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,
		}

`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)

			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 {

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.

in [AWS V1 Configuration](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/managing-delete-marker-replication-in-amazon-s3/) but not in V2 configuration. The MinIO implementation above is based on V2 configuration, however it has been extended to allow both DeleteMarker replication and replication of versioned deletes with the `DeleteMarkerReplication` and `DeleteReplication` fields in the replication configuration above. By default, this is set to `Disabled` unless the user specifies it while adding a replication...

	}
	opts.PartNumber = partNumber
	opts.VersionID = vid

	delMarker, err := parseBoolHeader(bucket, object, r.Header, xhttp.MinIOSourceDeleteMarker)
	if err != nil {
		return opts, err
	}
	opts.DeleteMarker = delMarker

	replReadyCheck, err := parseBoolHeader(bucket, object, r.Header, xhttp.MinIOCheckDMReplicationReady)
	if err != nil {
		return opts, err
	}
	opts.CheckDMReplicationReady = replReadyCheck

	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 {

		}

		// No object exists or its a delete marker,
		// check objInfo to confirm.
		if pinfo.ObjInfo.DeleteMarker && pinfo.ObjInfo.Name != "" {
			return pinfo, noReadQuorumPools, nil
		}
	}
	if opts.ReplicationRequest && opts.DeleteMarker && defPool.Index >= 0 {
		// If the request is a delete marker replication request, return a default pool
		// in cases where the object does not exist.

		// 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
	}