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The default value is true so that the whole remote stroage storage module keeps the orginial original behavior when topic don't set it to false.

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You can refer to https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/20913 for the detailed changes.

We change the candidateLogSegments for remote upload as followed: 

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Compatibility, Deprecation, and Migration Plan 

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We can use follow tests to cover the change:

Unit Tests:

1. Test upload eligibility logic with delay enabled/disabled
2. Test configuration validation for topic

Integration Tests:  

1. Verify segments are uploaded before local segment deleted
2. Test the remote storage reduced after topic enable the feature.

Rejected Alternatives

Alternative 1: Make this the default behavior

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