versionOnly:                o.versionOnly,
		keyRotation:                o.keyRotation,
		AccTime:                    o.AccTime,
		Legacy:                     o.Legacy,
		VersionPurgeStatus:         o.VersionPurgeStatus,
		NumVersions:                o.NumVersions,
		SuccessorModTime:           o.SuccessorModTime,
		ReplicationStatusInternal:  o.ReplicationStatusInternal,

	/*
		replObjInfos: objInfos with following modifications
		version stack for obj-1
		v1 uuid-1 modTime -4m	"VersionPurgeStatus: replication.VersionPurgePending"
	*/
	replObjInfos := slices.Clone(objInfos)
	replObjInfos[4].VersionPurgeStatus = replication.VersionPurgePending
	var replWants []ObjectInfo
	replWants = append(replWants, replObjInfos[:3]...)

	o = msgp.AppendString(o, z.VersionPurgeStatusInternal)
	// string "VersionPurgeStatus"
	o = append(o, 0xb2, 0x56, 0x65, 0x72, 0x73, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x50, 0x75, 0x72, 0x67, 0x65, 0x53, 0x74, 0x61, 0x74, 0x75, 0x73)
	o, err = z.VersionPurgeStatus.MarshalMsg(o)
	if err != nil {
		err = msgp.WrapError(err, "VersionPurgeStatus")
		return
	}
	// string "NumVersions"

		if st, ok := fi.Metadata[xhttp.AmzBucketReplicationStatus]; ok && st == string(replication.Replica) {
			objInfo.ReplicationStatus = replication.StatusType(st)
		}
	}
	objInfo.VersionPurgeStatus = fi.VersionPurgeStatus()

	objInfo.TransitionedObject = TransitionedObject{
		Name:        fi.TransitionedObjName,
		VersionID:   fi.TransitionVersionID,
		Status:      fi.TransitionStatus,

func (o *ObjectOptions) DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus() replication.StatusType {
	return o.DeleteReplication.CompositeReplicationStatus()
}

// VersionPurgeStatus - returns version purge status from DeleteReplication state in ObjectOptions
func (o *ObjectOptions) VersionPurgeStatus() VersionPurgeStatusType {
	return o.DeleteReplication.CompositeVersionPurgeStatus()
}

// SetDeleteReplicationState sets the delete replication options.

			}
			// can be the case that other cluster is down and duplicate `mc rm --vid`
			// is issued - this still needs to be replicated back to the other target
			if !oi.VersionPurgeStatus.Empty() {
				replicate = oi.VersionPurgeStatus == replication.VersionPurgePending || oi.VersionPurgeStatus == replication.VersionPurgeFailed
				dsc.Set(newReplicateTargetDecision(tgtArn, replicate, sync))
			}
			continue
		}

		// specify a versionID.
		objToDel := ObjectToDelete{
			ObjectV: ObjectV{
				ObjectName: decodeDirObject(dObjects[i].ObjectName),
				VersionID:  dObjects[i].VersionID,
			},
			VersionPurgeStatus:            dObjects[i].VersionPurgeStatus(),
			VersionPurgeStatuses:          dObjects[i].ReplicationState.VersionPurgeStatusInternal,
			DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus: dObjects[i].ReplicationState.ReplicationStatusInternal,

		RestoreOngoing:     oi.RestoreOngoing,
		RestoreExpires:     oi.RestoreExpires,
		TransitionStatus:   oi.TransitionedObject.Status,
		UserDefined:        oi.UserDefined,
		VersionPurgeStatus: oi.VersionPurgeStatus,
		ReplicationStatus:  oi.ReplicationStatus,
	}

			markDelete = false
		}
		if opts.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty() && opts.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus().Empty() {
			markDelete = false
		}
		if opts.VersionPurgeStatus() == replication.VersionPurgeComplete {
			markDelete = false
		}
		// now, since VersionPurgeStatus() is already set, we can let the
		// lower layers decide this. This fixes a regression that was introduced

		}
	}
	updateVersion := false
	if fi.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty() && (fi.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus() == "REPLICA" || fi.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus().Empty()) {
		updateVersion = fi.MarkDeleted
	} else {
		// for replication scenario
		if fi.Deleted && fi.VersionPurgeStatus() != replication.VersionPurgeComplete {
			if !fi.VersionPurgeStatus().Empty() || fi.DeleteMarkerReplicationStatus().Empty() {