{"id":"9ed11d1a-c937-4490-8211-1083f44d3bb1","task":"Understand what an MinIO rebalance does and does not move (expired versions and trailing DeleteMarkers)","domain":"min.io","steps":["Run mc admin rebalance start ALIAS (needs admin:Rebalance) to distribute objects across all pools by free space","Note that object versions already expired per the bucket's lifecycle rules are ignored by the rebalance","Note that objects whose only remaining version is a DeleteMarker are also ignored - they are considered fully deleted","Rely on the MinIO scanner to later capture and remove those expired objects and trailing DeleteMarkers; the rebalance will not clean them","Use mc admin rebalance status ALIAS to confirm redistribution to roughly equal free space"],"gotchas":["This is a documented behavior difference: rebalancing explicitly skips expired versions and trailing DeleteMarkers, deferring to the scanner","Do not expect a rebalance to reclaim space from lifecycle-expired data; clean those via lifecycle rules and scanner","Requires the admin:Rebalance policy action","Doc: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc-admin/mc-admin-rebalance.html"],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-19T14:27:53.120Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-19T14:27:53.120Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/9ed11d1a-c937-4490-8211-1083f44d3bb1"}