diff --git a/test/s3/lifecycle/s3_lifecycle_expiration_date_test.go b/test/s3/lifecycle/s3_lifecycle_expiration_date_test.go
index 199a0bef4..a60efeb82 100644
--- a/test/s3/lifecycle/s3_lifecycle_expiration_date_test.go
+++ b/test/s3/lifecycle/s3_lifecycle_expiration_date_test.go
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ import (
 // separate compile + dispatch branch (engine.decideMode case
 // ActionKindExpirationDate) that wouldn't be exercised otherwise.
 func TestLifecycleExpirationDateInThePast(t *testing.T) {
-	// SCAN_AT_DATE is a documented mode in engine.decideMode but the
-	// dispatcher path that fires it isn't wired to the run-shard shell
-	// command yet. The bootstrap walker explicitly skips actions in
-	// ModeScanAtDate (walker.go:141 — "SCAN_AT_DATE runs its own
-	// date-triggered bootstrap"), but there is no such bootstrap in the
-	// scheduler or shell layer. Until that lands, this test would
-	// always time out. Keeping the test in source so it activates the
-	// moment the date-triggered scan path is wired.
-	t.Skip("ScanAtDate dispatch path not yet wired to run-shard; activate when the date-bootstrap lands")
 	c := s3Client(t)
 	fc, fcClose := filerClient(t)
 	defer fcClose()
diff --git a/weed/s3api/s3lifecycle/bootstrap/walker.go b/weed/s3api/s3lifecycle/bootstrap/walker.go
index e9ee1a547..adedb4fcd 100644
--- a/weed/s3api/s3lifecycle/bootstrap/walker.go
+++ b/weed/s3api/s3lifecycle/bootstrap/walker.go
@@ -135,10 +135,16 @@ func walkEntry(ctx context.Context, snap *engine.Snapshot, bucket string, entry
 		if action == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		// SCAN_AT_DATE runs its own date-triggered bootstrap. DISABLED can
-		// be flipped at runtime independent of XML Status, so skip it even
-		// though EvaluateAction would also reject.
-		if action.Mode == engine.ModeScanAtDate || action.Mode == engine.ModeDisabled {
+		// DISABLED can be flipped at runtime independent of XML Status,
+		// so skip it even though EvaluateAction would also reject.
+		// SCAN_AT_DATE actions are processed here too — the date check
+		// in EvaluateAction (now.Before(rule.ExpirationDate)) gates the
+		// dispatch, so pre-date walks are no-ops and post-date walks
+		// expire eligible objects. The earlier "scan-at-date runs its
+		// own bootstrap" plan was never wired; until that lands, the
+		// regular bootstrap walk is the only path that fires
+		// ExpirationDate rules.
+		if action.Mode == engine.ModeDisabled {
 			continue
 		}
 		// (kind, info) shape gate: ABORT_MPU only on MPU init records,