diff --git a/weed/mount/README.md b/weed/mount/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1daf2b02e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/mount/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Concurrent writers to one file from different mounts require `-dlm`; without it, a conflicting write fails with EIO and the file may refuse further appends until reopened after the cache drops.
diff --git a/weed/mount/content_gap.go b/weed/mount/content_gap.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9b5ba8c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/mount/content_gap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package mount
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
+)
+
+// A publication owner carries provider refusal evidence through every retry.
+// Helpers and the periodic flusher never retire content that is still owned.
+type contentPublication struct {
+	refused bool
+	failure *atomic.Bool
+}
+
+func (p *contentPublication) retire(err error) {
+	if err != nil && p.refused {
+		p.abandon()
+	}
+}
+
+// An abandoned writeback drain leaves the kernel EOF past the stored one,
+// whatever the filer answered.
+func (p *contentPublication) abandon() {
+	if p.failure != nil {
+		p.failure.Store(true)
+	}
+}
+
+func (wfs *WFS) checkContentPublication(fh *FileHandle, base *filer_pb.Entry) error {
+	if wfs.option.WritebackCache && (fh.writebackContentError == nil || fh.writebackContentError.Load()) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("writeback inode awaits Forget after content refusal: %w", filer_pb.ErrPreconditionFailed)
+	}
+	// This guard shares the CAS version with CreateEntry. A rewritten or
+	// manifest bounding range cannot conceal the original kernel WRITE frontier.
+	var eof uint64
+	if base != nil {
+		eof = filer.FileSize(base)
+	}
+	if !wfs.option.WritebackCache && fh.pendingAppend && fh.pendingAppendOffset > eof {
+		return fmt.Errorf("append offset %d exceeds committed EOF %d: %w", fh.pendingAppendOffset, eof, filer_pb.ErrPreconditionFailed)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Only used when a peer shrank the file: a merge must not acknowledge a gap
+// between that stored EOF and local pending content. Ordinary sparse pwrite
+// without a concurrent truncate is unaffected. Compare copies, never reorder
+// a handle's chunks. A manifest's bounding range is not proof of coverage.
+func contentGapAfter(entry *filer_pb.Entry, start uint64) bool {
+	end := filer.FileSize(entry)
+	if start >= end {
+		return false
+	}
+	chunks := append([]*filer_pb.FileChunk(nil), entry.Chunks...)
+	sort.SliceStable(chunks, func(i, j int) bool { return chunks[i].Offset < chunks[j].Offset })
+	covered := start
+	if uint64(len(entry.Content)) > covered {
+		covered = uint64(len(entry.Content))
+	}
+	for _, c := range chunks {
+		if covered >= end {
+			return false
+		}
+		if c.Offset < 0 || c.Size > ^uint64(0)-uint64(c.Offset) {
+			return true
+		}
+		left, right := uint64(c.Offset), uint64(c.Offset)+c.Size
+		if right <= covered {
+			continue
+		}
+		if left > covered || c.IsChunkManifest {
+			return true
+		}
+		covered = right
+	}
+	return covered < end
+}
diff --git a/weed/mount/content_gap_merge_test.go b/weed/mount/content_gap_merge_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a00b252ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/mount/content_gap_merge_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+//go:build !freebsd
+
+package mount
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+)
+
+// These caller controls measure published bytes; none imports #12608 internals.
+func masterAssertPeerMergeOutcome(t *testing.T, periodic bool) {
+	for _, scenario := range []string{"peer-append", "peer-replaced-file", "peer-truncate"} {
+		t.Run(scenario, func(t *testing.T) {
+			base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+			stored := attributeAppendEntry(2)
+			pending := attributeAppendEntry(2)
+			pending.Chunks[1].Fid.FileKey = 3
+			pending.Chunks[1].Offset = 512
+			pending.Attributes.FileSize = 768
+			blobs := map[string][]byte{}
+			for i, c := range stored.Chunks {
+				blobs[c.GetFileIdString()] = bytes.Repeat([]byte{[]byte{'O', 'P'}[i]}, 256)
+			}
+			blobs[pending.Chunks[1].GetFileIdString()] = bytes.Repeat([]byte{'C'}, 256)
+			switch scenario {
+			case "peer-replaced-file":
+				stored = attributeAppendEntry(1)
+				stored.Attributes.Inode = 99
+				stored.Chunks[0].Fid.FileKey = 900
+				blobs[stored.Chunks[0].GetFileIdString()] = bytes.Repeat([]byte{'R'}, 256)
+			case "peer-truncate":
+				base = attributeAppendEntry(2)
+				stored = attributeAppendEntry(1)
+				pending = attributeAppendEntry(3)
+				blobs[pending.Chunks[2].GetFileIdString()] = bytes.Repeat([]byte{'C'}, 256)
+				blobs[base.Chunks[1].GetFileIdString()] = bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)
+			}
+			stored.Attributes.FileMode, stored.CommitTsNs = 0600, 20000
+			original := proto.Clone(stored).(*filer_pb.Entry)
+			peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(stored).(*filer_pb.Entry), blobs: blobs}
+			w := newInvalidateTestWFS(t)
+			startFakeFiler(t, w, peer)
+			w.mapPbIdFromFilerToLocal(base)
+			w.mapPbIdFromFilerToLocal(pending)
+			fh := newFileHandle(w, 1, 42, pending)
+			t.Cleanup(fh.dirtyPages.Destroy)
+			fh.RememberPath("/dir/file")
+			fh.baseEntry.Store(base)
+			fh.dirtyMetadata = true
+			code := fuse.OK
+			if periodic {
+				if err := w.flushFileMetadata(fh); err != nil {
+					code = fuse.EIO
+					t.Logf("periodic error: %v", err)
+				}
+			} else {
+				code = w.doFlush(context.Background(), fh, 1000, 20, false, 0)
+			}
+			peer.mu.Lock()
+			defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+			actual := g6StoredBytes(t, peer)
+			t.Logf("scenario=%s status=%v size=%d rejected=%d gap[256,512)-zero=%v", scenario, code, len(actual), peer.rejected, len(actual) >= 512 && bytes.Equal(actual[256:512], make([]byte, 256)))
+			if scenario == "peer-replaced-file" {
+				if code != fuse.EIO || !g6EntryEqual(peer.entry, original) || !bytes.Equal(actual, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'R'}, 256)) {
+					t.Fatal("replacement must be refused without publishing stale content")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if scenario == "peer-truncate" && code == fuse.EIO {
+				if !g6EntryEqual(peer.entry, original) || !bytes.Equal(actual, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256)) {
+					t.Fatal("refusal changed peer truncate")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			want := bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256)
+			if scenario == "peer-append" {
+				want = append(want, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'P'}, 256)...)
+			}
+			want = append(want, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'C'}, 256)...)
+			if code != fuse.OK || peer.entry.Attributes.FileMode != 0600 || peer.entry.Attributes.FileSize != uint64(len(want)) || !bytes.Equal(actual, want) {
+				t.Fatalf("unsafe merge: status=%v size=%d want-size=%d exact-bytes=%v; peer/local bytes must survive without a gap", code, len(actual), len(want), bytes.Equal(actual, want))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMasterCommittedEOFAppendHasNoGap(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, appendOpen := range []bool{true, false} {
+		name := "append"
+		if !appendOpen {
+			name = "intentional-sparse-pwrite"
+		}
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+			peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+			w, h := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 2100)
+			if !appendOpen {
+				out := &fuse.OpenOut{}
+				if code := w.Open(nil, &fuse.OpenIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY}, out); code != fuse.OK {
+					t.Fatal(code)
+				}
+				h = out.Fh
+			}
+			if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: h, Offset: 512, Size: 256}, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)); n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+				t.Fatal(n, code)
+			}
+			code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: h})
+			peer.mu.Lock()
+			defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+			actual := g6StoredBytes(t, peer)
+			if appendOpen {
+				if code != fuse.EIO || peer.entry.Attributes.FileSize != 256 || !bytes.Equal(actual, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256)) {
+					t.Fatalf("stale append frontier published a gap: status=%v size=%d interval[256,512)-zero=%v", code, len(actual), len(actual) >= 512 && bytes.Equal(actual[256:512], make([]byte, 256)))
+				}
+			} else {
+				want := append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), make([]byte, 256)...)
+				want = append(want, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)...)
+				if code != fuse.OK || !bytes.Equal(actual, want) || peer.entry.Attributes.FileSize != 768 {
+					t.Fatal("intentional sparse pwrite must remain allowed", code, len(actual))
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMasterConflictThenAppendCannotPublishGap(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, mode := range []struct {
+		name                 string
+		writeback, coalesced bool
+	}{{"normal", false, false}, {"writeback", true, false}, {"writeback-coalesced", true, true}} {
+		t.Run(mode.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+			peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+			w, h := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 2200, mode.writeback)
+			if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: h, Offset: 256, Size: 256}, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)); n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+				t.Fatal(n, code)
+			}
+			// Model the native compactor's output, including independently uploaded
+			// bytes and the rewrite marker: a single chunk containing original O+A.
+			// No product implementation is supplied or changed by this fixture.
+			fh := w.GetHandle(FileHandleId(h))
+			if err := fh.dirtyPages.FlushData(); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			compacted := &filer_pb.FileChunk{Fid: &filer_pb.FileId{VolumeId: 1, FileKey: 8000, Cookie: 1}, Size: 512, ModifiedTsNs: 100}
+			peer.mu.Lock()
+			peer.blobs[compacted.GetFileIdString()] = append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)...)
+			peer.mu.Unlock()
+			fh.UpdateEntry(func(e *filer_pb.Entry) {
+				e.Chunks = []*filer_pb.FileChunk{proto.Clone(compacted).(*filer_pb.FileChunk)}
+				e.Attributes.FileSize = 512
+			})
+			fh.noteRewrite()
+			replacement := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+			replacement.Chunks[0].Fid.FileKey = 900
+			replacement.Attributes.FileMode, replacement.CommitTsNs = 0600, 20000
+			peer.mu.Lock()
+			peer.entry = proto.Clone(replacement).(*filer_pb.Entry)
+			peer.clock = 20000
+			peer.blobs[replacement.Chunks[0].GetFileIdString()] = bytes.Repeat([]byte{'P'}, 256)
+			peer.mu.Unlock()
+			if code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: h}); code != fuse.EIO {
+				t.Fatal("setup: native real rewrite conflict must be refused", code)
+			}
+			w.Release(nil, &fuse.ReleaseIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: h, ReleaseFlags: fuse.FUSE_RELEASE_FLOCK_UNLOCK})
+			if _, kept := w.fhMap.FindFileHandle(42); kept {
+				t.Fatal("failed synchronous close retained handle")
+			}
+			peer.mu.Lock()
+			unchanged := g6EntryEqual(peer.entry, replacement)
+			peer.mu.Unlock()
+			if !unchanged {
+				t.Fatal("refused close published over peer")
+			}
+			if err := w.metaCache.InsertEntry(context.Background(), filer.FromPbEntry("/dir", proto.Clone(replacement).(*filer_pb.Entry)), 20000); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			out := &fuse.OpenOut{}
+			if code := w.Open(nil, &fuse.OpenIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY | syscall.O_APPEND}, out); code != fuse.OK {
+				t.Fatal(code)
+			}
+			g6AppendUploader(t, w.GetHandle(FileHandleId(out.Fh)), 2300, peer)
+			offset := uint64(512)
+			payload := bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)
+			if mode.coalesced {
+				offset = 0
+				payload = append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'P'}, 256), make([]byte, 256)...)
+				payload = append(payload, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)...)
+			}
+			if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh, Offset: offset, Size: uint32(len(payload))}, payload); n != uint32(len(payload)) || code != fuse.OK {
+				t.Fatal(n, code)
+			}
+			code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh})
+			peer.mu.Lock()
+			defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+			actual := g6StoredBytes(t, peer)
+			if code != fuse.EIO || peer.entry.Attributes.FileSize != 256 || !bytes.Equal(actual, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'P'}, 256)) {
+				t.Fatalf("terminal conflict followed by false success/gap: status=%v size=%d interval[256,512)-zero=%v", code, len(actual), len(actual) >= 512 && bytes.Equal(actual[256:512], make([]byte, 256)))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContentGapPeerMerge(t *testing.T)         { masterAssertPeerMergeOutcome(t, false) }
+func TestContentGapPeriodicPeerMerge(t *testing.T) { masterAssertPeerMergeOutcome(t, true) }
diff --git a/weed/mount/content_gap_test.go b/weed/mount/content_gap_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e26f72133d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/mount/content_gap_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,600 @@
+//go:build !freebsd
+
+package mount
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
+	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func g6AppendHandle(t *testing.T, peer *g6ConditionalPeer, base *filer_pb.Entry, key uint64, writeback ...bool) (*WFS, uint64) {
+	t.Helper()
+	w := newInvalidateTestWFS(t)
+	w.option.CacheDirForWrite = t.TempDir()
+	w.option.DefaultPermissions = true
+	w.option.WritebackCache = len(writeback) > 0 && writeback[0]
+	w.posixLocks = NewPosixLockTable()
+	w.option.ConcurrentWriters = 1
+	w.concurrentWriters = util.NewLimitedConcurrentExecutor(1)
+	startFakeFiler(t, w, peer)
+	w.inodeToPath.Lookup("/dir", 1, true, false, 0, false)
+	w.inodeToPath.Lookup("/dir/file", 1, false, false, 42, true)
+	w.inodeToPath.MarkChildrenCached("/dir")
+	if err := w.metaCache.InsertEntry(context.Background(), filer.FromPbEntry("/dir", proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)), 1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	out := &fuse.OpenOut{}
+	if code := w.Open(nil, &fuse.OpenIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY | syscall.O_APPEND}, out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(code)
+	}
+	fh := w.GetHandle(FileHandleId(out.Fh))
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	if peer.blobs == nil {
+		peer.blobs = make(map[string][]byte)
+	}
+	peer.blobs[base.Chunks[0].GetFileIdString()] = bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256)
+	peer.mu.Unlock()
+	g6AppendUploader(t, fh, key, peer)
+	return w, out.Fh
+}
+
+func g6AppendUploader(t *testing.T, fh *FileHandle, key uint64, peer *g6ConditionalPeer) {
+	t.Helper()
+	t.Cleanup(fh.dirtyPages.Destroy)
+	fh.dirtyPages.randomWriter.(*ChunkedDirtyPages).saveDataAsChunk = func(util.FullPath) filer.SaveDataAsChunkFunctionType {
+		return func(r io.Reader, _ string, offset, ts int64, _ uint64) (*filer_pb.FileChunk, error) {
+			body, err := io.ReadAll(r)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			key++
+			chunk := &filer_pb.FileChunk{Fid: &filer_pb.FileId{VolumeId: 1, FileKey: key, Cookie: 1}, Offset: offset, Size: uint64(len(body)), ModifiedTsNs: ts}
+			peer.mu.Lock()
+			peer.blobs[chunk.GetFileIdString()] = append([]byte(nil), body...)
+			peer.mu.Unlock()
+			return chunk, nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendAfterRefusedFlushHasNoHole(t *testing.T) {
+	base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+	base.CommitTsNs = 100
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+	w, handle := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 100)
+	write := func(w *WFS, handle, offset uint64, value byte) {
+		t.Helper()
+		data := bytes.Repeat([]byte{value}, 256)
+		n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle, Offset: offset, Size: 256}, data)
+		if n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+			t.Fatalf("write: %d %v", n, code)
+		}
+	}
+	write(w, handle, 256, 'A')
+	// A peer chmod changes only attributes after this handle observed its base.
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	peer.entry.Attributes.FileMode = 0600
+	peer.entry.CommitTsNs++
+	peer.mu.Unlock()
+	first := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle})
+	t.Logf("first fsync=%v", first)
+	w.Release(nil, &fuse.ReleaseIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle, ReleaseFlags: fuse.FUSE_RELEASE_FLOCK_UNLOCK})
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	latest := proto.Clone(peer.entry).(*filer_pb.Entry)
+	peer.mu.Unlock()
+	if err := w.metaCache.InsertEntry(context.Background(), filer.FromPbEntry("/dir", latest), 3000); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	out := &fuse.OpenOut{}
+	if code := w.Open(nil, &fuse.OpenIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY | syscall.O_APPEND}, out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(code)
+	}
+	next, nextHandle := w, out.Fh
+	g6AppendUploader(t, w.GetHandle(FileHandleId(nextHandle)), 200, peer)
+	// FUSE WRITE offsets are supplied by the kernel; its cached EOF advanced
+	// on the first successful WRITE even when that handle's fsync failed.
+	write(next, nextHandle, 512, 'B')
+	if code := next.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: nextHandle}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(code)
+	}
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+	want := append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)...)
+	want = append(want, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)...)
+	if peer.entry.Attributes.FileSize != 768 || peer.entry.Attributes.FileMode != 0600 || !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, peer), want) {
+		t.Fatal("original/A/B bytes, size or peer mode changed")
+	}
+	for _, offset := range []int64{0, 256, 512} {
+		covered := false
+		for _, c := range peer.entry.Chunks {
+			if c.Offset <= offset && c.Offset+int64(c.Size) >= offset+256 {
+				covered = true
+			}
+		}
+		if !covered {
+			t.Fatalf("fsync acknowledged a hole [%d,%d): first=%v chunks=%v", offset, offset+256, first, peer.entry.Chunks)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+type g6ConditionalPeer struct {
+	filer_pb.UnimplementedSeaweedFilerServer
+	mu           sync.Mutex
+	entry        *filer_pb.Entry
+	rejected     int
+	refuse       bool
+	blobs        map[string][]byte
+	clock        int64
+	beforeCreate func(context.Context)
+}
+
+func g6EntryEqual(current, expected *filer_pb.Entry) bool {
+	actual := filer.FromPbEntry("", proto.Clone(current).(*filer_pb.Entry)).ToProtoEntry()
+	want := proto.Clone(expected).(*filer_pb.Entry)
+	filer_pb.BeforeEntrySerialization(actual.Chunks)
+	filer_pb.BeforeEntrySerialization(want.Chunks)
+	return proto.Equal(actual, filer.FromPbEntry("", want).ToProtoEntry())
+}
+
+func g6StoredBytes(t *testing.T, s *g6ConditionalPeer) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	result := make([]byte, s.entry.Attributes.FileSize)
+	for _, c := range s.entry.Chunks {
+		body, ok := s.blobs[c.GetFileIdString()]
+		if !ok || uint64(len(body)) != c.Size || c.Offset < 0 || uint64(c.Offset)+c.Size > uint64(len(result)) {
+			t.Fatalf("invalid stored reference %v", c)
+		}
+		copy(result[c.Offset:], body)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func (s *g6ConditionalPeer) LookupDirectoryEntry(context.Context, *filer_pb.LookupDirectoryEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.LookupDirectoryEntryResponse, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	return &filer_pb.LookupDirectoryEntryResponse{Entry: proto.Clone(s.entry).(*filer_pb.Entry)}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *g6ConditionalPeer) UpdateEntry(_ context.Context, r *filer_pb.UpdateEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.UpdateEntryResponse, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	for _, c := range r.GetCondition().GetClauses() {
+		if c.Kind != filer_pb.WriteCondition_IF_ENTRY_EQUAL || !g6EntryEqual(s.entry, c.ExpectedEntry) {
+			return nil, status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, "entry changed")
+		}
+	}
+	s.entry = proto.Clone(r.Entry).(*filer_pb.Entry)
+	s.clock = max(max(s.clock, s.entry.CommitTsNs), 10000) + 1
+	s.entry.CommitTsNs = s.clock
+	return &filer_pb.UpdateEntryResponse{LogTsNs: s.clock, MetadataEvent: &filer_pb.SubscribeMetadataResponse{Directory: r.Directory, TsNs: s.clock, EventNotification: &filer_pb.EventNotification{NewEntry: proto.Clone(s.entry).(*filer_pb.Entry)}}}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *g6ConditionalPeer) CreateEntry(ctx context.Context, r *filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse, error) {
+	if s.beforeCreate != nil {
+		s.beforeCreate(ctx)
+	}
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	if s.refuse {
+		s.rejected++
+		return &filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse{Error: "precondition failed", ErrorCode: filer_pb.FilerError_PRECONDITION_FAILED}, nil
+	}
+	for _, c := range r.GetCondition().GetClauses() {
+		match := c.Kind == filer_pb.WriteCondition_IF_NOT_EXISTS && s.entry == nil || c.Kind == filer_pb.WriteCondition_IF_ENTRY_EQUAL && s.entry != nil && c.ExpectedEntry != nil && g6EntryEqual(s.entry, c.ExpectedEntry)
+		if !match {
+			s.rejected++
+			return &filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse{Error: "precondition failed", ErrorCode: filer_pb.FilerError_PRECONDITION_FAILED}, nil
+		}
+	}
+	s.entry = proto.Clone(r.Entry).(*filer_pb.Entry)
+	s.clock = max(max(s.clock, s.entry.CommitTsNs), 10000) + 1
+	s.entry.CommitTsNs = s.clock
+	return &filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse{LogTsNs: s.entry.CommitTsNs, MetadataEvent: &filer_pb.SubscribeMetadataResponse{Directory: r.Directory, TsNs: s.entry.CommitTsNs, EventNotification: &filer_pb.EventNotification{NewEntry: proto.Clone(s.entry).(*filer_pb.Entry)}}}, nil
+}
+
+func TestG6AppendFsyncAfterPeerAttribute(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, op := range []string{"none", "chmod", "chown", "utimes", "setxattr"} {
+		t.Run(op, func(t *testing.T) {
+			writer := newInvalidateTestWFS(t)
+			attr := newInvalidateTestWFS(t)
+			attr.atimeMap = make(map[uint64]time.Time)
+			base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+			base.CommitTsNs = 100
+			s := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+			s.blobs = map[string][]byte{base.Chunks[0].GetFileIdString(): bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), attributeAppendEntry(2).Chunks[1].GetFileIdString(): bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)}
+			startFakeFiler(t, writer, s)
+			startFakeFiler(t, attr, s)
+			path := util.FullPath("/dir/file")
+			local := proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)
+			writer.mapPbIdFromFilerToLocal(local)
+			fh := newFileHandle(writer, 1, 42, local)
+			fh.RememberPath(path)
+			t.Cleanup(fh.dirtyPages.Destroy)
+			writer.fhMap.inode2fh[42], writer.fhMap.fh2inode[1] = fh, 42
+			pending := attributeAppendEntry(2).Chunks[1]
+			fh.UpdateEntry(func(e *filer_pb.Entry) { e.Chunks = append(e.Chunks, pending); e.Attributes.FileSize = 512 })
+			fh.dirtyMetadata = true
+			attr.inodeToPath.Lookup("/dir", 1, true, false, 0, false)
+			attr.inodeToPath.Lookup(path, 1, false, false, 42, true)
+			attr.inodeToPath.MarkChildrenCached("/dir")
+			if err := attr.metaCache.InsertEntry(context.Background(), filer.FromPbEntry("/dir", base), 1); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			code := fuse.OK
+			if op == "setxattr" {
+				code = attr.SetXAttr(nil, &fuse.SetXAttrIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}}, "user.test", []byte("peer acknowledged"))
+			} else if op != "none" {
+				in := &fuse.SetAttrIn{}
+				in.NodeId = 42
+				switch op {
+				case "chmod":
+					in.Valid, in.Mode = fuse.FATTR_MODE, 0600
+				case "chown":
+					in.Valid, in.Owner.Uid, in.Owner.Gid = fuse.FATTR_UID|fuse.FATTR_GID, 1001, 21
+				case "utimes":
+					in.Valid, in.Mtime, in.Mtimensec = fuse.FATTR_MTIME, 123, 456
+				}
+				code = attr.SetAttr(nil, in, &fuse.AttrOut{})
+			}
+			if code != fuse.OK {
+				t.Fatalf("peer attribute: %v", code)
+			}
+			s.mu.Lock()
+			wantChunk, gotChunk := proto.Clone(base.Chunks[0]).(*filer_pb.FileChunk), proto.Clone(s.entry.Chunks[0]).(*filer_pb.FileChunk)
+			filer_pb.BeforeEntrySerialization([]*filer_pb.FileChunk{wantChunk, gotChunk})
+			contentUnchanged := proto.Equal(wantChunk, gotChunk) && len(s.entry.Chunks) == 1
+			ackedPeer := proto.Clone(s.entry).(*filer_pb.Entry)
+			s.mu.Unlock()
+			if !contentUnchanged {
+				t.Fatal("peer attribute changed content before append publication")
+			}
+			if code = writer.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: 1}); code != fuse.OK {
+				t.Fatalf("append after acknowledged peer %s returned %v; pending=%d base=%d rejected=%d", op, code, len(fh.entry.Chunks), len(fh.baseEntry.Load().Chunks), s.rejected)
+			}
+			s.mu.Lock()
+			defer s.mu.Unlock()
+			want := append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)...)
+			if s.entry.Attributes.FileSize != 512 || !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, s), want) {
+				t.Fatal("append lost original/pending bytes or size")
+			}
+			a, b := s.entry.Attributes, ackedPeer.Attributes
+			if op == "chmod" && a.FileMode != b.FileMode || op == "chown" && (a.Uid != b.Uid || a.Gid != b.Gid) || op == "utimes" && (a.Mtime != b.Mtime || a.MtimeNs != b.MtimeNs) || op == "setxattr" && !bytes.Equal(s.entry.Extended[XATTR_PREFIX+"user.test"], ackedPeer.Extended[XATTR_PREFIX+"user.test"]) {
+				t.Fatal("append rolled back acknowledged peer attributes")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendCompatibleCommittedPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	w := newInvalidateTestWFS(t)
+	base, current, pending := attributeAppendEntry(1), attributeAppendEntry(2), attributeAppendEntry(3)
+	current.Attributes.FileMode = 0600
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: current, blobs: make(map[string][]byte)}
+	for i, c := range pending.Chunks {
+		peer.blobs[c.GetFileIdString()] = bytes.Repeat([]byte{[]byte{'O', 'A', 'B'}[i]}, 256)
+	}
+	startFakeFiler(t, w, peer)
+	w.mapPbIdFromFilerToLocal(base)
+	w.mapPbIdFromFilerToLocal(pending)
+	fh := newFileHandle(w, 1, 42, pending)
+	t.Cleanup(fh.dirtyPages.Destroy)
+	fh.RememberPath("/dir/file")
+	fh.baseEntry.Store(base)
+	fh.dirtyMetadata = true
+	if code := w.doFlush(context.Background(), fh, 1000, 20, false, 0); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(code)
+	}
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+	want := append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)...)
+	want = append(want, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)...)
+	if peer.rejected != 1 || peer.entry.Attributes.FileMode != 0600 || peer.entry.Attributes.FileSize != 768 || !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, peer), want) {
+		t.Fatal("prefix rebase lost bytes, size or peer attributes")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAsyncRefusalAfterForgetDoesNotPoisonRelookup(t *testing.T) {
+	testAsyncRefusalAfterForget(t, false)
+}
+
+func TestAsyncPublicationBlockedBeforeCaptureDoesNotPoisonRelookup(t *testing.T) {
+	testAsyncRefusalAfterForget(t, true)
+}
+
+func testAsyncRefusalAfterForget(t *testing.T, publicationBlocked bool) {
+	base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry), refuse: true}
+	entered, resume := make(chan struct{}), make(chan struct{})
+	var once, resumeOnce sync.Once
+	release := func() { resumeOnce.Do(func() { close(resume) }) }
+	peer.beforeCreate = func(ctx context.Context) {
+		once.Do(func() {
+			close(entered)
+			select {
+			case <-resume:
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	w, handle := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 1000, true)
+	w.pendingAsyncFlush = make(map[uint64]chan struct{})
+	w.startAsyncFlushWorkers(1)
+	t.Cleanup(w.WaitForAsyncFlush)
+	t.Cleanup(release)
+	unlockPublication := func() {}
+	if publicationBlocked {
+		unlock := w.lockMetadataPublication("/dir/file")
+		var unlockOnce sync.Once
+		unlockPublication = func() { unlockOnce.Do(unlock) }
+		t.Cleanup(unlockPublication)
+	}
+	if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle, Offset: 256, Size: 256}, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)); n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(n, code)
+	}
+	w.Release(nil, &fuse.ReleaseIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle})
+	w.pendingAsyncFlushMu.Lock()
+	done := w.pendingAsyncFlush[42]
+	w.pendingAsyncFlushMu.Unlock()
+	if done == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Release did not queue an async publication")
+	}
+	waitEntered := func() {
+		t.Helper()
+		select {
+		case <-entered:
+		case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+			t.Fatal("async publication did not reach the filer")
+		}
+	}
+	if publicationBlocked {
+		if blocked, _ := waitFlushPublication(t, make(chan fuse.Status)); !blocked {
+			t.Fatal("worker was not blocked before publication capture")
+		}
+	} else {
+		waitEntered()
+	}
+	w.Forget(42, 1)
+	w.inodeToPath.Lookup("/dir/file", 1, false, false, 42, true)
+	if publicationBlocked {
+		unlockPublication()
+		waitEntered()
+	}
+	release()
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(15 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("async refusal did not finish")
+	}
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	if peer.rejected != 4*(maxContentFlushMerges+1) {
+		t.Errorf("refusals = %d, want sixteen (four outer attempts, four merge attempts each)", peer.rejected)
+	}
+	peer.refuse = false
+	peer.mu.Unlock()
+	if _, found := w.fhMap.FindFileHandle(42); found {
+		t.Fatal("async close retained a handle")
+	}
+	out := &fuse.OpenOut{}
+	if code := w.Open(nil, &fuse.OpenIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY | syscall.O_APPEND}, out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(code)
+	}
+	g6AppendUploader(t, w.GetHandle(FileHandleId(out.Fh)), 1100, peer)
+	if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh, Offset: 256, Size: 256}, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)); n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(n, code)
+	}
+	if code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatalf("new inode lifetime inherited stale EIO: %v", code)
+	}
+	w.Release(nil, &fuse.ReleaseIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh, ReleaseFlags: fuse.FUSE_RELEASE_FLOCK_UNLOCK})
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+	want := append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)...)
+	if peer.entry.Attributes.FileSize != 512 || !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, peer), want) {
+		t.Fatal("relookup publication changed original/new bytes or size")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendAfterPendingPositionalExtensionPublishes(t *testing.T) {
+	base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+	w, appendHandle := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 1000)
+	out := &fuse.OpenOut{}
+	if code := w.Open(nil, &fuse.OpenIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY}, out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(code)
+	}
+	write := func(h, offset uint64, value byte) {
+		t.Helper()
+		n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: h, Offset: offset, Size: 256}, bytes.Repeat([]byte{value}, 256))
+		if n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+			t.Fatal("write", n, code)
+		}
+	}
+	write(out.Fh, 256, 'A')
+	write(appendHandle, 512, 'B') // the kernel appends at its EOF, which includes A
+	if code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: appendHandle}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("append over a pending extension", code)
+	}
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+	want := append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)...)
+	want = append(want, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'B'}, 256)...)
+	if !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, peer), want) {
+		t.Fatal("pending extension or append bytes changed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPositionalSparseWriteStillPublishes(t *testing.T) {
+	base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+	w, _ := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 900)
+	out := &fuse.OpenOut{}
+	if code := w.Open(nil, &fuse.OpenIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY}, out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(code)
+	}
+	n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh, Offset: 512, Size: 256}, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'S'}, 256))
+	if n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(n, code)
+	}
+	if code = w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("positional sparse write", code)
+	}
+	assertSparseWrite(t, peer)
+}
+
+func TestSparseWriteAfterAppendFlagClearedPublishes(t *testing.T) {
+	base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+	w, handle := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 950)
+	n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle, Offset: 512, Size: 256, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY}, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'S'}, 256))
+	if n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(n, code)
+	}
+	if code = w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("sparse write after clearing O_APPEND", code)
+	}
+	assertSparseWrite(t, peer)
+}
+
+func assertSparseWrite(t *testing.T, peer *g6ConditionalPeer) {
+	t.Helper()
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+	want := append(bytes.Repeat([]byte{'O'}, 256), make([]byte, 256)...)
+	want = append(want, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'S'}, 256)...)
+	if !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, peer), want) {
+		t.Fatal("sparse positional data changed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTruncatingOpenDiscardsRefusedAppend(t *testing.T) {
+	base := attributeAppendEntry(1)
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+	w, handle := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 1700)
+	if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle, Offset: 512, Size: 256}, bytes.Repeat([]byte{'A'}, 256)); n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(n, code)
+	}
+	if code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle}); code == fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("append past the committed EOF published")
+	}
+	dir, _ := w.inodeToPath.GetInode("/dir")
+	out := &fuse.CreateOut{}
+	if code := w.Create(nil, &fuse.CreateIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: dir}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY | syscall.O_CREAT | syscall.O_TRUNC, Mode: 0644}, "file", out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("O_TRUNC create", code)
+	}
+	g6AppendUploader(t, w.GetHandle(FileHandleId(out.Fh)), 1800, peer)
+	payload := bytes.Repeat([]byte{'Z'}, 256)
+	if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh, Size: 256}, payload); n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(n, code)
+	}
+	if code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: out.Fh}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("rewrite after an O_TRUNC open", code)
+	}
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+	if !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, peer), payload) {
+		t.Fatal("truncate and rewrite did not publish the new bytes")
+	}
+}
+
+type g6TtlRuleFiler struct{ *g6ConditionalPeer }
+
+func (s *g6TtlRuleFiler) CreateEntry(ctx context.Context, r *filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse, error) {
+	if r.Entry.IsDirectory {
+		return &filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse{}, nil
+	}
+	r = proto.Clone(r).(*filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest)
+	if r.Entry.Attributes.TtlSec == 0 {
+		r.Entry.Attributes.TtlSec = 3600
+	}
+	return s.g6ConditionalPeer.CreateEntry(ctx, r)
+}
+
+func (s *g6TtlRuleFiler) UpdateEntry(ctx context.Context, r *filer_pb.UpdateEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.UpdateEntryResponse, error) {
+	if r.Entry.IsDirectory {
+		return &filer_pb.UpdateEntryResponse{}, nil
+	}
+	return s.g6ConditionalPeer.UpdateEntry(ctx, r)
+}
+
+func TestEagerCreateWriteKeepsFilerDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{blobs: make(map[string][]byte)}
+	w := newInvalidateTestWFS(t)
+	w.option.EagerFilerCreate = true
+	w.option.ConcurrentWriters = 1
+	w.concurrentWriters = util.NewLimitedConcurrentExecutor(1)
+	startFakeFiler(t, w, &g6TtlRuleFiler{peer})
+	dir := w.inodeToPath.Lookup("/dir", 1, true, false, 0, false)
+	w.inodeToPath.MarkChildrenCached("/")
+	w.inodeToPath.MarkChildrenCached("/dir")
+	dirEntry := &filer_pb.Entry{Name: "dir", IsDirectory: true, Attributes: &filer_pb.FuseAttributes{FileMode: uint32(os.ModeDir | 0777), Inode: dir}}
+	if err := w.metaCache.InsertEntry(context.Background(), filer.FromPbEntry("/", dirEntry), 1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	out := &fuse.CreateOut{}
+	if code := w.Create(nil, &fuse.CreateIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: dir, Caller: fuse.Caller{Owner: fuse.Owner{Uid: 1000, Gid: 20}}}, Flags: syscall.O_WRONLY, Mode: 0644}, "file", out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("create", code)
+	}
+	g6AppendUploader(t, w.GetHandle(FileHandleId(out.Fh)), 2100, peer)
+	payload := bytes.Repeat([]byte{'E'}, 256)
+	if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: out.NodeId}, Fh: out.Fh, Size: 256}, payload); n != 256 || code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(n, code)
+	}
+	if code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: out.NodeId}, Fh: out.Fh}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("write after an eager create", code)
+	}
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+	if peer.entry.Attributes.TtlSec != 3600 || !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, peer), payload) {
+		t.Fatal("eager create lost the stored defaults or the written bytes")
+	}
+}
+
+type g6LostAnswerFiler struct {
+	*g6ConditionalPeer
+	lost atomic.Bool
+}
+
+func (s *g6LostAnswerFiler) CreateEntry(ctx context.Context, r *filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse, error) {
+	resp, err := s.g6ConditionalPeer.CreateEntry(ctx, r)
+	if err == nil && resp.Error == "" && s.lost.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "answer lost after commit")
+	}
+	return resp, err
+}
+
+func TestLostAnswerToOwnShrinkingFlushIsNotAConflict(t *testing.T) {
+	base := attributeAppendEntry(2)
+	peer := &g6ConditionalPeer{entry: proto.Clone(base).(*filer_pb.Entry)}
+	w, handle := g6AppendHandle(t, peer, base, 2200)
+	fake := &g6LostAnswerFiler{g6ConditionalPeer: peer}
+	startFakeFiler(t, w, fake)
+	if code := w.SetAttr(nil, &fuse.SetAttrIn{SetAttrInCommon: fuse.SetAttrInCommon{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Valid: fuse.FATTR_SIZE | fuse.FATTR_FH, Fh: handle}}, &fuse.AttrOut{}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("ftruncate", code)
+	}
+	payload := bytes.Repeat([]byte{'N'}, 128)
+	if n, code := w.Write(nil, &fuse.WriteIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle, Size: 128}, payload); n != 128 || code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal(n, code)
+	}
+	if code := w.Fsync(nil, &fuse.FsyncIn{InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 42}, Fh: handle}); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatal("own committed overwrite reported as a conflict", code)
+	}
+	peer.mu.Lock()
+	defer peer.mu.Unlock()
+	if !fake.lost.Load() || !bytes.Equal(g6StoredBytes(t, peer), payload) {
+		t.Fatal("lost answer was not exercised or the overwrite did not land")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/weed/mount/filehandle.go b/weed/mount/filehandle.go
index 233bc27515..736529b2e2 100644
--- a/weed/mount/filehandle.go
+++ b/weed/mount/filehandle.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var IsDebugFileReadWrite = false
 type FileHandle struct {
 	fh      FileHandleId
 	counter int64
-	fhs     map[FileHandleId]struct{} // live fh values, one per open; guarded by fhMap's lock
+	fhs     map[FileHandleId]bool // live fh values, one per open; guarded by fhMap's lock
 	entry   *LockedEntry
 	// Nested handle lock order: wfs.fhLockTable[fh.fh] -> entryLock ->
 	// LockedEntry.RWMutex. Paths may use a subset, but must never acquire an
@@ -34,15 +34,18 @@ type FileHandle struct {
 	wfs             *WFS
 
 	// cache file has been written to
-	dirtyMetadata     bool
-	dirtyPages        *PageWriter
-	reader            *filer.ChunkReadAt
-	contentType       string
-	asyncFlushPending bool   // set in writebackCache mode to defer flush to Release
-	asyncFlushUid     uint32 // saved uid for deferred metadata flush
-	asyncFlushGid     uint32 // saved gid for deferred metadata flush
-	savedDir          string // last known parent path if inode-to-path state is forgotten
-	savedName         string // last known file name if inode-to-path state is forgotten
+	pendingAppend         bool
+	pendingAppendOffset   uint64
+	writebackContentError *atomic.Bool
+	dirtyMetadata         bool
+	dirtyPages            *PageWriter
+	reader                *filer.ChunkReadAt
+	contentType           string
+	asyncFlushPending     bool   // set in writebackCache mode to defer flush to Release
+	asyncFlushUid         uint32 // saved uid for deferred metadata flush
+	asyncFlushGid         uint32 // saved gid for deferred metadata flush
+	savedDir              string // last known parent path if inode-to-path state is forgotten
+	savedName             string // last known file name if inode-to-path state is forgotten
 
 	isDeleted bool
 	// deleteEpoch counts the times isDeleted was raised, all of them under the
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ func newFileHandle(wfs *WFS, handleId FileHandleId, inode uint64, entry *filer_p
 	fh := &FileHandle{
 		fh:      handleId,
 		counter: 1,
-		fhs:     map[FileHandleId]struct{}{handleId: {}},
+		fhs:     map[FileHandleId]bool{handleId: false},
 		inode:   inode,
 		wfs:     wfs,
 	}
@@ -337,6 +340,7 @@ func (fh *FileHandle) ResetDirtyPages() {
 	fh.dirtyPages.Destroy()
 	fh.dirtyPages = newPageWriter(fh, fh.wfs.option.ChunkSizeLimit)
 	fh.dirtyMetadata = false
+	fh.pendingAppend = false
 	fh.contentType = ""
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/mount/filehandle_map.go b/weed/mount/filehandle_map.go
index bf0c71e919..99159bf3cc 100644
--- a/weed/mount/filehandle_map.go
+++ b/weed/mount/filehandle_map.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package mount
 
 import (
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 
@@ -65,12 +66,26 @@ func (i *FileHandleToInode) MarkInodeRenamed(inode uint64) {
 // open — reads on it return ENOENT, which the kernel reports to read() as EIO.
 // Callers must treat a draining report as "wait for the pending flush, then
 // retry the whole acquire", not as success.
-func (i *FileHandleToInode) AcquireFileHandle(wfs *WFS, inode uint64, entry *filer_pb.Entry, versionTsNs int64, signature int32) (*FileHandle, FileHandleId, bool, bool) {
+func (i *FileHandleToInode) AcquireFileHandle(wfs *WFS, inode uint64, entry *filer_pb.Entry, versionTsNs int64, signature int32, appendMode ...bool) (*FileHandle, FileHandleId, bool, bool) {
+	// Bind before publishing the handle or queuing any async close. Capture
+	// under the inode-table lock, but release it before taking the fhMap lock.
+	var writebackError *atomic.Bool
+	if wfs.option.WritebackCache {
+		wfs.inodeToPath.RLock()
+		state, found := wfs.writebackContentErrors.Load(inode)
+		if !found {
+			state, _ = wfs.writebackContentErrors.LoadOrStore(inode, new(atomic.Bool))
+		}
+		writebackError = state.(*atomic.Bool)
+		wfs.inodeToPath.RUnlock()
+	}
 	i.Lock()
 	defer i.Unlock()
 	fh, found := i.inode2fh[inode]
 	if !found {
 		fh = newFileHandle(wfs, FileHandleId(util.RandomUint64()), inode, entry)
+		fh.writebackContentError = writebackError
+		fh.fhs[fh.fh] = len(appendMode) > 0 && appendMode[0]
 		fh.entryVersionTsNs.Store(versionTsNs)
 		fh.entryVersionSignature.Store(signature)
 		i.inode2fh[inode] = fh
@@ -82,11 +97,20 @@ func (i *FileHandleToInode) AcquireFileHandle(wfs *WFS, inode uint64, entry *fil
 	}
 	fh.counter++
 	openFh := FileHandleId(util.RandomUint64())
-	fh.fhs[openFh] = struct{}{}
+	fh.fhs[openFh] = len(appendMode) > 0 && appendMode[0]
 	i.fh2inode[openFh] = inode
 	return fh, openFh, true, false
 }
 
+func (i *FileHandleToInode) isAppendHandle(openFh FileHandleId) bool {
+	i.RLock()
+	defer i.RUnlock()
+	if fh := i.inode2fh[i.fh2inode[openFh]]; fh != nil {
+		return fh.fhs[openFh]
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (i *FileHandleToInode) ReleaseByHandle(fh FileHandleId) *FileHandle {
 	i.Lock()
 	defer i.Unlock()
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs.go b/weed/mount/weedfs.go
index 2455ea5e49..82f7f77cc3 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs.go
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ type Option struct {
 }
 
 type WFS struct {
+	// Metadata-only refusal token, detached at final Forget; no live resources retained.
+	writebackContentErrors sync.Map
 	// https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3310148
 	// follow https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/blob/master/fuse/api.go
 	fuse.RawFileSystem
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_async_flush.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_async_flush.go
index d3e7cbfa54..1ed0d54beb 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_async_flush.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_async_flush.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) completeAsyncFlush(fh *FileHandle) {
 	// is a permanent one and the chunk data has been freed.
 	if err := fh.dirtyPages.FlushData(); err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("completeAsyncFlush inode %d: data flush failed: %v", fh.inode, err)
+		(&contentPublication{failure: fh.writebackContentError}).abandon()
 		// Data is lost at this point. Proceed to cleanup to avoid resource leaks and unmount hangs.
 	} else if fh.dirtyMetadata {
 		// Phase 2: Flush metadata unless the file was explicitly unlinked.
@@ -139,10 +140,11 @@ func isFilerUnreachable(err error) bool {
 // nothing else holds these references: like the writeback chunk uploads, it
 // keeps retrying for as long as the filer is unreachable.
 func (wfs *WFS) flushMetadataWithRetry(fh *FileHandle, dir, name string, fileFullPath util.FullPath) error {
+	publication := &contentPublication{failure: fh.writebackContentError}
 	attempts := 0
 	err := retryMetadataFlushUntil(context.Background(), func() error {
 		attempts++
-		return wfs.flushMetadataToFiler(context.Background(), fh, dir, name, fh.asyncFlushUid, fh.asyncFlushGid, nil)
+		return wfs.flushMetadataToFiler(context.Background(), fh, dir, name, fh.asyncFlushUid, fh.asyncFlushGid, nil, publication)
 	}, isFilerUnreachable, func(nextAttempt, totalAttempts int, backoff time.Duration, err error) {
 		if totalAttempts == 0 {
 			glog.Warningf("completeAsyncFlush %s: filer unreachable, retrying metadata flush (attempt %d) after %v: %v",
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) flushMetadataWithRetry(fh *FileHandle, dir, name string, fileFul
 			fileFullPath, nextAttempt, totalAttempts, backoff, err)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
+		publication.abandon()
 		glog.Errorf("completeAsyncFlush %s: metadata flush failed after %d attempts: %v - "+
 			"chunks are uploaded but NOT referenced in filer metadata; "+
 			"they will appear as orphans in volume.fsck",
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_async_flush_test.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_async_flush_test.go
index c1578b2da9..79772343ab 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_async_flush_test.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_async_flush_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,94 @@ func TestFlushMetadataWithRetryStopsOnFilerRefusal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Under writeback the kernel already moved EOF past the stored entry, so a
+// drain that gives up must fence the inode whatever the filer answered.
+func TestAbandonedWritebackFlushFencesInode(t *testing.T) {
+	originalSleep := metadataFlushSleep
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		metadataFlushSleep = originalSleep
+	})
+	metadataFlushSleep = func(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration) {}
+
+	const name = "abandoned-writeback.log"
+	wfs, _ := newCreateTestWFS(t)
+	fake := &rejectingCreateFiler{rejections: 1 << 20, refuse: func(req *filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse, error) {
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, "denied")
+	}}
+	startFakeFiler(t, wfs, fake)
+
+	out := &fuse.CreateOut{}
+	if code := wfs.Create(make(chan struct{}), &fuse.CreateIn{
+		InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 1},
+		Flags:    syscall.O_WRONLY | syscall.O_CREAT,
+		Mode:     0o644,
+	}, name, out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatalf("Create status = %v, want OK", code)
+	}
+	fh := wfs.GetHandle(FileHandleId(out.Fh))
+	if fh == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Create did not register an open file handle")
+	}
+	wfs.option.WritebackCache = true
+	fh.writebackContentError = new(atomic.Bool)
+	fh.dirtyMetadata = true
+
+	if err := wfs.flushMetadataWithRetry(fh, "/", name, util.FullPath("/").Child(name)); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("flush against a refusing filer succeeded")
+	}
+	if !fh.writebackContentError.Load() {
+		t.Fatal("abandoned writeback flush left the inode unfenced")
+	}
+	if err := wfs.checkContentPublication(fh, nil); !errors.Is(err, filer_pb.ErrPreconditionFailed) {
+		t.Fatalf("checkContentPublication after abandonment = %v, want a precondition refusal", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFailedFlockReleaseFencesInode(t *testing.T) {
+	originalSleep := metadataFlushSleep
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		metadataFlushSleep = originalSleep
+	})
+	metadataFlushSleep = func(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration) {}
+
+	const name = "flock-release.log"
+	wfs, _ := newCreateTestWFS(t)
+	wfs.posixLocks = NewPosixLockTable()
+	fake := &rejectingCreateFiler{rejections: 1 << 20, refuse: func(req *filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest) (*filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse, error) {
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.PermissionDenied, "denied")
+	}}
+	startFakeFiler(t, wfs, fake)
+
+	out := &fuse.CreateOut{}
+	if code := wfs.Create(make(chan struct{}), &fuse.CreateIn{
+		InHeader: fuse.InHeader{NodeId: 1},
+		Flags:    syscall.O_WRONLY | syscall.O_CREAT,
+		Mode:     0o644,
+	}, name, out); code != fuse.OK {
+		t.Fatalf("Create status = %v, want OK", code)
+	}
+	fh := wfs.GetHandle(FileHandleId(out.Fh))
+	if fh == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Create did not register an open file handle")
+	}
+	wfs.option.WritebackCache = true
+	fenced := new(atomic.Bool)
+	fh.writebackContentError = fenced
+	fh.dirtyMetadata = true
+
+	wfs.Release(make(chan struct{}), &fuse.ReleaseIn{
+		InHeader:     fuse.InHeader{NodeId: out.NodeId},
+		Fh:           out.Fh,
+		ReleaseFlags: fuse.FUSE_RELEASE_FLOCK_UNLOCK,
+	})
+	if fake.calls.Load() == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("synchronous release did not attempt the flush")
+	}
+	if !fenced.Load() {
+		t.Fatal("release dropped uncommitted writeback content without fencing the inode")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsFilerUnreachable(t *testing.T) {
 	path := "/unavailable/transport.log"
 	cases := []struct {
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_file_mkrm.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_file_mkrm.go
index f55c0473ff..58268ddce2 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_file_mkrm.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_file_mkrm.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) Create(cancel <-chan struct{}, in *fuse.CreateIn, name string, o
 	var openFh FileHandleId
 	var existed, draining bool
 	for {
-		fileHandle, openFh, existed, draining = wfs.fhMap.AcquireFileHandle(wfs, inode, newEntry, 0, 0)
+		fileHandle, openFh, existed, draining = wfs.fhMap.AcquireFileHandle(wfs, inode, newEntry, 0, 0, in.Flags&syscall.O_APPEND != 0)
 		if !draining {
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_file_sync.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_file_sync.go
index a69016a102..8fbd26ef3a 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_file_sync.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_file_sync.go
@@ -222,14 +222,16 @@ func (wfs *WFS) doFlush(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, uid, gid uint32, al
 		commit = &commitBudget{left: metadataTimeout}
 	}
 
+	publication := &contentPublication{failure: fh.writebackContentError}
 	if err := retryMetadataFlushIf(ctx, func() error {
-		return wfs.flushMetadataToFiler(ctx, fh, dir, name, uid, gid, commit)
+		return wfs.flushMetadataToFiler(ctx, fh, dir, name, uid, gid, commit, publication)
 	}, func(err error) bool {
 		return !commit.spent() && isRetryableFilerError(err)
 	}, func(nextAttempt, totalAttempts int, backoff time.Duration, err error) {
 		glog.Warningf("%v fh %d flush: retrying metadata flush (attempt %d/%d) after %v: %v",
 			fileFullPath, fh.fh, nextAttempt, totalAttempts, backoff, err)
 	}); err != nil {
+		publication.retire(err)
 		glog.Errorf("%v fh %d flush: %v", fileFullPath, fh.fh, err)
 		return grpcErrorToFuseStatus(err)
 	}
@@ -250,7 +252,11 @@ func (wfs *WFS) doFlush(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, uid, gid uint32, al
 //
 // commit bounds the filer calls made here, over all attempts of one flush; nil
 // leaves them to the per-call filer timeouts.
-func (wfs *WFS) flushMetadataToFiler(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, dir, name string, uid, gid uint32, commit *commitBudget) error {
+func (wfs *WFS) flushMetadataToFiler(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, dir, name string, uid, gid uint32, commit *commitBudget, publications ...*contentPublication) error {
+	publication := &contentPublication{}
+	if len(publications) > 0 {
+		publication = publications[0]
+	}
 	fileFullPath, dir, name := wfs.flushTarget(fh, dir, name)
 	var unlock func()
 	var fhActiveLock *util.ActiveLock
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) flushMetadataToFiler(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, dir, n
 	// The chunk merge and the manifest above read and upload chunks, which can
 	// take longer than the whole commit budget. It is charged only from here.
 	commitCtx, end := commit.begin(ctx)
-	resp, merged, err := wfs.createContentEntry(commitCtx, fh, request, baseSnapshot, false)
+	resp, merged, err := wfs.createContentEntry(commitCtx, fh, request, baseSnapshot, false, publication)
 	end()
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("fh flush create %s: %v", fileFullPath, err)
@@ -384,6 +390,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) flushMetadataToFiler(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, dir, n
 	}
 
 	if err == nil {
+		fh.pendingAppend = false
 		fh.dirtyMetadata = false
 	}
 
@@ -413,7 +420,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) flushTarget(fh *FileHandle, dir, name string) (util.FullPath, st
 // replayed onto it and published against it, so a peer's acknowledged chunks
 // survive. merged is that entry in local ids; nil when the request went as is.
 // With writes still buffered, the merge must keep room for them.
-func (wfs *WFS) createContentEntry(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, request *filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest, local *filer_pb.Entry, buffered bool) (resp *filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse, merged *filer_pb.Entry, err error) {
+func (wfs *WFS) createContentEntry(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, request *filer_pb.CreateEntryRequest, local *filer_pb.Entry, buffered bool, publication *contentPublication) (resp *filer_pb.CreateEntryResponse, merged *filer_pb.Entry, err error) {
 	base := fh.baseEntry.Load()
 	guard := &filer_pb.WriteCondition_Clause{Kind: filer_pb.WriteCondition_IF_NOT_EXISTS}
 	if base != nil {
@@ -423,10 +430,16 @@ func (wfs *WFS) createContentEntry(ctx context.Context, fh *FileHandle, request
 	}
 	sent := request.Entry
 	for attempt := 0; ; attempt++ {
+		if guardErr := wfs.checkContentPublication(fh, guard.ExpectedEntry); guardErr != nil {
+			return nil, nil, guardErr
+		}
 		request.Condition = &filer_pb.WriteCondition{Clauses: []*filer_pb.WriteCondition_Clause{guard}}
 		err = wfs.withFilerClient(ctx, false, wfs.filerRPCWait(), func(ctx context.Context, client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {
 			var callErr error
 			resp, callErr = filer_pb.CreateEntryWithResponse(ctx, client, request)
+			if errors.Is(callErr, filer_pb.ErrPreconditionFailed) {
+				publication.refused = true
+			}
 			return callErr
 		})
 		if err == nil && request.Entry != sent {
@@ -583,6 +596,10 @@ func mergeContentEntry(stored, base, local, sent *filer_pb.Entry, truncatedTo in
 		size = int64(localSize)
 	}
 	merged.Attributes.FileSize = uint64(size)
+	// A peer truncate must not turn local pending data into a successful hole.
+	if filer.FileSize(stored) < filer.FileSize(base) && contentGapAfter(merged, filer.FileSize(stored)) {
+		return nil, false
+	}
 	return merged, true
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_file_write.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_file_write.go
index 9c10a0df64..38866dc803 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_file_write.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_file_write.go
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
+// isAppendWrite honors current F_SETFL flags; adapters without flags use the open.
+func (wfs *WFS) isAppendWrite(in *fuse.WriteIn) bool {
+	if in.Flags != 0 {
+		return in.Flags&syscall.O_APPEND != 0
+	}
+	return wfs.fhMap.isAppendHandle(FileHandleId(in.Fh))
+}
+
 /**
  * Write data
  *
@@ -60,6 +68,13 @@ func (wfs *WFS) Write(cancel <-chan struct{}, in *fuse.WriteIn, data []byte) (wr
 		return 0, fuse.OK
 	}
 
+	// Only an append past all locally owned bytes needs the stored EOF guard.
+	if in.Offset > entry.Attributes.FileSize && wfs.isAppendWrite(in) {
+		if !fh.pendingAppend || in.Offset < fh.pendingAppendOffset {
+			fh.pendingAppendOffset = in.Offset
+		}
+		fh.pendingAppend = true
+	}
 	entry.Content = nil
 	offset := int64(in.Offset)
 	oldFileSize := int64(entry.Attributes.FileSize)
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_filehandle.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_filehandle.go
index 1809f53b88..16af2b9e40 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_filehandle.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_filehandle.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) AcquireHandle(ctx context.Context, inode uint64, flags, uid, gid
 		}
 		// need to AcquireFileHandle again to ensure correct handle counter
 		var existed, draining bool
-		fileHandle, openFh, existed, draining = wfs.fhMap.AcquireFileHandle(wfs, inode, entry, entryVersionTsNs.tsNs, entryVersionTsNs.signature)
+		fileHandle, openFh, existed, draining = wfs.fhMap.AcquireFileHandle(wfs, inode, entry, entryVersionTsNs.tsNs, entryVersionTsNs.signature, flags&syscall.O_APPEND != 0)
 		if draining {
 			// A RELEASE slipped between waitForPendingAsyncFlush and this
 			// attach: the handle's last open closed and its deferred flush
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ func (wfs *WFS) ReleaseHandle(handleId FileHandleId) {
 	wfs.pendingAsyncFlushMu.Unlock()
 
 	if fhToRelease != nil {
+		if fhToRelease.dirtyMetadata && !fhToRelease.isDeleted {
+			(&contentPublication{failure: fhToRelease.writebackContentError}).abandon()
+		}
 		fhToRelease.ReleaseHandle()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_forget.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_forget.go
index ab9d1ac594..a8d10643dc 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_forget.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_forget.go
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ func (wfs *WFS) Forget(nodeid, nlookup uint64) {
 	wfs.inodeToPath.Forget(nodeid, nlookup,
 		// Runs at the release, under the table's lock, so a lookup that
 		// rebuilds the same inode number afterwards keeps the times it sets.
-		wfs.forgetInMemoryTimes,
+		func(inode uint64) {
+			wfs.forgetInMemoryTimes(inode)
+			wfs.writebackContentErrors.Delete(inode)
+		},
 		func(dir util.FullPath) {
 			// Runs after Forget releases its lock; a concurrent lookup+rebuild can
 			// re-cache the directory in that window, so purge through the apply loop
diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_metadata_flush.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_metadata_flush.go
index e9ebc38e3b..56ba8a36c9 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_metadata_flush.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_metadata_flush.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) flushFileMetadata(fh *FileHandle) error {
 	baseSnapshot := proto.Clone(requestEntry).(*filer_pb.Entry)
 	wfs.mapPbIdFromLocalToFiler(request.Entry)
 
-	resp, merged, err := wfs.createContentEntry(context.Background(), fh, request, baseSnapshot, true)
+	resp, merged, err := wfs.createContentEntry(context.Background(), fh, request, baseSnapshot, true, &contentPublication{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}