MinIO removed the version limit in a prior version

source/administration/object-management.rst

@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ For a deeper discussion on the benefits of limiting prefix contents, see the art
 Object Versioning
 ----------------- 
 
-.. versionchanged:: RELEASE.2023-08-04T17-40-21Z
-
- MinIO supports keeping up to 10,000 "versions" of an object in a single bucket. 
- For workloads that require keeping more than 10K versions per object, please reach out to MinIO by email at [email protected].
-
 .. image:: /images/retention/minio-versioning-multiple-versions.svg
  :alt: Object with Multiple Versions
  :align: center

source/administration/object-management/object-versioning.rst

@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ For versioned buckets, a write operation that mutates an object results in a new
 MinIO marks the "latest" version of the object that clients retrieve by default. 
 Clients can then explicitly choose to list, retrieve, or remove a specific object version. 
 
-.. versionchanged:: 2023-08-04T17-40-21Z
-
- MinIO restricts object versioning to no more than 10,000 versions of each object.
-
- If a write operation would exceed the 10,000 object version limit, MinIO blocks the operation and returns an error.
- :ref:`Delete one or more <minio-bucket-versioning-delete>` versions to create a new version of the object.
+Define :ref:`object expiration <minio-lifecycle-management-create-expiry-rule>` rules to remove versions of objects no longer needed, such as by the number of versions or the date of versions.
 
 Read Operations on Versioned Objects
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

source/reference/minio-mc/mc-mb.rst

@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ Parameters
  :optional:
 
  Enables :ref:`object versioning <minio-bucket-versioning>` on the new bucket.
- When enabled, MinIO keeps up to 10,000 versions of each object.
+ With versioning enabled, by default MinIO allows up to the maximum value of an Int64 versions per object, or over 9.2 quintillion.
+ Define :ref:`object expiration <minio-lifecycle-management-create-expiry-rule>` rules to remove versions of objects no longer needed, such as by the number of versions or the date of versions.
 
  Versioning is required for :ref:`bucket replication <minio-bucket-replication>` or :ref:`site replication <minio-site-replication-overview>`.
  Versioning does not imply or require object locking.

source/reference/minio-server/settings/core.rst

@@ -371,12 +371,17 @@ Maximum Object Versions
 
 *Optional*
 
-Overrides the default maximum version per object limit of ``10000`` with the user specified value.
+Defines the default maximum versions to allow per object.
 
-.. important::
+By default, MinIO allows up to the maximum value of an Int64 versions per object, or over 9.2 quintillion.
 
- The default limit of 10,000 provides a safety valve against incorrect or inefficient application behavior in versioned buckets.
- Lifting this limit without first ensuring your applications are designed for versioned operations may result in a negative performance impact over time.
+.. note::
 
+ MinIO versions from ``RELEASE.2023-08-04T17-40-21Z``to ``RELEASE.2024-03-26T22-10-45Z`` had a default limit of 10,000 object versions.
+ This setting can be used to override that limit to another value.
 
-
+Arbitrarily high versions per objects may cause performance degradation on some operations, such as ``LIST``.
+This is especially true on systems running budget hardware or spinning drives (HDD).
+Applications or workloads which produce thousands or more versions per object may require design or architecture review to mitigate potential performance degradations.
+
+Setting a limit of no more than ``100`` should provide enough versions for most typical use cases.