When vfs_ceph_snapshots is used with vfs_ceph, snapshot contents residing under any level beyond the share root are not listed as previous versions. See below for configuration used: [cephfs-subvol-new] comment = For samba share of subvolume subvol path = /volumes/_nogroup/subvol/d2916e6d-a054-41f1-ac77-17ee77f22365 read only = No vfs objects = ceph_snapshots ceph_new ceph_new:config_file = /etc/ceph/ceph.conf ceph_new:user_id = foo ceph_new:filesystem = cephvol Sample snapshots available within the file system: $ smbclient \\\\192.168.122.101\\cephfs-subvol-new -U root%smb -c "cd .snap;ls" . D 0 Mon Mar 3 22:45:20 2025 .. D 0 Fri Oct 11 15:25:07 2024 _snap_2025-02-06-155603_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Jan 30 17:38:58 2025 _snap_2025-02-06-160806_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Feb 6 16:07:20 2025 _snap_2025-02-12-161003_1099511627778 D 0 Sat Feb 8 18:48:03 2025 _snap_2025-02-12-163817_1099511627778 D 0 Sat Feb 8 18:48:03 2025 _snap_2025-02-12-172301_1099511627778 D 0 Wed Feb 12 17:22:04 2025 _snap_2025-02-13-161612_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Feb 13 15:23:12 2025 _snap@2025-02-21-170620_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Feb 20 10:27:27 2025 _snap_GMT_2025-02-21-173206_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Feb 20 10:27:27 2025 _snap#_GMT_2025-02-21-180623_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Feb 20 10:27:27 2025 _snap_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Feb 20 10:27:27 2025 4902912 blocks of size 1024. 4902912 blocks available Above snapshots are successfully processed as previous versions for entries at share root. $ smbclient \\\\192.168.122.101\\cephfs-subvol-new -U root%smb -c "cd dir/.snap;ls" . D 0 Mon Mar 3 22:45:20 2025 .. D 0 Thu Feb 20 10:27:27 2025 _snap_2025-02-06-160806_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Feb 6 16:07:57 2025 _snap_2025-02-12-161003_1099511627778 D 0 Thu Feb 6 16:07:57 2025 _snap_2025-02-12-163817_1099511627778 D 0 Wed Feb 12 16:37:48 2025 _snap_2025-02-12-172301_1099511627778 D 0 Wed Feb 12 16:37:48 2025 _snap_2025-02-13-161612_1099511627778 D 0 Wed Feb 12 16:37:48 2025 _snap@2025-02-21-170620_1099511627778 D 0 Wed Feb 12 16:37:48 2025 _snap_GMT_2025-02-21-173206_1099511627778 D 0 Wed Feb 12 16:37:48 2025 _snap#_GMT_2025-02-21-180623_1099511627778 D 0 Wed Feb 12 16:37:48 2025 _snap_1099511627778 D 0 Wed Feb 12 16:37:48 2025 4902912 blocks of size 1024. 4902912 blocks available These snapshots under "dir" are not listed for entries inside "dir".