know about HTTP or S3 protocol details.** It operates on
-   storage-level abstractions (objects, buckets, disks, pools).
-   - ⚠️ VIOLATED: 58 files under `crates/ecstore/src` reference `s3s`
-     (`rg -l 's3s' crates/ecstore/src | wc -l`), `crates/ecstore/src/client/`
-     is a ~9.4K-line embedded S3 HTTP client, and `crates/ecstore/Cargo.toml`
-     depends on `s3s`, `http`, `hyper`/`hyper-util`/`hyper-rustls`, and
-     `reqwest`. Target state: the engine's need to act as an S3 client
-     (tiering, replication targets) is served by an extracted client crate,
-     and ecstore holds no wire or DTO types.
+4. **ecstore does not *serve* HTTP or the S3 wire protocol.** It operates on
+   storage-level abstractions (objects, buckets, disks, pools) and holds no
+   wire or DTO types of the serving surface. *Consuming* remote S3-compatible
+   endpoints (ILM tier warm backends, transition targets) is a legitimate
+   engine capability, but it lives in the dedicated `rustfs-s3-client` crate
+   (`crates/s3-client`, extracted from the formerly embedded
+   `crates/ecstore/src/client/` by rustfs/backlog#1842), not inside ecstore.
+   - ⚠️ PARTIALLY VIOLATED: serving-side `s3s` references remain in ecstore
+     (bucket metadata/replication/lifecycle DTOs and error mapping). The
+     count is ratcheted shrink-only by `scripts/check_s3s_footprint.sh`
+     (`S3S_ECSTORE_FILES_BASELINE`; the `object_lock` module was converted to
+     storage-level types as the first ratchet step). Target state: the
+     baseline reaches zero and ecstore's `Cargo.toml` drops `s3s`.

 5. **The `rustfs` binary crate is the only place that wires everything together.**
   Individual crates should be testable in isolation.
@@ -321,6 +332,8 @@ The binary (`main.rs`) boots in this order:

 - **"Where is replication configured?"**
  `admin/handlers/replication.rs` and `admin/handlers/site_replication.rs` for API,
+  `rustfs/src/site_replication/` for the site-replication service subsystem
+  (state, peer transport, retry queue, repair, hooks),
  `ecstore/src/bucket/replication/` for engine

 - **"Where do I add a new admin endpoint?"**
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ members = [
    "crates/e2e_test", # End-to-end test suite
    "crates/filemeta", # File metadata management
    "crates/heal", # Erasure set and object healing
+    "crates/heal-contracts", # Heal request/response channel contracts
    "crates/iam", # Identity and Access Management
    "crates/keystone", # OpenStack Keystone integration
    "crates/lifecycle", # Lifecycle rule evaluation contracts
@@ -44,11 +45,13 @@ members = [
    "crates/rio-v2", # MinIO on-disk format compatibility I/O layer (feature-gated, ships in no default build)
    "crates/replication", # Replication contracts and wire formats
    "crates/concurrency", # Concurrency management for RustFS - timeout, locking, backpressure, and I/O scheduling
+    "crates/s3-client", # S3 client for engine-side consumption of remote S3 endpoints (tiering, transition targets)
    "crates/s3-types", # S3 event type definitions
    "crates/s3-ops", # S3 operation definitions and mapping
    "crates/s3select-api", # S3 Select API interface
    "crates/s3select-query", # S3 Select query engine
    "crates/scanner", # Scanner for data integrity checks and health monitoring
+    "crates/scanner-contracts", # Scanner metrics and cycle contracts
    "crates/security-governance", # Security governance contracts
    "crates/extension-schema", # Extension schema contracts
    "crates/signer", # client signer
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs"
 rust-version = "1.97.1"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.3"
+version = "1.0.0-rc.4"
 homepage = "https://rustfs.com"
 description = "RustFS is a high-performance distributed object storage software built using Rust, one of the most popular languages worldwide. "
 keywords = ["RustFS", "Minio", "object-storage", "filesystem", "s3"]
@@ -86,52 +89,55 @@ redundant_clone = "warn"

 [workspace.dependencies]
 # RustFS Internal Crates
-rustfs = { path = "./rustfs", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-heal = { path = "crates/heal", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-audit = { path = "crates/audit", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-checksums = { path = "crates/checksums", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-common = { path = "crates/common", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-data-usage = { path = "crates/data-usage", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-config = { path = "./crates/config", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-concurrency = { path = "./crates/concurrency", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-credentials = { path = "crates/credentials", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-crypto = { path = "crates/crypto", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-ecstore = { path = "crates/ecstore", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-filemeta = { path = "crates/filemeta", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-iam = { path = "crates/iam", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-keystone = { path = "crates/keystone", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-lifecycle = { path = "crates/lifecycle", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-kms = { path = "crates/kms", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-lock = { path = "crates/lock", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-madmin = { path = "crates/madmin", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-notify = { path = "crates/notify", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-io-metrics = { path = "crates/io-metrics", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-io-core = { path = "crates/io-core", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-object-capacity = { path = "crates/object-capacity", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-object-data-cache = { path = "crates/object-data-cache", version = "1.0.0-rc.3", default-features = false }
-rustfs-log-analyzer = { path = "crates/log-analyzer", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-obs = { path = "crates/obs", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-policy = { path = "crates/policy", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-protos = { path = "crates/protos", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-protocols = { path = "crates/protocols", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-replication = { path = "crates/replication", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-rio = { path = "crates/rio", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-rio-v2 = { path = "crates/rio-v2", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-s3-types = { path = "crates/s3-types", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-s3-ops = { path = "crates/s3-ops", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-s3select-api = { path = "crates/s3select-api", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-s3select-query = { path = "crates/s3select-query", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-scanner = { path = "crates/scanner", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-security-governance = { path = "crates/security-governance", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-extension-schema = { path = "crates/extension-schema", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-signer = { path = "crates/signer", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-storage-api = { path = "crates/storage-api", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-trusted-proxies = { path = "crates/trusted-proxies", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-targets = { path = "crates/targets", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-test-utils = { path = "crates/test-utils", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-tls-runtime = { path = "crates/tls-runtime", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-utils = { path = "crates/utils", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
-rustfs-zip = { path = "./crates/zip", version = "1.0.0-rc.3" }
+rustfs = { path = "./rustfs", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-heal = { path = "crates/heal", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-heal-contracts = { path = "crates/heal-contracts", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-scanner-contracts = { path = "crates/scanner-contracts", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-audit = { path = "crates/audit", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-checksums = { path = "crates/checksums", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-common = { path = "crates/common", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-data-usage = { path = "crates/data-usage", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-config = { path = "./crates/config", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-concurrency = { path = "./crates/concurrency", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-credentials = { path = "crates/credentials", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-crypto = { path = "crates/crypto", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-ecstore = { path = "crates/ecstore", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-filemeta = { path = "crates/filemeta", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-iam = { path = "crates/iam", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-keystone = { path = "crates/keystone", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-lifecycle = { path = "crates/lifecycle", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-kms = { path = "crates/kms", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-lock = { path = "crates/lock", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-madmin = { path = "crates/madmin", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-notify = { path = "crates/notify", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-io-metrics = { path = "crates/io-metrics", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-io-core = { path = "crates/io-core", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-object-capacity = { path = "crates/object-capacity", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-object-data-cache = { path = "crates/object-data-cache", version = "1.0.0-rc.4", default-features = false }
+rustfs-log-analyzer = { path = "crates/log-analyzer", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-obs = { path = "crates/obs", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-policy = { path = "crates/policy", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-protos = { path = "crates/protos", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-protocols = { path = "crates/protocols", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-replication = { path = "crates/replication", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-rio = { path = "crates/rio", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-rio-v2 = { path = "crates/rio-v2", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-s3-client = { path = "crates/s3-client", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-s3-types = { path = "crates/s3-types", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-s3-ops = { path = "crates/s3-ops", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-s3select-api = { path = "crates/s3select-api", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-s3select-query = { path = "crates/s3select-query", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-scanner = { path = "crates/scanner", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-security-governance = { path = "crates/security-governance", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-extension-schema = { path = "crates/extension-schema", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-signer = { path = "crates/signer", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-storage-api = { path = "crates/storage-api", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-trusted-proxies = { path = "crates/trusted-proxies", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-targets = { path = "crates/targets", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-test-utils = { path = "crates/test-utils", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-tls-runtime = { path = "crates/tls-runtime", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-utils = { path = "crates/utils", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }
+rustfs-zip = { path = "./crates/zip", version = "1.0.0-rc.4" }

 # Async Runtime and Networking
 async-channel = "2.5.0"
@@ -147,9 +153,9 @@ futures-core = "0.3.34"
 futures-lite = "2.6.1"
 futures-util = "0.3.34"
 pollster = "1.0.1"
-pulsar = { default-features = false, version = "6.8.0" }
+pulsar = { default-features = false, version = "6.9.0" }
 lapin = { default-features = false, version = "4.10.0" }
-hyper = { version = "1.11.0" }
+hyper = { version = "1.11.1" }
 hyper-rustls = { default-features = false, version = "0.27.9" }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1.20" }
 http = "1.5.0"
@@ -192,8 +198,8 @@ serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 # have incompatible APIs. Keep them exact-pinned and monitor upstream for stable
 # releases.
 aes-gcm = { version = "=0.11.1" }
-argon2 = { version = "=0.6.0-rc.8" }
-blake2 = "=0.11.0-rc.6"
+argon2 = { version = "=0.6.0" }
+blake2 = "=0.11.0"
 chacha20poly1305 = { version = "=0.11.0" }
 crc-fast = "1.10.0"
 hmac = { version = "0.13.0" }
@@ -226,23 +232,23 @@ tokio-postgres-rustls = "0.14.0"
 # Utilities and Tools
 anyhow = "1.0.104"
 arc-swap = "1.9.2"
-astral-tokio-tar = "0.6.4"
+# RUSTFS_COMPAT_TODO(tokio-tar-extension-limits): keep the fork pin until bounded extension parsing is released upstream. Remove after astral-sh/tokio-tar#118 is merged and a published tokio-tar release exposes the extension limits used here.
+astral-tokio-tar = { git = "https://github.com/cxymds/tokio-tar.git", rev = "603756478b7668436e464519c77ccac22a99ba96" }
 atoi = "3.1.0"
 atomic_enum = "0.3.0"
 aws-config = { version = "1.11.0" }
 aws-credential-types = { version = "1.3.0" }
-aws-sdk-kms = { default-features = false, version = "1.116.0" }
-aws-sdk-s3 = { default-features = false, version = "1.143.0" }
-aws-sdk-sts = { default-features = false, version = "1.112.0" }
+aws-sdk-kms = { default-features = false, version = "1.117.0" }
+aws-sdk-s3 = { default-features = false, version = "1.144.0" }
+aws-sdk-sts = { default-features = false, version = "1.113.0" }
 aws-smithy-http-client = { default-features = false, version = "1.4.0" }
 aws-smithy-runtime-api = { version = "1.15.0" }
 aws-smithy-types = { version = "1.6.2" }
-base64 = "0.23.1"
 base64-simd = "0.8.0"
 brotli = "8.0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.6.6" }
 const-str = { version = "1.1.0" }
-convert_case = "0.11.0"
+convert_case = "0.12.0"
 criterion = { version = "0.8" }
 crossbeam-queue = "0.3.13"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.16"
@@ -252,12 +258,14 @@ datafusion = { default-features = false, version = "55.0.0" }
 derive_builder = "0.20.2"
 enumset = "1.1.14"
 faster-hex = "0.10.0"
-flate2 = "1.1.9"
+flate2 = "1.1.10"
 glob = "0.3.4"
-google-cloud-storage = "1.17.0"
-google-cloud-auth = "1.15.0"
+google-cloud-storage = "1.18.0"
+google-cloud-auth = "1.16.0"
 hashbrown = { version = "0.17.1" }
-hex = "0.4.3"
+# Base32 for RFC 6238 TOTP shared secrets (RFC 4648 unpadded, the alphabet
+# every authenticator app expects). Already in the graph transitively.
+data-encoding = "2.11.1"
 hex-simd = "0.8.0"
 highway = { version = "1.3.0" }
 hostname = "0.4.2"
@@ -279,6 +287,10 @@ nvml-wrapper = "0.12.1"
 parking_lot = "0.12.5"
 path-absolutize = "4.0.1"
 percent-encoding = "2.3.2"
+# Server-side QR rendering for TOTP enrollment, so neither the console nor the
+# CLI needs its own QR encoder. No default features: the image/render backends
+# pull in an image stack this only needs SVG and text output from.
+qrcode-rs = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "svg"] }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.17"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.1"
 rand = { version = "0.10.2" }
@@ -293,14 +305,14 @@ rustify = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 rustix = { version = "1.1.4" }
 rust-embed = { version = "8.12.0" }
 rustc-hash = { version = "2.1.3" }
-s3s = { git = "https://github.com/rustfs/s3s.git", rev = "e080e38c56a3b43acbacce55710d765a5ce9003d" }
+s3s = { git = "https://github.com/rustfs/s3s.git", rev = "9c4690d8e73fc8d184031a19b2c4539ebc77d180", version = "0.15.0", features = ["minio"] }
 serial_test = "4.0.1"
 shadow-rs = { default-features = false, version = "2.0.0" }
 siphasher = "1.0.3"
 smallvec = { version = "1.15.2" }
 compact_str = "0.10.0"
 snap = "1.1.2"
-starshard = { version = "2.2.2" }
+starshard = { version = "2.3.0" }
 strum = { version = "0.28.0" }
 sysinfo = "0.39.6"
 temp-env = "0.3.6"
@@ -316,7 +328,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.23" }
 transform-stream = "0.3.1"
 url = "2.5.8"
 urlencoding = "2.1.3"
-uuid = { version = "1.25.0" }
+uuid = { version = "1.26.0" }
 vaultrs = { version = "0.8.0" }
 tar = "0.4.46"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
@@ -330,7 +342,7 @@ zstd = "0.13.3"
 # Observability and Metrics
 metrics = "0.24.6"
 metrics-util = "0.20"
-dial9-tokio-telemetry = "0.3"
+dial9-tokio-telemetry = "0.5.0"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.32.0" }
 opentelemetry-appender-tracing = { version = "0.32.0" }
 opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.32.0" }
@@ -344,16 +356,15 @@ pyroscope = { version = "2.1.1" }
 libunftp = { version = "0.23.0" }
 unftp-core = "0.1.0"
 suppaftp = { version = "10.0.2" }
-rcgen = { version = "0.14.9", default-features = false, features = ["aws_lc_rs", "crypto", "pem"] }
-russh = { version = "0.63.0" }
+rcgen = { version = "0.14.10", default-features = false, features = ["aws_lc_rs", "crypto", "pem"] }
+russh = { version = "0.63.1" }
 russh-sftp = "2.4.0"

 # WebDAV
 dav-server = "0.11.0"

 # Performance Analysis and Memory Profiling
-rustfs-mimalloc = { version = "0.5.0" }
-rustfs-mimalloc-sys = { version = "0.5.0" }
+rustfs-mimalloc = { version = "0.5.1" }
 hotpath = { version = "0.24.0", default-features = false }
 # Snapshot testing for output format regression detection
 insta = { version = "1.48" }
@@ -373,8 +384,8 @@ opt-level = 3
 lto = "thin"
 codegen-units = 1
 debug = 0
-split-debuginfo = "off"
 strip = "symbols"
+split-debuginfo = "off"

 [profile.production]
 inherits = "release"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 </p>

 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://docs.rustfs.com/installation/">Getting Started</a>
+  <a href="https://docs.rustfs.com/en/installation">Getting Started</a>
  · <a href="https://docs.rustfs.com/">Docs</a>
  · <a href="https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/issues">Bug reports</a>
  · <a href="https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/discussions">Discussions</a>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ chown -R 10001:10001 data logs
 docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 -v $(pwd)/data:/data -v $(pwd)/logs:/logs rustfs/rustfs:latest

 # Using specific version
-docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 -v $(pwd)/data:/data -v $(pwd)/logs:/logs rustfs/rustfs:1.0.0-rc.3
+docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 -v $(pwd)/data:/data -v $(pwd)/logs:/logs rustfs/rustfs:1.0.0-rc.4
 ```

 If you use [podman](https://github.com/containers/podman) instead of docker, you can install the RustFS with the below command
@@ -245,6 +245,26 @@ nix build
 nix run
 ```

+The flake also exports a NixOS module and the RustFS `rc` client. Add the
+module to your system and provide credentials through runtime files (for
+example, sops-nix or agenix) so secrets are never stored in the Nix store:
+
+```nix
+imports = [ inputs.rustfs.nixosModules.rustfs ];
+
+services.rustfs = {
+  enable = true;
+  accessKeyFile = "/run/secrets/rustfs-access-key";
+  secretKeyFile = "/run/secrets/rustfs-secret-key";
+  volumes = [ "/var/lib/rustfs" ];
+};
+```
+
+Install the S3-compatible client with
+`nix profile install github:rustfs/rustfs#rustfs-client` (the executable is named
+`rc`), or use `inputs.rustfs.packages.${pkgs.system}.rustfs-client` in a system
+configuration.
+
 ### 6\. X-CMD (Option 6)

 If you are an [x-cmd](https://www.x-cmd.com/install/rustfs) user:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 </p>

 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://docs.rustfs.com/installation/">快速开始</a>
+  <a href="https://docs.rustfs.com/zh/installation">快速开始</a>
  · <a href="https://docs.rustfs.com/">文档</a>
  · <a href="https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/issues">报告 Bug</a>
  · <a href="https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/discussions">社区讨论</a>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ chown -R 10001:10001 data logs
 docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 -v $(pwd)/data:/data -v $(pwd)/logs:/logs rustfs/rustfs:latest

 # 使用指定版本运行
-docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 -v $(pwd)/data:/data -v $(pwd)/logs:/logs rustfs/rustfs:1.0.0-rc.3
+docker run -d -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 -v $(pwd)/data:/data -v $(pwd)/logs:/logs rustfs/rustfs:1.0.0-rc.4
 ```

 如果您通过绑定挂载启用 TLS 证书目录，也请用同样方式准备该目录：
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ nix build
 nix run
 ```

+该 Flake 同时提供 NixOS 模块和 RustFS `rc` 客户端。将
+`inputs.rustfs.nixosModules.rustfs` 加入 `imports`，并通过运行时密钥文件
+（例如 sops-nix 或 agenix）配置 `accessKeyFile` 与 `secretKeyFile`，避免密钥
+进入 Nix store。客户端包为
+`inputs.rustfs.packages.${pkgs.system}.rustfs-client`，安装后的命令名为 `rc`。
+
 ### 6\. X-CMD (Option 6)

 如果你是 [x-cmd](https://www.x-cmd.com/install/rustfs) 用户：
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync", "fs", "rt-multi-thread", "time",
 tracing = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "attributes"] }

 [dev-dependencies]
-async-trait = { workspace = true }
+rustfs-targets = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
 temp-env = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }

@@ -564,88 +564,21 @@ impl AuditRuntimeFacade {
 mod tests {
    use super::AuditPipeline;
    use crate::{AuditEntry, AuditError, AuditRegistry};
-    use async_trait::async_trait;
-    use rustfs_targets::arn::TargetID;
-    use rustfs_targets::store::{Key, Store};
-    use rustfs_targets::target::{EntityTarget, QueuedPayload, QueuedPayloadMeta};
-    use rustfs_targets::{StoreError, Target, TargetError};
+    use rustfs_targets::testkit::MockTarget;
    use std::sync::Arc;
    use tokio::sync::{Mutex, Notify};

-    /// Mock target whose `save()` outcome is fixed at construction so tests can
-    /// force full-success / full-failure / partial-failure fan-outs.
-    #[derive(Clone)]
-    struct MockTarget {
-        id: TargetID,
-        fail: bool,
-        health_gate: Option<(Arc<Notify>, Arc<Notify>)>,
-    }
-
-    impl MockTarget {
-        fn new(id: &str, fail: bool) -> Self {
-            Self {
-                id: TargetID::new(id.to_string(), "webhook".to_string()),
-                fail,
-                health_gate: None,
-            }
-        }
-
-        fn with_health_gate(mut self, started: Arc<Notify>, release: Arc<Notify>) -> Self {
-            self.health_gate = Some((started, release));
-            self
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[async_trait]
-    impl<E> Target<E> for MockTarget
-    where
-        E: rustfs_targets::PluginEvent,
-    {
-        fn id(&self) -> TargetID {
-            self.id.clone()
-        }
-
-        async fn is_active(&self) -> Result<bool, TargetError> {
-            if let Some((started, release)) = &self.health_gate {
-                started.notify_one();
-                release.notified().await;
-            }
-            Ok(true)
-        }
-
-        async fn save(&self, _event: Arc<EntityTarget<E>>) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            if self.fail {
-                Err(TargetError::Configuration("forced save failure".to_string()))
-            } else {
-                Ok(())
-            }
-        }
-
-        async fn send_raw_from_store(&self, _key: Key, _body: Vec<u8>, _meta: QueuedPayloadMeta) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-
-        async fn close(&self) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-
-        fn store(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Store<QueuedPayload, Error = StoreError, Key = Key> + Send + Sync)> {
-            None
-        }
-
-        fn clone_dyn(&self) -> Box<dyn Target<E> + Send + Sync> {
-            Box::new(self.clone())
-        }
-
-        fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
-            true
-        }
+    /// Builds a mock target whose `save()` outcome is fixed at construction so tests can force
+    /// full-success / full-failure / partial-failure fan-outs.
+    fn mock_target(id: &str, fail: bool) -> MockTarget {
+        let target = MockTarget::new(id, "webhook");
+        if fail { target.with_save_failures(usize::MAX) } else { target }
    }

    fn pipeline_with(targets: Vec<MockTarget>) -> AuditPipeline {
        let mut registry = AuditRegistry::new();
        for target in targets {
-            registry.add_target(target.id.to_string(), Box::new(target));
+            registry.add_target(target.target_id().to_string(), Box::new(target));
        }
        AuditPipeline::new(Arc::new(Mutex::new(registry)))
    }
@@ -658,7 +591,7 @@ mod tests {
    // dispatch must return Err rather than swallowing the failures as Ok.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn dispatch_returns_err_when_all_targets_fail() {
-        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![MockTarget::new("a:webhook", true), MockTarget::new("b:webhook", true)]);
+        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![mock_target("a:webhook", true), mock_target("b:webhook", true)]);
        let result = pipeline.dispatch(entry()).await;
        assert!(matches!(result, Err(AuditError::Target(_))), "expected Err, got {result:?}");
    }
@@ -667,13 +600,13 @@ mod tests {
    // so dispatch reports success (degradation is logged, not propagated).
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn dispatch_returns_ok_on_partial_failure() {
-        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![MockTarget::new("ok:webhook", false), MockTarget::new("bad:webhook", true)]);
+        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![mock_target("ok:webhook", false), mock_target("bad:webhook", true)]);
        pipeline.dispatch(entry()).await.expect("partial success should return Ok");
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn dispatch_returns_ok_when_all_targets_succeed() {
-        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![MockTarget::new("a:webhook", false), MockTarget::new("b:webhook", false)]);
+        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![mock_target("a:webhook", false), mock_target("b:webhook", false)]);
        pipeline.dispatch(entry()).await.expect("all-success should return Ok");
    }

@@ -686,9 +619,10 @@ mod tests {

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn health_probe_does_not_hold_the_registry_lock() {
-        let started = Arc::new(Notify::new());
        let release = Arc::new(Notify::new());
-        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![MockTarget::new("blocked", false).with_health_gate(started.clone(), release.clone())]);
+        let target = mock_target("blocked", false).with_health_gate(release.clone());
+        let started = target.health_started();
+        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![target]);
        let registry = Arc::clone(&pipeline.registry);
        let snapshot_task = tokio::spawn(async move { pipeline.snapshot_target_health().await });
        started.notified().await;
@@ -706,14 +640,14 @@ mod tests {
    // whole-batch loss instead of returning Ok.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn dispatch_batch_returns_err_when_all_targets_fail() {
-        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![MockTarget::new("a:webhook", true)]);
+        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![mock_target("a:webhook", true)]);
        let result = pipeline.dispatch_batch(vec![entry(), entry()]).await;
        assert!(matches!(result, Err(AuditError::Target(_))), "expected Err, got {result:?}");
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn dispatch_batch_returns_ok_when_all_targets_succeed() {
-        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![MockTarget::new("a:webhook", false), MockTarget::new("b:webhook", false)]);
+        let pipeline = pipeline_with(vec![mock_target("a:webhook", false), mock_target("b:webhook", false)]);
        pipeline
            .dispatch_batch(vec![entry(), entry()])
            .await
@@ -286,70 +286,10 @@ impl AuditRegistry {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::AuditRegistry;
-    use crate::{AuditEntry, AuditError};
-    use rustfs_targets::arn::TargetID;
-    use rustfs_targets::store::{Key, Store};
-    use rustfs_targets::target::{ChannelTargetType, EntityTarget, QueuedPayload, QueuedPayloadMeta};
-    use rustfs_targets::{StoreError, Target, TargetError};
-    use std::sync::Arc;
-    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-
-    #[derive(Clone)]
-    struct CloseTestTarget {
-        id: TargetID,
-        close_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
-        fail_on_close: bool,
-    }
-
-    impl CloseTestTarget {
-        fn new(id: TargetID, close_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>, fail_on_close: bool) -> Self {
-            Self {
-                id,
-                close_calls,
-                fail_on_close,
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[async_trait::async_trait]
-    impl Target<AuditEntry> for CloseTestTarget {
-        fn id(&self) -> TargetID {
-            self.id.clone()
-        }
-
-        async fn is_active(&self) -> Result<bool, TargetError> {
-            Ok(true)
-        }
-
-        async fn save(&self, _event: Arc<EntityTarget<AuditEntry>>) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-
-        async fn send_raw_from_store(&self, _key: Key, _body: Vec<u8>, _meta: QueuedPayloadMeta) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-
-        async fn close(&self) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            self.close_calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-            if self.fail_on_close {
-                Err(TargetError::Unknown("close failed".to_string()))
-            } else {
-                Ok(())
-            }
-        }
-
-        fn store(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Store<QueuedPayload, Error = StoreError, Key = Key> + Send + Sync)> {
-            None
-        }
-
-        fn clone_dyn(&self) -> Box<dyn Target<AuditEntry> + Send + Sync> {
-            Box::new(self.clone())
-        }
-
-        fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
-            true
-        }
-    }
+    use crate::AuditError;
+    use rustfs_targets::TargetError;
+    use rustfs_targets::target::ChannelTargetType;
+    use rustfs_targets::testkit::MockTarget;

    #[test]
    fn registry_registers_amqp_factory() {
@@ -361,23 +301,21 @@ mod tests {
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn close_all_returns_first_error_and_clears_targets() {
        let mut registry = AuditRegistry::new();
-        let ok_calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        let fail_calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let ok = MockTarget::new("ok", "webhook");
+        let ok_observer = ok.clone();
+        let fail = MockTarget::new("fail", "webhook")
+            .with_close_failures(usize::MAX)
+            .with_close_failure_error(|| TargetError::Unknown("close failed".to_string()));
+        let fail_observer = fail.clone();

-        let ok_id = TargetID::new("ok".to_string(), "webhook".to_string());
-        let fail_id = TargetID::new("fail".to_string(), "webhook".to_string());
-
-        registry.add_target(ok_id.to_string(), Box::new(CloseTestTarget::new(ok_id, Arc::clone(&ok_calls), false)));
-        registry.add_target(
-            fail_id.to_string(),
-            Box::new(CloseTestTarget::new(fail_id, Arc::clone(&fail_calls), true)),
-        );
+        registry.add_target(ok.target_id().to_string(), Box::new(ok));
+        registry.add_target(fail.target_id().to_string(), Box::new(fail));

        let result = registry.close_all().await;

        assert!(matches!(result, Err(AuditError::Target(TargetError::Unknown(_)))));
-        assert_eq!(ok_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
-        assert_eq!(fail_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+        assert_eq!(ok_observer.close_call_count(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(fail_observer.close_call_count(), 1);
        assert!(registry.list_targets().is_empty());
    }
 }
@@ -577,76 +577,17 @@ fn warn_audit_state(state: &str, reason: Option<&str>) {
 mod tests {
    use super::{AuditSystem, AuditSystemState};
    use crate::{AuditEntry, AuditError};
-    use async_trait::async_trait;
    use rustfs_targets::ReplayWorkerManager;
-    use rustfs_targets::arn::TargetID;
-    use rustfs_targets::store::{Key, Store};
-    use rustfs_targets::target::{EntityTarget, QueuedPayload, QueuedPayloadMeta};
-    use rustfs_targets::{StoreError, Target, TargetError};
+    use rustfs_targets::testkit::MockTarget;
    use std::collections::HashMap;
    use std::sync::Arc;
-    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
    use tokio::sync::mpsc;

-    #[derive(Clone)]
-    struct TestTarget {
-        close_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
-        id: TargetID,
-    }
-
-    impl TestTarget {
-        fn new(id: &str, name: &str) -> Self {
-            Self {
-                close_calls: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
-                id: TargetID::new(id.to_string(), name.to_string()),
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[async_trait]
-    impl<E> Target<E> for TestTarget
-    where
-        E: rustfs_targets::PluginEvent,
-    {
-        fn id(&self) -> TargetID {
-            self.id.clone()
-        }
-
-        async fn is_active(&self) -> Result<bool, TargetError> {
-            Ok(true)
-        }
-
-        async fn save(&self, _event: Arc<EntityTarget<E>>) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-
-        async fn send_raw_from_store(&self, _key: Key, _body: Vec<u8>, _meta: QueuedPayloadMeta) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-
-        async fn close(&self) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-            self.close_calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-            Ok(())
-        }
-
-        fn store(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Store<QueuedPayload, Error = StoreError, Key = Key> + Send + Sync)> {
-            None
-        }
-
-        fn clone_dyn(&self) -> Box<dyn Target<E> + Send + Sync> {
-            Box::new(self.clone())
-        }
-
-        fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
-            true
-        }
-    }
-
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn reload_with_empty_config_stops_existing_runtime() {
        let system = AuditSystem::new();
-        let target = TestTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
-        let close_calls = Arc::clone(&target.close_calls);
+        let target = MockTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
+        let observer = target.clone();

        {
            let mut registry = system.registry.lock().await;
@@ -671,7 +612,7 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(system.get_state().await, AuditSystemState::Stopped);
        assert!(system.list_targets().await.is_empty());
        assert_eq!(system.runtime_status_snapshot().await, ReplayWorkerManager::new().snapshot(0));
-        assert_eq!(close_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+        assert_eq!(observer.close_call_count(), 1);
        assert_eq!(*system.config.read().await, Some(rustfs_config::server_config::Config(HashMap::new())));
    }

@@ -693,7 +634,7 @@ mod tests {
        // Seed a target + replay worker so both critical sections touch real state.
        {
            let mut registry = system.registry.lock().await;
-            registry.add_target("primary:webhook".to_string(), Box::new(TestTarget::new("primary", "webhook")));
+            registry.add_target("primary:webhook".to_string(), Box::new(MockTarget::new("primary", "webhook")));
        }
        {
            let mut replay_workers = system.stream_cancellers.write().await;
@@ -793,8 +734,8 @@ mod tests {
    async fn commit_closes_old_targets_before_installing_new() {
        let system = AuditSystem::new();

-        let old = TestTarget::new("old", "webhook");
-        let old_close = Arc::clone(&old.close_calls);
+        let old = MockTarget::new("old", "webhook");
+        let old_observer = old.clone();
        {
            let mut registry = system.registry.lock().await;
            registry.add_target("old:webhook".to_string(), Box::new(old));
@@ -809,17 +750,17 @@ mod tests {
            *state = AuditSystemState::Running;
        }

-        let new = TestTarget::new("new", "webhook");
-        let new_close = Arc::clone(&new.close_calls);
+        let new = MockTarget::new("new", "webhook");
+        let new_observer = new.clone();
        system
            .commit_runtime_targets(vec![Box::new(new)], AuditSystemState::Running)
            .await
            .expect("commit should succeed");

        // Old target closed exactly once during the pre-install shutdown.
-        assert_eq!(old_close.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+        assert_eq!(old_observer.close_call_count(), 1);
        // New target installed and left open.
-        assert_eq!(new_close.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
+        assert_eq!(new_observer.close_call_count(), 0);
        assert_eq!(system.list_targets().await, vec!["new:webhook".to_string()]);
        // Old replay worker stopped; the store-less new target adds none.
        assert_eq!(system.runtime_status_snapshot().await.replay_worker_count, 0);
@@ -12,136 +12,16 @@
 //  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 //  limitations under the License.

-use async_trait::async_trait;
 use rustfs_audit::{AuditEntry, AuditError, AuditPipeline, AuditRegistry, AuditRuntimeFacade, AuditRuntimeView};
-use rustfs_targets::arn::TargetID;
-use rustfs_targets::store::{Key, Store};
-use rustfs_targets::target::{EntityTarget, QueuedPayload, QueuedPayloadMeta};
-use rustfs_targets::{SharedTarget, StoreError, Target, TargetError};
-use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
+use rustfs_targets::SharedTarget;
+use rustfs_targets::testkit::MockTarget;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use tokio::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};

-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct TestTarget {
-    close_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
-    id: TargetID,
-    init_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
-}
-
-impl TestTarget {
-    fn new(id: &str, name: &str) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            close_calls: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
-            id: TargetID::new(id.to_string(), name.to_string()),
-            init_calls: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<E> Target<E> for TestTarget
-where
-    E: Send + Sync + 'static + Clone + Serialize + DeserializeOwned,
-{
-    fn id(&self) -> TargetID {
-        self.id.clone()
-    }
-
-    async fn is_active(&self) -> Result<bool, TargetError> {
-        Ok(true)
-    }
-
-    async fn save(&self, _event: Arc<EntityTarget<E>>) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn send_raw_from_store(&self, _key: Key, _body: Vec<u8>, _meta: QueuedPayloadMeta) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn close(&self) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-        self.close_calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn store(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Store<QueuedPayload, Error = StoreError, Key = Key> + Send + Sync)> {
-        None
-    }
-
-    fn clone_dyn(&self) -> Box<dyn Target<E> + Send + Sync> {
-        Box::new(self.clone())
-    }
-
-    async fn init(&self) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-        self.init_calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
-        true
-    }
-}
-
-/// A target whose `save()` always fails, used to exercise the dispatch
+/// Builds a target whose `save()` always fails, used to exercise the dispatch
 /// failure-propagation paths.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct FailingTarget {
-    id: TargetID,
-    save_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
-}
-
-impl FailingTarget {
-    fn new(id: &str, name: &str) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            id: TargetID::new(id.to_string(), name.to_string()),
-            save_calls: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<E> Target<E> for FailingTarget
-where
-    E: Send + Sync + 'static + Clone + Serialize + DeserializeOwned,
-{
-    fn id(&self) -> TargetID {
-        self.id.clone()
-    }
-
-    async fn is_active(&self) -> Result<bool, TargetError> {
-        Ok(true)
-    }
-
-    async fn save(&self, _event: Arc<EntityTarget<E>>) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-        self.save_calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        Err(TargetError::Storage("disk full".to_string()))
-    }
-
-    async fn send_raw_from_store(&self, _key: Key, _body: Vec<u8>, _meta: QueuedPayloadMeta) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    async fn close(&self) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn store(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Store<QueuedPayload, Error = StoreError, Key = Key> + Send + Sync)> {
-        None
-    }
-
-    fn clone_dyn(&self) -> Box<dyn Target<E> + Send + Sync> {
-        Box::new(self.clone())
-    }
-
-    async fn init(&self) -> Result<(), TargetError> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
-        true
-    }
+fn failing_target(id: &str, name: &str) -> MockTarget {
+    MockTarget::new(id, name).with_save_failures(usize::MAX)
 }

 fn pipeline_with_targets(targets: Vec<(&str, SharedTarget<AuditEntry>)>) -> AuditPipeline {
@@ -154,8 +34,8 @@ fn pipeline_with_targets(targets: Vec<(&str, SharedTarget<AuditEntry>)>) -> Audi

 #[tokio::test]
 async fn audit_pipeline_dispatch_propagates_total_failure() {
-    let failing = FailingTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
-    let save_calls = Arc::clone(&failing.save_calls);
+    let failing = failing_target("primary", "webhook");
+    let observer = failing.clone();
    let pipeline = pipeline_with_targets(vec![("primary:webhook", Arc::new(failing))]);

    let result = pipeline.dispatch(Arc::new(AuditEntry::default())).await;
@@ -164,13 +44,13 @@ async fn audit_pipeline_dispatch_propagates_total_failure() {
        matches!(result, Err(AuditError::Target(_))),
        "dispatch must surface an error when every target fails, got {result:?}"
    );
-    assert_eq!(save_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1, "the failing target should have been invoked");
+    assert_eq!(observer.save_call_count(), 1, "the failing target should have been invoked");
 }

 #[tokio::test]
 async fn audit_pipeline_dispatch_tolerates_partial_failure() {
-    let failing = FailingTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
-    let healthy = TestTarget::new("secondary", "webhook");
+    let failing = failing_target("primary", "webhook");
+    let healthy = MockTarget::new("secondary", "webhook");
    let pipeline = pipeline_with_targets(vec![
        ("primary:webhook", Arc::new(failing)),
        ("secondary:webhook", Arc::new(healthy)),
@@ -186,7 +66,7 @@ async fn audit_pipeline_dispatch_tolerates_partial_failure() {

 #[tokio::test]
 async fn audit_pipeline_dispatch_batch_propagates_total_failure() {
-    let failing = FailingTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
+    let failing = failing_target("primary", "webhook");
    let pipeline = pipeline_with_targets(vec![("primary:webhook", Arc::new(failing))]);

    let entries = vec![Arc::new(AuditEntry::default()), Arc::new(AuditEntry::default())];
@@ -200,8 +80,8 @@ async fn audit_pipeline_dispatch_batch_propagates_total_failure() {

 #[tokio::test]
 async fn audit_pipeline_dispatch_batch_tolerates_partial_failure() {
-    let failing = FailingTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
-    let healthy = TestTarget::new("secondary", "webhook");
+    let failing = failing_target("primary", "webhook");
+    let healthy = MockTarget::new("secondary", "webhook");
    let pipeline = pipeline_with_targets(vec![
        ("primary:webhook", Arc::new(failing)),
        ("secondary:webhook", Arc::new(healthy)),
@@ -266,9 +146,8 @@ async fn audit_runtime_facade_activates_empty_target_list() {
 async fn audit_runtime_view_upsert_and_remove_target() {
    let registry = Arc::new(Mutex::new(AuditRegistry::new()));
    let runtime_view = AuditRuntimeView::new(registry.clone());
-    let target = TestTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
-    let init_calls = Arc::clone(&target.init_calls);
-    let close_calls = Arc::clone(&target.close_calls);
+    let target = MockTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
+    let observer = target.clone();

    runtime_view
        .upsert_target("primary:webhook".to_string(), Box::new(target))
@@ -276,7 +155,7 @@ async fn audit_runtime_view_upsert_and_remove_target() {
        .expect("upsert should succeed");

    assert_eq!(runtime_view.list_targets().await, vec!["primary:webhook".to_string()]);
-    assert_eq!(init_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+    assert_eq!(observer.init_call_count(), 1);

    runtime_view
        .remove_target("primary:webhook")
@@ -284,7 +163,7 @@ async fn audit_runtime_view_upsert_and_remove_target() {
        .expect("remove should succeed");

    assert!(runtime_view.list_targets().await.is_empty());
-    assert_eq!(close_calls.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+    assert_eq!(observer.close_call_count(), 1);
 }

 #[tokio::test]
@@ -292,7 +171,7 @@ async fn audit_runtime_facade_replace_targets_commits_runtime_state() {
    let registry = Arc::new(Mutex::new(AuditRegistry::new()));
    let replay_workers = Arc::new(RwLock::new(rustfs_targets::ReplayWorkerManager::new()));
    let facade = AuditRuntimeFacade::new(registry.clone(), replay_workers.clone());
-    let target = TestTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
+    let target = MockTarget::new("primary", "webhook");
    let activation = rustfs_targets::RuntimeActivation {
        replay_workers: rustfs_targets::ReplayWorkerManager::new(),
        targets: vec![Arc::new(target) as rustfs_targets::SharedTarget<rustfs_audit::AuditEntry>],
@@ -41,14 +41,22 @@ pub const XXHASH_64_NAME: &str = "xxhash64";
 pub const XXHASH_128_NAME: &str = "xxhash128";
 pub const MD5_NAME: &str = "md5";

-/// One of three deliberately separate checksum registries (backlog#1833):
-/// this enum owns the **streaming-hash algorithm registry**, including the
-/// RustFS extensions (sha512, xxhash3/64/128). The on-disk xl.meta bitset
-/// lives in `rustfs_rio::ChecksumType` (crates/rio/src/checksum.rs, varint
-/// bits are append-only), and the MinIO-port client keeps its own
-/// `ChecksumMode` (crates/ecstore/src/client/checksum.rs). When adding an
-/// algorithm, extend all three (or record why not) — they do not derive from
-/// each other.
+/// The canonical checksum-algorithm registry (backlog#1833, backlog#1844):
+/// this enum owns the streaming-hash implementations and, via the exhaustive
+/// per-algorithm metadata methods below, the wire names, header names, digest
+/// lengths, and checksum-type capabilities — including the RustFS extensions
+/// (sha512, xxhash3/64/128). The MinIO-port client's `ChecksumMode`
+/// (crates/s3-client/src/checksum.rs) delegates all per-algorithm dispatch
+/// here through its `algorithm()` bridge. The on-disk xl.meta bitset remains
+/// deliberately separate in `rustfs_rio::ChecksumType`
+/// (crates/rio/src/checksum.rs, varint bits are append-only), and rio also
+/// keeps its own hot-path hasher shells — equivalence with this crate's
+/// hashers is enforced by both test suites pinning the same official
+/// known-answer vectors (backlog#1844 PR3 verdict, recorded on
+/// `rustfs_rio::ChecksumType`). When adding an algorithm: add the variant
+/// here (the exhaustive matches force every metadata decision), bridge it in
+/// the client, and allocate an xl.meta bit + hasher + shared vector in rio
+/// (or record why not).
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum ChecksumAlgorithm {
@@ -120,6 +128,84 @@ impl ChecksumAlgorithm {
            Self::Xxhash128 => XXHASH_128_NAME,
        }
    }
+
+    // Per-algorithm wire metadata. These matches are deliberately exhaustive
+    // (no `_` arm): adding a ChecksumAlgorithm variant without deciding its
+    // name, header, digest length, and checksum-type support must fail to
+    // compile rather than silently inherit a default (backlog#1844).
+
+    /// The canonical `x-amz-checksum-algorithm` wire value (uppercase), as
+    /// carried in S3 requests/responses and stored checksum maps.
+    pub fn s3_algorithm_name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Crc32 => "CRC32",
+            Self::Crc32c => "CRC32C",
+            Self::Crc64Nvme => "CRC64NVME",
+            Self::Sha1 => "SHA1",
+            Self::Sha256 => "SHA256",
+            Self::Sha512 => "SHA512",
+            Self::Xxhash3 => "XXHASH3",
+            Self::Xxhash64 => "XXHASH64",
+            Self::Xxhash128 => "XXHASH128",
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The `x-amz-checksum-*` HTTP header that carries this algorithm's
+    /// base64-encoded digest.
+    pub fn http_header_name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Crc32 => http::CRC_32_HEADER_NAME,
+            Self::Crc32c => http::CRC_32_C_HEADER_NAME,
+            Self::Crc64Nvme => http::CRC_64_NVME_HEADER_NAME,
+            Self::Sha1 => http::SHA_1_HEADER_NAME,
+            Self::Sha256 => http::SHA_256_HEADER_NAME,
+            Self::Sha512 => http::SHA_512_HEADER_NAME,
+            Self::Xxhash3 => http::XXHASH_3_HEADER_NAME,
+            Self::Xxhash64 => http::XXHASH_64_HEADER_NAME,
+            Self::Xxhash128 => http::XXHASH_128_HEADER_NAME,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Raw (unencoded) digest length in bytes.
+    pub fn raw_len(&self) -> usize {
+        match self {
+            Self::Crc32 | Self::Crc32c => 4,
+            Self::Crc64Nvme => 8,
+            Self::Sha1 => 20,
+            Self::Sha256 => 32,
+            Self::Sha512 => 64,
+            Self::Xxhash3 | Self::Xxhash64 => 8,
+            Self::Xxhash128 => 16,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Whether the algorithm supports the S3 COMPOSITE multipart checksum
+    /// type. Per the AWS registry, every algorithm does except CRC64NVME,
+    /// which is FULL_OBJECT-only.
+    pub fn supports_composite(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::Crc64Nvme => false,
+            Self::Crc32
+            | Self::Crc32c
+            | Self::Sha1
+            | Self::Sha256
+            | Self::Sha512
+            | Self::Xxhash3
+            | Self::Xxhash64
+            | Self::Xxhash128 => true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Whether the algorithm supports the S3 FULL_OBJECT checksum type, i.e.
+    /// part digests can be linearly combined into the whole-object digest.
+    /// Only the CRC family has this property; the hash algorithms are
+    /// COMPOSITE-only.
+    pub fn supports_full_object(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::Crc32 | Self::Crc32c | Self::Crc64Nvme => true,
+            Self::Sha1 | Self::Sha256 | Self::Sha512 | Self::Xxhash3 | Self::Xxhash64 | Self::Xxhash128 => false,
+        }
+    }
 }

 pub trait Checksum: Send + Sync {
@@ -731,6 +817,77 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(&raw[..], reference.digest128().to_be_bytes().as_slice());
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn test_algorithm_metadata_is_consistent_for_every_variant() {
+        use crate::Checksum;
+
+        // Cross-checks the per-algorithm metadata methods against the hasher
+        // implementations themselves, so the registry cannot drift from the
+        // code that computes digests (backlog#1844). The list must cover every
+        // variant; the metadata methods use exhaustive matches, so a new
+        // variant that is missing here still fails to compile there first.
+        let all = [
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Crc32,
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Crc32c,
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Crc64Nvme,
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Sha1,
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Sha256,
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Sha512,
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Xxhash3,
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Xxhash64,
+            ChecksumAlgorithm::Xxhash128,
+        ];
+
+        for algorithm in all {
+            // Digest length must match what the hasher actually produces.
+            let mut hasher = algorithm.into_impl();
+            hasher.update(b"metadata consistency probe");
+            assert_eq!(
+                algorithm.raw_len(),
+                Checksum::size(&*algorithm.into_impl()) as usize,
+                "{algorithm:?} raw_len() != hasher size()"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(hasher.finalize().len(), algorithm.raw_len(), "{algorithm:?} finalize length != raw_len()");
+
+            // Header name must match the hasher's own header binding.
+            assert_eq!(
+                algorithm.http_header_name(),
+                algorithm.into_impl().header_name(),
+                "{algorithm:?} http_header_name() != HttpChecksum::header_name()"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                algorithm.http_header_name(),
+                format!("x-amz-checksum-{}", algorithm.as_str()),
+                "{algorithm:?} header must be x-amz-checksum-<name>"
+            );
+
+            // The uppercase wire name and the lowercase parse name must be the
+            // same word, and the wire name must parse back to the variant.
+            assert!(
+                algorithm.s3_algorithm_name().eq_ignore_ascii_case(algorithm.as_str()),
+                "{algorithm:?} s3_algorithm_name() and as_str() diverge"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(algorithm.s3_algorithm_name().parse::<ChecksumAlgorithm>().unwrap(), algorithm);
+        }
+
+        // AWS checksum-type support table: CRC64NVME is FULL_OBJECT-only, the
+        // CRC family supports FULL_OBJECT, everything else is COMPOSITE-only.
+        for algorithm in all {
+            let composite = algorithm.supports_composite();
+            let full_object = algorithm.supports_full_object();
+            assert!(composite || full_object, "{algorithm:?} supports no checksum type at all");
+            match algorithm {
+                ChecksumAlgorithm::Crc32 | ChecksumAlgorithm::Crc32c => {
+                    assert!(composite && full_object, "{algorithm:?} must support both checksum types")
+                }
+                ChecksumAlgorithm::Crc64Nvme => {
+                    assert!(!composite && full_object, "CRC64NVME must be FULL_OBJECT-only")
+                }
+                _ => assert!(composite && !full_object, "{algorithm:?} must be COMPOSITE-only"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn test_xxhash64_matches_direct_computation_big_endian_seed0() {
        use crate::Xxhash64;
@@ -38,16 +38,9 @@ hotpath.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["fs", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, features = ["gzip", "deflate"] }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4", "fast-rng", "macro-diagnostics"] }
-chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-jiff = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 metrics = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 smallvec = { workspace = true }
-rmp-serde = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }

-[dev-dependencies]
-serde_json = { workspace = true }
-
 [lib]
 doctest = false
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.

-use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ pub static GLOBAL_CONN_MAP: LazyLock<RwLock<HashMap<String, Channel>>> = LazyLoc
 pub static GLOBAL_ROOT_CERT: LazyLock<RwLock<Option<Vec<u8>>>> = LazyLock::new(|| RwLock::new(None));
 pub static GLOBAL_MTLS_IDENTITY: LazyLock<RwLock<Option<MtlsIdentityPem>>> = LazyLock::new(|| RwLock::new(None));
 pub static GLOBAL_OUTBOUND_TLS_GENERATION: LazyLock<AtomicU64> = LazyLock::new(|| AtomicU64::new(0));
-/// Global initialization time of the RustFS node.
-pub static GLOBAL_INIT_TIME: LazyLock<RwLock<Option<DateTime<Utc>>>> = LazyLock::new(|| RwLock::new(None));

 /// Log level to use when reporting cached gRPC connection eviction.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -63,20 +60,6 @@ pub fn try_get_global_local_node_name() -> Option<String> {
        .filter(|name| !name.is_empty())
 }

-/// Set the global RustFS initialization time to the current UTC time.
-pub async fn set_global_init_time_now() {
-    let now = Utc::now();
-    *GLOBAL_INIT_TIME.write().await = Some(now);
-}
-
-/// Get the global RustFS initialization time.
-///
-/// # Returns
-/// * `Option<DateTime<Utc>>` - The initialization time if set.
-pub async fn get_global_init_time() -> Option<DateTime<Utc>> {
-    *GLOBAL_INIT_TIME.read().await
-}
-
 /// Set the global RustFS address used for gRPC connections.
 ///
 /// # Arguments
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@

 // pub mod error;
 pub mod globals;
-pub mod heal_channel;
-pub mod last_minute;
-pub mod metrics;
 pub mod mrf_channel;
 mod readiness;
 pub mod table_catalog;
@@ -178,6 +178,76 @@ pub trait WorkloadAdmissionSnapshotProvider {
    fn workload_admission_snapshot(&self) -> WorkloadAdmissionRegistrySnapshot;
 }

+/// Foreground workload pressure observed against a configured utilization threshold.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ForegroundPressure {
+    /// Foreground workload class whose utilization reached its threshold.
+    pub class: WorkloadClass,
+    /// Observed utilization percentage for the class.
+    pub usage_pct: usize,
+    /// Configured threshold percentage that the observed utilization reached.
+    pub threshold_pct: usize,
+}
+
+impl ForegroundPressure {
+    /// Return a stable reason label for logs and metrics.
+    pub const fn reason(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self.class {
+            WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead => "foreground_read_pressure",
+            WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite => "foreground_write_pressure",
+            _ => "foreground_pressure",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Return the strongest foreground pressure in `snapshot`, if any.
+///
+/// A zero threshold disables its class. `Saturated` counts as full utilization
+/// regardless of the reported limit; otherwise a class contributes only when it
+/// reports a non-zero limit, with a missing active count read as zero. When both
+/// classes are above their threshold the higher utilization wins.
+///
+/// Callers own the enable switch: this function evaluates thresholds only.
+pub fn foreground_pressure(
+    snapshot: &WorkloadAdmissionRegistrySnapshot,
+    read_threshold_pct: usize,
+    write_threshold_pct: usize,
+) -> Option<ForegroundPressure> {
+    [
+        (WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead, read_threshold_pct),
+        (WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite, write_threshold_pct),
+    ]
+    .into_iter()
+    .filter_map(|(class, threshold_pct)| {
+        if threshold_pct == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let entry = snapshot.get(class)?;
+        let usage_pct = if matches!(entry.state, AdmissionState::Saturated) {
+            100
+        } else {
+            let limit = entry.limit?;
+            if limit == 0 {
+                return None;
+            }
+            entry
+                .active
+                .unwrap_or(0)
+                .saturating_mul(100)
+                .checked_div(limit)
+                .unwrap_or(100)
+        };
+
+        (usage_pct >= threshold_pct).then_some(ForegroundPressure {
+            class,
+            usage_pct,
+            threshold_pct,
+        })
+    })
+    .max_by_key(|pressure| pressure.usage_pct)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -314,4 +384,205 @@ mod tests {

        assert!(err.to_string().contains("unexpected"));
    }
+
+    fn counted(
+        class: WorkloadClass,
+        state: AdmissionState,
+        active: Option<usize>,
+        limit: Option<usize>,
+    ) -> WorkloadAdmissionSnapshot {
+        WorkloadAdmissionSnapshot::new(class, state).with_counts(active, None, limit)
+    }
+
+    fn registry(entries: Vec<WorkloadAdmissionSnapshot>) -> WorkloadAdmissionRegistrySnapshot {
+        WorkloadAdmissionRegistrySnapshot::new(entries)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_reason_labels_cover_non_foreground_classes() {
+        let read = ForegroundPressure {
+            class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead,
+            usage_pct: 90,
+            threshold_pct: 80,
+        };
+        let write = ForegroundPressure {
+            class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite,
+            usage_pct: 90,
+            threshold_pct: 80,
+        };
+        let repair = ForegroundPressure {
+            class: WorkloadClass::Repair,
+            usage_pct: 90,
+            threshold_pct: 80,
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(read.reason(), "foreground_read_pressure");
+        assert_eq!(write.reason(), "foreground_write_pressure");
+        assert_eq!(repair.reason(), "foreground_pressure");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_is_disabled_when_both_thresholds_are_zero() {
+        let snapshot = registry(vec![
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead, AdmissionState::Saturated, Some(8), Some(8)),
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite, AdmissionState::Saturated, Some(8), Some(8)),
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(foreground_pressure(&snapshot, 0, 0), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_skips_only_the_class_whose_threshold_is_zero() {
+        let snapshot = registry(vec![
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead, AdmissionState::Open, Some(10), Some(10)),
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite, AdmissionState::Open, Some(9), Some(10)),
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            foreground_pressure(&snapshot, 0, 80),
+            Some(ForegroundPressure {
+                class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite,
+                usage_pct: 90,
+                threshold_pct: 80,
+            })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            foreground_pressure(&snapshot, 80, 0),
+            Some(ForegroundPressure {
+                class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead,
+                usage_pct: 100,
+                threshold_pct: 80,
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_ignores_missing_entries() {
+        let snapshot = registry(vec![counted(WorkloadClass::Scanner, AdmissionState::Saturated, Some(8), Some(8))]);
+
+        assert_eq!(foreground_pressure(&snapshot, 1, 1), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_ignores_missing_and_zero_limits() {
+        let missing_limit = registry(vec![counted(
+            WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead,
+            AdmissionState::Throttled,
+            Some(8),
+            None,
+        )]);
+        let zero_limit = registry(vec![counted(
+            WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite,
+            AdmissionState::Throttled,
+            Some(8),
+            Some(0),
+        )]);
+
+        assert_eq!(foreground_pressure(&missing_limit, 1, 1), None);
+        assert_eq!(foreground_pressure(&zero_limit, 1, 1), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_treats_saturated_as_full_without_reading_limit() {
+        let snapshot = registry(vec![
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead, AdmissionState::Saturated, None, None),
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite, AdmissionState::Saturated, Some(0), Some(0)),
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            foreground_pressure(&snapshot, 100, 0),
+            Some(ForegroundPressure {
+                class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead,
+                usage_pct: 100,
+                threshold_pct: 100,
+            })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            foreground_pressure(&snapshot, 0, 100),
+            Some(ForegroundPressure {
+                class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite,
+                usage_pct: 100,
+                threshold_pct: 100,
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_reads_missing_active_as_zero() {
+        let snapshot = registry(vec![counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead, AdmissionState::Open, None, Some(8))]);
+
+        assert_eq!(foreground_pressure(&snapshot, 1, 1), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_returns_the_higher_utilization_when_both_classes_exceed() {
+        let read_higher = registry(vec![
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead, AdmissionState::Open, Some(19), Some(20)),
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite, AdmissionState::Open, Some(17), Some(20)),
+        ]);
+        let write_higher = registry(vec![
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead, AdmissionState::Open, Some(17), Some(20)),
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite, AdmissionState::Open, Some(19), Some(20)),
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            foreground_pressure(&read_higher, 80, 80),
+            Some(ForegroundPressure {
+                class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead,
+                usage_pct: 95,
+                threshold_pct: 80,
+            })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            foreground_pressure(&write_higher, 80, 80),
+            Some(ForegroundPressure {
+                class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite,
+                usage_pct: 95,
+                threshold_pct: 80,
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_breaks_utilization_ties_toward_the_write_class() {
+        let snapshot = registry(vec![
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead, AdmissionState::Open, Some(18), Some(20)),
+            counted(WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite, AdmissionState::Open, Some(18), Some(20)),
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            foreground_pressure(&snapshot, 80, 80),
+            Some(ForegroundPressure {
+                class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundWrite,
+                usage_pct: 90,
+                threshold_pct: 80,
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn foreground_pressure_triggers_exactly_at_the_threshold_and_not_below() {
+        let at_threshold = registry(vec![counted(
+            WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead,
+            AdmissionState::Open,
+            Some(8),
+            Some(10),
+        )]);
+        let below_threshold = registry(vec![counted(
+            WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead,
+            AdmissionState::Open,
+            Some(7),
+            Some(10),
+        )]);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            foreground_pressure(&at_threshold, 80, 80),
+            Some(ForegroundPressure {
+                class: WorkloadClass::ForegroundRead,
+                usage_pct: 80,
+                threshold_pct: 80,
+            })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(foreground_pressure(&below_threshold, 80, 80), None);
+    }
 }
@@ -150,9 +150,10 @@ Drive timeout health-action policy:
 Drive timeout profile preset:
 - `RUSTFS_DRIVE_TIMEOUT_PROFILE`
  - `default` (default): keep current timeout defaults.
-  - `high_latency`: use 60s default timeout for scanner-sensitive operations when no per-operation timeout override is set (`read_metadata`, `disk_info`, `list_dir`, `walk_dir`, `walk_dir_stall`).
+  - `high_latency`: use 60s default timeout for scanner-sensitive operations when no operation-specific override is set (`read_metadata`, `disk_info`, `list_dir`, `walk_dir`, `walk_dir_stall`, and object-capacity scan base/maximum budgets).
 - Precedence:
  - Explicit per-operation timeout env (`RUSTFS_DRIVE_*_TIMEOUT_SECS`) takes highest precedence.
+  - Explicit object-capacity timeout env (`RUSTFS_CAPACITY_STAT_TIMEOUT`, `RUSTFS_CAPACITY_MAX_TIMEOUT`) takes precedence for capacity scans.
  - Then `RUSTFS_DRIVE_MAX_TIMEOUT_DURATION` legacy fallback.
  - Then the profile-derived default (`default` or `high_latency`).

@@ -59,20 +59,20 @@ pub const ENV_CAPACITY_MAX_TIMEOUT: &str = "RUSTFS_CAPACITY_MAX_TIMEOUT";
 // ============================================================================

 /// Scheduled update interval in seconds
-/// Default: 120 seconds (2 minutes)
-pub const DEFAULT_SCHEDULED_UPDATE_INTERVAL_SECS: u64 = 120;
+/// Default: 600 seconds (10 minutes)
+pub const DEFAULT_SCHEDULED_UPDATE_INTERVAL_SECS: u64 = 600;

 /// Write trigger delay in seconds
-/// Default: 5 seconds
-pub const DEFAULT_WRITE_TRIGGER_DELAY_SECS: u64 = 5;
+/// Default: 30 seconds
+pub const DEFAULT_WRITE_TRIGGER_DELAY_SECS: u64 = 30;

 /// Write frequency threshold (writes per minute)
-/// Default: 5 writes/minute
-pub const DEFAULT_WRITE_FREQUENCY_THRESHOLD: usize = 5;
+/// Default: 20 writes/minute
+pub const DEFAULT_WRITE_FREQUENCY_THRESHOLD: usize = 20;

 /// Fast update threshold in seconds
-/// Default: 30 seconds
-pub const DEFAULT_FAST_UPDATE_THRESHOLD_SECS: u64 = 30;
+/// Default: 120 seconds
+pub const DEFAULT_FAST_UPDATE_THRESHOLD_SECS: u64 = 120;

 /// Maximum files threshold for sampling
 /// Default: 200,000 files
@@ -129,4 +129,16 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(ENV_CAPACITY_MIN_TIMEOUT, "RUSTFS_CAPACITY_MIN_TIMEOUT");
        assert_eq!(ENV_CAPACITY_MAX_TIMEOUT, "RUSTFS_CAPACITY_MAX_TIMEOUT");
    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_capacity_default_values() {
+        assert_eq!(DEFAULT_SCHEDULED_UPDATE_INTERVAL_SECS, 600);
+        assert_eq!(DEFAULT_WRITE_TRIGGER_DELAY_SECS, 30);
+        assert_eq!(DEFAULT_WRITE_FREQUENCY_THRESHOLD, 20);
+        assert_eq!(DEFAULT_FAST_UPDATE_THRESHOLD_SECS, 120);
+        assert_eq!(DEFAULT_MAX_FILES_THRESHOLD, 200_000);
+        assert_eq!(DEFAULT_STAT_TIMEOUT_SECS, 3);
+        assert_eq!(DEFAULT_SAMPLE_RATE, 200);
+        assert_eq!(DEFAULT_CAPACITY_METRICS_INTERVAL_SECS, 600);
+    }
 }
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ pub const HEALTH_OBJECT_PROGRESS_LOCK_MARGIN_MS: u64 = 5_000;
 pub const ENV_HEALTH_CLUSTER_TIMEOUT_MS: &str = "RUSTFS_HEALTH_CLUSTER_TIMEOUT_MS";
 pub const DEFAULT_HEALTH_CLUSTER_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 2000;

+/// Timeout for one remote lock-client online check used by readiness (milliseconds).
+///
+/// This is intentionally shorter than the generic lock RPC timeout so
+/// `/health/ready` can report degradation instead of riding a dead peer's
+/// connect or HTTP/2 keepalive budget.
+pub const ENV_HEALTH_LOCK_ONLINE_TIMEOUT_MS: &str = "RUSTFS_HEALTH_LOCK_ONLINE_TIMEOUT_MS";
+pub const DEFAULT_HEALTH_LOCK_ONLINE_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 1000;
+
 /// Maximum time to wait for local node runtime readiness (storage / IAM / lock
 /// quorum) during startup before failing fast (seconds).
 ///
@@ -181,6 +181,22 @@ pub const DEFAULT_POOL_META_V2_FLEET_CONFIRMED: bool = false;
 const _: () = assert!(!DEFAULT_POOL_META_V2_WRITE);
 const _: () = assert!(!DEFAULT_POOL_META_V2_FLEET_CONFIRMED);

+/// Request writing pool metadata version 3 with durable generations.
+///
+/// Existing deployments remain on their observed version until
+/// [`ENV_POOL_META_V3_FLEET_CONFIRMED`] is also enabled. Fresh deployments may
+/// initialize directly at version 3 because they have no legacy readers.
+pub const ENV_POOL_META_V3_WRITE: &str = "RUSTFS_POOL_META_V3_WRITE";
+pub const DEFAULT_POOL_META_V3_WRITE: bool = false;
+
+/// Operator-attested confirmation that every pool metadata reader and writer
+/// understands the version 3 generation and recovery protocol.
+pub const ENV_POOL_META_V3_FLEET_CONFIRMED: &str = "RUSTFS_POOL_META_V3_FLEET_CONFIRMED";
+pub const DEFAULT_POOL_META_V3_FLEET_CONFIRMED: bool = false;
+
+const _: () = assert!(!DEFAULT_POOL_META_V3_WRITE);
+const _: () = assert!(!DEFAULT_POOL_META_V3_FLEET_CONFIRMED);
+
 // =============================================================================
 // Concurrent Request Fix - Timeout and Backpressure Configuration
 // =============================================================================
@@ -272,6 +288,49 @@ pub const DEFAULT_PUT_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 0;

 const _: () = assert!(!DEFAULT_PUT_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_ENABLE);

+/// Enable automatic foreground admission for large or unknown-size PutObject requests.
+///
+/// Unlike the strict experimental gate above, this default-on path only applies
+/// to requests that are large enough to create sustained erasure/RPC pressure.
+/// Small PUTs continue on the legacy path unless the strict gate is explicitly
+/// enabled.
+pub const ENV_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_ENABLE: &str = "RUSTFS_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_ENABLE";
+pub const DEFAULT_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_ENABLE: bool = true;
+
+/// Maximum automatic foreground write requests admitted concurrently per process.
+///
+/// `0` derives a conservative default from the local disk-read scheduler cap,
+/// currently clamped to protect the commit path without making ordinary high
+/// throughput uploads single-file.
+pub const ENV_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_LIMIT: &str = "RUSTFS_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_LIMIT";
+pub const DEFAULT_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_LIMIT: usize = 0;
+
+/// Minimum direct PutObject size that enters automatic foreground write admission.
+///
+/// Requests with an unknown size are treated as large because the write pressure
+/// cannot be bounded from headers.
+pub const ENV_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_MIN_SIZE_BYTES: &str = "RUSTFS_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_MIN_SIZE_BYTES";
+pub const DEFAULT_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_MIN_SIZE_BYTES: usize = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+/// Minimum UploadPart size that enters automatic foreground write admission.
+///
+/// Multipart pressure is often many moderate-sized parts rather than one very
+/// large request. The default gates every multipart part through the same permit
+/// pool as large/unknown-size PutObject while keeping small direct PUTs on the
+/// legacy path.
+pub const ENV_PUT_MULTIPART_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_MIN_SIZE_BYTES: &str =
+    "RUSTFS_PUT_MULTIPART_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_MIN_SIZE_BYTES";
+pub const DEFAULT_PUT_MULTIPART_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_MIN_SIZE_BYTES: usize = 0;
+
+/// Time in milliseconds an automatic foreground write waits for a permit.
+///
+/// A short wait smooths transient bursts while still returning S3
+/// `SlowDown`/503 before body ingest when the node is already saturated.
+pub const ENV_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS: &str = "RUSTFS_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS";
+pub const DEFAULT_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 250;
+
+const _: () = assert!(DEFAULT_PUT_LARGE_FOREGROUND_ADMISSION_ENABLE);
+
 /// Environment variable for minimum GetObject timeout in seconds.
 ///
 /// When dynamic timeout calculation is enabled, this is the minimum timeout
@@ -755,4 +814,10 @@ mod remote_version_state_tests {
        assert_eq!(super::ENV_POOL_META_V2_WRITE, "RUSTFS_POOL_META_V2_WRITE");
        assert_eq!(super::ENV_POOL_META_V2_FLEET_CONFIRMED, "RUSTFS_POOL_META_V2_FLEET_CONFIRMED");
    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn pool_meta_v3_gate_uses_stable_environment_names() {
+        assert_eq!(super::ENV_POOL_META_V3_WRITE, "RUSTFS_POOL_META_V3_WRITE");
+        assert_eq!(super::ENV_POOL_META_V3_FLEET_CONFIRMED, "RUSTFS_POOL_META_V3_FLEET_CONFIRMED");
+    }
 }
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ aws-sdk-s3 = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["sigv4a",
 aws-sdk-sts = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["default-https-client", "rt-tokio"] }
 aws-config = { workspace = true }
 aws-smithy-http-client = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["rustls-aws-lc"] }
+aws-smithy-types.workspace = true
 async-compression = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio", "bzip2", "xz"] }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 flate2.workspace = true
@@ -109,15 +110,22 @@ hyper = { workspace = true, features = ["http2", "http1", "server"] }
 hyper-util = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio", "server-auto", "server-graceful", "tracing"] }
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json", "multipart", "stream"] }
 rustfs-signer.workspace = true
+
+# The MFA e2e test computes RFC 6238 codes itself rather than calling the
+# server's implementation: a shared helper could agree with a bug on both sides.
+data-encoding = { workspace = true }
+hmac = { workspace = true }
+sha1 = { workspace = true }
+serde_urlencoded = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter", "time"] }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4", "fast-rng", "macro-diagnostics"] }
 urlencoding.workspace = true
 walkdir.workspace = true
-base64 = { workspace = true }
+base64-simd = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-hex = { workspace = true }
+hex-simd = { workspace = true }
 md-5 = { workspace = true }
 opentelemetry-proto = { workspace = true }
 prost.workspace = true
@@ -31,14 +31,9 @@

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging, local_http_client, rustfs_binary_path};
-    use aws_sdk_s3::config::{Credentials, Region};
+    use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging, rustfs_binary_path};
+    use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
    use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
-    use aws_sdk_s3::{Client, Config};
-    use http::header::HOST;
-    use rustfs_signer::constants::UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD;
-    use rustfs_signer::sign_v4;
-    use s3s::Body;
    use std::error::Error;
    use std::io::Read;
    use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
@@ -87,10 +82,10 @@ mod tests {
    }

    /// Send a SigV4-signed request to `path` (optionally with a JSON `body`) and
-    /// return `(status, body)`. Uses the `UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD` content hash so a
-    /// request body can be attached without the caller pre-hashing it — the
-    /// server verifies the signature against the same sentinel, exactly as the
-    /// AWS SDKs / MinIO client do for streaming/unsigned payloads.
+    /// return `(status, body)`.
+    ///
+    /// Thin wrapper over [`crate::common::admin_request`], kept local so the
+    /// call sites below keep their `Option<&str>` body shape.
    async fn signed_request(
        base_url: &str,
        method: http::Method,
@@ -99,47 +94,13 @@ mod tests {
        access_key: &str,
        secret_key: &str,
    ) -> Result<(reqwest::StatusCode, String), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
-        let url = format!("{base_url}{path}");
-        let uri = url.parse::<http::Uri>()?;
-        let authority = uri.authority().ok_or("missing authority")?.to_string();
-        let body_bytes = body.map(|b| b.as_bytes().to_vec()).unwrap_or_default();
-
-        // The signature is computed over `UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD`, so the body bytes do
-        // not participate in the SigV4 hash — sign over an empty body and attach
-        // the real payload to the wire request below.
-        let request = http::Request::builder()
-            .method(method.clone())
-            .uri(uri)
-            .header(HOST, authority)
-            .header("x-amz-content-sha256", UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD);
-        let signed = sign_v4(request.body(Body::empty())?, 0, access_key, secret_key, "", "us-east-1");
-
-        let client = local_http_client();
-        let mut rb = client.request(method, url.as_str());
-        for (name, value) in signed.headers() {
-            rb = rb.header(name, value);
-        }
-        if !body_bytes.is_empty() {
-            rb = rb.body(body_bytes);
-        }
-        let resp = rb.send().await?;
-        let status = resp.status();
-        let text = resp.text().await?;
-        Ok((status, text))
+        crate::common::admin_request(base_url, method, path, body.map(str::to_string), access_key, secret_key).await
    }

    /// Build an S3 client bound to explicit credentials (used to exercise the S3
    /// data plane with rotated / stale root credentials).
    fn s3_client_with(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, access_key: &str, secret_key: &str) -> Client {
-        let credentials = Credentials::new(access_key, secret_key, None, None, "sec4-admin-auth");
-        let config = Config::builder()
-            .credentials_provider(credentials)
-            .region(Region::new("us-east-1"))
-            .endpoint_url(&env.url)
-            .force_path_style(true)
-            .behavior_version_latest()
-            .build();
-        Client::from_conf(config)
+        env.create_s3_client_with_credentials(access_key, secret_key)
    }

    /// Create a non-admin IAM user via the admin `add-user` API using the root
@@ -151,12 +112,7 @@ mod tests {
        access_key: &str,
        secret_key: &str,
    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
-        let path = format!("/rustfs/admin/v3/add-user?accessKey={access_key}");
-        let body = serde_json::json!({ "secretKey": secret_key, "status": "enabled" }).to_string();
-        let (status, resp) =
-            signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::PUT, &path, Some(&body), &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await?;
-        assert!(status.is_success(), "add-user should succeed (status={status}, body={resp})");
-        Ok(())
+        crate::common::admin_create_user(env, access_key, secret_key).await
    }

    /// A fully authenticated but non-admin credential must be rejected with
@@ -0,0 +1,426 @@
+// 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.
+
+//! End-to-end coverage for the self-service account and two-factor surface.
+//!
+//! The unit tests cover the state machine at its edges; what only an end-to-end
+//! test can prove is that the pieces are wired together and that the *existing*
+//! authentication paths still behave. Specifically:
+//!
+//! 1. Enrollment is refused when `RUSTFS_IAM_MASTER_KEY` is absent, so a TOTP
+//!    secret is never written where an attacker could read it off a disk.
+//! 2. With a master key, the full flow works: enroll, activate with a real
+//!    RFC 6238 code, and receive single-use recovery codes.
+//! 3. Once a factor is enrolled, `AssumeRole` refuses to mint a session without
+//!    one, and accepts a valid code — the actual login gate.
+//! 4. A direct SigV4 admin request keeps working with a factor enrolled. This is
+//!    the regression that matters most: gating it would break every script and
+//!    CLI the moment somebody enabled 2FA.
+//! 5. `AssumeRole` for an identity with no enrollment is byte-for-byte the old
+//!    behaviour, so existing deployments are untouched.
+//! 6. Rotating a password through `/account/password` invalidates the sessions
+//!    minted under the old secret.
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging, local_http_client};
+    use hmac::{Hmac, KeyInit as _, Mac};
+    use http::header::HOST;
+    use rustfs_signer::constants::UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD;
+    use rustfs_signer::sign_v4;
+    use s3s::Body;
+    use sha1::Sha1;
+    use std::error::Error;
+    use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
+    const ACCOUNT_INFO_PATH: &str = "/rustfs/admin/v3/account/info";
+    const ACCOUNT_PASSWORD_PATH: &str = "/rustfs/admin/v3/account/password";
+    const ACCOUNT_MFA_PATH: &str = "/rustfs/admin/v3/account/mfa";
+    const ACCOUNT_MFA_ENROLL_PATH: &str = "/rustfs/admin/v3/account/mfa/enroll";
+    const ACCOUNT_MFA_ACTIVATE_PATH: &str = "/rustfs/admin/v3/account/mfa/activate";
+    const MFA_CHALLENGE_PATH: &str = "/rustfs/admin/v3/mfa/challenge";
+    const ADMIN_INFO_PATH: &str = "/rustfs/admin/v3/info";
+
+    /// A master key so the server will accept an enrollment. Test-only value.
+    const TEST_MASTER_KEY: &str = "e2e-mfa-master-key-do-not-reuse";
+
+    type HmacSha1 = Hmac<Sha1>;
+
+    /// One signed admin request, returning the status and the raw body.
+    ///
+    /// Thin wrapper over [`crate::common::admin_request`], kept local so the
+    /// call sites below keep their `Option<&str>` body shape.
+    async fn signed_request(
+        base_url: &str,
+        method: http::Method,
+        path: &str,
+        body: Option<&str>,
+        access_key: &str,
+        secret_key: &str,
+    ) -> Result<(reqwest::StatusCode, String), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        crate::common::admin_request(base_url, method, path, body.map(str::to_string), access_key, secret_key).await
+    }
+
+    /// A SigV4-signed `AssumeRole` form POST, optionally carrying a second factor.
+    ///
+    /// Uses STS's own `SerialNumber`/`TokenCode` fields, which is the point: a
+    /// script or SDK can present the factor without a RustFS-specific protocol.
+    async fn assume_role(
+        base_url: &str,
+        access_key: &str,
+        secret_key: &str,
+        second_factor: Option<(&str, &str)>,
+    ) -> Result<(reqwest::StatusCode, String), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let mut form = vec![
+            ("Action", "AssumeRole".to_string()),
+            ("Version", "2011-06-15".to_string()),
+            ("RoleArn", "arn:aws:iam::*:role/Admin".to_string()),
+            ("RoleSessionName", "e2e".to_string()),
+            ("DurationSeconds", "3600".to_string()),
+        ];
+        if let Some((challenge, code)) = second_factor {
+            form.push(("SerialNumber", challenge.to_string()));
+            form.push(("TokenCode", code.to_string()));
+        }
+        let body = serde_urlencoded::to_string(&form)?;
+
+        let uri = base_url.parse::<http::Uri>()?;
+        let authority = uri.authority().ok_or("missing authority")?.to_string();
+        let request = http::Request::builder()
+            .method(http::Method::POST)
+            .uri(format!("{base_url}/"))
+            .header(HOST, authority)
+            .header("content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
+            .header("x-amz-content-sha256", UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD);
+        let signed = sign_v4(request.body(Body::empty())?, 0, access_key, secret_key, "", "us-east-1");
+
+        let client = local_http_client();
+        let mut builder = client.request(http::Method::POST, format!("{base_url}/"));
+        for (name, value) in signed.headers() {
+            builder = builder.header(name, value);
+        }
+        let response = builder.body(body).send().await?;
+        let status = response.status();
+        let text = response.text().await?;
+        Ok((status, text))
+    }
+
+    /// Generate the current RFC 6238 code for a base32 secret.
+    ///
+    /// Computed independently of the server implementation: a shared helper
+    /// could agree with a bug on both sides.
+    fn totp_now(secret_base32: &str) -> String {
+        let secret = data_encoding::BASE32_NOPAD
+            .decode(secret_base32.as_bytes())
+            .expect("server must return unpadded base32");
+        let step = SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .expect("clock after the epoch")
+            .as_secs()
+            / 30;
+
+        let mut mac = HmacSha1::new_from_slice(&secret).expect("HMAC accepts any key length");
+        mac.update(&step.to_be_bytes());
+        let digest = mac.finalize().into_bytes();
+
+        let offset = (digest[digest.len() - 1] & 0x0f) as usize;
+        let binary = u32::from_be_bytes([
+            digest[offset] & 0x7f,
+            digest[offset + 1],
+            digest[offset + 2],
+            digest[offset + 3],
+        ]);
+        format!("{:06}", binary % 1_000_000)
+    }
+
+    fn json(body: &str) -> serde_json::Value {
+        serde_json::from_str(body).unwrap_or_else(|error| panic!("expected JSON, got {body}: {error}"))
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn enrollment_is_refused_without_at_rest_protection() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        // Deliberately no RUSTFS_IAM_MASTER_KEY.
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let (access_key, secret_key) = (env.access_key.clone(), env.secret_key.clone());
+
+        // The account surface itself works.
+        let (status, body) =
+            signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, ACCOUNT_INFO_PATH, None, &access_key, &secret_key).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "account info must be reachable, body: {body}");
+        let info = json(&body);
+        assert_eq!(info["access_key"], access_key.as_str());
+        assert_eq!(info["identity_type"], "root");
+        assert_eq!(info["credentials_source"], "env");
+        // Root credentials come from a process-wide OnceLock that also derives
+        // the internode RPC secret, so they are immutable at runtime.
+        assert_eq!(info["mutable"]["password"], false);
+
+        // Status reports the refusal rather than pretending enrollment is possible.
+        let (status, body) =
+            signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, ACCOUNT_MFA_PATH, None, &access_key, &secret_key).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "mfa status must be reachable, body: {body}");
+        let mfa = json(&body);
+        assert_eq!(mfa["enabled"], false);
+        assert_eq!(mfa["enrollment_available"], false);
+        assert!(
+            mfa["enrollment_blocked_reason"]
+                .as_str()
+                .is_some_and(|reason| reason.contains("RUSTFS_IAM_MASTER_KEY")),
+            "the refusal must name the variable an operator has to set, body: {body}"
+        );
+
+        // And enrolling actually fails, rather than writing a plaintext secret.
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(
+            &env.url,
+            http::Method::POST,
+            ACCOUNT_MFA_ENROLL_PATH,
+            Some("{}"),
+            &access_key,
+            &secret_key,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        assert!(
+            status.is_client_error() || status.is_server_error(),
+            "enrollment must fail without a master key, status: {status}, body: {body}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            body.contains("RUSTFS_IAM_MASTER_KEY"),
+            "the failure must explain the remedy, body: {body}"
+        );
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn assume_role_is_unchanged_for_an_identity_with_no_second_factor() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        // The regression that protects every existing deployment: an identity
+        // with no enrollment must take no new code path.
+        init_logging();
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_IAM_MASTER_KEY", TEST_MASTER_KEY)])
+            .await?;
+
+        let (access_key, secret_key) = (env.access_key.clone(), env.secret_key.clone());
+
+        let (status, body) =
+            signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, MFA_CHALLENGE_PATH, None, &access_key, &secret_key).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "challenge must be reachable, body: {body}");
+        let challenge = json(&body);
+        assert_eq!(challenge["required"], false, "no enrollment means no challenge");
+        assert!(challenge["challenge"].is_null());
+
+        let (status, body) = assume_role(&env.url, &access_key, &secret_key, None).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "AssumeRole must still work, body: {body}");
+        assert!(body.contains("<AccessKeyId>"), "expected STS credentials, body: {body}");
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn the_full_second_factor_lifecycle_gates_only_session_minting() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_IAM_MASTER_KEY", TEST_MASTER_KEY)])
+            .await?;
+
+        let (access_key, secret_key) = (env.access_key.clone(), env.secret_key.clone());
+
+        // --- Enroll ---
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(
+            &env.url,
+            http::Method::POST,
+            ACCOUNT_MFA_ENROLL_PATH,
+            Some("{}"),
+            &access_key,
+            &secret_key,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "enrollment must succeed, body: {body}");
+        let enrollment = json(&body);
+        let secret_base32 = enrollment["secret_base32"].as_str().expect("secret").to_string();
+        assert!(
+            enrollment["otpauth_uri"]
+                .as_str()
+                .is_some_and(|uri| uri.starts_with("otpauth://totp/RustFS:")),
+            "body: {body}"
+        );
+        assert!(!enrollment["qr_svg"].as_str().unwrap_or_default().is_empty(), "expected an SVG");
+        assert!(!enrollment["qr_utf8"].as_str().unwrap_or_default().is_empty(), "expected block art");
+
+        // A pending enrollment must not gate anything yet: a mis-scanned QR
+        // cannot be allowed to lock the operator out.
+        let (status, body) =
+            signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, MFA_CHALLENGE_PATH, None, &access_key, &secret_key).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK);
+        assert_eq!(json(&body)["required"], false, "a pending enrollment must not gate login");
+
+        // --- Activate ---
+        let code = totp_now(&secret_base32);
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(
+            &env.url,
+            http::Method::POST,
+            ACCOUNT_MFA_ACTIVATE_PATH,
+            Some(&format!(r#"{{"code":"{code}"}}"#)),
+            &access_key,
+            &secret_key,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "activation must succeed, body: {body}");
+        let activated = json(&body);
+        let recovery_codes = activated["recovery_codes"].as_array().expect("recovery codes").clone();
+        assert_eq!(recovery_codes.len(), 10, "expected a full recovery set, body: {body}");
+
+        // --- The gate is now on for session minting ---
+        let (status, body) =
+            signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, MFA_CHALLENGE_PATH, None, &access_key, &secret_key).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK);
+        let challenge_body = json(&body);
+        assert_eq!(challenge_body["required"], true, "body: {body}");
+        let challenge = challenge_body["challenge"].as_str().expect("challenge").to_string();
+
+        let (status, body) = assume_role(&env.url, &access_key, &secret_key, None).await?;
+        assert!(status.is_client_error(), "AssumeRole must refuse without a factor, body: {body}");
+        assert!(
+            body.contains("MultiFactorAuthRequired"),
+            "clients match on this code to prompt instead of reporting a failed login, body: {body}"
+        );
+
+        // --- ... but direct SigV4 access is untouched ---
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, ADMIN_INFO_PATH, None, &access_key, &secret_key).await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            status,
+            reqwest::StatusCode::OK,
+            "a direct admin request must keep working with a factor enrolled, body: {body}"
+        );
+
+        // --- A valid factor mints the session ---
+        // A fresh code: activation consumed the previous time step, so reusing
+        // that code would be refused as a replay.
+        let code = wait_for_a_fresh_code(&secret_base32).await;
+        let (status, body) = assume_role(&env.url, &access_key, &secret_key, Some((&challenge, &code))).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "a valid factor must mint a session, body: {body}");
+        assert!(body.contains("<AccessKeyId>"), "expected STS credentials, body: {body}");
+
+        // --- A recovery code also works, once ---
+        let recovery_code = recovery_codes[0].as_str().expect("recovery code").to_string();
+        let (status, body) = assume_role(&env.url, &access_key, &secret_key, Some((&challenge, &recovery_code))).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "a recovery code must mint a session, body: {body}");
+
+        let (status, body) = assume_role(&env.url, &access_key, &secret_key, Some((&challenge, &recovery_code))).await?;
+        assert!(
+            status.is_client_error(),
+            "a spent recovery code must not work twice, status: {status}, body: {body}"
+        );
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn an_iam_user_can_rotate_its_own_password_and_lose_its_sessions() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_IAM_MASTER_KEY", TEST_MASTER_KEY)])
+            .await?;
+
+        let (root_ak, root_sk) = (env.access_key.clone(), env.secret_key.clone());
+        let user_ak = "mfarotationuser";
+        let old_sk = "mfarotationsecret";
+        let new_sk = "mfarotationsecret2";
+
+        // Root creates the user.
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(
+            &env.url,
+            http::Method::PUT,
+            &format!("/rustfs/admin/v3/add-user?accessKey={user_ak}"),
+            Some(&format!(r#"{{"secretKey":"{old_sk}","status":"enabled"}}"#)),
+            &root_ak,
+            &root_sk,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "user creation must succeed, body: {body}");
+
+        // The user sees itself as mutable, unlike root.
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, ACCOUNT_INFO_PATH, None, user_ak, old_sk).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "body: {body}");
+        let info = json(&body);
+        assert_eq!(info["identity_type"], "iam");
+        assert_eq!(info["credentials_source"], "iam");
+        assert_eq!(info["mutable"]["password"], true);
+
+        // The wrong current secret is refused, so a live session alone cannot
+        // rewrite the credential.
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(
+            &env.url,
+            http::Method::POST,
+            ACCOUNT_PASSWORD_PATH,
+            Some(&format!(r#"{{"current_secret_key":"wrong-secret","new_secret_key":"{new_sk}"}}"#)),
+            user_ak,
+            old_sk,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        assert!(status.is_client_error(), "a wrong current secret must be refused, body: {body}");
+
+        // The correct one rotates it.
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(
+            &env.url,
+            http::Method::POST,
+            ACCOUNT_PASSWORD_PATH,
+            Some(&format!(r#"{{"current_secret_key":"{old_sk}","new_secret_key":"{new_sk}"}}"#)),
+            user_ak,
+            old_sk,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "rotation must succeed, body: {body}");
+
+        // The new secret works and the old one does not.
+        let (status, body) = signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, ACCOUNT_INFO_PATH, None, user_ak, new_sk).await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, reqwest::StatusCode::OK, "the new secret must work, body: {body}");
+
+        let (status, _) = signed_request(&env.url, http::Method::GET, ACCOUNT_INFO_PATH, None, user_ak, old_sk).await?;
+        assert!(status.is_client_error(), "the old secret must stop working, status: {status}");
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Wait until the current time step differs from the one a code was just
+    /// consumed in, then return a code for it.
+    ///
+    /// Anti-replay burns the step, so a test that reuses a code inside its own
+    /// window would fail for the right reason at the wrong moment.
+    async fn wait_for_a_fresh_code(secret_base32: &str) -> String {
+        let step_at_start = SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .expect("clock after the epoch")
+            .as_secs()
+            / 30;
+
+        loop {
+            let now = SystemTime::now()
+                .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+                .expect("clock after the epoch")
+                .as_secs();
+            if now / 30 > step_at_start {
+                return totp_now(secret_base32);
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -15,39 +15,23 @@
 //! Regression test for Issue #1423
 //! Verifies that Bucket Policies are honored for Authenticated Users.

-use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging};
-use aws_sdk_s3::config::{Credentials, Region};
+use crate::common::{AdminTransport, RustFSTestEnvironment, admin_create_user_via, init_logging};
+use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
-use aws_sdk_s3::{Client, Config};
 use tracing::info;

+/// This suite deliberately drives the admin API through the external `awscurl`
+/// binary, so user creation pins `AdminTransport::Awscurl`.
 async fn create_user(
    env: &RustFSTestEnvironment,
    username: &str,
    password: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let create_user_body = serde_json::json!({
-        "secretKey": password,
-        "status": "enabled"
-    })
-    .to_string();
-
-    let create_user_url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-user?accessKey={}", env.url, username);
-    crate::common::awscurl_put(&create_user_url, &create_user_body, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await?;
-    Ok(())
+    admin_create_user_via(AdminTransport::Awscurl, &env.url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, username, password).await
 }

 fn create_user_client(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, access_key: &str, secret_key: &str) -> Client {
-    let credentials = Credentials::new(access_key, secret_key, None, None, "test-user");
-    let config = Config::builder()
-        .credentials_provider(credentials)
-        .region(Region::new("us-east-1"))
-        .endpoint_url(&env.url)
-        .force_path_style(true)
-        .behavior_version_latest()
-        .build();
-
-    Client::from_conf(config)
+    env.create_s3_client_with_credentials(access_key, secret_key)
 }

 #[tokio::test]
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ mod tests {
    use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
    use aws_sdk_s3::types::{ChecksumAlgorithm, ChecksumMode, CompletedMultipartUpload, CompletedPart};
    use aws_smithy_http_client::Builder as SmithyHttpClientBuilder;
-    use base64::Engine;
    use md5::{Digest as Md5Digest, Md5};
    use rustfs_rio::{Checksum, ChecksumType as RioChecksumType};
    use sha2::Sha256;
@@ -74,12 +73,12 @@ mod tests {
        let mut hasher = Md5::new();
        hasher.update(body);
        let digest = hasher.finalize();
-        base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(digest.as_slice())
+        base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(digest.as_slice())
    }

    fn checksum_sha256_base64(body: &[u8]) -> String {
        let digest = Sha256::digest(body);
-        base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(digest.as_slice())
+        base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(digest.as_slice())
    }

    fn checksum_crc64nvme_base64(body: &[u8]) -> String {
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 //! Readiness is established by the harness's `start()` handshake (TCP reachability
 //! plus an S3 `ListBuckets` poll) — there are no fixed sleeps.
 //!
-//! Out of scope for this block (tracked separately): network fault injection
-//! (toxiproxy / socket proxy) and 5GiB large-object budgets.
+//! The volume-proxy smoke below also proves that the socket-level fault proxy
+//! can be installed before startup without changing the client-facing node URL.
+//! A full lock-plane partition matrix and 5GiB large-object budget remain
+//! tracked separately.

 use crate::common::{ClusterTopology, RustFSTestClusterEnvironment};

@@ -76,6 +78,28 @@ async fn cluster_multidrive_single_pool_smoke() -> TestResult {
    Ok(())
 }

+/// 4 nodes x 4 drives, single pool: exercise the maximum local erasure layout
+/// supported by the cluster harness. This remains in the nightly lane because
+/// it starts four real server processes and sixteen data directories.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn cluster_four_node_four_drive_single_pool_smoke() -> TestResult {
+    crate::common::init_logging();
+
+    let mut cluster = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::with_topology(ClusterTopology::single_pool_multidrive(4, 4)).await?;
+
+    let volumes = cluster.rustfs_volumes_arg();
+    assert_eq!(volumes.split(' ').count(), 16, "expected 16 explicit endpoints, got: {volumes}");
+    assert!(!volumes.contains('{'), "single-pool layout must not use ellipses: {volumes}");
+    assert!(cluster.nodes.iter().all(|node| node.data_dirs.len() == 4));
+
+    cluster.start().await?;
+    cluster.create_test_bucket(BUCKET).await?;
+
+    let payload = vec![0x3Cu8; 1024 * 1024];
+    put_get_roundtrip(&cluster, "multidrive-4/object", &payload).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Two single-node pools, 2 drives each: the multi-pool layout boots and
 /// round-trips. Every pool is a distinct erasure pool (`pool_idx` 0 and 1).
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -103,3 +127,27 @@ async fn cluster_two_pool_smoke() -> TestResult {
    put_get_roundtrip(&cluster, "twopool/object", &payload).await?;
    Ok(())
 }
+
+/// A real cluster smoke for the volume FaultProxy wiring. The proxy target is
+/// not listening yet when it is created; cluster startup must still converge
+/// once the target node starts, and peer disk/RPC traffic must traverse it.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn cluster_volume_fault_proxy_pass_smoke() -> TestResult {
+    crate::common::init_logging();
+
+    let mut cluster = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::with_topology(ClusterTopology::single_pool_multidrive(2, 2)).await?;
+    let proxy = cluster.start_volume_proxy_for_node(0).await?;
+    let proxied = proxy.local_addr().to_string();
+    assert!(cluster.rustfs_volumes_arg().contains(&proxied));
+
+    let result: TestResult = async {
+        cluster.start().await?;
+        cluster.create_test_bucket(BUCKET).await?;
+        let payload = vec![0x6Du8; 256 * 1024];
+        put_get_roundtrip(&cluster, "volume-proxy/object", &payload).await
+    }
+    .await;
+
+    proxy.shutdown().await;
+    result
+}
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use serde_json;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs as stdfs;
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
 use std::sync::Once;
@@ -217,7 +218,37 @@ pub(crate) async fn signed_s3_request(
    access_key: &str,
    secret_key: &str,
 ) -> Result<reqwest::Response, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    signed_s3_request_with_session_token(method, url, body, content_type, access_key, secret_key, None).await
+    signed_s3_request_with_headers(method, url, body, content_type, access_key, secret_key, &http::HeaderMap::new()).await
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn signed_s3_request_with_headers(
+    method: http::Method,
+    url: &str,
+    body: Option<String>,
+    content_type: Option<&str>,
+    access_key: &str,
+    secret_key: &str,
+    extra_headers: &http::HeaderMap,
+) -> Result<reqwest::Response, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    signed_s3_request_with_session_token(
+        method,
+        url,
+        body,
+        content_type,
+        SigningCredentials {
+            access_key,
+            secret_key,
+            session_token: None,
+        },
+        extra_headers,
+    )
+    .await
+}
+
+struct SigningCredentials<'a> {
+    access_key: &'a str,
+    secret_key: &'a str,
+    session_token: Option<&'a str>,
 }

 async fn signed_s3_request_with_session_token(
@@ -225,9 +256,8 @@ async fn signed_s3_request_with_session_token(
    url: &str,
    body: Option<String>,
    content_type: Option<&str>,
-    access_key: &str,
-    secret_key: &str,
-    session_token: Option<&str>,
+    credentials: SigningCredentials<'_>,
+    extra_headers: &http::HeaderMap,
 ) -> Result<reqwest::Response, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
    let uri = url.parse::<http::Uri>()?;
    let authority = uri.authority().ok_or("S3 URL missing authority")?.to_string();
@@ -239,14 +269,17 @@ async fn signed_s3_request_with_session_token(
    if let Some(content_type) = content_type {
        request = request.header(CONTENT_TYPE, content_type);
    }
+    for (name, value) in extra_headers {
+        request = request.header(name, value);
+    }

    let content_length = i64::try_from(body.as_ref().map_or(0, String::len)).map_err(|_| "S3 request body is too large")?;
    let signed = sign_v4(
        request.body(Body::empty())?,
        content_length,
-        access_key,
-        secret_key,
-        session_token.unwrap_or_default(),
+        credentials.access_key,
+        credentials.secret_key,
+        credentials.session_token.unwrap_or_default(),
        "us-east-1",
    );

@@ -283,8 +316,19 @@ pub(crate) async fn admin_request_with_session_token(
 ) -> Result<(StatusCode, String), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
    let url = format!("{base_url}{path_and_query}");
    let content_type = body.as_ref().map(|_| "application/json");
-    let response =
-        signed_s3_request_with_session_token(method, &url, body, content_type, access_key, secret_key, session_token).await?;
+    let response = signed_s3_request_with_session_token(
+        method,
+        &url,
+        body,
+        content_type,
+        SigningCredentials {
+            access_key,
+            secret_key,
+            session_token,
+        },
+        &http::HeaderMap::new(),
+    )
+    .await?;
    let status = response.status();
    let body = response.text().await?;
    Ok((status, body))
@@ -1171,6 +1215,9 @@ pub struct RustFSTestClusterEnvironment {
    pub node_extra_env: Vec<Vec<(String, String)>>,
    pub node_capture_log_paths: Vec<Option<String>>,
    pub topology: ClusterTopology,
+    /// Optional socket proxies used for the corresponding node's volume
+    /// endpoints. Proxies must be installed before [`Self::start`].
+    volume_proxy_addresses: Vec<Option<SocketAddr>>,
 }

 impl RustFSTestClusterEnvironment {
@@ -1262,6 +1309,7 @@ impl RustFSTestClusterEnvironment {
            extra_env.push(("RUSTFS_UNSAFE_BYPASS_DISK_CHECK".to_string(), "true".to_string()));
        }

+        let node_count = topology.node_count;
        Ok(Self {
            nodes,
            temp_dir,
@@ -1271,6 +1319,7 @@ impl RustFSTestClusterEnvironment {
            node_extra_env: vec![Vec::new(); topology.node_count],
            node_capture_log_paths: vec![None; topology.node_count],
            topology,
+            volume_proxy_addresses: vec![None; node_count],
        })
    }

@@ -1338,6 +1387,34 @@ impl RustFSTestClusterEnvironment {
        self.build_volumes_arg()
    }

+    /// Start a socket proxy for one node's volume endpoints and route all
+    /// subsequent `RUSTFS_VOLUMES` references for that node through it.
+    ///
+    /// Call this before [`Self::start`], then use the returned proxy's
+    /// [`crate::fault_proxy::FaultProxy::set_mode`] to inject latency,
+    /// blackhole, or one-way partition faults. The node's own listen address
+    /// remains direct, so S3 clients can still reach it while peer disk/RPC
+    /// traffic is steered through the proxy.
+    pub async fn start_volume_proxy_for_node(
+        &mut self,
+        node_idx: usize,
+    ) -> Result<crate::fault_proxy::FaultProxy, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        self.ensure_node_index(node_idx)?;
+        if self.volume_proxy_addresses[node_idx].is_some() {
+            return Err(format!("a volume proxy is already configured for node {node_idx}").into());
+        }
+        let target = self.nodes[node_idx].address.parse::<SocketAddr>()?;
+        let proxy = crate::fault_proxy::FaultProxy::start(target).await?;
+        self.volume_proxy_addresses[node_idx] = Some(proxy.local_addr());
+        Ok(proxy)
+    }
+
+    fn volume_address(&self, node_idx: usize) -> String {
+        self.volume_proxy_addresses[node_idx]
+            .map(|address| address.to_string())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| self.nodes[node_idx].address.clone())
+    }
+
    fn build_volumes_arg(&self) -> String {
        let pools = self.topology.normalized_pools();

@@ -1346,7 +1423,11 @@ impl RustFSTestClusterEnvironment {
            return self
                .nodes
                .iter()
-                .flat_map(|n| n.data_dirs.iter().map(move |dir| format!("http://{}{}", n.address, dir)))
+                .enumerate()
+                .flat_map(|(node_idx, n)| {
+                    let address = self.volume_address(node_idx);
+                    n.data_dirs.iter().map(move |dir| format!("http://{}{}", address, dir))
+                })
                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                .join(" ");
        }
@@ -1357,13 +1438,19 @@ impl RustFSTestClusterEnvironment {
        pools
            .iter()
            .map(|nodes| {
-                let node = &self.nodes[nodes[0]];
+                let node_idx = nodes[0];
+                let node = &self.nodes[node_idx];
                let base = node
                    .data_dirs
                    .first()
                    .and_then(|d| d.rsplit_once('/').map(|(parent, _)| parent))
                    .unwrap_or(&node.data_dir);
-                format!("http://{}{}/drive{{0...{}}}", node.address, base, self.topology.drives_per_node - 1)
+                format!(
+                    "http://{}{}/drive{{0...{}}}",
+                    self.volume_address(node_idx),
+                    base,
+                    self.topology.drives_per_node - 1
+                )
            })
            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
            .join(" ")
@@ -1744,30 +1831,128 @@ pub(crate) async fn admin_create_user(
    username: &str,
    secret_key: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-user?accessKey={}", env.url, username);
-    let body = serde_json::json!({
-        "secretKey": secret_key,
-        "status": "enabled"
-    });
-    let response = signed_request(
-        http::Method::PUT,
-        &url,
-        &env.access_key,
-        &env.secret_key,
-        Some(body.to_string().into_bytes()),
-        Some("application/json"),
-    )
-    .await?;
+    admin_create_user_via(AdminTransport::Signed, &env.url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, username, secret_key).await
+}

-    if response.status() != reqwest::StatusCode::OK {
-        let status = response.status();
-        let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
-        return Err(format!("create user failed: {status} {body}").into());
+/// Transport used by the shared admin-API helpers: in-process SigV4 signing
+/// via [`signed_request`], or the external `awscurl` binary (an independent
+/// SigV4 implementation exercised by the awscurl-gated suites).
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) enum AdminTransport {
+    Signed,
+    Awscurl,
+}
+
+/// Execute an admin-API request against `base_url` with admin credentials over
+/// the chosen transport, failing on any non-success response.
+pub(crate) async fn admin_execute_at(
+    transport: AdminTransport,
+    method: http::Method,
+    base_url: &str,
+    admin_access_key: &str,
+    admin_secret_key: &str,
+    path_and_query: &str,
+    body: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let url = format!("{base_url}{path_and_query}");
+    match transport {
+        AdminTransport::Signed => {
+            let content_type = match body {
+                Some(body) if !body.is_empty() => Some("application/json"),
+                _ => None,
+            };
+            let response = signed_request(
+                method.clone(),
+                &url,
+                admin_access_key,
+                admin_secret_key,
+                body.map(|body| body.as_bytes().to_vec()),
+                content_type,
+            )
+            .await?;
+            if !response.status().is_success() {
+                let status = response.status();
+                let text = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
+                return Err(format!("{method} {path_and_query} failed: {status} {text}").into());
+            }
+        }
+        AdminTransport::Awscurl => {
+            execute_awscurl(&url, method.as_str(), body, admin_access_key, admin_secret_key).await?;
+        }
    }
-
    Ok(())
 }

+/// Create a new IAM user via the admin API over the chosen transport.
+pub(crate) async fn admin_create_user_via(
+    transport: AdminTransport,
+    base_url: &str,
+    admin_access_key: &str,
+    admin_secret_key: &str,
+    username: &str,
+    secret_key: &str,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let path = format!("/rustfs/admin/v3/add-user?accessKey={username}");
+    let body = serde_json::json!({"secretKey": secret_key, "status": "enabled"}).to_string();
+    admin_execute_at(
+        transport,
+        http::Method::PUT,
+        base_url,
+        admin_access_key,
+        admin_secret_key,
+        &path,
+        Some(&body),
+    )
+    .await
+}
+
+/// Install a canned policy via the admin API over the chosen transport.
+pub(crate) async fn admin_add_canned_policy_via(
+    transport: AdminTransport,
+    base_url: &str,
+    admin_access_key: &str,
+    admin_secret_key: &str,
+    policy_name: &str,
+    policy_json: &str,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let path = format!("/rustfs/admin/v3/add-canned-policy?name={policy_name}");
+    admin_execute_at(
+        transport,
+        http::Method::PUT,
+        base_url,
+        admin_access_key,
+        admin_secret_key,
+        &path,
+        Some(policy_json),
+    )
+    .await
+}
+
+/// Attach a canned policy to a user via the admin API over the chosen transport.
+pub(crate) async fn admin_attach_user_policy_via(
+    transport: AdminTransport,
+    base_url: &str,
+    admin_access_key: &str,
+    admin_secret_key: &str,
+    policy_name: &str,
+    username: &str,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let path = format!("/rustfs/admin/v3/set-user-or-group-policy?policyName={policy_name}&userOrGroup={username}&isGroup=false");
+    // `Some("")` preserves the historical wire shape on both transports: awscurl
+    // keeps sending `-d ''` and the signed path attaches an empty body with no
+    // content type.
+    admin_execute_at(
+        transport,
+        http::Method::PUT,
+        base_url,
+        admin_access_key,
+        admin_secret_key,
+        &path,
+        Some(""),
+    )
+    .await
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -1859,7 +2044,7 @@ mod tests {
        }
        let multidrive = topology.drives_per_node > 1;

-        let nodes = (0..topology.node_count)
+        let nodes: Vec<ClusterNode> = (0..topology.node_count)
            .map(|i| {
                let address = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", 9000 + i);
                let data_dirs: Vec<String> = if multidrive {
@@ -1880,6 +2065,7 @@ mod tests {
            })
            .collect();

+        let node_count = nodes.len();
        RustFSTestClusterEnvironment {
            nodes,
            temp_dir,
@@ -1889,6 +2075,7 @@ mod tests {
            node_extra_env: vec![Vec::new(); topology.node_count],
            node_capture_log_paths: vec![None; topology.node_count],
            topology,
+            volume_proxy_addresses: vec![None; node_count],
        }
    }

@@ -1973,6 +2160,25 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(ClusterTopology::single_pool_multidrive(1, 1).validate().is_ok());
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn volume_proxy_rewrites_cluster_volume_endpoint() {
+        let mut env = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(1)
+            .await
+            .expect("cluster environment should allocate a node");
+        let direct = env.nodes[0].address.clone();
+        let proxy = env
+            .start_volume_proxy_for_node(0)
+            .await
+            .expect("volume proxy should bind before the target server starts");
+        let proxied = proxy.local_addr().to_string();
+        let volumes = env.rustfs_volumes_arg();
+
+        assert!(volumes.contains(&proxied), "volumes must use the proxy address: {volumes}");
+        assert!(!volumes.contains(&direct), "volumes must not retain the direct address: {volumes}");
+
+        proxy.shutdown().await;
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn cluster_node_env_supports_per_node_overrides() {
        let mut env = fake_cluster(ClusterTopology::single_pool(4));
@@ -652,11 +652,10 @@ const MPU_SSE_COMPRESSION_BUCKET: &str = "compression-mpu-sse-bucket";
 async fn start_rustfs_with_compression_and_sse(
    env: &mut RustFSTestEnvironment,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    use base64::Engine;
    env.cleanup_existing_processes().await?;

    let binary_path = rustfs_binary_path();
-    let master_key = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode([0x42u8; 32]);
+    let master_key = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string([0x42u8; 32]);
    // Server output goes to a file inside the per-test temp dir so a failing
    // run can be diagnosed from the child's logs.
    let server_log = std::fs::File::create(format!("{}/server.log", env.temp_dir))?;
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ mod tests {
        VersioningConfiguration,
    };
    use aws_smithy_http_client::Builder as SmithyHttpClientBuilder;
-    use base64::Engine as _;
-    use base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD as BASE64;
+    use base64_simd::STANDARD as BASE64;
    use rustfs_rio::{Checksum, ChecksumType as RioChecksumType};
    use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
    use tracing::info;
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ mod tests {
        create_versioned_bucket(&client, dst_bucket).await;

        let content = b"deterministic synthetic payload for copy-object checksum #4996";
-        let expected_sha256 = BASE64.encode(Sha256::digest(content));
+        let expected_sha256 = BASE64.encode_to_string(Sha256::digest(content));

        client
            .put_object()
@@ -534,7 +533,7 @@ mod tests {
        create_versioned_bucket(&client, dst_bucket).await;

        let content = b"another deterministic payload whose source checksum must survive the copy";
-        let expected_sha256 = BASE64.encode(Sha256::digest(content));
+        let expected_sha256 = BASE64.encode_to_string(Sha256::digest(content));

        // Store the source WITH a SHA-256 checksum so it has one to preserve.
        let put_src = client
@@ -614,7 +613,7 @@ mod tests {
        create_versioned_bucket(&client, dst_bucket).await;

        let content = b"payload whose copy must be re-checksummed with a different algorithm";
-        let expected_sha256 = BASE64.encode(Sha256::digest(content));
+        let expected_sha256 = BASE64.encode_to_string(Sha256::digest(content));

        // Source is stored WITH a SHA-256 checksum.
        client
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 //! It was fixed in three layers on `main`, each with its own *unit* regression:
 //!   * rustfs#4594 — `GetObjectStreamingReader::poll_read` now returns
 //!     `UnexpectedEof` on a short body instead of a clean `Ok(())`
-//!     (`rustfs/src/app/object_usecase.rs`,
-//!     `app::object_usecase::tests::get_object_streaming_reader_errors_on_short_eof`).
+//!     (`rustfs/src/app/object/get.rs`,
+//!     `app::object::get::tests::get_object_streaming_reader_errors_on_short_eof`).
 //!   * rustfs#4560 — the lazy multipart codec reader degrades a later part to
 //!     the legacy per-part decode in place, and surfaces reconstruction errors
 //!     instead of silently truncating
@@ -16,37 +16,29 @@
 //! session policy** (`Policy` parameter) via `awscurl --service sts` with explicit
 //! `Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded` on `POST /`.

-use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, awscurl_delete, awscurl_post_sts_form_urlencoded, awscurl_put, init_logging};
-use aws_sdk_s3::config::{Credentials, Region};
+use crate::common::{
+    AdminTransport, RustFSTestEnvironment, admin_add_canned_policy_via, admin_attach_user_policy_via, admin_create_user_via,
+    awscurl_delete, awscurl_post_sts_form_urlencoded, build_test_s3_config, init_logging,
+};
+use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{Delete, ObjectIdentifier, Tag, Tagging};
-use aws_sdk_s3::{Client, Config};
 use tracing::info;
 use uuid::Uuid;

 fn user_client(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, access_key: &str, secret_key: &str) -> Client {
-    let credentials = Credentials::new(access_key, secret_key, None, None, "e2e-existing-tag");
-    let config = Config::builder()
-        .credentials_provider(credentials)
-        .region(Region::new("us-east-1"))
-        .endpoint_url(&env.url)
-        .force_path_style(true)
-        .behavior_version_latest()
-        .build();
-    Client::from_conf(config)
+    env.create_s3_client_with_credentials(access_key, secret_key)
 }

 fn sts_session_client(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, access_key: &str, secret_key: &str, session_token: &str) -> Client {
-    let credentials = Credentials::new(access_key, secret_key, Some(session_token.into()), None, "e2e-sts-session");
-    let config = Config::builder()
-        .credentials_provider(credentials)
-        .region(Region::new("us-east-1"))
-        .endpoint_url(&env.url)
-        .force_path_style(true)
-        .behavior_version_latest()
-        .build();
-    Client::from_conf(config)
+    Client::from_conf(build_test_s3_config(
+        &env.url,
+        access_key,
+        secret_key,
+        Some(session_token),
+        "e2e-sts-session",
+    ))
 }

 fn extract_xml_tag(xml: &str, tag: &str) -> Option<String> {
@@ -77,15 +69,16 @@ async fn assume_role_with_session_policy(
    parse_assume_role_credentials(&xml)
 }

+// This suite deliberately drives the admin API through the external `awscurl`
+// binary (an independent SigV4 implementation), so the wrappers below pin
+// `AdminTransport::Awscurl`.
+
 async fn admin_create_user(
    env: &RustFSTestEnvironment,
    username: &str,
    password: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let body = serde_json::json!({ "secretKey": password, "status": "enabled" }).to_string();
-    let url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-user?accessKey={}", env.url, username);
-    awscurl_put(&url, &body, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await?;
-    Ok(())
+    admin_create_user_via(AdminTransport::Awscurl, &env.url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, username, password).await
 }

 async fn admin_add_canned_policy(
@@ -93,9 +86,15 @@ async fn admin_add_canned_policy(
    policy_name: &str,
    policy_json: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-canned-policy?name={}", env.url, policy_name);
-    awscurl_put(&url, policy_json, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await?;
-    Ok(())
+    admin_add_canned_policy_via(
+        AdminTransport::Awscurl,
+        &env.url,
+        &env.access_key,
+        &env.secret_key,
+        policy_name,
+        policy_json,
+    )
+    .await
 }

 async fn admin_attach_policy_to_user(
@@ -103,12 +102,7 @@ async fn admin_attach_policy_to_user(
    policy_name: &str,
    username: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let url = format!(
-        "{}/rustfs/admin/v3/set-user-or-group-policy?policyName={}&userOrGroup={}&isGroup=false",
-        env.url, policy_name, username
-    );
-    awscurl_put(&url, "", &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await?;
-    Ok(())
+    admin_attach_user_policy_via(AdminTransport::Awscurl, &env.url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, policy_name, username).await
 }

 async fn admin_remove_user(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, username: &str) {
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ fn md5_bytes(input: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> [u8; 16] {
 fn md5_hex(input: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> String {
    let mut hasher = Md5::new();
    hasher.update(input.as_ref());
-    hex::encode(hasher.finalize())
+    hex_simd::encode_to_string(hasher.finalize(), hex_simd::AsciiCase::Lower)
 }

 fn ensure_store_budget(state: &StoreState, removed_bytes: usize, added_bytes: usize, adds_version: bool) -> S3Result {
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ impl S3 for FakeBackend {
            Some(value) => value,
            None => {
                let (digest, _body_permit) = md5_digest(body.clone(), _body_permit).await?;
-                hex::encode(digest)
+                hex_simd::encode_to_string(digest, hex_simd::AsciiCase::Lower)
            }
        };
        let version = ObjectVersion {
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ impl S3 for FakeBackend {
        }
        let body = collect_stream(input.body, input.content_length, fault.as_ref(), &self.control).await?;
        let (digest, _body_permit) = md5_digest(body.clone(), _body_permit).await?;
-        let e_tag = hex::encode(digest);
+        let e_tag = hex_simd::encode_to_string(digest, hex_simd::AsciiCase::Lower);
        let mut state = lock(&self.store);
        let existing_bytes = state
            .uploads
@@ -15,20 +15,11 @@
 //! E2E tests for group management (fixes #2028).

 use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, admin_ok, admin_request, init_logging};
-use aws_sdk_s3::config::{Credentials, Region};
-use aws_sdk_s3::{Client, Config};
+use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use tracing::info;

 fn create_user_s3_client(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, access_key: &str, secret_key: &str) -> Client {
-    let credentials = Credentials::new(access_key, secret_key, None, None, "e2e-group-test");
-    let config = Config::builder()
-        .credentials_provider(credentials)
-        .region(Region::new("us-east-1"))
-        .endpoint_url(&env.url)
-        .force_path_style(true)
-        .behavior_version_latest()
-        .build();
-    Client::from_conf(config)
+    env.create_s3_client_with_credentials(access_key, secret_key)
 }

 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::chaos::signed_admin_post;
-    use crate::common::{RustFSTestClusterEnvironment, RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging};
+    use crate::chaos::{VersionShardCensus, census_object_version_on_disk, signed_admin_post};
+    use crate::common::{RustFSTestClusterEnvironment, RustFSTestEnvironment, admin_request, init_logging};
    use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
+    use http::Method;
    use std::collections::HashSet;
    use std::error::Error;
    use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-    use tokio::time::{Duration, sleep, timeout};
+    use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant, sleep, timeout};
    use tracing::info;

    fn has_file_under(path: &Path) -> bool {
@@ -48,6 +49,110 @@ mod tests {
        disk.join(bucket).join(key).join("xl.meta").is_file()
    }

+    // Healing may rewrite non-identity bookkeeping in xl.meta. The census
+    // therefore compares the canonical selected metadata fields plus every
+    // physical shard, while the payload seed makes object mix-ups observable.
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    struct PhysicalObjectManifest {
+        key: String,
+        payload_seed: u8,
+        shard_census: VersionShardCensus,
+    }
+
+    fn deterministic_object_body(len: usize, seed: u8) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut value = seed;
+        std::iter::repeat_with(|| {
+            value = value.wrapping_mul(31).wrapping_add(17);
+            value
+        })
+        .take(len)
+        .collect()
+    }
+
+    fn matching_manifest_count(
+        disk: &Path,
+        bucket: &str,
+        expected_manifests: &[PhysicalObjectManifest],
+    ) -> Result<usize, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let mut matching = 0;
+        for expected in expected_manifests {
+            let actual = census_object_version_on_disk(disk, bucket, &expected.key, None)?;
+            if actual.matches_manifest(&expected.shard_census) {
+                matching += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(matching)
+    }
+
+    fn metadata_count(disk: &Path, bucket: &str, expected_manifests: &[PhysicalObjectManifest]) -> usize {
+        expected_manifests
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|expected| object_metadata_exists_on_disk(disk, bucket, &expected.key))
+            .count()
+    }
+
+    fn heal_task_status_diagnostic(body: &str) -> String {
+        let Ok(status) = serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(body) else {
+            return body.to_string();
+        };
+        let items = status["items"].as_array();
+        let mut unresolved_states = HashSet::new();
+        for item in items.into_iter().flatten() {
+            for drive in item["after"]["drives"].as_array().into_iter().flatten() {
+                if let Some(state) = drive["state"].as_str()
+                    && state != "ok"
+                {
+                    unresolved_states.insert(state.to_string());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        let mut unresolved_states = unresolved_states.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        unresolved_states.sort();
+        format!(
+            "summary={:?}, detail={:?}, item_count={}, unresolved_drive_states={unresolved_states:?}",
+            status["summary"].as_str(),
+            status["detail"].as_str(),
+            items.map_or(0, Vec::len)
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn cluster_heal_is_idle(status: &serde_json::Value) -> bool {
+        let operations = &status["healOperations"];
+        status["clusterStatusComplete"] == serde_json::Value::Bool(true)
+            && status["state"].as_str() == Some("idle")
+            && operations["queueLength"].as_u64() == Some(0)
+            && operations["activeTasks"].as_u64() == Some(0)
+            && operations["retryingTasks"].as_u64() == Some(0)
+    }
+
+    fn only_admin_heal_is_active(status: &serde_json::Value) -> bool {
+        let operations = &status["healOperations"];
+        status["clusterStatusComplete"] == serde_json::Value::Bool(true)
+            && status["state"].as_str() == Some("active")
+            && operations["queueLength"].as_u64() == Some(0)
+            && operations["activeTasks"].as_u64() == Some(1)
+            && operations["retryingTasks"].as_u64() == Some(0)
+            && operations["activeBySource"]["admin"].as_u64() == Some(1)
+    }
+
+    async fn replacement_recovery_status(
+        cluster: &RustFSTestClusterEnvironment,
+    ) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let (status, body) = admin_request(
+            &cluster.nodes[0].url,
+            Method::GET,
+            "/rustfs/admin/v4/heal/replacement-recovery",
+            None,
+            &cluster.access_key,
+            &cluster.secret_key,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        if !status.is_success() {
+            return Err(format!("replacement recovery status failed: {status} {body}").into());
+        }
+        serde_json::from_str(&body).map_err(|err| format!("replacement recovery status is not JSON ({err}): {body}").into())
+    }
+
    async fn assert_object_body(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, bucket: &str, key: &str, expected: &[u8]) {
        let client = env.create_s3_client();
        let response = client
@@ -442,6 +547,380 @@ mod tests {
        .into())
    }

+    // Keep the original unformatted-disk scenario above. This case retains the
+    // format identity so only the explicit admin task can rebuild missing data.
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+    async fn test_cluster_root_heal_resumes_missing_remote_shards_after_node_restart() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>
+    {
+        init_logging();
+        info!(
+            event = "heal_restart_started",
+            component = "e2e_test",
+            subsystem = "heal",
+            "Starting root-heal restart test"
+        );
+
+        let mut cluster = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_UNSAFE_BYPASS_DISK_CHECK", "true");
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_HEAL_ENABLED", "true");
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_HEAL_AUTO_HEAL_ENABLE", "false");
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_HEAL_MRF_ENABLE", "false");
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false");
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_HEAL_MAX_CONCURRENT_HEALS", "1");
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_HEAL_MAX_CONCURRENT_PER_SET", "1");
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_HEAL_PAGE_OBJECT_CONCURRENCY", "1");
+        cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_HEAL_PAGE_PARALLEL_ENABLE", "false");
+        // Keep all storage nodes' Heal runtimes enabled so their disk services
+        // complete normal registration after restart. Scanner, auto-heal and
+        // MRF are disabled; the pre-root idle barrier below drains the direct
+        // outage-object repair before the explicit admin task starts.
+        let server_rust_log = std::env::var("RUSTFS_HEAL_CHAOS_SERVER_RUST_LOG")
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| "rustfs::heal::task=info,rustfs=error".to_string());
+        cluster.set_env("RUST_LOG", server_rust_log);
+        if let Ok(log_dir) = std::env::var("RUSTFS_HEAL_CHAOS_LOG_DIR") {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&log_dir)?;
+            for node_index in 0..cluster.nodes.len() {
+                cluster.set_node_capture_log_path(node_index, format!("{log_dir}/node{node_index}.log"))?;
+            }
+        }
+        cluster.start().await?;
+        let clients = cluster.create_all_clients()?;
+
+        let bucket = "heal-restart-during-rebuild";
+        clients[0].create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+
+        let replaced_disk = PathBuf::from(&cluster.nodes[1].data_dir);
+        let replacement_format_path = replaced_disk.join(".rustfs.sys").join("format.json");
+        let replacement_format = std::fs::read(&replacement_format_path).map_err(|err| {
+            format!("failed to capture target format before replacement wipe at {replacement_format_path:?}: {err}")
+        })?;
+        let online_object_count = std::env::var("RUSTFS_HEAL_CHAOS_OBJECT_COUNT")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|value| value.parse::<usize>().ok())
+            .unwrap_or(24)
+            .clamp(8, 64);
+        let object_size_bytes = std::env::var("RUSTFS_HEAL_CHAOS_OBJECT_SIZE_BYTES")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|value| value.parse::<usize>().ok())
+            .unwrap_or(4 * 1024 * 1024)
+            .clamp(1024 * 1024, 16 * 1024 * 1024);
+        let mut expected_manifests = Vec::with_capacity(online_object_count);
+        for index in 0..online_object_count {
+            let key = format!("cluster/online/object-{index:04}.bin");
+            let payload_seed = u8::try_from(index + 1).expect("clamped object count must fit in u8");
+            timeout(
+                Duration::from_secs(30),
+                clients[0]
+                    .put_object()
+                    .bucket(bucket)
+                    .key(&key)
+                    .body(ByteStream::from(deterministic_object_body(object_size_bytes, payload_seed)))
+                    .send(),
+            )
+            .await??;
+            let shard_census = census_object_version_on_disk(&replaced_disk, bucket, &key, None)?;
+            assert!(
+                shard_census.is_complete(),
+                "node 1 should hold a complete baseline shard for {key}: {shard_census:?}"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                !shard_census.expected_part_numbers.is_empty(),
+                "chaos objects must use physical part shards rather than inline data: {shard_census:?}"
+            );
+            expected_manifests.push(PhysicalObjectManifest {
+                key,
+                payload_seed,
+                shard_census,
+            });
+        }
+
+        cluster.stop_node(1)?;
+        std::fs::remove_dir_all(&replaced_disk)?;
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(
+            replacement_format_path
+                .parent()
+                .ok_or("replacement format path has no parent")?,
+        )?;
+        std::fs::write(&replacement_format_path, replacement_format)?;
+        assert!(
+            replacement_format_path.is_file(),
+            "replacement target must retain only its preformatted topology identity"
+        );
+
+        let outage_key = "cluster/written-while-node-down.bin";
+        let outage_payload_seed = 0xf1;
+        timeout(
+            Duration::from_secs(30),
+            clients[2]
+                .put_object()
+                .bucket(bucket)
+                .key(outage_key)
+                .body(ByteStream::from(deterministic_object_body(object_size_bytes, outage_payload_seed)))
+                .send(),
+        )
+        .await??;
+
+        let mut outage_peer_erasure_indices = HashSet::new();
+        for (node_index, node) in cluster.nodes.iter().enumerate() {
+            if node_index == 1 {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let census = census_object_version_on_disk(Path::new(&node.data_dir), bucket, outage_key, None)?;
+            assert!(
+                census.is_complete(),
+                "online node {node_index} must hold a complete outage-object shard: {census:?}"
+            );
+            let erasure_index = census
+                .erasure_index
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("online node {node_index} outage-object shard has no erasure index: {census:?}"))?;
+            assert!(
+                (1..=cluster.nodes.len()).contains(&erasure_index),
+                "online node {node_index} outage-object erasure index is out of range: {census:?}"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                outage_peer_erasure_indices.insert(erasure_index),
+                "outage-object erasure index {erasure_index} is duplicated across online nodes"
+            );
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            outage_peer_erasure_indices.len(),
+            cluster.nodes.len().saturating_sub(1),
+            "every online node must contribute one unique outage-object erasure index"
+        );
+        let expected_outage_target_erasure_index = (1..=cluster.nodes.len())
+            .find(|index| !outage_peer_erasure_indices.contains(index))
+            .ok_or("online outage-object shards leave no erasure index for the replacement target")?;
+
+        // The PUT path may have admitted a direct Internal object repair while
+        // node 1 was offline. Cancel the isolated bucket path before the target
+        // returns; otherwise it could rebuild the outage object and invalidate
+        // the explicit-root ownership assertion below.
+        let cancel_outage_heal_path = format!("/rustfs/admin/v3/heal/{bucket}?forceStop=true");
+        let (cancel_status, cancel_body) = admin_request(
+            &cluster.nodes[0].url,
+            Method::POST,
+            &cancel_outage_heal_path,
+            Some(
+                r#"{"recursive":true,"dryRun":false,"remove":false,"recreate":true,"scanMode":2,"updateParity":false,"nolock":false}"#
+                    .to_string(),
+            ),
+            &cluster.access_key,
+            &cluster.secret_key,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        if !cancel_status.is_success() {
+            return Err(format!("cancel outage heal failed: {cancel_status} {cancel_body}").into());
+        }
+
+        cluster.start_node(1).await?;
+
+        let status_url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/background-heal/status", cluster.nodes[0].url);
+        let recovery_deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(60);
+        loop {
+            let status_body = signed_admin_post(&status_url, None, &cluster.access_key, &cluster.secret_key).await?;
+            assert!(
+                !status_body.contains("MissingContentLength"),
+                "background heal status should not fail without an explicit Content-Length: {status_body}"
+            );
+            let recovered: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&status_body)
+                .map_err(|err| format!("background heal status is not JSON ({err}): {status_body}"))?;
+            if cluster_heal_is_idle(&recovered) {
+                break;
+            }
+            if Instant::now() >= recovery_deadline {
+                return Err(format!("cluster heal operations did not become idle before root heal: {recovered}").into());
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            matching_manifest_count(&replaced_disk, bucket, &expected_manifests)?,
+            0,
+            "non-admin Heal is disabled, so the replacement target must remain empty before the explicit root heal"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !census_object_version_on_disk(&replaced_disk, bucket, outage_key, None)?.has_xl_meta,
+            "the object written during the outage must be absent before the explicit root heal"
+        );
+        let pre_heal_replacement = replacement_recovery_status(&cluster).await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            pre_heal_replacement["cluster"]["records"].as_array().map(Vec::len),
+            Some(0),
+            "isolated target must not retain an automatic replacement generation: {pre_heal_replacement}"
+        );
+
+        let heal_body = r#"{"recursive":true,"dryRun":false,"remove":false,"recreate":true,"scanMode":2,"updateParity":false,"nolock":false}"#;
+        let heal_url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/heal/?forceStart=true", cluster.nodes[0].url);
+        let heal_start_body = signed_admin_post(&heal_url, Some(heal_body), &cluster.access_key, &cluster.secret_key).await?;
+        let heal_start: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&heal_start_body)
+            .map_err(|err| format!("heal start response is not JSON ({err}): {heal_start_body}"))?;
+        let client_token = heal_start["clientToken"]
+            .as_str()
+            .filter(|token| !token.is_empty())
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("heal start response has no client token: {heal_start}"))?;
+        let task_status_url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/heal/?clientToken={client_token}", cluster.nodes[0].url);
+
+        let partial_timeout_secs = std::env::var("RUSTFS_HEAL_CHAOS_PARTIAL_TIMEOUT_SECS")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|value| value.parse::<u64>().ok())
+            .unwrap_or(60);
+        let partial_deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(partial_timeout_secs);
+        let pre_interrupt_status = loop {
+            let status_body = signed_admin_post(&status_url, None, &cluster.access_key, &cluster.secret_key).await?;
+            let active_status: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&status_body)
+                .map_err(|err| format!("background heal status is not JSON ({err}): {status_body}"))?;
+            if only_admin_heal_is_active(&active_status) {
+                break active_status;
+            }
+            if Instant::now() >= partial_deadline {
+                return Err(format!("root heal never became active within {partial_timeout_secs}s: {active_status}").into());
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+        };
+        let partial_count = loop {
+            let matching = matching_manifest_count(&replaced_disk, bucket, &expected_manifests)?;
+            if matching > 0 && matching < expected_manifests.len() {
+                break matching;
+            }
+            if matching == expected_manifests.len() {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "root heal rebuilt all {} baseline objects before the target could be interrupted",
+                    expected_manifests.len()
+                )
+                .into());
+            }
+            if Instant::now() >= partial_deadline {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "root heal made no observable partial progress on the replacement target within {partial_timeout_secs}s"
+                )
+                .into());
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        };
+        info!(
+            event = "heal_restart_checkpoint",
+            component = "e2e_test",
+            subsystem = "heal",
+            partial_count,
+            "Verified unique admin owner before target interruption"
+        );
+
+        cluster.stop_node(1)?;
+        let stopped_count = matching_manifest_count(&replaced_disk, bucket, &expected_manifests)?;
+        assert!(
+            stopped_count > 0 && stopped_count < expected_manifests.len(),
+            "the target must stop after a partial rebuild, observed before stop={partial_count}, after stop={stopped_count}, total={}",
+            expected_manifests.len()
+        );
+        let unclean_shutdown_marker = replaced_disk.join(".rustfs.sys").join("unclean-shutdown");
+        match std::fs::remove_file(&unclean_shutdown_marker) {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {}
+            Err(error) => {
+                return Err(format!("failed to isolate unclean recovery marker {unclean_shutdown_marker:?}: {error}").into());
+            }
+        }
+        cluster.start_node(1).await?;
+
+        let heal_timeout_secs = std::env::var("RUSTFS_HEAL_REPLACED_DISK_TIMEOUT_SECS")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|value| value.parse::<u64>().ok())
+            .unwrap_or(180);
+        let heal_deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(heal_timeout_secs);
+        loop {
+            if metadata_count(&replaced_disk, bucket, &expected_manifests) == expected_manifests.len()
+                && object_metadata_exists_on_disk(&replaced_disk, bucket, outage_key)
+            {
+                let matching = matching_manifest_count(&replaced_disk, bucket, &expected_manifests)?;
+                let outage_census = census_object_version_on_disk(&replaced_disk, bucket, outage_key, None)?;
+                if matching == expected_manifests.len() && outage_census.is_complete() {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if Instant::now() >= heal_deadline {
+                let matching = matching_manifest_count(&replaced_disk, bucket, &expected_manifests)?;
+                let outage_census = census_object_version_on_disk(&replaced_disk, bucket, outage_key, None)?;
+                let final_status = signed_admin_post(&status_url, None, &cluster.access_key, &cluster.secret_key)
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|err| format!("status request failed: {err}"));
+                let task_status = match timeout(
+                    Duration::from_secs(5),
+                    signed_admin_post(&task_status_url, None, &cluster.access_key, &cluster.secret_key),
+                )
+                .await
+                {
+                    Ok(Ok(body)) => heal_task_status_diagnostic(&body),
+                    Ok(Err(err)) => format!("task status request failed: {err}"),
+                    Err(_) => "task status request exceeded 5s diagnostic budget".to_string(),
+                };
+                let replacement_status = match timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), replacement_recovery_status(&cluster)).await {
+                    Ok(Ok(status)) => status.to_string(),
+                    Ok(Err(err)) => format!("replacement status request failed: {err}"),
+                    Err(_) => "replacement status request exceeded 5s diagnostic budget".to_string(),
+                };
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "root heal did not resume after target restart within {heal_timeout_secs}s: baseline={matching}/{}, outage={outage_census:?}, status={final_status}, task_status={task_status}, pre_interrupt_status={pre_interrupt_status}, pre_heal_replacement={pre_heal_replacement}, replacement_status={replacement_status}",
+                    expected_manifests.len()
+                )
+                .into());
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+        }
+
+        for expected in &expected_manifests {
+            let actual = census_object_version_on_disk(&replaced_disk, bucket, &expected.key, None)?;
+            assert!(
+                actual.matches_manifest(&expected.shard_census),
+                "rebuilt target shard differs from its baseline for {}: {actual:?}",
+                expected.key
+            );
+        }
+        let outage_census = census_object_version_on_disk(&replaced_disk, bucket, outage_key, None)?;
+        assert!(
+            outage_census.is_complete(),
+            "outage object must have a complete target shard: {outage_census:?}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            outage_census.erasure_index,
+            Some(expected_outage_target_erasure_index),
+            "the outage object must be rebuilt into its own missing erasure slot"
+        );
+
+        let target_client = cluster.create_s3_client(1)?;
+        for expected in &expected_manifests {
+            let response = target_client.get_object().bucket(bucket).key(&expected.key).send().await?;
+            let actual = response.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+            let expected_body = deterministic_object_body(object_size_bytes, expected.payload_seed);
+            assert_eq!(actual.as_ref(), expected_body.as_slice(), "object body changed for {}", expected.key);
+        }
+        let response = target_client.get_object().bucket(bucket).key(outage_key).send().await?;
+        let actual = response.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+        let expected_outage_body = deterministic_object_body(object_size_bytes, outage_payload_seed);
+        assert_eq!(actual.as_ref(), expected_outage_body.as_slice(), "object body changed for {outage_key}");
+
+        let terminal_deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(30);
+        loop {
+            let status_body = signed_admin_post(&status_url, None, &cluster.access_key, &cluster.secret_key).await?;
+            let status: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&status_body)
+                .map_err(|err| format!("background heal status is not JSON ({err}): {status_body}"))?;
+            if cluster_heal_is_idle(&status) {
+                break;
+            }
+            if Instant::now() >= terminal_deadline {
+                return Err(format!("heal data rebuilt but operations did not converge to terminal idle: {status}").into());
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+        }
+
+        let task_status_body = signed_admin_post(&task_status_url, None, &cluster.access_key, &cluster.secret_key).await?;
+        let task_status: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&task_status_body)
+            .map_err(|err| format!("heal task status is not JSON ({err}): {task_status_body}"))?;
+        if task_status["summary"].as_str() != Some("finished") {
+            return Err(format!("heal data rebuilt but task did not finish successfully: {task_status}").into());
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
    /// Issue #5850: `background-heal/status` must answer while a peer is down.
    ///
    /// Exercises the production path in `read_cluster_heal_status` end to end,
@@ -15,23 +15,22 @@
 //! Four-node EC regression gate for inline storage and the inline GET reader.
 //!
 //! The storage decision is based on shard bytes (256 KiB / 32 KiB objects for
-//! the default EC 2+2 geometry), while the GET fast path has its own object-size
-//! limits (128 KiB / 16 KiB). A local OTLP/HTTP collector observes the existing
-//! reader-path counter without adding a scrape endpoint or production logging.
+//! the default EC 2+2 geometry), and the GET fast path follows the persisted
+//! inline marker. A local OTLP/HTTP collector observes the existing reader-path
+//! counter without adding a scrape endpoint or production logging.
 //! One S3 GET can select readers on multiple EC nodes, so the counter tracks
 //! distributed reader selection rather than HTTP request count.

-use crate::common::{RustFSTestClusterEnvironment, RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging, local_http_client};
+use crate::common::{RustFSTestClusterEnvironment, RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging};
 use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{
    BucketLifecycleConfiguration, BucketVersioningStatus, CompletedMultipartUpload, CompletedPart, ExpirationStatus,
    LifecycleRule, LifecycleRuleFilter, ServerSideEncryption, Transition, TransitionStorageClass, VersioningConfiguration,
 };
-use base64::Engine;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
-use http::header::{CONTENT_ENCODING, HOST};
+use http::header::CONTENT_ENCODING;
 use http::{Method, Request, Response, StatusCode};
 use http_body_util::{BodyExt, Full};
 use hyper::body::Incoming;
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ use opentelemetry_proto::tonic::metrics::v1::{
    Metric, NumberDataPoint, ResourceMetrics, ScopeMetrics, Sum, metric, number_data_point,
 };
 use prost::Message;
-use rustfs_signer::constants::UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD;
-use rustfs_signer::sign_v4;
-use s3s::Body;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::convert::Infallible;
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -93,6 +89,7 @@ const MPU_PART_1_SIZE: usize = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
 const MPU_PART_2_SIZE: usize = 16 * KIB;
 const TIER_BUCKET: &str = "inline-fallback-cold-tier";
 const TIER_PREFIX: &str = "tiered";
+const ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV: &str = "RUSTFS_TIER_RUSTFS_ALLOW_LOOPBACK_ENDPOINT";
 const MSGPACK_FALLBACK_CONTROL_SERIES: [(&str, &str); 4] = [
    (FALLBACK_REQUEST_DIRECTION, "ReadMultipleReq"),
    (FALLBACK_RESPONSE_DIRECTION, "ReadMultipleResp"),
@@ -795,12 +792,12 @@ fn metric_attribute(key: &str, value: &str) -> KeyValue {
 }

 fn boundary_cases(state: VersionState) -> Vec<BoundaryCase> {
-    let (fast_limit, storage_limit) = match state {
-        VersionState::Enabled => (16 * KIB, 32 * KIB),
-        VersionState::Unversioned => (128 * KIB, 256 * KIB),
+    let storage_limit = match state {
+        VersionState::Enabled => 32 * KIB,
+        VersionState::Unversioned => 256 * KIB,
        // A suspended bucket stores its null version using the unversioned
        // shard threshold, while ObjectInfo keeps version-aware GET semantics.
-        VersionState::Suspended => (16 * KIB, 256 * KIB),
+        VersionState::Suspended => 256 * KIB,
    };
    let mut sizes = vec![0, 16 * KIB - 1, 16 * KIB, 16 * KIB + 1, 32 * KIB - 1, 32 * KIB, 32 * KIB + 1];
    if !matches!(state, VersionState::Enabled) {
@@ -821,7 +818,7 @@ fn boundary_cases(state: VersionState) -> Vec<BoundaryCase> {
            stored_inline: size <= storage_limit,
            expected_reader_path: if size == 0 {
                EMPTY
-            } else if size <= fast_limit {
+            } else if size <= storage_limit {
                INLINE_DIRECT
            } else {
                LEGACY_DUPLEX
@@ -1263,6 +1260,8 @@ async fn put_two_part_multipart(client: &Client, bucket: &str, key: &str) -> Tes
    Ok((body, part2, complete.e_tag().map(str::to_owned)))
 }

+/// Thin wrapper over [`crate::common::admin_request`], kept local so the call
+/// sites below keep their `Option<&str>` body shape.
 async fn signed_admin_request(
    base_url: &str,
    method: Method,
@@ -1271,30 +1270,7 @@ async fn signed_admin_request(
    access_key: &str,
    secret_key: &str,
 ) -> TestResult<(reqwest::StatusCode, String)> {
-    let url = format!("{base_url}{path}");
-    let uri = url.parse::<http::Uri>()?;
-    let authority = uri.authority().ok_or("request URL missing authority")?.to_string();
-    let body_bytes = body.map(|value| value.as_bytes().to_vec()).unwrap_or_default();
-
-    let request = http::Request::builder()
-        .method(method.clone())
-        .uri(uri)
-        .header(HOST, authority)
-        .header("x-amz-content-sha256", UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD);
-    let signed = sign_v4(request.body(Body::empty())?, 0, access_key, secret_key, "", "us-east-1");
-
-    let client = local_http_client();
-    let mut request_builder = client.request(method, url.as_str());
-    for (name, value) in signed.headers() {
-        request_builder = request_builder.header(name, value);
-    }
-    if !body_bytes.is_empty() {
-        request_builder = request_builder.body(body_bytes);
-    }
-    let response = request_builder.send().await?;
-    let status = response.status();
-    let text = response.text().await?;
-    Ok((status, text))
+    crate::common::admin_request(base_url, method, path, body.map(str::to_string), access_key, secret_key).await
 }

 fn unique_tier_name() -> String {
@@ -1808,7 +1784,7 @@ async fn four_node_inline_fallback_controls() -> TestResult {
    let collector = OtlpMetricCollector::start().await?;
    let mut cluster = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
    configure_reader_metric_cluster(&mut cluster, &collector);
-    let sse_master_key = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode([0x42u8; 32]);
+    let sse_master_key = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string([0x42u8; 32]);
    cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_SSE_S3_MASTER_KEY", &sse_master_key);
    cluster.start().await?;

@@ -2017,7 +1993,7 @@ async fn four_node_mixed_msgpack_compat_mode_preserves_fallback_controls() -> Te

    let collector = OtlpMetricCollector::start().await?;
    let mut cluster = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
-    let sse_master_key = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode([0x42u8; 32]);
+    let sse_master_key = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string([0x42u8; 32]);
    cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_SSE_S3_MASTER_KEY", sse_master_key);
    cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_COMPRESSION_ENABLED", "true");
    cluster.set_env("RUSTFS_COMPRESSION_MULTIPART_ENABLED", "true");
@@ -2125,6 +2101,7 @@ async fn four_node_add_tier_converges() -> TestResult {
    cold.create_s3_client().create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
+    hot.set_env(ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV, "true");
    hot.start().await?;

    let tier_name = unique_tier_name();
@@ -2143,6 +2120,7 @@ async fn four_node_add_tier_converges_after_offline_node_restart_without_second_
    cold.create_s3_client().create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
+    hot.set_env(ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV, "true");
    hot.start().await?;

    let tier_name = unique_tier_name();
@@ -2239,6 +2217,7 @@ async fn four_node_manual_transition_distributed_admission_conflict_reports_stat
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
+    hot.set_env(ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV, "true");
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false");
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600");
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_MAX_TRANSITION_WORKERS", "1");
@@ -2381,6 +2360,7 @@ async fn four_node_manual_transition_rollout_non_empty_restart_readback() -> Tes
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
+    hot.set_env(ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV, "true");
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false");
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600");
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_MAX_TRANSITION_WORKERS", "2");
@@ -2485,11 +2465,12 @@ async fn four_node_mixed_msgpack_compat_mode_preserves_fallback_controls_during_

    let collector = OtlpMetricCollector::start().await?;
    let mut hot = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
+    hot.set_env(ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV, "true");
    configure_mixed_msgpack_cluster(&mut hot, &collector)?;
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "1");
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_ILM_PROCESS_TIME", "1");

-    let sse_master_key = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode([0x42u8; 32]);
+    let sse_master_key = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string([0x42u8; 32]);
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_SSE_S3_MASTER_KEY", sse_master_key);
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_COMPRESSION_ENABLED", "true");
    hot.start().await?;
@@ -2596,6 +2577,7 @@ async fn four_node_transitioned_inline_fallback() -> TestResult {

    let collector = OtlpMetricCollector::start().await?;
    let mut hot = RustFSTestClusterEnvironment::new(4).await?;
+    hot.set_env(ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV, "true");
    configure_reader_metric_cluster(&mut hot, &collector);
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "1");
    hot.set_env("RUSTFS_ILM_PROCESS_TIME", "1");
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::{ProvideErrorMetadata, SdkError};
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::ServerSideEncryption;
-use base64::{Engine, engine::general_purpose::STANDARD as BASE64};
+use base64_simd::STANDARD as BASE64;
 use http::header::{CONTENT_TYPE, HOST};
 use md5::{Digest as Md5Digest, Md5};
 use rustfs_signer::constants::UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn init_logging() {
 pub fn sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key: &str) -> String {
    let mut hasher = Md5::new();
    hasher.update(key.as_bytes());
-    BASE64.encode(hasher.finalize())
+    BASE64.encode_to_string(hasher.finalize())
 }

 pub fn assert_s3_error<T, E>(result: Result<T, SdkError<E>>, status: u16, code: &str, message: &str, context: &str)
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ pub async fn create_key_with_specific_id(key_dir: &str, key_id: &str) -> Result<
        "created_at": format!("{}[UTC]", chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339()),
        "rotated_at": serde_json::Value::Null,
        "created_by": "e2e-test",
-        "encrypted_key_material": BASE64.encode(key_data),
+        "encrypted_key_material": BASE64.encode_to_string(key_data),
        "nonce": Vec::<u8>::new()
    });

@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ pub async fn test_sse_c_encryption(s3_client: &Client, bucket: &str) -> Result<(
    info!("Testing SSE-C encryption");

    let test_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901"; // 32-byte key
-    let test_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(test_key);
+    let test_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(test_key);
    let test_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(test_key);
    let test_data = b"Hello, KMS SSE-C World!";
    let object_key = "test-sse-c-object";
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ pub async fn test_error_scenarios(s3_client: &Client, bucket: &str) -> Result<()
    // Test SSE-C with wrong key for download
    let test_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
    let wrong_key = "98765432109876543210987654321098";
-    let test_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(test_key);
-    let wrong_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(wrong_key);
+    let test_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(test_key);
+    let wrong_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(wrong_key);
    let test_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(test_key);
    let wrong_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(wrong_key);
    let test_data = b"Test data for error scenarios";
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ pub async fn test_multipart_upload_with_config(
    // Prepare encryption parameters
    let (sse_c_key_b64, sse_c_key_md5) = match &config.encryption_type {
        EncryptionType::SSEC { key, key_md5 } => {
-            let key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(key);
+            let key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(key);
            (Some(key_b64), Some(key_md5.clone()))
        }
        _ => (None, None),
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@

 use super::common::{
    LocalKMSTestEnvironment, VAULT_KEY_NAME, VaultTestEnvironment, configure_kms, get_kms_status, kms_admin_request, start_kms,
+    test_sse_kms_encryption,
 };
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{BucketVersioningStatus, ServerSideEncryption, VersioningConfiguration};
@@ -431,6 +432,38 @@ async fn test_configured_local_kms_admin_and_versioned_cleanup() -> TestResult {
    Ok(())
 }

+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_admin_configured_local_kms_is_restored_after_restart() -> TestResult {
+    let mut env = LocalKMSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    env.base_env.start_rustfs_server(Vec::new()).await?;
+
+    let default_key_id = env.configure_local_kms().await?;
+    start_kms(&env.base_env.url, &env.base_env.access_key, &env.base_env.secret_key).await?;
+
+    env.base_env.restart_server_preserving_data(Vec::new(), &[]).await?;
+    assert_configured_status(
+        &env.base_env.url,
+        &env.base_env.access_key,
+        &env.base_env.secret_key,
+        "local",
+        &default_key_id,
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let bucket = format!("kms-restart-{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+    env.base_env.create_test_bucket(&bucket).await?;
+    let client = env.base_env.create_s3_client();
+    test_sse_kms_encryption(&client, &bucket).await?;
+    client
+        .delete_object()
+        .bucket(&bucket)
+        .key("test-sse-kms-object")
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    env.base_env.delete_test_bucket(&bucket).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_configured_vault_kms_admin_and_versioned_cleanup() -> TestResult {
    let mut env = VaultTestEnvironment::new().await?;
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// 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.
+
+//! Ranged GETs over encrypted single-part objects.
+//!
+//! Byte-exactness must hold on every frame layout the server can write:
+//! legacy v1 (variable frames, conservative full read) and, when
+//! `RUSTFS_ENCRYPTION_FRAME_V2=true` reaches the server under test, the
+//! fixed-frame v2 layout whose marker enables the closed-form frame seek.
+//! The matrix crosses frame boundaries, starts mid-frame, and ends inside
+//! the final short frame, so a mispositioned seek cannot pass.
+
+use super::common::LocalKMSTestEnvironment;
+use crate::common::{TEST_BUCKET, init_logging};
+use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
+use aws_sdk_s3::types::ServerSideEncryption;
+use tracing::info;
+
+const FRAME_PLAINTEXT: usize = 8 * 1024;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn sse_s3_single_part_ranged_gets_are_byte_exact() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    init_logging();
+    info!("Testing ranged GETs over an SSE-S3 single-part object");
+
+    let mut kms_env = LocalKMSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    let _default_key_id = kms_env.start_rustfs_for_local_kms().await?;
+    kms_env.wait_for_kms_ready().await?;
+
+    let s3_client = kms_env.base_env.create_s3_client();
+    kms_env.base_env.create_test_bucket(TEST_BUCKET).await?;
+
+    let test_key = "encrypted-range-get";
+    let body: Vec<u8> = (0..3 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT + 500).map(|i| (i % 251) as u8).collect();
+
+    let put = s3_client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(TEST_BUCKET)
+        .key(test_key)
+        .server_side_encryption(ServerSideEncryption::Aes256)
+        .body(ByteStream::from(body.clone()))
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        put.server_side_encryption(),
+        Some(&ServerSideEncryption::Aes256),
+        "the object under test must actually be encrypted"
+    );
+
+    let cases: &[(usize, usize)] = &[
+        // Head range inside frame 0.
+        (0, 99),
+        // Crossing the first frame boundary.
+        (FRAME_PLAINTEXT - 1, FRAME_PLAINTEXT),
+        // Starting exactly on a frame boundary.
+        (FRAME_PLAINTEXT, FRAME_PLAINTEXT + 9),
+        // Mid-object, mid-frame on both ends.
+        (2 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT + 5, 3 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT + 100),
+        // Tail range ending inside the final short frame.
+        (3 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT + 100, 3 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT + 499),
+    ];
+
+    for &(start, end) in cases {
+        let response = s3_client
+            .get_object()
+            .bucket(TEST_BUCKET)
+            .key(test_key)
+            .range(format!("bytes={start}-{end}"))
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            response.content_length(),
+            Some((end - start + 1) as i64),
+            "range {start}-{end} content length"
+        );
+        let data = response.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+        assert_eq!(data.as_ref(), &body[start..=end], "range {start}-{end} must be byte-exact");
+    }
+
+    // A suffix range exercises the offset resolution path as well.
+    let response = s3_client
+        .get_object()
+        .bucket(TEST_BUCKET)
+        .key(test_key)
+        .range("bytes=-123")
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let data = response.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+    assert_eq!(data.as_ref(), &body[body.len() - 123..], "suffix range must be byte-exact");
+
+    // The unranged body still round-trips.
+    let response = s3_client.get_object().bucket(TEST_BUCKET).key(test_key).send().await?;
+    let data = response.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+    assert_eq!(data.as_ref(), body.as_slice(), "full body must round-trip");
+
+    // A block-aligned object ends in an empty authenticated final frame under
+    // the v2 layout; tail ranges touching the last plaintext byte must not be
+    // misread as truncation.
+    let aligned_key = "encrypted-range-get-aligned";
+    let aligned_body: Vec<u8> = (0..3 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT).map(|i| ((i + 3) % 251) as u8).collect();
+    s3_client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(TEST_BUCKET)
+        .key(aligned_key)
+        .server_side_encryption(ServerSideEncryption::Aes256)
+        .body(ByteStream::from(aligned_body.clone()))
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    for (start, end) in [
+        (2 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT + 10, 3 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT - 1),
+        (3 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT - 1, 3 * FRAME_PLAINTEXT - 1),
+    ] {
+        let response = s3_client
+            .get_object()
+            .bucket(TEST_BUCKET)
+            .key(aligned_key)
+            .range(format!("bytes={start}-{end}"))
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+        let data = response.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+        assert_eq!(
+            data.as_ref(),
+            &aligned_body[start..=end],
+            "aligned range {start}-{end} must be byte-exact"
+        );
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+// 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.
+
+//! Anonymous access to SSE-KMS objects under per-key authorization.
+//!
+//! Locks both halves of the anonymous contract decided in backlog#2028 (D4):
+//!
+//! - **Enforcement on**: anonymous requests hold no `kms` grants, so a public
+//!   bucket policy does not let them read SSE-KMS objects or write through an
+//!   SSE-KMS default-encryption rule. Both fail with `AccessDenied`.
+//! - **Enforcement off** (the default): bucket policy alone governs anonymous
+//!   access, matching the pre-enforcement behavior — public SSE-KMS objects are
+//!   decrypted and served, and anonymous writes are encrypted under the default
+//!   key.
+//!
+//! The denial today is emergent — an empty-account principal falling through to
+//! the IAM default deny — so without this file a refactor of principal
+//! construction or policy evaluation could silently flip it. Each test carries a
+//! plaintext-object positive control: a denial proves nothing while the bucket
+//! policy has not propagated.
+
+use super::common::{LocalKMSTestEnvironment, create_key_with_specific_id};
+use crate::common::{init_logging, local_http_client};
+use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
+use aws_sdk_s3::types::{
+    ServerSideEncryption, ServerSideEncryptionByDefault, ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration, ServerSideEncryptionRule,
+};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+type TestResult = Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>;
+
+const DEFAULT_KEY: &str = "kms-anon-default-key";
+const BUCKET: &str = "kms-anon-enforcement";
+const PLAIN_OBJECT: &str = "plain.txt";
+const ENCRYPTED_OBJECT: &str = "encrypted.txt";
+const PAYLOAD: &[u8] = b"kms anonymous enforcement payload";
+
+/// How long a bucket policy change may take to reach the request path.
+const POLICY_PROPAGATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
+
+/// Start a local-KMS server and build the public-bucket fixture.
+///
+/// The bucket holds a plaintext object (the positive control), an SSE-KMS
+/// object, an SSE-KMS default-encryption rule, and a bucket policy opening
+/// `GetObject`/`PutObject` to everyone. The enforcement switch defaults to off,
+/// so the enforcing case has to set it explicitly.
+async fn start_public_sse_kms_bucket(env: &mut LocalKMSTestEnvironment, enforce: bool) -> TestResult {
+    create_key_with_specific_id(&env.kms_keys_dir, DEFAULT_KEY).await?;
+
+    let key_dir = env.kms_keys_dir.clone();
+    let args = vec![
+        "--kms-enable",
+        "--kms-backend",
+        "local",
+        "--kms-key-dir",
+        key_dir.as_str(),
+        "--kms-default-key-id",
+        DEFAULT_KEY,
+    ];
+    let mut envs = vec![("RUSTFS_KMS_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV_DEFAULTS", "true")];
+    if enforce {
+        envs.push(("RUSTFS_KMS_ENFORCE_SSE_KEY_POLICY", "true"));
+    }
+    env.base_env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(args, &envs).await?;
+    env.base_env.create_test_bucket(BUCKET).await?;
+
+    let owner = env.base_env.create_s3_client();
+
+    owner
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(PLAIN_OBJECT)
+        .body(ByteStream::from_static(PAYLOAD))
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    owner
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(ENCRYPTED_OBJECT)
+        .body(ByteStream::from_static(PAYLOAD))
+        .server_side_encryption(ServerSideEncryption::AwsKms)
+        .ssekms_key_id(DEFAULT_KEY)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    let encryption_config = ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration::builder()
+        .rules(
+            ServerSideEncryptionRule::builder()
+                .apply_server_side_encryption_by_default(
+                    ServerSideEncryptionByDefault::builder()
+                        .sse_algorithm(ServerSideEncryption::AwsKms)
+                        .kms_master_key_id(DEFAULT_KEY)
+                        .build()?,
+                )
+                .build(),
+        )
+        .build()?;
+    owner
+        .put_bucket_encryption()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .server_side_encryption_configuration(encryption_config)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    let policy = serde_json::json!({
+        "Version": "2012-10-17",
+        "Statement": [{
+            "Sid": "PublicReadWrite",
+            "Effect": "Allow",
+            "Principal": "*",
+            "Action": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:PutObject"],
+            "Resource": [format!("arn:aws:s3:::{BUCKET}/*")]
+        }]
+    })
+    .to_string();
+    owner.put_bucket_policy().bucket(BUCKET).policy(&policy).send().await?;
+    let _ = owner.delete_public_access_block().bucket(BUCKET).send().await;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn object_url(env: &LocalKMSTestEnvironment, key: &str) -> String {
+    format!("{}/{BUCKET}/{key}", env.base_env.url)
+}
+
+async fn anonymous_get(env: &LocalKMSTestEnvironment, key: &str) -> Result<reqwest::Response, reqwest::Error> {
+    local_http_client().get(object_url(env, key)).send().await
+}
+
+async fn anonymous_put(env: &LocalKMSTestEnvironment, key: &str) -> Result<reqwest::Response, reqwest::Error> {
+    local_http_client().put(object_url(env, key)).body(PAYLOAD).send().await
+}
+
+/// Retry the plaintext read until the public bucket policy is live.
+async fn wait_for_public_read(env: &LocalKMSTestEnvironment) -> TestResult {
+    let deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + POLICY_PROPAGATION;
+    loop {
+        let status = anonymous_get(env, PLAIN_OBJECT).await?.status();
+        if status.as_u16() == 200 {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if tokio::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
+            return Err(format!("positive control never became readable: anonymous GET {PLAIN_OBJECT} -> {status}").into());
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+async fn assert_anonymous_denied(response: reqwest::Response, what: &str) -> TestResult {
+    let status = response.status().as_u16();
+    let body = response.text().await?;
+    assert_eq!(status, 403, "{what} must be denied, got {status}: {body}");
+    assert!(body.contains("AccessDenied"), "{what} must carry AccessDenied: {body}");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Enforcement on: a public bucket policy does not exempt anonymous requests
+/// from per-key authorization, on either the read or the default-encryption
+/// write path.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn anonymous_sse_kms_denied_under_enforcement() -> TestResult {
+    init_logging();
+
+    let mut env = LocalKMSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    start_public_sse_kms_bucket(&mut env, true).await?;
+    wait_for_public_read(&env).await?;
+
+    let read = anonymous_get(&env, ENCRYPTED_OBJECT).await?;
+    assert_anonymous_denied(read, "anonymous GET of an SSE-KMS object").await?;
+
+    let write = anonymous_put(&env, "anon-write.txt").await?;
+    assert_anonymous_denied(write, "anonymous PUT through an SSE-KMS default-encryption rule").await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Enforcement off (the default): bucket policy alone governs anonymous access,
+/// and the default-encryption rule still encrypts anonymous writes.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn anonymous_sse_kms_governed_by_bucket_policy_without_enforcement() -> TestResult {
+    init_logging();
+
+    let mut env = LocalKMSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    start_public_sse_kms_bucket(&mut env, false).await?;
+    wait_for_public_read(&env).await?;
+
+    let read = anonymous_get(&env, ENCRYPTED_OBJECT).await?;
+    assert_eq!(read.status().as_u16(), 200, "anonymous GET of a public SSE-KMS object must succeed");
+    assert_eq!(read.bytes().await?.as_ref(), PAYLOAD, "the object must be served decrypted");
+
+    let write = anonymous_put(&env, "anon-write.txt").await?;
+    assert_eq!(write.status().as_u16(), 200, "anonymous PUT to a public bucket must succeed");
+
+    let stored = env
+        .base_env
+        .create_s3_client()
+        .head_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key("anon-write.txt")
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        stored.server_side_encryption(),
+        Some(&ServerSideEncryption::AwsKms),
+        "the anonymous write must be encrypted by the bucket default rule"
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ async fn test_comprehensive_key_isolation() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Er
    // Verify that files cannot be read with wrong keys
    info!("🔒 Verify key isolation");
    let wrong_key = "11111111111111111111111111111111";
-    let wrong_key_b64 = base64::Engine::encode(&base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, wrong_key);
+    let wrong_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(wrong_key);
    let wrong_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(wrong_key);

    // Try to read file encrypted with key1 using wrong key
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 use super::common::{LocalKMSTestEnvironment, SSE_C_KEY_MISMATCH_MESSAGE, assert_s3_error, sse_customer_key_md5_base64};
 use crate::common::{TEST_BUCKET, init_logging};
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::ServerSideEncryption;
-use base64::Engine;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
 use tracing::{info, warn};
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ async fn test_kms_zero_byte_file_encryption() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::
    // Test SSE-C with zero-byte file
    info!("📤 Testing SSE-C with zero-byte file");
    let test_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
-    let test_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(test_key);
+    let test_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(test_key);
    let test_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(test_key);
    let object_key_c = "zero-byte-sse-c";

@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ async fn test_kms_single_byte_file_encryption() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error
    // Test SSE-C with single byte
    info!("📤 Testing SSE-C with single-byte file");
    let test_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
-    let test_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(test_key);
+    let test_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(test_key);
    let test_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(test_key);
    let object_key_c = "single-byte-sse-c";

@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ async fn test_kms_invalid_key_scenarios() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
    // Test 1: Invalid key length for SSE-C
    info!("🔍 Testing invalid SSE-C key length");
    let invalid_short_key = "short"; // Too short
-    let invalid_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(invalid_short_key);
+    let invalid_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(invalid_short_key);
    let invalid_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(invalid_short_key);

    let invalid_key_result = s3_client
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ async fn test_kms_invalid_key_scenarios() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
    // Test 2: Mismatched MD5 for SSE-C
    info!("🔍 Testing mismatched MD5 for SSE-C key");
    let valid_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
-    let valid_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(valid_key);
+    let valid_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(valid_key);
    let wrong_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64("98765432109876543210987654321098");

    let wrong_md5_result = s3_client
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ async fn test_kms_concurrent_encryption() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
                2 => {
                    // SSE-C
                    let key = format!("testkey{i:026}"); // 32-byte key
-                    let key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(&key);
+                    let key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(&key);
                    let key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(&key);

                    client
@@ -535,8 +534,8 @@ async fn test_kms_key_validation_security() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Er
    let key1 = "key1key1key1key1key1key1key1key1"; // 32 bytes
    let key2 = "key2key2key2key2key2key2key2key2"; // 32 bytes

-    let key1_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(key1);
-    let key2_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(key2);
+    let key1_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(key1);
+    let key2_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(key2);
    let key1_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key1);
    let key2_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key2);

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const SURVIVOR_KEY: &str = "keep/object.bin";
 const TIER_NAME: &str = "KMSCOLD";
 const TIER_BUCKET: &str = "kms-ilm-cold-tier";
 const TIER_PREFIX: &str = "tiered";
+const ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV: (&str, &str) = ("RUSTFS_TIER_RUSTFS_ALLOW_LOOPBACK_ENDPOINT", "true");
 const TRANSITION_BUCKET: &str = "kms-ilm-transition";
 const TRANSITION_KEY: &str = "tier/object.bin";

@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ const ILM_DEADLINE: StdDuration = StdDuration::from_secs(90);
 /// `--kms-default-key-id`, insecure dev defaults). The lifecycle env matches
 /// `reliant/lifecycle.rs::fast_lifecycle_env` plus `RUSTFS_ILM_DEBUG_DAY_SECS=2`,
 /// so a `Days=1` rule is due about two seconds after the write.
-async fn start_enforcing_ilm_server(env: &mut LocalKMSTestEnvironment) -> TestResult {
+async fn start_enforcing_ilm_server(env: &mut LocalKMSTestEnvironment, extra_env: &[(&str, &str)]) -> TestResult {
    create_key_with_specific_id(&env.kms_keys_dir, SSE_KEY).await?;

    let key_dir = env.kms_keys_dir.clone();
@@ -94,13 +95,14 @@ async fn start_enforcing_ilm_server(env: &mut LocalKMSTestEnvironment) -> TestRe
        SSE_KEY,
    ];

-    let envs = [
+    let mut envs = vec![
        ("RUSTFS_KMS_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV_DEFAULTS", "true"),
        ("RUSTFS_KMS_ENFORCE_SSE_KEY_POLICY", "true"),
        ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "1"),
        ("RUSTFS_ILM_PROCESS_TIME", "1"),
        ("RUSTFS_ILM_DEBUG_DAY_SECS", "2"),
    ];
+    envs.extend_from_slice(extra_env);

    env.base_env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(args, &envs).await?;
    Ok(())
@@ -427,7 +429,7 @@ async fn ilm_expiration_on_sse_kms_bucket_under_enforcement() -> TestResult {
    init_logging();

    let mut env = LocalKMSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    start_enforcing_ilm_server(&mut env).await?;
+    start_enforcing_ilm_server(&mut env, &[]).await?;
    env.base_env.create_test_bucket(EXPIRY_BUCKET).await?;

    let client = env.base_env.create_s3_client();
@@ -499,7 +501,7 @@ async fn ilm_transition_on_sse_kms_bucket_under_enforcement_reads_back() -> Test

    // Hot server: Local KMS + enforcement + accelerated lifecycle clock.
    let mut env = LocalKMSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    start_enforcing_ilm_server(&mut env).await?;
+    start_enforcing_ilm_server(&mut env, &[ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV]).await?;
    let hot_client = env.base_env.create_s3_client();

    add_rustfs_tier(&env.base_env, &cold.base_env).await?;
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ async fn test_local_kms_key_isolation() {
    // Test that different SSE-C keys create isolated encrypted objects
    let key1 = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
    let key2 = "98765432109876543210987654321098";
-    let key1_b64 = base64::Engine::encode(&base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, key1);
-    let key2_b64 = base64::Engine::encode(&base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, key2);
+    let key1_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(key1);
+    let key2_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(key2);
    let key1_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key1);
    let key2_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key2);

@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ async fn test_multipart_upload_with_sse_c(

    // SSE-C encryption key
    let encryption_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
-    let key_b64 = base64::Engine::encode(&base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, encryption_key);
+    let key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(encryption_key);
    let key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(encryption_key);

    // Generate test data
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+// 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.
+
+//! Bulk DEK rekey sweep over stored objects.
+//!
+//! The full loop — rotate the master key, sweep, prove convergence — runs
+//! against Vault Transit, whose context-bound envelopes exercise the
+//! decrypt + re-encrypt rewrap route end to end. The capability refusal runs
+//! against the Local backend, which supports no rewrap at all.
+
+use super::common::{
+    LocalKMSTestEnvironment, VAULT_KEY_NAME, VaultTestEnvironment, kms_admin_request, start_kms, wait_for_kms_ready,
+};
+use crate::common::{TEST_BUCKET, init_logging};
+use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
+use aws_sdk_s3::types::ServerSideEncryption;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tracing::info;
+
+async fn rekey_status(
+    base_url: &str,
+    access_key: &str,
+    secret_key: &str,
+) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let body = kms_admin_request(
+        base_url,
+        http::Method::GET,
+        "/rustfs/admin/v3/kms/keys/rekey/status",
+        None,
+        access_key,
+        secret_key,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    Ok(serde_json::from_str(&body)?)
+}
+
+/// Start a sweep and poll it to a terminal state.
+async fn run_rekey_to_completion(
+    base_url: &str,
+    access_key: &str,
+    secret_key: &str,
+    request_body: &str,
+) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    kms_admin_request(
+        base_url,
+        http::Method::POST,
+        "/rustfs/admin/v3/kms/keys/rekey",
+        Some(request_body),
+        access_key,
+        secret_key,
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    for _ in 0..120 {
+        let status = rekey_status(base_url, access_key, secret_key).await?;
+        if status["state"] != "running" {
+            return Ok(status);
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+    }
+    Err("rekey sweep did not reach a terminal state in time".into())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn kms_rekey_sweep_rewraps_rotated_envelopes_and_converges() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    init_logging();
+    info!("Testing the bulk rekey sweep against Vault Transit");
+
+    let mut env = VaultTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    env.start_vault().await?;
+    env.setup_vault_transit().await?;
+    env.start_rustfs_for_vault().await?;
+    env.configure_vault_transit_kms().await?;
+    start_kms(&env.base_env.url, &env.base_env.access_key, &env.base_env.secret_key).await?;
+    wait_for_kms_ready(&env.base_env.url, &env.base_env.access_key, &env.base_env.secret_key).await?;
+
+    let base_url = env.base_env.url.clone();
+    let access_key = env.base_env.access_key.clone();
+    let secret_key = env.base_env.secret_key.clone();
+
+    let s3_client = env.base_env.create_s3_client();
+    env.base_env.create_test_bucket(TEST_BUCKET).await?;
+
+    // Three encrypted objects the sweep must rewrap, one plaintext object it
+    // must leave alone.
+    let encrypted_keys = ["rekey/alpha", "rekey/beta", "rekey/gamma"];
+    let mut bodies = Vec::new();
+    for (index, key) in encrypted_keys.iter().enumerate() {
+        let body: Vec<u8> = (0..2048).map(|i| ((i + index * 7) % 251) as u8).collect();
+        s3_client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(TEST_BUCKET)
+            .key(*key)
+            .server_side_encryption(ServerSideEncryption::AwsKms)
+            .ssekms_key_id(VAULT_KEY_NAME)
+            .body(ByteStream::from(body.clone()))
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+        bodies.push(body);
+    }
+    s3_client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(TEST_BUCKET)
+        .key("rekey/plaintext")
+        .body(ByteStream::from(b"unencrypted".to_vec()))
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    // Rotate the master key so the stored envelopes fall behind Vault's
+    // latest version.
+    kms_admin_request(
+        &base_url,
+        http::Method::POST,
+        "/rustfs/admin/v3/kms/keys/rotate",
+        Some(&format!(r#"{{"key_id":"{VAULT_KEY_NAME}"}}"#)),
+        &access_key,
+        &secret_key,
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let status =
+        run_rekey_to_completion(&base_url, &access_key, &secret_key, &format!(r#"{{"buckets":["{TEST_BUCKET}"]}}"#)).await?;
+    assert_eq!(status["state"], "completed", "first sweep must complete: {status}");
+    assert_eq!(status["failed"], 0, "no object may fail: {status}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        status["rewrapped"],
+        encrypted_keys.len(),
+        "every rotated envelope must be rewrapped: {status}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        status["not_applicable"].as_u64().unwrap_or(0) >= 1,
+        "the plaintext object must be reported not applicable: {status}"
+    );
+
+    // The rewrapped objects still serve their exact bytes.
+    for (key, expected) in encrypted_keys.iter().zip(&bodies) {
+        let response = s3_client.get_object().bucket(TEST_BUCKET).key(*key).send().await?;
+        let data = response.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+        assert_eq!(data.as_ref(), expected.as_slice(), "object {key} must be byte-exact after the rewrap");
+    }
+
+    // Convergence: a second sweep finds everything current and writes nothing.
+    let status =
+        run_rekey_to_completion(&base_url, &access_key, &secret_key, &format!(r#"{{"buckets":["{TEST_BUCKET}"]}}"#)).await?;
+    assert_eq!(status["state"], "completed", "second sweep must complete: {status}");
+    assert_eq!(status["rewrapped"], 0, "a converged sweep must write nothing: {status}");
+    assert_eq!(status["failed"], 0, "{status}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        status["already_current"],
+        encrypted_keys.len(),
+        "every envelope must now be current: {status}"
+    );
+
+    env.base_env.delete_test_bucket(TEST_BUCKET).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn kms_rekey_refuses_a_backend_without_rewrap_support() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    init_logging();
+    info!("Testing that the rekey sweep refuses the Local backend up front");
+
+    let mut kms_env = LocalKMSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    let _default_key_id = kms_env.start_rustfs_for_local_kms().await?;
+    kms_env.wait_for_kms_ready().await?;
+
+    let error = kms_admin_request(
+        &kms_env.base_env.url,
+        http::Method::POST,
+        "/rustfs/admin/v3/kms/keys/rekey",
+        Some("{}"),
+        &kms_env.base_env.access_key,
+        &kms_env.base_env.secret_key,
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect_err("a backend without rewrap support must be refused up front");
+    assert!(error.to_string().contains("501"), "the refusal must be 501 Not Implemented, got: {error}");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ async fn test_vault_kms_key_isolation() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error

    let key1 = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
    let key2 = "98765432109876543210987654321098";
-    let key1_b64 = base64::Engine::encode(&base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, key1);
-    let key2_b64 = base64::Engine::encode(&base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, key2);
+    let key1_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(key1);
+    let key2_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(key2);
    let key1_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key1);
    let key2_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key2);

@@ -48,14 +48,26 @@ mod encryption_metadata_test;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod copy_object_self_copy_sse_test;

+#[cfg(test)]
+mod encrypted_range_get_test;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod copy_object_version_restore_sse_test;

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod configured_roundtrip_test;

+#[cfg(test)]
+mod select_sse_response_test;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod kms_anonymous_enforcement_test;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod kms_authorization_negative_matrix_test;

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod kms_ilm_sse_kms_test;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod kms_rekey_sweep_test;
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ async fn test_multipart_encryption_type(
    // Prepare SSE-C keys when required
    let (sse_c_key, sse_c_md5) = if matches!(encryption_type, EncryptionType::SSEC) {
        let key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
-        let key_b64 = base64::Engine::encode(&base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD, key);
+        let key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(key);
        let key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key);
        (Some(key_b64), Some(key_md5))
    } else {
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+// 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.
+
+//! SelectObjectContent SSE response-header compatibility (backlog#1625).
+
+use super::common::{LocalKMSTestEnvironment, sse_customer_key_md5_base64, start_kms};
+use crate::common::signed_s3_request_with_headers;
+use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
+use aws_sdk_s3::types::ServerSideEncryption;
+use base64_simd::STANDARD as BASE64;
+use http::{HeaderMap, Method};
+use std::error::Error;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+type TestResult<T = ()> = Result<T, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>;
+
+const CSV_BODY: &[u8] = b"name\nalice\n";
+const SELECT_BODY: &str = r#"<SelectObjectContentRequest xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">
+<Expression>SELECT * FROM S3Object</Expression>
+<ExpressionType>SQL</ExpressionType>
+<InputSerialization><CSV><FileHeaderInfo>USE</FileHeaderInfo></CSV></InputSerialization>
+<OutputSerialization><CSV/></OutputSerialization>
+</SelectObjectContentRequest>"#;
+const KMS_CONTEXT: &str = "eyJ0ZW5hbnQiOiJzMy1zZWxlY3QifQ==";
+const SSE_ALGORITHM: &str = "x-amz-server-side-encryption";
+const SSE_KMS_KEY_ID: &str = "x-amz-server-side-encryption-aws-kms-key-id";
+const SSE_KMS_CONTEXT: &str = "x-amz-server-side-encryption-context";
+const SSE_C_ALGORITHM: &str = "x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm";
+const SSE_C_KEY: &str = "x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key";
+const SSE_C_KEY_MD5: &str = "x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-md5";
+const LOG_FLUSH_SENTINEL: &str = "select-sse-log-flush-sentinel.csv";
+
+async fn raw_select(
+    env: &crate::common::RustFSTestEnvironment,
+    bucket: &str,
+    object: &str,
+    request_headers: &HeaderMap,
+) -> TestResult<reqwest::Response> {
+    let url = format!("{}/{bucket}/{object}?select&select-type=2", env.url);
+    signed_s3_request_with_headers(
+        Method::POST,
+        &url,
+        Some(SELECT_BODY.to_string()),
+        Some("application/xml"),
+        &env.access_key,
+        &env.secret_key,
+        request_headers,
+    )
+    .await
+}
+
+async fn assert_success_headers(response: reqwest::Response, expected: &[(&str, &str)], absent: &[&str]) -> TestResult {
+    if response.status() != reqwest::StatusCode::OK {
+        let status = response.status();
+        let url = response.url().clone();
+        let body = response.text().await?;
+        panic!("Select request to {url} failed with {status}: {body}");
+    }
+    for (name, value) in expected {
+        assert_eq!(response.headers().get(*name).and_then(|header| header.to_str().ok()), Some(*value));
+    }
+    for name in absent {
+        assert!(response.headers().get(*name).is_none(), "successful Select response must omit {name}");
+    }
+    let body = response.bytes().await?;
+    assert!(
+        body.windows(b"alice".len()).any(|window| window == b"alice"),
+        "successful Select response must contain a Records event with the selected row"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        body.windows(b"End".len()).any(|window| window == b"End"),
+        "successful Select response must contain the terminal End event"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn assert_pre_stream_failure(response: reqwest::Response) -> TestResult {
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
+    let body = response.text().await?;
+    assert!(body.contains("<Error>"), "pre-stream failure must return an S3 XML error: {body}");
+    assert!(
+        body.contains("<Code>InvalidRequest</Code>"),
+        "invalid SSE-C parameters must preserve the S3 error code: {body}"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn put_object(
+    client: &aws_sdk_s3::Client,
+    bucket: &str,
+    object: &str,
+) -> aws_sdk_s3::operation::put_object::builders::PutObjectFluentBuilder {
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .key(object)
+        .body(ByteStream::from_static(CSV_BODY))
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn select_projects_encryption_headers_and_rejects_invalid_sse_c_before_streaming() -> TestResult {
+    let mut kms = LocalKMSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    let log_path = format!("{}/server.log", kms.base_env.temp_dir);
+    kms.base_env.capture_log_path = Some(log_path.clone());
+    kms.base_env
+        .start_rustfs_server_with_env(Vec::new(), &[("RUST_LOG", "s3s=debug,rustfs=info")])
+        .await?;
+    let key_id = kms.configure_local_kms().await?;
+    start_kms(&kms.base_env.url, &kms.base_env.access_key, &kms.base_env.secret_key).await?;
+
+    let client = kms.base_env.create_s3_client();
+    let bucket = format!("select-sse-{}", Uuid::new_v4().simple());
+    client.create_bucket().bucket(&bucket).send().await?;
+
+    put_object(&client, &bucket, "plain.csv").send().await?;
+    put_object(&client, &bucket, "sse-s3.csv")
+        .server_side_encryption(ServerSideEncryption::Aes256)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    put_object(&client, &bucket, "sse-kms.csv")
+        .server_side_encryption(ServerSideEncryption::AwsKms)
+        .ssekms_key_id(&key_id)
+        .ssekms_encryption_context(KMS_CONTEXT)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    let customer_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
+    let customer_key_b64 = BASE64.encode_to_string(customer_key);
+    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(customer_key);
+    put_object(&client, &bucket, "sse-c.csv")
+        .sse_customer_algorithm("AES256")
+        .sse_customer_key(&customer_key_b64)
+        .sse_customer_key_md5(&customer_key_md5)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    assert_success_headers(
+        raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "plain.csv", &HeaderMap::new()).await?,
+        &[],
+        &[
+            SSE_ALGORITHM,
+            SSE_KMS_KEY_ID,
+            SSE_KMS_CONTEXT,
+            SSE_C_ALGORITHM,
+            SSE_C_KEY,
+            SSE_C_KEY_MD5,
+        ],
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_success_headers(
+        raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "sse-s3.csv", &HeaderMap::new()).await?,
+        &[(SSE_ALGORITHM, "AES256")],
+        &[SSE_KMS_KEY_ID, SSE_KMS_CONTEXT, SSE_C_ALGORITHM, SSE_C_KEY, SSE_C_KEY_MD5],
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_success_headers(
+        raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "sse-kms.csv", &HeaderMap::new()).await?,
+        &[
+            (SSE_ALGORITHM, "aws:kms"),
+            (SSE_KMS_KEY_ID, &key_id),
+            (SSE_KMS_CONTEXT, KMS_CONTEXT),
+        ],
+        &[SSE_C_ALGORITHM, SSE_C_KEY, SSE_C_KEY_MD5],
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let mut sse_c_headers = HeaderMap::new();
+    sse_c_headers.insert(SSE_C_ALGORITHM, "AES256".parse()?);
+    sse_c_headers.insert(SSE_C_KEY, customer_key_b64.parse()?);
+    sse_c_headers.insert(SSE_C_KEY_MD5, customer_key_md5.parse()?);
+    assert_success_headers(
+        raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "sse-c.csv", &sse_c_headers).await?,
+        &[(SSE_C_ALGORITHM, "AES256"), (SSE_C_KEY_MD5, &customer_key_md5)],
+        &[SSE_ALGORITHM, SSE_KMS_KEY_ID, SSE_KMS_CONTEXT, SSE_C_KEY],
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    assert_pre_stream_failure(raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "sse-c.csv", &HeaderMap::new()).await?).await?;
+
+    let mut missing_algorithm_headers = HeaderMap::new();
+    missing_algorithm_headers.insert(SSE_C_KEY, customer_key_b64.parse()?);
+    missing_algorithm_headers.insert(SSE_C_KEY_MD5, customer_key_md5.parse()?);
+    assert_pre_stream_failure(raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "sse-c.csv", &missing_algorithm_headers).await?).await?;
+
+    let mut wrong_algorithm_headers = sse_c_headers.clone();
+    wrong_algorithm_headers.insert(SSE_C_ALGORITHM, "AES128".parse()?);
+    assert_pre_stream_failure(raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "sse-c.csv", &wrong_algorithm_headers).await?).await?;
+
+    let wrong_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64("99999999999999999999999999999999");
+    let mut wrong_md5_headers = sse_c_headers.clone();
+    wrong_md5_headers.insert(SSE_C_KEY_MD5, wrong_md5.parse()?);
+    assert_pre_stream_failure(raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "sse-c.csv", &wrong_md5_headers).await?).await?;
+
+    let wrong_key = "99999999999999999999999999999999";
+    let wrong_key_b64 = BASE64.encode_to_string(wrong_key);
+    let mut wrong_key_headers = HeaderMap::new();
+    wrong_key_headers.insert(SSE_C_ALGORITHM, "AES256".parse()?);
+    wrong_key_headers.insert(SSE_C_KEY, wrong_key_b64.parse()?);
+    wrong_key_headers.insert(SSE_C_KEY_MD5, wrong_md5.parse()?);
+    assert_pre_stream_failure(raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, "sse-c.csv", &wrong_key_headers).await?).await?;
+
+    put_object(&client, &bucket, LOG_FLUSH_SENTINEL).send().await?;
+    assert_success_headers(
+        raw_select(&kms.base_env, &bucket, LOG_FLUSH_SENTINEL, &HeaderMap::new()).await?,
+        &[],
+        &[
+            SSE_ALGORITHM,
+            SSE_KMS_KEY_ID,
+            SSE_KMS_CONTEXT,
+            SSE_C_ALGORITHM,
+            SSE_C_KEY,
+            SSE_C_KEY_MD5,
+        ],
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let mut logs = String::new();
+    for _ in 0..100 {
+        logs = tokio::fs::read_to_string(&log_path).await?;
+        if logs.contains(LOG_FLUSH_SENTINEL) {
+            break;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+    }
+    assert!(logs.contains(LOG_FLUSH_SENTINEL), "timed out waiting for the log sink to flush");
+    for secret in [customer_key, customer_key_b64.as_str(), wrong_key, wrong_key_b64.as_str()] {
+        assert!(!logs.contains(secret), "Select request logging leaked SSE-C customer key material");
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ mod get_codec_streaming_compat_test;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod version_id_regression_test;

+#[cfg(test)]
+mod select_request_root_alias_test;
+
 // Pinned previous-release -> current-build on-disk compatibility.
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod upgrade_compatibility_test;
@@ -164,6 +167,10 @@ mod delete_objects_versioning_test;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod delete_object_no_content_length_test;

+// Regression test for signed empty PutObject requests without Content-Length.
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod put_object_no_content_length_test;
+
 // Delete-marker visibility baseline for data-movement migration proof.
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod delete_marker_migration_semantics_test;
@@ -284,6 +291,7 @@ mod console_smoke_test;
 // plus non-admin 403 probes per endpoint (sec-4 pattern).
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod admin_iam_crud_test;
+mod admin_mfa_test;

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod admin_pools_test;
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{
    ServerSideEncryption, ServerSideEncryptionByDefault, ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration, ServerSideEncryptionRule,
 };
-use base64::Engine;
 use chrono::{Duration as ChronoDuration, Utc};
 use flate2::{Compression, write::GzEncoder};
 use http::HeaderValue;
@@ -47,19 +46,19 @@ fn encode_post_policy(conditions: Vec<serde_json::Value>) -> String {
        "conditions": conditions,
    });

-    base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(policy.to_string())
+    base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(policy.to_string())
 }

 fn sse_customer_key_md5_base64(key: &str) -> String {
    let mut hasher = Md5::new();
    hasher.update(key.as_bytes());
-    base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(hasher.finalize())
+    base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(hasher.finalize())
 }

 fn md5_hex(input: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> String {
    let mut hasher = Md5::new();
    hasher.update(input.as_ref());
-    hex::encode(hasher.finalize())
+    hex_simd::encode_to_string(hasher.finalize(), hex_simd::AsciiCase::Lower)
 }

 async fn create_restricted_user(
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ fn restricted_user_client(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, username: &str, secret_ke
 const LOCAL_SSE_MASTER_KEY_ENV: &str = "RUSTFS_SSE_S3_MASTER_KEY";

 fn local_sse_master_key_value() -> String {
-    base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode([0x42u8; 32])
+    base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string([0x42u8; 32])
 }

 async fn make_tar(files: &[(&str, &[u8])], dirs: &[&str]) -> Vec<u8> {
@@ -1887,7 +1886,7 @@ async fn test_anonymous_post_object_allows_sse_c_fields_outside_policy_condition
    let object_key = "sse-c-object.txt";
    let expected_body = b"anonymous-post-sse-c".to_vec();
    let customer_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
-    let customer_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(customer_key);
+    let customer_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(customer_key);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(customer_key);

    let admin_client = env.create_s3_client();
@@ -1941,7 +1940,7 @@ async fn test_anonymous_post_object_allows_sse_c_fields_outside_policy_condition
        .bucket(bucket)
        .key(object_key)
        .sse_customer_algorithm("AES256")
-        .sse_customer_key(base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(customer_key))
+        .sse_customer_key(base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(customer_key))
        .sse_customer_key_md5(customer_key_md5)
        .send()
        .await?;
@@ -1963,8 +1962,8 @@ async fn test_anonymous_post_object_rejects_sse_c_exact_policy_mismatch() -> Res
    let object_key = "sse-c-mismatch-object.txt";
    let policy_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
    let request_key = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEF";
-    let policy_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(policy_key);
-    let request_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(request_key);
+    let policy_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(policy_key);
+    let request_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(request_key);

    let admin_client = env.create_s3_client();
    admin_client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
@@ -3457,6 +3456,62 @@ async fn test_signed_put_object_extract_expands_tar_entries_with_prefix_headers(
    Ok(())
 }

+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_signed_put_object_extract_ignore_dirs_skips_unauthorized_directory()
+-> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    init_logging();
+
+    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+    let bucket = "signed-extract-ignore-dirs-auth";
+    let archive_key = "bundle.tar";
+    let allowed_member = "allowed/member.txt";
+    let denied_directory = "denied/";
+    let username = "snowball-ignore-dirs";
+    let secret_key = "snowball-ignore-dirs-secret";
+    let expected_body = b"allowed-body";
+
+    let admin_client = env.create_s3_client();
+    admin_client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+    create_restricted_user(&env, username, secret_key).await?;
+
+    let policy = serde_json::json!({
+        "Version": "2012-10-17",
+        "Statement": [{
+            "Effect": "Allow",
+            "Principal": { "AWS": [username] },
+            "Action": ["s3:PutObject"],
+            "Resource": [
+                format!("arn:aws:s3:::{bucket}/{archive_key}"),
+                format!("arn:aws:s3:::{bucket}/{allowed_member}")
+            ]
+        }]
+    })
+    .to_string();
+    admin_client.put_bucket_policy().bucket(bucket).policy(policy).send().await?;
+
+    let restricted_client = restricted_user_client(&env, username, secret_key);
+    let tar_bytes = make_tar(&[(allowed_member, expected_body)], &[denied_directory]).await;
+    restricted_client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .key(archive_key)
+        .body(ByteStream::from(tar_bytes))
+        .customize()
+        .mutate_request(|req| {
+            req.headers_mut().insert("x-amz-meta-snowball-auto-extract", "true");
+            req.headers_mut().insert("x-amz-meta-snowball-ignore-dirs", "true");
+        })
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    let stored = admin_client.get_object().bucket(bucket).key(allowed_member).send().await?;
+    assert_eq!(stored.body.collect().await?.into_bytes().as_ref(), expected_body);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_signed_put_object_extract_preserves_request_metadata_on_extracted_objects()
 -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
@@ -3526,7 +3581,7 @@ async fn test_signed_put_object_extract_preserves_sse_s3_and_redirect() -> Resul
    init_logging();

    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    let sse_master_key = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode([0x42u8; 32]);
+    let sse_master_key = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string([0x42u8; 32]);
    env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SSE_S3_MASTER_KEY", sse_master_key.as_str())])
        .await?;

@@ -3799,7 +3854,7 @@ async fn test_signed_put_object_extract_uses_bucket_default_sse_s3() -> Result<(
    init_logging();

    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    let sse_master_key = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode([0x42u8; 32]);
+    let sse_master_key = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string([0x42u8; 32]);
    env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SSE_S3_MASTER_KEY", sse_master_key.as_str())])
        .await?;

@@ -3925,7 +3980,7 @@ async fn test_signed_put_object_extract_preserves_sse_c() -> Result<(), Box<dyn
    let extracted_key = "nested/file.txt";
    let expected_body = b"extract-sse-c-body".to_vec();
    let customer_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
-    let customer_key_b64 = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(customer_key);
+    let customer_key_b64 = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(customer_key);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(customer_key);

    let client = env.create_s3_client();
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
 use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging, local_http_client};
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
-use rustfs_signer::constants::UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD;
+use rustfs_signer::constants::{UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD, UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD_TRAILER};
 use rustfs_signer::request_signature_v4::{SIGN_V4_ALGORITHM, get_scope, get_signature, get_signing_key};
 use std::fmt::Write as _;
+use std::io::Cursor;
 use time::macros::format_description;
 use time::{Duration, OffsetDateTime};
 use tracing::info;
@@ -98,15 +99,37 @@ impl SigV4 {
    /// header AND folded into the canonical request — pass the hash of the
    /// body you *claim* to send, which may differ from what you actually send.
    fn sign(&self, method: &str, path: &str, canonical_query: &str, content_sha256: &str) -> SignedHeaders {
-        let amz_date = amz_datetime(self.time);
-        let signed_headers = "host;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date";
+        self.sign_with_extra_headers(method, path, canonical_query, content_sha256, &[])
+    }

-        let canonical_headers = format!(
-            "host:{host}\nx-amz-content-sha256:{sha}\nx-amz-date:{date}\n",
-            host = self.host,
-            sha = content_sha256,
-            date = amz_date,
-        );
+    /// Sign additional request headers while preserving SigV4's lowercase,
+    /// lexicographically sorted canonical-header representation.
+    fn sign_with_extra_headers(
+        &self,
+        method: &str,
+        path: &str,
+        canonical_query: &str,
+        content_sha256: &str,
+        extra_signed_headers: &[(&str, &str)],
+    ) -> SignedHeaders {
+        let amz_date = amz_datetime(self.time);
+        let mut canonical_header_values = vec![
+            ("host", self.host.as_str()),
+            ("x-amz-content-sha256", content_sha256),
+            ("x-amz-date", amz_date.as_str()),
+        ];
+        canonical_header_values.extend(extra_signed_headers.iter().copied());
+        canonical_header_values.sort_unstable_by(|left, right| left.0.cmp(right.0));
+
+        let signed_headers = canonical_header_values
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(name, _)| *name)
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join(";");
+        let mut canonical_headers = String::new();
+        for (name, value) in canonical_header_values {
+            let _ = writeln!(canonical_headers, "{name}:{value}");
+        }
        let canonical_request =
            format!("{method}\n{path}\n{canonical_query}\n{canonical_headers}\n{signed_headers}\n{content_sha256}");

@@ -179,6 +202,34 @@ async fn setup(env: &mut RustFSTestEnvironment) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error
    Ok(())
 }

+async fn build_single_member_archive(
+    member_key: &str,
+    member_body: &[u8],
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let mut builder = tokio_tar::Builder::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+    let mut header = tokio_tar::Header::new_gnu();
+    header.set_size(member_body.len() as u64);
+    header.set_mode(0o644);
+    header.set_cksum();
+    builder.append_data(&mut header, member_key, Cursor::new(member_body)).await?;
+    Ok(builder.into_inner().await?.into_inner())
+}
+
+fn sha256_base64(data: &[u8]) -> String {
+    use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
+    base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(Sha256::digest(data))
+}
+
+fn encode_unsigned_aws_chunked_with_sha256_trailer(decoded: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let checksum = sha256_base64(decoded);
+    let mut encoded = format!("{:x}\r\n", decoded.len()).into_bytes();
+    encoded.extend_from_slice(decoded);
+    encoded.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n0\r\n\r\n");
+    encoded.extend_from_slice(format!("x-amz-checksum-sha256:{checksum}").as_bytes());
+    encoded
+}
+
 /// Positive control: a correctly hand-signed request must succeed. Without
 /// this, every negative assertion below could pass for the wrong reason (a
 /// broken signer that never produces a valid signature).
@@ -249,6 +300,128 @@ async fn tampered_signature_returns_signature_does_not_match() -> Result<(), Box
    Ok(())
 }

+/// `STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER` disables per-chunk signatures, not the
+/// seed/header SigV4 signature. A forged request must be rejected before the
+/// Snowball handler can publish any archive member.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn snowball_streaming_unsigned_trailer_rejects_forged_signature() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    init_logging();
+    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    setup(&mut env).await?;
+
+    let archive_key = "forged-streaming-snowball.tar";
+    let member_key = "must-not-be-published.txt";
+    let archive = build_single_member_archive(member_key, b"forged request payload").await?;
+    let decoded_content_length = archive.len().to_string();
+    let encoded_body = encode_unsigned_aws_chunked_with_sha256_trailer(&archive);
+    let path = format!("/{BUCKET}/{archive_key}");
+
+    let mut signer = SigV4::new(&env);
+    signer.secret_key = "wrong-secret-for-forged-streaming-request".to_string();
+    let extra_signed_headers = [
+        ("content-encoding", "aws-chunked"),
+        ("x-amz-decoded-content-length", decoded_content_length.as_str()),
+        ("x-amz-meta-snowball-auto-extract", "true"),
+        ("x-amz-trailer", "x-amz-checksum-sha256"),
+    ];
+    let headers = signer.sign_with_extra_headers("PUT", &path, "", UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD_TRAILER, &extra_signed_headers);
+
+    let response = local_http_client()
+        .put(format!("{}{}", env.url, path))
+        .header("authorization", &headers.authorization)
+        .header("content-encoding", "aws-chunked")
+        .header("x-amz-content-sha256", &headers.content_sha256)
+        .header("x-amz-date", &headers.amz_date)
+        .header("x-amz-decoded-content-length", &decoded_content_length)
+        .header("x-amz-meta-snowball-auto-extract", "true")
+        .header("x-amz-trailer", "x-amz-checksum-sha256")
+        .body(encoded_body)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let status = response.status();
+    let body = response.text().await?;
+    assert_eq!(status.as_u16(), 403, "forged streaming signature must be 403, body:\n{body}");
+    assert_error_code(&body, "SignatureDoesNotMatch");
+
+    let absent = env
+        .create_s3_client()
+        .get_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(member_key)
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("a forged streaming request must not publish a Snowball member");
+    assert_eq!(absent.raw_response().map(|response| response.status().as_u16()), Some(404));
+    assert_eq!(absent.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code), Some("NoSuchKey"));
+
+    env.stop_server();
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Snowball must consume the complete aws-chunked body before reading the
+/// trailing checksum exported by s3s into the PutObject response.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn snowball_streaming_unsigned_trailer_returns_sha256_checksum() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    init_logging();
+    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    setup(&mut env).await?;
+
+    let archive_key = "valid-streaming-snowball.tar";
+    let member_key = "streaming-checksum-member.txt";
+    let member_body = b"valid streaming Snowball payload";
+    let archive = build_single_member_archive(member_key, member_body).await?;
+    let expected_checksum = sha256_base64(&archive);
+    let decoded_content_length = archive.len().to_string();
+    let encoded_body = encode_unsigned_aws_chunked_with_sha256_trailer(&archive);
+    let path = format!("/{BUCKET}/{archive_key}");
+
+    let signer = SigV4::new(&env);
+    let extra_signed_headers = [
+        ("content-encoding", "aws-chunked"),
+        ("x-amz-decoded-content-length", decoded_content_length.as_str()),
+        ("x-amz-meta-snowball-auto-extract", "true"),
+        ("x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm", "SHA256"),
+        ("x-amz-trailer", "x-amz-checksum-sha256"),
+    ];
+    let headers = signer.sign_with_extra_headers("PUT", &path, "", UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD_TRAILER, &extra_signed_headers);
+
+    let response = local_http_client()
+        .put(format!("{}{}", env.url, path))
+        .header("authorization", &headers.authorization)
+        .header("content-encoding", "aws-chunked")
+        .header("x-amz-content-sha256", &headers.content_sha256)
+        .header("x-amz-date", &headers.amz_date)
+        .header("x-amz-decoded-content-length", &decoded_content_length)
+        .header("x-amz-meta-snowball-auto-extract", "true")
+        .header("x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm", "SHA256")
+        .header("x-amz-trailer", "x-amz-checksum-sha256")
+        .body(encoded_body)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let status = response.status();
+    let response_checksum = response
+        .headers()
+        .get("x-amz-checksum-sha256")
+        .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
+        .map(str::to_owned);
+    let response_body = response.text().await?;
+    assert_eq!(status.as_u16(), 200, "valid streaming Snowball PUT failed, body:\n{response_body}");
+    assert_eq!(response_checksum.as_deref(), Some(expected_checksum.as_str()));
+
+    let member = env
+        .create_s3_client()
+        .get_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(member_key)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let stored = member.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+    assert_eq!(stored.as_ref(), member_body);
+
+    env.stop_server();
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// (b) A valid AccessKeyId paired with the wrong secret key must be rejected
 /// with SignatureDoesNotMatch / 403.
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -325,6 +498,57 @@ async fn tampered_payload_is_rejected() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error
    Ok(())
 }

+/// A signed UploadPart body must pass the same payload-hash gate as PutObject.
+/// Rejection must happen before the part is published into the multipart upload.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn tampered_upload_part_payload_is_rejected() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    init_logging();
+    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    setup(&mut env).await?;
+
+    let key = "tampered-upload-part.bin";
+    let client = env.create_s3_client();
+    let upload = client.create_multipart_upload().bucket(BUCKET).key(key).send().await?;
+    let upload_id = upload.upload_id().ok_or("create multipart upload omitted upload_id")?;
+
+    let path = format!("/{BUCKET}/{key}");
+    let canonical_query = format!("partNumber=1&uploadId={}", urlencoding::encode(upload_id));
+    let request_target = format!("{path}?{canonical_query}");
+    let claimed_body = b"the-part-i-claim-to-send";
+    let actual_body = b"the-part-i-really-send!!";
+    assert_eq!(claimed_body.len(), actual_body.len(), "keep content-length stable for the mismatch");
+
+    let signer = SigV4::new(&env);
+    let headers = signer.sign("PUT", &path, &canonical_query, &sha256_hex(claimed_body));
+    let resp = send_signed(&env, reqwest::Method::PUT, &request_target, &headers, Some(actual_body.to_vec())).await?;
+    let status = resp.status();
+    let body = resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
+    assert_eq!(
+        status,
+        reqwest::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+        "multipart payload mismatch must be rejected as BadDigest, body:\n{body}"
+    );
+    assert_error_code(&body, "BadDigest");
+
+    let parts = client
+        .list_parts()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(key)
+        .upload_id(upload_id)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    assert!(parts.parts().is_empty(), "a tampered UploadPart must not publish a part");
+
+    client
+        .abort_multipart_upload()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(key)
+        .upload_id(upload_id)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// (e) A request whose `x-amz-date` is skewed beyond the server's tolerance
 /// (s3s default 900s / 15 min) must be rejected with RequestTimeTooSkewed /
 /// 403. The signature is otherwise valid: the credential-scope date and
@@ -38,14 +38,10 @@ use aws_sdk_s3::types::{
    NotificationConfiguration, NotificationConfigurationFilter, ObjectIdentifier, QueueConfiguration, S3KeyFilter,
    VersioningConfiguration,
 };
-use http::header::{CONTENT_TYPE, HOST};
 use local_ip_address::local_ip;
 use reqwest::StatusCode;
-use rustfs_signer::constants::UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD;
-use rustfs_signer::sign_v4;
 use rustfs_utils::egress::ENV_OUTBOUND_ALLOW_ORIGINS;
 use rustfs_utils::http::headers::{AMZ_REQUEST_ID, REQUEST_ID_HEADER};
-use s3s::Body;
 use serde_json::Value;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::io::Cursor;
@@ -415,42 +411,16 @@ async fn collect_until(
 // Admin target configuration (signed admin HTTP)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

+/// Thin wrapper over [`crate::common::signed_request`] with this suite's
+/// root credentials; a `Some` body is always JSON here.
 async fn signed_admin_request(
    env: &RustFSTestEnvironment,
    method: http::Method,
    url: &str,
    body: Option<Vec<u8>>,
 ) -> Result<reqwest::Response, BoxError> {
-    let uri = url.parse::<http::Uri>()?;
-    let authority = uri.authority().ok_or("admin URL missing authority")?.to_string();
-    let mut builder = http::Request::builder()
-        .method(method.clone())
-        .uri(uri)
-        .header(HOST, authority)
-        .header("x-amz-content-sha256", UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD);
-    if body.is_some() {
-        builder = builder.header(CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json");
-    }
-
-    let content_len = body.as_ref().map(|b| b.len() as i64).unwrap_or_default();
-    let signed = sign_v4(
-        builder.body(Body::empty())?,
-        content_len,
-        &env.access_key,
-        &env.secret_key,
-        "",
-        "us-east-1",
-    );
-
-    let reqwest_method = reqwest::Method::from_bytes(method.as_str().as_bytes())?;
-    let mut request = crate::common::local_http_client().request(reqwest_method, url);
-    for (name, value) in signed.headers() {
-        request = request.header(name, value);
-    }
-    if let Some(body) = body {
-        request = request.body(body);
-    }
-    Ok(request.send().await?)
+    let content_type = body.is_some().then_some("application/json");
+    crate::common::signed_request(method, url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, body, content_type).await
 }

 async fn enable_notify_module(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment) -> TestResult {
@@ -92,14 +92,29 @@ where
    );
 }

-fn assert_invalid_object_lock_retention_pair<T, E: std::fmt::Debug>(result: Result<T, E>, context: &str) {
-    let err = match result {
-        Ok(_) => panic!("{context}"),
-        Err(err) => format!("{err:?}"),
-    };
-    assert!(
-        err.contains("InvalidRequest") || err.contains("must both be supplied"),
-        "{context}: expected invalid paired retention headers, got: {err}"
+fn assert_invalid_object_lock_retention_pair<T, E, R>(result: Result<T, R>, context: &str)
+where
+    T: std::fmt::Debug,
+    E: ProvideErrorMetadata + std::fmt::Debug,
+    R: Borrow<SdkError<E>> + std::fmt::Debug,
+{
+    let error = result.expect_err(context);
+    let sdk_error = error.borrow();
+    assert_eq!(
+        sdk_error.raw_response().map(|response| response.status().as_u16()),
+        Some(400),
+        "{context}: expected HTTP 400, got: {error:?}"
+    );
+    let service_error = sdk_error.as_service_error().expect("expected an S3 service error");
+    assert_eq!(
+        service_error.code(),
+        Some("InvalidRequest"),
+        "{context}: expected InvalidRequest, got: {error:?}"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        service_error.message(),
+        Some("x-amz-object-lock-retain-until-date and x-amz-object-lock-mode must both be supplied"),
+        "{context}: unexpected error message: {error:?}"
    );
 }

@@ -2304,9 +2319,9 @@ async fn test_versioning_auto_enabled_with_object_lock() {
 // ============================================================================

 #[tokio::test]
-async fn test_error_message_distinguishes_legal_hold_from_retention() {
+async fn test_legal_hold_and_retention_delete_errors_are_exact_and_non_mutating() {
    init_logging();
-    info!("🧪 Test: Error messages distinguish Legal Hold from Retention");
+    info!("🧪 Test: Legal Hold and Retention reject deletes without mutating objects");

    let mut env = ObjectLockTestEnvironment::new().await.unwrap();
    env.start_rustfs().await.unwrap();
@@ -2331,7 +2346,6 @@ async fn test_error_message_distinguishes_legal_hold_from_retention() {
            .await
            .unwrap();

-    // Delete legal hold object - check error
    let lh_delete_result = client
        .delete_object()
        .bucket(bucket)
@@ -2339,18 +2353,8 @@ async fn test_error_message_distinguishes_legal_hold_from_retention() {
        .version_id(&lh_version)
        .send()
        .await;
+    assert_access_denied(lh_delete_result, "Legal Hold must reject deleting the protected version");

-    if let Err(e) = lh_delete_result {
-        let error_str = format!("{:?}", e);
-        info!("Legal hold delete error: {}", error_str);
-        // Error should mention legal hold
-        assert!(
-            error_str.to_lowercase().contains("legal") || error_str.to_lowercase().contains("hold"),
-            "Error should mention legal hold"
-        );
-    }
-
-    // Delete retention object - check error
    let ret_delete_result = client
        .delete_object()
        .bucket(bucket)
@@ -2358,16 +2362,24 @@ async fn test_error_message_distinguishes_legal_hold_from_retention() {
        .version_id(&ret_version)
        .send()
        .await;
+    assert_access_denied(ret_delete_result, "COMPLIANCE retention must reject deleting the protected version");

-    if let Err(e) = ret_delete_result {
-        let error_str = format!("{:?}", e);
-        info!("Retention delete error: {}", error_str);
-        // Error should mention retention
-        assert!(
-            error_str.to_lowercase().contains("retention") || error_str.to_lowercase().contains("compliance"),
-            "Error should mention retention"
-        );
+    for (key, version_id) in [(legal_hold_key, &lh_version), (retention_key, &ret_version)] {
+        let body = client
+            .get_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key(key)
+            .version_id(version_id)
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .expect("rejected delete must leave the protected version readable")
+            .body
+            .collect()
+            .await
+            .expect("protected version body should remain readable")
+            .into_bytes();
+        assert_eq!(body.as_ref(), b"data", "rejected delete mutated protected object {key}");
    }

-    info!("✅ Test passed: Error messages distinguish lock types");
+    info!("✅ Test passed: protected deletes are exact and non-mutating");
 }
@@ -15,28 +15,24 @@
 //! Tests for AWS IAM policy variables with single-value, multi-value, and nested scenarios

 use crate::common::{
-    RustFSTestEnvironment, awscurl_delete, awscurl_put, build_test_s3_config, build_test_sts_client, init_logging,
+    AdminTransport, RustFSTestEnvironment, admin_add_canned_policy_via, admin_attach_user_policy_via, admin_create_user_via,
+    awscurl_delete, awscurl_put, build_test_s3_config, build_test_sts_client, init_logging,
 };
 use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use tracing::info;

-/// Helper function to create a regular user with given credentials
+/// Helper function to create a regular user with given credentials.
+///
+/// This suite deliberately drives the admin API through the external `awscurl`
+/// binary, so the shared helpers are pinned to `AdminTransport::Awscurl`.
 async fn create_user(
    env: &RustFSTestEnvironment,
    username: &str,
    password: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let create_user_body = serde_json::json!({
-        "secretKey": password,
-        "status": "enabled"
-    })
-    .to_string();
-
-    let create_user_url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-user?accessKey={}", env.url, username);
-    awscurl_put(&create_user_url, &create_user_body, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await?;
-    Ok(())
+    admin_create_user_via(AdminTransport::Awscurl, &env.url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, username, password).await
 }

 /// Helper function to create and attach a policy
@@ -46,18 +42,17 @@ async fn create_and_attach_policy(
    username: &str,
    policy_document: serde_json::Value,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let policy_string = policy_document.to_string();
-
-    // Create policy
-    let add_policy_url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-canned-policy?name={}", env.url, policy_name);
-    awscurl_put(&add_policy_url, &policy_string, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await?;
-
-    // Attach policy to user
-    let attach_policy_url = format!(
-        "{}/rustfs/admin/v3/set-user-or-group-policy?policyName={}&userOrGroup={}&isGroup=false",
-        env.url, policy_name, username
-    );
-    awscurl_put(&attach_policy_url, "", &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await?;
+    admin_add_canned_policy_via(
+        AdminTransport::Awscurl,
+        &env.url,
+        &env.access_key,
+        &env.secret_key,
+        policy_name,
+        &policy_document.to_string(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    admin_attach_user_policy_via(AdminTransport::Awscurl, &env.url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, policy_name, username)
+        .await?;
    Ok(())
 }

@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ fn valid_config() -> PresigningConfig {
 }

 /// Flip bytes inside the `X-Amz-Signature=` query value without changing its
-/// length, producing a structurally valid but incorrect signature.
+/// length, producing a structurally valid but incorrect signature. Every hex
+/// digit is replaced by its complement (15 - v), which has no fixed point, so
+/// the tamper changes the value no matter which digits the signature contains.
 fn tamper_signature(uri: &str) -> String {
    let marker = "X-Amz-Signature=";
    let idx = uri.find(marker).expect("presigned uri must carry X-Amz-Signature") + marker.len();
@@ -96,10 +98,9 @@ fn tamper_signature(uri: &str) -> String {
    let (sig, tail) = rest.split_at(end);
    let tampered: String = sig
        .chars()
-        .map(|c| match c {
-            '0' => 'f',
-            'a' => '0',
-            other => other,
+        .map(|c| {
+            let v = c.to_digit(16).expect("X-Amz-Signature value must be hex");
+            char::from_digit(15 - v, 16).expect("complement of a hex digit is a hex digit")
        })
        .collect();
    assert_ne!(sig, tampered, "tamper must actually change the signature hex");
@@ -31,16 +31,11 @@
 //!
 //! Advisory: <https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/security/advisories/GHSA-3p3x-734c-h5vx>

-use crate::common::local_http_client;
 use crate::common::rustfs_binary_path_with_features;
+use crate::common::{AdminTransport, admin_add_canned_policy_via, admin_attach_user_policy_via, admin_create_user_via};
 use crate::protocols::test_env::{DEFAULT_ACCESS_KEY, DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY, ProtocolTestEnvironment};
 use anyhow::Result;
-use base64::Engine;
-use http::header::{CONTENT_TYPE, HOST};
 use reqwest::Client;
-use rustfs_signer::constants::UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD;
-use rustfs_signer::sign_v4;
-use s3s::Body;
 use tokio::process::Command;
 use tracing::info;

@@ -64,96 +59,47 @@ fn basic_auth_header() -> String {

 fn basic_auth_header_for(access_key: &str, secret_key: &str) -> String {
    let credentials = format!("{}:{}", access_key, secret_key);
-    let encoded = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(credentials);
+    let encoded = base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(credentials);
    format!("Basic {}", encoded)
 }

-async fn signed_admin_request(
-    method: http::Method,
-    url: &str,
-    body: Option<Vec<u8>>,
-    content_type: Option<&str>,
-) -> Result<reqwest::Response> {
-    let uri = url.parse::<http::Uri>()?;
-    let authority = uri
-        .authority()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("request URL missing authority"))?
-        .to_string();
-    let mut request = http::Request::builder().method(method.clone()).uri(uri);
-    request = request.header(HOST, authority);
-    request = request.header("x-amz-content-sha256", UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD);
-    if let Some(content_type) = content_type {
-        request = request.header(CONTENT_TYPE, content_type);
-    }
-
-    let content_len = body.as_ref().map(|body| body.len() as i64).unwrap_or_default();
-    let signed = sign_v4(
-        request.body(Body::empty())?,
-        content_len,
+async fn admin_create_user(base_url: &str, username: &str, secret_key: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    admin_create_user_via(
+        AdminTransport::Signed,
+        base_url,
        DEFAULT_ACCESS_KEY,
        DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY,
-        "",
-        "us-east-1",
-    );
-
-    let reqwest_method = reqwest::Method::from_bytes(method.as_str().as_bytes())?;
-    let mut request_builder = local_http_client().request(reqwest_method, url);
-    for (name, value) in signed.headers() {
-        request_builder = request_builder.header(name, value);
-    }
-    if let Some(body) = body {
-        request_builder = request_builder.body(body);
-    }
-
-    Ok(request_builder.send().await?)
-}
-
-async fn admin_create_user(base_url: &str, username: &str, secret_key: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    let url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-user?accessKey={}", base_url, username);
-    let body = serde_json::json!({
-        "secretKey": secret_key,
-        "status": "enabled"
-    });
-    let response =
-        signed_admin_request(http::Method::PUT, &url, Some(body.to_string().into_bytes()), Some("application/json")).await?;
-
-    if response.status() != reqwest::StatusCode::OK {
-        let status = response.status();
-        let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
-        anyhow::bail!("create user failed: {status} {body}");
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
+        username,
+        secret_key,
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!(e))
 }

 async fn admin_add_canned_policy(base_url: &str, policy_name: &str, policy: &serde_json::Value) -> Result<()> {
-    let url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-canned-policy?name={}", base_url, policy_name);
-    let response =
-        signed_admin_request(http::Method::PUT, &url, Some(policy.to_string().into_bytes()), Some("application/json")).await?;
-
-    if response.status() != reqwest::StatusCode::OK {
-        let status = response.status();
-        let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
-        anyhow::bail!("add canned policy failed: {status} {body}");
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
+    admin_add_canned_policy_via(
+        AdminTransport::Signed,
+        base_url,
+        DEFAULT_ACCESS_KEY,
+        DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY,
+        policy_name,
+        &policy.to_string(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!(e))
 }

 async fn admin_attach_policy_to_user(base_url: &str, policy_name: &str, username: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    let url = format!(
-        "{}/rustfs/admin/v3/set-user-or-group-policy?policyName={}&userOrGroup={}&isGroup=false",
-        base_url, policy_name, username
-    );
-    let response = signed_admin_request(http::Method::PUT, &url, Some(Vec::new()), None).await?;
-
-    if response.status() != reqwest::StatusCode::OK {
-        let status = response.status();
-        let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
-        anyhow::bail!("attach policy failed: {status} {body}");
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
+    admin_attach_user_policy_via(
+        AdminTransport::Signed,
+        base_url,
+        DEFAULT_ACCESS_KEY,
+        DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY,
+        policy_name,
+        username,
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!(e))
 }

 /// Test WebDAV: MKCOL (create bucket), PUT, GET, DELETE, PROPFIND operations
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+// 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 coverage for rustfs#6830: a signed empty `PutObject` request
+//! without `Content-Length` and without `Transfer-Encoding` is still a
+//! zero-length object upload.
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging};
+    use http::header::{CONTENT_LENGTH, HOST, TRANSFER_ENCODING};
+    use rustfs_signer::sign_v4;
+    use rustfs_utils::hash::EMPTY_STRING_SHA256_HASH;
+    use s3s::Body;
+    use std::error::Error;
+    use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+    use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+    use tokio::time::{Duration, timeout};
+    use tracing::info;
+
+    const RAW_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
+
+    fn parse_status(raw_response: &str) -> Option<u16> {
+        raw_response.lines().next()?.split_whitespace().nth(1)?.parse().ok()
+    }
+
+    async fn send_raw_signed_put(
+        url: &str,
+        access_key: &str,
+        secret_key: &str,
+        transfer_encoding: Option<&str>,
+        raw_body: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let uri = url.parse::<http::Uri>()?;
+        let authority = uri.authority().ok_or("request URL missing authority")?.to_string();
+        let path_and_query = uri.path_and_query().ok_or("request URL missing path")?.as_str().to_string();
+
+        let mut request = http::Request::builder()
+            .method(http::Method::PUT)
+            .uri(uri)
+            .header(HOST, authority.clone())
+            .header("x-amz-content-sha256", EMPTY_STRING_SHA256_HASH);
+        if let Some(value) = transfer_encoding {
+            request = request.header(TRANSFER_ENCODING, value);
+        }
+
+        let signed = sign_v4(request.body(Body::empty())?, 0, access_key, secret_key, "", "us-east-1");
+
+        let mut raw_request = format!("PUT {path_and_query} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {authority}\r\nConnection: close\r\n");
+        for (name, value) in signed.headers() {
+            if name == HOST || name == CONTENT_LENGTH {
+                continue;
+            }
+            raw_request.push_str(name.as_str());
+            raw_request.push_str(": ");
+            raw_request.push_str(value.to_str()?);
+            raw_request.push_str("\r\n");
+        }
+        raw_request.push_str("\r\n");
+
+        assert!(
+            !raw_request.to_ascii_lowercase().contains("\r\ncontent-length:"),
+            "raw regression request must omit Content-Length; request was:\n{raw_request}"
+        );
+
+        let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(&authority).await?;
+        stream.write_all(raw_request.as_bytes()).await?;
+        stream.write_all(raw_body).await?;
+        stream.flush().await?;
+
+        let mut response = Vec::new();
+        timeout(RAW_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, stream.read_to_end(&mut response))
+            .await
+            .map_err(|_| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, "timed out reading raw PUT response"))??;
+        Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&response).into_owned())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_put_object_without_content_length_boundaries() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+        info!("TEST: PutObject without Content-Length boundaries");
+
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let client = env.create_s3_client();
+        let empty_bucket = "put-no-content-length";
+        let empty_key = "empty.bin";
+        let chunked_bucket = "put-chunked-no-length";
+        let chunked_key = "chunked.bin";
+
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(empty_bucket).send().await?;
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(chunked_bucket).send().await?;
+
+        let url = format!("{}/{}/{}", env.url, empty_bucket, empty_key);
+        let raw_response = send_raw_signed_put(&url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, None, b"").await?;
+        info!("raw empty PUT response:\n{}", raw_response);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_status(&raw_response),
+            Some(200),
+            "empty PutObject without Content-Length should succeed, got:\n{raw_response}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            raw_response.to_ascii_lowercase().contains("\r\netag:"),
+            "successful PutObject should return an ETag header: {raw_response}"
+        );
+
+        let head = client.head_object().bucket(empty_bucket).key(empty_key).send().await?;
+        assert_eq!(head.content_length(), Some(0), "stored object must be zero length");
+
+        let url = format!("{}/{}/{}", env.url, chunked_bucket, chunked_key);
+        let raw_response = send_raw_signed_put(&url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, Some("chunked"), b"0\r\n\r\n").await?;
+        info!("raw chunked PUT response:\n{}", raw_response);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_status(&raw_response),
+            Some(411),
+            "unknown-length chunked PutObject must stay rejected, got:\n{raw_response}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            raw_response.contains("<Code>MissingContentLength</Code>"),
+            "expected MissingContentLength, got:\n{raw_response}"
+        );
+
+        let missing = client
+            .head_object()
+            .bucket(chunked_bucket)
+            .key(chunked_key)
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .expect_err("rejected unknown-length PUT must not create an object");
+        assert_eq!(
+            missing.raw_response().map(|response| response.status().as_u16()),
+            Some(404),
+            "rejected unknown-length PUT absence probe must return HTTP 404, got {missing:?}"
+        );
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ use rustfs_protos::{
    proto_gen::node_service::{
        BatchGenerallyLockRequest, BatchGenerallyLockResponse, BatchReadVersionRequest, BatchReadVersionResponse,
        GenerallyLockRequest, GenerallyLockResponse, GenerallyLockResult, PingRequest, PingResponse,
-        SnapshotLeaseMutationResponse, SnapshotLeaseReleaseRequest, SnapshotLeaseRenewRequest, SnapshotLeaseRequest,
-        SnapshotLeaseResponse, node_service_server::NodeService,
+        ScannerPublicationLeaseReleaseRequest, ScannerPublicationLeaseReleaseResponse, ScannerPublicationLeaseRequest,
+        ScannerPublicationLeaseResponse, SnapshotLeaseMutationResponse, SnapshotLeaseReleaseRequest, SnapshotLeaseRenewRequest,
+        SnapshotLeaseRequest, SnapshotLeaseResponse, node_service_server::NodeService,
    },
 };
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -126,6 +127,20 @@ impl NodeService for MinimalLockNodeService {
        Err(Status::unimplemented("MinimalLockNodeService only supports lock RPCs"))
    }

+    async fn acquire_scanner_publication_lease(
+        &self,
+        _request: Request<ScannerPublicationLeaseRequest>,
+    ) -> Result<Response<ScannerPublicationLeaseResponse>, Status> {
+        Err(Status::unimplemented("MinimalLockNodeService only supports lock RPCs"))
+    }
+
+    async fn release_scanner_publication_lease(
+        &self,
+        _request: Request<ScannerPublicationLeaseReleaseRequest>,
+    ) -> Result<Response<ScannerPublicationLeaseReleaseResponse>, Status> {
+        Err(Status::unimplemented("MinimalLockNodeService only supports lock RPCs"))
+    }
+
    async fn lock(&self, request: Request<GenerallyLockRequest>) -> Result<Response<GenerallyLockResponse>, Status> {
        let request = request.into_inner();
        let args: LockRequest = match serde_json::from_str(&request.args) {
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ mod head_tls_bodyless_test;
 mod lifecycle;
 mod lock;
 mod node_interact_test;
+mod s3_select_compression;
 mod sql;
 mod tiering;
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+#![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.
+
+use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging};
+use async_compression::tokio::write::BzEncoder;
+use aws_sdk_s3::{
+    Client,
+    error::ProvideErrorMetadata,
+    operation::select_object_content::{SelectObjectContentOutput, builders::SelectObjectContentFluentBuilder},
+    types::{
+        CompressionType, CsvInput, CsvOutput, ExpressionType, FileHeaderInfo, InputSerialization, JsonInput, JsonOutput,
+        JsonType, OutputSerialization, SelectObjectContentEventStream,
+    },
+};
+use aws_smithy_types::event_stream::RawMessage;
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use flate2::{Compression, write::GzEncoder};
+use std::{error::Error, io::Cursor, time::Duration};
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+
+const BUCKET: &str = "s3-select-compression";
+const SELECT_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+
+type TestResult<T> = Result<T, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>;
+
+async fn create_test_environment(extra_env: &[(&str, &str)]) -> TestResult<(RustFSTestEnvironment, Client)> {
+    init_logging();
+    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], extra_env).await?;
+    let client = env.create_s3_client();
+    client.create_bucket().bucket(BUCKET).send().await?;
+    Ok((env, client))
+}
+
+async fn put_object(client: &Client, key: &str, body: &[u8]) -> TestResult<()> {
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(key)
+        .body(Bytes::copy_from_slice(body).into())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn gzip(input: &[u8]) -> TestResult<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut encoder = GzEncoder::new(Vec::new(), Compression::default());
+    std::io::Write::write_all(&mut encoder, input)?;
+    Ok(encoder.finish()?)
+}
+
+async fn bzip2(input: &[u8]) -> TestResult<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut encoder = BzEncoder::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+    encoder.write_all(input).await?;
+    encoder.shutdown().await?;
+    Ok(encoder.into_inner().into_inner())
+}
+
+fn csv_select_request(
+    client: &Client,
+    key: &str,
+    compression: CompressionType,
+    expression: &str,
+) -> SelectObjectContentFluentBuilder {
+    client
+        .select_object_content()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(key)
+        .expression(expression)
+        .expression_type(ExpressionType::Sql)
+        .input_serialization(
+            InputSerialization::builder()
+                .compression_type(compression)
+                .csv(CsvInput::builder().file_header_info(FileHeaderInfo::Use).build())
+                .build(),
+        )
+        .output_serialization(OutputSerialization::builder().csv(CsvOutput::builder().build()).build())
+}
+
+fn json_select_request(
+    client: &Client,
+    key: &str,
+    compression: CompressionType,
+    json_type: JsonType,
+) -> SelectObjectContentFluentBuilder {
+    client
+        .select_object_content()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(key)
+        .expression("SELECT name FROM S3Object")
+        .expression_type(ExpressionType::Sql)
+        .input_serialization(
+            InputSerialization::builder()
+                .compression_type(compression)
+                .json(JsonInput::builder().set_type(Some(json_type)).build())
+                .build(),
+        )
+        .output_serialization(OutputSerialization::builder().json(JsonOutput::builder().build()).build())
+}
+
+async fn collect_success(
+    mut response: SelectObjectContentOutput,
+    compressed_bytes: usize,
+    processed_bytes: usize,
+) -> TestResult<Vec<u8>> {
+    tokio::time::timeout(SELECT_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, async move {
+        let mut records = Vec::new();
+        let mut stats = None;
+        let mut saw_end = false;
+
+        while let Some(event) = response.payload.recv().await? {
+            assert!(!saw_end, "Select emitted an event after End");
+            match event {
+                SelectObjectContentEventStream::Records(event) => {
+                    assert!(stats.is_none(), "Select emitted Records after Stats");
+                    if let Some(payload) = event.payload {
+                        records.extend_from_slice(payload.as_ref());
+                    }
+                }
+                SelectObjectContentEventStream::Stats(event) => {
+                    assert!(stats.is_none(), "Select emitted more than one Stats event");
+                    stats = event.details;
+                }
+                SelectObjectContentEventStream::End(_) => {
+                    assert!(stats.is_some(), "Select emitted End before Stats");
+                    saw_end = true;
+                }
+                _ => assert!(stats.is_none(), "Select emitted a non-terminal event after Stats"),
+            }
+        }
+
+        let stats = stats.ok_or("Select response ended without a Stats event")?;
+        assert_eq!(stats.bytes_scanned(), Some(i64::try_from(compressed_bytes)?));
+        assert_eq!(stats.bytes_processed(), Some(i64::try_from(processed_bytes)?));
+        assert_eq!(stats.bytes_returned(), Some(i64::try_from(records.len())?));
+        assert!(saw_end, "Select response ended without an End event");
+        Ok::<_, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>(records)
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync> { "Select response timed out".into() })?
+}
+
+async fn assert_truncated_stream_failure(mut response: SelectObjectContentOutput) -> TestResult<()> {
+    tokio::time::timeout(SELECT_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, async move {
+        loop {
+            match response.payload.recv().await {
+                Err(error) => {
+                    // S3 Select request-level errors use `error` frames, which this SDK version exposes as raw response errors.
+                    if let Some(code) = error.code() {
+                        assert_eq!(code, "TruncatedInput", "unexpected modeled event-stream error: {error:?}");
+                    } else if let aws_sdk_s3::error::SdkError::ResponseError(context) = &error
+                        && let RawMessage::Decoded(message) = context.raw()
+                    {
+                        let header = |name: &str| {
+                            message
+                                .headers()
+                                .iter()
+                                .find(|header| header.name().as_str() == name)
+                                .and_then(|header| header.value().as_string().ok())
+                                .map(|value| value.as_str())
+                        };
+                        assert_eq!(header(":message-type"), Some("error"));
+                        assert_eq!(header(":error-code"), Some("TruncatedInput"));
+                    } else {
+                        panic!("unexpected event-stream error: {error:?}");
+                    }
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+                Ok(Some(SelectObjectContentEventStream::Stats(_))) | Ok(Some(SelectObjectContentEventStream::End(_))) => {
+                    return Err("truncated compressed input reached a success terminal event".into());
+                }
+                Ok(Some(_)) => {}
+                Ok(None) => return Err("truncated compressed input ended without an error event".into()),
+            }
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync> { "truncated Select response timed out".into() })?
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_select_object_content_compressed_csv_and_json() -> TestResult<()> {
+    const CSV: &[u8] = b"name,age\nAlice,30\nBob,25\n";
+    const JSON_LINES: &[u8] = b"{\"name\":\"Alice\"}\n{\"name\":\"Bob\"}\n";
+    const JSON_DOCUMENT: &[u8] = br#"[{"name":"Alice"},{"name":"Bob"}]"#;
+
+    let (_env, client) = create_test_environment(&[]).await?;
+
+    let gzip_csv = gzip(CSV)?;
+    put_object(&client, "records.csv.gz", &gzip_csv).await?;
+    let gzip_csv_records = collect_success(
+        csv_select_request(&client, "records.csv.gz", CompressionType::Gzip, "SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+            .send()
+            .await?,
+        gzip_csv.len(),
+        CSV.len(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_eq!(gzip_csv_records, b"Alice,30\nBob,25\n");
+
+    let bzip_csv = bzip2(CSV).await?;
+    put_object(&client, "records.csv.bz2", &bzip_csv).await?;
+    let bzip_csv_records = collect_success(
+        csv_select_request(&client, "records.csv.bz2", CompressionType::Bzip2, "SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+            .send()
+            .await?,
+        bzip_csv.len(),
+        CSV.len(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_eq!(bzip_csv_records, gzip_csv_records);
+
+    let gzip_json_lines = gzip(JSON_LINES)?;
+    put_object(&client, "json-lines", &gzip_json_lines).await?;
+    let gzip_json_records = collect_success(
+        json_select_request(&client, "json-lines", CompressionType::Gzip, JsonType::Lines)
+            .send()
+            .await?,
+        gzip_json_lines.len(),
+        JSON_LINES.len(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_eq!(gzip_json_records, JSON_LINES);
+
+    let bzip_json_lines = bzip2(JSON_LINES).await?;
+    put_object(&client, "records.jsonl.bz2", &bzip_json_lines).await?;
+    let bzip_json_records = collect_success(
+        json_select_request(&client, "records.jsonl.bz2", CompressionType::Bzip2, JsonType::Lines)
+            .send()
+            .await?,
+        bzip_json_lines.len(),
+        JSON_LINES.len(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_eq!(bzip_json_records, gzip_json_records);
+
+    let gzip_json_document = gzip(JSON_DOCUMENT)?;
+    put_object(&client, "document.json.gz", &gzip_json_document).await?;
+    let document_records = collect_success(
+        json_select_request(&client, "document.json.gz", CompressionType::Gzip, JsonType::Document)
+            .send()
+            .await?,
+        gzip_json_document.len(),
+        JSON_DOCUMENT.len(),
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_eq!(document_records, JSON_LINES);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_select_object_content_invalid_compressed_stream_fails() -> TestResult<()> {
+    const CSV: &[u8] = b"name\nAlice\n";
+
+    let (_env, client) = create_test_environment(&[]).await?;
+
+    put_object(&client, "invalid.csv.gz", CSV).await?;
+    let invalid = csv_select_request(&client, "invalid.csv.gz", CompressionType::Gzip, "SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("invalid GZIP header must fail before streaming");
+    assert_eq!(
+        invalid.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code),
+        Some("InvalidCompressionFormat")
+    );
+
+    put_object(&client, "empty.csv.gz", b"").await?;
+    let empty = csv_select_request(&client, "empty.csv.gz", CompressionType::Gzip, "SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("empty GZIP input must fail as truncated");
+    assert_eq!(empty.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code), Some("TruncatedInput"));
+
+    let mut truncated = bzip2(CSV).await?;
+    truncated.pop();
+    put_object(&client, "truncated.csv.bz2", &truncated).await?;
+    let truncated = csv_select_request(&client, "truncated.csv.bz2", CompressionType::Bzip2, "SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    assert_truncated_stream_failure(truncated).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_select_object_content_compressed_disconnect_releases_query() -> TestResult<()> {
+    const OBJECT: &str = "disconnect.csv.gz";
+    const ROWS: usize = 16 * 1024;
+    const RELEASE_ATTEMPTS: usize = 20;
+    const RELEASE_BACKOFF: Duration = Duration::from_millis(25);
+
+    let (_env, client) = create_test_environment(&[("RUSTFS_S3SELECT_MAX_CONCURRENT_QUERIES", "1")]).await?;
+    let row = format!("{}\n", "x".repeat(1023));
+    let mut body = Vec::with_capacity("value\n".len() + ROWS * row.len());
+    body.extend_from_slice(b"value\n");
+    for _ in 0..ROWS {
+        body.extend_from_slice(row.as_bytes());
+    }
+    let compressed = gzip(&body)?;
+    put_object(&client, OBJECT, &compressed).await?;
+
+    let first = csv_select_request(&client, OBJECT, CompressionType::Gzip, "SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let saturated = csv_select_request(&client, OBJECT, CompressionType::Gzip, "SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("the unread compressed response should retain the only query permit");
+    assert_eq!(saturated.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code), Some("SlowDown"));
+
+    drop(first);
+    let second = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), async {
+        for attempt in 0..RELEASE_ATTEMPTS {
+            match csv_select_request(&client, OBJECT, CompressionType::Gzip, "SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+                .send()
+                .await
+            {
+                Ok(response) => return Ok::<_, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>(response),
+                Err(error)
+                    if error.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code) == Some("SlowDown")
+                        && attempt + 1 < RELEASE_ATTEMPTS =>
+                {
+                    tokio::time::sleep(RELEASE_BACKOFF).await;
+                }
+                Err(error) if error.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code) == Some("SlowDown") => {
+                    return Err("disconnected compressed Select retained its query permit".into());
+                }
+                Err(error) => return Err(format!("unexpected Select error after disconnect: {error}").into()),
+            }
+        }
+        Err("query permit release retry loop ended unexpectedly".into())
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync> { "compressed Select did not release its query permit".into() })??;
+    drop(second);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging};
 use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{
-    CsvInput, CsvOutput, ExpressionType, FileHeaderInfo, InputSerialization, JsonInput, JsonOutput, JsonType, OutputSerialization,
+    CsvInput, CsvOutput, ExpressionType, FileHeaderInfo, InputSerialization, JsonInput, JsonOutput, JsonType,
+    OutputSerialization, RequestProgress,
 };
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 const BUCKET: &str = "test-sql-bucket";
 const CSV_OBJECT: &str = "test-data.csv";
 const JSON_OBJECT: &str = "test-data.json";
+const JSON_DOCUMENT_OBJECT: &str = "nested-data.json";
+const JSON_ROOT_ARRAY_OBJECT: &str = "root-array.json";
+const JSON_ROOT_SCALAR_ARRAY_OBJECT: &str = "root-scalars.json";
 const SELECT_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);

 type TestResult<T> = Result<T, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>;
@@ -73,6 +77,69 @@ async fn upload_test_json(client: &Client) -> TestResult<()> {
    Ok(())
 }

+async fn upload_nested_json_document(client: &Client) -> TestResult<()> {
+    let json_data = r#"{"departments":[{"employees":[{"name":"Alice","active":true},{"name":"Bob","active":false}]},{"employees":[{"name":"Charlie","active":true}]}]}"#;
+
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(JSON_DOCUMENT_OBJECT)
+        .body(Bytes::from_static(json_data.as_bytes()).into())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(JSON_ROOT_ARRAY_OBJECT)
+        .body(Bytes::from_static(br#"[{"name":"Alice"},{"name":"Bob"}]"#).into())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(JSON_ROOT_SCALAR_ARRAY_OBJECT)
+        .body(Bytes::from_static(b"[1,2]").into())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn select_json_document(client: &Client, key: &str, expression: &str) -> TestResult<String> {
+    let response = client
+        .select_object_content()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(key)
+        .expression(expression)
+        .expression_type(ExpressionType::Sql)
+        .input_serialization(
+            InputSerialization::builder()
+                .json(JsonInput::builder().set_type(Some(JsonType::Document)).build())
+                .build(),
+        )
+        .output_serialization(OutputSerialization::builder().json(JsonOutput::builder().build()).build())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    process_select_response(response).await
+}
+
+fn csv_select_request(
+    client: &Client,
+    key: &str,
+) -> aws_sdk_s3::operation::select_object_content::builders::SelectObjectContentFluentBuilder {
+    client
+        .select_object_content()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(key)
+        .expression("SELECT * FROM S3Object")
+        .expression_type(ExpressionType::Sql)
+        .input_serialization(
+            InputSerialization::builder()
+                .csv(CsvInput::builder().file_header_info(FileHeaderInfo::Use).build())
+                .build(),
+        )
+        .output_serialization(OutputSerialization::builder().csv(CsvOutput::builder().build()).build())
+}
+
 async fn process_select_response(
    mut event_stream: aws_sdk_s3::operation::select_object_content::SelectObjectContentOutput,
 ) -> TestResult<String> {
@@ -104,6 +171,209 @@ async fn process_select_response(
    .map_err(|_| -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync> { "Select response timed out".into() })?
 }

+async fn assert_input_byte_stats(
+    client: &Client,
+    object: &str,
+    body: &[u8],
+    expression: &str,
+    input_serialization: InputSerialization,
+    output_serialization: OutputSerialization,
+    progress_enabled: bool,
+) -> TestResult<()> {
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(object)
+        .body(Bytes::copy_from_slice(body).into())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    let mut request = client
+        .select_object_content()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(object)
+        .expression(expression)
+        .expression_type(ExpressionType::Sql)
+        .input_serialization(input_serialization)
+        .output_serialization(output_serialization);
+    if progress_enabled {
+        request = request.request_progress(RequestProgress::builder().enabled(true).build());
+    }
+    let response = request.send().await?;
+
+    let mut payload = response.payload;
+    let mut records_len = 0_u64;
+    let mut last_progress: Option<aws_sdk_s3::types::Progress> = None;
+    let mut stats = None;
+    let mut saw_end = false;
+    tokio::time::timeout(SELECT_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, async {
+        // The AWS SDK validates both event-stream CRCs before yielding an event.
+        while let Some(event) = payload.recv().await? {
+            assert!(!saw_end, "Select emitted an event after End");
+            match event {
+                aws_sdk_s3::types::SelectObjectContentEventStream::Records(records) => {
+                    assert!(stats.is_none(), "Select emitted Records after Stats");
+                    if let Some(bytes) = records.payload {
+                        records_len = records_len.saturating_add(u64::try_from(bytes.as_ref().len())?);
+                    }
+                }
+                aws_sdk_s3::types::SelectObjectContentEventStream::Progress(event) => {
+                    assert!(stats.is_none(), "Select emitted Progress after Stats");
+                    let details = event.details.ok_or("Progress event did not contain details")?;
+                    if let Some(previous) = last_progress.as_ref() {
+                        assert!(details.bytes_scanned() >= previous.bytes_scanned());
+                        assert!(details.bytes_processed() >= previous.bytes_processed());
+                        assert!(details.bytes_returned() >= previous.bytes_returned());
+                    }
+                    last_progress = Some(details);
+                }
+                aws_sdk_s3::types::SelectObjectContentEventStream::Stats(event) => {
+                    assert!(stats.is_none(), "Select emitted more than one Stats event");
+                    stats = event.details;
+                }
+                aws_sdk_s3::types::SelectObjectContentEventStream::End(_) => {
+                    assert!(stats.is_some(), "Select emitted End before Stats");
+                    saw_end = true;
+                }
+                _ => assert!(stats.is_none(), "Select emitted a non-terminal event after Stats"),
+            }
+        }
+        Ok::<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>(())
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync> { "Select response timed out".into() })??;
+
+    let stats = stats.ok_or("Select response ended without a Stats event")?;
+    let input_len = i64::try_from(body.len())?;
+    assert_eq!(stats.bytes_scanned(), Some(input_len));
+    assert_eq!(stats.bytes_processed(), Some(input_len));
+    assert_eq!(stats.bytes_returned(), Some(i64::try_from(records_len)?));
+    if progress_enabled {
+        if let Some(progress) = last_progress {
+            assert!(stats.bytes_scanned() >= progress.bytes_scanned());
+            assert!(stats.bytes_processed() >= progress.bytes_processed());
+            assert!(stats.bytes_returned() >= progress.bytes_returned());
+        }
+    } else {
+        assert!(last_progress.is_none(), "disabled request progress emitted a Progress event");
+    }
+    assert!(saw_end, "Select response ended without an End event");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_select_object_content_http_event_order_crc_and_input_byte_stats() -> TestResult<()> {
+    const CSV_BODY: &[u8] = b"name,age\nAlice,30\nBob,25\n";
+    const JSON_LINES_BODY: &[u8] = b"{\"name\":\"Alice\"}\n{\"name\":\"Bob\"}\n";
+    const JSON_DOCUMENT_BODY: &[u8] = b"[{\"name\":\"Alice\"},{\"name\":\"Bob\"}]";
+
+    let (_env, client) = create_test_environment().await?;
+    setup_test_bucket(&client).await?;
+    assert_input_byte_stats(
+        &client,
+        "input-metrics.csv",
+        CSV_BODY,
+        "SELECT name FROM S3Object",
+        InputSerialization::builder()
+            .csv(CsvInput::builder().file_header_info(FileHeaderInfo::Use).build())
+            .build(),
+        OutputSerialization::builder().csv(CsvOutput::builder().build()).build(),
+        true,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_input_byte_stats(
+        &client,
+        "input-metrics.jsonl",
+        JSON_LINES_BODY,
+        "SELECT name FROM S3Object",
+        InputSerialization::builder()
+            .json(JsonInput::builder().set_type(Some(JsonType::Lines)).build())
+            .build(),
+        OutputSerialization::builder().json(JsonOutput::builder().build()).build(),
+        true,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_input_byte_stats(
+        &client,
+        "input-metrics.json",
+        JSON_DOCUMENT_BODY,
+        "SELECT name FROM S3Object",
+        InputSerialization::builder()
+            .json(JsonInput::builder().set_type(Some(JsonType::Document)).build())
+            .build(),
+        OutputSerialization::builder().json(JsonOutput::builder().build()).build(),
+        true,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert_input_byte_stats(
+        &client,
+        "input-metrics-without-progress.csv",
+        CSV_BODY,
+        "SELECT name FROM S3Object",
+        InputSerialization::builder()
+            .csv(CsvInput::builder().file_header_info(FileHeaderInfo::Use).build())
+            .build(),
+        OutputSerialization::builder().csv(CsvOutput::builder().build()).build(),
+        false,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_select_object_content_http_disconnect_releases_query() -> TestResult<()> {
+    const OBJECT: &str = "disconnect.csv";
+    const ROWS: usize = 16 * 1024;
+    const RELEASE_BACKOFF: Duration = Duration::from_millis(25);
+
+    init_logging();
+    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_S3SELECT_MAX_CONCURRENT_QUERIES", "1")])
+        .await?;
+    let client = env.create_s3_client();
+    setup_test_bucket(&client).await?;
+
+    let row = format!("{}\n", "x".repeat(1023));
+    let mut body = Vec::with_capacity("value\n".len() + ROWS * row.len());
+    body.extend_from_slice(b"value\n");
+    for _ in 0..ROWS {
+        body.extend_from_slice(row.as_bytes());
+    }
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(BUCKET)
+        .key(OBJECT)
+        .body(Bytes::from(body).into())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    // Leaving this response body unread fills the bounded HTTP/event channels before the query can finish.
+    let first = csv_select_request(&client, OBJECT).send().await?;
+    let saturated = csv_select_request(&client, OBJECT)
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("the first HTTP stream should retain the only query permit");
+    assert_eq!(saturated.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code), Some("SlowDown"));
+
+    drop(first);
+    let second = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), async {
+        loop {
+            match csv_select_request(&client, OBJECT).send().await {
+                Ok(response) => return Ok::<_, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>(response),
+                Err(error) if error.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code) == Some("SlowDown") => {
+                    tokio::time::sleep(RELEASE_BACKOFF).await;
+                }
+                Err(error) => return Err(format!("unexpected Select error after disconnect: {error}").into()),
+            }
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| -> Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync> { "disconnected Select did not release its query permit".into() })??;
+    drop(second);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
 async fn test_select_object_content_csv_basic() -> TestResult<()> {
    let (_env, client) = create_test_environment().await?;
@@ -228,6 +498,107 @@ async fn test_select_object_content_json_basic() -> TestResult<()> {
    Ok(())
 }

+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_select_object_content_nested_json_source_path() -> TestResult<()> {
+    let (_env, client) = create_test_environment().await?;
+    setup_test_bucket(&client).await?;
+    upload_nested_json_document(&client).await?;
+
+    let result = select_json_document(
+        &client,
+        JSON_DOCUMENT_OBJECT,
+        "SELECT e.name FROM S3Object[*].departments[*].employees[*] AS e WHERE e.active = true",
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let names: Vec<String> = result
+        .lines()
+        .filter(|line| !line.trim().is_empty())
+        .map(|line| -> TestResult<String> {
+            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(line)?;
+            Ok(value["name"].as_str().ok_or("missing name field")?.to_string())
+        })
+        .collect::<TestResult<_>>()?;
+
+    assert_eq!(names, vec!["Alice", "Charlie"]);
+
+    let terminal_scalars = select_json_document(
+        &client,
+        JSON_DOCUMENT_OBJECT,
+        "SELECT NAME FROM S3Object[*].DEPARTMENTS[*].employees[*].NAME",
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let scalar_names: Vec<String> = terminal_scalars
+        .lines()
+        .map(|line| -> TestResult<String> {
+            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(line)?;
+            Ok(value["name"].as_str().ok_or("missing scalar name field")?.to_string())
+        })
+        .collect::<TestResult<_>>()?;
+    assert_eq!(scalar_names, vec!["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"]);
+
+    let aliased_scalars = select_json_document(
+        &client,
+        JSON_DOCUMENT_OBJECT,
+        "SELECT v FROM S3Object[*].departments[*].employees[*].name AS v",
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let aliased_names: Vec<String> = aliased_scalars
+        .lines()
+        .map(|line| -> TestResult<String> {
+            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(line)?;
+            Ok(value["v"].as_str().ok_or("missing aliased scalar field")?.to_string())
+        })
+        .collect::<TestResult<_>>()?;
+    assert_eq!(aliased_names, vec!["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie"]);
+
+    let root_array = select_json_document(&client, JSON_ROOT_ARRAY_OBJECT, "SELECT c.name FROM S3Object[*][*] AS c").await?;
+    let root_names: Vec<String> = root_array
+        .lines()
+        .map(|line| -> TestResult<String> {
+            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(line)?;
+            Ok(value["name"].as_str().ok_or("missing root-array name field")?.to_string())
+        })
+        .collect::<TestResult<_>>()?;
+    assert_eq!(root_names, vec!["Alice", "Bob"]);
+
+    let root_index = select_json_document(&client, JSON_ROOT_ARRAY_OBJECT, "SELECT c.name FROM S3Object[*][0] AS c").await?;
+    let root_index_value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(root_index.trim())?;
+    assert_eq!(root_index_value["name"], "Alice");
+
+    let root_scalars = select_json_document(&client, JSON_ROOT_SCALAR_ARRAY_OBJECT, "SELECT V FROM S3Object AS V").await?;
+    let scalar_values: Vec<i64> = root_scalars
+        .lines()
+        .map(|line| -> TestResult<i64> {
+            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(line)?;
+            Ok(value["v"].as_i64().ok_or("missing root scalar value")?)
+        })
+        .collect::<TestResult<_>>()?;
+    assert_eq!(scalar_values, vec![1, 2]);
+
+    let implicit_root_scalars =
+        select_json_document(&client, JSON_ROOT_SCALAR_ARRAY_OBJECT, "SELECT S3Object FROM S3Object").await?;
+    let implicit_scalar_values: Vec<i64> = implicit_root_scalars
+        .lines()
+        .map(|line| -> TestResult<i64> {
+            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(line)?;
+            Ok(value["s3object"].as_i64().ok_or("missing implicit root scalar value")?)
+        })
+        .collect::<TestResult<_>>()?;
+    assert_eq!(implicit_scalar_values, vec![1, 2]);
+
+    let quoted_root_scalars =
+        select_json_document(&client, JSON_ROOT_SCALAR_ARRAY_OBJECT, "SELECT \"S3Object\" FROM \"S3Object\"").await?;
+    let quoted_scalar_values: Vec<i64> = quoted_root_scalars
+        .lines()
+        .map(|line| -> TestResult<i64> {
+            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(line)?;
+            Ok(value["S3Object"].as_i64().ok_or("missing quoted root scalar value")?)
+        })
+        .collect::<TestResult<_>>()?;
+    assert_eq!(quoted_scalar_values, vec![1, 2]);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
 async fn test_select_object_content_csv_limit() -> TestResult<()> {
    let (_env, client) = create_test_environment().await?;
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 //!
 //! There are no containers, no external S3 backend and no `awscurl`: the
 //! `AddTier` admin call is signed in-process with `rustfs_signer`, exactly like
-//! the other admin-API e2e suites in this crate. The RustFS warm backend has no
-//! loopback/SSRF restriction (that guard is replication-only), so `hot` can tier
-//! to `cold` over `http://127.0.0.1:<port>`.
+//! the other admin-API e2e suites in this crate. The source server uses the
+//! explicit test-only loopback opt-in to tier to `cold` over
+//! `http://127.0.0.1:<port>` while production keeps the SSRF guard enabled.
 //!
-//! A single test drives the full transition main path and pins the chain
-//! required by ilm-7:
+//! The hermetic tests drive the transition and restore paths and pin the
+//! chains required by ilm-7 and the restore follow-up:
 //!   1. `AddTier(RustFS)` on `hot` targeting `cold` — the real connectivity /
 //!      in-use probe runs (no `force`), so this also proves the tier is reachable.
 //!   2. A `Transition Days=0` rule installed before a multipart PUT transitions
@@ -42,20 +42,20 @@
 //!   6. The remote object is present in the cold-tier bucket after transition.
 //!   7. `DeleteObject` on `hot` drives free-version cleanup: the cold-tier copy
 //!      eventually disappears and the hot object is gone (no local residue).
+//!   8. `RestoreObject` copy-back failures clear the in-progress marker, a
+//!      retry serves the object locally until expiry, and expiry leaves the
+//!      remote object available for a second restore.

-use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, local_http_client};
+use crate::common::RustFSTestEnvironment;
 use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{
    BucketLifecycleConfiguration, BucketVersioningStatus, CompletedMultipartUpload, CompletedPart, ExpirationStatus,
-    LifecycleRule, LifecycleRuleFilter, NoncurrentVersionTransition, Transition, TransitionStorageClass, VersioningConfiguration,
+    LifecycleRule, LifecycleRuleFilter, NoncurrentVersionTransition, RestoreRequest, Transition, TransitionStorageClass,
+    VersioningConfiguration,
 };
 use http::Method;
-use http::header::HOST;
-use rustfs_signer::constants::UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD;
-use rustfs_signer::sign_v4;
-use s3s::Body;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::time::{Duration as StdDuration, Instant};
 use time::{OffsetDateTime, format_description::well_known::Rfc3339};
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ const MANUAL_ACTIVE_CANCEL_OBJECTS: usize = 512;
 const MANUAL_RESTART_CANCEL_OBJECTS: usize = 512;
 const MANUAL_ACTIVE_CANCEL_RUNNING_TIMEOUT: StdDuration = StdDuration::from_secs(15);
 const MANUAL_TRANSITION_CANCEL_BARRIER_ENV: &str = "RUSTFS_E2E_MANUAL_TRANSITION_CANCEL_BARRIER";
+const ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV: (&str, &str) = ("RUSTFS_TIER_RUSTFS_ALLOW_LOOPBACK_ENDPOINT", "true");
 const MANUAL_ASYNC_CONFLICT_TERMINAL_TIMEOUT: StdDuration = StdDuration::from_secs(90);
 const MANUAL_RESTART_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT: StdDuration = StdDuration::from_secs(80);
 const OBJECT_KEY: &str = "tier/鲁A12345/report.bin";
@@ -112,6 +113,20 @@ const HDR_SOURCE_REPLICATION_REQUEST: &str = "x-rustfs-source-replication-reques
 const HDR_SOURCE_MTIME: &str = "x-rustfs-source-mtime";
 const TIER_MUTATION_RECOVERY_CHANGED: &str = "Remote tier mutation recovery changed before publish";

+async fn start_tier_source(hot: &mut RustFSTestEnvironment, extra_env: &[(&str, &str)]) -> TestResult {
+    let mut env = Vec::with_capacity(extra_env.len() + 1);
+    env.push(ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV);
+    env.extend_from_slice(extra_env);
+    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &env).await
+}
+
+async fn restart_tier_source(hot: &mut RustFSTestEnvironment, extra_env: &[(&str, &str)]) -> TestResult {
+    let mut env = Vec::with_capacity(extra_env.len() + 1);
+    env.push(ALLOW_LOOPBACK_TIER_ENDPOINT_ENV);
+    env.extend_from_slice(extra_env);
+    hot.restart_server_preserving_data(vec![], &env).await
+}
+
 /// 5 MiB — the S3 minimum size for a non-final multipart part; the object's only
 /// internal part boundary sits at this offset.
 const PART0_SIZE: usize = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -127,9 +142,8 @@ fn payload() -> Vec<u8> {

 /// Sign and send an admin request in-process (no `awscurl`).
 ///
-/// Mirrors the shared admin-API e2e pattern: the SigV4 signature is computed
-/// over `UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD`, so the JSON body rides on the wire without being
-/// pre-hashed. Returns the response status and body text.
+/// Thin wrapper over [`crate::common::admin_request`], kept local so the call
+/// sites below keep their `Option<&str>` body shape.
 async fn signed_admin_request(
    base_url: &str,
    method: Method,
@@ -138,30 +152,7 @@ async fn signed_admin_request(
    access_key: &str,
    secret_key: &str,
 ) -> Result<(reqwest::StatusCode, String), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let url = format!("{base_url}{path}");
-    let uri = url.parse::<http::Uri>()?;
-    let authority = uri.authority().ok_or("request URL missing authority")?.to_string();
-    let body_bytes = body.map(|b| b.as_bytes().to_vec()).unwrap_or_default();
-
-    let request = http::Request::builder()
-        .method(method.clone())
-        .uri(uri)
-        .header(HOST, authority)
-        .header("x-amz-content-sha256", UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD);
-    let signed = sign_v4(request.body(Body::empty())?, 0, access_key, secret_key, "", "us-east-1");
-
-    let client = local_http_client();
-    let mut request_builder = client.request(method, url.as_str());
-    for (name, value) in signed.headers() {
-        request_builder = request_builder.header(name, value);
-    }
-    if !body_bytes.is_empty() {
-        request_builder = request_builder.body(body_bytes);
-    }
-    let response = request_builder.send().await?;
-    let status = response.status();
-    let text = response.text().await?;
-    Ok((status, text))
+    crate::common::admin_request(base_url, method, path, body.map(str::to_string), access_key, secret_key).await
 }

 /// Wire `hot` -> `cold` as a `TierType::RustFS` remote tier via `AddTier`.
@@ -219,19 +210,27 @@ async fn add_rustfs_tier(hot: &RustFSTestEnvironment, cold: &RustFSTestEnvironme
    }
 }

-async fn remove_rustfs_tier_force(hot: &RustFSTestEnvironment) -> TestResult {
-    let path = format!("/rustfs/admin/v3/tier/{TIER_NAME}?force=true");
+fn clear_tiers_confirmation_token(now: OffsetDateTime) -> String {
+    let mut rand = "AGD1R25GI3I1GJGUGJFD7FBS4DFAASDF".to_string();
+    rand.insert_str(3, &now.day().to_string());
+    rand.insert_str(17, &now.month().to_string());
+    rand.insert_str(23, &now.year().to_string());
+    rand
+}
+
+async fn clear_rustfs_tiers_force(hot: &RustFSTestEnvironment) -> TestResult {
    let deadline = Instant::now() + StdDuration::from_secs(30);
    loop {
-        let (status, resp) =
-            signed_admin_request(&hot.url, Method::DELETE, &path, None, &hot.access_key, &hot.secret_key).await?;
+        let rand = clear_tiers_confirmation_token(OffsetDateTime::now_utc());
+        let path = format!("/rustfs/admin/v3/tier/clear?rand={rand}&force=true");
+        let (status, resp) = signed_admin_request(&hot.url, Method::POST, &path, None, &hot.access_key, &hot.secret_key).await?;
        if status.is_success() {
            return Ok(());
        }
        if (!resp.contains("TierNameBackendInUse") && !resp.contains(TIER_MUTATION_RECOVERY_CHANGED))
            || Instant::now() >= deadline
        {
-            return Err(format!("RemoveTier(RustFS) failed: status={status}, body={resp}").into());
+            return Err(format!("ClearTier(RustFS) failed: status={status}, body={resp}").into());
        }
        // Tier mutation cleanup and startup recovery are asynchronous.
        tokio::time::sleep(StdDuration::from_millis(100)).await;
@@ -739,6 +738,77 @@ async fn wait_for_transition(client: &Client, bucket: &str, key: &str, deadline:
    }
 }

+/// Poll `HEAD` until the asynchronous copy-back reports a completed restore.
+async fn wait_for_restore_complete(client: &Client, bucket: &str, key: &str, deadline: StdDuration) -> TestResult {
+    let start = Instant::now();
+    loop {
+        let head = client.head_object().bucket(bucket).key(key).send().await?;
+        if head
+            .restore()
+            .is_some_and(|restore| restore.contains("ongoing-request=\"false\""))
+        {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if start.elapsed() >= deadline {
+            return Err(format!(
+                "restore for {bucket}/{key} did not complete within {}s; restore={:?}",
+                deadline.as_secs(),
+                head.restore()
+            )
+            .into());
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(StdDuration::from_millis(250)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Poll `HEAD` until the lifecycle restore-expiry action removes restore metadata.
+async fn wait_for_restore_clear(client: &Client, bucket: &str, key: &str, deadline: StdDuration) -> TestResult {
+    let start = Instant::now();
+    loop {
+        let head = client.head_object().bucket(bucket).key(key).send().await?;
+        if head.restore().is_none() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if start.elapsed() >= deadline {
+            return Err(format!(
+                "restore metadata for {bucket}/{key} was not cleared within {}s; restore={:?}",
+                deadline.as_secs(),
+                head.restore()
+            )
+            .into());
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(StdDuration::from_millis(250)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Poll `HEAD` through the failed-copy transition, proving that the request
+/// first published an in-progress marker and that the failure then removed it.
+async fn wait_for_restore_failure(client: &Client, bucket: &str, key: &str, deadline: StdDuration) -> TestResult {
+    let start = Instant::now();
+    let mut saw_ongoing = false;
+    loop {
+        let head = client.head_object().bucket(bucket).key(key).send().await?;
+        if head
+            .restore()
+            .is_some_and(|restore| restore.contains("ongoing-request=\"true\""))
+        {
+            saw_ongoing = true;
+        } else if saw_ongoing && head.restore().is_none() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if start.elapsed() >= deadline {
+            return Err(format!(
+                "failed restore for {bucket}/{key} did not publish and clear its in-progress marker within {}s; \
+                 saw_ongoing={saw_ongoing}, restore={:?}",
+                deadline.as_secs(),
+                head.restore()
+            )
+            .into());
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(StdDuration::from_millis(100)).await;
+    }
+}
+
 /// Poll until the cold-tier bucket is empty (remote free-version cleanup done),
 /// or fail after `deadline`.
 async fn wait_for_cold_tier_empty(cold_client: &Client, deadline: StdDuration) -> TestResult {
@@ -813,8 +883,7 @@ async fn test_hermetic_transition_main_path() -> TestResult {
    // Hot/source server. A 1s scanner cycle is a backstop; transition is
    // primarily driven immediately by the multipart completion path.
    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "1")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "1")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();

    // Wire the RustFS remote tier (real connectivity probe, no force).
@@ -894,6 +963,142 @@ async fn test_hermetic_transition_main_path() -> TestResult {
    Ok(())
 }

+/// Restore a transitioned object through a real RustFS remote tier.
+///
+/// The test covers the externally visible copy-back contract that a mock tier
+/// cannot prove: a failed remote read clears `x-amz-restore`, a retry creates a
+/// local copy that remains readable while the cold tier is unavailable, expiry
+/// removes only that local copy, and the same remote object can be restored a
+/// second time. The accelerated lifecycle clock keeps the expiry assertion
+/// bounded while the scanner remains enabled.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn test_hermetic_transition_restore_failure_expiry_and_retry() -> TestResult {
+    let mut cold = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    cold.access_key = "restorecoldtieradmin".to_string();
+    cold.secret_key = "restorecoldtiersecret".to_string();
+    cold.start_rustfs_server_without_cleanup(vec![]).await?;
+    let cold_client = cold.create_s3_client();
+    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;
+
+    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "1"), ("RUSTFS_ILM_DEBUG_DAY_SECS", "5")]).await?;
+    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
+    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;
+
+    hot_client.create_bucket().bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET).send().await?;
+    hot_client
+        .put_bucket_lifecycle_configuration()
+        .bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET)
+        .lifecycle_configuration(BucketLifecycleConfiguration::builder().rules(transition_rule()?).build()?)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    let data = payload();
+    put_multipart_object(&hot_client, SOURCE_BUCKET, OBJECT_KEY, &data).await?;
+    wait_for_transition(&hot_client, SOURCE_BUCKET, OBJECT_KEY, StdDuration::from_secs(90)).await?;
+    let transitioned = hot_client.head_object().bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET).key(OBJECT_KEY).send().await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        transitioned.storage_class().map(|storage_class| storage_class.as_str()),
+        Some(TIER_NAME),
+        "restore fixture must be transitioned before the copy-back request"
+    );
+    assert!(transitioned.restore().is_none(), "transitioned object must not already be restored");
+    assert_eq!(
+        cold_tier_object_count(&cold_client).await?,
+        1,
+        "cold tier should contain one restore candidate"
+    );
+
+    // A failed remote read is accepted asynchronously, but it must not leave
+    // an object permanently advertising an in-progress restore.
+    cold.stop_server();
+    hot_client
+        .restore_object()
+        .bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET)
+        .key(OBJECT_KEY)
+        .restore_request(RestoreRequest::builder().days(1).build())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    wait_for_restore_failure(&hot_client, SOURCE_BUCKET, OBJECT_KEY, StdDuration::from_secs(30)).await?;
+
+    // Once the tier is available again, the same object can be restored.
+    cold.restart_server_preserving_data(vec![], &[]).await?;
+    hot_client
+        .restore_object()
+        .bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET)
+        .key(OBJECT_KEY)
+        .restore_request(RestoreRequest::builder().days(1).build())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    wait_for_restore_complete(&hot_client, SOURCE_BUCKET, OBJECT_KEY, StdDuration::from_secs(30)).await?;
+
+    let restored = hot_client.head_object().bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET).key(OBJECT_KEY).send().await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        restored.storage_class().map(|storage_class| storage_class.as_str()),
+        Some(TIER_NAME),
+        "restore must retain the transitioned storage class"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        restored
+            .restore()
+            .is_some_and(|restore| restore.contains("ongoing-request=\"false\"")),
+        "completed restore must advertise a finished temporary copy"
+    );
+
+    // A completed restore must be served locally even if the remote tier is
+    // temporarily unavailable.
+    cold.stop_server();
+    let local_get = hot_client.get_object().bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET).key(OBJECT_KEY).send().await?;
+    let local_body = local_get.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+    assert_eq!(local_body.as_ref(), data.as_slice(), "restored local copy must be byte-identical");
+
+    cold.restart_server_preserving_data(vec![], &[]).await?;
+
+    // The test clock makes the one-day restore expire in roughly five seconds.
+    wait_for_restore_clear(&hot_client, SOURCE_BUCKET, OBJECT_KEY, StdDuration::from_secs(30)).await?;
+    let expired = hot_client.head_object().bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET).key(OBJECT_KEY).send().await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        expired.storage_class().map(|storage_class| storage_class.as_str()),
+        Some(TIER_NAME),
+        "restore expiry must not clear the transitioned storage class"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        cold_tier_object_count(&cold_client).await?,
+        1,
+        "restore expiry must retain the remote object"
+    );
+
+    // After expiry the local copy is gone, so an unavailable tier must make the
+    // read fail; with the tier back, the original bytes remain readable.
+    cold.stop_server();
+    let expired_get = hot_client.get_object().bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET).key(OBJECT_KEY).send().await;
+    assert!(expired_get.is_err(), "expired restore must not leave a local copy behind");
+    cold.restart_server_preserving_data(vec![], &[]).await?;
+    let remote_get = hot_client.get_object().bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET).key(OBJECT_KEY).send().await?;
+    let remote_body = remote_get.body.collect().await?.into_bytes();
+    assert_eq!(remote_body.as_ref(), data.as_slice(), "post-expiry GET must read the remote copy");
+
+    // The remote candidate survives expiry and can be restored again.
+    hot_client
+        .restore_object()
+        .bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET)
+        .key(OBJECT_KEY)
+        .restore_request(RestoreRequest::builder().days(1).build())
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    wait_for_restore_complete(&hot_client, SOURCE_BUCKET, OBJECT_KEY, StdDuration::from_secs(30)).await?;
+
+    hot_client
+        .delete_object()
+        .bucket(SOURCE_BUCKET)
+        .key(OBJECT_KEY)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    wait_for_cold_tier_empty(&cold_client, StdDuration::from_secs(90)).await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
 async fn test_manual_transition_run_black_box_semantics() -> TestResult {
    let mut cold = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
@@ -904,8 +1109,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_run_black_box_semantics() -> TestResult {
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;
    let due_mtime = OffsetDateTime::now_utc() - time::Duration::hours(25);
@@ -1010,8 +1214,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_job_status_polling() -> TestResult {
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;

@@ -1109,8 +1312,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_limit_reports_terminal_partial() -> TestRe
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;

@@ -1271,8 +1473,8 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_scope_conflicts_report_active_job() -> Tes
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(
-        vec![],
+    start_tier_source(
+        &mut hot,
        &[
            ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"),
            ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600"),
@@ -1381,8 +1583,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_different_buckets_admit_concurrently() ->
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;

@@ -1502,8 +1703,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_tier_failure_reports_terminal_partial() ->
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;

@@ -1516,7 +1716,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_tier_failure_reports_terminal_partial() ->
        0,
    )
    .await?;
-    remove_rustfs_tier_force(&hot).await?;
+    clear_rustfs_tiers_force(&hot).await?;

    let due_mtime = OffsetDateTime::now_utc() - time::Duration::hours(25);
    put_backdated_single_part_object(
@@ -1595,8 +1795,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_worker_failure_reports_terminal_partial()
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;
    cold.stop_server();
@@ -1688,8 +1887,8 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_active_cancel_reports_terminal_cancelled()
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(
-        vec![],
+    start_tier_source(
+        &mut hot,
        &[
            ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"),
            ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600"),
@@ -1794,7 +1993,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_cancel_after_process_restart_recovers_term
        ("RUSTFS_TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY", "512"),
    ];
    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &restart_env).await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &restart_env).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;

@@ -1822,7 +2021,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_async_cancel_after_process_restart_recovers_term
        .ok_or("async response must include status_endpoint")?;
    assert_eq!(accepted.cancel_endpoint.as_deref(), Some(status_endpoint));

-    hot.restart_server_preserving_data(vec![], &restart_env).await?;
+    restart_tier_source(&mut hot, &restart_env).await?;

    let restarted = manual_transition_job_status(&hot, status_endpoint).await?;
    assert_eq!(restarted.job_id, job_id);
@@ -1946,8 +2145,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_run_contract_no_status_cancel_fields() -> TestRe
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;

@@ -1985,8 +2183,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_run_continuation_token_resumes_without_raw_marke
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    start_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;
    let hot_client = hot.create_s3_client();
    add_rustfs_tier(&hot, &cold).await?;

@@ -2026,8 +2223,7 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_run_continuation_token_resumes_without_raw_marke
        "continuation token must not expose the raw object prefix: {continuation}"
    );

-    hot.restart_server_preserving_data(vec![], &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")])
-        .await?;
+    restart_tier_source(&mut hot, &[("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"), ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600")]).await?;

    let second = manual_transition_run_with_max_and_continuation(
        &hot,
@@ -2060,8 +2256,8 @@ async fn test_manual_transition_run_queue_pressure_partial() -> TestResult {
    cold_client.create_bucket().bucket(TIER_BUCKET).send().await?;

    let mut hot = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
-    hot.start_rustfs_server_with_env(
-        vec![],
+    start_tier_source(
+        &mut hot,
        &[
            ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED", "false"),
            ("RUSTFS_SCANNER_CYCLE", "3600"),
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 // limitations under the License.

 use crate::common::{
-    RustFSTestEnvironment, admin_create_user, awscurl_post_sts_form_urlencoded, init_logging, local_http_client,
-    replication_fast_env, rustfs_binary_path, signed_request, signed_request_with_client, signed_request_with_session_token,
+    AdminTransport, RustFSTestEnvironment, admin_add_canned_policy_via, admin_attach_user_policy_via, admin_create_user,
+    awscurl_post_sts_form_urlencoded, init_logging, local_http_client, replication_fast_env, rustfs_binary_path, signed_request,
+    signed_request_with_client, signed_request_with_session_token,
 };
 use crate::fake_s3_target::{
    FAKE_ACCESS_KEY, FAKE_SECRET_KEY, FakeS3Target, FaultAction as FakeTargetFault, Operation as FakeTargetOperation,
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ use crate::kms::common::{
    sse_customer_key_md5_base64,
 };
 use crate::storage_api::replication_extension::BucketTargetSys;
-use aws_sdk_s3::config::{Credentials, Region};
+use aws_sdk_s3::Client;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
 use aws_sdk_s3::operation::list_object_versions::ListObjectVersionsOutput;
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
@@ -33,8 +34,7 @@ use aws_sdk_s3::types::{
    BucketVersioningStatus, CompletedMultipartUpload, CompletedPart, DeleteMarkerEntry, ObjectVersion, ServerSideEncryption,
    VersioningConfiguration,
 };
-use aws_sdk_s3::{Client, Config};
-use base64::{Engine, engine::general_purpose::STANDARD as BASE64_STANDARD};
+use base64_simd::STANDARD as BASE64_STANDARD;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
@@ -895,15 +895,7 @@ async fn wait_for_replicated_object_over_https(
 }

 fn create_user_s3_client(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, access_key: &str, secret_key: &str) -> Client {
-    let credentials = Credentials::new(access_key, secret_key, None, None, "e2e-site-replication");
-    let config = Config::builder()
-        .credentials_provider(credentials)
-        .region(Region::new("us-east-1"))
-        .endpoint_url(&env.url)
-        .force_path_style(true)
-        .behavior_version_latest()
-        .build();
-    Client::from_conf(config)
+    env.create_s3_client_with_credentials(access_key, secret_key)
 }

 async fn admin_add_canned_policy(
@@ -911,24 +903,15 @@ async fn admin_add_canned_policy(
    policy_name: &str,
    policy: &serde_json::Value,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/add-canned-policy?name={}", env.url, policy_name);
-    let response = signed_request(
-        http::Method::PUT,
-        &url,
+    admin_add_canned_policy_via(
+        AdminTransport::Signed,
+        &env.url,
        &env.access_key,
        &env.secret_key,
-        Some(policy.to_string().into_bytes()),
-        Some("application/json"),
+        policy_name,
+        &policy.to_string(),
    )
-    .await?;
-
-    if response.status() != StatusCode::OK {
-        let status = response.status();
-        let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
-        return Err(format!("add canned policy failed: {status} {body}").into());
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
+    .await
 }

 async fn admin_attach_policy_to_user(
@@ -936,19 +919,7 @@ async fn admin_attach_policy_to_user(
    policy_name: &str,
    username: &str,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    let url = format!(
-        "{}/rustfs/admin/v3/set-user-or-group-policy?policyName={}&userOrGroup={}&isGroup=false",
-        env.url, policy_name, username
-    );
-    let response = signed_request(http::Method::PUT, &url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, Some(Vec::new()), None).await?;
-
-    if response.status() != StatusCode::OK {
-        let status = response.status();
-        let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
-        return Err(format!("attach policy to user failed: {status} {body}").into());
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
+    admin_attach_user_policy_via(AdminTransport::Signed, &env.url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, policy_name, username).await
 }

 async fn admin_update_group_members(
@@ -1244,7 +1215,7 @@ async fn wait_for_source_replication_pending_or_failed(
 }

 async fn wait_for_source_replication_status(client: &Client, bucket: &str, key: &str, expected: &str, ssec: bool) -> TestResult {
-    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
+    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let wait = async {
        loop {
@@ -1339,7 +1310,7 @@ async fn assert_failed_replication_stays_absent_for(
    ssec: bool,
    duration: Duration,
 ) -> TestResult {
-    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
+    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let wait = async {
        let deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + duration;
@@ -1941,6 +1912,21 @@ async fn site_replication_info(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment) -> Result<SiteReplic
    Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&response.bytes().await?)?)
 }

+async fn site_replication_rotate_svc_acct(
+    env: &RustFSTestEnvironment,
+) -> Result<ReplicateEditStatus, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    let url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/site-replication/rotate-svc-acct", env.url);
+    let response = signed_request(http::Method::POST, &url, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key, None, None).await?;
+
+    if response.status() != StatusCode::OK {
+        let status = response.status();
+        let body = response.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
+        return Err(format!("site replication rotate-svc-acct failed: {status} {body}").into());
+    }
+
+    Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&response.bytes().await?)?)
+}
+
 async fn site_replication_resync_op(
    env: &RustFSTestEnvironment,
    operation: &str,
@@ -4332,7 +4318,7 @@ async fn test_bucket_replication_sse_c_contract() -> TestResult {
    let target_client = target_env.create_s3_client();
    let key = "ssec-contract.txt";
    let body = b"repl-17 SSE-C payload";
-    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
+    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);

    source_client
@@ -4387,7 +4373,7 @@ async fn test_bucket_replication_sse_c_contract() -> TestResult {
    );

    // A wrong customer key must fail too.
-    let wrong_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode("99999999999999999999999999999999");
+    let wrong_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string("99999999999999999999999999999999");
    let wrong_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64("99999999999999999999999999999999");
    let wrong_read = target_client
        .get_object()
@@ -4423,7 +4409,7 @@ async fn test_bucket_replication_sse_c_multipart_passthrough() -> TestResult {
    let source_client = source_env.create_s3_client();
    let target_client = target_env.create_s3_client();
    let key = "ssec-mp-contract.bin";
-    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
+    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);

    let created = source_client
@@ -4568,7 +4554,7 @@ async fn test_ssec_replication_fails_closed_when_target_drops_passthrough_header
    .await?;
    put_bucket_replication(&source_env, source_bucket, &target_arn).await?;

-    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
+    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let put_ssec = |key: &'static str| {
        source_client
@@ -4741,7 +4727,7 @@ async fn test_bucket_replication_sse_c_heals_after_target_outage() -> TestResult
    let source_client = source_env.create_s3_client();
    let key = "ssec-heal-contract.txt";
    let body = b"repl-22 ssec heal payload".to_vec();
-    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
+    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);

    // Target outage: the SSE-C write cannot replicate.
@@ -4856,7 +4842,7 @@ async fn test_bucket_replication_sse_c_existing_object_resync() -> TestResult {
    // The SSE-C object exists before any replication wiring.
    let key = "ssec-existing-contract.txt";
    let body = b"repl-22 ssec existing-object payload".to_vec();
-    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
+    let customer_key = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    let customer_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(REPL17_SSEC_KEY);
    source_client
        .put_object()
@@ -6339,6 +6325,112 @@ async fn test_site_replication_remove_all_real_dual_node() -> Result<(), Box<dyn
    Ok(())
 }

+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_site_replication_rotate_svc_acct_completes_and_replication_survives_real_dual_node()
+-> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    init_logging();
+
+    let mut source_env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    source_env
+        .start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], LOOPBACK_REPLICATION_TARGET_ENV)
+        .await?;
+
+    let mut target_env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    target_env
+        .start_rustfs_server_without_cleanup_with_env(LOOPBACK_REPLICATION_TARGET_ENV)
+        .await?;
+
+    let source_client = source_env.create_s3_client();
+    let target_client = target_env.create_s3_client();
+    let bucket = "site-repl-rotate-svc-acct";
+
+    let add_status = site_replication_add(
+        &source_env,
+        &[
+            PeerSite {
+                name: "source-site".to_string(),
+                endpoint: source_env.url.clone(),
+                access_key: source_env.access_key.clone(),
+                secret_key: source_env.secret_key.clone(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            PeerSite {
+                name: "target-site".to_string(),
+                endpoint: target_env.url.clone(),
+                access_key: target_env.access_key.clone(),
+                secret_key: target_env.secret_key.clone(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+    .await?;
+    assert!(add_status.success, "unexpected site add result: {add_status:?}");
+
+    let _source_info = wait_for_site_replication_enabled(&source_env, 2).await?;
+    let _target_info = wait_for_site_replication_enabled(&target_env, 2).await?;
+
+    source_client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+    enable_bucket_versioning(&source_env, bucket).await?;
+    wait_for_bucket_on_target(&target_client, bucket).await?;
+    let baseline_payload = b"before rotation".to_vec();
+    source_client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .key("before-rotate.txt")
+        .body(ByteStream::from(baseline_payload.clone()))
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let replicated_baseline = wait_for_object_on_target(&target_client, bucket, "before-rotate.txt").await?;
+    assert_eq!(replicated_baseline, baseline_payload);
+
+    // A single rotation call must finish the whole hand-over. Before the fix
+    // the join push could only sign with the freshly installed secret, every
+    // peer rejected it, the rotation stayed pending forever, and both
+    // replication directions were dead until an operator retried.
+    let rotate_status = site_replication_rotate_svc_acct(&source_env).await?;
+    assert!(rotate_status.success, "rotation did not complete in one call: {rotate_status:?}");
+
+    for env in [&source_env, &target_env] {
+        let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(30);
+        loop {
+            let info = site_replication_info(env).await?;
+            if info.enabled && info.pending_operation.is_none() {
+                break;
+            }
+            if std::time::Instant::now() > deadline {
+                return Err(format!("rotation left {} with a pending operation: {:?}", env.url, info.pending_operation).into());
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Replication must actually flow again in both directions with the
+    // rotated service-account secret.
+    let forward_payload = b"after rotation from source".to_vec();
+    source_client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .key("after-rotate-forward.txt")
+        .body(ByteStream::from(forward_payload.clone()))
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let replicated_forward = wait_for_object_on_target(&target_client, bucket, "after-rotate-forward.txt").await?;
+    assert_eq!(replicated_forward, forward_payload);
+
+    let reverse_payload = b"after rotation from target".to_vec();
+    target_client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(bucket)
+        .key("after-rotate-reverse.txt")
+        .body(ByteStream::from(reverse_payload.clone()))
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+    let replicated_reverse = wait_for_object_on_target(&source_client, bucket, "after-rotate-reverse.txt").await?;
+    assert_eq!(replicated_reverse, reverse_payload);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_site_replication_state_edit_fresh_and_stale_real_dual_node() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
    init_logging();
@@ -9152,7 +9244,7 @@ async fn test_get_and_head_proxy_unreplicated_object_to_replication_target() ->
    // the real SSE-C decryption; the plaintext fake simply ignores them).
    target.take_requests();
    let ssec_key = "01234567890123456789012345678901";
-    let ssec_key_b64 = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(ssec_key);
+    let ssec_key_b64 = BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(ssec_key);
    let ssec_key_md5 = sse_customer_key_md5_base64(ssec_key);
    let _ = source_client
        .get_object()
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 //! - SSRF prevention (internal/private endpoints rejected for tiering)
 //! - Race condition handling (concurrent writes converge without corruption)

-use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, awscurl_put, init_logging, require_awscurl};
+use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging, signed_s3_request};
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{CompletedMultipartUpload, CompletedPart, Tag, Tagging};
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;

 /// Oversized tagging payloads must be rejected by the per-object tag limit.
 ///
@@ -74,8 +76,12 @@ async fn test_large_xml_body_rejection() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sy
    let _ = client.delete_object().bucket(&bucket_name).key(object_key).send().await;
    let _ = client.delete_bucket().bucket(&bucket_name).send().await;

-    assert!(result.is_err(), "Server must reject an oversized tagging payload, but it was accepted");
-    let err = result.expect_err("checked is_err above");
+    let err = result.expect_err("Server must reject an oversized tagging payload");
+    assert_eq!(
+        err.raw_response().map(|response| response.status().as_u16()),
+        Some(400),
+        "Oversized tagging should return HTTP 400, got: {err:?}"
+    );
    let code = err.as_service_error().and_then(|e| e.code());
    assert_eq!(
        code,
@@ -146,6 +152,11 @@ async fn test_excessive_multipart_parts() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + S
    let _ = client.delete_bucket().bucket(&bucket_name).send().await;

    let error = result.expect_err("server should reject a completion part number above 10000");
+    assert_eq!(
+        error.raw_response().map(|response| response.status().as_u16()),
+        Some(400),
+        "part-limit rejection must return HTTP 400, got: {error:?}"
+    );
    let service_error = error
        .as_service_error()
        .expect("part-limit rejection must be an S3 service error");
@@ -219,15 +230,14 @@ async fn test_concurrent_object_operations() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send
    // After deletion, the object must be absent.
    client.delete_object().bucket(&bucket_name).key(key).send().await?;
    let get_after_delete = client.get_object().bucket(&bucket_name).key(key).send().await;
-    assert!(get_after_delete.is_err(), "Object must be absent after delete");
-    let code = get_after_delete
-        .err()
-        .and_then(|e| e.as_service_error().and_then(|se| se.code()).map(str::to_string));
+    let error = get_after_delete.expect_err("Object must be absent after delete");
    assert_eq!(
-        code.as_deref(),
-        Some("NoSuchKey"),
-        "GET after delete should return NoSuchKey, got {code:?}"
+        error.raw_response().map(|response| response.status().as_u16()),
+        Some(404),
+        "GET after delete should return HTTP 404, got: {error:?}"
    );
+    let code = error.as_service_error().and_then(|service_error| service_error.code());
+    assert_eq!(code, Some("NoSuchKey"), "GET after delete should return NoSuchKey, got: {error:?}");

    let _ = client.delete_bucket().bucket(&bucket_name).send().await;

@@ -235,35 +245,31 @@ async fn test_concurrent_object_operations() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send
    Ok(())
 }

-/// Internal/private endpoints must be rejected as remote tier backends (SSRF).
+/// Internal/private endpoints must be rejected as remote tier backends (SSRF)
+/// before RustFS opens a connection to them.
 ///
 /// This issues a real admin AddTier call (`PUT /rustfs/admin/v3/tier`) for each
-/// internal/private endpoint and asserts the server rejects it (non-2xx, so the
-/// signed request helper returns an error). An internal endpoint must never be
-/// accepted as a tier backend. The rejection may originate from explicit
-/// SSRF/internal-address filtering or from the backend connectivity/credential
-/// validation performed during AddTier; either way the security-relevant
-/// outcome — the internal endpoint is not accepted — is asserted here.
-///
-/// The admin API is exercised via signed `awscurl` requests, matching the
-/// pattern used by the other admin-API E2E tests in this crate. The full E2E
-/// lane installs and verifies the pinned `awscurl` prerequisite.
+/// internal/private endpoint and requires the exact validation response. A
+/// loopback listener additionally proves the literal loopback case is rejected
+/// without an outbound connection; a generic connectivity failure is not
+/// sufficient evidence of SSRF protection.
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_tiering_url_validation() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
    init_logging();
-    require_awscurl()?;
    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
    env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;

    let tier_url = format!("{}/rustfs/admin/v3/tier", env.url);
+    let sentinel = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await?;
+    let sentinel_endpoint = format!("http://{}", sentinel.local_addr()?);
    let internal_endpoints = [
-        "http://127.0.0.1:8080",
-        "http://localhost:8080",
-        "http://169.254.169.254", // cloud instance metadata endpoint
-        "http://[::1]:8080",
+        (sentinel_endpoint.as_str(), true),
+        ("http://localhost:8080", false),
+        ("http://169.254.169.254", false), // cloud instance metadata endpoint
+        ("http://[::1]:8080", false),
    ];

-    for endpoint in internal_endpoints {
+    for (endpoint, checks_connection_attempt) in internal_endpoints {
        // AddTier expects an uppercase tier name and a backend configuration.
        let body = serde_json::json!({
            "type": "s3",
@@ -280,11 +286,30 @@ async fn test_tiering_url_validation() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync
        })
        .to_string();

-        let result = awscurl_put(&tier_url, &body, &env.access_key, &env.secret_key).await;
+        let response = signed_s3_request(
+            http::Method::PUT,
+            &tier_url,
+            Some(body),
+            Some("application/json"),
+            &env.access_key,
+            &env.secret_key,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        let status = response.status();
+        let response_body = response.text().await?;
+        assert_eq!(status, 400, "AddTier must reject internal endpoint {endpoint} with HTTP 400");
        assert!(
-            result.is_err(),
-            "AddTier must reject internal endpoint {endpoint}, but it was accepted: {result:?}"
+            response_body.contains("<Code>InvalidArgument</Code>") && response_body.contains("tier endpoint is not allowed"),
+            "AddTier must reject internal endpoint {endpoint} during URL validation, got: {response_body}"
        );
+
+        if checks_connection_attempt {
+            match tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), sentinel.accept()).await {
+                Err(_) => {}
+                Ok(Ok((_, peer))) => panic!("SSRF guard connected to loopback endpoint {endpoint} from {peer}"),
+                Ok(Err(error)) => return Err(error.into()),
+            }
+        }
    }

    env.stop_server();
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// 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.
+
+//! Raw HTTP regression coverage for the Select request root alias (backlog#1626).
+
+use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, signed_s3_request};
+use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
+use http::Method;
+use std::error::Error;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+type TestResult<T = ()> = Result<T, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>;
+
+const CSV_BODY: &[u8] = b"name\nGatewayJ-root-alias\nignored\n";
+const EXPECTED_RECORD: &[u8] = b"GatewayJ-root-alias";
+
+fn select_request(root: &str) -> String {
+    format!(
+        r#"<{root} xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">
+<Expression>SELECT s.name FROM S3Object s WHERE s.name = 'GatewayJ-root-alias'</Expression>
+<ExpressionType>SQL</ExpressionType>
+<InputSerialization><CSV><FileHeaderInfo>USE</FileHeaderInfo></CSV></InputSerialization>
+<OutputSerialization><CSV/></OutputSerialization>
+</{root}>"#
+    )
+}
+
+async fn raw_select(env: &RustFSTestEnvironment, bucket: &str, object: &str, root: &str) -> TestResult {
+    let response = signed_s3_request(
+        Method::POST,
+        &format!("{}/{bucket}/{object}?select&select-type=2", env.url),
+        Some(select_request(root)),
+        Some("application/xml"),
+        &env.access_key,
+        &env.secret_key,
+    )
+    .await?;
+    let status = response.status();
+    let body = response.bytes().await?.to_vec();
+    assert_eq!(
+        status,
+        reqwest::StatusCode::OK,
+        "{root} root was rejected: {}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&body)
+    );
+    assert!(
+        body.windows(EXPECTED_RECORD.len()).any(|window| window == EXPECTED_RECORD),
+        "{root} root did not return the projected record"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn select_request_root_alias_reaches_select_endpoint() -> TestResult {
+    let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+    env.start_rustfs_server(Vec::new()).await?;
+    let client = env.create_s3_client();
+    let bucket = format!("select-root-{}", Uuid::new_v4().simple());
+    let object = "input.csv";
+
+    client.create_bucket().bucket(&bucket).send().await?;
+    client
+        .put_object()
+        .bucket(&bucket)
+        .key(object)
+        .body(ByteStream::from_static(CSV_BODY))
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    raw_select(&env, &bucket, object, "SelectObjectContentRequest").await?;
+    raw_select(&env, &bucket, object, "SelectRequest").await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ mod tests {
    use crate::common::{RustFSTestEnvironment, init_logging};
    use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
    use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
+    use flate2::{Compression, write::GzEncoder};
    use std::error::Error;
-    use std::io::Cursor;
+    use std::io::{Cursor, Write};

    async fn build_test_archive() -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
        let mut builder = tokio_tar::Builder::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
@@ -69,12 +70,50 @@ mod tests {
        Ok(builder.into_inner().await?.into_inner())
    }

-    fn build_archive_with_parent_dir_entry(victim_bucket: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
-        let path = format!("../{victim_bucket}/evil-injected.txt");
-        let data = b"injected-body";
+    async fn build_archive_with_invalid_checksum() -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let mut archive = build_test_archive().await?;
+        archive[0] ^= 1;
+        Ok(archive)
+    }
+
+    async fn build_archive_with_negative_gnu_mtime() -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let mut builder = tokio_tar::Builder::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+        let mut header = tokio_tar::Header::new_gnu();
+        header.set_size(b"negative-mtime-body".len() as u64);
+        header.set_mode(0o644);
+        header.as_old_mut().mtime.fill(0xff);
+        builder
+            .append_data(&mut header, "negative-mtime.txt", Cursor::new(b"negative-mtime-body".as_slice()))
+            .await?;
+        Ok(builder.into_inner().await?.into_inner())
+    }
+
+    fn gzip_member(payload: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let mut encoder = GzEncoder::new(Vec::new(), Compression::default());
+        encoder.write_all(payload)?;
+        Ok(encoder.finish()?)
+    }
+
+    async fn build_concatenated_gzip_archive() -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let archive = build_test_archive().await?;
+        let split_at = archive.len() / 2;
+        let mut encoded = gzip_member(&archive[..split_at])?;
+        encoded.extend(gzip_member(&archive[split_at..])?);
+        Ok(encoded)
+    }
+
+    async fn build_gzip_archive_with_invalid_crc() -> Result<Vec<u8>, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let mut encoded = gzip_member(&build_test_archive().await?)?;
+        let crc_offset = encoded.len().checked_sub(8).expect("gzip fixture must contain a trailer");
+        encoded[crc_offset] ^= 1;
+        Ok(encoded)
+    }
+
+    fn append_raw_tar_entry_with_type(archive: &mut Vec<u8>, path: &[u8], data: &[u8], entry_type: u8) {
+        assert!(path.len() <= 100, "raw TAR fixture path must fit in the name field");
        let mut header = [0u8; 512];

-        header[..path.len()].copy_from_slice(path.as_bytes());
+        header[..path.len()].copy_from_slice(path);
        header[100..108].copy_from_slice(b"0000644\0");
        header[108..116].copy_from_slice(b"0000000\0");
        header[116..124].copy_from_slice(b"0000000\0");
@@ -82,7 +121,7 @@ mod tests {
        header[124..136].copy_from_slice(size.as_bytes());
        header[136..148].copy_from_slice(b"00000000000\0");
        header[148..156].fill(b' ');
-        header[156] = b'0';
+        header[156] = entry_type;
        header[257..263].copy_from_slice(b"ustar\0");
        header[263..265].copy_from_slice(b"00");

@@ -90,11 +129,36 @@ mod tests {
        let checksum = format!("{:06o}\0 ", checksum);
        header[148..156].copy_from_slice(checksum.as_bytes());

-        let mut archive = Vec::new();
        archive.extend_from_slice(&header);
        archive.extend_from_slice(data);
        let padding = (512 - (data.len() % 512)) % 512;
        archive.extend(std::iter::repeat_n(0, padding));
+    }
+
+    fn append_raw_tar_entry(archive: &mut Vec<u8>, path: &[u8], data: &[u8]) {
+        append_raw_tar_entry_with_type(archive, path, data, b'0');
+    }
+
+    fn build_archive_with_parent_dir_entry(victim_bucket: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let path = format!("../{victim_bucket}/evil-injected.txt");
+        let mut archive = Vec::new();
+        append_raw_tar_entry(&mut archive, path.as_bytes(), b"injected-body");
+        archive.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 1024]);
+        archive
+    }
+
+    fn build_archive_with_invalid_utf8_entry() -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut archive = Vec::new();
+        append_raw_tar_entry(&mut archive, b"invalid-\xff.txt", b"ignored-body");
+        append_raw_tar_entry(&mut archive, b"valid.txt", b"valid-body");
+        archive.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 1024]);
+        archive
+    }
+
+    fn build_archive_with_invalid_utf8_symlink() -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut archive = Vec::new();
+        append_raw_tar_entry_with_type(&mut archive, b"invalid-\xff-link", b"", b'2');
+        append_raw_tar_entry(&mut archive, b"valid.txt", b"valid-body");
        archive.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 1024]);
        archive
    }
@@ -263,6 +327,113 @@ mod tests {
        Ok(())
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snowball_auto_extract_accepts_negative_gnu_mtime() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let client = env.create_s3_client();
+        let bucket = "snowball-negative-mtime";
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+        client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key("fixture.tar")
+            .metadata("Snowball-Auto-Extract", "true")
+            .body(ByteStream::from(build_archive_with_negative_gnu_mtime().await?))
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+
+        let object = client.get_object().bucket(bucket).key("negative-mtime.txt").send().await?;
+        assert_eq!(object.body.collect().await?.into_bytes().as_ref(), b"negative-mtime-body");
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snowball_auto_extract_consumes_concatenated_gzip_members() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let client = env.create_s3_client();
+        let bucket = "snowball-concatenated-gzip";
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+        client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key("fixture.tar.gz")
+            .metadata("Snowball-Auto-Extract", "true")
+            .body(ByteStream::from(build_concatenated_gzip_archive().await?))
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+
+        let object = client.get_object().bucket(bucket).key("root.txt").send().await?;
+        assert_eq!(object.body.collect().await?.into_bytes().as_ref(), b"root payload\n");
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snowball_auto_extract_rejects_gzip_crc_error_when_ignore_errors_enabled() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>
+    {
+        init_logging();
+
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let client = env.create_s3_client();
+        let bucket = "snowball-gzip-crc-ignore-errors";
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+        let err = client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key("fixture.tar.gz")
+            .metadata("Snowball-Auto-Extract", "true")
+            .metadata("Minio-Snowball-Ignore-Errors", "true")
+            .body(ByteStream::from(build_gzip_archive_with_invalid_crc().await?))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .expect_err("gzip integrity failures must remain fatal under ignore-errors");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.into_service_error().code(), Some("InvalidArgument"));
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snowball_auto_extract_rejects_mismatched_content_md5() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let client = env.create_s3_client();
+        let bucket = "snowball-content-md5";
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+        let err = client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key("fixture.tar")
+            .metadata("Snowball-Auto-Extract", "true")
+            .content_md5("AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==")
+            .body(ByteStream::from(build_test_archive().await?))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .expect_err("mismatched Content-MD5 must fail after the raw body reaches EOF");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.into_service_error().code(), Some("BadDigest"));
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn snowball_auto_extract_ignores_invalid_entries_when_requested() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
        init_logging();
@@ -299,7 +470,100 @@ mod tests {
    }

    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn snowball_auto_extract_rejects_parent_dir_entry_without_cross_bucket_write()
+    async fn snowball_auto_extract_skips_non_utf8_symlink_without_ignore_errors() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let client = env.create_s3_client();
+        let bucket = "snowball-invalid-utf8-link";
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+
+        client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key("fixture.tar")
+            .metadata("Snowball-Auto-Extract", "true")
+            .body(ByteStream::from(build_archive_with_invalid_utf8_symlink()))
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+
+        let valid = client.get_object().bucket(bucket).key("valid.txt").send().await?;
+        assert_eq!(valid.body.collect().await?.into_bytes().as_ref(), b"valid-body");
+        let listed = client.list_objects_v2().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+        let keys: Vec<_> = listed.contents().iter().filter_map(|entry| entry.key()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(keys, vec!["valid.txt"]);
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snowball_auto_extract_skips_non_utf8_member_without_lossy_key_collision() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>
+    {
+        init_logging();
+
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let client = env.create_s3_client();
+        let bucket = "snowball-invalid-utf8";
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+
+        client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key("fixture.tar")
+            .metadata("Snowball-Auto-Extract", "true")
+            .metadata("Minio-Snowball-Ignore-Errors", "true")
+            .body(ByteStream::from(build_archive_with_invalid_utf8_entry()))
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+
+        let valid = client.get_object().bucket(bucket).key("valid.txt").send().await?;
+        assert_eq!(valid.body.collect().await?.into_bytes().as_ref(), b"valid-body");
+        let listed = client.list_objects_v2().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+        let keys: Vec<_> = listed.contents().iter().filter_map(|entry| entry.key()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(keys, vec!["valid.txt"]);
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snowball_auto_extract_rejects_corrupt_tar_when_ignore_errors_enabled() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        init_logging();
+
+        let mut env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        env.start_rustfs_server(vec![]).await?;
+
+        let client = env.create_s3_client();
+        let bucket = "snowball-corrupt-ignore-errors";
+        let archive = build_archive_with_invalid_checksum().await?;
+        client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+
+        let err = client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key("fixture.tar")
+            .metadata("Snowball-Auto-Extract", "true")
+            .metadata("Minio-Snowball-Ignore-Errors", "true")
+            .body(ByteStream::from(archive))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .expect_err("corrupt TAR structure must remain fatal under ignore-errors");
+        assert_eq!(err.into_service_error().code(), Some("InvalidArgument"));
+
+        let listed = client.list_objects_v2().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+        assert!(listed.contents().is_empty(), "corrupt archive must not produce objects");
+
+        env.stop_server();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn snowball_auto_extract_rejects_parent_dir_entry_even_when_ignore_errors_enabled()
    -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
        init_logging();

@@ -319,6 +583,7 @@ mod tests {
            .bucket(attacker_bucket)
            .key("fixture.tar")
            .metadata("Snowball-Auto-Extract", "true")
+            .metadata("Minio-Snowball-Ignore-Errors", "true")
            .body(ByteStream::from(archive))
            .send()
            .await
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use aws_sdk_s3::error::BoxError;
 use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{BucketVersioningStatus, CompletedMultipartUpload, CompletedPart, VersioningConfiguration};
 use aws_smithy_http_client::Builder as SmithyHttpClientBuilder;
-use base64::Engine;
 use md5::{Digest as Md5Digest, Md5};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
@@ -107,8 +106,8 @@ fn customer_key(byte: u8) -> CustomerKey {
    hasher.update(raw);
    CustomerKey {
        raw: String::from_utf8_lossy(&raw).into_owned(),
-        encoded: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(raw),
-        md5: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(hasher.finalize()),
+        encoded: base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(raw),
+        md5: base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(hasher.finalize()),
    }
 }

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ keywords = ["erasure-coding", "storage", "rustfs", "Minio", "solomon"]
 categories = ["web-programming", "development-tools", "filesystem"]
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/rustfs-ecstore/latest/rustfs_ecstore/"

-
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [lints]
 workspace = true
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ hotpath = [
    "hotpath/async-channel",
    "hotpath/parking_lot",
    "hotpath/reqwest-0-13",
-    "rustfs-checksums/hotpath",
    "rustfs-common/hotpath",
    "rustfs-concurrency/hotpath",
    "rustfs-config/hotpath",
@@ -63,16 +61,13 @@ hotpath = [
    "rustfs-rio/hotpath",
    "rustfs-rio-v2?/hotpath",
    "rustfs-s3-types/hotpath",
-    "rustfs-signer/hotpath",
    "rustfs-storage-api/hotpath",
-    "rustfs-tls-runtime/hotpath",
    "rustfs-utils/hotpath",
    "rustfs-crypto/hotpath",
 ]
 hotpath-alloc = [
    "hotpath",
    "hotpath/hotpath-alloc",
-    "rustfs-checksums/hotpath-alloc",
    "rustfs-common/hotpath-alloc",
    "rustfs-concurrency/hotpath-alloc",
    "rustfs-config/hotpath-alloc",
@@ -90,16 +85,13 @@ hotpath-alloc = [
    "rustfs-rio/hotpath-alloc",
    "rustfs-rio-v2?/hotpath-alloc",
    "rustfs-s3-types/hotpath-alloc",
-    "rustfs-signer/hotpath-alloc",
    "rustfs-storage-api/hotpath-alloc",
-    "rustfs-tls-runtime/hotpath-alloc",
    "rustfs-utils/hotpath-alloc",
    "rustfs-crypto/hotpath-alloc",
 ]
 hotpath-cpu = [
    "hotpath",
    "hotpath/hotpath-cpu",
-    "rustfs-checksums/hotpath-cpu",
    "rustfs-common/hotpath-cpu",
    "rustfs-concurrency/hotpath-cpu",
    "rustfs-config/hotpath-cpu",
@@ -117,9 +109,7 @@ hotpath-cpu = [
    "rustfs-rio/hotpath-cpu",
    "rustfs-rio-v2?/hotpath-cpu",
    "rustfs-s3-types/hotpath-cpu",
-    "rustfs-signer/hotpath-cpu",
    "rustfs-storage-api/hotpath-cpu",
-    "rustfs-tls-runtime/hotpath-cpu",
    "rustfs-utils/hotpath-cpu",
    "rustfs-crypto/hotpath-cpu",
 ]
@@ -134,18 +124,18 @@ rustfs-filemeta.workspace = true
 rustfs-utils = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 rustfs-rio.workspace = true
 rustfs-rio-v2 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-rustfs-signer.workspace = true
 rustfs-storage-api.workspace = true
-rustfs-tls-runtime.workspace = true
-rustfs-checksums.workspace = true
 rustfs-config = { workspace = true, features = ["notify", "audit", "server-config-model"] }
 rustfs-concurrency.workspace = true
 rustfs-credentials = { workspace = true }
 rustfs-common.workspace = true
+rustfs-heal-contracts.workspace = true
+rustfs-scanner-contracts.workspace = true
 rustfs-policy.workspace = true
 rustfs-protos.workspace = true
 rustfs-replication.workspace = true
 rustfs-lifecycle.workspace = true
+rustfs-s3-client = { workspace = true }
 rustfs-s3-types = { workspace = true }
 rustfs-data-usage.workspace = true
 rustfs-object-capacity.workspace = true
@@ -156,7 +146,6 @@ bytes = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 byteorder = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 jiff = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
-glob = { workspace = true }
 thiserror.workspace = true
 flatbuffers.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
@@ -167,7 +156,6 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 time = { workspace = true, features = ["parsing", "formatting", "macros", "serde"] }
 bytesize.workspace = true
 serde_json = { workspace = true, features = ["raw_value"] }
-quick-xml = { workspace = true, features = ["serialize", "async-tokio"] }
 s3s = { workspace = true, features = ["minio"] }
 http.workspace = true
 opentelemetry.workspace = true
@@ -187,9 +175,7 @@ rmp.workspace = true
 rmp-serde.workspace = true
 tokio-util = { workspace = true, features = ["io", "compat"] }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
-base64 = { workspace = true }
 hmac = { workspace = true }
-sha1 = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = { workspace = true }
 hex-simd = { workspace = true }
 tempfile.workspace = true
@@ -204,7 +190,6 @@ tonic = { workspace = true, features = ["gzip", "deflate"] }
 xxhash-rust = { workspace = true, features = ["xxh64", "xxh3"] }
 tower = { workspace = true, features = ["timeout"] }
 async-channel.workspace = true
-enumset = { workspace = true }
 num_cpus = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 pin-project-lite.workspace = true
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ pub mod bucket {
    pub mod object_lock {
        pub use crate::bucket::object_lock::{ObjectLockApi, ObjectLockStatusExt};

+        pub mod types {
+            pub use crate::bucket::object_lock::types::{
+                DefaultRetention, LegalHoldStatus, ObjectLegalHold, ObjectRetention, RetentionMode,
+            };
+        }
+
        pub mod objectlock {
            pub use crate::bucket::object_lock::objectlock::{get_object_legalhold_meta, get_object_retention_meta};
        }
@@ -188,9 +194,10 @@ pub mod bucket {
            BucketReplicationResyncStatus, BucketReplicationStat, BucketReplicationStats, BucketStats,
            DeleteReplicationConfigSnapshot, DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, DurableMrfBacklog, DynReplicationPool, InQueueMetric,
            MrfOpKind, MrfReplicateEntry, MustReplicateOptions, ObjectOpts, OperatorRuleContract,
-            REMOTE_TARGET_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REMOTE_TARGET_UNSUPPORTED_FIELDS, REMOTE_TARGET_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
-            REPLICATE_INCOMING_DELETE, REPLICATION_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REPLICATION_READ_ONLY_HISTORICAL_FIELDS,
-            REPLICATION_WRITABLE_FIELDS, ReplicateDecision, ReplicateObjectInfo, ReplicationBatchAdmission, ReplicationConfig,
+            REMOTE_TARGET_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REMOTE_TARGET_READ_ONLY_HISTORICAL_FIELDS,
+            REMOTE_TARGET_UNSUPPORTED_FIELDS, REMOTE_TARGET_WRITABLE_FIELDS, REPLICATE_INCOMING_DELETE,
+            REPLICATION_CAPABILITY_CONTRACT_VERSION, REPLICATION_READ_ONLY_HISTORICAL_FIELDS, REPLICATION_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
+            ReplicateDecision, ReplicateObjectInfo, ReplicationBatchAdmission, ReplicationConfig,
            ReplicationConfigStructureError, ReplicationConfigurationExt, ReplicationDeleteScheduleInput,
            ReplicationDeleteStateSource, ReplicationHealQueueResult, ReplicationObjectBridge, ReplicationObjectIO,
            ReplicationOperation, ReplicationPoolTrait, ReplicationPriority, ReplicationQueueAdmission, ReplicationScannerBridge,
@@ -249,26 +256,8 @@ pub mod capacity {
    pub use crate::store::utils::is_reserved_or_invalid_bucket;
 }

-pub mod client {
-    pub mod admin_handler_utils {
-        pub use crate::client::admin_handler_utils::AdminError;
-    }
-
-    pub mod api_put_object {
-        pub use crate::client::api_put_object::{AdvancedPutOptions, PutObjectOptions};
-    }
-
-    pub mod object_api_utils {
-        pub use crate::client::object_api_utils::{ObjReaderFn, PutObjReader, get_raw_etag, new_getobjectreader, to_s3s_etag};
-    }
-
-    pub mod transition_api {
-        pub use crate::client::transition_api::{
-            BucketLookupType, CreateBucketConfiguration, LocationConstraint, ObjectInfo, ObjectMultipartInfo, Options,
-            PutObjectPartOptions, ReadCloser, ReaderImpl, RequestMetadata, RestoreInfo, SendRequest, TransitionClient,
-            TransitionCore, UploadInfo, to_object_info,
-        };
-    }
+pub mod object_api_utils {
+    pub use crate::object_api::object_api_utils::{ObjReaderFn, PutObjReader, get_raw_etag, new_getobjectreader, to_s3s_etag};
 }

 pub mod cluster {
@@ -417,7 +406,7 @@ pub mod notification {
    pub use crate::services::notification_sys::{
        CrossPoolFenceFleetProofToken, NotificationPeerErr, NotificationSys, ScannerPublicationLeaseGrant,
        acquire_cross_pool_fence_fleet_proof, cross_pool_fence_fleet_proof_matches, get_global_notification_sys,
-        new_global_notification_sys, start_remote_version_state_fleet_probe,
+        new_global_notification_sys, scanner_peer_transport_error_message_is_retryable, start_remote_version_state_fleet_probe,
    };
 }

@@ -427,9 +416,10 @@ pub mod object {
        GetObjectBodyCacheHookLookup, GetObjectBodySource, GetObjectReader, NamespaceLockFence, ObjectEncryptionResolver,
        ObjectInfo, ObjectLockConfigSnapshot, ObjectMutationHook, ObjectOptions, PutObjReader, QuotaAdmission,
        RangedDecompressReader, ReadEncryptionMaterial, ReadEncryptionMode, ReadEncryptionRequest,
-        SCANNER_PUBLICATION_LEASE_FENCE_METADATA_KEY, StreamConsumer, get_object_body_cache_plaintext_len,
-        lookup_get_object_body_cache_hook, register_get_object_body_cache_hook, register_object_mutation_hook,
-        unregister_get_object_body_cache_hook, unregister_object_mutation_hook,
+        SCANNER_PUBLICATION_LEASE_FENCE_METADATA_KEY, ScannerPublicationCommitScope, ScannerPublicationCommitStartError,
+        ScannerPublicationCommitState, StreamConsumer, get_object_body_cache_plaintext_len, lookup_get_object_body_cache_hook,
+        register_get_object_body_cache_hook, register_object_mutation_hook, unregister_get_object_body_cache_hook,
+        unregister_object_mutation_hook,
    };
    pub use crate::store::{
        PrepareSelectObjectSnapshotError, PreparedGetObjectReader, SelectObjectSnapshot, SelectObjectSnapshotReadError,
@@ -471,8 +461,8 @@ pub mod rpc {
        tonic_boot_epoch_challenge, tonic_boot_epoch_response_headers, tonic_rpc_auth_failure_reason,
        verify_ns_scanner_capability, verify_ns_scanner_capability_with_tier_registry_generation, verify_put_file_auth_trailer,
        verify_put_file_capability, verify_rpc_signature, verify_tonic_boot_epoch_response, verify_tonic_canonical_body_digest,
-        verify_tonic_mutation_body_digest, verify_tonic_rpc_response_proof, verify_tonic_rpc_signature,
-        verify_tonic_rpc_signature_with_bootstrap,
+        verify_tonic_mutation_body_digest, verify_tonic_mutation_body_digest_reject_unsigned, verify_tonic_rpc_response_proof,
+        verify_tonic_rpc_signature, verify_tonic_rpc_signature_with_bootstrap,
    };
 }

@@ -499,9 +489,9 @@ pub mod storage {
    pub use crate::core::pools::HealLifecycleExpiryContext;
    pub use crate::store::HealWalkVersion;
    pub use crate::store::{
-        ECStore, SCANNER_PUBLICATION_LEASE_TTL_MS, all_local_disk, all_local_disk_path, find_local_disk_by_ref, init_local_disks,
-        init_local_disks_with_instance_ctx, init_lock_clients, prewarm_local_disk_id_map,
-        prewarm_local_disk_id_map_with_instance_ctx,
+        ECStore, SCANNER_PUBLICATION_LEASE_TTL_MS, ScannerDataMovementPauseStatus, all_local_disk, all_local_disk_path,
+        find_local_disk_by_ref, init_local_disks, init_local_disks_with_instance_ctx, init_lock_clients,
+        prewarm_local_disk_id_map, prewarm_local_disk_id_map_with_instance_ctx,
    };
 }

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ use crate::bucket::target::{self, BucketTarget, BucketTargets, Credentials};
 use crate::bucket::versioning_sys::BucketVersioningSys;
 use crate::runtime::sources as runtime_sources;
 use aws_credential_types::Credentials as SdkCredentials;
+use aws_credential_types::provider::{ProvideCredentials, error::CredentialsError, future};
 use aws_sdk_s3::config::Region as SdkRegion;
+use aws_sdk_s3::config::RequestChecksumCalculation;
 use aws_sdk_s3::config::SharedHttpClient;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::ProvideErrorMetadata;
 use aws_sdk_s3::error::SdkError;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ use aws_sdk_s3::primitives::ByteStream;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::Tagging as SdkTagging;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{
    ChecksumMode, CompletedMultipartUpload, CompletedPart, ObjectLockLegalHoldStatus, ObjectLockRetentionMode,
+    ServerSideEncryption,
 };
 use aws_sdk_s3::{Client as S3Client, Config as S3Config, operation::head_object::HeadObjectOutput};
 use aws_sdk_s3::{config::SharedCredentialsProvider, types::BucketVersioningStatus};
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr as _;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use std::sync::Weak;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime};
 use time::{OffsetDateTime, format_description::well_known::Rfc3339};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
@@ -89,6 +92,71 @@ use uuid::Uuid;

 const MAX_CONCURRENT_TARGET_HEALTH_CHECKS: usize = 16;
 const REDACTED_CREDENTIAL: &str = "<redacted>";
+const EXPIRED_REMOTE_TARGET_CREDENTIALS: &str = "remote target credentials have expired";
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct RemoteTargetCredentialsProvider {
+    credentials: SdkCredentials,
+}
+
+impl RemoteTargetCredentialsProvider {
+    fn resolve_at(&self, now: SystemTime) -> aws_credential_types::provider::Result {
+        if self.credentials.expiry().is_some_and(|expiration| expiration <= now) {
+            return Err(CredentialsError::provider_error(std::io::Error::other(EXPIRED_REMOTE_TARGET_CREDENTIALS)));
+        }
+        Ok(self.credentials.clone())
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for RemoteTargetCredentialsProvider {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("RemoteTargetCredentialsProvider")
+            .field("temporary", &self.credentials.session_token().is_some())
+            .field("expiration", &self.credentials.expiry())
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+impl ProvideCredentials for RemoteTargetCredentialsProvider {
+    fn provide_credentials<'a>(&'a self) -> future::ProvideCredentials<'a>
+    where
+        Self: 'a,
+    {
+        future::ProvideCredentials::ready(self.resolve_at(SystemTime::now()))
+    }
+
+    fn fallback_on_interrupt(&self) -> Option<SdkCredentials> {
+        self.resolve_at(SystemTime::now()).ok()
+    }
+}
+
+fn remote_target_sdk_credentials(
+    credentials: &Credentials,
+    account_id: &str,
+    now: SystemTime,
+) -> Result<SdkCredentials, &'static str> {
+    let session_token = credentials.effective_session_token();
+    let expiration = credentials.effective_expiration().map(SystemTime::from);
+    if expiration.is_some() && session_token.is_none() {
+        return Err("remote target credential expiration requires a session token");
+    }
+    if expiration.is_some_and(|expiration| expiration <= now) {
+        return Err(EXPIRED_REMOTE_TARGET_CREDENTIALS);
+    }
+
+    let mut builder = SdkCredentials::builder()
+        .access_key_id(credentials.access_key.clone())
+        .secret_access_key(credentials.secret_key.clone())
+        .account_id(account_id.to_string())
+        .provider_name("bucket_target_sys");
+    if let Some(session_token) = session_token {
+        builder = builder.session_token(session_token.to_string());
+    }
+    if let Some(expiration) = expiration {
+        builder = builder.expiry(expiration);
+    }
+    Ok(builder.build())
+}

 pub type HeadObjectSdkError = Box<SdkError<HeadObjectError>>;
 pub type GetObjectSdkError = Box<SdkError<GetObjectError>>;
@@ -352,6 +420,28 @@ pub struct BucketTargetSys {
    heartbeat_started: OnceLock<()>,
 }

+/// Build the bucket-target health-check HTTP client without panicking when
+/// the host has no system CA bundle (issue #6734).
+///
+/// `BucketTargetSys::get()` initializes lazily on the startup path (bucket
+/// metadata install calls it on the main thread), and `reqwest::Client::new()`
+/// panics when the TLS backend cannot load any system trust root — the state
+/// of a minimal container image. Fall back to a client with an explicit empty
+/// trust store: HTTP health checks keep working, and HTTPS targets fail closed
+/// at the TLS handshake with a clear certificate error instead of aborting
+/// the whole process at startup.
+fn build_health_check_client() -> HttpClient {
+    HttpClient::builder().build().unwrap_or_else(|error| {
+        warn!(
+            "bucket target health-check HTTP client could not load system TLS roots ({error}); continuing with an empty trust store — HTTPS target health checks will fail until a CA bundle is installed"
+        );
+        HttpClient::builder()
+            .tls_certs_only(std::iter::empty::<reqwest::Certificate>())
+            .build()
+            .expect("HTTP client construction must succeed with an explicit empty trust store")
+    })
+}
+
 impl BucketTargetSys {
    pub fn get() -> &'static Self {
        GLOBAL_BUCKET_TARGET_SYS.get_or_init(Self::new)
@@ -364,7 +454,7 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
            targets_map: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
            h_mutex: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
            target_h_mutex: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
-            hc_client: Arc::new(HttpClient::new()),
+            hc_client: Arc::new(build_health_check_client()),
            a_mutex: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
            arn_errs_map: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
            target_update_mutexes: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
@@ -823,13 +913,26 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
        Ok(BucketTargets { targets: new_targets })
    }

+    async fn mark_refresh_attempt(&self, arn: &str) {
+        // Rate-limit a failed config fetch as well as a failed client build.
+        // A successful rebuild replaces this timestamp during publication.
+        self.arn_remotes_map
+            .write()
+            .await
+            .entry(arn.to_string())
+            .or_default()
+            .last_refresh = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
+    }
+
    pub async fn mark_refresh_in_progress(&self, bucket: &str, arn: &str) {
        let mut arn_errs = self.arn_errs_map.write().await;
-        arn_errs.entry(arn.to_string()).or_insert_with(|| ArnErrs {
-            bucket: bucket.to_string(),
-            update_in_progress: true,
+        let err = arn_errs.entry(arn.to_string()).or_insert_with(|| ArnErrs {
            count: 1,
+            bucket: bucket.to_string(),
+            ..Default::default()
        });
+        err.update_in_progress = true;
+        err.bucket = bucket.to_string();
    }

    pub async fn mark_refresh_done(&self, bucket: &str, arn: &str) {
@@ -841,15 +944,21 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
    }

    pub async fn is_reloading_target(&self, _bucket: &str, arn: &str) -> bool {
-        let arn_errs = self.arn_errs_map.read().await;
-        arn_errs.get(arn).map(|err| err.update_in_progress).unwrap_or(false)
+        self.arn_errs_map
+            .read()
+            .await
+            .get(arn)
+            .is_some_and(|err| err.update_in_progress)
    }

-    pub async fn inc_arn_errs(&self, _bucket: &str, arn: &str) {
+    pub async fn inc_arn_errs(&self, bucket: &str, arn: &str) {
        let mut arn_errs = self.arn_errs_map.write().await;
-        if let Some(err) = arn_errs.get_mut(arn) {
-            err.count += 1;
-        }
+        let err = arn_errs.entry(arn.to_string()).or_insert_with(|| ArnErrs {
+            bucket: bucket.to_string(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        err.count += 1;
+        err.bucket = bucket.to_string();
    }

    pub async fn get_remote_target_client(&self, bucket: &str, arn: &str) -> Option<Arc<TargetClient>> {
@@ -862,15 +971,15 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
                .unwrap_or((None, None))
        };

-        if let Some(cli) = cli {
+        let credentials_expired = cli
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|client| client.credentials_expired_at(jiff::Timestamp::now()));
+        if let Some(cli) = cli
+            && !credentials_expired
+        {
            return Some(cli);
        }

-        // TODO(backlog): spawn an async task to proactively reload the replication target
-        if self.is_reloading_target(bucket, arn).await {
-            return None;
-        }
-
        if let Some(last_refresh) = last_refresh {
            let now = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
            if now - last_refresh < Duration::from_secs(60 * 5) {
@@ -878,16 +987,24 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
            }
        }

+        // The existing per-bucket publication lock is also the reload claim:
+        // try-locking keeps the request path non-blocking, is cancellation-safe,
+        // and prevents a stale reload from publishing after a credential update.
+        let update_mutex = self.target_update_mutex(bucket).await;
+        let Ok(update_guard) = update_mutex.try_lock() else {
+            return None;
+        };
+        self.mark_refresh_attempt(arn).await;
+
        match get_bucket_targets_config(bucket).await {
            Ok(bucket_targets) => {
-                self.mark_refresh_in_progress(bucket, arn).await;
-                self.update_all_targets(bucket, Some(&bucket_targets)).await;
-                self.mark_refresh_done(bucket, arn).await;
+                self.update_all_targets_locked(bucket, Some(&bucket_targets)).await;
            }
            Err(e) => {
                error!("get bucket targets config error:{}", e);
            }
        };
+        drop(update_guard);

        let cli = self
            .arn_remotes_map
@@ -895,8 +1012,10 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
            .await
            .get(arn)
            .and_then(|target| target.client.clone());
-        if cli.is_some() {
-            return cli;
+        if let Some(cli) = cli
+            && !cli.credentials_expired_at(jiff::Timestamp::now())
+        {
+            return Some(cli);
        }

        self.inc_arn_errs(bucket, arn).await;
@@ -926,12 +1045,13 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
            });
        };

-        let creds = SdkCredentials::builder()
-            .access_key_id(credentials.access_key.clone())
-            .secret_access_key(credentials.secret_key.clone())
-            .account_id(target.reset_id.clone())
-            .provider_name("bucket_target_sys")
-            .build();
+        let creds = remote_target_sdk_credentials(credentials, &target.reset_id, SystemTime::now()).map_err(|error| {
+            BucketTargetError::RemoteTargetConnectionErr {
+                bucket: target.target_bucket.clone(),
+                access_key: credentials.access_key.clone(),
+                error: error.to_string(),
+            }
+        })?;

        let endpoint = if target.secure {
            format!("https://{}", target.endpoint)
@@ -951,9 +1071,10 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {

        let mut config_builder = S3Config::builder()
            .endpoint_url(endpoint.clone())
-            .credentials_provider(SharedCredentialsProvider::new(creds))
+            .credentials_provider(SharedCredentialsProvider::new(RemoteTargetCredentialsProvider { credentials: creds }))
            .region(SdkRegion::new(target.region.clone()))
-            .behavior_version(aws_sdk_s3::config::BehaviorVersion::latest());
+            .behavior_version(aws_sdk_s3::config::BehaviorVersion::latest())
+            .request_checksum_calculation(replication_request_checksum_calculation());

        if should_force_path_style(target) {
            config_builder = config_builder.force_path_style(true);
@@ -1025,6 +1146,13 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
        let update_mutex = self.target_update_mutex(bucket).await;
        let _update_guard = update_mutex.lock().await;

+        self.update_all_targets_locked(bucket, targets).await;
+    }
+
+    /// Builds and publishes one bucket snapshot while its update mutex is held.
+    /// Keeping persisted-config reads under the same mutex prevents a stale
+    /// reload from overwriting a concurrent credential rotation.
+    async fn update_all_targets_locked(&self, bucket: &str, targets: Option<&BucketTargets>) {
        let mut clients = Vec::new();
        if let Some(new_targets) = targets {
            for target in &new_targets.targets {
@@ -1056,6 +1184,17 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
            && !new_targets.is_empty()
        {
            for (target, client) in clients {
+                // Keep a timestamped placeholder for configured targets whose
+                // client cannot be built. Replication records these attempts as
+                // failed, while the placeholder prevents every object from
+                // triggering another metadata reload/client build for five minutes.
+                arn_remotes_map.insert(
+                    target.arn.clone(),
+                    ArnTarget {
+                        client: None,
+                        last_refresh: OffsetDateTime::now_utc(),
+                    },
+                );
                match client {
                    Ok(client) => {
                        arn_remotes_map.insert(
@@ -1068,11 +1207,6 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
                        health_map.insert(client.arn.clone(), target_health(&client));
                        self.update_bandwidth_limit(bucket, &target.arn, target.bandwidth_limit);
                    }
-                    // The target stays in `targets_map`, so it keeps showing up in
-                    // `bucket remote ls` while no client exists to replicate through it —
-                    // replication then drops every object for this ARN. Without this the
-                    // rejection (loopback endpoint, bad CA, unparseable URL) left no trace
-                    // anywhere.
                    Err(err) => warn!(
                        bucket = %bucket,
                        arn = %target.arn,
@@ -1236,6 +1370,25 @@ fn loopback_replication_targets_allowed() -> bool {
        .unwrap_or(false)
 }

+const REPLICATION_STREAMING_CHECKSUMS_ENV: &str = "RUSTFS_REPLICATION_STREAMING_CHECKSUMS";
+
+/// Streaming trailer checksums make the SDK frame request bodies as
+/// `aws-chunked`; a target that does not decode that framing stores the frames
+/// verbatim, silently corrupting every replica while the transfer itself
+/// succeeds (#6853). Plain signed payloads are the compatible default; the env
+/// knob restores trailer checksums for fleets whose targets are all known to
+/// decode them.
+fn replication_request_checksum_calculation() -> RequestChecksumCalculation {
+    if std::env::var(REPLICATION_STREAMING_CHECKSUMS_ENV)
+        .map(|v| v.eq_ignore_ascii_case("true") || v == "1")
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+    {
+        RequestChecksumCalculation::WhenSupported
+    } else {
+        RequestChecksumCalculation::WhenRequired
+    }
+}
+
 fn validate_replication_target_endpoint(url: &Url) -> Result<(), OutboundUrlError> {
    validate_replication_target_endpoint_inner(url, loopback_replication_targets_allowed())
 }
@@ -1615,6 +1768,17 @@ impl Default for AdvancedPutOptions {
    }
 }

+/// The subset of the target's PutObject response replication audits.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct RemotePutObjectResponse {
+    /// Version id the target assigned (`x-amz-version-id`).
+    pub version_id: Option<String>,
+    /// ETag of what the target stored; `None` when the target withheld it or
+    /// when its encryption mode (SSE-KMS / SSE-C) makes it incomparable to
+    /// the source ETag. `None` is therefore "not decidable", never evidence.
+    pub etag: Option<String>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct PutObjectOptions {
    pub user_metadata: HashMap<String, String>,
@@ -1940,6 +2104,13 @@ pub struct TargetClient {
 }

 impl TargetClient {
+    fn credentials_expired_at(&self, now: jiff::Timestamp) -> bool {
+        self.credentials
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(Credentials::effective_expiration)
+            .is_some_and(|expiration| expiration <= now)
+    }
+
    pub fn to_url(&self) -> Url {
        Url::parse(&self.endpoint).unwrap()
    }
@@ -2153,7 +2324,9 @@ impl TargetClient {

    /// On success returns the version id the target assigned (from
    /// `x-amz-version-id`), letting callers audit the version-identity
-    /// contract — a target that adopts the source version echoes it back.
+    /// contract — a target that adopts the source version echoes it back —
+    /// together with the ETag of what the target actually stored, so callers
+    /// can detect a target that persisted transformed bytes (#6853).
    pub async fn put_object(
        &self,
        bucket: &str,
@@ -2161,7 +2334,7 @@ impl TargetClient {
        size: i64,
        body: ByteStream,
        opts: &PutObjectOptions,
-    ) -> Result<Option<String>, S3ClientError> {
+    ) -> Result<RemotePutObjectResponse, S3ClientError> {
        let mut headers = opts.header();

        let builder = self.client.put_object();
@@ -2196,7 +2369,25 @@ impl TargetClient {
            .send()
            .await
        {
-            Ok(output) => Ok(output.version_id().map(ToOwned::to_owned)),
+            Ok(output) => {
+                // Under SSE-KMS/DSSE or SSE-C the target's ETag is not the MD5
+                // of the stored plaintext, so it cannot be compared against the
+                // source ETag; withhold it rather than let a caller conclude
+                // corruption from an opaque value.
+                let etag_comparable = output.sse_customer_algorithm().is_none()
+                    && !matches!(
+                        output.server_side_encryption(),
+                        Some(ServerSideEncryption::AwsKms) | Some(ServerSideEncryption::AwsKmsDsse)
+                    );
+                Ok(RemotePutObjectResponse {
+                    version_id: output.version_id().map(ToOwned::to_owned),
+                    etag: if etag_comparable {
+                        output.e_tag().map(ToOwned::to_owned)
+                    } else {
+                        None
+                    },
+                })
+            }
            Err(e) => match e {
                SdkError::ServiceError(service_err) => {
                    let err = service_err.into_err();
@@ -2344,6 +2535,21 @@ impl TargetClient {
        }
    }

+    pub async fn abort_multipart_upload(&self, bucket: &str, object: &str, upload_id: &str) -> Result<(), S3ClientError> {
+        match self
+            .client
+            .abort_multipart_upload()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key(object)
+            .upload_id(upload_id)
+            .send()
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+            Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
+        }
+    }
+
    pub async fn remove_object(
        &self,
        bucket: &str,
@@ -2490,6 +2696,18 @@ mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use rcgen::generate_simple_self_signed;

+    // The startup panic fix for hosts without a CA bundle (issue #6734) rests
+    // on two properties: the health-check client constructor never panics, and
+    // its degraded fallback — an explicit empty trust store — always builds.
+    #[test]
+    fn health_check_client_construction_never_panics() {
+        let _ = build_health_check_client();
+        HttpClient::builder()
+            .tls_certs_only(std::iter::empty::<reqwest::Certificate>())
+            .build()
+            .expect("empty-trust-store client build must succeed without touching system roots");
+    }
+
    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
    struct RecordingHttpConnector {
        request_uris: Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<String>>>,
@@ -2508,6 +2726,165 @@ mod tests {
        }
    }

+    type RecordedHeaders = Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<Vec<(String, String)>>>>;
+
+    /// Records full request headers and answers with canned response headers,
+    /// for asserting wire framing and response parsing.
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    struct RecordingHeaderConnector {
+        request_headers: RecordedHeaders,
+        response_headers: Vec<(String, String)>,
+    }
+
+    impl SmithyHttpConnector for RecordingHeaderConnector {
+        fn call(&self, request: HttpRequest) -> HttpConnectorFuture {
+            self.request_headers
+                .lock()
+                .expect("recorded header lock should not be poisoned")
+                .push(
+                    request
+                        .headers()
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v.to_string()))
+                        .collect(),
+                );
+            let mut response = HttpResponse::new(
+                aws_smithy_runtime_api::http::StatusCode::try_from(200_u16).expect("200 should be a valid response status"),
+                SdkBody::empty(),
+            );
+            for (name, value) in &self.response_headers {
+                response.headers_mut().insert(name.clone(), value.clone());
+            }
+            HttpConnectorFuture::ready(Ok(response))
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn header_recording_target_client(response_headers: Vec<(String, String)>) -> (TargetClient, RecordedHeaders) {
+        let request_headers: RecordedHeaders = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+        let connector = SharedHttpConnector::new(RecordingHeaderConnector {
+            request_headers: Arc::clone(&request_headers),
+            response_headers,
+        });
+        let http_client = http_client_fn(move |_settings, _components| connector.clone());
+        let client = s3_client_for_test(443, Some(http_client));
+        (
+            TargetClient {
+                endpoint: "https://localhost:443".to_string(),
+                credentials: None,
+                bucket: "target-bucket".to_string(),
+                storage_class: String::new(),
+                disable_proxy: false,
+                arn: "arn:rustfs:replication:us-east-1:target:bucket".to_string(),
+                reset_id: String::new(),
+                secure: true,
+                health_check_duration: Duration::from_secs(5),
+                replicate_sync: false,
+                client: Arc::new(client),
+            },
+            request_headers,
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn streaming_test_body(payload: &'static [u8]) -> ByteStream {
+        let stream = tokio_util::io::ReaderStream::new(std::io::Cursor::new(payload));
+        let body = http_body_util::StreamBody::new(futures::StreamExt::map(stream, |r| r.map(http_body::Frame::data)));
+        ByteStream::new(SdkBody::from_body_1_x(body))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn replication_checksums_default_to_plain_payloads() {
+        assert!(matches!(
+            replication_request_checksum_calculation(),
+            RequestChecksumCalculation::WhenRequired
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn replication_put_object_sends_plain_signed_payloads_by_default() {
+        let (client, recorded) = header_recording_target_client(Vec::new());
+        client
+            .put_object("target-bucket", "object", 4, streaming_test_body(b"data"), &PutObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("recorded put_object should succeed");
+
+        let recorded = recorded.lock().expect("recorded header lock should not be poisoned");
+        let headers = &recorded[0];
+        let header = |name: &str| {
+            headers
+                .iter()
+                .find(|(k, _)| k.eq_ignore_ascii_case(name))
+                .map(|(_, v)| v.as_str())
+        };
+        // The #6853 regression shape: trailer checksums force aws-chunked
+        // framing, which a non-decoding target stores verbatim as the object.
+        assert_eq!(header("x-amz-trailer"), None, "streaming uploads must not carry a trailer checksum");
+        assert!(
+            header("content-encoding").is_none_or(|v| !v.contains("aws-chunked")),
+            "streaming uploads must not be aws-chunked framed"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(header("x-amz-decoded-content-length"), None);
+        assert_eq!(header("content-length"), Some("4"));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn put_object_returns_the_etag_the_target_stored() {
+        let (client, _) =
+            header_recording_target_client(vec![("etag".to_string(), "\"9a0364b9e99bb480dd25e1f0284c8555\"".to_string())]);
+        let response = client
+            .put_object(
+                "target-bucket",
+                "object",
+                4,
+                ByteStream::from_static(b"data"),
+                &PutObjectOptions::default(),
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("recorded put_object should succeed");
+        assert_eq!(response.etag.as_deref(), Some("\"9a0364b9e99bb480dd25e1f0284c8555\""));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn put_object_withholds_the_etag_under_target_side_kms() {
+        let (client, _) = header_recording_target_client(vec![
+            ("etag".to_string(), "\"9a0364b9e99bb480dd25e1f0284c8555\"".to_string()),
+            ("x-amz-server-side-encryption".to_string(), "aws:kms".to_string()),
+        ]);
+        let response = client
+            .put_object(
+                "target-bucket",
+                "object",
+                4,
+                ByteStream::from_static(b"data"),
+                &PutObjectOptions::default(),
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("recorded put_object should succeed");
+        assert!(
+            response.etag.is_none(),
+            "a KMS-encrypted replica's etag is not the content MD5 and must be withheld"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    struct RecordingAuthConnector {
+        signed_requests: Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<(bool, bool)>>>,
+    }
+
+    impl SmithyHttpConnector for RecordingAuthConnector {
+        fn call(&self, request: HttpRequest) -> HttpConnectorFuture {
+            let has_expected_token = request.headers().get("x-amz-security-token") == Some("temporary-session-token");
+            let has_authorization = request.headers().contains_key("authorization");
+            self.signed_requests
+                .lock()
+                .expect("recorded auth request lock should not be poisoned")
+                .push((has_expected_token, has_authorization));
+            HttpConnectorFuture::ready(Ok(HttpResponse::new(
+                aws_smithy_runtime_api::http::StatusCode::try_from(200_u16).expect("200 should be a valid response status"),
+                SdkBody::empty(),
+            )))
+        }
+    }
+
    fn recording_target_client() -> (TargetClient, Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<String>>>) {
        let request_uris = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
        let connector = SharedHttpConnector::new(RecordingHttpConnector {
@@ -2533,6 +2910,150 @@ mod tests {
        )
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn remote_target_sdk_credentials_preserve_temporary_credential_fields() {
+        let now = SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(1_000);
+        let expiration = SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(2_000);
+        let credentials = Credentials {
+            access_key: "access".to_string(),
+            secret_key: "secret".to_string(),
+            session_token: Some("temporary-session-token".to_string()),
+            expiration: Some(jiff::Timestamp::try_from(expiration).expect("test expiration should convert")),
+        };
+
+        let sdk_credentials =
+            remote_target_sdk_credentials(&credentials, "account", now).expect("unexpired temporary credentials should build");
+
+        assert_eq!(sdk_credentials.session_token(), Some("temporary-session-token"));
+        assert_eq!(sdk_credentials.expiry(), Some(expiration));
+        assert_eq!(sdk_credentials.account_id().map(|id| id.as_str()), Some("account"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn remote_target_sdk_credentials_normalize_go_zero_expiration() {
+        let credentials = Credentials {
+            access_key: "access".to_string(),
+            secret_key: "secret".to_string(),
+            session_token: None,
+            expiration: Some("0001-01-01T00:00:00Z".parse().expect("Go zero time should parse")),
+        };
+
+        let sdk_credentials = remote_target_sdk_credentials(&credentials, "", SystemTime::now())
+            .expect("Go zero expiration should remain compatible with static credentials");
+
+        assert!(sdk_credentials.session_token().is_none());
+        assert!(sdk_credentials.expiry().is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn remote_target_sdk_credentials_reject_invalid_expiration_boundaries() {
+        let expiration = SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(2_000);
+        let mut credentials = Credentials {
+            access_key: "access".to_string(),
+            secret_key: "secret".to_string(),
+            session_token: None,
+            expiration: Some(jiff::Timestamp::try_from(expiration).expect("test expiration should convert")),
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            remote_target_sdk_credentials(&credentials, "", SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(1_000))
+                .expect_err("expiration without a session token must fail"),
+            "remote target credential expiration requires a session token"
+        );
+
+        credentials.session_token = Some("temporary-session-token".to_string());
+        assert_eq!(
+            remote_target_sdk_credentials(&credentials, "", expiration)
+                .expect_err("credentials expire at the exact expiration boundary"),
+            EXPIRED_REMOTE_TARGET_CREDENTIALS
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn remote_target_credentials_provider_fails_closed_after_expiration() {
+        let expiration = SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(2_000);
+        let provider = RemoteTargetCredentialsProvider {
+            credentials: SdkCredentials::new(
+                "access",
+                "secret",
+                Some("temporary-session-token".to_string()),
+                Some(expiration),
+                "test",
+            ),
+        };
+
+        assert!(provider.resolve_at(expiration - Duration::from_nanos(1)).is_ok());
+        let err = provider
+            .resolve_at(expiration)
+            .expect_err("expired credentials must not be returned");
+        assert_eq!(err.source().map(ToString::to_string).as_deref(), Some(EXPIRED_REMOTE_TARGET_CREDENTIALS));
+        assert!(!format!("{provider:?}").contains("temporary-session-token"));
+        assert!(!format!("{provider:?}").contains("secret"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn target_client_detects_expiration_for_cache_refresh() {
+        let expiration: jiff::Timestamp = "2099-01-01T00:00:00Z".parse().expect("expiration should parse");
+        let (mut client, _) = recording_target_client();
+        client.credentials = Some(Credentials {
+            access_key: "access".to_string(),
+            secret_key: "secret".to_string(),
+            session_token: Some("temporary-session-token".to_string()),
+            expiration: Some(expiration),
+        });
+
+        assert!(!client.credentials_expired_at("2098-12-31T23:59:59Z".parse().expect("pre-expiration timestamp should parse")));
+        assert!(client.credentials_expired_at(expiration));
+
+        client.credentials.as_mut().expect("credentials should exist").expiration =
+            Some("0001-01-01T00:00:00Z".parse().expect("Go zero time should parse"));
+        assert!(!client.credentials_expired_at(jiff::Timestamp::now()));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn temporary_credentials_add_security_token_to_sigv4_requests() {
+        let signed_requests = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+        let connector = SharedHttpConnector::new(RecordingAuthConnector {
+            signed_requests: Arc::clone(&signed_requests),
+        });
+        let http_client = http_client_fn(move |_settings, _components| connector.clone());
+        let credentials = Credentials {
+            access_key: "access".to_string(),
+            secret_key: "secret".to_string(),
+            session_token: Some("temporary-session-token".to_string()),
+            expiration: Some("2099-01-01T00:00:00Z".parse().expect("future expiration should parse")),
+        };
+        let sdk_credentials = remote_target_sdk_credentials(&credentials, "", SystemTime::now())
+            .expect("unexpired temporary credentials should build");
+        let client = S3Client::from_conf(
+            S3Config::builder()
+                .endpoint_url("https://target.example")
+                .credentials_provider(SharedCredentialsProvider::new(RemoteTargetCredentialsProvider {
+                    credentials: sdk_credentials,
+                }))
+                .region(SdkRegion::new("us-east-1"))
+                .http_client(http_client)
+                .behavior_version(aws_sdk_s3::config::BehaviorVersion::latest())
+                .build(),
+        );
+
+        client
+            .head_bucket()
+            .bucket("target-bucket")
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .expect("recording connector should accept the signed request");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            signed_requests
+                .lock()
+                .expect("recorded auth request lock should not be poisoned")
+                .as_slice(),
+            &[(true, true)],
+            "SigV4 request must include both authorization and the session-token header"
+        );
+    }
+
    fn spawn_https_server(cert: &rcgen::CertifiedKey<rcgen::KeyPair>, requests: usize) -> (u16, std::thread::JoinHandle<()>) {
        use std::io::{Read, Write};

@@ -2640,7 +3161,10 @@ mod tests {
            .credentials_provider(SharedCredentialsProvider::new(credentials))
            .region(SdkRegion::new("us-east-1"))
            .force_path_style(true)
-            .behavior_version(aws_sdk_s3::config::BehaviorVersion::latest());
+            .behavior_version(aws_sdk_s3::config::BehaviorVersion::latest())
+            // Mirror the production remote-target builder so recorded requests
+            // exercise the same checksum/framing behavior (#6853).
+            .request_checksum_calculation(replication_request_checksum_calculation());
        if let Some(http_client) = http_client {
            config = config.http_client(http_client);
        }
@@ -3464,6 +3988,29 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(mutexes.contains_key("second"));
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn target_refresh_attempt_updates_retry_timestamp_and_error_count() {
+        let sys = BucketTargetSys::default();
+
+        sys.mark_refresh_attempt("arn:reload").await;
+        let last_refresh = sys.arn_remotes_map.read().await["arn:reload"].last_refresh;
+        assert!(OffsetDateTime::now_utc() - last_refresh < Duration::from_secs(5));
+
+        sys.inc_arn_errs("bucket", "arn:reload").await;
+        sys.inc_arn_errs("bucket", "arn:reload").await;
+        let errors = sys.arn_errs_map.read().await;
+        assert_eq!(errors["arn:reload"].count, 2);
+        assert_eq!(errors["arn:reload"].bucket, "bucket");
+        drop(errors);
+
+        sys.mark_refresh_in_progress("bucket", "arn:reload").await;
+        assert!(sys.is_reloading_target("bucket", "arn:reload").await);
+        sys.mark_refresh_done("bucket", "arn:reload").await;
+        assert!(!sys.is_reloading_target("bucket", "arn:reload").await);
+        sys.mark_refresh_in_progress("bucket", "arn:reload").await;
+        assert!(sys.is_reloading_target("bucket", "arn:reload").await);
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn update_all_targets_publishes_disable_proxy_on_target_client() {
        // The read-proxy selector (replication_proxy::get_proxy_targets) skips
@@ -3502,6 +4049,88 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(opted_out.disable_proxy, "disable_proxy must reach the published TargetClient");
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn update_all_targets_keeps_failed_client_placeholder() {
+        let sys = BucketTargetSys::default();
+        let target = BucketTarget {
+            arn: "arn:expired".to_string(),
+            endpoint: "192.168.1.10:9000".to_string(),
+            target_bucket: "target-bucket".to_string(),
+            region: "us-east-1".to_string(),
+            credentials: Some(Credentials {
+                access_key: "access".to_string(),
+                secret_key: "secret".to_string(),
+                session_token: Some("temporary-session-token".to_string()),
+                expiration: Some("2000-01-01T00:00:00Z".parse().expect("expired timestamp should parse")),
+            }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let targets = BucketTargets { targets: vec![target] };
+
+        sys.update_all_targets("bucket", Some(&targets)).await;
+
+        let remotes = sys.arn_remotes_map.read().await;
+        let placeholder = remotes
+            .get("arn:expired")
+            .expect("configured target should retain a cache entry");
+        assert!(placeholder.client.is_none());
+        assert!(OffsetDateTime::now_utc() - placeholder.last_refresh < Duration::from_secs(5));
+        drop(remotes);
+        assert!(sys.get_remote_target_client("bucket", "arn:expired").await.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn credential_rotation_atomically_replaces_published_client() {
+        let sys = BucketTargetSys::default();
+        let target = |session_token: &str| BucketTarget {
+            arn: "arn:rotating".to_string(),
+            endpoint: "192.168.1.10:9000".to_string(),
+            target_bucket: "target-bucket".to_string(),
+            region: "us-east-1".to_string(),
+            credentials: Some(Credentials {
+                access_key: "access".to_string(),
+                secret_key: "secret".to_string(),
+                session_token: Some(session_token.to_string()),
+                expiration: None,
+            }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        sys.update_all_targets(
+            "bucket",
+            Some(&BucketTargets {
+                targets: vec![target("old-session-token")],
+            }),
+        )
+        .await;
+        let old_client = sys
+            .get_remote_target_client("bucket", "arn:rotating")
+            .await
+            .expect("initial client should be published");
+
+        sys.update_all_targets(
+            "bucket",
+            Some(&BucketTargets {
+                targets: vec![target("new-session-token")],
+            }),
+        )
+        .await;
+        let new_client = sys
+            .get_remote_target_client("bucket", "arn:rotating")
+            .await
+            .expect("rotated client should be published");
+
+        assert!(!Arc::ptr_eq(&old_client, &new_client));
+        assert_eq!(
+            old_client.credentials.as_ref().and_then(Credentials::effective_session_token),
+            Some("old-session-token")
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            new_client.credentials.as_ref().and_then(Credentials::effective_session_token),
+            Some("new-session-token")
+        );
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
    async fn target_updates_serialize_client_build_through_publication_per_bucket() {
        let sys = Arc::new(BucketTargetSys::default());
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ use super::runtime_boundary as runtime_sources;
 use crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle;
 use crate::object_api::ObjectInfo;
 use crate::services::event_notification::{EventArgs, send_event};
-use rustfs_common::metrics::IlmAction;
 use rustfs_s3_types::EventName;
+use rustfs_scanner_contracts::metrics::IlmAction;

 const LIFECYCLE_EXPIRY_USER_AGENT: &str = "Internal: [ILM-Expiry]";
 const LIFECYCLE_TRANSITION_USER_AGENT: &str = "Internal: [ILM-Transition]";
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ use crate::store::ECStore;
 use async_channel::{Receiver as A_Receiver, Sender as A_Sender, bounded};
 use http::HeaderMap;
 use rand::RngExt as _;
-use rustfs_common::metrics::{
-    IlmAction, Metrics, ScannerLifecycleExpiryStateUpdate, ScannerLifecycleTransitionStateUpdate, global_metrics,
-};
 use rustfs_config::{
    DEFAULT_TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY, DEFAULT_TRANSITION_QUEUE_SEND_TIMEOUT_MS, DEFAULT_TRANSITION_WORKERS_ABSOLUTE_MAX,
    DEFAULT_TRANSITION_WORKERS_CAP, ENV_MAX_EXPIRY_WORKERS, ENV_TRANSITION_QUEUE_CAPACITY, ENV_TRANSITION_QUEUE_SEND_TIMEOUT_MS,
@@ -84,6 +81,9 @@ use rustfs_data_usage::TierStats;
 use rustfs_filemeta::{
    FileInfo, FileInfoOpts, NULL_VERSION_ID, RestoreStatusOps, TRANSITION_COMPLETE, get_file_info, is_restored_object_on_disk,
 };
+use rustfs_scanner_contracts::metrics::{
+    IlmAction, Metrics, ScannerLifecycleExpiryStateUpdate, ScannerLifecycleTransitionStateUpdate, global_metrics,
+};
 use rustfs_utils::{
    get_env_i64, get_env_usize,
    path::encode_dir_object,
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ impl ExpiryStats {
    }

    fn add_nonnegative(counter: &AtomicI64, delta: i64) {
-        let _ = counter.fetch_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| Some(current.saturating_add(delta).max(0)));
+        let _ = counter.try_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| Some(current.saturating_add(delta).max(0)));
    }

    fn increment_missed_expiry_tasks(&self) {
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ impl ExpiryState {
                        let version_count = u64::try_from(v.versions.len()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
                        let trace = LifecycleExpiryTrace::for_batch(&v.bucket, &v.event, &v.src, version_count);
                        trace.emit(EVENT_LIFECYCLE_DELETE_DISPATCHED, "delete_dispatched", None);
-                        crate::client::object_handlers_common::delete_object_versions(
+                        crate::bucket::lifecycle::object_handlers_common::delete_object_versions(
                            &api,
                            &v.bucket,
                            &v.versions,
@@ -5431,8 +5431,6 @@ mod tests {
    use crate::bucket::lifecycle::tier_sweeper::Jentry;
    use crate::bucket::metadata::{BUCKET_LIFECYCLE_CONFIG, BUCKET_VERSIONING_CONFIG};
    use crate::bucket::metadata_sys;
-    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
-    use crate::client::transition_api::ReaderImpl;
    use crate::disk::endpoint::Endpoint;
    use crate::disk::{RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET, STORAGE_FORMAT_FILE};
    use crate::error::{Error, is_err_invalid_upload_id};
@@ -5460,11 +5458,13 @@ mod tests {
    use futures::FutureExt;
    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
    use http::HeaderMap;
-    use rustfs_common::metrics::{IlmAction, global_metrics};
    use rustfs_config::ENV_MAX_EXPIRY_WORKERS;
    use rustfs_config::ENV_TRANSITION_WORKERS_ABSOLUTE_MAX;
    use rustfs_data_usage::TierStats;
    use rustfs_filemeta::{FileInfo, FileMeta};
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    use rustfs_s3_client::transition_api::ReaderImpl;
+    use rustfs_scanner_contracts::metrics::{IlmAction, global_metrics};
    use s3s::dto::{
        BucketLifecycleConfiguration, DefaultRetention, ExpirationStatus, LifecycleExpiration, LifecycleRule, MetadataEntry,
        ObjectLockConfiguration, ObjectLockEnabled, ObjectLockRetentionMode, ObjectLockRule, OutputLocation, RestoreRequest,
@@ -6352,7 +6352,7 @@ mod tests {
        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>())
+            .and_then(|source| source.downcast_ref::<rustfs_s3_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);
@@ -11563,7 +11563,7 @@ mod tests {
        lease
            .put(
                "remote/object",
-                crate::client::transition_api::ReaderImpl::Body(bytes::Bytes::from_static(b"candidate")),
+                rustfs_s3_client::transition_api::ReaderImpl::Body(bytes::Bytes::from_static(b"candidate")),
                9,
            )
            .await
@@ -12195,7 +12195,7 @@ mod tests {
    #[tokio::test]
    #[serial]
    async fn tier_free_version_recovery_continues_after_deleted_marker_bucket() {
-        let (_paths, ecstore) = setup_test_env().await;
+        let (disk_paths, ecstore) = setup_test_env().await;
        let suffix = Uuid::new_v4().simple();
        let earlier_bucket = format!("zzzz-recovery-{suffix}-a");
        let deleted_marker = format!("zzzz-recovery-{suffix}-m");
@@ -12203,11 +12203,7 @@ mod tests {
        let later_object = "a-before-stale-marker";
        create_test_bucket(&ecstore, &earlier_bucket).await;
        create_test_bucket(&ecstore, &later_bucket).await;
-        let mut reader = PutObjReader::from_vec(b"cursor reset probe".to_vec());
-        ecstore
-            .put_object(&later_bucket, later_object, &mut reader, &ObjectOptions::default())
-            .await
-            .expect("successor bucket object should be created");
+        seed_recoverable_free_version(&disk_paths, &later_bucket, later_object, None, None).await;

        let page = list_tier_free_versions(
            Arc::clone(&ecstore),
@@ -12220,14 +12216,10 @@ mod tests {
        .expect("recovery should resume at the first bucket after a deleted marker bucket");

        assert_eq!(page.buckets_scanned, 1, "the later bucket must not be skipped");
-        assert_eq!(
-            page.scanned_entries, 1,
-            "the deleted bucket's object marker must not skip objects in the successor bucket"
-        );
-        ecstore
-            .delete_object(&later_bucket, later_object, ObjectOptions::default())
-            .await
-            .expect("successor bucket object should be removed");
+        assert_eq!(page.items.len(), 1, "the successor bucket's recoverable object must be returned");
+        assert_eq!(page.items[0].bucket, later_bucket);
+        assert_eq!(page.items[0].name, later_object);
+        remove_seeded_free_version(&disk_paths, &later_bucket, later_object).await;
        for bucket in [&earlier_bucket, &later_bucket] {
            ecstore
                .delete_bucket(bucket, &DeleteBucketOptions::default())
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