diff --git a/tests/drivers/file.sh b/tests/drivers/file.sh
index 852e4aff..f35529fd 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/file.sh
+++ b/tests/drivers/file.sh
@@ -556,13 +556,15 @@ split_file_irregular() {
 # param: file location
 # return 0 for success, 1 for error
 split_file() {
-  if ! check_param_count_ge_le "file name, number of pieces, piece size (optional)" 2 3 $#; then
+  if ! check_param_count_v2 "file name, number of pieces" 2 $#; then
     return 1
   fi
+  local file_name="$1" number_of_parts="$2"
+
   # -n l/K : Split into K pieces without breaking lines (or use 'K' for raw bytes)
   # -d     : Use numeric suffixes
   # -a 2   : Allow up to 100 pieces (00-99)
-  if ! error=$(split -a 2 -d -n "$2" "$1" "${1}-" 2>&1); then
+  if ! error=$(split -a 2 -d -n "$number_of_parts" "$file_name" "${file_name}-" 2>&1); then
     log 2 "error splitting file: $error"
     return 1
   fi
@@ -578,6 +580,9 @@ split_file() {
   if [ "${#parts[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
     log 2 "split produced no output files"
     return 1
+  elif [ "${#parts[@]}" -ne "$number_of_parts" ]; then
+    log 2 "glob mismatch:  expected '$number_of_parts', was '${#parts[@]}"
+    return 1
   fi
 
   echo "${parts[*]}" | sort
diff --git a/tests/drivers/get_object_attributes/get_object_attributes_rest.sh b/tests/drivers/get_object_attributes/get_object_attributes_rest.sh
index c44eaf7d..c1f52cc2 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/get_object_attributes/get_object_attributes_rest.sh
+++ b/tests/drivers/get_object_attributes/get_object_attributes_rest.sh
@@ -14,20 +14,30 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+source ./tests/drivers/complete_multipart_upload/complete_multipart_upload_rest.sh
+
 upload_and_check_attributes() {
-  if ! check_param_count_v2 "bucket, test file, file size" 3 $#; then
+  if ! check_param_count_v2 "bucket, test file, file size, parts one to four" 7 $#; then
     return 1
   fi
-  if ! perform_multipart_upload_rest "$1" "$2" "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/$2-0" "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/$2-1" \
-      "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/$2-2" "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/$2-3"; then
+  local bucket="$1" test_file="$2" file_size="$3" part_one="$4" part_two="$5" part_three="$6" part_four="$7"
+  local result attributes_file
+
+  if ! perform_multipart_upload_rest "$bucket" "$test_file" "$part_one" "$part_two" "$part_three" "$part_four"; then
     log 2 "error uploading and checking parts"
     return 1
   fi
-  if ! result=$(COMMAND_LOG="$COMMAND_LOG" BUCKET_NAME="$1" OBJECT_KEY="$2" ATTRIBUTES="ETag,StorageClass,ObjectParts,ObjectSize" OUTPUT_FILE="$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/attributes.txt" ./tests/rest_scripts/get_object_attributes.sh); then
+  if ! result=$(get_file_name 2>&1); then
+    log 2 "error getting file name: $result"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  attributes_file="$result"
+
+  if ! result=$(COMMAND_LOG="$COMMAND_LOG" BUCKET_NAME="$bucket" OBJECT_KEY="$test_file" ATTRIBUTES="ETag,StorageClass,ObjectParts,ObjectSize" OUTPUT_FILE="$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/$attributes_file" ./tests/rest_scripts/get_object_attributes.sh 2>&1); then
     log 2 "error listing object attributes: $result"
     return 1
   fi
-  if ! check_attributes_after_upload "$3"; then
+  if ! check_attributes_after_upload "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/$attributes_file" "$file_size"; then
     log 2 "error checking attributes after upload"
     return 1
   fi
@@ -35,36 +45,44 @@ upload_and_check_attributes() {
 }
 
 check_attributes_after_upload() {
-  if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-    log 2 "'check_attributes_after_upload' requires file size"
+  if ! check_param_count_v2 "data file, expected file size" 2 $#; then
     return 1
   fi
-  log 5 "attributes: $(cat "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/attributes.txt")"
-  if ! object_size=$(xmllint --xpath '//*[local-name()="ObjectSize"]/text()' "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/attributes.txt" 2>&1); then
-    log 2 "error getting checksum: $object_size"
+  local data_file="$1" expected_size="$2"
+  local response object_size etag parts_count
+
+  log 5 "attributes: $(cat "$data_file")"
+  if ! response=$(xmllint --xpath '//*[local-name()="ObjectSize"]/text()' "$data_file" 2>&1); then
+    log 2 "error getting checksum: $response"
     return 1
   fi
+  object_size="$response"
+
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-  if [ "$object_size" != "$1" ]; then
-    log 2 "expected file size of '$file_size', was '$object_size'"
+  if [ "$object_size" != "$expected_size" ]; then
+    log 2 "expected file size of '$expected_size', was '$object_size'"
     return 1
   fi
-  if ! error=$(xmllint --xpath '//*[local-name()="StorageClass"]/text()' "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/attributes.txt" 2>&1); then
-    log 2 "error getting storage class: $error"
+  if ! response=$(xmllint --xpath '//*[local-name()="StorageClass"]/text()' "$data_file" 2>&1); then
+    log 2 "error getting storage class: $response"
     return 1
   fi
-  if ! etag=$(xmllint --xpath '//*[local-name()="ETag"]/text()' "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/attributes.txt" 2>&1); then
-    log 2 "error getting etag: $etag"
+
+  if ! response=$(xmllint --xpath '//*[local-name()="ETag"]/text()' "$data_file" 2>&1); then
+    log 2 "error getting etag: $response"
     return 1
   fi
+  etag="$response"
   if ! [[ $etag =~ ^[a-fA-F0-9]{32}-4$ ]]; then
     log 2 "unexpected etag pattern ($etag)"
     return 1
   fi
-  if ! parts_count=$(xmllint --xpath '//*[local-name()="PartsCount"]/text()' "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/attributes.txt" 2>&1); then
-    log 2 "error getting parts_count: $parts_count"
+
+  if ! response=$(xmllint --xpath '//*[local-name()="PartsCount"]/text()' "$data_file" 2>&1); then
+    log 2 "error getting parts_count: $response"
     return 1
   fi
+  parts_count="$response"
   if [[ $parts_count != 4 ]]; then
     log 2 "unexpected parts count, expected 4, was $parts_count"
     return 1
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_acl.sh b/tests/test_rest_acl.sh
index 019b1370..7773ef42 100755
--- a/tests/test_rest_acl.sh
+++ b/tests/test_rest_acl.sh
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@ fi
 
 # tags: curl,PutBucketAcl,x-amz-acl
 @test "REST - invalid canned acl" {
-  if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/1367"
-  fi
   run get_bucket_name "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
   assert_success
   bucket_name="$output"
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_attributes.sh b/tests/test_rest_attributes.sh
index dbb7f521..3f118e3c 100755
--- a/tests/test_rest_attributes.sh
+++ b/tests/test_rest_attributes.sh
@@ -24,18 +24,13 @@ source ./tests/drivers/get_object_attributes/get_object_attributes_rest.sh
 # tags: curl,GetObjectAttributes,attributes,x-amz-object-attributes,multipart
 @test "REST - get object attributes" {
   if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/1001"
+    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/925"
   fi
-  run get_bucket_name "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
-  assert_success
-  bucket_name="$output"
+  local bucket_name test_file file_size part_one part_two part_three part_four
 
-  run get_file_name
-  assert_success
-  test_file="$output"
-
-  run setup_bucket_and_large_file_v2 "$bucket_name" "$test_file"
+  run setup_bucket_and_large_file_v3 "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME" "$test_file"
   assert_success
+  read -r bucket_name test_file <<< "$output"
 
   run get_file_size "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/$test_file"
   assert_success
@@ -43,15 +38,16 @@ source ./tests/drivers/get_object_attributes/get_object_attributes_rest.sh
 
   run split_file "$TEST_FILE_FOLDER/$test_file" 4
   assert_success
+  read -r part_one part_two part_three part_four <<< "$output"
 
-  run upload_and_check_attributes "$bucket_name" "$test_file" "$file_size"
+  run upload_and_check_attributes "$bucket_name" "$test_file" "$file_size" "$part_one" "$part_two" "$part_three" "$part_four"
   assert_success
 }
 
 # tags: curl,GetObjectAttributes,attributes,x-amz-object-attributes,invalid-header
 @test "REST - attributes - invalid param" {
   if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/1001"
+    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/925"
   fi
 
   run get_bucket_name "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_bucket.sh b/tests/test_rest_bucket.sh
index 0b09e076..63a10427 100755
--- a/tests/test_rest_bucket.sh
+++ b/tests/test_rest_bucket.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ source ./tests/commands/get_object_lock_configuration.sh
 source ./tests/commands/head_bucket.sh
 source ./tests/commands/list_buckets.sh
 source ./tests/drivers/create_bucket/create_bucket_rest.sh
+source ./tests/drivers/delete_objects/delete_objects_rest.sh
 source ./tests/drivers/get_bucket_ownership_controls/get_bucket_ownership_controls_rest.sh
 source ./tests/drivers/get_bucket_tagging/get_bucket_tagging_rest.sh
 source ./tests/drivers/get_object_lock_config/get_object_lock_config_rest.sh
@@ -140,16 +141,12 @@ export RUN_USERS=true
 
 # tags: curl,minimal-request,GetBucketPolicy
 @test "REST - get policy w/o policy" {
-  if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/959"
-  fi
-  run get_bucket_name "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
+  local bucket_name
+
+  run setup_bucket_v3 "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
   assert_success
   bucket_name="$output"
 
-  run setup_bucket_v2 "$bucket_name"
-  assert_success
-
   run get_and_check_no_policy_error "$bucket_name"
   assert_success
 }
@@ -182,9 +179,6 @@ export RUN_USERS=true
 
 # tags: curl,malformed-message,invalid-method
 @test "REST - POST call on root endpoint" {
-  if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/1487"
-  fi
   run delete_object_empty_bucket_check_error
   assert_success
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_delete_bucket_ownership_controls.sh b/tests/test_rest_delete_bucket_ownership_controls.sh
index 8b1d6711..8e7f07fa 100755
--- a/tests/test_rest_delete_bucket_ownership_controls.sh
+++ b/tests/test_rest_delete_bucket_ownership_controls.sh
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ export RUN_USERS=true
 
 # tags: curl,DeleteBucketOwnershipControls,ownershipControls
 @test "REST - DeleteBucketOwnershipControls - BucketName is reported in error" {
-  if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/1493"
-  fi
   run get_bucket_name "$BUCKET_ONE_NAME"
   assert_success
   bucket_name="$output"
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_list_buckets.sh b/tests/test_rest_list_buckets.sh
index b2a736f1..17a203d8 100755
--- a/tests/test_rest_list_buckets.sh
+++ b/tests/test_rest_list_buckets.sh
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ export RUN_USERS=true
 
 # tags: curl,ListBuckets,required-headers,Authorization,x-amz-date,invalid-header
 @test "REST - incorrect year/month/day" {
-  if [ "$DIRECT" != "true" ]; then
-    skip "https://github.com/versity/versitygw/issues/1514"
-  fi
   run list_buckets_check_request_time_too_skewed_error
   assert_success
 }