diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9cd32d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+name: MinIO Rust Library CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+env:
+  RUST_LOG: debug
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  # Run once - same code for both variants
+  check-format:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Check format
+      run: |
+        cargo fmt --all -- --check
+
+  # Run once - same code for both variants
+  clippy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: clippy
+        run: cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features --workspace -- -D warnings
+
+  # Run once - same code for both variants
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        cargo --version
+        cargo build --bins --examples --tests --benches --verbose
+
+  # Test against AIStor MinIO
+  test-aistor-multi-thread:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-format, clippy, build]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Validate AIStor license secret
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${{ secrets.AISTOR_LICENSE }}" ]; then
+            echo "❌ ERROR: AISTOR_LICENSE secret is not set or is empty"
+            echo "Please configure the AISTOR_LICENSE secret in GitHub repository settings:"
+            echo "  Settings -> Secrets and variables -> Actions -> New repository secret"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "✅ AISTOR_LICENSE secret is configured"
+      - name: Start AIStor MinIO server
+        env:
+          MINIO_LICENSE: ${{ secrets.AISTOR_LICENSE }}
+          MINIO_CI_CD: true
+          MINIO_ROOT_USER: minioadmin  # TODO: Change to ${{ secrets.AISTOR_USER }} when secret is set
+          MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: minioadmin  # TODO: Change to ${{ secrets.AISTOR_PASSWORD }} when secret is set
+          MINIO_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_ENABLE_miniojavatest: on
+          MINIO_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT_miniojavatest: http://example.org/
+        run: |
+          wget --quiet https://dl.minio.io/aistor/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio
+          chmod +x minio
+          echo "AIStor MinIO Server Version:"
+          ./minio --version
+          mkdir -p /tmp/certs
+          cp ./tests/public.crt ./tests/private.key /tmp/certs/
+
+          # Start server and redirect output to log file
+          ./minio server /tmp/test-xl/{1...4}/ --certs-dir /tmp/certs/ > /tmp/minio.log 2>&1 &
+          MINIO_PID=$!
+          echo "MinIO started with PID: $MINIO_PID"
+
+          # Wait for server to start
+          sleep 5
+
+          # Check if process is still running
+          if ! ps -p $MINIO_PID > /dev/null; then
+            echo "❌ MinIO server process died"
+            echo "=== MinIO Server Log ==="
+            cat /tmp/minio.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Check for FATAL errors in log
+          if grep -q "FATAL" /tmp/minio.log; then
+            echo "❌ MinIO server encountered FATAL error"
+            echo "=== MinIO Server Log ==="
+            cat /tmp/minio.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Additional wait for server to be fully ready
+          sleep 5
+
+          # Final check
+          if ! ps -p $MINIO_PID > /dev/null; then
+            echo "❌ MinIO server process died during startup"
+            echo "=== MinIO Server Log ==="
+            cat /tmp/minio.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "✅ MinIO server started successfully"
+          echo "=== MinIO Server Log (startup) ==="
+          head -20 /tmp/minio.log
+      - name: Run tests (multi-thread)
+        run: |
+          export SERVER_ENDPOINT=localhost:9000
+          export ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin  # TODO: Change to ${{ secrets.AISTOR_USER }} when secret is set
+          export SECRET_KEY=minioadmin  # TODO: Change to ${{ secrets.AISTOR_PASSWORD }} when secret is set
+          export ENABLE_HTTPS=1
+          export MINIO_SSL_CERT_FILE=./tests/public.crt
+          MINIO_TEST_TOKIO_RUNTIME_FLAVOR="multi_thread" cargo test -- --nocapture
+
+  test-aistor-current-thread:
+    if: false  # Temporarily disabled
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-format, clippy, build]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Validate AIStor license secret
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${{ secrets.AISTOR_LICENSE }}" ]; then
+            echo "❌ ERROR: AISTOR_LICENSE secret is not set or is empty"
+            echo "Please configure the AISTOR_LICENSE secret in GitHub repository settings:"
+            echo "  Settings -> Secrets and variables -> Actions -> New repository secret"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "✅ AISTOR_LICENSE secret is configured"
+      - name: Start AIStor MinIO server
+        env:
+          MINIO_LICENSE: ${{ secrets.AISTOR_LICENSE }}
+          MINIO_CI_CD: true
+          MINIO_ROOT_USER: minioadmin  # TODO: Change to ${{ secrets.AISTOR_USER }} when secret is set
+          MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: minioadmin  # TODO: Change to ${{ secrets.AISTOR_PASSWORD }} when secret is set
+          MINIO_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_ENABLE_miniojavatest: on
+          MINIO_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT_miniojavatest: http://example.org/
+        run: |
+          wget --quiet https://dl.minio.io/aistor/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio
+          chmod +x minio
+          echo "AIStor MinIO Server Version:"
+          ./minio --version
+          mkdir -p /tmp/certs
+          cp ./tests/public.crt ./tests/private.key /tmp/certs/
+
+          # Start server and redirect output to log file
+          ./minio server /tmp/test-xl/{1...4}/ --certs-dir /tmp/certs/ > /tmp/minio.log 2>&1 &
+          MINIO_PID=$!
+          echo "MinIO started with PID: $MINIO_PID"
+
+          # Wait for server to start
+          sleep 5
+
+          # Check if process is still running
+          if ! ps -p $MINIO_PID > /dev/null; then
+            echo "❌ MinIO server process died"
+            echo "=== MinIO Server Log ==="
+            cat /tmp/minio.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Check for FATAL errors in log
+          if grep -q "FATAL" /tmp/minio.log; then
+            echo "❌ MinIO server encountered FATAL error"
+            echo "=== MinIO Server Log ==="
+            cat /tmp/minio.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Additional wait for server to be fully ready
+          sleep 5
+
+          # Final check
+          if ! ps -p $MINIO_PID > /dev/null; then
+            echo "❌ MinIO server process died during startup"
+            echo "=== MinIO Server Log ==="
+            cat /tmp/minio.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "✅ MinIO server started successfully"
+          echo "=== MinIO Server Log (startup) ==="
+          head -20 /tmp/minio.log
+      - name: Run tests (current-thread)
+        run: |
+          export SERVER_ENDPOINT=localhost:9000
+          export ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin  # TODO: Change to ${{ secrets.AISTOR_USER }} when secret is set
+          export SECRET_KEY=minioadmin  # TODO: Change to ${{ secrets.AISTOR_PASSWORD }} when secret is set
+          export ENABLE_HTTPS=1
+          export MINIO_SSL_CERT_FILE=./tests/public.crt
+          MINIO_TEST_TOKIO_RUNTIME_FLAVOR="current_thread" cargo test -- --nocapture
+
+  # Test against OSS MinIO
+  test-oss-multi-thread:
+    if: false  # Temporarily disabled
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [check-format, clippy, build]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Start OSS MinIO server
+        run: |
+          wget --quiet https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio
+          chmod +x minio
+          echo "OSS MinIO Server Version:"
+          ./minio --version
+          mkdir -p /tmp/certs
+          cp ./tests/public.crt ./tests/private.key /tmp/certs/
+          MINIO_CI_CD=true \
+            MINIO_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_ENABLE_miniojavatest=on \
+            MINIO_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT_miniojavatest=http://example.org/ \
+            ./minio server /tmp/test-xl/{1...4}/ --certs-dir /tmp/certs/ &
+          sleep 10
+      - name: Run tests (multi-thread)
+        run: |
+          export SERVER_ENDPOINT=localhost:9000
+          export ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin
+          export SECRET_KEY=minioadmin
+          export ENABLE_HTTPS=1
+          export MINIO_SSL_CERT_FILE=./tests/public.crt
+          MINIO_TEST_TOKIO_RUNTIME_FLAVOR="multi_thread" cargo test -- --nocapture
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployer.yml b/.github/workflows/deployer.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ac9c2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployer.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+name: Build Container
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "master"
+# This ensures that previous jobs for the PR are canceled when the PR is
+# updated.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY_IMAGE: registry.min.dev/aistor/minio-rs
+
+jobs:
+  prep:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Prepare
+        id: prep
+        run: |
+          TIMESTAMP=$(date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ')
+          SHORT_SHA=${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}
+          echo "tag=RELEASE.${TIMESTAMP}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "tagged_image=RELEASE.${TIMESTAMP}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "latest_image=edge" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "short_sha=${SHORT_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.tag }}
+      tagged_image: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.tagged_image }}
+      latest_image: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.latest_image }}
+      short_sha: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.short_sha }}
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        platform:
+          - linux/amd64
+          - linux/arm64
+    needs: prep
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Docker meta
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_URL }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Build and push by digest
+        id: build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile
+          build-args: |
+            RELEASE=${{ needs.prep.outputs.tag }}
+          platforms: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          outputs: type=image,name=${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }},push-by-digest=true,name-canonical=true,push=true
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+
+      - name: Export digest
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/digests
+          digest="${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}"
+          touch "/tmp/digests/${digest#sha256:}"
+
+      - name: Upload digest
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: digests-${{ strategy.job-index }}
+          path: /tmp/digests/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  merge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - prep
+      - build
+    steps:
+      - name: Download digests
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: digests-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: /tmp/digests
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Docker meta
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=${{ needs.prep.outputs.tagged_image }}
+            type=raw,value=${{ needs.prep.outputs.short_sha }}
+            type=raw,value=edge
+            type=raw,value=latest
+
+      - name: Login to Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_URL }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Create manifest list and push
+        working-directory: /tmp/digests
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools create $(jq -cr '.tags | map("-t " + .) | join(" ")' <<< "$DOCKER_METADATA_OUTPUT_JSON") \
+            $(printf '${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}@sha256:%s ' *)
+
+      - name: Inspect image
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}:${{ needs.prep.outputs.tagged_image }}
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}:${{ needs.prep.outputs.short_sha }}
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}:edge
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect ${{ env.REGISTRY_IMAGE }}:latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license-header-check.yml b/.github/workflows/license-header-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d09f713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/license-header-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+name: License Header Check
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+# This ensures that previous jobs for the PR are canceled when the PR is
+# updated.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+jobs:
+  license-header-check:
+    name: Validate License Headers
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Check License Headers
+        run: |
+          # Create the license header validation script
+          cat > check_license_headers.sh << 'EOF'
+          #!/bin/bash
+
+          # Expected license header for Rust files (all 14 comment lines)
+          EXPECTED_HEADER='// MinIO Rust Library for Amazon S3 Compatible Cloud Storage
+          // Copyright 2023 MinIO, Inc.
+          //
+          // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+          // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+          // You may obtain a copy of the License at
+          //
+          //     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+          //
+          // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+          // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+          // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+          // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+          // limitations under the License.'
+
+          # Get list of new/added Rust files in this PR - excluding generated files
+          # that have "// This file is @generated" or similar markers
+          NEW_FILES=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=A origin/${{ github.base_ref }}..HEAD | \
+          grep '\.rs$' || true)
+
+          if [ -z "$NEW_FILES" ]; then
+            echo "No new Rust files found in this PR."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          echo "Checking license headers in new Rust files:"
+          echo "$NEW_FILES"
+          echo ""
+
+          EXIT_CODE=0
+
+          for file in $NEW_FILES; do
+            if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            # Check if file is generated (skip license check for generated files)
+            if head -5 "$file" | grep -q "@generated\|automatically generated"; then
+              echo "⏭️  Skipping generated file: $file"
+              continue
+            fi
+
+            echo "Checking $file..."
+
+            # Extract the first 14 lines (license header)
+            ACTUAL_HEADER=$(head -14 "$file" | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+
+            # Compare headers
+            if [ "$ACTUAL_HEADER" != "$EXPECTED_HEADER" ]; then
+              echo "❌ License header missing or incorrect in: $file"
+              EXIT_CODE=1
+
+              echo "Expected header:"
+              echo "$EXPECTED_HEADER"
+              echo ""
+              echo "Actual header (first 14 lines):"
+              head -14 "$file"
+              echo ""
+
+              # Generate git diff suggestion
+              TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
+              cat > "$TEMP_FILE" << 'HEADER_EOF'
+          // MinIO Rust Library for Amazon S3 Compatible Cloud Storage
+          // Copyright 2023 MinIO, Inc.
+          //
+          // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+          // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+          // You may obtain a copy of the License at
+          //
+          //     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+          //
+          // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+          // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+          // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+          // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+          // limitations under the License.
+
+          HEADER_EOF
+
+              # Add existing content after header (skip existing partial header if any)
+              if head -1 "$file" | grep -q "// MinIO\|//.*Copyright\|//.*Licensed"; then
+                # File has some form of header, skip lines until we find non-comment/non-empty
+                tail -n +1 "$file" | awk '
+                  BEGIN { skip = 1; found_content = 0 }
+                  /^\/\// { if (skip) next }
+                  /^[[:space:]]*$/ { if (skip) next }
+                  { skip = 0; found_content = 1; print }
+                  END { if (!found_content) print "" }
+                ' >> "$TEMP_FILE"
+              else
+                # No header, just append entire file
+                cat "$file" >> "$TEMP_FILE"
+              fi
+
+              echo "Suggested diff for $file:"
+              git diff --no-index --no-prefix "$file" "$TEMP_FILE" | head -50 || true
+              echo ""
+
+              rm -f "$TEMP_FILE"
+            else
+              echo "✅ License header correct in: $file"
+            fi
+          done
+
+          if [ $EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo ""
+            echo "❌ License header validation failed!"
+            echo "Please add the required Apache 2.0 license header to the files listed above."
+            echo "The header should be placed at the top of each new Rust source file."
+            exit 1
+          else
+            echo ""
+            echo "✅ All new Rust files have correct license headers!"
+          fi
+          EOF
+
+          chmod +x check_license_headers.sh
+          ./check_license_headers.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ee3af48..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-name: MinIO Rust Library
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "master" ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ "master" ]
-
-env:
-  RUST_LOG: debug
-  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-
-jobs:
-  check-format:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Check format
-      run: |
-        cargo fmt --all -- --check
-
-  clippy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: clippy
-        run: cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features --workspace -- -D warnings
-  test-multi-thread:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          ./tests/start-server.sh
-          export SERVER_ENDPOINT=localhost:9000
-          export ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin
-          export SECRET_KEY=minioadmin
-          export ENABLE_HTTPS=1
-          export MINIO_SSL_CERT_FILE=./tests/public.crt
-          MINIO_TEST_TOKIO_RUNTIME_FLAVOR="multi_thread" cargo test -- --nocapture
-  test-current-thread:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          ./tests/start-server.sh
-          export SERVER_ENDPOINT=localhost:9000
-          export ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin
-          export SECRET_KEY=minioadmin
-          export ENABLE_HTTPS=1
-          export MINIO_SSL_CERT_FILE=./tests/public.crt
-          MINIO_TEST_TOKIO_RUNTIME_FLAVOR="current_thread" cargo test -- --nocapture
-
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Build
-      run: |
-        cargo --version
-        cargo build --bins --examples --tests --benches --verbose
diff --git a/tests/start-server.sh b/tests/start-server.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b0c8fd62..00000000
--- a/tests/start-server.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -x
-set -e
-
-wget --quiet https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio
-chmod +x minio
-
-echo "MinIO Server Version:"
-./minio --version
-
-mkdir -p /tmp/certs
-cp ./tests/public.crt ./tests/private.key /tmp/certs/
-
-(MINIO_CI_CD=true \
-    MINIO_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_ENABLE_miniojavatest=on \
-    MINIO_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT_miniojavatest=http://example.org/ \
-    ./minio server /tmp/test-xl/{1...4}/ --certs-dir /tmp/certs/ &)
-
-sleep 10
-
-
-