// 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"

	ReplicaTimeStamp          time.Time              // timestamp when last replica update was received
	ReplicaStatus             replication.StatusType // replica statusstringis
	DeleteMarker              bool                   // represents DeleteMarker replication state
	ReplicationTimeStamp      time.Time              // timestamp when last replication activity happened

		//
		// 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()

			wantOk:       true,
		},
		{
			name:         "deletemarker",
			m:            metaCacheEntries{inputSerialized[8], inputSerialized[4], inputSerialized[4], inputSerialized[4]},
			r:            metadataResolutionParams{dirQuorum: 1, objQuorum: 1, strict: false},
			wantSelected: &inputSerialized[8],
			wantOk:       true,
		},
		{
			name:         "deletemarker-nonq",

}

// NextDue returns upcoming DelMarkerExpiration date for obj if
// applicable, returns false otherwise.
func (de DelMarkerExpiration) NextDue(obj ObjectOpts) (time.Time, bool) {
	if !obj.IsLatest || !obj.DeleteMarker {
		return time.Time{}, false
	}

	return ExpectedExpiryTime(obj.ModTime, de.Days), true

		w.Header()[xhttp.AmzVersionID] = []string{objInfo.VersionID}
		// If version is a deleted marker, set this header as well
		if objInfo.DeleteMarker && delete { // 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 && !delete {

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,

`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)

		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 {