fix(lifecycle): correct expiration and transition evaluation (#7169)

Co-authored-by: Zhengchao An <anzhengchao@gmail.com>

.config/e2e-full-selection.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 sha256-darwin=a881fd7d3f5cb94654221ca85b8b30cce1b95e608824a55a15339cbc294e6d34
-sha256-linux=e9a8d64e73f627c4d26c236dbbba690c9ee03a9e26d42a4244515b4439365535
+sha256-linux=a2933d83dfe74ffa03410a0959333a1c48288b8469ca9f17273d449d7510c24b

.config/make/pre-commit.mak

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 .NOTPARALLEL: pre-commit pre-pr dev-check
 
 .PHONY: setup-hooks
-setup-hooks: ## Set up git hooks
+setup-hooks: ## Install the configured pre-commit hooks
 	@echo "🔧 Setting up git hooks..."
-	chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit
+	pre-commit validate-config
+	pre-commit install
 	@echo "✅ Git hooks setup complete!"
 
 .PHONY: doc-paths-check

.config/make/tests.mak

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ script-tests: ## Run shell script tests
 	$(RUSTFS_PYTHON_BIN) ./scripts/check_test_wiring.py --self-test
 	$(RUSTFS_PYTHON_BIN) ./scripts/check_security_coverage.py --self-test
 	$(RUSTFS_PYTHON_BIN) ./scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py --self-test
+	$(RUSTFS_PYTHON_BIN) ./scripts/test_security_workflow.py
 	$(RUSTFS_PYTHON_BIN) ./scripts/s3-tests/test_report_compat.py
 	bash -n ./scripts/validate_object_data_cache_cold_stampede.sh
 	$(RUSTFS_PYTHON_BIN) ./scripts/check_object_data_cache_follower_samples.py --self-test

.github/actions/quick-checks/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# 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: Quick Checks
+description: Run the shared compile-free RustFS quality checks.
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Install quality tools
+      uses: taiki-e/install-action@bffeee26d4db9be238a4ea78d8826604ebcb594d # v2
+      with:
+        tool: |
+          ripgrep@15.2.0
+          shellcheck@0.11.0
+
+    - name: Install actionlint
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        actionlint_dir="$(mktemp -d "${RUNNER_TEMP}/actionlint.XXXXXX")"
+        curl --fail --location --silent --show-error \
+          --output "$actionlint_dir/actionlint.tar.gz" \
+          https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint/releases/download/v1.7.12/actionlint_1.7.12_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+        echo "8aca8db96f1b94770f1b0d72b6dddcb1ebb8123cb3712530b08cc387b349a3d8  $actionlint_dir/actionlint.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check --status
+        tar -xzf "$actionlint_dir/actionlint.tar.gz" -C "$actionlint_dir" actionlint
+        rm "$actionlint_dir/actionlint.tar.gz"
+        echo "$actionlint_dir" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+    - name: Install Rust toolchain
+      uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@29eef336d9b2848a0b548edc03f92a220660cdb8 # stable
+      with:
+        components: rustfmt
+
+    - name: Check workflow syntax and shell scripts
+      shell: bash
+      run: shellcheck --version && actionlint
+
+    - name: Check code formatting
+      shell: bash
+      run: cargo fmt --all --check
+
+    - name: Check unsafe code allowances
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_unsafe_code_allowances.sh
+
+    - name: Check layered dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_layer_dependencies.sh
+
+    - name: Check architecture migration rules
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
+
+    - name: Check logging guardrails
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_logging_guardrails.sh
+
+    - name: Check error other(format!) ratchet
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_error_other_format_ratchet.sh
+
+    - name: Check tokio io-uring feature guard
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_no_tokio_io_uring.sh
+
+    - name: Check extension schema boundaries
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_extension_schema_boundaries.sh
+
+    - name: Check body-cache whitelist guard
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_body_cache_whitelist.sh
+
+    - name: Check s3s footprint ratchet
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_s3s_footprint.sh
+
+    - name: Check cryptographic capability wording
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_fips_wording.sh
+
+    - name: Check no embedded secret material
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_embedded_secrets.sh
+
+    - name: Check test wiring
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        python3 ./scripts/check_test_wiring.py --self-test
+        python3 ./scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py --self-test
+        python3 ./scripts/test_security_workflow.py
+        python3 ./scripts/check_test_wiring.py
+
+    - name: Check no planning docs committed
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_no_planning_docs.sh
+
+    - name: Check CI paths stay in sync
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_ci_paths_sync.sh
+
+    - name: Check io_uring lane --lib precondition
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./scripts/check_uring_lane_lib_only.sh

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ Use N/A when there is no related issue.
 
 ## Summary of Changes
 <!--
-Briefly explain what changed and why reviewers should accept it.
-Focus on behavior, compatibility, and review-relevant context.
+Describe the concrete problem and resulting behavior. For a behavior change, name the input or state that triggers it and the expected outcome. Explain any new dependency or abstraction that the change needs.
 -->
 
 ## Verification
 <!--
-List the commands or checks you ran, for example:
-- `make pre-commit`
+Give 1–3 concrete pieces of evidence for the changed behavior: the test or command, its observed result, and the regression it catches. For a bug fix, record a failing-before/passing-after check or explain why it was unavailable.
 
-Use N/A only when verification is not applicable.
+Identify the tested commit and any local changes. When testing a prebuilt binary or external service, include its source/version and artifact identity; a successful run against a different build is not evidence for this change.
+
+List relevant checks not run and the remaining risk. Use the validation tier in AGENTS.md; do not run broader checks solely to fill this section. For documentation-only changes, list the applicable documentation checks. Use N/A only when verification is not applicable.
 -->
 
 ## Impact

.github/workflows/ci-docs-only.yml

@@ -12,24 +12,10 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Companion to ci.yml for required status checks.
-#
-# ci.yml skips docs-only pull requests via paths-ignore, but the branch ruleset
-# requires a check named "Test and Lint" — without this workflow a docs-only PR
-# would wait on it forever. This workflow triggers on exactly the paths ci.yml
-# ignores and reports success under the same job name. Mixed PRs trigger both
-# workflows and the real check still gates: a required check with any failing
-# run blocks the merge.
-# https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/troubleshooting-required-status-checks#handling-skipped-but-required-checks
-#
-# "Quick Checks" is mirrored here ahead of the ruleset change that will make it
-# required too (rustfs/backlog#1599). Until that change lands this job is
-# inert; mirroring it first is what lets the ruleset change happen without
-# stranding docs-only PRs on a check nobody reports.
-#
-# Keep the paths list below in sync with the pull_request paths-ignore list
-# in ci.yml, and keep the quick-checks steps below byte-identical to the
-# quick-checks job in ci.yml.
+# Reports the existing required checks for paths excluded by ci.yml.
+# Mixed PRs can trigger both workflows; their Quick Checks jobs use one shared
+# action to keep validation coverage aligned. Keep this paths list in sync with
+# ci.yml's pull_request.paths-ignore via scripts/check_ci_paths_sync.sh.
 
 name: Continuous Integration (docs only)
 
@@ -59,19 +45,6 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  # Deliberately NOT a bare `echo`. Once "Quick Checks" becomes a required
-  # check, ci.yml gates every expensive job behind it, so a mixed PR reports
-  # two check runs with this name: the real one (45-51s) and this companion.
-  # GitHub has no written contract for how it picks between same-named
-  # required check runs ("latest wins" vs "any failure blocks"), so instead of
-  # relying on ordering we make both runs execute the same commands against
-  # the same merge ref — their conclusions are then necessarily identical and
-  # the choice does not matter. Keep these steps byte-identical to the
-  # quick-checks job in ci.yml (a guard script that asserts this, and the paths
-  # sync below, is tracked in rustfs/backlog#1603).
-  #
-  # For a genuinely docs-only PR this adds no strictness (no code changed, so
-  # fmt and the guards always pass) and costs ~50s of ubuntu-latest.
   quick-checks:
     name: Quick Checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -82,63 +55,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Install ripgrep
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@bffeee26d4db9be238a4ea78d8826604ebcb594d # v2
-        with:
-          tool: ripgrep@15.2.0
-
-      - name: Install Rust toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@29eef336d9b2848a0b548edc03f92a220660cdb8 # stable
-        with:
-          components: rustfmt
-
-      - name: Check code formatting
-        run: cargo fmt --all --check
-
-      - name: Check unsafe code allowances
-        run: ./scripts/check_unsafe_code_allowances.sh
-
-      - name: Check layered dependencies
-        run: ./scripts/check_layer_dependencies.sh
-
-      - name: Check architecture migration rules
-        run: ./scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
-
-      - name: Check logging guardrails
-        run: ./scripts/check_logging_guardrails.sh
-
-      - name: Check tokio io-uring feature guard
-        run: ./scripts/check_no_tokio_io_uring.sh
-
-      - name: Check extension schema boundaries
-        run: ./scripts/check_extension_schema_boundaries.sh
-
-      - name: Check body-cache whitelist guard
-        run: ./scripts/check_body_cache_whitelist.sh
-
-      - name: Check s3s footprint ratchet
-        run: ./scripts/check_s3s_footprint.sh
-
-      - name: Check cryptographic capability wording
-        run: ./scripts/check_fips_wording.sh
-
-      - name: Check no embedded secret material
-        run: ./scripts/check_embedded_secrets.sh
-
-      - name: Check test wiring
-        run: |
-          python3 ./scripts/check_test_wiring.py --self-test
-          python3 ./scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py --self-test
-          python3 ./scripts/check_test_wiring.py
-
-      - name: Check no planning docs committed
-        run: ./scripts/check_no_planning_docs.sh
-
-      - name: Check CI paths stay in sync
-        run: ./scripts/check_ci_paths_sync.sh
-
-      - name: Check io_uring lane --lib precondition
-        run: ./scripts/check_uring_lane_lib_only.sh
+      - name: Run shared quick checks
+        uses: ./.github/actions/quick-checks
 
   test-and-lint:
     name: Test and Lint

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -100,12 +100,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Typos check with custom config file
         uses: crate-ci/typos@37bb98842b0d8c4ffebdb75301a13db0267cef89 # master
 
-  # Fast, compile-free checks that fail early so contributors get feedback in
-  # ~1 minute instead of waiting for the full test job.
-  #
-  # These steps are mirrored byte-for-byte in ci-docs-only.yml so that a mixed
-  # PR, which reports two check runs named "Quick Checks", cannot get one red
-  # and one green. Edit both jobs together.
+  # Fail early with compile-free checks shared with docs-only CI.
   quick-checks:
     name: Quick Checks
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.action != 'closed'
@@ -117,66 +112,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Install ripgrep
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@bffeee26d4db9be238a4ea78d8826604ebcb594d # v2
-        with:
-          tool: ripgrep@15.2.0
-
-      - name: Install Rust toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@29eef336d9b2848a0b548edc03f92a220660cdb8 # stable
-        with:
-          components: rustfmt
-
-      - name: Check code formatting
-        run: cargo fmt --all --check
-
-      - name: Check unsafe code allowances
-        run: ./scripts/check_unsafe_code_allowances.sh
-
-      - name: Check layered dependencies
-        run: ./scripts/check_layer_dependencies.sh
-
-      - name: Check architecture migration rules
-        run: ./scripts/check_architecture_migration_rules.sh
-
-      - 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
-
-      - name: Check extension schema boundaries
-        run: ./scripts/check_extension_schema_boundaries.sh
-
-      - name: Check body-cache whitelist guard
-        run: ./scripts/check_body_cache_whitelist.sh
-
-      - name: Check s3s footprint ratchet
-        run: ./scripts/check_s3s_footprint.sh
-
-      - name: Check cryptographic capability wording
-        run: ./scripts/check_fips_wording.sh
-
-      - name: Check no embedded secret material
-        run: ./scripts/check_embedded_secrets.sh
-
-      - name: Check test wiring
-        run: |
-          python3 ./scripts/check_test_wiring.py --self-test
-          python3 ./scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py --self-test
-          python3 ./scripts/check_test_wiring.py
-
-      - name: Check no planning docs committed
-        run: ./scripts/check_no_planning_docs.sh
-
-      - name: Check CI paths stay in sync
-        run: ./scripts/check_ci_paths_sync.sh
-
-      - name: Check io_uring lane --lib precondition
-        run: ./scripts/check_uring_lane_lib_only.sh
+      - name: Run shared quick checks
+        uses: ./.github/actions/quick-checks
 
   test-and-lint:
     name: Test and Lint

.github/workflows/rustfs-security-test.yml

@@ -74,10 +74,23 @@ env:
 jobs:
   security-test:
     runs-on: smoke-testing
-    continue-on-error: true
     timeout-minutes: 360
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository (for the OIDC live gate script)
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Initialize security evidence
+        id: evidence
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          umask 077
+          SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR="${RUNNER_TEMP}/rustfs-security-${GITHUB_RUN_ID}-${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT}"
+          mkdir -- "${SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"
+          printf 'SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR=%s\n' "${SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+
       # auto-testing is private: clone it with the dedicated PF token (not
       # GITHUB_TOKEN) and retry transient GitHub/network failures.
       - name: Checkout auto-testing scripts (with retry)
@@ -98,11 +111,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "ERROR: unable to clone rustfs/auto-testing after 5 attempts" >&2
           exit 1
 
-      - name: Checkout repository (for the OIDC live gate script)
-        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
       - name: Show environment
         run: |
           uname -a
@@ -135,7 +143,8 @@ jobs:
         id: test
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
-          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md
+          REPORT_FILE: ${{ env.SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/suite-report.md
+          TMPDIR: ${{ env.SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
           RUSTFS_SECURITY_OIDC_LIVE_SCRIPT: ${{ github.workspace }}/scripts/test/oidc_keycloak_live.sh
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -159,29 +168,48 @@ jobs:
           else
             ARGS+=(--package-url "${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}")
           fi
-          ./auto-testing/rustfs-security-test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
+          GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY=/dev/null ./auto-testing/rustfs-security-test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
 
       - name: Generate report
-        if: always()
+        id: report
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.evidence.outcome == 'success' }}
+        env:
+          TEST_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.test.outcome }}
         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: ${{ github.event_name }}"
-              echo "- Test Step Outcome: failure (suite did not produce a report)"
-            } > /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md
+          RESULT=failure
+          if [ "${TEST_OUTCOME}" = "success" ] && [ -s "${SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/suite-report.md" ]; then
+            RESULT=success
           fi
-          cat /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+          {
+            echo "# RustFS security test report"
+            echo ""
+            echo "- Run: ${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}"
+            echo "- Attempt: ${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT}"
+            echo "- Workflow Commit: ${GITHUB_SHA}"
+            echo "- Trigger: ${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}"
+            echo "- Test Step Outcome: ${RESULT}"
+            echo "- Suite Step Outcome: ${TEST_OUTCOME}"
+            echo ""
+            # The dashboard prioritizes case rows over the step outcome.
+            # Keep partial case results in the artifact when the suite fails.
+            if [ "${RESULT}" = "success" ]; then
+              cat "${SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/suite-report.md"
+            elif [ -s "${SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/suite-report.md" ]; then
+              echo "The suite did not complete successfully. See suite-report.md in this run's artifact for diagnostics."
+            else
+              echo "The suite did not produce a non-empty report."
+            fi
+          } > "${SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/report.md"
+          cat "${SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/report.md" >> "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}"
+          [ "${RESULT}" = "success" ]
 
       - name: Upload functional report to dashboard
-        if: always()
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.evidence.outcome == 'success' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
-          REPORT_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md
+          REPORT_FILE: ${{ env.SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/report.md
           SUITE: security
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -210,8 +238,9 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
           SUITE: 'security'
           SUITE_LABEL: 'Security'
+          EVIDENCE_OUTCOME: ${{ steps.evidence.outcome }}
           RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
-          REPORT_FILE: '/tmp/rustfs-security-report.md'
+          REPORT_FILE: ${{ env.SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/report.md
           LOG_FILE: ''
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -245,7 +274,7 @@ jobs:
             echo ""
             echo "## Report (errors and symptoms)"
             echo ""
-            if [ -s "${REPORT_FILE}" ]; then
+            if [ "${EVIDENCE_OUTCOME}" = "success" ] && [ -s "${REPORT_FILE}" ]; then
               redact < "${REPORT_FILE}"
             elif [ -s "${LOG_FILE:-}" ]; then
               echo "(report file missing; log tail below)"
@@ -263,14 +292,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "filed backlog issue for suite ${SUITE}"
 
       - name: Upload report and logs
-        if: always()
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.evidence.outcome == 'success' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6
         with:
-          name: rustfs-security-test-${{ github.run_id }}
-          path: |
-            /tmp/rustfs-security-report.md
-            /tmp/rustfs-security.*/*
-          if-no-files-found: ignore
+          name: rustfs-security-test-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+          path: ${{ env.SECURITY_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}/
+          if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 3
 
       - name: Cleanup environment (after)

.github/workflows/rustfs-upgrade-test.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       from_version:
-        description: 'OLD RustFS release tag (must ship a .deb asset, e.g. 1.0.0-rc.3)'
+        description: 'OLD RustFS release tag, e.g. 1.0.0-rc.3 (its release must ship a .deb asset). Leave empty for the default.'
         required: false
         default: '1.0.0-rc.3'
       from_url:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
       to_version:
-        description: 'NEW RustFS release tag (leave empty for latest nightly)'
+        description: 'NEW RustFS release tag, e.g. 1.0.0-rc.5 (any version with a .deb asset). Leave empty for latest nightly.'
         required: false
       to_url:
         description: 'NEW .deb URL. Overrides to_version / nightly default.'
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
           LOG_FILE: /tmp/rustfs-upgrade.log
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PF_TESTING_GH_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           chmod +x auto-testing/rustfs-upgrade-test.sh
@@ -175,6 +176,29 @@ jobs:
           else
             ARGS+=(--to-url "${RUSTFS_NIGHTLY_PACKAGE_URL}")
           fi
+          # Fail fast with a clear message when a requested release tag has
+          # no .deb asset (e.g. 1.0.0-rc.4 ships only zips), instead of
+          # letting the suite die mid-run on a 404.
+          check_release_asset() {
+            local version="$1" tag asset url
+            [ -n "${version}" ] && [ "${version}" != "null" ] || return 0
+            tag="${version#v}"
+            asset="rustfs_${tag//-/.}_amd64.deb"
+            url="https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/releases/download/${tag}/${asset}"
+            if ! gh api "repos/rustfs/rustfs/releases/tags/${tag}" --jq '.assets[].name' 2>/dev/null | grep -qxF "${asset}"; then
+              echo "ERROR: release ${tag} has no downloadable asset ${asset}:" >&2
+              echo "       ${url}" >&2
+              echo "Pick a tag whose release ships a .deb (check its release assets)." >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "resolved ${tag} -> ${url}"
+          }
+          if [ -z "${FROM_URL}" ]; then
+            check_release_asset "${FROM_VERSION}"
+          fi
+          if [ -z "${TO_URL}" ]; then
+            check_release_asset "${TO_VERSION}"
+          fi
           ./auto-testing/rustfs-upgrade-test.sh "${ARGS[@]}"
 
       - name: Generate report

.github/workflows/scheduled-validation-freshness.yml

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check latest scheduled runs
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RUSTFS_DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
         run: |
           set +e
           python3 scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py \

.gitignore

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ profile.json
 *.zst
 .secrets
 *.go
+!crates/zip/tests/fixtures/snowball/**/generate/*.go
 *.pb
 *.svg
 deploy/logs/*.log.*

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 repos:
   - repo: local
     hooks:
-      - id: rustfs-dev-check
-        name: rustfs dev-check
-        entry: make dev-check
+      - id: rustfs-fmt-check
+        name: Rust formatting
+        entry: cargo fmt --all --check
         language: system
         types: [rust]
         pass_filenames: false

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -109,24 +109,17 @@ affected boundaries and risks. CI still runs its configured repository gates.
 
 ### 🔒 Git Pre-commit Hooks (optional)
 
-Git hooks are **not** versioned in this repository, so a fresh clone has no
-active pre-commit hook. If you add your own `.git/hooks/pre-commit` (a good
-choice is a one-liner that runs `make pre-commit`), you can mark it executable
-with:
+The optional hook uses the checked-in `.pre-commit-config.yaml`. Install [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/#installation), then run this from the checkout or a linked worktree:
 
 ```bash
 make setup-hooks
 ```
 
-Or manually:
+The hook runs `cargo fmt --all --check` when staged files include Rust source. It does not compile the workspace or run tests. Fix formatting with `cargo fmt --all`, inspect and stage the result, then commit again.
 
-```bash
-chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit
-```
+`pre-commit install` resolves Git's hook directory for linked worktrees and preserves an existing hook in migration mode. If you use `core.hooksPath`, keep that hook manager and integrate `pre-commit run` there; the installer refuses to silently replace that configuration.
 
-With or without a hook, follow the verification tiers in `AGENTS.md`. Run the
-applicable scoped checks, and reserve `make pre-pr` for broad cross-module
-changes whose impact cannot be bounded by those checks.
+A local hook provides early formatting feedback. With or without it, follow the verification tiers in `AGENTS.md`, run relevant behavioral tests, and satisfy the CI merge gates. `make pre-commit` and `make dev-check` remain explicit broader commands.
 
 ### 📝 Formatting Configuration
 
@@ -138,31 +131,11 @@ fn_call_width = 90
 single_line_let_else_max_width = 100
 ```
 
-### 🚫 Commit Prevention
-
-If you set up a pre-commit hook and your code doesn't meet the formatting requirements, the hook will:
-
-1. **Block the commit** and show clear error messages
-2. **Provide exact commands** to fix the issues
-3. **Guide you through** the resolution process
-
-Example output when formatting fails:
-
-```
-❌ Code formatting check failed!
-💡 Please run 'cargo fmt --all' to format your code before committing.
-
-🔧 Quick fix:
-   cargo fmt --all
-   git add .
-   git commit
-```
-
 ### 🔄 Development Workflow
 
 1. **Make your changes**
 2. **Format your code**: `make fmt` or `cargo fmt --all`
-3. **Run the fast gate**: `make pre-commit` (no clippy, no tests)
+3. **Select relevant checks** using the validation tier in `AGENTS.md`; use `make pre-commit` when its broader fast gate adds useful coverage
 4. **Commit your changes**: `git commit -m "your message"`
 5. **Complete the applicable multi-role adversarial review** for non-exempt changes (see `AGENTS.md`)
 6. **Run applicable scoped checks before opening/updating a PR**; consider
@@ -206,11 +179,12 @@ Configure your IDE to:
 #### Pre-commit hook not running?
 
 ```bash
-# Check if hook is executable
-ls -la .git/hooks/pre-commit
-
-# Make it executable if needed
-chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit
+pre-commit validate-config
+pre-commit run --all-files
+# Inspect any configured hook manager; do not overwrite it.
+git config --get core.hooksPath
+# Install if no separate hook manager is configured.
+make setup-hooks
 ```
 
 #### Formatting issues?

Cargo.toml

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ reqwest = "0.13.4"
 rustfs-kafka-async = { version = "1.3.1" }
 socket2 = { version = "0.6.5" }
 tokio = { version = "1.53.1" }
-tokio-rustls = { default-features = false, version = "0.26.4" }
+tokio-rustls = { default-features = false, version = "0.26.5" }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.19" }
 tokio-test = "0.4.5"
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.19" }
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 # matching stable releases are not available yet, while previous stable lines
 # have incompatible APIs. Keep them exact-pinned and monitor upstream for stable
 # releases.
-aes-gcm = { version = "=0.11.1" }
-argon2 = { version = "=0.6.0" }
-blake2 = "=0.11.0"
-chacha20poly1305 = { version = "=0.11.0" }
+aes-gcm = { version = "0.11.1" }
+argon2 = { version = "0.6.0" }
+blake2 = "0.11.0"
+chacha20poly1305 = { version = "0.11.0" }
 crc-fast = "1.10.0"
 hmac = { version = "0.13.0" }
 jsonwebtoken = { version = "11.0.0" }
@@ -234,15 +234,19 @@ tokio-postgres-rustls = "0.14.0"
 # Utilities and Tools
 anyhow = "1.0.104"
 arc-swap = "1.9.2"
-# RUSTFS_COMPAT_TODO(tokio-tar-extension-limits): keep the fork pin until every parser hardening used by Snowball is released upstream. Remove after astral-sh/tokio-tar#118 is merged and a published release includes extension, physical-entry, and sparse limits, cancellation-safe sparse parsing, and error-fused entry streams.
+# RUSTFS_COMPAT_TODO(tokio-tar-extension-limits): keep the fork pin while Snowball and Swift still depend on it. Remove after Snowball uses a released tar-codec/tar-framing API that exposes precedence-resolved MinIO vendor records, RustFS preserves cancellation-safe ownership of large streamed members, footerless minio-go input is accepted only at an authenticated complete request boundary, the existing resource-limit, cancellation, and error-fuse regressions pass, and Swift no longer needs this fork.
 astral-tokio-tar = { git = "https://github.com/cxymds/tokio-tar.git", rev = "603756478b7668436e464519c77ccac22a99ba96" }
+# Candidate Snowball parser versions exercised by rustfs-zip compatibility fixtures.
+tar-codec = "0.0.14"
+tar-framing = "0.0.14"
 atoi = "3.1.0"
 atomic_enum = "0.3.0"
-aws-config = { version = "1.11.0" }
+aws-config = { version = "1.12.0" }
 aws-credential-types = { version = "1.3.0" }
-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-sdk-kms = { default-features = false, version = "1.118.0" }
+aws-sdk-s3 = { default-features = false, version = "1.145.0" }
+aws-sdk-sts = { default-features = false, version = "1.114.0" }
+aws-smithy-async = { version = "1.3.0" }
 aws-smithy-http-client = { default-features = false, version = "1.4.0" }
 aws-smithy-runtime-api = { version = "1.16.0" }
 aws-smithy-types = { version = "1.6.3" }
@@ -339,7 +343,7 @@ windows = { version = "0.62.2" }
 windows-sys = "0.61.2"
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.18" }
 zip = "8.6.0"
-zstd = "0.13.3"
+zstd = "0.14.0"
 
 # Observability and Metrics
 metrics = "0.24.6"

crates/config/README.md

@@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ Scanner cycle budget controls:
   - timeout returns S3 `SlowDown`, so clients should use normal SDK retry handling.
   - this is not a fdatasync or group-commit switch. Track fdatasync batching separately with `rustfs_s3_put_object_rename_fdatasync_batch_files`.
 
+## Remote tier timeout environment variables
+
+- `RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS`
+  - remote tier TCP connect timeout.
+  - default is `10`.
+  - must be positive; zero fails tier client initialization, while an invalid integer is logged and falls back to the default.
+- `RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS`
+  - remote tier request timeout through response headers.
+  - default is `86400` so large transition uploads keep a production-safe budget.
+  - must be positive; zero fails tier client initialization, while an invalid integer is logged and falls back to the default. Very large values are accepted and act as a correspondingly long budget.
+- `RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS`
+  - maximum idle time between remote tier response-body chunks.
+  - default is `60`; the timer resets only when non-empty body data keeps progressing.
+  - must be positive; zero fails tier client initialization, while an invalid integer is logged and falls back to the default.
+
 ## Drive timeout environment variables
 
 - `RUSTFS_DRIVE_METADATA_TIMEOUT_SECS`

crates/config/src/constants/object.rs

@@ -137,6 +137,28 @@ pub const DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_VERSION_STATE_FLEET_CONFIRMED: bool = false;
 const _: () = assert!(!DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_VERSION_STATE_WRITE);
 const _: () = assert!(!DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_VERSION_STATE_FLEET_CONFIRMED);
 
+/// Environment variable for remote tier TCP connect timeout in seconds.
+pub const ENV_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS: &str = "RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS";
+/// Default remote tier TCP connect timeout in seconds.
+pub const DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 10;
+
+/// Environment variable for the remote tier request timeout in seconds.
+///
+/// This bounds upload/download request progress through response headers. The
+/// default is intentionally large so multi-TiB transition uploads keep their
+/// previous production budget while black-hole remotes no longer wait forever.
+pub const ENV_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS: &str = "RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS";
+/// Default remote tier request timeout in seconds.
+pub const DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 24 * 60 * 60;
+
+/// Environment variable for remote tier response-body idle timeout in seconds.
+///
+/// The timer is re-armed on every non-empty response-body chunk, so slow but
+/// progressing remotes can continue while silent response bodies are cancelled.
+pub const ENV_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS: &str = "RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS";
+/// Default remote tier response-body idle timeout in seconds.
+pub const DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 60;
+
 /// Request the object-transaction fencing contract used by storage-owned
 /// cleanup receipts and lock-window optimizations.
 ///
@@ -812,6 +834,16 @@ mod remote_version_state_tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn remote_tier_timeout_env_names_are_stable() {
+        assert_eq!(super::ENV_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS, "RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS");
+        assert_eq!(super::ENV_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS, "RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS");
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::ENV_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+            "RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn data_movement_part_checksum_gate_uses_stable_environment_names() {
         assert_eq!(super::ENV_DATA_MOVEMENT_PART_CHECKSUMS_WRITE, "RUSTFS_DATA_MOVEMENT_PART_CHECKSUMS_WRITE");

crates/e2e_test/src/replication_extension_test.rs

@@ -6743,6 +6743,99 @@ async fn test_site_replication_replicates_object_with_bucket_versioning_real_dua
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_site_replication_replays_bucket_created_during_peer_outage_real_dual_node() -> TestResult {
+    init_logging();
+
+    // Keep compilation outside the scenario timeout. Recovery itself waits
+    // for the production 30-second lightweight retry tick.
+    let _rustfs_binary = rustfs_binary_path();
+
+    match timeout(Duration::from_secs(150), async {
+        let mut site_env = replication_fast_env();
+        site_env.extend_from_slice(LOOPBACK_REPLICATION_TARGET_ENV);
+
+        let mut site_a_env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        site_a_env.start_rustfs_server_with_env(vec![], &site_env).await?;
+
+        let mut site_b_env = RustFSTestEnvironment::new().await?;
+        site_b_env.start_rustfs_server_without_cleanup_with_env(&site_env).await?;
+
+        let site_a_client = site_a_env.create_s3_client();
+        let site_b_client = site_b_env.create_s3_client();
+        let bucket = "site-repl-peer-outage";
+        let key = "after-recovery.txt";
+        let payload = b"site replication recovered the missed bucket".to_vec();
+
+        let add_status = site_replication_add(
+            &site_a_env,
+            &[
+                PeerSite {
+                    name: "outage-site-a".to_string(),
+                    endpoint: site_a_env.url.clone(),
+                    access_key: site_a_env.access_key.clone(),
+                    secret_key: site_a_env.secret_key.clone(),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                PeerSite {
+                    name: "outage-site-b".to_string(),
+                    endpoint: site_b_env.url.clone(),
+                    access_key: site_b_env.access_key.clone(),
+                    secret_key: site_b_env.secret_key.clone(),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            ],
+        )
+        .await?;
+        assert!(add_status.success, "unexpected site add result: {add_status:?}");
+        wait_for_site_replication_enabled(&site_a_env, 2).await?;
+        wait_for_site_replication_enabled(&site_b_env, 2).await?;
+
+        site_b_env.stop_server();
+        site_a_client.create_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+        site_a_client.head_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await?;
+
+        let queued = site_replication_info(&site_a_env)
+            .await?
+            .retry_stats
+            .ok_or("peer outage did not persist a site replication retry event")?;
+        assert!(queued.pending + queued.failed > 0, "peer outage retry queue was unexpectedly empty");
+
+        site_b_env.restart_server_preserving_data(vec![], &site_env).await?;
+        let recovery_deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(75);
+        loop {
+            let bucket_recovered = site_b_client.head_bucket().bucket(bucket).send().await.is_ok();
+            let queue_empty = site_replication_info(&site_a_env).await?.retry_stats.is_none();
+            if bucket_recovered && queue_empty {
+                break;
+            }
+            if tokio::time::Instant::now() >= recovery_deadline {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "site replication retry did not settle after peer recovery; bucket_recovered={bucket_recovered}, queue_empty={queue_empty}"
+                )
+                .into());
+            }
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+        }
+
+        site_a_client
+            .put_object()
+            .bucket(bucket)
+            .key(key)
+            .body(ByteStream::from(payload.clone()))
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+        assert_eq!(wait_for_object_on_target(&site_b_client, bucket, key).await?, payload);
+
+        Ok(())
+    })
+    .await
+    {
+        Ok(result) => result,
+        Err(_) => Err("site replication peer-outage recovery timed out after 150 seconds".into()),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Re-applying a site's own replication config must not disable the peer's reverse direction.
 ///
 /// `PutBucketReplication` broadcasts the config to every peer — the console's replication

crates/ecstore/Cargo.toml

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_System_Ioctl"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+aws-smithy-async.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "test-util", "fs"] }
 criterion = { workspace = true, features = ["html_reports"] }
 temp-env = { workspace = true, features = ["async_closure"] }

crates/ecstore/src/api/mod.rs

@@ -167,9 +167,10 @@ pub mod bucket {
             idle_guarded_body,
         };
         pub use crate::bucket::on_demand_migration::{
-            FetchRequest, LIST_THROUGH_TOKEN_VERSION, ListEntryKey, ListThroughCursor, ListThroughMerger, ListThroughToken,
-            ListThroughTokenError, MAX_LIST_FETCHES_PER_SIDE, MergeOutcome, MergePick, MergeSide, SOURCE_LIST_MAX_RATE_WAIT,
-            SOURCE_LIST_RATE_PER_SEC, SourceListPlan, SourceListRateLimiter, decode_continuation_token, source_list_plan,
+            FetchRequest, LIST_THROUGH_TOKEN_VERSION, ListEntryKey, ListPageError, ListThroughCursor, ListThroughMerger,
+            ListThroughToken, ListThroughTokenError, MAX_LIST_FETCHES_PER_SIDE, MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES, MergeOutcome,
+            MergePick, MergeSide, SOURCE_LIST_MAX_RATE_WAIT, SOURCE_LIST_RATE_PER_SEC, SourceListPlan, SourceListRateLimiter,
+            decode_continuation_token, source_list_plan,
         };
         pub mod backfill {
             pub use crate::bucket::on_demand_migration::backfill::{
@@ -196,15 +197,16 @@ pub mod bucket {
         pub use crate::bucket::metadata_sys::ConfigWriteLockProbe;
         pub use crate::bucket::metadata_sys::{
             BucketMetadataMutationGuard, BucketMetadataSys, ObjectLockConfigState, acquire_bucket_metadata_transaction_lock,
-            acquire_bucket_metadata_transaction_lock_for_incarnation, capture_bucket_metadata_incarnation, delete,
-            delete_if_incarnation, delete_under_transaction_lock, get, get_accelerate_config, get_bucket_policy,
-            get_bucket_policy_raw, get_bucket_targets_config, get_config_from_disk, get_cors_config, get_durability_config,
-            get_global_bucket_metadata_sys, get_lifecycle_config, get_logging_config, get_notification_config,
-            get_object_lock_config, get_object_lock_config_state, get_on_demand_migration_config, get_public_access_block_config,
-            get_quota_config, get_replication_config, get_request_payment_config, get_sse_config, get_tagging_config,
-            get_versioning_config, get_website_config, init_bucket_metadata_sys, list_bucket_targets, reload_bucket_metadata,
-            remove_bucket_metadata, set_bucket_metadata, update, update_bucket_targets_under_transaction_lock,
-            update_config_with, update_if_incarnation, update_quota_if_incarnation, update_under_transaction_lock,
+            acquire_bucket_metadata_transaction_lock_for_incarnation, acquire_scanner_bucket_incarnation_fence,
+            capture_bucket_metadata_incarnation, delete, delete_if_incarnation, delete_under_transaction_lock, get,
+            get_accelerate_config, get_bucket_policy, get_bucket_policy_raw, get_bucket_targets_config, get_config_from_disk,
+            get_cors_config, get_durability_config, get_global_bucket_metadata_sys, get_lifecycle_config, get_logging_config,
+            get_notification_config, get_object_lock_config, get_object_lock_config_state, get_on_demand_migration_config,
+            get_public_access_block_config, get_quota_config, get_replication_config, get_request_payment_config, get_sse_config,
+            get_tagging_config, get_versioning_config, get_website_config, init_bucket_metadata_sys, list_bucket_targets,
+            reload_bucket_metadata, remove_bucket_metadata, set_bucket_metadata, update,
+            update_bucket_targets_under_transaction_lock, update_config_with, update_if_incarnation, update_quota_if_incarnation,
+            update_under_transaction_lock,
         };
     }
 

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/bucket_target_sys.rs

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ use rustfs_utils::http::{
     insert_header,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::str::FromStr as _;
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ pub struct BucketTargetSys {
     /// [`SsecPassthroughCapability`]; reset alongside `arn_remotes_map`.
     ssec_passthrough_map: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, SsecPassthroughRecord>>>,
     pub targets_map: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, Vec<BucketTarget>>>>,
+    /// Buckets whose persisted `bucket-targets.json` exists but cannot be
+    /// decoded (rustfs/backlog#2282). Written under the bucket's update mutex
+    /// alongside `targets_map`, and read before it so an unreadable
+    /// configuration surfaces as a typed error instead of an empty target set.
+    unreadable_targets: Arc<RwLock<HashSet<String>>>,
     pub h_mutex: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, EpHealth>>>,
     target_h_mutex: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, EpHealth>>>,
     pub hc_client: Arc<HttpClient>,
@@ -419,6 +424,7 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
             arn_remotes_map: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
             ssec_passthrough_map: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
             targets_map: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
+            unreadable_targets: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashSet::new())),
             h_mutex: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
             target_h_mutex: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
             hc_client: Arc::new(build_health_check_client()),
@@ -628,30 +634,40 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
         health_map.clone()
     }
 
-    pub async fn list_targets(&self, bucket: &str, arn_type: &str) -> Vec<BucketTarget> {
+    /// Targets of one bucket, or of every bucket when `bucket` is empty.
+    ///
+    /// A bucket that simply has no targets yields an empty list; a bucket
+    /// whose persisted configuration cannot be decoded is an error, so an
+    /// admin listing reports the fault instead of an empty list that reads as
+    /// "replication is not configured" (rustfs/backlog#2282).
+    pub async fn list_targets(&self, bucket: &str, arn_type: &str) -> Result<Vec<BucketTarget>, BucketTargetError> {
         let health_stats = self.target_health_stats().await;
         let mut targets = Vec::new();
 
         if !bucket.is_empty() {
-            if let Ok(bucket_targets) = self.list_bucket_targets(bucket).await {
-                for mut target in bucket_targets.targets {
-                    if arn_type.is_empty() || target.target_type.to_string() == arn_type {
-                        if let Some(health) = health_stats.get(&target.arn) {
-                            target.total_downtime = health.offline_duration;
-                            target.online = health.online;
-                            target.last_online = health.last_online;
-                            target.latency = target::LatencyStat {
-                                curr: health.latency.curr,
-                                avg: health.latency.avg,
-                                max: health.latency.peak,
-                            };
-                            target.offline_count = health.offline_count;
+            match self.list_bucket_targets(bucket).await {
+                Ok(bucket_targets) => {
+                    for mut target in bucket_targets.targets {
+                        if arn_type.is_empty() || target.target_type.to_string() == arn_type {
+                            if let Some(health) = health_stats.get(&target.arn) {
+                                target.total_downtime = health.offline_duration;
+                                target.online = health.online;
+                                target.last_online = health.last_online;
+                                target.latency = target::LatencyStat {
+                                    curr: health.latency.curr,
+                                    avg: health.latency.avg,
+                                    max: health.latency.peak,
+                                };
+                                target.offline_count = health.offline_count;
+                            }
+                            targets.push(target);
                         }
-                        targets.push(target);
                     }
                 }
+                Err(BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteTargetNotFound { .. }) => {}
+                Err(err) => return Err(err),
             }
-            return targets;
+            return Ok(targets);
         }
 
         let targets_map = self.targets_map.read().await;
@@ -674,10 +690,16 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
             }
         }
 
-        targets
+        Ok(targets)
     }
 
     pub async fn list_bucket_targets(&self, bucket: &str) -> Result<BucketTargets, BucketTargetError> {
+        if self.unreadable_targets.read().await.contains(bucket) {
+            return Err(BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteTargetsUnreadable {
+                bucket: bucket.to_string(),
+            });
+        }
+
         let targets_map = self.targets_map.read().await;
         if let Some(targets) = targets_map.get(bucket) {
             Ok(BucketTargets {
@@ -690,13 +712,30 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Record that this bucket's persisted targets configuration exists but
+    /// cannot be decoded (rustfs/backlog#2282).
+    ///
+    /// Any snapshot published from an earlier readable load is deliberately
+    /// left in place: withdrawing it would produce exactly the silent "no
+    /// targets configured" state this marker exists to prevent. The marker is
+    /// cleared by the next successful publish, which is what makes a repaired
+    /// configuration take effect without a restart.
+    pub async fn mark_targets_unreadable(&self, bucket: &str) {
+        let update_mutex = self.target_update_mutex(bucket).await;
+        let _update_guard = update_mutex.lock().await;
+
+        self.unreadable_targets.write().await.insert(bucket.to_string());
+    }
+
     pub async fn delete(&self, bucket: &str) {
         let update_mutex = self.target_update_mutex(bucket).await;
         let _update_guard = update_mutex.lock().await;
 
-        // Lock order: targets_map, then arn_remotes_map, then target_h_mutex,
-        // then ssec_passthrough_map (always last; also taken standalone by the
-        // capability accessors).
+        // Lock order: unreadable_targets, then targets_map, then
+        // arn_remotes_map, then target_h_mutex, then ssec_passthrough_map
+        // (always last; also taken standalone by the capability accessors).
+        self.unreadable_targets.write().await.remove(bucket);
+
         let mut targets_map = self.targets_map.write().await;
         let mut arn_remotes_map = self.arn_remotes_map.write().await;
         let mut health_map = self.target_h_mutex.write().await;
@@ -1093,6 +1132,11 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
     /// 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>) {
+        // Reaching here means the persisted configuration decoded, so the
+        // unreadable marker (if any) is stale. Cleared before the maps below
+        // so `unreadable_targets` stays the outermost of this module's locks.
+        self.unreadable_targets.write().await.remove(bucket);
+
         let mut clients = Vec::new();
         if let Some(new_targets) = targets {
             for target in &new_targets.targets {
@@ -1100,9 +1144,9 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
             }
         }
 
-        // Lock order: targets_map, then arn_remotes_map, then target_h_mutex,
-        // then ssec_passthrough_map (always last; also taken standalone by the
-        // capability accessors).
+        // Lock order: unreadable_targets (above), then targets_map, then
+        // arn_remotes_map, then target_h_mutex, then ssec_passthrough_map
+        // (always last; also taken standalone by the capability accessors).
         let mut targets_map = self.targets_map.write().await;
         let mut arn_remotes_map = self.arn_remotes_map.write().await;
         let mut health_map = self.target_h_mutex.write().await;
@@ -1161,6 +1205,11 @@ impl BucketTargetSys {
     }
 
     pub async fn set(&self, bucket: &str, meta: &BucketMetadata) {
+        if meta.bucket_targets_unreadable() {
+            self.mark_targets_unreadable(bucket).await;
+            return;
+        }
+
         let Some(config) = &meta.bucket_target_config else {
             return;
         };
@@ -2276,6 +2325,13 @@ pub enum BucketTargetError {
     BucketRemoteTargetNotFound {
         bucket: String,
     },
+    /// The bucket's persisted targets configuration exists but cannot be
+    /// decoded. Distinct from `BucketRemoteTargetNotFound`, which means the
+    /// bucket genuinely has no targets: callers must not degrade this one to
+    /// an empty target set (rustfs/backlog#2282).
+    BucketRemoteTargetsUnreadable {
+        bucket: String,
+    },
     BucketRemoteArnTypeInvalid {
         bucket: String,
     },
@@ -2309,6 +2365,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for BucketTargetError {
             BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteTargetNotFound { bucket } => {
                 write!(f, "Remote target not found for bucket: {bucket}")
             }
+            BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteTargetsUnreadable { bucket } => {
+                write!(f, "Persisted replication target configuration is unreadable for bucket: {bucket}")
+            }
             BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteArnTypeInvalid { bucket } => {
                 write!(f, "Invalid ARN type for bucket: {bucket}")
             }
@@ -3256,7 +3315,7 @@ mod tests {
             }],
         );
 
-        let targets = sys.list_targets("", "").await;
+        let targets = sys.list_targets("", "").await.expect("listing every bucket's targets");
 
         assert_eq!(targets.len(), 1);
         assert!(!targets[0].online);

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

@@ -584,33 +584,173 @@ impl ExpiryOp for FreeVersionTask {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum TransitionDeleteVersionPlan {
+    Direct { version_id_exact: bool },
+    ProbeLegacyUnknown,
+}
+
+fn legacy_transition_version_state_missing(oi: &ObjectInfo) -> Result<bool, std::io::Error> {
+    use rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::{
+        SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE, contains_key_str, get_consistent_str,
+    };
+
+    if !contains_key_str(&oi.user_defined, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE) {
+        let version_key_present = contains_key_str(&oi.user_defined, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID);
+        if version_key_present {
+            if oi.transitioned_object.version_id.is_empty() {
+                let has_non_empty_version = oi.user_defined.iter().any(|(key, value)| {
+                    rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::strip_internal_prefix_preserving_case(key)
+                        .is_some_and(|suffix| suffix.eq_ignore_ascii_case(SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID))
+                        && !value.is_empty()
+                });
+                if !has_non_empty_version {
+                    // MinIO writes the transitioned-versionID key with an empty value
+                    // for unversioned tier objects. The backend probe remains the proof.
+                    return Ok(true);
+                }
+            } else if get_consistent_str(&oi.user_defined, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID)
+                == Some(oi.transitioned_object.version_id.as_str())
+            {
+                return Ok(true);
+            }
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                "legacy remote tier version metadata is conflicting or malformed",
+            ));
+        }
+        if !oi.transitioned_object.version_id.is_empty() {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                "legacy remote tier version metadata is missing or inconsistent",
+            ));
+        }
+        return Ok(true);
+    }
+    let persisted = get_consistent_str(&oi.user_defined, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE).ok_or_else(|| {
+        std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "remote tier object has conflicting transition version state metadata",
+        )
+    })?;
+    if persisted != oi.transition_version_state.as_str() {
+        return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "remote tier object transition version state metadata changed during decoding",
+        ));
+    }
+    Ok(false)
+}
+
+fn transition_remote_version_delete_plan(oi: &ObjectInfo) -> Result<TransitionDeleteVersionPlan, std::io::Error> {
+    match oi.transition_version_state {
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown => {
+            if legacy_transition_version_state_missing(oi)? {
+                Ok(TransitionDeleteVersionPlan::ProbeLegacyUnknown)
+            } else {
+                validate_transition_remote_version(oi)
+                    .map(|version_id_exact| TransitionDeleteVersionPlan::Direct { version_id_exact })
+            }
+        }
+        _ => validate_transition_remote_version(oi)
+            .map(|version_id_exact| TransitionDeleteVersionPlan::Direct { version_id_exact }),
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+struct ResolvedTransitionDeleteVersion {
+    version_id_exact: bool,
+    remote_already_missing: bool,
+}
+
 async fn acquire_free_version_tier_lease(
     oi: &ObjectInfo,
     tier_config_mgr: &Arc<RwLock<TierConfigMgr>>,
-) -> Result<(TierOperationLease, bool), std::io::Error> {
-    let version_id_exact = validate_transition_remote_version(oi)?;
+) -> Result<(TierOperationLease, TransitionDeleteVersionPlan), std::io::Error> {
+    let delete_plan = transition_remote_version_delete_plan(oi)?;
     let identity = tier_destination_id_from_metadata(&oi.user_defined)?
         .ok_or_else(|| std::io::Error::other("tier free-version has no durable backend identity"))?;
     let lease =
         TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease_for_backend_identity(tier_config_mgr, &oi.transitioned_object.tier, identity)
             .await
             .map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
-    Ok((lease, version_id_exact))
+    Ok((lease, delete_plan))
+}
+
+async fn resolve_transition_delete_version_plan(
+    oi: &ObjectInfo,
+    lease: &TierOperationLease,
+    delete_plan: TransitionDeleteVersionPlan,
+) -> Result<ResolvedTransitionDeleteVersion, std::io::Error> {
+    match delete_plan {
+        TransitionDeleteVersionPlan::Direct { version_id_exact } => Ok(ResolvedTransitionDeleteVersion {
+            version_id_exact,
+            remote_already_missing: false,
+        }),
+        TransitionDeleteVersionPlan::ProbeLegacyUnknown => {
+            let expected_version = oi.transitioned_object.version_id.as_str();
+            if expected_version.is_empty() {
+                return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock,
+                    "remote tier cannot safely delete a legacy object without an exact version ID",
+                ));
+            }
+            let probe = lease
+                .probe_transition_version(&oi.transitioned_object.name, expected_version)
+                .await?;
+            match (expected_version, probe) {
+                (expected, crate::services::tier::warm_backend::TransitionCandidateProbe::VersionedPresent(actual))
+                    if expected == actual =>
+                {
+                    lease.validate_remote_version_id(expected)?;
+                    Ok(ResolvedTransitionDeleteVersion {
+                        version_id_exact: true,
+                        remote_already_missing: false,
+                    })
+                }
+                (_, crate::services::tier::warm_backend::TransitionCandidateProbe::Missing) => {
+                    Ok(ResolvedTransitionDeleteVersion {
+                        version_id_exact: false,
+                        remote_already_missing: true,
+                    })
+                }
+                (_, crate::services::tier::warm_backend::TransitionCandidateProbe::Unsupported) => Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
+                    "remote tier cannot prove legacy transition delete state",
+                )),
+                _ => Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                    std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock,
+                    "remote tier object version state is unknown",
+                )),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn execute_resolved_transition_delete(
+    oi: &ObjectInfo,
+    lease: &TierOperationLease,
+    resolved: ResolvedTransitionDeleteVersion,
+) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    if !resolved.remote_already_missing {
+        delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent(
+            &oi.transitioned_object.name,
+            &oi.transitioned_object.version_id,
+            lease,
+            resolved.version_id_exact,
+        )
+        .await?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 async fn delete_free_version_remote_object_with_lease(
     oi: &ObjectInfo,
     lease: &TierOperationLease,
-    version_id_exact: bool,
+    delete_plan: TransitionDeleteVersionPlan,
 ) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-    delete_object_from_remote_tier_with_lease_idempotent(
-        &oi.transitioned_object.name,
-        &oi.transitioned_object.version_id,
-        lease,
-        version_id_exact,
-    )
-    .await?;
-    Ok(())
+    let resolved = resolve_transition_delete_version_plan(oi, lease, delete_plan).await?;
+    execute_resolved_transition_delete(oi, lease, resolved).await
 }
 
 fn free_version_physical_topology_generation(api: &ECStore) -> String {
@@ -641,6 +781,16 @@ fn free_version_remote_tuple_matches(candidate: &ObjectInfo, expected: &ObjectIn
     if candidate.transition_version_state == rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown
         || expected.transition_version_state == rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown
     {
+        let candidate_legacy_missing = legacy_transition_version_state_missing(candidate)?;
+        let expected_legacy_missing = legacy_transition_version_state_missing(expected)?;
+        if candidate.transition_version_state == rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown
+            && expected.transition_version_state == rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown
+            && candidate_legacy_missing
+            && expected_legacy_missing
+            && candidate.transitioned_object.version_id == expected.transitioned_object.version_id
+        {
+            return Ok(true);
+        }
         return Err(std::io::Error::new(
             std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock,
             "tier free-version remote version state is unknown",
@@ -716,7 +866,7 @@ async fn cleanup_free_version_exact(api: Arc<ECStore>, oi: &ObjectInfo, cancel:
         .acquire_bucket_lifecycle_read_lock(&oi.bucket)
         .await
         .map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
-    let (lease, version_id_exact) = acquire_free_version_tier_lease(oi, &api.tier_config_mgr()).await?;
+    let (lease, delete_plan) = acquire_free_version_tier_lease(oi, &api.tier_config_mgr()).await?;
     let local_object = encode_dir_object(&oi.name);
     let object_guards = api
         .acquire_all_physical_object_write_locks("tier_free_version_cleanup", &oi.bucket, &local_object)
@@ -734,16 +884,30 @@ async fn cleanup_free_version_exact(api: Arc<ECStore>, oi: &ObjectInfo, cancel:
             "tier free-version cleanup fence is invalid before remote delete",
         ));
     }
+    let resolved = tokio::select! {
+        _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Interrupted, "tier free-version cleanup was cancelled"));
+        }
+        result = tokio::time::timeout_at(deadline, resolve_transition_delete_version_plan(oi, &lease, delete_plan)) => {
+            result.map_err(|_| {
+                std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, "tier free-version remote probe timed out")
+            })??
+        }
+    };
+    if !free_version_cleanup_fences_current(&topology_generation, &api, &bucket_guard, &object_guards, &lease, cancel, deadline) {
+        return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock,
+            "tier free-version cleanup fence changed after remote probe",
+        ));
+    }
     tokio::select! {
         _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
             return Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Interrupted, "tier free-version cleanup was cancelled"));
         }
-        result = tokio::time::timeout_at(
-            deadline,
-            delete_free_version_remote_object_with_lease(oi, &lease, version_id_exact),
-        ) => {
-            result
-                .map_err(|_| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, "tier free-version remote delete timed out"))??;
+        result = tokio::time::timeout_at(deadline, execute_resolved_transition_delete(oi, &lease, resolved)) => {
+            result.map_err(|_| {
+                std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, "tier free-version remote delete timed out")
+            })??;
         }
     }
     if !free_version_cleanup_fences_current(&topology_generation, &api, &bucket_guard, &object_guards, &lease, cancel, deadline) {
@@ -791,8 +955,8 @@ async fn delete_free_version_remote_object(
     oi: &ObjectInfo,
     tier_config_mgr: &Arc<RwLock<TierConfigMgr>>,
 ) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-    let (lease, version_id_exact) = acquire_free_version_tier_lease(oi, tier_config_mgr).await?;
-    delete_free_version_remote_object_with_lease(oi, &lease, version_id_exact).await
+    let (lease, delete_plan) = acquire_free_version_tier_lease(oi, tier_config_mgr).await?;
+    delete_free_version_remote_object_with_lease(oi, &lease, delete_plan).await
 }
 
 #[allow(
@@ -808,8 +972,8 @@ where
     F: FnOnce() -> Fut,
     Fut: std::future::Future<Output = T>,
 {
-    let (lease, version_id_exact) = acquire_free_version_tier_lease(oi, tier_config_mgr).await?;
-    delete_free_version_remote_object_with_lease(oi, &lease, version_id_exact).await?;
+    let (lease, delete_plan) = acquire_free_version_tier_lease(oi, tier_config_mgr).await?;
+    delete_free_version_remote_object_with_lease(oi, &lease, delete_plan).await?;
     let result = delete_local().await;
     drop(lease);
     Ok(result)
@@ -4688,6 +4852,39 @@ fn validate_transition_remote_version(oi: &ObjectInfo) -> Result<bool, std::io::
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum TransitionReadVersionPlan {
+    Direct,
+    ProbeLegacyUnversioned,
+}
+
+const LEGACY_TRANSITION_READ_PROBE_TIMEOUT: StdDuration = StdDuration::from_secs(30);
+
+fn transition_remote_version_read_plan(oi: &ObjectInfo) -> Result<TransitionReadVersionPlan, std::io::Error> {
+    let version = oi.transitioned_object.version_id.as_str();
+    match oi.transition_version_state {
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown => {
+            if !legacy_transition_version_state_missing(oi)? {
+                return validate_transition_remote_version(oi).map(|_| TransitionReadVersionPlan::Direct);
+            }
+            if version.is_empty() {
+                Ok(TransitionReadVersionPlan::ProbeLegacyUnversioned)
+            } else {
+                Ok(TransitionReadVersionPlan::Direct)
+            }
+        }
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled if version.is_empty() => Ok(TransitionReadVersionPlan::Direct),
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::SuspendedNull if version == "null" => Ok(TransitionReadVersionPlan::Direct),
+        rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Exact if !version.is_empty() && version != "null" => {
+            Ok(TransitionReadVersionPlan::Direct)
+        }
+        _ => Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "remote tier object version state conflicts with its version ID",
+        )),
+    }
+}
+
 // The resolver joins the tier manager as the second injected port this read
 // needs; grouping the request half into a struct would churn every call site of
 // a bug fix.
@@ -4702,7 +4899,12 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
     tier_config_mgr: &Arc<RwLock<TierConfigMgr>>,
     resolver: Option<&dyn ObjectEncryptionResolver>,
 ) -> Result<GetObjectReader, std::io::Error> {
-    validate_transition_remote_version(oi)?;
+    let read_plan = transition_remote_version_read_plan(oi)?;
+    // Reject invalid ranges and encryption requests before a compatibility
+    // probe can amplify them into remote listing work.
+    let plan = ReadPlan::build_for_request(rs.clone(), oi, opts, h, resolver)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| std::io::Error::other(format!("building the read plan for {bucket}/{object} failed: {err}")))?;
     let expected_identity = tier_destination_id_from_metadata(&oi.user_defined)?;
     let lease = match expected_identity {
         Some(identity) => {
@@ -4716,7 +4918,36 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
         Err(err) => return Err(std::io::Error::other(err)),
     };
 
-    tgt_client.validate_remote_version_id(&oi.transitioned_object.version_id)?;
+    match read_plan {
+        TransitionReadVersionPlan::Direct => {
+            tgt_client.validate_remote_version_id(&oi.transitioned_object.version_id)?;
+        }
+        TransitionReadVersionPlan::ProbeLegacyUnversioned => {
+            // RUSTFS_COMPAT_TODO(backlog#2203): remove operation-time probing
+            // after an admin reconcile can persist every proven legacy state.
+            let probe = tokio::time::timeout(
+                LEGACY_TRANSITION_READ_PROBE_TIMEOUT,
+                tgt_client.probe_transition_candidate(&oi.transitioned_object.name),
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(|_| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, "legacy remote tier version probe timed out"))??;
+            match probe {
+                crate::services::tier::warm_backend::TransitionCandidateProbe::UnversionedPresent => {}
+                crate::services::tier::warm_backend::TransitionCandidateProbe::Unsupported => {
+                    return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                        std::io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
+                        "remote tier cannot prove legacy unversioned transition state",
+                    ));
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                        std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                        "remote tier object version state is unknown",
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     // The same read plan the local path uses, so the tier fetch is positioned in
     // the object's *stored* coordinate system and the stream is handed the same
@@ -4724,9 +4955,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
     // through a plaintext-coordinate range and skipping the transform is how a
     // transitioned SSE object used to come back as silently corrupt bytes of the
     // right length (rustfs/rustfs#6025).
-    let plan = ReadPlan::build_for_request(rs.clone(), oi, opts, h, resolver)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|err| std::io::Error::other(format!("building the read plan for {bucket}/{object} failed: {err}")))?;
     let (off, length) = (plan.storage_offset() as i64, plan.storage_length());
     let mut gopts = WarmBackendGetOpts::default();
 
@@ -5599,11 +5827,13 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::layout::endpoints::{EndpointServerPools, Endpoints, PoolEndpoints};
     use crate::object_api::{ObjectInfo, ObjectOptions, PutObjReader};
     #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    use crate::services::tier::test_util::MockWarmOp;
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
     use crate::services::tier::test_util::register_mock_tier;
     #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
     use crate::services::tier::tier::TierConfigMgr;
     #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
-    use crate::services::tier::warm_backend::WarmBackend as _;
+    use crate::services::tier::warm_backend::{TransitionCandidateProbe, WarmBackend as _};
     use crate::set_disk::{MultipartCommitBarrier, MultipartCommitPause};
     use crate::set_disk::{RUSTFS_MULTIPART_BUCKET_KEY, RUSTFS_MULTIPART_OBJECT_KEY};
     use crate::storage_api_contracts::namespace::NamespaceLocking as _;
@@ -6299,7 +6529,75 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
     #[tokio::test]
-    async fn transitioned_get_rejects_unknown_version_state_before_backend_io() {
+    async fn transitioned_get_allows_legacy_unknown_exact_version_for_non_destructive_read() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let tier = format!("COLDTIER{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]).to_uppercase();
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, &tier).await;
+        let remote_object = format!("remote/{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+        let body = Bytes::from_static(b"legacy transitioned object body");
+        let remote_version = backend
+            .put(
+                &remote_object,
+                ReaderImpl::Body(body.clone()),
+                i64::try_from(body.len()).expect("body length should fit"),
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("mock remote object should be stored");
+        let mut user_defined = HashMap::new();
+        insert_legacy_transition_version_id(&mut user_defined, &remote_version);
+        let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+            bucket: "bucket".to_string(),
+            name: "object".to_string(),
+            size: i64::try_from(body.len()).expect("body length should fit"),
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: remote_object,
+                version_id: remote_version,
+                status: crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
+                tier: tier.clone(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            user_defined: user_defined.into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let range = Some(crate::storage_api_contracts::range::HTTPRangeSpec {
+            is_suffix_length: false,
+            start: 7,
+            end: 18,
+        });
+        let mut reader = get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
+            &object_info.bucket,
+            &object_info.name,
+            &range,
+            &HeaderMap::new(),
+            &object_info,
+            &ObjectOptions::default(),
+            &manager,
+            None,
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("legacy unknown state should still allow a non-destructive read");
+        let mut got = Vec::new();
+        reader
+            .stream
+            .read_to_end(&mut got)
+            .await
+            .expect("transitioned reader should drain");
+
+        assert_eq!(got, &body.as_ref()[7..=18]);
+        assert_eq!(backend.get_count().await, 1);
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
+        assert_eq!(
+            TierConfigMgr::active_operation_lease_count(&manager, &tier).await,
+            0,
+            "tier generation lease should release after EOF"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn transitioned_get_rejects_explicit_unknown_version_state_before_backend_io() {
         let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
         let tier = format!("COLDTIER{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]).to_uppercase();
         let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, &tier).await;
@@ -6315,6 +6613,181 @@ mod tests {
                 ..Default::default()
             },
             transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            user_defined: user_defined_with_transition_version_state(rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown).into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let err = match get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
+            &object_info.bucket,
+            &object_info.name,
+            &None,
+            &HeaderMap::new(),
+            &object_info,
+            &ObjectOptions::default(),
+            &manager,
+            None,
+        )
+        .await
+        {
+            Ok(_) => panic!("explicit unknown remote version state must fail before backend IO"),
+            Err(err) => err,
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+        assert_eq!(backend.op_log().await, Vec::<MockWarmOp>::new());
+        assert_eq!(backend.get_count().await, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn transitioned_get_rejects_present_but_invalid_legacy_version_metadata() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let tier = format!("COLDTIER{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]).to_uppercase();
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, &tier).await;
+
+        for persisted_version in [
+            Uuid::nil().to_string(),
+            "\u{fffd}".to_string(),
+            "bad\u{0001}version".to_string(),
+        ] {
+            let mut user_defined = HashMap::new();
+            insert_legacy_transition_version_id(&mut user_defined, &persisted_version);
+            let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+                bucket: "bucket".to_string(),
+                name: "object".to_string(),
+                size: 1,
+                transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                    name: "remote/object".to_string(),
+                    version_id: String::new(),
+                    status: crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
+                    tier: tier.clone(),
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+                user_defined: user_defined.into(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+
+            let err = match get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
+                &object_info.bucket,
+                &object_info.name,
+                &None,
+                &HeaderMap::new(),
+                &object_info,
+                &ObjectOptions::default(),
+                &manager,
+                None,
+            )
+            .await
+            {
+                Ok(_) => panic!("present but invalid legacy version metadata must fail before backend IO"),
+                Err(err) => err,
+            };
+
+            assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(backend.op_log().await, Vec::<MockWarmOp>::new());
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn transitioned_get_probes_legacy_empty_unknown_state_before_unversioned_read() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let tier = format!("COLDTIER{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]).to_uppercase();
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, &tier).await;
+        backend.set_put_remote_version(Some(String::new())).await;
+        let remote_object = format!("remote/{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+        let body = Bytes::from_static(b"legacy unversioned transitioned object body");
+        let remote_version = backend
+            .put(
+                &remote_object,
+                ReaderImpl::Body(body.clone()),
+                i64::try_from(body.len()).expect("body length should fit"),
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("mock remote object should be stored");
+        assert!(remote_version.is_empty());
+        let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+            bucket: "bucket".to_string(),
+            name: "object".to_string(),
+            size: i64::try_from(body.len()).expect("body length should fit"),
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: remote_object.clone(),
+                version_id: String::new(),
+                status: crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
+                tier: tier.clone(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            user_defined: HashMap::from([("x-minio-internal-transitioned-versionID".to_string(), String::new())]).into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let mut reader = get_transitioned_object_reader_with_tier_manager(
+            &object_info.bucket,
+            &object_info.name,
+            &None,
+            &HeaderMap::new(),
+            &object_info,
+            &ObjectOptions::default(),
+            &manager,
+            None,
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("probe-proven legacy unversioned state should allow a non-destructive read");
+        let mut got = Vec::new();
+        reader
+            .stream
+            .read_to_end(&mut got)
+            .await
+            .expect("transitioned reader should drain");
+
+        assert_eq!(got, body.as_ref());
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend.op_log().await,
+            vec![
+                MockWarmOp::Put {
+                    object: remote_object.clone()
+                },
+                MockWarmOp::Probe {
+                    object: remote_object.clone()
+                },
+                MockWarmOp::Get { object: remote_object },
+            ]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            TierConfigMgr::active_operation_lease_count(&manager, &tier).await,
+            0,
+            "tier generation lease should release after EOF"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn transitioned_get_rejects_ambiguous_empty_unknown_state_without_backend_get() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let tier = format!("COLDTIER{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]).to_uppercase();
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, &tier).await;
+        let remote_object = format!("remote/{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+        backend
+            .set_transition_candidate_probe_override(Some(TransitionCandidateProbe::VersionedPresent(
+                "versioned-candidate".to_string(),
+            )))
+            .await;
+        let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+            bucket: "bucket".to_string(),
+            name: "object".to_string(),
+            size: 1,
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: remote_object.clone(),
+                version_id: String::new(),
+                status: crate::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
+                tier,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
@@ -6330,19 +6803,28 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .await
         {
-            Ok(_) => panic!("unknown remote version state must fail before backend IO"),
+            Ok(_) => panic!("versioned legacy unknown state without stored version must fail before backend GET"),
             Err(err) => err,
         };
 
         assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+        assert_eq!(backend.op_log().await, vec![MockWarmOp::Probe { object: remote_object }]);
         assert_eq!(backend.get_count().await, 0);
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
     #[tokio::test]
-    async fn free_version_delete_rejects_unknown_version_state_before_backend_io() {
+    async fn free_version_delete_rejects_explicit_unknown_before_backend_io() {
         let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
         let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, "WARM").await;
+        let identity = test_tier_destination_identity(&manager, "WARM").await;
+        let mut user_defined = user_defined_with_tier_destination_identity(identity);
+        rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::insert_str(
+            &mut user_defined,
+            rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown.as_str().to_string(),
+        );
         let object_info = ObjectInfo {
             transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
                 name: "remote/object".to_string(),
@@ -6351,17 +6833,251 @@ mod tests {
                 ..Default::default()
             },
             transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            user_defined: user_defined.into(),
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
         let err = super::delete_free_version_remote_object(&object_info, &manager)
             .await
-            .expect_err("unknown remote version state must fail before backend IO");
+            .expect_err("explicit unknown cleanup must fail before backend IO");
 
         assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("version state is unknown"));
+        assert_eq!(backend.op_log().await, Vec::<MockWarmOp>::new());
         assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    async fn test_tier_destination_identity(
+        manager: &Arc<tokio::sync::RwLock<TierConfigMgr>>,
+        tier: &str,
+    ) -> crate::services::tier::tier::TierDestinationId {
+        TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease(manager, tier)
+            .await
+            .expect("test tier lease should be available")
+            .backend_identity()
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    fn user_defined_with_tier_destination_identity(
+        identity: crate::services::tier::tier::TierDestinationId,
+    ) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+        let mut user_defined = HashMap::new();
+        rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::insert_str(
+            &mut user_defined,
+            rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER_DESTINATION_ID,
+            rustfs_utils::crypto::hex(identity),
+        );
+        user_defined
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    fn user_defined_with_transition_version_state(state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+        let mut user_defined = HashMap::new();
+        rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::insert_str(
+            &mut user_defined,
+            rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
+            state.as_str().to_string(),
+        );
+        user_defined
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    fn insert_legacy_transition_version_id(user_defined: &mut HashMap<String, String>, version_id: &str) {
+        rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::insert_str(
+            user_defined,
+            rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID,
+            version_id.to_string(),
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn free_version_tuple_rejects_mixed_legacy_missing_and_explicit_unknown() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        register_mock_tier(&manager, "WARM").await;
+        let identity = test_tier_destination_identity(&manager, "WARM").await;
+        let mut legacy_metadata = user_defined_with_tier_destination_identity(identity);
+        insert_legacy_transition_version_id(&mut legacy_metadata, "legacy-version");
+        let mut explicit_metadata = legacy_metadata.clone();
+        rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::insert_str(
+            &mut explicit_metadata,
+            rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
+            rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown.as_str().to_string(),
+        );
+        let make_info = |user_defined: HashMap<String, String>| ObjectInfo {
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: "remote/object".to_string(),
+                version_id: "legacy-version".to_string(),
+                tier: "WARM".to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            user_defined: user_defined.into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let err = super::free_version_remote_tuple_matches(&make_info(legacy_metadata), &make_info(explicit_metadata))
+            .expect_err("mixed legacy-missing and explicit unknown provenance must fail closed");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn free_version_delete_probes_exact_version_hidden_by_current_delete_marker() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let tier = "WARM";
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, tier).await;
+        let identity = test_tier_destination_identity(&manager, tier).await;
+        let remote_object = format!("remote/{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+        let body = Bytes::from_static(b"legacy exact cleanup body");
+        let remote_version = backend
+            .put(
+                &remote_object,
+                ReaderImpl::Body(body),
+                i64::try_from(b"legacy exact cleanup body".len()).expect("body length should fit"),
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("mock remote object should be stored");
+        let mut user_defined = user_defined_with_tier_destination_identity(identity);
+        insert_legacy_transition_version_id(&mut user_defined, &remote_version);
+        backend
+            .set_transition_candidate_probe_override(Some(TransitionCandidateProbe::Missing))
+            .await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend
+                .probe_transition_candidate_state(&remote_object)
+                .await
+                .expect("current remote view should be readable"),
+            TransitionCandidateProbe::Missing,
+            "a current delete marker must hide the historical data version from an unversioned probe"
+        );
+        backend.clear_op_log().await;
+        let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: remote_object.clone(),
+                version_id: remote_version,
+                tier: tier.to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            user_defined: user_defined.into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        super::delete_free_version_remote_object(&object_info, &manager)
+            .await
+            .expect("probe-proven legacy exact cleanup should delete the remote version");
+        super::delete_free_version_remote_object(&object_info, &manager)
+            .await
+            .expect("a retry after the exact remote version is already missing should be idempotent");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend.op_log().await,
+            vec![
+                MockWarmOp::Get {
+                    object: remote_object.clone()
+                },
+                MockWarmOp::Remove {
+                    object: remote_object.clone()
+                },
+                MockWarmOp::Get {
+                    object: remote_object.clone()
+                },
+            ]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend.remove_versions().await,
+            vec![(remote_object, object_info.transitioned_object.version_id)]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn free_version_delete_retains_legacy_unknown_unversioned_object() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let tier = "WARM";
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, tier).await;
+        backend.set_put_remote_version(Some(String::new())).await;
+        let identity = test_tier_destination_identity(&manager, tier).await;
+        let remote_object = format!("remote/{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+        let body = Bytes::from_static(b"legacy unversioned cleanup body");
+        let remote_version = backend
+            .put(
+                &remote_object,
+                ReaderImpl::Body(body),
+                i64::try_from(b"legacy unversioned cleanup body".len()).expect("body length should fit"),
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("mock remote object should be stored");
+        assert!(remote_version.is_empty());
+        backend.clear_op_log().await;
+        let mut user_defined = user_defined_with_tier_destination_identity(identity);
+        user_defined.insert("x-minio-internal-transitioned-versionID".to_string(), String::new());
+        let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: remote_object.clone(),
+                version_id: String::new(),
+                tier: tier.to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            user_defined: user_defined.into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let err = super::delete_free_version_remote_object(&object_info, &manager)
+            .await
+            .expect_err("legacy unversioned cleanup cannot exclude a versioning-state race");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock);
+        assert!(backend.op_log().await.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
+        assert!(backend.remove_versions().await.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn free_version_delete_does_not_remove_a_different_remote_version() {
+        let manager = TierConfigMgr::new();
+        let tier = "WARM";
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&manager, tier).await;
+        let identity = test_tier_destination_identity(&manager, tier).await;
+        let remote_object = format!("remote/{}", Uuid::new_v4());
+        backend.set_put_remote_version(Some("different-version".to_string())).await;
+        backend
+            .put(
+                &remote_object,
+                ReaderImpl::Body(Bytes::from_static(b"different remote version")),
+                i64::try_from(b"different remote version".len()).expect("body length should fit"),
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("different remote version should be stored");
+        backend.clear_op_log().await;
+        let mut user_defined = user_defined_with_tier_destination_identity(identity);
+        insert_legacy_transition_version_id(&mut user_defined, "legacy-version");
+        let object_info = ObjectInfo {
+            transitioned_object: TransitionedObject {
+                name: remote_object.clone(),
+                version_id: "legacy-version".to_string(),
+                tier: tier.to_string(),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            transition_version_state: rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            user_defined: user_defined.into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        super::delete_free_version_remote_object(&object_info, &manager)
+            .await
+            .expect("a missing exact legacy version should be an idempotent cleanup success");
+
+        assert_eq!(backend.op_log().await, vec![MockWarmOp::Get { object: remote_object }]);
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
+        assert!(backend.remove_versions().await.is_empty());
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn free_version_remote_delete_requires_persisted_destination_identity() {

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use super::runtime_boundary as runtime_sources;
 use crate::bucket::lifecycle::bucket_lifecycle_ops::ExpiryOp;
@@ -72,9 +70,11 @@ static REMOTE_DELETE_BREAKER: LazyLock<Mutex<RemoteDeleteBreaker>> = LazyLock::n
 });
 
 #[cfg(test)]
-static REMOTE_TIER_DELETE_TEST_HOOK: std::sync::LazyLock<
-    std::sync::Mutex<Option<Box<dyn Fn(&str, &str, &str) -> std::io::Result<()> + Send + Sync>>>,
-> = std::sync::LazyLock::new(|| std::sync::Mutex::new(None));
+type RemoteTierDeleteTestHook = Box<dyn Fn(&str, &str, &str) -> std::io::Result<()> + Send + Sync>;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+static REMOTE_TIER_DELETE_TEST_HOOK: std::sync::LazyLock<std::sync::Mutex<Option<RemoteTierDeleteTestHook>>> =
+    std::sync::LazyLock::new(|| std::sync::Mutex::new(None));
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct RemoteDeleteBreaker {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl RemoteDeleteBreaker {
     fn prune(&mut self, now: Instant) {
         while let Some(ts) = self.failures.front().copied() {
             if now.duration_since(ts) > self.window {
-                self.failures.pop_front();
+                let _ = self.failures.pop_front();
             } else {
                 break;
             }
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ fn is_signer_header_error(err: &std::io::Error) -> bool {
         return false;
     }
 
-    if let Some(source) = err.get_ref() {
-        if error_chain_contains_signer_header_marker(source) {
-            return true;
-        }
+    if let Some(source) = err.get_ref()
+        && error_chain_contains_signer_header_marker(source)
+    {
+        return true;
     }
 
     let message = err.to_string().to_ascii_lowercase();
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ impl ObjSweeper {
 
     #[allow(dead_code, reason = "MinIO-parity surface with no caller in this port (backlog#1823)")]
     pub fn with_version(&mut self, vid: Option<Uuid>) -> &Self {
-        self.version_id = vid.clone();
+        self.version_id = vid;
         self
     }
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ impl ObjSweeper {
     #[allow(dead_code, reason = "MinIO-parity surface with no caller in this port (backlog#1823)")]
     pub fn get_opts(&self) -> lifecycle::ObjectOpts {
         let mut opts = ObjectOpts {
-            version_id: self.version_id.clone(),
+            version_id: self.version_id,
             versioned: self.versioned,
             version_suspended: self.suspended,
             ..Default::default()
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ impl Jentry {
 impl ExpiryOp for Jentry {
     fn op_hash(&self) -> u64 {
         let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
-        hasher.update(format!("{}", self.tier_name).as_bytes());
-        hasher.update(format!("{}", self.obj_name).as_bytes());
+        hasher.update(self.tier_name.as_bytes());
+        hasher.update(self.obj_name.as_bytes());
         xxh64::xxh64(hasher.finalize().as_slice(), XXHASH_SEED)
     }
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ async fn delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_manager(
     tier_name: &str,
     tier_config_mgr: &Arc<tokio::sync::RwLock<TierConfigMgr>>,
 ) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-    let lease = TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease(&tier_config_mgr, tier_name)
+    let lease = TierConfigMgr::acquire_operation_lease(tier_config_mgr, tier_name)
         .await
         .map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
     delete_object_from_remote_tier_raw_with_lease(obj_name, rv_id, &lease, false, true).await

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/metadata.rs

@@ -477,6 +477,18 @@ impl BucketMetadata {
         !self.table_bucket_config_json.is_empty()
     }
 
+    /// `bucket-targets.json` is stored for this bucket but this build cannot
+    /// decode it.
+    ///
+    /// Keeps "no replication targets configured" and "the target
+    /// configuration cannot be read" apart, the same distinction the
+    /// `fabricated` marker draws for the bucket metadata as a whole. Only
+    /// meaningful after [`Self::parse_all_configs`] has run; readers must fail
+    /// closed on `true` instead of serving an empty target set.
+    pub fn bucket_targets_unreadable(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.bucket_targets_config_json.is_empty() && self.bucket_target_config.is_none()
+    }
+
     /// Parsed per-bucket durability override, if a valid one is stored.
     ///
     /// Absent/empty/unparsable payloads all mean "no override" (the bucket
@@ -964,7 +976,32 @@ impl BucketMetadata {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn parse_all_configs(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+    /// Decode every stored sub-configuration into its typed field.
+    ///
+    /// A decode failure never fails the whole load: this runs on every bucket
+    /// metadata read, including startup and peer reload, so one bucket's
+    /// corrupt sub-configuration must not make the bucket — or the node —
+    /// unloadable. Instead the failure is *retained*: the raw bytes stay
+    /// untouched and the typed field stays `None`, so `!raw.is_empty() &&
+    /// typed.is_none()` is the durable "exists but cannot be read" signal that
+    /// each accessor keys off. Which accessors must fail closed on it:
+    ///
+    /// | Config | Verdict |
+    /// |---|---|
+    /// | policy | Fails closed: `get_bucket_policy` re-parses the raw JSON and propagates the error; `get_bucket_policy_raw` returns the stored bytes. |
+    /// | object lock | Fails closed in `object_lock_config_state_from_authoritative_metadata`; a retention decision may never be taken on a guess. |
+    /// | versioning | Fails closed in `get_versioning_config`; guessing Unversioned would make delete markers and version ids diverge from what is on disk. |
+    /// | replication | Fails closed in `get_replication_config`. |
+    /// | bucket targets | Fails closed in `get_bucket_targets_config`, and `sync_bucket_target_sys` marks the bucket unreadable in `BucketTargetSys` instead of publishing an empty target set (rustfs/backlog#2282). |
+    /// | encryption | Fails closed in `get_sse_config`: degrading to "no default encryption" stores plaintext objects the operator required to be encrypted. |
+    /// | public access block | Fails closed in `get_public_access_block_config`: degrading grants the anonymous access the operator asked to block. |
+    /// | quota | Fails closed in `get_quota_config`; the enforcement path in `quota::checker` already re-parses the raw JSON and refuses on error. |
+    /// | lifecycle | Safe to degrade: no rules means no expiration and no transition, so nothing is deleted or moved on the strength of an unreadable rule set. The bucket keeps serving reads and writes. |
+    /// | notification | Safe to degrade: events are an outbound side channel; no consumer draws a durability or authorization conclusion from their absence. |
+    /// | tagging | Safe to degrade: bucket tags are cost-allocation labels here; object-level tag conditions come from object metadata, not this blob. |
+    /// | CORS | Safe to degrade: an absent CORS configuration rejects cross-origin browser requests, which is already the restrictive direction. |
+    /// | logging, website, accelerate, request payment, bucket ACL | Safe to degrade: each only shapes an optional response or an optional side channel, and none of them authorizes an action or decides whether data is retained. |
+    pub(super) fn parse_all_configs(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         if let Err(e) = self.parse_policy_config() {
             tracing::warn!(
                 event = "bucket_metadata_parse_failed",
@@ -1088,20 +1125,26 @@ impl BucketMetadata {
                 "Failed to parse bucket metadata config"
             );
         }
+        // A stored targets blob that cannot be decoded must not collapse into
+        // the empty target set: that is indistinguishable from "no replication
+        // configured", so replication stops and no caller ever sees an error
+        // (rustfs/backlog#2282). Leaving the typed field `None` while the raw
+        // bytes stay non-empty is the retained parse failure every targets
+        // reader keys off; the bytes are preserved so the configuration is
+        // still recoverable.
+        self.bucket_target_config = None;
         if !self.bucket_targets_config_json.is_empty() {
-            if let Err(e) = serde_json::from_slice::<BucketTargets>(&self.bucket_targets_config_json)
-                .map(|t| self.bucket_target_config = Some(t))
-            {
-                tracing::warn!(
+            match serde_json::from_slice::<BucketTargets>(&self.bucket_targets_config_json) {
+                Ok(targets) => self.bucket_target_config = Some(targets),
+                Err(e) => tracing::error!(
                     event = "bucket_metadata_parse_failed",
                     component = "ecstore",
                     subsystem = "bucket_metadata",
                     bucket = %self.name,
                     config = "bucket_targets",
                     error = %e,
-                    "Failed to parse bucket metadata config"
-                );
-                self.bucket_target_config = Some(BucketTargets::default());
+                    "Bucket replication targets are unreadable; replication for this bucket fails closed"
+                ),
             }
         } else {
             self.bucket_target_config = Some(BucketTargets::default());
@@ -1535,6 +1578,117 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(bucket_targets.targets[0].target_bucket, "target-bucket");
     }
 
+    /// rustfs/backlog#2282: a stored targets blob this build cannot decode
+    /// must not become the empty target set, and must stay distinguishable
+    /// from a bucket that never configured a target.
+    #[test]
+    fn unreadable_bucket_targets_never_degrade_to_an_empty_target_set() {
+        let truncated = br#"{"targets":[{"endpoint":"s3.example.com","#.to_vec();
+        let mut corrupt = BucketMetadata::new("corrupt-targets");
+        corrupt.bucket_targets_config_json = truncated.clone();
+
+        corrupt
+            .parse_all_configs()
+            .expect("one unreadable sub-config must not fail the whole metadata load");
+
+        assert!(
+            corrupt.bucket_target_config.is_none(),
+            "an undecodable targets blob must not produce a target set at all"
+        );
+        assert!(corrupt.bucket_targets_unreadable());
+        assert_eq!(
+            corrupt.bucket_targets_config_json, truncated,
+            "the raw bytes must survive so the configuration stays recoverable"
+        );
+
+        // The genuinely-absent case is unchanged, and the two now diverge.
+        let mut absent = BucketMetadata::new("no-targets");
+        absent.parse_all_configs().expect("absent targets parse");
+        assert!(
+            absent.bucket_target_config.as_ref().is_some_and(BucketTargets::is_empty),
+            "a bucket that configured no target still reads as an empty target set"
+        );
+        assert!(!absent.bucket_targets_unreadable());
+    }
+
+    /// `Credentials` carries no struct-level `serde(default)`, so one target
+    /// missing `secretKey` is a hard parse error for the whole document. That
+    /// must surface as "unreadable", never as "no targets configured".
+    #[test]
+    fn bucket_targets_missing_secret_key_are_unreadable_not_empty() {
+        let mut bm = BucketMetadata::new("missing-secret-key");
+        bm.bucket_targets_config_json = br#"{"targets":[{"endpoint":"s3.example.com","targetbucket":"remote","arn":"arn:rustfs:replication:us-east-1:src:1","credentials":{"accessKey":"AKIAEXAMPLE"}}]}"#.to_vec();
+
+        bm.parse_all_configs()
+            .expect("a rejected targets document must not fail the whole metadata load");
+
+        assert!(
+            bm.bucket_targets_unreadable(),
+            "a targets document rejected for a missing secretKey is unreadable, not empty"
+        );
+        assert!(bm.bucket_target_config.is_none());
+    }
+
+    /// The invariant every branch of `parse_all_configs` shares: a stored but
+    /// undecodable payload keeps its raw bytes and leaves the typed field
+    /// `None`, so no branch fabricates a value. What a reader may then do with
+    /// that state is decided per config; see the table on `parse_all_configs`.
+    #[test]
+    fn every_config_branch_retains_its_parse_failure_instead_of_defaulting() {
+        let malformed_xml = b"<not-a-valid-document".to_vec();
+        let malformed_json = b"{not-json".to_vec();
+
+        let mut bm = BucketMetadata::new("all-configs-malformed");
+        bm.policy_config_json = malformed_json.clone();
+        bm.quota_config_json = malformed_json.clone();
+        bm.bucket_targets_config_json = malformed_json.clone();
+        bm.notification_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.lifecycle_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.object_lock_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.versioning_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.encryption_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.tagging_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.replication_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.cors_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.logging_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.website_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.accelerate_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.request_payment_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        bm.public_access_block_config_xml = malformed_xml.clone();
+        // `bucket_acl_config_json` is only checked for UTF-8, so only invalid
+        // UTF-8 exercises its failure branch.
+        bm.bucket_acl_config_json = vec![0xff, 0xfe];
+
+        bm.parse_all_configs()
+            .expect("a bucket whose every config is corrupt must still load its metadata");
+
+        let cleared: [(&str, bool); 17] = [
+            ("policy", bm.policy_config.is_none()),
+            ("quota", bm.quota_config.is_none()),
+            ("bucket_targets", bm.bucket_target_config.is_none()),
+            ("notification", bm.notification_config.is_none()),
+            ("lifecycle", bm.lifecycle_config.is_none()),
+            ("object_lock", bm.object_lock_config.is_none()),
+            ("versioning", bm.versioning_config.is_none()),
+            ("encryption", bm.sse_config.is_none()),
+            ("tagging", bm.tagging_config.is_none()),
+            ("replication", bm.replication_config.is_none()),
+            ("cors", bm.cors_config.is_none()),
+            ("logging", bm.logging_config.is_none()),
+            ("website", bm.website_config.is_none()),
+            ("accelerate", bm.accelerate_config.is_none()),
+            ("request_payment", bm.request_payment_config.is_none()),
+            ("public_access_block", bm.public_access_block_config.is_none()),
+            ("bucket_acl", bm.bucket_acl_config.is_none()),
+        ];
+        for (config, is_cleared) in cleared {
+            assert!(is_cleared, "{config}: a corrupt payload must not be replaced by a default");
+        }
+
+        assert_eq!(bm.bucket_targets_config_json, malformed_json, "raw bytes are retained");
+        assert_eq!(bm.lifecycle_config_xml, malformed_xml, "raw bytes are retained");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn lifecycle_update_config_clears_parsed_config_on_delete() {
         let mut bm = BucketMetadata::new("test-bucket");

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/metadata_sys.rs

@@ -360,6 +360,16 @@ async fn refresh_buckets_metadata_once(sys: Arc<RwLock<BucketMetadataSys>>) {
 }
 
 async fn sync_bucket_target_sys(bucket: &str, bm: &BucketMetadata) {
+    if bm.bucket_targets_unreadable() {
+        // "The configuration cannot be read" is not "no targets configured".
+        // Publishing an empty snapshot here is what silently stopped
+        // replication (rustfs/backlog#2282): mark the bucket instead, so every
+        // targets reader gets a typed error, and leave any snapshot from an
+        // earlier readable load in place rather than withdrawing it.
+        BucketTargetSys::get().mark_targets_unreadable(bucket).await;
+        return;
+    }
+
     BucketTargetSys::get()
         .update_all_targets(bucket, bm.bucket_target_config.as_ref())
         .await;
@@ -645,6 +655,12 @@ pub struct BucketMetadataMutationGuard {
 }
 
 impl BucketMetadataMutationGuard {
+    /// Returns the storage-verified identity while both incarnation fences remain valid.
+    pub fn checked_bucket_incarnation(&self) -> Result<(&str, Uuid)> {
+        self.ensure_valid(&self.bucket)?;
+        Ok((&self.bucket, self.incarnation_id))
+    }
+
     fn ensure_valid(&self, bucket: &str) -> Result<()> {
         if self.bucket != bucket {
             return Err(Error::other("bucket metadata mutation guard does not match bucket"));
@@ -664,6 +680,29 @@ async fn acquire_config_write_guard_for_incarnation(
     sys: Arc<RwLock<BucketMetadataSys>>,
     bucket: &str,
     expected_incarnation_id: Option<Uuid>,
+) -> Result<BucketMetadataMutationGuard> {
+    acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys, bucket, expected_incarnation_id, true).await
+}
+
+/// Scanner probes must not create an incarnation to make a capability available.
+pub async fn acquire_scanner_bucket_incarnation_fence(
+    bucket: &str,
+    expected_incarnation_id: Uuid,
+    expected_owner_id: Uuid,
+) -> Result<BucketMetadataMutationGuard> {
+    super::utils::check_valid_bucket_name(bucket)?;
+    let sys = get_bucket_metadata_sys()?;
+    if expected_owner_id.is_nil() || sys.read().await.api.id != expected_owner_id || expected_incarnation_id.is_nil() {
+        return Err(Error::other("scanner bucket incarnation owner does not match"));
+    }
+    acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys, bucket, Some(expected_incarnation_id), false).await
+}
+
+async fn acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(
+    sys: Arc<RwLock<BucketMetadataSys>>,
+    bucket: &str,
+    expected_incarnation_id: Option<Uuid>,
+    migrate: bool,
 ) -> Result<BucketMetadataMutationGuard> {
     let metadata_sys = sys.read().await.clone();
     let lifecycle_guard = metadata_sys.api.acquire_bucket_lifecycle_read_lock(bucket).await?;
@@ -671,13 +710,15 @@ async fn acquire_config_write_guard_for_incarnation(
     // Legacy buckets are migrated while the lifecycle fence prevents a
     // same-name replacement. The second read under the write transaction is
     // the CAS source of truth for the actual rewrite.
-    await_bucket_namespace_operation(
-        Some(&lifecycle_guard),
-        bucket,
-        "bucket config incarnation migration",
-        metadata_sys.get_bucket_incarnation_id(bucket),
-    )
-    .await?;
+    if migrate {
+        await_bucket_namespace_operation(
+            Some(&lifecycle_guard),
+            bucket,
+            "bucket config incarnation migration",
+            metadata_sys.get_bucket_incarnation_id(bucket),
+        )
+        .await?;
+    }
     let transaction_guard = await_bucket_namespace_operation(
         Some(&lifecycle_guard),
         bucket,
@@ -2118,7 +2159,9 @@ impl BucketMetadataSys {
     pub async fn get_public_access_block_config(&self, bucket: &str) -> Result<(PublicAccessBlockConfiguration, OffsetDateTime)> {
         let (bm, _) = self.get_config(bucket).await?;
 
-        if let Some(config) = &bm.public_access_block_config {
+        if !bm.public_access_block_config_xml.is_empty() && bm.public_access_block_config.is_none() {
+            Err(Error::other("persisted bucket public access block configuration is invalid"))
+        } else if let Some(config) = &bm.public_access_block_config {
             Ok((config.clone(), bm.public_access_block_config_updated_at))
         } else {
             Err(Error::ConfigNotFound)
@@ -2429,7 +2472,9 @@ impl BucketMetadataSys {
     pub async fn get_sse_config(&self, bucket: &str) -> Result<(ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration, OffsetDateTime)> {
         let (bm, _) = self.get_config(bucket).await?;
 
-        if let Some(config) = &bm.sse_config {
+        if !bm.encryption_config_xml.is_empty() && bm.sse_config.is_none() {
+            Err(Error::other("persisted bucket encryption configuration is invalid"))
+        } else if let Some(config) = &bm.sse_config {
             Ok((config.clone(), bm.encryption_config_updated_at))
         } else {
             Err(Error::ConfigNotFound)
@@ -2500,7 +2545,9 @@ impl BucketMetadataSys {
     pub async fn get_quota_config(&self, bucket: &str) -> Result<(BucketQuota, OffsetDateTime)> {
         let (bm, _) = self.get_config(bucket).await?;
 
-        if let Some(config) = &bm.quota_config {
+        if !bm.quota_config_json.is_empty() && bm.quota_config.is_none() {
+            Err(Error::other("persisted bucket quota configuration is invalid"))
+        } else if let Some(config) = &bm.quota_config {
             Ok((config.clone(), bm.quota_config_updated_at))
         } else {
             Err(Error::ConfigNotFound)
@@ -2522,7 +2569,9 @@ impl BucketMetadataSys {
     pub async fn get_bucket_targets_config(&self, bucket: &str) -> Result<BucketTargets> {
         let (bm, _) = self.get_config(bucket).await?;
 
-        if let Some(config) = &bm.bucket_target_config {
+        if bm.bucket_targets_unreadable() {
+            Err(Error::other("persisted bucket replication target configuration is invalid"))
+        } else if let Some(config) = &bm.bucket_target_config {
             Ok(config.clone())
         } else {
             Err(Error::ConfigNotFound)
@@ -2593,6 +2642,7 @@ pub(crate) mod test_support {
 mod tests {
     use super::test_support::isolated_store_over_temp_disks;
     use super::*;
+    use crate::bucket::bucket_target_sys::BucketTargetError;
     use crate::bucket::metadata::{
         BUCKET_ACCELERATE_CONFIG, BUCKET_CORS_CONFIG, BUCKET_LIFECYCLE_CONFIG, BUCKET_LOGGING_CONFIG, BUCKET_NOTIFICATION_CONFIG,
         BUCKET_POLICY_CONFIG, BUCKET_PUBLIC_ACCESS_BLOCK_CONFIG, BUCKET_REPLICATION_CONFIG, BUCKET_REQUEST_PAYMENT_CONFIG,
@@ -2788,6 +2838,36 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// The `parse_all_configs` audit (rustfs/backlog#2282): every accessor
+    /// whose configuration grants something — plaintext storage, anonymous
+    /// access, capacity, replication targets — reports a corrupt payload as
+    /// invalid rather than as absent, because "absent" is what grants it.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn malformed_permissive_configs_are_not_reported_as_absent() {
+        let (_dirs, ecstore) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
+        let sys = BucketMetadataSys::new(ecstore);
+        let bucket = "malformed-permissive-config";
+        let mut metadata = BucketMetadata::new(bucket);
+        metadata.encryption_config_xml = b"<ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration".to_vec();
+        metadata.public_access_block_config_xml = b"<PublicAccessBlockConfiguration".to_vec();
+        metadata.quota_config_json = b"{not-json".to_vec();
+        metadata.bucket_targets_config_json = b"{not-json".to_vec();
+        metadata
+            .parse_all_configs()
+            .expect("a corrupt sub-config must not fail the load");
+        sys.set(bucket.to_string(), Arc::new(metadata)).await;
+
+        for (config, result) in [
+            ("encryption", sys.get_sse_config(bucket).await.err()),
+            ("public access block", sys.get_public_access_block_config(bucket).await.err()),
+            ("quota", sys.get_quota_config(bucket).await.err()),
+            ("bucket targets", sys.get_bucket_targets_config(bucket).await.err()),
+        ] {
+            let err = result.unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("malformed {config} metadata must not read as a value"));
+            assert_ne!(err, Error::ConfigNotFound, "malformed {config} metadata must not be reported as absent");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn config_states_distinguish_authoritative_absence_from_fabricated_metadata() {
         use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
@@ -3127,6 +3207,82 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn scoped_dirty_usage_incarnation_probe_does_not_migrate_legacy_metadata() {
+        let (dirs, store) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
+        let sys = Arc::new(RwLock::new(BucketMetadataSys::new(store.clone())));
+        let bucket = "scoped-ack-legacy";
+        for dir in &dirs {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(dir.path().join(bucket)).expect("create legacy bucket");
+        }
+        let mut metadata = BucketMetadata::new(bucket);
+        metadata.bucket_incarnation_id = Uuid::nil();
+        sys.read()
+            .await
+            .persist_and_set(metadata)
+            .await
+            .expect("persist legacy metadata");
+        assert!(
+            acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys.clone(), bucket, Some(Uuid::new_v4()), false)
+                .await
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(load_bucket_incarnation(store, bucket).await.expect("read sidecar").is_none());
+        assert!(
+            sys.read()
+                .await
+                .get_config_from_disk(bucket)
+                .await
+                .expect("read metadata")
+                .bucket_incarnation_id
+                .is_nil()
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn scoped_dirty_usage_incarnation_rejects_deleted_and_recreated_bucket() {
+        let (_dirs, store) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
+        init_bucket_metadata_sys(store.clone(), Vec::new()).await;
+        let sys = bucket_metadata_sys_of(&store.ctx).expect("metadata owner");
+        let bucket = "scoped-ack-recreated";
+        store
+            .make_bucket(bucket, &MakeBucketOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("create bucket");
+        let old = store.bucket_incarnation_id_from_disk(bucket).await.expect("old incarnation");
+        let guard = acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys.clone(), bucket, Some(old), false)
+            .await
+            .expect("trusted incarnation fence");
+        assert_eq!(guard.checked_bucket_incarnation().expect("valid fences"), (bucket, old));
+        drop(guard);
+        store
+            .delete_bucket(bucket, &DeleteBucketOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("delete bucket");
+        assert!(
+            acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys.clone(), bucket, Some(old), false)
+                .await
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        store
+            .make_bucket(bucket, &MakeBucketOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("recreate bucket");
+        let new = store.bucket_incarnation_id_from_disk(bucket).await.expect("new incarnation");
+        assert_ne!(old, new);
+        assert!(
+            acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys.clone(), bucket, Some(old), false)
+                .await
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(
+            acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys, bucket, Some(new), false)
+                .await
+                .is_ok()
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn old_node_metadata_rewrite_cannot_replace_bucket_incarnation_sidecar() {
         let (dirs, ecstore) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
@@ -4066,6 +4222,114 @@ mod tests {
         target_sys.delete(bucket).await;
     }
 
+    /// rustfs/backlog#2282: an unreadable `bucket-targets.json` reaches every
+    /// targets reader as a typed error; it neither withdraws a snapshot a
+    /// previous readable load published, nor collapses into the "no targets
+    /// configured" state that a bucket with an absent configuration reports.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn unreadable_bucket_targets_fail_closed_and_stay_distinct_from_absent() {
+        let (_dirs, ecstore) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
+        let sys = BucketMetadataSys::new(ecstore);
+        let target_sys = BucketTargetSys::get();
+        let unreadable = "targets-unreadable";
+        let absent = "targets-absent";
+        target_sys.delete(unreadable).await;
+        target_sys.delete(absent).await;
+
+        // A readable load publishes this bucket's targets.
+        let mut readable = BucketMetadata::new(unreadable);
+        readable.bucket_target_config = Some(BucketTargets {
+            targets: vec![target(unreadable, "live")],
+        });
+        sync_bucket_target_sys(unreadable, &readable).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            target_sys
+                .list_bucket_targets(unreadable)
+                .await
+                .expect("readable targets publish")
+                .targets
+                .len(),
+            1
+        );
+
+        // The same bucket reloaded with a blob that cannot be decoded.
+        let mut corrupt = BucketMetadata::new(unreadable);
+        corrupt.bucket_targets_config_json = br#"{"targets":[{"endpoint":"#.to_vec();
+        corrupt
+            .parse_all_configs()
+            .expect("an unreadable targets blob must not fail the metadata load");
+        sys.set(unreadable.to_string(), Arc::new(corrupt)).await;
+
+        assert!(
+            matches!(
+                target_sys.list_bucket_targets(unreadable).await,
+                Err(BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteTargetsUnreadable { .. })
+            ),
+            "an unreadable configuration must not read as an empty or a missing target set"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            target_sys.list_targets(unreadable, "").await.is_err(),
+            "the admin listing must surface the fault instead of an empty list"
+        );
+        let err = sys
+            .get_bucket_targets_config(unreadable)
+            .await
+            .expect_err("an unreadable targets configuration must not read as a value");
+        assert_ne!(err, Error::ConfigNotFound, "unreadable must not be reported as absent");
+
+        // A bucket that never configured a target keeps its previous behavior.
+        let mut no_targets = BucketMetadata::new(absent);
+        no_targets.parse_all_configs().expect("absent targets parse");
+        sys.set(absent.to_string(), Arc::new(no_targets)).await;
+        assert!(
+            matches!(
+                target_sys.list_bucket_targets(absent).await,
+                Err(BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteTargetNotFound { .. })
+            ),
+            "an absent configuration must still report as a missing target set"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            target_sys
+                .list_targets(absent, "")
+                .await
+                .expect("an absent configuration lists no targets")
+                .is_empty()
+        );
+        assert!(
+            sys.get_bucket_targets_config(absent)
+                .await
+                .expect("an absent targets configuration still reads as an empty set")
+                .is_empty(),
+            "the absent path must keep returning an empty target set, exactly as before"
+        );
+
+        // One bucket's unreadable configuration does not reach another bucket.
+        assert!(!matches!(
+            target_sys.list_bucket_targets(absent).await,
+            Err(BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteTargetsUnreadable { .. })
+        ));
+
+        // A repaired configuration takes effect on the next load, no restart.
+        let mut repaired = BucketMetadata::new(unreadable);
+        repaired.bucket_target_config = Some(BucketTargets {
+            targets: vec![target(unreadable, "repaired")],
+        });
+        sync_bucket_target_sys(unreadable, &repaired).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            target_sys
+                .list_bucket_targets(unreadable)
+                .await
+                .expect("a repaired configuration clears the unreadable marker")
+                .targets
+                .len(),
+            1
+        );
+
+        target_sys.delete(unreadable).await;
+        target_sys.delete(absent).await;
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial]
     async fn metadata_reload_clears_stale_bucket_targets_when_config_is_removed() {

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/on_demand_migration/list_through.rs

@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
-/// The only continuation-token envelope version this build reads and writes.
+/// The continuation-token version used by ordinary progressing pages.
 pub const LIST_THROUGH_TOKEN_VERSION: u32 = 1;
+const LIST_THROUGH_PROGRESS_TOKEN_VERSION: u32 = 2;
+
+/// The sixteenth consecutive merged page without a key or new EOF fails.
+/// This also bounds legitimate sparse listings; it is not a cycle detector.
+pub const MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES: u8 = 16;
 
 /// Envelope marker. A bucket that is *not* merging hands out the local
 /// listing's own marker, so the decoder needs a positive signal before it
@@ -111,6 +116,10 @@ pub struct ListThroughToken {
     /// common prefix compares as itself, never as its members.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub last_key: Option<String>,
+    /// Consecutive empty truncated merged pages, present only in v2 tokens.
+    /// Ordinary v1 tokens retain their original serialized shape.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub no_progress: Option<u8>,
 }
 
 impl ListThroughToken {
@@ -123,6 +132,7 @@ impl ListThroughToken {
             source: source.token,
             source_done: source.done,
             last_key,
+            no_progress: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -170,7 +180,21 @@ pub fn decode_continuation_token(decoded: &str) -> Result<ListThroughCursor, Lis
         return Ok(ListThroughCursor::Local(decoded.to_string()));
     }
     match value.get("v").and_then(serde_json::Value::as_u64) {
-        Some(version) if version == u64::from(LIST_THROUGH_TOKEN_VERSION) => {}
+        Some(version) if version == u64::from(LIST_THROUGH_TOKEN_VERSION) => {
+            // v1 readers reject this field even when it is null or zero.
+            if value.get("no_progress").is_some() {
+                return Err(ListThroughTokenError::Malformed);
+            }
+        }
+        Some(version) if version == u64::from(LIST_THROUGH_PROGRESS_TOKEN_VERSION) => {
+            if !value
+                .get("no_progress")
+                .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_u64)
+                .is_some_and(|count| (1..u64::from(MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES)).contains(&count))
+            {
+                return Err(ListThroughTokenError::Malformed);
+            }
+        }
         Some(version) => return Err(ListThroughTokenError::UnsupportedVersion(version.min(u64::from(u32::MAX)) as u32)),
         None => return Err(ListThroughTokenError::Malformed),
     }
@@ -288,6 +312,8 @@ pub enum ListPageError {
     Empty,
     #[error("truncated listing repeats a continuation token")]
     Repeated,
+    #[error("listing exhausted its consecutive no-progress page budget")]
+    NoProgress(MergeSide),
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn validate_list_page(is_truncated: bool, token: Option<&str>, next_token: Option<&str>) -> Result<(), ListPageError> {
@@ -352,6 +378,7 @@ pub struct MergeOutcome {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ListThroughMerger {
     max_keys: usize,
+    no_progress: Option<u8>,
     last_key: Option<String>,
     local: SideState,
     source: SideState,
@@ -371,6 +398,7 @@ impl ListThroughMerger {
         };
         Self {
             max_keys,
+            no_progress: token.and_then(|token| token.no_progress),
             last_key,
             local,
             source,
@@ -436,13 +464,18 @@ impl ListThroughMerger {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn finish(self) -> MergeOutcome {
+    /// `issue_progress_tokens` allows a v1 chain to start carrying a budget.
+    /// An existing v2 budget is always enforced, including on reader-only nodes.
+    /// Borrowing lets a source failure re-merge the fetched local buffers.
+    pub fn finish(&self, issue_progress_tokens: bool) -> Result<MergeOutcome, ListPageError> {
         let Self {
             max_keys,
+            no_progress,
             last_key,
             local,
             source,
         } = self;
+        let max_keys = *max_keys;
 
         // A side with more pages behind it can only be trusted up to the last
         // key it handed over: past that horizon the other side's entries could
@@ -508,12 +541,44 @@ impl ListThroughMerger {
         let source_left = !source.disabled && (!source_cursor.done || consumed_source < source.entries.len());
         let is_truncated = local_left || source_left;
 
-        let last_key = consumed_key.or(last_key);
-        MergeOutcome {
+        let reached_eof = (!local.start.done && local_cursor.done) || (!source.start.done && source_cursor.done);
+        let next_no_progress = if !is_truncated || !picks.is_empty() || reached_eof {
+            None
+        } else if max_keys == 0 {
+            // A zero-sized request cannot consume entries. Preserve an existing
+            // budget without spending it or starting a new one.
+            *no_progress
+        } else if issue_progress_tokens || no_progress.is_some() {
+            let count = no_progress.unwrap_or(0).saturating_add(1);
+            if count >= MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES {
+                // An empty truncated side closes the merge horizon. Local
+                // failure takes precedence; disabling the source cannot fix it.
+                let side = if local.more && local.entries.is_empty() {
+                    MergeSide::Local
+                } else if !source.disabled && source.more && source.entries.is_empty() {
+                    MergeSide::Source
+                } else {
+                    MergeSide::Local
+                };
+                return Err(ListPageError::NoProgress(side));
+            }
+            Some(count)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        let last_key = consumed_key.or_else(|| last_key.clone());
+        Ok(MergeOutcome {
             picks,
             is_truncated,
-            next_token: is_truncated.then(|| ListThroughToken::new(local_cursor, source_cursor, last_key)),
-        }
+            next_token: is_truncated.then(|| {
+                let mut token = ListThroughToken::new(local_cursor, source_cursor, last_key);
+                if let Some(count) = next_no_progress {
+                    token.v = LIST_THROUGH_PROGRESS_TOKEN_VERSION;
+                    token.no_progress = Some(count);
+                }
+                token
+            }),
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -641,7 +706,7 @@ mod tests {
                     .push_page(fetch.side, kept, truncated, next)
                     .expect("reference provider pages must advance");
             }
-            let outcome = merger.finish();
+            let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("valid merge outcome");
             assert_eq!(outcome.is_truncated, outcome.next_token.is_some());
             if outcome.is_truncated {
                 assert_ne!(outcome.next_token, token, "every truncated merged page must make progress");
@@ -724,7 +789,7 @@ mod tests {
             .push_page(MergeSide::Local, vec![ListEntryKey::object("a")], false, None)
             .expect("local EOF is valid");
         assert_eq!(merger.next_fetch(), None);
-        let outcome = merger.finish();
+        let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("valid merge outcome");
         assert_eq!(outcome.picks.len(), 1);
         assert!(!outcome.is_truncated);
         assert!(outcome.next_token.is_none());
@@ -740,6 +805,7 @@ mod tests {
             source: Some("source-1".to_string()),
             source_done: false,
             last_key: Some("a".to_string()),
+            no_progress: None,
         };
         let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(1, Some(&resume));
         merger.disable_source();
@@ -751,7 +817,7 @@ mod tests {
                 Some("local-2".to_string()),
             )
             .expect("local cursor advances");
-        let outcome = merger.finish();
+        let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("valid merge outcome");
         assert!(outcome.is_truncated);
         let token = outcome.next_token.expect("truncated page carries a token");
         assert_eq!(token.source.as_deref(), Some("source-1"), "the source cursor must not move");
@@ -830,7 +896,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .expect("opaque cursor advances regardless of sort order");
         }
         assert!(merger.next_fetch().is_none(), "two source fetches exhaust the request budget");
-        let outcome = merger.finish();
+        let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("valid merge outcome");
         assert!(outcome.picks.is_empty());
         assert!(outcome.is_truncated);
         let token = outcome.next_token.expect("empty progressing page has a cursor");
@@ -840,7 +906,7 @@ mod tests {
         merger
             .push_page(MergeSide::Source, vec![ListEntryKey::object("result")], false, None)
             .expect("source EOF");
-        let outcome = merger.finish();
+        let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("valid merge outcome");
         assert_eq!(
             outcome.picks,
             vec![MergePick {
@@ -887,7 +953,7 @@ mod tests {
             Err(ListPageError::Repeated)
         );
         merger.disable_source();
-        let outcome = merger.finish();
+        let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("valid merge outcome");
         assert_eq!(
             outcome.picks,
             vec![MergePick {
@@ -979,8 +1045,8 @@ mod tests {
         let encoded = token.encode();
         assert_eq!(decode_continuation_token(&encoded), Ok(ListThroughCursor::Merged(Box::new(token))));
 
-        let bumped = encoded.replace("\"v\":1", "\"v\":2");
-        assert_eq!(decode_continuation_token(&bumped), Err(ListThroughTokenError::UnsupportedVersion(2)));
+        let bumped = encoded.replace("\"v\":1", "\"v\":3");
+        assert_eq!(decode_continuation_token(&bumped), Err(ListThroughTokenError::UnsupportedVersion(3)));
 
         let extra = encoded.replace("{", "{\"x\":1,");
         assert_eq!(decode_continuation_token(&extra), Err(ListThroughTokenError::Malformed));
@@ -992,6 +1058,257 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(decode_continuation_token(no_version), Err(ListThroughTokenError::Malformed));
     }
 
+    fn progress_token(count: Option<u8>, local_done: bool, source_done: bool) -> ListThroughToken {
+        let mut token = ListThroughToken::new(
+            SideCursor {
+                token: None,
+                done: local_done,
+            },
+            SideCursor {
+                token: Some("A".into()),
+                done: source_done,
+            },
+            Some("last-key".into()),
+        );
+        if let Some(count) = count {
+            token.v = LIST_THROUGH_PROGRESS_TOKEN_VERSION;
+            token.no_progress = Some(count);
+        }
+        token
+    }
+
+    fn push_empty_pages(merger: &mut ListThroughMerger, side: MergeSide) {
+        for _ in 0..MAX_LIST_FETCHES_PER_SIDE {
+            let fetch = merger.next_fetch().expect("empty truncated side must be fetched");
+            assert_eq!(fetch.side, side);
+            let next = format!("{}:next", fetch.token.unwrap_or_default());
+            merger
+                .push_page(side, vec![], true, Some(next))
+                .expect("opaque cursor advances");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn progress_tokens_preserve_v1_bytes_and_validate_v2_counts() {
+        let token = progress_token(None, true, false);
+        assert_eq!(
+            token.encode(),
+            r#"{"t":"odm-list","v":1,"local":null,"local_done":true,"source":"A","source_done":false,"last_key":"last-key"}"#
+        );
+        for count in 1..MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES {
+            let token = progress_token(Some(count), true, false);
+            assert_eq!(decode_continuation_token(&token.encode()), Ok(ListThroughCursor::Merged(Box::new(token))));
+        }
+        for version in [1, 2] {
+            for value in ["null", "0", "16", "-1", "1.5", "256", "18446744073709551616", "\"1\""] {
+                let encoded = format!(r#"{{"t":"odm-list","v":{version},"no_progress":{value}}}"#);
+                assert_eq!(decode_continuation_token(&encoded), Err(ListThroughTokenError::Malformed), "{encoded}");
+            }
+        }
+        for encoded in [
+            r#"{"t":"odm-list","v":1,"no_progress":1}"#,
+            r#"{"t":"odm-list","v":2}"#,
+            r#"{"t":"odm-list","v":2,"no_progress":1,"extra":true}"#,
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(decode_continuation_token(encoded), Err(ListThroughTokenError::Malformed), "{encoded}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn reader_only_nodes_do_not_start_a_budget_but_mixed_readers_preserve_one() {
+        let mut token = progress_token(None, true, false);
+        for _ in 0..MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES {
+            let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&token));
+            push_empty_pages(&mut merger, MergeSide::Source);
+            token = merger
+                .finish(false)
+                .expect("reader-only v1 behavior")
+                .next_token
+                .expect("truncated cursor");
+            assert_eq!(token.v, 1);
+            assert_eq!(token.no_progress, None);
+        }
+        for count in 1..=MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES {
+            let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&token));
+            push_empty_pages(&mut merger, MergeSide::Source);
+            assert!(merger.next_fetch().is_none(), "the per-request two-fetch limit stays intact");
+            let outcome = merger.finish(count % 2 == 1);
+            if count == MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES {
+                assert_eq!(outcome, Err(ListPageError::NoProgress(MergeSide::Source)));
+                break;
+            }
+            token = outcome.expect("budget not exhausted").next_token.expect("truncated cursor");
+            assert_eq!(token.no_progress, Some(count));
+            let ListThroughCursor::Merged(decoded) = decode_continuation_token(&token.encode()).expect("round-trip v2") else {
+                panic!("merged cursor expected");
+            };
+            token = *decoded;
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn objects_and_common_prefixes_reset_a_budget_at_the_boundary() {
+        for entry in [ListEntryKey::object("result"), ListEntryKey::prefix("result/")] {
+            for issue_tokens in [false, true] {
+                let resume = progress_token(Some(MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES - 1), true, false);
+                let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&resume));
+                merger
+                    .push_page(MergeSide::Source, vec![], true, Some("B".into()))
+                    .expect("empty advancing page");
+                merger
+                    .push_page(MergeSide::Source, vec![entry.clone()], true, Some("C".into()))
+                    .expect("real progress");
+                let outcome = merger
+                    .finish(issue_tokens)
+                    .expect("real progress does not exhaust the budget");
+                assert_eq!(
+                    outcome.picks,
+                    vec![MergePick {
+                        side: MergeSide::Source,
+                        index: 0
+                    }]
+                );
+                let next = outcome.next_token.expect("source remains truncated");
+                assert_eq!(next.last_key.as_deref(), Some(entry.name.as_str()));
+                assert_eq!(next.v, 1);
+                assert_eq!(next.no_progress, None);
+                assert!(!next.encode().contains("no_progress"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn only_a_new_eof_transition_resets_the_empty_page_budget() {
+        for finished_side in [MergeSide::Local, MergeSide::Source] {
+            let resume = progress_token(Some(MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES - 1), false, false);
+            let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&resume));
+            if finished_side == MergeSide::Local {
+                merger
+                    .push_page(MergeSide::Local, vec![], false, None)
+                    .expect("new local EOF");
+                push_empty_pages(&mut merger, MergeSide::Source);
+            } else {
+                push_empty_pages(&mut merger, MergeSide::Local);
+                merger
+                    .push_page(MergeSide::Source, vec![], false, None)
+                    .expect("new source EOF");
+            }
+            let next = merger
+                .finish(false)
+                .expect("new EOF is progress")
+                .next_token
+                .expect("other side truncated");
+            assert_eq!(next.no_progress, None);
+            assert_eq!(next.v, 1);
+            assert_eq!(next.local_done, finished_side == MergeSide::Local);
+            assert_eq!(next.source_done, finished_side == MergeSide::Source);
+            let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&next));
+            let remaining = if finished_side == MergeSide::Local {
+                MergeSide::Source
+            } else {
+                MergeSide::Local
+            };
+            push_empty_pages(&mut merger, remaining);
+            let next = merger
+                .finish(true)
+                .expect("a new budget starts")
+                .next_token
+                .expect("truncated");
+            assert_eq!(next.no_progress, Some(1), "an already-done side cannot reset every page");
+        }
+        let resume = progress_token(Some(MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES - 1), true, false);
+        let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&resume));
+        merger.push_page(MergeSide::Source, vec![], false, None).expect("final EOF");
+        let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("EOF succeeds at the budget boundary");
+        assert!(!outcome.is_truncated);
+        assert!(outcome.next_token.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn filtered_duplicates_cannot_reset_the_no_progress_budget() {
+        let resume = progress_token(Some(MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES - 1), true, false);
+        let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&resume));
+        for next in ["B", "C"] {
+            let entries = [ListEntryKey::object("last-key"), ListEntryKey::object("earlier")]
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|entry| merger.accepts(&entry.name))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            assert!(entries.is_empty(), "both provider entries were already consumed");
+            merger
+                .push_page(MergeSide::Source, entries, true, Some(next.into()))
+                .expect("advancing cursor");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(merger.finish(false), Err(ListPageError::NoProgress(MergeSide::Source)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn no_progress_is_attributed_to_local_when_source_cannot_unblock_it() {
+        for source_mode in ["disabled", "done", "empty", "data"] {
+            let resume = progress_token(Some(MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES - 1), false, source_mode == "done");
+            let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&resume));
+            if source_mode == "disabled" {
+                merger.disable_source();
+            }
+            push_empty_pages(&mut merger, MergeSide::Local);
+            match source_mode {
+                "empty" => push_empty_pages(&mut merger, MergeSide::Source),
+                "data" => merger
+                    .push_page(MergeSide::Source, vec![ListEntryKey::object("source")], false, None)
+                    .expect("source data"),
+                _ => {}
+            }
+            assert_eq!(merger.finish(false), Err(ListPageError::NoProgress(MergeSide::Local)), "{source_mode}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn source_budget_failure_remerges_local_objects_and_prefixes_without_refetching() {
+        let resume = progress_token(Some(MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES - 1), false, false);
+        let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(2, Some(&resume));
+        merger
+            .push_page(MergeSide::Local, vec![ListEntryKey::object("local")], true, Some("L1".into()))
+            .expect("local object");
+        merger
+            .push_page(MergeSide::Local, vec![ListEntryKey::prefix("prefix/")], true, Some("L2".into()))
+            .expect("local prefix");
+        push_empty_pages(&mut merger, MergeSide::Source);
+        assert_eq!(merger.finish(false), Err(ListPageError::NoProgress(MergeSide::Source)));
+        merger.disable_source();
+        assert!(merger.next_fetch().is_none(), "fallback does not perform another fetch");
+        let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("local data makes progress");
+        assert_eq!(
+            outcome.picks,
+            vec![
+                MergePick {
+                    side: MergeSide::Local,
+                    index: 0
+                },
+                MergePick {
+                    side: MergeSide::Local,
+                    index: 1
+                }
+            ]
+        );
+        let token = outcome.next_token.expect("remaining local page");
+        assert_eq!(token.local.as_deref(), Some("L2"));
+        assert_eq!(token.source.as_deref(), Some("A"));
+        assert_eq!(token.last_key.as_deref(), Some("prefix/"));
+        assert_eq!(token.no_progress, None);
+        assert_eq!(token.v, 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_zero_sized_merge_preserves_an_existing_budget() {
+        let resume = progress_token(Some(MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES - 1), true, false);
+        let mut merger = ListThroughMerger::new(0, Some(&resume));
+        merger
+            .push_page(MergeSide::Source, vec![ListEntryKey::object("result")], true, Some("B".into()))
+            .expect("source page");
+        let outcome = merger.finish(false).expect("a zero-sized request cannot consume entries");
+        assert!(outcome.picks.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(outcome.next_token.expect("unconsumed source").no_progress, resume.no_progress);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_plain_local_marker_stays_local() {
         assert_eq!(

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

@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ pub use config::{
     SourceCredentials, SourceErrorPolicy, SourceTimeout, TlsConfig, ValidationContext,
 };
 pub use list_through::{
-    FetchRequest, LIST_THROUGH_TOKEN_VERSION, ListEntryKey, ListThroughCursor, ListThroughMerger, ListThroughToken,
-    ListThroughTokenError, MAX_LIST_FETCHES_PER_SIDE, MergeOutcome, MergePick, MergeSide, SOURCE_LIST_MAX_RATE_WAIT,
-    SOURCE_LIST_RATE_PER_SEC, SourceListPlan, SourceListRateLimiter, decode_continuation_token, source_list_plan,
+    FetchRequest, LIST_THROUGH_TOKEN_VERSION, ListEntryKey, ListPageError, ListThroughCursor, ListThroughMerger,
+    ListThroughToken, ListThroughTokenError, MAX_LIST_FETCHES_PER_SIDE, MAX_LIST_NO_PROGRESS_PAGES, MergeOutcome, MergePick,
+    MergeSide, SOURCE_LIST_MAX_RATE_WAIT, SOURCE_LIST_RATE_PER_SEC, SourceListPlan, SourceListRateLimiter,
+    decode_continuation_token, source_list_plan,
 };
 pub use negative_cache::{NEGATIVE_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES, NegativeCache};
 pub use pull::{

crates/ecstore/src/bucket/remote_s3_client.rs

@@ -652,9 +652,10 @@ async fn build_aws_s3_http_client_from_tls_path() -> Option<SharedHttpClient> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use aws_smithy_async::time::TimeSource;
     use aws_smithy_runtime_api::http::StatusCode as SmithyStatusCode;
     use std::sync::Mutex;
-    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
     fn spec(endpoint: &str, secure: bool) -> RemoteS3EndpointSpec {
         RemoteS3EndpointSpec {
@@ -824,6 +825,174 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    struct ClockSkewTimeSource(Arc<AtomicU64>);
+
+    impl TimeSource for ClockSkewTimeSource {
+        fn now(&self) -> SystemTime {
+            SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(self.0.load(Ordering::SeqCst))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    struct ClockSkewConnector {
+        request_headers: RecordedHeaders,
+        error_code: &'static str,
+        skew_seconds: i64,
+        clock: ClockSkewTimeSource,
+    }
+
+    fn recorded_header<'a>(headers: &'a [(String, String)], name: &str) -> &'a str {
+        headers
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(key, _)| key.eq_ignore_ascii_case(name))
+            .map(|(_, value)| value.as_str())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("signed request must contain {name}"))
+    }
+
+    fn signing_time(headers: &[(String, String)]) -> chrono::NaiveDateTime {
+        chrono::NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(recorded_header(headers, "x-amz-date"), "%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")
+            .expect("SDK signing timestamp must use the SigV4 format")
+    }
+
+    impl SmithyHttpConnector for ClockSkewConnector {
+        fn call(&self, request: HttpRequest) -> HttpConnectorFuture {
+            let mut headers = self.request_headers.lock().expect("clock skew request capture lock");
+            assert!(headers.len() < 3, "clock skew fixture must not exceed two GET attempts and one HEAD");
+            headers.push(
+                request
+                    .headers()
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(key, value)| (key.to_string(), value.to_string()))
+                    .collect(),
+            );
+            let server_time = chrono::DateTime::<chrono::Utc>::from(self.clock.now()).naive_utc()
+                + chrono::Duration::seconds(self.skew_seconds);
+            let (status, body) = if headers.len() == 1 {
+                (
+                    403,
+                    format!("<Error><Code>{}</Code><Message>Clock skew fixture</Message></Error>", self.error_code),
+                )
+            } else {
+                (200, String::new())
+            };
+            let response = http::Response::builder()
+                .status(status)
+                .header("date", server_time.format("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT").to_string())
+                .header("content-type", "application/xml")
+                .header("content-length", body.len())
+                .body(SdkBody::from(body))
+                .expect("clock skew fixture response");
+            HttpConnectorFuture::ready(Ok(HttpResponse::try_from(response).expect("Smithy fixture response")))
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn clock_skew_client(
+        error_code: &'static str,
+        skew_seconds: i64,
+        retry: RemoteS3RetryPolicy,
+    ) -> (S3Client, RecordedHeaders, ClockSkewTimeSource) {
+        let headers: RecordedHeaders = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+        let clock = ClockSkewTimeSource(Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(1_700_000_000)));
+        let connector = SharedHttpConnector::new(ClockSkewConnector {
+            request_headers: Arc::clone(&headers),
+            error_code,
+            skew_seconds,
+            clock: clock.clone(),
+        });
+        let mut spec = spec("s3.example.com", true);
+        spec.retry = retry;
+        let config = build_remote_s3_config(&spec)
+            .await
+            .expect("clock skew fixture uses the production outbound configuration")
+            .http_client(http_client_fn(move |_settings, _components| connector.clone()))
+            .time_source(clock.clone())
+            .build();
+        (S3Client::from_conf(config), headers, clock)
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test(start_paused = true)]
+    async fn remote_s3_clock_skew_retries_resign_and_seed_next_operation() {
+        for error_code in ["RequestTimeTooSkewed", "SignatureDoesNotMatch"] {
+            for skew_seconds in [-600, 600] {
+                let (client, headers, clock) = clock_skew_client(error_code, skew_seconds, REPLICATION_TARGET_RETRY_POLICY).await;
+                let initial = chrono::DateTime::<chrono::Utc>::from(clock.now()).naive_utc();
+                client
+                    .get_object()
+                    .bucket("bucket")
+                    .key("object")
+                    .send()
+                    .await
+                    .expect("clock skew GET must retry successfully");
+                assert_eq!(
+                    headers.lock().expect("captured requests").len(),
+                    2,
+                    "{error_code}: GET needs exactly one retry"
+                );
+                clock.0.fetch_add(17, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                // SDK signing time is independent of Tokio's retry/scheduler clock.
+                tokio::time::advance(Duration::from_secs(61)).await;
+                client
+                    .head_bucket()
+                    .bucket("bucket")
+                    .send()
+                    .await
+                    .expect("subsequent HEAD must use the client's cached skew");
+                let headers = headers.lock().expect("captured signed requests");
+                assert_eq!(headers.len(), 3, "subsequent operation must succeed on its first attempt");
+                assert_eq!(signing_time(&headers[0]), initial, "the first attempt must use the injected clock");
+                assert_eq!(
+                    signing_time(&headers[1]),
+                    initial + chrono::Duration::seconds(skew_seconds),
+                    "{error_code}: retry must apply the measured offset exactly"
+                );
+                assert_eq!(
+                    signing_time(&headers[2]),
+                    initial + chrono::Duration::seconds(skew_seconds + 17),
+                    "{error_code}: the next operation must apply cached skew to the advanced signing clock"
+                );
+                let signature = |index: usize| {
+                    recorded_header(&headers[index], "authorization")
+                        .rsplit_once("Signature=")
+                        .expect("SigV4 authorization contains a signature")
+                        .1
+                };
+                assert_ne!(
+                    signature(0),
+                    signature(1),
+                    "{error_code}: retry must be signed again after adjusting its date"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test(start_paused = true)]
+    async fn remote_s3_clock_skew_respects_one_attempt_policy() {
+        use aws_smithy_types::error::metadata::ProvideErrorMetadata;
+
+        for error_code in ["RequestTimeTooSkewed", "SignatureDoesNotMatch"] {
+            for retry in [
+                RemoteS3RetryPolicy::Disabled,
+                RemoteS3RetryPolicy::Standard { max_attempts: 1 },
+            ] {
+                let (client, headers, _clock) = clock_skew_client(error_code, 600, retry).await;
+                let error = client
+                    .get_object()
+                    .bucket("bucket")
+                    .key("object")
+                    .send()
+                    .await
+                    .expect_err("clock skew must not override the caller's one-attempt budget");
+                assert_eq!(error.as_service_error().and_then(ProvideErrorMetadata::code), Some(error_code));
+                assert_eq!(
+                    headers.lock().expect("captured requests").len(),
+                    1,
+                    "{error_code}: {retry:?} must send exactly one request"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn path_style_auto_and_path_force_path_style() {
         assert!(PathStyle::Auto.force_path_style());

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

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ use super::replication_storage_boundary::{
     HTTPPreconditions, ObjectInfo, ObjectOptions, ObjectToDelete, ReplicationDeletedObject, ReplicationObjectIO,
     ReplicationStorage,
 };
-use super::replication_target_boundary::{ReplicationTargetStore, replication_object_is_ssec_encrypted};
+use super::replication_target_boundary::{BucketTargetError, ReplicationTargetStore, replication_object_is_ssec_encrypted};
 use super::replication_versioning_boundary::ReplicationVersioningStore;
 use super::runtime_boundary as runtime_sources;
 use futures_util::stream::{self, StreamExt};
@@ -3084,6 +3084,23 @@ pub async fn queue_replication_heal(bucket: &str, oi: ObjectInfo, retry_count: u
 
     let tgts = match ReplicationTargetStore::list_bucket_targets(bucket).await {
         Ok(targets) => Some(targets),
+        // A bucket whose persisted target configuration cannot be decoded has
+        // an unknown target set, not an empty one: scheduling against `None`
+        // here would drop every heal for it without a trace
+        // (rustfs/backlog#2282). Report it missed so the object is retried
+        // once the configuration is readable again.
+        Err(BucketTargetError::BucketRemoteTargetsUnreadable { .. }) => {
+            warn!(
+                event = EVENT_REPLICATION_CONFIG_LOOKUP_SKIPPED,
+                component = LOG_COMPONENT_ECSTORE,
+                subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_REPLICATION,
+                bucket,
+                reason = "target_config_unreadable",
+                "Bucket replication targets are unreadable; replication heal queue fails closed"
+            );
+
+            return ReplicationQueueAdmission::Missed;
+        }
         Err(err) => {
             debug!(
                 event = EVENT_REPLICATION_CONFIG_LOOKUP_SKIPPED,

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

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::bucket::bucket_target_sys::{BucketTargetError, BucketTargetSys};
+pub(crate) use crate::bucket::bucket_target_sys::BucketTargetError;
+use crate::bucket::bucket_target_sys::BucketTargetSys;
 use aws_sdk_s3::operation::head_object::HeadObjectOutput;
 use aws_sdk_s3::types::{ObjectLockLegalHoldStatus, ObjectLockRetentionMode};
 use http::HeaderMap;

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

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use rustfs_protos::{
     ChannelClass, create_new_channel, get_channel_for_class,
     proto_gen::node_service::{
         heal_control_service_client::HealControlServiceClient, node_service_client::NodeServiceClient,
+        scanner_control_service_client::ScannerControlServiceClient,
         tier_mutation_control_service_client::TierMutationControlServiceClient,
     },
 };
@@ -60,6 +61,24 @@ pub async fn node_service_time_out_client(
     node_service_time_out_client_for_class(addr, interceptor, ChannelClass::Control).await
 }
 
+pub(crate) async fn scanner_control_time_out_client(
+    addr: &str,
+    interceptor: TonicInterceptor,
+) -> crate::error::Result<ScannerControlServiceClient<InterceptedService<AuthenticatedChannel, TonicInterceptor>>> {
+    let interceptor = interceptor.with_rpc_audience(addr)?;
+    let channel = match runtime_sources::cached_node_channel(addr).await {
+        Some(channel) => channel,
+        None => create_new_channel(addr)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| crate::error::Error::other(err.to_string()))?,
+    };
+    let channel = ReplayScopeChannel::new(channel, interceptor.replay_scope_audience());
+    let limit = rustfs_protos::scoped_dirty_usage::SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES as usize;
+    Ok(ScannerControlServiceClient::with_interceptor(channel, interceptor)
+        .max_decoding_message_size(limit)
+        .max_encoding_message_size(limit))
+}
+
 pub async fn heal_control_time_out_client(
     addr: &str,
     interceptor: TonicInterceptor,

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

@@ -2050,6 +2050,53 @@ impl PeerRestClient {
         .await
     }
 
+    /// Probe only: scoped ACK production requires a durable per-bucket proof.
+    pub async fn scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_capability(
+        &self,
+        owner_id: String,
+        instance_id: String,
+        entries: Vec<rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry>,
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
+        use rustfs_protos::scoped_dirty_usage::*;
+        let payload = rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+            challenge: Uuid::new_v4().as_bytes().to_vec().into(),
+            protocol_version: SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+            owner_id,
+            instance_id,
+            scope: SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_SCOPE,
+            probe_only: true,
+            entries,
+        };
+        let canonical = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&payload).map_err(|err| Error::other(err.to_string()))?;
+        self.finalize_result(
+            async {
+                let mut client = super::client::scanner_control_time_out_client(
+                    &self.grid_host,
+                    TonicInterceptor::Signature(gen_tonic_signature_interceptor()),
+                )
+                .await?;
+                let mut request = Request::new(payload.clone());
+                set_tonic_canonical_body_digest(&mut request, &canonical)?;
+                let response = client.scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(request).await?.into_inner();
+                let body = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(&canonical, &response)
+                    .map_err(|_| Error::other("scoped dirty usage capability response is too large"))?;
+                verify_tonic_rpc_response_proof(&body, response.response_proof.as_ref())?;
+                if response.protocol_version != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION
+                    || response.owner_id != payload.owner_id
+                    || response.instance_id != payload.instance_id
+                    || response.max_entries != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES
+                    || response.max_request_bytes != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES
+                    || response.cleared != 0
+                {
+                    return Err(Error::other("scoped dirty usage capability response does not match request"));
+                }
+                Ok(response.supported)
+            }
+            .await,
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
     pub async fn acknowledge_scanner_dirty_usage(&self, instance_id: String, generation: u64) -> Result<ScannerPeerActivity> {
         let result = self
             .scanner_activity_request_with_protocol(instance_id.clone(), generation, SCANNER_ACTIVITY_PROTOCOL_VERSION)

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

@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ impl WarmBackend for MockWarmBackend {
         Ok(version)
     }
 
-    async fn get(&self, object: &str, _rv: &str, opts: WarmBackendGetOpts) -> Result<ReadCloser, std::io::Error> {
+    async fn get(&self, object: &str, rv: &str, opts: WarmBackendGetOpts) -> Result<ReadCloser, std::io::Error> {
         self.precondition().await?;
         let barrier = self.inner.get_barrier.lock().await.take();
         if let Some(barrier) = barrier {
@@ -719,6 +719,9 @@ impl WarmBackend for MockWarmBackend {
         let Some(stored) = objects.get(object) else {
             return Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "mock object not found"));
         };
+        if !rv.is_empty() && stored.remote_version_id != rv {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "NoSuchVersion"));
+        }
         let bytes = &stored.bytes;
 
         let start = opts.start_offset.max(0) as usize;

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

@@ -2346,6 +2346,10 @@ impl WarmBackend for SharedWarmBackendProxy {
         self.0.probe_transition_candidate(object).await
     }
 
+    async fn probe_transition_version(&self, object: &str, remote_version_id: &str) -> io::Result<TransitionCandidateProbe> {
+        self.0.probe_transition_version(object, remote_version_id).await
+    }
+
     async fn in_use(&self) -> io::Result<bool> {
         self.0.in_use().await
     }
@@ -2458,6 +2462,15 @@ impl TierOperationLease {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub(crate) async fn probe_transition_version(
+        &self,
+        object: &str,
+        remote_version_id: &str,
+    ) -> io::Result<TransitionCandidateProbe> {
+        self.validate_remote_version_id(remote_version_id)?;
+        self.inner.driver.probe_transition_version(object, remote_version_id).await
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn is_current_generation(&self) -> bool {
         lock_unpoisoned(&self.runtime)
             .generations

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer, de};
 
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(creds.access_key, "access");
         assert_eq!(creds.secret_key, "secret");
-        assert_eq!(creds.creds_json.as_slice(), &service_account[..]);
+        assert_eq!(creds.creds_json.as_slice(), service_account);
 
         let wire = serde_json::to_value(&creds).expect("madmin tier credentials should encode");
         assert_eq!(wire["access"], "access");
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ mod tests {
         .expect("the former RustFS field names and byte-array encoding should remain readable");
         assert_eq!(legacy.access_key, "legacy-access");
         assert_eq!(legacy.secret_key, "legacy-secret");
-        assert_eq!(legacy.creds_json.as_slice(), &service_account[..]);
+        assert_eq!(legacy.creds_json.as_slice(), service_account);
     }
 
     #[test]

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

@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ use crate::services::tier::{
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use http::StatusCode;
 use rustfs_s3_client::credentials::{Credentials, SignatureType, Static, Value};
-use rustfs_s3_client::transition_api::{BucketLookupType, Options, TransitionClient, TransitionCore};
+use rustfs_s3_client::transition_api::{BucketLookupType, Options, TransitionClient, TransitionClientTimeouts, TransitionCore};
 use rustfs_s3_client::{
     admin_handler_utils::AdminError,
+    api_error_response::to_error_response,
     api_put_object::{AdvancedPutOptions, PutObjectOptions},
     transition_api::{ReadCloser, ReaderImpl},
 };
@@ -48,11 +49,14 @@ use rustfs_utils::egress::validate_outbound_url;
 use rustfs_utils::http::headers::{
     CACHE_CONTROL, CONTENT_DISPOSITION, CONTENT_ENCODING, CONTENT_LANGUAGE, CONTENT_TYPE, EXPIRES, HeaderExt as _,
 };
-use s3s::dto::{ObjectLockLegalHoldStatus, ObjectLockRetentionMode, ReplicationStatus};
 use s3s::header::{
     X_AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_LEGAL_HOLD, X_AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_MODE, X_AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_RETAIN_UNTIL_DATE, X_AMZ_REPLICATION_STATUS,
     X_AMZ_STORAGE_CLASS,
 };
+use s3s::{
+    S3ErrorCode,
+    dto::{ObjectLockLegalHoldStatus, ObjectLockRetentionMode, ReplicationStatus},
+};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -141,6 +145,42 @@ pub trait WarmBackend {
     async fn probe_transition_candidate(&self, _object: &str) -> Result<TransitionCandidateProbe, std::io::Error> {
         Ok(TransitionCandidateProbe::Unsupported)
     }
+    async fn probe_transition_version(
+        &self,
+        object: &str,
+        remote_version_id: &str,
+    ) -> Result<TransitionCandidateProbe, std::io::Error> {
+        if remote_version_id.is_empty() {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "an exact tier probe requires a remote version ID",
+            ));
+        }
+        self.validate_remote_version_id(remote_version_id)?;
+        match self
+            .get(
+                object,
+                remote_version_id,
+                WarmBackendGetOpts {
+                    start_offset: 0,
+                    length: 1,
+                },
+            )
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(TransitionCandidateProbe::VersionedPresent(remote_version_id.to_string())),
+            Err(err) if matches!(to_error_response(&err).code, S3ErrorCode::InvalidRange) => {
+                Ok(TransitionCandidateProbe::VersionedPresent(remote_version_id.to_string()))
+            }
+            Err(err)
+                if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound
+                    || matches!(to_error_response(&err).code, S3ErrorCode::NoSuchKey | S3ErrorCode::NoSuchVersion) =>
+            {
+                Ok(TransitionCandidateProbe::Missing)
+            }
+            Err(err) => Err(err),
+        }
+    }
     async fn in_use(&self) -> Result<bool, std::io::Error>;
 }
 
@@ -280,6 +320,27 @@ pub(crate) fn endpoint_authority(url: &url::Url) -> Result<String, std::io::Erro
     }
 }
 
+fn transition_timeout_from_env(env_key: &str, default_secs: u64) -> Duration {
+    Duration::from_secs(rustfs_utils::get_env_u64(env_key, default_secs))
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn transition_client_timeouts_from_env() -> TransitionClientTimeouts {
+    TransitionClientTimeouts::new(
+        transition_timeout_from_env(
+            rustfs_config::ENV_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+            rustfs_config::DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+        ),
+        transition_timeout_from_env(
+            rustfs_config::ENV_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+            rustfs_config::DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+        ),
+        transition_timeout_from_env(
+            rustfs_config::ENV_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+            rustfs_config::DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+        ),
+    )
+}
+
 /// Build the [`WarmBackendS3`] shared by the S3-compatible warm backend providers.
 ///
 /// Credential, bucket, and endpoint validation run in this order because the
@@ -310,6 +371,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn new_s3_compatible_warm_backend(
         signer_type: SignatureType::SignatureV4,
         ..Default::default()
     }));
+    let timeouts = transition_client_timeouts_from_env();
     let opts = Options {
         creds,
         secure: u.scheme() == "https",
@@ -322,7 +384,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn new_s3_compatible_warm_backend(
     // Run the SSRF guard after the host-presence check so a host-less endpoint
     // keeps this constructor's stable error text.
     (params.validate_endpoint)(&u).map_err(|err| std::io::Error::other(format!("tier endpoint is not allowed: {err}")))?;
-    let client = TransitionClient::new(&endpoint, opts, params.provider_tag).await?;
+    let client = TransitionClient::new_with_timeouts(&endpoint, opts, params.provider_tag, timeouts).await?;
 
     let client = Arc::new(client);
     let core = TransitionCore(Arc::clone(&client));
@@ -437,6 +499,17 @@ impl WarmBackend for MeteredWarmBackend {
         Self::record(TierRequestOperation::Probe, result)
     }
 
+    async fn probe_transition_version(
+        &self,
+        object: &str,
+        remote_version_id: &str,
+    ) -> Result<TransitionCandidateProbe, std::io::Error> {
+        Self::record(
+            TierRequestOperation::Probe,
+            self.inner.probe_transition_version(object, remote_version_id).await,
+        )
+    }
+
     async fn in_use(&self) -> Result<bool, std::io::Error> {
         Self::record(TierRequestOperation::InUse, self.inner.in_use().await)
     }

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::future::Future;
@@ -146,11 +144,11 @@ pub struct WarmBackendGCS {
 
 impl WarmBackendGCS {
     pub async fn new(conf: &TierGCS, tier: &str) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
-        if conf.creds == "" {
+        if conf.creds.is_empty() {
             return Err(std::io::Error::other("both access and secret keys are required"));
         }
 
-        if conf.bucket == "" {
+        if conf.bucket.is_empty() {
             return Err(std::io::Error::other("no bucket name was provided"));
         }
 
@@ -195,11 +193,11 @@ impl WarmBackendGCS {
     }
 
     pub fn get_dest(&self, object: &str) -> String {
-        let mut dest_obj = object.to_string();
-        if self.prefix != "" {
-            dest_obj = format!("{}/{}", &self.prefix, object);
+        if self.prefix.is_empty() {
+            object.to_string()
+        } else {
+            format!("{}/{}", self.prefix, object)
         }
-        return dest_obj;
     }
 }
 
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ impl WarmBackend for WarmBackendGCS {
         let bucket = gcs_bucket_resource_name(&self.bucket);
         let Ok(res) = Box::pin(
             self.client
-                .write_object(&bucket, &self.get_dest(object), Bytes::from(d))
+                .write_object(&bucket, self.get_dest(object), Bytes::from(d))
                 .send_buffered(),
         )
         .await
@@ -240,7 +238,7 @@ impl WarmBackend for WarmBackendGCS {
 
     async fn get(&self, object: &str, rv: &str, opts: WarmBackendGetOpts) -> Result<ReadCloser, std::io::Error> {
         let bucket = gcs_bucket_resource_name(&self.bucket);
-        let mut req = self.client.read_object(&bucket, &self.get_dest(object));
+        let mut req = self.client.read_object(&bucket, self.get_dest(object));
         let mut max_response_bytes = None;
         if let Some(generation) = parse_generation(rv)? {
             req = req.set_generation(generation);

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 

crates/ecstore/src/services/tier/warm_backend_r2.rs

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 

crates/ecstore/src/services/tier/warm_backend_s3.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use crate::services::tier::{
     tier_config::TierS3,
     warm_backend::{
         TransitionCandidateIdentity, TransitionCandidateProbe, TransitionCandidateReconciler, WarmBackend, WarmBackendGetOpts,
-        build_transition_put_options, endpoint_authority,
+        build_transition_put_options, endpoint_authority, transition_client_timeouts_from_env,
     },
 };
 use http::HeaderMap;
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ impl WarmBackendS3 {
         } else {
             return Err(std::io::Error::other("insufficient parameters for S3 backend authentication"));
         }
+        let timeouts = transition_client_timeouts_from_env();
         let opts = Options {
             creds,
             secure: u.scheme() == "https",
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ impl WarmBackendS3 {
             ..Default::default()
         };
         let endpoint = endpoint_authority(&u)?;
-        let client = TransitionClient::new(&endpoint, opts, tier_type).await?;
+        let client = TransitionClient::new_with_timeouts(&endpoint, opts, tier_type, timeouts).await?;
 
         let client = Arc::new(client);
         let core = TransitionCore(Arc::clone(&client));
@@ -529,6 +530,10 @@ mod tests {
                 "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\nContent-Type: application/xml\r\nContent-Length: 63\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n<Error><Code>NoSuchKey</Code><Message>missing</Message></Error>",
                 "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\nContent-Type: application/xml\r\nContent-Length: 66\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n<Error><Code>NoSuchObject</Code><Message>missing</Message></Error>",
                 "HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden\r\nContent-Type: application/xml\r\nContent-Length: 65\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n<Error><Code>AccessDenied</Code><Message>denied</Message></Error>",
+                "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\nContent-Type: application/xml\r\nContent-Length: 63\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n<Error><Code>NoSuchKey</Code><Message>missing</Message></Error>",
+                "HTTP/1.1 416 Range Not Satisfiable\r\nContent-Type: application/xml\r\nContent-Length: 72\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n<Error><Code>InvalidRange</Code><Message>empty version</Message></Error>",
+                "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\nContent-Type: application/xml\r\nContent-Length: 67\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n<Error><Code>NoSuchVersion</Code><Message>missing</Message></Error>",
+                "HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\nContent-Type: application/xml\r\nContent-Length: 63\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n<Error><Code>NoSuchKey</Code><Message>missing</Message></Error>",
             ];
             let mut requests = Vec::new();
             for response in responses {
@@ -622,15 +627,52 @@ mod tests {
             .await
             .expect_err("an authorization failure must not be mistaken for a missing key");
         assert_eq!(to_error_response(&err).code, S3ErrorCode::AccessDenied);
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend
+                .probe_transition_candidate("delete-marker-hidden")
+                .await
+                .expect("a current delete marker should hide the data version"),
+            TransitionCandidateProbe::Missing
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend
+                .probe_transition_version("delete-marker-hidden", "historical-version")
+                .await
+                .expect("the stored historical version should be probed exactly"),
+            TransitionCandidateProbe::VersionedPresent("historical-version".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend
+                .probe_transition_version("delete-marker-hidden", "missing-version")
+                .await
+                .expect("a missing exact version should be classified"),
+            TransitionCandidateProbe::Missing
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend
+                .probe_transition_version("missing-object", "historical-version")
+                .await
+                .expect("a missing key for an exact version probe should be classified"),
+            TransitionCandidateProbe::Missing
+        );
 
         let requests = fixture.await.expect("candidate fixture should join");
-        for request in requests {
+        for request in &requests[..6] {
             let request = request.to_ascii_lowercase();
             assert!(request.starts_with("get /bucket/"), "candidate discovery must use object GET");
             assert!(request.contains("\r\nrange: bytes=0-0\r\n"));
             assert!(!request.contains("?versioning"));
             assert!(!request.contains("?versions"));
         }
+        for request in &requests[6..] {
+            let request = request.to_ascii_lowercase();
+            assert!(request.starts_with("get /bucket/"), "exact discovery must use object GET");
+            assert!(request.contains("\r\nrange: bytes=0-0\r\n"));
+        }
+        assert!(!requests[5].to_ascii_lowercase().contains("versionid="));
+        assert!(requests[6].to_ascii_lowercase().contains("?versionid=historical-version"));
+        assert!(requests[7].to_ascii_lowercase().contains("?versionid=missing-version"));
+        assert!(requests[8].to_ascii_lowercase().contains("?versionid=historical-version"));
     }
 
     fn list_versions(versions: &[(&str, &str)], delete_markers: &[(&str, &str)], is_truncated: bool) -> ListVersionsResult {

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

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(unused_mut)]
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
-#![allow(unused_must_use)]
-#![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 

crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/mod.rs

@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ pub use ops::multipart::{MultipartCommitBarrier, MultipartCommitPause};
 pub(crate) use ops::object::DeleteObjectCommitBarrier;
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-util"))]
 pub(crate) use ops::object::TransitionCleanupStoreBarrier as SetDiskTransitionCleanupStoreBarrier;
-#[cfg(test)]
+#[cfg(all(test, feature = "test-util"))]
 pub(crate) use ops::object::TransitionUploadedCommitBarrier as SetDiskTransitionUploadedCommitBarrier;
 pub(crate) use ops::object::body_cache_plaintext_len;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "test-util"))]

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

@@ -2452,10 +2452,9 @@ impl crate::storage_api_contracts::multipart::MultipartOperations for SetDisks {
         let write_quorum = fi.write_quorum(self.default_write_quorum());
         let read_quorum = fi.read_quorum(self.default_read_quorum());
 
-        let disks = self.disks.read().await;
-
-        let disks = disks.clone();
-        // let disks = Self::shuffle_disks(&disks, &fi.erasure.distribution);
+        // Release the registry guard before recovery and cleanup read it again:
+        // a queued topology writer would otherwise deadlock those nested reads.
+        let disks = self.get_disks_internal().await;
 
         let part_path = format!("{}/{}/", upload_id_path, fi.data_dir.unwrap_or(Uuid::nil()));
         self.recover_part_transactions(&part_path, read_quorum, write_quorum)
@@ -6743,6 +6742,87 @@ mod tests {
         .await;
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn complete_multipart_releases_disk_snapshot_before_cleanup() {
+        let (temp_dirs, disk_stores, set_disks) = hermetic_set_disks(4).await;
+        let bucket = "multipart-topology-lock-bucket";
+        let object = "object";
+        let body = vec![0x65; 4096];
+        make_bucket_on_all(&disk_stores, bucket).await;
+        let (upload_id, parts) =
+            stage_upload_with_create_opts(&set_disks, bucket, object, &body, &ObjectOptions::default()).await;
+        let upload_id_path = SetDisks::get_upload_id_dir(bucket, object, &upload_id);
+        for dir in &temp_dirs {
+            assert!(
+                dir.path().join(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET).join(&upload_id_path).exists(),
+                "the test must create real upload staging on every disk"
+            );
+        }
+        let barrier = MultipartCommitBarrier::install(bucket, object, MultipartCommitPause::AfterObjectPublication);
+        let complete_store = set_disks.clone();
+        let complete_upload_id = upload_id.clone();
+        let complete = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            complete_store
+                .complete_multipart_upload(bucket, object, &complete_upload_id, parts, &ObjectOptions::default())
+                .await
+        });
+        barrier.wait_until_paused().await;
+
+        // Hold a separate read gate so the real writer queues even when completion
+        // correctly releases its snapshot guard. Polling Pending proves admission
+        // to Tokio's write-preferring queue before the cleanup attempts another read.
+        let read_gate = set_disks.disks.read().await;
+        let writer = set_disks.disks.write();
+        tokio::pin!(writer);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            futures::poll!(tokio::task::unconstrained(writer.as_mut())),
+            std::task::Poll::Pending
+        ));
+        assert!(
+            set_disks.disks.try_read().is_err(),
+            "the pending writer must already block new readers before the cleanup resumes"
+        );
+        drop(read_gate);
+        barrier.release();
+
+        let writer_guard = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), writer)
+            .await
+            .expect("a queued topology writer must not deadlock with multipart cleanup's disk snapshot");
+        // A reconnect can publish the same handles; this test isolates admission
+        // order without changing the disks that contain the committed object.
+        drop(writer_guard);
+        tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), complete)
+            .await
+            .expect("multipart cleanup must finish after the topology writer releases")
+            .expect("completion task should not panic")
+            .expect("completion should preserve the successful object commit");
+
+        let mut reader = tokio::time::timeout(
+            Duration::from_secs(10),
+            set_disks.get_object_reader(bucket, object, None, HeaderMap::new(), &ObjectOptions::default()),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("GET should finish after completion")
+        .expect("the completed object should remain readable");
+        let mut observed_body = Vec::new();
+        tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), reader.stream.read_to_end(&mut observed_body))
+            .await
+            .expect("the completed object body should finish streaming")
+            .expect("the completed object body should be readable");
+        assert_eq!(observed_body, body);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            set_disks.check_upload_id_exists(bucket, object, &upload_id, false).await,
+            Err(StorageError::InvalidUploadID(..))
+        ));
+        for dir in &temp_dirs {
+            assert!(
+                !dir.path().join(RUSTFS_META_MULTIPART_BUCKET).join(&upload_id_path).exists(),
+                "successful completion must remove its upload staging from every disk"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
     #[serial]
     async fn complete_releases_object_lock_before_cleanup_and_keeps_upload_lock() {

crates/ecstore/src/store/init.rs

@@ -11611,6 +11611,7 @@ mod tests {
         pool_index: usize,
         bucket: &str,
         object: &str,
+        minio_unversioned: bool,
     ) {
         for disk_index in 0..4 {
             let metadata_path =
@@ -11644,6 +11645,11 @@ mod tests {
                 ] {
                     rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::remove_bytes(&mut object_meta.meta_sys, suffix);
                 }
+                if minio_unversioned {
+                    object_meta
+                        .meta_sys
+                        .insert("x-minio-internal-transitioned-versionID".to_string(), Vec::new());
+                }
                 *shallow = rustfs_filemeta::FileMetaShallowVersion::try_from(version)
                     .expect("legacy transitioned version should re-encode");
             }
@@ -11654,6 +11660,152 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    async fn read_store_body(
+        store: &Arc<crate::store::ECStore>,
+        bucket: &str,
+        object: &str,
+        range: Option<HTTPRangeSpec>,
+        opts: &ObjectOptions,
+    ) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut reader = store
+            .get_object_reader(bucket, object, range, HeaderMap::new(), opts)
+            .await
+            .expect("object reader should open");
+        let mut body = Vec::new();
+        reader.stream.read_to_end(&mut body).await.expect("object body should drain");
+        body
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial_test::serial(storage_class_env)]
+    async fn legacy_unknown_unversioned_transition_supports_head_get_and_range_without_backfill() {
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("create legacy unknown unversioned store dir");
+        let (ctx, store, _shutdown) =
+            without_storage_class_env(build_isolated_test_store(temp_dir.path(), "legacy-unknown-unversioned-read", &[4])).await;
+        crate::bucket::metadata_sys::init_bucket_metadata_sys(store.clone(), Vec::new()).await;
+        let tier_name = "LEGACY-UNKNOWN-UNVERSIONED-READ";
+        let backend = register_mock_tier(&ctx.tier_config_mgr(), tier_name).await;
+        backend.set_put_remote_version(Some(String::new())).await;
+        let bucket = "legacy-unknown-unversioned-read-bucket";
+        let object = "object.bin";
+        let payload = b"legacy unversioned remote tier object remains readable".repeat(1024);
+        store
+            .make_bucket(bucket, &MakeBucketOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("legacy source bucket should be created");
+        let mut reader = PutObjReader::from_vec(payload.clone());
+        let source = store
+            .put_object(bucket, object, &mut reader, &ObjectOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("legacy source should be written");
+        store
+            .transition_object(
+                bucket,
+                object,
+                &ObjectOptions {
+                    transition: TransitionOptions {
+                        status: TRANSITION_PENDING.to_string(),
+                        tier: tier_name.to_string(),
+                        etag: source.etag.clone().expect("legacy source should have an etag"),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    },
+                    mod_time: source.mod_time,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("legacy source should transition");
+        rewrite_transitioned_xlmeta_as_legacy_unknown(temp_dir.path(), 0, bucket, object, true).await;
+        backend.clear_op_log().await;
+
+        let opts = ObjectOptions {
+            metadata_cache_safe: false,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let head = store
+            .get_object_info(bucket, object, &opts)
+            .await
+            .expect("legacy transitioned HEAD should use local metadata");
+        assert_eq!(head.transition_version_state, rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
+        assert!(head.transitioned_object.version_id.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(
+            head.user_defined
+                .get("x-minio-internal-transitioned-versionID")
+                .map(String::as_str),
+            Some(""),
+            "the MinIO empty version-key provenance must survive xl.meta decoding"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::contains_key_str(
+                &head.user_defined,
+                rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
+            ),
+            "the compatibility read must not synthesize version-state metadata"
+        );
+
+        let full_body = read_store_body(&store, bucket, object, None, &opts).await;
+        assert_eq!(full_body, payload);
+
+        let range = HTTPRangeSpec {
+            is_suffix_length: false,
+            start: 7,
+            end: 38,
+        };
+        let ranged_body = read_store_body(&store, bucket, object, Some(range), &opts).await;
+        assert_eq!(ranged_body, &payload[7..=38]);
+
+        let after_read = store.pools[0]
+            .get_disks_by_key(object)
+            .load_file_info_versions_exact(bucket, object)
+            .await
+            .expect("legacy metadata should remain readable after GET")
+            .expect("legacy object metadata should remain on disk")
+            .versions
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|version| version.transition_status == rustfs_filemeta::TRANSITION_COMPLETE)
+            .expect("legacy transitioned source should remain visible after GET");
+        assert_eq!(after_read.transition_version_state, rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
+        assert!(after_read.transition_version.is_none());
+        assert!(after_read.transition_version_id.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(
+            after_read
+                .metadata
+                .get("x-minio-internal-transitioned-versionID")
+                .map(String::as_str),
+            Some(""),
+            "the MinIO empty version-key provenance must remain after GET and Range GET"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::contains_key_str(
+                &after_read.metadata,
+                rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
+            ),
+            "the compatibility read must remain side-effect free"
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            backend.op_log().await,
+            vec![
+                MockWarmOp::Probe {
+                    object: after_read.transitioned_objname.clone(),
+                },
+                MockWarmOp::Get {
+                    object: after_read.transitioned_objname.clone(),
+                },
+                MockWarmOp::Probe {
+                    object: after_read.transitioned_objname.clone(),
+                },
+                MockWarmOp::Get {
+                    object: after_read.transitioned_objname,
+                },
+            ],
+            "legacy reads should probe before each unversioned GET and never mutate local metadata"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(backend.remove_count().await, 0);
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial_test::serial(storage_class_env)]
@@ -11694,7 +11846,7 @@ mod tests {
                 )
                 .await
                 .expect("legacy source should transition");
-            rewrite_transitioned_xlmeta_as_legacy_unknown(temp_dir.path(), 0, bucket, object).await;
+            rewrite_transitioned_xlmeta_as_legacy_unknown(temp_dir.path(), 0, bucket, object, false).await;
             let legacy = store.pools[0]
                 .get_disks_by_key(object)
                 .load_file_info_versions_exact(bucket, object)
@@ -12835,7 +12987,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .expect("merge-loser source should transition");
             copy_test_xlmeta_between_pools(temp_dir.path(), 0, 1, bucket, object).await;
         }
-        rewrite_transitioned_xlmeta_as_legacy_unknown(temp_dir.path(), 1, bucket, "legacy/item.bin").await;
+        rewrite_transitioned_xlmeta_as_legacy_unknown(temp_dir.path(), 1, bucket, "legacy/item.bin", false).await;
         backend.set_remove_failure(true);
         store.pools[1]
             .delete_object(bucket, "hidden/item.bin", ObjectOptions::default())
@@ -16902,6 +17054,10 @@ mod tests {
                             .find(|version| version.version_id == history.version_id)
                             .expect("transitioned history should exist");
                         transitioned.transition_version_state = rustfs_filemeta::TransitionVersionState::Unknown;
+                        rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::remove_str(
+                            &mut transitioned.metadata,
+                            rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
+                        );
                         metadata
                             .add_version(transitioned)
                             .expect("unknown state should replace the transitioned version");

crates/ecstore/src/store/mod.rs

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ pub(crate) mod init_format;
 pub(crate) mod list_objects;
 mod multipart;
 mod object;
-#[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-util"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "test-util")]
 pub use object::DeleteAfterObjectLockSnapshotBarrier;
 pub(crate) use object::{
     DecommissionFixedReadAnchor, ObjectLockDiagGuard, RemoteTuplePublicationCommitGuard, RemoteTuplePublicationFence,

crates/filemeta/src/filemeta/version.rs

@@ -297,6 +297,20 @@ fn transitioned_version_from_bytes(value: Option<&[u8]>, state: TransitionVersio
     }
 }
 
+fn transition_version_metadata_value(raw: &[u8], decoded: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    decoded.map(str::to_owned).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+        if raw.is_empty() {
+            String::new()
+        } else {
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(raw).into_owned()
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+fn is_transition_version_metadata_key(key: &str) -> bool {
+    strip_internal_prefix_preserving_case(key).is_some_and(|suffix| suffix.eq_ignore_ascii_case(SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID))
+}
+
 fn validate_transition_version_state(state: TransitionVersionState, version: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
     let valid = match state {
         TransitionVersionState::Unknown | TransitionVersionState::KnownDisabled => version.is_none(),
@@ -366,14 +380,26 @@ impl<'a> DerivedInternalMetadata<'a> {
             }
             *slot = Some(value.as_slice());
         }
+        fn merge_consistent<'a>(canonical: Option<&'a [u8]>, legacy: Option<&'a [u8]>) -> Result<Option<&'a [u8]>> {
+            if let (Some(canonical), Some(legacy)) = (canonical, legacy)
+                && canonical != legacy
+            {
+                return Err(Error::FileCorrupt);
+            }
+            Ok(canonical.or(legacy))
+        }
+
         Ok(Self {
             checksum: canonical.checksum.or(legacy.checksum),
             part_checksums: canonical.part_checksums.or(legacy.part_checksums),
-            transition_status: canonical.transition_status.or(legacy.transition_status),
-            transitioned_object: canonical.transitioned_object.or(legacy.transitioned_object),
-            transitioned_version: canonical.transitioned_version.or(legacy.transitioned_version),
-            transitioned_version_state: canonical.transitioned_version_state.or(legacy.transitioned_version_state),
-            transition_tier: canonical.transition_tier.or(legacy.transition_tier),
+            transition_status: merge_consistent(canonical.transition_status, legacy.transition_status)?,
+            transitioned_object: merge_consistent(canonical.transitioned_object, legacy.transitioned_object)?,
+            transitioned_version: merge_consistent(canonical.transitioned_version, legacy.transitioned_version)?,
+            transitioned_version_state: merge_consistent(
+                canonical.transitioned_version_state,
+                legacy.transitioned_version_state,
+            )?,
+            transition_tier: merge_consistent(canonical.transition_tier, legacy.transition_tier)?,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -438,8 +464,14 @@ impl FileInfo {
     }
 }
 
-fn set_transition_version_state(meta_sys: &mut HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>, state: TransitionVersionState) {
-    if state == TransitionVersionState::Unknown {
+fn set_transition_version_state(
+    meta_sys: &mut HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>,
+    state: TransitionVersionState,
+    source_metadata: &HashMap<String, String>,
+) {
+    if state == TransitionVersionState::Unknown
+        && !rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::contains_key_str(source_metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE)
+    {
         remove_bytes(meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE);
     } else {
         insert_bytes(meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE, state.as_str().as_bytes().to_vec());
@@ -2643,6 +2675,11 @@ impl MetaObject {
         if derived_metadata.transitioned_version_state.is_some() {
             validate_transition_version_state(transition_version_state, transition_version.as_deref())?;
         }
+        for (key, value) in &self.meta_sys {
+            if is_transition_version_metadata_key(key) {
+                metadata.insert(key.to_owned(), transition_version_metadata_value(value, transition_version.as_deref()));
+            }
+        }
         let transition_version_id = transition_version.as_deref().and_then(|value| Uuid::parse_str(value).ok());
         let transition_tier = derived_metadata
             .transition_tier
@@ -2689,7 +2726,7 @@ impl MetaObject {
         } else {
             remove_bytes(&mut self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID);
         }
-        set_transition_version_state(&mut self.meta_sys, fi.transition_version_state);
+        set_transition_version_state(&mut self.meta_sys, fi.transition_version_state, &fi.metadata);
         insert_bytes(&mut self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER, fi.transition_tier.as_bytes().to_vec());
         if let Some(destination_id) = get_str(&fi.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER_DESTINATION_ID) {
             insert_bytes(&mut self.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER_DESTINATION_ID, destination_id.into_bytes());
@@ -2830,7 +2867,7 @@ impl From<FileInfo> for MetaObject {
             insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, transition_version);
         }
         if !value.transition_status.is_empty() {
-            set_transition_version_state(&mut meta_sys, value.transition_version_state);
+            set_transition_version_state(&mut meta_sys, value.transition_version_state, &value.metadata);
         }
 
         if !value.transition_tier.is_empty() {
@@ -2985,6 +3022,12 @@ impl MetaDeleteMarker {
             fi.transition_version_state = transition_version_state_from_bytes(derived_metadata.transitioned_version_state)?;
             fi.transition_version =
                 transitioned_version_from_bytes(derived_metadata.transitioned_version, fi.transition_version_state);
+            for (key, value) in &self.meta_sys {
+                if is_transition_version_metadata_key(key) {
+                    fi.metadata
+                        .insert(key.to_owned(), transition_version_metadata_value(value, fi.transition_version.as_deref()));
+                }
+            }
             fi.transition_version_id = fi.transition_version.as_deref().and_then(|value| Uuid::parse_str(value).ok());
             if derived_metadata.transitioned_version_state.is_some() {
                 validate_transition_version_state(fi.transition_version_state, fi.transition_version.as_deref())?;
@@ -3152,7 +3195,7 @@ impl From<FileInfo> for MetaDeleteMarker {
             insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID, transition_version);
         }
         if !value.transition_status.is_empty() || value.tier_free_version() {
-            set_transition_version_state(&mut meta_sys, value.transition_version_state);
+            set_transition_version_state(&mut meta_sys, value.transition_version_state, &value.metadata);
         }
         if !value.transition_tier.is_empty() {
             insert_bytes(&mut meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITION_TIER, value.transition_tier.as_bytes().to_vec());
@@ -4574,6 +4617,7 @@ mod tests {
             .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
             .expect("into_fileinfo");
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
+        assert_eq!(get_str(&fi.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID), Some(String::new()));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4585,6 +4629,10 @@ mod tests {
             .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
             .expect("into_fileinfo");
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
+        assert!(
+            get_str(&fi.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID).is_some_and(|value| !value.is_empty()),
+            "nil UUID bytes must remain distinguishable from an empty MinIO version"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4598,6 +4646,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, Some(id));
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, Some(id.to_string()));
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_state, TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
+        assert_eq!(get_str(&fi.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID), Some(id.to_string()));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4637,6 +4686,36 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_state, TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn meta_object_transition_version_state_explicit_unknown_is_not_legacy_missing() {
+        let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
+        rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::insert_str(
+            &mut metadata,
+            SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,
+            TransitionVersionState::Unknown.as_str().to_string(),
+        );
+        let fi = FileInfo {
+            transition_status: "complete".to_string(),
+            transition_version_state: TransitionVersionState::Unknown,
+            metadata,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        let object = MetaObject::from(fi);
+        assert_eq!(
+            get_consistent_bytes(&object.meta_sys, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE),
+            Some(b"unknown".as_slice())
+        );
+        let decoded = object
+            .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
+            .expect("explicit unknown state should decode");
+        assert_eq!(decoded.transition_version_state, TransitionVersionState::Unknown);
+        assert_eq!(
+            rustfs_utils::http::metadata_compat::get_consistent_str(&decoded.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE,),
+            Some("unknown")
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn meta_object_transition_version_state_exact_round_trips_dual_keys() {
         let id = sample_version_id();
@@ -4753,6 +4832,10 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("invalid transition version bytes must not fail the object read");
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, None);
+        assert!(
+            get_str(&fi.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID).is_some_and(|value| !value.is_empty()),
+            "invalid raw bytes must remain distinguishable from an empty MinIO version"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4795,6 +4878,10 @@ mod tests {
         .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
         .expect("nil tier version should remain an absent remote version");
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, None);
+        assert!(
+            get_str(&fi.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID).is_some_and(|value| !value.is_empty()),
+            "nil UUID bytes must remain distinguishable from an empty MinIO version"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4812,6 +4899,7 @@ mod tests {
         .expect("legacy binary UUID tier version should decode");
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version_id, Some(id));
         assert_eq!(fi.transition_version, Some(id.to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(get_str(&fi.metadata, SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_ID), Some(id.to_string()));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -4910,6 +4998,23 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(err, Error::FileCorrupt);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn meta_object_transition_version_state_mixed_case_alias_conflict_fails_closed() {
+        let sys = HashMap::from([
+            (
+                format!("{RUSTFS_INTERNAL_PREFIX}{SUFFIX_TRANSITIONED_VERSION_STATE}"),
+                b"unknown".to_vec(),
+            ),
+            ("X-Minio-Internal-transitioned-version-state".to_string(), b"exact".to_vec()),
+        ]);
+
+        let err = make_meta_object_with_sys(sys)
+            .into_fileinfo("b", "k", false)
+            .expect_err("mixed-case transition state aliases must agree");
+
+        assert_eq!(err, Error::FileCorrupt);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn version_header_sorts_before_prefers_object_over_delete_marker_on_equal_mod_time() {
         let object = FileMetaVersionHeader {

crates/heal/src/heal/manager.rs

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use super::{DiskError, Endpoint, HealDiskExt as _, local_disk_map_read};
 
 const KEEP_HEAL_TASK_STATUS_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10 * 60);
+// Each cache includes alias tokens in its count and byte budget. Eviction
+// removes every token sharing a snapshot; neither cache retains repair state.
+const MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_TOKENS: usize = 1024;
+const MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_BYTES: usize = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
+const MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_RESULT_BYTES: usize = 1024 * 1024;
 const DISPLACED_HEAL_REASON: &str = "reason=displaced; retry_hint=submit_again";
 const LOG_COMPONENT_HEAL: &str = "heal";
 const LOG_SUBSYSTEM_DISK_SCANNER: &str = "disk_scanner";
@@ -180,6 +185,8 @@ fn record_displaced_terminal(
     request: &HealRequest,
 ) -> Arc<CompletedHealStatus> {
     let terminal = Arc::new(CompletedHealStatus {
+        progress: None,
+        retained_bytes: std::sync::OnceLock::new(),
         heal_type: request.heal_type.clone(),
         status: HealTaskStatus::Failed {
             error: format!("heal task displaced by a higher-priority request ({DISPLACED_HEAL_REASON})"),
@@ -193,6 +200,7 @@ fn record_displaced_terminal(
     let mut terminals = lock_displaced_terminals(registry);
     prune_completed_heal_statuses(&mut terminals);
     terminals.insert(request.id.clone(), Arc::clone(&terminal));
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses(&mut terminals);
     terminal
 }
 
@@ -209,9 +217,15 @@ async fn remove_displaced_task_aliases(
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
     let mut displaced_terminals = lock_displaced_terminals(terminals);
     prune_completed_heal_statuses(&mut displaced_terminals);
-    for alias_id in alias_ids {
-        displaced_terminals.insert(alias_id, Arc::clone(terminal));
+    if displaced_terminals
+        .get(task_id)
+        .is_some_and(|current| Arc::ptr_eq(current, terminal))
+    {
+        for alias_id in alias_ids {
+            displaced_terminals.insert(alias_id, Arc::clone(terminal));
+        }
     }
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses(&mut displaced_terminals);
     aliases.retain(|alias_id, alias| alias_id != task_id && alias.task_id != task_id);
 }
 
@@ -222,6 +236,36 @@ async fn remove_task_aliases_for_task(registry: &Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, HealT
         .retain(|alias_id, alias| alias_id != task_id && alias.task_id != task_id);
 }
 
+// Callers hold active ownership until publication. Lock order is active ->
+// retrying (when needed) -> aliases -> completed; queries release aliases
+// before looking up active state. Publishing aliases before removing their
+// mapping keeps both an already-resolved token and a new lookup valid.
+async fn publish_completed_heal(
+    completed_heals: &Mutex<HashMap<String, Arc<CompletedHealStatus>>>,
+    task_aliases: &Mutex<HashMap<String, HealTaskAlias>>,
+    task_id: &str,
+    completed: CompletedHealStatus,
+    terminal: bool,
+) {
+    let completed = Arc::new(completed);
+    completed.retained_bytes();
+    let mut aliases = task_aliases.lock().await;
+    let mut retained = completed_heals.lock().await;
+    if let Some(previous) = retained.get(task_id).cloned() {
+        for entry in retained.values_mut().filter(|entry| Arc::ptr_eq(entry, &previous)) {
+            *entry = Arc::clone(&completed);
+        }
+    }
+    retained.insert(task_id.to_owned(), Arc::clone(&completed));
+    if terminal {
+        for (alias_id, _) in aliases.iter().filter(|(_, alias)| alias.task_id == task_id) {
+            retained.insert(alias_id.clone(), Arc::clone(&completed));
+        }
+        aliases.retain(|alias_id, alias| alias_id != task_id && alias.task_id != task_id);
+    }
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses(&mut retained);
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct HealTaskReport {
     pub status: HealTaskStatus,
@@ -268,7 +312,7 @@ fn completed_task_report(completed: &CompletedHealStatus, since: Option<u64>) ->
     let result_items = match since {
         None => completed.seqed_items.iter().map(|(_, item)| item.clone()).collect(),
         Some(cursor) => {
-            if cursor + 1 < completed.min_seq {
+            if cursor.saturating_add(1) < completed.min_seq {
                 lagged = true;
             }
             completed
@@ -283,7 +327,7 @@ fn completed_task_report(completed: &CompletedHealStatus, since: Option<u64>) ->
         status: completed.status.clone(),
         result_items,
         result_items_truncated: completed.result_items_truncated || lagged,
-        progress: None,
+        progress: completed.progress.clone(),
         next_seq: completed.next_seq,
         min_seq: completed.min_seq,
     }
@@ -1847,14 +1891,14 @@ impl HealManager {
 
     pub async fn get_task_progress(&self, task_id: &str) -> Result<HealProgress> {
         let canonical_task_id = self.canonical_task_id(task_id).await;
-        let active_heals = self.active_heals.lock().await;
-        if let Some(task) = active_heals.get(&canonical_task_id) {
-            Ok(task.get_progress().await)
-        } else {
-            Err(Error::TaskNotFound {
-                task_id: task_id.to_string(),
-            })
-        }
+        let progress = match self.lookup_task_state(&canonical_task_id, None).await {
+            TaskStateLookup::Active(task) => Some(task.get_progress().await),
+            TaskStateLookup::Completed(completed) => completed.progress.clone(),
+            _ => None,
+        };
+        progress.ok_or_else(|| Error::TaskNotFound {
+            task_id: task_id.to_string(),
+        })
     }
 
     /// Cancel task
@@ -1864,6 +1908,8 @@ impl HealManager {
             let mut active_heals = self.active_heals.lock().await;
             if let Some(task) = active_heals.get(&canonical_task_id) {
                 task.cancel().await?;
+                let completed = CompletedHealStatus::snapshot(task, HealTaskStatus::Cancelled).await;
+                publish_completed_heal(&self.completed_heals, &self.task_aliases, &canonical_task_id, completed, true).await;
                 active_heals.remove(&canonical_task_id);
                 publish_active_heal_count(&active_heals);
                 info!(
@@ -1940,6 +1986,8 @@ impl HealManager {
             for task_id in &task_ids {
                 if let Some(task) = active_heals.get(task_id) {
                     task.cancel().await?;
+                    let completed = CompletedHealStatus::snapshot(task, HealTaskStatus::Cancelled).await;
+                    publish_completed_heal(&self.completed_heals, &self.task_aliases, task_id, completed, true).await;
                 }
                 active_heals.remove(task_id);
                 cancelled += 1;

crates/heal/src/heal/manager/queue.rs

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ pub(super) enum QueuePushOutcome {
 pub(super) struct CompletedHealStatus {
     pub(super) heal_type: HealType,
     pub(super) status: HealTaskStatus,
+    pub(super) progress: Option<HealProgress>,
+    pub(super) retained_bytes: std::sync::OnceLock<usize>,
     pub(super) result_items_truncated: bool,
     pub(super) completed_at: SystemTime,
     /// Sequence-stamped retained window, archived with the completion so
@@ -92,6 +94,133 @@ pub(super) struct CompletedHealStatus {
     pub(super) min_seq: u64,
 }
 
+impl CompletedHealStatus {
+    // Account for owned capacities, including nested drive arrays. Aliases
+    // conservatively charge the shared allocation again, keeping both token
+    // count and retained payload bounded without a second ownership index.
+    pub(super) fn retained_bytes(&self) -> usize {
+        *self.retained_bytes.get_or_init(|| self.measure_retained_bytes())
+    }
+
+    fn measure_retained_bytes(&self) -> usize {
+        let mut bytes = size_of::<Self>();
+        let mut add = |amount: usize| bytes = bytes.saturating_add(amount);
+        match &self.heal_type {
+            HealType::Cluster => {}
+            HealType::Bucket { bucket } => add(bucket.capacity()),
+            HealType::Object {
+                bucket,
+                object,
+                version_id,
+            }
+            | HealType::ECDecode {
+                bucket,
+                object,
+                version_id,
+            } => {
+                add(bucket.capacity());
+                add(object.capacity());
+                add(version_id.as_ref().map_or(0, String::capacity));
+            }
+            HealType::Prefix { bucket, prefix } => {
+                add(bucket.capacity());
+                add(prefix.capacity());
+            }
+            HealType::Metadata { bucket, object } => {
+                add(bucket.capacity());
+                add(object.capacity());
+            }
+            HealType::ErasureSet { buckets, set_disk_id } => {
+                add(buckets.capacity().saturating_mul(size_of::<String>()));
+                for bucket in buckets {
+                    add(bucket.capacity());
+                }
+                add(set_disk_id.capacity());
+            }
+        }
+        if let HealTaskStatus::Failed { error } | HealTaskStatus::Retrying { error, .. } = &self.status {
+            add(error.capacity());
+        }
+        add(self
+            .progress
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|progress| progress.current_object.as_ref())
+            .map_or(0, String::capacity));
+        add(self.seqed_items.capacity().saturating_mul(size_of::<(u64, HealResultItem)>()));
+        for (_, item) in &self.seqed_items {
+            add(Self::result_item_heap_bytes(item));
+        }
+        bytes
+    }
+
+    fn result_item_heap_bytes(item: &HealResultItem) -> usize {
+        let mut bytes = 0usize;
+        let mut add = |amount: usize| bytes = bytes.saturating_add(amount);
+        for value in [
+            &item.heal_item_type,
+            &item.bucket,
+            &item.object,
+            &item.version_id,
+            &item.detail,
+        ] {
+            add(value.capacity());
+        }
+        for infos in [&item.before, &item.after] {
+            add(infos
+                .drives
+                .capacity()
+                .saturating_mul(size_of::<rustfs_madmin::heal_commands::HealDriveInfo>()));
+            for drive in &infos.drives {
+                add(drive.uuid.capacity());
+                add(drive.endpoint.capacity());
+                add(drive.state.capacity());
+            }
+        }
+        bytes
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn bound_result_window(&mut self) {
+        let mut bytes = 0usize;
+        let retained = self
+            .seqed_items
+            .iter()
+            .rev()
+            .take_while(|(_, item)| {
+                bytes = bytes
+                    .saturating_add(size_of::<(u64, HealResultItem)>())
+                    .saturating_add(Self::result_item_heap_bytes(item));
+                bytes <= MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_RESULT_BYTES
+            })
+            .count();
+        let truncated = retained < self.seqed_items.len();
+        if truncated {
+            self.seqed_items.drain(..self.seqed_items.len() - retained);
+            self.seqed_items.shrink_to_fit();
+            self.min_seq = self.seqed_items.first().map_or(self.next_seq, |(seq, _)| *seq);
+            self.result_items_truncated = true;
+            self.retained_bytes.take();
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) async fn snapshot(task: &HealTask, status: HealTaskStatus) -> Self {
+        let seqed_items = task.get_seqed_result_items().await;
+        let (next_seq, min_seq) = task.result_seq_cursors();
+        let mut snapshot = Self {
+            heal_type: task.heal_type.clone(),
+            status,
+            progress: Some(task.get_progress().await),
+            retained_bytes: std::sync::OnceLock::new(),
+            result_items_truncated: task.result_items_truncated(),
+            completed_at: SystemTime::now(),
+            seqed_items,
+            next_seq,
+            min_seq,
+        };
+        snapshot.bound_result_window();
+        snapshot
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(super) struct HealTaskAlias {
     pub(super) task_id: String,

crates/heal/src/heal/manager/scheduler.rs

@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ impl HealManager {
                         error: error.clone(),
                         retry_attempt: request.retry_attempts,
                     });
-                    let retry_request_for_queue = retry_request;
+                    let mut retry_request_for_queue = retry_request;
                     let retry_cancel_token = retry_request_for_queue.as_ref().map(|_| CancellationToken::new());
                     if retry_request_for_queue.is_none() {
                         replacement_recovery_anchors_clone
@@ -272,7 +272,35 @@ impl HealManager {
                             .unwrap_or_else(|poisoned| poisoned.into_inner())
                             .remove(&task_id);
                     }
+                    let mut completed_status = match retry_request_for_status {
+                        Some(status) => status,
+                        None => task.get_status().await,
+                    };
+                    let mut completed_status_entry = CompletedHealStatus::snapshot(&task, completed_status.clone()).await;
+                    let completed_progress = task.get_progress().await;
+                    #[cfg(test)]
+                    tests::pause_completed_retention_before_publish(&task_id, &completed_status).await;
                     let mut active_heals_guard = active_heals_clone.lock().await;
+                    let owns_completion = active_heals_guard.contains_key(&task_id);
+                    let cancelled_completion = if owns_completion {
+                        false
+                    } else {
+                        // Cancellation can win while a finished worker waits
+                        // for active ownership. It must not resurrect a retry
+                        // or replace an acknowledged cancellation with success.
+                        retry_request_for_queue = None;
+                        completed_heals_clone
+                            .lock()
+                            .await
+                            .get(&task_id)
+                            .is_some_and(|completed| completed.status == HealTaskStatus::Cancelled)
+                    };
+                    if cancelled_completion {
+                        completed_status = HealTaskStatus::Cancelled;
+                        completed_status_entry.status = HealTaskStatus::Cancelled;
+                    }
+                    let terminal_completion = !matches!(completed_status, HealTaskStatus::Retrying { .. });
+                    let successful_completion = matches!(completed_status, HealTaskStatus::Completed);
                     // Keep retry ownership continuous: status snapshots acquire
                     // these locks in the same active -> retrying order.
                     let mut retrying_heals_guard = if let (Some((request, _, error)), Some(cancel_token)) =
@@ -295,6 +323,16 @@ impl HealManager {
                     } else {
                         None
                     };
+                    if owns_completion || cancelled_completion {
+                        publish_completed_heal(
+                            &completed_heals_clone,
+                            &task_aliases_clone,
+                            &task_id,
+                            completed_status_entry,
+                            terminal_completion,
+                        )
+                        .await;
+                    }
                     let completed_task = active_heals_guard.remove(&task_id);
                     if let Some(completed_task) = completed_task.as_ref() {
                         publish_active_heal_count(&active_heals_guard);
@@ -304,33 +342,10 @@ impl HealManager {
                     drop(retrying_heals_guard.take());
                     drop(active_heals_guard);
 
-                    if let Some(completed_task) = completed_task {
-                        let completed_status = if let Some(status) = retry_request_for_status {
-                            status
-                        } else {
-                            completed_task.get_status().await
-                        };
-                        let terminal_completion = !matches!(completed_status, HealTaskStatus::Retrying { .. });
-                        let successful_completion = matches!(completed_status, HealTaskStatus::Completed);
-                        let completed_progress = completed_task.get_progress().await;
-                        // Single snapshot of the retained window: the task is
-                        // finished and already off the active map, so there is
-                        // no concurrent writer to race with.
-                        let seqed_items = completed_task.get_seqed_result_items().await;
-                        let (next_seq, min_seq) = completed_task.result_seq_cursors();
-                        let completed_status_entry = CompletedHealStatus {
-                            heal_type: completed_task.heal_type.clone(),
-                            status: completed_status.clone(),
-                            result_items_truncated: completed_task.result_items_truncated(),
-                            completed_at: SystemTime::now(),
-                            seqed_items,
-                            next_seq,
-                            min_seq,
-                        };
-                        let mut completed_heals_guard = completed_heals_clone.lock().await;
-                        prune_completed_heal_statuses(&mut completed_heals_guard);
-                        completed_heals_guard.insert(task_id.clone(), Arc::new(completed_status_entry));
-                        drop(completed_heals_guard);
+                    #[cfg(test)]
+                    tests::pause_completed_retention_handoff(&task_id).await;
+
+                    if completed_task.is_some() {
                         // update statistics
                         let mut stats = statistics_clone.write().await;
                         match completed_status {
@@ -352,10 +367,6 @@ impl HealManager {
                             } else {
                                 release_mrf_repair_notice_targets(notice_targets);
                             }
-                            task_aliases_clone
-                                .lock()
-                                .await
-                                .retain(|alias_id, alias| alias_id != &task_id && alias.task_id != task_id);
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -718,17 +729,42 @@ pub(super) fn heal_request_set_key_for_task(task: &HealTask) -> Option<String> {
 }
 
 pub(super) fn prune_completed_heal_statuses(completed_heals: &mut HashMap<String, Arc<CompletedHealStatus>>) {
-    let Ok(now) = SystemTime::now().duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH) else {
-        return;
-    };
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses_at(completed_heals, SystemTime::now());
+}
 
+pub(super) fn prune_completed_heal_statuses_at(completed_heals: &mut HashMap<String, Arc<CompletedHealStatus>>, now: SystemTime) {
     completed_heals.retain(|_, completed| {
-        completed
-            .completed_at
-            .duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
-            .map(|completed_at| now.saturating_sub(completed_at) <= KEEP_HEAL_TASK_STATUS_DURATION)
+        now.duration_since(completed.completed_at)
+            .map(|age| age <= KEEP_HEAL_TASK_STATUS_DURATION)
             .unwrap_or(false)
     });
+    let entry_bytes = |key: &String, value: &Arc<CompletedHealStatus>| {
+        key.capacity()
+            .saturating_add(size_of::<(String, Arc<CompletedHealStatus>)>())
+            .saturating_add(value.retained_bytes())
+    };
+    let mut bytes = completed_heals
+        .iter()
+        .fold(0usize, |total, (key, value)| total.saturating_add(entry_bytes(key, value)));
+    while completed_heals.len() > MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_TOKENS || bytes > MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_BYTES {
+        let Some(oldest) = completed_heals
+            .iter()
+            .min_by(|(left_id, left), (right_id, right)| {
+                left.completed_at.cmp(&right.completed_at).then_with(|| left_id.cmp(right_id))
+            })
+            .map(|(_, value)| Arc::clone(value))
+        else {
+            break;
+        };
+        completed_heals.retain(|key, value| {
+            if Arc::ptr_eq(value, &oldest) {
+                bytes = bytes.saturating_sub(entry_bytes(key, value));
+                false
+            } else {
+                true
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 pub(super) fn can_schedule_request(

crates/heal/src/heal/manager/tests.rs

@@ -101,6 +101,326 @@ async fn process_manager_queue_once(manager: &HealManager) {
 
 struct MockStorage;
 
+fn completed_retention_fixture(completed_at: SystemTime) -> CompletedHealStatus {
+    CompletedHealStatus {
+        heal_type: HealType::Cluster,
+        status: HealTaskStatus::Completed,
+        progress: Some(HealProgress {
+            objects_scanned: 9,
+            objects_healed: 8,
+            objects_failed: 1,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }),
+        retained_bytes: std::sync::OnceLock::new(),
+        result_items_truncated: false,
+        completed_at,
+        seqed_items: vec![(3, HealResultItem::default()), (4, HealResultItem::default())],
+        next_seq: 5,
+        min_seq: 3,
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn completed_retention_cursor_boundaries_preserve_progress() {
+    let completed = completed_retention_fixture(SystemTime::now());
+    for (cursor, count, lagged) in [
+        (0, 2, true),
+        (1, 2, true),
+        (2, 2, false),
+        (3, 1, false),
+        (4, 0, false),
+        (5, 0, false),
+        (u64::MAX, 0, false),
+    ] {
+        let report = completed_task_report(&completed, Some(cursor));
+        assert_eq!(report.result_items.len(), count, "cursor={cursor}");
+        assert_eq!(report.result_items_truncated, lagged, "cursor={cursor}");
+        assert_eq!(report.progress, completed.progress);
+        assert_eq!((report.next_seq, report.min_seq), (5, 3));
+    }
+    assert_eq!(completed_task_report(&completed, None).result_items.len(), 2);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn completed_retention_displaced_alias_does_not_resurrect_evicted_snapshot() {
+    let manager = HealManager::new(Arc::new(MockStorage), None);
+    let request = HealRequest::bucket("bucket".to_string());
+    manager.insert_task_alias("alias", &request.id).await;
+    let terminal = record_displaced_terminal(&manager.displaced_terminals, &request);
+    lock_displaced_terminals(&manager.displaced_terminals).remove(&request.id);
+    remove_displaced_task_aliases(&manager.task_aliases, &manager.displaced_terminals, &request.id, &terminal).await;
+    for token in [&request.id, &"alias".to_string()] {
+        assert!(matches!(manager.get_task_report(token).await, Err(Error::TaskNotFound { .. })));
+    }
+    assert!(manager.task_aliases.lock().await.is_empty());
+    assert!(lock_displaced_terminals(&manager.displaced_terminals).is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn completed_retention_count_ttl_and_alias_eviction_are_bounded() {
+    let now = SystemTime::now();
+    let mut entries = HashMap::new();
+    let oldest = Arc::new(completed_retention_fixture(now - KEEP_HEAL_TASK_STATUS_DURATION));
+    entries.insert("oldest".to_string(), Arc::clone(&oldest));
+    entries.insert("oldest-alias".to_string(), Arc::clone(&oldest));
+    for index in 2..MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_TOKENS {
+        entries.insert(format!("task-{index}"), Arc::new(completed_retention_fixture(now)));
+    }
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses_at(&mut entries, now);
+    assert_eq!(entries.len(), MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_TOKENS);
+    entries.insert("cap-plus-one".to_string(), Arc::new(completed_retention_fixture(now)));
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses_at(&mut entries, now);
+    assert_eq!(entries.len(), MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_TOKENS - 1);
+    assert!(!entries.contains_key("oldest"));
+    assert!(!entries.contains_key("oldest-alias"));
+    entries.clear();
+    entries.insert("ttl-boundary".to_string(), oldest);
+    entries.insert(
+        "expired".to_string(),
+        Arc::new(completed_retention_fixture(
+            now - KEEP_HEAL_TASK_STATUS_DURATION - Duration::from_nanos(1),
+        )),
+    );
+    entries.insert("future".to_string(), Arc::new(completed_retention_fixture(now + Duration::from_nanos(1))));
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses_at(&mut entries, now);
+    assert_eq!(entries.len(), 1);
+    assert!(entries.contains_key("ttl-boundary"));
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses_at(&mut entries, now + Duration::from_nanos(1));
+    assert!(entries.is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn completed_retention_total_byte_cap_and_cap_plus_one() {
+    let now = SystemTime::now();
+    let key = "large".to_string();
+    let mut entry = completed_retention_fixture(now);
+    let base_bytes = entry.retained_bytes() + key.capacity() + size_of::<(String, Arc<CompletedHealStatus>)>();
+    entry.retained_bytes.take();
+    entry.status = HealTaskStatus::Failed {
+        error: "x".repeat(MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_BYTES - base_bytes),
+    };
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.retained_bytes() + key.capacity() + size_of::<(String, Arc<CompletedHealStatus>)>(),
+        MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_BYTES
+    );
+    let mut entries = HashMap::from([(key, Arc::new(entry))]);
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses_at(&mut entries, now);
+    assert_eq!(entries.len(), 1, "exact byte cap remains retained");
+    let mut over = Arc::try_unwrap(entries.remove("large").expect("entry retained")).expect("entry not shared");
+    over.retained_bytes.take();
+    if let HealTaskStatus::Failed { error } = &mut over.status {
+        *error = "x".repeat(error.len() + 1);
+    }
+    entries.insert("large".to_string(), Arc::new(over));
+    prune_completed_heal_statuses_at(&mut entries, now);
+    assert!(entries.is_empty(), "oversized metadata cannot escape total byte bound");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn completed_retention_large_window_keeps_cursors_and_progress() {
+    let task = HealTask::from_request(HealRequest::bucket("bucket".to_string()), Arc::new(MockStorage));
+    let mut snapshot = completed_retention_fixture(SystemTime::now());
+    snapshot.seqed_items[0].1.detail = "x".repeat(MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_RESULT_BYTES);
+    snapshot.bound_result_window();
+    assert_eq!(snapshot.seqed_items.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!((snapshot.min_seq, snapshot.next_seq), (4, 5));
+    assert!(snapshot.result_items_truncated);
+    assert!(snapshot.retained_bytes() < MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_RESULT_BYTES);
+    let report = completed_task_report(&snapshot, Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(report.progress.expect("progress retained").objects_scanned, 9);
+    assert!(report.result_items_truncated);
+    let active_max = task.get_result_items_since(Some(u64::MAX)).await;
+    assert!(active_max.items.is_empty());
+    assert!(!active_max.lagged);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn completed_retention_result_byte_cap_and_cap_plus_one() {
+    for extra in [0, 1] {
+        let mut snapshot = completed_retention_fixture(SystemTime::now());
+        snapshot.seqed_items = vec![(
+            4,
+            HealResultItem {
+                detail: "x".repeat(MAX_COMPLETED_HEAL_RESULT_BYTES - size_of::<(u64, HealResultItem)>() + extra),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        )];
+        snapshot.min_seq = 4;
+        snapshot.bound_result_window();
+        assert_eq!(snapshot.seqed_items.len(), 1 - extra);
+        assert_eq!(snapshot.result_items_truncated, extra == 1);
+        assert_eq!(snapshot.min_seq, if extra == 0 { 4 } else { 5 });
+        assert_eq!(snapshot.next_seq, 5);
+        assert_eq!(snapshot.progress.as_ref().expect("progress retained").objects_scanned, 9);
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct CompletedRetentionHook {
+    started: Notify,
+    execute: Notify,
+    handoff: Notify,
+    finish: Notify,
+    pause_before_publish: bool,
+    before_publish: Notify,
+    publish: Notify,
+    prepared_status: Mutex<Option<HealTaskStatus>>,
+}
+
+static COMPLETED_RETENTION_HOOKS: LazyLock<Mutex<HashMap<String, Arc<CompletedRetentionHook>>>> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
+
+pub(super) async fn pause_completed_retention_handoff(task_id: &str) {
+    let hook = COMPLETED_RETENTION_HOOKS.lock().await.get(task_id).cloned();
+    if let Some(hook) = hook {
+        hook.handoff.notify_one();
+        hook.finish.notified().await;
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) async fn pause_completed_retention_before_publish(task_id: &str, status: &HealTaskStatus) {
+    let hook = COMPLETED_RETENTION_HOOKS.lock().await.get(task_id).cloned();
+    if let Some(hook) = hook.filter(|hook| hook.pause_before_publish) {
+        *hook.prepared_status.lock().await = Some(status.clone());
+        hook.before_publish.notify_one();
+        hook.publish.notified().await;
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn completed_retention_cancel_wins_over_a_prepared_retry_snapshot() {
+    let bucket = "completed-retention-retry-cancel";
+    let manager = HealManager::new(Arc::new(MockStorage), None);
+    let request = HealRequest::object(bucket.to_string(), "object".to_string(), None);
+    let task_id = request.id.clone();
+    let duplicate = HealRequest::object(bucket.to_string(), "object".to_string(), None);
+    let alias = duplicate.id.clone();
+    let hook = Arc::new(CompletedRetentionHook {
+        pause_before_publish: true,
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+    {
+        let mut hooks = COMPLETED_RETENTION_HOOKS.lock().await;
+        hooks.insert(bucket.to_string(), Arc::clone(&hook));
+        hooks.insert(task_id.clone(), Arc::clone(&hook));
+    }
+    manager.submit_heal_request(request).await.expect("admit original");
+    manager.submit_heal_request(duplicate).await.expect("admit alias");
+    process_manager_queue_once(&manager).await;
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), hook.started.notified())
+        .await
+        .expect("scheduler starts");
+    let task = manager.active_heals.lock().await.get(&task_id).cloned().expect("active task");
+    task.progress.write().await.update_object_progress(1, 1, 0, 0, 4096);
+    hook.execute.notify_one();
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), hook.before_publish.notified())
+        .await
+        .expect("retry snapshot prepared");
+    manager.cancel_task(&alias).await.expect("cancel wins active ownership");
+    assert!(matches!(*hook.prepared_status.lock().await, Some(HealTaskStatus::Retrying { .. })));
+    hook.publish.notify_one();
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), hook.handoff.notified())
+        .await
+        .expect("scheduler finishes handoff");
+    for token in [&task_id, &alias] {
+        let report = manager.get_task_report(token).await.expect("cancelled token retained");
+        assert_eq!(report.status, HealTaskStatus::Cancelled);
+        assert_eq!(report.progress.expect("frozen progress").objects_scanned, 1);
+    }
+    assert!(!manager.retrying_heals.lock().await.contains_key(&task_id));
+    assert!(!manager.heal_queue.lock().await.contains_request_id(&task_id));
+    hook.finish.notify_one();
+    COMPLETED_RETENTION_HOOKS
+        .lock()
+        .await
+        .retain(|key, _| key != bucket && key != &task_id);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn completed_retention_scheduler_preserves_progress_aliases_and_atomic_handoff() {
+    for outcome in ["success", "failed", "cancelled"] {
+        let bucket = format!("completed-retention-{outcome}");
+        let hook = Arc::new(CompletedRetentionHook::default());
+        let manager = Arc::new(HealManager::new(Arc::new(MockStorage), None));
+        let request = HealRequest::object(bucket.clone(), "object".to_string(), None);
+        let task_id = request.id.clone();
+        let duplicate = HealRequest::object(bucket.clone(), "object".to_string(), None);
+        let alias = duplicate.id.clone();
+        {
+            let mut hooks = COMPLETED_RETENTION_HOOKS.lock().await;
+            hooks.insert(bucket.clone(), Arc::clone(&hook));
+            hooks.insert(task_id.clone(), Arc::clone(&hook));
+        }
+        manager.submit_heal_request(request).await.expect("admit original");
+        manager.submit_heal_request(duplicate).await.expect("admit alias");
+        process_manager_queue_once(&manager).await;
+        tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), hook.started.notified())
+            .await
+            .expect("scheduler reaches storage");
+        let task = manager
+            .active_heals
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .get(&task_id)
+            .cloned()
+            .expect("task is active");
+        task.progress.write().await.update_object_progress(1, 1, 0, 0, 4096);
+        let before = manager.get_task_report(&alias).await.expect("alias resolves active progress");
+        assert_eq!(before.progress.as_ref().expect("active progress").objects_scanned, 1);
+        let poll_manager = Arc::clone(&manager);
+        let poll_alias = alias.clone();
+        let stop = CancellationToken::new();
+        let poll_stop = stop.clone();
+        let polling = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while !poll_stop.is_cancelled() {
+                let report = poll_manager
+                    .get_task_report(&poll_alias)
+                    .await
+                    .expect("handoff must never return NotFound");
+                assert!(report.progress.expect("progress never disappears").objects_scanned >= 1);
+                tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+            }
+        });
+        if outcome == "cancelled" {
+            manager.cancel_task(&alias).await.expect("cancel active task by alias");
+        } else {
+            hook.execute.notify_one();
+        }
+        tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), hook.handoff.notified())
+            .await
+            .expect("scheduler archives terminal");
+        assert!(!manager.active_heals.lock().await.contains_key(&task_id));
+        let expected = task.get_progress().await;
+        for token in [&task_id, &alias] {
+            assert_eq!(manager.get_task_progress(token).await.expect("terminal progress query"), expected);
+            let report = manager
+                .get_task_report_for_path_since(&format!("{bucket}/object"), token, Some(u64::MAX))
+                .await
+                .expect("terminal token remains queryable at handoff");
+            assert_eq!(report.progress.as_ref(), Some(&expected));
+            assert!(report.result_items.is_empty());
+            match outcome {
+                "success" => assert_eq!(report.status, HealTaskStatus::Completed),
+                "failed" => assert!(matches!(report.status, HealTaskStatus::Failed { .. })),
+                _ => assert_eq!(report.status, HealTaskStatus::Cancelled),
+            }
+        }
+        let retained = manager.completed_heals.lock().await;
+        assert!(Arc::ptr_eq(&retained[&task_id], &retained[&alias]));
+        drop(retained);
+        stop.cancel();
+        polling.await.expect("concurrent polling succeeds");
+        // Archived progress must not alias a mutable live progress object.
+        task.progress.write().await.objects_scanned = 999;
+        assert_eq!(manager.get_task_report(&alias).await.expect("frozen report").progress, Some(expected));
+        hook.finish.notify_one();
+        COMPLETED_RETENTION_HOOKS
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .retain(|key, _| key != &bucket && key != &task_id);
+    }
+}
+
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 impl HealStorageAPI for MockStorage {
     async fn get_object_meta(&self, _bucket: &str, _object: &str) -> Result<Option<HealObjectInfo>> {
@@ -123,6 +443,12 @@ impl HealStorageAPI for MockStorage {
     }
 
     async fn object_exists(&self, bucket: &str, _object: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+        let hook = COMPLETED_RETENTION_HOOKS.lock().await.get(bucket).cloned();
+        if let Some(hook) = hook {
+            hook.started.notify_one();
+            hook.execute.notified().await;
+            return Ok(true);
+        }
         Ok(bucket == "retry-transition")
     }
 
@@ -133,13 +459,18 @@ impl HealStorageAPI for MockStorage {
         _version_id: Option<&str>,
         _opts: &HealOpts,
     ) -> Result<(HealResultItem, Option<Error>)> {
+        if bucket == "completed-retention-failed" {
+            return Err(Error::TaskExecutionFailed {
+                message: "retention fixture failure".to_string(),
+            });
+        }
         if let Some(hook) = manager_recovery_test_hook() {
             *hook
                 .heal_object_calls
                 .lock()
                 .expect("manager recovery object call lock should not poison") += 1;
         }
-        if bucket == "retry-transition" {
+        if matches!(bucket, "retry-transition" | "completed-retention-retry-cancel") {
             return Ok((
                 HealResultItem::default(),
                 Some(Error::Storage(EcstoreError::InsufficientReadQuorum(
@@ -1145,7 +1476,13 @@ async fn test_active_duplicate_token_can_query_and_cancel_original_task() {
         .expect("duplicate token should cancel merged active task");
 
     assert!(manager.active_heals.lock().await.get(&active_task_id).is_none());
-    assert!(matches!(manager.get_task_status(&active_task_id).await, Err(Error::TaskNotFound { .. })));
+    assert_eq!(
+        manager
+            .get_task_status(&active_task_id)
+            .await
+            .expect("cancelled task remains queryable"),
+        HealTaskStatus::Cancelled
+    );
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -1638,6 +1975,8 @@ async fn insert_retrying_request(manager: &HealManager, request: HealRequest) ->
     manager.completed_heals.lock().await.insert(
         task_id,
         Arc::new(CompletedHealStatus {
+            progress: None,
+            retained_bytes: std::sync::OnceLock::new(),
             heal_type: request.heal_type,
             status: HealTaskStatus::Retrying {
                 error: "Lock acquisition timeout".to_string(),
@@ -2053,7 +2392,7 @@ async fn admin_force_start_cancels_overlapping_active_task_first() {
         "the overlapping admin task must be cancelled (removed from the active table) before the new one starts"
     );
     assert!(
-        matches!(manager.get_task_status(&old_id).await, Err(Error::TaskNotFound { .. })),
+        matches!(manager.get_task_status(&old_id).await, Ok(HealTaskStatus::Cancelled)),
         "a cancelled task must no longer resolve as an active heal"
     );
 }
@@ -2360,6 +2699,8 @@ async fn test_retrying_completion_outranks_the_queue_for_the_same_id() {
     manager.completed_heals.lock().await.insert(
         task_id.clone(),
         Arc::new(CompletedHealStatus {
+            progress: None,
+            retained_bytes: std::sync::OnceLock::new(),
             heal_type: request.heal_type.clone(),
             status: HealTaskStatus::Retrying {
                 error: "transient disk failure".to_string(),
@@ -2395,6 +2736,8 @@ async fn test_get_task_status_reads_recent_completed_status() {
     manager.completed_heals.lock().await.insert(
         "completed-token".to_string(),
         Arc::new(CompletedHealStatus {
+            progress: None,
+            retained_bytes: std::sync::OnceLock::new(),
             heal_type: HealType::Bucket {
                 bucket: "bucket".to_string(),
             },
@@ -2424,6 +2767,8 @@ async fn test_get_task_report_for_path_reads_completed_items() {
     manager.completed_heals.lock().await.insert(
         "completed-token".to_string(),
         Arc::new(CompletedHealStatus {
+            progress: None,
+            retained_bytes: std::sync::OnceLock::new(),
             heal_type: HealType::Object {
                 bucket: "bucket".to_string(),
                 object: "object".to_string(),

crates/heal/src/heal/task.rs

@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ impl HealTask {
         let items = match since {
             None => result_items.iter().map(|(_, item)| item.clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
             Some(cursor) => {
-                if cursor + 1 < min_seq {
+                if cursor.saturating_add(1) < min_seq {
                     lagged = true;
                 }
                 result_items

crates/lifecycle/src/core.rs

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ const ERR_LIFECYCLE_BUCKET_LOCKED: &str =
     "ExpiredObjectAllVersions element and DelMarkerExpiration action cannot be used on an object locked bucket";
 const ERR_LIFECYCLE_TOO_MANY_RULES: &str = "Lifecycle configuration should have at most 1000 rules";
 const ERR_LIFECYCLE_INVALID_EXPIRATION_DAYS: &str = "'Days' for Expiration action must be a positive integer";
+const ERR_LIFECYCLE_EXPIRATION_DAYS_DATE_CONFLICT: &str = "Expiration cannot specify both Days and Date";
+const ERR_LIFECYCLE_MULTIPLE_TRANSITIONS: &str = "Only one Transition action per lifecycle rule is supported";
+const ERR_LIFECYCLE_MULTIPLE_NONCURRENT_TRANSITIONS: &str =
+    "Only one NoncurrentVersionTransition action per lifecycle rule is supported";
 const ERR_LIFECYCLE_INVALID_NONCURRENT_EXPIRATION_DAYS: &str =
     "'NoncurrentDays' for NoncurrentVersionExpiration action must be a positive integer";
 const ERR_LIFECYCLE_INVALID_ABORT_INCOMPLETE_MPU_DAYS: &str =
@@ -361,6 +365,12 @@ impl Lifecycle for BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
                 {
                     return Err(std::io::Error::other(ERR_LIFECYCLE_INVALID_EXPIRED_OBJECT_ALL_VERSIONS));
                 }
+                if expiration.days.is_some() && expiration.date.is_some() {
+                    return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                        std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                        ERR_LIFECYCLE_EXPIRATION_DAYS_DATE_CONFLICT,
+                    ));
+                }
                 if let Some(expiration_date) = &expiration.date {
                     let date = OffsetDateTime::from(expiration_date.clone());
                     if date.hour() != 0 || date.minute() != 0 || date.second() != 0 || date.nanosecond() != 0 {
@@ -394,11 +404,20 @@ impl Lifecycle for BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
                 }
             }
             if let Some(transitions) = &r.transitions {
+                if transitions.len() > 1 {
+                    return Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, ERR_LIFECYCLE_MULTIPLE_TRANSITIONS));
+                }
                 for transition in transitions {
                     TransitionOps::validate(transition)?;
                 }
             }
             if let Some(noncurrent_transitions) = &r.noncurrent_version_transitions {
+                if noncurrent_transitions.len() > 1 {
+                    return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                        std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                        ERR_LIFECYCLE_MULTIPLE_NONCURRENT_TRANSITIONS,
+                    ));
+                }
                 for transition in noncurrent_transitions {
                     NoncurrentVersionTransitionOps::validate(transition)?;
                 }
@@ -473,6 +492,8 @@ impl Lifecycle for BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
     }
 
     async fn eval(&self, obj: &ObjectOpts) -> Event {
+        // A single-object lookup cannot prove how many newer historical versions
+        // survive. Count-dependent actions wait for the complete-group evaluator.
         self.eval_inner(obj, OffsetDateTime::now_utc(), 0).await
     }
 
@@ -536,23 +557,8 @@ impl Lifecycle for BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
             return Event::default();
         };
 
-        if let Some(restore_expires) = obj.restore_expires
-            && restore_expires.unix_timestamp() != 0
-            && now.unix_timestamp() > restore_expires.unix_timestamp()
-        {
-            let mut action = IlmAction::DeleteRestoredAction;
-            if !obj.is_latest {
-                action = IlmAction::DeleteRestoredVersionAction;
-            }
-
-            events.push(Event {
-                action,
-                due: Some(now),
-                rule_id: "".into(),
-                noncurrent_days: 0,
-                newer_noncurrent_versions: 0,
-                storage_class: "".into(),
-            });
+        if let Some(event) = obj.restored_copy_expiry(now) {
+            events.push(event);
         }
 
         if let Some(ref lc_rules) = self.filter_rules(obj).await {
@@ -611,17 +617,12 @@ impl Lifecycle for BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                if !obj.is_latest
-                    && let Some(ref noncurrent_version_expiration) = rule.noncurrent_version_expiration
-                    && let Some(retain_newer_noncurrent_versions) = noncurrent_version_expiration.newer_noncurrent_versions
-                    && newer_noncurrent_versions < usize::try_from(retain_newer_noncurrent_versions).unwrap_or(usize::MAX)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
                 if !obj.is_latest
                     && let Some(ref noncurrent_version_expiration) = rule.noncurrent_version_expiration
                     && let Some(noncurrent_days) = noncurrent_version_expiration.noncurrent_days
+                    && noncurrent_version_expiration
+                        .newer_noncurrent_versions
+                        .is_none_or(|retain| usize::try_from(retain).is_ok_and(|retain| newer_noncurrent_versions >= retain))
                 {
                     if let Some(successor_mod_time) = obj.successor_mod_time {
                         let expected_expiry = expected_expiry_time(successor_mod_time, noncurrent_days);
@@ -651,7 +652,11 @@ impl Lifecycle for BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
                     && let Some(noncurrent_version_transition) = rule
                         .noncurrent_version_transitions
                         .as_ref()
+                        .filter(|transitions| transitions.len() == 1)
                         .and_then(|transitions| transitions.first())
+                    && noncurrent_version_transition
+                        .newer_noncurrent_versions
+                        .is_none_or(|retain| usize::try_from(retain).is_ok_and(|retain| newer_noncurrent_versions >= retain))
                     && let Some(storage_class) = noncurrent_version_transition.storage_class.as_ref()
                     && !storage_class.as_str().is_empty()
                     && !obj.delete_marker
@@ -735,7 +740,11 @@ impl Lifecycle for BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
                     }
 
                     if obj.transition_status != TRANSITION_COMPLETE
-                        && let Some(transition) = rule.transitions.as_ref().and_then(|transitions| transitions.first())
+                        && let Some(transition) = rule
+                            .transitions
+                            .as_ref()
+                            .filter(|transitions| transitions.len() == 1)
+                            .and_then(|transitions| transitions.first())
                         && let Some(storage_class) = transition.storage_class.as_ref()
                         && !storage_class.as_str().is_empty()
                     {
@@ -758,18 +767,15 @@ impl Lifecycle for BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
         }
 
         if !events.is_empty() {
-            // Select the winning event using a strict total order (MinIO semantics):
-            // the earliest `due` wins, and ties break toward delete-type actions. A
-            // missing `due` is treated as UNIX_EPOCH. This replaces a hand-written
-            // `sort_by` comparator that was not a strict weak ordering (it could return
-            // `Ordering::Less` for both `(a, b)` and `(b, a)`), which panics on the
-            // repository toolchain and did not deterministically pick the earliest event.
+            // Eligible expiration takes precedence over transition, even when a
+            // failed transition has an earlier deadline. Within each action class,
+            // prefer the earliest deadline using a deterministic total order.
             let event = events
                 .iter()
                 .min_by_key(|event| {
                     (
-                        event.due.unwrap_or(OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH).unix_timestamp(),
                         ilm_action_priority_rank(&event.action),
+                        event.due.unwrap_or(OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH).unix_timestamp(),
                     )
                 })
                 .cloned()
@@ -1042,6 +1048,27 @@ impl ObjectOpts {
     pub fn expired_object_deletemarker(&self) -> bool {
         self.delete_marker && self.is_latest && self.num_versions == 1
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn restored_copy_expiry(&self, now: OffsetDateTime) -> Option<Event> {
+        let restore_expires = self.restore_expires?;
+        // Restore metadata alone does not prove that a durable remote copy exists.
+        if self.transition_status != TRANSITION_COMPLETE
+            || restore_expires.unix_timestamp() == 0
+            || now.unix_timestamp() <= restore_expires.unix_timestamp()
+        {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let action = if self.is_latest {
+            IlmAction::DeleteRestoredAction
+        } else {
+            IlmAction::DeleteRestoredVersionAction
+        };
+        expiration_action_has_valid_target(action, self.version_id, self.is_latest, self.delete_marker).then(|| Event {
+            action,
+            due: Some(now),
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 /// Returns whether an expiry action has enough identity to target the object
@@ -1064,11 +1091,8 @@ pub fn expiration_action_has_valid_target(
     }
 }
 
-/// Total-order rank for lifecycle actions used to break `due` ties.
-///
-/// Delete-type actions rank before every other action so that, when two events
-/// share the same `due`, a delete wins (MinIO semantics). The concrete numeric
-/// values only matter relative to each other.
+/// Eligible logical expiration takes precedence over transition and restore-copy
+/// cleanup. Deadlines break ties within an action class.
 fn ilm_action_priority_rank(action: &IlmAction) -> u8 {
     match action {
         IlmAction::DeleteAllVersionsAction
@@ -4159,6 +4183,392 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(event.action, IlmAction::NoneAction);
     }
 
+    mod adversarial_regressions {
+        use super::*;
+        use s3s::dto::NoncurrentVersionExpiration;
+
+        fn run(test: impl std::future::Future<Output = ()>) {
+            with_default_ilm_process_time(|| {
+                tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+                    .build()
+                    .expect("lifecycle regression runtime should build")
+                    .block_on(test);
+            });
+        }
+
+        fn noncurrent_object() -> ObjectOpts {
+            ObjectOpts {
+                name: "logs/object".to_string(),
+                mod_time: Some(datetime!(2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC)),
+                successor_mod_time: Some(datetime!(2020-01-02 00:00:00 UTC)),
+                version_id: Some(Uuid::from_u128(1)),
+                size: 1024 * 1024,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        #[serial]
+        fn noncurrent_transition_retains_the_requested_newer_versions() {
+            run(async {
+                let mut rule = enabled_rule(None, None, Some("retain-two-hot-versions"));
+                rule.filter = Some(LifecycleRuleFilter::default());
+                rule.noncurrent_version_transitions = Some(vec![NoncurrentVersionTransition {
+                    noncurrent_days: Some(1),
+                    newer_noncurrent_versions: Some(2),
+                    storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("WARM")),
+                }]);
+                let lc = Arc::new(BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
+                    rules: vec![rule],
+                    expiry_updated_at: None,
+                });
+                lc.validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("valid noncurrent transition policy");
+                let objects = (0..4)
+                    .map(|index| ObjectOpts {
+                        mod_time: Some(datetime!(2020-01-05 00:00:00 UTC) - Duration::days(index)),
+                        successor_mod_time: (index > 0).then_some(datetime!(2020-01-06 00:00:00 UTC) - Duration::days(index)),
+                        version_id: Some(Uuid::from_u128(u128::try_from(index + 1).expect("small version index"))),
+                        is_latest: index == 0,
+                        num_versions: 4,
+                        ..noncurrent_object()
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                let actions = crate::Evaluator::new(lc)
+                    .eval(&objects)
+                    .await
+                    .expect("complete version chain should evaluate")
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|event| event.action)
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                assert_eq!(
+                    actions,
+                    [
+                        IlmAction::NoneAction,
+                        IlmAction::NoneAction,
+                        IlmAction::NoneAction,
+                        IlmAction::TransitionVersionAction
+                    ],
+                    "the two newest noncurrent versions must remain in their current storage class"
+                );
+            });
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        #[serial]
+        fn noncurrent_transition_checks_count_age_and_single_object_context() {
+            run(async {
+                let mut rule = enabled_rule(None, None, Some("retain-two"));
+                rule.filter = Some(LifecycleRuleFilter::default());
+                rule.noncurrent_version_transitions = Some(vec![NoncurrentVersionTransition {
+                    noncurrent_days: Some(3),
+                    newer_noncurrent_versions: Some(2),
+                    storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("WARM")),
+                }]);
+                let mut lc = BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
+                    rules: vec![rule],
+                    expiry_updated_at: None,
+                };
+                lc.validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("valid counted transition");
+                let object = noncurrent_object();
+                let now = datetime!(2020-01-10 00:00:00 UTC);
+                for (newer, expected) in [
+                    (0, IlmAction::NoneAction),
+                    (1, IlmAction::NoneAction),
+                    (2, IlmAction::TransitionVersionAction),
+                    (3, IlmAction::TransitionVersionAction),
+                ] {
+                    assert_eq!(lc.eval_inner(&object, now, newer).await.action, expected, "newer count: {newer}");
+                }
+                assert_eq!(
+                    lc.eval_inner(&object, datetime!(2020-01-04 00:00:00 UTC), 2).await.action,
+                    IlmAction::NoneAction,
+                    "the retention count does not replace the age condition"
+                );
+                assert_eq!(
+                    lc.eval(&object).await.action,
+                    IlmAction::NoneAction,
+                    "a single-object lookup must not assume a complete version history"
+                );
+                for retain in [None, Some(0), Some(-1), Some(i32::MAX)] {
+                    lc.rules[0]
+                        .noncurrent_version_transitions
+                        .as_mut()
+                        .expect("transition exists")[0]
+                        .newer_noncurrent_versions = retain;
+                    let expected = if matches!(retain, None | Some(0)) {
+                        IlmAction::TransitionVersionAction
+                    } else {
+                        IlmAction::NoneAction
+                    };
+                    assert_eq!(lc.eval_inner(&object, now, 2).await.action, expected, "retention: {retain:?}");
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        #[serial]
+        fn noncurrent_expiration_and_transition_have_independent_retention_counts() {
+            run(async {
+                let mut rule = enabled_rule(None, None, Some("independent-counts"));
+                rule.filter = Some(LifecycleRuleFilter::default());
+                rule.noncurrent_version_expiration = Some(NoncurrentVersionExpiration {
+                    noncurrent_days: Some(90),
+                    newer_noncurrent_versions: Some(4),
+                });
+                rule.noncurrent_version_transitions = Some(vec![NoncurrentVersionTransition {
+                    noncurrent_days: Some(30),
+                    newer_noncurrent_versions: Some(2),
+                    storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("WARM")),
+                }]);
+                let lc = BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
+                    rules: vec![rule],
+                    expiry_updated_at: None,
+                };
+                lc.validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("valid independent retention limits");
+                let object = noncurrent_object();
+                let now = datetime!(2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC);
+                for (newer, expected) in [
+                    (1, IlmAction::NoneAction),
+                    (2, IlmAction::TransitionVersionAction),
+                    (3, IlmAction::TransitionVersionAction),
+                    (4, IlmAction::DeleteVersionAction),
+                ] {
+                    assert_eq!(lc.eval_inner(&object, now, newer).await.action, expected, "newer count: {newer}");
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        #[serial]
+        fn expiration_retention_does_not_skip_an_independent_transition() {
+            run(async {
+                let mut rule = enabled_rule(None, None, Some("transition-then-expire"));
+                rule.filter = Some(LifecycleRuleFilter::default());
+                rule.noncurrent_version_transitions = Some(vec![NoncurrentVersionTransition {
+                    noncurrent_days: Some(1),
+                    newer_noncurrent_versions: None,
+                    storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("WARM")),
+                }]);
+                let mut lc = BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
+                    rules: vec![rule],
+                    expiry_updated_at: None,
+                };
+                let object = noncurrent_object();
+                let now = datetime!(2020-01-10 00:00:00 UTC);
+                let transition_only = lc.eval_inner(&object, now, 0).await;
+                assert_eq!(transition_only.action, IlmAction::TransitionVersionAction);
+
+                lc.rules[0].noncurrent_version_expiration = Some(NoncurrentVersionExpiration {
+                    noncurrent_days: Some(90),
+                    newer_noncurrent_versions: Some(2),
+                });
+                lc.validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("valid combined policy");
+                let combined = lc.eval_inner(&object, now, 0).await;
+                assert_eq!(combined.action, transition_only.action, "retention limits expiration, not transition");
+                assert_eq!(combined.storage_class, transition_only.storage_class);
+            });
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        #[serial]
+        fn current_transition_rejects_multiple_stages_in_any_order() {
+            run(async {
+                let mut rule = enabled_rule(None, None, Some("two-current-transitions"));
+                rule.transitions = Some(vec![
+                    Transition {
+                        date: Some(datetime!(2020-03-01 00:00:00 UTC).into()),
+                        days: None,
+                        storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("COLD")),
+                    },
+                    Transition {
+                        date: Some(datetime!(2020-01-03 00:00:00 UTC).into()),
+                        days: None,
+                        storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("WARM")),
+                    },
+                ]);
+                let mut lc = BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
+                    rules: vec![rule],
+                    expiry_updated_at: None,
+                };
+                let object = ObjectOpts {
+                    is_latest: true,
+                    ..noncurrent_object()
+                };
+                let now = datetime!(2020-01-10 00:00:00 UTC);
+                for status in [ExpirationStatus::ENABLED, ExpirationStatus::DISABLED] {
+                    lc.rules[0].status = ExpirationStatus::from_static(status);
+                    for _ in 0..2 {
+                        let err = lc
+                            .validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                            .await
+                            .expect_err("multiple transition stages must be rejected");
+                        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);
+                        assert_eq!(err.to_string(), ERR_LIFECYCLE_MULTIPLE_TRANSITIONS);
+                        assert_eq!(
+                            lc.eval_inner(&object, now, 0).await.action,
+                            IlmAction::NoneAction,
+                            "legacy multi-stage configurations must not silently execute their first stage"
+                        );
+                        lc.rules[0]
+                            .transitions
+                            .as_mut()
+                            .expect("transition array is present")
+                            .reverse();
+                    }
+                }
+                lc.rules[0]
+                    .transitions
+                    .as_mut()
+                    .expect("transition array is present")
+                    .remove(0);
+                lc.rules[0].status = ExpirationStatus::from_static(ExpirationStatus::ENABLED);
+                lc.validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("one stage is supported");
+                let event = lc.eval_inner(&object, now, 0).await;
+                assert_eq!(event.action, IlmAction::TransitionAction);
+                assert_eq!(event.storage_class, "WARM");
+            });
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        #[serial]
+        fn noncurrent_transition_rejects_multiple_stages_in_any_order() {
+            run(async {
+                let mut rule = enabled_rule(None, None, Some("two-noncurrent-transitions"));
+                rule.noncurrent_version_transitions = Some(vec![
+                    NoncurrentVersionTransition {
+                        noncurrent_days: Some(30),
+                        newer_noncurrent_versions: None,
+                        storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("COLD")),
+                    },
+                    NoncurrentVersionTransition {
+                        noncurrent_days: Some(1),
+                        newer_noncurrent_versions: None,
+                        storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("WARM")),
+                    },
+                ]);
+                let mut lc = BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
+                    rules: vec![rule],
+                    expiry_updated_at: None,
+                };
+                let object = noncurrent_object();
+                let now = datetime!(2020-01-10 00:00:00 UTC);
+                for status in [ExpirationStatus::ENABLED, ExpirationStatus::DISABLED] {
+                    lc.rules[0].status = ExpirationStatus::from_static(status);
+                    for _ in 0..2 {
+                        let err = lc
+                            .validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                            .await
+                            .expect_err("multiple noncurrent transition stages must be rejected");
+                        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);
+                        assert_eq!(err.to_string(), ERR_LIFECYCLE_MULTIPLE_NONCURRENT_TRANSITIONS);
+                        assert_eq!(
+                            lc.eval_inner(&object, now, 0).await.action,
+                            IlmAction::NoneAction,
+                            "legacy multi-stage configurations must not silently execute their first stage"
+                        );
+                        lc.rules[0]
+                            .noncurrent_version_transitions
+                            .as_mut()
+                            .expect("transition array is present")
+                            .reverse();
+                    }
+                }
+                lc.rules[0]
+                    .noncurrent_version_transitions
+                    .as_mut()
+                    .expect("transition array is present")
+                    .remove(0);
+                lc.rules[0].status = ExpirationStatus::from_static(ExpirationStatus::ENABLED);
+                lc.validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("one stage is supported");
+                let event = lc.eval_inner(&object, now, 0).await;
+                assert_eq!(event.action, IlmAction::TransitionVersionAction);
+                assert_eq!(event.storage_class, "WARM");
+            });
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        #[serial]
+        fn expiration_rejects_simultaneous_days_and_date() {
+            run(async {
+                let mut lc = BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
+                    rules: vec![enabled_rule(
+                        Some(LifecycleExpiration {
+                            days: Some(1),
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        }),
+                        None,
+                        Some("ambiguous-expiry"),
+                    )],
+                    expiry_updated_at: None,
+                };
+                lc.validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("a single Days expiration is valid");
+                lc.rules[0].expiration.as_mut().expect("expiration is present").date =
+                    Some(datetime!(2099-01-01 00:00:00 UTC).into());
+                let err = lc
+                    .validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect_err("Days and Date are mutually exclusive; accepting both silently overrides Days");
+                assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);
+                assert_eq!(err.to_string(), ERR_LIFECYCLE_EXPIRATION_DAYS_DATE_CONFLICT);
+            });
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        #[serial]
+        fn overdue_transition_does_not_starve_permanent_expiration() {
+            run(async {
+                let mut rule = enabled_rule(
+                    Some(LifecycleExpiration {
+                        days: Some(90),
+                        ..Default::default()
+                    }),
+                    None,
+                    Some("archive-then-delete"),
+                );
+                rule.transitions = Some(vec![Transition {
+                    days: Some(30),
+                    date: None,
+                    storage_class: Some(TransitionStorageClass::from_static("WARM")),
+                }]);
+                let lc = BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
+                    rules: vec![rule],
+                    expiry_updated_at: None,
+                };
+                lc.validate(&ObjectLockConfiguration::default())
+                    .await
+                    .expect("valid transition and expiration policy");
+                let object = ObjectOpts {
+                    is_latest: true,
+                    version_id: None,
+                    transition_status: TRANSITION_PENDING.to_string(),
+                    ..noncurrent_object()
+                };
+                let before_expiration = lc.eval_inner(&object, datetime!(2020-02-15 00:00:00 UTC), 0).await;
+                assert_eq!(before_expiration.action, IlmAction::TransitionAction);
+                let overdue = lc.eval_inner(&object, datetime!(2020-05-01 00:00:00 UTC), 0).await;
+                assert_eq!(
+                    overdue.action,
+                    IlmAction::DeleteAction,
+                    "an unavailable tier must not prevent permanent expiration indefinitely"
+                );
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Property-based tests for the rule evaluator (backlog#1148 ilm-14,
     /// follow-up to backlog#1030 / rustfs#4455).
     ///
@@ -4169,7 +4579,7 @@ mod tests {
     ///
     /// * `eval_inner` never panics and is deterministic for a fixed input;
     /// * the winning event matches an independently recomputed candidate set:
-    ///   earliest `due` wins, ties break toward delete-class actions (the
+    ///   eligible expiration wins over transition, then earliest `due` wins (the
     ///   `min_by_key` selection that replaced the rustfs#4455 comparator);
     /// * `expected_expiry_time` is monotonically non-decreasing in `days` and
     ///   always lands on the processing boundary, both at production defaults
@@ -4458,8 +4868,8 @@ mod tests {
         /// consider for a live current version under `selection`-shaped rules
         /// (expiration and first-transition only, no filters): expiration
         /// fires when `now >= due`, transition when `now > due` and the object
-        /// has not already transitioned. Selection semantics under test:
-        /// earliest due wins, ties prefer delete-class.
+        /// has not already transitioned. Eligible expiration wins over transition;
+        /// the earliest deadline wins within the selected action class.
         fn oracle_candidates(lc: &BucketLifecycleConfiguration, obj: &ObjectOpts, now: OffsetDateTime) -> Vec<Candidate> {
             let mod_time = obj.mod_time.expect("selection strategy always sets mod_time");
             let mut candidates = Vec::new();
@@ -4548,8 +4958,8 @@ mod tests {
             /// Differential test of winner selection (the rustfs#4455 fix):
             /// for a live current version under randomized expiration and
             /// transition rules, `eval_inner`'s winner must carry the
-            /// minimum `(due, rank)` of the independently recomputed
-            /// candidate set — earliest due wins, ties prefer delete-class —
+            /// earliest expiration from the independently recomputed candidate
+            /// set, or the earliest transition when no expiration is eligible,
             /// and must be `NoneAction` exactly when that set is empty.
             #[test]
             #[serial]
@@ -4578,7 +4988,13 @@ mod tests {
 
                 // Oracle and evaluator must observe the same (pinned) time env.
                 let (event, expected) = with_production_time_env(|| {
-                    let expected = oracle_candidates(&lc, &obj, now).into_iter().min();
+                    let candidates = oracle_candidates(&lc, &obj, now);
+                    let expected = candidates
+                        .iter()
+                        .filter(|(_, rank)| *rank == 0)
+                        .min()
+                        .copied()
+                        .or_else(|| candidates.into_iter().min());
                     let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
                         .enable_all()
                         .build()

crates/lifecycle/src/evaluator.rs

@@ -116,13 +116,10 @@ impl Evaluator {
                             break 'top_loop;
                         }
                     }
-                    IlmAction::DeleteAction
-                    | IlmAction::DeleteRestoredAction
-                    | IlmAction::DeleteVersionAction
-                    | IlmAction::DeleteRestoredVersionAction
-                        if self.is_object_locked(obj) =>
-                    {
-                        event = Event::default();
+                    // Restore expiry removes only the temporary local copy; the
+                    // retained logical version and its remote data remain intact.
+                    IlmAction::DeleteAction | IlmAction::DeleteVersionAction if self.is_object_locked(obj) => {
+                        event = obj.restored_copy_expiry(now).unwrap_or_default();
                     }
                     _ => {}
                 }
@@ -206,6 +203,95 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
     use rustfs_replication::{ReplicationStatusType, VersionPurgeStatusType};
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn adversarial_restore_expiry_survives_legal_hold() {
+        let mut policy = (*latest_expiration_lifecycle()).clone();
+        policy.rules[0].status = ExpirationStatus::from_static(ExpirationStatus::DISABLED);
+        let policy = Arc::new(policy);
+        policy
+            .validate(&lock_enabled_without_default_retention())
+            .await
+            .expect("valid disabled lifecycle rule");
+        let mut objects = [true, false].map(|is_latest| ObjectOpts {
+            is_latest,
+            num_versions: 2,
+            mod_time: Some(
+                OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(if is_latest { 1_200_000 } else { 1_000_000 })
+                    .expect("fixed version timestamp"),
+            ),
+            successor_mod_time: (!is_latest)
+                .then(|| OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_200_000).expect("fixed successor timestamp")),
+            transition_status: crate::TRANSITION_COMPLETE.to_string(),
+            restore_expires: Some(OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(2_000_000).expect("fixed expired restore timestamp")),
+            ..current_object_opts(ReplicationStatusType::Completed)
+        });
+        let evaluator = Evaluator::new(policy).with_lock_retention(Some(lock_enabled_without_default_retention()));
+        let expected = [IlmAction::DeleteRestoredAction, IlmAction::DeleteRestoredVersionAction];
+        let unlocked = evaluator
+            .eval(&objects)
+            .await
+            .expect("unlocked restored versions should evaluate");
+        assert_eq!(unlocked.iter().map(|event| event.action).collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected);
+
+        for object in &mut objects {
+            object
+                .user_defined
+                .insert(X_AMZ_OBJECT_LOCK_LEGAL_HOLD.as_str().to_string(), "ON".to_string());
+        }
+        let locked = evaluator
+            .eval(&objects)
+            .await
+            .expect("locked restored versions should evaluate");
+        assert_eq!(
+            locked.iter().map(|event| event.action).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            expected,
+            "expiring a restored local copy preserves the retained logical version and remote object"
+        );
+
+        let mut expiring_policy = (*latest_expiration_lifecycle()).clone();
+        expiring_policy.rules[0].noncurrent_version_expiration = Some(NoncurrentVersionExpiration {
+            noncurrent_days: Some(1),
+            newer_noncurrent_versions: None,
+        });
+        let expiring_evaluator =
+            Evaluator::new(Arc::new(expiring_policy)).with_lock_retention(Some(lock_enabled_without_default_retention()));
+        let locked = expiring_evaluator
+            .eval(&objects)
+            .await
+            .expect("locked expired versions should evaluate");
+        assert_eq!(
+            locked.iter().map(|event| event.action).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            expected,
+            "blocked logical expiration must still allow an eligible restore-copy cleanup"
+        );
+
+        for status in [ReplicationStatusType::Pending, ReplicationStatusType::Failed] {
+            for object in &mut objects {
+                object.replication_status = status.clone();
+            }
+            for evaluator in [&evaluator, &expiring_evaluator] {
+                let events = evaluator.eval(&objects).await.expect("pending replication should evaluate");
+                assert!(events.iter().all(|event| event.action == IlmAction::NoneAction));
+            }
+        }
+        for object in &mut objects {
+            object.replication_status = ReplicationStatusType::Completed;
+        }
+        for transition_status in ["", crate::TRANSITION_PENDING, "unknown"] {
+            for object in &mut objects {
+                object.transition_status = transition_status.to_string();
+            }
+            for evaluator in [&evaluator, &expiring_evaluator] {
+                let events = evaluator.eval(&objects).await.expect("incomplete transition should evaluate");
+                assert!(
+                    events.iter().all(|event| event.action == IlmAction::NoneAction),
+                    "restore metadata cannot authorize cleanup without a completed transition"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn expired_marker_lifecycle() -> Arc<BucketLifecycleConfiguration> {
         Arc::new(BucketLifecycleConfiguration {
             expiry_updated_at: None,

crates/madmin/src/client.rs

@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ pub struct BackgroundHealStatus {
     pub heal_active_tasks: u64,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub cluster_status_complete: bool,
+    /// Missing on older servers; absent coverage or counts mean unknown.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub coverage: Option<BackgroundHealCoverage>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub progress: Option<serde_json::Value>,
     /// Remaining wire fields (flattened `BackgroundHealInfo` plus the
@@ -190,6 +193,22 @@ pub struct BackgroundHealStatus {
     pub extra: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
 }
 
+/// Node coverage of a background heal status snapshot. Counters describe only
+/// nodes with usable snapshots; unknown peers may still be running heal work.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct BackgroundHealCoverage {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub expected: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub responded: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub unknown: Option<usize>,
+    /// Stable reason codes; unknown future codes are preserved verbatim.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub reasons: Vec<String>,
+}
+
 /// `GET /v3/scanner/status` response, typed at the fields operators branch
 /// on; everything else passes through verbatim.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
@@ -630,9 +649,39 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(status.state, "active");
         assert_eq!(status.heal_queue_length, 3);
         assert!(status.cluster_status_complete);
+        assert!(status.coverage.is_none(), "legacy payloads have unknown coverage");
         assert!(status.extra.contains_key("healOperations"), "unknown nested payloads must pass through");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn background_heal_status_missing_coverage_fields_remain_unknown() {
+        for raw in [json!({"state": "degraded"}), json!({"state": "degraded", "coverage": {}})] {
+            let status: BackgroundHealStatus = serde_json::from_value(raw).expect("partial legacy payload decodes");
+            assert!(!status.cluster_status_complete);
+            if let Some(coverage) = status.coverage {
+                assert_eq!(coverage.expected, None);
+                assert_eq!(coverage.responded, None);
+                assert_eq!(coverage.unknown, None);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn background_heal_status_preserves_future_fields_and_reasons() {
+        let raw = json!({
+            "state": "degraded", "clusterStatusComplete": false,
+            "coverage": {"expected": 3, "responded": 1, "unknown": 2, "reasons": ["future_reason"], "futureCoverage": true},
+            "futureStatus": {"value": 7}
+        });
+        let status: BackgroundHealStatus = serde_json::from_value(raw).expect("future additive fields decode");
+        assert_eq!(status.extra["futureStatus"]["value"], 7);
+        let coverage = status.coverage.expect("coverage supplied");
+        assert_eq!(coverage.expected, Some(3));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.responded, Some(1));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.unknown, Some(2));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.reasons, ["future_reason"]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn scanner_status_defaults_freshness_to_unknown() {
         let raw = json!({"enabled": true, "freshness": {"state": "stale"}, "metrics": {}});
@@ -721,6 +770,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let status = client.background_heal_status().await.expect("status decodes");
         assert_eq!(status.state, "idle");
+        assert!(status.coverage.is_none(), "older HTTP responses retain unknown coverage");
         let request = server.recorded();
         // The server registers this route POST-only; a GET here answers 405.
         assert_eq!(request.method, "POST");
@@ -728,6 +778,28 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(request.query, "");
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn background_heal_status_decodes_partial_coverage_over_http() {
+        let body = r#"{"state":"degraded","healQueueLength":0,"healActiveTasks":0,"clusterStatusComplete":false,"coverage":{"expected":3,"responded":1,"unknown":2,"reasons":["notification_system_unavailable"]},"futureStatus":true}"#;
+        let server = TestServer::spawn(body, 200).await;
+        let client = AdminClient::new(&format!("http://{}", server.addr), "ak", "sk").expect("client builds");
+        let status = client
+            .background_heal_status()
+            .await
+            .expect("partial status is a successful response");
+        assert_eq!(status.state, "degraded");
+        assert!(!status.cluster_status_complete);
+        assert_eq!(status.extra["futureStatus"], true);
+        let coverage = status.coverage.expect("partial coverage supplied");
+        assert_eq!(coverage.expected, Some(3));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.responded, Some(1));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.unknown, Some(2));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.reasons, ["notification_system_unavailable"]);
+        let request = server.recorded();
+        assert_eq!(request.method, "POST");
+        assert_eq!(request.query, "", "reading status must not send heal control parameters");
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn http_error_status_maps_to_a_typed_error_with_body() {
         let server = TestServer::spawn(r#"{"code":"AccessDenied","message":"denied"}"#, 403).await;

crates/protos/src/generated/proto_gen/node_service.rs

@@ -1283,6 +1283,54 @@ pub struct ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshotResponse {
     #[prost(bytes = "bytes", tag = "7")]
     pub response_proof: ::prost::bytes::Bytes,
 }
+/// Receiver-only protocol. Producers must retain whole-cycle ACK until they
+/// have a durable per-bucket publication proof.
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry {
+    #[prost(string, tag = "1")]
+    pub bucket: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(bytes = "bytes", tag = "2")]
+    pub bucket_incarnation: ::prost::bytes::Bytes,
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "3")]
+    pub generation: u64,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+    #[prost(bytes = "bytes", tag = "1")]
+    pub challenge: ::prost::bytes::Bytes,
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "2")]
+    pub protocol_version: u32,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "3")]
+    pub owner_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "4")]
+    pub instance_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    /// Only scope 1 (a complete bucket) is supported; zero is invalid.
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "5")]
+    pub scope: u32,
+    #[prost(bool, tag = "6")]
+    pub probe_only: bool,
+    #[prost(message, repeated, tag = "7")]
+    pub entries: ::prost::alloc::vec::Vec<ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry>,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse {
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "1")]
+    pub protocol_version: u32,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "2")]
+    pub owner_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "3")]
+    pub instance_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(bool, tag = "4")]
+    pub supported: bool,
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "5")]
+    pub max_entries: u32,
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "6")]
+    pub max_request_bytes: u32,
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "7")]
+    pub cleared: u64,
+    #[prost(bytes = "bytes", tag = "8")]
+    pub response_proof: ::prost::bytes::Bytes,
+}
 /// A short-lived storage-owned read admission used only around a final
 /// scanner metadata publication.  It is intentionally separate from the
 /// ScannerActivity observation wire so v6/v7 rolling compatibility remains
@@ -6282,6 +6330,244 @@ pub mod node_service_server {
     }
 }
 /// Generated client implementations.
+pub mod scanner_control_service_client {
+    #![allow(unused_variables, dead_code, missing_docs, clippy::wildcard_imports, clippy::let_unit_value)]
+    use tonic::codegen::http::Uri;
+    use tonic::codegen::*;
+    #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+    pub struct ScannerControlServiceClient<T> {
+        inner: tonic::client::Grpc<T>,
+    }
+    impl ScannerControlServiceClient<tonic::transport::Channel> {
+        /// Attempt to create a new client by connecting to a given endpoint.
+        pub async fn connect<D>(dst: D) -> Result<Self, tonic::transport::Error>
+        where
+            D: TryInto<tonic::transport::Endpoint>,
+            D::Error: Into<StdError>,
+        {
+            let conn = tonic::transport::Endpoint::new(dst)?.connect().await?;
+            Ok(Self::new(conn))
+        }
+    }
+    impl<T> ScannerControlServiceClient<T>
+    where
+        T: tonic::client::GrpcService<tonic::body::Body>,
+        T::Error: Into<StdError>,
+        T::ResponseBody: Body<Data = Bytes> + std::marker::Send + 'static,
+        <T::ResponseBody as Body>::Error: Into<StdError> + std::marker::Send,
+    {
+        pub fn new(inner: T) -> Self {
+            let inner = tonic::client::Grpc::new(inner);
+            Self { inner }
+        }
+        pub fn with_origin(inner: T, origin: Uri) -> Self {
+            let inner = tonic::client::Grpc::with_origin(inner, origin);
+            Self { inner }
+        }
+        pub fn with_interceptor<F>(inner: T, interceptor: F) -> ScannerControlServiceClient<InterceptedService<T, F>>
+        where
+            F: tonic::service::Interceptor,
+            T::ResponseBody: Default,
+            T: tonic::codegen::Service<
+                    http::Request<tonic::body::Body>,
+                    Response = http::Response<<T as tonic::client::GrpcService<tonic::body::Body>>::ResponseBody>,
+                >,
+            <T as tonic::codegen::Service<http::Request<tonic::body::Body>>>::Error:
+                Into<StdError> + std::marker::Send + std::marker::Sync,
+        {
+            ScannerControlServiceClient::new(InterceptedService::new(inner, interceptor))
+        }
+        /// Compress requests with the given encoding.
+        ///
+        /// This requires the server to support it otherwise it might respond with an
+        /// error.
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn send_compressed(mut self, encoding: CompressionEncoding) -> Self {
+            self.inner = self.inner.send_compressed(encoding);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Enable decompressing responses.
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn accept_compressed(mut self, encoding: CompressionEncoding) -> Self {
+            self.inner = self.inner.accept_compressed(encoding);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Limits the maximum size of a decoded message.
+        ///
+        /// Default: `4MB`
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn max_decoding_message_size(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+            self.inner = self.inner.max_decoding_message_size(limit);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Limits the maximum size of an encoded message.
+        ///
+        /// Default: `usize::MAX`
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn max_encoding_message_size(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+            self.inner = self.inner.max_encoding_message_size(limit);
+            self
+        }
+        pub async fn scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+            &mut self,
+            request: impl tonic::IntoRequest<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>,
+        ) -> std::result::Result<tonic::Response<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse>, tonic::Status> {
+            self.inner
+                .ready()
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| tonic::Status::unknown(format!("Service was not ready: {}", e.into())))?;
+            let codec = tonic_prost::ProstCodec::default();
+            let path = http::uri::PathAndQuery::from_static("/node_service.ScannerControlService/ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck");
+            let mut req = request.into_request();
+            req.extensions_mut()
+                .insert(GrpcMethod::new("node_service.ScannerControlService", "ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck"));
+            self.inner.unary(req, path, codec).await
+        }
+    }
+}
+/// Generated server implementations.
+pub mod scanner_control_service_server {
+    #![allow(unused_variables, dead_code, missing_docs, clippy::wildcard_imports, clippy::let_unit_value)]
+    use tonic::codegen::*;
+    /// Generated trait containing gRPC methods that should be implemented for use with ScannerControlServiceServer.
+    #[async_trait]
+    pub trait ScannerControlService: std::marker::Send + std::marker::Sync + 'static {
+        async fn scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+            &self,
+            request: tonic::Request<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>,
+        ) -> std::result::Result<tonic::Response<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse>, tonic::Status>;
+    }
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    pub struct ScannerControlServiceServer<T> {
+        inner: Arc<T>,
+        accept_compression_encodings: EnabledCompressionEncodings,
+        send_compression_encodings: EnabledCompressionEncodings,
+        max_decoding_message_size: Option<usize>,
+        max_encoding_message_size: Option<usize>,
+    }
+    impl<T> ScannerControlServiceServer<T> {
+        pub fn new(inner: T) -> Self {
+            Self::from_arc(Arc::new(inner))
+        }
+        pub fn from_arc(inner: Arc<T>) -> Self {
+            Self {
+                inner,
+                accept_compression_encodings: Default::default(),
+                send_compression_encodings: Default::default(),
+                max_decoding_message_size: None,
+                max_encoding_message_size: None,
+            }
+        }
+        pub fn with_interceptor<F>(inner: T, interceptor: F) -> InterceptedService<Self, F>
+        where
+            F: tonic::service::Interceptor,
+        {
+            InterceptedService::new(Self::new(inner), interceptor)
+        }
+        /// Enable decompressing requests with the given encoding.
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn accept_compressed(mut self, encoding: CompressionEncoding) -> Self {
+            self.accept_compression_encodings.enable(encoding);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Compress responses with the given encoding, if the client supports it.
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn send_compressed(mut self, encoding: CompressionEncoding) -> Self {
+            self.send_compression_encodings.enable(encoding);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Limits the maximum size of a decoded message.
+        ///
+        /// Default: `4MB`
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn max_decoding_message_size(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+            self.max_decoding_message_size = Some(limit);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Limits the maximum size of an encoded message.
+        ///
+        /// Default: `usize::MAX`
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn max_encoding_message_size(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+            self.max_encoding_message_size = Some(limit);
+            self
+        }
+    }
+    impl<T, B> tonic::codegen::Service<http::Request<B>> for ScannerControlServiceServer<T>
+    where
+        T: ScannerControlService,
+        B: Body + std::marker::Send + 'static,
+        B::Error: Into<StdError> + std::marker::Send + 'static,
+    {
+        type Response = http::Response<tonic::body::Body>;
+        type Error = std::convert::Infallible;
+        type Future = BoxFuture<Self::Response, Self::Error>;
+        fn poll_ready(&mut self, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<std::result::Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
+        }
+        fn call(&mut self, req: http::Request<B>) -> Self::Future {
+            match req.uri().path() {
+                "/node_service.ScannerControlService/ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck" => {
+                    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+                    struct ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckSvc<T: ScannerControlService>(pub Arc<T>);
+                    impl<T: ScannerControlService> tonic::server::UnaryService<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>
+                        for ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckSvc<T>
+                    {
+                        type Response = super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse;
+                        type Future = BoxFuture<tonic::Response<Self::Response>, tonic::Status>;
+                        fn call(&mut self, request: tonic::Request<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>) -> Self::Future {
+                            let inner = Arc::clone(&self.0);
+                            let fut = async move {
+                                <T as ScannerControlService>::scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(&inner, request).await
+                            };
+                            Box::pin(fut)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    let accept_compression_encodings = self.accept_compression_encodings;
+                    let send_compression_encodings = self.send_compression_encodings;
+                    let max_decoding_message_size = self.max_decoding_message_size;
+                    let max_encoding_message_size = self.max_encoding_message_size;
+                    let inner = self.inner.clone();
+                    let fut = async move {
+                        let method = ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckSvc(inner);
+                        let codec = tonic_prost::ProstCodec::default();
+                        let mut grpc = tonic::server::Grpc::new(codec)
+                            .apply_compression_config(accept_compression_encodings, send_compression_encodings)
+                            .apply_max_message_size_config(max_decoding_message_size, max_encoding_message_size);
+                        let res = grpc.unary(method, req).await;
+                        Ok(res)
+                    };
+                    Box::pin(fut)
+                }
+                _ => Box::pin(async move {
+                    let mut response = http::Response::new(tonic::body::Body::default());
+                    let headers = response.headers_mut();
+                    headers.insert(tonic::Status::GRPC_STATUS, (tonic::Code::Unimplemented as i32).into());
+                    headers.insert(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, tonic::metadata::GRPC_CONTENT_TYPE);
+                    Ok(response)
+                }),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    impl<T> Clone for ScannerControlServiceServer<T> {
+        fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+            let inner = self.inner.clone();
+            Self {
+                inner,
+                accept_compression_encodings: self.accept_compression_encodings,
+                send_compression_encodings: self.send_compression_encodings,
+                max_decoding_message_size: self.max_decoding_message_size,
+                max_encoding_message_size: self.max_encoding_message_size,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    /// Generated gRPC service name
+    pub const SERVICE_NAME: &str = "node_service.ScannerControlService";
+    impl<T> tonic::server::NamedService for ScannerControlServiceServer<T> {
+        const NAME: &'static str = SERVICE_NAME;
+    }
+}
+/// Generated client implementations.
 pub mod heal_control_service_client {
     #![allow(unused_variables, dead_code, missing_docs, clippy::wildcard_imports, clippy::let_unit_value)]
     use tonic::codegen::http::Uri;

crates/protos/src/lib.rs

@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ pub fn canonical_scanner_activity_v7_response_body(
     Ok(body)
 }
 
+pub mod scoped_dirty_usage;
+
 pub fn canonical_scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot_request_body(
     request: &proto_gen::node_service::ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshotRequest,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::num::TryFromIntError> {

crates/protos/src/node.proto

@@ -903,6 +903,36 @@ message ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshotResponse {
   bytes response_proof = 7;
 }
 
+// Receiver-only protocol. Producers must retain whole-cycle ACK until they
+// have a durable per-bucket publication proof.
+message ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry {
+  string bucket = 1;
+  bytes bucket_incarnation = 2;
+  uint64 generation = 3;
+}
+
+message ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+  bytes challenge = 1;
+  uint32 protocol_version = 2;
+  string owner_id = 3;
+  string instance_id = 4;
+  // Only scope 1 (a complete bucket) is supported; zero is invalid.
+  uint32 scope = 5;
+  bool probe_only = 6;
+  repeated ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry entries = 7;
+}
+
+message ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse {
+  uint32 protocol_version = 1;
+  string owner_id = 2;
+  string instance_id = 3;
+  bool supported = 4;
+  uint32 max_entries = 5;
+  uint32 max_request_bytes = 6;
+  uint64 cleared = 7;
+  bytes response_proof = 8;
+}
+
 // A short-lived storage-owned read admission used only around a final
 // scanner metadata publication.  It is intentionally separate from the
 // ScannerActivity observation wire so v6/v7 rolling compatibility remains
@@ -1245,6 +1275,10 @@ service NodeService {
   rpc GetLiveEvents(GetLiveEventsRequest) returns (GetLiveEventsResponse) {}; // auth-policy: read-only
 }
 
+service ScannerControlService {
+  rpc ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck(ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest) returns (ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse) {}; // auth-policy: body-bound
+}
+
 service HealControlService {
   rpc HealControl(HealControlRequest) returns (HealControlResponse) {};
 }

crates/protos/src/scoped_dirty_usage.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+// Copyright 2024 RustFS Team
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+//! Bounded, authenticated receiver contract for per-bucket dirty acknowledgements.
+
+use crate::CanonicalBodyBuilder;
+use crate::proto_gen::node_service::{ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest, ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse};
+use prost::Message;
+
+pub const SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 1;
+pub const SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_SCOPE: u32 = 1;
+pub const SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES: u32 = 32;
+pub const SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES: u32 = 8192;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError {
+    UnsupportedProtocol,
+    UnsupportedScope,
+    InvalidIdentity,
+    InvalidGeneration,
+    InvalidEntries,
+    TooLarge,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(match self {
+            Self::UnsupportedProtocol => "unsupported scoped dirty usage protocol",
+            Self::UnsupportedScope => "unsupported scoped dirty usage scope",
+            Self::InvalidIdentity => "invalid scoped dirty usage identity",
+            Self::InvalidGeneration => "invalid scoped dirty usage generation",
+            Self::InvalidEntries => "scoped dirty usage entries must be nonempty and strictly ordered",
+            Self::TooLarge => "scoped dirty usage request exceeds its budget",
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError {}
+
+pub fn validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(
+    request: &ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest,
+) -> Result<(), ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError> {
+    use ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError as E;
+    if request.entries.len() > SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES as usize
+        || request.encoded_len() > SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES as usize
+    {
+        return Err(E::TooLarge);
+    }
+    if request.protocol_version != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION {
+        return Err(E::UnsupportedProtocol);
+    }
+    if request.scope != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_SCOPE {
+        return Err(E::UnsupportedScope);
+    }
+    if request.challenge.len() != 16 || request.owner_id.len() != 36 || request.instance_id.len() != 32 {
+        return Err(E::InvalidIdentity);
+    }
+    if request.entries.is_empty() || request.entries.windows(2).any(|pair| pair[0].bucket >= pair[1].bucket) {
+        return Err(E::InvalidEntries);
+    }
+    for entry in &request.entries {
+        if entry.bucket.is_empty()
+            || entry.bucket.len() > 63
+            || entry.bucket_incarnation.len() != 16
+            || entry.bucket_incarnation.iter().all(|byte| *byte == 0)
+        {
+            return Err(E::InvalidIdentity);
+        }
+        if entry.generation == 0 || entry.generation == u64::MAX {
+            return Err(E::InvalidGeneration);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(
+    request: &ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest,
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError> {
+    validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(request)?;
+    let mut body = CanonicalBodyBuilder::new(b"rustfs-scoped-dirty-usage-ack-request-v1\0");
+    let encode = |_: std::num::TryFromIntError| ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::TooLarge;
+    body.push_bytes(request.challenge.as_ref()).map_err(encode)?;
+    body.push_u32(request.protocol_version);
+    body.push_str(&request.owner_id).map_err(encode)?;
+    body.push_str(&request.instance_id).map_err(encode)?;
+    body.push_u32(request.scope);
+    body.push_bool(request.probe_only);
+    body.push_count(request.entries.len()).map_err(encode)?;
+    for entry in &request.entries {
+        body.push_str(&entry.bucket).map_err(encode)?;
+        body.push_bytes(entry.bucket_incarnation.as_ref()).map_err(encode)?;
+        body.push_u64(entry.generation);
+    }
+    Ok(body.finish())
+}
+
+pub fn canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(
+    request_body: &[u8],
+    response: &ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse,
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::num::TryFromIntError> {
+    let mut body = CanonicalBodyBuilder::new(b"rustfs-scoped-dirty-usage-ack-response-v1\0");
+    body.push_bytes(request_body)?;
+    body.push_u32(response.protocol_version);
+    body.push_str(&response.owner_id)?;
+    body.push_str(&response.instance_id)?;
+    body.push_bool(response.supported);
+    body.push_u32(response.max_entries);
+    body.push_u32(response.max_request_bytes);
+    body.push_u64(response.cleared);
+    Ok(body.finish())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry;
+
+    fn request() -> ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+        ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+            challenge: vec![1; 16].into(),
+            protocol_version: 1,
+            owner_id: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111".into(),
+            instance_id: "a".repeat(32),
+            scope: 1,
+            probe_only: false,
+            entries: vec![ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry {
+                bucket: "photos".into(),
+                bucket_incarnation: vec![2; 16].into(),
+                generation: 8,
+            }],
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_binds_every_request_field() {
+        let base = request();
+        let baseline = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&base).expect("valid request");
+        for field in 0..9 {
+            let mut changed = base.clone();
+            match field {
+                0 => changed.challenge = vec![3; 16].into(),
+                1 => changed.protocol_version += 1,
+                2 => changed.owner_id = "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222".into(),
+                3 => changed.instance_id = "b".repeat(32),
+                4 => changed.scope += 1,
+                5 => changed.probe_only = true,
+                6 => changed.entries[0].bucket = "videos".into(),
+                7 => changed.entries[0].bucket_incarnation = vec![3; 16].into(),
+                _ => changed.entries[0].generation += 1,
+            }
+            assert!(canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&changed).map_or(true, |body| body != baseline));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_binds_capability_and_ack_to_exact_request() {
+        let request = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&request()).expect("valid request");
+        let response = ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse {
+            protocol_version: 1,
+            owner_id: "owner".into(),
+            instance_id: "process".into(),
+            supported: true,
+            max_entries: 32,
+            max_request_bytes: 8192,
+            cleared: 1,
+            response_proof: vec![1; 32].into(),
+        };
+        let baseline = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(&request, &response).expect("valid response");
+        for field in 0..7 {
+            let mut changed = response.clone();
+            match field {
+                0 => changed.protocol_version += 1,
+                1 => changed.owner_id.push('x'),
+                2 => changed.instance_id.push('x'),
+                3 => changed.supported = false,
+                4 => changed.max_entries += 1,
+                5 => changed.max_request_bytes += 1,
+                _ => changed.cleared += 1,
+            }
+            assert_ne!(
+                canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(&request, &changed).expect("response variant"),
+                baseline
+            );
+        }
+        assert_ne!(
+            canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(b"another request", &response).expect("request variant"),
+            baseline
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_rejects_overflow_unknown_and_duplicate_entries() {
+        let base = request();
+        let mut invalid = base.clone();
+        invalid.entries = vec![base.entries[0].clone(); SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES as usize + 1];
+        assert_eq!(validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&invalid), Err(ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::TooLarge));
+        invalid = base.clone();
+        invalid.entries[0].bucket = "x".repeat(SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES as usize);
+        assert_eq!(validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&invalid), Err(ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::TooLarge));
+        invalid = base.clone();
+        invalid.entries.push(base.entries[0].clone());
+        assert_eq!(
+            validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&invalid),
+            Err(ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::InvalidEntries)
+        );
+        invalid = base;
+        invalid.entries[0].bucket_incarnation = vec![0; 16].into();
+        assert_eq!(
+            validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&invalid),
+            Err(ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::InvalidIdentity)
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/s3-client/src/api_get_object.rs

@@ -120,18 +120,10 @@ impl TransitionClient {
 
         let h = resp.headers().clone();
 
-        let mut body = resp.into_body();
         let body_vec = if let Some(limit) = max_response_bytes {
-            collect_response_body(body, limit).await?
+            self.collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), limit).await?
         } else {
-            let mut body_vec = Vec::new();
-            while let Some(frame) = body.frame().await {
-                let frame = frame.map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
-                if let Some(data) = frame.data_ref() {
-                    body_vec.extend_from_slice(data);
-                }
-            }
-            body_vec
+            self.collect_response_body_unbounded(resp.into_body()).await?
         };
         Ok((object_stat, h, BufReader::new(Cursor::new(body_vec))))
     }
@@ -143,7 +135,7 @@ mod bounded_response_tests {
     use crate::{
         api_get_options::GetObjectOptions,
         credentials::{Credentials, SignatureType, Static, Value},
-        transition_api::{BucketLookupType, Options, TransitionClient, collect_response_body},
+        transition_api::{BucketLookupType, Options, TransitionClient, TransitionClientTimeouts, collect_response_body},
     };
     use http_body_util::Full;
     use hyper::body::Bytes;
@@ -175,7 +167,31 @@ mod bounded_response_tests {
         assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
     }
 
-    async fn bounded_get_fixture(body: &'static [u8]) -> Option<(TransitionClient, tokio::task::JoinHandle<String>)> {
+    fn test_options() -> Options {
+        Options {
+            creds: Credentials::new(Static(Value {
+                access_key_id: "access-key".to_string(),
+                secret_access_key: "secret-key".to_string(),
+                signer_type: SignatureType::SignatureV4,
+                ..Default::default()
+            })),
+            region: "us-east-1".to_string(),
+            bucket_lookup: BucketLookupType::BucketLookupPath,
+            max_retries: 1,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn client_for_endpoint(endpoint: &str, timeouts: TransitionClientTimeouts) -> TransitionClient {
+        TransitionClient::new_with_timeouts(endpoint, test_options(), "", timeouts)
+            .await
+            .expect("fixture client should build")
+    }
+
+    async fn bounded_get_fixture_with_timeouts(
+        body: &'static [u8],
+        timeouts: TransitionClientTimeouts,
+    ) -> Option<(TransitionClient, tokio::task::JoinHandle<String>)> {
         let listener = match TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await {
             Ok(listener) => listener,
             Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => return None,
@@ -209,27 +225,14 @@ mod bounded_response_tests {
             stream.write_all(body).await.expect("fixture should write response body");
             request
         });
-        let client = TransitionClient::new(
-            &endpoint,
-            Options {
-                creds: Credentials::new(Static(Value {
-                    access_key_id: "access-key".to_string(),
-                    secret_access_key: "secret-key".to_string(),
-                    signer_type: SignatureType::SignatureV4,
-                    ..Default::default()
-                })),
-                region: "us-east-1".to_string(),
-                bucket_lookup: BucketLookupType::BucketLookupPath,
-                max_retries: 1,
-                ..Default::default()
-            },
-            "",
-        )
-        .await
-        .expect("fixture client should build");
+        let client = client_for_endpoint(&endpoint, timeouts).await;
         Some((client, request))
     }
 
+    async fn bounded_get_fixture(body: &'static [u8]) -> Option<(TransitionClient, tokio::task::JoinHandle<String>)> {
+        bounded_get_fixture_with_timeouts(body, TransitionClientTimeouts::default()).await
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn real_transport_accepts_the_exact_closed_range_length() {
         let Some((client, request)) = bounded_get_fixture(b"RustFS!").await else {
@@ -292,24 +295,7 @@ mod bounded_response_tests {
             .local_addr()
             .expect("listener local address should be available")
             .to_string();
-        let client = TransitionClient::new(
-            &endpoint,
-            Options {
-                creds: Credentials::new(Static(Value {
-                    access_key_id: "access-key".to_string(),
-                    secret_access_key: "secret-key".to_string(),
-                    signer_type: SignatureType::SignatureV4,
-                    ..Default::default()
-                })),
-                region: "us-east-1".to_string(),
-                bucket_lookup: BucketLookupType::BucketLookupPath,
-                max_retries: 1,
-                ..Default::default()
-            },
-            "",
-        )
-        .await
-        .expect("fixture client should build");
+        let client = client_for_endpoint(&endpoint, TransitionClientTimeouts::default()).await;
         let mut opts = GetObjectOptions::default();
         opts.headers
             .insert("range".to_string(), "bytes=0-18446744073709551615".to_string());
@@ -326,6 +312,176 @@ mod bounded_response_tests {
                 .is_err()
         );
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn connection_refused_returns_without_waiting_for_the_request_timeout() {
+        let listener = match TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await {
+            Ok(listener) => listener,
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => return,
+            Err(err) => panic!("test listener should bind: {err}"),
+        };
+        let endpoint = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .expect("listener local address should be available")
+            .to_string();
+        drop(listener);
+
+        let client = client_for_endpoint(
+            &endpoint,
+            TransitionClientTimeouts::new(Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_secs(5), Duration::from_secs(1)),
+        )
+        .await;
+        let mut opts = GetObjectOptions::default();
+        opts.set_range(0, 6).expect("the probe range should be valid");
+
+        let result = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), client.get_object_inner("bucket", "probe", &opts))
+            .await
+            .expect("connection refused should return before the broader request timeout");
+
+        assert!(result.is_err(), "connection refused must fail instead of hanging");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn response_header_stall_returns_timed_out() {
+        let listener = match TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await {
+            Ok(listener) => listener,
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => return,
+            Err(err) => panic!("test listener should bind: {err}"),
+        };
+        let endpoint = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .expect("listener local address should be available")
+            .to_string();
+        let fixture = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("fixture should accept one GET");
+            let mut request = Vec::new();
+            let mut buffer = [0; 1024];
+            loop {
+                let read = stream.read(&mut buffer).await.expect("fixture should read request headers");
+                assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request headers were received");
+                request.extend_from_slice(&buffer[..read]);
+                if request.windows(4).any(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+        });
+        let client = client_for_endpoint(
+            &endpoint,
+            TransitionClientTimeouts::new(Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_millis(50), Duration::from_secs(1)),
+        )
+        .await;
+        let mut opts = GetObjectOptions::default();
+        opts.set_range(0, 6).expect("the probe range should be valid");
+
+        let err = client
+            .get_object_inner("bucket", "probe", &opts)
+            .await
+            .expect_err("response header stalls must be bounded");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut);
+        fixture.await.expect("fixture should join");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn response_body_idle_stall_returns_timed_out() {
+        let listener = match TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await {
+            Ok(listener) => listener,
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => return,
+            Err(err) => panic!("test listener should bind: {err}"),
+        };
+        let endpoint = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .expect("listener local address should be available")
+            .to_string();
+        let fixture = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("fixture should accept one GET");
+            let mut request = Vec::new();
+            let mut buffer = [0; 1024];
+            loop {
+                let read = stream.read(&mut buffer).await.expect("fixture should read request headers");
+                assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request headers were received");
+                request.extend_from_slice(&buffer[..read]);
+                if request.windows(4).any(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            stream
+                .write_all(b"HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content\r\nContent-Length: 7\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\nRu")
+                .await
+                .expect("fixture should write the first body chunk");
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+        });
+        let client = client_for_endpoint(
+            &endpoint,
+            TransitionClientTimeouts::new(Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_millis(50)),
+        )
+        .await;
+        let mut opts = GetObjectOptions::default();
+        opts.set_range(0, 6).expect("the probe range should be valid");
+
+        let err = client
+            .get_object_inner("bucket", "probe", &opts)
+            .await
+            .expect_err("body stalls after partial progress must be bounded");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut);
+        fixture.await.expect("fixture should join");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn response_body_idle_timer_resets_on_progress() {
+        let listener = match TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await {
+            Ok(listener) => listener,
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => return,
+            Err(err) => panic!("test listener should bind: {err}"),
+        };
+        let endpoint = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .expect("listener local address should be available")
+            .to_string();
+        let fixture = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("fixture should accept one GET");
+            let mut request = Vec::new();
+            let mut buffer = [0; 1024];
+            loop {
+                let read = stream.read(&mut buffer).await.expect("fixture should read request headers");
+                assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request headers were received");
+                request.extend_from_slice(&buffer[..read]);
+                if request.windows(4).any(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            stream
+                .write_all(b"HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content\r\nContent-Length: 7\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n")
+                .await
+                .expect("fixture should write response headers");
+            for byte in b"RustFS!" {
+                stream.write_all(&[*byte]).await.expect("fixture should write body progress");
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+            }
+        });
+        let client = client_for_endpoint(
+            &endpoint,
+            TransitionClientTimeouts::new(Duration::from_millis(10), Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_millis(100)),
+        )
+        .await;
+        let mut opts = GetObjectOptions::default();
+        opts.set_range(0, 6).expect("the probe range should be valid");
+
+        let (_, _, mut reader) = client
+            .get_object_inner("bucket", "probe", &opts)
+            .await
+            .expect("continuous body progress must not be killed by the idle timer");
+        let mut body = Vec::new();
+        reader
+            .read_to_end(&mut body)
+            .await
+            .expect("bounded response should be readable");
+
+        assert_eq!(body, b"RustFS!");
+        fixture.await.expect("fixture should join");
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]

crates/s3-client/src/api_list.rs

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use crate::{
     transition_api::{ReaderImpl, RequestMetadata, TransitionClient, collect_response_body},
 };
 use http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode};
-use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use hyper::body::Body;
 use hyper::body::Bytes;
 use rustfs_config::MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE;
@@ -124,14 +123,9 @@ impl TransitionClient {
         }
 
         //let mut list_bucket_result = ListBucketV2Result::default();
-        let mut body_vec = Vec::new();
-        let mut body = resp.into_body();
-        while let Some(frame) = body.frame().await {
-            let frame = frame.map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
-            if let Some(data) = frame.data_ref() {
-                body_vec.extend_from_slice(data);
-            }
-        }
+        let body_vec = self
+            .collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+            .await?;
         let mut list_bucket_result = match quick_xml::de::from_str::<ListBucketV2Result>(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&body_vec)) {
             Ok(result) => result,
             Err(err) => {
@@ -214,7 +208,9 @@ impl TransitionClient {
 
         let resp_status = resp.status();
         let headers = resp.headers().clone();
-        let body = collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE).await?;
+        let body = self
+            .collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+            .await?;
         if resp_status != StatusCode::OK {
             return Err(std::io::Error::other(http_resp_to_error_response(
                 resp_status,
@@ -428,6 +424,30 @@ fn decode_s3_name(name: &str, encoding_type: &str) -> Result<String, std::io::Er
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::{
+        credentials::{Credentials, SignatureType, Static, Value},
+        transition_api::{BucketLookupType, Options, TransitionClientTimeouts},
+    };
+    use std::time::Duration;
+    use tokio::{
+        io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt},
+        net::TcpListener,
+    };
+
+    fn timeout_test_options() -> Options {
+        Options {
+            creds: Credentials::new(Static(Value {
+                access_key_id: "access-key".to_string(),
+                secret_access_key: "secret-key".to_string(),
+                signer_type: SignatureType::SignatureV4,
+                ..Default::default()
+            })),
+            region: "us-east-1".to_string(),
+            bucket_lookup: BucketLookupType::BucketLookupPath,
+            max_retries: 1,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
 
     #[test]
     fn list_versions_xml_preserves_versions_and_delete_markers() {
@@ -525,4 +545,56 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(parsed.common_prefixes.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(parsed.common_prefixes[0].prefix, "subdir/");
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn list_objects_v2_body_stall_returns_timed_out() {
+        let listener = match TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await {
+            Ok(listener) => listener,
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => return,
+            Err(err) => panic!("test listener should bind: {err}"),
+        };
+        let endpoint = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .expect("listener local address should be available")
+            .to_string();
+        let fixture = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("fixture should accept one list request");
+            let mut request = Vec::new();
+            let mut buffer = [0; 1024];
+            loop {
+                let read = stream.read(&mut buffer).await.expect("fixture should read request headers");
+                assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request headers were received");
+                request.extend_from_slice(&buffer[..read]);
+                if request.windows(4).any(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            stream
+                .write_all(b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 512\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n<ListBucketResult><Name>warm")
+                .await
+                .expect("fixture should write a partial list response");
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+        });
+        let client = TransitionClient::new_with_timeouts(
+            &endpoint,
+            timeout_test_options(),
+            "",
+            TransitionClientTimeouts::new(Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_millis(50)),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("fixture client should build");
+        client
+            .bucket_loc_cache
+            .lock()
+            .expect("location cache should lock")
+            .set("bucket", "us-east-1");
+
+        let err = client
+            .list_objects_v2_query("bucket", "", "", false, false, "", "", 1, HeaderMap::new())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("a stalled ListObjectsV2 body must be bounded");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut);
+        fixture.await.expect("fixture should join");
+    }
 }

crates/s3-client/src/api_put_object_multipart.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use http::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, StatusCode};
-use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use hyper::body::Bytes;
 use s3s::S3ErrorCode;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -247,14 +246,9 @@ impl TransitionClient {
         // Parse the CreateMultipartUpload response for the UploadId. Returning a
         // default (empty) result here made every multipart transition fail at the
         // first UploadPart with "UploadID cannot be empty" (rustfs/rustfs#4811).
-        let mut body_vec = Vec::new();
-        let mut body = resp.into_body();
-        while let Some(frame) = body.frame().await {
-            let frame = frame.map_err(|e| std::io::Error::other(e.to_string()))?;
-            if let Some(data) = frame.data_ref() {
-                body_vec.extend_from_slice(data);
-            }
-        }
+        let body_vec = self
+            .collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), rustfs_config::MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+            .await?;
         let initiate_multipart_upload_result =
             quick_xml::de::from_str::<InitiateMultipartUploadResult>(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&body_vec))
                 .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::other(format!("failed to parse CreateMultipartUpload response: {e}")))?;

crates/s3-client/src/api_remove.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use http::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue, Method, StatusCode};
-use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use hyper::body::Body;
 use hyper::body::Bytes;
 use rustfs_utils::HashAlgorithm;
@@ -351,14 +350,9 @@ impl TransitionClient {
                 )
                 .await?;
 
-            let mut body_vec = Vec::new();
-            let mut body = resp.into_body();
-            while let Some(frame) = body.frame().await {
-                let frame = frame.map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
-                if let Some(data) = frame.data_ref() {
-                    body_vec.extend_from_slice(data);
-                }
-            }
+            let body_vec = self
+                .collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), rustfs_config::MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+                .await?;
             process_remove_multi_objects_response(
                 ReaderImpl::Body(Bytes::from(body_vec)),
                 bucket_name,

crates/s3-client/src/api_stat.rs

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::all)]
 
 use http::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue, StatusCode};
-use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use hyper::body::Body;
 use hyper::body::Bytes;
 use rustfs_utils::EMPTY_STRING_SHA256_HASH;
@@ -119,14 +118,9 @@ impl TransitionClient {
             let resp_status = resp.status();
             let h = resp.headers().clone();
 
-            let mut body_vec = Vec::new();
-            let mut body = resp.into_body();
-            while let Some(frame) = body.frame().await {
-                let frame = frame.map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
-                if let Some(data) = frame.data_ref() {
-                    body_vec.extend_from_slice(data);
-                }
-            }
+            let body_vec = self
+                .collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), rustfs_config::MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+                .await?;
             let resperr = http_resp_to_error_response(resp_status, &h, body_vec, bucket_name, "");
 
             warn!("bucket exists, resperr: {:?}", resperr);
@@ -170,11 +164,13 @@ impl TransitionClient {
                 let resp_status = resp.status();
                 let h = resp.headers().clone();
 
-                let body_vec = collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), rustfs_config::MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE).await?;
+                let body_vec = self
+                    .collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), rustfs_config::MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+                    .await?;
                 parse_bucket_versioning_response(resp_status, &h, body_vec, bucket_name)
             }
 
-            Err(err) => Err(std::io::Error::other(err)),
+            Err(err) => Err(err),
         }
     }
 
@@ -274,8 +270,14 @@ impl TransitionClient {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::parse_bucket_versioning_response;
+    use crate::{
+        credentials::{Credentials, SignatureType, Static, Value},
+        transition_api::{BucketLookupType, Options, TransitionClient, TransitionClientTimeouts},
+    };
     use http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode};
     use s3s::dto::BucketVersioningStatus;
+    use std::time::Duration;
+    use tokio::{io::AsyncReadExt, net::TcpListener};
 
     #[test]
     fn parses_bucket_versioning_statuses_mfa_delete_and_unversioned_state() {
@@ -338,4 +340,63 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(strict_err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
         }
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn get_bucket_versioning_preserves_request_timeout_kind() {
+        let listener = match TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await {
+            Ok(listener) => listener,
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => return,
+            Err(err) => panic!("test listener should bind: {err}"),
+        };
+        let endpoint = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .expect("listener local address should be available")
+            .to_string();
+        let fixture = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("fixture should accept one versioning request");
+            let mut request = Vec::new();
+            let mut buffer = [0; 1024];
+            loop {
+                let read = stream.read(&mut buffer).await.expect("fixture should read request headers");
+                assert_ne!(read, 0, "connection closed before request headers were received");
+                request.extend_from_slice(&buffer[..read]);
+                if request.windows(4).any(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+        });
+        let client = TransitionClient::new_with_timeouts(
+            &endpoint,
+            Options {
+                creds: Credentials::new(Static(Value {
+                    access_key_id: "access-key".to_string(),
+                    secret_access_key: "secret-key".to_string(),
+                    signer_type: SignatureType::SignatureV4,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                })),
+                region: "us-east-1".to_string(),
+                bucket_lookup: BucketLookupType::BucketLookupPath,
+                max_retries: 1,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            "",
+            TransitionClientTimeouts::new(Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_millis(50), Duration::from_secs(1)),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("fixture client should build");
+        client
+            .bucket_loc_cache
+            .lock()
+            .expect("location cache should lock")
+            .set("bucket", "us-east-1");
+
+        let err = client
+            .get_bucket_versioning("bucket")
+            .await
+            .expect_err("a stalled versioning request must time out");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut);
+        fixture.await.expect("fixture should join");
+    }
 }

crates/s3-client/src/bucket_cache.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use crate::{
     transition_api::{CreateBucketConfiguration, LocationConstraint, TransitionClient},
 };
 use http::Request;
-use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use hyper::StatusCode;
 use hyper::body::Body;
 use hyper::body::Bytes;
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ impl TransitionClient {
         let req = self.get_bucket_location_request(bucket_name)?;
 
         let mut resp = self.doit(req).await?;
-        location = process_bucket_location_response(resp, bucket_name, &self.tier_type).await?;
+        location = process_bucket_location_response(self, resp, bucket_name, &self.tier_type).await?;
         {
             if let Ok(mut bucket_loc_cache) = self.bucket_loc_cache.lock() {
                 bucket_loc_cache.set(bucket_name, &location);
@@ -198,6 +197,7 @@ impl TransitionClient {
 }
 
 async fn process_bucket_location_response(
+    client: &TransitionClient,
     mut resp: http::Response<Incoming>,
     bucket_name: &str,
     tier_type: &str,
@@ -237,14 +237,9 @@ async fn process_bucket_location_response(
     }
     //}
 
-    let mut body_vec = Vec::new();
-    let mut body = resp.into_body();
-    while let Some(frame) = body.frame().await {
-        let frame = frame.map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?;
-        if let Some(data) = frame.data_ref() {
-            body_vec.extend_from_slice(data);
-        }
-    }
+    let body_vec = client
+        .collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+        .await?;
     let mut location = "".to_string();
     if tier_type == "huaweicloud" {
         if let Ok(body_str) = String::from_utf8(body_vec) {

crates/s3-client/src/transition_api.rs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use http::{
     request::{Builder, Request},
 };
 use http_body::Body;
-use http_body_util::{BodyExt, LengthLimitError, Limited};
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use hyper::body::Bytes;
 use hyper::body::Incoming;
 use hyper_rustls::{ConfigBuilderExt, HttpsConnector};
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ use s3s::dto::Owner;
 use s3s::dto::ReplicationStatus;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha2::Sha256;
+use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI32, Ordering};
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::time::Duration as StdDuration;
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
@@ -79,28 +81,108 @@ use time::Duration;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use tokio::io::BufReader;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt};
-use tracing::{debug, error, warn};
+use tracing::{debug, error, trace, warn};
 use url::{Url, form_urlencoded};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 const C_USER_AGENT: &str = "RustFS (linux; x86)";
 pub const MAX_S3_ERROR_RESPONSE_SIZE: usize = 64 * 1024;
+const EVENT_TIER_REMOTE_TRANSPORT: &str = "tier_remote_transport";
+const LOG_COMPONENT_S3_CLIENT: &str = "s3_client";
+const LOG_SUBSYSTEM_TIER: &str = "tier";
 
 const SUCCESS_STATUS: [StatusCode; 3] = [StatusCode::OK, StatusCode::NO_CONTENT, StatusCode::PARTIAL_CONTENT];
 
+fn response_body_exceeds_limit_error() -> std::io::Error {
+    std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "remote tier response body exceeds limit")
+}
+
+fn remote_tier_timeout_error(message: &'static str) -> std::io::Error {
+    std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, message)
+}
+
+fn source_chain_has_io_kind(error: &(dyn StdError + 'static), kind: std::io::ErrorKind) -> bool {
+    let mut current = Some(error);
+    while let Some(error) = current {
+        if error
+            .downcast_ref::<std::io::Error>()
+            .is_some_and(|io_error| io_error.kind() == kind)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        current = error.source();
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+fn transition_transport_error(err: hyper_util::client::legacy::Error) -> std::io::Error {
+    if source_chain_has_io_kind(&err, std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut) {
+        return remote_tier_timeout_error("remote tier connection timed out");
+    }
+    std::io::Error::other(err)
+}
+
+async fn next_response_body_data<B>(
+    mut body: Pin<&mut B>,
+    idle_timeout: Option<StdDuration>,
+) -> Result<Option<Bytes>, std::io::Error>
+where
+    B: Body<Data = Bytes>,
+    B::Error: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>,
+{
+    let next_nonempty_data = async {
+        loop {
+            let Some(frame) = std::future::poll_fn(|cx| body.as_mut().poll_frame(cx)).await else {
+                return Ok(None);
+            };
+            let frame = frame.map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
+            let Ok(data) = frame.into_data() else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            if !data.is_empty() {
+                return Ok(Some(data));
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    if let Some(idle_timeout) = idle_timeout {
+        tokio::time::timeout(idle_timeout, next_nonempty_data)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|_| remote_tier_timeout_error("remote tier response body stalled"))?
+    } else {
+        next_nonempty_data.await
+    }
+}
+
+async fn collect_response_body_inner<B>(
+    body: B,
+    limit: Option<usize>,
+    idle_timeout: Option<StdDuration>,
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error>
+where
+    B: Body<Data = Bytes>,
+    B::Error: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>,
+{
+    let mut body_vec = Vec::new();
+    let mut body = std::pin::pin!(body);
+    while let Some(data) = next_response_body_data(body.as_mut(), idle_timeout).await? {
+        let Some(new_len) = body_vec.len().checked_add(data.len()) else {
+            return Err(response_body_exceeds_limit_error());
+        };
+        if limit.is_some_and(|limit| new_len > limit) {
+            return Err(response_body_exceeds_limit_error());
+        }
+        body_vec.extend_from_slice(&data);
+    }
+    Ok(body_vec)
+}
+
 pub async fn collect_response_body<B>(body: B, limit: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error>
 where
     B: Body<Data = Bytes>,
-    B::Error: Into<Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>,
+    B::Error: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>,
 {
-    let body = Limited::new(body, limit).collect().await.map_err(|err| {
-        if err.is::<LengthLimitError>() {
-            std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "remote tier response body exceeds limit")
-        } else {
-            std::io::Error::other(err)
-        }
-    })?;
-    Ok(body.to_bytes().to_vec())
+    collect_response_body_inner(body, Some(limit), None).await
 }
 
 const C_UNKNOWN: i32 = -1;
@@ -196,6 +278,62 @@ pub struct TransitionClient {
     pub trailing_header_support: bool,
     pub max_retries: i64,
     pub tier_type: String,
+    pub timeouts: TransitionClientTimeouts,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct TransitionClientTimeouts {
+    pub connect_timeout: StdDuration,
+    pub request_timeout: StdDuration,
+    pub response_body_idle_timeout: StdDuration,
+}
+
+impl TransitionClientTimeouts {
+    pub const fn new(
+        connect_timeout: StdDuration,
+        request_timeout: StdDuration,
+        response_body_idle_timeout: StdDuration,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            connect_timeout,
+            request_timeout,
+            response_body_idle_timeout,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn validate(self) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
+        if self.connect_timeout.is_zero() {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "remote tier connect timeout must be greater than zero",
+            ));
+        }
+        if self.request_timeout.is_zero() {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "remote tier request timeout must be greater than zero",
+            ));
+        }
+        if self.response_body_idle_timeout.is_zero() {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+                std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "remote tier response body idle timeout must be greater than zero",
+            ));
+        }
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for TransitionClientTimeouts {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            connect_timeout: StdDuration::from_secs(rustfs_config::DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS),
+            request_timeout: StdDuration::from_secs(rustfs_config::DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS),
+            response_body_idle_timeout: StdDuration::from_secs(
+                rustfs_config::DEFAULT_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+            ),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
@@ -288,12 +426,28 @@ async fn build_tls_config() -> Result<rustls::ClientConfig, std::io::Error> {
 
 impl TransitionClient {
     pub async fn new(endpoint: &str, opts: Options, tier_type: &str) -> Result<TransitionClient, std::io::Error> {
-        let client = Self::private_new(endpoint, opts, tier_type).await?;
-
-        Ok(client)
+        Self::private_new(endpoint, opts, tier_type, TransitionClientTimeouts::default()).await
     }
 
-    async fn private_new(endpoint: &str, opts: Options, tier_type: &str) -> Result<TransitionClient, std::io::Error> {
+    /// Builds a transition client with explicit transport timeout budgets.
+    ///
+    /// [`Self::new`] keeps the historical constructor surface and uses the
+    /// production defaults from [`TransitionClientTimeouts::default`].
+    pub async fn new_with_timeouts(
+        endpoint: &str,
+        opts: Options,
+        tier_type: &str,
+        timeouts: TransitionClientTimeouts,
+    ) -> Result<TransitionClient, std::io::Error> {
+        Self::private_new(endpoint, opts, tier_type, timeouts).await
+    }
+
+    async fn private_new(
+        endpoint: &str,
+        opts: Options,
+        tier_type: &str,
+        timeouts: TransitionClientTimeouts,
+    ) -> Result<TransitionClient, std::io::Error> {
         if rustls::crypto::CryptoProvider::get_default().is_none() {
             // No default provider is set yet; try to install aws-lc-rs.
             // `install_default` can only fail if another thread races us and installs a provider
@@ -306,15 +460,19 @@ impl TransitionClient {
         }
 
         let endpoint_url = get_endpoint_url(endpoint, opts.secure)?;
+        let timeouts = timeouts.validate()?;
 
         let tls = build_tls_config().await?;
 
+        let mut http = HttpConnector::new();
+        http.enforce_http(false);
+        http.set_connect_timeout(Some(timeouts.connect_timeout));
         let https = hyper_rustls::HttpsConnectorBuilder::new()
             .with_tls_config(tls)
             .https_or_http()
             .enable_http1()
             .enable_http2()
-            .build();
+            .wrap_connector(http);
         let http_client = Client::builder(TokioExecutor::new()).build(https);
 
         let mut client = TransitionClient {
@@ -337,6 +495,7 @@ impl TransitionClient {
             trailing_header_support: opts.trailing_headers,
             max_retries: opts.max_retries,
             tier_type: tier_type.to_string(),
+            timeouts,
         };
 
         {
@@ -501,29 +660,43 @@ impl TransitionClient {
     }
 
     pub async fn doit(&self, req: Request<s3s::Body>) -> Result<Response<Incoming>, std::io::Error> {
-        let req_method;
-        let req_uri;
-        let resp;
         let http_client = self.http_client.clone();
-        {
-            req_method = req.method().clone();
-            req_uri = req.uri().clone();
-
-            debug!("endpoint_url: {}", self.endpoint_url.as_str().to_string());
-            resp = http_client.request(req);
-        }
-        let resp = resp.await;
-        debug!("http_client url: {} {}", req_method, req_uri);
-        if let Err(err) = resp {
-            error!("http_client call error: {:?}", err);
-            return Err(std::io::Error::other(err));
-        }
-
+        let req_method = req.method().clone();
+        let resp = tokio::time::timeout(self.timeouts.request_timeout, http_client.request(req)).await;
         let resp = match resp {
-            Ok(r) => r,
-            Err(_) => return Err(std::io::Error::other("Unexpected error in response")),
+            Ok(Ok(resp)) => resp,
+            Ok(Err(err)) => {
+                let err = transition_transport_error(err);
+                error!(
+                    event = EVENT_TIER_REMOTE_TRANSPORT,
+                    component = LOG_COMPONENT_S3_CLIENT,
+                    subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_TIER,
+                    method = %req_method,
+                    error_kind = ?err.kind(),
+                    "remote tier request failed"
+                );
+                return Err(err);
+            }
+            Err(_) => {
+                warn!(
+                    event = EVENT_TIER_REMOTE_TRANSPORT,
+                    component = LOG_COMPONENT_S3_CLIENT,
+                    subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_TIER,
+                    method = %req_method,
+                    timeout_ms = self.timeouts.request_timeout.as_millis(),
+                    "remote tier request timed out before response headers"
+                );
+                return Err(remote_tier_timeout_error("remote tier request timed out before response headers"));
+            }
         };
-        debug!(status = %resp.status(), "remote tier response received");
+        trace!(
+            event = EVENT_TIER_REMOTE_TRANSPORT,
+            component = LOG_COMPONENT_S3_CLIENT,
+            subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_TIER,
+            method = %req_method,
+            status = %resp.status(),
+            "remote tier response received"
+        );
 
         //let b = resp.body_mut().store_all_unlimited().await.unwrap().to_vec();
         //debug!("http_resp_body: {}", String::from_utf8(b).unwrap());
@@ -537,7 +710,15 @@ impl TransitionClient {
                 .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
                 .unwrap_or_default()
                 .to_string();
-            warn!(status = %status, request_id, "remote tier request rejected");
+            warn!(
+                event = EVENT_TIER_REMOTE_TRANSPORT,
+                component = LOG_COMPONENT_S3_CLIENT,
+                subsystem = LOG_SUBSYSTEM_TIER,
+                method = %req_method,
+                status = %status,
+                request_id,
+                "remote tier request rejected"
+            );
         }
         Ok(resp)
     }
@@ -581,7 +762,9 @@ impl TransitionClient {
             let resp_status = resp.status();
             let h = resp.headers().clone();
 
-            let body_vec = collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), MAX_S3_ERROR_RESPONSE_SIZE).await?;
+            let body_vec = self
+                .collect_response_body(resp.into_body(), MAX_S3_ERROR_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+                .await?;
             let parsed_error =
                 http_resp_to_error_response(resp_status, &h, body_vec, &metadata.bucket_name, &metadata.object_name);
             let routing_region = parsed_error.region;
@@ -635,6 +818,22 @@ impl TransitionClient {
         Err(std::io::Error::other("remote tier request did not produce a response"))
     }
 
+    pub async fn collect_response_body<B>(&self, body: B, limit: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error>
+    where
+        B: Body<Data = Bytes>,
+        B::Error: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>,
+    {
+        collect_response_body_inner(body, Some(limit), Some(self.timeouts.response_body_idle_timeout)).await
+    }
+
+    pub async fn collect_response_body_unbounded<B>(&self, body: B) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error>
+    where
+        B: Body<Data = Bytes>,
+        B::Error: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>,
+    {
+        collect_response_body_inner(body, None, Some(self.timeouts.response_body_idle_timeout)).await
+    }
+
     async fn new_request(
         &self,
         method: &http::Method,
@@ -1504,12 +1703,17 @@ pub struct CreateBucketConfiguration {
 mod tests {
     use super::{
         MAX_S3_CLIENT_RESPONSE_SIZE, MAX_S3_ERROR_RESPONSE_SIZE, SignatureType, build_tls_config, collect_response_body,
-        signer_error_to_io_error, to_object_info_for_provider, validate_header_values, with_rustls_init_guard,
+        collect_response_body_inner, signer_error_to_io_error, to_object_info_for_provider, validate_header_values,
+        with_rustls_init_guard,
     };
     use crate::provider_versions::{BucketVersioningState, ProviderVersionCapabilities, RemoteVersion};
-    use http::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue};
-    use http_body_util::Full;
+    use futures::stream;
+    use http::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue, Request};
+    use http_body::Frame;
+    use http_body_util::{Full, StreamBody};
     use hyper::body::Bytes;
+    use std::time::Duration as StdDuration;
+    use tokio::net::TcpListener;
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -1540,6 +1744,77 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn empty_data_frames_do_not_reset_the_body_idle_timeout() {
+        let frames = stream::unfold((), |_| async {
+            tokio::time::sleep(StdDuration::from_millis(10)).await;
+            Some((Ok::<_, std::io::Error>(Frame::data(Bytes::new())), ()))
+        });
+        let body = StreamBody::new(Box::pin(frames));
+
+        let err = tokio::time::timeout(
+            StdDuration::from_millis(200),
+            collect_response_body_inner(body, Some(1), Some(StdDuration::from_millis(50))),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("the collector should enforce its own body idle timeout")
+        .expect_err("empty frames must not count as body progress");
+
+        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn public_body_collector_accepts_non_unpin_bodies() {
+        let body = StreamBody::new(stream::once(async { Ok::<_, std::io::Error>(Frame::data(Bytes::from_static(b"ok"))) }));
+
+        let collected = collect_response_body(body, 2)
+            .await
+            .expect("the public collector should pin non-Unpin bodies internally");
+
+        assert_eq!(collected, b"ok");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn https_endpoints_reach_the_transport_connector() {
+        let listener = match TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await {
+            Ok(listener) => listener,
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied => return,
+            Err(err) => panic!("test listener should bind: {err}"),
+        };
+        let endpoint = listener
+            .local_addr()
+            .expect("listener local address should be available")
+            .to_string();
+        let accepted = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let (stream, _) = tokio::time::timeout(StdDuration::from_secs(1), listener.accept())
+                .await
+                .expect("HTTPS connector should reach the TCP listener")
+                .expect("fixture should accept the HTTPS connection");
+            drop(stream);
+        });
+        let client = super::TransitionClient::new_with_timeouts(
+            &endpoint,
+            super::Options {
+                secure: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            "",
+            super::TransitionClientTimeouts::new(StdDuration::from_secs(1), StdDuration::from_secs(1), StdDuration::from_secs(1)),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("fixture client should build");
+        let request = Request::builder()
+            .uri(format!("https://{endpoint}/"))
+            .body(s3s::Body::empty())
+            .expect("fixture request should build");
+
+        client
+            .doit(request)
+            .await
+            .expect_err("the fixture closes before completing the TLS handshake");
+        accepted.await.expect("fixture should join");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn rustls_guard_converts_panics_to_io_errors() {
         let err = with_rustls_init_guard(|| -> Result<(), std::io::Error> { panic!("missing provider") })
@@ -1573,6 +1848,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(outcome.is_ok(), "provider install guard must not panic when a provider is already set");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn transition_timeouts_reject_zero_budgets() {
+        for timeouts in [
+            super::TransitionClientTimeouts::new(StdDuration::ZERO, StdDuration::from_secs(1), StdDuration::from_secs(1)),
+            super::TransitionClientTimeouts::new(StdDuration::from_secs(1), StdDuration::ZERO, StdDuration::from_secs(1)),
+            super::TransitionClientTimeouts::new(StdDuration::from_secs(1), StdDuration::from_secs(1), StdDuration::ZERO),
+        ] {
+            let err = timeouts.validate().expect_err("zero timeout budgets must fail closed");
+            assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput);
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn validate_header_values_returns_header_name_for_non_utf8_values() {
         let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();

crates/scanner/src/lib.rs

@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ pub use scanner::{
 };
 pub use scanner_io::{
     ScannerDirtyUsageAckError, ScannerDirtyUsageBucket, ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshot, ScannerDirtyUsageState,
-    acknowledge_dirty_usage_generation, clear_dirty_usage_bucket, record_dirty_usage_bucket, record_scanner_maintenance_change,
-    scanner_activity_epoch, scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot, scanner_dirty_usage_state, scanner_maintenance_generation,
+    acknowledge_dirty_usage_generation, acknowledge_scoped_dirty_usage, clear_dirty_usage_bucket, record_dirty_usage_bucket,
+    record_scanner_maintenance_change, scanner_activity_epoch, scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot, scanner_dirty_usage_state,
+    scanner_maintenance_generation,
 };
 pub use sleeper::{DynamicSleeper, SCANNER_IDLE_MODE, SCANNER_SLEEPER};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};

crates/scanner/src/remote_scanner.rs

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ static REMOTE_SCANNER_CYCLE_REFRESH: LazyLock<AsyncMutex<()>> = LazyLock::new(||
 
 mod stream;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) use stream::checkpoint_fixture_partial_return;
+
 pub use stream::{RemoteScannerAdmission, RemoteScannerRequest, serve_remote_scanner_request};
 pub(crate) use stream::{RemoteScannerOutcome, RemoteScannerScanSpec, scan_remote_bucket};
 use stream::{RemoteScannerReplayCache, RemoteScannerRequestWire, RemoteScannerValidatedCycle};

crates/scanner/src/remote_scanner/stream.rs

@@ -1017,6 +1017,48 @@ fn finish_remote_scanner_stream(
 #[cfg(test)]
 const TEST_NEXT_CYCLE: u64 = 11;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) async fn checkpoint_fixture_partial_return(progress: (u64, u64), entries_visited: u64) {
+    let request_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let writer_auth = FrameAuthenticator::for_test(request_id);
+    let reader_auth = FrameAuthenticator::for_test(request_id);
+    let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+    write_frame(
+        &mut bytes,
+        &writer_auth,
+        &mut 0,
+        &RemoteScannerFrame::terminal(
+            RemoteScannerProgress {
+                objects_scanned: progress.0,
+                directories_started: progress.1,
+                entries_visited,
+            },
+            RemoteScannerFrameResult::Partial,
+        ),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("checkpoint partial frame must encode");
+    let frame = read_frame(&mut std::io::Cursor::new(bytes.as_slice()), &reader_auth, &mut 0)
+        .await
+        .expect("checkpoint progress frame must authenticate");
+    assert_eq!(frame.progress.entries_visited, entries_visited);
+    let parent = CancellationToken::new();
+    let budget = ScannerCycleBudget::new_with_progress_tracking(&parent, Default::default());
+    let result = consume_remote_scanner_stream(
+        std::io::Cursor::new(bytes),
+        parent,
+        budget.clone(),
+        "bucket",
+        DataUsageCacheSource::new(0, 0),
+        DataUsageScanPlanDigest([17; 32]),
+        reader_auth,
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("checkpoint partial frame must decode");
+    assert!(matches!(result, RemoteScannerOutcome::Partial));
+    assert_eq!(budget.progress(), progress);
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 async fn consume_remote_scanner_stream<R>(
     reader: R,

crates/scanner/src/scanner.rs

@@ -1703,14 +1703,18 @@ where
     let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel::<DataUsageInfo>(1);
 
     let done_cycle = Metrics::time(Metric::ScanCycle);
-    let scan_result = crate::scanner_io::nsscanner_with_storage_status(
+    let scan_result = crate::scanner_io::nsscanner_with_storage_status_scoped(
         storeapi.as_ref(),
-        cycle_budget.token(),
-        cycle_budget.clone(),
-        sender,
-        cycle_info.current,
-        leader_epoch,
-        scan_mode,
+        crate::scanner_io::ScannerCycleRequest {
+            ctx: cycle_budget.token(),
+            budget: cycle_budget.clone(),
+            updates: sender,
+            want_cycle: cycle_info.current,
+            leader_epoch,
+            scan_mode,
+            scan_scope: crate::scanner_io::ScannerBucketScanScope::default(),
+            persisted_usage_baseline: usage_persist_baseline.data.clone(),
+        },
     )
     .await;
     let publication_defer_reason = match &scan_result {
@@ -3424,10 +3428,13 @@ use cycle_state::*;
 use leadership::*;
 use usage_store::*;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) use activity::scanner_activity_snapshot_digest;
 pub use activity::scanner_topology_digest;
 pub(crate) use activity::{
     ScannerActivitySnapshot, ScannerDirtyUsageAcknowledgement, probe_scanner_activity, scanner_activity_allows_usage_publication,
-    scanner_activity_publication_lease_targets, scanner_activity_snapshot_digest, scanner_dirty_usage_acknowledgements,
+    scanner_activity_dirty_usage_state_for_host, scanner_activity_publication_lease_targets, scanner_activity_structural_digest,
+    scanner_dirty_usage_acknowledgements,
 };
 pub(crate) use activity::{ScannerCycleOutcome, scanner_cycle_outcome_with_pending_maintenance};
 pub use backlog::{

crates/scanner/src/scanner/activity.rs

@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ where
     observation
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) fn scanner_activity_snapshot_digest(snapshot: &ScannerActivitySnapshot) -> [u8; 32] {
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
     hasher.update(u64::try_from(snapshot.len()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX).to_be_bytes());
@@ -925,6 +926,30 @@ pub(crate) fn scanner_activity_snapshot_digest(snapshot: &ScannerActivitySnapsho
     hasher.finalize().into()
 }
 
+/// Hash the activity inputs that make an existing scanner cache unsafe to
+/// reuse. Regular namespace writes and dirty-usage generations are omitted:
+/// their affected buckets are tracked separately and may be refreshed from a
+/// complete authoritative cache baseline.
+pub(crate) fn scanner_activity_structural_digest(snapshot: &ScannerActivitySnapshot) -> [u8; 32] {
+    let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+    hasher.update(u64::try_from(snapshot.len()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX).to_be_bytes());
+    for (host, activity) in snapshot {
+        let host = host.as_bytes();
+        let instance_id = activity.instance_id.as_bytes();
+        hasher.update(u64::try_from(host.len()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX).to_be_bytes());
+        hasher.update(host);
+        hasher.update(u64::try_from(instance_id.len()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX).to_be_bytes());
+        hasher.update(instance_id);
+        hasher.update(activity.maintenance_generation.to_be_bytes());
+        hasher.update(activity.protocol_version.to_be_bytes());
+        hasher.update(activity.topology_digest);
+        hasher.update([u8::from(activity.data_movement_active)]);
+        hasher.update(activity.movement_generation.to_be_bytes());
+        hasher.update([u8::from(activity.publication_blocked)]);
+    }
+    hasher.finalize().into()
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn scanner_activity_allows_usage_publication(snapshot: &ScannerActivitySnapshot) -> bool {
     !snapshot.is_empty()
         && snapshot.values().all(|activity| {
@@ -955,6 +980,22 @@ pub(crate) fn scanner_dirty_usage_acknowledgements(snapshot: &ScannerActivitySna
         .collect()
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn scanner_activity_dirty_usage_state_for_host<'a>(
+    snapshot: &'a ScannerActivitySnapshot,
+    host: &str,
+) -> Option<(&'a str, u64, bool)> {
+    snapshot
+        .get(host)
+        .filter(|_| host != LOCAL_SCANNER_ACTIVITY_NODE)
+        .map(|activity| {
+            (
+                activity.instance_id.as_str(),
+                activity.dirty_usage_generation,
+                activity.dirty_usage_pending,
+            )
+        })
+}
+
 pub fn scanner_topology_digest(storeapi: &ECStore) -> [u8; 32] {
     let endpoint_pools = storeapi.endpoints();
     let mut hasher = Sha256::new();

crates/scanner/src/scanner/cycle_state.rs

@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ pub(super) fn decode_recovery_marker_for_reset(
     if !matches!(marker_revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Etag(_)) {
         return Err(ScannerError::Other("cycle recovery marker has no object revision".to_string()));
     }
+    if let Ok(value) = serde_json::from_slice::<serde_json::Value>(data)
+        && let Some(state) = value.get("state")
+        && !matches!(state.as_str(), Some("blocked" | "cleanup-pending"))
+    {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("cycle recovery marker state is unsupported".to_string()));
+    }
     let compat = serde_json::from_slice::<ScannerCycleRecoveryMarkerCompat>(data).ok();
     let _schema_version = compat.as_ref().and_then(|marker| marker.schema_version);
     let primary_revision = compat
@@ -406,7 +412,10 @@ pub(super) fn decode_recovery_marker_for_reset(
     };
     let state = match compat.as_ref().and_then(|marker| marker.state.as_deref()) {
         Some("cleanup-pending") => "cleanup-pending",
-        _ => "blocked",
+        Some("blocked") | None => "blocked",
+        Some(_) => {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other("cycle recovery marker state is unsupported".to_string()));
+        }
     };
     let now = unix_now_secs();
     Ok(ScannerCycleRecoveryMarker {
@@ -721,17 +730,19 @@ async fn mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(
     mut marker: ScannerCycleRecoveryMarker,
     marker_revision: &DataUsageCacheRevision,
     expected_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
 ) -> Result<(ScannerCycleRecoveryMarker, DataUsageCacheRevision), ScannerError> {
     marker.state = "cleanup-pending".to_string();
     marker.last_attempt_at_unix_secs = unix_now_secs();
     let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&marker)
         .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to encode cycle recovery marker: {err}")))?;
-    let info = save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+    let info = save_reset_config(
         storeapi.clone(),
         DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(),
         bytes,
         marker_revision.preconditions(),
         expected_epoch,
+        owns_reset,
     )
     .await
     .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to mark cycle recovery cleanup pending: {err}")))?;
@@ -933,6 +944,7 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
         .get_write_lock_quiet(Duration::from_secs(5))
         .await
         .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("scanner leader lock is busy: {err}")))?;
+    let owns_reset = || !guard.is_lock_lost() && !ctx.is_cancelled();
 
     if guard.is_lock_lost() {
         return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner leader lock was lost before recovery reset".to_string()));
@@ -952,7 +964,27 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
         }
         Err(err) => return Err(ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to read cycle recovery marker: {err}"))),
     };
-    let marker_data = marker_data.ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner cycle recovery marker is absent".to_string()))?;
+    let Some(marker_data) = marker_data else {
+        // A delete may commit before its reply is lost. Confirm both durable
+        // fences before treating a retry without its marker as completed.
+        let (cycle, epoch, revision) = read_cycle_state_for_usage_reset(storeapi.clone()).await?;
+        let floor = persisted_usage_floor(storeapi.clone()).await?;
+        if !matches!(revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Etag(_))
+            || epoch < floor.leader_epoch
+            || cycle.next < floor.next_cycle
+            || !owns_reset()
+            || scanner_publication_admission_for_epoch(storeapi.clone(), reset_epoch)
+                .await
+                .is_none()
+        {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other(
+                "scanner cycle recovery marker is absent without a completed reset fence".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+        set_scanner_cycle_recovery_status(recovery_status("healthy", None, false));
+        super::notify_scanner_cycle_recovery_wake();
+        return Ok(());
+    };
     let (marker, force_full_rescan) = match serde_json::from_slice::<ScannerCycleRecoveryMarker>(&marker_data) {
         Ok(marker) if validate_recovery_marker(&marker).is_ok() => (marker, false),
         _ => (decode_recovery_marker_for_reset(&marker_data, &marker_revision)?, true),
@@ -1026,8 +1058,10 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
             }
         };
         if let Some((primary_cycle, primary_epoch)) = primary_state {
+            verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
             let (cleanup_marker, cleanup_marker_revision) =
-                mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(storeapi.clone(), marker.clone(), &marker_revision, reset_epoch).await?;
+                mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(storeapi.clone(), marker.clone(), &marker_revision, reset_epoch, &owns_reset)
+                    .await?;
             set_scanner_cycle_recovery_status(recovery_status_from_marker(&cleanup_marker, "cleanup-pending"));
             let usage_floor = persisted_usage_floor(storeapi.clone()).await?;
             let fence_epoch = primary_epoch
@@ -1047,12 +1081,14 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
                     "preserved scanner cycle state exceeds the bounded object size".to_string(),
                 ));
             }
-            let preserved_info = save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+            verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &cleanup_marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+            let preserved_info = save_reset_config(
                 storeapi.clone(),
                 DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
                 preserved_data,
                 primary_revision.preconditions(),
                 reset_epoch,
+                &owns_reset,
             )
             .await
             .map_err(|err| {
@@ -1072,9 +1108,17 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
                     "scanner leader lock was lost after fencing newer cycle state".to_string(),
                 ));
             }
-            fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&ctx, storeapi.clone(), fence_epoch, Some(reset_epoch), false)
-                .await
-                .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to fence preserved scanner usage epoch: {err}")))?;
+            verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &cleanup_marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+            fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(
+                &ctx,
+                storeapi.clone(),
+                fence_epoch,
+                Some(reset_epoch),
+                false,
+                &owns_reset,
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to fence preserved scanner usage epoch: {err}")))?;
             if guard.is_lock_lost() {
                 return Err(ScannerError::Other(
                     "scanner leader lock was lost after fencing newer cycle state".to_string(),
@@ -1088,7 +1132,8 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
                     "scanner cycle state changed before recovery marker cleanup".to_string(),
                 ));
             }
-            delete_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+            verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &cleanup_marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+            delete_reset_config(
                 storeapi.clone(),
                 RUSTFS_META_BUCKET,
                 DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(),
@@ -1100,6 +1145,7 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
                 reset_epoch,
+                &owns_reset,
             )
             .await
             .map_err(|err| {
@@ -1149,17 +1195,20 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
     // Persist the cleanup-pending phase before rewriting the primary. If the
     // process dies after the rewrite, startup still sees a durable fence and
     // cannot mistake the partially completed reset for a healthy state.
+    verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
     let (marker, marker_revision) = if marker.state == "cleanup-pending" {
         (marker, marker_revision)
     } else {
-        mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(storeapi.clone(), marker, &marker_revision, reset_epoch).await?
+        mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(storeapi.clone(), marker, &marker_revision, reset_epoch, &owns_reset).await?
     };
-    let rebuilt_info = save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+    verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+    let rebuilt_info = save_reset_config(
         storeapi.clone(),
         DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
         data,
         primary_revision.preconditions(),
         reset_epoch,
+        &owns_reset,
     )
     .await
     .map_err(|err| {
@@ -1178,8 +1227,10 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
             "scanner leader lock was lost after rebuilding cycle state".to_string(),
         ));
     }
+    verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
     if let Err(err) =
-        fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&ctx, storeapi.clone(), leader_epoch, Some(reset_epoch), false).await
+        fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&ctx, storeapi.clone(), leader_epoch, Some(reset_epoch), false, &owns_reset)
+            .await
     {
         set_scanner_cycle_recovery_status(ScannerCycleRecoveryStatus {
             path: DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.clone(),
@@ -1249,7 +1300,8 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
         ));
     }
 
-    if let Err(err) = delete_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+    verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+    if let Err(err) = delete_reset_config(
         storeapi.clone(),
         RUSTFS_META_BUCKET,
         DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(),
@@ -1261,6 +1313,7 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
             ..Default::default()
         },
         reset_epoch,
+        &owns_reset,
     )
     .await
     {
@@ -1310,6 +1363,57 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
     Ok(())
 }
 
+async fn verify_cycle_reset_intent(
+    storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO>,
+    expected_revision: &DataUsageCacheRevision,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
+) -> Result<(), ScannerError> {
+    let revision = read_config_revision(storeapi, DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to verify scanner cycle reset intent: {err}")))?;
+    if &revision != expected_revision {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner cycle reset intent changed".to_string()));
+    }
+    if !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner cycle reset ownership was lost".to_string()));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn save_reset_config(
+    storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO + ScannerConfigObjectDelete>,
+    path: &str,
+    data: Vec<u8>,
+    preconditions: crate::HTTPPreconditions,
+    expected_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
+) -> Result<crate::ScannerObjectInfo, EcstoreError> {
+    let Some(_admission) = scanner_publication_admission_for_epoch(storeapi.clone(), expected_epoch).await else {
+        return Err(EcstoreError::other(SCANNER_PUBLICATION_EPOCH_CHANGED));
+    };
+    if !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(EcstoreError::other("scanner reset ownership was lost before write"));
+    }
+    save_config_with_preconditions(storeapi, path, data, preconditions).await
+}
+
+async fn delete_reset_config(
+    storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO + ScannerConfigObjectDelete>,
+    bucket: &str,
+    path: &str,
+    options: ScannerObjectOptions,
+    expected_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
+) -> Result<crate::ScannerObjectInfo, EcstoreError> {
+    let Some(_admission) = scanner_publication_admission_for_epoch(storeapi.clone(), expected_epoch).await else {
+        return Err(EcstoreError::other(SCANNER_PUBLICATION_EPOCH_CHANGED));
+    };
+    if !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(EcstoreError::other("scanner reset ownership was lost before delete"));
+    }
+    storeapi.delete_config_object(bucket, path, options).await
+}
+
 fn scanner_usage_state_reset_paths() -> Vec<String> {
     vec![
         DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str().to_string(),
@@ -1333,8 +1437,14 @@ pub(super) async fn read_usage_state_reset_slots(
     Ok(slots)
 }
 
-fn usage_state_reset_floor(slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot]) -> Result<PersistedUsageFloor, ScannerError> {
-    let mut floor = PersistedUsageFloor::default();
+enum ScannerUsageResetFloor {
+    Missing,
+    Trusted(PersistedUsageFloor),
+    Corrupt,
+}
+
+fn usage_state_reset_floor(slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot]) -> Result<ScannerUsageResetFloor, ScannerError> {
+    let mut floor = None;
     for slot in slots {
         let Some(data) = slot.data.as_deref() else {
             continue;
@@ -1342,9 +1452,21 @@ fn usage_state_reset_floor(slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot]) -> Result<Persi
         let Ok(usage) = serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data) else {
             continue;
         };
-        update_persisted_usage_floor(&mut floor, &usage, &slot.path)?;
+        if !data_usage_info_has_persisted_baseline_identity(&usage)
+            && !(slot.path == DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str() && data_usage_info_is_bootstrap_pending(&usage))
+            && legacy_incomplete_usage_fence(data, &usage)
+                .and_then(|fence| fence.claimable_epoch())
+                .is_none()
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        update_persisted_usage_floor(floor.get_or_insert_with(PersistedUsageFloor::default), &usage, &slot.path)?;
     }
-    Ok(floor)
+    Ok(match floor {
+        Some(floor) => ScannerUsageResetFloor::Trusted(floor),
+        None if slots.iter().any(|slot| slot.data.is_some()) => ScannerUsageResetFloor::Corrupt,
+        None => ScannerUsageResetFloor::Missing,
+    })
 }
 
 async fn read_cycle_state_for_usage_reset(
@@ -1401,11 +1523,12 @@ async fn delete_usage_state_reset_slot(
     storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO + ScannerConfigObjectDelete>,
     slot: &ScannerUsageStateResetSlot,
     expected_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
 ) -> Result<bool, ScannerError> {
     if matches!(slot.revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Missing) {
         return Ok(false);
     }
-    let delete_result = delete_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+    let delete_result = delete_reset_config(
         storeapi.clone(),
         RUSTFS_META_BUCKET,
         &slot.path,
@@ -1415,6 +1538,7 @@ async fn delete_usage_state_reset_slot(
             ..Default::default()
         },
         expected_epoch,
+        owns_reset,
     )
     .await;
     match delete_result {
@@ -1486,21 +1610,24 @@ pub(super) async fn publish_scanner_usage_bootstrap_primary(
     expected_publication_epoch: u64,
     leader_epoch: Option<u64>,
     context: ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext,
+    owns_publication: impl Fn() -> bool + Sync,
 ) -> Result<(), ScannerError> {
     async fn inner(
         storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO + ScannerConfigObjectDelete>,
         expected_revision: &DataUsageCacheRevision,
         expected_publication_epoch: u64,
         leader_epoch: Option<u64>,
+        owns_publication: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
     ) -> Result<(), ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishError> {
         let marker = scanner_usage_bootstrap_marker(std::time::SystemTime::now(), leader_epoch);
         let data = serde_json::to_vec(&marker).map_err(ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishError::Encode)?;
-        let save_result = save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+        let save_result = save_reset_config(
             storeapi.clone(),
             DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
             data.clone(),
             expected_revision.preconditions(),
             expected_publication_epoch,
+            owns_publication,
         )
         .await;
         if save_result
@@ -1524,7 +1651,7 @@ pub(super) async fn publish_scanner_usage_bootstrap_primary(
         })
     }
 
-    inner(storeapi, expected_revision, expected_publication_epoch, leader_epoch)
+    inner(storeapi, expected_revision, expected_publication_epoch, leader_epoch, &owns_publication)
         .await
         .map_err(|err| err.into_scanner_error(context))
 }
@@ -1534,32 +1661,108 @@ pub(super) async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(
     slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot],
     expected_epoch: u64,
     leader_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: impl Fn() -> bool + Sync,
 ) -> Result<Vec<String>, ScannerError> {
     let mut reset_paths = Vec::new();
     let primary = slots
         .iter()
         .find(|slot| slot.path == DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
         .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset primary slot was not inspected".to_string()))?;
-    publish_scanner_usage_bootstrap_primary(
-        storeapi.clone(),
-        &primary.revision,
-        expected_epoch,
-        Some(leader_epoch),
-        ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext::Reset,
-    )
-    .await?;
+    if !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset ownership was lost".to_string()));
+    }
+    let resume_epoch = usage_state_reset_resume_epoch(slots)?;
+    match resume_epoch {
+        Some(epoch) if epoch == leader_epoch => {}
+        Some(_) => return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset bootstrap epoch changed".to_string())),
+        None => {
+            publish_scanner_usage_bootstrap_primary(
+                storeapi.clone(),
+                &primary.revision,
+                expected_epoch,
+                Some(leader_epoch),
+                ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext::Reset,
+                &owns_reset,
+            )
+            .await?;
+        }
+    }
+    let (data, intent_revision) = read_config_with_revision(storeapi.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to inspect scanner usage reset intent: {err}")))?;
+    data.as_deref()
+        .and_then(|data| serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data).ok())
+        .filter(|usage| data_usage_info_is_bootstrap_pending(usage) && usage.scanner_epoch == Some(leader_epoch))
+        .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset intent changed before cleanup".to_string()))?;
+    if !matches!(intent_revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Etag(_))
+        || (resume_epoch.is_some() && intent_revision != primary.revision)
+    {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset intent revision changed".to_string()));
+    }
     reset_paths.push(DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str().to_string());
 
     for slot in slots.iter().filter(|slot| slot.path != DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str()) {
-        if delete_usage_state_reset_slot(storeapi.clone(), slot, expected_epoch).await? {
+        if let Some(usage) = slot
+            .data
+            .as_deref()
+            .and_then(|data| serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data).ok())
+            && usage_epoch(&usage) >= leader_epoch
+        {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other(format!(
+                "scanner usage reset slot is not older than its intent: {}",
+                slot.path
+            )));
+        }
+        let revision = read_config_revision(storeapi.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to verify scanner usage reset intent: {err}")))?;
+        if revision != intent_revision {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset intent changed during cleanup".to_string()));
+        }
+        if !owns_reset() {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset ownership was lost".to_string()));
+        }
+        if delete_usage_state_reset_slot(storeapi.clone(), slot, expected_epoch, &owns_reset).await? {
             reset_paths.push(slot.path.clone());
         }
     }
+    let revision = read_config_revision(storeapi.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to confirm scanner usage reset intent: {err}")))?;
+    if revision != intent_revision || !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other(
+            "scanner usage reset intent or ownership changed before completion".to_string(),
+        ));
+    }
     invalidate_admin_data_usage_snapshot_cache().await;
     invalidate_data_usage_snapshot_cache().await;
     Ok(reset_paths)
 }
 
+fn usage_state_reset_resume_epoch(slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot]) -> Result<Option<u64>, ScannerError> {
+    let primary = slots.iter().find(|slot| slot.path == DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str());
+    let usage = primary
+        .and_then(|slot| slot.data.as_deref())
+        .and_then(|data| serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data).ok());
+    match usage {
+        Some(usage) if usage.usage_snapshot_bootstrap_pending => {
+            if !data_usage_info_is_bootstrap_pending(&usage) {
+                return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset bootstrap is invalid".to_string()));
+            }
+            if usage.scanner_epoch.is_none() {
+                // Initial bootstrap has no reset owner yet.
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+            usage
+                .scanner_epoch
+                .filter(|epoch| *epoch > 0 && *epoch < u64::MAX)
+                .map(Some)
+                .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset bootstrap has no valid epoch".to_string()))
+        }
+        _ => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
 pub async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(
     ctx: CancellationToken,
     storeapi: Arc<ECStore>,
@@ -1584,12 +1787,31 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(
     };
     let (cycle, cycle_epoch, cycle_revision) = read_cycle_state_for_usage_reset(storeapi.clone()).await?;
     let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(storeapi.clone()).await?;
-    let usage_floor = usage_state_reset_floor(&slots)?;
-    let leader_epoch = cycle_epoch
-        .max(usage_floor.leader_epoch)
-        .checked_add(1)
-        .filter(|epoch| *epoch < u64::MAX)
-        .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner leader epoch is exhausted".to_string()))?;
+    let usage_floor = match usage_state_reset_floor(&slots)? {
+        ScannerUsageResetFloor::Trusted(floor) => floor,
+        ScannerUsageResetFloor::Corrupt if matches!(cycle_revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Missing) => {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset has no trusted cycle or usage floor".to_string()));
+        }
+        ScannerUsageResetFloor::Missing | ScannerUsageResetFloor::Corrupt => PersistedUsageFloor {
+            next_cycle: cycle.next,
+            leader_epoch: cycle_epoch,
+        },
+    };
+    let resume_epoch = usage_state_reset_resume_epoch(&slots)?;
+    let leader_epoch = if let Some(epoch) = resume_epoch {
+        if epoch != cycle_epoch || usage_floor.leader_epoch > epoch || usage_floor.next_cycle > cycle.next {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other(
+                "scanner usage reset bootstrap conflicts with the persisted cycle fence".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+        epoch
+    } else {
+        cycle_epoch
+            .max(usage_floor.leader_epoch)
+            .checked_add(1)
+            .filter(|epoch| *epoch < u64::MAX)
+            .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner leader epoch is exhausted".to_string()))?
+    };
     let rebuilt_cycle = CurrentCycle {
         next: cycle.next.max(usage_floor.next_cycle),
         ..Default::default()
@@ -1602,21 +1824,24 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(
             "scanner leader lock was lost before fencing usage reset cycle state".to_string(),
         ));
     }
-    save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
-        storeapi.clone(),
-        DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
-        cycle_data,
-        cycle_revision.preconditions(),
-        reset_epoch,
-    )
-    .await
-    .map_err(|err| {
-        if scanner_publication_epoch_changed(&err) {
-            ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset deferred by a movement epoch change".to_string())
-        } else {
-            ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to fence scanner cycle state for usage reset: {err}"))
-        }
-    })?;
+    if resume_epoch.is_none() {
+        save_reset_config(
+            storeapi.clone(),
+            DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
+            cycle_data,
+            cycle_revision.preconditions(),
+            reset_epoch,
+            &|| !guard.is_lock_lost() && !ctx.is_cancelled(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| {
+            if scanner_publication_epoch_changed(&err) {
+                ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset deferred by a movement epoch change".to_string())
+            } else {
+                ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to fence scanner cycle state for usage reset: {err}"))
+            }
+        })?;
+    }
 
     if guard.is_lock_lost() {
         return Err(ScannerError::Other(
@@ -1624,7 +1849,10 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(
         ));
     }
     let reset_paths =
-        reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(storeapi.clone(), &slots, reset_epoch, leader_epoch).await?;
+        reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(storeapi.clone(), &slots, reset_epoch, leader_epoch, || {
+            !guard.is_lock_lost() && !ctx.is_cancelled()
+        })
+        .await?;
     if guard.is_lock_lost() {
         return Err(ScannerError::Other(
             "scanner leader lock was lost after publishing usage reset marker".to_string(),
@@ -2135,6 +2363,7 @@ async fn recover_legacy_incomplete_usage_floor(
         expected_publication_epoch,
         Some(primary.epoch),
         ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext::Recovery,
+        || true,
     )
     .await?;
     warn!(

crates/scanner/src/scanner/leadership.rs

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ pub(super) async fn initialize_usage_baseline_bootstrap(
         expected_epoch,
         None,
         ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext::Initial,
+        || true,
     )
     .await
 }
@@ -201,9 +202,10 @@ pub(super) async fn fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(
     claimed_epoch: u64,
     expected_publication_epoch: Option<u64>,
     allow_bootstrap_pending: bool,
+    owns_fence: impl Fn() -> bool,
 ) -> Result<(), ScannerError> {
     for retry in 0..=SCANNER_PERSIST_CAS_RETRIES {
-        if ctx.is_cancelled() {
+        if ctx.is_cancelled() || !owns_fence() {
             return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner leadership was cancelled before usage fencing".to_string()));
         }
 
@@ -264,6 +266,9 @@ pub(super) async fn fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(
                     "scanner usage epoch fence changed while preparing its conditional write".to_string(),
                 ));
             };
+            if ctx.is_cancelled() || !owns_fence() {
+                return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner leadership was lost before usage fencing".to_string()));
+            }
             save_config_with_preconditions(storeapi.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), data, revision.preconditions())
                 .await
         };
@@ -319,6 +324,7 @@ pub(super) async fn complete_scanner_leadership_claim(
         claimed_epoch,
         expected_publication_epoch,
         allow_bootstrap_pending,
+        || true,
     )
     .await
     {

crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs

@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ struct MemoryConfigStore {
     cancel_after_successful_puts: Mutex<HashMap<String, (usize, CancellationToken)>>,
     replace_after_successful_puts: Mutex<HashMap<String, (usize, Vec<u8>)>>,
     error_after_commit_deletes: Mutex<HashSet<String>>,
+    cancel_after_deletes: Mutex<HashMap<String, CancellationToken>>,
+    pause_next_publication_admission: Mutex<Option<(Arc<tokio::sync::Notify>, Arc<tokio::sync::Notify>)>>,
     put_counts: Mutex<HashMap<String, usize>>,
     publication_admission_blocked: AtomicBool,
     block_publication_after_admissions: AtomicUsize,
@@ -4081,6 +4083,9 @@ impl crate::ScannerConfigObjectDelete for MemoryConfigStore {
         revisions.remove(&key);
         drop(revisions);
         drop(objects);
+        if let Some(token) = self.cancel_after_deletes.lock().await.remove(&key) {
+            token.cancel();
+        }
         if self.error_after_commit_deletes.lock().await.remove(&key) {
             return Err(EcstoreError::other("injected delete error after commit"));
         }
@@ -4088,6 +4093,11 @@ impl crate::ScannerConfigObjectDelete for MemoryConfigStore {
     }
 
     async fn scanner_data_usage_publication_admission(&self) -> Option<crate::ScannerDataUsagePublicationAdmission> {
+        let pause = self.pause_next_publication_admission.lock().await.take();
+        if let Some((entered, resume)) = pause {
+            entered.notify_one();
+            resume.notified().await;
+        }
         if self.publication_admission_blocked.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
             return None;
         }
@@ -4589,7 +4599,7 @@ async fn scanner_legacy_usage_backup_survives_fencing_and_restart_after_real_met
         .expect("publication must also read the intact backup");
     assert_eq!(baseline.data.as_deref(), Some(data.as_slice()));
     assert_eq!(baseline.revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Missing);
-    fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&CancellationToken::new(), store.clone(), 7, None, false)
+    fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&CancellationToken::new(), store.clone(), 7, None, false, || true)
         .await
         .expect("legacy backup must be fenced into v2");
     let fenced = read_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
@@ -4818,6 +4828,28 @@ async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_publishes_fenced_bootstrap_marker() {
         );
     }
 
+    let cycle_before_retry = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("cycle should remain before retry");
+    let marker_before_retry = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("bootstrap should remain before retry");
+    let retry = reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("completed cleanup should be reentrant");
+    assert_eq!(retry.leader_epoch, result.leader_epoch);
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("cycle should remain"),
+        cycle_before_retry
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("bootstrap should remain"),
+        marker_before_retry
+    );
     let (floor, state) = persisted_usage_floor_for_startup(store, false)
         .await
         .expect("reset marker should be resumable");
@@ -4973,7 +5005,7 @@ async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_slots_reject_primary_aba() {
 
     store.objects.lock().await.insert(key.clone(), b"newer-json".to_vec());
     store.revisions.lock().await.insert(key, 2);
-    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store, &slots, 0, 3)
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store, &slots, 0, 3, || true)
         .await
         .expect_err("stale primary revision must not be overwritten");
     assert!(
@@ -4983,6 +5015,348 @@ async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_slots_reject_primary_aba() {
     );
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_resumes_every_cleanup_boundary_without_rewriting_intent() {
+    for completed in 0..=4 {
+        let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
+        let primary_path = DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str();
+        let cleanup_paths = [
+            format!("{primary_path}.bkp"),
+            LEGACY_DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str().to_string(),
+            format!("{}.bkp", LEGACY_DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str()),
+            DATA_USAGE_OBSERVED_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str().to_string(),
+        ];
+        for path in std::iter::once(primary_path).chain(cleanup_paths.iter().map(String::as_str)) {
+            let mut usage = complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0);
+            usage.scanner_epoch = Some(1);
+            save_config(store.clone(), path, serde_json::to_vec(&usage).expect("fixture should encode"))
+                .await
+                .expect("fixture should persist");
+        }
+        // These objects belong to other owners, even when reset cleanup resumes.
+        for path in ["buckets/quota-reservations/ledger", "buckets/example/incarnation"] {
+            save_config(store.clone(), path, b"retain".to_vec())
+                .await
+                .expect("unrelated state should persist");
+        }
+        let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone()).await.expect("slots should load");
+        let cancelled = CancellationToken::new();
+        if completed == 0 {
+            store
+                .cancel_after_successful_puts
+                .lock()
+                .await
+                .insert(memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, primary_path), (2, cancelled.clone()));
+        } else {
+            store
+                .cancel_after_deletes
+                .lock()
+                .await
+                .insert(memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, &cleanup_paths[completed - 1]), cancelled.clone());
+        }
+        let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || !cancelled.is_cancelled())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("interruption should stop cleanup");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("ownership"), "boundary {completed}: {err}");
+        for (index, path) in cleanup_paths.iter().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                store
+                    .objects
+                    .lock()
+                    .await
+                    .contains_key(&memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, path)),
+                index >= completed,
+                "boundary {completed}, slot {index}"
+            );
+        }
+        let intent = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), primary_path)
+            .await
+            .expect("intent should persist");
+        let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone())
+            .await
+            .expect("restart should reload slots");
+        reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || true)
+            .await
+            .expect("restart should complete the same intent");
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), primary_path)
+                .await
+                .expect("intent should remain"),
+            intent
+        );
+        assert_eq!(store.put_counts.lock().await[&memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, primary_path)], 2);
+        for path in cleanup_paths {
+            assert!(
+                !store
+                    .objects
+                    .lock()
+                    .await
+                    .contains_key(&memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, &path))
+            );
+        }
+        for path in ["buckets/quota-reservations/ledger", "buckets/example/incarnation"] {
+            assert_eq!(read_config(store.clone(), path).await.expect("unrelated state should remain"), b"retain");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_stops_usage_fence_after_owner_loss() {
+    let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
+    let mut usage = complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0);
+    usage.scanner_epoch = Some(1);
+    let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&usage).expect("baseline should encode");
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), bytes.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("baseline should persist");
+    let checks = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+    let err = fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&CancellationToken::new(), store.clone(), 3, Some(0), false, || {
+        checks.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst) == 0
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect_err("ownership lost during reads must prevent the write");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("leadership was lost"), "{err}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config(store, DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("baseline should remain"),
+        bytes
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_cancels_during_publication_admission() {
+    for resuming in [false, true] {
+        let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
+        let usage = if resuming {
+            scanner_usage_bootstrap_marker(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH, Some(3))
+        } else {
+            complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0)
+        };
+        save_config(
+            store.clone(),
+            DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
+            serde_json::to_vec(&usage).expect("primary should encode"),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("primary should persist");
+        save_config(store.clone(), LEGACY_DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), b"corrupt".to_vec())
+            .await
+            .expect("cleanup target should persist");
+        let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone()).await.expect("slots should load");
+        let before = store.objects.lock().await.clone();
+        let revisions_before = store.revisions.lock().await.clone();
+        let entered = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
+        let resume = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
+        *store.pause_next_publication_admission.lock().await = Some((entered.clone(), resume.clone()));
+        let cancelled = CancellationToken::new();
+        let (result, ()) = tokio::join!(
+            reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || !cancelled.is_cancelled()),
+            async {
+                entered.notified().await;
+                cancelled.cancel();
+                resume.notify_one();
+            }
+        );
+        let err = result.expect_err("losing ownership during admission must prevent mutation");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("ownership was lost"), "resuming={resuming}: {err}");
+        assert_eq!(*store.objects.lock().await, before);
+        assert_eq!(*store.revisions.lock().await, revisions_before);
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_rejects_corruption_without_a_trusted_floor() {
+    let (_temp_dir, store) = setup_scanner_cycle_store_with_usage_baseline(false).await;
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), b"{corrupt".to_vec())
+        .await
+        .expect("corrupt primary should persist");
+    let before = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("evidence should load");
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect_err("corruption must not become a zero floor");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("no trusted cycle or usage floor"), "{err}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("evidence should remain"),
+        before
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        read_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str()).await,
+        Err(EcstoreError::ConfigNotFound)
+    ));
+    let mut backup = complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0);
+    backup.scanner_epoch = Some(7);
+    backup.scanner_cycle = Some(40);
+    save_config(
+        store.clone(),
+        &format!("{}.bkp", DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str()),
+        serde_json::to_vec(&backup).expect("backup should encode"),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("valid backup should persist");
+    let result = reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(CancellationToken::new(), store)
+        .await
+        .expect("valid backup should supply the recovery floor");
+    assert_eq!(result.leader_epoch, 8);
+    assert_eq!(result.next_cycle, 41);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_rejects_replaced_intent_and_newer_cleanup_slot() {
+    let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
+    let marker = scanner_usage_bootstrap_marker(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH, Some(3));
+    let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&marker).expect("marker should encode");
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), bytes.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("intent should persist");
+    let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone()).await.expect("slots should load");
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), bytes)
+        .await
+        .expect("another intent should persist");
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || true)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("same epoch cannot replace an intent revision");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("intent revision changed"), "{err}");
+
+    let mut newer = complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0);
+    newer.scanner_epoch = Some(3);
+    let path = format!("{}.bkp", DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str());
+    let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&newer).expect("newer snapshot should encode");
+    save_config(store.clone(), &path, bytes.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("newer snapshot should persist");
+    let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("slots should reload");
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || true)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("cleanup cannot delete same-epoch progress");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("not older than its intent"), "{err}");
+    assert_eq!(read_config(store, &path).await.expect("newer snapshot should remain"), bytes);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_rejects_decodable_untrusted_floor() {
+    let (_temp_dir, store) = setup_scanner_cycle_store_with_usage_baseline(false).await;
+    let invalid_identity = DataUsageInfo {
+        usage_snapshot_complete: true,
+        buckets_count: 1,
+        last_update: Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    for usage in [DataUsageInfo::default(), invalid_identity] {
+        save_config(
+            store.clone(),
+            DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
+            serde_json::to_vec(&usage).expect("fixture should encode"),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("untrusted primary should persist");
+        let before = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("primary should load");
+        let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("valid JSON alone cannot prove a usage floor");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("no trusted cycle or usage floor"), "{err}");
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+                .await
+                .expect("evidence should remain"),
+            before
+        );
+        assert!(matches!(
+            read_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str()).await,
+            Err(EcstoreError::ConfigNotFound)
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn full_rescan_reset_rejects_unknown_marker_phase_even_with_invalid_compat_fields() {
+    for state in [serde_json::json!("rewrite-v2"), serde_json::json!(7), serde_json::Value::Null] {
+        let marker = serde_json::json!({"state": state, "retry_count": "future-type", "schema_version": 99});
+        let err = super::cycle_state::decode_recovery_marker_for_reset(
+            &serde_json::to_vec(&marker).expect("future marker should encode"),
+            &DataUsageCacheRevision::Etag("intent-1".to_string()),
+        )
+        .expect_err("unknown persistent phases must remain fenced");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("state is unsupported"), "{err}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn full_rescan_reset_preserves_unknown_phase_and_retries_completed_cleanup() {
+    let (_temp_dir, store) = setup_scanner_cycle_store().await;
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(), b"corrupt".to_vec())
+        .await
+        .expect("corrupt primary should persist");
+    save_config(
+        store.clone(),
+        DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(),
+        br#"{"state":"future-rewrite"}"#.to_vec(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("future marker should persist");
+    let primary_before = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("primary should load");
+    let marker_before = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("marker should load");
+    let err = reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect_err("unknown phase must block explicit reset");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("state is unsupported"), "{err}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("primary should remain"),
+        primary_before
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("marker should remain"),
+        marker_before
+    );
+
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(), b"{malformed".to_vec())
+        .await
+        .expect("recoverable marker should persist");
+    reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("reset should complete");
+    let primary = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("rebuilt primary should load");
+    let usage = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("fenced usage should load");
+    reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("retry after marker deletion should complete");
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("rebuilt primary should remain"),
+        primary
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("fenced usage should remain"),
+        usage
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_slots_defer_when_publication_epoch_moves() {
     let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
@@ -4993,7 +5367,7 @@ async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_slots_defer_when_publication_epoch_moves() {
         .expect("usage reset slots should be inspected");
     store.publication_admission_blocked.store(true, Ordering::Release);
 
-    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store, &slots, 0, 3)
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store, &slots, 0, 3, || true)
         .await
         .expect_err("movement admission loss must defer reset");
     assert!(
@@ -8169,6 +8543,44 @@ fn scanner_activity_snapshot_digest_fences_dirty_usage_state() {
     assert_ne!(scanner_activity_snapshot_digest(&clean), scanner_activity_snapshot_digest(&pending));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn scanner_activity_structural_digest_ignores_regular_bucket_writes() {
+    let baseline = BTreeMap::from([("node-2".to_string(), scanner_node_activity("epoch-a", 7, 3))]);
+    let mut written = baseline.clone();
+    let activity = written.get_mut("node-2").expect("node should exist");
+    activity.namespace_generation = 8;
+    activity.dirty_usage_generation = 6;
+    activity.dirty_usage_pending = true;
+
+    assert_ne!(scanner_activity_snapshot_digest(&baseline), scanner_activity_snapshot_digest(&written));
+    assert_eq!(
+        scanner_activity_structural_digest(&baseline),
+        scanner_activity_structural_digest(&written),
+        "bucket writes are refreshed through the dirty-bucket scope rather than invalidating every cache"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scanner_activity_structural_digest_fences_restart_and_maintenance() {
+    let baseline = BTreeMap::from([("node-2".to_string(), scanner_node_activity("epoch-a", 7, 3))]);
+    let mut restarted = baseline.clone();
+    restarted.get_mut("node-2").expect("node should exist").instance_id = "epoch-b".to_string();
+    let mut maintained = baseline.clone();
+    maintained
+        .get_mut("node-2")
+        .expect("node should exist")
+        .maintenance_generation = 4;
+
+    assert_ne!(
+        scanner_activity_structural_digest(&baseline),
+        scanner_activity_structural_digest(&restarted)
+    );
+    assert_ne!(
+        scanner_activity_structural_digest(&baseline),
+        scanner_activity_structural_digest(&maintained)
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn scanner_dirty_usage_acknowledgements_exclude_local_and_clean_nodes() {
     let snapshot = BTreeMap::from([

crates/scanner/src/scanner_folder/tests.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::os::unix::fs::{PermissionsExt, symlink};
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
+mod checkpoint_fixture;
+
 /// Reset the process-global alert cooldown map; test-only.
 fn reset_alert_cooldowns() {
     *SCANNER_ALERT_EMISSION_COOLDOWN

crates/scanner/src/scanner_folder/tests/checkpoint_fixture.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,410 @@
+// Copyright 2026 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 super::*;
+use crate::scanner_budget::ScannerCycleBudgetConfig;
+use crate::scanner_io::{ScannerDiskScanOutcome, ScannerIODisk};
+use crate::storage_api::scanner_io::ObjectIO;
+use crate::{DataUsageCacheSource, DataUsageScanPlanDigest};
+use std::io::Cursor;
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+
+const CACHE_NAME: &str = "bucket/checkpoint-fixture.bin";
+const STATIC_OBJECTS: u64 = 24;
+const MAX_CACHE_BYTES: u64 = 1024 * 1024;
+const SOURCE: DataUsageCacheSource = DataUsageCacheSource::new(0, 0);
+const PLAN: DataUsageScanPlanDigest = DataUsageScanPlanDigest([17; 32]);
+
+/// Real cache persistence codec and CAS calls, backed by two bounded local files.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct FixtureStore {
+    root: tempfile::TempDir,
+    reject_save: AtomicBool,
+}
+
+impl FixtureStore {
+    fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
+        Arc::new(Self {
+            root: tempfile::tempdir().expect("checkpoint fixture storage directory"),
+            reject_save: AtomicBool::new(false),
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn path(&self, object: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        assert!(object.ends_with(CACHE_NAME) || object.ends_with(&format!("{CACHE_NAME}.bkp")));
+        self.root
+            .path()
+            .join(if object.ends_with(".bkp") { "backup" } else { "main" })
+    }
+
+    async fn strict_load(&self) -> DataUsageCache {
+        let bytes = tokio::fs::read(self.root.path().join("main"))
+            .await
+            .expect("saved checkpoint fixture must exist");
+        decode_fixture(&bytes).expect("saved checkpoint fixture must contain a valid bucket root")
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl ObjectIO for FixtureStore {
+    type Error = crate::EcstoreError;
+    type RangeSpec = crate::storage_api::scanner_io::HTTPRangeSpec;
+    type HeaderMap = http::HeaderMap;
+    type ObjectOptions = crate::ScannerObjectOptions;
+    type ObjectInfo = crate::ScannerObjectInfo;
+    type GetObjectReader = crate::ScannerGetObjectReader;
+    type PutObjectReader = crate::ScannerPutObjReader;
+
+    async fn get_object_reader(
+        &self,
+        _bucket: &str,
+        object: &str,
+        _range: Option<Self::RangeSpec>,
+        _headers: Self::HeaderMap,
+        _options: &Self::ObjectOptions,
+    ) -> crate::EcstoreResult<Self::GetObjectReader> {
+        let bytes = tokio::fs::read(self.path(object)).await.map_err(|error| {
+            if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                crate::EcstoreError::FileNotFound
+            } else {
+                crate::EcstoreError::from(error)
+            }
+        })?;
+        assert!(u64::try_from(bytes.len()).expect("cache length") <= MAX_CACHE_BYTES);
+        Ok(crate::ScannerGetObjectReader {
+            stream: Box::new(Cursor::new(bytes)),
+            object_info: crate::ScannerObjectInfo {
+                etag: Some("fixture".into()),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            buffered_body: None,
+            body_source: Default::default(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    async fn put_object(
+        &self,
+        _bucket: &str,
+        object: &str,
+        data: &mut Self::PutObjectReader,
+        options: &Self::ObjectOptions,
+    ) -> crate::EcstoreResult<Self::ObjectInfo> {
+        if self.reject_save.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            return Err(crate::EcstoreError::PreconditionFailed);
+        }
+        let path = self.path(object);
+        let exists = tokio::fs::try_exists(&path).await?;
+        let preconditions = options.http_preconditions.as_ref().expect("checkpoint writes must use CAS");
+        if (exists && preconditions.if_none_match_value() == Some("*"))
+            || (!exists && preconditions.if_match_value().is_some())
+            || (exists && preconditions.if_match_value() != Some("fixture"))
+        {
+            return Err(crate::EcstoreError::PreconditionFailed);
+        }
+        let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+        (&mut data.stream).take(MAX_CACHE_BYTES + 1).read_to_end(&mut bytes).await?;
+        assert!(u64::try_from(bytes.len()).expect("cache length") <= MAX_CACHE_BYTES);
+        tokio::fs::write(path, bytes).await?;
+        Ok(crate::ScannerObjectInfo {
+            etag: Some("fixture".into()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl crate::ScannerConfigObjectDelete for FixtureStore {
+    async fn delete_config_object(
+        &self,
+        _bucket: &str,
+        _object: &str,
+        _options: crate::ScannerObjectOptions,
+    ) -> crate::EcstoreResult<crate::ScannerObjectInfo> {
+        Err(crate::EcstoreError::NotImplemented)
+    }
+
+    async fn scanner_data_usage_publication_admission(&self) -> Option<crate::ScannerDataUsagePublicationAdmission> {
+        Some(crate::ScannerDataUsagePublicationAdmission::unfenced())
+    }
+}
+
+fn decode_fixture(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<DataUsageCache, &'static str> {
+    if bytes.is_empty() || bytes.len() > usize::try_from(MAX_CACHE_BYTES).expect("fixture bound") {
+        return Err("missing or oversized checkpoint fixture");
+    }
+    let cache = DataUsageCache::unmarshal(bytes).map_err(|_| "corrupt checkpoint fixture")?;
+    if cache.info.name != "bucket" || cache.checked_flatten("bucket").is_none() {
+        return Err("checkpoint fixture has no valid bucket root");
+    }
+    Ok(cache)
+}
+
+fn retained(cache: &DataUsageCache) -> u64 {
+    assert!(
+        !cache.root().is_some_and(|root| root.compacted),
+        "a compacted bucket root cannot prove static-prefix coverage"
+    );
+    cache
+        .checked_flatten("bucket/static")
+        .map_or(0, |entry| u64::try_from(entry.objects).expect("fixture object count fits u64"))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum CoverageDiagnosis {
+    Progress,
+    NoNewWork,
+    LostAtPrepare,
+    LostAtReload,
+    WalkWithoutRetention,
+}
+
+fn diagnose(previous: u64, prepared: u64, walked: u64, scanned: u64, reloaded: u64) -> CoverageDiagnosis {
+    if reloaded < scanned {
+        CoverageDiagnosis::LostAtReload
+    } else if prepared < previous {
+        CoverageDiagnosis::LostAtPrepare
+    } else if walked > 0 && reloaded <= previous {
+        CoverageDiagnosis::WalkWithoutRetention
+    } else if reloaded > previous {
+        CoverageDiagnosis::Progress
+    } else {
+        CoverageDiagnosis::NoNewWork
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn checkpoint_fixture_diagnosis_rejects_walk_without_retention() {
+    assert_eq!(diagnose(4, 4, 9, 8, 8), CoverageDiagnosis::Progress);
+    assert_eq!(diagnose(4, 4, 9, 4, 4), CoverageDiagnosis::WalkWithoutRetention);
+    assert_eq!(diagnose(4, 0, 9, 4, 4), CoverageDiagnosis::LostAtPrepare);
+    assert_eq!(diagnose(4, 4, 9, 8, 4), CoverageDiagnosis::LostAtReload);
+    assert_eq!(diagnose(4, 4, 0, 4, 4), CoverageDiagnosis::NoNewWork);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn checkpoint_fixture_missing_and_corrupt_inputs_fail() {
+    for bytes in [
+        vec![],
+        vec![0xc1],
+        DataUsageCache::default().marshal_msg().expect("empty cache encoding"),
+        vec![0; usize::try_from(MAX_CACHE_BYTES + 1).expect("oversized fixture")],
+    ] {
+        assert!(decode_fixture(&bytes).is_err(), "invalid fixture must not become an empty complete root");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn checkpoint_fixture_compaction_preserves_aggregate_not_child_enumeration() {
+    let mut cache = DataUsageCache::default();
+    cache.info.name = "bucket".to_string();
+    cache.replace("bucket", "", DataUsageEntry::default());
+    cache.replace("bucket/static", "bucket", DataUsageEntry::default());
+    for index in 0..4 {
+        cache.replace(
+            &format!("bucket/static/{index}"),
+            "bucket/static",
+            DataUsageEntry {
+                objects: 1,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+    }
+    cache.reduce_children_of(&hash_path("bucket/static"), 1, true);
+    let decoded = decode_fixture(&cache.marshal_msg().expect("encode compacted cache")).expect("decode compacted fixture");
+    let entry = decoded
+        .find("bucket/static")
+        .expect("compaction must retain the static subtree root");
+    assert!(entry.compacted);
+    assert!(entry.children.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(
+        retained(&decoded),
+        4,
+        "compaction retains aggregate coverage even when leaf keys are absent"
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn checkpoint_fixture_save_reload_resume() {
+    run_checkpoint_fixture(false).await;
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn checkpoint_fixture_hot_digest_diagnostic() {
+    run_checkpoint_fixture(true).await;
+}
+
+async fn run_checkpoint_fixture(change_digest: bool) {
+    let (scanner, root) = build_test_scanner().await;
+    let _guard = TestGuard {
+        temp_dir: Some(root.clone()),
+    };
+    for index in 0..STATIC_OBJECTS {
+        write_test_object_metadata(&root, "bucket", &format!("static/{index:04}")).await;
+    }
+    let store = FixtureStore::new();
+    let mut previous = 0;
+    let mut visited = 0;
+    for round in 0..3_u8 {
+        write_test_object_metadata(&root, "bucket", "hot/current").await;
+        let mut cache = DataUsageCache::default();
+        let revisions = cache
+            .load_with_revisions(store.clone(), CACHE_NAME)
+            .await
+            .expect("load checkpoint revisions");
+        if round > 0 {
+            assert_eq!(retained(&store.strict_load().await), previous);
+        }
+        let plan = crate::scanner_io::checkpoint_fixture_bucket_digest(PLAN, change_digest.then_some(u64::from(round)));
+        crate::scanner_io::current_cache_root_or_prepare_with_generation(
+            &mut cache,
+            "bucket",
+            SOURCE,
+            11,
+            7,
+            plan,
+            crate::scanner_io::DataUsageCacheReuseOptions {
+                require_source: true,
+                tier_registry_generation: None,
+            },
+        );
+        let prepared = retained(&cache);
+        let parent = CancellationToken::new();
+        let budget = ScannerCycleBudget::new_with_progress_tracking(
+            &parent,
+            ScannerCycleBudgetConfig {
+                max_objects: Some(4),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+        let outcome = scanner
+            .local_disk
+            .clone()
+            .nsscanner_disk(
+                budget.token(),
+                budget.clone(),
+                vec![scanner.local_disk.clone()],
+                cache,
+                None,
+                HealScanMode::Normal,
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("budgeted local disk scan returns partial cache");
+        let ScannerDiskScanOutcome::Partial(cache) = outcome else {
+            panic!("budgeted fixture must remain partial")
+        };
+        assert!(!cache.info.snapshot_complete, "partial must never publish a complete root");
+        assert_eq!(budget.reason(), Some(crate::scanner_budget::ScannerCycleBudgetReason::Objects));
+        let scanned = retained(&cache);
+        cache
+            .save_with_revisions_for_epoch(store.clone(), CACHE_NAME, &revisions, 0)
+            .await
+            .expect("persist partial checkpoint");
+        let mut loaded = DataUsageCache::default();
+        loaded
+            .load(store.clone(), CACHE_NAME)
+            .await
+            .expect("reload persisted partial checkpoint");
+        let reloaded = retained(&loaded);
+        assert_eq!(reloaded, retained(&store.strict_load().await));
+        assert_eq!(scanned, reloaded, "save/load must retain static subtree coverage");
+        assert!(!loaded.info.snapshot_complete);
+        visited += budget.entries_visited();
+        let diagnosis = diagnose(previous, prepared, budget.entries_visited(), scanned, reloaded);
+        eprintln!(
+            "checkpoint_fixture round={round} hot_digest={change_digest} visited_total={visited} before={previous} prepared={prepared} scanned={scanned} reloaded={reloaded} diagnosis={diagnosis:?}"
+        );
+        if !change_digest || std::env::var_os("RUSTFS_CHECKPOINT_REQUIRE_PROGRESS").is_some() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                diagnosis,
+                CoverageDiagnosis::Progress,
+                "visited growth must produce durable static coverage"
+            );
+        }
+        crate::remote_scanner::checkpoint_fixture_partial_return(budget.progress(), budget.entries_visited()).await;
+        previous = reloaded;
+    }
+    assert!(visited > 0, "fixture must exercise the directory walk");
+    assert!(previous > 0, "fixture must retain and enumerate static subtree entries");
+
+    let mut loaded = DataUsageCache::default();
+    let revisions = loaded
+        .load_with_revisions(store.clone(), CACHE_NAME)
+        .await
+        .expect("load final checkpoint");
+    let before = tokio::fs::read(store.root.path().join("main"))
+        .await
+        .expect("read durable checkpoint bytes");
+    let epoch_error = loaded
+        .save_with_revisions_for_epoch(store.clone(), CACHE_NAME, &revisions, 1)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("stale publication epoch must reject persistence");
+    assert!(epoch_error.to_string().contains(crate::SCANNER_PUBLICATION_EPOCH_CHANGED));
+    store.reject_save.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+    loaded.info.next_cycle += 1;
+    loaded
+        .save_with_revisions_for_epoch(store.clone(), CACHE_NAME, &revisions, 0)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("injected save failure must not report durable progress");
+    assert_eq!(
+        tokio::fs::read(store.root.path().join("main"))
+            .await
+            .expect("read unchanged checkpoint bytes"),
+        before
+    );
+
+    let parent = CancellationToken::new();
+    parent.cancel();
+    let budget = ScannerCycleBudget::new(&parent, Default::default());
+    let result = scanner
+        .local_disk
+        .clone()
+        .nsscanner_disk(
+            budget.token(),
+            budget.clone(),
+            vec![scanner.local_disk.clone()],
+            loaded.clone(),
+            None,
+            HealScanMode::Normal,
+        )
+        .await;
+    assert!(result.is_err(), "pre-scan cancellation must not produce a complete root");
+    assert_eq!(budget.reason(), None, "parent cancellation is not object budget exhaustion");
+
+    let parent = CancellationToken::new();
+    let budget = ScannerCycleBudget::new(&parent, Default::default());
+    let result = scanner
+        .local_disk
+        .clone()
+        .nsscanner_disk(
+            budget.token(),
+            budget,
+            vec![scanner.local_disk.clone()],
+            loaded,
+            None,
+            HealScanMode::Normal,
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("unbounded scan must complete after durable partial progress");
+    let ScannerDiskScanOutcome::Complete(cache) = result else {
+        panic!("unbounded fixture must produce a complete disk cache");
+    };
+    assert!(cache.info.snapshot_complete);
+    assert!(cache.info.scan_checkpoint.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(
+        cache.checked_flatten("bucket").expect("complete bucket root").objects,
+        usize::try_from(STATIC_OBJECTS + 1).expect("fixture object count fits usize")
+    );
+}

crates/scanner/src/scanner_io.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use crate::{
     DataUsageCacheSource, DataUsageEntry, DataUsageEntryInfo, DataUsageInfo, DataUsageScanPlanDigest, DataUsageSnapshotSetState,
     ScannerError, SizeSummary, TierStats,
 };
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::future::join_all;
 use metrics::counter;
 use rand::seq::SliceRandom as _;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ use tokio_util::task::AbortOnDropHandle;
 use tracing::{debug, error, warn};
 
 use crate::ScannerObjectInfo as ObjectInfo;
+use crate::storage_api::EcstoreScannerPeerDirtyUsageSnapshot;
 use crate::storage_api::ScannerStorage;
 use crate::storage_api::scan::NamespaceLocking as _;
 use crate::storage_api::scanner_io::{BucketInfo, BucketOptions};
@@ -111,6 +113,121 @@ pub(crate) struct ScannerBucketScanScope {
     baseline_scan_plan_digest: Option<DataUsageScanPlanDigest>,
 }
 
+impl ScannerBucketScanScope {
+    fn is_default(&self) -> bool {
+        self.selected_buckets.is_none() && self.baseline_scan_plan_digest.is_none()
+    }
+
+    fn from_dirty_buckets(selected_buckets: HashSet<String>, baseline_scan_plan_digest: DataUsageScanPlanDigest) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            selected_buckets: Some(Arc::new(selected_buckets)),
+            baseline_scan_plan_digest: Some(baseline_scan_plan_digest),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub(super) struct ScannerCacheBaselineProof<'a> {
+    pub(super) data: Option<&'a Bytes>,
+    pub(super) expected_sources: &'a HashSet<DataUsageCacheSource>,
+    pub(super) leader_epoch: u64,
+    pub(super) want_cycle: u64,
+    pub(super) scan_plan_digest: DataUsageScanPlanDigest,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+struct ScannerPeerDirtyUsageExpectation {
+    instance_id: String,
+    generation: u64,
+    pending: bool,
+}
+
+fn verified_remote_dirty_usage_buckets(
+    expected_peers: &HashMap<String, ScannerPeerDirtyUsageExpectation>,
+    peer_snapshots: Vec<(String, EcstoreScannerPeerDirtyUsageSnapshot)>,
+) -> Option<HashSet<String>> {
+    if expected_peers.is_empty() || peer_snapshots.len() != expected_peers.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let mut received_peers = HashSet::with_capacity(peer_snapshots.len());
+    let mut dirty_buckets = HashSet::new();
+    for (host, snapshot) in peer_snapshots {
+        let expected = expected_peers.get(&host)?;
+        if !received_peers.insert(host)
+            || snapshot.instance_id != expected.instance_id
+            || snapshot.generation != expected.generation
+            || snapshot.generation == u64::MAX
+            || snapshot.protocol_version != crate::SCANNER_DIRTY_USAGE_SNAPSHOT_PROTOCOL_VERSION
+            || !snapshot.complete
+            || snapshot.pending_bucket_count != u64::try_from(snapshot.buckets.len()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX)
+            || (expected.pending && snapshot.pending_bucket_count == 0)
+        {
+            return None;
+        }
+        dirty_buckets.extend(snapshot.buckets.into_keys());
+    }
+
+    (received_peers.len() == expected_peers.len()).then_some(dirty_buckets)
+}
+
+fn complete_scanner_cache_baseline_plan_digest(proof: ScannerCacheBaselineProof<'_>) -> Option<DataUsageScanPlanDigest> {
+    let data = proof.data?;
+    let baseline = serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data).ok()?;
+    if !baseline.is_complete_bucket_usage_snapshot()
+        || baseline.usage_snapshot_partial
+        || baseline.usage_snapshot_converged != Some(true)
+        || baseline.scanner_epoch != Some(proof.leader_epoch)
+        || baseline.usage_snapshot_set_states.len() != proof.expected_sources.len()
+    {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let mut states = HashSet::with_capacity(baseline.usage_snapshot_set_states.len());
+    for state in &baseline.usage_snapshot_set_states {
+        let source = DataUsageCacheSource::new(usize::try_from(state.pool_index).ok()?, usize::try_from(state.set_index).ok()?);
+        if !proof.expected_sources.contains(&source)
+            || !states.insert(source)
+            || !state.complete
+            || state.tombstone
+            || state.scanner_epoch != Some(proof.leader_epoch)
+            || state.scanner_cycle.is_none_or(|cycle| cycle > proof.want_cycle)
+            || state.scan_plan_digest != Some(proof.scan_plan_digest.0)
+        {
+            return None;
+        }
+    }
+
+    (states == *proof.expected_sources).then_some(proof.scan_plan_digest)
+}
+
+fn scoped_scan_scope_from_dirty_buckets(
+    requested_scope: ScannerBucketScanScope,
+    dirty_buckets: HashSet<String>,
+    dirty_snapshot_complete: bool,
+    all_buckets: &[BucketInfo],
+    baseline_proof: ScannerCacheBaselineProof<'_>,
+) -> ScannerBucketScanScope {
+    if !requested_scope.is_default() || !dirty_snapshot_complete {
+        return requested_scope;
+    }
+
+    let current_buckets = all_buckets.iter().map(|bucket| bucket.name.as_str()).collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+    let selected_buckets = dirty_buckets
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|bucket| current_buckets.contains(bucket.as_str()))
+        .collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+    if selected_buckets.is_empty() {
+        return requested_scope;
+    }
+
+    let Some(baseline_scan_plan_digest) = complete_scanner_cache_baseline_plan_digest(baseline_proof) else {
+        return requested_scope;
+    };
+
+    ScannerBucketScanScope::from_dirty_buckets(selected_buckets, baseline_scan_plan_digest)
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn is_scanner_metadata_corrupt_error(err: &StorageError) -> bool {
     matches!(err, StorageError::Io(io) if io.to_string().starts_with(SCANNER_METADATA_CORRUPT_ERROR))
 }
@@ -209,6 +326,14 @@ fn scanner_bucket_cache_digest(
     DataUsageScanPlanDigest(hasher.finalize().into())
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) fn checkpoint_fixture_bucket_digest(
+    scan_plan_digest: DataUsageScanPlanDigest,
+    dirty_generation: Option<u64>,
+) -> DataUsageScanPlanDigest {
+    scanner_bucket_cache_digest(scan_plan_digest, dirty_generation)
+}
+
 fn finalize_nsscanner_result(results: &[DataUsageCache], first_err: Option<Error>) -> Result<()> {
     if results.iter().any(|result| result.info.last_update.is_some()) {
         return Ok(());
@@ -741,7 +866,7 @@ mod io_cache;
 mod io_cycle;
 #[cfg(test)]
 use io_cache::{ScannerSetCacheGeneration, prepare_scoped_set_scan};
-pub(crate) use io_cycle::nsscanner_with_storage_status;
+pub(crate) use io_cycle::{ScannerCycleRequest, nsscanner_with_storage_status_scoped};
 mod io_disk;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod publish_gate_tests;
@@ -758,8 +883,9 @@ pub(crate) use cache::{
 };
 pub use dirty_usage::{
     ScannerDirtyUsageAckError, ScannerDirtyUsageBucket, ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshot, ScannerDirtyUsageState,
-    acknowledge_dirty_usage_generation, clear_dirty_usage_bucket, record_dirty_usage_bucket, record_scanner_maintenance_change,
-    scanner_activity_epoch, scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot, scanner_dirty_usage_state, scanner_maintenance_generation,
+    acknowledge_dirty_usage_generation, acknowledge_scoped_dirty_usage, clear_dirty_usage_bucket, record_dirty_usage_bucket,
+    record_scanner_maintenance_change, scanner_activity_epoch, scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot, scanner_dirty_usage_state,
+    scanner_maintenance_generation,
 };
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use dirty_usage::{clear_dirty_usage_buckets_for_tests, dirty_usage_buckets_for_tests};

crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/cache.rs

@@ -282,9 +282,26 @@ pub(super) fn completed_data_usage_info(
         .iter()
         .map(|(bucket, usage)| (bucket.clone(), usage.size))
         .collect();
+    let mut usage_snapshot_set_states = results
+        .iter()
+        .map(|result| {
+            let source = result.info.source?;
+            Some(DataUsageSnapshotSetState {
+                pool_index: u64::try_from(source.pool_index).ok()?,
+                set_index: u64::try_from(source.set_index).ok()?,
+                scanner_cycle: Some(result.info.next_cycle),
+                scanner_epoch: Some(result.info.leader_epoch),
+                scan_plan_digest: Some(result.info.scan_plan_digest?.0),
+                complete: true,
+                tombstone: false,
+            })
+        })
+        .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()?;
+    usage_snapshot_set_states.sort_by_key(|state| (state.pool_index, state.set_index));
     let data_usage_info = DataUsageInfo {
         last_update: Some(merged_last_update),
         scanner_cycle: Some(results.first()?.info.next_cycle),
+        scanner_epoch: Some(results.first()?.info.leader_epoch),
         objects_total_count: u64::try_from(total.objects).ok()?,
         versions_total_count: u64::try_from(total.versions).ok()?,
         delete_markers_total_count: u64::try_from(total.delete_markers).ok()?,
@@ -295,6 +312,7 @@ pub(super) fn completed_data_usage_info(
         bucket_sizes,
         buckets_usage,
         usage_snapshot_complete: true,
+        usage_snapshot_set_states,
         ..Default::default()
     };
     Some((data_usage_info, merged_last_update))

crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/dirty_usage.rs

@@ -52,6 +52,112 @@ pub enum ScannerDirtyUsageAckError {
     ProcessChanged,
     #[error("scanner dirty usage generation cannot be acknowledged")]
     InvalidGeneration,
+    #[error("scanner dirty usage bucket incarnation fence is unavailable")]
+    IncarnationUnavailable,
+}
+
+/// A scoped ACK requires storage-owned lifecycle and incarnation fences.
+/// Callers must only send ACKs backed by durable per-bucket publication.
+pub fn acknowledge_scoped_dirty_usage(
+    instance_id: &str,
+    entries: &[(&crate::storage_api::EcstoreBucketMetadataMutationGuard, u64)],
+    probe_only: bool,
+) -> std::result::Result<u64, ScannerDirtyUsageAckError> {
+    // Lock order: sorted bucket lifecycle/metadata fences (caller), then dirty map.
+    // No await or storage operation occurs while the dirty map is locked.
+    let (cleared, pending) = {
+        let mut dirty = dirty_usage_buckets();
+        let checked = entries
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(guard, generation)| {
+                guard
+                    .checked_bucket_incarnation()
+                    .map(|(bucket, _)| (bucket, *generation))
+                    .map_err(|_| ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::IncarnationUnavailable)
+            })
+            .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        let cleared = apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+            instance_id,
+            scanner_activity_epoch(),
+            DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_GENERATION.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+            &mut dirty,
+            &checked,
+            probe_only,
+        )?;
+        if cleared > 0 {
+            advance_generation(&DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_GENERATION);
+        }
+        (cleared, dirty.len())
+    };
+    if !probe_only {
+        global_metrics().record_scanner_dirty_usage_cycle_clear(usize_to_u64_saturated(cleared), usize_to_u64_saturated(pending));
+    }
+    Ok(usize_to_u64_saturated(cleared))
+}
+
+fn apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+    instance_id: &str,
+    current_instance: &str,
+    current_generation: u64,
+    dirty: &mut DirtyUsageBuckets,
+    entries: &[(&str, u64)],
+    probe_only: bool,
+) -> std::result::Result<usize, ScannerDirtyUsageAckError> {
+    if instance_id != current_instance {
+        return Err(ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::ProcessChanged);
+    }
+    if current_generation == u64::MAX
+        || entries
+            .iter()
+            .any(|(_, generation)| *generation == 0 || *generation == u64::MAX || *generation > current_generation)
+    {
+        return Err(ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::InvalidGeneration);
+    }
+    let mut cleared = 0;
+    if !probe_only {
+        for (bucket, generation) in entries {
+            if dirty.get(*bucket) == Some(generation) {
+                dirty.remove(*bucket);
+                cleared += 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(cleared)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod scoped_dirty_usage_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_preserves_uncovered_newer_and_replayed_generations() {
+        let mut dirty = HashMap::from([("hot".to_string(), 7), ("cold".to_string(), 8)]);
+        assert_eq!(apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], true), Ok(0));
+        assert_eq!(dirty.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], false), Ok(1));
+        assert_eq!(dirty.get("hot"), Some(&7));
+        assert_eq!(apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], false), Ok(0));
+        dirty.insert("cold".to_string(), 9);
+        assert_eq!(apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 9, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], false), Ok(0));
+        assert_eq!(dirty.get("cold"), Some(&9));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_rejects_restart_and_invalid_batch_before_clearing() {
+        let original = HashMap::from([("hot".to_string(), 7), ("cold".to_string(), 8)]);
+        let mut dirty = original.clone();
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("old", "new", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], false),
+            Err(ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::ProcessChanged)
+        );
+        for generation in [0, 9, u64::MAX] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8), ("hot", generation)], false),
+                Err(ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::InvalidGeneration)
+            );
+            assert_eq!(dirty, original);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub(super) fn dirty_usage_buckets() -> MutexGuard<'static, DirtyUsageBuckets> {

crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/io_cycle.rs

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ where
         leader_epoch,
         scan_mode,
         scan_scope: ScannerBucketScanScope::default(),
+        persisted_usage_baseline: None,
     };
     nsscanner_with_storage_status_scoped(store, request).await
 }
@@ -83,6 +84,79 @@ pub(crate) struct ScannerCycleRequest {
     pub(crate) leader_epoch: u64,
     pub(crate) scan_mode: HealScanMode,
     pub(crate) scan_scope: ScannerBucketScanScope,
+    pub(crate) persisted_usage_baseline: Option<Bytes>,
+}
+
+struct ScannerBucketScopeResolution<'a> {
+    requested_scope: ScannerBucketScanScope,
+    baseline_proof: ScannerCacheBaselineProof<'a>,
+    activity_before: &'a crate::scanner::ScannerActivitySnapshot,
+    dirty_usage_snapshot: &'a DirtyUsageSnapshot,
+    all_buckets: &'a [BucketInfo],
+}
+
+async fn resolve_scanner_bucket_scan_scope<S>(
+    store: &S,
+    distributed: bool,
+    resolution: ScannerBucketScopeResolution<'_>,
+) -> ScannerBucketScanScope
+where
+    S: ScannerStorage,
+{
+    if !resolution.requested_scope.is_default()
+        || !resolution.dirty_usage_snapshot.covers_all_pending
+        || resolution.dirty_usage_snapshot.generation == u64::MAX
+        || resolution.dirty_usage_snapshot.buckets.len() > crate::SCANNER_DIRTY_USAGE_SNAPSHOT_MAX_ENTRIES
+    {
+        return resolution.requested_scope;
+    }
+
+    let mut dirty_buckets = resolution
+        .dirty_usage_snapshot
+        .buckets
+        .keys()
+        .cloned()
+        .collect::<HashSet<_>>();
+    if distributed {
+        let Some(notification_system) = store.scanner_notification_system() else {
+            return resolution.requested_scope;
+        };
+        let Ok(peer_snapshots) = notification_system.scanner_dirty_usage_snapshots().await else {
+            return resolution.requested_scope;
+        };
+        let mut expected_peers = HashMap::new();
+        for (host, lease_instance_id, _) in crate::scanner::scanner_activity_publication_lease_targets(resolution.activity_before)
+        {
+            let Some((activity_instance_id, generation, pending)) =
+                crate::scanner::scanner_activity_dirty_usage_state_for_host(resolution.activity_before, &host)
+            else {
+                return resolution.requested_scope;
+            };
+            if activity_instance_id != lease_instance_id || expected_peers.contains_key(&host) {
+                return resolution.requested_scope;
+            }
+            expected_peers.insert(
+                host,
+                ScannerPeerDirtyUsageExpectation {
+                    instance_id: activity_instance_id.to_string(),
+                    generation,
+                    pending,
+                },
+            );
+        }
+        let Some(remote_dirty_buckets) = verified_remote_dirty_usage_buckets(&expected_peers, peer_snapshots) else {
+            return resolution.requested_scope;
+        };
+        dirty_buckets.extend(remote_dirty_buckets);
+    }
+
+    scoped_scan_scope_from_dirty_buckets(
+        resolution.requested_scope,
+        dirty_buckets,
+        true,
+        resolution.all_buckets,
+        resolution.baseline_proof,
+    )
 }
 
 pub(crate) async fn nsscanner_with_storage_status_scoped<S>(store: &S, request: ScannerCycleRequest) -> Result<ScannerCycleResult>
@@ -97,6 +171,7 @@ where
         leader_epoch,
         scan_mode,
         scan_scope,
+        persisted_usage_baseline,
     } = request;
     let child_token = ctx.child_token();
     let _tier_cycle_guard = begin_tier_registry_cycle(want_cycle, leader_epoch);
@@ -186,8 +261,26 @@ where
     }
     bucket_plan_complete &= buckets_by_source.keys().copied().collect::<HashSet<_>>() == *expected_sources;
     let scan_plan_digest =
-        scanner_bucket_plan_digest(&all_buckets, crate::scanner::scanner_activity_snapshot_digest(&activity_before));
+        scanner_bucket_plan_digest(&all_buckets, crate::scanner::scanner_activity_structural_digest(&activity_before));
     let dirty_usage_snapshot = Arc::new(snapshot_dirty_usage_buckets(&all_buckets, dirty_generation_before_bucket_list));
+    let scan_scope = resolve_scanner_bucket_scan_scope(
+        store,
+        distributed,
+        ScannerBucketScopeResolution {
+            requested_scope: scan_scope,
+            baseline_proof: ScannerCacheBaselineProof {
+                data: persisted_usage_baseline.as_ref(),
+                expected_sources: &expected_sources,
+                leader_epoch,
+                want_cycle,
+                scan_plan_digest,
+            },
+            activity_before: &activity_before,
+            dirty_usage_snapshot: &dirty_usage_snapshot,
+            all_buckets: &all_buckets,
+        },
+    )
+    .await;
     let cache_cycle_floor = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(want_cycle));
     let tier_registry = runtime_tier_registry_for_cycle(want_cycle, leader_epoch).await;
     let tier_registry_generation = tier_registry.generation;

crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/publish_gate_tests.rs

@@ -655,9 +655,31 @@ fn completed_data_usage_info_requires_every_set_before_publish() {
         .expect("all completed sets should produce a publishable data usage snapshot");
     assert_eq!(last_update, SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(20));
     assert_eq!(data_usage_info.scanner_cycle, Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(data_usage_info.scanner_epoch, Some(0));
     assert_eq!(data_usage_info.objects_total_count, 3);
     assert_eq!(data_usage_info.buckets_usage.len(), 3);
     assert!(data_usage_info.usage_snapshot_complete);
+    assert_eq!(
+        data_usage_info
+            .usage_snapshot_set_states
+            .iter()
+            .map(|state| {
+                (
+                    state.pool_index,
+                    state.set_index,
+                    state.scanner_cycle,
+                    state.scanner_epoch,
+                    state.scan_plan_digest,
+                    state.complete,
+                    state.tombstone,
+                )
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        vec![
+            (0, 0, Some(0), Some(0), Some(TEST_PLAN_DIGEST.0), true, false),
+            (1, 0, Some(0), Some(0), Some(TEST_PLAN_DIGEST.0), true, false),
+        ]
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         data_usage_info
             .buckets_usage

crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/tests.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use super::io_disk::tier_stats_template;
 use super::*;
 use crate::scanner_budget::ScannerCycleBudgetConfig;
 use crate::scanner_folder::ScannerItem;
+use crate::storage_api::EcstoreScannerPeerDirtyUsageSnapshot;
 use crate::storage_api::owner::{
     EcstorePoolDecommissionInfo, EcstoreRebalStatus, EcstoreRebalanceInfo, EcstoreRebalanceMeta, EcstoreRebalanceStats,
 };
@@ -796,6 +797,195 @@ fn complete_set_usage_cache(buckets: &[(&str, usize)], scan_plan_digest: DataUsa
     cache
 }
 
+fn complete_usage_baseline(
+    source: DataUsageCacheSource,
+    scan_plan_digest: DataUsageScanPlanDigest,
+    scanner_cycle: u64,
+    scanner_epoch: u64,
+) -> bytes::Bytes {
+    let baseline = DataUsageInfo {
+        last_update: Some(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(10)),
+        scanner_cycle: Some(scanner_cycle),
+        scanner_epoch: Some(scanner_epoch),
+        buckets_count: 1,
+        buckets_usage: HashMap::from([("photos".to_string(), Default::default())]),
+        usage_snapshot_complete: true,
+        usage_snapshot_converged: Some(true),
+        usage_snapshot_set_states: vec![DataUsageSnapshotSetState {
+            pool_index: u64::try_from(source.pool_index).expect("test pool index should fit"),
+            set_index: u64::try_from(source.set_index).expect("test set index should fit"),
+            scanner_cycle: Some(scanner_cycle),
+            scanner_epoch: Some(scanner_epoch),
+            scan_plan_digest: Some(scan_plan_digest.0),
+            complete: true,
+            tombstone: false,
+        }],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    bytes::Bytes::from(serde_json::to_vec(&baseline).expect("test baseline should encode"))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scoped_scan_requires_a_converged_complete_baseline_with_exact_set_provenance() {
+    let source = DataUsageCacheSource::new(1, 2);
+    let expected_sources = HashSet::from([source]);
+    let scan_plan_digest = DataUsageScanPlanDigest([9; 32]);
+    let baseline = complete_usage_baseline(source, scan_plan_digest, 7, 11);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        complete_scanner_cache_baseline_plan_digest(ScannerCacheBaselineProof {
+            data: Some(&baseline),
+            expected_sources: &expected_sources,
+            leader_epoch: 11,
+            want_cycle: 8,
+            scan_plan_digest,
+        }),
+        Some(scan_plan_digest)
+    );
+
+    let mut incomplete = serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(&baseline).expect("test baseline should decode");
+    incomplete.usage_snapshot_converged = Some(false);
+    let incomplete = bytes::Bytes::from(serde_json::to_vec(&incomplete).expect("test baseline should encode"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        complete_scanner_cache_baseline_plan_digest(ScannerCacheBaselineProof {
+            data: Some(&incomplete),
+            expected_sources: &expected_sources,
+            leader_epoch: 11,
+            want_cycle: 8,
+            scan_plan_digest,
+        }),
+        None
+    );
+
+    let mut wrong_provenance = serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(&baseline).expect("test baseline should decode");
+    wrong_provenance.usage_snapshot_set_states[0].scan_plan_digest = Some([8; 32]);
+    let wrong_provenance = bytes::Bytes::from(serde_json::to_vec(&wrong_provenance).expect("test baseline should encode"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        complete_scanner_cache_baseline_plan_digest(ScannerCacheBaselineProof {
+            data: Some(&wrong_provenance),
+            expected_sources: &expected_sources,
+            leader_epoch: 11,
+            want_cycle: 8,
+            scan_plan_digest,
+        }),
+        None
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scoped_scan_selects_only_current_dirty_buckets_after_baseline_validation() {
+    let source = DataUsageCacheSource::new(1, 2);
+    let expected_sources = HashSet::from([source]);
+    let baseline_scan_plan_digest = DataUsageScanPlanDigest([4; 32]);
+    let current_scan_plan_digest = DataUsageScanPlanDigest([5; 32]);
+    let baseline = complete_usage_baseline(source, current_scan_plan_digest, 7, 11);
+    let scope = scoped_scan_scope_from_dirty_buckets(
+        ScannerBucketScanScope::default(),
+        HashSet::from(["photos".to_string(), "deleted".to_string()]),
+        true,
+        &[bucket_info("photos")],
+        ScannerCacheBaselineProof {
+            data: Some(&baseline),
+            expected_sources: &expected_sources,
+            leader_epoch: 11,
+            want_cycle: 8,
+            scan_plan_digest: current_scan_plan_digest,
+        },
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(scope.baseline_scan_plan_digest, Some(current_scan_plan_digest));
+    assert_eq!(
+        scope
+            .selected_buckets
+            .as_deref()
+            .expect("validated scope should select a bucket"),
+        &HashSet::from(["photos".to_string()])
+    );
+    assert_ne!(scope.baseline_scan_plan_digest, Some(baseline_scan_plan_digest));
+}
+
+fn peer_dirty_usage_snapshot(
+    instance_id: &str,
+    generation: u64,
+    complete: bool,
+    buckets: &[(&str, u64)],
+) -> EcstoreScannerPeerDirtyUsageSnapshot {
+    EcstoreScannerPeerDirtyUsageSnapshot {
+        instance_id: instance_id.to_string(),
+        generation,
+        pending_bucket_count: u64::try_from(buckets.len()).expect("test bucket count should fit"),
+        protocol_version: crate::SCANNER_DIRTY_USAGE_SNAPSHOT_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+        complete,
+        buckets: buckets
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(bucket, generation)| ((*bucket).to_string(), *generation))
+            .collect(),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn verified_remote_dirty_usage_buckets_merges_only_complete_current_snapshots() {
+    let expected_peers = HashMap::from([
+        (
+            "node-a:9000".to_string(),
+            ScannerPeerDirtyUsageExpectation {
+                instance_id: "instance-a".to_string(),
+                generation: 7,
+                pending: true,
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            "node-b:9000".to_string(),
+            ScannerPeerDirtyUsageExpectation {
+                instance_id: "instance-b".to_string(),
+                generation: 3,
+                pending: false,
+            },
+        ),
+    ]);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        verified_remote_dirty_usage_buckets(
+            &expected_peers,
+            vec![
+                (
+                    "node-a:9000".to_string(),
+                    peer_dirty_usage_snapshot("instance-a", 7, true, &[("photos", 7)]),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "node-b:9000".to_string(),
+                    peer_dirty_usage_snapshot("instance-b", 3, true, &[("archive", 3)]),
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
+        Some(HashSet::from(["photos".to_string(), "archive".to_string()]))
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn verified_remote_dirty_usage_buckets_rejects_incomplete_or_stale_peer_state() {
+    let expected_peers = HashMap::from([(
+        "node-a:9000".to_string(),
+        ScannerPeerDirtyUsageExpectation {
+            instance_id: "instance-a".to_string(),
+            generation: 7,
+            pending: true,
+        },
+    )]);
+
+    for snapshot in [
+        peer_dirty_usage_snapshot("instance-a", 7, false, &[("photos", 7)]),
+        peer_dirty_usage_snapshot("instance-a", 6, true, &[("photos", 6)]),
+        peer_dirty_usage_snapshot("instance-b", 7, true, &[("photos", 7)]),
+        peer_dirty_usage_snapshot("instance-a", 7, true, &[]),
+    ] {
+        assert!(
+            verified_remote_dirty_usage_buckets(&expected_peers, vec![("node-a:9000".to_string(), snapshot)]).is_none(),
+            "incomplete, stale, mismatched, or empty pending peer state must fall back to a full scan"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn scoped_set_scan_preserves_unselected_usage_and_drops_deleted_buckets() {
     let baseline_digest = DataUsageScanPlanDigest([1; 32]);
@@ -1048,6 +1238,27 @@ fn scanner_cycle_status_requires_a_clean_complete_snapshot() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn checkpoint_fixture_superseded_is_distinct_from_partial_and_cancel() {
+    for (budget, cancelled, bucket, expected) in [
+        (false, false, ScannerBucketScanStatus::Complete, ScannerCycleStatus::Superseded),
+        (true, false, ScannerBucketScanStatus::Partial, ScannerCycleStatus::Incomplete),
+        (false, true, ScannerBucketScanStatus::Partial, ScannerCycleStatus::Incomplete),
+    ] {
+        assert_eq!(
+            classify_nsscanner_cycle(
+                true,
+                budget,
+                cancelled,
+                bucket,
+                DirtyUsageSnapshotStatus::Changed,
+                ScannerCycleActivityStatus::Unchanged
+            ),
+            expected,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn unverified_activity_defers_partial_and_floor_cycles() {
     let expected = ScannerCycleStatus::Deferred(ScannerCycleDeferReason::ActivityBaselineUnavailable);

crates/scanner/src/storage_api.rs

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::object_opts_fr
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata_sys::init_bucket_metadata_sys as ecstore_init_bucket_metadata_sys;
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata_sys::{
-    get_lifecycle_config as ecstore_get_lifecycle_config, get_object_lock_config as ecstore_get_object_lock_config,
-    get_replication_config as ecstore_get_replication_config,
+    BucketMetadataMutationGuard as EcstoreBucketMetadataMutationGuard, get_lifecycle_config as ecstore_get_lifecycle_config,
+    get_object_lock_config as ecstore_get_object_lock_config, get_replication_config as ecstore_get_replication_config,
 };
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::replication::{
     ReplicateObjectInfo, ReplicationConfig as EcstoreReplicationConfig,
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::rebalance::{
     RebalStatus as EcstoreRebalStatus, RebalanceInfo as EcstoreRebalanceInfo, RebalanceMeta as EcstoreRebalanceMeta,
     RebalanceStats as EcstoreRebalanceStats,
 };
-pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::rpc::ScannerBucketListing as EcstoreScannerBucketListing;
+pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::rpc::{
+    ScannerBucketListing as EcstoreScannerBucketListing, ScannerPeerDirtyUsageSnapshot as EcstoreScannerPeerDirtyUsageSnapshot,
+};
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::runtime::InstanceContext as EcstoreInstanceContext;
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::runtime::{

crates/zip/Cargo.toml

@@ -49,5 +49,14 @@ rustfs-rio.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["io-util", "macros", "rt"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+astral-tokio-tar = { workspace = true }
+futures = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+sha2 = { workspace = true }
+tar-codec = { workspace = true }
+tar-framing = { workspace = true }
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true

crates/zip/tests/fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# minio-go Snowball fixtures
+
+These request bodies are generated by
+`github.com/minio/minio-go/v7.Client.PutObjectsSnowball` at the version pinned
+in `generate/go.mod`. They cover the raw TAR and S2-compressed forms accepted by
+RustFS Snowball extraction.
+
+The decoded TAR intentionally ends immediately after the final padded member
+body because minio-go flushes, rather than closes, its TAR writer. The
+compatibility test permits that shape only when the authenticated request body
+is complete at the exact member boundary; it does not make incomplete TAR
+terminators generally valid.
+
+Regenerate them from this directory with Go 1.25:
+
+```console
+cd generate
+go mod download
+go run . -out ..
+```
+
+`manifest.json` records the input objects and SHA-256 digest of each captured
+request body. Review changes to the manifest and binary fixtures together when
+updating minio-go.

crates/zip/tests/fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0/generate/go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module rustfs.local/snowball-fixture
+
+go 1.25.0
+
+require github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.3.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.2 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/crc32 v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/minio/crc64nvme v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.6.4 // indirect
+	github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.58.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.3 // indirect
+)

crates/zip/tests/fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0/generate/go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.2 h1:hMRETovs/pu/dVWN7zIT1PGG8t509MwT6bO7XSi26R8=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.2/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.4.0 h1:S6Hrbc7+ywsr0r+RLapfGBHfyefhCTwEh3A0tV913Dw=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:19jmZ9mjzoF//ddRSUsv0zfBTJWh3QJh9FNxZTMrGxU=
+github.com/klauspost/crc32 v1.3.0 h1:sSmTt3gUt81RP655XGZPElI0PelVTZ6YwCRnPSupoFM=
+github.com/klauspost/crc32 v1.3.0/go.mod h1:D7kQaZhnkX/Y0tstFGf8VUzv2UofNGqCjnC3zdHB0Hw=
+github.com/minio/crc64nvme v1.1.1 h1:8dwx/Pz49suywbO+auHCBpCtlW1OfpcLN7wYgVR6wAI=
+github.com/minio/crc64nvme v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eVfm2fAzLlxMdUGc0EEBGSMmPwmXD5XiNRpnu9J3bvg=
+github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 h1:Gdi1DZK69+ZVMoNHRXJyNcxrMA4dSxoYHZSQbirFg34=
+github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2/go.mod h1:MzdKDxYpY2BT9XQFocsiZf/NKVtR7nkE4RoEpN+20RM=
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crates/zip/tests/fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0/generate/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+// 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.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
+	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/credentials"
+)
+
+const minioGoVersion = "v7.3.0"
+
+type fixtureManifest struct {
+	Generator   string           `json:"generator"`
+	MinioGo     string           `json:"minio_go"`
+	GeneratedAt string           `json:"generated_at"`
+	Objects     []fixtureObject  `json:"objects"`
+	Archives    []fixtureArchive `json:"archives"`
+}
+
+type fixtureObject struct {
+	Key       string              `json:"key"`
+	Body      string              `json:"body"`
+	ModTime   string              `json:"mod_time"`
+	VersionID string              `json:"version_id,omitempty"`
+	Headers   map[string][]string `json:"headers,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type fixtureArchive struct {
+	File       string `json:"file"`
+	Compressed bool   `json:"compressed"`
+	Length     int    `json:"length"`
+	SHA256     string `json:"sha256"`
+}
+
+func objects() []fixtureObject {
+	return []fixtureObject{
+		{
+			Key:       "alpha.txt",
+			Body:      "alpha-body",
+			ModTime:   "2024-01-02T03:04:05Z",
+			VersionID: "018cc251-f400-7c22-9e8d-8b1800000001",
+			Headers: map[string][]string{
+				"Content-Type":     {"text/plain"},
+				"X-Amz-Meta-Owner": {"snowball-fixture"},
+				"X-Amz-Tagging":    {"project=rustfs&source=minio-go"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Key:     "nested/世界.txt",
+			Body:    "bravo-body",
+			ModTime: "2024-01-02T03:05:05Z",
+			Headers: map[string][]string{
+				"Content-Language": {"zh-CN"},
+				"X-Amz-Meta-Note":  {"unicode-path"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func captureSnowball(compressed bool, specs []fixtureObject) ([]byte, error) {
+	body := make(chan []byte, 1)
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+		payload, err := io.ReadAll(request.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(writer, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		body <- payload
+		writer.Header().Set("ETag", `"snowball-fixture"`)
+		writer.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client, err := minio.New(strings.TrimPrefix(server.URL, "http://"), &minio.Options{
+		// The S3 authentication layer removes AWS streaming-signature framing
+		// before Snowball extraction sees the request body. Anonymous signing
+		// captures those decoded archive bytes directly.
+		Creds:  credentials.NewStatic("", "", "", credentials.SignatureAnonymous),
+		Secure: false,
+		Region: "us-east-1",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("construct minio client: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	input := make(chan minio.SnowballObject, len(specs))
+	for _, spec := range specs {
+		modTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, spec.ModTime)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse mod time for %q: %w", spec.Key, err)
+		}
+		headers := make(http.Header, len(spec.Headers))
+		for name, values := range spec.Headers {
+			headers[name] = append([]string(nil), values...)
+		}
+		input <- minio.SnowballObject{
+			Key:       spec.Key,
+			Size:      int64(len(spec.Body)),
+			ModTime:   modTime,
+			Content:   bytes.NewReader([]byte(spec.Body)),
+			VersionID: spec.VersionID,
+			Headers:   headers,
+		}
+	}
+	close(input)
+
+	err = client.PutObjectsSnowball(context.Background(), "fixture-bucket", minio.SnowballOptions{
+		Opts: minio.PutObjectOptions{
+			ContentType: "application/octet-stream",
+		},
+		InMemory: true,
+		Compress: compressed,
+	}, input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("generate snowball request: %w", err)
+	}
+	return <-body, nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	outDir := flag.String("out", "..", "fixture output directory")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	specs := objects()
+	archives := make([]fixtureArchive, 0, 2)
+	for _, fixture := range []struct {
+		name       string
+		compressed bool
+	}{
+		{name: "snowball.tar"},
+		{name: "snowball.tar.s2", compressed: true},
+	} {
+		payload, err := captureSnowball(fixture.compressed, specs)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		path := filepath.Join(*outDir, fixture.name)
+		if err := os.WriteFile(path, payload, 0o644); err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("write %s: %w", path, err))
+		}
+		digest := sha256.Sum256(payload)
+		archives = append(archives, fixtureArchive{
+			File:       fixture.name,
+			Compressed: fixture.compressed,
+			Length:     len(payload),
+			SHA256:     hex.EncodeToString(digest[:]),
+		})
+	}
+
+	manifest := fixtureManifest{
+		Generator:   "github.com/minio/minio-go/v7.Client.PutObjectsSnowball",
+		MinioGo:     minioGoVersion,
+		GeneratedAt: "2026-09-05T00:00:00Z",
+		Objects:     specs,
+		Archives:    archives,
+	}
+	payload, err := json.MarshalIndent(manifest, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	payload = append(payload, '\n')
+	path := filepath.Join(*outDir, "manifest.json")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, payload, 0o644); err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("write %s: %w", path, err))
+	}
+}

crates/zip/tests/fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0/manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+  "generator": "github.com/minio/minio-go/v7.Client.PutObjectsSnowball",
+  "minio_go": "v7.3.0",
+  "generated_at": "2026-09-05T00:00:00Z",
+  "objects": [
+    {
+      "key": "alpha.txt",
+      "body": "alpha-body",
+      "mod_time": "2024-01-02T03:04:05Z",
+      "version_id": "018cc251-f400-7c22-9e8d-8b1800000001",
+      "headers": {
+        "Content-Type": [
+          "text/plain"
+        ],
+        "X-Amz-Meta-Owner": [
+          "snowball-fixture"
+        ],
+        "X-Amz-Tagging": [
+          "project=rustfs\u0026source=minio-go"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "nested/世界.txt",
+      "body": "bravo-body",
+      "mod_time": "2024-01-02T03:05:05Z",
+      "headers": {
+        "Content-Language": [
+          "zh-CN"
+        ],
+        "X-Amz-Meta-Note": [
+          "unicode-path"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "archives": [
+    {
+      "file": "snowball.tar",
+      "compressed": false,
+      "length": 4096,
+      "sha256": "f00f2789dcb65b567f722f49cfdac9705e7bdac6c0badae75194327c32193d2e"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "snowball.tar.s2",
+      "compressed": true,
+      "length": 528,
+      "sha256": "f8a9d9aa9b9ccdfae24ded1bff3741aacb935f1457a252efc9266674ff13c992"
+    }
+  ]
+}

crates/zip/tests/snowball_tar_codec_compat.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,548 @@
+// 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 std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::fmt::Write as _;
+use std::io::Cursor;
+
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use rustfs_zip::CompressionFormat;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use tar_codec::{Archive as _, DecodePolicy, Member, MemberPayload as _, PaxDecodePolicy, PaxVendorExtensionPolicy, TarArchive};
+use tar_framing::{
+    FrameError, FrameErrorInner, PaxKeyword, PaxRecord, PaxValue, StreamPolicy, UstarKind,
+    logical::{MemberExtensions, PaxState, TarReader},
+};
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+
+const FIXTURE_ROOT: &str = "fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0";
+const RAW_FIXTURE: &[u8] = include_bytes!("fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0/snowball.tar");
+const S2_FIXTURE: &[u8] = include_bytes!("fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0/snowball.tar.s2");
+const MANIFEST: &[u8] = include_bytes!("fixtures/snowball/minio-go-v7.3.0/manifest.json");
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct FixtureManifest {
+    generator: String,
+    minio_go: String,
+    generated_at: String,
+    objects: Vec<FixtureObject>,
+    archives: Vec<FixtureArchive>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct FixtureObject {
+    key: String,
+    body: String,
+    mod_time: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    version_id: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    headers: BTreeMap<String, Vec<String>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct FixtureArchive {
+    file: String,
+    compressed: bool,
+    length: usize,
+    sha256: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+struct ParsedMember {
+    path: String,
+    size: u64,
+    mtime: Option<u64>,
+    body: Vec<u8>,
+    minio_pax: BTreeMap<String, Option<Vec<u8>>>,
+}
+
+fn sha256_hex(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    let mut encoded = String::with_capacity(64);
+    for byte in Sha256::digest(bytes) {
+        write!(&mut encoded, "{byte:02x}").expect("writing to a String should not fail");
+    }
+    encoded
+}
+
+async fn decode_s2(bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut decoder = CompressionFormat::S2
+        .get_decoder(Cursor::new(bytes.to_vec()))
+        .expect("S2 fixture decoder should be available");
+    let mut decoded = Vec::new();
+    decoder.read_to_end(&mut decoded).await.expect("S2 fixture should decode");
+    decoded
+}
+
+async fn parse_with_tokio_tar(bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<ParsedMember> {
+    let mut archive = tokio_tar::Archive::new(Cursor::new(bytes.to_vec()));
+    let mut entries = archive.entries().expect("tokio-tar should create an entry stream");
+    let mut parsed = Vec::new();
+
+    while let Some(entry) = entries.next().await {
+        let mut entry = entry.expect("tokio-tar should parse the fixture member");
+        let kind = entry.header().entry_type();
+        if kind == tokio_tar::EntryType::XGlobalHeader {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let path_bytes = entry.path_bytes().expect("tokio-tar should resolve the fixture path");
+        let path = std::str::from_utf8(path_bytes.as_ref())
+            .expect("fixture paths should be UTF-8")
+            .to_owned();
+        let size = entry.effective_size();
+        let mtime = entry.header().mtime().ok();
+        let mut minio_pax = BTreeMap::new();
+        if let Some(extensions) = entry
+            .pax_extensions()
+            .await
+            .expect("tokio-tar should parse local PAX records")
+        {
+            for extension in extensions {
+                let extension = extension.expect("fixture PAX record should be valid");
+                let key = extension.key().expect("fixture PAX keys should be UTF-8");
+                if key.starts_with("minio.") {
+                    minio_pax.insert(key.to_owned(), Some(extension.value_bytes().to_vec()));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        let mut body = Vec::new();
+        entry
+            .read_to_end(&mut body)
+            .await
+            .expect("tokio-tar should read the fixture body");
+        parsed.push(ParsedMember {
+            path,
+            size,
+            mtime,
+            body,
+            minio_pax,
+        });
+    }
+    parsed
+}
+
+fn effective_minio_pax(state: &PaxState<'_>, known_keywords: &mut Vec<PaxKeyword>) -> BTreeMap<String, Option<Vec<u8>>> {
+    for extension in state.extensions() {
+        for record in extension.records() {
+            let keyword = record.keyword();
+            if matches!(&keyword, PaxKeyword::Vendor { vendor, .. } if vendor.as_ref() == "minio")
+                && !known_keywords.contains(&keyword)
+            {
+                known_keywords.push(keyword);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    known_keywords
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|keyword| {
+            let record = state.effective_record(keyword)?;
+            let PaxRecord::Vendor { vendor, name, value } = record else {
+                return None;
+            };
+            let key = format!("{vendor}.{name}");
+            let value = match value {
+                PaxValue::Value(value) => Some(value.to_vec()),
+                PaxValue::Deleted => None,
+            };
+            Some((key, value))
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn effective_mtime(header_mtime: Option<u64>, extensions: &MemberExtensions<'_>) -> Option<u64> {
+    let MemberExtensions::Pax(state) = extensions else {
+        return header_mtime;
+    };
+    match state.effective_record(&PaxKeyword::Mtime) {
+        Some(PaxRecord::Mtime(PaxValue::Value(value))) => Some(*value),
+        Some(PaxRecord::Mtime(PaxValue::Deleted)) => None,
+        _ => header_mtime,
+    }
+}
+
+fn padded_member_end(position: u64, size: u64) -> u64 {
+    let padded_size = size.checked_add(511).expect("fixture member size should not overflow") / 512 * 512;
+    position
+        .checked_add(512)
+        .and_then(|position| position.checked_add(padded_size))
+        .expect("fixture member end should not overflow")
+}
+
+fn is_authenticated_footerless_end(error: &FrameError, last_member_end: Option<u64>, request_body_complete: bool) -> bool {
+    // The production gate must source `request_body_complete` from RustFS's
+    // length, checksum, and trailing-header validation state.
+    request_body_complete && matches!(&error.inner, FrameErrorInner::MissingEndMarker) && last_member_end == Some(error.position)
+}
+
+fn candidate_snowball_decode_policy() -> DecodePolicy {
+    DecodePolicy::default()
+        .allow_gnu(true)
+        .allow_all_nul_numeric_fields(true)
+        .max_gnu_extension_size(1_048_576)
+        .pax_policy(
+            PaxDecodePolicy::default()
+                .max_extension_size(1_048_576)
+                .max_global_extensions_size(67_108_864)
+                .allow_global_pax_extensions(false)
+                .allow_non_utf8_pax_vendor_values(false)
+                .allow_duplicate_pax_records(false)
+                .allow_global_pax_member_metadata(false)
+                .vendor_extension_policy(PaxVendorExtensionPolicy::ignore(["minio"])),
+        )
+}
+
+async fn parse_with_tar_framing(bytes: &[u8]) -> (Vec<ParsedMember>, Option<FrameError>, Option<u64>) {
+    let policy = StreamPolicy::default()
+        .max_pax_extension_size(1024 * 1024)
+        .max_global_pax_extensions_size(4 * 1024 * 1024)
+        .max_gnu_extension_size(128 * 1024);
+    let mut reader = TarReader::new(Cursor::new(bytes.to_vec())).with_policy(policy);
+    let mut parsed = Vec::new();
+    let mut known_minio_keywords = Vec::new();
+    let mut last_member_end = None;
+
+    loop {
+        let mut frame = match reader.next_frame().await {
+            Ok(Some(frame)) => frame,
+            Ok(None) => return (parsed, None, last_member_end),
+            Err(error) => return (parsed, Some(error), last_member_end),
+        };
+        assert_eq!(frame.header.kind, UstarKind::Regular);
+        let path = String::from_utf8(
+            frame
+                .effective_path()
+                .expect("tar-framing should resolve the fixture path")
+                .into_owned(),
+        )
+        .expect("fixture paths should be UTF-8");
+        let size = frame.header.effective_size;
+        let mtime = effective_mtime(frame.header.mtime, &frame.extensions);
+        let minio_pax = match &frame.extensions {
+            MemberExtensions::Pax(state) => effective_minio_pax(state, &mut known_minio_keywords),
+            MemberExtensions::Gnu { .. } => BTreeMap::new(),
+        };
+        let mut body = Vec::new();
+        let mut chunk = Vec::new();
+        while frame
+            .payload
+            .next_chunk(&mut chunk, 64 * 1024)
+            .await
+            .expect("tar-framing should read the fixture body")
+        {
+            body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+        }
+        last_member_end = Some(padded_member_end(frame.header.position, size));
+        parsed.push(ParsedMember {
+            path,
+            size,
+            mtime,
+            body,
+            minio_pax,
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn checked_in_fixtures_match_the_minio_go_manifest() {
+    let manifest: FixtureManifest = serde_json::from_slice(MANIFEST).expect("fixture manifest should be valid JSON");
+    assert_eq!(manifest.generator, "github.com/minio/minio-go/v7.Client.PutObjectsSnowball");
+    assert_eq!(manifest.minio_go, "v7.3.0");
+    assert_eq!(manifest.generated_at, "2026-09-05T00:00:00Z");
+    assert_eq!(manifest.objects.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(manifest.objects[0].key, "alpha.txt");
+    assert_eq!(manifest.objects[0].body, "alpha-body");
+    assert_eq!(manifest.objects[0].mod_time, "2024-01-02T03:04:05Z");
+    assert_eq!(manifest.objects[0].version_id, "018cc251-f400-7c22-9e8d-8b1800000001");
+    assert_eq!(
+        manifest.objects[0].headers.get("X-Amz-Meta-Owner"),
+        Some(&vec!["snowball-fixture".to_owned()])
+    );
+
+    for archive in &manifest.archives {
+        let bytes = match archive.file.as_str() {
+            "snowball.tar" => RAW_FIXTURE,
+            "snowball.tar.s2" => S2_FIXTURE,
+            file => panic!("unexpected archive in {FIXTURE_ROOT}/manifest.json: {file}"),
+        };
+        assert_eq!(bytes.len(), archive.length);
+        assert_eq!(sha256_hex(bytes), archive.sha256);
+        assert_eq!(archive.compressed, archive.file.ends_with(".s2"));
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn minio_go_raw_and_s2_fixtures_have_identical_footerless_tar_data() {
+    assert_eq!(decode_s2(S2_FIXTURE).await, RAW_FIXTURE);
+    assert_eq!(RAW_FIXTURE.len() % 512, 0);
+    assert!(RAW_FIXTURE.len() >= 1024);
+    assert!(
+        !RAW_FIXTURE[RAW_FIXTURE.len() - 1024..].iter().all(|byte| *byte == 0),
+        "minio-go Flush output should not contain the standard two-block terminator"
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn tar_framing_matches_tokio_tar_before_rejecting_the_missing_terminator() {
+    let expected = parse_with_tokio_tar(RAW_FIXTURE).await;
+    let (actual, error, last_member_end) = parse_with_tar_framing(RAW_FIXTURE).await;
+    let error = error.expect("footerless minio-go fixture should fail strict termination");
+
+    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    assert_eq!(
+        actual,
+        [
+            ParsedMember {
+                path: "alpha.txt".to_owned(),
+                size: 10,
+                mtime: Some(1_704_164_645),
+                body: b"alpha-body".to_vec(),
+                minio_pax: BTreeMap::from([
+                    ("minio.metadata.Content-Type".to_owned(), Some(b"text/plain".to_vec()),),
+                    ("minio.metadata.X-Amz-Meta-Owner".to_owned(), Some(b"snowball-fixture".to_vec()),),
+                    (
+                        "minio.metadata.X-Amz-Tagging".to_owned(),
+                        Some(b"project=rustfs&source=minio-go".to_vec()),
+                    ),
+                    ("minio.versionId".to_owned(), Some(b"018cc251-f400-7c22-9e8d-8b1800000001".to_vec()),),
+                ]),
+            },
+            ParsedMember {
+                path: "nested/世界.txt".to_owned(),
+                size: 10,
+                mtime: Some(1_704_164_705),
+                body: b"bravo-body".to_vec(),
+                minio_pax: BTreeMap::from([
+                    ("minio.metadata.Content-Language".to_owned(), Some(b"zh-CN".to_vec()),),
+                    ("minio.metadata.X-Amz-Meta-Note".to_owned(), Some(b"unicode-path".to_vec()),),
+                ]),
+            },
+        ]
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(&error.inner, FrameErrorInner::MissingEndMarker));
+    assert_eq!(
+        error.position,
+        u64::try_from(RAW_FIXTURE.len()).expect("fixture length should fit in u64")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(last_member_end, Some(error.position));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn footerless_compatibility_requires_authenticated_eof_at_the_member_boundary() {
+    let (_, error, last_member_end) = parse_with_tar_framing(RAW_FIXTURE).await;
+    let error = error.expect("the real fixture should be footerless");
+    assert!(is_authenticated_footerless_end(&error, last_member_end, true));
+    assert!(!is_authenticated_footerless_end(&error, last_member_end, false));
+
+    let mut one_zero_block = RAW_FIXTURE.to_vec();
+    one_zero_block.extend([0; 512]);
+    let (_, error, last_member_end) = parse_with_tar_framing(&one_zero_block).await;
+    let error = error.expect("one zero block is not a valid TAR terminator");
+    assert!(matches!(&error.inner, FrameErrorInner::MissingEndMarker));
+    assert_eq!(
+        last_member_end,
+        Some(u64::try_from(RAW_FIXTURE.len()).expect("fixture length should fit in u64"))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        error.position,
+        u64::try_from(one_zero_block.len()).expect("fixture length should fit in u64")
+    );
+    assert!(!is_authenticated_footerless_end(&error, last_member_end, true));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn tar_codec_policy_accepts_only_the_explicit_minio_vendor_namespace() {
+    let default_error = match TarArchive::new(Cursor::new(RAW_FIXTURE.to_vec())).members().next().await {
+        Err(error) => error,
+        Ok(_) => panic!("the default policy should reject minio vendor records"),
+    };
+    assert!(default_error.to_string().contains("pax vendor extension minio."));
+
+    let mut members = TarArchive::new(Cursor::new(RAW_FIXTURE.to_vec()))
+        .with_policy(candidate_snowball_decode_policy())
+        .members();
+    let mut bodies = Vec::new();
+    loop {
+        let member = match members.next().await {
+            Ok(Some(member)) => member,
+            Ok(None) => panic!("footerless minio-go fixture should not report a valid archive end"),
+            Err(error) => {
+                assert!(error.to_string().contains("missing two-block end-of-archive marker"));
+                break;
+            }
+        };
+        let Member::File { mut payload, .. } = member else {
+            panic!("fixture should contain only regular files");
+        };
+        let mut body = Vec::new();
+        let mut chunk = Vec::new();
+        while payload
+            .next_chunk(&mut chunk, 64 * 1024)
+            .await
+            .expect("tar-codec should read the fixture body")
+        {
+            body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+        }
+        bodies.push(body);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(bodies, [b"alpha-body".to_vec(), b"bravo-body".to_vec()]);
+    assert!(
+        members
+            .next()
+            .await
+            .expect("the member cursor should be fused after an error")
+            .is_none()
+    );
+}
+
+fn pax_record(key: &str, value: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let payload = format!("{key}={value}\n");
+    let mut len = payload.len() + 3;
+    loop {
+        let record = format!("{len} {payload}");
+        if record.len() == len {
+            return record.into_bytes();
+        }
+        len = record.len();
+    }
+}
+
+async fn append_pax_header(
+    builder: &mut tokio_tar::Builder<Cursor<Vec<u8>>>,
+    entry_type: tokio_tar::EntryType,
+    records: &[(&str, &str)],
+) {
+    let mut payload = Vec::new();
+    for (key, value) in records {
+        payload.extend(pax_record(key, value));
+    }
+    let mut header = tokio_tar::Header::new_ustar();
+    header.set_entry_type(entry_type);
+    header.set_size(u64::try_from(payload.len()).expect("PAX test payload should fit in u64"));
+    header.set_mode(0o644);
+    header.set_cksum();
+    builder
+        .append_data(&mut header, "PaxHeaders.X/snowball", Cursor::new(payload))
+        .await
+        .expect("PAX test header should be written");
+}
+
+async fn append_regular(builder: &mut tokio_tar::Builder<Cursor<Vec<u8>>>, path: &str) {
+    let body = path.as_bytes();
+    let mut header = tokio_tar::Header::new_ustar();
+    header.set_entry_type(tokio_tar::EntryType::Regular);
+    header.set_size(u64::try_from(body.len()).expect("test member body should fit in u64"));
+    header.set_mode(0o644);
+    header.set_mtime(1_704_164_645);
+    header.set_cksum();
+    builder
+        .append_data(&mut header, path, Cursor::new(body))
+        .await
+        .expect("ordinary test member should be written");
+}
+
+async fn archive_with_local_pax(records: &[(&str, &str)]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut builder = tokio_tar::Builder::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+    append_pax_header(&mut builder, tokio_tar::EntryType::XHeader, records).await;
+    append_regular(&mut builder, "member.txt").await;
+    builder.into_inner().await.expect("policy archive should finish").into_inner()
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn candidate_policy_rejects_unknown_vendor_and_duplicate_pax_records() {
+    let unknown_vendor = archive_with_local_pax(&[("acme.metadata.owner", "mallory")]).await;
+    let error = match TarArchive::new(Cursor::new(unknown_vendor))
+        .with_policy(candidate_snowball_decode_policy())
+        .members()
+        .next()
+        .await
+    {
+        Err(error) => error,
+        Ok(_) => panic!("the candidate Snowball policy should reject unknown vendors"),
+    };
+    assert!(
+        error
+            .to_string()
+            .contains("pax vendor extension acme.metadata.owner is not allowed")
+    );
+
+    let duplicate = archive_with_local_pax(&[
+        ("minio.metadata.x-amz-meta-owner", "first"),
+        ("minio.metadata.x-amz-meta-owner", "second"),
+    ])
+    .await;
+    let error = match TarArchive::new(Cursor::new(duplicate))
+        .with_policy(candidate_snowball_decode_policy())
+        .members()
+        .next()
+        .await
+    {
+        Err(error) => error,
+        Ok(_) => panic!("the candidate Snowball policy should reject duplicate PAX records"),
+    };
+    assert!(
+        error
+            .to_string()
+            .contains("pax extended header contains duplicate record minio.metadata.x-amz-meta-owner")
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn global_minio_pax_inheritance_is_an_explicit_migration_difference() {
+    let mut builder = tokio_tar::Builder::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+    append_pax_header(
+        &mut builder,
+        tokio_tar::EntryType::XGlobalHeader,
+        &[("minio.metadata.x-amz-meta-owner", "global")],
+    )
+    .await;
+    append_pax_header(
+        &mut builder,
+        tokio_tar::EntryType::XHeader,
+        &[("minio.metadata.x-amz-meta-owner", "local")],
+    )
+    .await;
+    append_regular(&mut builder, "local.txt").await;
+    append_regular(&mut builder, "inherited.txt").await;
+    let archive = builder
+        .into_inner()
+        .await
+        .expect("precedence archive should finish")
+        .into_inner();
+
+    let legacy = parse_with_tokio_tar(&archive).await;
+    let (framing, error, _) = parse_with_tar_framing(&archive).await;
+    assert!(error.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(legacy.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(framing.len(), 2);
+
+    let owner_key = "minio.metadata.x-amz-meta-owner";
+    assert_eq!(legacy[0].minio_pax.get(owner_key), Some(&Some(b"local".to_vec())));
+    assert!(!legacy[1].minio_pax.contains_key(owner_key));
+    assert_eq!(framing[0].minio_pax.get(owner_key), Some(&Some(b"local".to_vec())));
+    assert_eq!(framing[1].minio_pax.get(owner_key), Some(&Some(b"global".to_vec())));
+
+    let error = match TarArchive::new(Cursor::new(archive))
+        .with_policy(candidate_snowball_decode_policy())
+        .members()
+        .next()
+        .await
+    {
+        Err(error) => error,
+        Ok(_) => panic!("the candidate Snowball policy should reject global PAX state"),
+    };
+    assert!(error.to_string().contains("global pax extended headers are not allowed"));
+}

deny.toml

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ unknown-git = "deny"
 allow-registry = ["https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"]
 allow-git = [
     # Temporary tokio-tar fork pinned to the reviewed parser limits,
-    # cancellation safety, and error-fusing change while
-    # astral-sh/tokio-tar#118 awaits an upstream release.
+    # cancellation safety, and error-fusing change while Snowball is
+    # prototyped against tar-codec and Swift retains its current reader.
     # owner: cxymds  review: 2026-10
     "https://github.com/cxymds/tokio-tar.git",
     # Official s3s repository. Temporarily pinned to the merged generic REST

docs/architecture/compat-cleanup-register.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 - `backlog-1337` legacy restore orphan recovery: releases that predate the restore worker-lock marker can leave a valid operation-id and `ongoing-request="true"` after cancellation or process failure, with no durable liveness proof. New servers allow an exact, non-nil legacy generation to be superseded only when its consistently parsed request date is at least 24 hours old. Remove the clock-based legacy fallback after the minimum supported direct-upgrade release writes the v1 worker-lock marker on every restore and operators have resolved every retained pre-v1 ongoing generation.
 - `backlog-2133-tier-delete-chunk-parent` bounded tier-delete dispatch compatibility: prefixes at or below the legacy manifest limit keep the byte-compatible v1 single-manifest protocol, while larger prefixes place a chunk-parent sentinel at the original deterministic root path and use operation-scoped child manifests. Older binaries reject the sentinel and child paths, preserving the v6 sole-owner downgrade fence instead of starting a competing local delete. Remove the v1 reader and fail-closed mixed-version sentinel only after every supported rollback release validates the parent/child protocol and migration tooling confirms that no retained v1 dispatch manifest remains.
-- `tokio-tar-extension-limits` bounded archive parser hardening: Snowball extraction depends on per-entry and cumulative GNU long-name, GNU long-link, and PAX extension limits; physical-entry, GNU sparse-map, and sparse-continuation limits; cancellation-safe sparse parsing; and fused entry streams after parser errors. The released tokio-tar API does not provide this complete boundary. Keep the reviewed fork pin until astral-sh/tokio-tar#118 is merged and one published tokio-tar release contains every listed capability with the Snowball regression fixtures passing against that release.
+- `tokio-tar-extension-limits` bounded archive parser hardening: Snowball extraction depends on precedence-resolved MinIO PAX metadata; per-entry and cumulative extension limits; a physical-entry limit; cancellation-safe parsing and ownership of large streamed members; fused streams after errors; and compatibility with minio-go streams that omit the two-block terminator. Swift bulk extraction also uses the same fork. Keep the reviewed pin while the Snowball path is prototyped against tar-codec/tar-framing. Remove it only after a released API exposes the effective allowed vendor records, RustFS provides a cancellation-safe handoff for borrowed member payloads, footerless input is accepted solely when authenticated request framing proves EOF immediately after a complete member, the existing resource-limit, cancellation, error-fuse, and real minio-go fixtures pass against the replacement, and Swift no longer depends on the fork.
 - `backlog-2102` rc.2/rc.3 empty scanner usage floor recovery: old DeleteBucket cleanup could synthesize an empty incomplete v2 usage primary/backup before leadership added an epoch, while newer scanners require a durable authoritative baseline identity. New scanners recognize only that exact serialized empty-fence shape, preserve its epoch through a CAS-protected recovery marker, and rebuild namespace coverage without treating zero usage as authoritative. Remove this recovery path and marker after rc.2 and rc.3 are no longer supported direct-upgrade sources.
 - `backlog-2122` rc.1-rc.3 non-empty scanner usage floor recovery: leadership fencing in those releases can stamp scanner_epoch onto a real bucket-usage snapshot before any scanner cycle completed, leaving a non-empty floor with no scanner_cycle and no authoritative baseline identity. New scanners recognize only this consistent incomplete fenced shape, preserve the epoch through the CAS-protected recovery marker, and rebuild namespace coverage without treating the old usage data as authoritative. Remove this recovery path after rc.1, rc.2, and rc.3 are no longer supported direct-upgrade sources.
 - `s3gate-metadata-xml` persisted bucket XML migration: mixed-version site-replication peers, retained `.metadata.bin` objects, and backup archives can all carry XML written by the s3s codec, so the gateway migration must keep the legacy codec available until every stored form has crossed a verified rewrite boundary. Remove the legacy s3s parser and serializer only after the minimum supported direct-upgrade release reads and writes every persisted XML configuration family through the gateway codec, every supported mixed-version site-replication topology has completed its writer upgrade, and migration tooling has verified or rewritten every retained bucket metadata object and restorable backup archive.

docs/operations/on-demand-migration.md

@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ On-Demand Migration (ODM) attaches an external S3-compatible **source bucket** t
 
 The module is on by default (rustfs/backlog#2163); set `RUSTFS_ON_DEMAND_MIGRATION_ENABLED=false` on every node to turn it off (`rustfs/src/module_switches.rs`). With the switch off, the runtime never intervenes on a read and the admin `PUT` route refuses with `OnDemandMigrationDisabled`. Reads of the configuration and of the status endpoint keep working while the switch is off, so a disabled deployment can still be inspected. The switch only decides whether the module may act at all: a bucket with no `on-demand-migration.json` is never resolved by the runtime and makes no source call, so turning the module on changes nothing for buckets you have not configured.
 
+## List continuation token rollout
+
+`RUSTFS_ON_DEMAND_MIGRATION_LIST_V2_TOKENS` defaults to `false`; unset or invalid boolean values also keep it off. It controls only whether a v1 listing may first issue a v2 continuation token after an empty truncated merged page. Every node with this reader support accepts existing v2 tokens and continues their budget even with the switch off. Ordinary pages that consume an object or common prefix retain the original v1 token shape.
+
+Leave the switch off while deploying v2 reader support to every node that can receive a continuation request, including nodes behind other load-balancer routes. Then set it to `true` in each node's environment and restart those nodes to enable issuance. A v1-only binary rejects v2 with `400 InvalidArgument` before the source-error policy runs; neither `not_found` nor turning off list-through makes that old reader compatible. With issuance still off, a new v1 chain retains the existing limitation: an empty source cursor cycle spanning requests can continue indefinitely. The default rollout does not claim to fix that chain until issuance is enabled.
+
+An active v2 budget rejects the sixteenth consecutive merged page that consumes no new object/common prefix and reaches no new end-of-list state. The first fifteen empty pages can be resumed; with the existing two-fetch-per-side limit, that interval costs at most 32 fetches per side, including the failing request. A key, common prefix, or a newly exhausted side on the sixteenth request succeeds and resets the budget. A side that was already exhausted does not reset it again. This is a resource bound, not proof of a cursor cycle: an unusually long but valid empty source-page chain also reaches the limit. Tokens are unsigned base64 JSON, so this budget applies to clients that continue with the returned token unchanged; replaying or editing a token can reset it, and it is not a malicious-client defense or a global request quota. The two-fetch-per-side request limit and existing source rate limiter still apply. A source failure follows `policy.source_error`: `propagate` returns `424 SourceUnavailable` with `invalid_pagination`; `not_found` returns the fetched local listing with `x-rustfs-on-demand-migration-list: local_only`. A blocking local-side failure returns `InternalError`, without silently discarding local entries.
+
+For rollback, first turn issuance off on every node. Keep v2-capable readers available for outstanding v2 chains: switching issuance off does not erase their budgets, and tokens have no expiration that proves those chains have drained. Route those continuations to compatible readers or have clients explicitly restart their listings before restoring v1-only binaries. Restarting a listing is a new scan and can repeat entries. Do not roll back readers while assuming the issuance switch makes existing v2 tokens disappear.
+
 ## Positioning
 
 | Capability | Direction | What it moves | Where the authoritative copy is | When to use it instead |

docs/operations/replication-outbound-transport.md

@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
 
 Both knobs are read by the RustFS process that owns the replication target, at client build time; restart the server after changing them.
 
+### Remote tier transport timeouts
+
+Remote tier S3-compatible clients use separate transport budgets. These settings do not change bucket or site replication clients.
+
+| Variable | Default | Meaning |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS` | `10` | Maximum time to establish the remote tier TCP connection. |
+| `RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS` | `86400` | Maximum time for a remote tier request to reach response headers. The long default preserves large transition-upload headroom. |
+| `RUSTFS_TIER_REMOTE_RESPONSE_BODY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECS` | `60` | Maximum time without a non-empty response-body chunk. Empty HTTP/2 frames do not count as progress. |
+
+All three values must be positive integers. Zero fails tier client initialization instead of silently disabling the boundary. An invalid integer is logged and falls back to the default; very large values are accepted and provide a correspondingly long effective budget. The values are read when the tier client is built; recreate or reload the tier configuration after changing them.
+
 ## Before changing any of this
 
 Follow the SOP in `docs/postmortems/2026-09-03-replication-checksum-default-regression.md`: inventory the target-side rules the current default satisfies, run the outbound target matrix, and document any new knob here in the same PR.

docs/operations/tier-ilm-debugging.md

@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@
 | `FileMeta` / `FileInfo` / version metadata | `crates/filemeta/src/` |
 | Dual-key internal metadata helpers (`insert_bytes` / `get_bytes`) | `crates/utils/src/http/metadata_compat.rs` |
 
+## Lifecycle rule limits and evaluation
+
+Each lifecycle rule supports at most one `Transition` and one `NoncurrentVersionTransition`. A version can make one initial transition; chaining additional tiers after it reaches `complete` is not supported. Splitting stages across overlapping rules does not enable a transition chain. `PutBucketLifecycleConfiguration` rejects multiple entries in either transition array with `InvalidArgument`, including in disabled rules. Existing stored multi-entry arrays are not executed; replace each with a single intended destination. Independent expiration actions in the rule remain eligible.
+
+`Expiration.Days` and `Expiration.Date` are mutually exclusive. A request containing both is rejected instead of silently selecting the date. When expiration and transition are both eligible, expiration takes precedence; a failed earlier transition does not keep an expired object indefinitely. Deadlines select the earliest action within the same action class.
+
+Noncurrent expiration and transition have independent `NewerNoncurrentVersions` limits. A transition with a positive limit waits for a complete version-group evaluation to establish that enough newer noncurrent versions remain. Single-object evaluation, including the current manual transition and immediate-enqueue paths, conservatively defers these counted transitions to the lifecycle scanner. An unmet expiration retention limit does not suppress a separately eligible transition.
+
+An expired restored local copy can be cleaned up under Object Lock because the retained logical version and remote data remain intact. Cleanup requires a completed transition and still waits for pending or failed replication. The storage layer revalidates the source identity and restore metadata before removing the local copy; restore headers alone do not authorize cleanup.
+
 ## Free-version recovery controls
 
 The dedicated free-version recovery loop is enabled by default and is independent of the data scanner and heal switches. Setting `RUSTFS_SCANNER_ENABLED=false` does not stop this repair loop. Set `RUSTFS_TIER_FREE_VERSION_RECOVERY_ENABLED=false` before process startup to disable only the dedicated persisted-marker walk. That setting does not disable lifecycle workers or prevent another scanner path from discovering a free version, and it can leave remote cleanup markers pending for longer, so use it as a break-glass pressure control rather than a cleanup mechanism.