diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 84fca6d7e93..a629a29d290 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ OC_CI_GOLANG = "owncloudci/golang:1.22"
 OC_CI_NODEJS = "owncloudci/nodejs:%s"
 OC_CI_PHP = "owncloudci/php:%s"
 OC_CI_WAIT_FOR = "owncloudci/wait-for:latest"
-OC_CS3_API_VALIDATOR = "owncloud/cs3api-validator:0.2.1"
+OC_CS3_API_VALIDATOR = "owncloud/cs3api-validator:0.3.0"
 OC_LITMUS = "owncloudci/litmus:latest"
 OC_UBUNTU = "owncloud/ubuntu:20.04"
 ONLYOFFICE_DOCUMENT_SERVER = "onlyoffice/documentserver:7.5.1"
@@ -1029,6 +1029,8 @@ def localApiTests(ctx, name, suites, storage = "ocis", extra_environment = {}, w
         "UPLOAD_DELETE_WAIT_TIME": "1" if storage == "owncloud" else 0,
         "OCIS_WRAPPER_URL": "http://%s:5200" % OCIS_SERVER_NAME,
         "WITH_REMOTE_PHP": with_remote_php,
+        "ASYNC_PROPAGATION": "true",
+        "ASYNC_PROPAGATION_DELAY_MS": "100",
     }
 
     for item in extra_environment:
@@ -1063,7 +1065,7 @@ def cs3ApiTests(ctx, storage, accounts_hash_difficulty = 4):
                          "image": OC_CS3_API_VALIDATOR,
                          "environment": {},
                          "commands": [
-                             "/usr/bin/cs3api-validator /var/lib/cs3api-validator --endpoint=%s:9142" % OCIS_SERVER_NAME,
+                             "/usr/bin/cs3api-validator /var/lib/cs3api-validator --async-propagation=true --endpoint=%s:9142" % OCIS_SERVER_NAME,
                          ],
                      },
                  ],
@@ -1228,6 +1230,8 @@ def coreApiTests(ctx, part_number = 1, number_of_parts = 1, with_remote_php = Fa
                              "UPLOAD_DELETE_WAIT_TIME": "1" if storage == "owncloud" else 0,
                              "OCIS_WRAPPER_URL": "http://%s:5200" % OCIS_SERVER_NAME,
                              "WITH_REMOTE_PHP": with_remote_php,
+                             "ASYNC_PROPAGATION": "true",
+                             "ASYNC_PROPAGATION_DELAY_MS": "100",
                          },
                          "commands": [
                              # merge the expected failures
@@ -2322,6 +2326,8 @@ def ocisServer(storage = "ocis", accounts_hash_difficulty = 4, volumes = [], dep
         "OCIS_JWT_SECRET": "some-ocis-jwt-secret",
         "EVENTHISTORY_STORE": "memory",
         "OCIS_TRANSLATION_PATH": "%s/tests/config/translations" % dirs["base"],
+        "OCIS_DECOMPOSEDFS_PROPAGATOR": "async",
+        "STORAGE_USERS_ASYNC_PROPAGATOR_PROPAGATION_DELAY": "100ms",
     }
 
     if deploy_type == "":
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/GraphHelper.php b/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/GraphHelper.php
index c0f8df597db..0a4a7c7bab4 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/GraphHelper.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/GraphHelper.php
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ private static function getRequestHeaders(): array {
 		];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param string $url
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function isShareRequest(string $url): bool {
+		return \str_ends_with($url, '/invite');
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 *
 	 * @return string
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/HttpRequestHelper.php b/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/HttpRequestHelper.php
index 21fa4f3024f..2e38a122569 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/HttpRequestHelper.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/HttpRequestHelper.php
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ public static function sendRequestOnce(
 		}
 
 		HttpLogger::logResponse($response);
+
+		if (WebdavHelper::asyncPropagation()) {
+			WebdavHelper::waitAsyncPropagationAfterRequest($url, $method, $response->getStatusCode());
+		}
+
 		return $response;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/WebDavHelper.php b/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/WebDavHelper.php
index 77bd99b47f3..2142750ed88 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/WebDavHelper.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/TestHelpers/WebDavHelper.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Assert;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\StreamInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response as HttpResponse;
 use DateTime;
 
 /**
@@ -54,6 +55,27 @@ public static function withRemotePhp(): bool {
 		return \getenv("WITH_REMOTE_PHP") !== "false";
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function asyncPropagation(): bool {
+		return \getenv("ASYNC_PROPAGATION") === "true";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * async propagation delay in milliseconds
+	 *
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public static function asyncPropagationDelay(): int {
+		$delay = (int) \getenv("ASYNC_PROPAGATION_DELAY_MS");
+		if ($delay === 0) {
+			// default delay: 100ms
+			$delay = 100;
+		}
+		return $delay;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param string $urlPath
 	 *
@@ -76,6 +98,46 @@ public static function isDAVRequest(string $url): bool {
 		return (bool)$found;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param int $extraWait
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function waitForAsyncPropagation(int $extraWait): void {
+		$delay = self::asyncPropagationDelay() + $extraWait;
+		usleep($delay * 1000);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * wait for async propagation after a request
+	 * if the request is a DAV request and is successful
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url
+	 * @param string $method
+	 * @param int $statusCode
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function waitAsyncPropagationAfterRequest(string $url, string $method, int $statusCode): void {
+		$longerWaitMethods = ["MKCOL", "MOVE", "COPY", "DELETE"];
+		$methods = \array_merge($longerWaitMethods, ["POST", "PUT"]);
+
+		if ((WebdavHelper::isDAVRequest($url) || GraphHelper::isShareRequest($url))
+			&& \str_starts_with($url, OcisHelper::getServerUrl())
+			&& \in_array($method, $methods)
+			&& $statusCode < 300
+		) {
+			$extraWait = 0;
+			if (\in_array($method, $longerWaitMethods)) {
+				// folder related requests require more time
+				// wait longer for these methods
+				// increase wait by 300ms
+				$extraWait = 300;
+			}
+			self::waitForAsyncPropagation($extraWait);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * clear space id reference for user
 	 *