diff --git a/seaweed-volume/proto/volume_server.proto b/seaweed-volume/proto/volume_server.proto
index 7be0ed6ac..ab5d2e5af 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/proto/volume_server.proto
+++ b/seaweed-volume/proto/volume_server.proto
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ message VolumeEcShardsDeleteRequest {
     string collection = 2;
     repeated uint32 shard_ids = 3;
     bool full_teardown = 4; // pre-encode cleanup: wipe every EC artifact + generation for this volume, not just shard_ids
+    int64 encode_ts_ns = 5; // full_teardown generation fence: delete only a disk whose .vif generation is strictly OLDER than this; preserve same-or-newer, generation 0, and an unreadable .vif. 0 => wipe-all (shell pre-encode / pre-upgrade)
 }
 message VolumeEcShardsDeleteResponse {
     bool full_teardown_done = 1; // set by a new server that performed full_teardown; absent from an old server lets the caller detect the silent no-op
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@ message VolumeEcShardsMountResponse {
 message VolumeEcShardsUnmountRequest {
     uint32 volume_id = 1;
     repeated uint32 shard_ids = 3;
+    int64 encode_ts_ns = 4; // generation fence: skip a disk whose mounted EC volume is this generation or newer (0 = unfenced, unmount all)
 }
 message VolumeEcShardsUnmountResponse {
 }
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/src/server/grpc_server.rs b/seaweed-volume/src/server/grpc_server.rs
index 02e0e808e..6a0f80801 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/src/server/grpc_server.rs
+++ b/seaweed-volume/src/server/grpc_server.rs
@@ -2662,15 +2662,54 @@ impl VolumeServer for VolumeGrpcService {
         let vid = VolumeId(req.volume_id);
 
         if req.full_teardown {
-            // Pre-encode cleanup: evict the volume and wipe every EC artifact for it
-            // on every disk, not just the listed shards, so a remote node retains no
-            // stale generation that a fresh gen-0 copy would collide with. Echo the
-            // acknowledgement so the caller can tell a pre-upgrade server apart.
-            {
+            if req.encode_ts_ns == 0 {
+                // Blanket teardown (shell pre-encode cleanup / pre-upgrade caller): evict
+                // the volume and wipe every EC artifact for it on every disk, not just the
+                // listed shards, so a remote node retains no stale generation a fresh copy
+                // collides with. Echo the acknowledgement so the caller can tell a
+                // pre-upgrade server apart.
+                {
+                    let mut store = self.state.store.write().unwrap();
+                    let _ = store.remove_ec_volume(vid);
+                    for loc in &store.locations {
+                        loc.remove_ec_volume_files_full_teardown(&req.collection, vid)
+                            .map_err(|e| {
+                                Status::internal(format!(
+                                    "full teardown of ec volume {}: {}",
+                                    req.volume_id, e
+                                ))
+                            })?;
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                // Generation-fenced teardown (stale-worker pre-distribute cleanup): wipe
+                // only a disk whose .vif generation is strictly OLDER than the request;
+                // preserve same-or-newer, generation 0 (recovered/pre-upgrade live volume),
+                // and an unreadable .vif, so a stale run never wipes a newer run's live
+                // shards. Unload and remove only the strictly-older disks, never node-wide.
                 let mut store = self.state.store.write().unwrap();
-                let _ = store.remove_ec_volume(vid);
-                for loc in &store.locations {
-                    loc.remove_ec_volume_files_full_teardown(&req.collection, vid);
+                for disk_id in 0..store.locations.len() {
+                    let disk_gen = store.locations[disk_id].ec_generation_ts_ns(&req.collection, vid);
+                    let older = matches!(disk_gen, Some(g) if g > 0 && g < req.encode_ts_ns);
+                    if !older {
+                        tracing::info!(
+                            volume_id = vid.0,
+                            disk_id,
+                            ?disk_gen,
+                            req = req.encode_ts_ns,
+                            "ec full teardown preserved: generation not older than request"
+                        );
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    store.locations[disk_id].remove_ec_volume(vid);
+                    store.locations[disk_id]
+                        .remove_ec_volume_files_full_teardown(&req.collection, vid)
+                        .map_err(|e| {
+                            Status::internal(format!(
+                                "fenced teardown of ec volume {}: {}",
+                                req.volume_id, e
+                            ))
+                        })?;
                 }
             }
             self.state.volume_state_notify.notify_one();
@@ -2728,9 +2767,11 @@ impl VolumeServer for VolumeGrpcService {
         // Matches Go: for _, shardId := range req.ShardIds { err = vs.store.UnmountEcShards(...) }
         let mut store = self.state.store.write().unwrap();
         for &shard_id in &req.shard_ids {
-            store.unmount_ec_shard(vid, shard_id).map_err(|e| {
-                Status::internal(format!("unmount {}.{}: {}", req.volume_id, shard_id, e))
-            })?;
+            store
+                .unmount_ec_shard(vid, shard_id, req.encode_ts_ns)
+                .map_err(|e| {
+                    Status::internal(format!("unmount {}.{}: {}", req.volume_id, shard_id, e))
+                })?;
         }
         drop(store);
         self.state.volume_state_notify.notify_one();
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/src/storage/disk_location.rs b/seaweed-volume/src/storage/disk_location.rs
index 4ba3e9f68..13c71cbed 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/src/storage/disk_location.rs
+++ b/seaweed-volume/src/storage/disk_location.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl DiskLocation {
                         volume_id = vid.0,
                         "EC volume validation failed, removing incomplete EC files"
                     );
-                    self.remove_ec_volume_files(&collection, vid);
+                    let _ = self.remove_ec_volume_files(&collection, vid);
                     // Fall through to load .dat file
                 }
             }
@@ -377,24 +377,25 @@ impl DiskLocation {
     /// `store_ec_reconcile.rs` can call it to scrub partial EC artefacts
     /// when a healthy `.dat` for the same vid lives on a sibling disk
     /// (seaweedfs/seaweedfs#9478).
-    pub(crate) fn remove_ec_volume_files(&self, collection: &str, vid: VolumeId) {
+    pub(crate) fn remove_ec_volume_files(&self, collection: &str, vid: VolumeId) -> io::Result<()> {
         let base = volume_file_name(&self.directory, collection, vid);
         let idx_base = volume_file_name(&self.idx_directory, collection, vid);
         const MAX_SHARD_COUNT: usize = 32;
 
         // Remove index files from idx directory (.ecx, .ecj)
-        let _ = fs::remove_file(format!("{}.ecx", idx_base));
-        let _ = fs::remove_file(format!("{}.ecj", idx_base));
+        rm_if_present(format!("{}.ecx", idx_base))?;
+        rm_if_present(format!("{}.ecj", idx_base))?;
         // Also try data directory in case .ecx/.ecj were created before -dir.idx was configured
         if self.idx_directory != self.directory {
-            let _ = fs::remove_file(format!("{}.ecx", base));
-            let _ = fs::remove_file(format!("{}.ecj", base));
+            rm_if_present(format!("{}.ecx", base))?;
+            rm_if_present(format!("{}.ecj", base))?;
         }
 
         // Remove all EC shard files (.ec00 ~ .ec31)
         for i in 0..MAX_SHARD_COUNT {
-            let _ = fs::remove_file(format!("{}.ec{:02}", base, i));
+            rm_if_present(format!("{}.ec{:02}", base, i))?;
         }
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Full-teardown variant: everything remove_ec_volume_files clears, PLUS the
@@ -405,8 +406,12 @@ impl DiskLocation {
     /// .vif. Reconcile/load-fallback call remove_ec_volume_files directly and
     /// intentionally preserve it, mirroring Go's removeEcVolumeFiles (reconcile) vs
     /// removeStaleEcArtifacts (teardown) split.
-    pub(crate) fn remove_ec_volume_files_full_teardown(&self, collection: &str, vid: VolumeId) {
-        self.remove_ec_volume_files(collection, vid);
+    pub(crate) fn remove_ec_volume_files_full_teardown(
+        &self,
+        collection: &str,
+        vid: VolumeId,
+    ) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.remove_ec_volume_files(collection, vid)?;
         let base = volume_file_name(&self.directory, collection, vid);
         let idx_base = volume_file_name(&self.idx_directory, collection, vid);
         // try_exists, not exists(): a stat error on a PRESENT .idx must not read as
@@ -416,16 +421,36 @@ impl DiskLocation {
             std::path::Path::new(&format!("{}.idx", idx_base)).try_exists(),
             Ok(false)
         ) {
-            let _ = fs::remove_file(format!("{}.vif", idx_base));
+            rm_if_present(format!("{}.vif", idx_base))?;
             if self.idx_directory != self.directory
                 && matches!(
                     std::path::Path::new(&format!("{}.idx", base)).try_exists(),
                     Ok(false)
                 )
             {
-                let _ = fs::remove_file(format!("{}.vif", base));
+                rm_if_present(format!("{}.vif", base))?;
             }
         }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// EC encode generation recorded in this disk's .vif (data dir first, then idx
+    /// dir for the split-disk layout). None if no .vif was readable, so the fenced
+    /// teardown preserves it (fail-safe). A present .vif with no ec_shard_config
+    /// yields Some(0) (a recovered or pre-upgrade live volume), also preserved.
+    pub(crate) fn ec_generation_ts_ns(&self, collection: &str, vid: VolumeId) -> Option<i64> {
+        for dir in [&self.directory, &self.idx_directory] {
+            let vif = format!("{}.vif", volume_file_name(dir, collection, vid));
+            if let Ok(s) = fs::read_to_string(&vif) {
+                if let Ok(vi) = serde_json::from_str::<VifVolumeInfo>(&s) {
+                    return Some(vi.ec_shard_config.map(|c| c.encode_ts_ns).unwrap_or(0));
+                }
+            }
+            if self.directory == self.idx_directory {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        None
     }
 
     /// Find a volume by ID.
@@ -924,7 +949,7 @@ impl DiskLocation {
                 volume_id = vid.0,
                 "Incomplete or invalid EC volume: .dat exists but validation failed, cleaning up EC files",
             );
-            self.remove_ec_volume_files(collection, vid);
+            let _ = self.remove_ec_volume_files(collection, vid);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -966,7 +991,7 @@ impl DiskLocation {
                 "Found {} EC shards without .ecx file (incomplete encoding interrupted before .ecx), cleaning up",
                 shards.len(),
             );
-            self.remove_ec_volume_files(collection, vid);
+            let _ = self.remove_ec_volume_files(collection, vid);
             return true;
         }
         false
@@ -1046,6 +1071,16 @@ fn calculate_expected_shard_size(dat_file_size: i64, data_shards: usize) -> i64
 /// Resolve the EC data-shard count from the volume's own `.vif` (the volume
 /// server never holds the cluster EC config in memory), checking the data dir
 /// then the idx dir. Falls back to the default ratio when no EC `.vif` is found.
+/// Remove a file, treating a missing file as success but propagating real errors
+/// (permissions, disk full). Mirrors Go's removeFileIfExists so a teardown failure
+/// surfaces instead of silently leaving stale artifacts.
+fn rm_if_present(path: String) -> io::Result<()> {
+    match fs::remove_file(&path) {
+        Err(e) if e.kind() != io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Err(e),
+        _ => Ok(()),
+    }
+}
+
 fn ec_data_shards_from_vif(directory: &str, idx_directory: &str, collection: &str, vid: VolumeId) -> usize {
     for dir in [directory, idx_directory] {
         let vif = format!("{}.vif", volume_file_name(dir, collection, vid));
@@ -1278,6 +1313,61 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    // The per-disk generation reader behind the fenced EC teardown: a present .vif
+    // yields its generation (or 0 with no EC config), a missing .vif is unreadable
+    // (preserved, fail-safe), and the idx dir is a fallback for the split-disk layout.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_ec_generation_ts_ns_reads_and_fences() {
+        let tmp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let data = tmp.path().join("data");
+        let idx = tmp.path().join("idx");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&data).unwrap();
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&idx).unwrap();
+        let loc = DiskLocation::new(
+            data.to_str().unwrap(),
+            idx.to_str().unwrap(),
+            10,
+            DiskType::HardDrive,
+            MinFreeSpace::Percent(1.0),
+            Vec::new(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let vid = VolumeId(88);
+        let dbase = volume_file_name(data.to_str().unwrap(), "", vid);
+        let ibase = volume_file_name(idx.to_str().unwrap(), "", vid);
+
+        // No .vif anywhere -> unreadable (the fenced teardown preserves on None).
+        assert_eq!(loc.ec_generation_ts_ns("", vid), None);
+
+        // .vif in the data dir carries its generation.
+        let with_gen = VifVolumeInfo {
+            version: 3,
+            ec_shard_config: Some(crate::storage::volume::VifEcShardConfig {
+                data_shards: 10,
+                parity_shards: 4,
+                encode_ts_ns: 4242,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        std::fs::write(format!("{}.vif", dbase), serde_json::to_string(&with_gen).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(loc.ec_generation_ts_ns("", vid), Some(4242));
+
+        // A .vif with no EC config reads as generation 0 (recovered/pre-upgrade live volume).
+        std::fs::remove_file(format!("{}.vif", dbase)).unwrap();
+        let no_cfg = VifVolumeInfo {
+            version: 3,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        std::fs::write(format!("{}.vif", dbase), serde_json::to_string(&no_cfg).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(loc.ec_generation_ts_ns("", vid), Some(0));
+
+        // idx-dir fallback: only the idx dir holds the .vif.
+        std::fs::remove_file(format!("{}.vif", dbase)).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(format!("{}.vif", ibase), serde_json::to_string(&with_gen).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(loc.ec_generation_ts_ns("", vid), Some(4242));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_volume_filename() {
         assert_eq!(
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/src/storage/store.rs b/seaweed-volume/src/storage/store.rs
index 0ad57e2bf..da5aa177e 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/src/storage/store.rs
+++ b/seaweed-volume/src/storage/store.rs
@@ -716,17 +716,37 @@ impl Store {
 
     /// Unmount a single EC shard, searching all locations.
     /// Matches Go's Store.UnmountEcShards which unmounts one shard at a time.
-    pub fn unmount_ec_shard(&mut self, vid: VolumeId, shard_id: u32) -> Result<(), VolumeError> {
+    pub fn unmount_ec_shard(
+        &mut self,
+        vid: VolumeId,
+        shard_id: u32,
+        req_encode_ts_ns: i64,
+    ) -> Result<(), VolumeError> {
         // Walk all locations rather than stopping at the first with the
         // vid — split-disk reconciled volumes can have the same vid on
         // multiple disks, with the target shard on any of them.
         for disk_id in 0..self.locations.len() {
-            let has_shard = self.locations[disk_id]
-                .find_ec_volume(vid)
-                .is_some_and(|ec_vol| ec_vol.has_shard(shard_id as u8));
+            let ec_vol = self.locations[disk_id].find_ec_volume(vid);
+            let has_shard = ec_vol.is_some_and(|ec_vol| ec_vol.has_shard(shard_id as u8));
             if !has_shard {
                 continue;
             }
+            // Generation fence: when the caller carries a generation (stale-worker
+            // cleanup), only unmount a strictly-older generation; preserve a disk
+            // whose generation is same-or-newer, 0, or unknown, so a stale run cannot
+            // unmount a newer run's live shards. req 0 (legacy/shell) unmounts all.
+            let disk_gen = ec_vol.map_or(0, |v| v.encode_ts_ns);
+            if req_encode_ts_ns > 0 && !(disk_gen > 0 && disk_gen < req_encode_ts_ns) {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    volume_id = vid.0,
+                    shard_id,
+                    disk_id,
+                    disk_gen,
+                    req = req_encode_ts_ns,
+                    "UnmountEcShards skipped: generation not older than request"
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
             tracing::info!(
                 volume_id = vid.0,
                 shard_id,
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/src/storage/store_ec_reconcile.rs b/seaweed-volume/src/storage/store_ec_reconcile.rs
index afeef7547..9c494f29a 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/src/storage/store_ec_reconcile.rs
+++ b/seaweed-volume/src/storage/store_ec_reconcile.rs
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ impl Store {
             // Also sweep any unmounted shard files (.ec00 .. .ec31)
             // that the per-disk loader skipped — destroy() only walks
             // the in-memory shards, but the disk may still hold others.
-            loc.remove_ec_volume_files(&v.collection, v.vid);
+            let _ = loc.remove_ec_volume_files(&v.collection, v.vid);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ mod tests {
         let (mut store, _tmp) = build_split_disk_store(7003);
         let vid = VolumeId(7003);
 
-        store.unmount_ec_shard(vid, 1).unwrap();
+        store.unmount_ec_shard(vid, 1, 0).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(store.find_ec_shard_location(vid, 1), None);
         // Other shards untouched.
         assert_eq!(store.find_ec_shard_location(vid, 0), Some(0));
diff --git a/weed/pb/volume_server.proto b/weed/pb/volume_server.proto
index 14769d76d..5825445d3 100644
--- a/weed/pb/volume_server.proto
+++ b/weed/pb/volume_server.proto
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ message VolumeEcShardsDeleteRequest {
     string collection = 2;
     repeated uint32 shard_ids = 3;
     bool full_teardown = 4; // pre-encode cleanup: wipe every EC artifact + generation for this volume, not just shard_ids
+    int64 encode_ts_ns = 5; // full_teardown generation fence: delete only a disk whose .vif generation is strictly OLDER than this; preserve same-or-newer, generation 0, and an unreadable .vif. 0 => wipe-all (shell pre-encode / pre-upgrade)
 }
 message VolumeEcShardsDeleteResponse {
     bool full_teardown_done = 1; // set by a new server that performed full_teardown; absent from an old server lets the caller detect the silent no-op
@@ -470,6 +471,7 @@ message VolumeEcShardsMountResponse {
 message VolumeEcShardsUnmountRequest {
     uint32 volume_id = 1;
     repeated uint32 shard_ids = 3;
+    int64 encode_ts_ns = 4; // generation fence: skip a disk whose mounted EC volume is this generation or newer (0 = unfenced, unmount all)
 }
 message VolumeEcShardsUnmountResponse {
 }
diff --git a/weed/pb/volume_server_pb/volume_server.pb.go b/weed/pb/volume_server_pb/volume_server.pb.go
index 6d82373a4..ff0f4786d 100644
--- a/weed/pb/volume_server_pb/volume_server.pb.go
+++ b/weed/pb/volume_server_pb/volume_server.pb.go
@@ -3606,6 +3606,7 @@ type VolumeEcShardsDeleteRequest struct {
 	Collection    string                 `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=collection,proto3" json:"collection,omitempty"`
 	ShardIds      []uint32               `protobuf:"varint,3,rep,packed,name=shard_ids,json=shardIds,proto3" json:"shard_ids,omitempty"`
 	FullTeardown  bool                   `protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=full_teardown,json=fullTeardown,proto3" json:"full_teardown,omitempty"` // pre-encode cleanup: wipe every EC artifact + generation for this volume, not just shard_ids
+	EncodeTsNs    int64                  `protobuf:"varint,5,opt,name=encode_ts_ns,json=encodeTsNs,proto3" json:"encode_ts_ns,omitempty"`     // full_teardown generation fence: delete only a disk whose .vif generation is strictly OLDER than this; preserve same-or-newer, generation 0, and an unreadable .vif. 0 => wipe-all (shell pre-encode / pre-upgrade)
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 }
@@ -3668,6 +3669,13 @@ func (x *VolumeEcShardsDeleteRequest) GetFullTeardown() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (x *VolumeEcShardsDeleteRequest) GetEncodeTsNs() int64 {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.EncodeTsNs
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 type VolumeEcShardsDeleteResponse struct {
 	state            protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	FullTeardownDone bool                   `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=full_teardown_done,json=fullTeardownDone,proto3" json:"full_teardown_done,omitempty"` // set by a new server that performed full_teardown; absent from an old server lets the caller detect the silent no-op
@@ -3820,6 +3828,7 @@ type VolumeEcShardsUnmountRequest struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	VolumeId      uint32                 `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=volume_id,json=volumeId,proto3" json:"volume_id,omitempty"`
 	ShardIds      []uint32               `protobuf:"varint,3,rep,packed,name=shard_ids,json=shardIds,proto3" json:"shard_ids,omitempty"`
+	EncodeTsNs    int64                  `protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=encode_ts_ns,json=encodeTsNs,proto3" json:"encode_ts_ns,omitempty"` // generation fence: skip a disk whose mounted EC volume is this generation or newer (0 = unfenced, unmount all)
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 }
@@ -3868,6 +3877,13 @@ func (x *VolumeEcShardsUnmountRequest) GetShardIds() []uint32 {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (x *VolumeEcShardsUnmountRequest) GetEncodeTsNs() int64 {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.EncodeTsNs
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 type VolumeEcShardsUnmountResponse struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
@@ -7268,14 +7284,16 @@ const file_volume_server_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"\rcopy_vif_file\x18\a \x01(\bR\vcopyVifFile\x12\x17\n" +
 	"\adisk_id\x18\b \x01(\rR\x06diskId\x12&\n" +
 	"\x0fcopy_ecsum_file\x18\t \x01(\bR\rcopyEcsumFile\"\x1c\n" +
-	"\x1aVolumeEcShardsCopyResponse\"\x9c\x01\n" +
+	"\x1aVolumeEcShardsCopyResponse\"\xbe\x01\n" +
 	"\x1bVolumeEcShardsDeleteRequest\x12\x1b\n" +
 	"\tvolume_id\x18\x01 \x01(\rR\bvolumeId\x12\x1e\n" +
 	"\n" +
 	"collection\x18\x02 \x01(\tR\n" +
 	"collection\x12\x1b\n" +
 	"\tshard_ids\x18\x03 \x03(\rR\bshardIds\x12#\n" +
-	"\rfull_teardown\x18\x04 \x01(\bR\ffullTeardown\"L\n" +
+	"\rfull_teardown\x18\x04 \x01(\bR\ffullTeardown\x12 \n" +
+	"\fencode_ts_ns\x18\x05 \x01(\x03R\n" +
+	"encodeTsNs\"L\n" +
 	"\x1cVolumeEcShardsDeleteResponse\x12,\n" +
 	"\x12full_teardown_done\x18\x01 \x01(\bR\x10fullTeardownDone\"\xa0\x01\n" +
 	"\x1aVolumeEcShardsMountRequest\x12\x1b\n" +
@@ -7285,10 +7303,12 @@ const file_volume_server_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"collection\x12\x1b\n" +
 	"\tshard_ids\x18\x03 \x03(\rR\bshardIds\x12(\n" +
 	"\x10source_disk_type\x18\x04 \x01(\tR\x0esourceDiskType\"\x1d\n" +
-	"\x1bVolumeEcShardsMountResponse\"X\n" +
+	"\x1bVolumeEcShardsMountResponse\"z\n" +
 	"\x1cVolumeEcShardsUnmountRequest\x12\x1b\n" +
 	"\tvolume_id\x18\x01 \x01(\rR\bvolumeId\x12\x1b\n" +
-	"\tshard_ids\x18\x03 \x03(\rR\bshardIds\"\x1f\n" +
+	"\tshard_ids\x18\x03 \x03(\rR\bshardIds\x12 \n" +
+	"\fencode_ts_ns\x18\x04 \x01(\x03R\n" +
+	"encodeTsNs\"\x1f\n" +
 	"\x1dVolumeEcShardsUnmountResponse\"\xc1\x01\n" +
 	"\x18VolumeEcShardReadRequest\x12\x1b\n" +
 	"\tvolume_id\x18\x01 \x01(\rR\bvolumeId\x12\x19\n" +
diff --git a/weed/pb/worker.proto b/weed/pb/worker.proto
index 51a84c007..00d4cb288 100644
--- a/weed/pb/worker.proto
+++ b/weed/pb/worker.proto
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ message ErasureCodingTaskParams {
   string master_client = 5;               // Master server address
   bool cleanup_source = 6;                // Whether to cleanup source volume after EC
   string source_disk_type = 8;            // Source volume's disk type, passed to VolumeEcShardsMount so shards report under it (#9423)
+  int64 encode_ts_ns = 9;                 // admin-issued encode generation (unix nanos); fences a stale worker's shard cleanup against a newer run. 0 => unfenced (legacy/shell), falls back to a blanket teardown.
 }
 
 // TaskSource represents a unified source location for any task type
diff --git a/weed/pb/worker_pb/worker.pb.go b/weed/pb/worker_pb/worker.pb.go
index d3f0b3628..d3305a474 100644
--- a/weed/pb/worker_pb/worker.pb.go
+++ b/weed/pb/worker_pb/worker.pb.go
@@ -1323,6 +1323,7 @@ type ErasureCodingTaskParams struct {
 	MasterClient       string                 `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=master_client,json=masterClient,proto3" json:"master_client,omitempty"`                      // Master server address
 	CleanupSource      bool                   `protobuf:"varint,6,opt,name=cleanup_source,json=cleanupSource,proto3" json:"cleanup_source,omitempty"`                  // Whether to cleanup source volume after EC
 	SourceDiskType     string                 `protobuf:"bytes,8,opt,name=source_disk_type,json=sourceDiskType,proto3" json:"source_disk_type,omitempty"`              // Source volume's disk type, passed to VolumeEcShardsMount so shards report under it (#9423)
+	EncodeTsNs         int64                  `protobuf:"varint,9,opt,name=encode_ts_ns,json=encodeTsNs,proto3" json:"encode_ts_ns,omitempty"`                         // admin-issued encode generation (unix nanos); fences a stale worker's shard cleanup against a newer run. 0 => unfenced (legacy/shell), falls back to a blanket teardown.
 	unknownFields      protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache          protoimpl.SizeCache
 }
@@ -1406,6 +1407,13 @@ func (x *ErasureCodingTaskParams) GetSourceDiskType() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (x *ErasureCodingTaskParams) GetEncodeTsNs() int64 {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.EncodeTsNs
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 // TaskSource represents a unified source location for any task type
 type TaskSource struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState `protogen:"open.v1"`
@@ -4056,7 +4064,7 @@ const file_worker_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"batch_size\x18\x03 \x01(\x05R\tbatchSize\x12\x1f\n" +
 	"\vworking_dir\x18\x04 \x01(\tR\n" +
 	"workingDir\x12'\n" +
-	"\x0fverify_checksum\x18\x05 \x01(\bR\x0everifyChecksum\"\xae\x02\n" +
+	"\x0fverify_checksum\x18\x05 \x01(\bR\x0everifyChecksum\"\xd0\x02\n" +
 	"\x17ErasureCodingTaskParams\x120\n" +
 	"\x14estimated_shard_size\x18\x01 \x01(\x04R\x12estimatedShardSize\x12\x1f\n" +
 	"\vdata_shards\x18\x02 \x01(\x05R\n" +
@@ -4066,7 +4074,9 @@ const file_worker_proto_rawDesc = "" +
 	"workingDir\x12#\n" +
 	"\rmaster_client\x18\x05 \x01(\tR\fmasterClient\x12%\n" +
 	"\x0ecleanup_source\x18\x06 \x01(\bR\rcleanupSource\x12(\n" +
-	"\x10source_disk_type\x18\b \x01(\tR\x0esourceDiskTypeJ\x04\b\a\x10\b\"\xcf\x01\n" +
+	"\x10source_disk_type\x18\b \x01(\tR\x0esourceDiskType\x12 \n" +
+	"\fencode_ts_ns\x18\t \x01(\x03R\n" +
+	"encodeTsNsJ\x04\b\a\x10\b\"\xcf\x01\n" +
 	"\n" +
 	"TaskSource\x12\x12\n" +
 	"\x04node\x18\x01 \x01(\tR\x04node\x12\x17\n" +
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_ec_generation_fence_test.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_ec_generation_fence_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b6c8b1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_ec_generation_fence_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+package weed_server
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/volume_server_pb"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/stats"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/erasure_coding"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/storage/volume_info"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// buildEcStoreWithGeneration creates a single-disk store holding one EC volume
+// whose .vif records the given encode generation, with the given shards mounted.
+func buildEcStoreWithGeneration(t *testing.T, dir, collection string, vid needle.VolumeId, encodeTsNs int64, shardIds []erasure_coding.ShardId) *storage.Store {
+	t.Helper()
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755))
+	store := storage.NewStore(nil, "localhost", 8080, 18080, "http://localhost:8080", "store-id",
+		[]string{dir}, []int32{100}, []util.MinFreeSpace{{}}, "",
+		storage.NeedleMapInMemory, []types.DiskType{types.HardDriveType}, nil, 3, stats.DefaultDiskIOProbeConfig())
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-store.NewEcShardsChan:
+			case <-store.NewVolumesChan:
+			case <-store.DeletedVolumesChan:
+			case <-store.DeletedEcShardsChan:
+			case <-store.StateUpdateChan:
+			case <-done:
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		store.Close()
+		close(done)
+	})
+
+	base := erasure_coding.EcShardFileName(collection, dir, int(vid))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(base+".ecx", make([]byte, 16), 0o644))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(base+".ecj", nil, 0o644))
+	require.NoError(t, volume_info.SaveVolumeInfo(base+".vif", &volume_server_pb.VolumeInfo{
+		Version:     uint32(needle.Version3),
+		DatFileSize: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
+		EcShardConfig: &volume_server_pb.EcShardConfig{
+			DataShards:   10,
+			ParityShards: 4,
+			EncodeTsNs:   encodeTsNs,
+		},
+	}))
+	for _, sid := range shardIds {
+		f, err := os.Create(base + erasure_coding.ToExt(int(sid)))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, f.Truncate(1))
+		require.NoError(t, f.Close())
+	}
+	for _, sid := range shardIds {
+		require.NoError(t, store.MountEcShards(collection, vid, sid, ""))
+	}
+	return store
+}
+
+func mountedEcShardIds(t *testing.T, vs *VolumeServer, vid needle.VolumeId) map[int]bool {
+	t.Helper()
+	resp, err := vs.VolumeEcShardsInfo(context.Background(), &volume_server_pb.VolumeEcShardsInfoRequest{VolumeId: uint32(vid)})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	ids := make(map[int]bool)
+	for _, info := range resp.GetEcShardInfos() {
+		ids[int(info.GetShardId())] = true
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
+// TestFullTeardownFencedByGeneration pins the finding-27 data-safety rule: a
+// generation-fenced FullTeardown deletes a disk whose .vif generation is strictly
+// older than the request, but preserves a same-or-newer generation, a generation-0
+// (recovered/pre-upgrade) volume, and falls back to a blanket wipe for request 0.
+func TestFullTeardownFencedByGeneration(t *testing.T) {
+	const collection = "ec-fence"
+	vid := needle.VolumeId(55)
+	shardIds := []erasure_coding.ShardId{0, 1}
+	shardExists := func(dir string) bool {
+		base := erasure_coding.EcShardFileName(collection, dir, int(vid))
+		return util.FileExists(base + erasure_coding.ToExt(0))
+	}
+	teardown := func(vs *VolumeServer, reqGen int64) {
+		_, err := vs.VolumeEcShardsDelete(context.Background(), &volume_server_pb.VolumeEcShardsDeleteRequest{
+			VolumeId:     uint32(vid),
+			Collection:   collection,
+			FullTeardown: true,
+			EncodeTsNs:   reqGen,
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("older_disk_wiped", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		vs := &VolumeServer{store: buildEcStoreWithGeneration(t, dir, collection, vid, 100, shardIds)}
+		teardown(vs, 200) // request newer than the disk's generation 100
+		require.False(t, shardExists(dir), "a strictly-older generation must be wiped")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("newer_disk_preserved", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		vs := &VolumeServer{store: buildEcStoreWithGeneration(t, dir, collection, vid, 200, shardIds)}
+		teardown(vs, 100) // request older than the disk's generation 200
+		require.True(t, shardExists(dir), "a newer generation (a live newer run) must be preserved")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("zero_gen_preserved", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		vs := &VolumeServer{store: buildEcStoreWithGeneration(t, dir, collection, vid, 0, shardIds)}
+		teardown(vs, 200) // a recovered/pre-upgrade live volume reports generation 0
+		require.True(t, shardExists(dir), "a generation-0 volume must be preserved under a fenced teardown")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("zero_request_blanket_wipe", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		vs := &VolumeServer{store: buildEcStoreWithGeneration(t, dir, collection, vid, 200, shardIds)}
+		teardown(vs, 0) // shell pre-encode / pre-upgrade caller wipes everything
+		require.False(t, shardExists(dir), "request generation 0 must blanket-wipe")
+	})
+}
+
+// TestUnmountEcShardsFencedByGeneration pins that the gen-aware unmount (issued
+// before the teardown) preserves a same-or-newer mounted generation, so a stale
+// worker cannot unmount a newer run's live shards out from under it.
+func TestUnmountEcShardsFencedByGeneration(t *testing.T) {
+	const collection = "ec-unmount-fence"
+	vid := needle.VolumeId(56)
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	store := buildEcStoreWithGeneration(t, dir, collection, vid, 200, []erasure_coding.ShardId{0, 1})
+	vs := &VolumeServer{store: store}
+
+	// Request older than the disk generation 200: preserve (skip unmount).
+	require.NoError(t, store.UnmountEcShards(vid, 0, 100))
+	require.True(t, mountedEcShardIds(t, vs, vid)[0], "a same-or-newer generation shard must stay mounted")
+
+	// Request newer than the disk generation 200: a genuinely-older leftover is unmounted.
+	require.NoError(t, store.UnmountEcShards(vid, 1, 300))
+	require.False(t, mountedEcShardIds(t, vs, vid)[1], "a strictly-older generation shard must be unmounted")
+}
+
+// TestReadEcGenerationTsNs covers the per-disk .vif generation read used by the
+// fenced teardown: a present .vif yields its generation (or 0 when it has no EC
+// config), and a missing .vif is reported unreadable (preserved, fail-safe).
+func TestReadEcGenerationTsNs(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	base := filepath.Join(dir, "9")
+
+	if _, readable := readEcGenerationTsNs(base, base); readable {
+		t.Fatalf("a missing .vif must be reported unreadable")
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, volume_info.SaveVolumeInfo(base+".vif", &volume_server_pb.VolumeInfo{
+		Version:       uint32(needle.Version3),
+		EcShardConfig: &volume_server_pb.EcShardConfig{DataShards: 10, ParityShards: 4, EncodeTsNs: 12345},
+	}))
+	gen, readable := readEcGenerationTsNs(base, base)
+	require.True(t, readable)
+	require.Equal(t, int64(12345), gen)
+
+	// A .vif with no EC config (recovered / live source volume) reads as generation 0.
+	noCfg := filepath.Join(dir, "10")
+	require.NoError(t, volume_info.SaveVolumeInfo(noCfg+".vif", &volume_server_pb.VolumeInfo{Version: uint32(needle.Version3)}))
+	gen0, readable0 := readEcGenerationTsNs(noCfg, noCfg)
+	require.True(t, readable0)
+	require.Equal(t, int64(0), gen0)
+
+	// A present-but-unparseable .vif is reported as generation 0 (present), which the
+	// fenced teardown still preserves — never wiping on a parse error.
+	corrupt := filepath.Join(dir, "11")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(corrupt+".vif", []byte("not-a-valid-vif"), 0o644))
+	genC, readableC := readEcGenerationTsNs(corrupt, corrupt)
+	require.True(t, readableC)
+	require.Equal(t, int64(0), genC)
+}
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
index c19c21088..ac4d91ec6 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_erasure_coding.go
@@ -418,17 +418,38 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) VolumeEcShardsDelete(ctx context.Context, req *volume_se
 	bName := erasure_coding.EcShardBaseFileName(req.Collection, int(req.VolumeId))
 
 	if req.FullTeardown {
-		// Pre-encode cleanup: evict the volume and wipe every EC artifact for it on
-		// every disk (the same teardown the generator does locally), not just the
-		// listed shards, so a remote node retains no stale generation that a fresh
-		// gen-0 copy would later collide with.
-		glog.V(0).Infof("ec volume %s full teardown", bName)
-		vs.store.UnloadEcVolume(needle.VolumeId(req.VolumeId))
+		if req.EncodeTsNs == 0 {
+			// Blanket teardown (shell pre-encode cleanup / pre-upgrade caller): evict the
+			// volume and wipe every EC artifact for it on every disk, not just the listed
+			// shards, so a remote node retains no stale generation a fresh copy collides with.
+			glog.V(0).Infof("ec volume %s full teardown", bName)
+			vs.store.UnloadEcVolume(needle.VolumeId(req.VolumeId))
+			for _, location := range vs.store.Locations {
+				dataBase := storage.VolumeFileName(location.Directory, req.Collection, int(req.VolumeId))
+				idxBase := storage.VolumeFileName(location.IdxDirectory, req.Collection, int(req.VolumeId))
+				if err := removeStaleEcArtifacts(dataBase, idxBase, erasure_coding.MaxShardCount); err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("full teardown of ec volume %d on %s: %w", req.VolumeId, location.Directory, err)
+				}
+			}
+			return &volume_server_pb.VolumeEcShardsDeleteResponse{FullTeardownDone: true}, nil
+		}
+		// Generation-fenced teardown (stale-worker pre-distribute cleanup): wipe only a
+		// disk whose .vif generation is strictly OLDER than the request; preserve
+		// same-or-newer, generation 0 (recovered/pre-upgrade live volume), and an
+		// unreadable .vif, so a stale run can never wipe a newer run's live shards.
+		// Unload and remove only the strictly-older disks, never node-wide.
+		glog.V(0).Infof("ec volume %s full teardown fenced at generation %d", bName, req.EncodeTsNs)
 		for _, location := range vs.store.Locations {
 			dataBase := storage.VolumeFileName(location.Directory, req.Collection, int(req.VolumeId))
 			idxBase := storage.VolumeFileName(location.IdxDirectory, req.Collection, int(req.VolumeId))
+			diskGen, readable := readEcGenerationTsNs(dataBase, idxBase)
+			if !readable || diskGen == 0 || diskGen >= req.EncodeTsNs {
+				glog.V(1).Infof("ec volume %d on %s preserved: disk generation %d (readable=%v) not older than request %d", req.VolumeId, location.Directory, diskGen, readable, req.EncodeTsNs)
+				continue
+			}
+			location.UnloadEcVolume(needle.VolumeId(req.VolumeId))
 			if err := removeStaleEcArtifacts(dataBase, idxBase, erasure_coding.MaxShardCount); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("full teardown of ec volume %d on %s: %w", req.VolumeId, location.Directory, err)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("fenced teardown of ec volume %d on %s: %w", req.VolumeId, location.Directory, err)
 			}
 		}
 		return &volume_server_pb.VolumeEcShardsDeleteResponse{FullTeardownDone: true}, nil
@@ -534,6 +555,24 @@ func removeFileIfExists(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// readEcGenerationTsNs returns the EC encode generation recorded in a disk's .vif
+// (data dir first, then idx dir for the split-disk layout) and whether a .vif file
+// was present. A present .vif with no EcShardConfig — or one that failed to parse —
+// yields (0, true): generation 0, which the fenced teardown preserves anyway (a
+// recovered or pre-upgrade live volume). (0, false) means no .vif file was found.
+// Both 0 and a missing .vif are preserved, so the read is fail-safe in every case.
+func readEcGenerationTsNs(dataBaseFileName, indexBaseFileName string) (int64, bool) {
+	for _, base := range []string{dataBaseFileName, indexBaseFileName} {
+		if vi, _, found, _ := volume_info.MaybeLoadVolumeInfo(base + ".vif"); found {
+			return vi.GetEcShardConfig().GetEncodeTsNs(), true
+		}
+		if dataBaseFileName == indexBaseFileName {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, false
+}
+
 // removeStaleEcArtifacts deletes the shard, index, journal, and bitrot sidecar
 // files of a prior encode so a fresh encode never mixes runs. total is the
 // shard-id range to scan (pass the cap for custom ratios). Returns the first
@@ -663,7 +702,7 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) VolumeEcShardsUnmount(ctx context.Context, req *volume_s
 	glog.V(0).Infof("VolumeEcShardsUnmount: %v", req)
 
 	for _, shardId := range req.ShardIds {
-		err := vs.store.UnmountEcShards(needle.VolumeId(req.VolumeId), erasure_coding.ShardId(shardId))
+		err := vs.store.UnmountEcShards(needle.VolumeId(req.VolumeId), erasure_coding.ShardId(shardId), req.EncodeTsNs)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("ec shard unmount %v: %v", req, err)
diff --git a/weed/storage/disk_location_ec.go b/weed/storage/disk_location_ec.go
index 39b22f0e3..e676c1f11 100644
--- a/weed/storage/disk_location_ec.go
+++ b/weed/storage/disk_location_ec.go
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ func (l *DiskLocation) DestroyEcVolume(vid needle.VolumeId) {
 	}
 }
 
+// UnloadEcVolume drops the in-memory EcVolume for vid from this one disk without
+// deleting files. Exported for the generation-fenced teardown, which unloads only
+// the strictly-older disks rather than node-wide.
+func (l *DiskLocation) UnloadEcVolume(vid needle.VolumeId) {
+	l.unloadEcVolume(vid)
+}
+
 // unloadEcVolume removes an EC volume from memory without deleting its files on disk.
 // This is useful for distributed EC volumes where shards may be on other servers.
 func (l *DiskLocation) unloadEcVolume(vid needle.VolumeId) {
diff --git a/weed/storage/store_ec.go b/weed/storage/store_ec.go
index 690f81c6f..ac1c5d678 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store_ec.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store_ec.go
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (s *Store) MountEcShards(collection string, vid needle.VolumeId, shardId er
 	return fmt.Errorf("MountEcShards %d.%d load failures: %s", vid, shardId, string(b))
 }
 
-func (s *Store) UnmountEcShards(vid needle.VolumeId, shardId erasure_coding.ShardId) error {
+func (s *Store) UnmountEcShards(vid needle.VolumeId, shardId erasure_coding.ShardId, reqEncodeTsNs int64) error {
 	// Walk every disk: a split-disk reconciled volume can mount the same vid on
 	// more than one disk, so a first-match unmount would leave a sibling copy
 	// mounted and heartbeating. Emit one deletion delta per disk.
@@ -269,6 +269,14 @@ func (s *Store) UnmountEcShards(vid needle.VolumeId, shardId erasure_coding.Shar
 		if ecVolume, ok := location.FindEcVolume(vid); ok {
 			encodeTsNs = ecVolume.EncodeTsNs
 		}
+		// Generation fence: when the caller carries a generation (stale-worker
+		// cleanup), only unmount a strictly-older generation; preserve a disk whose
+		// generation is same-or-newer, 0, or unknown, so a stale run cannot unmount
+		// a newer run's live shards. reqEncodeTsNs==0 (legacy/shell) unmounts all.
+		if reqEncodeTsNs > 0 && !(encodeTsNs > 0 && encodeTsNs < reqEncodeTsNs) {
+			glog.V(1).Infof("UnmountEcShards %d.%d disk_id:%d skipped: disk gen %d not older than request gen %d", vid, shardId, diskId, encodeTsNs, reqEncodeTsNs)
+			continue
+		}
 		if deleted := location.UnloadEcShard(vid, shardId); deleted {
 			si := erasure_coding.NewShardsInfo()
 			si.Set(erasure_coding.NewShardInfo(shardId, 0))
diff --git a/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/ec_task.go b/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/ec_task.go
index ad7b64279..a50d5182e 100644
--- a/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/ec_task.go
+++ b/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/ec_task.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type ErasureCodingTask struct {
 	dataShards       int32
 	parityShards     int32
 	sourceDiskType   string                  // source volume's disk type, forwarded to Mount RPC (#9423)
+	encodeTsNs       int64                   // admin-issued encode generation; stamps the .vif and fences the stale-shard cleanup. 0 => unfenced (legacy/shell)
 	targets          []*worker_pb.TaskTarget // Unified targets for EC shards
 	sources          []*worker_pb.TaskSource // Unified sources for cleanup
 	shardAssignment  map[string][]string     // destination -> assigned shard types
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ func (t *ErasureCodingTask) Execute(ctx context.Context, params *worker_pb.TaskP
 	t.dataShards = ecParams.DataShards
 	t.parityShards = ecParams.ParityShards
 	t.sourceDiskType = ecParams.SourceDiskType
+	t.encodeTsNs = ecParams.EncodeTsNs
 	t.workDir = ecParams.WorkingDir
 	t.targets = params.Targets // Get unified targets
 	t.sources = params.Sources // Get unified sources
@@ -625,10 +627,17 @@ func (t *ErasureCodingTask) generateEcShardsLocally(localFiles map[string]string
 	// not pass to the encoder).
 	vifFile := baseName + ".vif"
 	defaultCtx := erasure_coding.NewDefaultECContext("", 0)
+	// Use the admin-issued generation when present so the distributed .vif carries
+	// the same generation the stale-shard cleanup fences on; fall back to a local
+	// timestamp only for the unfenced legacy/shell path (keeps the read guard on).
+	encodeTsNs := t.encodeTsNs
+	if encodeTsNs == 0 {
+		encodeTsNs = time.Now().UnixNano()
+	}
 	ecShardConfig := &volume_server_pb.EcShardConfig{
 		DataShards:   uint32(defaultCtx.DataShards),
 		ParityShards: uint32(defaultCtx.ParityShards),
-		EncodeTsNs:   time.Now().UnixNano(),
+		EncodeTsNs:   encodeTsNs,
 	}
 	if ecBitrot != nil && ecBitrot.EcShardConfig != nil {
 		ecShardConfig.DataShards = ecBitrot.EcShardConfig.DataShards
@@ -938,7 +947,7 @@ func (t *ErasureCodingTask) cleanupStaleEcShards(ctx context.Context) error {
 			"shard_ids":   allShards,
 		}).Info("Clearing stale EC shards on destination before re-distribute")
 
-		if err := unmountAndDeleteEcShards(ctx, t.grpcDialOption, node, t.volumeID, t.collection, allShards); err != nil {
+		if err := unmountAndDeleteEcShards(ctx, t.grpcDialOption, node, t.volumeID, t.collection, allShards, t.encodeTsNs); err != nil {
 			cleanupErrors = append(cleanupErrors, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %v", node, err))
 			t.GetLogger().WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
 				"volume_id":   t.volumeID,
@@ -983,12 +992,17 @@ func unmountAndDeleteEcShards(
 	volumeID uint32,
 	collection string,
 	shardIds []uint32,
+	encodeTsNs int64,
 ) error {
 	return operation.WithVolumeServerClient(false, pb.ServerAddress(destination), dialOption,
 		func(client volume_server_pb.VolumeServerClient) error {
+			// encodeTsNs fences both RPCs against a newer run on a shared node: the
+			// server skips a disk whose mounted/on-disk generation is same-or-newer.
+			// 0 (legacy/shell) leaves the unconditional unmount + blanket teardown.
 			if _, err := client.VolumeEcShardsUnmount(ctx, &volume_server_pb.VolumeEcShardsUnmountRequest{
-				VolumeId: volumeID,
-				ShardIds: shardIds,
+				VolumeId:   volumeID,
+				ShardIds:   shardIds,
+				EncodeTsNs: encodeTsNs,
 			}); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("unmount: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -997,6 +1011,7 @@ func unmountAndDeleteEcShards(
 				Collection:   collection,
 				ShardIds:     shardIds,
 				FullTeardown: true,
+				EncodeTsNs:   encodeTsNs,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("delete: %w", err)
diff --git a/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/ec_task_test.go b/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/ec_task_test.go
index a8e809d46..56dbc9d20 100644
--- a/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/ec_task_test.go
+++ b/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/ec_task_test.go
@@ -170,6 +170,54 @@ func TestGenerateEcShardsLocallyStampsEncodeIdentity(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotZero(t, vi.EcShardConfig.EncodeTsNs, "worker-encoded .vif must carry an encode identity")
 }
 
+// A fenced run must stamp the admin-issued generation (t.encodeTsNs) verbatim into
+// the distributed .vif, so the generation the worker distributes equals the one it
+// later sends on the teardown RPCs and the volume-server fence compares like-for-like.
+func TestGenerateEcShardsLocallyUsesAdminGeneration(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping integration test in short mode")
+	}
+
+	clusterHarness := framework.StartVolumeCluster(t, matrix.P1())
+	conn, grpcClient := framework.DialVolumeServer(t, clusterHarness.VolumeGRPCAddress())
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	const volumeID = uint32(957)
+	framework.AllocateVolume(t, grpcClient, volumeID, "")
+
+	httpClient := framework.NewHTTPClient()
+	fid := framework.NewFileID(volumeID, 2002, 0x5555EEEE)
+	resp := framework.UploadBytes(t, httpClient, clusterHarness.VolumeAdminURL(), fid, []byte("payload-for-admin-generation"))
+	_ = framework.ReadAllAndClose(t, resp)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusCreated, resp.StatusCode)
+
+	task := NewErasureCodingTask(
+		"ec-admin-generation",
+		clusterHarness.VolumeServerAddress(),
+		volumeID,
+		"",
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
+	)
+	const adminGeneration int64 = 1_700_000_000_000_000_321
+	task.encodeTsNs = adminGeneration
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	require.NoError(t, task.markReplicasReadonly(ctx))
+	localFiles, err := task.copyVolumeFilesToWorker(ctx, t.TempDir())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	shardFiles, err := task.generateEcShardsLocally(localFiles, t.TempDir())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	vi, _, found, err := volume_info.MaybeLoadVolumeInfo(shardFiles["vif"])
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, found)
+	require.NotNil(t, vi.EcShardConfig)
+	require.Equal(t, adminGeneration, vi.EcShardConfig.EncodeTsNs, "fenced run must stamp the admin generation verbatim, not a local timestamp")
+}
+
 func compactVolumeOnce(t *testing.T, grpcClient volume_server_pb.VolumeServerClient, volumeID uint32) {
 	t.Helper()
 
diff --git a/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/plugin_handler.go b/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/plugin_handler.go
index e0fed1fa4..f62fea820 100644
--- a/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/plugin_handler.go
+++ b/weed/worker/tasks/erasure_coding/plugin_handler.go
@@ -241,6 +241,18 @@ func (h *ErasureCodingHandler) Detect(
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// Stamp the admin-issued encode generation onto every EC proposal. DetectionSequence
+	// is minted once per cycle on the single admin clock, so generations are globally
+	// ordered even though detection runs on a rotating worker; this lets a stale worker's
+	// shard cleanup fence against a newer run instead of wiping it.
+	for _, result := range results {
+		if result == nil || result.TypedParams == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if ecp := result.TypedParams.GetErasureCodingParams(); ecp != nil {
+			ecp.EncodeTsNs = request.DetectionSequence
+		}
+	}
 	if traceErr := emitErasureCodingDetectionDecisionTrace(sender, metrics, workerConfig.TaskConfig, results, maxResults, hasMore); traceErr != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("Plugin worker failed to emit erasure_coding detection trace: %v", traceErr)
 	}