feat(pageserver): support multiple key ranges for image initial flush path

Signed-off-by: Alex Chi Z <chi@neon.tech>
2026-02-11 22:50:37 +00:00 · 2024-05-23 11:51:14 -04:00
168 changed files with 2679 additions and 7242 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:

  actionlint:
    needs: [ check-permissions ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: reviewdog/action-actionlint@v1
@@ -36,15 +36,3 @@ jobs:
          fail_on_error: true
          filter_mode: nofilter
          level: error
-      - run: |
-          PAT='^\s*runs-on:.*-latest'
-          if grep -ERq $PAT .github/workflows
-          then
-            grep -ERl $PAT .github/workflows |\
-            while read -r f
-            do
-              l=$(grep -nE $PAT .github/workflows/release.yml | awk -F: '{print $1}' | head -1)
-              echo "::error file=$f,line=$l::Please, do not use ubuntu-latest images to run on, use LTS instead."
-            done
-            exit 1
-          fi
--- a/.github/workflows/approved-for-ci-run.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/approved-for-ci-run.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
      contains(fromJSON('["opened", "synchronize", "reopened", "closed"]'), github.event.action) &&
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'approved-for-ci-run')

-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - run: gh pr --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" edit "${PR_NUMBER}" --remove-label "approved-for-ci-run"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
      github.event.action == 'labeled' &&
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'approved-for-ci-run')

-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - run: gh pr --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" edit "${PR_NUMBER}" --remove-label "approved-for-ci-run"
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
      github.event.action == 'closed' &&
      github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository

-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Close PR and delete `ci-run/pr-${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}` branch
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ on:
        description: 'AWS-RDS and AWS-AURORA normally only run on Saturday. Set this to true to run them on every workflow_dispatch'
        required: false
        default: false
-      run_only_pgvector_tests:
-        type: boolean
-        description: 'Run pgvector tests but no other tests. If not set, all tests including pgvector tests will be run'
-        required: false
-        default: false

 defaults:
  run:
@@ -55,7 +50,6 @@ concurrency:

 jobs:
  bench:
-    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null }}
    env:
      TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "300"
      TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: "10,100"
@@ -126,7 +120,6 @@ jobs:
        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}

  generate-matrices:
-    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null }}
    # Create matrices for the benchmarking jobs, so we run benchmarks on rds only once a week (on Saturday)
    #
    # Available platforms:
@@ -137,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
    # - rds-postgres: RDS Postgres db.m5.large instance (2 vCPU, 8 GiB) with gp3 EBS storage
    env:
      RUN_AWS_RDS_AND_AURORA: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_AWS_RDS_AND_AURORA || 'false' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      pgbench-compare-matrix: ${{ steps.pgbench-compare-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
      olap-compare-matrix: ${{ steps.olap-compare-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
@@ -204,7 +197,6 @@ jobs:
        echo "matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq --compact-output '.')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

  pgbench-compare:
-    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null }}
    needs: [ generate-matrices ]

    strategy:
@@ -351,92 +343,6 @@ jobs:
      env:
        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}

-  pgbench-pgvector:
-    env:
-      TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "15m"
-      TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: "1"
-      POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR: /tmp/neon/pg_install
-      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 16
-      TEST_OUTPUT: /tmp/test_output
-      BUILD_TYPE: remote
-      SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
-      PLATFORM: "neon-captest-pgvector"
-
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
-    container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
-      options: --init
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Download Neon artifact
-      uses: ./.github/actions/download
-      with:
-        name: neon-${{ runner.os }}-release-artifact
-        path: /tmp/neon/
-        prefix: latest
-
-    - name: Add Postgres binaries to PATH
-      run: |
-        ${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin/pgbench --version
-        echo "${POSTGRES_DISTRIB_DIR}/v${DEFAULT_PG_VERSION}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-    - name: Set up Connection String
-      id: set-up-connstr
-      run: |
-        CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_PGVECTOR_CONNSTR }}
-        
-        echo "connstr=${CONNSTR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-        QUERIES=("SELECT version()")
-        QUERIES+=("SHOW neon.tenant_id")
-        QUERIES+=("SHOW neon.timeline_id")
-        
-        for q in "${QUERIES[@]}"; do
-          psql ${CONNSTR} -c "${q}"
-        done
-
-    - name: Benchmark pgvector hnsw indexing
-      uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
-      with:
-        build_type: ${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}
-        test_selection: performance/test_perf_olap.py
-        run_in_parallel: false
-        save_perf_report: ${{ env.SAVE_PERF_REPORT }}
-        extra_params: -m remote_cluster --timeout 21600 -k test_pgvector_indexing
-      env:
-        VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
-        PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: "${{ secrets.PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR }}"
-        BENCHMARK_CONNSTR: ${{ steps.set-up-connstr.outputs.connstr }}
-
-    - name: Benchmark pgvector hnsw queries
-      uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
-      with:
-        build_type: ${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}
-        test_selection: performance
-        run_in_parallel: false
-        save_perf_report: ${{ env.SAVE_PERF_REPORT }}
-        extra_params: -m remote_cluster --timeout 21600 -k test_pgbench_remote_pgvector
-      env:
-        BENCHMARK_CONNSTR: ${{ steps.set-up-connstr.outputs.connstr }}
-        VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
-        PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: "${{ secrets.PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR }}"
-    
-    - name: Create Allure report
-      if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-      uses: ./.github/actions/allure-report-generate
-
-    - name: Post to a Slack channel
-      if: ${{ github.event.schedule && failure() }}
-      uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1
-      with:
-        channel-id: "C033QLM5P7D" # dev-staging-stream
-        slack-message: "Periodic perf testing neon-captest-pgvector: ${{ job.status }}\n${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
-      env:
-        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
-
-
  clickbench-compare:
    # ClichBench DB for rds-aurora and rds-Postgres deployed to the same clusters
    # we use for performance testing in pgbench-compare.
@@ -445,7 +351,7 @@ jobs:
    #
    # *_CLICKBENCH_CONNSTR: Genuine ClickBench DB with ~100M rows
    # *_CLICKBENCH_10M_CONNSTR: DB with the first 10M rows of ClickBench DB
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null) }}
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
    needs: [ generate-matrices, pgbench-compare ]

    strategy:
@@ -549,7 +455,7 @@ jobs:
    # We might change it after https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/2900.
    #
    # *_TPCH_S10_CONNSTR: DB generated with scale factor 10 (~10 GB)
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null) }}
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
    needs: [ generate-matrices, clickbench-compare ]

    strategy:
@@ -651,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
        SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}

  user-examples-compare:
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() && (github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null) }}
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
    needs: [ generate-matrices, tpch-compare ]

    strategy:
--- a/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:

  merge-images:
    needs: [ build-image ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    env:
      IMAGE_TAG: ${{ inputs.image-tag }}
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
  cancel-previous-e2e-tests:
    needs: [ check-permissions ]
    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Cancel previous e2e-tests runs for this PR
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ jobs:
  report-benchmarks-failures:
    needs: [ benchmarks, create-test-report ]
    if: github.ref_name == 'main' && failure() && needs.benchmarks.result == 'failure'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ jobs:

  neon-image:
    needs: [ neon-image-arch, tag ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ jobs:

  compute-node-image:
    needs: [ compute-node-image-arch, tag ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    strategy:
      matrix:
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ jobs:

  promote-images:
    needs: [ check-permissions, tag, test-images, vm-compute-node-image ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    env:
      VERSIONS: v14 v15 v16
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ jobs:

  trigger-custom-extensions-build-and-wait:
    needs: [ check-permissions, tag ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Set PR's status to pending and request a remote CI test
        run: |
--- a/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ permissions: {}

 jobs:
  check-image:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      tag: ${{ steps.get-build-tools-tag.outputs.image-tag }}
      found: ${{ steps.check-image.outputs.found }}
--- a/.github/workflows/check-permissions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-permissions.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ permissions: {}

 jobs:
  check-permissions:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Disallow CI runs on PRs from forks
      if: |
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches-by-a-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches-by-a-branch.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  cleanup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Cleanup
        run: |
--- a/.github/workflows/pg_clients.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg_clients.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
  test-postgres-client-libs:
    # TODO: switch to gen2 runner, requires docker
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: [ ubuntu-latest ]

    env:
      DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 14
--- a/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ permissions: {}

 jobs:
  tag-image:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    env:
      FROM_TAG: ${{ inputs.from-tag }}
--- a/.github/workflows/release-notify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-notify.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ on:

 jobs:
  notify:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: [ ubuntu-latest ]

    steps:
      - uses: neondatabase/dev-actions/release-pr-notify@main
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ defaults:
 jobs:
  create-storage-release-branch:
    if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * MON' || format('{0}', inputs.create-storage-release-branch) == 'true' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    permissions:
      contents: write # for `git push`
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
      run: |
        cat << EOF > body.md
-          ## Storage & Compute release ${RELEASE_DATE}
+          ## Release ${RELEASE_DATE}

          **Please merge this Pull Request using 'Create a merge commit' button**
        EOF
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:

  create-proxy-release-branch:
    if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * THU' || format('{0}', inputs.create-proxy-release-branch) == 'true' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    permissions:
      contents: write # for `git push`
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
  cancel-previous-e2e-tests:
    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Cancel previous e2e-tests runs for this PR
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
              --field concurrency_group="${{ env.E2E_CONCURRENCY_GROUP }}"

  tag:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: [ ubuntu-latest ]
    outputs:
      build-tag: ${{ steps.build-tag.outputs.tag }}

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:

  trigger-e2e-tests:
    needs: [ tag ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      TAG: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tag }}
    steps:
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "pin-project",
 "serde",
 "time",
+ "tz-rs",
 "url",
 "uuid",
 ]
@@ -1290,6 +1291,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "tiny-keccak",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "const_fn"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbdcdcb6d86f71c5e97409ad45898af11cbc995b4ee8112d59095a28d376c935"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const_format"
 version = "0.2.30"
@@ -1969,6 +1976,21 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"

+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -2598,6 +2620,19 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokio-io-timeout",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "hyper 0.14.26",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -2915,12 +2950,6 @@ version = "0.4.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "01cda141df6706de531b6c46c3a33ecca755538219bd484262fa09410c13539c"

-[[package]]
-name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0b5399f6804fbab912acbd8878ed3532d506b7c951b8f9f164ef90fef39e3f4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.10"
@@ -3139,6 +3168,24 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5ce46fe64a9d73be07dcbe690a38ce1b293be448fd8ce1e6c1b8062c9f72c6a"

+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.25.1"
@@ -3309,6 +3356,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "libc",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "num_threads"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2819ce041d2ee131036f4fc9d6ae7ae125a3a40e97ba64d04fe799ad9dabbb44"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "oauth2"
 version = "4.4.2"
@@ -3358,12 +3414,50 @@ version = "11.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"

+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.60"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "79a4c6c3a2b158f7f8f2a2fc5a969fa3a068df6fc9dbb4a43845436e3af7c800"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.52",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"

+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.96"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3812c071ba60da8b5677cc12bcb1d42989a65553772897a7e0355545a819838f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
 version = "0.20.0"
@@ -3570,7 +3664,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
 "svg_fmt",
- "thiserror",
 "tokio",
 "tokio-util",
 "toml_edit",
@@ -4012,6 +4105,17 @@ dependencies = [
 "tokio-postgres",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "postgres-native-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git?branch=neon#20031d7a9ee1addeae6e0968e3899ae6bf01cee2"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tokio-postgres",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "postgres-protocol"
 version = "0.6.4"
@@ -4120,7 +4224,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
 "byteorder",
 "bytes",
- "itertools",
 "pin-project-lite",
 "postgres-protocol",
 "rand 0.8.5",
@@ -4310,7 +4413,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "http 1.1.0",
 "http-body-util",
 "humantime",
- "humantime-serde",
 "hyper 0.14.26",
 "hyper 1.2.0",
 "hyper-util",
@@ -4321,6 +4423,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "md5",
 "measured",
 "metrics",
+ "native-tls",
 "once_cell",
 "opentelemetry",
 "parking_lot 0.12.1",
@@ -4328,6 +4431,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "parquet_derive",
 "pbkdf2",
 "pin-project-lite",
+ "postgres-native-tls",
 "postgres-protocol",
 "postgres_backend",
 "pq_proto",
@@ -4346,7 +4450,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "rstest",
 "rustc-hash",
 "rustls 0.22.4",
- "rustls-native-certs 0.7.0",
 "rustls-pemfile 2.1.1",
 "scopeguard",
 "serde",
@@ -4376,6 +4479,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "utils",
 "uuid",
 "walkdir",
+ "webpki-roots 0.25.2",
 "workspace_hack",
 "x509-parser",
 ]
@@ -4682,21 +4786,20 @@ dependencies = [
 "http 0.2.9",
 "http-body 0.4.5",
 "hyper 0.14.26",
- "hyper-rustls 0.24.0",
+ "hyper-tls",
 "ipnet",
 "js-sys",
 "log",
 "mime",
+ "native-tls",
 "once_cell",
 "percent-encoding",
 "pin-project-lite",
- "rustls 0.21.11",
- "rustls-pemfile 1.0.2",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
 "serde_urlencoded",
 "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.24.0",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
 "tokio-util",
 "tower-service",
 "url",
@@ -4704,7 +4807,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "wasm-bindgen-futures",
 "wasm-streams 0.3.0",
 "web-sys",
- "webpki-roots 0.25.2",
 "winreg 0.50.0",
 ]

@@ -5129,24 +5231,21 @@ dependencies = [
 "futures-util",
 "hex",
 "histogram",
- "humantime",
 "itertools",
- "once_cell",
+ "native-tls",
 "pageserver",
 "pageserver_api",
+ "postgres-native-tls",
 "postgres_ffi",
 "rand 0.8.5",
 "remote_storage",
 "reqwest 0.12.4",
- "rustls 0.22.4",
- "rustls-native-certs 0.7.0",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
 "serde_with",
 "thiserror",
 "tokio",
 "tokio-postgres",
- "tokio-postgres-rustls",
 "tokio-rustls 0.25.0",
 "tokio-stream",
 "tokio-util",
@@ -5820,7 +5919,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
 "clap",
 "comfy-table",
- "humantime",
 "hyper 0.14.26",
 "pageserver_api",
 "pageserver_client",
@@ -6091,6 +6189,8 @@ checksum = "8f3403384eaacbca9923fa06940178ac13e4edb725486d70e8e15881d0c836cc"
 dependencies = [
 "itoa",
 "js-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "num_threads",
 "serde",
 "time-core",
 "time-macros",
@@ -6166,7 +6266,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-epoll-uring"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/neondatabase/tokio-epoll-uring.git?branch=main#08ccfa94ff5507727bf4d8d006666b5b192e04c6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/neondatabase/tokio-epoll-uring.git?branch=main#342ddd197a060a8354e8f11f4d12994419fff939"
 dependencies = [
 "futures",
 "nix 0.26.4",
@@ -6200,6 +6300,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "syn 2.0.52",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-postgres"
 version = "0.7.7"
@@ -6606,6 +6716,15 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"

+[[package]]
+name = "tz-rs"
+version = "0.6.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33851b15c848fad2cf4b105c6bb66eb9512b6f6c44a4b13f57c53c73c707e2b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_fn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uname"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -6678,12 +6797,11 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "uring-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/neondatabase/tokio-epoll-uring.git?branch=main#08ccfa94ff5507727bf4d8d006666b5b192e04c6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/neondatabase/tokio-epoll-uring.git?branch=main#342ddd197a060a8354e8f11f4d12994419fff939"
 dependencies = [
 "bytes",
 "io-uring",
 "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys 0.6.4",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -7511,9 +7629,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
+checksum = "2a0956f1ba7c7909bfb66c2e9e4124ab6f6482560f6628b5aaeba39207c9aad9"
 dependencies = [
 "zeroize_derive",
 ]
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ anyhow = { version = "1.0", features = ["backtrace"] }
 arc-swap = "1.6"
 async-compression = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["tokio", "gzip", "zstd"] }
 atomic-take = "1.1.0"
-azure_core = { version = "0.19", default-features = false, features = ["enable_reqwest_rustls", "hmac_rust"] }
-azure_identity = { version = "0.19", default-features = false, features = ["enable_reqwest_rustls"] }
-azure_storage = { version = "0.19", default-features = false, features = ["enable_reqwest_rustls"] }
-azure_storage_blobs = { version = "0.19", default-features = false, features = ["enable_reqwest_rustls"] }
+azure_core = "0.19"
+azure_identity = "0.19"
+azure_storage = "0.19"
+azure_storage_blobs = "0.19"
 flate2 = "1.0.26"
 async-stream = "0.3"
 async-trait = "0.1"
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ md5 = "0.7.0"
 measured = { version = "0.0.21", features=["lasso"] }
 measured-process = { version = "0.0.21" }
 memoffset = "0.8"
+native-tls = "0.2"
 nix = { version = "0.27", features = ["fs", "process", "socket", "signal", "poll"] }
 notify = "6.0.0"
 num_cpus = "1.15"
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ url = "2.2"
 urlencoding = "2.1"
 uuid = { version = "1.6.1", features = ["v4", "v7", "serde"] }
 walkdir = "2.3.2"
-rustls-native-certs = "0.7"
+webpki-roots = "0.25"
 x509-parser = "0.15"

 ## TODO replace this with tracing
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ log = "0.4"

 ## Libraries from neondatabase/ git forks, ideally with changes to be upstreamed
 postgres = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git", branch="neon" }
+postgres-native-tls = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git", branch="neon" }
 postgres-protocol = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git", branch="neon" }
 postgres-types = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git", branch="neon" }
 tokio-postgres = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git", branch="neon" }
@@ -239,7 +241,8 @@ tonic-build = "0.9"

 [patch.crates-io]

-# Needed to get `tokio-postgres-rustls` to depend on our fork.
+# This is only needed for proxy's tests.
+# TODO: we should probably fork `tokio-postgres-rustls` instead.
 tokio-postgres = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git", branch="neon" }

 # bug fixes for UUID
--- a/Dockerfile.compute-node
+++ b/Dockerfile.compute-node
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ RUN apt update && \
 # SFCGAL > 1.3 requires CGAL > 5.2, Bullseye's libcgal-dev is 5.2
 RUN wget https://gitlab.com/Oslandia/SFCGAL/-/archive/v1.3.10/SFCGAL-v1.3.10.tar.gz -O SFCGAL.tar.gz && \
    echo "4e39b3b2adada6254a7bdba6d297bb28e1a9835a9f879b74f37e2dab70203232 SFCGAL.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir sfcgal-src && cd sfcgal-src && tar xzf ../SFCGAL.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir sfcgal-src && cd sfcgal-src && tar xvzf ../SFCGAL.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release . && make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    DESTDIR=/sfcgal make install -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make clean && cp -R /sfcgal/* /
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin:$PATH"

 RUN wget https://download.osgeo.org/postgis/source/postgis-3.3.3.tar.gz -O postgis.tar.gz && \
    echo "74eb356e3f85f14233791013360881b6748f78081cc688ff9d6f0f673a762d13 postgis.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir postgis-src && cd postgis-src && tar xzf ../postgis.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir postgis-src && cd postgis-src && tar xvzf ../postgis.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    find /usr/local/pgsql -type f | sed 's|^/usr/local/pgsql/||' > /before.txt &&\
    ./autogen.sh && \
    ./configure --with-sfcgal=/usr/local/bin/sfcgal-config && \
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ RUN wget https://download.osgeo.org/postgis/source/postgis-3.3.3.tar.gz -O postg

 RUN wget https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/archive/v3.4.2.tar.gz -O pgrouting.tar.gz && \
    echo "cac297c07d34460887c4f3b522b35c470138760fe358e351ad1db4edb6ee306e pgrouting.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pgrouting-src && cd pgrouting-src && tar xzf ../pgrouting.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pgrouting-src && cd pgrouting-src && tar xvzf ../pgrouting.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    mkdir build && cd build && \
    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ RUN apt update && \

 RUN wget https://github.com/plv8/plv8/archive/refs/tags/v3.1.10.tar.gz -O plv8.tar.gz && \
    echo "7096c3290928561f0d4901b7a52794295dc47f6303102fae3f8e42dd575ad97d plv8.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir plv8-src && cd plv8-src && tar xzf ../plv8.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir plv8-src && cd plv8-src && tar xvzf ../plv8.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    # generate and copy upgrade scripts
    mkdir -p upgrade && ./generate_upgrade.sh 3.1.10 && \
    cp upgrade/* /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/ && \
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ RUN case "$(uname -m)" in \

 RUN wget https://github.com/uber/h3/archive/refs/tags/v4.1.0.tar.gz -O h3.tar.gz && \
    echo "ec99f1f5974846bde64f4513cf8d2ea1b8d172d2218ab41803bf6a63532272bc h3.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir h3-src && cd h3-src && tar xzf ../h3.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir h3-src && cd h3-src && tar xvzf ../h3.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    mkdir build && cd build && \
    cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ RUN wget https://github.com/uber/h3/archive/refs/tags/v4.1.0.tar.gz -O h3.tar.gz

 RUN wget https://github.com/zachasme/h3-pg/archive/refs/tags/v4.1.3.tar.gz -O h3-pg.tar.gz && \
    echo "5c17f09a820859ffe949f847bebf1be98511fb8f1bd86f94932512c00479e324 h3-pg.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir h3-pg-src && cd h3-pg-src && tar xzf ../h3-pg.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir h3-pg-src && cd h3-pg-src && tar xvzf ../h3-pg.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    export PATH="/usr/local/pgsql/bin:$PATH" && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/df7cb/postgresql-unit/archive/refs/tags/7.7.tar.gz -O postgresql-unit.tar.gz && \
    echo "411d05beeb97e5a4abf17572bfcfbb5a68d98d1018918feff995f6ee3bb03e79 postgresql-unit.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir postgresql-unit-src && cd postgresql-unit-src && tar xzf ../postgresql-unit.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir postgresql-unit-src && cd postgresql-unit-src && tar xvzf ../postgresql-unit.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    # unit extension's "create extension" script relies on absolute install path to fill some reference tables.
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 COPY patches/pgvector.patch /pgvector.patch

-# By default, pgvector Makefile uses `-march=native`. We don't want that,
+# By default, pgvector Makefile uses `-march=native`. We don't want that, 
 # because we build the images on different machines than where we run them.
 # Pass OPTFLAGS="" to remove it.
 RUN wget https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector/archive/refs/tags/v0.7.0.tar.gz -O pgvector.tar.gz && \
    echo "1b5503a35c265408b6eb282621c5e1e75f7801afc04eecb950796cfee2e3d1d8 pgvector.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pgvector-src && cd pgvector-src && tar xzf ../pgvector.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pgvector-src && cd pgvector-src && tar xvzf ../pgvector.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    patch -p1 < /pgvector.patch && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) OPTFLAGS="" PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) OPTFLAGS="" install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 # 9742dab1b2f297ad3811120db7b21451bca2d3c9 made on 13/11/2021
 RUN wget https://github.com/michelp/pgjwt/archive/9742dab1b2f297ad3811120db7b21451bca2d3c9.tar.gz -O pgjwt.tar.gz && \
    echo "cfdefb15007286f67d3d45510f04a6a7a495004be5b3aecb12cda667e774203f pgjwt.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pgjwt-src && cd pgjwt-src && tar xzf ../pgjwt.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pgjwt-src && cd pgjwt-src && tar xvzf ../pgjwt.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pgjwt.control

@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/HypoPG/hypopg/archive/refs/tags/1.4.0.tar.gz -O hypopg.tar.gz && \
    echo "0821011743083226fc9b813c1f2ef5897a91901b57b6bea85a78e466187c6819 hypopg.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir hypopg-src && cd hypopg-src && tar xzf ../hypopg.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir hypopg-src && cd hypopg-src && tar xvzf ../hypopg.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/hypopg.control
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/iCyberon/pg_hashids/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.1.tar.gz -O pg_hashids.tar.gz && \
    echo "74576b992d9277c92196dd8d816baa2cc2d8046fe102f3dcd7f3c3febed6822a pg_hashids.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_hashids-src && cd pg_hashids-src && tar xzf ../pg_hashids.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_hashids-src && cd pg_hashids-src && tar xvzf ../pg_hashids.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config USE_PGXS=1 && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config USE_PGXS=1 && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_hashids.control
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/postgrespro/rum/archive/refs/tags/1.3.13.tar.gz -O rum.tar.gz && \
    echo "6ab370532c965568df6210bd844ac6ba649f53055e48243525b0b7e5c4d69a7d rum.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir rum-src && cd rum-src && tar xzf ../rum.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir rum-src && cd rum-src && tar xvzf ../rum.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config USE_PGXS=1 && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config USE_PGXS=1 && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/rum.control
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/theory/pgtap/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.0.tar.gz -O pgtap.tar.gz && \
    echo "9c7c3de67ea41638e14f06da5da57bac6f5bd03fea05c165a0ec862205a5c052 pgtap.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pgtap-src && cd pgtap-src && tar xzf ../pgtap.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pgtap-src && cd pgtap-src && tar xvzf ../pgtap.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pgtap.control
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/RhodiumToad/ip4r/archive/refs/tags/2.4.2.tar.gz -O ip4r.tar.gz && \
    echo "0f7b1f159974f49a47842a8ab6751aecca1ed1142b6d5e38d81b064b2ead1b4b ip4r.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir ip4r-src && cd ip4r-src && tar xzf ../ip4r.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir ip4r-src && cd ip4r-src && tar xvzf ../ip4r.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/ip4r.control
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/dimitri/prefix/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.10.tar.gz -O prefix.tar.gz && \
    echo "4342f251432a5f6fb05b8597139d3ccde8dcf87e8ca1498e7ee931ca057a8575 prefix.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir prefix-src && cd prefix-src && tar xzf ../prefix.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir prefix-src && cd prefix-src && tar xvzf ../prefix.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/prefix.control
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/citusdata/postgresql-hll/archive/refs/tags/v2.18.tar.gz -O hll.tar.gz && \
    echo "e2f55a6f4c4ab95ee4f1b4a2b73280258c5136b161fe9d059559556079694f0e hll.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir hll-src && cd hll-src && tar xzf ../hll.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir hll-src && cd hll-src && tar xvzf ../hll.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/hll.control
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/

 RUN wget https://github.com/okbob/plpgsql_check/archive/refs/tags/v2.5.3.tar.gz -O plpgsql_check.tar.gz && \
    echo "6631ec3e7fb3769eaaf56e3dfedb829aa761abf163d13dba354b4c218508e1c0 plpgsql_check.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir plpgsql_check-src && cd plpgsql_check-src && tar xzf ../plpgsql_check.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir plpgsql_check-src && cd plpgsql_check-src && tar xvzf ../plpgsql_check.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config USE_PGXS=1 && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config USE_PGXS=1 && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/plpgsql_check.control
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ RUN case "${PG_VERSION}" in \
    apt-get install -y cmake && \
    wget https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/archive/refs/tags/${TIMESCALEDB_VERSION}.tar.gz -O timescaledb.tar.gz && \
    echo "${TIMESCALEDB_CHECKSUM} timescaledb.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir timescaledb-src && cd timescaledb-src && tar xzf ../timescaledb.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir timescaledb-src && cd timescaledb-src && tar xvzf ../timescaledb.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    ./bootstrap -DSEND_TELEMETRY_DEFAULT:BOOL=OFF -DUSE_TELEMETRY:BOOL=OFF -DAPACHE_ONLY:BOOL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && \
    cd build && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ RUN case "${PG_VERSION}" in \
    esac && \
    wget https://github.com/ossc-db/pg_hint_plan/archive/refs/tags/REL${PG_HINT_PLAN_VERSION}.tar.gz -O pg_hint_plan.tar.gz && \
    echo "${PG_HINT_PLAN_CHECKSUM} pg_hint_plan.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_hint_plan-src && cd pg_hint_plan-src && tar xzf ../pg_hint_plan.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_hint_plan-src && cd pg_hint_plan-src && tar xvzf ../pg_hint_plan.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make install -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    echo "trusted = true" >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_hint_plan.control
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y git libgtk2.0-dev libpq-dev libpam-dev libxslt-dev libkrb5-dev cmake && \
    wget https://github.com/ketteq-neon/postgres-exts/archive/e0bd1a9d9313d7120c1b9c7bb15c48c0dede4c4e.tar.gz -O kq_imcx.tar.gz && \
    echo "dc93a97ff32d152d32737ba7e196d9687041cda15e58ab31344c2f2de8855336 kq_imcx.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir kq_imcx-src && cd kq_imcx-src && tar xzf ../kq_imcx.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir kq_imcx-src && cd kq_imcx-src && tar xvzf ../kq_imcx.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    find /usr/local/pgsql -type f | sed 's|^/usr/local/pgsql/||' > /before.txt &&\
    mkdir build && cd build && \
    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && \
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
 RUN wget https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.0.tar.gz -O pg_cron.tar.gz && \
    echo "383a627867d730222c272bfd25cd5e151c578d73f696d32910c7db8c665cc7db pg_cron.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_cron-src && cd pg_cron-src && tar xzf ../pg_cron.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_cron-src && cd pg_cron-src && tar xvzf ../pg_cron.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_cron.control
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:/usr/local/pgsql/:$PATH"
 RUN wget https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit/archive/refs/tags/Release_2023_03_3.tar.gz -O rdkit.tar.gz && \
    echo "bdbf9a2e6988526bfeb8c56ce3cdfe2998d60ac289078e2215374288185e8c8d rdkit.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir rdkit-src && cd rdkit-src && tar xzf ../rdkit.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir rdkit-src && cd rdkit-src && tar xvzf ../rdkit.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    cmake \
        -D RDK_BUILD_CAIRO_SUPPORT=OFF \
        -D RDK_BUILD_INCHI_SUPPORT=ON \
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
 RUN wget https://github.com/fboulnois/pg_uuidv7/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.1.tar.gz -O pg_uuidv7.tar.gz && \
    echo "0d0759ab01b7fb23851ecffb0bce27822e1868a4a5819bfd276101c716637a7a pg_uuidv7.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_uuidv7-src && cd pg_uuidv7-src && tar xzf ../pg_uuidv7.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_uuidv7-src && cd pg_uuidv7-src && tar xvzf ../pg_uuidv7.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_uuidv7.control
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
 RUN wget https://github.com/ChenHuajun/pg_roaringbitmap/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.4.tar.gz -O pg_roaringbitmap.tar.gz && \
    echo "b75201efcb1c2d1b014ec4ae6a22769cc7a224e6e406a587f5784a37b6b5a2aa pg_roaringbitmap.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_roaringbitmap-src && cd pg_roaringbitmap-src && tar xzf ../pg_roaringbitmap.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_roaringbitmap-src && cd pg_roaringbitmap-src && tar xvzf ../pg_roaringbitmap.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/roaringbitmap.control
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
 RUN wget https://github.com/theory/pg-semver/archive/refs/tags/v0.32.1.tar.gz -O pg_semver.tar.gz && \
    echo "fbdaf7512026d62eec03fad8687c15ed509b6ba395bff140acd63d2e4fbe25d7 pg_semver.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_semver-src && cd pg_semver-src && tar xzf ../pg_semver.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_semver-src && cd pg_semver-src && tar xvzf ../pg_semver.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/semver.control
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ RUN case "${PG_VERSION}" in \
    esac && \
    wget https://github.com/neondatabase/pg_embedding/archive/refs/tags/${PG_EMBEDDING_VERSION}.tar.gz -O pg_embedding.tar.gz && \
    echo "${PG_EMBEDDING_CHECKSUM} pg_embedding.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_embedding-src && cd pg_embedding-src && tar xzf ../pg_embedding.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_embedding-src && cd pg_embedding-src && tar xvzf ../pg_embedding.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install

@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
 RUN wget  https://github.com/neondatabase/postgresql_anonymizer/archive/refs/tags/neon_1.1.1.tar.gz -O pg_anon.tar.gz && \
    echo "321ea8d5c1648880aafde850a2c576e4a9e7b9933a34ce272efc839328999fa9  pg_anon.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_anon-src && cd pg_anon-src && tar xzf ../pg_anon.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_anon-src && cd pg_anon-src && tar xvzf ../pg_anon.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    find /usr/local/pgsql -type f | sed 's|^/usr/local/pgsql/||' > /before.txt &&\
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install PG_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/anon.control && \
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ ARG PG_VERSION

 RUN wget https://github.com/supabase/pg_jsonschema/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.tar.gz -O pg_jsonschema.tar.gz && \
    echo "9118fc508a6e231e7a39acaa6f066fcd79af17a5db757b47d2eefbe14f7794f0 pg_jsonschema.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_jsonschema-src && cd pg_jsonschema-src && tar xzf ../pg_jsonschema.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_jsonschema-src && cd pg_jsonschema-src && tar xvzf ../pg_jsonschema.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    sed -i 's/pgrx = "0.10.2"/pgrx = { version = "0.10.2", features = [ "unsafe-postgres" ] }/g' Cargo.toml && \
    cargo pgrx install --release && \
    echo "trusted = true" >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_jsonschema.control
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ ARG PG_VERSION

 RUN wget https://github.com/supabase/pg_graphql/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.0.tar.gz -O pg_graphql.tar.gz && \
    echo "bd8dc7230282b3efa9ae5baf053a54151ed0e66881c7c53750e2d0c765776edc pg_graphql.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_graphql-src && cd pg_graphql-src && tar xzf ../pg_graphql.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_graphql-src && cd pg_graphql-src && tar xvzf ../pg_graphql.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    sed -i 's/pgrx = "=0.10.2"/pgrx = { version = "0.10.2", features = [ "unsafe-postgres" ] }/g' Cargo.toml && \
    cargo pgrx install --release && \
    # it's needed to enable extension because it uses untrusted C language
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ ARG PG_VERSION
 # 26806147b17b60763039c6a6878884c41a262318 made on 26/09/2023
 RUN wget https://github.com/kelvich/pg_tiktoken/archive/26806147b17b60763039c6a6878884c41a262318.tar.gz -O pg_tiktoken.tar.gz && \
    echo "e64e55aaa38c259512d3e27c572da22c4637418cf124caba904cd50944e5004e pg_tiktoken.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_tiktoken-src && cd pg_tiktoken-src && tar xzf ../pg_tiktoken.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_tiktoken-src && cd pg_tiktoken-src && tar xvzf ../pg_tiktoken.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    cargo pgrx install --release && \
    echo "trusted = true" >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_tiktoken.control

@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ ARG PG_VERSION

 RUN wget https://github.com/pksunkara/pgx_ulid/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.3.tar.gz -O pgx_ulid.tar.gz && \
    echo "ee5db82945d2d9f2d15597a80cf32de9dca67b897f605beb830561705f12683c pgx_ulid.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pgx_ulid-src && cd pgx_ulid-src && tar xzf ../pgx_ulid.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pgx_ulid-src && cd pgx_ulid-src && tar xvzf ../pgx_ulid.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    echo "******************* Apply a patch for Postgres 16 support; delete in the next release ******************" && \
    wget https://github.com/pksunkara/pgx_ulid/commit/f84954cf63fc8c80d964ac970d9eceed3c791196.patch && \
    patch -p1 < f84954cf63fc8c80d964ac970d9eceed3c791196.patch && \
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
 RUN wget https://github.com/eulerto/wal2json/archive/refs/tags/wal2json_2_5.tar.gz && \
    echo "b516653575541cf221b99cf3f8be9b6821f6dbcfc125675c85f35090f824f00e wal2json_2_5.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir wal2json-src && cd wal2json-src && tar xzf ../wal2json_2_5.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir wal2json-src && cd wal2json-src && tar xvzf ../wal2json_2_5.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install

@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
 RUN wget https://github.com/sraoss/pg_ivm/archive/refs/tags/v1.7.tar.gz -O pg_ivm.tar.gz && \
    echo "ebfde04f99203c7be4b0e873f91104090e2e83e5429c32ac242d00f334224d5e pg_ivm.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_ivm-src && cd pg_ivm-src && tar xzf ../pg_ivm.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_ivm-src && cd pg_ivm-src && tar xvzf ../pg_ivm.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_ivm.control
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
 RUN wget https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman/archive/refs/tags/v5.0.1.tar.gz -O pg_partman.tar.gz && \
    echo "75b541733a9659a6c90dbd40fccb904a630a32880a6e3044d0c4c5f4c8a65525 pg_partman.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    mkdir pg_partman-src && cd pg_partman-src && tar xzf ../pg_partman.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    mkdir pg_partman-src && cd pg_partman-src && tar xvzf ../pg_partman.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_partman.control
--- a/control_plane/storcon_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/control_plane/storcon_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 comfy-table.workspace = true
-humantime.workspace = true
 hyper.workspace = true
 pageserver_api.workspace = true
 pageserver_client.workspace = true
--- a/control_plane/storcon_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/control_plane/storcon_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ use pageserver_api::{
        TenantDescribeResponse, TenantPolicyRequest,
    },
    models::{
-        EvictionPolicy, EvictionPolicyLayerAccessThreshold, LocationConfigSecondary,
-        ShardParameters, TenantConfig, TenantConfigRequest, TenantCreateRequest,
-        TenantShardSplitRequest, TenantShardSplitResponse,
+        LocationConfigSecondary, ShardParameters, TenantConfig, TenantConfigRequest,
+        TenantCreateRequest, TenantShardSplitRequest, TenantShardSplitResponse,
    },
    shard::{ShardStripeSize, TenantShardId},
 };
@@ -126,28 +125,6 @@ enum Command {
        #[arg(long)]
        tenant_id: TenantId,
    },
-    /// Uncleanly drop a tenant from the storage controller: this doesn't delete anything from pageservers. Appropriate
-    /// if you e.g. used `tenant-warmup` by mistake on a tenant ID that doesn't really exist, or is in some other region.
-    TenantDrop {
-        #[arg(long)]
-        tenant_id: TenantId,
-        #[arg(long)]
-        unclean: bool,
-    },
-    NodeDrop {
-        #[arg(long)]
-        node_id: NodeId,
-        #[arg(long)]
-        unclean: bool,
-    },
-    TenantSetTimeBasedEviction {
-        #[arg(long)]
-        tenant_id: TenantId,
-        #[arg(long)]
-        period: humantime::Duration,
-        #[arg(long)]
-        threshold: humantime::Duration,
-    },
 }

 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -697,46 +674,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                }
            }
        }
-        Command::TenantDrop { tenant_id, unclean } => {
-            if !unclean {
-                anyhow::bail!("This command is not a tenant deletion, and uncleanly drops all controller state for the tenant.  If you know what you're doing, add `--unclean` to proceed.")
-            }
-            storcon_client
-                .dispatch::<(), ()>(
-                    Method::POST,
-                    format!("debug/v1/tenant/{tenant_id}/drop"),
-                    None,
-                )
-                .await?;
-        }
-        Command::NodeDrop { node_id, unclean } => {
-            if !unclean {
-                anyhow::bail!("This command is not a clean node decommission, and uncleanly drops all controller state for the node, without checking if any tenants still refer to it.  If you know what you're doing, add `--unclean` to proceed.")
-            }
-            storcon_client
-                .dispatch::<(), ()>(Method::POST, format!("debug/v1/node/{node_id}/drop"), None)
-                .await?;
-        }
-        Command::TenantSetTimeBasedEviction {
-            tenant_id,
-            period,
-            threshold,
-        } => {
-            vps_client
-                .tenant_config(&TenantConfigRequest {
-                    tenant_id,
-                    config: TenantConfig {
-                        eviction_policy: Some(EvictionPolicy::LayerAccessThreshold(
-                            EvictionPolicyLayerAccessThreshold {
-                                period: period.into(),
-                                threshold: threshold.into(),
-                            },
-                        )),
-                        ..Default::default()
-                    },
-                })
-                .await?;
-        }
    }

    Ok(())
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -99,13 +99,6 @@ name = "async-executor"
 [[bans.deny]]
 name = "smol"

-[[bans.deny]]
-# We want to use rustls instead of the platform's native tls implementation.
-name = "native-tls"
-
-[[bans.deny]]
-name = "openssl"
-
 # This section is considered when running `cargo deny check sources`.
 # More documentation about the 'sources' section can be found here:
 # https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny/checks/sources/cfg.html
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/src/key.rs
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/src/key.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, BE};
+use bytes::BufMut;
 use postgres_ffi::relfile_utils::{FSM_FORKNUM, VISIBILITYMAP_FORKNUM};
-use postgres_ffi::RepOriginId;
 use postgres_ffi::{Oid, TransactionId};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{fmt, ops::Range};
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ pub const RELATION_SIZE_PREFIX: u8 = 0x61;
 /// The key prefix of AUX file keys.
 pub const AUX_KEY_PREFIX: u8 = 0x62;

-/// The key prefix of ReplOrigin keys.
-pub const REPL_ORIGIN_KEY_PREFIX: u8 = 0x63;
-
 /// Check if the key falls in the range of metadata keys.
 pub const fn is_metadata_key_slice(key: &[u8]) -> bool {
    key[0] >= METADATA_KEY_BEGIN_PREFIX && key[0] < METADATA_KEY_END_PREFIX
@@ -56,8 +53,14 @@ impl Key {
    /// Encode a metadata key to a storage key.
    pub fn from_metadata_key_fixed_size(key: &[u8; METADATA_KEY_SIZE]) -> Self {
        assert!(is_metadata_key_slice(key), "key not in metadata key range");
-        // Metadata key space ends at 0x7F so it's fine to directly convert it to i128.
-        Self::from_i128(i128::from_be_bytes(*key))
+        Key {
+            field1: key[0],
+            field2: u16::from_be_bytes(key[1..3].try_into().unwrap()) as u32,
+            field3: u32::from_be_bytes(key[3..7].try_into().unwrap()),
+            field4: u32::from_be_bytes(key[7..11].try_into().unwrap()),
+            field5: key[11],
+            field6: u32::from_be_bytes(key[12..16].try_into().unwrap()),
+        }
    }

    /// Encode a metadata key to a storage key.
@@ -65,6 +68,17 @@ impl Key {
        Self::from_metadata_key_fixed_size(key.try_into().expect("expect 16 byte metadata key"))
    }

+    /// Extract a metadata key to a writer. The result should always be 16 bytes.
+    pub fn extract_metadata_key_to_writer(&self, mut writer: impl BufMut) {
+        writer.put_u8(self.field1);
+        assert!(self.field2 <= 0xFFFF);
+        writer.put_u16(self.field2 as u16);
+        writer.put_u32(self.field3);
+        writer.put_u32(self.field4);
+        writer.put_u8(self.field5);
+        writer.put_u32(self.field6);
+    }
+
    /// Get the range of metadata keys.
    pub const fn metadata_key_range() -> Range<Self> {
        Key {
@@ -107,7 +121,7 @@ impl Key {
    /// As long as Neon does not support tablespace (because of lack of access to local file system),
    /// we can assume that only some predefined namespace OIDs are used which can fit in u16
    pub fn to_i128(&self) -> i128 {
-        assert!(self.field2 <= 0xFFFF || self.field2 == 0xFFFFFFFF || self.field2 == 0x22222222);
+        assert!(self.field2 < 0xFFFF || self.field2 == 0xFFFFFFFF || self.field2 == 0x22222222);
        (((self.field1 & 0x7F) as i128) << 120)
            | (((self.field2 & 0xFFFF) as i128) << 104)
            | ((self.field3 as i128) << 72)
@@ -161,7 +175,7 @@ impl Key {
    }

    /// Convert a 18B slice to a key. This function should not be used for metadata keys because field2 is handled differently.
-    /// Use [`Key::from_i128`] instead if you want to handle 16B keys (i.e., metadata keys).
+    /// Use [`Key::from_metadata_key`] instead.
    pub fn from_slice(b: &[u8]) -> Self {
        Key {
            field1: b[0],
@@ -174,7 +188,7 @@ impl Key {
    }

    /// Convert a key to a 18B slice. This function should not be used for metadata keys because field2 is handled differently.
-    /// Use [`Key::to_i128`] instead if you want to get a 16B key (i.e., metadata keys).
+    /// Use [`Key::extract_metadata_key_to_writer`] instead.
    pub fn write_to_byte_slice(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) {
        buf[0] = self.field1;
        BE::write_u32(&mut buf[1..5], self.field2);
@@ -385,14 +399,7 @@ pub fn rel_size_to_key(rel: RelTag) -> Key {
        field3: rel.dbnode,
        field4: rel.relnode,
        field5: rel.forknum,
-        field6: 0xffff_ffff,
-    }
-}
-
-impl Key {
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn is_rel_size_key(&self) -> bool {
-        self.field1 == 0 && self.field6 == u32::MAX
+        field6: 0xffffffff,
    }
 }

@@ -433,25 +440,6 @@ pub fn slru_dir_to_key(kind: SlruKind) -> Key {
    }
 }

-#[inline(always)]
-pub fn slru_dir_kind(key: &Key) -> Option<Result<SlruKind, u32>> {
-    if key.field1 == 0x01
-        && key.field3 == 0
-        && key.field4 == 0
-        && key.field5 == 0
-        && key.field6 == 0
-    {
-        match key.field2 {
-            0 => Some(Ok(SlruKind::Clog)),
-            1 => Some(Ok(SlruKind::MultiXactMembers)),
-            2 => Some(Ok(SlruKind::MultiXactOffsets)),
-            x => Some(Err(x)),
-        }
-    } else {
-        None
-    }
-}
-
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn slru_block_to_key(kind: SlruKind, segno: u32, blknum: BlockNumber) -> Key {
    Key {
@@ -480,17 +468,7 @@ pub fn slru_segment_size_to_key(kind: SlruKind, segno: u32) -> Key {
        field3: 1,
        field4: segno,
        field5: 0,
-        field6: 0xffff_ffff,
-    }
-}
-
-impl Key {
-    pub fn is_slru_segment_size_key(&self) -> bool {
-        self.field1 == 0x01
-            && self.field2 < 0x03
-            && self.field3 == 0x01
-            && self.field5 == 0
-            && self.field6 == u32::MAX
+        field6: 0xffffffff,
    }
 }

@@ -591,37 +569,6 @@ pub const AUX_FILES_KEY: Key = Key {
    field6: 2,
 };

-#[inline(always)]
-pub fn repl_origin_key(origin_id: RepOriginId) -> Key {
-    Key {
-        field1: REPL_ORIGIN_KEY_PREFIX,
-        field2: 0,
-        field3: 0,
-        field4: 0,
-        field5: 0,
-        field6: origin_id as u32,
-    }
-}
-
-/// Get the range of replorigin keys.
-pub fn repl_origin_key_range() -> Range<Key> {
-    Key {
-        field1: REPL_ORIGIN_KEY_PREFIX,
-        field2: 0,
-        field3: 0,
-        field4: 0,
-        field5: 0,
-        field6: 0,
-    }..Key {
-        field1: REPL_ORIGIN_KEY_PREFIX,
-        field2: 0,
-        field3: 0,
-        field4: 0,
-        field5: 0,
-        field6: 0x10000,
-    }
-}
-
 // Reverse mappings for a few Keys.
 // These are needed by WAL redo manager.

@@ -630,78 +577,73 @@ pub const NON_INHERITED_RANGE: Range<Key> = AUX_FILES_KEY..AUX_FILES_KEY.next();
 /// Sparse keyspace range for vectored get. Missing key error will be ignored for this range.
 pub const NON_INHERITED_SPARSE_RANGE: Range<Key> = Key::metadata_key_range();

-impl Key {
-    // AUX_FILES currently stores only data for logical replication (slots etc), and
-    // we don't preserve these on a branch because safekeepers can't follow timeline
-    // switch (and generally it likely should be optional), so ignore these.
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn is_inherited_key(self) -> bool {
-        !NON_INHERITED_RANGE.contains(&self) && !NON_INHERITED_SPARSE_RANGE.contains(&self)
-    }
+// AUX_FILES currently stores only data for logical replication (slots etc), and
+// we don't preserve these on a branch because safekeepers can't follow timeline
+// switch (and generally it likely should be optional), so ignore these.
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn is_inherited_key(key: Key) -> bool {
+    !NON_INHERITED_RANGE.contains(&key) && !NON_INHERITED_SPARSE_RANGE.contains(&key)
+}

-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn is_rel_fsm_block_key(self) -> bool {
-        self.field1 == 0x00
-            && self.field4 != 0
-            && self.field5 == FSM_FORKNUM
-            && self.field6 != 0xffffffff
-    }
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn is_rel_fsm_block_key(key: Key) -> bool {
+    key.field1 == 0x00 && key.field4 != 0 && key.field5 == FSM_FORKNUM && key.field6 != 0xffffffff
+}

-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn is_rel_vm_block_key(self) -> bool {
-        self.field1 == 0x00
-            && self.field4 != 0
-            && self.field5 == VISIBILITYMAP_FORKNUM
-            && self.field6 != 0xffffffff
-    }
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn is_rel_vm_block_key(key: Key) -> bool {
+    key.field1 == 0x00
+        && key.field4 != 0
+        && key.field5 == VISIBILITYMAP_FORKNUM
+        && key.field6 != 0xffffffff
+}

-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn to_slru_block(self) -> anyhow::Result<(SlruKind, u32, BlockNumber)> {
-        Ok(match self.field1 {
-            0x01 => {
-                let kind = match self.field2 {
-                    0x00 => SlruKind::Clog,
-                    0x01 => SlruKind::MultiXactMembers,
-                    0x02 => SlruKind::MultiXactOffsets,
-                    _ => anyhow::bail!("unrecognized slru kind 0x{:02x}", self.field2),
-                };
-                let segno = self.field4;
-                let blknum = self.field6;
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn key_to_slru_block(key: Key) -> anyhow::Result<(SlruKind, u32, BlockNumber)> {
+    Ok(match key.field1 {
+        0x01 => {
+            let kind = match key.field2 {
+                0x00 => SlruKind::Clog,
+                0x01 => SlruKind::MultiXactMembers,
+                0x02 => SlruKind::MultiXactOffsets,
+                _ => anyhow::bail!("unrecognized slru kind 0x{:02x}", key.field2),
+            };
+            let segno = key.field4;
+            let blknum = key.field6;

-                (kind, segno, blknum)
-            }
-            _ => anyhow::bail!("unexpected value kind 0x{:02x}", self.field1),
-        })
-    }
+            (kind, segno, blknum)
+        }
+        _ => anyhow::bail!("unexpected value kind 0x{:02x}", key.field1),
+    })
+}

-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn is_slru_block_key(self) -> bool {
-        self.field1 == 0x01                // SLRU-related
-        && self.field3 == 0x00000001   // but not SlruDir
-        && self.field6 != 0xffffffff // and not SlruSegSize
-    }
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn is_slru_block_key(key: Key) -> bool {
+    key.field1 == 0x01                // SLRU-related
+        && key.field3 == 0x00000001   // but not SlruDir
+        && key.field6 != 0xffffffff // and not SlruSegSize
+}

-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn is_rel_block_key(&self) -> bool {
-        self.field1 == 0x00 && self.field4 != 0 && self.field6 != 0xffffffff
-    }
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn is_rel_block_key(key: &Key) -> bool {
+    key.field1 == 0x00 && key.field4 != 0 && key.field6 != 0xffffffff
+}

-    /// Guaranteed to return `Ok()` if [`Self::is_rel_block_key`] returns `true` for `key`.
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn to_rel_block(self) -> anyhow::Result<(RelTag, BlockNumber)> {
-        Ok(match self.field1 {
-            0x00 => (
-                RelTag {
-                    spcnode: self.field2,
-                    dbnode: self.field3,
-                    relnode: self.field4,
-                    forknum: self.field5,
-                },
-                self.field6,
-            ),
-            _ => anyhow::bail!("unexpected value kind 0x{:02x}", self.field1),
-        })
-    }
+/// Guaranteed to return `Ok()` if [[is_rel_block_key]] returns `true` for `key`.
+#[inline(always)]
+pub fn key_to_rel_block(key: Key) -> anyhow::Result<(RelTag, BlockNumber)> {
+    Ok(match key.field1 {
+        0x00 => (
+            RelTag {
+                spcnode: key.field2,
+                dbnode: key.field3,
+                relnode: key.field4,
+                forknum: key.field5,
+            },
+            key.field6,
+        ),
+        _ => anyhow::bail!("unexpected value kind 0x{:02x}", key.field1),
+    })
 }

 impl std::str::FromStr for Key {
@@ -745,15 +687,10 @@ mod tests {
        let mut metadata_key = vec![AUX_KEY_PREFIX];
        metadata_key.extend_from_slice(&[0xFF; 15]);
        let encoded_key = Key::from_metadata_key(&metadata_key);
-        let output_key = encoded_key.to_i128().to_be_bytes();
+        let mut output_key = Vec::new();
+        encoded_key.extract_metadata_key_to_writer(&mut output_key);
        assert_eq!(metadata_key, output_key);
        assert!(encoded_key.is_metadata_key());
        assert!(is_metadata_key_slice(&metadata_key));
    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_possible_largest_key() {
-        Key::from_i128(0x7FFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF);
-        // TODO: put this key into the system and see if anything breaks.
-    }
 }
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/src/reltag.rs
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/src/reltag.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::fmt;

 use postgres_ffi::pg_constants::GLOBALTABLESPACE_OID;
-use postgres_ffi::relfile_utils::{forkname_to_number, forknumber_to_name, MAIN_FORKNUM};
+use postgres_ffi::relfile_utils::forknumber_to_name;
 use postgres_ffi::Oid;

 ///
@@ -68,57 +68,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for RelTag {
    }
 }

-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-pub enum ParseRelTagError {
-    #[error("invalid forknum")]
-    InvalidForknum(#[source] std::num::ParseIntError),
-    #[error("missing triplet member {}", .0)]
-    MissingTripletMember(usize),
-    #[error("invalid triplet member {}", .0)]
-    InvalidTripletMember(usize, #[source] std::num::ParseIntError),
-}
-
-impl std::str::FromStr for RelTag {
-    type Err = ParseRelTagError;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        use ParseRelTagError::*;
-
-        // FIXME: in postgres logs this separator is dot
-        // Example:
-        //     could not read block 2 in rel 1663/208101/2620.1 from page server at lsn 0/2431E6F0
-        // with a regex we could get this more painlessly
-        let (triplet, forknum) = match s.split_once('_').or_else(|| s.split_once('.')) {
-            Some((t, f)) => {
-                let forknum = forkname_to_number(Some(f));
-                let forknum = if let Ok(f) = forknum {
-                    f
-                } else {
-                    f.parse::<u8>().map_err(InvalidForknum)?
-                };
-
-                (t, Some(forknum))
-            }
-            None => (s, None),
-        };
-
-        let mut split = triplet
-            .splitn(3, '/')
-            .enumerate()
-            .map(|(i, s)| s.parse::<u32>().map_err(|e| InvalidTripletMember(i, e)));
-        let spcnode = split.next().ok_or(MissingTripletMember(0))??;
-        let dbnode = split.next().ok_or(MissingTripletMember(1))??;
-        let relnode = split.next().ok_or(MissingTripletMember(2))??;
-
-        Ok(RelTag {
-            spcnode,
-            forknum: forknum.unwrap_or(MAIN_FORKNUM),
-            dbnode,
-            relnode,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 impl RelTag {
    pub fn to_segfile_name(&self, segno: u32) -> String {
        let mut name = if self.spcnode == GLOBALTABLESPACE_OID {
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/src/shard.rs
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/src/shard.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use std::{ops::RangeInclusive, str::FromStr};

-use crate::{key::Key, models::ShardParameters};
+use crate::{
+    key::{is_rel_block_key, Key},
+    models::ShardParameters,
+};
 use hex::FromHex;
 use postgres_ffi::relfile_utils::INIT_FORKNUM;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -425,12 +428,6 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for TenantShardId {
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct ShardStripeSize(pub u32);

-impl Default for ShardStripeSize {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        DEFAULT_STRIPE_SIZE
-    }
-}
-
 /// Layout version: for future upgrades where we might change how the key->shard mapping works
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct ShardLayout(u8);
@@ -669,7 +666,7 @@ fn key_is_shard0(key: &Key) -> bool {
    // because they must be included in basebackups.
    let is_initfork = key.field5 == INIT_FORKNUM;

-    !key.is_rel_block_key() || is_initfork
+    !is_rel_block_key(key) || is_initfork
 }

 /// Provide the same result as the function in postgres `hashfn.h` with the same name
@@ -716,25 +713,6 @@ fn key_to_shard_number(count: ShardCount, stripe_size: ShardStripeSize, key: &Ke
    ShardNumber((hash % count.0 as u32) as u8)
 }

-/// For debugging, while not exposing the internals.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[allow(unused)] // used by debug formatting by pagectl
-struct KeyShardingInfo {
-    shard0: bool,
-    shard_number: ShardNumber,
-}
-
-pub fn describe(
-    key: &Key,
-    shard_count: ShardCount,
-    stripe_size: ShardStripeSize,
-) -> impl std::fmt::Debug {
-    KeyShardingInfo {
-        shard0: key_is_shard0(key),
-        shard_number: key_to_shard_number(shard_count, stripe_size, key),
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use utils::Hex;
--- a/libs/postgres_ffi/build.rs
+++ b/libs/postgres_ffi/build.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
            .allowlist_type("PageHeaderData")
            .allowlist_type("DBState")
            .allowlist_type("RelMapFile")
-            .allowlist_type("RepOriginId")
            // Because structs are used for serialization, tell bindgen to emit
            // explicit padding fields.
            .explicit_padding(true)
--- a/libs/postgres_ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/postgres_ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ pub mod pg_constants;
 pub mod relfile_utils;

 // Export some widely used datatypes that are unlikely to change across Postgres versions
-pub use v14::bindings::RepOriginId;
 pub use v14::bindings::{uint32, uint64, Oid};
 pub use v14::bindings::{BlockNumber, OffsetNumber};
 pub use v14::bindings::{MultiXactId, TransactionId};
--- a/libs/postgres_ffi/src/pg_constants.rs
+++ b/libs/postgres_ffi/src/pg_constants.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_SUBXACTS: u32 = 1u32 << 1;
 pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_RELFILENODES: u32 = 1u32 << 2;
 pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_INVALS: u32 = 1u32 << 3;
 pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_TWOPHASE: u32 = 1u32 << 4;
-pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_ORIGIN: u32 = 1u32 << 5;
+// pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_ORIGIN: u32 = 1u32 << 5;
 // pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_AE_LOCKS: u32 = 1u32 << 6;
 // pub const XACT_XINFO_HAS_GID: u32 = 1u32 << 7;

@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ pub const RM_RELMAP_ID: u8 = 7;
 pub const RM_STANDBY_ID: u8 = 8;
 pub const RM_HEAP2_ID: u8 = 9;
 pub const RM_HEAP_ID: u8 = 10;
-pub const RM_REPLORIGIN_ID: u8 = 19;
 pub const RM_LOGICALMSG_ID: u8 = 21;

 // from neon_rmgr.h
@@ -224,10 +223,6 @@ pub const XLOG_CHECKPOINT_ONLINE: u8 = 0x10;
 pub const XLP_FIRST_IS_CONTRECORD: u16 = 0x0001;
 pub const XLP_LONG_HEADER: u16 = 0x0002;

-/* From xlog.h */
-pub const XLOG_REPLORIGIN_SET: u8 = 0x00;
-pub const XLOG_REPLORIGIN_DROP: u8 = 0x10;
-
 /* From replication/slot.h */
 pub const REPL_SLOT_ON_DISK_OFFSETOF_RESTART_LSN: usize = 4*4  /* offset of `slotdata` in ReplicationSlotOnDisk  */
   + 64 /* NameData */  + 4*4;
@@ -242,9 +237,6 @@ pub const SLOTS_PER_FSM_PAGE: u32 = FSM_LEAF_NODES_PER_PAGE as u32;
 pub const VM_HEAPBLOCKS_PER_PAGE: u32 =
    (BLCKSZ as usize - SIZEOF_PAGE_HEADER_DATA) as u32 * (8 / 2); // MAPSIZE * (BITS_PER_BYTE / BITS_PER_HEAPBLOCK)

-/* From origin.c */
-pub const REPLICATION_STATE_MAGIC: u32 = 0x1257DADE;
-
 // List of subdirectories inside pgdata.
 // Copied from src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
 pub const PGDATA_SUBDIRS: [&str; 22] = [
--- a/libs/pq_proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libs/pq_proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 bytes.workspace = true
 byteorder.workspace = true
-itertools.workspace = true
 pin-project-lite.workspace = true
 postgres-protocol.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
--- a/libs/pq_proto/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/pq_proto/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ pub mod framed;

 use byteorder::{BigEndian, ReadBytesExt};
 use bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut};
-use itertools::Itertools;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::{borrow::Cow, fmt, io, str};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::HashMap, fmt, io, str};

 // re-export for use in utils pageserver_feedback.rs
 pub use postgres_protocol::PG_EPOCH;
@@ -51,37 +50,15 @@ pub enum FeStartupPacket {
    },
 }

-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
-pub struct StartupMessageParamsBuilder {
-    params: BytesMut,
-}
-
-impl StartupMessageParamsBuilder {
-    /// Set parameter's value by its name.
-    /// name and value must not contain a \0 byte
-    pub fn insert(&mut self, name: &str, value: &str) {
-        self.params.put(name.as_bytes());
-        self.params.put(&b"\0"[..]);
-        self.params.put(value.as_bytes());
-        self.params.put(&b"\0"[..]);
-    }
-
-    pub fn freeze(self) -> StartupMessageParams {
-        StartupMessageParams {
-            params: self.params.freeze(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct StartupMessageParams {
-    params: Bytes,
+    params: HashMap<String, String>,
 }

 impl StartupMessageParams {
    /// Get parameter's value by its name.
    pub fn get(&self, name: &str) -> Option<&str> {
-        self.iter().find_map(|(k, v)| (k == name).then_some(v))
+        self.params.get(name).map(|s| s.as_str())
    }

    /// Split command-line options according to PostgreSQL's logic,
@@ -135,19 +112,15 @@ impl StartupMessageParams {

    /// Iterate through key-value pairs in an arbitrary order.
    pub fn iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&str, &str)> {
-        let params =
-            std::str::from_utf8(&self.params).expect("should be validated as utf8 already");
-        params.split_terminator('\0').tuples()
+        self.params.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.as_str(), v.as_str()))
    }

    // This function is mostly useful in tests.
    #[doc(hidden)]
    pub fn new<'a, const N: usize>(pairs: [(&'a str, &'a str); N]) -> Self {
-        let mut b = StartupMessageParamsBuilder::default();
-        for (k, v) in pairs {
-            b.insert(k, v)
+        Self {
+            params: pairs.map(|(k, v)| (k.to_owned(), v.to_owned())).into(),
        }
-        b.freeze()
    }
 }

@@ -372,21 +345,35 @@ impl FeStartupPacket {
            (major_version, minor_version) => {
                // StartupMessage

-                let s = str::from_utf8(&msg).map_err(|_e| {
-                    ProtocolError::BadMessage("StartupMessage params: invalid utf-8".to_owned())
-                })?;
-                let s = s.strip_suffix('\0').ok_or_else(|| {
-                    ProtocolError::Protocol(
-                        "StartupMessage params: missing null terminator".to_string(),
-                    )
-                })?;
+                // Parse pairs of null-terminated strings (key, value).
+                // See `postgres: ProcessStartupPacket, build_startup_packet`.
+                let mut tokens = str::from_utf8(&msg)
+                    .map_err(|_e| {
+                        ProtocolError::BadMessage("StartupMessage params: invalid utf-8".to_owned())
+                    })?
+                    .strip_suffix('\0') // drop packet's own null
+                    .ok_or_else(|| {
+                        ProtocolError::Protocol(
+                            "StartupMessage params: missing null terminator".to_string(),
+                        )
+                    })?
+                    .split_terminator('\0');
+
+                let mut params = HashMap::new();
+                while let Some(name) = tokens.next() {
+                    let value = tokens.next().ok_or_else(|| {
+                        ProtocolError::Protocol(
+                            "StartupMessage params: key without value".to_string(),
+                        )
+                    })?;
+
+                    params.insert(name.to_owned(), value.to_owned());
+                }

                FeStartupPacket::StartupMessage {
                    major_version,
                    minor_version,
-                    params: StartupMessageParams {
-                        params: msg.slice_ref(s.as_bytes()),
-                    },
+                    params: StartupMessageParams { params },
                }
            }
        };
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/azure_blob.rs
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ use futures::stream::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use http_types::{StatusCode, Url};
-use scopeguard::ScopeGuard;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::debug;

-use crate::metrics::{start_measuring_requests, AttemptOutcome, RequestKind};
+use crate::RemoteStorageActivity;
 use crate::{
-    error::Cancelled, AzureConfig, ConcurrencyLimiter, Download, DownloadError, Listing,
-    ListingMode, RemotePath, RemoteStorage, StorageMetadata, TimeTravelError, TimeoutOrCancel,
+    error::Cancelled, s3_bucket::RequestKind, AzureConfig, ConcurrencyLimiter, Download,
+    DownloadError, Listing, ListingMode, RemotePath, RemoteStorage, StorageMetadata,
+    TimeTravelError, TimeoutOrCancel,
 };

 pub struct AzureBlobStorage {
@@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ impl AzureBlobStorage {
        let mut last_modified = None;
        let mut metadata = HashMap::new();

-        let started_at = start_measuring_requests(kind);
-
        let download = async {
            let response = builder
                // convert to concrete Pageable
@@ -203,22 +201,13 @@ impl AzureBlobStorage {
            })
        };

-        let download = tokio::select! {
+        tokio::select! {
            bufs = download => bufs,
            cancel_or_timeout = cancel_or_timeout => match cancel_or_timeout {
-                TimeoutOrCancel::Timeout => return Err(DownloadError::Timeout),
-                TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel => return Err(DownloadError::Cancelled),
+                TimeoutOrCancel::Timeout => Err(DownloadError::Timeout),
+                TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel => Err(DownloadError::Cancelled),
            },
-        };
-        let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-        let outcome = match &download {
-            Ok(_) => AttemptOutcome::Ok,
-            Err(_) => AttemptOutcome::Err,
-        };
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
-            .req_seconds
-            .observe_elapsed(kind, outcome, started_at);
-        download
+        }
    }

    async fn permit(
@@ -352,10 +341,7 @@ impl RemoteStorage for AzureBlobStorage {
        metadata: Option<StorageMetadata>,
        cancel: &CancellationToken,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let kind = RequestKind::Put;
-        let _permit = self.permit(kind, cancel).await?;
-
-        let started_at = start_measuring_requests(kind);
+        let _permit = self.permit(RequestKind::Put, cancel).await?;

        let op = async {
            let blob_client = self.client.blob_client(self.relative_path_to_name(to));
@@ -379,25 +365,14 @@ impl RemoteStorage for AzureBlobStorage {
            match fut.await {
                Ok(Ok(_response)) => Ok(()),
                Ok(Err(azure)) => Err(azure.into()),
-                Err(_timeout) => Err(TimeoutOrCancel::Timeout.into()),
+                Err(_timeout) => Err(TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel.into()),
            }
        };

-        let res = tokio::select! {
+        tokio::select! {
            res = op => res,
-            _ = cancel.cancelled() => return Err(TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel.into()),
-        };
-
-        let outcome = match res {
-            Ok(_) => AttemptOutcome::Ok,
-            Err(_) => AttemptOutcome::Err,
-        };
-        let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
-            .req_seconds
-            .observe_elapsed(kind, outcome, started_at);
-
-        res
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => Err(TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel.into()),
+        }
    }

    async fn download(
@@ -443,13 +418,12 @@ impl RemoteStorage for AzureBlobStorage {
        paths: &'a [RemotePath],
        cancel: &CancellationToken,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let kind = RequestKind::Delete;
-        let _permit = self.permit(kind, cancel).await?;
-        let started_at = start_measuring_requests(kind);
+        let _permit = self.permit(RequestKind::Delete, cancel).await?;

        let op = async {
-            // TODO batch requests are not supported by the SDK
+            // TODO batch requests are also not supported by the SDK
            // https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust/issues/1068
+            // https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust/issues/1249
            for path in paths {
                let blob_client = self.client.blob_client(self.relative_path_to_name(path));

@@ -474,16 +448,10 @@ impl RemoteStorage for AzureBlobStorage {
            Ok(())
        };

-        let res = tokio::select! {
+        tokio::select! {
            res = op => res,
-            _ = cancel.cancelled() => return Err(TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel.into()),
-        };
-
-        let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
-            .req_seconds
-            .observe_elapsed(kind, &res, started_at);
-        res
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => Err(TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel.into()),
+        }
    }

    async fn copy(
@@ -492,9 +460,7 @@ impl RemoteStorage for AzureBlobStorage {
        to: &RemotePath,
        cancel: &CancellationToken,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let kind = RequestKind::Copy;
-        let _permit = self.permit(kind, cancel).await?;
-        let started_at = start_measuring_requests(kind);
+        let _permit = self.permit(RequestKind::Copy, cancel).await?;

        let timeout = tokio::time::sleep(self.timeout);

@@ -538,21 +504,15 @@ impl RemoteStorage for AzureBlobStorage {
            }
        };

-        let res = tokio::select! {
+        tokio::select! {
            res = op => res,
-            _ = cancel.cancelled() => return Err(anyhow::Error::new(TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel)),
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => Err(anyhow::Error::new(TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel)),
            _ = timeout => {
                let e = anyhow::Error::new(TimeoutOrCancel::Timeout);
                let e = e.context(format!("Timeout, last status: {copy_status:?}"));
                Err(e)
            },
-        };
-
-        let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
-            .req_seconds
-            .observe_elapsed(kind, &res, started_at);
-        res
+        }
    }

    async fn time_travel_recover(
@@ -566,6 +526,10 @@ impl RemoteStorage for AzureBlobStorage {
        // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/point-in-time-restore-overview
        Err(TimeTravelError::Unimplemented)
    }
+
+    fn activity(&self) -> RemoteStorageActivity {
+        self.concurrency_limiter.activity()
+    }
 }

 pin_project_lite::pin_project! {
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 mod azure_blob;
 mod error;
 mod local_fs;
-mod metrics;
 mod s3_bucket;
 mod simulate_failures;
 mod support;
@@ -122,8 +121,8 @@ impl RemotePath {
        self.0.file_name()
    }

-    pub fn join(&self, path: impl AsRef<Utf8Path>) -> Self {
-        Self(self.0.join(path))
+    pub fn join(&self, segment: &Utf8Path) -> Self {
+        Self(self.0.join(segment))
    }

    pub fn get_path(&self) -> &Utf8PathBuf {
@@ -264,6 +263,17 @@ pub trait RemoteStorage: Send + Sync + 'static {
        done_if_after: SystemTime,
        cancel: &CancellationToken,
    ) -> Result<(), TimeTravelError>;
+
+    /// Query how busy we currently are: may be used by callers which wish to politely
+    /// back off if there are already a lot of operations underway.
+    fn activity(&self) -> RemoteStorageActivity;
+}
+
+pub struct RemoteStorageActivity {
+    pub read_available: usize,
+    pub read_total: usize,
+    pub write_available: usize,
+    pub write_total: usize,
 }

 /// DownloadStream is sensitive to the timeout and cancellation used with the original
@@ -445,6 +455,15 @@ impl<Other: RemoteStorage> GenericRemoteStorage<Arc<Other>> {
            }
        }
    }
+
+    pub fn activity(&self) -> RemoteStorageActivity {
+        match self {
+            Self::LocalFs(s) => s.activity(),
+            Self::AwsS3(s) => s.activity(),
+            Self::AzureBlob(s) => s.activity(),
+            Self::Unreliable(s) => s.activity(),
+        }
+    }
 }

 impl GenericRemoteStorage {
@@ -775,6 +794,9 @@ struct ConcurrencyLimiter {
    // The helps to ensure we don't exceed the thresholds.
    write: Arc<Semaphore>,
    read: Arc<Semaphore>,
+
+    write_total: usize,
+    read_total: usize,
 }

 impl ConcurrencyLimiter {
@@ -803,10 +825,21 @@ impl ConcurrencyLimiter {
        Arc::clone(self.for_kind(kind)).acquire_owned().await
    }

+    fn activity(&self) -> RemoteStorageActivity {
+        RemoteStorageActivity {
+            read_available: self.read.available_permits(),
+            read_total: self.read_total,
+            write_available: self.write.available_permits(),
+            write_total: self.write_total,
+        }
+    }
+
    fn new(limit: usize) -> ConcurrencyLimiter {
        Self {
            read: Arc::new(Semaphore::new(limit)),
            write: Arc::new(Semaphore::new(limit)),
+            read_total: limit,
+            write_total: limit,
        }
    }
 }
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/local_fs.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/local_fs.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ use tokio_util::{io::ReaderStream, sync::CancellationToken};
 use utils::crashsafe::path_with_suffix_extension;

 use crate::{
-    Download, DownloadError, Listing, ListingMode, RemotePath, TimeTravelError, TimeoutOrCancel,
-    REMOTE_STORAGE_PREFIX_SEPARATOR,
+    Download, DownloadError, Listing, ListingMode, RemotePath, RemoteStorageActivity,
+    TimeTravelError, TimeoutOrCancel, REMOTE_STORAGE_PREFIX_SEPARATOR,
 };

 use super::{RemoteStorage, StorageMetadata};
@@ -605,6 +605,16 @@ impl RemoteStorage for LocalFs {
    ) -> Result<(), TimeTravelError> {
        Err(TimeTravelError::Unimplemented)
    }
+
+    fn activity(&self) -> RemoteStorageActivity {
+        // LocalFS has no concurrency limiting: give callers the impression that plenty of units are available
+        RemoteStorageActivity {
+            read_available: 16,
+            read_total: 16,
+            write_available: 16,
+            write_total: 16,
+        }
+    }
 }

 fn storage_metadata_path(original_path: &Utf8Path) -> Utf8PathBuf {
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket.rs
@@ -46,16 +46,15 @@ use utils::backoff;

 use super::StorageMetadata;
 use crate::{
-    error::Cancelled,
-    metrics::{start_counting_cancelled_wait, start_measuring_requests},
-    support::PermitCarrying,
-    ConcurrencyLimiter, Download, DownloadError, Listing, ListingMode, RemotePath, RemoteStorage,
-    S3Config, TimeTravelError, TimeoutOrCancel, MAX_KEYS_PER_DELETE,
-    REMOTE_STORAGE_PREFIX_SEPARATOR,
+    error::Cancelled, support::PermitCarrying, ConcurrencyLimiter, Download, DownloadError,
+    Listing, ListingMode, RemotePath, RemoteStorage, RemoteStorageActivity, S3Config,
+    TimeTravelError, TimeoutOrCancel, MAX_KEYS_PER_DELETE, REMOTE_STORAGE_PREFIX_SEPARATOR,
 };

-use crate::metrics::AttemptOutcome;
-pub(super) use crate::metrics::RequestKind;
+pub(super) mod metrics;
+
+use self::metrics::AttemptOutcome;
+pub(super) use self::metrics::RequestKind;

 /// AWS S3 storage.
 pub struct S3Bucket {
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ impl S3Bucket {
        };

        let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
+        metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
            .wait_seconds
            .observe_elapsed(kind, started_at);

@@ -249,7 +248,7 @@ impl S3Bucket {
        };

        let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
+        metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
            .wait_seconds
            .observe_elapsed(kind, started_at);
        Ok(permit)
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ impl S3Bucket {
                // Count this in the AttemptOutcome::Ok bucket, because 404 is not
                // an error: we expect to sometimes fetch an object and find it missing,
                // e.g. when probing for timeline indices.
-                crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.req_seconds.observe_elapsed(
+                metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.req_seconds.observe_elapsed(
                    kind,
                    AttemptOutcome::Ok,
                    started_at,
@@ -296,7 +295,7 @@ impl S3Bucket {
                return Err(DownloadError::NotFound);
            }
            Err(e) => {
-                crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.req_seconds.observe_elapsed(
+                metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.req_seconds.observe_elapsed(
                    kind,
                    AttemptOutcome::Err,
                    started_at,
@@ -372,12 +371,12 @@ impl S3Bucket {
            };

            let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-            crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
+            metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
                .req_seconds
                .observe_elapsed(kind, &resp, started_at);

            let resp = resp.context("request deletion")?;
-            crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
+            metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
                .deleted_objects_total
                .inc_by(chunk.len() as u64);

@@ -436,14 +435,14 @@ pin_project_lite::pin_project! {
    /// Times and tracks the outcome of the request.
    struct TimedDownload<S> {
        started_at: std::time::Instant,
-        outcome: AttemptOutcome,
+        outcome: metrics::AttemptOutcome,
        #[pin]
        inner: S
    }

    impl<S> PinnedDrop for TimedDownload<S> {
        fn drop(mut this: Pin<&mut Self>) {
-            crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.req_seconds.observe_elapsed(RequestKind::Get, this.outcome, this.started_at);
+            metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.req_seconds.observe_elapsed(RequestKind::Get, this.outcome, this.started_at);
        }
    }
 }
@@ -452,7 +451,7 @@ impl<S> TimedDownload<S> {
    fn new(started_at: std::time::Instant, inner: S) -> Self {
        TimedDownload {
            started_at,
-            outcome: AttemptOutcome::Cancelled,
+            outcome: metrics::AttemptOutcome::Cancelled,
            inner,
        }
    }
@@ -469,8 +468,8 @@ impl<S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>>> Stream for TimedDownload<S> {
        let res = ready!(this.inner.poll_next(cx));
        match &res {
            Some(Ok(_)) => {}
-            Some(Err(_)) => *this.outcome = AttemptOutcome::Err,
-            None => *this.outcome = AttemptOutcome::Ok,
+            Some(Err(_)) => *this.outcome = metrics::AttemptOutcome::Err,
+            None => *this.outcome = metrics::AttemptOutcome::Ok,
        }

        Poll::Ready(res)
@@ -544,7 +543,7 @@ impl RemoteStorage for S3Bucket {

            let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);

-            crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
+            metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
                .req_seconds
                .observe_elapsed(kind, &response, started_at);

@@ -626,7 +625,7 @@ impl RemoteStorage for S3Bucket {
        if let Ok(inner) = &res {
            // do not incl. timeouts as errors in metrics but cancellations
            let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-            crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
+            metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
                .req_seconds
                .observe_elapsed(kind, inner, started_at);
        }
@@ -674,7 +673,7 @@ impl RemoteStorage for S3Bucket {
        };

        let started_at = ScopeGuard::into_inner(started_at);
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
+        metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
            .req_seconds
            .observe_elapsed(kind, &res, started_at);

@@ -976,6 +975,32 @@ impl RemoteStorage for S3Bucket {
        }
        Ok(())
    }
+
+    fn activity(&self) -> RemoteStorageActivity {
+        self.concurrency_limiter.activity()
+    }
+}
+
+/// On drop (cancellation) count towards [`metrics::BucketMetrics::cancelled_waits`].
+fn start_counting_cancelled_wait(
+    kind: RequestKind,
+) -> ScopeGuard<std::time::Instant, impl FnOnce(std::time::Instant), scopeguard::OnSuccess> {
+    scopeguard::guard_on_success(std::time::Instant::now(), move |_| {
+        metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.cancelled_waits.get(kind).inc()
+    })
+}
+
+/// On drop (cancellation) add time to [`metrics::BucketMetrics::req_seconds`].
+fn start_measuring_requests(
+    kind: RequestKind,
+) -> ScopeGuard<std::time::Instant, impl FnOnce(std::time::Instant), scopeguard::OnSuccess> {
+    scopeguard::guard_on_success(std::time::Instant::now(), move |started_at| {
+        metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.req_seconds.observe_elapsed(
+            kind,
+            AttemptOutcome::Cancelled,
+            started_at,
+        )
+    })
 }

 // Save RAM and only store the needed data instead of the entire ObjectVersion/DeleteMarkerEntry
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket/metrics.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/s3_bucket/metrics.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ pub(crate) enum RequestKind {
    TimeTravel = 5,
 }

-use scopeguard::ScopeGuard;
 use RequestKind::*;

 impl RequestKind {
@@ -34,10 +33,10 @@ impl RequestKind {
    }
 }

-pub(crate) struct RequestTyped<C>([C; 6]);
+pub(super) struct RequestTyped<C>([C; 6]);

 impl<C> RequestTyped<C> {
-    pub(crate) fn get(&self, kind: RequestKind) -> &C {
+    pub(super) fn get(&self, kind: RequestKind) -> &C {
        &self.0[kind.as_index()]
    }

@@ -59,19 +58,19 @@ impl<C> RequestTyped<C> {
 }

 impl RequestTyped<Histogram> {
-    pub(crate) fn observe_elapsed(&self, kind: RequestKind, started_at: std::time::Instant) {
+    pub(super) fn observe_elapsed(&self, kind: RequestKind, started_at: std::time::Instant) {
        self.get(kind).observe(started_at.elapsed().as_secs_f64())
    }
 }

-pub(crate) struct PassFailCancelledRequestTyped<C> {
+pub(super) struct PassFailCancelledRequestTyped<C> {
    success: RequestTyped<C>,
    fail: RequestTyped<C>,
    cancelled: RequestTyped<C>,
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub(crate) enum AttemptOutcome {
+pub(super) enum AttemptOutcome {
    Ok,
    Err,
    Cancelled,
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ impl<T, E> From<&Result<T, E>> for AttemptOutcome {
 }

 impl AttemptOutcome {
-    pub(crate) fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
+    pub(super) fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
        match self {
            AttemptOutcome::Ok => "ok",
            AttemptOutcome::Err => "err",
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ impl AttemptOutcome {
 }

 impl<C> PassFailCancelledRequestTyped<C> {
-    pub(crate) fn get(&self, kind: RequestKind, outcome: AttemptOutcome) -> &C {
+    pub(super) fn get(&self, kind: RequestKind, outcome: AttemptOutcome) -> &C {
        let target = match outcome {
            AttemptOutcome::Ok => &self.success,
            AttemptOutcome::Err => &self.fail,
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ impl<C> PassFailCancelledRequestTyped<C> {
 }

 impl PassFailCancelledRequestTyped<Histogram> {
-    pub(crate) fn observe_elapsed(
+    pub(super) fn observe_elapsed(
        &self,
        kind: RequestKind,
        outcome: impl Into<AttemptOutcome>,
@@ -131,44 +130,19 @@ impl PassFailCancelledRequestTyped<Histogram> {
    }
 }

-/// On drop (cancellation) count towards [`BucketMetrics::cancelled_waits`].
-pub(crate) fn start_counting_cancelled_wait(
-    kind: RequestKind,
-) -> ScopeGuard<std::time::Instant, impl FnOnce(std::time::Instant), scopeguard::OnSuccess> {
-    scopeguard::guard_on_success(std::time::Instant::now(), move |_| {
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS
-            .cancelled_waits
-            .get(kind)
-            .inc()
-    })
-}
-
-/// On drop (cancellation) add time to [`BucketMetrics::req_seconds`].
-pub(crate) fn start_measuring_requests(
-    kind: RequestKind,
-) -> ScopeGuard<std::time::Instant, impl FnOnce(std::time::Instant), scopeguard::OnSuccess> {
-    scopeguard::guard_on_success(std::time::Instant::now(), move |started_at| {
-        crate::metrics::BUCKET_METRICS.req_seconds.observe_elapsed(
-            kind,
-            AttemptOutcome::Cancelled,
-            started_at,
-        )
-    })
-}
-
-pub(crate) struct BucketMetrics {
+pub(super) struct BucketMetrics {
    /// Full request duration until successful completion, error or cancellation.
-    pub(crate) req_seconds: PassFailCancelledRequestTyped<Histogram>,
+    pub(super) req_seconds: PassFailCancelledRequestTyped<Histogram>,
    /// Total amount of seconds waited on queue.
-    pub(crate) wait_seconds: RequestTyped<Histogram>,
+    pub(super) wait_seconds: RequestTyped<Histogram>,

    /// Track how many semaphore awaits were cancelled per request type.
    ///
    /// This is in case cancellations are happening more than expected.
-    pub(crate) cancelled_waits: RequestTyped<IntCounter>,
+    pub(super) cancelled_waits: RequestTyped<IntCounter>,

    /// Total amount of deleted objects in batches or single requests.
-    pub(crate) deleted_objects_total: IntCounter,
+    pub(super) deleted_objects_total: IntCounter,
 }

 impl Default for BucketMetrics {
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/simulate_failures.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/simulate_failures.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;

 use crate::{
    Download, DownloadError, GenericRemoteStorage, Listing, ListingMode, RemotePath, RemoteStorage,
-    StorageMetadata, TimeTravelError,
+    RemoteStorageActivity, StorageMetadata, TimeTravelError,
 };

 pub struct UnreliableWrapper {
@@ -213,4 +213,8 @@ impl RemoteStorage for UnreliableWrapper {
            .time_travel_recover(prefix, timestamp, done_if_after, cancel)
            .await
    }
+
+    fn activity(&self) -> RemoteStorageActivity {
+        self.inner.activity()
+    }
 }
--- a/libs/remote_storage/src/support.rs
+++ b/libs/remote_storage/src/support.rs
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ where
                let e = Err(std::io::Error::from(e));
                return Poll::Ready(Some(e));
            }
-        } else {
-            // this would be perfectly valid behaviour for doing a graceful completion on the
-            // download for example, but not one we expect to do right now.
-            tracing::warn!("continuing polling after having cancelled or timeouted");
        }

        this.inner.poll_next(cx)
@@ -93,22 +89,13 @@ where
 }

 /// Fires only on the first cancel or timeout, not on both.
-pub(crate) fn cancel_or_timeout(
+pub(crate) async fn cancel_or_timeout(
    timeout: Duration,
    cancel: CancellationToken,
-) -> impl std::future::Future<Output = TimeoutOrCancel> + 'static {
-    // futures are lazy, they don't do anything before being polled.
-    //
-    // "precalculate" the wanted deadline before returning the future, so that we can use pause
-    // failpoint to trigger a timeout in test.
-    let deadline = tokio::time::Instant::now() + timeout;
-    async move {
-        tokio::select! {
-            _ = tokio::time::sleep_until(deadline) => TimeoutOrCancel::Timeout,
-            _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
-                TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel
-            },
-        }
+) -> TimeoutOrCancel {
+    tokio::select! {
+        _ = tokio::time::sleep(timeout) => TimeoutOrCancel::Timeout,
+        _ = cancel.cancelled() => TimeoutOrCancel::Cancel,
    }
 }

@@ -185,31 +172,4 @@ mod tests {
            _ = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(121)) => {},
        }
    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn notified_but_pollable_after() {
-        let inner = futures::stream::once(futures::future::ready(Ok(bytes::Bytes::from_static(
-            b"hello world",
-        ))));
-        let timeout = Duration::from_secs(120);
-        let cancel = CancellationToken::new();
-
-        cancel.cancel();
-        let stream = DownloadStream::new(cancel_or_timeout(timeout, cancel.clone()), inner);
-        let mut stream = std::pin::pin!(stream);
-
-        let next = stream.next().await;
-        let ioe = next.unwrap().unwrap_err();
-        assert!(
-            matches!(
-                ioe.get_ref().unwrap().downcast_ref::<DownloadError>(),
-                Some(&DownloadError::Cancelled)
-            ),
-            "{ioe:?}"
-        );
-
-        let next = stream.next().await;
-        let bytes = next.unwrap().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(&b"hello world"[..], bytes);
-    }
 }
--- a/libs/utils/src/failpoint_support.rs
+++ b/libs/utils/src/failpoint_support.rs
@@ -9,33 +9,6 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::*;

-/// Declare a failpoint that can use the `pause` failpoint action.
-/// We don't want to block the executor thread, hence, spawn_blocking + await.
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! pausable_failpoint {
-    ($name:literal) => {
-        if cfg!(feature = "testing") {
-            tokio::task::spawn_blocking({
-                let current = tracing::Span::current();
-                move || {
-                    let _entered = current.entered();
-                    tracing::info!("at failpoint {}", $name);
-                    fail::fail_point!($name);
-                }
-            })
-            .await
-            .expect("spawn_blocking");
-        }
-    };
-    ($name:literal, $cond:expr) => {
-        if cfg!(feature = "testing") {
-            if $cond {
-                pausable_failpoint!($name)
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
-
 /// use with fail::cfg("$name", "return(2000)")
 ///
 /// The effect is similar to a "sleep(2000)" action, i.e. we sleep for the
--- a/libs/utils/src/fs_ext.rs
+++ b/libs/utils/src/fs_ext.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ use std::{fs, io, path::Path};

 use anyhow::Context;

-mod rename_noreplace;
-pub use rename_noreplace::rename_noreplace;
-
 pub trait PathExt {
    /// Returns an error if `self` is not a directory.
    fn is_empty_dir(&self) -> io::Result<bool>;
--- a/libs/utils/src/fs_ext/rename_noreplace.rs
+++ b/libs/utils/src/fs_ext/rename_noreplace.rs
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-use nix::NixPath;
-
-/// Rename a file without replacing an existing file.
-///
-/// This is a wrapper around platform-specific APIs.
-pub fn rename_noreplace<P1: ?Sized + NixPath, P2: ?Sized + NixPath>(
-    src: &P1,
-    dst: &P2,
-) -> nix::Result<()> {
-    {
-        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-        {
-            nix::fcntl::renameat2(
-                None,
-                src,
-                None,
-                dst,
-                nix::fcntl::RenameFlags::RENAME_NOREPLACE,
-            )
-        }
-        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-        {
-            let res = src.with_nix_path(|src| {
-                dst.with_nix_path(|dst|
-                    // SAFETY: `src` and `dst` are valid C strings as per the NixPath trait and they outlive the call to renamex_np.
-                    unsafe {
-                        nix::libc::renamex_np(src.as_ptr(), dst.as_ptr(), nix::libc::RENAME_EXCL)
-                })
-            })??;
-            nix::errno::Errno::result(res).map(drop)
-        }
-        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos")))]
-        {
-            std::compile_error!("OS does not support no-replace renames");
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-    use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
-
-    use super::*;
-
-    fn testdir() -> camino_tempfile::Utf8TempDir {
-        match crate::env::var("NEON_UTILS_RENAME_NOREPLACE_TESTDIR") {
-            Some(path) => {
-                let path: camino::Utf8PathBuf = path;
-                camino_tempfile::tempdir_in(path).unwrap()
-            }
-            None => camino_tempfile::tempdir().unwrap(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_absolute_paths() {
-        let testdir = testdir();
-        println!("testdir: {}", testdir.path());
-
-        let src = testdir.path().join("src");
-        let dst = testdir.path().join("dst");
-
-        fs::write(&src, b"").unwrap();
-        fs::write(&dst, b"").unwrap();
-
-        let src = src.canonicalize().unwrap();
-        assert!(src.is_absolute());
-        let dst = dst.canonicalize().unwrap();
-        assert!(dst.is_absolute());
-
-        let result = rename_noreplace(&src, &dst);
-        assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err(), nix::Error::EEXIST);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_relative_paths() {
-        let testdir = testdir();
-        println!("testdir: {}", testdir.path());
-
-        // this is fine because we run in nextest => process per test
-        std::env::set_current_dir(testdir.path()).unwrap();
-
-        let src = PathBuf::from("src");
-        let dst = PathBuf::from("dst");
-
-        fs::write(&src, b"").unwrap();
-        fs::write(&dst, b"").unwrap();
-
-        let result = rename_noreplace(&src, &dst);
-        assert_eq!(result.unwrap_err(), nix::Error::EEXIST);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_works_when_not_exists() {
-        let testdir = testdir();
-        println!("testdir: {}", testdir.path());
-
-        let src = testdir.path().join("src");
-        let dst = testdir.path().join("dst");
-
-        fs::write(&src, b"content").unwrap();
-
-        rename_noreplace(src.as_std_path(), dst.as_std_path()).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            "content",
-            String::from_utf8(std::fs::read(&dst).unwrap()).unwrap()
-        );
-    }
-}
--- a/libs/utils/src/hex.rs
+++ b/libs/utils/src/hex.rs
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 /// // right: [0x68; 1]
 /// # fn serialize_something() -> Vec<u8> { "hello world".as_bytes().to_vec() }
 /// ```
-pub struct Hex<S>(pub S);
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub struct Hex<'a>(pub &'a [u8]);

-impl<S: AsRef<[u8]>> std::fmt::Debug for Hex<S> {
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Hex<'_> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "[")?;
-        let chunks = self.0.as_ref().chunks(16);
-        for (i, c) in chunks.enumerate() {
+        for (i, c) in self.0.chunks(16).enumerate() {
            if i > 0 && !c.is_empty() {
                writeln!(f, ", ")?;
            }
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@ impl<S: AsRef<[u8]>> std::fmt::Debug for Hex<S> {
                write!(f, "0x{b:02x}")?;
            }
        }
-        write!(f, "; {}]", self.0.as_ref().len())
-    }
-}
-
-impl<R: AsRef<[u8]>, L: AsRef<[u8]>> PartialEq<Hex<R>> for Hex<L> {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Hex<R>) -> bool {
-        let left = self.0.as_ref();
-        let right = other.0.as_ref();
-
-        left == right
+        write!(f, "; {}]", self.0.len())
    }
 }
--- a/libs/utils/src/sync/gate.rs
+++ b/libs/utils/src/sync/gate.rs
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ impl Gate {
        let started_at = std::time::Instant::now();
        let mut do_close = std::pin::pin!(self.do_close());

-        // with 1s we rarely saw anything, let's try if we get more gate closing reasons with 100ms
-        let nag_after = Duration::from_millis(100);
+        let nag_after = Duration::from_secs(1);

        let Err(_timeout) = tokio::time::timeout(nag_after, &mut do_close).await else {
            return;
--- a/pageserver/compaction/src/simulator.rs
+++ b/pageserver/compaction/src/simulator.rs
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ impl interface::CompactionLayer<Key> for MockLayer {
    }
    fn file_size(&self) -> u64 {
        match self {
-            MockLayer::Delta(this) => this.file_size,
-            MockLayer::Image(this) => this.file_size,
+            MockLayer::Delta(this) => this.file_size(),
+            MockLayer::Image(this) => this.file_size(),
        }
    }
    fn short_id(&self) -> String {
--- a/pageserver/ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ pageserver = { path = ".." }
 pageserver_api.workspace = true
 remote_storage = { path = "../../libs/remote_storage" }
 postgres_ffi.workspace = true
-thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 tokio-util.workspace = true
 toml_edit.workspace = true
--- a/pageserver/ctl/src/index_part.rs
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/src/index_part.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;

 use anyhow::Context;
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
-use pageserver::tenant::remote_timeline_client::index::LayerFileMetadata;
+use pageserver::tenant::remote_timeline_client::index::IndexLayerMetadata;
 use pageserver::tenant::storage_layer::LayerName;
 use pageserver::tenant::{metadata::TimelineMetadata, IndexPart};
 use utils::lsn::Lsn;
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn main(cmd: &IndexPartCmd) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
            let des: IndexPart = IndexPart::from_s3_bytes(&bytes).context("deserialize")?;
            #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
            struct Output<'a> {
-                layer_metadata: &'a HashMap<LayerName, LayerFileMetadata>,
+                layer_metadata: &'a HashMap<LayerName, IndexLayerMetadata>,
                disk_consistent_lsn: Lsn,
                timeline_metadata: &'a TimelineMetadata,
            }

            let output = Output {
                layer_metadata: &des.layer_metadata,
-                disk_consistent_lsn: des.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn(),
+                disk_consistent_lsn: des.get_disk_consistent_lsn(),
                timeline_metadata: &des.metadata,
            };

--- a/pageserver/ctl/src/key.rs
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/src/key.rs
@@ -1,475 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::Context;
-use clap::Parser;
-use pageserver_api::{
-    key::Key,
-    reltag::{BlockNumber, RelTag, SlruKind},
-    shard::{ShardCount, ShardStripeSize},
-};
-use std::str::FromStr;
-
-#[derive(Parser)]
-pub(super) struct DescribeKeyCommand {
-    /// Key material in one of the forms: hex, span attributes captured from log, reltag blocknum
-    input: Vec<String>,
-
-    /// The number of shards to calculate what Keys placement would be.
-    #[arg(long)]
-    shard_count: Option<CustomShardCount>,
-
-    /// The sharding stripe size.
-    ///
-    /// The default is hardcoded. It makes no sense to provide this without providing
-    /// `--shard-count`.
-    #[arg(long, requires = "shard_count")]
-    stripe_size: Option<u32>,
-}
-
-/// Sharded shard count without unsharded count, which the actual ShardCount supports.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-pub(super) struct CustomShardCount(std::num::NonZeroU8);
-
-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-pub(super) enum InvalidShardCount {
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    ParsingFailed(#[from] std::num::ParseIntError),
-    #[error("too few shards")]
-    TooFewShards,
-}
-
-impl FromStr for CustomShardCount {
-    type Err = InvalidShardCount;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        let inner: std::num::NonZeroU8 = s.parse()?;
-        if inner.get() < 2 {
-            Err(InvalidShardCount::TooFewShards)
-        } else {
-            Ok(CustomShardCount(inner))
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<CustomShardCount> for ShardCount {
-    fn from(value: CustomShardCount) -> Self {
-        ShardCount::new(value.0.get())
-    }
-}
-
-impl DescribeKeyCommand {
-    pub(super) fn execute(self) {
-        let DescribeKeyCommand {
-            input,
-            shard_count,
-            stripe_size,
-        } = self;
-
-        let material = KeyMaterial::try_from(input.as_slice()).unwrap();
-        let kind = material.kind();
-        let key = Key::from(material);
-
-        println!("parsed from {kind}: {key}:");
-        println!();
-        println!("{key:?}");
-
-        macro_rules! kind_query {
-            ([$($name:ident),*$(,)?]) => {{[$(kind_query!($name)),*]}};
-            ($name:ident) => {{
-                let s: &'static str = stringify!($name);
-                let s = s.strip_prefix("is_").unwrap_or(s);
-                let s = s.strip_suffix("_key").unwrap_or(s);
-
-                #[allow(clippy::needless_borrow)]
-                (s, key.$name())
-            }};
-        }
-
-        // the current characterization is a mess of these boolean queries and separate
-        // "recognization". I think it accurately represents how strictly we model the Key
-        // right now, but could of course be made less confusing.
-
-        let queries = kind_query!([
-            is_rel_block_key,
-            is_rel_vm_block_key,
-            is_rel_fsm_block_key,
-            is_slru_block_key,
-            is_inherited_key,
-            is_rel_size_key,
-            is_slru_segment_size_key,
-        ]);
-
-        let recognized_kind = "recognized kind";
-        let metadata_key = "metadata key";
-        let shard_placement = "shard placement";
-
-        let longest = queries
-            .iter()
-            .map(|t| t.0)
-            .chain([recognized_kind, metadata_key, shard_placement])
-            .map(|s| s.len())
-            .max()
-            .unwrap();
-
-        let colon = 1;
-        let padding = 1;
-
-        for (name, is) in queries {
-            let width = longest - name.len() + colon + padding;
-            println!("{}{:width$}{}", name, ":", is);
-        }
-
-        let width = longest - recognized_kind.len() + colon + padding;
-        println!(
-            "{}{:width$}{:?}",
-            recognized_kind,
-            ":",
-            RecognizedKeyKind::new(key),
-        );
-
-        if let Some(shard_count) = shard_count {
-            // seeing the sharding placement might be confusing, so leave it out unless shard
-            // count was given.
-
-            let stripe_size = stripe_size.map(ShardStripeSize).unwrap_or_default();
-            println!(
-                "# placement with shard_count: {} and stripe_size: {}:",
-                shard_count.0, stripe_size.0
-            );
-            let width = longest - shard_placement.len() + colon + padding;
-            println!(
-                "{}{:width$}{:?}",
-                shard_placement,
-                ":",
-                pageserver_api::shard::describe(&key, shard_count.into(), stripe_size)
-            );
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Hand-wavy "inputs we accept" for a key.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub(super) enum KeyMaterial {
-    Hex(Key),
-    String(SpanAttributesFromLogs),
-    Split(RelTag, BlockNumber),
-}
-
-impl KeyMaterial {
-    fn kind(&self) -> &'static str {
-        match self {
-            KeyMaterial::Hex(_) => "hex",
-            KeyMaterial::String(_) | KeyMaterial::Split(_, _) => "split",
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<KeyMaterial> for Key {
-    fn from(value: KeyMaterial) -> Self {
-        match value {
-            KeyMaterial::Hex(key) => key,
-            KeyMaterial::String(SpanAttributesFromLogs(rt, blocknum))
-            | KeyMaterial::Split(rt, blocknum) => {
-                pageserver_api::key::rel_block_to_key(rt, blocknum)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<S: AsRef<str>> TryFrom<&[S]> for KeyMaterial {
-    type Error = anyhow::Error;
-
-    fn try_from(value: &[S]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        match value {
-            [] => anyhow::bail!(
-                "need 1..N positional arguments describing the key, try hex or a log line"
-            ),
-            [one] => {
-                let one = one.as_ref();
-
-                let key = Key::from_hex(one).map(KeyMaterial::Hex);
-
-                let attrs = SpanAttributesFromLogs::from_str(one).map(KeyMaterial::String);
-
-                match (key, attrs) {
-                    (Ok(key), _) => Ok(key),
-                    (_, Ok(s)) => Ok(s),
-                    (Err(e1), Err(e2)) => anyhow::bail!(
-                        "failed to parse {one:?} as hex or span attributes:\n- {e1:#}\n- {e2:#}"
-                    ),
-                }
-            }
-            more => {
-                // assume going left to right one of these is a reltag and then we find a blocknum
-                // this works, because we don't have plain numbers at least right after reltag in
-                // logs. for some definition of "works".
-
-                let Some((reltag_at, reltag)) = more
-                    .iter()
-                    .map(AsRef::as_ref)
-                    .enumerate()
-                    .find_map(|(i, s)| {
-                        s.split_once("rel=")
-                            .map(|(_garbage, actual)| actual)
-                            .unwrap_or(s)
-                            .parse::<RelTag>()
-                            .ok()
-                            .map(|rt| (i, rt))
-                    })
-                else {
-                    anyhow::bail!("found no RelTag in arguments");
-                };
-
-                let Some(blocknum) = more
-                    .iter()
-                    .map(AsRef::as_ref)
-                    .skip(reltag_at)
-                    .find_map(|s| {
-                        s.split_once("blkno=")
-                            .map(|(_garbage, actual)| actual)
-                            .unwrap_or(s)
-                            .parse::<BlockNumber>()
-                            .ok()
-                    })
-                else {
-                    anyhow::bail!("found no blocknum in arguments");
-                };
-
-                Ok(KeyMaterial::Split(reltag, blocknum))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub(super) struct SpanAttributesFromLogs(RelTag, BlockNumber);
-
-impl std::str::FromStr for SpanAttributesFromLogs {
-    type Err = anyhow::Error;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        // accept the span separator but do not require or fail if either is missing
-        // "whatever{rel=1663/16389/24615 blkno=1052204 req_lsn=FFFFFFFF/FFFFFFFF}"
-        let (_, reltag) = s
-            .split_once("rel=")
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("cannot find 'rel='"))?;
-        let reltag = reltag.split_whitespace().next().unwrap();
-
-        let (_, blocknum) = s
-            .split_once("blkno=")
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("cannot find 'blkno='"))?;
-        let blocknum = blocknum.split_whitespace().next().unwrap();
-
-        let reltag = reltag
-            .parse()
-            .with_context(|| format!("parse reltag from {reltag:?}"))?;
-        let blocknum = blocknum
-            .parse()
-            .with_context(|| format!("parse blocknum from {blocknum:?}"))?;
-
-        Ok(Self(reltag, blocknum))
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[allow(dead_code)] // debug print is used
-enum RecognizedKeyKind {
-    DbDir,
-    ControlFile,
-    Checkpoint,
-    AuxFilesV1,
-    SlruDir(Result<SlruKind, u32>),
-    RelMap(RelTagish<2>),
-    RelDir(RelTagish<2>),
-    AuxFileV2(Result<AuxFileV2, utils::Hex<[u8; 16]>>),
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
-#[allow(unused)]
-enum AuxFileV2 {
-    Recognized(&'static str, utils::Hex<[u8; 13]>),
-    OtherWithPrefix(&'static str, utils::Hex<[u8; 13]>),
-    Other(utils::Hex<[u8; 13]>),
-}
-
-impl RecognizedKeyKind {
-    fn new(key: Key) -> Option<Self> {
-        use RecognizedKeyKind::{
-            AuxFilesV1, Checkpoint, ControlFile, DbDir, RelDir, RelMap, SlruDir,
-        };
-
-        let slru_dir_kind = pageserver_api::key::slru_dir_kind(&key);
-
-        Some(match key {
-            pageserver_api::key::DBDIR_KEY => DbDir,
-            pageserver_api::key::CONTROLFILE_KEY => ControlFile,
-            pageserver_api::key::CHECKPOINT_KEY => Checkpoint,
-            pageserver_api::key::AUX_FILES_KEY => AuxFilesV1,
-            _ if slru_dir_kind.is_some() => SlruDir(slru_dir_kind.unwrap()),
-            _ if key.field1 == 0 && key.field4 == 0 && key.field5 == 0 && key.field6 == 0 => {
-                RelMap([key.field2, key.field3].into())
-            }
-            _ if key.field1 == 0 && key.field4 == 0 && key.field5 == 0 && key.field6 == 1 => {
-                RelDir([key.field2, key.field3].into())
-            }
-            _ if key.is_metadata_key() => RecognizedKeyKind::AuxFileV2(
-                AuxFileV2::new(key).ok_or_else(|| utils::Hex(key.to_i128().to_be_bytes())),
-            ),
-            _ => return None,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl AuxFileV2 {
-    fn new(key: Key) -> Option<AuxFileV2> {
-        const EMPTY_HASH: [u8; 13] = {
-            let mut out = [0u8; 13];
-            let hash = pageserver::aux_file::fnv_hash(b"").to_be_bytes();
-            let mut i = 3;
-            while i < 16 {
-                out[i - 3] = hash[i];
-                i += 1;
-            }
-            out
-        };
-
-        let bytes = key.to_i128().to_be_bytes();
-        let hash = utils::Hex(<[u8; 13]>::try_from(&bytes[3..]).unwrap());
-
-        assert_eq!(EMPTY_HASH.len(), hash.0.len());
-
-        // TODO: we could probably find the preimages for the hashes
-
-        Some(match (bytes[1], bytes[2]) {
-            (1, 1) => AuxFileV2::Recognized("pg_logical/mappings/", hash),
-            (1, 2) => AuxFileV2::Recognized("pg_logical/snapshots/", hash),
-            (1, 3) if hash.0 == EMPTY_HASH => {
-                AuxFileV2::Recognized("pg_logical/replorigin_checkpoint", hash)
-            }
-            (2, 1) => AuxFileV2::Recognized("pg_replslot/", hash),
-            (1, 0xff) => AuxFileV2::OtherWithPrefix("pg_logical/", hash),
-            (0xff, 0xff) => AuxFileV2::Other(hash),
-            _ => return None,
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-/// Prefix of RelTag, currently only known use cases are the two item versions.
-///
-/// Renders like a reltag with `/`, nothing else.
-struct RelTagish<const N: usize>([u32; N]);
-
-impl<const N: usize> From<[u32; N]> for RelTagish<N> {
-    fn from(val: [u32; N]) -> Self {
-        RelTagish(val)
-    }
-}
-
-impl<const N: usize> std::fmt::Debug for RelTagish<N> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        use std::fmt::Write as _;
-        let mut first = true;
-        self.0.iter().try_for_each(|x| {
-            if !first {
-                f.write_char('/')?;
-            }
-            first = false;
-            write!(f, "{}", x)
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use pageserver::aux_file::encode_aux_file_key;
-
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn hex_is_key_material() {
-        let m = KeyMaterial::try_from(&["000000067F0000400200DF927900FFFFFFFF"][..]).unwrap();
-        assert!(matches!(m, KeyMaterial::Hex(_)), "{m:?}");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn single_positional_spanalike_is_key_material() {
-        // why is this needed? if you are checking many, then copypaste starts to appeal
-        let strings = [
-            (line!(), "2024-05-15T15:33:49.873906Z ERROR page_service_conn_main{peer_addr=A:B}:process_query{tenant_id=C timeline_id=D}:handle_pagerequests:handle_get_page_at_lsn_request{rel=1663/208101/2620_fsm blkno=2 req_lsn=0/238D98C8}: error reading relation or page version: Read error: could not find data for key 000000067F00032CE5000000000000000001 (shard ShardNumber(0)) at LSN 0/1D0A16C1, request LSN 0/238D98C8, ancestor 0/0"),
-            (line!(), "rel=1663/208101/2620_fsm blkno=2"),
-            (line!(), "rel=1663/208101/2620.1 blkno=2"),
-        ];
-
-        let mut first: Option<Key> = None;
-
-        for (line, example) in strings {
-            let m = KeyMaterial::try_from(&[example][..])
-                .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("failed to parse example from line {line}: {e:?}"));
-            let key = Key::from(m);
-            if let Some(first) = first {
-                assert_eq!(first, key);
-            } else {
-                first = Some(key);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // not supporting this is rather accidential, but I think the input parsing is lenient
-        // enough already
-        KeyMaterial::try_from(&["1663/208101/2620_fsm 2"][..]).unwrap_err();
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn multiple_spanlike_args() {
-        let strings = [
-            (line!(), &["process_query{tenant_id=C", "timeline_id=D}:handle_pagerequests:handle_get_page_at_lsn_request{rel=1663/208101/2620_fsm", "blkno=2", "req_lsn=0/238D98C8}"][..]),
-            (line!(), &["rel=1663/208101/2620_fsm", "blkno=2"][..]),
-            (line!(), &["1663/208101/2620_fsm", "2"][..]),
-        ];
-
-        let mut first: Option<Key> = None;
-
-        for (line, example) in strings {
-            let m = KeyMaterial::try_from(example)
-                .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("failed to parse example from line {line}: {e:?}"));
-            let key = Key::from(m);
-            if let Some(first) = first {
-                assert_eq!(first, key);
-            } else {
-                first = Some(key);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    #[test]
-    fn recognized_auxfiles() {
-        use AuxFileV2::*;
-
-        let empty = [
-            0x2e, 0x07, 0xbb, 0x01, 0x42, 0x62, 0xb8, 0x21, 0x75, 0x62, 0x95, 0xc5, 0x8d,
-        ];
-        let foobar = [
-            0x62, 0x79, 0x3c, 0x64, 0xbf, 0x6f, 0x0d, 0x35, 0x97, 0xba, 0x44, 0x6f, 0x18,
-        ];
-
-        #[rustfmt::skip]
-        let examples = [
-            (line!(), "pg_logical/mappings/foobar", Recognized("pg_logical/mappings/", utils::Hex(foobar))),
-            (line!(), "pg_logical/snapshots/foobar", Recognized("pg_logical/snapshots/", utils::Hex(foobar))),
-            (line!(), "pg_logical/replorigin_checkpoint", Recognized("pg_logical/replorigin_checkpoint", utils::Hex(empty))),
-            (line!(), "pg_logical/foobar", OtherWithPrefix("pg_logical/", utils::Hex(foobar))),
-            (line!(), "pg_replslot/foobar", Recognized("pg_replslot/", utils::Hex(foobar))),
-            (line!(), "foobar", Other(utils::Hex(foobar))),
-        ];
-
-        for (line, path, expected) in examples {
-            let key = encode_aux_file_key(path);
-            let recognized =
-                AuxFileV2::new(key).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("line {line} example failed"));
-
-            assert_eq!(recognized, expected);
-        }
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            AuxFileV2::new(Key::from_hex("600000102000000000000000000000000000").unwrap()),
-            None,
-            "example key has one too few 0 after 6 before 1"
-        );
-    }
-}
--- a/pageserver/ctl/src/main.rs
+++ b/pageserver/ctl/src/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@

 mod draw_timeline_dir;
 mod index_part;
-mod key;
 mod layer_map_analyzer;
 mod layers;

@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ enum Commands {
    AnalyzeLayerMap(AnalyzeLayerMapCmd),
    #[command(subcommand)]
    Layer(LayerCmd),
-    /// Debug print a hex key found from logs
-    Key(key::DescribeKeyCommand),
 }

 /// Read and update pageserver metadata file
@@ -186,7 +183,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                .time_travel_recover(Some(&prefix), timestamp, done_if_after, &cancel)
                .await?;
        }
-        Commands::Key(dkc) => dkc.execute(),
    };
    Ok(())
 }
--- a/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/aux_files.rs
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/aux_files.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use utils::lsn::Lsn;

 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::Instant;

 /// Ingest aux files into the pageserver.
 #[derive(clap::Parser)]
@@ -89,17 +88,11 @@ async fn main_impl(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
        println!("ingested {file_cnt} files");
    }

-    for _ in 0..100 {
-        let start = Instant::now();
-        let files = mgmt_api_client
-            .list_aux_files(tenant_shard_id, timeline_id, Lsn(Lsn::MAX.0 - 1))
-            .await?;
-        println!(
-            "{} files found in {}s",
-            files.len(),
-            start.elapsed().as_secs_f64()
-        );
-    }
+    let files = mgmt_api_client
+        .list_aux_files(tenant_shard_id, timeline_id, Lsn(Lsn::MAX.0 - 1))
+        .await?;
+
+    println!("{} files found", files.len());

    anyhow::Ok(())
 }
--- a/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/getpage_latest_lsn.rs
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/cmd/getpage_latest_lsn.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::Context;
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
-use pageserver_api::key::Key;
+use pageserver_api::key::{is_rel_block_key, key_to_rel_block, Key};
 use pageserver_api::keyspace::KeySpaceAccum;
 use pageserver_api::models::PagestreamGetPageRequest;

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ async fn main_impl(
                    for r in partitioning.keys.ranges.iter() {
                        let mut i = r.start;
                        while i != r.end {
-                            if i.is_rel_block_key() {
+                            if is_rel_block_key(&i) {
                                filtered.add_key(i);
                            }
                            i = i.next();
@@ -308,10 +308,9 @@ async fn main_impl(
                    let r = &ranges[weights.sample(&mut rng)];
                    let key: i128 = rng.gen_range(r.start..r.end);
                    let key = Key::from_i128(key);
-                    assert!(key.is_rel_block_key());
-                    let (rel_tag, block_no) = key
-                        .to_rel_block()
-                        .expect("we filter non-rel-block keys out above");
+                    assert!(is_rel_block_key(&key));
+                    let (rel_tag, block_no) =
+                        key_to_rel_block(key).expect("we filter non-rel-block keys out above");
                    PagestreamGetPageRequest {
                        request_lsn: if rng.gen_bool(args.req_latest_probability) {
                            Lsn::MAX
--- a/pageserver/src/aux_file.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/aux_file.rs
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ impl AuxFileSizeEstimator {
        }
    }

-    /// When generating base backup or doing initial logical size calculation
-    pub fn on_initial(&self, new_size: usize) {
+    pub fn on_base_backup(&self, new_size: usize) {
        let mut guard = self.size.lock().unwrap();
        *guard = Some(new_size as isize);
        self.report(new_size as isize);
--- a/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/basebackup.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
 use bytes::{BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut};
 use fail::fail_point;
-use pageserver_api::key::Key;
+use pageserver_api::key::{key_to_slru_block, Key};
 use postgres_ffi::pg_constants;
 use std::fmt::Write as FmtWrite;
 use std::time::SystemTime;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ where
    }

    async fn add_block(&mut self, key: &Key, block: Bytes) -> Result<(), BasebackupError> {
-        let (kind, segno, _) = key.to_slru_block()?;
+        let (kind, segno, _) = key_to_slru_block(*key)?;

        match kind {
            SlruKind::Clog => {
@@ -362,13 +362,6 @@ where
                    ));
                    info!("Replication slot {} restart LSN={}", path, restart_lsn);
                    min_restart_lsn = Lsn::min(min_restart_lsn, restart_lsn);
-                } else if path == "pg_logical/replorigin_checkpoint" {
-                    // replorigin_checkoint is written only on compute shutdown, so it contains
-                    // deteriorated values. So we generate our own version of this file for the particular LSN
-                    // based on information about replorigins extracted from transaction commit records.
-                    // In future we will not generate AUX record for "pg_logical/replorigin_checkpoint" at all,
-                    // but now we should handle (skip) it for backward compatibility.
-                    continue;
                }
                let header = new_tar_header(&path, content.len() as u64)?;
                self.ar
@@ -397,32 +390,6 @@ where
        {
            self.add_twophase_file(xid).await?;
        }
-        let repl_origins = self
-            .timeline
-            .get_replorigins(self.lsn, self.ctx)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| BasebackupError::Server(e.into()))?;
-        let n_origins = repl_origins.len();
-        if n_origins != 0 {
-            //
-            // Construct "pg_logical/replorigin_checkpoint" file based on information about replication origins
-            // extracted from transaction commit record. We are using this file to pass information about replication
-            // origins to compute to allow logical replication to restart from proper point.
-            //
-            let mut content = Vec::with_capacity(n_origins * 16 + 8);
-            content.extend_from_slice(&pg_constants::REPLICATION_STATE_MAGIC.to_le_bytes());
-            for (origin_id, origin_lsn) in repl_origins {
-                content.extend_from_slice(&origin_id.to_le_bytes());
-                content.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 6]); // align to 8 bytes
-                content.extend_from_slice(&origin_lsn.0.to_le_bytes());
-            }
-            let crc32 = crc32c::crc32c(&content);
-            content.extend_from_slice(&crc32.to_le_bytes());
-            let header = new_tar_header("pg_logical/replorigin_checkpoint", content.len() as u64)?;
-            self.ar.append(&header, &*content).await.context(
-                "could not add pg_logical/replorigin_checkpoint file to basebackup tarball",
-            )?;
-        }

        fail_point!("basebackup-before-control-file", |_| {
            Err(BasebackupError::Server(anyhow!(
--- a/pageserver/src/consumption_metrics.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/consumption_metrics.rs
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ async fn calculate_and_log(tenant: &Tenant, cancel: &CancellationToken, ctx: &Re
    // mean the synthetic size worker should terminate.
    let shutting_down = matches!(
        e.downcast_ref::<PageReconstructError>(),
-        Some(PageReconstructError::Cancelled)
+        Some(PageReconstructError::Cancelled | PageReconstructError::AncestorStopping(_))
    );

    if !shutting_down {
--- a/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/deletion_queue.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ impl DeletionList {
                result.extend(
                    timeline_layers
                        .into_iter()
-                        .map(|l| timeline_remote_path.join(Utf8PathBuf::from(l))),
+                        .map(|l| timeline_remote_path.join(&Utf8PathBuf::from(l))),
                );
            }
        }
--- a/pageserver/src/disk_usage_eviction_task.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/disk_usage_eviction_task.rs
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn disk_usage_eviction_task_iteration_impl<U: Usage>(
                    });
                }
                EvictionLayer::Secondary(layer) => {
-                    let file_size = layer.metadata.file_size;
+                    let file_size = layer.metadata.file_size();

                    js.spawn(async move {
                        layer
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ impl EvictionLayer {
    pub(crate) fn get_file_size(&self) -> u64 {
        match self {
            Self::Attached(l) => l.layer_desc().file_size,
-            Self::Secondary(sl) => sl.metadata.file_size,
+            Self::Secondary(sl) => sl.metadata.file_size(),
        }
    }
 }
--- a/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/http/routes.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ use crate::tenant::size::ModelInputs;
 use crate::tenant::storage_layer::LayerAccessStatsReset;
 use crate::tenant::storage_layer::LayerName;
 use crate::tenant::timeline::CompactFlags;
-use crate::tenant::timeline::CompactionError;
 use crate::tenant::timeline::Timeline;
 use crate::tenant::GetTimelineError;
 use crate::tenant::SpawnMode;
@@ -184,6 +183,9 @@ impl From<PageReconstructError> for ApiError {
            PageReconstructError::Cancelled => {
                ApiError::InternalServerError(anyhow::anyhow!("request was cancelled"))
            }
+            PageReconstructError::AncestorStopping(_) => {
+                ApiError::ResourceUnavailable(format!("{pre}").into())
+            }
            PageReconstructError::AncestorLsnTimeout(e) => ApiError::Timeout(format!("{e}").into()),
            PageReconstructError::WalRedo(pre) => ApiError::InternalServerError(pre),
        }
@@ -1811,22 +1813,11 @@ async fn timeline_checkpoint_handler(
        timeline
            .freeze_and_flush()
            .await
-            .map_err(|e| {
-                match e {
-                    tenant::timeline::FlushLayerError::Cancelled => ApiError::ShuttingDown,
-                    other => ApiError::InternalServerError(other.into()),
-
-                }
-            })?;
+            .map_err(ApiError::InternalServerError)?;
        timeline
            .compact(&cancel, flags, &ctx)
            .await
-            .map_err(|e|
-                match e {
-                    CompactionError::ShuttingDown => ApiError::ShuttingDown,
-                    CompactionError::Other(e) => ApiError::InternalServerError(e)
-                }
-            )?;
+            .map_err(|e| ApiError::InternalServerError(e.into()))?;

        if wait_until_uploaded {
            timeline.remote_client.wait_completion().await.map_err(ApiError::InternalServerError)?;
@@ -2182,7 +2173,7 @@ async fn tenant_scan_remote_handler(
            {
                Ok((index_part, index_generation)) => {
                    tracing::info!("Found timeline {tenant_shard_id}/{timeline_id} metadata (gen {index_generation:?}, {} layers, {} consistent LSN)",
-                        index_part.layer_metadata.len(), index_part.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn());
+                        index_part.layer_metadata.len(), index_part.get_disk_consistent_lsn());
                    generation = std::cmp::max(generation, index_generation);
                }
                Err(DownloadError::NotFound) => {
--- a/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/page_service.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ use crate::tenant::mgr::GetTenantError;
 use crate::tenant::mgr::ShardResolveResult;
 use crate::tenant::mgr::ShardSelector;
 use crate::tenant::mgr::TenantManager;
-use crate::tenant::timeline::FlushLayerError;
 use crate::tenant::timeline::WaitLsnError;
 use crate::tenant::GetTimelineError;
 use crate::tenant::PageReconstructError;
@@ -261,8 +260,6 @@ async fn page_service_conn_main(
    socket.set_timeout(Some(std::time::Duration::from_millis(socket_timeout_ms)));
    let socket = std::pin::pin!(socket);

-    fail::fail_point!("ps::connection-start::pre-login");
-
    // XXX: pgbackend.run() should take the connection_ctx,
    // and create a child per-query context when it invokes process_query.
    // But it's in a shared crate, so, we store connection_ctx inside PageServerHandler
@@ -373,7 +370,7 @@ impl From<WaitLsnError> for PageStreamError {
        match value {
            e @ WaitLsnError::Timeout(_) => Self::LsnTimeout(e),
            WaitLsnError::Shutdown => Self::Shutdown,
-            e @ WaitLsnError::BadState { .. } => Self::Reconnect(format!("{e}").into()),
+            WaitLsnError::BadState => Self::Reconnect("Timeline is not active".into()),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -383,7 +380,7 @@ impl From<WaitLsnError> for QueryError {
        match value {
            e @ WaitLsnError::Timeout(_) => Self::Other(anyhow::Error::new(e)),
            WaitLsnError::Shutdown => Self::Shutdown,
-            WaitLsnError::BadState { .. } => Self::Reconnect,
+            WaitLsnError::BadState => Self::Reconnect,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -606,7 +603,6 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
            };

            trace!("query: {copy_data_bytes:?}");
-            fail::fail_point!("ps::handle-pagerequest-message");

            // Trace request if needed
            if let Some(t) = tracer.as_mut() {
@@ -621,7 +617,6 @@ impl PageServerHandler {

            let (response, span) = match neon_fe_msg {
                PagestreamFeMessage::Exists(req) => {
-                    fail::fail_point!("ps::handle-pagerequest-message::exists");
                    let span = tracing::info_span!("handle_get_rel_exists_request", rel = %req.rel, req_lsn = %req.request_lsn);
                    (
                        self.handle_get_rel_exists_request(tenant_id, timeline_id, &req, &ctx)
@@ -631,7 +626,6 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                    )
                }
                PagestreamFeMessage::Nblocks(req) => {
-                    fail::fail_point!("ps::handle-pagerequest-message::nblocks");
                    let span = tracing::info_span!("handle_get_nblocks_request", rel = %req.rel, req_lsn = %req.request_lsn);
                    (
                        self.handle_get_nblocks_request(tenant_id, timeline_id, &req, &ctx)
@@ -641,7 +635,6 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                    )
                }
                PagestreamFeMessage::GetPage(req) => {
-                    fail::fail_point!("ps::handle-pagerequest-message::getpage");
                    // shard_id is filled in by the handler
                    let span = tracing::info_span!("handle_get_page_at_lsn_request", rel = %req.rel, blkno = %req.blkno, req_lsn = %req.request_lsn);
                    (
@@ -652,7 +645,6 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                    )
                }
                PagestreamFeMessage::DbSize(req) => {
-                    fail::fail_point!("ps::handle-pagerequest-message::dbsize");
                    let span = tracing::info_span!("handle_db_size_request", dbnode = %req.dbnode, req_lsn = %req.request_lsn);
                    (
                        self.handle_db_size_request(tenant_id, timeline_id, &req, &ctx)
@@ -662,7 +654,6 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
                    )
                }
                PagestreamFeMessage::GetSlruSegment(req) => {
-                    fail::fail_point!("ps::handle-pagerequest-message::slrusegment");
                    let span = tracing::info_span!("handle_get_slru_segment_request", kind = %req.kind, segno = %req.segno, req_lsn = %req.request_lsn);
                    (
                        self.handle_get_slru_segment_request(tenant_id, timeline_id, &req, &ctx)
@@ -831,10 +822,7 @@ impl PageServerHandler {
        // We only want to persist the data, and it doesn't matter if it's in the
        // shape of deltas or images.
        info!("flushing layers");
-        timeline.freeze_and_flush().await.map_err(|e| match e {
-            FlushLayerError::Cancelled => QueryError::Shutdown,
-            other => QueryError::Other(other.into()),
-        })?;
+        timeline.freeze_and_flush().await?;

        info!("done");
        Ok(())
@@ -1517,7 +1505,6 @@ where
        _pgb: &mut PostgresBackend<IO>,
        _sm: &FeStartupPacket,
    ) -> Result<(), QueryError> {
-        fail::fail_point!("ps::connection-start::startup-packet");
        Ok(())
    }

@@ -1532,8 +1519,6 @@ where
            Err(QueryError::SimulatedConnectionError)
        });

-        fail::fail_point!("ps::connection-start::process-query");
-
        let ctx = self.connection_ctx.attached_child();
        debug!("process query {query_string:?}");
        let parts = query_string.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>();
--- a/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/pgdatadir_mapping.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ use bytes::{Buf, Bytes, BytesMut};
 use enum_map::Enum;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use pageserver_api::key::{
-    dbdir_key_range, rel_block_to_key, rel_dir_to_key, rel_key_range, rel_size_to_key,
-    relmap_file_key, repl_origin_key, repl_origin_key_range, slru_block_to_key, slru_dir_to_key,
+    dbdir_key_range, is_rel_block_key, is_slru_block_key, rel_block_to_key, rel_dir_to_key,
+    rel_key_range, rel_size_to_key, relmap_file_key, slru_block_to_key, slru_dir_to_key,
    slru_segment_key_range, slru_segment_size_to_key, twophase_file_key, twophase_key_range,
    AUX_FILES_KEY, CHECKPOINT_KEY, CONTROLFILE_KEY, DBDIR_KEY, TWOPHASEDIR_KEY,
 };
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use pageserver_api::models::AuxFilePolicy;
 use pageserver_api::reltag::{BlockNumber, RelTag, SlruKind};
 use postgres_ffi::relfile_utils::{FSM_FORKNUM, VISIBILITYMAP_FORKNUM};
 use postgres_ffi::BLCKSZ;
-use postgres_ffi::{Oid, RepOriginId, TimestampTz, TransactionId};
+use postgres_ffi::{Oid, TimestampTz, TransactionId};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::{hash_map, HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::ops::ControlFlow;
@@ -78,19 +78,11 @@ pub enum LsnForTimestamp {
 }

 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-pub(crate) enum CalculateLogicalSizeError {
+pub enum CalculateLogicalSizeError {
    #[error("cancelled")]
    Cancelled,
-
-    /// Something went wrong while reading the metadata we use to calculate logical size
-    /// Note that cancellation variants of `PageReconstructError` are transformed to [`Self::Cancelled`]
-    /// in the `From` implementation for this variant.
    #[error(transparent)]
-    PageRead(PageReconstructError),
-
-    /// Something went wrong deserializing metadata that we read to calculate logical size
-    #[error("decode error: {0}")]
-    Decode(#[from] DeserializeError),
+    Other(#[from] anyhow::Error),
 }

 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -115,8 +107,10 @@ impl From<PageReconstructError> for CollectKeySpaceError {
 impl From<PageReconstructError> for CalculateLogicalSizeError {
    fn from(pre: PageReconstructError) -> Self {
        match pre {
-            PageReconstructError::Cancelled => Self::Cancelled,
-            _ => Self::PageRead(pre),
+            PageReconstructError::AncestorStopping(_) | PageReconstructError::Cancelled => {
+                Self::Cancelled
+            }
+            _ => Self::Other(pre.into()),
        }
    }
 }
@@ -718,22 +712,10 @@ impl Timeline {
                result.insert(fname, content);
            }
        }
-        self.aux_file_size_estimator.on_initial(sz);
+        self.aux_file_size_estimator.on_base_backup(sz);
        Ok(result)
    }

-    pub(crate) async fn trigger_aux_file_size_computation(
-        &self,
-        lsn: Lsn,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> Result<(), PageReconstructError> {
-        let current_policy = self.last_aux_file_policy.load();
-        if let Some(AuxFilePolicy::V2) | Some(AuxFilePolicy::CrossValidation) = current_policy {
-            self.list_aux_files_v2(lsn, ctx).await?;
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
    pub(crate) async fn list_aux_files(
        &self,
        lsn: Lsn,
@@ -772,27 +754,6 @@ impl Timeline {
        }
    }

-    pub(crate) async fn get_replorigins(
-        &self,
-        lsn: Lsn,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> Result<HashMap<RepOriginId, Lsn>, PageReconstructError> {
-        let kv = self
-            .scan(KeySpace::single(repl_origin_key_range()), lsn, ctx)
-            .await
-            .context("scan")?;
-        let mut result = HashMap::new();
-        for (k, v) in kv {
-            let v = v.context("get value")?;
-            let origin_id = k.field6 as RepOriginId;
-            let origin_lsn = Lsn::des(&v).unwrap();
-            if origin_lsn != Lsn::INVALID {
-                result.insert(origin_id, origin_lsn);
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(result)
-    }
-
    /// Does the same as get_current_logical_size but counted on demand.
    /// Used to initialize the logical size tracking on startup.
    ///
@@ -802,7 +763,7 @@ impl Timeline {
    /// # Cancel-Safety
    ///
    /// This method is cancellation-safe.
-    pub(crate) async fn get_current_logical_size_non_incremental(
+    pub async fn get_current_logical_size_non_incremental(
        &self,
        lsn: Lsn,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
@@ -811,7 +772,7 @@ impl Timeline {

        // Fetch list of database dirs and iterate them
        let buf = self.get(DBDIR_KEY, lsn, ctx).await?;
-        let dbdir = DbDirectory::des(&buf)?;
+        let dbdir = DbDirectory::des(&buf).context("deserialize db directory")?;

        let mut total_size: u64 = 0;
        for (spcnode, dbnode) in dbdir.dbdirs.keys() {
@@ -918,9 +879,7 @@ impl Timeline {
        Ok((
            result.to_keyspace(),
            /* AUX sparse key space */
-            SparseKeySpace(KeySpace {
-                ranges: vec![repl_origin_key_range(), Key::metadata_aux_key_range()],
-            }),
+            SparseKeySpace(KeySpace::single(Key::metadata_aux_key_range())),
        ))
    }

@@ -1189,20 +1148,6 @@ impl<'a> DatadirModification<'a> {
        Ok(())
    }

-    pub async fn set_replorigin(
-        &mut self,
-        origin_id: RepOriginId,
-        origin_lsn: Lsn,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let key = repl_origin_key(origin_id);
-        self.put(key, Value::Image(origin_lsn.ser().unwrap().into()));
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub async fn drop_replorigin(&mut self, origin_id: RepOriginId) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        self.set_replorigin(origin_id, Lsn::INVALID).await
-    }
-
    pub fn put_control_file(&mut self, img: Bytes) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
        self.put(CONTROLFILE_KEY, Value::Image(img));
        Ok(())
@@ -1607,7 +1552,7 @@ impl<'a> DatadirModification<'a> {
                    self.tline.aux_file_size_estimator.on_add(content.len());
                    new_files.push((path, content));
                }
-                (None, true) => warn!("removing non-existing aux file: {}", path),
+                (None, true) => anyhow::bail!("removing non-existing aux file: {}", path),
            }
            let new_val = aux_file::encode_file_value(&new_files)?;
            self.put(key, Value::Image(new_val.into()));
@@ -1661,7 +1606,8 @@ impl<'a> DatadirModification<'a> {
                        aux_files.dir = Some(dir);
                    }
                    Err(
-                        e @ (PageReconstructError::Cancelled
+                        e @ (PageReconstructError::AncestorStopping(_)
+                        | PageReconstructError::Cancelled
                        | PageReconstructError::AncestorLsnTimeout(_)),
                    ) => {
                        // Important that we do not interpret a shutdown error as "not found" and thereby
@@ -1733,7 +1679,7 @@ impl<'a> DatadirModification<'a> {
        let mut retained_pending_updates = HashMap::<_, Vec<_>>::new();
        for (key, values) in self.pending_updates.drain() {
            for (lsn, value) in values {
-                if key.is_rel_block_key() || key.is_slru_block_key() {
+                if is_rel_block_key(&key) || is_slru_block_key(key) {
                    // This bails out on first error without modifying pending_updates.
                    // That's Ok, cf this function's doc comment.
                    writer.put(key, lsn, &value, ctx).await?;
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ use utils::completion;
 use utils::crashsafe::path_with_suffix_extension;
 use utils::failpoint_support;
 use utils::fs_ext;
-use utils::pausable_failpoint;
 use utils::sync::gate::Gate;
 use utils::sync::gate::GateGuard;
 use utils::timeout::timeout_cancellable;
@@ -123,6 +122,32 @@ use utils::{
    lsn::{Lsn, RecordLsn},
 };

+/// Declare a failpoint that can use the `pause` failpoint action.
+/// We don't want to block the executor thread, hence, spawn_blocking + await.
+macro_rules! pausable_failpoint {
+    ($name:literal) => {
+        if cfg!(feature = "testing") {
+            tokio::task::spawn_blocking({
+                let current = tracing::Span::current();
+                move || {
+                    let _entered = current.entered();
+                    tracing::info!("at failpoint {}", $name);
+                    fail::fail_point!($name);
+                }
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("spawn_blocking");
+        }
+    };
+    ($name:literal, $cond:expr) => {
+        if cfg!(feature = "testing") {
+            if $cond {
+                pausable_failpoint!($name)
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 pub mod blob_io;
 pub mod block_io;
 pub mod vectored_blob_io;
@@ -487,33 +512,6 @@ enum CreateTimelineCause {
    Delete,
 }

-#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
-pub(crate) enum GcError {
-    // The tenant is shutting down
-    #[error("tenant shutting down")]
-    TenantCancelled,
-
-    // The tenant is shutting down
-    #[error("timeline shutting down")]
-    TimelineCancelled,
-
-    // The tenant is in a state inelegible to run GC
-    #[error("not active")]
-    NotActive,
-
-    // A requested GC cutoff LSN was invalid, for example it tried to move backwards
-    #[error("not active")]
-    BadLsn { why: String },
-
-    // A remote storage error while scheduling updates after compaction
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    Remote(anyhow::Error),
-
-    // If GC was invoked for a particular timeline, this error means it didn't exist
-    #[error("timeline not found")]
-    TimelineNotFound,
-}
-
 impl Tenant {
    /// Yet another helper for timeline initialization.
    ///
@@ -1420,36 +1418,6 @@ impl Tenant {
        Ok(tl)
    }

-    /// Helper for unit tests to create a timeline with some pre-loaded states.
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-    pub async fn create_test_timeline_with_layers(
-        &self,
-        new_timeline_id: TimelineId,
-        initdb_lsn: Lsn,
-        pg_version: u32,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
-        delta_layer_desc: Vec<Vec<(pageserver_api::key::Key, Lsn, crate::repository::Value)>>,
-        image_layer_desc: Vec<(Lsn, Vec<(pageserver_api::key::Key, bytes::Bytes)>)>,
-        end_lsn: Lsn,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<Arc<Timeline>> {
-        let tline = self
-            .create_test_timeline(new_timeline_id, initdb_lsn, pg_version, ctx)
-            .await?;
-        tline.force_advance_lsn(end_lsn);
-        for deltas in delta_layer_desc {
-            tline
-                .force_create_delta_layer(deltas, Some(initdb_lsn), ctx)
-                .await?;
-        }
-        for (lsn, images) in image_layer_desc {
-            tline
-                .force_create_image_layer(lsn, images, Some(initdb_lsn), ctx)
-                .await?;
-        }
-        Ok(tline)
-    }
-
    /// Create a new timeline.
    ///
    /// Returns the new timeline ID and reference to its Timeline object.
@@ -1564,7 +1532,7 @@ impl Tenant {
                        .wait_lsn(*lsn, timeline::WaitLsnWaiter::Tenant, ctx)
                        .await
                        .map_err(|e| match e {
-                            e @ (WaitLsnError::Timeout(_) | WaitLsnError::BadState { .. }) => {
+                            e @ (WaitLsnError::Timeout(_) | WaitLsnError::BadState) => {
                                CreateTimelineError::AncestorLsn(anyhow::anyhow!(e))
                            }
                            WaitLsnError::Shutdown => CreateTimelineError::ShuttingDown,
@@ -1632,23 +1600,24 @@ impl Tenant {
    /// GC cutoff point is determined conservatively by either `horizon` and `pitr`, whichever
    /// requires more history to be retained.
    //
-    pub(crate) async fn gc_iteration(
+    pub async fn gc_iteration(
        &self,
        target_timeline_id: Option<TimelineId>,
        horizon: u64,
        pitr: Duration,
        cancel: &CancellationToken,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> Result<GcResult, GcError> {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<GcResult> {
        // Don't start doing work during shutdown
        if let TenantState::Stopping { .. } = self.current_state() {
            return Ok(GcResult::default());
        }

        // there is a global allowed_error for this
-        if !self.is_active() {
-            return Err(GcError::NotActive);
-        }
+        anyhow::ensure!(
+            self.is_active(),
+            "Cannot run GC iteration on inactive tenant"
+        );

        {
            let conf = self.tenant_conf.load();
@@ -2816,13 +2785,28 @@ impl Tenant {
        pitr: Duration,
        cancel: &CancellationToken,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> Result<GcResult, GcError> {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<GcResult> {
        let mut totals: GcResult = Default::default();
        let now = Instant::now();

-        let gc_timelines = self
+        let gc_timelines = match self
            .refresh_gc_info_internal(target_timeline_id, horizon, pitr, cancel, ctx)
-            .await?;
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(result) => result,
+            Err(e) => {
+                if let Some(PageReconstructError::Cancelled) =
+                    e.downcast_ref::<PageReconstructError>()
+                {
+                    // Handle cancellation
+                    totals.elapsed = now.elapsed();
+                    return Ok(totals);
+                } else {
+                    // Propagate other errors
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
+            }
+        };

        failpoint_support::sleep_millis_async!("gc_iteration_internal_after_getting_gc_timelines");

@@ -2847,19 +2831,7 @@ impl Tenant {
                // made.
                break;
            }
-            let result = match timeline.gc().await {
-                Err(GcError::TimelineCancelled) => {
-                    if target_timeline_id.is_some() {
-                        // If we were targetting this specific timeline, surface cancellation to caller
-                        return Err(GcError::TimelineCancelled);
-                    } else {
-                        // A timeline may be shutting down independently of the tenant's lifecycle: we should
-                        // skip past this and proceed to try GC on other timelines.
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                }
-                r => r?,
-            };
+            let result = timeline.gc().await?;
            totals += result;
        }

@@ -2872,11 +2844,11 @@ impl Tenant {
    /// [`Tenant::get_gc_horizon`].
    ///
    /// This is usually executed as part of periodic gc, but can now be triggered more often.
-    pub(crate) async fn refresh_gc_info(
+    pub async fn refresh_gc_info(
        &self,
        cancel: &CancellationToken,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<Arc<Timeline>>, GcError> {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Arc<Timeline>>> {
        // since this method can now be called at different rates than the configured gc loop, it
        // might be that these configuration values get applied faster than what it was previously,
        // since these were only read from the gc task.
@@ -2897,7 +2869,7 @@ impl Tenant {
        pitr: Duration,
        cancel: &CancellationToken,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<Arc<Timeline>>, GcError> {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Arc<Timeline>>> {
        // before taking the gc_cs lock, do the heavier weight finding of gc_cutoff points for
        // currently visible timelines.
        let timelines = self
@@ -2934,8 +2906,8 @@ impl Tenant {
            }
        }

-        if !self.is_active() || self.cancel.is_cancelled() {
-            return Err(GcError::TenantCancelled);
+        if !self.is_active() {
+            anyhow::bail!("shutting down");
        }

        // grab mutex to prevent new timelines from being created here; avoid doing long operations
@@ -2944,19 +2916,19 @@ impl Tenant {

        // Scan all timelines. For each timeline, remember the timeline ID and
        // the branch point where it was created.
-        let (all_branchpoints, timelines): (BTreeSet<(TimelineId, Lsn)>, _) = {
+        let (all_branchpoints, timeline_ids): (BTreeSet<(TimelineId, Lsn)>, _) = {
            let timelines = self.timelines.lock().unwrap();
            let mut all_branchpoints = BTreeSet::new();
-            let timelines = {
+            let timeline_ids = {
                if let Some(target_timeline_id) = target_timeline_id.as_ref() {
                    if timelines.get(target_timeline_id).is_none() {
-                        return Err(GcError::TimelineNotFound);
+                        bail!("gc target timeline does not exist")
                    }
                };

                timelines
                    .iter()
-                    .map(|(_timeline_id, timeline_entry)| {
+                    .map(|(timeline_id, timeline_entry)| {
                        if let Some(ancestor_timeline_id) =
                            &timeline_entry.get_ancestor_timeline_id()
                        {
@@ -2978,28 +2950,33 @@ impl Tenant {
                            }
                        }

-                        timeline_entry.clone()
+                        *timeline_id
                    })
                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
            };
-            (all_branchpoints, timelines)
+            (all_branchpoints, timeline_ids)
        };

        // Ok, we now know all the branch points.
        // Update the GC information for each timeline.
-        let mut gc_timelines = Vec::with_capacity(timelines.len());
-        for timeline in timelines {
+        let mut gc_timelines = Vec::with_capacity(timeline_ids.len());
+        for timeline_id in timeline_ids {
+            // Timeline is known to be local and loaded.
+            let timeline = self
+                .get_timeline(timeline_id, false)
+                .with_context(|| format!("Timeline {timeline_id} was not found"))?;
+
            // If target_timeline is specified, ignore all other timelines
            if let Some(target_timeline_id) = target_timeline_id {
-                if timeline.timeline_id != target_timeline_id {
+                if timeline_id != target_timeline_id {
                    continue;
                }
            }

            let branchpoints: Vec<Lsn> = all_branchpoints
                .range((
-                    Included((timeline.timeline_id, Lsn(0))),
-                    Included((timeline.timeline_id, Lsn(u64::MAX))),
+                    Included((timeline_id, Lsn(0))),
+                    Included((timeline_id, Lsn(u64::MAX))),
                ))
                .map(|&x| x.1)
                .collect();
@@ -3007,7 +2984,7 @@ impl Tenant {
            {
                let mut target = timeline.gc_info.write().unwrap();

-                match gc_cutoffs.remove(&timeline.timeline_id) {
+                match gc_cutoffs.remove(&timeline_id) {
                    Some(cutoffs) => {
                        *target = GcInfo {
                            retain_lsns: branchpoints,
@@ -3040,53 +3017,17 @@ impl Tenant {
        &self,
        src_timeline: &Arc<Timeline>,
        dst_id: TimelineId,
-        ancestor_lsn: Option<Lsn>,
+        start_lsn: Option<Lsn>,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> Result<Arc<Timeline>, CreateTimelineError> {
        let create_guard = self.create_timeline_create_guard(dst_id).unwrap();
        let tl = self
-            .branch_timeline_impl(src_timeline, dst_id, ancestor_lsn, create_guard, ctx)
+            .branch_timeline_impl(src_timeline, dst_id, start_lsn, create_guard, ctx)
            .await?;
        tl.set_state(TimelineState::Active);
        Ok(tl)
    }

-    /// Helper for unit tests to branch a timeline with some pre-loaded states.
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-    pub async fn branch_timeline_test_with_layers(
-        &self,
-        src_timeline: &Arc<Timeline>,
-        dst_id: TimelineId,
-        ancestor_lsn: Option<Lsn>,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
-        delta_layer_desc: Vec<Vec<(pageserver_api::key::Key, Lsn, crate::repository::Value)>>,
-        image_layer_desc: Vec<(Lsn, Vec<(pageserver_api::key::Key, bytes::Bytes)>)>,
-        end_lsn: Lsn,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<Arc<Timeline>> {
-        let tline = self
-            .branch_timeline_test(src_timeline, dst_id, ancestor_lsn, ctx)
-            .await?;
-        let ancestor_lsn = if let Some(ancestor_lsn) = ancestor_lsn {
-            ancestor_lsn
-        } else {
-            tline.get_last_record_lsn()
-        };
-        assert!(end_lsn >= ancestor_lsn);
-        tline.force_advance_lsn(end_lsn);
-        for deltas in delta_layer_desc {
-            tline
-                .force_create_delta_layer(deltas, Some(ancestor_lsn), ctx)
-                .await?;
-        }
-        for (lsn, images) in image_layer_desc {
-            tline
-                .force_create_image_layer(lsn, images, Some(ancestor_lsn), ctx)
-                .await?;
-        }
-        Ok(tline)
-    }
-
    /// Branch an existing timeline.
    ///
    /// The caller is responsible for activating the returned timeline.
@@ -3865,9 +3806,6 @@ pub(crate) mod harness {
        pub fn create_custom(
            test_name: &'static str,
            tenant_conf: TenantConf,
-            tenant_id: TenantId,
-            shard_identity: ShardIdentity,
-            generation: Generation,
        ) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
            setup_logging();

@@ -3880,12 +3818,8 @@ pub(crate) mod harness {
            // OK in a test.
            let conf: &'static PageServerConf = Box::leak(Box::new(conf));

-            let shard = shard_identity.shard_index();
-            let tenant_shard_id = TenantShardId {
-                tenant_id,
-                shard_number: shard.shard_number,
-                shard_count: shard.shard_count,
-            };
+            let tenant_id = TenantId::generate();
+            let tenant_shard_id = TenantShardId::unsharded(tenant_id);
            fs::create_dir_all(conf.tenant_path(&tenant_shard_id))?;
            fs::create_dir_all(conf.timelines_path(&tenant_shard_id))?;

@@ -3903,8 +3837,8 @@ pub(crate) mod harness {
                conf,
                tenant_conf,
                tenant_shard_id,
-                generation,
-                shard,
+                generation: Generation::new(0xdeadbeef),
+                shard: ShardIndex::unsharded(),
                remote_storage,
                remote_fs_dir,
                deletion_queue,
@@ -3919,15 +3853,8 @@ pub(crate) mod harness {
                compaction_period: Duration::ZERO,
                ..TenantConf::default()
            };
-            let tenant_id = TenantId::generate();
-            let shard = ShardIdentity::unsharded();
-            Self::create_custom(
-                test_name,
-                tenant_conf,
-                tenant_id,
-                shard,
-                Generation::new(0xdeadbeef),
-            )
+
+            Self::create_custom(test_name, tenant_conf)
        }

        pub fn span(&self) -> tracing::Span {
@@ -4006,8 +3933,8 @@ pub(crate) mod harness {
                let base_img = base_img.expect("Neon WAL redo requires base image").1;
                let mut page = BytesMut::new();
                page.extend_from_slice(&base_img);
-                for (record_lsn, record) in records {
-                    apply_neon::apply_in_neon(&record, record_lsn, key, &mut page)?;
+                for (_record_lsn, record) in records {
+                    apply_neon::apply_in_neon(&record, key, &mut page)?;
                }
                Ok(page.freeze())
            } else {
@@ -4051,7 +3978,6 @@ mod tests {
    use tests::storage_layer::ValuesReconstructState;
    use tests::timeline::{GetVectoredError, ShutdownMode};
    use utils::bin_ser::BeSer;
-    use utils::id::TenantId;

    static TEST_KEY: Lazy<Key> =
        Lazy::new(|| Key::from_slice(&hex!("010000000033333333444444445500000001")));
@@ -4253,7 +4179,7 @@ mod tests {
                .await?;
            writer.finish_write(lsn);
        }
-        tline.freeze_and_flush().await.map_err(|e| e.into())
+        tline.freeze_and_flush().await
    }

    #[tokio::test]
@@ -4407,10 +4333,9 @@ mod tests {

        // This needs to traverse to the parent, and fails.
        let err = newtline.get(*TEST_KEY, Lsn(0x50), &ctx).await.unwrap_err();
-        assert!(err.to_string().starts_with(&format!(
-            "Bad state on timeline {}: Broken",
-            tline.timeline_id
-        )));
+        assert!(err
+            .to_string()
+            .contains("will not become active. Current state: Broken"));

        Ok(())
    }
@@ -4951,13 +4876,7 @@ mod tests {
            ..TenantConf::default()
        };

-        let harness = TenantHarness::create_custom(
-            "test_get_vectored_key_gap",
-            tenant_conf,
-            TenantId::generate(),
-            ShardIdentity::unsharded(),
-            Generation::new(0xdeadbeef),
-        )?;
+        let harness = TenantHarness::create_custom("test_get_vectored_key_gap", tenant_conf)?;
        let (tenant, ctx) = harness.load().await;

        let mut current_key = Key::from_hex("010000000033333333444444445500000000").unwrap();
@@ -6311,36 +6230,75 @@ mod tests {
    async fn test_vectored_missing_data_key_reads() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
        let harness = TenantHarness::create("test_vectored_missing_data_key_reads")?;
        let (tenant, ctx) = harness.load().await;
+        let tline = tenant
+            .create_test_timeline(TIMELINE_ID, Lsn(0x10), DEFAULT_PG_VERSION, &ctx)
+            .await?;
+
+        let cancel = CancellationToken::new();

        let base_key = Key::from_hex("000000000033333333444444445500000000").unwrap();
        let base_key_child = Key::from_hex("000000000033333333444444445500000001").unwrap();
        let base_key_nonexist = Key::from_hex("000000000033333333444444445500000002").unwrap();

-        let tline = tenant
-            .create_test_timeline_with_layers(
-                TIMELINE_ID,
-                Lsn(0x10),
-                DEFAULT_PG_VERSION,
-                &ctx,
-                Vec::new(), // delta layers
-                vec![(Lsn(0x20), vec![(base_key, test_img("data key 1"))])], // image layers
-                Lsn(0x20), // it's fine to not advance LSN to 0x30 while using 0x30 to get below because `get_vectored_impl` does not wait for LSN
-            )
-            .await?;
+        let mut lsn = Lsn(0x20);
+
+        {
+            let mut writer = tline.writer().await;
+            writer
+                .put(base_key, lsn, &Value::Image(test_img("data key 1")), &ctx)
+                .await?;
+            writer.finish_write(lsn);
+            drop(writer);
+
+            tline.freeze_and_flush().await?; // this will create a image layer
+        }

        let child = tenant
-            .branch_timeline_test_with_layers(
-                &tline,
-                NEW_TIMELINE_ID,
-                Some(Lsn(0x20)),
-                &ctx,
-                Vec::new(), // delta layers
-                vec![(Lsn(0x30), vec![(base_key_child, test_img("data key 2"))])], // image layers
-                Lsn(0x30),
-            )
+            .branch_timeline_test(&tline, NEW_TIMELINE_ID, Some(lsn), &ctx)
            .await
            .unwrap();

+        lsn.0 += 0x10;
+
+        {
+            let mut writer = child.writer().await;
+            writer
+                .put(
+                    base_key_child,
+                    lsn,
+                    &Value::Image(test_img("data key 2")),
+                    &ctx,
+                )
+                .await?;
+            writer.finish_write(lsn);
+            drop(writer);
+
+            child.freeze_and_flush().await?; // this will create a delta
+
+            {
+                // update the partitioning to include the test key space, otherwise they
+                // will be dropped by image layer creation
+                let mut guard = child.partitioning.lock().await;
+                let ((partitioning, _), partition_lsn) = &mut *guard;
+                partitioning
+                    .parts
+                    .push(KeySpace::single(base_key..base_key_nonexist)); // exclude the nonexist key
+                *partition_lsn = lsn;
+            }
+
+            child
+                .compact(
+                    &cancel,
+                    {
+                        let mut set = EnumSet::empty();
+                        set.insert(CompactFlags::ForceImageLayerCreation);
+                        set
+                    },
+                    &ctx,
+                )
+                .await?; // force create an image layer for the keys, TODO: check if the image layer is created
+        }
+
        async fn get_vectored_impl_wrapper(
            tline: &Arc<Timeline>,
            key: Key,
@@ -6362,8 +6320,6 @@ mod tests {
            }))
        }

-        let lsn = Lsn(0x30);
-
        // test vectored get on parent timeline
        assert_eq!(
            get_vectored_impl_wrapper(&tline, base_key, lsn, &ctx).await?,
@@ -6401,42 +6357,94 @@ mod tests {

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_vectored_missing_metadata_key_reads() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let harness = TenantHarness::create("test_vectored_missing_data_key_reads")?;
+        let harness = TenantHarness::create("test_vectored_missing_metadata_key_reads")?;
        let (tenant, ctx) = harness.load().await;
-
-        let base_key = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000000").unwrap();
-        let base_key_child = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000001").unwrap();
-        let base_key_nonexist = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000002").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(base_key.field1, AUX_KEY_PREFIX); // in case someone accidentally changed the prefix...
-
        let tline = tenant
-            .create_test_timeline_with_layers(
-                TIMELINE_ID,
-                Lsn(0x10),
-                DEFAULT_PG_VERSION,
-                &ctx,
-                Vec::new(), // delta layers
-                vec![(Lsn(0x20), vec![(base_key, test_img("metadata key 1"))])], // image layers
-                Lsn(0x20), // it's fine to not advance LSN to 0x30 while using 0x30 to get below because `get_vectored_impl` does not wait for LSN
-            )
+            .create_test_timeline(TIMELINE_ID, Lsn(0x10), DEFAULT_PG_VERSION, &ctx)
            .await?;

+        let cancel = CancellationToken::new();
+
+        let mut base_key = Key::from_hex("000000000033333333444444445500000000").unwrap();
+        let mut base_key_child = Key::from_hex("000000000033333333444444445500000001").unwrap();
+        let mut base_key_nonexist = Key::from_hex("000000000033333333444444445500000002").unwrap();
+        base_key.field1 = AUX_KEY_PREFIX;
+        base_key_child.field1 = AUX_KEY_PREFIX;
+        base_key_nonexist.field1 = AUX_KEY_PREFIX;
+
+        let mut lsn = Lsn(0x20);
+
+        {
+            let mut writer = tline.writer().await;
+            writer
+                .put(
+                    base_key,
+                    lsn,
+                    &Value::Image(test_img("metadata key 1")),
+                    &ctx,
+                )
+                .await?;
+            writer.finish_write(lsn);
+            drop(writer);
+
+            tline.freeze_and_flush().await?; // this will create an image layer
+
+            tline
+                .compact(
+                    &cancel,
+                    {
+                        let mut set = EnumSet::empty();
+                        set.insert(CompactFlags::ForceImageLayerCreation);
+                        set.insert(CompactFlags::ForceRepartition);
+                        set
+                    },
+                    &ctx,
+                )
+                .await?; // force create an image layer for metadata keys
+            tenant
+                .gc_iteration(Some(tline.timeline_id), 0, Duration::ZERO, &cancel, &ctx)
+                .await?;
+        }
+
        let child = tenant
-            .branch_timeline_test_with_layers(
-                &tline,
-                NEW_TIMELINE_ID,
-                Some(Lsn(0x20)),
-                &ctx,
-                Vec::new(), // delta layers
-                vec![(
-                    Lsn(0x30),
-                    vec![(base_key_child, test_img("metadata key 2"))],
-                )], // image layers
-                Lsn(0x30),
-            )
+            .branch_timeline_test(&tline, NEW_TIMELINE_ID, Some(lsn), &ctx)
            .await
            .unwrap();

+        lsn.0 += 0x10;
+
+        {
+            let mut writer = child.writer().await;
+            writer
+                .put(
+                    base_key_child,
+                    lsn,
+                    &Value::Image(test_img("metadata key 2")),
+                    &ctx,
+                )
+                .await?;
+            writer.finish_write(lsn);
+            drop(writer);
+
+            child.freeze_and_flush().await?;
+
+            child
+                .compact(
+                    &cancel,
+                    {
+                        let mut set = EnumSet::empty();
+                        set.insert(CompactFlags::ForceImageLayerCreation);
+                        set.insert(CompactFlags::ForceRepartition);
+                        set
+                    },
+                    &ctx,
+                )
+                .await?; // force create an image layer for metadata keys
+            tenant
+                .gc_iteration(Some(child.timeline_id), 0, Duration::ZERO, &cancel, &ctx)
+                .await?;
+        }
+
        async fn get_vectored_impl_wrapper(
            tline: &Arc<Timeline>,
            key: Key,
@@ -6458,8 +6466,6 @@ mod tests {
            }))
        }

-        let lsn = Lsn(0x30);
-
        // test vectored get on parent timeline
        assert_eq!(
            get_vectored_impl_wrapper(&tline, base_key, lsn, &ctx).await?,
@@ -6490,208 +6496,4 @@ mod tests {

        Ok(())
    }
-
-    async fn get_vectored_impl_wrapper(
-        tline: &Arc<Timeline>,
-        key: Key,
-        lsn: Lsn,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> Result<Option<Bytes>, GetVectoredError> {
-        let mut reconstruct_state = ValuesReconstructState::new();
-        let mut res = tline
-            .get_vectored_impl(
-                KeySpace::single(key..key.next()),
-                lsn,
-                &mut reconstruct_state,
-                ctx,
-            )
-            .await?;
-        Ok(res.pop_last().map(|(k, v)| {
-            assert_eq!(k, key);
-            v.unwrap()
-        }))
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_metadata_tombstone_reads() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let harness = TenantHarness::create("test_metadata_tombstone_reads")?;
-        let (tenant, ctx) = harness.load().await;
-        let key0 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000000").unwrap();
-        let key1 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000001").unwrap();
-        let key2 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000002").unwrap();
-        let key3 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000003").unwrap();
-
-        // We emulate the situation that the compaction algorithm creates an image layer that removes the tombstones
-        // Lsn 0x30 key0, key3, no key1+key2
-        // Lsn 0x20 key1+key2 tomestones
-        // Lsn 0x10 key1 in image, key2 in delta
-        let tline = tenant
-            .create_test_timeline_with_layers(
-                TIMELINE_ID,
-                Lsn(0x10),
-                DEFAULT_PG_VERSION,
-                &ctx,
-                // delta layers
-                vec![
-                    vec![(key2, Lsn(0x10), Value::Image(test_img("metadata key 2")))],
-                    vec![(key1, Lsn(0x20), Value::Image(Bytes::new()))],
-                    vec![(key2, Lsn(0x20), Value::Image(Bytes::new()))],
-                ],
-                // image layers
-                vec![
-                    (Lsn(0x10), vec![(key1, test_img("metadata key 1"))]),
-                    (
-                        Lsn(0x30),
-                        vec![
-                            (key0, test_img("metadata key 0")),
-                            (key3, test_img("metadata key 3")),
-                        ],
-                    ),
-                ],
-                Lsn(0x30),
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-        let lsn = Lsn(0x30);
-        let old_lsn = Lsn(0x20);
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            get_vectored_impl_wrapper(&tline, key0, lsn, &ctx).await?,
-            Some(test_img("metadata key 0"))
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            get_vectored_impl_wrapper(&tline, key1, lsn, &ctx).await?,
-            None,
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            get_vectored_impl_wrapper(&tline, key2, lsn, &ctx).await?,
-            None,
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            get_vectored_impl_wrapper(&tline, key1, old_lsn, &ctx).await?,
-            Some(Bytes::new()),
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            get_vectored_impl_wrapper(&tline, key2, old_lsn, &ctx).await?,
-            Some(Bytes::new()),
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            get_vectored_impl_wrapper(&tline, key3, lsn, &ctx).await?,
-            Some(test_img("metadata key 3"))
-        );
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_metadata_tombstone_image_creation() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let harness = TenantHarness::create("test_metadata_tombstone_image_creation")?;
-        let (tenant, ctx) = harness.load().await;
-
-        let key0 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000000").unwrap();
-        let key1 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000001").unwrap();
-        let key2 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000002").unwrap();
-        let key3 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000003").unwrap();
-
-        let tline = tenant
-            .create_test_timeline_with_layers(
-                TIMELINE_ID,
-                Lsn(0x10),
-                DEFAULT_PG_VERSION,
-                &ctx,
-                // delta layers
-                vec![
-                    vec![(key2, Lsn(0x10), Value::Image(test_img("metadata key 2")))],
-                    vec![(key1, Lsn(0x20), Value::Image(Bytes::new()))],
-                    vec![(key2, Lsn(0x20), Value::Image(Bytes::new()))],
-                    vec![
-                        (key0, Lsn(0x30), Value::Image(test_img("metadata key 0"))),
-                        (key3, Lsn(0x30), Value::Image(test_img("metadata key 3"))),
-                    ],
-                ],
-                // image layers
-                vec![(Lsn(0x10), vec![(key1, test_img("metadata key 1"))])],
-                Lsn(0x30),
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-        let cancel = CancellationToken::new();
-
-        tline
-            .compact(
-                &cancel,
-                {
-                    let mut flags = EnumSet::new();
-                    flags.insert(CompactFlags::ForceImageLayerCreation);
-                    flags.insert(CompactFlags::ForceRepartition);
-                    flags
-                },
-                &ctx,
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-        // Image layers are created at last_record_lsn
-        let images = tline
-            .inspect_image_layers(Lsn(0x30), &ctx)
-            .await?
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter(|(k, _)| k.is_metadata_key())
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        assert_eq!(images.len(), 2); // the image layer should only contain two existing keys, tombstones should be removed.
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_metadata_tombstone_empty_image_creation() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let harness = TenantHarness::create("test_metadata_tombstone_image_creation")?;
-        let (tenant, ctx) = harness.load().await;
-
-        let key1 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000001").unwrap();
-        let key2 = Key::from_hex("620000000033333333444444445500000002").unwrap();
-
-        let tline = tenant
-            .create_test_timeline_with_layers(
-                TIMELINE_ID,
-                Lsn(0x10),
-                DEFAULT_PG_VERSION,
-                &ctx,
-                // delta layers
-                vec![
-                    vec![(key2, Lsn(0x10), Value::Image(test_img("metadata key 2")))],
-                    vec![(key1, Lsn(0x20), Value::Image(Bytes::new()))],
-                    vec![(key2, Lsn(0x20), Value::Image(Bytes::new()))],
-                ],
-                // image layers
-                vec![(Lsn(0x10), vec![(key1, test_img("metadata key 1"))])],
-                Lsn(0x30),
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-        let cancel = CancellationToken::new();
-
-        tline
-            .compact(
-                &cancel,
-                {
-                    let mut flags = EnumSet::new();
-                    flags.insert(CompactFlags::ForceImageLayerCreation);
-                    flags.insert(CompactFlags::ForceRepartition);
-                    flags
-                },
-                &ctx,
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-        // Image layers are created at last_record_lsn
-        let images = tline
-            .inspect_image_layers(Lsn(0x30), &ctx)
-            .await?
-            .into_iter()
-            .filter(|(k, _)| k.is_metadata_key())
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        assert_eq!(images.len(), 0); // the image layer should not contain tombstones, or it is not created
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/delete.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/delete.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use tokio::sync::OwnedMutexGuard;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::{error, instrument, Instrument};

-use utils::{backoff, completion, crashsafe, fs_ext, id::TimelineId, pausable_failpoint};
+use utils::{backoff, completion, crashsafe, fs_ext, id::TimelineId};

 use crate::{
    config::PageServerConf,
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use crate::{
    task_mgr::{self, TaskKind},
    tenant::{
        mgr::{TenantSlot, TenantsMapRemoveResult},
-        remote_timeline_client::remote_heatmap_path,
        timeline::ShutdownMode,
    },
 };
@@ -532,25 +531,6 @@ impl DeleteTenantFlow {
            }
        }

-        // Remove top-level tenant objects that don't belong to a timeline, such as heatmap
-        let heatmap_path = remote_heatmap_path(&tenant.tenant_shard_id());
-        if let Some(Err(e)) = backoff::retry(
-            || async {
-                remote_storage
-                    .delete(&heatmap_path, &task_mgr::shutdown_token())
-                    .await
-            },
-            TimeoutOrCancel::caused_by_cancel,
-            FAILED_UPLOAD_WARN_THRESHOLD,
-            FAILED_REMOTE_OP_RETRIES,
-            "remove_remote_tenant_heatmap",
-            &task_mgr::shutdown_token(),
-        )
-        .await
-        {
-            tracing::warn!("Failed to delete heatmap at {heatmap_path}: {e}");
-        }
-
        let timelines_path = conf.timelines_path(&tenant.tenant_shard_id);
        // May not exist if we fail in cleanup_remaining_fs_traces after removing it
        if timelines_path.exists() {
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/metadata.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/metadata.rs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for TimelineMetadata {
        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
    {
        let bytes = Vec::<u8>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-        Self::from_bytes(bytes.as_slice()).map_err(D::Error::custom)
+        Self::from_bytes(bytes.as_slice()).map_err(|e| D::Error::custom(format!("{e}")))
    }
 }

@@ -276,163 +276,13 @@ impl Serialize for TimelineMetadata {
    where
        S: Serializer,
    {
-        let bytes = self.to_bytes().map_err(serde::ser::Error::custom)?;
+        let bytes = self
+            .to_bytes()
+            .map_err(|e| serde::ser::Error::custom(format!("{e}")))?;
        bytes.serialize(serializer)
    }
 }

-pub(crate) mod modern_serde {
-    use crate::tenant::metadata::METADATA_FORMAT_VERSION;
-
-    use super::{
-        TimelineMetadata, TimelineMetadataBodyV2, TimelineMetadataHeader, METADATA_HDR_SIZE,
-    };
-    use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
-    pub(crate) fn deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<TimelineMetadata, D::Error>
-    where
-        D: serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
-    {
-        // for legacy reasons versions 1-5 had TimelineMetadata serialized as a Vec<u8> field with
-        // BeSer.
-        struct Visitor;
-
-        impl<'d> serde::de::Visitor<'d> for Visitor {
-            type Value = TimelineMetadata;
-
-            fn expecting(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-                f.write_str("BeSer bytes or json structure")
-            }
-
-            fn visit_seq<A>(self, seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
-            where
-                A: serde::de::SeqAccess<'d>,
-            {
-                use serde::de::Error;
-                let de = serde::de::value::SeqAccessDeserializer::new(seq);
-                Vec::<u8>::deserialize(de)
-                    .map(|v| TimelineMetadata::from_bytes(&v).map_err(A::Error::custom))?
-            }
-
-            fn visit_map<A>(self, map: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
-            where
-                A: serde::de::MapAccess<'d>,
-            {
-                use serde::de::Error;
-
-                let de = serde::de::value::MapAccessDeserializer::new(map);
-                let body = TimelineMetadataBodyV2::deserialize(de)?;
-
-                // jump through hoops to calculate the crc32 so that TimelineMetadata::ne works
-                // across serialization versions
-                let mut sink = Crc32Sink::default();
-                <TimelineMetadataBodyV2 as utils::bin_ser::BeSer>::ser_into(&body, &mut sink)
-                    .map_err(|e| A::Error::custom(Crc32CalculationFailed(e)))?;
-
-                let size = METADATA_HDR_SIZE + sink.count;
-
-                Ok(TimelineMetadata {
-                    hdr: TimelineMetadataHeader {
-                        checksum: sink.crc,
-                        size: size as u16,
-                        format_version: METADATA_FORMAT_VERSION,
-                    },
-                    body,
-                })
-            }
-        }
-
-        deserializer.deserialize_any(Visitor)
-    }
-
-    #[derive(Default)]
-    struct Crc32Sink {
-        crc: u32,
-        count: usize,
-    }
-
-    impl std::io::Write for Crc32Sink {
-        fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
-            self.crc = crc32c::crc32c_append(self.crc, buf);
-            self.count += buf.len();
-            Ok(buf.len())
-        }
-
-        fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[derive(thiserror::Error)]
-    #[error("re-serializing for crc32 failed")]
-    struct Crc32CalculationFailed<E>(#[source] E);
-
-    // this should be true for one release, after that we can change it to false
-    // remember to check the IndexPart::metadata field TODO comment as well
-    const LEGACY_BINCODED_BYTES: bool = true;
-
-    #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
-    #[serde(transparent)]
-    struct LegacyPaddedBytes<'a>(&'a TimelineMetadata);
-
-    struct JustTheBodyV2<'a>(&'a TimelineMetadata);
-
-    impl serde::Serialize for JustTheBodyV2<'_> {
-        fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-        where
-            S: serde::Serializer,
-        {
-            // header is not needed, upon reading we've upgraded all v1 to v2
-            self.0.body.serialize(serializer)
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn serialize<S>(
-        metadata: &TimelineMetadata,
-        serializer: S,
-    ) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: serde::Serializer,
-    {
-        // we cannot use TimelineMetadata::serialize for now because it'll do
-        // TimelineMetadata::to_bytes
-        if LEGACY_BINCODED_BYTES {
-            LegacyPaddedBytes(metadata).serialize(serializer)
-        } else {
-            JustTheBodyV2(metadata).serialize(serializer)
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn deserializes_bytes_as_well_as_equivalent_body_v2() {
-        #[derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
-        struct Wrapper(#[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize")] TimelineMetadata);
-
-        let too_many_bytes = "[216,111,252,208,0,54,0,4,0,0,0,0,1,73,253,144,1,0,0,0,0,1,73,253,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,73,253,24,0,0,0,0,1,73,253,24,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]";
-
-        let wrapper_from_bytes = serde_json::from_str::<Wrapper>(too_many_bytes).unwrap();
-
-        let serialized = serde_json::to_value(JustTheBodyV2(&wrapper_from_bytes.0)).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            serialized,
-            serde_json::json! {{
-                "disk_consistent_lsn": "0/149FD90",
-                "prev_record_lsn": "0/149FD18",
-                "ancestor_timeline": null,
-                "ancestor_lsn": "0/0",
-                "latest_gc_cutoff_lsn": "0/149FD18",
-                "initdb_lsn": "0/149FD18",
-                "pg_version": 15
-            }}
-        );
-
-        let wrapper_from_json = serde_json::value::from_value::<Wrapper>(serialized).unwrap();
-
-        assert_eq!(wrapper_from_bytes.0, wrapper_from_json.0);
-    }
-}
-
 /// Parts of the metadata which are regularly modified.
 pub(crate) struct MetadataUpdate {
    disk_consistent_lsn: Lsn,
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/mgr.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use crate::tenant::delete::DeleteTenantFlow;
 use crate::tenant::span::debug_assert_current_span_has_tenant_id;
 use crate::tenant::storage_layer::inmemory_layer;
 use crate::tenant::timeline::ShutdownMode;
-use crate::tenant::{AttachedTenantConf, GcError, SpawnMode, Tenant, TenantState};
+use crate::tenant::{AttachedTenantConf, SpawnMode, Tenant, TenantState};
 use crate::{InitializationOrder, IGNORED_TENANT_FILE_NAME, TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX};

 use utils::crashsafe::path_with_suffix_extension;
@@ -2833,13 +2833,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn immediate_gc(
        }
    }

-    result.map_err(|e| match e {
-        GcError::TenantCancelled | GcError::TimelineCancelled => ApiError::ShuttingDown,
-        GcError::TimelineNotFound => {
-            ApiError::NotFound(anyhow::anyhow!("Timeline not found").into())
-        }
-        other => ApiError::InternalServerError(anyhow::anyhow!(other)),
-    })
+    result.map_err(ApiError::InternalServerError)
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
 //!
 //! The *actual* remote state lags behind the *desired* remote state while
 //! there are in-flight operations.
-//! We keep track of the desired remote state in [`UploadQueueInitialized::dirty`].
+//! We keep track of the desired remote state in
+//! [`UploadQueueInitialized::latest_files`] and [`UploadQueueInitialized::latest_metadata`].
 //! It is initialized based on the [`IndexPart`] that was passed during init
 //! and updated with every `schedule_*` function call.
 //! All this is necessary necessary to compute the future [`IndexPart`]s
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@
 //!
 //! # Completion
 //!
-//! Once an operation has completed, we update [`UploadQueueInitialized::clean`] immediately,
+//! Once an operation has completed, we update
+//! [`UploadQueueInitialized::projected_remote_consistent_lsn`] immediately,
 //! and submit a request through the DeletionQueue to update
 //! [`UploadQueueInitialized::visible_remote_consistent_lsn`] after it has
 //! validated that our generation is not stale.  It is this visible value
@@ -195,7 +197,6 @@ pub(crate) use upload::upload_initdb_dir;
 use utils::backoff::{
    self, exponential_backoff, DEFAULT_BASE_BACKOFF_SECONDS, DEFAULT_MAX_BACKOFF_SECONDS,
 };
-use utils::pausable_failpoint;

 use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
@@ -414,7 +415,6 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
        Ok(())
    }

-    /// Returns `None` if nothing is yet uplodaded, `Some(disk_consistent_lsn)` otherwise.
    pub fn remote_consistent_lsn_projected(&self) -> Option<Lsn> {
        match &mut *self.upload_queue.lock().unwrap() {
            UploadQueue::Uninitialized => None,
@@ -441,11 +441,13 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
    /// Returns true if this timeline was previously detached at this Lsn and the remote timeline
    /// client is currently initialized.
    pub(crate) fn is_previous_ancestor_lsn(&self, lsn: Lsn) -> bool {
+        // technically this is a dirty read, but given how timeline detach ancestor is implemented
+        // via tenant restart, the lineage has always been uploaded.
        self.upload_queue
            .lock()
            .unwrap()
            .initialized_mut()
-            .map(|uq| uq.clean.0.lineage.is_previous_ancestor_lsn(lsn))
+            .map(|uq| uq.latest_lineage.is_previous_ancestor_lsn(lsn))
            .unwrap_or(false)
    }

@@ -454,6 +456,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
            current_remote_index_part
                .layer_metadata
                .values()
+                // If we don't have the file size for the layer, don't account for it in the metric.
                .map(|ilmd| ilmd.file_size)
                .sum()
        } else {
@@ -581,9 +584,9 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {

        // As documented in the struct definition, it's ok for latest_metadata to be
        // ahead of what's _actually_ on the remote during index upload.
-        upload_queue.dirty.metadata = metadata.clone();
+        upload_queue.latest_metadata = metadata.clone();

-        self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue)?;
+        self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue);

        Ok(())
    }
@@ -602,9 +605,9 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
        let mut guard = self.upload_queue.lock().unwrap();
        let upload_queue = guard.initialized_mut()?;

-        upload_queue.dirty.metadata.apply(update);
+        upload_queue.latest_metadata.apply(update);

-        self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue)?;
+        self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue);

        Ok(())
    }
@@ -616,8 +619,8 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
        let mut guard = self.upload_queue.lock().unwrap();
        let upload_queue = guard.initialized_mut()?;
-        upload_queue.dirty.last_aux_file_policy = last_aux_file_policy;
-        self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue)?;
+        upload_queue.last_aux_file_policy = last_aux_file_policy;
+        self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue);
        Ok(())
    }
    ///
@@ -635,44 +638,30 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
        let upload_queue = guard.initialized_mut()?;

        if upload_queue.latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled > 0 {
-            self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue)?;
+            self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue);
        }

        Ok(())
    }

    /// Launch an index-file upload operation in the background (internal function)
-    fn schedule_index_upload(
-        self: &Arc<Self>,
-        upload_queue: &mut UploadQueueInitialized,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let disk_consistent_lsn = upload_queue.dirty.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn();
-        // fix up the duplicated field
-        upload_queue.dirty.disk_consistent_lsn = disk_consistent_lsn;
-
-        // make sure it serializes before doing it in perform_upload_task so that it doesn't
-        // look like a retryable error
-        let void = std::io::sink();
-        serde_json::to_writer(void, &upload_queue.dirty).context("serialize index_part.json")?;
-
-        let index_part = &upload_queue.dirty;
+    fn schedule_index_upload(self: &Arc<Self>, upload_queue: &mut UploadQueueInitialized) {
+        let disk_consistent_lsn = upload_queue.latest_metadata.disk_consistent_lsn();

        info!(
            "scheduling metadata upload up to consistent LSN {disk_consistent_lsn} with {} files ({} changed)",
-            index_part.layer_metadata.len(),
+            upload_queue.latest_files.len(),
            upload_queue.latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled,
        );

-        let op = UploadOp::UploadMetadata {
-            uploaded: Box::new(index_part.clone()),
-        };
+        let index_part = IndexPart::from(&*upload_queue);
+        let op = UploadOp::UploadMetadata(Box::new(index_part), disk_consistent_lsn);
        self.metric_begin(&op);
        upload_queue.queued_operations.push_back(op);
        upload_queue.latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled = 0;

        // Launch the task immediately, if possible
        self.launch_queued_tasks(upload_queue);
-        Ok(())
    }

    pub(crate) async fn schedule_reparenting_and_wait(
@@ -685,16 +674,16 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
            let mut guard = self.upload_queue.lock().unwrap();
            let upload_queue = guard.initialized_mut()?;

-            let Some(prev) = upload_queue.dirty.metadata.ancestor_timeline() else {
+            let Some(prev) = upload_queue.latest_metadata.ancestor_timeline() else {
                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
                    "cannot reparent without a current ancestor"
                ));
            };

-            upload_queue.dirty.metadata.reparent(new_parent);
-            upload_queue.dirty.lineage.record_previous_ancestor(&prev);
+            upload_queue.latest_metadata.reparent(new_parent);
+            upload_queue.latest_lineage.record_previous_ancestor(&prev);

-            self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue)?;
+            self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue);

            self.schedule_barrier0(upload_queue)
        };
@@ -715,17 +704,16 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
            let mut guard = self.upload_queue.lock().unwrap();
            let upload_queue = guard.initialized_mut()?;

-            upload_queue.dirty.metadata.detach_from_ancestor(&adopted);
-            upload_queue.dirty.lineage.record_detaching(&adopted);
+            upload_queue.latest_metadata.detach_from_ancestor(&adopted);
+            upload_queue.latest_lineage.record_detaching(&adopted);

            for layer in layers {
                upload_queue
-                    .dirty
-                    .layer_metadata
+                    .latest_files
                    .insert(layer.layer_desc().layer_name(), layer.metadata());
            }

-            self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue)?;
+            self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue);

            let barrier = self.schedule_barrier0(upload_queue);
            self.launch_queued_tasks(upload_queue);
@@ -757,8 +745,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
        let metadata = layer.metadata();

        upload_queue
-            .dirty
-            .layer_metadata
+            .latest_files
            .insert(layer.layer_desc().layer_name(), metadata.clone());
        upload_queue.latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled += 1;

@@ -788,8 +775,8 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
        let mut guard = self.upload_queue.lock().unwrap();
        let upload_queue = guard.initialized_mut()?;

-        let with_metadata = self
-            .schedule_unlinking_of_layers_from_index_part0(upload_queue, names.iter().cloned())?;
+        let with_metadata =
+            self.schedule_unlinking_of_layers_from_index_part0(upload_queue, names.iter().cloned());

        self.schedule_deletion_of_unlinked0(upload_queue, with_metadata);

@@ -813,7 +800,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {

        let names = gc_layers.iter().map(|x| x.layer_desc().layer_name());

-        self.schedule_unlinking_of_layers_from_index_part0(upload_queue, names)?;
+        self.schedule_unlinking_of_layers_from_index_part0(upload_queue, names);

        self.launch_queued_tasks(upload_queue);

@@ -826,7 +813,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
        self: &Arc<Self>,
        upload_queue: &mut UploadQueueInitialized,
        names: I,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<(LayerName, LayerFileMetadata)>>
+    ) -> Vec<(LayerName, LayerFileMetadata)>
    where
        I: IntoIterator<Item = LayerName>,
    {
@@ -836,7 +823,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
        let with_metadata: Vec<_> = names
            .into_iter()
            .filter_map(|name| {
-                let meta = upload_queue.dirty.layer_metadata.remove(&name);
+                let meta = upload_queue.latest_files.remove(&name);

                if let Some(meta) = meta {
                    upload_queue.latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled += 1;
@@ -868,10 +855,10 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
        // index_part update, because that needs to be uploaded before we can actually delete the
        // files.
        if upload_queue.latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled > 0 {
-            self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue)?;
+            self.schedule_index_upload(upload_queue);
        }

-        Ok(with_metadata)
+        with_metadata
    }

    /// Schedules deletion for layer files which have previously been unlinked from the
@@ -962,7 +949,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {

        let names = compacted_from.iter().map(|x| x.layer_desc().layer_name());

-        self.schedule_unlinking_of_layers_from_index_part0(upload_queue, names)?;
+        self.schedule_unlinking_of_layers_from_index_part0(upload_queue, names);
        self.launch_queued_tasks(upload_queue);

        Ok(())
@@ -1097,7 +1084,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
            let deleted_at = Utc::now().naive_utc();
            stopped.deleted_at = SetDeletedFlagProgress::InProgress(deleted_at);

-            let mut index_part = stopped.upload_queue_for_deletion.dirty.clone();
+            let mut index_part = IndexPart::from(&stopped.upload_queue_for_deletion);
            index_part.deleted_at = Some(deleted_at);
            index_part
        };
@@ -1205,7 +1192,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                    &self.storage_impl,
                    uploaded.local_path(),
                    &remote_path,
-                    uploaded.metadata().file_size,
+                    uploaded.metadata().file_size(),
                    cancel,
                )
                .await
@@ -1308,8 +1295,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {

            stopped
                .upload_queue_for_deletion
-                .dirty
-                .layer_metadata
+                .latest_files
                .drain()
                .map(|(file_name, meta)| {
                    remote_layer_path(
@@ -1446,7 +1432,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                    // Can always be scheduled.
                    true
                }
-                UploadOp::UploadMetadata { .. } => {
+                UploadOp::UploadMetadata(_, _) => {
                    // These can only be performed after all the preceding operations
                    // have finished.
                    upload_queue.inprogress_tasks.is_empty()
@@ -1488,7 +1474,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                UploadOp::UploadLayer(_, _) => {
                    upload_queue.num_inprogress_layer_uploads += 1;
                }
-                UploadOp::UploadMetadata { .. } => {
+                UploadOp::UploadMetadata(_, _) => {
                    upload_queue.num_inprogress_metadata_uploads += 1;
                }
                UploadOp::Delete(_) => {
@@ -1587,7 +1573,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                        &self.storage_impl,
                        local_path,
                        &remote_path,
-                        layer_metadata.file_size,
+                        layer_metadata.file_size(),
                        &self.cancel,
                    )
                    .measure_remote_op(
@@ -1597,13 +1583,22 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                    )
                    .await
                }
-                UploadOp::UploadMetadata { ref uploaded } => {
+                UploadOp::UploadMetadata(ref index_part, _lsn) => {
+                    let mention_having_future_layers = if cfg!(feature = "testing") {
+                        index_part
+                            .layer_metadata
+                            .keys()
+                            .any(|x| x.is_in_future(*_lsn))
+                    } else {
+                        false
+                    };
+
                    let res = upload::upload_index_part(
                        &self.storage_impl,
                        &self.tenant_shard_id,
                        &self.timeline_id,
                        self.generation,
-                        uploaded,
+                        index_part,
                        &self.cancel,
                    )
                    .measure_remote_op(
@@ -1613,21 +1608,10 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                    )
                    .await;
                    if res.is_ok() {
-                        self.update_remote_physical_size_gauge(Some(uploaded));
-                        let mention_having_future_layers = if cfg!(feature = "testing") {
-                            uploaded
-                                .layer_metadata
-                                .keys()
-                                .any(|x| x.is_in_future(uploaded.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn()))
-                        } else {
-                            false
-                        };
+                        self.update_remote_physical_size_gauge(Some(index_part));
                        if mention_having_future_layers {
                            // find rationale near crate::tenant::timeline::init::cleanup_future_layer
-                            tracing::info!(
-                                disk_consistent_lsn = %uploaded.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn(),
-                                "uploaded an index_part.json with future layers -- this is ok! if shutdown now, expect future layer cleanup"
-                            );
+                            tracing::info!(disk_consistent_lsn=%_lsn, "uploaded an index_part.json with future layers -- this is ok! if shutdown now, expect future layer cleanup");
                        }
                    }
                    res
@@ -1728,23 +1712,11 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                    upload_queue.num_inprogress_layer_uploads -= 1;
                    None
                }
-                UploadOp::UploadMetadata { ref uploaded } => {
+                UploadOp::UploadMetadata(_, lsn) => {
                    upload_queue.num_inprogress_metadata_uploads -= 1;
+                    // XXX monotonicity check?

-                    // the task id is reused as a monotonicity check for storing the "clean"
-                    // IndexPart.
-                    let last_updater = upload_queue.clean.1;
-                    let is_later = last_updater.is_some_and(|task_id| task_id < task.task_id);
-                    let monotone = is_later || last_updater.is_none();
-
-                    assert!(monotone, "no two index uploads should be completing at the same time, prev={last_updater:?}, task.task_id={}", task.task_id);
-
-                    // not taking ownership is wasteful
-                    upload_queue.clean.0.clone_from(uploaded);
-                    upload_queue.clean.1 = Some(task.task_id);
-
-                    let lsn = upload_queue.clean.0.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn();
-
+                    upload_queue.projected_remote_consistent_lsn = Some(lsn);
                    if self.generation.is_none() {
                        // Legacy mode: skip validating generation
                        upload_queue.visible_remote_consistent_lsn.store(lsn);
@@ -1796,9 +1768,9 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
            UploadOp::UploadLayer(_, m) => (
                RemoteOpFileKind::Layer,
                RemoteOpKind::Upload,
-                RemoteTimelineClientMetricsCallTrackSize::Bytes(m.file_size),
+                RemoteTimelineClientMetricsCallTrackSize::Bytes(m.file_size()),
            ),
-            UploadOp::UploadMetadata { .. } => (
+            UploadOp::UploadMetadata(_, _) => (
                RemoteOpFileKind::Index,
                RemoteOpKind::Upload,
                DontTrackSize {
@@ -1874,9 +1846,11 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                    // Deletion is not really perf sensitive so there shouldnt be any problems with cloning a fraction of it.
                    let upload_queue_for_deletion = UploadQueueInitialized {
                        task_counter: 0,
-                        dirty: initialized.dirty.clone(),
-                        clean: initialized.clean.clone(),
+                        latest_files: initialized.latest_files.clone(),
                        latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled: 0,
+                        latest_metadata: initialized.latest_metadata.clone(),
+                        latest_lineage: initialized.latest_lineage.clone(),
+                        projected_remote_consistent_lsn: None,
                        visible_remote_consistent_lsn: initialized
                            .visible_remote_consistent_lsn
                            .clone(),
@@ -1889,6 +1863,7 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                        dangling_files: HashMap::default(),
                        shutting_down: false,
                        shutdown_ready: Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(0)),
+                        last_aux_file_policy: initialized.last_aux_file_policy,
                    };

                    let upload_queue = std::mem::replace(
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/download.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ use crate::TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX;
 use remote_storage::{DownloadError, GenericRemoteStorage, ListingMode, RemotePath};
 use utils::crashsafe::path_with_suffix_extension;
 use utils::id::{TenantId, TimelineId};
-use utils::pausable_failpoint;

 use super::index::{IndexPart, LayerFileMetadata};
 use super::{
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ pub async fn download_layer_file<'a>(
    )
    .await?;

-    let expected = layer_metadata.file_size;
+    let expected = layer_metadata.file_size();
    if expected != bytes_amount {
        return Err(DownloadError::Other(anyhow!(
            "According to layer file metadata should have downloaded {expected} bytes but downloaded {bytes_amount} bytes into file {temp_file_path:?}",
@@ -153,8 +152,6 @@ async fn download_object<'a>(

                let download = storage.download(src_path, cancel).await?;

-                pausable_failpoint!("before-downloading-layer-stream-pausable");
-
                let mut buf_writer =
                    tokio::io::BufWriter::with_capacity(super::BUFFER_SIZE, destination_file);

@@ -202,8 +199,6 @@ async fn download_object<'a>(

                let mut download = storage.download(src_path, cancel).await?;

-                pausable_failpoint!("before-downloading-layer-stream-pausable");
-
                // TODO: use vectored write (writev) once supported by tokio-epoll-uring.
                // There's chunks_vectored() on the stream.
                let (bytes_amount, destination_file) = async {
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/index.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/index.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,52 @@ use utils::id::TimelineId;

 use crate::tenant::metadata::TimelineMetadata;
 use crate::tenant::storage_layer::LayerName;
+use crate::tenant::upload_queue::UploadQueueInitialized;
 use crate::tenant::Generation;
 use pageserver_api::shard::ShardIndex;

 use utils::lsn::Lsn;

+/// Metadata gathered for each of the layer files.
+///
+/// Fields have to be `Option`s because remote [`IndexPart`]'s can be from different version, which
+/// might have less or more metadata depending if upgrading or rolling back an upgrade.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+//#[cfg_attr(test, derive(Default))]
+pub struct LayerFileMetadata {
+    file_size: u64,
+
+    pub(crate) generation: Generation,
+
+    pub(crate) shard: ShardIndex,
+}
+
+impl From<&'_ IndexLayerMetadata> for LayerFileMetadata {
+    fn from(other: &IndexLayerMetadata) -> Self {
+        LayerFileMetadata {
+            file_size: other.file_size,
+            generation: other.generation,
+            shard: other.shard,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl LayerFileMetadata {
+    pub fn new(file_size: u64, generation: Generation, shard: ShardIndex) -> Self {
+        LayerFileMetadata {
+            file_size,
+            generation,
+            shard,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn file_size(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.file_size
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO seems like another part of the remote storage file format
+// compatibility issue, see https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/3072
 /// In-memory representation of an `index_part.json` file
 ///
 /// Contains the data about all files in the timeline, present remotely and its metadata.
@@ -36,18 +77,14 @@ pub struct IndexPart {
    ///
    /// Older versions of `IndexPart` will not have this property or have only a part of metadata
    /// that latest version stores.
-    pub layer_metadata: HashMap<LayerName, LayerFileMetadata>,
+    pub layer_metadata: HashMap<LayerName, IndexLayerMetadata>,

    // 'disk_consistent_lsn' is a copy of the 'disk_consistent_lsn' in the metadata.
    // It's duplicated for convenience when reading the serialized structure, but is
    // private because internally we would read from metadata instead.
-    pub(super) disk_consistent_lsn: Lsn,
+    disk_consistent_lsn: Lsn,

-    // TODO: later make this "rename" to "alias", rename field as "legacy_metadata"
-    #[serde(
-        rename = "metadata_bytes",
-        with = "crate::tenant::metadata::modern_serde"
-    )]
+    #[serde(rename = "metadata_bytes")]
    pub metadata: TimelineMetadata,

    #[serde(default)]
@@ -83,15 +120,26 @@ impl IndexPart {

    pub const FILE_NAME: &'static str = "index_part.json";

-    pub(crate) fn empty(metadata: TimelineMetadata) -> Self {
-        IndexPart {
+    fn new(
+        layers_and_metadata: &HashMap<LayerName, LayerFileMetadata>,
+        disk_consistent_lsn: Lsn,
+        metadata: TimelineMetadata,
+        lineage: Lineage,
+        last_aux_file_policy: Option<AuxFilePolicy>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let layer_metadata = layers_and_metadata
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(k, v)| (k.to_owned(), IndexLayerMetadata::from(v)))
+            .collect();
+
+        Self {
            version: Self::LATEST_VERSION,
-            layer_metadata: Default::default(),
-            disk_consistent_lsn: metadata.disk_consistent_lsn(),
+            layer_metadata,
+            disk_consistent_lsn,
            metadata,
            deleted_at: None,
-            lineage: Default::default(),
-            last_aux_file_policy: None,
+            lineage,
+            last_aux_file_policy,
        }
    }

@@ -101,7 +149,7 @@ impl IndexPart {

    /// If you want this under normal operations, read it from self.metadata:
    /// this method is just for the scrubber to use when validating an index.
-    pub fn duplicated_disk_consistent_lsn(&self) -> Lsn {
+    pub fn get_disk_consistent_lsn(&self) -> Lsn {
        self.disk_consistent_lsn
    }

@@ -115,7 +163,14 @@ impl IndexPart {

    #[cfg(test)]
    pub(crate) fn example() -> Self {
-        Self::empty(TimelineMetadata::example())
+        let example_metadata = TimelineMetadata::example();
+        Self::new(
+            &HashMap::new(),
+            example_metadata.disk_consistent_lsn(),
+            example_metadata,
+            Default::default(),
+            Some(AuxFilePolicy::V1),
+        )
    }

    pub(crate) fn last_aux_file_policy(&self) -> Option<AuxFilePolicy> {
@@ -123,12 +178,25 @@ impl IndexPart {
    }
 }

-/// Metadata gathered for each of the layer files.
-///
-/// Fields have to be `Option`s because remote [`IndexPart`]'s can be from different version, which
-/// might have less or more metadata depending if upgrading or rolling back an upgrade.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct LayerFileMetadata {
+impl From<&UploadQueueInitialized> for IndexPart {
+    fn from(uq: &UploadQueueInitialized) -> Self {
+        let disk_consistent_lsn = uq.latest_metadata.disk_consistent_lsn();
+        let metadata = uq.latest_metadata.clone();
+        let lineage = uq.latest_lineage.clone();
+
+        Self::new(
+            &uq.latest_files,
+            disk_consistent_lsn,
+            metadata,
+            lineage,
+            uq.last_aux_file_policy,
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// Serialized form of [`LayerFileMetadata`].
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct IndexLayerMetadata {
    pub file_size: u64,

    #[serde(default = "Generation::none")]
@@ -140,12 +208,12 @@ pub struct LayerFileMetadata {
    pub shard: ShardIndex,
 }

-impl LayerFileMetadata {
-    pub fn new(file_size: u64, generation: Generation, shard: ShardIndex) -> Self {
-        LayerFileMetadata {
-            file_size,
-            generation,
-            shard,
+impl From<&LayerFileMetadata> for IndexLayerMetadata {
+    fn from(other: &LayerFileMetadata) -> Self {
+        IndexLayerMetadata {
+            file_size: other.file_size,
+            generation: other.generation,
+            shard: other.shard,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -208,10 +276,11 @@ impl Lineage {
    /// The queried lsn is most likely the basebackup lsn, and this answers question "is it allowed
    /// to start a read/write primary at this lsn".
    ///
-    /// Returns true if the Lsn was previously our branch point.
+    /// Returns true if the Lsn was previously a branch point.
    pub(crate) fn is_previous_ancestor_lsn(&self, lsn: Lsn) -> bool {
        self.original_ancestor
-            .is_some_and(|(_, ancestor_lsn, _)| ancestor_lsn == lsn)
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|(_, ancestor_lsn, _)| lsn == *ancestor_lsn)
    }
 }

@@ -238,12 +307,12 @@ mod tests {
            // note this is not verified, could be anything, but exists for humans debugging.. could be the git version instead?
            version: 1,
            layer_metadata: HashMap::from([
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    file_size: 25600000,
                    generation: Generation::none(),
                    shard: ShardIndex::unsharded()
                }),
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    // serde_json should always parse this but this might be a double with jq for
                    // example.
                    file_size: 9007199254741001,
@@ -280,12 +349,12 @@ mod tests {
            // note this is not verified, could be anything, but exists for humans debugging.. could be the git version instead?
            version: 1,
            layer_metadata: HashMap::from([
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    file_size: 25600000,
                    generation: Generation::none(),
                    shard: ShardIndex::unsharded()
                }),
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    // serde_json should always parse this but this might be a double with jq for
                    // example.
                    file_size: 9007199254741001,
@@ -323,12 +392,12 @@ mod tests {
            // note this is not verified, could be anything, but exists for humans debugging.. could be the git version instead?
            version: 2,
            layer_metadata: HashMap::from([
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    file_size: 25600000,
                    generation: Generation::none(),
                    shard: ShardIndex::unsharded()
                }),
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    // serde_json should always parse this but this might be a double with jq for
                    // example.
                    file_size: 9007199254741001,
@@ -411,12 +480,12 @@ mod tests {
        let expected = IndexPart {
            version: 4,
            layer_metadata: HashMap::from([
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    file_size: 25600000,
                    generation: Generation::none(),
                    shard: ShardIndex::unsharded()
                }),
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    // serde_json should always parse this but this might be a double with jq for
                    // example.
                    file_size: 9007199254741001,
@@ -453,12 +522,12 @@ mod tests {
        let expected = IndexPart {
            version: 5,
            layer_metadata: HashMap::from([
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000014EF420-00000000014EF499".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000014EF420-00000000014EF499".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    file_size: 23289856,
                    generation: Generation::new(1),
                    shard: ShardIndex::unsharded(),
                }),
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000014EF499-00000000015A7619".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000014EF499-00000000015A7619".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    file_size: 1015808,
                    generation: Generation::new(1),
                    shard: ShardIndex::unsharded(),
@@ -500,12 +569,12 @@ mod tests {
        let expected = IndexPart {
            version: 6,
            layer_metadata: HashMap::from([
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__0000000001696070-00000000016960E9".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    file_size: 25600000,
                    generation: Generation::none(),
                    shard: ShardIndex::unsharded()
                }),
-                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), LayerFileMetadata {
+                ("000000000000000000000000000000000000-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF__00000000016B59D8-00000000016B5A51".parse().unwrap(), IndexLayerMetadata {
                    // serde_json should always parse this but this might be a double with jq for
                    // example.
                    file_size: 9007199254741001,
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/upload.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/upload.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Helper functions to upload files to remote storage with a RemoteStorage

 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use camino::Utf8Path;
 use fail::fail_point;
 use pageserver_api::shard::TenantShardId;
@@ -10,12 +9,12 @@ use std::time::SystemTime;
 use tokio::fs::{self, File};
 use tokio::io::AsyncSeekExt;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
-use utils::{backoff, pausable_failpoint};
+use utils::backoff;

-use super::index::IndexPart;
 use super::Generation;
 use crate::tenant::remote_timeline_client::{
-    remote_index_path, remote_initdb_archive_path, remote_initdb_preserved_archive_path,
+    index::IndexPart, remote_index_path, remote_initdb_archive_path,
+    remote_initdb_preserved_archive_path,
 };
 use remote_storage::{GenericRemoteStorage, RemotePath, TimeTravelError};
 use utils::id::{TenantId, TimelineId};
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn upload_index_part<'a>(
    tenant_shard_id: &TenantShardId,
    timeline_id: &TimelineId,
    generation: Generation,
-    index_part: &IndexPart,
+    index_part: &'a IndexPart,
    cancel: &CancellationToken,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    tracing::trace!("uploading new index part");
@@ -38,16 +37,16 @@ pub(crate) async fn upload_index_part<'a>(
    });
    pausable_failpoint!("before-upload-index-pausable");

-    // FIXME: this error comes too late
-    let serialized = index_part.to_s3_bytes()?;
-    let serialized = Bytes::from(serialized);
-
-    let index_part_size = serialized.len();
+    let index_part_bytes = index_part
+        .to_s3_bytes()
+        .context("serialize index part file into bytes")?;
+    let index_part_size = index_part_bytes.len();
+    let index_part_bytes = bytes::Bytes::from(index_part_bytes);

    let remote_path = remote_index_path(tenant_shard_id, timeline_id, generation);
    storage
        .upload_storage_object(
-            futures::stream::once(futures::future::ready(Ok(serialized))),
+            futures::stream::once(futures::future::ready(Ok(index_part_bytes))),
            index_part_size,
            &remote_path,
            cancel,
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/secondary.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/secondary.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ impl SecondaryTenant {
        };

        let now = SystemTime::now();
-        tracing::info!("Evicting secondary layer");

        let this = self.clone();

--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/secondary/downloader.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/secondary/downloader.rs
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ use crate::tenant::{

 use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
 use chrono::format::{DelayedFormat, StrftimeItems};
-use futures::Future;
+use futures::{Future, StreamExt};
 use pageserver_api::models::SecondaryProgress;
 use pageserver_api::shard::TenantShardId;
-use remote_storage::{DownloadError, Etag, GenericRemoteStorage};
+use remote_storage::{DownloadError, Etag, GenericRemoteStorage, RemoteStorageActivity};

 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::{info_span, instrument, warn, Instrument};
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ use super::{
 /// download, if the uploader populated it.
 const DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(60000);

+/// Range of concurrency we may use when downloading layers within a timeline.  This is independent
+/// for each tenant we're downloading: the concurrency of _tenants_ is defined separately in
+/// `PageServerConf::secondary_download_concurrency`
+const MAX_LAYER_CONCURRENCY: usize = 16;
+const MIN_LAYER_CONCURRENCY: usize = 1;
+
 pub(super) async fn downloader_task(
    tenant_manager: Arc<TenantManager>,
    remote_storage: GenericRemoteStorage,
@@ -75,14 +81,15 @@ pub(super) async fn downloader_task(
    cancel: CancellationToken,
    root_ctx: RequestContext,
 ) {
-    let concurrency = tenant_manager.get_conf().secondary_download_concurrency;
+    // How many tenants' secondary download operations we will run concurrently
+    let tenant_concurrency = tenant_manager.get_conf().secondary_download_concurrency;

    let generator = SecondaryDownloader {
        tenant_manager,
        remote_storage,
        root_ctx,
    };
-    let mut scheduler = Scheduler::new(generator, concurrency);
+    let mut scheduler = Scheduler::new(generator, tenant_concurrency);

    scheduler
        .run(command_queue, background_jobs_can_start, cancel)
@@ -407,7 +414,7 @@ impl JobGenerator<PendingDownload, RunningDownload, CompleteDownload, DownloadCo
                    tracing::warn!("Insufficient space while downloading.  Will retry later.");
                }
                Err(UpdateError::Cancelled) => {
-                    tracing::info!("Shut down while downloading");
+                    tracing::debug!("Shut down while downloading");
                },
                Err(UpdateError::Deserialize(e)) => {
                    tracing::error!("Corrupt content while downloading tenant: {e}");
@@ -709,7 +716,7 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {
                let mut layer_byte_count: u64 = timeline_state
                    .on_disk_layers
                    .values()
-                    .map(|l| l.metadata.file_size)
+                    .map(|l| l.metadata.file_size())
                    .sum();

                // Remove on-disk layers that are no longer present in heatmap
@@ -720,7 +727,7 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {
                        .get(layer_file_name)
                        .unwrap()
                        .metadata
-                        .file_size;
+                        .file_size();

                    let local_path = local_layer_path(
                        self.conf,
@@ -841,6 +848,8 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {

        tracing::debug!(timeline_id=%timeline.timeline_id, "Downloading layers, {} in heatmap", timeline.layers.len());

+        let mut download_futs = Vec::new();
+
        // Download heatmap layers that are not present on local disk, or update their
        // access time if they are already present.
        for layer in timeline.layers {
@@ -877,7 +886,9 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {
                    }
                }

-                if on_disk.metadata != layer.metadata || on_disk.access_time != layer.access_time {
+                if on_disk.metadata != LayerFileMetadata::from(&layer.metadata)
+                    || on_disk.access_time != layer.access_time
+                {
                    // We already have this layer on disk.  Update its access time.
                    tracing::debug!(
                        "Access time updated for layer {}: {} -> {}",
@@ -909,19 +920,35 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {
                        strftime(&layer.access_time),
                        strftime(evicted_at)
                    );
-                    self.skip_layer(layer);
                    continue;
                }
            }

-            match self
-                .download_layer(tenant_shard_id, &timeline.timeline_id, layer, ctx)
-                .await?
-            {
-                Some(layer) => touched.push(layer),
-                None => {
-                    // Not an error but we didn't download it: remote layer is missing.  Don't add it to the list of
-                    // things to consider touched.
+            download_futs.push(self.download_layer(
+                tenant_shard_id,
+                &timeline.timeline_id,
+                layer,
+                ctx,
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // Break up layer downloads into chunks, so that for each chunk we can re-check how much
+        // concurrency to use based on activity level of remote storage.
+        while !download_futs.is_empty() {
+            let chunk =
+                download_futs.split_off(download_futs.len().saturating_sub(MAX_LAYER_CONCURRENCY));
+
+            let concurrency = Self::layer_concurrency(self.remote_storage.activity());
+
+            let mut result_stream = futures::stream::iter(chunk).buffered(concurrency);
+            let mut result_stream = std::pin::pin!(result_stream);
+            while let Some(result) = result_stream.next().await {
+                match result {
+                    Err(e) => return Err(e),
+                    Ok(None) => {
+                        // No error, but we didn't download the layer.  Don't mark it touched
+                    }
+                    Ok(Some(layer)) => touched.push(layer),
                }
            }
        }
@@ -952,7 +979,7 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {
                            tenant_shard_id,
                            &timeline.timeline_id,
                            t.name,
-                            t.metadata.clone(),
+                            LayerFileMetadata::from(&t.metadata),
                            t.access_time,
                            local_path,
                        ));
@@ -964,15 +991,6 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {
        Ok(())
    }

-    /// Call this during timeline download if a layer will _not_ be downloaded, to update progress statistics
-    fn skip_layer(&self, layer: HeatMapLayer) {
-        let mut progress = self.secondary_state.progress.lock().unwrap();
-        progress.layers_total = progress.layers_total.saturating_sub(1);
-        progress.bytes_total = progress
-            .bytes_total
-            .saturating_sub(layer.metadata.file_size);
-    }
-
    async fn download_layer(
        &self,
        tenant_shard_id: &TenantShardId,
@@ -1000,20 +1018,19 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {
            layer.name,
            layer.metadata.file_size
        );
-        let downloaded_bytes = download_layer_file(
+        let downloaded_bytes = match download_layer_file(
            self.conf,
            self.remote_storage,
            *tenant_shard_id,
            *timeline_id,
            &layer.name,
-            &layer.metadata,
+            &LayerFileMetadata::from(&layer.metadata),
            &local_path,
            &self.secondary_state.cancel,
            ctx,
        )
-        .await;
-
-        let downloaded_bytes = match downloaded_bytes {
+        .await
+        {
            Ok(bytes) => bytes,
            Err(DownloadError::NotFound) => {
                // A heatmap might be out of date and refer to a layer that doesn't exist any more.
@@ -1023,7 +1040,13 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {
                    "Skipped downloading missing layer {}, raced with compaction/gc?",
                    layer.name
                );
-                self.skip_layer(layer);
+
+                // If the layer is 404, adjust the progress statistics to reflect that we will not download it.
+                let mut progress = self.secondary_state.progress.lock().unwrap();
+                progress.layers_total = progress.layers_total.saturating_sub(1);
+                progress.bytes_total = progress
+                    .bytes_total
+                    .saturating_sub(layer.metadata.file_size);

                return Ok(None);
            }
@@ -1060,6 +1083,19 @@ impl<'a> TenantDownloader<'a> {

        Ok(Some(layer))
    }
+
+    /// Calculate the currently allowed parallelism of layer download tasks, based on activity level of the remote storage
+    fn layer_concurrency(activity: RemoteStorageActivity) -> usize {
+        // When less than 75% of units are available, use minimum concurrency.  Else, do a linear mapping
+        // of our concurrency range to the units available within the remaining 25%.
+        let clamp_at = (activity.read_total * 3) / 4;
+        if activity.read_available > clamp_at {
+            (MAX_LAYER_CONCURRENCY * (activity.read_available - clamp_at))
+                / (activity.read_total - clamp_at)
+        } else {
+            MIN_LAYER_CONCURRENCY
+        }
+    }
 }

 /// Scan local storage and build up Layer objects based on the metadata in a HeatMapTimeline
@@ -1149,7 +1185,7 @@ async fn init_timeline_state(
                                    tenant_shard_id,
                                    &heatmap.timeline_id,
                                    name,
-                                    remote_meta.metadata.clone(),
+                                    LayerFileMetadata::from(&remote_meta.metadata),
                                    remote_meta.access_time,
                                    file_path,
                                ),
@@ -1183,3 +1219,58 @@ async fn init_timeline_state(

    detail
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn layer_concurrency() {
+        // Totally idle
+        assert_eq!(
+            TenantDownloader::layer_concurrency(RemoteStorageActivity {
+                read_available: 16,
+                read_total: 16,
+                write_available: 16,
+                write_total: 16
+            }),
+            MAX_LAYER_CONCURRENCY
+        );
+
+        // Totally busy
+        assert_eq!(
+            TenantDownloader::layer_concurrency(RemoteStorageActivity {
+                read_available: 0,
+                read_total: 16,
+
+                write_available: 16,
+                write_total: 16
+            }),
+            MIN_LAYER_CONCURRENCY
+        );
+
+        // Edge of the range at which we interpolate
+        assert_eq!(
+            TenantDownloader::layer_concurrency(RemoteStorageActivity {
+                read_available: 12,
+                read_total: 16,
+
+                write_available: 16,
+                write_total: 16
+            }),
+            MIN_LAYER_CONCURRENCY
+        );
+
+        // Midpoint of the range in which we interpolate
+        assert_eq!(
+            TenantDownloader::layer_concurrency(RemoteStorageActivity {
+                read_available: 14,
+                read_total: 16,
+
+                write_available: 16,
+                write_total: 16
+            }),
+            MAX_LAYER_CONCURRENCY / 2
+        );
+    }
+}
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/secondary/heatmap.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/secondary/heatmap.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::time::SystemTime;

-use crate::tenant::{remote_timeline_client::index::LayerFileMetadata, storage_layer::LayerName};
+use crate::tenant::{remote_timeline_client::index::IndexLayerMetadata, storage_layer::LayerName};

 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_with::{serde_as, DisplayFromStr, TimestampSeconds};
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub(crate) struct HeatMapTimeline {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub(crate) struct HeatMapLayer {
    pub(super) name: LayerName,
-    pub(super) metadata: LayerFileMetadata,
+    pub(super) metadata: IndexLayerMetadata,

    #[serde_as(as = "TimestampSeconds<i64>")]
    pub(super) access_time: SystemTime,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub(crate) struct HeatMapLayer {
 impl HeatMapLayer {
    pub(crate) fn new(
        name: LayerName,
-        metadata: LayerFileMetadata,
+        metadata: IndexLayerMetadata,
        access_time: SystemTime,
    ) -> Self {
        Self {
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/secondary/scheduler.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/secondary/scheduler.rs
@@ -334,11 +334,8 @@ where

        let tenant_shard_id = job.get_tenant_shard_id();
        let barrier = if let Some(barrier) = self.get_running(tenant_shard_id) {
-            tracing::info!(
-                tenant_id=%tenant_shard_id.tenant_id,
-                shard_id=%tenant_shard_id.shard_slug(),
-                "Command already running, waiting for it"
-            );
+            tracing::info!(tenant_id=%tenant_shard_id.tenant_id, shard_id=%tenant_shard_id.shard_slug(),
+                           "Command already running, waiting for it");
            barrier
        } else {
            let running = self.spawn_now(job);
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer.rs
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ pub(crate) struct LayerFringe {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct LayerKeyspace {
    layer: ReadableLayer,
-    target_keyspace: Vec<KeySpace>,
+    target_keyspace: KeySpace,
 }

 impl LayerFringe {
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ impl LayerFringe {
        };

        let removed = self.layers.remove_entry(&read_desc.layer_id);
-
        match removed {
            Some((
                _,
@@ -344,15 +343,7 @@ impl LayerFringe {
                    layer,
                    target_keyspace,
                },
-            )) => {
-                let mut keyspace = KeySpaceRandomAccum::new();
-                for ks in target_keyspace {
-                    for part in ks.ranges {
-                        keyspace.add_range(part);
-                    }
-                }
-                Some((layer, keyspace.consume_keyspace(), read_desc.lsn_range))
-            }
+            )) => Some((layer, target_keyspace, read_desc.lsn_range)),
            None => unreachable!("fringe internals are always consistent"),
        }
    }
@@ -367,7 +358,7 @@ impl LayerFringe {
        let entry = self.layers.entry(layer_id.clone());
        match entry {
            Entry::Occupied(mut entry) => {
-                entry.get_mut().target_keyspace.push(keyspace);
+                entry.get_mut().target_keyspace.merge(&keyspace);
            }
            Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
                self.planned_reads_by_lsn.push(ReadDesc {
@@ -376,7 +367,7 @@ impl LayerFringe {
                });
                entry.insert(LayerKeyspace {
                    layer,
-                    target_keyspace: vec![keyspace],
+                    target_keyspace: keyspace,
                });
            }
        }
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs
@@ -478,23 +478,6 @@ impl DeltaLayerWriterInner {
        key_end: Key,
        timeline: &Arc<Timeline>,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<ResidentLayer> {
-        let temp_path = self.path.clone();
-        let result = self.finish0(key_end, timeline, ctx).await;
-        if result.is_err() {
-            tracing::info!(%temp_path, "cleaning up temporary file after error during writing");
-            if let Err(e) = std::fs::remove_file(&temp_path) {
-                tracing::warn!(error=%e, %temp_path, "error cleaning up temporary layer file after error during writing");
-            }
-        }
-        result
-    }
-
-    async fn finish0(
-        self,
-        key_end: Key,
-        timeline: &Arc<Timeline>,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<ResidentLayer> {
        let index_start_blk =
            ((self.blob_writer.size() + PAGE_SZ as u64 - 1) / PAGE_SZ as u64) as u32;
@@ -668,11 +651,19 @@ impl DeltaLayerWriter {
        timeline: &Arc<Timeline>,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<ResidentLayer> {
-        self.inner
-            .take()
-            .unwrap()
-            .finish(key_end, timeline, ctx)
-            .await
+        let inner = self.inner.take().unwrap();
+        let temp_path = inner.path.clone();
+        let result = inner.finish(key_end, timeline, ctx).await;
+        // The delta layer files can sometimes be really large. Clean them up.
+        if result.is_err() {
+            tracing::warn!(
+                "Cleaning up temporary delta file {temp_path} after error during writing"
+            );
+            if let Err(e) = std::fs::remove_file(&temp_path) {
+                tracing::warn!("Error cleaning up temporary delta layer file {temp_path}: {e:?}")
+            }
+        }
+        result
    }
 }

--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use hex;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use pageserver_api::keyspace::KeySpace;
 use pageserver_api::models::LayerAccessKind;
-use pageserver_api::shard::{ShardIdentity, TenantShardId};
+use pageserver_api::shard::TenantShardId;
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, Rng};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ impl ImageLayerInner {
        ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> Result<(), GetVectoredError> {
        let reads = self
-            .plan_reads(keyspace, None, ctx)
+            .plan_reads(keyspace, ctx)
            .await
            .map_err(GetVectoredError::Other)?;

@@ -485,15 +485,9 @@ impl ImageLayerInner {
        Ok(())
    }

-    /// Traverse the layer's index to build read operations on the overlap of the input keyspace
-    /// and the keys in this layer.
-    ///
-    /// If shard_identity is provided, it will be used to filter keys down to those stored on
-    /// this shard.
    async fn plan_reads(
        &self,
        keyspace: KeySpace,
-        shard_identity: Option<&ShardIdentity>,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<VectoredRead>> {
        let mut planner = VectoredReadPlanner::new(
@@ -513,6 +507,7 @@ impl ImageLayerInner {

        for range in keyspace.ranges.iter() {
            let mut range_end_handled = false;
+
            let mut search_key: [u8; KEY_SIZE] = [0u8; KEY_SIZE];
            range.start.write_to_byte_slice(&mut search_key);

@@ -525,22 +520,12 @@ impl ImageLayerInner {
                let key = Key::from_slice(&raw_key[..KEY_SIZE]);
                assert!(key >= range.start);

-                let flag = if let Some(shard_identity) = shard_identity {
-                    if shard_identity.is_key_disposable(&key) {
-                        BlobFlag::Ignore
-                    } else {
-                        BlobFlag::None
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    BlobFlag::None
-                };
-
                if key >= range.end {
                    planner.handle_range_end(offset);
                    range_end_handled = true;
                    break;
                } else {
-                    planner.handle(key, self.lsn, offset, flag);
+                    planner.handle(key, self.lsn, offset, BlobFlag::None);
                }
            }

@@ -553,50 +538,6 @@ impl ImageLayerInner {
        Ok(planner.finish())
    }

-    /// Given a key range, select the parts of that range that should be retained by the ShardIdentity,
-    /// then execute vectored GET operations, passing the results of all read keys into the writer.
-    pub(super) async fn filter(
-        &self,
-        shard_identity: &ShardIdentity,
-        writer: &mut ImageLayerWriter,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
-        // Fragment the range into the regions owned by this ShardIdentity
-        let plan = self
-            .plan_reads(
-                KeySpace {
-                    // If asked for the total key space, plan_reads will give us all the keys in the layer
-                    ranges: vec![Key::MIN..Key::MAX],
-                },
-                Some(shard_identity),
-                ctx,
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-        let vectored_blob_reader = VectoredBlobReader::new(&self.file);
-        let mut key_count = 0;
-        for read in plan.into_iter() {
-            let buf_size = read.size();
-
-            let buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(buf_size);
-            let blobs_buf = vectored_blob_reader.read_blobs(&read, buf, ctx).await?;
-
-            let frozen_buf = blobs_buf.buf.freeze();
-
-            for meta in blobs_buf.blobs.iter() {
-                let img_buf = frozen_buf.slice(meta.start..meta.end);
-
-                key_count += 1;
-                writer
-                    .put_image(meta.meta.key, img_buf, ctx)
-                    .await
-                    .context(format!("Storing key {}", meta.meta.key))?;
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(key_count)
-    }
-
    async fn do_reads_and_update_state(
        &self,
        reads: Vec<VectoredRead>,
@@ -914,196 +855,3 @@ impl Drop for ImageLayerWriter {
        }
    }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod test {
-    use std::time::Duration;
-
-    use bytes::Bytes;
-    use pageserver_api::{
-        key::Key,
-        shard::{ShardCount, ShardIdentity, ShardNumber, ShardStripeSize},
-    };
-    use utils::{
-        generation::Generation,
-        id::{TenantId, TimelineId},
-        lsn::Lsn,
-    };
-
-    use crate::{
-        tenant::{config::TenantConf, harness::TenantHarness},
-        DEFAULT_PG_VERSION,
-    };
-
-    use super::ImageLayerWriter;
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn image_layer_rewrite() {
-        let tenant_conf = TenantConf {
-            gc_period: Duration::ZERO,
-            compaction_period: Duration::ZERO,
-            ..TenantConf::default()
-        };
-        let tenant_id = TenantId::generate();
-        let mut gen = Generation::new(0xdead0001);
-        let mut get_next_gen = || {
-            let ret = gen;
-            gen = gen.next();
-            ret
-        };
-        // The LSN at which we will create an image layer to filter
-        let lsn = Lsn(0xdeadbeef0000);
-        let timeline_id = TimelineId::generate();
-
-        //
-        // Create an unsharded parent with a layer.
-        //
-
-        let harness = TenantHarness::create_custom(
-            "test_image_layer_rewrite--parent",
-            tenant_conf.clone(),
-            tenant_id,
-            ShardIdentity::unsharded(),
-            get_next_gen(),
-        )
-        .unwrap();
-        let (tenant, ctx) = harness.load().await;
-        let timeline = tenant
-            .create_test_timeline(timeline_id, lsn, DEFAULT_PG_VERSION, &ctx)
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // This key range contains several 0x8000 page stripes, only one of which belongs to shard zero
-        let input_start = Key::from_hex("000000067f00000001000000ae0000000000").unwrap();
-        let input_end = Key::from_hex("000000067f00000001000000ae0000020000").unwrap();
-        let range = input_start..input_end;
-
-        // Build an image layer to filter
-        let resident = {
-            let mut writer = ImageLayerWriter::new(
-                harness.conf,
-                timeline_id,
-                harness.tenant_shard_id,
-                &range,
-                lsn,
-                &ctx,
-            )
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-            let foo_img = Bytes::from_static(&[1, 2, 3, 4]);
-            let mut key = range.start;
-            while key < range.end {
-                writer.put_image(key, foo_img.clone(), &ctx).await.unwrap();
-
-                key = key.next();
-            }
-            writer.finish(&timeline, &ctx).await.unwrap()
-        };
-        let original_size = resident.metadata().file_size;
-
-        //
-        // Create child shards and do the rewrite, exercising filter().
-        // TODO: abstraction in TenantHarness for splits.
-        //
-
-        // Filter for various shards: this exercises cases like values at start of key range, end of key
-        // range, middle of key range.
-        let shard_count = ShardCount::new(4);
-        for shard_number in 0..shard_count.count() {
-            //
-            // mimic the shard split
-            //
-            let shard_identity = ShardIdentity::new(
-                ShardNumber(shard_number),
-                shard_count,
-                ShardStripeSize(0x8000),
-            )
-            .unwrap();
-            let harness = TenantHarness::create_custom(
-                Box::leak(Box::new(format!(
-                    "test_image_layer_rewrite--child{}",
-                    shard_identity.shard_slug()
-                ))),
-                tenant_conf.clone(),
-                tenant_id,
-                shard_identity,
-                // NB: in reality, the shards would each fork off their own gen number sequence from the parent.
-                // But here, all we care about is that the gen number is unique.
-                get_next_gen(),
-            )
-            .unwrap();
-            let (tenant, ctx) = harness.load().await;
-            let timeline = tenant
-                .create_test_timeline(timeline_id, lsn, DEFAULT_PG_VERSION, &ctx)
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
-
-            //
-            // use filter() and make assertions
-            //
-
-            let mut filtered_writer = ImageLayerWriter::new(
-                harness.conf,
-                timeline_id,
-                harness.tenant_shard_id,
-                &range,
-                lsn,
-                &ctx,
-            )
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
-
-            let wrote_keys = resident
-                .filter(&shard_identity, &mut filtered_writer, &ctx)
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
-            let replacement = if wrote_keys > 0 {
-                Some(filtered_writer.finish(&timeline, &ctx).await.unwrap())
-            } else {
-                None
-            };
-
-            // This exact size and those below will need updating as/when the layer encoding changes, but
-            // should be deterministic for a given version of the format, as we used no randomness generating the input.
-            assert_eq!(original_size, 1597440);
-
-            match shard_number {
-                0 => {
-                    // We should have written out just one stripe for our shard identity
-                    assert_eq!(wrote_keys, 0x8000);
-                    let replacement = replacement.unwrap();
-
-                    // We should have dropped some of the data
-                    assert!(replacement.metadata().file_size < original_size);
-                    assert!(replacement.metadata().file_size > 0);
-
-                    // Assert that we dropped ~3/4 of the data.
-                    assert_eq!(replacement.metadata().file_size, 417792);
-                }
-                1 => {
-                    // Shard 1 has no keys in our input range
-                    assert_eq!(wrote_keys, 0x0);
-                    assert!(replacement.is_none());
-                }
-                2 => {
-                    // Shard 2 has one stripes in the input range
-                    assert_eq!(wrote_keys, 0x8000);
-                    let replacement = replacement.unwrap();
-                    assert!(replacement.metadata().file_size < original_size);
-                    assert!(replacement.metadata().file_size > 0);
-                    assert_eq!(replacement.metadata().file_size, 417792);
-                }
-                3 => {
-                    // Shard 3 has two stripes in the input range
-                    assert_eq!(wrote_keys, 0x10000);
-                    let replacement = replacement.unwrap();
-                    assert!(replacement.metadata().file_size < original_size);
-                    assert!(replacement.metadata().file_size > 0);
-                    assert_eq!(replacement.metadata().file_size, 811008);
-                }
-                _ => unreachable!(),
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/layer.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use pageserver_api::keyspace::KeySpace;
 use pageserver_api::models::{
    HistoricLayerInfo, LayerAccessKind, LayerResidenceEventReason, LayerResidenceStatus,
 };
-use pageserver_api::shard::{ShardIdentity, ShardIndex, TenantShardId};
+use pageserver_api::shard::{ShardIndex, TenantShardId};
 use std::ops::Range;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ use crate::tenant::timeline::GetVectoredError;
 use crate::tenant::{remote_timeline_client::LayerFileMetadata, Timeline};

 use super::delta_layer::{self, DeltaEntry};
-use super::image_layer::{self};
+use super::image_layer;
 use super::{
-    AsLayerDesc, ImageLayerWriter, LayerAccessStats, LayerAccessStatsReset, LayerName,
-    PersistentLayerDesc, ValueReconstructResult, ValueReconstructState, ValuesReconstructState,
+    AsLayerDesc, LayerAccessStats, LayerAccessStatsReset, LayerName, PersistentLayerDesc,
+    ValueReconstructResult, ValueReconstructState, ValuesReconstructState,
 };

 use utils::generation::Generation;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl Layer {
            timeline.tenant_shard_id,
            timeline.timeline_id,
            file_name,
-            metadata.file_size,
+            metadata.file_size(),
        );

        let access_stats = LayerAccessStats::for_loading_layer(LayerResidenceStatus::Evicted);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ impl Layer {
            timeline.tenant_shard_id,
            timeline.timeline_id,
            file_name,
-            metadata.file_size,
+            metadata.file_size(),
        );

        let access_stats = LayerAccessStats::for_loading_layer(LayerResidenceStatus::Resident);
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ impl Layer {

        timeline
            .metrics
-            .resident_physical_size_add(metadata.file_size);
+            .resident_physical_size_add(metadata.file_size());

        ResidentLayer { downloaded, owner }
    }
@@ -277,10 +277,9 @@ impl Layer {

        let downloaded = resident.expect("just initialized");

-        // We never want to overwrite an existing file, so we use `RENAME_NOREPLACE`.
-        // TODO: this leaves the temp file in place if the rename fails, risking us running
-        // out of space. Should we clean it up here or does the calling context deal with this?
-        utils::fs_ext::rename_noreplace(temp_path.as_std_path(), owner.local_path().as_std_path())
+        // if the rename works, the path is as expected
+        // TODO: sync system call
+        std::fs::rename(temp_path, owner.local_path())
            .with_context(|| format!("rename temporary file as correct path for {owner}"))?;

        Ok(ResidentLayer { downloaded, owner })
@@ -367,10 +366,7 @@ impl Layer {
            .0
            .get_or_maybe_download(true, Some(ctx))
            .await
-            .map_err(|err| match err {
-                DownloadError::DownloadCancelled => GetVectoredError::Cancelled,
-                other => GetVectoredError::Other(anyhow::anyhow!(other)),
-            })?;
+            .map_err(|err| GetVectoredError::Other(anyhow::anyhow!(err)))?;

        self.0
            .access_stats
@@ -1162,11 +1158,6 @@ impl LayerInner {
                let consecutive_failures =
                    1 + self.consecutive_failures.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);

-                if timeline.cancel.is_cancelled() {
-                    // If we're shutting down, drop out before logging the error
-                    return Err(e);
-                }
-
                tracing::error!(consecutive_failures, "layer file download failed: {e:#}");

                let backoff = utils::backoff::exponential_backoff_duration_seconds(
@@ -1811,15 +1802,16 @@ impl ResidentLayer {
        use LayerKind::*;

        let owner = &self.owner.0;
+
        match self.downloaded.get(owner, ctx).await? {
            Delta(ref d) => {
-                // this is valid because the DownloadedLayer::kind is a OnceCell, not a
-                // Mutex<OnceCell>, so we cannot go and deinitialize the value with OnceCell::take
-                // while it's being held.
                owner
                    .access_stats
                    .record_access(LayerAccessKind::KeyIter, ctx);

+                // this is valid because the DownloadedLayer::kind is a OnceCell, not a
+                // Mutex<OnceCell>, so we cannot go and deinitialize the value with OnceCell::take
+                // while it's being held.
                delta_layer::DeltaLayerInner::load_keys(d, ctx)
                    .await
                    .with_context(|| format!("Layer index is corrupted for {self}"))
@@ -1828,23 +1820,6 @@ impl ResidentLayer {
        }
    }

-    /// Read all they keys in this layer which match the ShardIdentity, and write them all to
-    /// the provided writer.  Return the number of keys written.
-    #[tracing::instrument(level = tracing::Level::DEBUG, skip_all, fields(layer=%self))]
-    pub(crate) async fn filter<'a>(
-        &'a self,
-        shard_identity: &ShardIdentity,
-        writer: &mut ImageLayerWriter,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<usize> {
-        use LayerKind::*;
-
-        match self.downloaded.get(&self.owner.0, ctx).await? {
-            Delta(_) => anyhow::bail!(format!("cannot filter() on a delta layer {self}")),
-            Image(i) => i.filter(shard_identity, writer, ctx).await,
-        }
-    }
-
    /// Returns the amount of keys and values written to the writer.
    pub(crate) async fn copy_delta_prefix(
        &self,
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/tasks.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/tasks.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::tenant::{Tenant, TenantState};
 use rand::Rng;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::*;
-use utils::{backoff, completion, pausable_failpoint};
+use utils::{backoff, completion};

 static CONCURRENT_BACKGROUND_TASKS: once_cell::sync::Lazy<tokio::sync::Semaphore> =
    once_cell::sync::Lazy::new(|| {
@@ -380,28 +380,21 @@ async fn gc_loop(tenant: Arc<Tenant>, cancel: CancellationToken) {
                let res = tenant
                    .gc_iteration(None, gc_horizon, tenant.get_pitr_interval(), &cancel, &ctx)
                    .await;
-                match res {
-                    Ok(_) => {
-                        error_run_count = 0;
-                        period
-                    }
-                    Err(crate::tenant::GcError::TenantCancelled) => {
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        let wait_duration = backoff::exponential_backoff_duration_seconds(
-                            error_run_count + 1,
-                            1.0,
-                            MAX_BACKOFF_SECS,
-                        );
-                        error_run_count += 1;
-                        let wait_duration = Duration::from_secs_f64(wait_duration);
-
-                        error!(
+                if let Err(e) = res {
+                    let wait_duration = backoff::exponential_backoff_duration_seconds(
+                        error_run_count + 1,
+                        1.0,
+                        MAX_BACKOFF_SECS,
+                    );
+                    error_run_count += 1;
+                    let wait_duration = Duration::from_secs_f64(wait_duration);
+                    error!(
                        "Gc failed {error_run_count} times, retrying in {wait_duration:?}: {e:?}",
                    );
-                        wait_duration
-                    }
+                    wait_duration
+                } else {
+                    error_run_count = 0;
+                    period
                }
            };

--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/compaction.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ impl Timeline {
                        },
                        &image_ctx,
                    )
-                    .await?;
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(anyhow::Error::from)?;

                self.upload_new_image_layers(image_layers)?;
                partitioning.parts.len()
@@ -175,24 +176,13 @@ impl Timeline {
    async fn compact_shard_ancestors(
        self: &Arc<Self>,
        rewrite_max: usize,
-        ctx: &RequestContext,
+        _ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
        let mut drop_layers = Vec::new();
-        let mut layers_to_rewrite: Vec<Layer> = Vec::new();
+        let layers_to_rewrite: Vec<Layer> = Vec::new();

-        // We will use the Lsn cutoff of the last GC as a threshold for rewriting layers: if a
-        // layer is behind this Lsn, it indicates that the layer is being retained beyond the
-        // pitr_interval, for example because a branchpoint references it.
-        //
-        // Holding this read guard also blocks [`Self::gc_timeline`] from entering while we
-        // are rewriting layers.
-        let latest_gc_cutoff = self.get_latest_gc_cutoff_lsn();
-
-        tracing::info!(
-            "latest_gc_cutoff: {}, pitr cutoff {}",
-            *latest_gc_cutoff,
-            self.gc_info.read().unwrap().cutoffs.pitr
-        );
+        // We will use the PITR cutoff as a condition for rewriting layers.
+        let pitr_cutoff = self.gc_info.read().unwrap().cutoffs.pitr;

        let layers = self.layers.read().await;
        for layer_desc in layers.layer_map().iter_historic_layers() {
@@ -251,9 +241,9 @@ impl Timeline {

            // Don't bother re-writing a layer if it is within the PITR window: it will age-out eventually
            // without incurring the I/O cost of a rewrite.
-            if layer_desc.get_lsn_range().end >= *latest_gc_cutoff {
-                debug!(%layer, "Skipping rewrite of layer still in GC window ({} >= {})",
-                    layer_desc.get_lsn_range().end, *latest_gc_cutoff);
+            if layer_desc.get_lsn_range().end >= pitr_cutoff {
+                debug!(%layer, "Skipping rewrite of layer still in PITR window ({} >= {})",
+                    layer_desc.get_lsn_range().end, pitr_cutoff);
                continue;
            }

@@ -263,10 +253,13 @@ impl Timeline {
                continue;
            }

-            // Only rewrite layers if their generations differ.  This guarantees:
-            //  - that local rewrite is safe, as local layer paths will differ between existing layer and rewritten one
-            //  - that the layer is persistent in remote storage, as we only see old-generation'd layer via loading from remote storage
-            if layer.metadata().generation == self.generation {
+            // Only rewrite layers if they would have different remote paths: either they belong to this
+            // shard but an old generation, or they belonged to another shard.  This also implicitly
+            // guarantees that the layer is persistent in remote storage (as only remote persistent
+            // layers are carried across shard splits, any local-only layer would be in the current generation)
+            if layer.metadata().generation == self.generation
+                && layer.metadata().shard.shard_count == self.shard_identity.count
+            {
                debug!(%layer, "Skipping rewrite, is not from old generation");
                continue;
            }
@@ -279,69 +272,18 @@ impl Timeline {
            }

            // Fall through: all our conditions for doing a rewrite passed.
-            layers_to_rewrite.push(layer);
+            // TODO: implement rewriting
+            tracing::debug!(%layer, "Would rewrite layer");
        }

-        // Drop read lock on layer map before we start doing time-consuming I/O
+        // Drop the layers read lock: we will acquire it for write in [`Self::rewrite_layers`]
        drop(layers);

-        let mut replace_image_layers = Vec::new();
-
-        for layer in layers_to_rewrite {
-            tracing::info!(layer=%layer, "Rewriting layer after shard split...");
-            let mut image_layer_writer = ImageLayerWriter::new(
-                self.conf,
-                self.timeline_id,
-                self.tenant_shard_id,
-                &layer.layer_desc().key_range,
-                layer.layer_desc().image_layer_lsn(),
-                ctx,
-            )
-            .await?;
-
-            // Safety of layer rewrites:
-            // - We are writing to a different local file path than we are reading from, so the old Layer
-            //   cannot interfere with the new one.
-            // - In the page cache, contents for a particular VirtualFile are stored with a file_id that
-            //   is different for two layers with the same name (in `ImageLayerInner::new` we always
-            //   acquire a fresh id from [`crate::page_cache::next_file_id`].  So readers do not risk
-            //   reading the index from one layer file, and then data blocks from the rewritten layer file.
-            // - Any readers that have a reference to the old layer will keep it alive until they are done
-            //   with it. If they are trying to promote from remote storage, that will fail, but this is the same
-            //   as for compaction generally: compaction is allowed to delete layers that readers might be trying to use.
-            // - We do not run concurrently with other kinds of compaction, so the only layer map writes we race with are:
-            //    - GC, which at worst witnesses us "undelete" a layer that they just deleted.
-            //    - ingestion, which only inserts layers, therefore cannot collide with us.
-            let resident = layer.download_and_keep_resident().await?;
-
-            let keys_written = resident
-                .filter(&self.shard_identity, &mut image_layer_writer, ctx)
-                .await?;
-
-            if keys_written > 0 {
-                let new_layer = image_layer_writer.finish(self, ctx).await?;
-                tracing::info!(layer=%new_layer, "Rewrote layer, {} -> {} bytes",
-                    layer.metadata().file_size,
-                    new_layer.metadata().file_size);
-
-                replace_image_layers.push((layer, new_layer));
-            } else {
-                // Drop the old layer.  Usually for this case we would already have noticed that
-                // the layer has no data for us with the ShardedRange check above, but
-                drop_layers.push(layer);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // At this point, we have replaced local layer files with their rewritten form, but not yet uploaded
-        // metadata to reflect that. If we restart here, the replaced layer files will look invalid (size mismatch
-        // to remote index) and be removed. This is inefficient but safe.
-        fail::fail_point!("compact-shard-ancestors-localonly");
+        // TODO: collect layers to rewrite
+        let replace_layers = Vec::new();

        // Update the LayerMap so that readers will use the new layers, and enqueue it for writing to remote storage
-        self.rewrite_layers(replace_image_layers, drop_layers)
-            .await?;
-
-        fail::fail_point!("compact-shard-ancestors-enqueued");
+        self.rewrite_layers(replace_layers, drop_layers).await?;

        // We wait for all uploads to complete before finishing this compaction stage.  This is not
        // necessary for correctness, but it simplifies testing, and avoids proceeding with another
@@ -349,8 +291,6 @@ impl Timeline {
        // load.
        self.remote_client.wait_completion().await?;

-        fail::fail_point!("compact-shard-ancestors-persistent");
-
        Ok(())
    }

@@ -421,6 +361,48 @@ impl Timeline {
            return Ok(CompactLevel0Phase1Result::default());
        }

+        // This failpoint is used together with `test_duplicate_layers` integration test.
+        // It returns the compaction result exactly the same layers as input to compaction.
+        // We want to ensure that this will not cause any problem when updating the layer map
+        // after the compaction is finished.
+        //
+        // Currently, there are two rare edge cases that will cause duplicated layers being
+        // inserted.
+        // 1. The compaction job is inturrupted / did not finish successfully. Assume we have file 1, 2, 3, 4, which
+        //    is compacted to 5, but the page server is shut down, next time we start page server we will get a layer
+        //    map containing 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, whereas 5 has the same content as 4. If we trigger L0 compation at this
+        //    point again, it is likely that we will get a file 6 which has the same content and the key range as 5,
+        //    and this causes an overwrite. This is acceptable because the content is the same, and we should do a
+        //    layer replace instead of the normal remove / upload process.
+        // 2. The input workload pattern creates exactly n files that are sorted, non-overlapping and is of target file
+        //    size length. Compaction will likely create the same set of n files afterwards.
+        //
+        // This failpoint is a superset of both of the cases.
+        if cfg!(feature = "testing") {
+            let active = (|| {
+                ::fail::fail_point!("compact-level0-phase1-return-same", |_| true);
+                false
+            })();
+
+            if active {
+                let mut new_layers = Vec::with_capacity(level0_deltas.len());
+                for delta in &level0_deltas {
+                    // we are just faking these layers as being produced again for this failpoint
+                    new_layers.push(
+                        delta
+                            .download_and_keep_resident()
+                            .await
+                            .context("download layer for failpoint")?,
+                    );
+                }
+                tracing::info!("compact-level0-phase1-return-same"); // so that we can check if we hit the failpoint
+                return Ok(CompactLevel0Phase1Result {
+                    new_layers,
+                    deltas_to_compact: level0_deltas,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
        // Gather the files to compact in this iteration.
        //
        // Start with the oldest Level 0 delta file, and collect any other
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/delete.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/delete.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use pageserver_api::{models::TimelineState, shard::TenantShardId};
 use tokio::sync::OwnedMutexGuard;
 use tracing::{error, info, instrument, Instrument};
-use utils::{crashsafe, fs_ext, id::TimelineId, pausable_failpoint};
+use utils::{crashsafe, fs_ext, id::TimelineId};

 use crate::{
    config::PageServerConf,
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/detach_ancestor.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/detach_ancestor.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;

-use super::{layer_manager::LayerManager, FlushLayerError, Timeline};
+use super::{layer_manager::LayerManager, Timeline};
 use crate::{
    context::{DownloadBehavior, RequestContext},
    task_mgr::TaskKind,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Error {
    #[error("shutting down, please retry later")]
    ShuttingDown,
    #[error("flushing failed")]
-    FlushAncestor(#[source] FlushLayerError),
+    FlushAncestor(#[source] anyhow::Error),
    #[error("layer download failed")]
    RewrittenDeltaDownloadFailed(#[source] anyhow::Error),
    #[error("copying LSN prefix locally failed")]
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/init.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/init.rs
@@ -7,20 +7,19 @@ use crate::{
            index::{IndexPart, LayerFileMetadata},
        },
        storage_layer::LayerName,
+        Generation,
    },
 };
 use anyhow::Context;
 use camino::{Utf8Path, Utf8PathBuf};
-use std::{
-    collections::{hash_map, HashMap},
-    str::FromStr,
-};
+use pageserver_api::shard::ShardIndex;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, str::FromStr};
 use utils::lsn::Lsn;

 /// Identified files in the timeline directory.
 pub(super) enum Discovered {
    /// The only one we care about
-    Layer(LayerName, LocalLayerFileMetadata),
+    Layer(LayerName, Utf8PathBuf, u64),
    /// Old ephmeral files from previous launches, should be removed
    Ephemeral(String),
    /// Old temporary timeline files, unsure what these really are, should be removed
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ pub(super) enum Discovered {
    /// Temporary on-demand download files, should be removed
    TemporaryDownload(String),
    /// Backup file from previously future layers
-    IgnoredBackup(Utf8PathBuf),
+    IgnoredBackup,
    /// Unrecognized, warn about these
    Unknown(String),
 }
@@ -44,15 +43,12 @@ pub(super) fn scan_timeline_dir(path: &Utf8Path) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Discovere
        let discovered = match LayerName::from_str(&file_name) {
            Ok(file_name) => {
                let file_size = direntry.metadata()?.len();
-                Discovered::Layer(
-                    file_name,
-                    LocalLayerFileMetadata::new(direntry.path().to_owned(), file_size),
-                )
+                Discovered::Layer(file_name, direntry.path().to_owned(), file_size)
            }
            Err(_) => {
                if file_name.ends_with(".old") {
                    // ignore these
-                    Discovered::IgnoredBackup(direntry.path().to_owned())
+                    Discovered::IgnoredBackup
                } else if remote_timeline_client::is_temp_download_file(direntry.path()) {
                    Discovered::TemporaryDownload(file_name)
                } else if is_ephemeral_file(&file_name) {
@@ -75,32 +71,37 @@ pub(super) fn scan_timeline_dir(path: &Utf8Path) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Discovere
 /// this structure extends it with metadata describing the layer's presence in local storage.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub(super) struct LocalLayerFileMetadata {
-    pub(super) file_size: u64,
+    pub(super) metadata: LayerFileMetadata,
    pub(super) local_path: Utf8PathBuf,
 }

 impl LocalLayerFileMetadata {
-    pub fn new(local_path: Utf8PathBuf, file_size: u64) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(
+        local_path: Utf8PathBuf,
+        file_size: u64,
+        generation: Generation,
+        shard: ShardIndex,
+    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            local_path,
-            file_size,
+            metadata: LayerFileMetadata::new(file_size, generation, shard),
        }
    }
 }

-/// For a layer that is present in remote metadata, this type describes how to handle
-/// it during startup: it is either Resident (and we have some metadata about a local file),
-/// or it is Evicted (and we only have remote metadata).
+/// Decision on what to do with a layer file after considering its local and remote metadata.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub(super) enum Decision {
    /// The layer is not present locally.
    Evicted(LayerFileMetadata),
-    /// The layer is present locally, and metadata matches: we may hook up this layer to the
-    /// existing file in local storage.
-    Resident {
+    /// The layer is present locally, but local metadata does not match remote; we must
+    /// delete it and treat it as evicted.
+    UseRemote {
        local: LocalLayerFileMetadata,
        remote: LayerFileMetadata,
    },
+    /// The layer is present locally, and metadata matches.
+    UseLocal(LocalLayerFileMetadata),
 }

 /// A layer needs to be left out of the layer map.
@@ -116,81 +117,77 @@ pub(super) enum DismissedLayer {
    /// In order to make crash safe updates to layer map, we must dismiss layers which are only
    /// found locally or not yet included in the remote `index_part.json`.
    LocalOnly(LocalLayerFileMetadata),
-
-    /// The layer exists in remote storage but the local layer's metadata (e.g. file size)
-    /// does not match it
-    BadMetadata(LocalLayerFileMetadata),
 }

 /// Merges local discoveries and remote [`IndexPart`] to a collection of decisions.
 pub(super) fn reconcile(
-    local_layers: Vec<(LayerName, LocalLayerFileMetadata)>,
+    discovered: Vec<(LayerName, Utf8PathBuf, u64)>,
    index_part: Option<&IndexPart>,
    disk_consistent_lsn: Lsn,
+    generation: Generation,
+    shard: ShardIndex,
 ) -> Vec<(LayerName, Result<Decision, DismissedLayer>)> {
-    let Some(index_part) = index_part else {
-        // If we have no remote metadata, no local layer files are considered valid to load
-        return local_layers
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|(layer_name, local_metadata)| {
-                (layer_name, Err(DismissedLayer::LocalOnly(local_metadata)))
-            })
-            .collect();
-    };
+    use Decision::*;

-    let mut result = Vec::new();
+    // name => (local_metadata, remote_metadata)
+    type Collected =
+        HashMap<LayerName, (Option<LocalLayerFileMetadata>, Option<LayerFileMetadata>)>;

-    let mut remote_layers = HashMap::new();
+    let mut discovered = discovered
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(layer_name, local_path, file_size)| {
+            (
+                layer_name,
+                // The generation and shard here will be corrected to match IndexPart in the merge below, unless
+                // it is not in IndexPart, in which case using our current generation makes sense
+                // because it will be uploaded in this generation.
+                (
+                    Some(LocalLayerFileMetadata::new(
+                        local_path, file_size, generation, shard,
+                    )),
+                    None,
+                ),
+            )
+        })
+        .collect::<Collected>();

-    // Construct Decisions for layers that are found locally, if they're in remote metadata.  Otherwise
-    // construct DismissedLayers to get rid of them.
-    for (layer_name, local_metadata) in local_layers {
-        let Some(remote_metadata) = index_part.layer_metadata.get(&layer_name) else {
-            result.push((layer_name, Err(DismissedLayer::LocalOnly(local_metadata))));
-            continue;
-        };
-
-        if remote_metadata.file_size != local_metadata.file_size {
-            result.push((layer_name, Err(DismissedLayer::BadMetadata(local_metadata))));
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        remote_layers.insert(
-            layer_name,
-            Decision::Resident {
-                local: local_metadata,
-                remote: remote_metadata.clone(),
-            },
-        );
-    }
-
-    // Construct Decision for layers that were not found locally
+    // merge any index_part information, when available
    index_part
-        .layer_metadata
-        .iter()
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|ip| ip.layer_metadata.iter())
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten()
+        .map(|(name, metadata)| (name, LayerFileMetadata::from(metadata)))
        .for_each(|(name, metadata)| {
-            if let hash_map::Entry::Vacant(entry) = remote_layers.entry(name.clone()) {
-                entry.insert(Decision::Evicted(metadata.clone()));
+            if let Some(existing) = discovered.get_mut(name) {
+                existing.1 = Some(metadata);
+            } else {
+                discovered.insert(name.to_owned(), (None, Some(metadata)));
            }
        });

-    // For layers that were found in authoritative remote metadata, apply a final check that they are within
-    // the disk_consistent_lsn.
-    result.extend(remote_layers.into_iter().map(|(name, decision)| {
-        if name.is_in_future(disk_consistent_lsn) {
-            match decision {
-                Decision::Evicted(_remote) => (name, Err(DismissedLayer::Future { local: None })),
-                Decision::Resident {
-                    local,
-                    remote: _remote,
-                } => (name, Err(DismissedLayer::Future { local: Some(local) })),
-            }
-        } else {
-            (name, Ok(decision))
-        }
-    }));
+    discovered
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(name, (local, remote))| {
+            let decision = if name.is_in_future(disk_consistent_lsn) {
+                Err(DismissedLayer::Future { local })
+            } else {
+                match (local, remote) {
+                    (Some(local), Some(remote)) if local.metadata != remote => {
+                        Ok(UseRemote { local, remote })
+                    }
+                    (Some(x), Some(_)) => Ok(UseLocal(x)),
+                    (None, Some(x)) => Ok(Evicted(x)),
+                    (Some(x), None) => Err(DismissedLayer::LocalOnly(x)),
+                    (None, None) => {
+                        unreachable!("there must not be any non-local non-remote files")
+                    }
+                }
+            };

-    result
+            (name, decision)
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
 }

 pub(super) fn cleanup(path: &Utf8Path, kind: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -199,15 +196,25 @@ pub(super) fn cleanup(path: &Utf8Path, kind: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    std::fs::remove_file(path).with_context(|| format!("failed to remove {kind} at {path}"))
 }

-pub(super) fn cleanup_local_file_for_remote(local: &LocalLayerFileMetadata) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let local_size = local.file_size;
+pub(super) fn cleanup_local_file_for_remote(
+    local: &LocalLayerFileMetadata,
+    remote: &LayerFileMetadata,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let local_size = local.metadata.file_size();
+    let remote_size = remote.file_size();
    let path = &local.local_path;
-    let file_name = path.file_name().expect("must be file path");
-    tracing::warn!(
-        "removing local file {file_name:?} because it has unexpected length {local_size};"
-    );

-    std::fs::remove_file(path).with_context(|| format!("failed to remove layer at {path}"))
+    let file_name = path.file_name().expect("must be file path");
+    tracing::warn!("removing local file {file_name:?} because it has unexpected length {local_size}; length in remote index is {remote_size}");
+    if let Err(err) = crate::tenant::timeline::rename_to_backup(path) {
+        assert!(
+            path.exists(),
+            "we would leave the local_layer without a file if this does not hold: {path}",
+        );
+        Err(err)
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }

 pub(super) fn cleanup_future_layer(
@@ -229,8 +236,8 @@ pub(super) fn cleanup_local_only_file(
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let kind = name.kind();
    tracing::info!(
-        "found local-only {kind} layer {name} size {}",
-        local.file_size
+        "found local-only {kind} layer {name}, metadata {:?}",
+        local.metadata
    );
    std::fs::remove_file(&local.local_path)?;
    Ok(())
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/layer_manager.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline/layer_manager.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl LayerManager {
    /// Flush a frozen layer and add the written delta layer to the layer map.
    pub(crate) fn finish_flush_l0_layer(
        &mut self,
-        delta_layer: Option<&ResidentLayer>,
+        delta_layers: &[ResidentLayer],
        frozen_layer_for_check: &Arc<InMemoryLayer>,
        metrics: &TimelineMetrics,
    ) {
@@ -181,10 +181,12 @@ impl LayerManager {
        // layer to disk at the same time, that would not work.
        assert_eq!(Arc::as_ptr(&inmem), Arc::as_ptr(frozen_layer_for_check));

-        if let Some(l) = delta_layer {
+        if !delta_layers.is_empty() {
            let mut updates = self.layer_map.batch_update();
-            Self::insert_historic_layer(l.as_ref().clone(), &mut updates, &mut self.layer_fmgr);
-            metrics.record_new_file_metrics(l.layer_desc().file_size);
+            for l in delta_layers {
+                Self::insert_historic_layer(l.as_ref().clone(), &mut updates, &mut self.layer_fmgr);
+                metrics.record_new_file_metrics(l.layer_desc().file_size);
+            }
            updates.flush();
        }
    }
@@ -212,34 +214,13 @@ impl LayerManager {
        &mut self,
        rewrite_layers: &[(Layer, ResidentLayer)],
        drop_layers: &[Layer],
-        metrics: &TimelineMetrics,
+        _metrics: &TimelineMetrics,
    ) {
        let mut updates = self.layer_map.batch_update();
-        for (old_layer, new_layer) in rewrite_layers {
-            debug_assert_eq!(
-                old_layer.layer_desc().key_range,
-                new_layer.layer_desc().key_range
-            );
-            debug_assert_eq!(
-                old_layer.layer_desc().lsn_range,
-                new_layer.layer_desc().lsn_range
-            );

-            // Safety: we may never rewrite the same file in-place.  Callers are responsible
-            // for ensuring that they only rewrite layers after something changes the path,
-            // such as an increment in the generation number.
-            assert_ne!(old_layer.local_path(), new_layer.local_path());
+        // TODO: implement rewrites (currently this code path only used for drops)
+        assert!(rewrite_layers.is_empty());

-            Self::delete_historic_layer(old_layer, &mut updates, &mut self.layer_fmgr);
-
-            Self::insert_historic_layer(
-                new_layer.as_ref().clone(),
-                &mut updates,
-                &mut self.layer_fmgr,
-            );
-
-            metrics.record_new_file_metrics(new_layer.layer_desc().file_size);
-        }
        for l in drop_layers {
            Self::delete_historic_layer(l, &mut updates, &mut self.layer_fmgr);
        }
@@ -255,13 +236,6 @@ impl LayerManager {
        updates.flush()
    }

-    #[cfg(test)]
-    pub(crate) fn force_insert_layer(&mut self, layer: ResidentLayer) {
-        let mut updates = self.layer_map.batch_update();
-        Self::insert_historic_layer(layer.as_ref().clone(), &mut updates, &mut self.layer_fmgr);
-        updates.flush()
-    }
-
    /// Helper function to insert a layer into the layer map and file manager.
    fn insert_historic_layer(
        layer: Layer,
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/upload_queue.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/upload_queue.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ use super::storage_layer::ResidentLayer;
 use crate::tenant::metadata::TimelineMetadata;
 use crate::tenant::remote_timeline_client::index::IndexPart;
 use crate::tenant::remote_timeline_client::index::LayerFileMetadata;
+use crate::tenant::remote_timeline_client::index::Lineage;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
 use std::fmt::Debug;

 use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
+use pageserver_api::models::AuxFilePolicy;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tracing::info;
 use utils::lsn::AtomicLsn;
@@ -43,25 +45,34 @@ pub(crate) struct UploadQueueInitialized {
    /// Counter to assign task IDs
    pub(crate) task_counter: u64,

-    /// The next uploaded index_part.json; assumed to be dirty.
-    ///
-    /// Should not be read, directly except for layer file updates. Instead you should add a
-    /// projected field.
-    pub(crate) dirty: IndexPart,
-
-    /// The latest remote persisted IndexPart.
-    ///
-    /// Each completed metadata upload will update this. The second item is the task_id which last
-    /// updated the value, used to ensure we never store an older value over a newer one.
-    pub(crate) clean: (IndexPart, Option<u64>),
+    /// All layer files stored in the remote storage, taking into account all
+    /// in-progress and queued operations
+    pub(crate) latest_files: HashMap<LayerName, LayerFileMetadata>,

    /// How many file uploads or deletions been scheduled, since the
    /// last (scheduling of) metadata index upload?
    pub(crate) latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled: u64,

-    /// The Lsn is only updated after our generation has been validated with
+    /// Metadata stored in the remote storage, taking into account all
+    /// in-progress and queued operations.
+    /// DANGER: do not return to outside world, e.g., safekeepers.
+    pub(crate) latest_metadata: TimelineMetadata,
+
+    /// Part of the flattened "next" `index_part.json`.
+    pub(crate) latest_lineage: Lineage,
+
+    /// The last aux file policy used on this timeline.
+    pub(crate) last_aux_file_policy: Option<AuxFilePolicy>,
+
+    /// `disk_consistent_lsn` from the last metadata file that was successfully
+    /// uploaded. `Lsn(0)` if nothing was uploaded yet.
+    /// Unlike `latest_files` or `latest_metadata`, this value is never ahead.
+    /// Safekeeper can rely on it to make decisions for WAL storage.
+    ///
+    /// visible_remote_consistent_lsn is only updated after our generation has been validated with
    /// the control plane (unlesss a timeline's generation is None, in which case
    /// we skip validation)
+    pub(crate) projected_remote_consistent_lsn: Option<Lsn>,
    pub(crate) visible_remote_consistent_lsn: Arc<AtomicLsn>,

    // Breakdown of different kinds of tasks currently in-progress
@@ -107,8 +118,7 @@ impl UploadQueueInitialized {
    }

    pub(super) fn get_last_remote_consistent_lsn_projected(&self) -> Option<Lsn> {
-        let lsn = self.clean.0.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn();
-        self.clean.1.map(|_| lsn)
+        self.projected_remote_consistent_lsn
    }
 }

@@ -164,12 +174,13 @@ impl UploadQueue {

        info!("initializing upload queue for empty remote");

-        let index_part = IndexPart::empty(metadata.clone());
-
        let state = UploadQueueInitialized {
-            dirty: index_part.clone(),
-            clean: (index_part, None),
+            // As described in the doc comment, it's ok for `latest_files` and `latest_metadata` to be ahead.
+            latest_files: HashMap::new(),
            latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled: 0,
+            latest_metadata: metadata.clone(),
+            latest_lineage: Lineage::default(),
+            projected_remote_consistent_lsn: None,
            visible_remote_consistent_lsn: Arc::new(AtomicLsn::new(0)),
            // what follows are boring default initializations
            task_counter: 0,
@@ -182,6 +193,7 @@ impl UploadQueue {
            dangling_files: HashMap::new(),
            shutting_down: false,
            shutdown_ready: Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(0)),
+            last_aux_file_policy: Default::default(),
        };

        *self = UploadQueue::Initialized(state);
@@ -199,15 +211,25 @@ impl UploadQueue {
            }
        }

+        let mut files = HashMap::with_capacity(index_part.layer_metadata.len());
+        for (layer_name, layer_metadata) in &index_part.layer_metadata {
+            files.insert(
+                layer_name.to_owned(),
+                LayerFileMetadata::from(layer_metadata),
+            );
+        }
+
        info!(
            "initializing upload queue with remote index_part.disk_consistent_lsn: {}",
            index_part.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn()
        );

        let state = UploadQueueInitialized {
-            dirty: index_part.clone(),
-            clean: (index_part.clone(), None),
+            latest_files: files,
            latest_files_changes_since_metadata_upload_scheduled: 0,
+            latest_metadata: index_part.metadata.clone(),
+            latest_lineage: index_part.lineage.clone(),
+            projected_remote_consistent_lsn: Some(index_part.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn()),
            visible_remote_consistent_lsn: Arc::new(
                index_part.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn().into(),
            ),
@@ -222,6 +244,7 @@ impl UploadQueue {
            dangling_files: HashMap::new(),
            shutting_down: false,
            shutdown_ready: Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(0)),
+            last_aux_file_policy: index_part.last_aux_file_policy(),
        };

        *self = UploadQueue::Initialized(state);
@@ -278,16 +301,13 @@ pub(crate) enum UploadOp {
    /// Upload a layer file
    UploadLayer(ResidentLayer, LayerFileMetadata),

-    /// Upload a index_part.json file
-    UploadMetadata {
-        /// The next [`UploadQueueInitialized::clean`] after this upload succeeds.
-        uploaded: Box<IndexPart>,
-    },
+    /// Upload the metadata file
+    UploadMetadata(Box<IndexPart>, Lsn),

    /// Delete layer files
    Delete(Delete),

-    /// Barrier. When the barrier operation is reached, the channel is closed.
+    /// Barrier. When the barrier operation is reached,
    Barrier(tokio::sync::watch::Sender<()>),

    /// Shutdown; upon encountering this operation no new operations will be spawned, otherwise
@@ -302,15 +322,13 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for UploadOp {
                write!(
                    f,
                    "UploadLayer({}, size={:?}, gen={:?})",
-                    layer, metadata.file_size, metadata.generation
+                    layer,
+                    metadata.file_size(),
+                    metadata.generation
                )
            }
-            UploadOp::UploadMetadata { uploaded, .. } => {
-                write!(
-                    f,
-                    "UploadMetadata(lsn: {})",
-                    uploaded.metadata.disk_consistent_lsn()
-                )
+            UploadOp::UploadMetadata(_, lsn) => {
+                write!(f, "UploadMetadata(lsn: {})", lsn)
            }
            UploadOp::Delete(delete) => {
                write!(f, "Delete({} layers)", delete.layers.len())
--- a/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs
@@ -344,21 +344,21 @@ macro_rules! with_file {

 impl VirtualFile {
    /// Open a file in read-only mode. Like File::open.
-    pub async fn open<P: AsRef<Utf8Path>>(
-        path: P,
+    pub async fn open(
+        path: &Utf8Path,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> Result<VirtualFile, std::io::Error> {
-        Self::open_with_options(path.as_ref(), OpenOptions::new().read(true), ctx).await
+        Self::open_with_options(path, OpenOptions::new().read(true), ctx).await
    }

    /// Create a new file for writing. If the file exists, it will be truncated.
    /// Like File::create.
-    pub async fn create<P: AsRef<Utf8Path>>(
-        path: P,
+    pub async fn create(
+        path: &Utf8Path,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> Result<VirtualFile, std::io::Error> {
        Self::open_with_options(
-            path.as_ref(),
+            path,
            OpenOptions::new().write(true).create(true).truncate(true),
            ctx,
        )
@@ -370,13 +370,12 @@ impl VirtualFile {
    /// Note: If any custom flags were set in 'open_options' through OpenOptionsExt,
    /// they will be applied also when the file is subsequently re-opened, not only
    /// on the first time. Make sure that's sane!
-    pub async fn open_with_options<P: AsRef<Utf8Path>>(
-        path: P,
+    pub async fn open_with_options(
+        path: &Utf8Path,
        open_options: &OpenOptions,
        _ctx: &RequestContext, /* TODO: carry a pointer to the metrics in the RequestContext instead of the parsing https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/6107 */
    ) -> Result<VirtualFile, std::io::Error> {
-        let path_ref = path.as_ref();
-        let path_str = path_ref.to_string();
+        let path_str = path.to_string();
        let parts = path_str.split('/').collect::<Vec<&str>>();
        let (tenant_id, shard_id, timeline_id) =
            if parts.len() > 5 && parts[parts.len() - 5] == TENANTS_SEGMENT_NAME {
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ impl VirtualFile {
        // where our caller doesn't get to use the returned VirtualFile before its
        // slot gets re-used by someone else.
        let file = observe_duration!(StorageIoOperation::Open, {
-            open_options.open(path_ref.as_std_path()).await?
+            open_options.open(path.as_std_path()).await?
        });

        // Strip all options other than read and write.
@@ -418,7 +417,7 @@ impl VirtualFile {
        let vfile = VirtualFile {
            handle: RwLock::new(handle),
            pos: 0,
-            path: path_ref.to_path_buf(),
+            path: path.to_path_buf(),
            open_options: reopen_options,
            tenant_id,
            shard_id,
--- a/pageserver/src/walingest.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walingest.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ impl WalIngest {
                        modification,
                        &parsed_xact,
                        info == pg_constants::XLOG_XACT_COMMIT,
-                        decoded.origin_id,
                        ctx,
                    )
                    .await?;
@@ -247,7 +246,6 @@ impl WalIngest {
                        modification,
                        &parsed_xact,
                        info == pg_constants::XLOG_XACT_COMMIT_PREPARED,
-                        decoded.origin_id,
                        ctx,
                    )
                    .await?;
@@ -377,18 +375,6 @@ impl WalIngest {
                    self.checkpoint.oldestActiveXid = xlrec.oldest_running_xid;
                }
            }
-            pg_constants::RM_REPLORIGIN_ID => {
-                let info = decoded.xl_info & pg_constants::XLR_RMGR_INFO_MASK;
-                if info == pg_constants::XLOG_REPLORIGIN_SET {
-                    let xlrec = crate::walrecord::XlReploriginSet::decode(&mut buf);
-                    modification
-                        .set_replorigin(xlrec.node_id, xlrec.remote_lsn)
-                        .await?
-                } else if info == pg_constants::XLOG_REPLORIGIN_DROP {
-                    let xlrec = crate::walrecord::XlReploriginDrop::decode(&mut buf);
-                    modification.drop_replorigin(xlrec.node_id).await?
-                }
-            }
            _x => {
                // TODO: should probably log & fail here instead of blindly
                // doing something without understanding the protocol
@@ -1192,7 +1178,6 @@ impl WalIngest {
        modification: &mut DatadirModification<'_>,
        parsed: &XlXactParsedRecord,
        is_commit: bool,
-        origin_id: u16,
        ctx: &RequestContext,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
        // Record update of CLOG pages
@@ -1258,11 +1243,6 @@ impl WalIngest {
                }
            }
        }
-        if origin_id != 0 {
-            modification
-                .set_replorigin(origin_id, parsed.origin_lsn)
-                .await?;
-        }
        Ok(())
    }

--- a/pageserver/src/walrecord.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walrecord.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ use postgres_ffi::pg_constants;
 use postgres_ffi::BLCKSZ;
 use postgres_ffi::{BlockNumber, TimestampTz};
 use postgres_ffi::{MultiXactId, MultiXactOffset, MultiXactStatus, Oid, TransactionId};
-use postgres_ffi::{RepOriginId, XLogRecord, XLOG_SIZE_OF_XLOG_RECORD};
+use postgres_ffi::{XLogRecord, XLOG_SIZE_OF_XLOG_RECORD};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tracing::*;
-use utils::{bin_ser::DeserializeError, lsn::Lsn};
+use utils::bin_ser::DeserializeError;

 /// Each update to a page is represented by a NeonWalRecord. It can be a wrapper
 /// around a PostgreSQL WAL record, or a custom neon-specific "record".
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ pub struct DecodedWALRecord {

    pub blocks: Vec<DecodedBkpBlock>,
    pub main_data_offset: usize,
-    pub origin_id: u16,
 }

 #[repr(C)]
@@ -574,7 +573,6 @@ pub struct XlXactParsedRecord {
    pub subxacts: Vec<TransactionId>,

    pub xnodes: Vec<RelFileNode>,
-    pub origin_lsn: Lsn,
 }

 impl XlXactParsedRecord {
@@ -653,11 +651,6 @@ impl XlXactParsedRecord {
            debug!("XLOG_XACT_COMMIT-XACT_XINFO_HAS_TWOPHASE xid {}", xid);
        }

-        let origin_lsn = if xinfo & pg_constants::XACT_XINFO_HAS_ORIGIN != 0 {
-            Lsn(buf.get_u64_le())
-        } else {
-            Lsn::INVALID
-        };
        XlXactParsedRecord {
            xid,
            info,
@@ -667,7 +660,6 @@ impl XlXactParsedRecord {
            ts_id,
            subxacts,
            xnodes,
-            origin_lsn,
        }
    }
 }
@@ -818,36 +810,6 @@ impl XlRunningXacts {
    }
 }

-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct XlReploriginDrop {
-    pub node_id: RepOriginId,
-}
-
-impl XlReploriginDrop {
-    pub fn decode(buf: &mut Bytes) -> XlReploriginDrop {
-        XlReploriginDrop {
-            node_id: buf.get_u16_le(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[repr(C)]
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct XlReploriginSet {
-    pub remote_lsn: Lsn,
-    pub node_id: RepOriginId,
-}
-
-impl XlReploriginSet {
-    pub fn decode(buf: &mut Bytes) -> XlReploriginSet {
-        XlReploriginSet {
-            remote_lsn: Lsn(buf.get_u64_le()),
-            node_id: buf.get_u16_le(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Main routine to decode a WAL record and figure out which blocks are modified
 //
 // See xlogrecord.h for details
@@ -882,7 +844,6 @@ pub fn decode_wal_record(
    let mut rnode_dbnode: u32 = 0;
    let mut rnode_relnode: u32 = 0;
    let mut got_rnode = false;
-    let mut origin_id: u16 = 0;

    let mut buf = record.clone();

@@ -930,7 +891,7 @@ pub fn decode_wal_record(

            pg_constants::XLR_BLOCK_ID_ORIGIN => {
                // RepOriginId is uint16
-                origin_id = buf.get_u16_le();
+                buf.advance(2);
            }

            pg_constants::XLR_BLOCK_ID_TOPLEVEL_XID => {
@@ -1127,7 +1088,6 @@ pub fn decode_wal_record(
    decoded.xl_info = xlogrec.xl_info;
    decoded.xl_rmid = xlogrec.xl_rmid;
    decoded.record = record;
-    decoded.origin_id = origin_id;
    decoded.main_data_offset = main_data_offset;

    Ok(())
--- a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use crate::repository::Key;
 use crate::walrecord::NeonWalRecord;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
+use pageserver_api::key::key_to_rel_block;
 use pageserver_api::models::{WalRedoManagerProcessStatus, WalRedoManagerStatus};
 use pageserver_api::shard::TenantShardId;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
    ) -> anyhow::Result<Bytes> {
        *(self.last_redo_at.lock().unwrap()) = Some(Instant::now());

-        let (rel, blknum) = key.to_rel_block().context("invalid record")?;
+        let (rel, blknum) = key_to_rel_block(key).context("invalid record")?;
        const MAX_RETRY_ATTEMPTS: u32 = 1;
        let mut n_attempts = 0u32;
        loop {
@@ -361,10 +362,10 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
        &self,
        key: Key,
        page: &mut BytesMut,
-        record_lsn: Lsn,
+        _record_lsn: Lsn,
        record: &NeonWalRecord,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        apply_neon::apply_in_neon(record, record_lsn, key, page)?;
+        apply_neon::apply_in_neon(record, key, page)?;

        Ok(())
    }
--- a/pageserver/src/walredo/apply_neon.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walredo/apply_neon.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::walrecord::NeonWalRecord;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, LittleEndian};
 use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
-use pageserver_api::key::Key;
+use pageserver_api::key::{key_to_rel_block, key_to_slru_block, Key};
 use pageserver_api::reltag::SlruKind;
 use postgres_ffi::pg_constants;
 use postgres_ffi::relfile_utils::VISIBILITYMAP_FORKNUM;
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use postgres_ffi::v14::nonrelfile_utils::{
 use postgres_ffi::BLCKSZ;
 use tracing::*;
 use utils::bin_ser::BeSer;
-use utils::lsn::Lsn;

 /// Can this request be served by neon redo functions
 /// or we need to pass it to wal-redo postgres process?
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ pub(crate) fn can_apply_in_neon(rec: &NeonWalRecord) -> bool {

 pub(crate) fn apply_in_neon(
    record: &NeonWalRecord,
-    lsn: Lsn,
    key: Key,
    page: &mut BytesMut,
 ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_in_neon(
            flags,
        } => {
            // sanity check that this is modifying the correct relation
-            let (rel, blknum) = key.to_rel_block().context("invalid record")?;
+            let (rel, blknum) = key_to_rel_block(key).context("invalid record")?;
            assert!(
                rel.forknum == VISIBILITYMAP_FORKNUM,
                "ClearVisibilityMapFlags record on unexpected rel {}",
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_in_neon(
                let map = &mut page[pg_constants::MAXALIGN_SIZE_OF_PAGE_HEADER_DATA..];

                map[map_byte as usize] &= !(flags << map_offset);
-                postgres_ffi::page_set_lsn(page, lsn);
            }

            // Repeat for 'old_heap_blkno', if any
@@ -83,13 +80,12 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_in_neon(
                let map = &mut page[pg_constants::MAXALIGN_SIZE_OF_PAGE_HEADER_DATA..];

                map[map_byte as usize] &= !(flags << map_offset);
-                postgres_ffi::page_set_lsn(page, lsn);
            }
        }
        // Non-relational WAL records are handled here, with custom code that has the
        // same effects as the corresponding Postgres WAL redo function.
        NeonWalRecord::ClogSetCommitted { xids, timestamp } => {
-            let (slru_kind, segno, blknum) = key.to_slru_block().context("invalid record")?;
+            let (slru_kind, segno, blknum) = key_to_slru_block(key).context("invalid record")?;
            assert_eq!(
                slru_kind,
                SlruKind::Clog,
@@ -134,7 +130,7 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_in_neon(
            }
        }
        NeonWalRecord::ClogSetAborted { xids } => {
-            let (slru_kind, segno, blknum) = key.to_slru_block().context("invalid record")?;
+            let (slru_kind, segno, blknum) = key_to_slru_block(key).context("invalid record")?;
            assert_eq!(
                slru_kind,
                SlruKind::Clog,
@@ -164,7 +160,7 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_in_neon(
            }
        }
        NeonWalRecord::MultixactOffsetCreate { mid, moff } => {
-            let (slru_kind, segno, blknum) = key.to_slru_block().context("invalid record")?;
+            let (slru_kind, segno, blknum) = key_to_slru_block(key).context("invalid record")?;
            assert_eq!(
                slru_kind,
                SlruKind::MultiXactOffsets,
@@ -196,7 +192,7 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_in_neon(
            LittleEndian::write_u32(&mut page[offset..offset + 4], *moff);
        }
        NeonWalRecord::MultixactMembersCreate { moff, members } => {
-            let (slru_kind, segno, blknum) = key.to_slru_block().context("invalid record")?;
+            let (slru_kind, segno, blknum) = key_to_slru_block(key).context("invalid record")?;
            assert_eq!(
                slru_kind,
                SlruKind::MultiXactMembers,
@@ -289,7 +285,7 @@ mod test {
        let mut page = BytesMut::from_iter(base_image);

        for record in deltas {
-            apply_in_neon(&record, Lsn(8), file_path, &mut page)?;
+            apply_in_neon(&record, file_path, &mut page)?;
        }

        let reconstructed = AuxFilesDirectory::des(&page)?;
--- a/pgxn/neon/libpagestore.c
+++ b/pgxn/neon/libpagestore.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ int			flush_every_n_requests = 8;

 int         neon_protocol_version = 2;

+static int	n_reconnect_attempts = 0;
 static int	max_reconnect_attempts = 60;
 static int	stripe_size;

@@ -94,37 +95,18 @@ static shmem_startup_hook_type prev_shmem_startup_hook;
 static PagestoreShmemState *pagestore_shared;
 static uint64 pagestore_local_counter = 0;

-typedef enum PSConnectionState {
-	PS_Disconnected,			/* no connection yet */
-	PS_Connecting_Startup,		/* connection starting up */
-	PS_Connecting_PageStream,	/* negotiating pagestream */ 
-	PS_Connected,				/* connected, pagestream established */
-} PSConnectionState;
-
 /* This backend's per-shard connections */
 typedef struct
 {
-	TimestampTz		last_connect_time; /* read-only debug value */
-	TimestampTz		last_reconnect_time;
-	uint32			delay_us;
-	int				n_reconnect_attempts;
+	PGconn	   *conn;

-	/*---
-	 * Pageserver connection state, i.e.
-	 *	disconnected: conn == NULL, wes == NULL;
-	 *	conn_startup: connection initiated, waiting for connection establishing
-	 *	conn_ps:      PageStream query sent, waiting for confirmation
-	 *	connected:    PageStream established
-	 */
-	PSConnectionState state;
-	PGconn		   *conn;
 	/*---
 	 * WaitEventSet containing:
-	 *	- WL_SOCKET_READABLE on 'conn'
-	 *	- WL_LATCH_SET on MyLatch, and
-	 *	- WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH.
+	 * - WL_SOCKET_READABLE on 'conn'
+	 * - WL_LATCH_SET on MyLatch, and
+	 * - WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH.
 	 */
-	WaitEventSet   *wes_read;
+	WaitEventSet *wes;
 } PageServer;

 static PageServer page_servers[MAX_SHARDS];
@@ -321,277 +303,119 @@ get_shard_number(BufferTag *tag)
 	return hash % n_shards;
 }

-static inline void
-CLEANUP_AND_DISCONNECT(PageServer *shard) 
-{
-	if (shard->wes_read)
-	{
-		FreeWaitEventSet(shard->wes_read);
-		shard->wes_read = NULL;
-	}
-	if (shard->conn)
-	{
-		PQfinish(shard->conn);
-		shard->conn = NULL;
-	}
-
-	shard->state = PS_Disconnected;
-}
-
-/*
- * Connect to a pageserver, or continue to try to connect if we're yet to
- * complete the connection (e.g. due to receiving an earlier cancellation
- * during connection start).
- * Returns true if successfully connected; false if the connection failed.
- * 
- * Throws errors in unrecoverable situations, or when this backend's query
- * is canceled.
- */
 static bool
 pageserver_connect(shardno_t shard_no, int elevel)
 {
-	PageServer *shard = &page_servers[shard_no];
+	char	   *query;
+	int			ret;
+	const char *keywords[3];
+	const char *values[3];
+	int			n;
+	PGconn	   *conn;
+	WaitEventSet *wes;
 	char		connstr[MAX_PAGESERVER_CONNSTRING_SIZE];

+	static TimestampTz last_connect_time = 0;
+	static uint64_t delay_us = MIN_RECONNECT_INTERVAL_USEC;
+	TimestampTz now;
+	uint64_t	us_since_last_connect;
+	bool	broke_from_loop = false;
+
+	Assert(page_servers[shard_no].conn == NULL);
+
 	/*
 	 * Get the connection string for this shard. If the shard map has been
 	 * updated since we last looked, this will also disconnect any existing
 	 * pageserver connections as a side effect.
-	 * Note that connstr is used both during connection start, and when we
-	 * log the successful connection.
 	 */
 	load_shard_map(shard_no, connstr, NULL);

-	switch (shard->state)
+	now = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+	us_since_last_connect = now - last_connect_time;
+	if (us_since_last_connect < MAX_RECONNECT_INTERVAL_USEC)
 	{
-	case PS_Disconnected:
-	{
-		const char *keywords[3];
-		const char *values[3];
-		int			n_pgsql_params;
-		TimestampTz	now;
-		int64		us_since_last_attempt;
-
-		/* Make sure we start with a clean slate */
-		CLEANUP_AND_DISCONNECT(shard);
-
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, DEBUG5, "Connection state: Disconnected");
-
-		now = GetCurrentTimestamp();
-		us_since_last_attempt = (int64) (now - shard->last_reconnect_time);
-		shard->last_reconnect_time = now;
-
-		/*
-		 * If we did other tasks between reconnect attempts, then we won't
-		 * need to wait as long as a full delay.
-		 */
-		if (us_since_last_attempt < shard->delay_us)
-		{
-			pg_usleep(shard->delay_us - us_since_last_attempt);
-		}
-
-		/* update the delay metric */
-		shard->delay_us = Min(shard->delay_us * 2, MAX_RECONNECT_INTERVAL_USEC);
-
-		/*
-		 * Connect using the connection string we got from the
-		 * neon.pageserver_connstring GUC. If the NEON_AUTH_TOKEN environment
-		 * variable was set, use that as the password.
-		 *
-		 * The connection options are parsed in the order they're given, so when
-		 * we set the password before the connection string, the connection string
-		 * can override the password from the env variable. Seems useful, although
-		 * we don't currently use that capability anywhere.
-		 */
-		keywords[0] = "dbname";
-		values[0] = connstr;
-		n_pgsql_params = 1;
-
-		if (neon_auth_token)
-		{
-			keywords[1] = "password";
-			values[1] = neon_auth_token;
-			n_pgsql_params++;
-		}
-
-		keywords[n_pgsql_params] = NULL;
-		values[n_pgsql_params] = NULL;
-
-		shard->conn = PQconnectStartParams(keywords, values, 1);
-		if (!shard->conn)
-		{
-			neon_shard_log(shard_no, elevel, "Failed to connect to pageserver: out of memory");
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		shard->state = PS_Connecting_Startup;
-		/* fallthrough */
+		pg_usleep(delay_us);
+		delay_us *= 2;
 	}
-	case PS_Connecting_Startup:
+	else
 	{
-		char	   *pagestream_query;
-		int			ps_send_query_ret;
-		bool		connected = false;
-		int poll_result = PGRES_POLLING_WRITING;
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, DEBUG5, "Connection state: Connecting_Startup");
+		delay_us = MIN_RECONNECT_INTERVAL_USEC;
+	}

-		do
-		{
-			WaitEvent	event;
+	/*
+	 * Connect using the connection string we got from the
+	 * neon.pageserver_connstring GUC. If the NEON_AUTH_TOKEN environment
+	 * variable was set, use that as the password.
+	 *
+	 * The connection options are parsed in the order they're given, so when
+	 * we set the password before the connection string, the connection string
+	 * can override the password from the env variable. Seems useful, although
+	 * we don't currently use that capability anywhere.
+	 */
+	n = 0;
+	if (neon_auth_token)
+	{
+		keywords[n] = "password";
+		values[n] = neon_auth_token;
+		n++;
+	}
+	keywords[n] = "dbname";
+	values[n] = connstr;
+	n++;
+	keywords[n] = NULL;
+	values[n] = NULL;
+	n++;
+	conn = PQconnectdbParams(keywords, values, 1);
+	last_connect_time = GetCurrentTimestamp();

-			switch (poll_result)
-			{
-			default: /* unknown/unused states are handled as a failed connection */
-			case PGRES_POLLING_FAILED:
-				{
-					char	   *pqerr = PQerrorMessage(shard->conn);
-					char	   *msg = NULL;
-					neon_shard_log(shard_no, DEBUG5, "POLLING_FAILED");
+	if (PQstatus(conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
+	{
+		char	   *msg = pchomp(PQerrorMessage(conn));

-					if (pqerr)
-						msg = pchomp(pqerr);
+		PQfinish(conn);

-					CLEANUP_AND_DISCONNECT(shard);
-
-					if (msg)
-					{
-						neon_shard_log(shard_no, elevel,
-									   "could not connect to pageserver: %s",
-									   msg);
-						pfree(msg);
-					}
-					else
-						neon_shard_log(shard_no, elevel,
-									   "could not connect to pageserver");
-
-					return false;
-				}
-			case PGRES_POLLING_READING:
-				/* Sleep until there's something to do */
-				while (true)
-				{
-					int rc = WaitLatchOrSocket(MyLatch,
-											   WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH | WL_LATCH_SET | WL_SOCKET_READABLE,
-											   PQsocket(shard->conn),
-											   0,
-											   PG_WAIT_EXTENSION);
-					elog(DEBUG5, "PGRES_POLLING_READING=>%d", rc);
-					if (rc & WL_LATCH_SET)
-					{
-						ResetLatch(MyLatch);
-						/* query cancellation, backend shutdown */
-						CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
-					}
-					if (rc & WL_SOCKET_READABLE)
-						break;
-				}
-				/* PQconnectPoll() handles the socket polling state updates */
-
-				break;
-			case PGRES_POLLING_WRITING:
-				/* Sleep until there's something to do */
-				while (true)
-				{
-					int rc = WaitLatchOrSocket(MyLatch,
-											   WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH | WL_LATCH_SET | WL_SOCKET_WRITEABLE,
-											   PQsocket(shard->conn),
-											   0,
-											   PG_WAIT_EXTENSION);
-					elog(DEBUG5, "PGRES_POLLING_WRITING=>%d", rc);
-					if (rc & WL_LATCH_SET)
-					{
-						ResetLatch(MyLatch);
-						/* query cancellation, backend shutdown */
-						CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
-					}
-					if (rc & WL_SOCKET_WRITEABLE)
-						break;
-				}
-				/* PQconnectPoll() handles the socket polling state updates */
-
-				break;
-			case PGRES_POLLING_OK:
-				neon_shard_log(shard_no, DEBUG5, "POLLING_OK");
-				connected = true;
-				break;
-			}
-			poll_result = PQconnectPoll(shard->conn);
-			elog(DEBUG5, "PQconnectPoll=>%d", poll_result);
-		}
-		while (!connected);
-
-		/* No more polling needed; connection succeeded */
-		shard->last_connect_time = GetCurrentTimestamp();
-
-		shard->wes_read = CreateWaitEventSet(TopMemoryContext, 3);
-		AddWaitEventToSet(shard->wes_read, WL_LATCH_SET, PGINVALID_SOCKET,
-						  MyLatch, NULL);
-		AddWaitEventToSet(shard->wes_read, WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH, PGINVALID_SOCKET,
-						  NULL, NULL);
-		AddWaitEventToSet(shard->wes_read, WL_SOCKET_READABLE, PQsocket(shard->conn), NULL, NULL);
-
-
-		switch (neon_protocol_version)
-		{
+		ereport(elevel,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_SQLCLIENT_UNABLE_TO_ESTABLISH_SQLCONNECTION),
+				 errmsg(NEON_TAG "[shard %d] could not establish connection to pageserver", shard_no),
+				 errdetail_internal("%s", msg)));
+		pfree(msg);
+		return false;
+	}
+	switch (neon_protocol_version)
+	{
 		case 2:
-			pagestream_query = psprintf("pagestream_v2 %s %s", neon_tenant, neon_timeline);
+			query = psprintf("pagestream_v2 %s %s", neon_tenant, neon_timeline);
 			break;
 		case 1:
-			pagestream_query = psprintf("pagestream %s %s", neon_tenant, neon_timeline);
+			query = psprintf("pagestream %s %s", neon_tenant, neon_timeline);
 			break;
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unexpected neon_protocol_version %d", neon_protocol_version);
-		}
-
-		if (PQstatus(shard->conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
-		{
-			char	   *msg = pchomp(PQerrorMessage(shard->conn));
-
-			CLEANUP_AND_DISCONNECT(shard);
-
-			ereport(elevel,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_SQLCLIENT_UNABLE_TO_ESTABLISH_SQLCONNECTION),
-						errmsg(NEON_TAG "[shard %d] could not establish connection to pageserver", shard_no),
-						errdetail_internal("%s", msg)));
-			pfree(msg);
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		ps_send_query_ret = PQsendQuery(shard->conn, pagestream_query);
-		pfree(pagestream_query);
-		if (ps_send_query_ret != 1)
-		{
-			CLEANUP_AND_DISCONNECT(shard);
-
-			neon_shard_log(shard_no, elevel, "could not send pagestream command to pageserver");
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		shard->state = PS_Connecting_PageStream;
-		/* fallthrough */
 	}
-	case PS_Connecting_PageStream:
+	ret = PQsendQuery(conn, query);
+	pfree(query);
+	if (ret != 1)
 	{
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, DEBUG5, "Connection state: Connecting_PageStream");
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		neon_shard_log(shard_no, elevel, "could not send pagestream command to pageserver");
+		return false;
+	}

-		if (PQstatus(shard->conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
-		{
-			char	   *msg = pchomp(PQerrorMessage(shard->conn));
-			CLEANUP_AND_DISCONNECT(shard);
-			ereport(elevel,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_SQLCLIENT_UNABLE_TO_ESTABLISH_SQLCONNECTION),
-						errmsg(NEON_TAG "[shard %d] could not establish connection to pageserver", shard_no),
-						errdetail_internal("%s", msg)));
-			pfree(msg);
-			return false;
-		}
+	wes = CreateWaitEventSet(TopMemoryContext, 3);
+	AddWaitEventToSet(wes, WL_LATCH_SET, PGINVALID_SOCKET,
+					  MyLatch, NULL);
+	AddWaitEventToSet(wes, WL_EXIT_ON_PM_DEATH, PGINVALID_SOCKET,
+					  NULL, NULL);
+	AddWaitEventToSet(wes, WL_SOCKET_READABLE, PQsocket(conn), NULL, NULL);

-		while (PQisBusy(shard->conn))
+	PG_TRY();
+	{
+		while (PQisBusy(conn))
 		{
 			WaitEvent	event;

 			/* Sleep until there's something to do */
-			(void) WaitEventSetWait(shard->wes_read, -1L, &event, 1, PG_WAIT_EXTENSION);
+			(void) WaitEventSetWait(wes, -1L, &event, 1, PG_WAIT_EXTENSION);
 			ResetLatch(MyLatch);

 			CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
@@ -599,37 +423,40 @@ pageserver_connect(shardno_t shard_no, int elevel)
 			/* Data available in socket? */
 			if (event.events & WL_SOCKET_READABLE)
 			{
-				if (!PQconsumeInput(shard->conn))
+				if (!PQconsumeInput(conn))
 				{
-					char	   *msg = pchomp(PQerrorMessage(shard->conn));
+					char	   *msg = pchomp(PQerrorMessage(conn));
+
+					PQfinish(conn);
+					FreeWaitEventSet(wes);

-					CLEANUP_AND_DISCONNECT(shard);
 					neon_shard_log(shard_no, elevel, "could not complete handshake with pageserver: %s",
 								   msg);
-					pfree(msg);
-					return false;
+					/* Returning from inside PG_TRY is bad, so we break/return later */
+					broke_from_loop = true;
+					break;
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
-		shard->state = PS_Connected;
-		/* fallthrough */
 	}
-	case PS_Connected:
-		/*
-		 * We successfully connected. Future connections to this PageServer
-		 * will do fast retries again, with exponential backoff.
-		 */
-		shard->delay_us = MIN_RECONNECT_INTERVAL_USEC;
-
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, DEBUG5, "Connection state: Connected");
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "libpagestore: connected to '%s' with protocol version %d", connstr, neon_protocol_version);
-		return true;
-	default:
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, ERROR, "libpagestore: invalid connection state %d", shard->state);
+	PG_CATCH();
+	{
+		PQfinish(conn);
+		FreeWaitEventSet(wes);
+		PG_RE_THROW();
 	}
-	/* This shouldn't be hit */
-	Assert(false);
+	PG_END_TRY();
+
+	if (broke_from_loop)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "libpagestore: connected to '%s' with protocol version %d", connstr, neon_protocol_version);
+	page_servers[shard_no].conn = conn;
+	page_servers[shard_no].wes = wes;
+
+	return true;
 }

 /*
@@ -649,7 +476,7 @@ retry:
 		WaitEvent	event;

 		/* Sleep until there's something to do */
-		(void) WaitEventSetWait(page_servers[shard_no].wes_read, -1L, &event, 1, PG_WAIT_EXTENSION);
+		(void) WaitEventSetWait(page_servers[shard_no].wes, -1L, &event, 1, PG_WAIT_EXTENSION);
 		ResetLatch(MyLatch);

 		CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
@@ -675,8 +502,7 @@ retry:

 /*
 * Reset prefetch and drop connection to the shard.
- * It also drops connection to all other shards involved in prefetch, through
- * prefetch_on_ps_disconnect().
+ * It also drops connection to all other shards involved in prefetch.
 */
 static void
 pageserver_disconnect(shardno_t shard_no)
@@ -686,6 +512,9 @@ pageserver_disconnect(shardno_t shard_no)
 	 * whole prefetch queue, even for other pageservers. It should not
 	 * cause big problems, because connection loss is supposed to be a
 	 * rare event.
+	 *
+	 * Prefetch state should be reset even if page_servers[shard_no].conn == NULL,
+	 * because prefetch request may be registered before connection is established.
 	 */
 	prefetch_on_ps_disconnect();

@@ -698,36 +527,37 @@ pageserver_disconnect(shardno_t shard_no)
 static void
 pageserver_disconnect_shard(shardno_t shard_no)
 {
-	PageServer *shard = &page_servers[shard_no];
 	/*
 	 * If anything goes wrong while we were sending a request, it's not clear
 	 * what state the connection is in. For example, if we sent the request
 	 * but didn't receive a response yet, we might receive the response some
 	 * time later after we have already sent a new unrelated request. Close
 	 * the connection to avoid getting confused.
-	 * Similarly, even when we're in PS_DISCONNECTED, we may have junk to
-	 * clean up: It is possible that we encountered an error allocating any
-	 * of the wait event sets or the psql connection, or failed when we tried
-	 * to attach wait events to the WaitEventSets.
 	 */
-	CLEANUP_AND_DISCONNECT(shard);
-
-	shard->state = PS_Disconnected;
+	if (page_servers[shard_no].conn)
+	{
+		neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "dropping connection to page server due to error");
+		PQfinish(page_servers[shard_no].conn);
+		page_servers[shard_no].conn = NULL;
+	}
+	if (page_servers[shard_no].wes != NULL)
+	{
+		FreeWaitEventSet(page_servers[shard_no].wes);
+		page_servers[shard_no].wes = NULL;
+	}
 }

 static bool
 pageserver_send(shardno_t shard_no, NeonRequest *request)
 {
 	StringInfoData req_buff;
-	PageServer *shard = &page_servers[shard_no];
-	PGconn	   *pageserver_conn;
+	PGconn	   *pageserver_conn = page_servers[shard_no].conn;

 	/* If the connection was lost for some reason, reconnect */
-	if (shard->state == PS_Connected && PQstatus(shard->conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
+	if (pageserver_conn && PQstatus(pageserver_conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
 	{
 		neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "pageserver_send disconnect bad connection");
 		pageserver_disconnect(shard_no);
-		pageserver_conn = NULL;
 	}

 	req_buff = nm_pack_request(request);
@@ -741,19 +571,17 @@ pageserver_send(shardno_t shard_no, NeonRequest *request)
 	 * https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/1138 So try to reestablish
 	 * connection in case of failure.
 	 */
-	if (shard->state != PS_Connected)
+	if (!page_servers[shard_no].conn)
 	{
-		while (!pageserver_connect(shard_no, shard->n_reconnect_attempts < max_reconnect_attempts ? LOG : ERROR))
+		while (!pageserver_connect(shard_no, n_reconnect_attempts < max_reconnect_attempts ? LOG : ERROR))
 		{
 			HandleMainLoopInterrupts();
-			shard->n_reconnect_attempts += 1;
+			n_reconnect_attempts += 1;
 		}
-		shard->n_reconnect_attempts = 0;
-	} else {
-		Assert(shard->conn != NULL);
+		n_reconnect_attempts = 0;
 	}

-	pageserver_conn = shard->conn;
+	pageserver_conn = page_servers[shard_no].conn;

 	/*
 	 * Send request.
@@ -762,17 +590,13 @@ pageserver_send(shardno_t shard_no, NeonRequest *request)
 	 * should use async mode and check for interrupts while waiting. In
 	 * practice, our requests are small enough to always fit in the output and
 	 * TCP buffer.
-	 *
-	 * Note that this also will fail when the connection is in the
-	 * PGRES_POLLING_WRITING state. It's kinda dirty to disconnect at this
-	 * point, but on the grand scheme of things it's only a small issue.
 	 */
 	if (PQputCopyData(pageserver_conn, req_buff.data, req_buff.len) <= 0)
 	{
 		char	   *msg = pchomp(PQerrorMessage(pageserver_conn));

 		pageserver_disconnect(shard_no);
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "pageserver_send disconnected: failed to send page request (try to reconnect): %s", msg);
+		neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "pageserver_send disconnect because failed to send page request (try to reconnect): %s", msg);
 		pfree(msg);
 		pfree(req_buff.data);
 		return false;
@@ -787,7 +611,6 @@ pageserver_send(shardno_t shard_no, NeonRequest *request)
 		neon_shard_log(shard_no, PageStoreTrace, "sent request: %s", msg);
 		pfree(msg);
 	}
-
 	return true;
 }

@@ -796,68 +619,58 @@ pageserver_receive(shardno_t shard_no)
 {
 	StringInfoData resp_buff;
 	NeonResponse *resp;
-	PageServer *shard = &page_servers[shard_no];
-	PGconn	   *pageserver_conn = shard->conn;
-	/* read response */
-	int			rc;
+	PGconn	   *pageserver_conn = page_servers[shard_no].conn;

-	if (shard->state != PS_Connected)
-	{
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG,
-					   "pageserver_receive: returning NULL for non-connected pageserver connection: 0x%02x",
-					   shard->state);
+	if (!pageserver_conn)
 		return NULL;
-	}

-	Assert(pageserver_conn);
-
-	rc = call_PQgetCopyData(shard_no, &resp_buff.data);
-	if (rc >= 0)
+	PG_TRY();
 	{
-		/* call_PQgetCopyData handles rc == 0 */
-		Assert(rc > 0);
+		/* read response */
+		int			rc;

-		PG_TRY();
+		rc = call_PQgetCopyData(shard_no, &resp_buff.data);
+		if (rc >= 0)
 		{
 			resp_buff.len = rc;
 			resp_buff.cursor = 0;
 			resp = nm_unpack_response(&resp_buff);
 			PQfreemem(resp_buff.data);
+
+			if (message_level_is_interesting(PageStoreTrace))
+			{
+				char	   *msg = nm_to_string((NeonMessage *) resp);
+
+				neon_shard_log(shard_no, PageStoreTrace, "got response: %s", msg);
+				pfree(msg);
+			}
 		}
-		PG_CATCH();
+		else if (rc == -1)
 		{
-			neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "pageserver_receive: disconnect due malformatted response");
+			neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "pageserver_receive disconnect because call_PQgetCopyData returns -1: %s", pchomp(PQerrorMessage(pageserver_conn)));
 			pageserver_disconnect(shard_no);
-			PG_RE_THROW();
+			resp = NULL;
 		}
-		PG_END_TRY();
-
-		if (message_level_is_interesting(PageStoreTrace))
+		else if (rc == -2)
 		{
-			char	   *msg = nm_to_string((NeonMessage *) resp);
+			char	   *msg = pchomp(PQerrorMessage(pageserver_conn));

-			neon_shard_log(shard_no, PageStoreTrace, "got response: %s", msg);
-			pfree(msg);
+			pageserver_disconnect(shard_no);
+			neon_shard_log(shard_no, ERROR, "pageserver_receive disconnect because could not read COPY data: %s", msg);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			pageserver_disconnect(shard_no);
+			neon_shard_log(shard_no, ERROR, "pageserver_receive disconnect because unexpected PQgetCopyData return value: %d", rc);
 		}
 	}
-	else if (rc == -1)
+	PG_CATCH();
 	{
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "pageserver_receive disconnect: psql end of copy data: %s", pchomp(PQerrorMessage(pageserver_conn)));
+		neon_shard_log(shard_no, LOG, "pageserver_receive disconnect due to caught exception");
 		pageserver_disconnect(shard_no);
-		resp = NULL;
-	}
-	else if (rc == -2)
-	{
-		char	   *msg = pchomp(PQerrorMessage(pageserver_conn));
-
-		pageserver_disconnect(shard_no);
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, ERROR, "pageserver_receive disconnect: could not read COPY data: %s", msg);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		pageserver_disconnect(shard_no);
-		neon_shard_log(shard_no, ERROR, "pageserver_receive disconnect: unexpected PQgetCopyData return value: %d", rc);
+		PG_RE_THROW();
 	}
+	PG_END_TRY();

 	return (NeonResponse *) resp;
 }
@@ -868,7 +681,7 @@ pageserver_flush(shardno_t shard_no)
 {
 	PGconn	   *pageserver_conn = page_servers[shard_no].conn;

-	if (page_servers[shard_no].state != PS_Connected)
+	if (!pageserver_conn)
 	{
 		neon_shard_log(shard_no, WARNING, "Tried to flush while disconnected");
 	}
@@ -884,7 +697,6 @@ pageserver_flush(shardno_t shard_no)
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
-
 	return true;
 }

@@ -1079,7 +891,5 @@ pg_init_libpagestore(void)
 		dbsize_hook = neon_dbsize;
 	}

-	memset(page_servers, 0, sizeof(page_servers));
-
 	lfc_init();
 }
--- a/pgxn/neon/neon_walreader.c
+++ b/pgxn/neon/neon_walreader.c
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ NeonWALRead(NeonWALReader *state, char *buf, XLogRecPtr startptr, Size count, Ti
 	}
 	else if (state->wre_errno == ENOENT)
 	{
-		nwr_log(LOG, "local read at %X/%X len %zu failed as segment file doesn't exist, attempting remote",
-				LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(startptr), count);
+		nwr_log(LOG, "local read failed as segment at %X/%X doesn't exist, attempting remote",
+				LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(startptr));
 		return NeonWALReadRemote(state, buf, startptr, count, tli);
 	}
 	else
@@ -614,7 +614,6 @@ NeonWALReadLocal(NeonWALReader *state, char *buf, XLogRecPtr startptr, Size coun
 		uint32		startoff;
 		int			segbytes;
 		int			readbytes;
-		XLogSegNo	lastRemovedSegNo;

 		startoff = XLogSegmentOffset(recptr, state->segcxt.ws_segsize);

@@ -690,23 +689,6 @@ NeonWALReadLocal(NeonWALReader *state, char *buf, XLogRecPtr startptr, Size coun
 			return false;
 		}

-		/*
-		 * Recheck that the segment hasn't been removed while we were reading
-		 * it.
-		 */
-		lastRemovedSegNo = XLogGetLastRemovedSegno();
-		if (state->seg.ws_segno <= lastRemovedSegNo)
-		{
-			char		fname[MAXFNAMELEN];
-
-			state->wre_errno = ENOENT;
-
-			XLogFileName(fname, tli, state->seg.ws_segno, state->segcxt.ws_segsize);
-			snprintf(state->err_msg, sizeof(state->err_msg), "WAL segment %s has been removed during the read, lastRemovedSegNo " UINT64_FORMAT,
-					 fname, lastRemovedSegNo);
-			return false;
-		}
-
 		/* Update state for read */
 		recptr += readbytes;
 		nbytes -= readbytes;
--- a/pgxn/neon/pagestore_smgr.c
+++ b/pgxn/neon/pagestore_smgr.c
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ static char *hexdump_page(char *page);

 const int	SmgrTrace = DEBUG5;

-#define NEON_PANIC_CONNECTION_STATE(shard_no, elvl, message, ...) \
-	neon_shard_log(shard_no, elvl, "Broken connection state: " message, \
-				   ##__VA_ARGS__)
-
 page_server_api *page_server;

 /* unlogged relation build states */
@@ -530,8 +526,6 @@ prefetch_flush_requests(void)
 *
 * NOTE: this function may indirectly update MyPState->pfs_hash; which
 * invalidates any active pointers into the hash table.
- * NOTE: callers should make sure they can handle query cancellations in this
- * function's call path.
 */
 static bool
 prefetch_wait_for(uint64 ring_index)
@@ -567,8 +561,6 @@ prefetch_wait_for(uint64 ring_index)
 *
 * NOTE: this function may indirectly update MyPState->pfs_hash; which
 * invalidates any active pointers into the hash table.
- *
- * NOTE: this does IO, and can get canceled out-of-line.
 */
 static bool
 prefetch_read(PrefetchRequest *slot)
@@ -580,14 +572,6 @@ prefetch_read(PrefetchRequest *slot)
 	Assert(slot->response == NULL);
 	Assert(slot->my_ring_index == MyPState->ring_receive);

-	if (slot->status != PRFS_REQUESTED ||
-		slot->response != NULL ||
-		slot->my_ring_index != MyPState->ring_receive)
-		neon_shard_log(slot->shard_no, ERROR,
-					   "Incorrect prefetch read: status=%d response=%p my=%lu receive=%lu",
-					   slot->status, slot->response,
-					   (long)slot->my_ring_index, (long)MyPState->ring_receive);
-
 	old = MemoryContextSwitchTo(MyPState->errctx);
 	response = (NeonResponse *) page_server->receive(slot->shard_no);
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(old);
@@ -605,11 +589,6 @@ prefetch_read(PrefetchRequest *slot)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		neon_shard_log(slot->shard_no, WARNING,
-					   "No response from reading prefetch entry %lu: %u/%u/%u.%u block %u. This can be caused by a concurrent disconnect",
-					   (long)slot->my_ring_index,
-					   RelFileInfoFmt(BufTagGetNRelFileInfo(slot->buftag)),
-					   slot->buftag.forkNum, slot->buftag.blockNum);
 		return false;
 	}
 }
@@ -624,7 +603,6 @@ void
 prefetch_on_ps_disconnect(void)
 {
 	MyPState->ring_flush = MyPState->ring_unused;
-
 	while (MyPState->ring_receive < MyPState->ring_unused)
 	{
 		PrefetchRequest *slot;
@@ -647,7 +625,6 @@ prefetch_on_ps_disconnect(void)
 		slot->status = PRFS_TAG_REMAINS;
 		MyPState->n_requests_inflight -= 1;
 		MyPState->ring_receive += 1;
-
 		prefetch_set_unused(ring_index);
 	}
 }
@@ -714,8 +691,6 @@ static void
 prefetch_do_request(PrefetchRequest *slot, neon_request_lsns *force_request_lsns)
 {
 	bool		found;
-	uint64		mySlotNo = slot->my_ring_index;
-
 	NeonGetPageRequest request = {
 		.req.tag = T_NeonGetPageRequest,
 		/* lsn and not_modified_since are filled in below */
@@ -724,8 +699,6 @@ prefetch_do_request(PrefetchRequest *slot, neon_request_lsns *force_request_lsns
 		.blkno = slot->buftag.blockNum,
 	};

-	Assert(mySlotNo == MyPState->ring_unused);
-
 	if (force_request_lsns)
 		slot->request_lsns = *force_request_lsns;
 	else
@@ -738,11 +711,7 @@ prefetch_do_request(PrefetchRequest *slot, neon_request_lsns *force_request_lsns
 	Assert(slot->response == NULL);
 	Assert(slot->my_ring_index == MyPState->ring_unused);

-	while (!page_server->send(slot->shard_no, (NeonRequest *) &request))
-	{
-		Assert(mySlotNo == MyPState->ring_unused);
-		/* loop */
-	}
+	while (!page_server->send(slot->shard_no, (NeonRequest *) &request));

 	/* update prefetch state */
 	MyPState->n_requests_inflight += 1;
@@ -753,6 +722,7 @@ prefetch_do_request(PrefetchRequest *slot, neon_request_lsns *force_request_lsns

 	/* update slot state */
 	slot->status = PRFS_REQUESTED;
+
 	prfh_insert(MyPState->prf_hash, slot, &found);
 	Assert(!found);
 }
@@ -924,10 +894,6 @@ Retry:
 	return ring_index;
 }

-/*
- * Note: this function can get canceled and use a long jump to the next catch
- * context. Take care.
- */
 static NeonResponse *
 page_server_request(void const *req)
 {
@@ -959,38 +925,19 @@ page_server_request(void const *req)
 	 * Current sharding model assumes that all metadata is present only at shard 0.
 	 * We still need to call get_shard_no() to check if shard map is up-to-date.
 	 */
-	if (((NeonRequest *) req)->tag != T_NeonGetPageRequest ||
-		((NeonGetPageRequest *) req)->forknum != MAIN_FORKNUM)
+	if (((NeonRequest *) req)->tag != T_NeonGetPageRequest || ((NeonGetPageRequest *) req)->forknum != MAIN_FORKNUM)
 	{
 		shard_no = 0;
 	}

 	do
 	{
-		PG_TRY();
-		{
-			while (!page_server->send(shard_no, (NeonRequest *) req)
-				   || !page_server->flush(shard_no))
-			{
-				/* do nothing */
-			}
-			consume_prefetch_responses();
-			resp = page_server->receive(shard_no);
-		}
-		PG_CATCH();
-		{
-			/*
-			 * Cancellation in this code needs to be handled better at some
-			 * point, but this currently seems fine for now.
-			 */
-			page_server->disconnect(shard_no);
-			PG_RE_THROW();
-		}
-		PG_END_TRY();
-
+		while (!page_server->send(shard_no, (NeonRequest *) req) || !page_server->flush(shard_no));
+		consume_prefetch_responses();
+		resp = page_server->receive(shard_no);
 	} while (resp == NULL);
-
 	return resp;
+
 }


@@ -1958,9 +1905,7 @@ neon_exists(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forkNum)
 			break;

 		default:
-			NEON_PANIC_CONNECTION_STATE(-1, PANIC,
-										"Expected Exists (0x%02x) or Error (0x%02x) response to ExistsRequest, but got 0x%02x",
-										T_NeonExistsResponse, T_NeonErrorResponse, resp->tag);
+			neon_log(ERROR, "unexpected response from page server with tag 0x%02x in neon_exists", resp->tag);
 	}
 	pfree(resp);
 	return exists;
@@ -2412,7 +2357,7 @@ neon_read_at_lsn(NRelFileInfo rinfo, ForkNumber forkNum, BlockNumber blkno,
 	/*
 	 * Try to find prefetched page in the list of received pages.
 	 */
-Retry:
+  Retry:
 	entry = prfh_lookup(MyPState->prf_hash, (PrefetchRequest *) &buftag);

 	if (entry != NULL)
@@ -2498,9 +2443,7 @@ Retry:
 							   ((NeonErrorResponse *) resp)->message)));
 			break;
 		default:
-			NEON_PANIC_CONNECTION_STATE(slot->shard_no, PANIC,
-										"Expected GetPage (0x%02x) or Error (0x%02x) response to GetPageRequest, but got 0x%02x",
-										T_NeonGetPageResponse, T_NeonErrorResponse, resp->tag);
+			neon_log(ERROR, "unexpected response from page server with tag 0x%02x in neon_read_at_lsn", resp->tag);
 	}

 	/* buffer was used, clean up for later reuse */
@@ -2771,9 +2714,7 @@ neon_nblocks(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forknum)
 			break;

 		default:
-			NEON_PANIC_CONNECTION_STATE(-1, PANIC,
-										"Expected Nblocks (0x%02x) or Error (0x%02x) response to NblocksRequest, but got 0x%02x",
-										T_NeonNblocksResponse, T_NeonErrorResponse, resp->tag);
+			neon_log(ERROR, "unexpected response from page server with tag 0x%02x in neon_nblocks", resp->tag);
 	}
 	update_cached_relsize(InfoFromSMgrRel(reln), forknum, n_blocks);

@@ -2826,9 +2767,7 @@ neon_dbsize(Oid dbNode)
 			break;

 		default:
-			NEON_PANIC_CONNECTION_STATE(-1, PANIC,
-										"Expected DbSize (0x%02x) or Error (0x%02x) response to DbSizeRequest, but got 0x%02x",
-										T_NeonDbSizeResponse, T_NeonErrorResponse, resp->tag);
+			neon_log(ERROR, "unexpected response from page server with tag 0x%02x in neon_dbsize", resp->tag);
 	}

 	neon_log(SmgrTrace, "neon_dbsize: db %u (request LSN %X/%08X): %ld bytes",
@@ -3167,9 +3106,7 @@ neon_read_slru_segment(SMgrRelation reln, const char* path, int segno, void* buf
 			break;

 		default:
-			NEON_PANIC_CONNECTION_STATE(-1, PANIC,
-										"Expected GetSlruSegment (0x%02x) or Error (0x%02x) response to GetSlruSegmentRequest, but got 0x%02x",
-										T_NeonGetSlruSegmentResponse, T_NeonErrorResponse, resp->tag);
+			neon_log(ERROR, "unexpected response from page server with tag 0x%02x in neon_read_slru_segment", resp->tag);
 	}
 	pfree(resp);

--- a/proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ hmac.workspace = true
 hostname.workspace = true
 http.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
-humantime-serde.workspace = true
 hyper.workspace = true
 hyper1 = { package = "hyper", version = "1.2", features = ["server"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["server", "http1", "http2", "tokio"] }
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 tikv-jemallocator.workspace = true
 tikv-jemalloc-ctl = { workspace = true, features = ["use_std"] }
 tokio-postgres.workspace = true
-tokio-postgres-rustls.workspace = true
 tokio-rustls.workspace = true
 tokio-util.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["signal"] }
@@ -96,8 +94,10 @@ url.workspace = true
 urlencoding.workspace = true
 utils.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
-rustls-native-certs.workspace = true
+webpki-roots.workspace = true
 x509-parser.workspace = true
+native-tls.workspace = true
+postgres-native-tls.workspace = true
 postgres-protocol.workspace = true
 redis.workspace = true

--- a/proxy/src/auth/backend.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/auth/backend.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use crate::{
    },
    stream, url,
 };
-use crate::{scram, EndpointCacheKey, EndpointId, RoleName};
+use crate::{scram, EndpointCacheKey, EndpointId, Normalize, RoleName};

 /// Alternative to [`std::borrow::Cow`] but doesn't need `T: ToOwned` as we don't need that functionality
 pub enum MaybeOwned<'a, T> {
--- a/proxy/src/auth/backend/link.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/auth/backend/link.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ pub(super) async fn authenticate(
        .dbname(&db_info.dbname)
        .user(&db_info.user);

-    ctx.set_dbname(db_info.dbname.into());
    ctx.set_user(db_info.user.into());
    ctx.set_project(db_info.aux.clone());
    info!("woken up a compute node");
--- a/proxy/src/auth/credentials.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/auth/credentials.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use pq_proto::StartupMessageParams;
+use smol_str::SmolStr;
 use std::{collections::HashSet, net::IpAddr, str::FromStr};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tracing::{info, warn};
@@ -95,6 +96,13 @@ impl ComputeUserInfoMaybeEndpoint {
        let get_param = |key| params.get(key).ok_or(MissingKey(key));
        let user: RoleName = get_param("user")?.into();

+        // record the values if we have them
+        ctx.set_application(params.get("application_name").map(SmolStr::from));
+        ctx.set_user(user.clone());
+        if let Some(dbname) = params.get("database") {
+            ctx.set_dbname(dbname.into());
+        }
+
        // Project name might be passed via PG's command-line options.
        let endpoint_option = params
            .options_raw()
--- a/proxy/src/bin/pg_sni_router.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/bin/pg_sni_router.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use futures::future::Either;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use proxy::config::TlsServerEndPoint;
 use proxy::context::RequestMonitoring;
-use proxy::metrics::{Metrics, ThreadPoolMetrics};
 use proxy::proxy::{copy_bidirectional_client_compute, run_until_cancelled};
 use rustls::pki_types::PrivateKeyDer;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let _panic_hook_guard = utils::logging::replace_panic_hook_with_tracing_panic_hook();
    let _sentry_guard = init_sentry(Some(GIT_VERSION.into()), &[]);

-    Metrics::install(Arc::new(ThreadPoolMetrics::new(0)));
-
    let args = cli().get_matches();
    let destination: String = args.get_one::<String>("dest").unwrap().parse()?;

--- a/proxy/src/bin/proxy.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/bin/proxy.rs
@@ -557,14 +557,14 @@ fn build_config(args: &ProxyCliArgs) -> anyhow::Result<&'static ProxyConfig> {

            let config::ConcurrencyLockOptions {
                shards,
-                limiter,
+                permits,
                epoch,
                timeout,
            } = args.wake_compute_lock.parse()?;
-            info!(?limiter, shards, ?epoch, "Using NodeLocks (wake_compute)");
+            info!(permits, shards, ?epoch, "Using NodeLocks (wake_compute)");
            let locks = Box::leak(Box::new(console::locks::ApiLocks::new(
                "wake_compute_lock",
-                limiter,
+                permits,
                shards,
                timeout,
                epoch,
@@ -603,19 +603,14 @@ fn build_config(args: &ProxyCliArgs) -> anyhow::Result<&'static ProxyConfig> {

    let config::ConcurrencyLockOptions {
        shards,
-        limiter,
+        permits,
        epoch,
        timeout,
    } = args.connect_compute_lock.parse()?;
-    info!(
-        ?limiter,
-        shards,
-        ?epoch,
-        "Using NodeLocks (connect_compute)"
-    );
+    info!(permits, shards, ?epoch, "Using NodeLocks (connect_compute)");
    let connect_compute_locks = console::locks::ApiLocks::new(
        "connect_compute_lock",
-        limiter,
+        permits,
        shards,
        timeout,
        epoch,
--- a/proxy/src/compute.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/compute.rs
@@ -10,14 +10,11 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use futures::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use pq_proto::StartupMessageParams;
-use rustls::{client::danger::ServerCertVerifier, pki_types::InvalidDnsNameError};
-use std::{io, net::SocketAddr, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use std::{io, net::SocketAddr, time::Duration};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 use tokio_postgres::tls::MakeTlsConnect;
-use tokio_postgres_rustls::MakeRustlsConnect;
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};

 const COULD_NOT_CONNECT: &str = "Couldn't connect to compute node";
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@ pub enum ConnectionError {
    CouldNotConnect(#[from] io::Error),

    #[error("{COULD_NOT_CONNECT}: {0}")]
-    TlsError(#[from] InvalidDnsNameError),
+    TlsError(#[from] native_tls::Error),

    #[error("{COULD_NOT_CONNECT}: {0}")]
    WakeComputeError(#[from] WakeComputeError),
@@ -260,7 +257,7 @@ pub struct PostgresConnection {
    /// Socket connected to a compute node.
    pub stream: tokio_postgres::maybe_tls_stream::MaybeTlsStream<
        tokio::net::TcpStream,
-        tokio_postgres_rustls::RustlsStream<tokio::net::TcpStream>,
+        postgres_native_tls::TlsStream<tokio::net::TcpStream>,
    >,
    /// PostgreSQL connection parameters.
    pub params: std::collections::HashMap<String, String>,
@@ -285,23 +282,12 @@ impl ConnCfg {
        let (socket_addr, stream, host) = self.connect_raw(timeout).await?;
        drop(pause);

-        let client_config = if allow_self_signed_compute {
-            // Allow all certificates for creating the connection
-            let verifier = Arc::new(AcceptEverythingVerifier) as Arc<dyn ServerCertVerifier>;
-            rustls::ClientConfig::builder()
-                .dangerous()
-                .with_custom_certificate_verifier(verifier)
-        } else {
-            let root_store = TLS_ROOTS.get_or_try_init(load_certs)?.clone();
-            rustls::ClientConfig::builder().with_root_certificates(root_store)
-        };
-        let client_config = client_config.with_no_client_auth();
-
-        let mut mk_tls = tokio_postgres_rustls::MakeRustlsConnect::new(client_config);
-        let tls = <MakeRustlsConnect as MakeTlsConnect<tokio::net::TcpStream>>::make_tls_connect(
-            &mut mk_tls,
-            host,
-        )?;
+        let tls_connector = native_tls::TlsConnector::builder()
+            .danger_accept_invalid_certs(allow_self_signed_compute)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+        let mut mk_tls = postgres_native_tls::MakeTlsConnector::new(tls_connector);
+        let tls = MakeTlsConnect::<tokio::net::TcpStream>::make_tls_connect(&mut mk_tls, host)?;

        // connect_raw() will not use TLS if sslmode is "disable"
        let pause = ctx.latency_timer.pause(crate::metrics::Waiting::Compute);
@@ -354,58 +340,6 @@ fn filtered_options(params: &StartupMessageParams) -> Option<String> {
    Some(options)
 }

-fn load_certs() -> Result<Arc<rustls::RootCertStore>, io::Error> {
-    let der_certs = rustls_native_certs::load_native_certs()?;
-    let mut store = rustls::RootCertStore::empty();
-    store.add_parsable_certificates(der_certs);
-    Ok(Arc::new(store))
-}
-static TLS_ROOTS: OnceCell<Arc<rustls::RootCertStore>> = OnceCell::new();
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct AcceptEverythingVerifier;
-impl ServerCertVerifier for AcceptEverythingVerifier {
-    fn supported_verify_schemes(&self) -> Vec<rustls::SignatureScheme> {
-        use rustls::SignatureScheme::*;
-        // The schemes for which `SignatureScheme::supported_in_tls13` returns true.
-        vec![
-            ECDSA_NISTP521_SHA512,
-            ECDSA_NISTP384_SHA384,
-            ECDSA_NISTP256_SHA256,
-            RSA_PSS_SHA512,
-            RSA_PSS_SHA384,
-            RSA_PSS_SHA256,
-            ED25519,
-        ]
-    }
-    fn verify_server_cert(
-        &self,
-        _end_entity: &rustls::pki_types::CertificateDer<'_>,
-        _intermediates: &[rustls::pki_types::CertificateDer<'_>],
-        _server_name: &rustls::pki_types::ServerName<'_>,
-        _ocsp_response: &[u8],
-        _now: rustls::pki_types::UnixTime,
-    ) -> Result<rustls::client::danger::ServerCertVerified, rustls::Error> {
-        Ok(rustls::client::danger::ServerCertVerified::assertion())
-    }
-    fn verify_tls12_signature(
-        &self,
-        _message: &[u8],
-        _cert: &rustls::pki_types::CertificateDer<'_>,
-        _dss: &rustls::DigitallySignedStruct,
-    ) -> Result<rustls::client::danger::HandshakeSignatureValid, rustls::Error> {
-        Ok(rustls::client::danger::HandshakeSignatureValid::assertion())
-    }
-    fn verify_tls13_signature(
-        &self,
-        _message: &[u8],
-        _cert: &rustls::pki_types::CertificateDer<'_>,
-        _dss: &rustls::DigitallySignedStruct,
-    ) -> Result<rustls::client::danger::HandshakeSignatureValid, rustls::Error> {
-        Ok(rustls::client::danger::HandshakeSignatureValid::assertion())
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
--- a/proxy/src/config.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::{
    auth::{self, backend::AuthRateLimiter},
    console::locks::ApiLocks,
-    rate_limiter::{RateBucketInfo, RateLimitAlgorithm, RateLimiterConfig},
+    rate_limiter::RateBucketInfo,
    scram::threadpool::ThreadPool,
    serverless::{cancel_set::CancelSet, GlobalConnPoolOptions},
    Host,
@@ -580,18 +580,14 @@ impl RetryConfig {
 }

 /// Helper for cmdline cache options parsing.
-#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
 pub struct ConcurrencyLockOptions {
    /// The number of shards the lock map should have
    pub shards: usize,
    /// The number of allowed concurrent requests for each endpoitn
-    #[serde(flatten)]
-    pub limiter: RateLimiterConfig,
+    pub permits: usize,
    /// Garbage collection epoch
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "humantime_serde::deserialize")]
    pub epoch: Duration,
    /// Lock timeout
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "humantime_serde::deserialize")]
    pub timeout: Duration,
 }

@@ -600,18 +596,13 @@ impl ConcurrencyLockOptions {
    pub const DEFAULT_OPTIONS_WAKE_COMPUTE_LOCK: &'static str = "permits=0";
    /// Default options for [`crate::console::provider::ApiLocks`].
    pub const DEFAULT_OPTIONS_CONNECT_COMPUTE_LOCK: &'static str =
-        "shards=64,permits=100,epoch=10m,timeout=10ms";
+        "shards=64,permits=10,epoch=10m,timeout=10ms";

    // pub const DEFAULT_OPTIONS_WAKE_COMPUTE_LOCK: &'static str = "shards=32,permits=4,epoch=10m,timeout=1s";

    /// Parse lock options passed via cmdline.
    /// Example: [`Self::DEFAULT_OPTIONS_WAKE_COMPUTE_LOCK`].
    fn parse(options: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
-        let options = options.trim();
-        if options.starts_with('{') && options.ends_with('}') {
-            return Ok(serde_json::from_str(options)?);
-        }
-
        let mut shards = None;
        let mut permits = None;
        let mut epoch = None;
@@ -638,13 +629,9 @@ impl ConcurrencyLockOptions {
            shards = Some(2);
        }

-        let permits = permits.context("missing `permits`")?;
        let out = Self {
            shards: shards.context("missing `shards`")?,
-            limiter: RateLimiterConfig {
-                algorithm: RateLimitAlgorithm::Fixed,
-                initial_limit: permits,
-            },
+            permits: permits.context("missing `permits`")?,
            epoch: epoch.context("missing `epoch`")?,
            timeout: timeout.context("missing `timeout`")?,
        };
@@ -670,8 +657,6 @@ impl FromStr for ConcurrencyLockOptions {

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::rate_limiter::Aimd;
-
    use super::*;

    #[test]
@@ -699,68 +684,36 @@ mod tests {
    fn test_parse_lock_options() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
        let ConcurrencyLockOptions {
            epoch,
-            limiter,
+            permits,
            shards,
            timeout,
        } = "shards=32,permits=4,epoch=10m,timeout=1s".parse()?;
        assert_eq!(epoch, Duration::from_secs(10 * 60));
        assert_eq!(timeout, Duration::from_secs(1));
        assert_eq!(shards, 32);
-        assert_eq!(limiter.initial_limit, 4);
-        assert_eq!(limiter.algorithm, RateLimitAlgorithm::Fixed);
+        assert_eq!(permits, 4);

        let ConcurrencyLockOptions {
            epoch,
-            limiter,
+            permits,
            shards,
            timeout,
        } = "epoch=60s,shards=16,timeout=100ms,permits=8".parse()?;
        assert_eq!(epoch, Duration::from_secs(60));
        assert_eq!(timeout, Duration::from_millis(100));
        assert_eq!(shards, 16);
-        assert_eq!(limiter.initial_limit, 8);
-        assert_eq!(limiter.algorithm, RateLimitAlgorithm::Fixed);
+        assert_eq!(permits, 8);

        let ConcurrencyLockOptions {
            epoch,
-            limiter,
+            permits,
            shards,
            timeout,
        } = "permits=0".parse()?;
        assert_eq!(epoch, Duration::ZERO);
        assert_eq!(timeout, Duration::ZERO);
        assert_eq!(shards, 2);
-        assert_eq!(limiter.initial_limit, 0);
-        assert_eq!(limiter.algorithm, RateLimitAlgorithm::Fixed);
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_parse_json_lock_options() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let ConcurrencyLockOptions {
-            epoch,
-            limiter,
-            shards,
-            timeout,
-        } = r#"{"shards":32,"initial_limit":44,"aimd":{"min":5,"max":500,"inc":10,"dec":0.9,"utilisation":0.8},"epoch":"10m","timeout":"1s"}"#
-            .parse()?;
-        assert_eq!(epoch, Duration::from_secs(10 * 60));
-        assert_eq!(timeout, Duration::from_secs(1));
-        assert_eq!(shards, 32);
-        assert_eq!(limiter.initial_limit, 44);
-        assert_eq!(
-            limiter.algorithm,
-            RateLimitAlgorithm::Aimd {
-                conf: Aimd {
-                    min: 5,
-                    max: 500,
-                    dec: 0.9,
-                    inc: 10,
-                    utilisation: 0.8
-                }
-            },
-        );
+        assert_eq!(permits, 0);

        Ok(())
    }
--- a/proxy/src/console/provider.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/console/provider.rs
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ use crate::{
    error::ReportableError,
    intern::ProjectIdInt,
    metrics::ApiLockMetrics,
-    rate_limiter::{DynamicLimiter, Outcome, RateLimiterConfig, Token},
    scram, EndpointCacheKey,
 };
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use std::{hash::Hash, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use tokio::sync::{OwnedSemaphorePermit, Semaphore};
 use tokio::time::Instant;
 use tracing::info;

@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ impl ApiCaches {
 /// Various caches for [`console`](super).
 pub struct ApiLocks<K> {
    name: &'static str,
-    node_locks: DashMap<K, Arc<DynamicLimiter>>,
-    config: RateLimiterConfig,
+    node_locks: DashMap<K, Arc<Semaphore>>,
+    permits: usize,
    timeout: Duration,
    epoch: std::time::Duration,
    metrics: &'static ApiLockMetrics,
@@ -452,13 +452,16 @@ pub struct ApiLocks<K> {

 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum ApiLockError {
-    #[error("timeout acquiring resource permit")]
+    #[error("lock was closed")]
+    AcquireError(#[from] tokio::sync::AcquireError),
+    #[error("permit could not be acquired")]
    TimeoutError(#[from] tokio::time::error::Elapsed),
 }

 impl ReportableError for ApiLockError {
    fn get_error_kind(&self) -> crate::error::ErrorKind {
        match self {
+            ApiLockError::AcquireError(_) => crate::error::ErrorKind::Service,
            ApiLockError::TimeoutError(_) => crate::error::ErrorKind::RateLimit,
        }
    }
@@ -467,7 +470,7 @@ impl ReportableError for ApiLockError {
 impl<K: Hash + Eq + Clone> ApiLocks<K> {
    pub fn new(
        name: &'static str,
-        config: RateLimiterConfig,
+        permits: usize,
        shards: usize,
        timeout: Duration,
        epoch: std::time::Duration,
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ impl<K: Hash + Eq + Clone> ApiLocks<K> {
        Ok(Self {
            name,
            node_locks: DashMap::with_shard_amount(shards),
-            config,
+            permits,
            timeout,
            epoch,
            metrics,
@@ -484,10 +487,8 @@ impl<K: Hash + Eq + Clone> ApiLocks<K> {
    }

    pub async fn get_permit(&self, key: &K) -> Result<WakeComputePermit, ApiLockError> {
-        if self.config.initial_limit == 0 {
-            return Ok(WakeComputePermit {
-                permit: Token::disabled(),
-            });
+        if self.permits == 0 {
+            return Ok(WakeComputePermit { permit: None });
        }
        let now = Instant::now();
        let semaphore = {
@@ -499,22 +500,24 @@ impl<K: Hash + Eq + Clone> ApiLocks<K> {
                    .entry(key.clone())
                    .or_insert_with(|| {
                        self.metrics.semaphores_registered.inc();
-                        DynamicLimiter::new(self.config)
+                        Arc::new(Semaphore::new(self.permits))
                    })
                    .clone()
            }
        };
-        let permit = semaphore.acquire_timeout(self.timeout).await;
+        let permit = tokio::time::timeout_at(now + self.timeout, semaphore.acquire_owned()).await;

        self.metrics
            .semaphore_acquire_seconds
            .observe(now.elapsed().as_secs_f64());
-        info!("acquired permit {:?}", now.elapsed().as_secs_f64());
-        Ok(WakeComputePermit { permit: permit? })
+
+        Ok(WakeComputePermit {
+            permit: Some(permit??),
+        })
    }

    pub async fn garbage_collect_worker(&self) {
-        if self.config.initial_limit == 0 {
+        if self.permits == 0 {
            return;
        }
        let mut interval =
@@ -544,21 +547,12 @@ impl<K: Hash + Eq + Clone> ApiLocks<K> {
 }

 pub struct WakeComputePermit {
-    permit: Token,
+    // None if the lock is disabled
+    permit: Option<OwnedSemaphorePermit>,
 }

 impl WakeComputePermit {
    pub fn should_check_cache(&self) -> bool {
-        !self.permit.is_disabled()
-    }
-    pub fn release(self, outcome: Outcome) {
-        self.permit.release(outcome)
-    }
-    pub fn release_result<T, E>(self, res: Result<T, E>) -> Result<T, E> {
-        match res {
-            Ok(_) => self.release(Outcome::Success),
-            Err(_) => self.release(Outcome::Overload),
-        }
-        res
+        self.permit.is_some()
    }
 }
--- a/proxy/src/console/provider/neon.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/console/provider/neon.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::{
    http,
    metrics::{CacheOutcome, Metrics},
    rate_limiter::EndpointRateLimiter,
-    scram, EndpointCacheKey,
+    scram, EndpointCacheKey, Normalize,
 };
 use crate::{cache::Cached, context::RequestMonitoring};
 use futures::TryFutureExt;
@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ impl super::Api for Api {
            return Ok(cached);
        }

+        // check rate limit
+        if !self
+            .wake_compute_endpoint_rate_limiter
+            .check(user_info.endpoint.normalize().into(), 1)
+        {
+            return Err(WakeComputeError::TooManyConnections);
+        }
+
        let permit = self.locks.get_permit(&key).await?;

        // after getting back a permit - it's possible the cache was filled
@@ -293,16 +301,7 @@ impl super::Api for Api {
            }
        }

-        // check rate limit
-        if !self
-            .wake_compute_endpoint_rate_limiter
-            .check(user_info.endpoint.normalize_intern(), 1)
-        {
-            info!(key = &*key, "found cached compute node info");
-            return Err(WakeComputeError::TooManyConnections);
-        }
-
-        let mut node = permit.release_result(self.do_wake_compute(ctx, user_info).await)?;
+        let mut node = self.do_wake_compute(ctx, user_info).await?;
        ctx.set_project(node.aux.clone());
        let cold_start_info = node.aux.cold_start_info;
        info!("woken up a compute node");
@@ -328,13 +327,6 @@ async fn parse_body<T: for<'a> serde::Deserialize<'a>>(
        info!("request succeeded, processing the body");
        return Ok(response.json().await?);
    }
-    info!("response_error: {:?}", response);
-    let s = response.text().await?;
-    info!("response_error: {:?}", s);
-    return Err(ApiError::Console {
-        status,
-        text: s.into(),
-    });

    // Don't throw an error here because it's not as important
    // as the fact that the request itself has failed.
--- a/proxy/src/context.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/context.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@

 use chrono::Utc;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
-use pq_proto::StartupMessageParams;
 use smol_str::SmolStr;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ pub struct RequestMonitoring {
    pub(crate) auth_method: Option<AuthMethod>,
    success: bool,
    pub(crate) cold_start_info: ColdStartInfo,
-    pg_options: Option<StartupMessageParams>,

    // extra
    // This sender is here to keep the request monitoring channel open while requests are taking place.
@@ -104,7 +102,6 @@ impl RequestMonitoring {
            success: false,
            rejected: None,
            cold_start_info: ColdStartInfo::Unknown,
-            pg_options: None,

            sender: LOG_CHAN.get().and_then(|tx| tx.upgrade()),
            disconnect_sender: LOG_CHAN_DISCONNECT.get().and_then(|tx| tx.upgrade()),
@@ -135,18 +132,6 @@ impl RequestMonitoring {
        self.latency_timer.cold_start_info(info);
    }

-    pub fn set_db_options(&mut self, options: StartupMessageParams) {
-        self.set_application(options.get("application_name").map(SmolStr::from));
-        if let Some(user) = options.get("user") {
-            self.set_user(user.into());
-        }
-        if let Some(dbname) = options.get("database") {
-            self.set_dbname(dbname.into());
-        }
-
-        self.pg_options = Some(options);
-    }
-
    pub fn set_project(&mut self, x: MetricsAuxInfo) {
        if self.endpoint_id.is_none() {
            self.set_endpoint_id(x.endpoint_id.as_str().into())
@@ -170,10 +155,8 @@ impl RequestMonitoring {
        }
    }

-    fn set_application(&mut self, app: Option<SmolStr>) {
-        if let Some(app) = app {
-            self.application = Some(app);
-        }
+    pub fn set_application(&mut self, app: Option<SmolStr>) {
+        self.application = app.or_else(|| self.application.clone());
    }

    pub fn set_dbname(&mut self, dbname: DbName) {
--- a/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/context/parquet.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ use parquet::{
    },
    record::RecordWriter,
 };
-use pq_proto::StartupMessageParams;
 use remote_storage::{GenericRemoteStorage, RemotePath, TimeoutOrCancel};
-use serde::ser::SerializeMap;
 use tokio::{sync::mpsc, time};
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::{debug, info, Span};
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ pub struct RequestData {
    database: Option<String>,
    project: Option<String>,
    branch: Option<String>,
-    pg_options: Option<String>,
    auth_method: Option<&'static str>,
    error: Option<&'static str>,
    /// Success is counted if we form a HTTP response with sql rows inside
@@ -104,23 +101,6 @@ pub struct RequestData {
    disconnect_timestamp: Option<chrono::NaiveDateTime>,
 }

-struct Options<'a> {
-    options: &'a StartupMessageParams,
-}
-
-impl<'a> serde::Serialize for Options<'a> {
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, s: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: serde::Serializer,
-    {
-        let mut state = s.serialize_map(None)?;
-        for (k, v) in self.options.iter() {
-            state.serialize_entry(k, v)?;
-        }
-        state.end()
-    }
-}
-
 impl From<&RequestMonitoring> for RequestData {
    fn from(value: &RequestMonitoring) -> Self {
        Self {
@@ -133,10 +113,6 @@ impl From<&RequestMonitoring> for RequestData {
            database: value.dbname.as_deref().map(String::from),
            project: value.project.as_deref().map(String::from),
            branch: value.branch.as_deref().map(String::from),
-            pg_options: value
-                .pg_options
-                .as_ref()
-                .and_then(|options| serde_json::to_string(&Options { options }).ok()),
            auth_method: value.auth_method.as_ref().map(|x| match x {
                super::AuthMethod::Web => "web",
                super::AuthMethod::ScramSha256 => "scram_sha_256",
@@ -518,7 +494,6 @@ mod tests {
            database: Some(hex::encode(rng.gen::<[u8; 16]>())),
            project: Some(hex::encode(rng.gen::<[u8; 16]>())),
            branch: Some(hex::encode(rng.gen::<[u8; 16]>())),
-            pg_options: None,
            auth_method: None,
            protocol: ["tcp", "ws", "http"][rng.gen_range(0..3)],
            region: "us-east-1",
@@ -595,15 +570,15 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(
            file_stats,
            [
-                (1315874, 3, 6000),
-                (1315867, 3, 6000),
-                (1315927, 3, 6000),
-                (1315884, 3, 6000),
-                (1316014, 3, 6000),
-                (1315856, 3, 6000),
-                (1315648, 3, 6000),
-                (1315884, 3, 6000),
-                (438913, 1, 2000)
+                (1315314, 3, 6000),
+                (1315307, 3, 6000),
+                (1315367, 3, 6000),
+                (1315324, 3, 6000),
+                (1315454, 3, 6000),
+                (1315296, 3, 6000),
+                (1315088, 3, 6000),
+                (1315324, 3, 6000),
+                (438713, 1, 2000)
            ]
        );

@@ -633,11 +608,11 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(
            file_stats,
            [
-                (1223214, 5, 10000),
-                (1229364, 5, 10000),
-                (1231158, 5, 10000),
-                (1230520, 5, 10000),
-                (1221798, 5, 10000)
+                (1222212, 5, 10000),
+                (1228362, 5, 10000),
+                (1230156, 5, 10000),
+                (1229518, 5, 10000),
+                (1220796, 5, 10000)
            ]
        );

@@ -669,11 +644,11 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(
            file_stats,
            [
-                (1208861, 5, 10000),
-                (1208592, 5, 10000),
-                (1208885, 5, 10000),
-                (1208873, 5, 10000),
-                (1209128, 5, 10000)
+                (1207859, 5, 10000),
+                (1207590, 5, 10000),
+                (1207883, 5, 10000),
+                (1207871, 5, 10000),
+                (1208126, 5, 10000)
            ]
        );

@@ -698,15 +673,15 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(
            file_stats,
            [
-                (1315874, 3, 6000),
-                (1315867, 3, 6000),
-                (1315927, 3, 6000),
-                (1315884, 3, 6000),
-                (1316014, 3, 6000),
-                (1315856, 3, 6000),
-                (1315648, 3, 6000),
-                (1315884, 3, 6000),
-                (438913, 1, 2000)
+                (1315314, 3, 6000),
+                (1315307, 3, 6000),
+                (1315367, 3, 6000),
+                (1315324, 3, 6000),
+                (1315454, 3, 6000),
+                (1315296, 3, 6000),
+                (1315088, 3, 6000),
+                (1315324, 3, 6000),
+                (438713, 1, 2000)
            ]
        );

@@ -743,7 +718,7 @@ mod tests {
        // files are smaller than the size threshold, but they took too long to fill so were flushed early
        assert_eq!(
            file_stats,
-            [(659836, 2, 3001), (659550, 2, 3000), (659346, 2, 2999)]
+            [(659462, 2, 3001), (659176, 2, 3000), (658972, 2, 2999)]
        );

        tmpdir.close().unwrap();
--- a/proxy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use std::convert::Infallible;

 use anyhow::{bail, Context};
-use intern::{EndpointIdInt, EndpointIdTag, InternId};
 use tokio::task::JoinError;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::warn;
@@ -130,22 +129,20 @@ macro_rules! smol_str_wrapper {

 const POOLER_SUFFIX: &str = "-pooler";

-impl EndpointId {
+pub trait Normalize {
+    fn normalize(&self) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<S: Clone + AsRef<str> + From<String>> Normalize for S {
    fn normalize(&self) -> Self {
-        if let Some(stripped) = self.as_ref().strip_suffix(POOLER_SUFFIX) {
-            stripped.into()
+        if self.as_ref().ends_with(POOLER_SUFFIX) {
+            let mut s = self.as_ref().to_string();
+            s.truncate(s.len() - POOLER_SUFFIX.len());
+            s.into()
        } else {
            self.clone()
        }
    }
-
-    fn normalize_intern(&self) -> EndpointIdInt {
-        if let Some(stripped) = self.as_ref().strip_suffix(POOLER_SUFFIX) {
-            EndpointIdTag::get_interner().get_or_intern(stripped)
-        } else {
-            self.into()
-        }
-    }
 }

 // 90% of role name strings are 20 characters or less.
--- a/proxy/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/proxy.rs
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ pub async fn handle_client<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin>(
        };
    drop(pause);

-    ctx.set_db_options(params.clone());
-
    let hostname = mode.hostname(stream.get_ref());

    let common_names = tls.map(|tls| &tls.common_names);
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More