// proxy to replication target if site replication is in place.
				tags, gerr := proxyGetTaggingToRepTarget(ctx, bucket, object, opts, proxytgts)
				if gerr.Err != nil || tags == nil {
					globalReplicationStats.incProxy(bucket, getObjectTaggingAPI, true)
					writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, gerr.Err), r.URL)
					return
				} // overlay tags from peer site.
				ot = tags