diff --git a/integrationTests/cluster/replicationTopology.test.mjs b/integrationTests/cluster/replicationTopology.test.mjs
index 5bd01e775..3ece55421 100644
--- a/integrationTests/cluster/replicationTopology.test.mjs
+++ b/integrationTests/cluster/replicationTopology.test.mjs
@@ -264,6 +264,81 @@ suite('Replication Topology', { timeout: 120000 }, (ctx) => {
 		equal(response.length, 1);
 		equal(response[0].name, 'test while disconnected');
 	});
+	test('replicate per-record expiration so records evict on receivers', async () => {
+		// Create a TTL table — schema replication propagates the table-level
+		// expiration to every node so the cleanup scanner is armed everywhere.
+		// Records written on node 0 must arrive on every other node carrying
+		// their expiresAt metadata so they evict roughly when the sender said
+		// they should.
+		const TTL_SECONDS = 1;
+		await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[0], {
+			operation: 'create_table',
+			table: 'ttl_test',
+			primary_key: 'id',
+			expiration: TTL_SECONDS,
+			attributes: [
+				{ name: 'id', type: 'ID' },
+				{ name: 'name', type: 'String' },
+			],
+		});
+		// wait for the table to materialize on every node before we write
+		for (let i = 1; i < NODE_COUNT; i++) {
+			let retries = 0;
+			let described;
+			do {
+				await delay(100);
+				described = await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[i], { operation: 'describe_database' });
+			} while (!described?.data?.ttl_test && retries++ < 20);
+		}
+		// write several records in a single upsert so they share a txn batch on
+		// the wire. Past bugs only set the expiresAt metadata for the first
+		// record in such a batch, leaving the rest with the receiver's TTL.
+		const ttlIds = ['ttl-1', 'ttl-2', 'ttl-3', 'ttl-4'];
+		const writtenAt = Date.now();
+		await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[0], {
+			operation: 'upsert',
+			table: 'ttl_test',
+			records: ttlIds.map((id) => ({ id, name: 'expires soon' })),
+			replicatedConfirmation: NODE_COUNT - 1,
+		});
+		// the records should be present on every node before TTL elapses
+		for (let i = 0; i < NODE_COUNT; i++) {
+			let response;
+			let retries = 0;
+			do {
+				await delay(50);
+				response = await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[i], {
+					operation: 'search_by_id',
+					table: 'ttl_test',
+					get_attributes: ['id', 'name'],
+					ids: ttlIds,
+				});
+			} while (response.length < ttlIds.length && retries++ < 10);
+			equal(
+				response.length,
+				ttlIds.length,
+				`Node ${i} ${ctx.nodes[i].hostname} did not replicate TTL records (got ${response.length})`
+			);
+		}
+		// wait long enough for the sender's expiresAt to pass plus a scan tick.
+		// If the receiver's entry metadata is missing expiresAt, records will
+		// stick around even after this timeout and the assertion below will fail.
+		const elapsed = Date.now() - writtenAt;
+		await delay(Math.max(0, TTL_SECONDS * 1000 - elapsed) + 1500);
+		for (let i = 0; i < NODE_COUNT; i++) {
+			const response = await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[i], {
+				operation: 'search_by_id',
+				table: 'ttl_test',
+				get_attributes: ['id', 'name'],
+				ids: ttlIds,
+			});
+			equal(
+				response.length,
+				0,
+				`Node ${i} ${ctx.nodes[i].hostname} did not evict all replicated records past expiresAt (still has ${response.length})`
+			);
+		}
+	});
 	test('Replicate data from a legacy node', async () => {
 		const legacyPath = process.env.HARPER_LEGACY_VERSION_PATH;
 		if (!legacyPath) return;
@@ -307,6 +382,49 @@ suite('Replication Topology', { timeout: 120000 }, (ctx) => {
 			table: 'test',
 			records: [{ id: 'old-data-1', name: 'old data test' }],
 		});
+		// Also create a TTL table on the legacy node and write a record that
+		// expires shortly. This exercises the cross-version path where the
+		// legacy peer is the producer of the audit-log expiresAt metadata.
+		// We create the table on the v5 nodes first (matching attributes and
+		// expiration) so they each have a cleanup scanner armed; the v4 peer's
+		// schema sync will see no attribute changes and leave the v5 TTL config
+		// intact. Without this, the v5 receivers inherit the v4 table without
+		// the table-level expiration property (v4 does not transmit it) and
+		// nothing reaps the records past expiry.
+		const LEGACY_TTL_SECONDS = 2;
+		await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[0], {
+			operation: 'create_table',
+			table: 'legacy_ttl',
+			primary_key: 'id',
+			expiration: LEGACY_TTL_SECONDS,
+			attributes: [
+				{ name: 'id', type: 'ID' },
+				{ name: 'name', type: 'String' },
+			],
+		});
+		// give the v5 cluster a moment to propagate the new table (and its
+		// expiration setting) to the rest of the v5 nodes via schema sync.
+		await delay(200);
+		await sendOperation(legacyContext.harper, {
+			operation: 'create_table',
+			table: 'legacy_ttl',
+			primary_key: 'id',
+			expiration: LEGACY_TTL_SECONDS,
+			attributes: [
+				{ name: 'id', type: 'ID' },
+				{ name: 'name', type: 'String' },
+			],
+		});
+		// write several records in a single upsert so they share a txn batch,
+		// exercising the case where only the first record in a batch carried
+		// the expiresAt metadata on the receiver.
+		const legacyTtlIds = ['legacy-ttl-1', 'legacy-ttl-2', 'legacy-ttl-3', 'legacy-ttl-4'];
+		const legacyTtlWrittenAt = Date.now();
+		await sendOperation(legacyContext.harper, {
+			operation: 'upsert',
+			table: 'legacy_ttl',
+			records: legacyTtlIds.map((id) => ({ id, name: 'legacy expires soon' })),
+		});
 		await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[0], {
 			// connect the central node
 			operation: 'add_node',
@@ -343,5 +461,47 @@ suite('Replication Topology', { timeout: 120000 }, (ctx) => {
 			equal(response.length, 1, `Node ${i} ${ctx.nodes[i].hostname} did not replicate data from legacy node`);
 			equal(response[0].name, 'old data test');
 		}
+		// Schema replication carries the legacy_ttl table (including its
+		// expiration setting) onto the v5 nodes, which is what arms the cleanup
+		// scanner there. Wait for the records to land, then verify they evict
+		// at the expiresAt the legacy peer set.
+		for (let i = 0; i < NODE_COUNT; i++) {
+			retries = 0;
+			do {
+				response = await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[i], {
+					operation: 'search_by_id',
+					table: 'legacy_ttl',
+					get_attributes: ['id', 'name'],
+					ids: legacyTtlIds,
+				});
+				if (retries++ > 20) break;
+				await delay(100);
+			} while (response.length < legacyTtlIds.length && Date.now() - legacyTtlWrittenAt < LEGACY_TTL_SECONDS * 1000);
+			// it is acceptable for records to have already expired before being
+			// observed (test machines can be slow), so we only assert presence if
+			// we are still inside the TTL window.
+			if (Date.now() - legacyTtlWrittenAt < LEGACY_TTL_SECONDS * 1000) {
+				equal(
+					response.length,
+					legacyTtlIds.length,
+					`Node ${i} did not receive all legacy_ttl records before expiry (got ${response.length})`
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		const elapsed = Date.now() - legacyTtlWrittenAt;
+		await delay(Math.max(0, LEGACY_TTL_SECONDS * 1000 - elapsed) + 2000);
+		for (let i = 0; i < NODE_COUNT; i++) {
+			response = await sendOperation(ctx.nodes[i], {
+				operation: 'search_by_id',
+				table: 'legacy_ttl',
+				get_attributes: ['id', 'name'],
+				ids: legacyTtlIds,
+			});
+			equal(
+				response.length,
+				0,
+				`Node ${i} ${ctx.nodes[i].hostname} did not evict all legacy-ttl records past expiresAt (still has ${response.length})`
+			);
+		}
 	});
 });