S3 snapmirror does not protect object versions ( buckets with versioning enabled ) .

[twilit tusk]

I am doing tests for bucket protection from a Source FAS8200 and target C250 buckets with versioning enabled.

What i observed is that object versions are not propagated only current last iteration of object is protected ( even if both source and target buckets are with versioning enabled) . Is this an limitation ? I could not find a clear reference of this behavior ... .My expectation was to have the same bucket with the same nr of objects ( including versions ) on the target ... unfortunatelly this is not the case .

aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket demo --endpoint-url https://10.3.6.8 --no-verify-ssl --query "Versions[].{Key:Key,VersionId:VersionId}" --output text > versions.txt
aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket demo-dest2 --endpoint-url https://10.3.12.8 --no-verify-ssl --query "Versions[].{Key:Key,VersionId:VersionId}" --output text > versions2.txt

The difference is clear ; s3 snapmirror does not protect obj versions.