case replication.Replica:
				ventry.DeleteMarker.MetaSys[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicaStatus] = []byte(fi.ReplicationState.ReplicaStatus)
				ventry.DeleteMarker.MetaSys[ReservedMetadataPrefixLower+ReplicaTimestamp] = []byte(fi.ReplicationState.ReplicaTimeStamp.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano))
			default:

	if c.Empty() {
		return
	}

	// Now overlay existing object replication choices for target
	if oi.DeleteMarker {
		opts := replication.ObjectOpts{
			Name:           oi.Name,
			DeleteMarker:   oi.DeleteMarker,
			VersionID:      oi.VersionID,
			OpType:         replication.DeleteReplicationType,
			ExistingObject: true,
		}

		//
		// Regression introduced by #14555 was reintroduced in #15564
		if versionFound {
			if !goi.VersionPurgeStatus.Empty() {
				deleteMarker = false
			} else if !goi.DeleteMarker { // implies a versioned delete of object
				deleteMarker = false
			}
		}
	}

	modTime := opts.MTime
	if opts.MTime.IsZero() {
		modTime = UTCNow()
	}
	fvID := mustGetUUID()

// object according to locking configuration when this is lifecycle/ bucket quota asking.
func enforceRetentionForDeletion(ctx context.Context, objInfo ObjectInfo) (locked bool) {
	if objInfo.DeleteMarker {
		return false
	}

	lhold := objectlock.GetObjectLegalHoldMeta(objInfo.UserDefined)
	if lhold.Status.Valid() && lhold.Status == objectlock.LegalHoldOn {
		return true
	}

`xl.meta` carries three types of object entries which designate the type of version object stored.

- ObjectType (default)
- LegacyObjectType (preserves existing deployments and older xl.json format)
- DeleteMarker (a versionId to capture the DELETE sequences implemented primarily for AWS spec compatibility)

func (ef BatchJobExpireFilter) Matches(obj ObjectInfo, now time.Time) bool {
	switch ef.Type {
	case BatchJobExpireObject:
		if obj.DeleteMarker {
			return false
		}
	case BatchJobExpireDeleted:
		if !obj.DeleteMarker {
			return false
		}
	default:
		// we should never come here, Validate should have caught this.

	defer auditLogLifecycle(ctx, *oi, ILMExpiry, tags, traceFn)

	eventName := event.ObjectRemovedDelete
	if oi.DeleteMarker {
		eventName = event.ObjectRemovedDeleteMarkerCreated
	}
	objInfo := ObjectInfo{
		Name:         oi.Name,
		VersionID:    oi.VersionID,
		DeleteMarker: oi.DeleteMarker,
	}
	// Notify object deleted event.
	sendEvent(eventArgs{
		EventName:  eventName,
		BucketName: oi.Bucket,

		case "ReplicaStatus":
			err = z.ReplicaStatus.DecodeMsg(dc)
			if err != nil {
				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ReplicaStatus")
				return
			}
		case "DeleteMarker":
			z.DeleteMarker, err = dc.ReadBool()
			if err != nil {
				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DeleteMarker")
				return
			}
		case "ReplicationTimeStamp":
			z.ReplicationTimeStamp, err = dc.ReadTime()
			if err != nil {

		// if present set the headers, no idea why AWS S3 sets these headers.
		if objInfo.VersionID != "" && objInfo.DeleteMarker {
			w.Header()[xhttp.AmzVersionID] = []string{objInfo.VersionID}
			w.Header()[xhttp.AmzDeleteMarker] = []string{strconv.FormatBool(objInfo.DeleteMarker)}
		}
		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
		return
	}

			z.IsLatest, bts, err = msgp.ReadBoolBytes(bts)
			if err != nil {
				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "IsLatest")
				return
			}
		case "DeleteMarker":
			z.DeleteMarker, bts, err = msgp.ReadBoolBytes(bts)
			if err != nil {
				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DeleteMarker")
				return
			}
		case "TransitionedObject":
			bts, err = z.TransitionedObject.UnmarshalMsg(bts)
			if err != nil {