diff --git a/cmd/compression-ssec_test.go b/cmd/compression-ssec_test.go
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+// Copyright (c) 2015-2026 MinIO, Inc.
+// Copyright (c) 2026 PGSTY
+//
+// This file is part of MinIO 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 (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/s2"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/auth"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/crypto"
+	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/kms"
+)
+
+// disableCompression turns the global compression config off and returns a
+// restore func. It is the replication destination that applies no transform of
+// its own; setCopyChecksumCompression covers the enabled cases.
+func disableCompression() func() {
+	globalCompressConfigMu.Lock()
+	previous := globalCompressConfig
+	globalCompressConfig.Enabled = false
+	globalCompressConfigMu.Unlock()
+
+	return func() {
+		globalCompressConfigMu.Lock()
+		globalCompressConfig = previous
+		globalCompressConfigMu.Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
+// ssecTestHeaders builds the customer key headers for a key made of the given
+// repeated byte.
+func ssecTestHeaders(b byte) map[string]string {
+	key := bytes.Repeat([]byte{b}, 32)
+	keyMD5 := md5.Sum(key)
+	return map[string]string{
+		xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCustomerAlgorithm: xhttp.AmzEncryptionAES,
+		xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCustomerKey:       base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(key),
+		xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCustomerKeyMD5:    base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(keyMD5[:]),
+	}
+}
+
+// assertStoredSSECUncompressed requires the stored object to be SSE-C sealed
+// and to carry no compression marker, so that "not compressed" is never
+// reported for an object that is not encrypted either.
+func assertStoredSSECUncompressed(t *testing.T, obj ObjectLayer, bucketName, object string) ObjectInfo {
+	t.Helper()
+	info, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, ObjectOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, sealed := info.UserDefined[crypto.MetaSealedKeySSEC]; !sealed {
+		t.Fatalf("%s is not SSE-C sealed, the fixture proves nothing (userDefined=%v)", object, info.UserDefined)
+	}
+	if marker, compressed := info.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"]; compressed {
+		t.Errorf("%s was stored as a compressed SSE-C object (compression=%q); such an object cannot be replicated",
+			object, marker)
+	}
+	return info
+}
+
+// assertSSECPlaintext GETs an SSE-C object with its customer key and requires
+// the body to equal the plaintext.
+func assertSSECPlaintext(t *testing.T, apiRouter http.Handler, credentials auth.Credentials,
+	bucketName, object string, sseHeaders map[string]string, want []byte,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+	req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodGet, getGetObjectURL("", bucketName, object),
+		0, nil, credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, sseHeaders)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	apiRouter.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("GET %s status %d: %s", object, rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	if bytes.Equal(rec.Body.Bytes(), want) {
+		return
+	}
+	body := rec.Body.Bytes()
+	head := body
+	if len(head) > 16 {
+		head = head[:16]
+	}
+	t.Errorf("GET %s returned %d bytes, want the %d byte plaintext; first bytes % x",
+		object, len(body), len(want), head)
+	// Name the failure mode: a body that s2-decodes to the plaintext is the raw
+	// S2 stream of a compressed source shipped without its compression marker.
+	if decoded, derr := io.ReadAll(s2.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(body))); derr == nil && bytes.Equal(decoded, want) {
+		t.Errorf("the returned body is the raw S2 stream: s2-decoding it yields the %d byte plaintext", len(want))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAPISSECCompressionReplicaStaysReadable replicates an SSE-C object written
+// with compression enabled and allow_encryption=on, and requires the replica to
+// read back as the source plaintext.
+//
+// The source object is read the way the replication worker reads it
+// (ReplicationRequest, hence NoDecryption), its wire headers come from the
+// production option builder putReplicationOpts, and the replica is written the
+// way a destination that applies no transform of its own stores it: compression
+// off and no default encryption.
+//
+// Before the SSE-C compression exclusion the source was stored as
+// encrypt(s2(plaintext)) while putReplicationOpts dropped
+// X-Minio-Internal-compression, so the replica decrypted to an S2 stream and a
+// correct-key GET returned HTTP 200 with the wrong body.
+func TestAPISSECCompressionReplicaStaysReadable(t *testing.T) {
+	defer DetectTestLeak(t)()
+	ExecObjectLayerAPITest(ExecObjectLayerAPITestArgs{
+		t:          t,
+		objAPITest: testAPISSECCompressionReplicaStaysReadable,
+	})
+}
+
+func testAPISSECCompressionReplicaStaysReadable(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName string,
+	apiRouter http.Handler, credentials auth.Credentials, t *testing.T,
+) {
+	previousTLS := globalIsTLS
+	globalIsTLS = true
+	defer func() { globalIsTLS = previousTLS }()
+
+	replicator := newObjectAttributesAuthzUser(t, instanceType, bucketName, `"s3:PutObject","s3:GetObject","s3:ReplicateObject"`)
+	sseHeaders := ssecTestHeaders(0x42)
+	// Highly compressible and comfortably above minCompressibleSize (4096).
+	data := bytes.Repeat([]byte("silo compressed ssec replication payload "), 8192)
+
+	t.Run(instanceType+"/single-put", func(t *testing.T) {
+		object := "replication/ssec-single.txt"
+
+		// --- Source side: compression ON with allow_encryption ON. ---
+		restore := setCopyChecksumCompression(true)
+		srcReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut, getPutObjectURL("", bucketName, object),
+			int64(len(data)), bytes.NewReader(data), credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, sseHeaders)
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		srcRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(srcRec, srcReq)
+		if srcRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatalf("source PUT status %d: %s", srcRec.Code, srcRec.Body.String())
+		}
+		sourceInfo := assertStoredSSECUncompressed(t, obj, bucketName, object)
+		t.Logf("source: stored size=%d compression=%q plaintext=%d", sourceInfo.Size,
+			sourceInfo.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"], len(data))
+
+		// The replication worker's read: raw stored bytes, no decryption.
+		gr, err := obj.GetObjectNInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, nil, http.Header{},
+			ObjectOptions{ReplicationRequest: true})
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		sourceInfo = gr.ObjInfo
+		raw, err := io.ReadAll(gr)
+		gr.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		replicationOpts, isMP, err := putReplicationOpts(t.Context(), "", sourceInfo)
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatalf("putReplicationOpts rejected the source: %v", err)
+		}
+		if isMP {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal("single PUT source classified as multipart")
+		}
+		headers := map[string]string{}
+		for name, values := range replicationOpts.Header() {
+			if len(values) > 0 {
+				headers[name] = values[0]
+			}
+		}
+		restore()
+
+		// --- Destination side: NO compression, NO default encryption. ---
+		restoreDst := disableCompression()
+		defer restoreDst()
+
+		replReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut, getPutObjectURL("", bucketName, object),
+			int64(len(raw)), bytes.NewReader(raw), replicator.AccessKey, replicator.SecretKey, headers)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		replRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(replRec, replReq)
+		if replRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("replica PUT status %d: %s", replRec.Code, replRec.Body.String())
+		}
+
+		info, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, ObjectOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("replica: stored size=%d compression=%q actual-size=%q", info.Size,
+			info.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"],
+			info.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"actual-size"])
+		assertSSECPlaintext(t, apiRouter, credentials, bucketName, object, sseHeaders, data)
+	})
+
+	t.Run(instanceType+"/multipart", func(t *testing.T) {
+		object := "replication/ssec-mpu.txt"
+
+		restore := setCopyChecksumCompression(true)
+		newReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPost, getNewMultipartURL("", bucketName, object),
+			0, nil, credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, sseHeaders)
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		newRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(newRec, newReq)
+		if newRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatalf("source NewMultipart status %d: %s", newRec.Code, newRec.Body.String())
+		}
+		var sourceInit InitiateMultipartUploadResponse
+		if err = xmlDecoder(newRec.Body, &sourceInit, int64(newRec.Body.Len())); err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		partReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut,
+			getPutObjectPartURL("", bucketName, object, sourceInit.UploadID, "1"),
+			int64(len(data)), bytes.NewReader(data), credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, sseHeaders)
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		partRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(partRec, partReq)
+		if partRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatalf("source PutPart status %d: %s", partRec.Code, partRec.Body.String())
+		}
+		completeBody, err := xml.Marshal(CompleteMultipartUpload{Parts: []CompletePart{
+			{PartNumber: 1, ETag: canonicalizeETag(partRec.Header()[xhttp.ETag][0])},
+		}})
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		completeReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPost,
+			getCompleteMultipartUploadURL("", bucketName, object, sourceInit.UploadID),
+			int64(len(completeBody)), bytes.NewReader(completeBody), credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, sseHeaders)
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		completeRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(completeRec, completeReq)
+		if completeRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatalf("source Complete status %d: %s", completeRec.Code, completeRec.Body.String())
+		}
+		assertStoredSSECUncompressed(t, obj, bucketName, object)
+
+		gr, err := obj.GetObjectNInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, nil, http.Header{},
+			ObjectOptions{ReplicationRequest: true})
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		sourceInfo := gr.ObjInfo
+		rawPart, err := io.ReadAll(gr)
+		gr.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		actualSize, err := sourceInfo.GetActualSize()
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("source mpu: stored size=%d actual-size=%d rawRead=%d plaintext=%d compression=%q",
+			sourceInfo.Size, actualSize, len(rawPart), len(data),
+			sourceInfo.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"])
+
+		replicationOpts, isMP, err := putReplicationOpts(t.Context(), "", sourceInfo)
+		if err != nil {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatalf("putReplicationOpts rejected the source: %v", err)
+		}
+		if !isMP {
+			restore()
+			t.Fatal("SSE-C multipart source not recognized as multipart")
+		}
+		replicationOpts.Internal.SourceMTime = time.Time{}
+		headers := map[string]string{}
+		for name, values := range replicationOpts.Header() {
+			if len(values) > 0 {
+				headers[name] = values[0]
+			}
+		}
+		restore()
+
+		// --- Destination: no compression, no default encryption. ---
+		restoreDst := disableCompression()
+		defer restoreDst()
+
+		replNewReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPost, getNewMultipartURL("", bucketName, object),
+			0, nil, replicator.AccessKey, replicator.SecretKey, headers)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		replNewRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(replNewRec, replNewReq)
+		if replNewRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("replica NewMultipart status %d: %s", replNewRec.Code, replNewRec.Body.String())
+		}
+		var replicaInit InitiateMultipartUploadResponse
+		if err = xmlDecoder(replNewRec.Body, &replicaInit, int64(replNewRec.Body.Len())); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		replPartReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut,
+			getPutObjectPartURL("", bucketName, object, replicaInit.UploadID, "1"),
+			int64(len(rawPart)), bytes.NewReader(rawPart), replicator.AccessKey, replicator.SecretKey,
+			map[string]string{xhttp.MinIOSourceReplicationRequest: "true"})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		replPartRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(replPartRec, replPartReq)
+		if replPartRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("replica PutPart status %d: %s", replPartRec.Code, replPartRec.Body.String())
+		}
+		replCompleteBody, err := xml.Marshal(CompleteMultipartUpload{Parts: []CompletePart{
+			{PartNumber: 1, ETag: canonicalizeETag(replPartRec.Header()[xhttp.ETag][0])},
+		}})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		replCompleteReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPost,
+			getCompleteMultipartUploadURL("", bucketName, object, replicaInit.UploadID),
+			int64(len(replCompleteBody)), bytes.NewReader(replCompleteBody), replicator.AccessKey, replicator.SecretKey,
+			map[string]string{
+				xhttp.MinIOSourceReplicationRequest:    "true",
+				xhttp.MinIOSourceMTime:                 sourceInfo.ModTime.Format(time.RFC3339Nano),
+				xhttp.MinIOSourceETag:                  sourceInfo.ETag,
+				xhttp.MinIOReplicationActualObjectSize: strconv.FormatInt(actualSize, 10),
+			})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		replCompleteRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		apiRouter.ServeHTTP(replCompleteRec, replCompleteReq)
+		if replCompleteRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+			t.Fatalf("replica Complete status %d: %s", replCompleteRec.Code, replCompleteRec.Body.String())
+		}
+
+		info, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, ObjectOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		reportedActual, aerr := info.GetActualSize()
+		t.Logf("replica mpu: stored size=%d compression=%q actual-size=%q GetActualSize=%d(err=%v)",
+			info.Size, info.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"],
+			info.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"actual-size"], reportedActual, aerr)
+		assertSSECPlaintext(t, apiRouter, credentials, bucketName, object, sseHeaders, data)
+	})
+}
+
+// TestAPISSECCompressionProducerMatrix pins the scope of the exclusion across
+// the PutObject and NewMultipartUpload producers: SSE-C is never compressed,
+// while plaintext, SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS keep following allow_encryption.
+func TestAPISSECCompressionProducerMatrix(t *testing.T) {
+	defer DetectTestLeak(t)()
+	ExecObjectLayerAPITest(ExecObjectLayerAPITestArgs{
+		t:          t,
+		objAPITest: testAPISSECCompressionProducerMatrix,
+	})
+}
+
+func testAPISSECCompressionProducerMatrix(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName string,
+	apiRouter http.Handler, credentials auth.Credentials, t *testing.T,
+) {
+	previousTLS := globalIsTLS
+	globalIsTLS = true
+	defer func() { globalIsTLS = previousTLS }()
+
+	ssecHeaders := ssecTestHeaders(0x5a)
+	sseS3Headers := map[string]string{xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryption: xhttp.AmzEncryptionAES}
+	sseKMSHeaders := map[string]string{
+		xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryption:      xhttp.AmzEncryptionKMS,
+		xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionKmsID: "compressed-ssec-producer-matrix",
+	}
+	previousKMS := GlobalKMS
+	GlobalKMS = kms.NewStub("compressed-ssec-producer-matrix")
+	defer func() { GlobalKMS = previousKMS }()
+
+	big := bytes.Repeat([]byte("silo producer matrix payload "), 8192)
+	small := bytes.Repeat([]byte("s"), 1024) // below minCompressibleSize
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name           string
+		allowEncrypted bool
+		headers        map[string]string
+		body           []byte
+		wantCompressed bool
+	}{
+		// SSE-C is excluded from compression in both configurations, because the
+		// replication wire cannot carry the compression state.
+		{"ssec+allow_encryption-on+large", true, ssecHeaders, big, false},
+		{"ssec+allow_encryption-on+small", true, ssecHeaders, small, false},
+		{"ssec+allow_encryption-off+large", false, ssecHeaders, big, false},
+		// Plaintext still compresses in both configurations.
+		{"plain+allow_encryption-on+large", true, nil, big, true},
+		{"plain+allow_encryption-off+large", false, nil, big, true},
+		// SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS are the reason allow_encryption exists: the server
+		// owns the key, so the source decompresses before replicating.
+		{"sse-s3+allow_encryption-on+large", true, sseS3Headers, big, true},
+		{"sse-s3+allow_encryption-off+large", false, sseS3Headers, big, false},
+		{"sse-kms+allow_encryption-on+large", true, sseKMSHeaders, big, true},
+		{"sse-kms+allow_encryption-off+large", false, sseKMSHeaders, big, false},
+	} {
+		t.Run(instanceType+"/put/"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			restore := setCopyChecksumCompression(tc.allowEncrypted)
+			defer restore()
+			object := "producer/" + tc.name + ".txt"
+			req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut, getPutObjectURL("", bucketName, object),
+				int64(len(tc.body)), bytes.NewReader(tc.body), credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, tc.headers)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			apiRouter.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("PUT status %d, want %d: %s", rec.Code, http.StatusOK, rec.Body.String())
+			}
+			info, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, ObjectOptions{})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			_, compressed := info.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"]
+			if compressed != tc.wantCompressed {
+				t.Errorf("compressed=%v, want %v (userDefined=%v)", compressed, tc.wantCompressed, info.UserDefined)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	// NewMultipartUpload has no size gate, so the exclusion turns on the SSE-C
+	// and allow_encryption combination alone.
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name           string
+		allowEncrypted bool
+		headers        map[string]string
+		wantCompressed bool
+	}{
+		{"ssec+allow_encryption-on", true, ssecHeaders, false},
+		{"ssec+allow_encryption-off", false, ssecHeaders, false},
+		{"plain+allow_encryption-on", true, nil, true},
+	} {
+		t.Run(instanceType+"/mpu/"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			restore := setCopyChecksumCompression(tc.allowEncrypted)
+			defer restore()
+			object := "producer/mpu-" + tc.name + ".txt"
+			req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPost, getNewMultipartURL("", bucketName, object),
+				0, nil, credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, tc.headers)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+			apiRouter.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+				t.Fatalf("NewMultipartUpload status %d, want %d: %s", rec.Code, http.StatusOK, rec.Body.String())
+			}
+			var init InitiateMultipartUploadResponse
+			if err = xmlDecoder(rec.Body, &init, int64(rec.Body.Len())); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			mi, err := obj.GetMultipartInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, init.UploadID, ObjectOptions{})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			_, compressed := mi.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"]
+			if compressed != tc.wantCompressed {
+				t.Errorf("upload compressed=%v, want %v", compressed, tc.wantCompressed)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAPISSECCompressionSkippedOnCopyObject covers the third producer:
+// CopyObjectHandler decides compression before it encrypts, so a copy with a
+// destination customer key and allow_encryption=on used to store a compressed
+// SSE-C object from a plaintext source. It also covers the reverse direction,
+// where only copy-source customer headers are present and compression must
+// still apply.
+func TestAPISSECCompressionSkippedOnCopyObject(t *testing.T) {
+	defer DetectTestLeak(t)()
+	ExecObjectLayerAPITest(ExecObjectLayerAPITestArgs{
+		t:          t,
+		objAPITest: testAPISSECCompressionSkippedOnCopyObject,
+		endpoints:  []string{"CopyObject", "PutObject", "GetObject"},
+	})
+}
+
+func testAPISSECCompressionSkippedOnCopyObject(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName string,
+	apiRouter http.Handler, credentials auth.Credentials, t *testing.T,
+) {
+	previousTLS := globalIsTLS
+	globalIsTLS = true
+	defer func() { globalIsTLS = previousTLS }()
+
+	ssecHeaders := ssecTestHeaders(0x7c)
+	data := bytes.Repeat([]byte("copy object compressed ssec payload "), 8192)
+
+	restore := setCopyChecksumCompression(true)
+	defer restore()
+
+	// An unencrypted source, stored compressed because compression is on. Only
+	// the copy adds encryption, so only the copy can change the decision.
+	src := "copysrc/plain.txt"
+	req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut, getPutObjectURL("", bucketName, src),
+		int64(len(data)), bytes.NewReader(data), credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	apiRouter.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("source PUT status %d: %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	dst := "copydst/ssec.txt"
+	copyHeaders := map[string]string{"X-Amz-Copy-Source": SlashSeparator + bucketName + SlashSeparator + src}
+	for k, v := range ssecHeaders {
+		copyHeaders[k] = v
+	}
+	copyReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut, getCopyObjectURL("", bucketName, dst),
+		0, nil, credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, copyHeaders)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	copyRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	apiRouter.ServeHTTP(copyRec, copyReq)
+	if copyRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("CopyObject status %d: %s", copyRec.Code, copyRec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	assertStoredSSECUncompressed(t, obj, bucketName, dst)
+	assertSSECPlaintext(t, apiRouter, credentials, bucketName, dst, ssecHeaders, data)
+
+	// The plaintext source is untouched by the copy and stays compressed.
+	srcInfo, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, src, ObjectOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, compressed := srcInfo.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"]; !compressed {
+		t.Errorf("the plaintext copy source lost compression (userDefined=%v)", srcInfo.UserDefined)
+	}
+
+	// The reverse direction: a copy-source customer key is not a destination
+	// key, so copying the SSE-C object on to a plaintext destination still
+	// compresses. crypto.SSEC.IsRequested ignores the copy-source headers.
+	plain := "copydst/decrypted.txt"
+	decryptHeaders := map[string]string{
+		"X-Amz-Copy-Source": SlashSeparator + bucketName + SlashSeparator + dst,
+		xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCopyCustomerAlgorithm: xhttp.AmzEncryptionAES,
+		xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCopyCustomerKey:       ssecHeaders[xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCustomerKey],
+		xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCopyCustomerKeyMD5:    ssecHeaders[xhttp.AmzServerSideEncryptionCustomerKeyMD5],
+	}
+	decryptReq, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut, getCopyObjectURL("", bucketName, plain),
+		0, nil, credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, decryptHeaders)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	decryptRec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	apiRouter.ServeHTTP(decryptRec, decryptReq)
+	if decryptRec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("CopyObject to a plaintext destination status %d: %s", decryptRec.Code, decryptRec.Body.String())
+	}
+	plainInfo, err := obj.GetObjectInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, plain, ObjectOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, sealed := plainInfo.UserDefined[crypto.MetaSealedKeySSEC]; sealed {
+		t.Fatalf("%s is still SSE-C sealed, the fixture proves nothing", plain)
+	}
+	if _, compressed := plainInfo.UserDefined[ReservedMetadataPrefix+"compression"]; !compressed {
+		t.Errorf("a copy carrying only copy-source SSE-C headers was not compressed (userDefined=%v)", plainInfo.UserDefined)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAPISSECCompressionSkippedOnSnowballExtract covers the fourth producer:
+// PutObjectExtractHandler decides compression per entry before it encrypts, so
+// a tar extract carrying customer key headers used to store every entry as a
+// compressed SSE-C object.
+func TestAPISSECCompressionSkippedOnSnowballExtract(t *testing.T) {
+	defer DetectTestLeak(t)()
+	ExecObjectLayerAPITest(ExecObjectLayerAPITestArgs{
+		t:          t,
+		objAPITest: testAPISSECCompressionSkippedOnSnowballExtract,
+	})
+}
+
+func testAPISSECCompressionSkippedOnSnowballExtract(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName string,
+	apiRouter http.Handler, credentials auth.Credentials, t *testing.T,
+) {
+	previousTLS := globalIsTLS
+	globalIsTLS = true
+	defer func() { globalIsTLS = previousTLS }()
+
+	entry := "extracted/entry.txt"
+	payload := bytes.Repeat([]byte("snowball compressed ssec entry "), 4096)
+
+	var body bytes.Buffer
+	tw := tar.NewWriter(&body)
+	if err := tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{Name: entry, Mode: 0o600, Size: int64(len(payload))}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := tw.Write(payload); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := tw.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	restore := setCopyChecksumCompression(true)
+	defer restore()
+
+	ssecHeaders := ssecTestHeaders(0x2d)
+	headers := map[string]string{xhttp.AmzSnowballExtract: "true"}
+	for k, v := range ssecHeaders {
+		headers[k] = v
+	}
+	req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut, getPutObjectURL("", bucketName, "snowball.tar"),
+		int64(body.Len()), bytes.NewReader(body.Bytes()), credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, headers)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	apiRouter.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("snowball extract status %d: %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	assertStoredSSECUncompressed(t, obj, bucketName, entry)
+	assertSSECPlaintext(t, apiRouter, credentials, bucketName, entry, ssecHeaders, payload)
+}
+
+// TestSSECBatchReplicationCannotRead is the control for the corruption path:
+// batch replication reads without ReplicationRequest, so NoDecryption is never
+// set and a non-empty SSE-C source fails at read time. Batch replication
+// therefore cannot reach the replica shape in
+// TestAPISSECCompressionReplicaStaysReadable; it cannot replicate a non-empty
+// SSE-C object at all, compressed or not. A zero-byte object takes the reader
+// shortcut, whose key check passes without a customer key.
+func TestSSECBatchReplicationCannotRead(t *testing.T) {
+	defer DetectTestLeak(t)()
+	ExecObjectLayerAPITest(ExecObjectLayerAPITestArgs{
+		t:          t,
+		objAPITest: testSSECBatchReplicationCannotRead,
+	})
+}
+
+func testSSECBatchReplicationCannotRead(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName string,
+	apiRouter http.Handler, credentials auth.Credentials, t *testing.T,
+) {
+	previousTLS := globalIsTLS
+	globalIsTLS = true
+	defer func() { globalIsTLS = previousTLS }()
+
+	ssecHeaders := ssecTestHeaders(0x6b)
+	data := bytes.Repeat([]byte("batch ssec payload "), 8192)
+	object := "batch/ssec-plain.txt"
+
+	restore := disableCompression()
+	defer restore()
+
+	req, err := newTestSignedRequestV4(http.MethodPut, getPutObjectURL("", bucketName, object),
+		int64(len(data)), bytes.NewReader(data), credentials.AccessKey, credentials.SecretKey, ssecHeaders)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	apiRouter.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("source PUT status %d: %s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	// The read shape used by BatchJobReplicateV1.ReplicateToTarget and
+	// writeAsArchive: no ReplicationRequest, so NoDecryption is never set.
+	gr, err := obj.GetObjectNInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, nil, http.Header{}, ObjectOptions{})
+	if err == nil {
+		gr.Close()
+		t.Fatal("batch-shaped read of an SSE-C object unexpectedly succeeded")
+	}
+	t.Logf("batch-shaped read of an SSE-C object fails as expected: %v", err)
+
+	// Control: the replication worker's read shape succeeds and yields ciphertext.
+	gr2, err := obj.GetObjectNInfo(t.Context(), bucketName, object, nil, http.Header{},
+		ObjectOptions{ReplicationRequest: true})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("replication-shaped read failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	raw, err := io.ReadAll(gr2)
+	gr2.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if bytes.Equal(raw, data) {
+		t.Fatal("replication-shaped read returned plaintext")
+	}
+	t.Logf("replication-shaped read returns %d bytes of ciphertext (plaintext %d)", len(raw), len(data))
+}
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-utils.go b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
index 0448e7977..e8648b725 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
@@ -611,7 +611,10 @@ func excludeForCompression(header http.Header, object string, cfg compress.Confi
 		return true
 	}
 
-	if crypto.Requested(header) && !cfg.AllowEncrypted {
+	// SSE-C replication sends raw ciphertext without compression metadata.
+	// Exclude new SSE-C data from compression; other modes follow allow_encryption.
+	if crypto.SSEC.IsRequested(header) ||
+		(crypto.Requested(header) && !cfg.AllowEncrypted) {
 		return true
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/object-copy-checksum_test.go b/cmd/object-copy-checksum_test.go
index b7f83f6a8..571e781d5 100644
--- a/cmd/object-copy-checksum_test.go
+++ b/cmd/object-copy-checksum_test.go
@@ -364,7 +364,10 @@ func testAPICopyObjectServerSideChecksumEncryption(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType
 			compressed bool
 		}{
 			{name: "encrypted-only", extension: ".bin"},
-			{name: "compressed-encrypted", extension: ".txt", compressed: true},
+			// SSE-C is excluded from compression whatever allow_encryption says,
+			// so a compressible destination extension changes nothing here. The
+			// SSE-S3 sibling above keeps the compressed-encrypted coverage.
+			{name: "compressible-extension", extension: ".txt"},
 		} {
 			t.Run(variant.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 				destination := "copy-checksum/sse-c-" + variant.name + variant.extension
diff --git a/cmd/object-copy-metadata_test.go b/cmd/object-copy-metadata_test.go
index 4c123676e..2cb05f3eb 100644
--- a/cmd/object-copy-metadata_test.go
+++ b/cmd/object-copy-metadata_test.go
@@ -404,16 +404,16 @@ func testAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersion(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType,
 		apiRouter, credentials, false, t)
 }
 
-func TestAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersionCompressesRewrite(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersionSkipsCompression(t *testing.T) {
 	defer DetectTestLeak(t)()
 	ExecObjectLayerAPITest(ExecObjectLayerAPITestArgs{
 		t:          t,
-		objAPITest: testAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersionCompressesRewrite,
+		objAPITest: testAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersionSkipsCompression,
 		endpoints:  []string{"CopyObject", "PutObject", "GetObject"},
 	})
 }
 
-func testAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersionCompressesRewrite(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName string,
+func testAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersionSkipsCompression(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType, bucketName string,
 	apiRouter http.Handler, credentials auth.Credentials, t *testing.T,
 ) {
 	testAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersionWithCompression(obj, instanceType, bucketName,
@@ -496,7 +496,11 @@ func testAPICopyObjectSSECKeyRotationNullVersionWithCompression(obj ObjectLayer,
 	for key, value := range getHeaders {
 		decryptHeaders.Set(key, value)
 	}
-	after := assertCopyChecksum(t, obj, bucketName, object, hash.ChecksumCRC32, data, compressAtCopy, decryptHeaders)
+	// This SSE-C rewrite stays uncompressed even with compression enabled at copy
+	// time. The plaintext sibling
+	// TestAPICopyObjectMetadataOnlyNullVersionCompressesRewrite keeps the
+	// coverage that a compressed rewrite records matching metadata.
+	after := assertCopyChecksum(t, obj, bucketName, object, hash.ChecksumCRC32, data, false, decryptHeaders)
 	if after.VersionID == "" {
 		t.Fatalf("%s: rotation into a versioned bucket did not create a new version", instanceType)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/compression/README.md b/docs/compression/README.md
index 2eb208ea4..1c6194031 100644
--- a/docs/compression/README.md
+++ b/docs/compression/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ To enable compression+encryption use:
 
 Or alternatively through the environment variable `MINIO_COMPRESSION_ALLOW_ENCRYPTION=on`.
 
+SSE-C objects are excluded from compression even with `allow_encryption=on`.
+Replication ships an SSE-C object as raw ciphertext, because the server never holds the
+customer key, and the compression metadata is not carried over the wire. A compressed
+SSE-C object would therefore replicate to a replica that decrypts to a compressed stream.
+`allow_encryption` still applies to SSE-S3 and SSE-KMS, where the server owns the key and
+decompresses before replicating.
+
 ### 4. Excluded Types
 
 - Already compressed objects are not fit for compression since they do not have compressible patterns.
diff --git a/docs/site-replication/run-ssec-object-replication-with-compression.sh b/docs/site-replication/run-ssec-object-replication-with-compression.sh
index 5e9e82aba..9ba2e34de 100755
--- a/docs/site-replication/run-ssec-object-replication-with-compression.sh
+++ b/docs/site-replication/run-ssec-object-replication-with-compression.sh
@@ -62,13 +62,14 @@ echo "Hello world" >/tmp/data/plainfile
 echo "Hello from encrypted world" >/tmp/data/encrypted
 touch /tmp/data/defpartsize
 shred -s 500M /tmp/data/defpartsize
-touch /tmp/data/mpartobj.txt
-shred -s 500M /tmp/data/mpartobj.txt
+# Compressible, and large enough for a multipart upload, so the object would be
+# stored compressed if SSE-C were not excluded from compression.
+yes "silo compression and sse-c replication payload" | head -c 100000000 >/tmp/data/mpartobj.txt
 echo "done"
 
 # Enable compression for site silo1
-./mc admin config set silo1 compression enable=on extensions=".txt" --insecure
-./mc admin config set silo1 compression allow_encryption=off --insecure
+./mc admin config set silo1 compression enable=on extensions=".txt" --insecure || exit_1
+./mc admin config set silo1 compression allow_encryption=on --insecure || exit_1
 
 # Create bucket in source cluster
 echo "Create bucket in source Silo instance"
@@ -80,13 +81,13 @@ echo "Loading objects to source Silo instance"
 ./mc cp /tmp/data/encrypted silo1/test-bucket/encrypted --enc-c "silo1/test-bucket/encrypted=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure
 ./mc cp /tmp/data/defpartsize silo1/test-bucket/defpartsize --enc-c "silo1/test-bucket/defpartsize=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure
 
-# Below should fail as compression and SSEC used at the same time
-# DISABLED: We must check the response header to see if compression was actually applied
-#RESULT=$({ ./mc put /tmp/data/mpartobj.txt silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --enc-c "silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure; } 2>&1)
-#if [[ ${RESULT} != *"Server side encryption specified with SSE-C with compression not allowed"* ]]; then
-#	echo "BUG: Loading an SSE-C object to site with compression should fail. Succeeded though."
-#	exit_1
-#fi
+# A compressible .txt object written with SSE-C while allow_encryption=on. SSE-C
+# is excluded from compression whatever allow_encryption says, because
+# replication ships SSE-C objects as raw ciphertext and the wire cannot carry the
+# compression metadata. Were the object stored compressed, the replica would hold
+# the compressed bytes with no compression marker and decrypt to a raw S2 stream,
+# which the size and content checks below detect.
+./mc cp /tmp/data/mpartobj.txt silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --enc-c "silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure
 
 # Add replication site
 ./mc admin replicate add silo1 silo2 --insecure
@@ -111,6 +112,11 @@ if [ "${count3}" -ne 1 ]; then
 	echo "BUG: object silo1/test-bucket/defpartsize not found"
 	exit_1
 fi
+count4=$(./mc ls silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --insecure | wc -l)
+if [ "${count4}" -ne 1 ]; then
+	echo "BUG: object silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt not found"
+	exit_1
+fi
 sleep 120
 
 # List the objects from replicated site
@@ -131,6 +137,11 @@ if [ "${repcount3}" -ne 1 ]; then
 	echo "BUG: object test-bucket/defpartsize not replicated"
 	exit_1
 fi
+repcount4=$(./mc ls silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --insecure | wc -l)
+if [ "${repcount4}" -ne 1 ]; then
+	echo "BUG: object test-bucket/mpartobj.txt not replicated"
+	exit_1
+fi
 
 # Stat the SSEC objects from source site
 echo "Stat silo1/test-bucket/encrypted"
@@ -145,6 +156,25 @@ stat_out2=$(./mc stat --no-list silo1/test-bucket/defpartsize --enc-c "silo1/tes
 src_obj2_etag=$(echo "${stat_out2}" | jq '.etag')
 src_obj2_size=$(echo "${stat_out2}" | jq '.size')
 src_obj2_md5=$(echo "${stat_out2}" | jq '.metadata."X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5"')
+echo "Stat silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt"
+./mc stat --no-list silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --enc-c "silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure --json
+# The compression marker reaches the client only as the X-Minio-Compressed
+# response header, which the SDK filters out of `mc stat --json`, so read the
+# raw HTTP trace instead. The sentinel check keeps the assertion from passing
+# vacuously if the trace format ever changes.
+stat_trace=$(./mc --debug stat --no-list silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --enc-c "silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure 2>&1) || exit_1
+if ! grep -qi "X-Amz-Request-Id" <<<"${stat_trace}"; then
+	echo "BUG: 'mc --debug stat' printed no response headers, so the compression check below proves nothing"
+	exit_1
+fi
+if grep -qi "X-Minio-Compressed" <<<"${stat_trace}"; then
+	echo "BUG: SSE-C object 'silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt' was stored compressed despite the SSE-C compression exclusion"
+	exit_1
+fi
+stat_out3=$(./mc stat --no-list silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --enc-c "silo1/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure --json)
+src_obj3_etag=$(echo "${stat_out3}" | jq '.etag')
+src_obj3_size=$(echo "${stat_out3}" | jq '.size')
+src_obj3_md5=$(echo "${stat_out3}" | jq '.metadata."X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5"')
 
 # Stat the SSEC objects from replicated site
 echo "Stat silo2/test-bucket/encrypted"
@@ -159,6 +189,12 @@ stat_out2_rep=$(./mc stat --no-list silo2/test-bucket/defpartsize --enc-c "silo2
 rep_obj2_etag=$(echo "${stat_out2_rep}" | jq '.etag')
 rep_obj2_size=$(echo "${stat_out2_rep}" | jq '.size')
 rep_obj2_md5=$(echo "${stat_out2_rep}" | jq '.metadata."X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5"')
+echo "Stat silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt"
+./mc stat --no-list silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --enc-c "silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure --json
+stat_out3_rep=$(./mc stat --no-list silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --enc-c "silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure --json)
+rep_obj3_etag=$(echo "${stat_out3_rep}" | jq '.etag')
+rep_obj3_size=$(echo "${stat_out3_rep}" | jq '.size')
+rep_obj3_md5=$(echo "${stat_out3_rep}" | jq '.metadata."X-Amz-Server-Side-Encryption-Customer-Key-Md5"')
 
 # Check the etag and size of replicated SSEC objects
 if [ "${rep_obj1_etag}" != "${src_obj1_etag}" ]; then
@@ -177,10 +213,23 @@ if [ "${rep_obj2_size}" != "${src_obj2_size}" ]; then
 	echo "BUG: Size: '${rep_obj2_size}' of replicated object: 'silo2/test-bucket/defpartsize' doesn't match with source value: '${src_obj2_size}'"
 	exit_1
 fi
+if [ "${rep_obj3_etag}" != "${src_obj3_etag}" ]; then
+	echo "BUG: Etag: '${rep_obj3_etag}' of replicated object: 'silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt' doesn't match with source value: '${src_obj3_etag}'"
+	exit_1
+fi
+if [ "${rep_obj3_size}" != "${src_obj3_size}" ]; then
+	echo "BUG: Size: '${rep_obj3_size}' of replicated object: 'silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt' doesn't match with source value: '${src_obj3_size}'"
+	exit_1
+fi
 
 # Check content of replicated SSEC objects
 ./mc cat silo2/test-bucket/encrypted --enc-c "silo2/test-bucket/encrypted=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure
 ./mc cat silo2/test-bucket/defpartsize --enc-c "silo2/test-bucket/defpartsize=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure >/dev/null || exit_1
+./mc cat silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt --enc-c "silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt=${TEST_MINIO_ENC_KEY}" --insecure >/tmp/data/mpartobj.replica || exit_1
+if ! cmp -s /tmp/data/mpartobj.txt /tmp/data/mpartobj.replica; then
+	echo "BUG: replicated object 'silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt' does not match the source; a compressed SSE-C object decrypts to a raw S2 stream on the replica"
+	exit_1
+fi
 
 # Check the MD5 checksums of encrypted objects from source and target
 if [ "${src_obj1_md5}" != "${rep_obj1_md5}" ]; then
@@ -191,5 +240,9 @@ if [ "${src_obj2_md5}" != "${rep_obj2_md5}" ]; then
 	echo "BUG: MD5 checksum of object 'silo2/test-bucket/defpartsize' doesn't match with source. Expected: '${src_obj2_md5}', Found: '${rep_obj2_md5}'"
 	exit_1
 fi
+if [ "${src_obj3_md5}" != "${rep_obj3_md5}" ]; then
+	echo "BUG: MD5 checksum of object 'silo2/test-bucket/mpartobj.txt' doesn't match with source. Expected: '${src_obj3_md5}', Found: '${rep_obj3_md5}'"
+	exit_1
+fi
 
 cleanup