if endpoint == "" {
		return nil
	}

	buf, err := json.Marshal(ri)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
	defer cancel()

	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, endpoint, bytes.NewReader(buf))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if token != "" {
		req.Header.Set("Authorization", token)

	// Read `xl.meta` in parallel across disks.
	for index := range rawFileInfos {
		rf := rawFileInfos[index]
		if rf.Buf == nil {
			continue
		}
		if !readData {
			// Save the buffer so we can reuse it.
			v2bufs[index] = rf.Buf
		}

		var xl xlMetaV2
		if err := xl.LoadOrConvert(rf.Buf); err != nil {
			errs[index] = err
			continue
		}
		metadataArray[index] = &xl

	if ctxt.ConsoleAddr == "" {
		ctxt.ConsoleAddr = ctx.String("console-address")
	}

	if cxml := ctx.String("crossdomain-xml"); cxml != "" {
		buf, err := os.ReadFile(cxml)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		ctxt.CrossDomainXML = string(buf)
	}

	// Check "no-compat" flag from command line argument.
	ctxt.StrictS3Compat = !(ctx.IsSet("no-compat") || ctx.GlobalIsSet("no-compat"))

	switch {