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 r
	}

	// 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,
		}

	// Header indicates if the delete marker should be preserved by client
	MinIOSourceDeleteMarker = "x-minio-source-deletemarker"

	// Header indicates if the delete marker version needs to be purged.
	MinIOSourceDeleteMarkerDelete = "x-minio-source-deletemarker-delete"

	// Header indicates permanent delete replication status.
	MinIODeleteReplicationStatus = "X-Minio-Replication-Delete-Status"

		//
		// 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()

		w.Header()[xhttp.AmzVersionID] = []string{objInfo.VersionID}
		// If version is a deleted marker, set this header as well
		if objInfo.DeleteMarker && del { // only returned during delete object
			w.Header()[xhttp.AmzDeleteMarker] = []string{strconv.FormatBool(objInfo.DeleteMarker)}
		}
	}

	if objInfo.Bucket != "" && objInfo.Name != "" {
		if lc, err := globalLifecycleSys.Get(objInfo.Bucket); err == nil && !del {

// 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
	}

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.

// (copied over from enforceRetentionForDeletion)
func (e *Evaluator) IsObjectLocked(obj ObjectOpts) bool {
	if e.lockRetention == nil || !e.lockRetention.LockEnabled {
		return false
	}

	if obj.DeleteMarker {
		return false
	}

	lhold := objlock.GetObjectLegalHoldMeta(obj.UserDefined)
	if lhold.Status.Valid() && lhold.Status == objlock.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)

	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,