fix(replication): retry marker purges through persisted MRF

(cherry picked from commit cf381a7151ef25fc95ace5fedcd767fa19410de2)
Signed-off-by: Feng Ruohang <rh@vonng.com>

cmd/bucket-replication-utils.go

@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ func getReplicationState(rinfos replicatedInfos, prevState ReplicationState, vID
 
 	for _, rinfo := range rinfos.Targets {
 		if rinfo.ResyncTimestamp != "" {
+			if rs.ResetStatusesMap == nil {
+				rs.ResetStatusesMap = make(map[string]string)
+			}
 			rs.ResetStatusesMap[targetResetHeader(rinfo.Arn)] = rinfo.ResyncTimestamp
 		}
 	}

cmd/bucket-replication.go

@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ func checkReplicateDelete(ctx context.Context, bucket string, dobj ObjectToDelet
 // the mere presence or absence of the target version.
 func replicateDelete(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, objectAPI ObjectLayer) replicatedInfos {
 	var replicationStatus replication.StatusType
+	isPurge := dobj.isVersionPurge()
 	bucket := dobj.Bucket
 	versionID := dobj.DeleteMarkerVersionID
 	if versionID == "" {
@@ -484,6 +485,7 @@ func replicateDelete(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, obj
 	lk := objectAPI.NewNSLock(bucket, "/[replicate]/"+dobj.ObjectName)
 	lkctx, err := lk.GetLock(ctx, globalOperationTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
+		dobj.RetryCount++
 		globalReplicationPool.Get().queueMRFSave(dobj.ToMRFEntry())
 		sendEvent(eventArgs{
 			BucketName: bucket,
@@ -546,25 +548,38 @@ func replicateDelete(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, obj
 	replicationStatus = rinfos.ReplicationStatus()
 	prevStatus := dobj.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus()
 
-	if dobj.VersionID != "" {
-		prevStatus = replication.StatusType(dobj.VersionPurgeStatus())
-		replicationStatus = replication.StatusType(rinfos.VersionPurgeStatus())
+	if isPurge {
+		prevStatus = purgeReplicationStatus(dobj.VersionPurgeStatus())
+		replicationStatus = purgeReplicationStatus(rinfos.VersionPurgeStatus())
 	}
 
 	// to decrement pending count later.
 	for _, rinfo := range rinfos.Targets {
-		if rinfo.ReplicationStatus != rinfo.PrevReplicationStatus {
-			globalReplicationStats.Load().Update(dobj.Bucket, rinfo, replicationStatus,
-				prevStatus)
+		status, previous := rinfo.ReplicationStatus, rinfo.PrevReplicationStatus
+		if isPurge {
+			status = purgeReplicationStatus(rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus)
+			previous = purgeReplicationStatus(dobj.ReplicationState.PurgeTargets[rinfo.Arn])
+		}
+		if status != previous {
+			globalReplicationStats.Load().Update(dobj.Bucket, rinfo, status, previous)
 		}
 	}
 
 	eventName := event.ObjectReplicationComplete
 	if replicationStatus == replication.Failed {
 		eventName = event.ObjectReplicationFailed
+		dobj.RetryCount++
 		globalReplicationPool.Get().queueMRFSave(dobj.ToMRFEntry())
 	}
 	drs := getReplicationState(rinfos, dobj.ReplicationState, dobj.VersionID)
+	if isPurge {
+		// A purge must not rewrite the marker's creation/replica metadata.
+		// Multiple serialized empty target statuses can parse as nonempty,
+		// so explicitly send an empty creation update to the metadata writer.
+		drs.ReplicationStatusInternal = ""
+		drs.Targets = nil
+		drs.ReplicaStatus = ""
+	}
 	if replicationStatus != prevStatus {
 		drs.ReplicationTimeStamp = UTCNow()
 	}
@@ -606,6 +621,7 @@ func replicateDelete(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, obj
 }
 
 func replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationInfo, tgt *TargetClient) (rinfo replicatedTargetInfo) {
+	isPurge := dobj.isVersionPurge()
 	versionID := dobj.DeleteMarkerVersionID
 	if versionID == "" {
 		versionID = dobj.VersionID
@@ -615,42 +631,50 @@ func replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationI
 	rinfo.OpType = dobj.OpType
 	rinfo.endpoint = tgt.EndpointURL().Host
 	rinfo.secure = tgt.EndpointURL().Scheme == "https"
+	// A purge leaves ReplicationStatus empty: the metadata writer interprets
+	// that as preserving the entire creation-status block, including targets
+	// outside this fan-out. Only VersionPurgeStatus records the purge outcome.
 	defer func() {
-		if rinfo.ReplicationStatus == replication.Completed && tgt.ResetID != "" && dobj.OpType == replication.ExistingObjectReplicationType {
+		completed := rinfo.ReplicationStatus == replication.Completed
+		if isPurge {
+			completed = rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus == replication.VersionPurgeComplete
+		}
+		if completed && tgt.ResetID != "" && dobj.OpType == replication.ExistingObjectReplicationType {
 			rinfo.ResyncTimestamp = fmt.Sprintf("%s;%s", UTCNow().Format(http.TimeFormat), tgt.ResetID)
 		}
 	}()
 
-	if dobj.VersionID == "" && rinfo.PrevReplicationStatus == replication.Completed && dobj.OpType != replication.ExistingObjectReplicationType {
+	if !isPurge && rinfo.PrevReplicationStatus == replication.Completed && dobj.OpType != replication.ExistingObjectReplicationType {
 		rinfo.ReplicationStatus = rinfo.PrevReplicationStatus
 		return rinfo
 	}
-	if dobj.VersionID != "" && rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus == replication.VersionPurgeComplete {
+	if isPurge && rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus == replication.VersionPurgeComplete {
 		return rinfo
 	}
 	if globalBucketTargetSys.isOffline(tgt.EndpointURL()) {
-		replLogOnceIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("remote target is offline for bucket:%s arn:%s", dobj.Bucket, tgt.ARN), "replication-target-offline-delete-"+tgt.ARN)
+		rinfo.Err = fmt.Errorf("remote target is offline for bucket:%s arn:%s", dobj.Bucket, tgt.ARN)
+		replLogOnceIf(ctx, rinfo.Err, "replication-target-offline-delete-"+tgt.ARN)
 		sendEvent(eventArgs{
 			BucketName: dobj.Bucket,
 			Object: ObjectInfo{
 				Bucket:       dobj.Bucket,
 				Name:         dobj.ObjectName,
-				VersionID:    dobj.VersionID,
+				VersionID:    versionID,
 				DeleteMarker: dobj.DeleteMarker,
 			},
 			UserAgent: "Internal: [Replication]",
 			Host:      globalLocalNodeName,
 			EventName: event.ObjectReplicationNotTracked,
 		})
-		if dobj.VersionID == "" {
-			rinfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.Failed
-		} else {
+		if isPurge {
 			rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus = replication.VersionPurgeFailed
+		} else {
+			rinfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.Failed
 		}
 		return rinfo
 	}
 	// early return if already replicated delete marker for existing object replication/ healing delete markers
-	if dobj.DeleteMarkerVersionID != "" {
+	if !isPurge && dobj.DeleteMarkerVersionID != "" {
 		toi, err := tgt.StatObject(ctx, tgt.Bucket, dobj.ObjectName, minio.StatObjectOptions{
 			VersionID: versionID,
 			Internal: minio.AdvancedGetOptions{
@@ -662,16 +686,10 @@ func replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationI
 		switch {
 		case isErrMethodNotAllowed(serr):
 			// delete marker already replicated
-			if dobj.VersionID == "" && rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus.Empty() {
-				rinfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.Completed
-				return rinfo
-			}
+			rinfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.Completed
+			return rinfo
 		case isErrObjectNotFound(serr), isErrVersionNotFound(serr):
-			// version being purged is already not found on target.
-			if !rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus.Empty() {
-				rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus = replication.VersionPurgeComplete
-				return rinfo
-			}
+			// The marker still needs to be created on the target.
 		case isErrReadQuorum(serr), isErrWriteQuorum(serr):
 			// destination has some quorum issues, perform removeObject() anyways
 			// to complete the operation.
@@ -691,7 +709,7 @@ func replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationI
 	rmErr := tgt.RemoveObject(ctx, tgt.Bucket, dobj.ObjectName, minio.RemoveObjectOptions{
 		VersionID: versionID,
 		Internal: minio.AdvancedRemoveOptions{
-			ReplicationDeleteMarker: dobj.DeleteMarkerVersionID != "",
+			ReplicationDeleteMarker: !isPurge && dobj.DeleteMarkerVersionID != "",
 			ReplicationMTime:        dobj.DeleteMarkerMTime.Time,
 			ReplicationStatus:       minio.ReplicationStatusReplica,
 			ReplicationRequest:      true, // always set this to distinguish between `mc mirror` replication and serverside
@@ -699,20 +717,20 @@ func replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx context.Context, dobj DeletedObjectReplicationI
 	})
 	if rmErr != nil {
 		rinfo.Err = rmErr
-		if dobj.VersionID == "" {
-			rinfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.Failed
-		} else {
+		if isPurge {
 			rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus = replication.VersionPurgeFailed
+		} else {
+			rinfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.Failed
 		}
 		replLogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("unable to replicate delete marker to %s: %s/%s(%s): %w", tgt.EndpointURL(), tgt.Bucket, dobj.ObjectName, versionID, rmErr))
 		if rmErr != nil && minio.IsNetworkOrHostDown(rmErr, true) && !globalBucketTargetSys.isOffline(tgt.EndpointURL()) {
 			globalBucketTargetSys.markOffline(tgt.EndpointURL())
 		}
 	} else {
-		if dobj.VersionID == "" {
-			rinfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.Completed
-		} else {
+		if isPurge {
 			rinfo.VersionPurgeStatus = replication.VersionPurgeComplete
+		} else {
+			rinfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.Completed
 		}
 	}
 	return rinfo
@@ -1923,11 +1941,26 @@ func filterReplicationStatusMetadata(metadata map[string]string) map[string]stri
 // DeletedObjectReplicationInfo has info on deleted object
 type DeletedObjectReplicationInfo struct {
 	DeletedObject
-	Bucket    string
-	EventType string
-	OpType    replication.Type
-	ResetID   string
-	TargetArn string
+	Bucket     string
+	EventType  string
+	OpType     replication.Type
+	ResetID    string
+	TargetArn  string
+	RetryCount int
+}
+
+// isVersionPurge also recognizes the old marker-shaped purge task. Use the
+// operation's state, rather than one target's possibly missing purge entry.
+func (di DeletedObjectReplicationInfo) isVersionPurge() bool {
+	return di.VersionID != "" || di.DeleteMarkerVersionID != "" && !di.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty()
+}
+
+// Purge metadata uses COMPLETE; operation statistics and audit use COMPLETED.
+func purgeReplicationStatus(status VersionPurgeStatusType) replication.StatusType {
+	if replication.StatusType(status) == replication.CompletedLegacy {
+		return replication.Completed
+	}
+	return replication.StatusType(status)
 }
 
 // ToMRFEntry returns the relevant info needed by MRF
@@ -1937,9 +1970,10 @@ func (di DeletedObjectReplicationInfo) ToMRFEntry() MRFReplicateEntry {
 		versionID = di.VersionID
 	}
 	return MRFReplicateEntry{
-		Bucket:    di.Bucket,
-		Object:    di.ObjectName,
-		versionID: versionID,
+		Bucket:     di.Bucket,
+		Object:     di.ObjectName,
+		versionID:  versionID,
+		RetryCount: di.RetryCount,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2431,6 +2465,7 @@ func (p *ReplicationPool) queueReplicaDeleteTask(doi DeletedObjectReplicationInf
 	case <-p.ctx.Done():
 	case ch <- doi:
 	default:
+		doi.RetryCount++
 		p.queueMRFSave(doi.ToMRFEntry())
 		p.mu.RLock()
 		prio := p.priority
@@ -3794,9 +3829,10 @@ func queueReplicationHeal(ctx context.Context, bucket string, oi ObjectInfo, rcf
 				DeleteMarkerMTime:     DeleteMarkerMTime{roi.ModTime},
 				DeleteMarker:          roi.DeleteMarker,
 			},
-			Bucket:    roi.Bucket,
-			OpType:    replication.HealReplicationType,
-			EventType: ReplicateHealDelete,
+			Bucket:     roi.Bucket,
+			OpType:     replication.HealReplicationType,
+			EventType:  ReplicateHealDelete,
+			RetryCount: retryCount,
 		}
 		// heal delete marker replication failure or versioned delete replication failure
 		if roi.ReplicationStatus == replication.Pending ||
@@ -4079,7 +4115,12 @@ func (p *ReplicationPool) queueMRFHeal() error {
 				VersionID: vID,
 			})
 			cancel()
-			if err != nil {
+			// A versioned marker lookup returns its metadata with a 405. Only
+			// accept that error with a real, matching marker identity.
+			validMarker := isErrMethodNotAllowed(err) && oi.DeleteMarker &&
+				vID != "" && oi.VersionID == vID && !oi.ModTime.IsZero() &&
+				oi.Bucket == e.Bucket && oi.Name != "" && oi.Name == decodeDirObject(e.Object)
+			if err != nil && !validMarker || oi.Name == "" {
 				continue
 			}
 

cmd/replication-delete-marker_test.go

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func TestReplicateDeleteMarkerTargetSemantics(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testReplicateDeleteMarkerPurge(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucket string, router http.Handler, creds auth.Credentials, t *testing.T, legacy bool) {
 	ctx := t.Context()
+	defer replicationTestCapacity(obj)()
 	const arn = "arn:minio:replication::af470089-d354-4473-934c-9e1f52f6da89:bucket"
 	const name = "marker"
 	version := mustGetUUID()
@@ -208,27 +209,12 @@ func testReplicateDeleteMarkerPurge(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucket string
 		t.Errorf("purge scheduled as marker creation: version=%q marker=%q", deletion.VersionID, deletion.DeleteMarkerVersionID)
 	}
 	if legacy {
-		// Reproduce the old producer's state and let the existing scanner/heal
-		// path recover it. Upgrades must also finish purges already left pending.
+		// Old task shapes must complete directly; scanner/MRF recovery is
+		// covered separately by TestReplicationMRFMarkerRecovery.
 		deletion.VersionID, deletion.DeleteMarkerVersionID = "", version
-		replicateDelete(ctx, deletion, obj)
-		oi, _ := obj.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, name, ObjectOptions{VersionID: version, Versioned: true})
-		if oi.VersionPurgeStatus != replication.VersionPurgePending {
-			t.Fatalf("legacy source purge = %s, want PENDING", oi.VersionPurgeStatus)
-		}
-		targets, err := globalBucketTargetSys.ListBucketTargets(ctx, bucket)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		queueReplicationHeal(ctx, bucket, oi, replicationConfig{Config: &cfg, remotes: targets}, 0)
-		select {
-		case op := <-worker:
-			deletion = op.(DeletedObjectReplicationInfo)
-		case <-time.After(time.Second):
-			t.Fatal("legacy pending purge was not scheduled for healing")
-		}
 	}
-	result := replicateDelete(context.Background(), deletion, obj)
+
+	result := replicateDelete(context.Background(), deletion, markerPurgeUpdateLayer{ObjectLayer: obj, t: t})
 	if result.VersionPurgeStatus() != replication.VersionPurgeComplete {
 		t.Errorf("remote purge result = %s, want COMPLETE", result.VersionPurgeStatus())
 	}

cmd/replication-delete-mrf_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,614 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 PGSTY
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
+	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/auth"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/replication"
+	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
+	loghttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger/target/http"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/once"
+	xnet "github.com/pgsty/silo-pkg/v3/net"
+)
+
+type markerRecoveryCase struct {
+	name                                                                                                          string
+	legacy, creation, lostReply, partial, exhaust, lockFirst, invalidMRF, replicaSource, offline, unrecordedPurge bool
+	targets                                                                                                       int
+}
+
+func TestReplicationMRFMarkerRecovery(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []markerRecoveryCase{
+		{name: "canonical", targets: 1},
+		{name: "lock-failure", lockFirst: true, targets: 1},
+		{name: "invalid-MRF-metadata", invalidMRF: true, targets: 1},
+		{name: "legacy", legacy: true, targets: 1},
+		{name: "unrecorded-purge", unrecordedPurge: true, targets: 2},
+		{name: "two-targets", legacy: true, targets: 2},
+		{name: "two-targets-offline", offline: true, targets: 2},
+		{name: "replica-source", replicaSource: true, targets: 1},
+		{name: "lost-reply-canonical", lostReply: true, targets: 1},
+		{name: "lost-reply-legacy", legacy: true, lostReply: true, targets: 1},
+		{name: "creation", creation: true, targets: 1},
+		{name: "partial-creation-block", partial: true, targets: 2},
+		{name: "retry-budget-and-scanner", exhaust: true, targets: 1},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ExecObjectLayerAPITest(ExecObjectLayerAPITestArgs{t: t, endpoints: []string{"DeleteObject"}, objAPITest: func(obj ObjectLayer, backend, bucket string, router http.Handler, creds auth.Credentials, t *testing.T) {
+				testReplicationMRFMarkerRecovery(t, obj, backend, bucket, router, creds, tc)
+			}})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type markerRecoveryTarget struct {
+	arn, bucket       string
+	client            *minio.Client
+	reject, loseReply atomic.Bool
+	deletes           atomic.Int32
+}
+
+// Only adapt host capacity accounting, using the existing real-disk adapter.
+// Reads, object metadata, MRF files and writes all still use the fixture disks.
+func replicationTestCapacity(obj ObjectLayer) func() {
+	var restore []func()
+	for _, pool := range obj.(*erasureServerPools).serverPools {
+		for _, set := range pool.sets {
+			original := set.getDisks
+			disks := append([]StorageAPI(nil), original()...)
+			for i, disk := range disks {
+				if disk != nil {
+					disks[i] = tagTestCapacityDisk{StorageAPI: disk}
+				}
+			}
+			set.getDisks = func() []StorageAPI { return disks }
+			restore = append(restore, func() { set.getDisks = original })
+		}
+	}
+	return func() {
+		for _, fn := range restore {
+			fn()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func testReplicationMRFMarkerRecovery(t *testing.T, obj ObjectLayer, backend, bucket string, router http.Handler, creds auth.Credentials, tc markerRecoveryCase) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
+	defer cancel()
+	defer replicationTestCapacity(obj)()
+	stats := NewReplicationStats(ctx, nil)
+	oldStats := globalReplicationStats.Swap(stats)
+	defer globalReplicationStats.Store(oldStats)
+	oldPool := globalReplicationPool
+	defer func() { globalReplicationPool = oldPool }()
+	const name = "marker"
+	version := mustGetUUID()
+	creationTime := UTCNow().Add(-time.Hour).Truncate(time.Second)
+	if _, err := globalBucketMetadataSys.Update(ctx, bucket, bucketVersioningConfig, enabledBucketVersioningConfig); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := obj.PutObject(ctx, bucket, name, mustGetPutObjReader(t, bytes.NewReader([]byte("data")), 4, "", ""), ObjectOptions{Versioned: true}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var targets []*markerRecoveryTarget
+	cfg := replication.Config{}
+	creationStates := make(map[string]replication.StatusType)
+	var creationInternal string
+	for i := 0; i < tc.targets; i++ {
+		target := &markerRecoveryTarget{arn: "arn:minio:replication::" + mustGetUUID() + ":bucket", bucket: getRandomBucketName()}
+		if err := obj.MakeBucket(ctx, target.bucket, MakeBucketOptions{}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if _, err := obj.PutObject(ctx, target.bucket, name, mustGetPutObjReader(t, bytes.NewReader([]byte("data")), 4, "", ""), ObjectOptions{Versioned: true}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if !tc.creation {
+			opts := ObjectOptions{VersionID: version, Versioned: true, DeleteMarker: true, ReplicationRequest: true, MTime: creationTime}
+			opts.SetReplicaStatus(replication.Replica)
+			if _, err := obj.DeleteObject(ctx, target.bucket, name, opts); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+		remote := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			opts := ObjectOptions{VersionID: r.URL.Query().Get("versionId"), Versioned: true}
+			switch r.Method {
+			case http.MethodHead:
+				oi, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(r.Context(), target.bucket, name, opts)
+				if oi.DeleteMarker {
+					w.Header().Set(xhttp.AmzDeleteMarker, "true")
+					w.Header().Set(xhttp.AmzVersionID, oi.VersionID)
+				}
+				if err != nil {
+					writeErrorResponseHeadersOnly(w, toAPIError(r.Context(), err))
+					return
+				}
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			case http.MethodDelete:
+				target.deletes.Add(1)
+				if got := r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSourceDeleteMarker) == "true"; got != tc.creation {
+					t.Errorf("purge/creation wire flag=%v creation=%v", got, tc.creation)
+				}
+				if opts.VersionID == "" {
+					t.Error("missing remote versionId")
+				}
+				if target.reject.Load() {
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
+					fmt.Fprint(w, `<Error><Code>AccessDenied</Code></Error>`)
+					return
+				}
+				opts.DeleteMarker = r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSourceDeleteMarker) == "true"
+				opts.ReplicationRequest = true
+				opts.SetReplicaStatus(replication.Replica)
+				_, err := obj.DeleteObject(r.Context(), target.bucket, name, opts)
+				if err != nil && !isErrVersionNotFound(err) && !isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
+					writeErrorResponse(r.Context(), w, toAPIError(r.Context(), err), r.URL)
+					return
+				}
+				if target.loseReply.Swap(false) {
+					conn, _, err := w.(http.Hijacker).Hijack()
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Error(err)
+						return
+					}
+					conn.Close()
+					return
+				}
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+			default:
+				t.Errorf("unexpected remote method %s", r.Method)
+			}
+		}))
+		defer remote.Close()
+		client, err := minio.New(strings.TrimPrefix(remote.URL, "http://"), &minio.Options{Region: "us-east-1", MaxRetries: 1})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		target.client = client
+		globalBucketTargetSys.Lock()
+		globalBucketTargetSys.arnRemotesMap[target.arn] = arnTarget{Client: &TargetClient{Client: client, ARN: target.arn, Bucket: target.bucket}, lastRefresh: UTCNow()}
+		globalBucketTargetSys.targetsMap[bucket] = append(globalBucketTargetSys.targetsMap[bucket], madmin.BucketTarget{Arn: target.arn, TargetBucket: target.bucket})
+		globalBucketTargetSys.Unlock()
+		globalBucketTargetSys.hMutex.Lock()
+		globalBucketTargetSys.hc[client.EndpointURL().Host] = epHealth{Online: true}
+		globalBucketTargetSys.hMutex.Unlock()
+		rule := configs[0].Rules[0]
+		rule.Priority = i + 1
+		rule.Destination = replication.Destination{ARN: target.arn, Bucket: target.bucket}
+		cfg.Rules = append(cfg.Rules, rule)
+		creationStates[target.arn] = replication.Completed
+		creationInternal += target.arn + "=COMPLETED;"
+		targets = append(targets, target)
+	}
+	if tc.targets == 1 {
+		cfg.RoleArn = targets[0].arn
+	}
+	if !tc.creation {
+		opts := ObjectOptions{VersionID: version, Versioned: true, DeleteMarker: true, MTime: creationTime, DeleteReplication: ReplicationState{Targets: creationStates, ReplicationStatusInternal: creationInternal, ReplicationTimeStamp: creationTime}}
+		if tc.replicaSource {
+			opts.DeleteReplication = ReplicationState{}
+			opts.SetReplicaStatus(replication.Replica)
+		}
+		if _, err := obj.DeleteObject(ctx, bucket, name, opts); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	meta, err := globalBucketMetadataSys.Get(bucket)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	meta.replicationConfig = &cfg
+	globalBucketMetadataSys.Set(bucket, meta)
+	newPool := func() *ReplicationPool {
+		p := &ReplicationPool{ctx: ctx, objLayer: obj, workers: []chan ReplicationWorkerOperation{make(chan ReplicationWorkerOperation, 8)}, stats: stats, mrfSaveCh: make(chan MRFReplicateEntry, 8)}
+		globalReplicationPool = once.NewSingleton[ReplicationPool]()
+		globalReplicationPool.Set(p)
+		return p
+	}
+	p := newPool()
+	receive := func() DeletedObjectReplicationInfo {
+		select {
+		case op := <-p.workers[0]:
+			d, ok := op.(DeletedObjectReplicationInfo)
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("wrong queued operation %T", op)
+			}
+			return d
+		case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
+			t.Fatal("no marker task from actual MRF/handler/scanner queue")
+			return DeletedObjectReplicationInfo{}
+		}
+	}
+	uri := "/" + bucket + "/" + name
+	if !tc.creation {
+		uri += "?versionId=" + version
+	}
+	req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodDelete, uri, 0, nil, creds.AccessKey, creds.SecretKey, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+	if w.Code != http.StatusNoContent {
+		t.Fatalf("source DELETE status %d: %s", w.Code, w.Body)
+	}
+	deletion := receive()
+	if tc.creation {
+		version = deletion.DeleteMarkerVersionID
+	} else if deletion.VersionID != version || deletion.DeleteMarkerVersionID != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("current producer emitted noncanonical purge: %+v", deletion)
+	}
+	if tc.unrecordedPurge {
+		// Exercise a task carrying purge state while the disk marker still has
+		// only creation metadata. Recreate only this isolated fixture marker.
+		if _, err := obj.DeleteObject(ctx, bucket, name, ObjectOptions{VersionID: version, Versioned: true}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		opts := ObjectOptions{VersionID: version, Versioned: true, DeleteMarker: true, MTime: creationTime, DeleteReplication: ReplicationState{Targets: creationStates, ReplicationStatusInternal: creationInternal, ReplicationTimeStamp: creationTime}}
+		if _, err := obj.DeleteObject(ctx, bucket, name, opts); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	if tc.legacy {
+		deletion.VersionID, deletion.DeleteMarkerVersionID = "", version
+	}
+	if tc.partial {
+		deletion.TargetArn = targets[len(targets)-1].arn
+	}
+	if tc.invalidMRF {
+		testReplicationMRFInvalidLookups(ctx, t, obj, p, newPool, deletion)
+		return
+	}
+	var auditStatuses <-chan string
+	if tc.name == "canonical" {
+		var stopAudit func()
+		auditStatuses, stopAudit = replicationTestAudit(ctx, t, bucket)
+		defer stopAudit()
+	}
+	assertAudit := func(want string) {
+		if auditStatuses == nil {
+			return
+		}
+		select {
+		case got := <-auditStatuses:
+			if got != want {
+				t.Fatalf("replication audit status=%q want %q", got, want)
+			}
+		case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
+			t.Fatal("missing replication audit event")
+		}
+	}
+	deletion.OpType = replication.HealReplicationType // Exercise operation-status statistics too.
+	failing := targets[len(targets)-1]
+	failing.reject.Store(!tc.lostReply)
+	failing.loseReply.Store(tc.lostReply)
+	if tc.offline {
+		globalBucketTargetSys.hMutex.Lock()
+		globalBucketTargetSys.hc[failing.client.EndpointURL().Host] = epHealth{Online: false}
+		globalBucketTargetSys.hMutex.Unlock()
+	}
+	before, _ := obj.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, name, ObjectOptions{VersionID: version})
+	beforeCreation := before.ReplicationStatusInternal
+	beforeStamp := before.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicationTimestamp]
+	beforeReplica := before.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicaStatus]
+	beforeReplicaStamp := before.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicaTimestamp]
+	if !tc.creation && !tc.replicaSource && (len(replicationStatusesMap(beforeCreation)) != tc.targets || beforeStamp == "") {
+		t.Fatalf("missing seeded creation block: %+v", before)
+	}
+	if tc.replicaSource && (beforeReplica != "REPLICA" || beforeReplicaStamp == "") {
+		t.Fatalf("missing replica block: %+v", before)
+	}
+	updateObj := obj
+	if !tc.creation {
+		updateObj = markerPurgeUpdateLayer{ObjectLayer: obj, t: t}
+	}
+	rounds := 2
+	if tc.lostReply {
+		rounds = 1
+	}
+	if tc.exhaust {
+		rounds = mrfRetryLimit + 1
+	}
+	for round := 1; round <= rounds; round++ {
+		callObj := updateObj
+		if tc.lockFirst && round == 1 {
+			callObj = markerLockFailureLayer{ObjectLayer: updateObj}
+		}
+		result := replicateDelete(ctx, deletion, callObj)
+		switch {
+		case tc.lockFirst && round == 1:
+			if len(result.Targets) != 0 {
+				t.Fatal("lock failure attempted a target")
+			}
+		case tc.creation:
+			if result.ReplicationStatus() != replication.Failed {
+				t.Fatalf("creation result: %+v", result)
+			}
+		case result.VersionPurgeStatus() != replication.VersionPurgeFailed:
+			t.Fatalf("purge failure result: %+v", result)
+		}
+		assertAudit("FAILED")
+		if round == 1 && !tc.lockFirst && !tc.creation {
+			stats.RLock()
+			failed := stats.Cache[bucket].Stats[failing.arn].FailStats.SinceUptime
+			stats.RUnlock()
+			if failed.Count != 1 || failed.Bytes != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("purge failure stats=%+v, want count 1 and zero bytes", failed)
+			}
+		}
+		oi, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, name, ObjectOptions{VersionID: version})
+		if !isErrMethodNotAllowed(err) || !oi.DeleteMarker {
+			t.Fatalf("source marker metadata/405 missing: %+v %v", oi, err)
+		}
+		if !tc.creation && (oi.ReplicationStatusInternal != beforeCreation || oi.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicationTimestamp] != beforeStamp) {
+			t.Fatalf("purge rewrote creation block: before=%q/%q after=%q/%q", beforeCreation, beforeStamp, oi.ReplicationStatusInternal, oi.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicationTimestamp])
+		}
+		if !tc.creation && (oi.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicaStatus] != beforeReplica || oi.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicaTimestamp] != beforeReplicaStamp) {
+			t.Fatal("purge rewrote replica block")
+		}
+		if tc.targets == 2 && !tc.partial {
+			purges := versionPurgeStatusesMap(oi.VersionPurgeStatusInternal)
+			if purges[targets[0].arn] != replication.VersionPurgeComplete || purges[failing.arn] != replication.VersionPurgeFailed {
+				t.Fatalf("incorrect persisted target states: %v", purges)
+			}
+			if targets[0].deletes.Load() != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("successful target resent %d times", targets[0].deletes.Load())
+			}
+		}
+		if tc.partial {
+			select {
+			case <-p.mrfSaveCh:
+			default:
+				t.Fatal("partial failure missing MRF")
+			}
+			dsc := deletion.ReplicationState.ReplicateDecisionStr
+			deletion.ReplicationState = oi.ReplicationState()
+			deletion.ReplicationState.ReplicateDecisionStr = dsc
+			continue
+		}
+		if tc.exhaust && round > mrfRetryLimit {
+			if len(p.mrfSaveCh) != 0 || atomic.LoadUint64(&stats.mrfStats.TotalDroppedCount) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("retry budget not applied: queued=%d drops=%d", len(p.mrfSaveCh), stats.mrfStats.TotalDroppedCount)
+			}
+			break
+		}
+		var entry MRFReplicateEntry
+		select {
+		case entry = <-p.mrfSaveCh:
+		default:
+			t.Fatal("failure did not enter MRF")
+		}
+		if entry.RetryCount != round || entry.versionID != version {
+			t.Fatalf("MRF entry lost identity/budget: %+v, round=%d", entry, round)
+		}
+		p.saveMRFEntries(ctx, map[string]MRFReplicateEntry{entry.versionID: entry})
+		record, err := p.loadMRF()
+		if err != nil || len(record.Entries) != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("disk MRF missing: %+v %v", record, err)
+		}
+		if got := record.Entries[version]; got.RetryCount != round || got.Object != name || got.Bucket != bucket {
+			t.Fatalf("disk MRF mismatch: %+v", got)
+		}
+		p.saveMRFEntries(ctx, record.Entries) // loadMRF consumes the file; each replay uses a fresh disk record.
+		p = newPool()                         // no in-memory entries carried to the replacement pool.
+		if err := p.queueMRFHeal(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		deletion = receive()
+		if deletion.RetryCount != round {
+			t.Fatalf("MRF retry count=%d want %d", deletion.RetryCount, round)
+		}
+		if !tc.creation && (deletion.VersionID != version || deletion.DeleteMarkerVersionID != "") {
+			t.Fatalf("MRF emitted wrong purge: %+v", deletion)
+		}
+	}
+	if tc.partial {
+		return
+	}
+	failing.reject.Store(false)
+	globalBucketTargetSys.hMutex.Lock()
+	globalBucketTargetSys.hc[failing.client.EndpointURL().Host] = epHealth{Online: true}
+	globalBucketTargetSys.hMutex.Unlock()
+	if tc.exhaust {
+		oi, _ := obj.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, name, ObjectOptions{VersionID: version})
+		QueueReplicationHeal(ctx, bucket, oi, 0) // Separately prove the existing scanner fallback after MRF exhaustion.
+		deletion = receive()
+		if deletion.RetryCount != 0 {
+			t.Fatal("scanner did not start a fresh retry budget")
+		}
+	}
+	result := replicateDelete(ctx, deletion, updateObj)
+	assertAudit("COMPLETED")
+	if tc.creation {
+		if result.ReplicationStatus() != replication.Completed {
+			t.Fatalf("creation recovery failed: %+v", result)
+		}
+	} else if result.VersionPurgeStatus() != replication.VersionPurgeComplete {
+		t.Fatalf("purge recovery failed: %+v", result)
+	}
+	for _, b := range append([]string{bucket}, func() []string {
+		var b []string
+		for _, target := range targets {
+			b = append(b, target.bucket)
+		}
+		return b
+	}()...) {
+		oi, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(ctx, b, name, ObjectOptions{VersionID: version})
+		if tc.creation {
+			if !oi.DeleteMarker || !isErrMethodNotAllowed(err) {
+				t.Fatalf("creation missing in %s: %+v %v", b, oi, err)
+			}
+		} else if !isErrVersionNotFound(err) && !isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
+			t.Fatalf("purge left marker in %s: %+v %v", b, oi, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if !tc.creation {
+		// Re-deliver an ambiguous purge directly. An absent marker must stay absent.
+		duplicate := deletion
+		duplicate.VersionID, duplicate.DeleteMarkerVersionID = "", version
+		duplicate.ReplicationState.PurgeTargets = map[string]VersionPurgeStatusType{failing.arn: replication.VersionPurgePending}
+		duplicate.ReplicationState.VersionPurgeStatusInternal = ""
+		got := replicateDeleteToTarget(ctx, duplicate, &TargetClient{Client: failing.client, ARN: failing.arn, Bucket: failing.bucket})
+		if got.VersionPurgeStatus != replication.VersionPurgeComplete {
+			t.Fatalf("duplicate purge: %+v", got)
+		}
+		if oi, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(ctx, failing.bucket, name, ObjectOptions{VersionID: version}); !isErrVersionNotFound(err) && !isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
+			t.Fatalf("duplicate recreated marker: %+v %v", oi, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(p.mrfSaveCh) != 0 || len(p.workers[0]) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("completion left queued work: mrf=%d worker=%d", len(p.mrfSaveCh), len(p.workers[0]))
+	}
+	if !tc.creation && !tc.exhaust && !tc.lostReply {
+		stats.RLock()
+		got := stats.Cache[bucket].Stats[failing.arn].ReplicatedCount
+		size := stats.Cache[bucket].Stats[failing.arn].ReplicatedSize
+		stats.RUnlock()
+		if got != 1 || size != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("purge completion statistic=%d want 1", got)
+		}
+	}
+	t.Logf("%s: %s recovered; %d target(s), persisted MRF, source/target metadata checked", backend, tc.name, tc.targets)
+}
+
+func TestReplicationDeleteQueueFullRetryBudget(t *testing.T) {
+	stats := NewReplicationStats(t.Context(), nil)
+	p := &ReplicationPool{ctx: t.Context(), objLayer: &replicationMRFTestObjectLayer{}, workers: []chan ReplicationWorkerOperation{make(chan ReplicationWorkerOperation)}, stats: stats, mrfSaveCh: make(chan MRFReplicateEntry, 1), priority: "slow"}
+	d := DeletedObjectReplicationInfo{Bucket: "bucket", DeletedObject: DeletedObject{ObjectName: "marker", VersionID: mustGetUUID()}, RetryCount: 2}
+	p.queueReplicaDeleteTask(d)
+	if got := <-p.mrfSaveCh; got.RetryCount != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("queue-full retry count=%d", got.RetryCount)
+	}
+	d.RetryCount = mrfRetryLimit
+	p.queueReplicaDeleteTask(d)
+	if len(p.mrfSaveCh) != 0 || atomic.LoadUint64(&stats.mrfStats.TotalDroppedCount) != 1 {
+		t.Fatal("queue-full retry exceeded budget without a visible drop")
+	}
+}
+
+type markerLockFailureLayer struct{ ObjectLayer }
+
+func (markerLockFailureLayer) NewNSLock(string, ...string) RWLocker { return markerFailedLock{} }
+
+type markerFailedLock struct{ RWLocker }
+
+func (markerFailedLock) GetLock(context.Context, *dynamicTimeout) (LockContext, error) {
+	return LockContext{}, context.DeadlineExceeded
+}
+
+type markerLookupLayer struct {
+	ObjectLayer
+	mutate   func(ObjectInfo, error) (ObjectInfo, error)
+	lookedUp chan struct{}
+}
+
+func (l markerLookupLayer) GetObjectInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opts ObjectOptions) (ObjectInfo, error) {
+	oi, err := l.ObjectLayer.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+	defer close(l.lookedUp)
+	return l.mutate(oi, err)
+}
+
+func testReplicationMRFInvalidLookups(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, obj ObjectLayer, p *ReplicationPool, newPool func() *ReplicationPool, d DeletedObjectReplicationInfo) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name   string
+		mutate func(ObjectInfo, error) (ObjectInfo, error)
+	}{
+		{"empty-info", func(_ ObjectInfo, e error) (ObjectInfo, error) { return ObjectInfo{}, e }},
+		{"not-a-marker", func(o ObjectInfo, e error) (ObjectInfo, error) { o.DeleteMarker = false; return o, e }},
+		{"wrong-version", func(o ObjectInfo, e error) (ObjectInfo, error) { o.VersionID = mustGetUUID(); return o, e }},
+		{"wrong-bucket", func(o ObjectInfo, e error) (ObjectInfo, error) { o.Bucket = "different-bucket"; return o, e }},
+		{"wrong-object", func(o ObjectInfo, e error) (ObjectInfo, error) { o.Name = "different-object"; return o, e }},
+		{"zero-modtime", func(o ObjectInfo, e error) (ObjectInfo, error) { o.ModTime = time.Time{}; return o, e }},
+		{"missing", func(o ObjectInfo, _ error) (ObjectInfo, error) {
+			return o, ObjectNotFound{Bucket: o.Bucket, Object: o.Name}
+		}},
+		{"read-error", func(o ObjectInfo, _ error) (ObjectInfo, error) { return o, InsufficientReadQuorum{} }},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			entry := d.ToMRFEntry()
+			p.saveMRFEntries(ctx, map[string]MRFReplicateEntry{entry.versionID: entry})
+			fresh := newPool()
+			looked := make(chan struct{})
+			fresh.objLayer = markerLookupLayer{ObjectLayer: obj, mutate: tc.mutate, lookedUp: looked}
+			if err := fresh.queueMRFHeal(); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			select {
+			case <-looked:
+			case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
+				t.Fatal("disk MRF entry was not read")
+			}
+			select {
+			case op := <-fresh.workers[0]:
+				t.Fatalf("invalid lookup scheduled %T", op)
+			case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// Capture the actual internal audit event through the supported webhook sink.
+func replicationTestAudit(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, bucket string) (<-chan string, func()) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if len(logger.AuditTargets()) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected pre-existing test audit targets")
+	}
+	statuses := make(chan string, 16)
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		var entry struct {
+			API struct{ Name, Bucket, Status string }
+		}
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&entry); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		} else if entry.API.Name == ReplicateDeleteAPI && entry.API.Bucket == bucket {
+			statuses <- entry.API.Status
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	endpoint, err := xnet.ParseHTTPURL(server.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if errs := logger.UpdateAuditWebhooks(ctx, map[string]loghttp.Config{"r6": {Enabled: true, Name: "r6", Endpoint: endpoint, BatchSize: 1, QueueSize: 128, MaxRetry: 1, RetryIntvl: time.Millisecond, HTTPTimeout: time.Second}}); len(errs) > 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errs)
+	}
+	targets := logger.AuditTargets()
+	return statuses, func() {
+		logger.UpdateAuditWebhooks(ctx, nil)
+		for _, target := range targets {
+			target.Cancel()
+		}
+		server.Close()
+	}
+}
+
+type markerPurgeUpdateLayer struct {
+	ObjectLayer
+	t *testing.T
+}
+
+func (l markerPurgeUpdateLayer) DeleteObject(ctx context.Context, bucket, object string, opts ObjectOptions) (ObjectInfo, error) {
+	l.t.Helper()
+	rs := opts.DeleteReplication
+	if rs.ReplicationStatusInternal != "" || rs.Targets != nil || rs.ReplicaStatus != "" || !rs.CompositeReplicationStatus().Empty() {
+		l.t.Fatalf("purge has a nonempty creation update: %+v", rs)
+	}
+	if rs.CompositeVersionPurgeStatus().Empty() {
+		l.t.Fatal("purge update lost its purge status")
+	}
+	return l.ObjectLayer.DeleteObject(ctx, bucket, object, opts)
+}

cmd/replication-delete-operation_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 PGSTY
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/replication"
+	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+)
+
+// Purge uses the version-delete wire form regardless of the in-memory shape.
+// Creation status, purge status and successful resync markers are independent.
+func TestReplicateDeleteOperationExits(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, shape := range []string{"marker-creation", "legacy-marker-purge", "marker-purge", "object-purge"} {
+		purge := shape != "marker-creation"
+		for _, tc := range []struct {
+			name                 string
+			creation             replication.StatusType
+			priorPurge           VersionPurgeStatusType
+			headCode, deleteCode int
+			headError            string
+			offline, resync      bool
+		}{
+			{name: "pending-success", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 204},
+			{name: "completed-creation", creation: replication.Completed, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 405, deleteCode: 204},
+			{name: "existing-marker", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 405, deleteCode: 204},
+			// Use the quorum S3 code without 503, which is classified as backend-down first.
+			{name: "head-read-quorum", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 400, headError: "SlowDownRead", deleteCode: 204},
+			{name: "replica-creation-status", creation: replication.Replica, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgeFailed, headCode: 405, deleteCode: 204},
+			{name: "head-unavailable", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 503, deleteCode: 204},
+			{name: "head-forbidden", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 403, deleteCode: 204},
+			{name: "delete-forbidden", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 403},
+			{name: "delete-method-rejected", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 405},
+			{name: "delete-unavailable", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 503},
+			{name: "offline", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 204, offline: true},
+			{name: "retry-failed", creation: replication.Completed, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgeFailed, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 204},
+			{name: "purge-complete", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgeComplete, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 403},
+			{name: "resync-success", creation: replication.Completed, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 405, deleteCode: 204, resync: true},
+			{name: "resync-already-purged", creation: replication.Pending, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgeComplete, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 403, resync: true},
+			{name: "resync-failure", creation: replication.Completed, priorPurge: replication.VersionPurgePending, headCode: 404, deleteCode: 403, resync: true},
+		} {
+			t.Run(shape+"/"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				version := mustGetUUID()
+				var heads, deletes atomic.Int32
+				server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+					if r.URL.Query().Get("versionId") != version {
+						t.Errorf("wrong request version: %s", r.URL)
+					}
+					switch r.Method {
+					case http.MethodHead:
+						heads.Add(1)
+						w.Header().Set(xhttp.AmzVersionID, version)
+						w.Header().Set(xhttp.LastModified, time.Now().UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat))
+						if tc.headCode == 405 {
+							w.Header().Set(xhttp.AmzDeleteMarker, "true")
+						}
+						if tc.headError != "" {
+							w.Header().Set("x-minio-error-code", tc.headError)
+						}
+						w.WriteHeader(tc.headCode)
+					case http.MethodDelete:
+						deletes.Add(1)
+						if got := r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSourceDeleteMarker) == "true"; got == purge {
+							t.Errorf("source delete-marker header=%v, purge=%v", got, purge)
+						}
+						w.WriteHeader(tc.deleteCode)
+						if tc.deleteCode != 204 {
+							fmt.Fprintf(w, `<Error><Code>%s</Code><Message>injected rejection</Message></Error>`, map[int]string{403: "AccessDenied", 405: "MethodNotAllowed", 503: "ServiceUnavailable"}[tc.deleteCode])
+						}
+					default:
+						t.Errorf("unexpected method %s", r.Method)
+					}
+				}))
+				defer server.Close()
+				client, err := minio.New(strings.TrimPrefix(server.URL, "http://"), &minio.Options{Region: "us-east-1", MaxRetries: 1})
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				old := globalBucketTargetSys
+				globalBucketTargetSys = &BucketTargetSys{hc: map[string]epHealth{client.EndpointURL().Host: {Online: !tc.offline}}}
+				defer func() { globalBucketTargetSys = old }()
+				d := DeletedObjectReplicationInfo{Bucket: "source", DeletedObject: DeletedObject{ObjectName: "marker", DeleteMarker: shape != "object-purge"}}
+				if shape == "marker-creation" || shape == "legacy-marker-purge" {
+					d.DeleteMarkerVersionID = version
+				} else {
+					d.VersionID = version
+				}
+				d.ReplicationState.Targets = map[string]replication.StatusType{"arn1": tc.creation}
+				d.ReplicationState.ResetStatusesMap = map[string]string{"arn1": "previous-reset"}
+				if purge {
+					d.ReplicationState.PurgeTargets = map[string]VersionPurgeStatusType{"arn1": tc.priorPurge}
+				}
+				if tc.resync {
+					d.OpType = replication.ExistingObjectReplicationType
+				}
+				got := replicateDeleteToTarget(t.Context(), d, &TargetClient{Client: client, ARN: "arn1", Bucket: "target", ResetID: "current-reset"})
+				var wantCreation replication.StatusType
+				var wantPurge VersionPurgeStatusType
+				var wantHeads, wantDeletes int32
+				success := false
+				if purge {
+					wantCreation = ""
+					wantPurge = replication.VersionPurgeComplete
+					switch {
+					case tc.priorPurge == replication.VersionPurgeComplete:
+						success = true
+					case tc.offline:
+						wantPurge = replication.VersionPurgeFailed
+					default:
+						wantDeletes = 1
+						success = tc.deleteCode == 204
+						if !success {
+							wantPurge = replication.VersionPurgeFailed
+						}
+					}
+				} else {
+					switch {
+					case tc.creation == replication.Completed && !tc.resync:
+						success = true
+					case tc.offline:
+					default:
+						wantHeads = 1
+						switch tc.headCode {
+						case 405:
+							success = true
+						case 403, 503:
+						default:
+							wantDeletes = 1
+							success = tc.deleteCode == 204
+						}
+					}
+					if success {
+						wantCreation = replication.Completed
+					} else {
+						wantCreation = replication.Failed
+					}
+				}
+				if got.PrevReplicationStatus != tc.creation {
+					t.Error("previous creation state changed")
+				}
+				if got.ReplicationStatus != wantCreation || got.VersionPurgeStatus != wantPurge {
+					t.Errorf("status=%+v, want creation=%s purge=%s", got, wantCreation, wantPurge)
+				}
+				if heads.Load() != wantHeads || deletes.Load() != wantDeletes {
+					t.Errorf("HEAD/DELETE=%d/%d, want %d/%d", heads.Load(), deletes.Load(), wantHeads, wantDeletes)
+				}
+				if (got.Err != nil) == success {
+					t.Errorf("success=%v, error=%v", success, got.Err)
+				}
+				if tc.resync && success {
+					if !strings.HasSuffix(got.ResyncTimestamp, ";current-reset") {
+						t.Errorf("successful resync missing reset: %q", got.ResyncTimestamp)
+					}
+				} else if got.ResyncTimestamp != "previous-reset" {
+					t.Errorf("unexpected reset: %q", got.ResyncTimestamp)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReplicateDeletePurgeMissingTargetState(t *testing.T) {
+	// Classification belongs to the operation, even if this target has no
+	// previous purge entry (another target supplies the tracked purge state).
+	var deletes atomic.Int32
+	version := mustGetUUID()
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method != http.MethodDelete || r.URL.Query().Get("versionId") != version || r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOSourceDeleteMarker) == "true" {
+			t.Errorf("wrong purge request: %s %s %v", r.Method, r.URL, r.Header)
+		}
+		deletes.Add(1)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+	client, err := minio.New(strings.TrimPrefix(server.URL, "http://"), &minio.Options{Region: "us-east-1", MaxRetries: 1})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	old := globalBucketTargetSys
+	globalBucketTargetSys = &BucketTargetSys{hc: map[string]epHealth{client.EndpointURL().Host: {Online: true}}}
+	defer func() { globalBucketTargetSys = old }()
+	d := DeletedObjectReplicationInfo{Bucket: "source", DeletedObject: DeletedObject{ObjectName: "marker", DeleteMarker: true, DeleteMarkerVersionID: version, ReplicationState: ReplicationState{Targets: map[string]replication.StatusType{"arn1": replication.Completed}, PurgeTargets: map[string]VersionPurgeStatusType{"arn2": replication.VersionPurgePending}}}}
+	got := replicateDeleteToTarget(t.Context(), d, &TargetClient{Client: client, ARN: "arn1", Bucket: "target", ResetID: "reset"})
+	if deletes.Load() != 1 || got.VersionPurgeStatus != replication.VersionPurgeComplete || got.ReplicationStatus != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("operation misclassified: %+v, deletes=%d", got, deletes.Load())
+	}
+	got.ResyncTimestamp = "resync;reset"
+	state := getReplicationState(replicatedInfos{Targets: []replicatedTargetInfo{got}}, ReplicationState{}, "")
+	if state.ResetStatusesMap[targetResetHeader("arn1")] != got.ResyncTimestamp {
+		t.Fatal("resync timestamp not preserved with nil reset map")
+	}
+}