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+// Suspended-versioning Expiration integration scenario.
+package lifecycle
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// putVersioningSuspended flips Status=Suspended. PUTs after this point
+// overwrite the null version in place rather than creating new versionIds.
+func putVersioningSuspended(t *testing.T, c *s3.Client, bucket string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	_, err := c.PutBucketVersioning(context.Background(), &s3.PutBucketVersioningInput{
+		Bucket:                  aws.String(bucket),
+		VersioningConfiguration: &types.VersioningConfiguration{Status: types.BucketVersioningStatusSuspended},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+// TestLifecycleSuspendedVersioningExpiration: on a suspended-versioning
+// bucket, Expiration takes a different code path than the Enabled and
+// Off cases. lifecycleDispatch's VersioningSuspended branch first
+// deletes the null version (via deleteSpecificObjectVersion(versionId="null"))
+// and then writes a fresh delete marker on top.
+//
+// Setup: enable then suspend versioning so any noncurrent versions can
+// exist alongside the null one; PUT once-with-versioning + once-after-
+// suspend (so we have a noncurrent version + a null version), backdate
+// the null, run the worker. The null must be deleted and replaced by a
+// delete marker; the prior noncurrent version stays addressable.
+func TestLifecycleSuspendedVersioningExpiration(t *testing.T) {
+	c := s3Client(t)
+	fc, fcClose := filerClient(t)
+	defer fcClose()
+
+	bucket := uniqueBucket("suspended")
+	mustCreateBucket(t, c, bucket)
+	putVersioningEnabled(t, c, bucket)
+
+	const key = "s/obj.txt"
+	// First PUT under Enabled: produces a real versionId.
+	putObject(t, c, bucket, key, "v1")
+	headEnabled, err := c.HeadObject(context.Background(), &s3.HeadObjectInput{
+		Bucket: aws.String(bucket), Key: aws.String(key),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	v1 := aws.ToString(headEnabled.VersionId)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, v1)
+	require.NotEqual(t, "null", v1)
+
+	// Suspend versioning, then PUT again. The new write becomes the
+	// "null" version that overwrites the bare-key entry; v1 demotes to
+	// a noncurrent version.
+	putVersioningSuspended(t, c, bucket)
+	putObject(t, c, bucket, key, "null-version")
+
+	// Set the Expiration rule AFTER the writes so the rule
+	// configuration race against PUTs is deterministic. Days=1 for
+	// AWS-spec compliance; backdating the null entry makes the worker
+	// fire immediately.
+	putExpirationLifecycle(t, c, bucket, "s/", 1)
+
+	// Backdate the bare-key entry (the null version): on suspended
+	// buckets the null lives at the bare path, NOT under .versions/.
+	backdateMtime(t, fc, bucket, key, 30)
+
+	out := runLifecycleShard(t)
+	t.Logf("shell output:\n%s", out)
+
+	// HEAD without versionId hits the latest, which after the worker
+	// runs should be a delete marker (404 NoSuchKey).
+	require.Eventuallyf(t, func() bool {
+		_, err := c.HeadObject(context.Background(), &s3.HeadObjectInput{
+			Bucket: aws.String(bucket), Key: aws.String(key),
+		})
+		return err != nil
+	}, 30*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "delete marker must dominate latest after suspended-versioning expiration")
+
+	// The noncurrent v1 (created under Enabled) must remain — Expiration
+	// in the suspended branch only touches the null version, not other
+	// versions in the .versions/ folder.
+	directHead, err := c.HeadObject(context.Background(), &s3.HeadObjectInput{
+		Bucket: aws.String(bucket), Key: aws.String(key), VersionId: aws.String(v1),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "noncurrent v1 must survive — suspended Expiration only touches the null")
+	require.NotNil(t, directHead)
+
+	// ListObjectVersions must show: v1 still present, a fresh delete
+	// marker as latest, and no more "null" version.
+	listOut, err := c.ListObjectVersions(context.Background(), &s3.ListObjectVersionsInput{
+		Bucket: aws.String(bucket), Prefix: aws.String(key),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	var sawV1, sawMarker bool
+	for _, v := range listOut.Versions {
+		if aws.ToString(v.Key) == key {
+			vid := aws.ToString(v.VersionId)
+			if vid == v1 {
+				sawV1 = true
+			}
+			require.NotEqual(t, "null", vid, "null version must have been removed")
+		}
+	}
+	for _, m := range listOut.DeleteMarkers {
+		if aws.ToString(m.Key) == key && aws.ToBool(m.IsLatest) {
+			sawMarker = true
+		}
+	}
+	require.True(t, sawV1, "v1 must still appear in ListObjectVersions")
+	require.True(t, sawMarker, "fresh delete marker must dominate latest")
+}