As RODC can not delete anything in its DB: Mai 14 09:59:49 rodc.hq.domain.com samba[197972]: [2021/05/14 09:59:49.258694, 5] ../../lib/audit_logging/audit_logging.c:95(audit_log_human_text) Mai 14 09:59:49 rodc.hq.domain.com samba[197972]: DSDB Transaction [rollback] at [Fri, 14 May 2021 09:59:49.258680 CEST] duration [1317] Mai 14 09:59:49 rodc.hq.domain.com samba[197972]: [2021/05/14 09:59:49.258843, 1] ../../source4/dsdb/kcc/garbage_collect_tombstones.c:105(garbage_collect_tombstones_part) Mai 14 09:59:49 rodc.hq.domain.com samba[197972]: ../../source4/dsdb/kcc/garbage_collect_tombstones.c:105: Failed to remove deleted object CN=BR-12KW562\0ADEL:685a1be8-467d-48b6-ac17-1443c380a528,CN=Deleted Objects,DC=hq,DC=domain,DC=com They accumulate a´on the RODC and "samba-tool dbcheck --cross-ncs" tell us this: NOTICE: found 2414 expired tombstones, 'samba' will remove them daily, 'samba-tool domain tombstones expunge' would do that immediately. Trying the expunge fails as expected as it is a RODC. I think the Tombstones should not accumulate but I am unsure what the correct behavior should be.