// HTTP request for testing when `objectLayer` is set to `nil`.
	// There is no need to use an existing bucket and valid input for creating the request
	// since the `objectLayer==nil`  check is performed before any other checks inside the handlers.

		if addedCount == 0 {
			return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, peerAddErr
		}
		// In this case, it means at least one cluster was added
		// successfully, we need to send a response to the client with
		// some details - FIXME: the disks on this cluster would need to
		// be cleaned to recover.
		partial := madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{
			Status:    madmin.ReplicateAddStatusPartial,
			ErrDetail: peerAddErr.Error(),
		}

	rcfg, err := getReplicationConfig(ctx, bucket)
	if err != nil || rcfg == nil {
		replLogOnceIf(ctx, err, bucket)
		return
	}
	// If incoming request is a replication request, it does not need to be re-replicated.
	if delOpts.ReplicationRequest {
		return
	}
	// Skip replication if this object's prefix is excluded from being
	// versioned.
	if !delOpts.Versioned {
		return
	}

	// if encryption is enabled we do not need explicit "REPLACE" metadata to
	// be enabled as well - this is to allow for key-rotation.
	if !isDirectiveReplace(r.Header.Get(xhttp.AmzMetadataDirective)) && !isDirectiveReplace(r.Header.Get(xhttp.AmzTagDirective)) &&
		srcInfo.metadataOnly && srcOpts.VersionID == "" && !objectEncryption {
		// If x-amz-metadata-directive is not set to REPLACE then we need

	response, err = s.client.Get(getGetObjectURL(s.endPoint, bucketName, objectName+".1"))
	c.Assert(err, nil)
	// assert the http response status code.
	verifyError(c, response, "AccessDenied", "Access Denied.", http.StatusForbidden)

	// initiate anonymous HTTP request to fetch the object which does exist. We need to return AccessDenied.