Yup. Use a system like Redis/DynamoDB or even a traditional database to store the metadata and use random UUID for actual file storage. And tag the files for e

Yup. Use a system like Redis/DynamoDB or even a traditional database to store the metadata and use random UUID for actual file storage. And tag the files for expiration/clean up. S3 is not a file system and people should stop treating it like one - only to get bitten by these assumptions around it being a FS.