Merge branch 'main' into overtrue/fix-1907-queue-semantics

* test(kms): bound Vault failover progress wait

* ci(nightly): honor manual dispatch ref

* test(kms): preserve Vault worker failures

* test(kms): validate Vault circuit recovery

.github/workflows/nightly-gnu.yml

@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ jobs:
     env:
       FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout main branch
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-          ref: main
 
       - name: Setup Rust environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -89,11 +88,10 @@ jobs:
       # either casing.
       NO_PROXY: 127.0.0.1,localhost
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout main branch
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-          ref: main
 
       - name: Setup Rust environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -178,11 +176,10 @@ jobs:
       FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
       NO_PROXY: 127.0.0.1,localhost
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout main branch
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-          ref: main
 
       - name: Setup Rust environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup

CLAUDE.md

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ make build-docker BUILD_OS=ubuntu22.04
 - Crate membership: `Cargo.toml` `[workspace].members`
 - Architecture, layering, crate map: [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md)
 - Migration guardrails & readiness contracts: [docs/architecture/](docs/architecture/README.md)
-- CI gates: `.github/workflows/ci.yml` (source of truth; never copy its steps into docs)
+- CI workflow steps: `.github/workflows/`; event, timeout, and required-status
+  matrix: [docs/testing/ci-gates.md](docs/testing/ci-gates.md)
 - Test-layer taxonomy, per-layer entry commands, serial/nextest rules, flake
   policy: [docs/testing/README.md](docs/testing/README.md)
 - Tier/ILM transition debugging (xl.meta inspection, versionId tracing):

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ make pre-pr
 
 > For the full test-layer taxonomy (unit / ecstore black-box / e2e / s3s-e2e / S3 compatibility / chaos / fuzz / bench), each layer's entry command, the naming conventions the migration gate depends on, and the serial/nextest rules, see [docs/testing/README.md](docs/testing/README.md).
 
+> For the event, timeout, required-status, and local reproduction matrix, see [docs/testing/ci-gates.md](docs/testing/ci-gates.md).
+
 ### 🔒 Automated Pre-commit Hooks
 #### What `make pre-commit` and `make pre-pr` actually run
 

crates/ecstore/src/core/pools.rs

@@ -462,19 +462,16 @@ pub(crate) fn local_decommission_queue_prefix(endpoints: &EndpointServerPools, i
     Ok(local)
 }
 
-fn first_resumable_decommission_queue_indices(meta: &PoolMeta) -> Vec<usize> {
+fn resumable_decommission_queue_indices(meta: &PoolMeta) -> Vec<usize> {
     let mut indices = Vec::new();
     for (idx, pool) in meta.pools.iter().enumerate() {
         if let Some(decommission) = &pool.decommission {
             if !decommission.has_decommission_state() {
                 continue;
             }
-            if decommission.complete {
+            if decommission.complete || decommission.failed || decommission.canceled {
                 continue;
             }
-            if decommission.failed || decommission.canceled {
-                break;
-            }
             indices.push(idx);
         }
     }
@@ -2406,24 +2403,10 @@ impl PoolMeta {
     }
 
     pub fn return_resumable_pools(&self) -> Vec<PoolStatus> {
-        let mut new_pools = Vec::new();
+        resumable_decommission_queue_indices(self)
-        for pool in &self.pools {
+            .into_iter()
-            if let Some(decommission) = &pool.decommission {
+            .map(|idx| self.pools[idx].clone())
-                if !decommission.has_decommission_state() {
+            .collect()
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if decommission.complete || decommission.failed || decommission.canceled {
-                    // Recovery is not required when:
-                    // - Decommissioning completed
-                    // - Decommissioning failed and must be explicitly restarted or cleared
-                    // - Decommissioning was cancelled
-                    continue;
-                }
-                // All other scenarios require recovery
-                new_pools.push(pool.clone());
-            }
-        }
-        new_pools
     }
 }
 
@@ -3332,7 +3315,7 @@ impl ECStore {
         let _start_guard = self.start_gate.lock().await;
         let indices = {
             let pool_meta = self.pool_meta.read().await;
-            first_resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&pool_meta)
+            resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&pool_meta)
                 .into_iter()
                 .filter(|idx| indices.contains(idx))
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>()
@@ -3377,7 +3360,7 @@ impl ECStore {
     pub async fn spawn_missing_local_decommission_routines(self: &Arc<Self>) -> Result<()> {
         let indices = {
             let pool_meta = self.pool_meta.read().await;
-            first_resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&pool_meta)
+            resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&pool_meta)
         };
         let indices = local_decommission_queue_prefix(&self.endpoints(), &indices)?;
         if indices.is_empty() {
@@ -6363,12 +6346,12 @@ mod pools_tests {
         ensure_decommission_start_keeps_active_pool, ensure_decommission_start_local_leader,
         ensure_decommission_start_pool_states, ensure_decommission_start_rebalance_meta_allowed,
         ensure_decommission_start_target_capacity, ensure_decommission_terminal_operation_supported,
-        ensure_local_decommission_pool_leaders, ensure_valid_decommission_pool_index, first_resumable_decommission_queue_indices,
+        ensure_local_decommission_pool_leaders, ensure_valid_decommission_pool_index, get_by_index, guard_decommission_cancelers,
-        get_by_index, guard_decommission_cancelers, has_active_decommission_canceler, is_decommission_active,
+        has_active_decommission_canceler, is_decommission_active, is_decommission_cancel_requested,
-        is_decommission_cancel_requested, load_decommission_entry_versions, local_decommission_queue_prefix,
+        load_decommission_entry_versions, local_decommission_queue_prefix, mark_decommission_bucket_done,
-        mark_decommission_bucket_done, merge_pool_status_refresh, missing_decommission_worker_prefix,
+        merge_pool_status_refresh, missing_decommission_worker_prefix, observe_decommission_terminal_reload_result,
-        observe_decommission_terminal_reload_result, pool_meta_has_active_decommission, require_decommission_store,
+        pool_meta_has_active_decommission, require_decommission_store, reserve_decommission_start_cancelers,
-        reserve_decommission_start_cancelers, resolve_decommission_bucket_done_save_result, resolve_decommission_bucket_state,
+        resolve_decommission_bucket_done_save_result, resolve_decommission_bucket_state,
         resolve_decommission_check_after_list_result, resolve_decommission_entry_cleanup_delete_result,
         resolve_decommission_entry_exact_versions, resolve_decommission_entry_reload_result,
         resolve_decommission_listing_worker_result, resolve_decommission_optional_bucket_config_result,
@@ -6376,9 +6359,9 @@ mod pools_tests {
         resolve_decommission_preflight_heal_result, resolve_decommission_progress_save_result,
         resolve_decommission_terminal_mark_after_error_result, resolve_decommission_terminal_mark_result,
         resolve_decommission_update_after_result, resolve_start_decommission_pool_meta_reload_result,
-        rollback_start_decommission_pool_meta, run_decommission_buckets_bounded, run_decommission_listing_with_retry,
+        resumable_decommission_queue_indices, rollback_start_decommission_pool_meta, run_decommission_buckets_bounded,
-        run_decommission_listing_with_retry_and_drain, run_decommission_side_effect, should_cleanup_decommission_source_entry,
+        run_decommission_listing_with_retry, run_decommission_listing_with_retry_and_drain, run_decommission_side_effect,
-        should_continue_decommission_queue, should_count_decommission_version_complete,
+        should_cleanup_decommission_source_entry, should_continue_decommission_queue, should_count_decommission_version_complete,
         should_preserve_decommission_canceled_state, should_reject_decommission_cancel_as_terminal,
         should_retry_decommission_cancel_reload, should_retry_decommission_listing, should_skip_canceled_decommission_routine,
         spawn_decommission_index_cancelers, split_decommission_buckets, take_and_cancel_decommission_canceler,
@@ -9387,7 +9370,7 @@ mod pools_tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_first_resumable_decommission_queue_indices_stops_at_failed_or_canceled_state() {
+    fn test_resumable_decommission_queue_indices_skip_terminal_predecessors() {
         let meta = PoolMeta {
             pools: vec![
                 decommission_test_pool_status(
@@ -9423,11 +9406,11 @@ mod pools_tests {
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
-        assert!(first_resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&meta).is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&meta), vec![3]);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_first_resumable_decommission_queue_indices_allows_after_completed_prefix() {
+    fn test_resumable_decommission_queue_indices_preserve_active_predecessor_order() {
         let meta = PoolMeta {
             pools: vec![
                 decommission_test_pool_status(
@@ -9440,7 +9423,7 @@ mod pools_tests {
                 decommission_test_pool_status(
                     1,
                     Some(PoolDecommissionInfo {
-                        queued: true,
+                        start_time: Some(OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH),
                         ..Default::default()
                     }),
                 ),
@@ -9455,11 +9438,11 @@ mod pools_tests {
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
-        assert_eq!(first_resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&meta), vec![1, 2]);
+        assert_eq!(resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&meta), vec![1, 2]);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_return_resumable_pools_skips_failed_decommission() {
+    fn test_runtime_and_startup_use_the_same_resumable_queue() {
         let meta = PoolMeta {
             pools: vec![
                 decommission_test_pool_status(
@@ -9471,6 +9454,20 @@ mod pools_tests {
                 ),
                 decommission_test_pool_status(
                     1,
+                    Some(PoolDecommissionInfo {
+                        canceled: true,
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    }),
+                ),
+                decommission_test_pool_status(
+                    2,
+                    Some(PoolDecommissionInfo {
+                        start_time: Some(OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    }),
+                ),
+                decommission_test_pool_status(
+                    3,
                     Some(PoolDecommissionInfo {
                         queued: true,
                         ..Default::default()
@@ -9480,10 +9477,15 @@ mod pools_tests {
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
-        let resumable = meta.return_resumable_pools();
+        let runtime_indices = resumable_decommission_queue_indices(&meta);
+        let startup_ids = meta
+            .return_resumable_pools()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|pool| pool.id)
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-        assert_eq!(resumable.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(runtime_indices, vec![2, 3]);
-        assert_eq!(resumable[0].id, 1);
+        assert_eq!(startup_ids, vec![2, 3]);
     }
 
     #[test]

crates/ecstore/src/io_support/bitrot.rs

@@ -784,6 +784,24 @@ pub(crate) fn create_deferred_bitrot_reader_with_stripe_handle(
 ///
 /// # Returns
 /// A Result containing the BitrotWriterWrapper or an error
+/// Size hint handed to `DiskAPI::create_file` for a bitrot-wrapped shard.
+///
+/// A known length is grown by one checksum per shard so the on-disk file size
+/// matches what the bitrot writer emits. A negative length is the
+/// unknown-size sentinel (`HashReader::SIZE_PRESERVE_LAYER`, used by SSE and
+/// compression) and must be preserved: `RemoteDisk::create_file` forwards it
+/// in the `put_file_stream` query, and the receiver only treats `size > 0` as
+/// a fixed body length when locating the authenticated trailer. Clamping it
+/// to `0` would claim an empty body and misframe the stream. `0` stays `0`
+/// because a genuinely empty object still means an empty body.
+fn bitrot_create_file_size(length: i64, shard_size: usize, checksum_algo: &HashAlgorithm) -> i64 {
+    if length <= 0 {
+        return length;
+    }
+    let length = length as usize;
+    (length.div_ceil(shard_size) * checksum_algo.size() + length) as i64
+}
+
 pub async fn create_bitrot_writer(
     is_inline_buffer: bool,
     disk: Option<&DiskStore>,
@@ -796,12 +814,7 @@ pub async fn create_bitrot_writer(
     let writer = if is_inline_buffer {
         CustomWriter::new_inline_buffer()
     } else if let Some(disk) = disk {
-        let length = if length > 0 {
+        let length = bitrot_create_file_size(length, shard_size, &checksum_algo);
-            let length = length as usize;
-            (length.div_ceil(shard_size) * checksum_algo.size() + length) as i64
-        } else {
-            0
-        };
 
         let file = disk.create_file("", volume, path, length).await?;
         #[cfg(feature = "hotpath")]
@@ -820,6 +833,25 @@ mod tests {
     use rustfs_rio::ChunkReader;
     use std::collections::VecDeque;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn bitrot_create_file_size_grows_known_length_by_checksums() {
+        // 10 bytes over 4-byte shards = 3 shards, each followed by a 32-byte hash.
+        assert_eq!(bitrot_create_file_size(10, 4, &HashAlgorithm::HighwayHash256), 10 + 3 * 32);
+        assert_eq!(bitrot_create_file_size(10, 4, &HashAlgorithm::None), 10);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bitrot_create_file_size_keeps_empty_and_unknown_distinct() {
+        assert_eq!(bitrot_create_file_size(0, 4, &HashAlgorithm::HighwayHash256), 0);
+        // SSE/compression streams advertise SIZE_PRESERVE_LAYER (-1); the remote
+        // put_file_stream receiver relies on a non-positive size to parse the auth
+        // trailer from the stream tail, so the sentinel must survive untouched.
+        assert_eq!(
+            bitrot_create_file_size(rustfs_rio::HashReader::SIZE_PRESERVE_LAYER, 4, &HashAlgorithm::HighwayHash256),
+            rustfs_rio::HashReader::SIZE_PRESERVE_LAYER
+        );
+    }
+
     struct TestChunkReader {
         chunks: VecDeque<Bytes>,
     }

crates/kms/tests/vault_ha_failover_live.rs

@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 //!
 //! `scripts/test/vault_ha_kms_live.sh` owns the official Vault containers and
 //! kills the active node while this test continuously decrypts through a
-//! surviving standby. KV2 and Transit requests must remain successful, use a
+//! surviving standby. KV2 and Transit must recover after the bounded circuit
-//! bounded number of attempts, and leave the circuit and in-flight gauges at
+//! interval, use a bounded number of attempts, and leave the circuit and
-//! zero after a new leader is elected.
+//! in-flight gauges at zero after a new leader is elected.
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use metrics_util::MetricKind;
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ const OPERATION_ATTEMPTS: &str = "rustfs_kms_backend_operation_attempts";
 const IN_FLIGHT: &str = "rustfs_kms_backend_in_flight";
 const CIRCUIT_OPEN: &str = "rustfs_kms_backend_circuit_open";
 const MAX_ATTEMPTS: u32 = 10;
+const ATTEMPT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+const HEALTHY_PROGRESS_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(20);
+// The circuit remains open for 30s after five failed attempts.
+const POST_FAILOVER_PROGRESS_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(35);
+const FAILOVER_ERROR_POLL_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(100);
 
 type MetricEntry = (
     metrics_util::CompositeKey,
@@ -64,7 +69,7 @@ fn config(backend: KmsBackend, backend_config: BackendConfig) -> KmsConfig {
         backend,
         backend_config,
         allow_insecure_dev_defaults: true,
-        timeout: Duration::from_secs(2),
+        timeout: ATTEMPT_TIMEOUT,
         retry_attempts: MAX_ATTEMPTS,
         enable_cache: false,
         ..KmsConfig::default()
@@ -164,14 +169,31 @@ fn retryable_failures(snapshot: &[MetricEntry], operation: &str) -> u64 {
         .sum()
 }
 
-async fn wait_for_count(counter: &AtomicU64, minimum: u64, description: &str) {
+async fn wait_for_count(
-    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(20), async {
+    counter: &AtomicU64,
+    failure: &Mutex<Option<String>>,
+    minimum: u64,
+    description: &str,
+    timeout: Duration,
+) {
+    tokio::time::timeout(timeout, async {
         while counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst) < minimum {
+            if let Some(error) = failure.lock().expect("decrypt failure lock poisoned").as_ref() {
+                panic!(
+                    "{description} worker failed after {} successful decrypts: {error}",
+                    counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+                );
+            }
             tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(25)).await;
         }
     })
     .await
-    .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("timed out waiting for {description}"));
+    .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+        panic!(
+            "timed out after {timeout:?} waiting for {description}: completed {}, expected {minimum}",
+            counter.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+        )
+    });
 }
 
 async fn wait_for_file(path: &Path, description: &str) {
@@ -189,7 +211,8 @@ async fn decrypt_loop<B: KmsBackendTrait + Send + Sync + 'static>(
     request: DecryptRequest,
     expected: Vec<u8>,
     completed: Arc<AtomicU64>,
-    failed: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    allow_failover_errors: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    failure: Arc<Mutex<Option<String>>>,
     stop: CancellationToken,
 ) {
     while !stop.is_cancelled() {
@@ -197,8 +220,18 @@ async fn decrypt_loop<B: KmsBackendTrait + Send + Sync + 'static>(
             Ok(response) if response.plaintext == expected => {
                 completed.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
             }
-            Ok(_) | Err(_) => {
+            Ok(_) => {
-                failed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                *failure.lock().expect("decrypt failure lock poisoned") =
+                    Some("decrypt returned unexpected plaintext".to_string());
+                return;
+            }
+            Err(rustfs_kms::KmsError::BackendError { .. } | rustfs_kms::KmsError::OperationTimedOut { .. })
+                if allow_failover_errors.load(Ordering::SeqCst) =>
+            {
+                tokio::time::sleep(FAILOVER_ERROR_POLL_INTERVAL).await;
+            }
+            Err(error) => {
+                *failure.lock().expect("decrypt failure lock poisoned") = Some(error.to_string());
                 return;
             }
         }
@@ -296,7 +329,9 @@ async fn exercise_failover(snapshotter: &Snapshotter) {
     );
 
     let stop = CancellationToken::new();
-    let failed = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let allow_failover_errors = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let kv2_failure = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None));
+    let transit_failure = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None));
     let kv2_completed = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
     let transit_completed = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
     let kv2_worker = tokio::spawn(decrypt_loop(
@@ -304,7 +339,8 @@ async fn exercise_failover(snapshotter: &Snapshotter) {
         kv2_request,
         kv2_data_key.plaintext_key,
         Arc::clone(&kv2_completed),
-        Arc::clone(&failed),
+        Arc::clone(&allow_failover_errors),
+        Arc::clone(&kv2_failure),
         stop.clone(),
     ));
     let transit_worker = tokio::spawn(decrypt_loop(
@@ -312,12 +348,21 @@ async fn exercise_failover(snapshotter: &Snapshotter) {
         transit_request,
         transit_data_key.plaintext_key,
         Arc::clone(&transit_completed),
-        Arc::clone(&failed),
+        Arc::clone(&allow_failover_errors),
+        Arc::clone(&transit_failure),
         stop.clone(),
     ));
 
-    wait_for_count(&kv2_completed, 2, "two healthy KV2 decrypts").await;
+    wait_for_count(&kv2_completed, &kv2_failure, 2, "two healthy KV2 decrypts", HEALTHY_PROGRESS_TIMEOUT).await;
-    wait_for_count(&transit_completed, 2, "two healthy Transit decrypts").await;
+    wait_for_count(
+        &transit_completed,
+        &transit_failure,
+        2,
+        "two healthy Transit decrypts",
+        HEALTHY_PROGRESS_TIMEOUT,
+    )
+    .await;
+    allow_failover_errors.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
     std::fs::write(&marker, b"ready").expect("publish failover readiness marker");
 
     wait_for_file(&elected, "the replacement Vault leader").await;
@@ -326,18 +371,39 @@ async fn exercise_failover(snapshotter: &Snapshotter) {
 
     let kv2_after_election = kv2_completed.load(Ordering::SeqCst) + 2;
     let transit_after_election = transit_completed.load(Ordering::SeqCst) + 2;
-    wait_for_count(&kv2_completed, kv2_after_election, "post-failover KV2 decrypts").await;
+    wait_for_count(
-    wait_for_count(&transit_completed, transit_after_election, "post-failover Transit decrypts").await;
+        &kv2_completed,
+        &kv2_failure,
+        kv2_after_election,
+        "post-failover KV2 decrypts",
+        POST_FAILOVER_PROGRESS_TIMEOUT,
+    )
+    .await;
+    wait_for_count(
+        &transit_completed,
+        &transit_failure,
+        transit_after_election,
+        "post-failover Transit decrypts",
+        POST_FAILOVER_PROGRESS_TIMEOUT,
+    )
+    .await;
 
     stop.cancel();
     kv2_worker.await.expect("KV2 decrypt worker must join");
     transit_worker.await.expect("Transit decrypt worker must join");
-    assert!(!failed.load(Ordering::SeqCst), "no decrypt may fail or return different plaintext");
+    assert!(
+        kv2_failure.lock().expect("KV2 failure lock poisoned").is_none(),
+        "no KV2 decrypt may fail or return different plaintext"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        transit_failure.lock().expect("Transit failure lock poisoned").is_none(),
+        "no Transit decrypt may fail or return different plaintext"
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore = "requires a real three-node Vault Raft cluster; run scripts/test/vault_ha_kms_live.sh"]
-fn vault_raft_leader_failure_preserves_kv2_and_transit_decrypts() {
+fn vault_raft_leader_failure_recovers_kv2_and_transit_decrypts() {
     let recorder = DebuggingRecorder::new();
     let snapshotter = recorder.snapshotter();
     metrics::with_local_recorder(&recorder, || {
@@ -349,11 +415,6 @@ fn vault_raft_leader_failure_preserves_kv2_and_transit_decrypts() {
     });
     let snapshot = snapshotter.snapshot().into_vec();
 
-    assert_eq!(
-        counter_value(&snapshot, OPERATIONS_TOTAL, &[("outcome", "circuit_open")]),
-        0,
-        "a bounded leader election must not open the circuit"
-    );
     assert_eq!(
         counter_value(&snapshot, OPERATIONS_TOTAL, &[("outcome", "budget_exhausted")]),
         0,

docs/testing/ci-gates.md

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# CI gate matrix
+
+This file is the source of truth for which validation runs on each event, its
+configured wall-clock budget, and whether it can block a merge. Test taxonomy,
+naming, and nextest serialization rules remain in [README.md](README.md); e2e
+membership and counts remain in
+[e2e-suite-inventory.md](e2e-suite-inventory.md).
+
+The distinction between **required** and **report-only** is load-bearing:
+a failing job blocks a merge only when its exact check name is present in the
+live `main` ruleset. A workflow name, a `merge_group` trigger, or a red PR check
+does not make a job required by itself.
+
+## Required merge checks
+
+The live `main` ruleset (`6436880`) currently requires exactly these contexts:
+
+| Required context | Producer | Validation |
+|---|---|---|
+| `CLA Check` | `.github/workflows/cla.yml` | Contributor agreement |
+| `Quick Checks` | `.github/workflows/ci.yml` | Formatting and repository guard scripts |
+| `Test and Lint` | `.github/workflows/ci.yml` | Clippy, workspace nextest excluding `e2e_test`, doctests, and migration proofs |
+
+For pull requests limited to the paths excluded by the main CI workflow,
+`.github/workflows/ci-docs-only.yml` reports `Quick Checks` and
+`Test and Lint` under the same names. It runs the real quick checks and the
+planning-document guard; it does not claim that Rust compilation or runtime
+tests ran. Despite the workflow name, these paths also include selected deploy,
+workflow, and lock files.
+
+Verify the live rule rather than trusting this snapshot before changing merge
+policy:
+
+```bash
+gh api repos/rustfs/rustfs/rulesets/6436880 \
+  --jq '.rules[] | select(.type == "required_status_checks") | .parameters'
+```
+
+The ruleset currently has `strict_required_status_checks_policy=false`.
+`Continuous Integration` accepts `merge_group` events and runs `e2e-full` for
+them, but `End-to-End Tests (full merge gate)` is not currently a required
+context. Therefore the repository is prepared to test a merge-queue SHA, but
+the workflow alone does not prove that every merge passed that lane.
+
+## Pull request and merge matrix
+
+Budgets below are job `timeout-minutes`, not typical runtimes. “Report-only”
+means the result is visible and actionable but is not in the live required
+context list.
+
+| Event | Validation | Budget | Merge status | Reproduction |
+|---|---|---:|---|---|
+| PR, non-doc change | `Quick Checks` | 10 min | Required | `make pre-commit` (broader local umbrella) |
+| PR, non-doc change | `Test and Lint` | 90 min | Required | `cargo nextest run --profile ci --all --exclude e2e_test` |
+| PR, non-doc change | `Typos` | 10 min | Report-only | `typos` |
+| PR, non-doc change | `ILM Integration (serial)` | 90 min | Report-only | Use the exact command in `.github/workflows/ci.yml` |
+| PR, non-doc change | rio-v2 / swift / sftp test-and-lint variants | 90 min each | Report-only | `cargo nextest run` with the workflow's feature set |
+| PR, non-doc change | `Build RustFS Debug Binary` | 30 min | Report-only; prerequisite for black-box lanes | `cargo build -p rustfs --bins` |
+| PR, non-doc change | `io_uring Integration (real)` | 30 min | Report-only | `cargo test -p rustfs-ecstore --lib uring_ -- --test-threads=1 --nocapture` |
+| PR, non-doc change | `End-to-End Tests` (`e2e-smoke` plus `s3s-e2e`) | 30 min | Report-only | `cargo nextest run --profile e2e-smoke -p e2e_test`; then `./scripts/e2e-run.sh ./target/debug/rustfs <data-dir>` |
+| PR, non-doc change | `S3 Implemented Tests` | 60 min | Report-only | Build `rustfs`, then run `scripts/s3-tests/run.sh` with `DEPLOY_MODE=binary`, `TEST_MODE=single`, and `MAXFAIL=0` |
+| PR, non-doc change | `S3 Lifecycle Behavior Tests` | 30 min | Report-only | Use the accelerated scanner environment in `.github/workflows/ci.yml` with `scripts/s3-tests/run.sh` |
+| PR touching dependency or workflow inputs | Cargo Deny / Workflow Pin Report / Dependency Review | 20 / 5 / 30 min | Report-only | `cargo deny check`; `scripts/security/check_workflow_pins.sh` |
+| PR touching architecture rules or architecture docs | `Architecture Migration Rules` | 10 min | Report-only | `scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh` |
+| PR touching Nix or workspace manifests | `Nix Build & Check` | 60 min | Report-only | `nix flake check` |
+| PR limited to main-CI-excluded paths | companion `Quick Checks` and `Test and Lint` | 10 min each | Required | `git diff --check`; `make doc-paths-check` when documentation paths changed |
+| `merge_group` | Standard CI plus `e2e-full` | 55 min for `e2e-full` | Standard required contexts only; `e2e-full` report-only | `cargo nextest run --profile e2e-full -p e2e_test` |
+| Push to `main` | Standard CI plus `e2e-full` | 55 min for `e2e-full` | Post-merge detection | Same as `merge_group` |
+| PR touching fuzz inputs or harness paths | Build plus five 60-second fuzz smoke targets | 60 min build; 30 min per target | Report-only | `MAX_TOTAL_TIME=60 ./scripts/fuzz/run.sh` |
+| PR touching selected ecstore disk/format paths | `Rename Safety` on Windows | 60 min | Report-only | Run the four `cargo test -p rustfs-ecstore --lib <filter>` commands in `windows-filesystem.yml` on Windows |
+
+The authoritative e2e filters live in `.config/nextest.toml`; extend a profile
+instead of adding a second ad-hoc selector. Before a profile runs,
+`scripts/check_test_wiring.py` compares its exact membership to the committed
+digest so a silent test drop fails closed.
+
+## Scheduled and manual validation
+
+Scheduled lanes are independent fault domains. They do not block a pull
+request, but their workflow-local gate can fail the run and scheduled failures
+are routed to the shared failure-issue action. The scheduled-validation
+watchdog and freshness workflow separately detect incomplete runs and missing
+schedules.
+
+| Cadence (UTC unless noted) | Workflow / validation | Budget | Verdict and artifacts | Reproduction |
+|---|---|---:|---|---|
+| Daily 02:17 | Fuzz: five nightly corpus targets | 60 min build; 60 min per target | Gate; corpus/crash artifacts, scheduled failure alert | `MAX_TOTAL_TIME=<seconds> ./scripts/fuzz/run.sh` |
+| Daily 03:17 | MinIO interop (EC + SSE read parity) | 40 min | Gate; scheduled failure alert | Dispatch `minio-interop.yml` or follow its pinned Docker fixture steps |
+| Daily 04:29 | Replication / cluster-fault / protocol e2e | 45 / 90 / 90 min | Three independent gates; JUnit, membership, and server logs | `cargo nextest run --profile e2e-repl-nightly -p e2e_test`; `--profile e2e-nightly`; `-j 1 --profile e2e-protocols` |
+| Daily 06:31 | Warp performance A/B | 180 min | Regression budget gate; A/B summaries and server logs | `bash scripts/run_hotpath_warp_abba.sh --help` |
+| Daily 00:07 Asia/Shanghai (16:07 UTC previous day) | Nightly GNU build and Vault lanes | 150 / 90 / 60 min | Build, live Vault, and HA failover gates | Use the commands and pinned Vault images in `nightly-gnu.yml` |
+| Daily 03:23 | Security Audit | 20 / 5 min, plus 30 min on PR dependency review | Cargo Deny and workflow-pin gates; scheduled failure alert | `cargo deny check`; `scripts/security/check_workflow_pins.sh` |
+| Daily 23:47 | Scheduled Validation Freshness | 10 min | Fails when a critical schedule was never created or is stale | Dispatch `scheduled-validation-freshness.yml` |
+| Sunday 00:11 | Full `Continuous Integration` matrix | Per-job budgets above | Weekly variant coverage, including dormant rio-v2 binary/e2e lanes | Dispatch `ci.yml` |
+| Sunday 01:13 | Seven-platform build matrix | 150 min per platform | Build/package integrity; scheduled failure alert | Dispatch `build.yml` with an exact platform set |
+| Sunday 02:19 | Ceph s3-tests full sweep: single and real four-node, four shards each | 180 min per shard | Compatibility gate; report, JUnit, exact node IDs, and server logs | `scripts/s3-tests/run.sh` against an existing single or distributed target |
+| Sunday 06:41 | Mint | 120 min | **Report-only by design**; per-suite PASS/FAIL/NA and raw `log.json` | Reproduce the pinned Docker sequence in `mint.yml` or dispatch it |
+| Sunday 07:43 | Workspace line coverage | 120 min | Report-only trend; lcov and JSON retained 90 days | `make coverage` |
+| Monthly, day 1 06:37 | Runner Hygiene | 15 min | Validates runner ephemerality; scheduled failure alert | Dispatch `runner-hygiene.yml` |
+
+Manual `workflow_dispatch` exists for the scheduled workflows above. Manual
+runs are debugging evidence and intentionally do not open scheduled-failure
+issues. A manual performance run may explicitly allow a known regression; that
+override must not be treated as an ordinary passing baseline.
+
+## Release validation
+
+Release validation is post-merge and tag-driven; it does not substitute for a
+pull-request gate.
+
+| Event | Validation | Budget | Result |
+|---|---|---:|---|
+| Push to `main` or weekly schedule | `Build and Release` platform matrix | 150 min per platform | Build artifacts for all selected targets; no release publication on a main push |
+| Valid release or preview tag | `Build and Release` plus asset checks | 150 min per platform | Draft release, checksummed assets, and publish step |
+| Successful non-preview release-tag build | Docker image build and image scan | 60 min build; 30 min scan | Multi-architecture images plus vulnerability report |
+| Successful release-tag build | DEB/RPM packaging | 30 min per architecture | Packages and checksum files uploaded to the release |
+| Successful non-preview release-tag build | Helm template test and package | 30 min build; 30 min publish | Versioned chart and repository index |
+
+Use an exact preview tag for end-to-end release rehearsal. Manual dispatches
+are backfill/debug paths and do not prove the automatic `workflow_run` chain.
+
+## Evidence requirements
+
+A green check is useful only when it proves the intended behavior ran:
+
+- Record the exact commit SHA and run URL.
+- Separate product failure from runner prerequisites, service readiness, and
+  cancellation. Repair the precondition, then rerun the exact workload.
+- Preserve membership manifests, JUnit, raw compatibility logs, seeds, and
+  server logs where the workflow provides them.
+- For a bug fix or a new fault checker, provide sensitivity evidence: the old
+  behavior or an intentional mutation must fail the new oracle, and the fixed
+  behavior must pass it.
+- Never promote a report-only lane to required from one green run. Require at
+  least 14 days and 30 representative pull requests with at least 99% complete
+  execution, then update the ruleset and this table together.
+
+## Change checklist
+
+Update this file in the same pull request when any of these change:
+
+- workflow triggers, job names, timeouts, or nextest profile ownership;
+- required status contexts or strict/merge-queue policy;
+- scheduled cadence, alert routing, artifact contract, or local reproduction;
+- report-only versus gating semantics.
+
+Do not copy per-module test counts here. Update
+[e2e-suite-inventory.md](e2e-suite-inventory.md) and its enforced membership
+digest instead.

scripts/test/vault_ha_kms_live.sh

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ env \
   RUSTFS_TEST_VAULT_FAILOVER_MARKER="$MARKER" \
   RUSTFS_TEST_VAULT_OLD_LEADER="$OLD_LEADER" \
   cargo test -p rustfs-kms --test vault_ha_failover_live \
-    vault_raft_leader_failure_preserves_kv2_and_transit_decrypts -- \
+    vault_raft_leader_failure_recovers_kv2_and_transit_decrypts -- \
     --ignored --nocapture --test-threads=1 &
 TEST_PID=$!