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",

### Replication of DeleteMarker and versioned Delete

			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:

		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 {

			// on the pool being batch replicated from source.
			Versioned:          true,
			MTime:              srcObjInfo.ModTime,
			DeleteMarker:       srcObjInfo.DeleteMarker,
			ReplicationRequest: true,
		})
		return err
	}

	opts := ObjectOptions{
		VersionID:    srcObjInfo.VersionID,
		MTime:        srcObjInfo.ModTime,
		PreserveETag: srcObjInfo.ETag,

	// 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"

	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)