Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling concurrent cross-region replications and garbage collection while maintaining consistency and data integrity among file systems. In some embodiments, techniques for garbage collection fencing utilize a system-level garbage fencing key (GC fencing key) and one or more job-level GC fencing keys in a source file system that perform one or more cross-region replications with one or more target file systems, one replication and one job-level GC fencing key per target file system. In some embodiments, one job-level GC fencing key in a source file system and one job-level GC fencing key in a source file system together provide garbage fencing for a cross-region replication. In certain embodiments, the metadata information in a GC fencing key can inform, instruct, or be used to configure garbage collectors to skip garbage collection for a range of snapshots in a file system.