diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-consistency.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-consistency.go
index ad3e24d38..44f3dfed6 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-consistency.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-consistency.go
@@ -760,6 +760,10 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) deleteObjectsReconciled(ctx context.Context, bucket
 		}
 		deleteOpts := opts
 		deleteOpts.VersionID, deleteOpts.NoLock = obj.VersionID, true
+		// DeleteObjects already checked ordinary ILM UUID/explicit null
+		// versions against all pools. Empty IDs and user deletes have no such
+		// authorization; restored-copy expiry uses the single-object path.
+		deleteOpts.Expiration.CheckedAllPools = opts.Expiration.Expire && obj.VersionID != ""
 		deleteOpts.DeleteReplication = obj.ReplicationState()
 		if opts.PrefixEnabledFn != nil {
 			deleteOpts.Versioned = opts.PrefixEnabledFn(obj.ObjectName)
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool-lifecycle-batch_test.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-lifecycle-batch_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfb5c63cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool-lifecycle-batch_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Feng Ruohang
+//
+// This file is part of Silo Object Storage stack
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/lifecycle"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/replication"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/versioning"
+)
+
+// Reuse the author's scanner/worker fixture. A second configured pool is
+// sufficient to trigger the tiered NNV regression; no versions need move there.
+func TestPoolsLifecycleTieredNoncurrentBatch(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tiered := range []bool{false, true} {
+		name := "plain"
+		if tiered {
+			name = "tiered"
+		}
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := newSplitILM(t, versioning.Enabled, splitILMRules)
+			old := func(label string, days float64) splitVersion {
+				v := splitAt(label, days, 0)
+				v.tiered = tiered
+				return v
+			}
+			s.run([]splitKey{
+				{"nnv-all-in-0", []splitVersion{old("v1", 5), old("v2", 4), splitAt("v3", 3, 0), splitAt("v4", 2, 0)}, "v4", "v4", [][]string{{"v4", "v3"}, nil}},
+				{"ncv-all-in-0", []splitVersion{old("v1", 5), old("v2", 4), splitAt("v3", 0.01, 0)}, "v3", "v3", [][]string{{"v3", "v2"}, nil}},
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// Observe the actual pool results consumed by the expiry worker, without
+// replacing the storage deletion or the replication enqueue path.
+type lifecycleBatchResult struct {
+	ObjectLayer
+	deleted []DeletedObject
+	errs    []error
+}
+
+func (o *lifecycleBatchResult) DeleteObjects(ctx context.Context, bucket string, objects []ObjectToDelete, opts ObjectOptions) ([]DeletedObject, []error) {
+	o.deleted, o.errs = o.ObjectLayer.DeleteObjects(ctx, bucket, objects, opts)
+	return o.deleted, o.errs
+}
+
+func TestPoolsLifecycleTieredBatchReplication(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, identity := range []string{"uuid", "null"} {
+		t.Run(identity, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := newSplitILM(t, versioning.Enabled, splitILMRules)
+			const key = "nnv-replicated"
+			oldest := splitTiered("v1", 5, 0)
+			oldest.null = identity == "null"
+			for _, v := range []splitVersion{oldest, splitTiered("v2", 4, 0), splitTiered("v3", 3, 0), splitAt("v4", 2, 0)} {
+				s.write(key, v)
+			}
+			target := newILMTestTarget(t)
+			registerILMTestTarget(t, s.z, s.bucket, target, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				if r.Method != http.MethodDelete {
+					t.Errorf("unexpected target method: %s", r.Method)
+					w.WriteHeader(500)
+					return
+				}
+				target.deletes.Add(1)
+				opts := ObjectOptions{VersionID: r.URL.Query().Get("versionId"), Versioned: true, ReplicationRequest: true}
+				opts.SetReplicaStatus(replication.Replica)
+				if _, err := s.z.DeleteObject(r.Context(), target.bucket, key, opts); err != nil && !isErrVersionNotFound(err) && !isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
+					t.Errorf("target purge: %v", err)
+					w.WriteHeader(500)
+					return
+				}
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+			})
+			setILMTestReplicationConfig(t, s.bucket, target.arn, target.bucket)
+			stats := NewReplicationStats(t.Context(), nil)
+			previous := globalReplicationStats.Swap(stats)
+			t.Cleanup(func() { globalReplicationStats.Store(previous) })
+			restore, _ := newILMTestReplicationPool(t.Context(), s.z, stats)
+			t.Cleanup(restore)
+			var entries []ObjectToDelete
+			for _, label := range []string{"v1", "v3"} {
+				vid := s.ids[key+" "+label]
+				if vid == "" {
+					vid = nullVersionID
+				}
+				oi, err := s.z.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), s.bucket, key, ObjectOptions{VersionID: vid, Versioned: true})
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				entry := ilmPurgeToDelete(t.Context(), s.bucket, oi, true)
+				if entry.VersionPurgeStatus != replication.VersionPurgePending {
+					t.Fatalf("fixture lacks purge decision: %+v", entry)
+				}
+				entries = append(entries, entry)
+				putConsistencyObject(t, s.z, target.bucket, key, 0, label, ObjectOptions{Versioned: identity != "null" || label != "v1", VersionID: vid})
+			}
+			result := &lifecycleBatchResult{ObjectLayer: s.z}
+			deleteObjectVersions(t.Context(), result, s.bucket, entries, []lifecycle.Event{{Action: lifecycle.DeleteVersionAction}, {Action: lifecycle.DeleteVersionAction}})
+			if result.errs[0] != nil {
+				t.Errorf("eligible delete: %v", result.errs[0])
+			}
+			if !isErrVersionNotFound(result.errs[1]) {
+				t.Errorf("retained version result: %v", result.errs[1])
+			}
+			if result.deleted[1].VersionPurgeStatus() != "" || result.deleted[1].ReplicationState.ReplicateDecisionStr != "" {
+				t.Errorf("rejected entry retained replication state: %+v", result.deleted[1])
+			}
+			source, err := s.z.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), s.bucket, key, ObjectOptions{VersionID: entries[0].VersionID, Versioned: true})
+			if !isErrMethodNotAllowed(err) || source.VersionPurgeStatus != replication.VersionPurgePending {
+				t.Errorf("source must be a pending purge tombstone before enqueue: status=%q err=%v", source.VersionPurgeStatus, err)
+			}
+			retained, err := s.z.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), s.bucket, key, ObjectOptions{VersionID: entries[1].VersionID, Versioned: true})
+			if err != nil || retained.VersionPurgeStatus != "" {
+				t.Errorf("rejected source changed: %+v, %v", retained, err)
+			}
+			queue := globalReplicationPool.Get().workers[0]
+			if len(queue) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("queued %d purges, want only eligible v1", len(queue))
+			}
+			deletion, ok := (<-queue).(DeletedObjectReplicationInfo)
+			if !ok || deletion.VersionID != entries[0].VersionID || deletion.EventType != ReplicateILMDelete || deletion.VersionPurgeStatus() != replication.VersionPurgePending {
+				t.Fatalf("wrong purge queued: %+v", deletion)
+			}
+			if result := replicateDelete(t.Context(), deletion, s.z); result.VersionPurgeStatus() != replication.VersionPurgeComplete {
+				t.Fatalf("replicate purge: %+v", result)
+			}
+			if target.deletes.Load() != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("target delete count=%d", target.deletes.Load())
+			}
+			for _, bucket := range []string{s.bucket, target.bucket} {
+				if _, err := s.z.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), bucket, key, ObjectOptions{VersionID: entries[0].VersionID}); !isErrVersionNotFound(err) && !isErrObjectNotFound(err) {
+					t.Errorf("purged v1 remains in %s: %v", bucket, err)
+				}
+				if _, err := s.z.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), bucket, key, ObjectOptions{VersionID: entries[1].VersionID}); err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("retained v3 missing from %s: %v", bucket, err)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPoolsLifecycleTieredBatchIdentity(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name      string
+		versioned bool
+		id        string
+		expire    bool
+		wantGone  bool
+	}{
+		{"uuid-ilm", true, "uuid", true, true},
+		{"null-ilm", true, "null", true, true},
+		{"empty-unversioned-ilm", false, "", true, false},
+		{"uuid-user-delete", true, "uuid", false, true},
+		{"empty-user-delete", false, "", false, true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			state := versioning.State("")
+			if tc.versioned {
+				state = versioning.Enabled
+			}
+			s := newSplitILM(t, state, splitILMRules)
+			const key = "nnv-identity"
+			v := splitTiered("v1", 5, 0)
+			v.null = tc.id != "uuid"
+			s.write(key, v)
+			if tc.versioned {
+				s.write(key, splitAt("v2", 4, 0))
+				s.write(key, splitAt("v3", 3, 0))
+			}
+			vid := tc.id
+			if vid == "uuid" {
+				vid = s.ids[key+" v1"]
+			}
+			vc, _ := globalBucketVersioningSys.Get(s.bucket)
+			_, errs := s.z.DeleteObjects(t.Context(), s.bucket, []ObjectToDelete{{ObjectV: ObjectV{ObjectName: key, VersionID: vid}}}, ObjectOptions{PrefixEnabledFn: vc.PrefixEnabled, Expiration: ExpirationOptions{Expire: tc.expire}})
+			if errs[0] != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("delete: %v", errs[0])
+			}
+			query := vid
+			if query == "" {
+				query = nullVersionID
+			}
+			_, err := s.z.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), s.bucket, key, ObjectOptions{VersionID: query})
+			gone := isErrVersionNotFound(err) || isErrObjectNotFound(err)
+			if gone != tc.wantGone || (!gone && err != nil) {
+				t.Fatalf("gone=%t err=%v, want gone=%t", gone, err, tc.wantGone)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}