S3 Object locking and eventual consistency?

Hi Thomas,

S3 Object Lock is different from object locking in the context of consistency.

The former is an S3 feature that allows you to store objects using a write-once-read-many (WORM) model. S3 Object Lock prevent an object from being deleted or overwritten for a fixed amount of time or indefinitely. See documentation <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/object-lock.html">here</a>. This is different from object locking in the context of consistency i.e. if two PUT requests are simultaneously made to the same key, the request with the latest time stamp wins. Amazon S3 does not currently support Object Locking. See documentation <a href ="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/Introduction.html">here</a>.

Just like delete requests, Object Lock requests are also eventually consistent. As a result, an object lock request submitted at about the same time as a delete request, may not block that delete from occurring.

I hope this answers your question.

Edited by: ruhi-aws on Aug 14, 2019 10:50 AM

Edited by: ruhi-aws on Aug 14, 2019 10:51 AM

Thanks for the answer.
Best regards
Thomas