diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
index f07fce563bc64..4a1c9c8615e39 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
@@ -292,17 +292,11 @@ public RemoteClusterStateManifestInfo writeIncrementalMetadata(
         assert previousClusterState.metadata().coordinationMetadata().term() == clusterState.metadata().coordinationMetadata().term();
 
         boolean firstUploadForSplitGlobalMetadata = !previousManifest.hasMetadataAttributesFiles();
-        boolean firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata = previousManifest.getDiscoveryNodesMetadata() == null;
 
         final DiffableUtils.MapDiff<String, Metadata.Custom, Map<String, Metadata.Custom>> customsDiff = remoteGlobalMetadataManager
             .getCustomsDiff(clusterState, previousClusterState, firstUploadForSplitGlobalMetadata, isPublicationEnabled);
         final DiffableUtils.MapDiff<String, ClusterState.Custom, Map<String, ClusterState.Custom>> clusterStateCustomsDiff =
-            remoteClusterStateAttributesManager.getUpdatedCustoms(
-                clusterState,
-                previousClusterState,
-                isPublicationEnabled,
-                firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata
-            );
+            remoteClusterStateAttributesManager.getUpdatedCustoms(clusterState, previousClusterState, isPublicationEnabled, false);
         final Map<String, UploadedMetadataAttribute> allUploadedCustomMap = new HashMap<>(previousManifest.getCustomMetadataMap());
         final Map<String, UploadedMetadataAttribute> allUploadedClusterStateCustomsMap = new HashMap<>(
             previousManifest.getClusterStateCustomMap()
@@ -351,15 +345,17 @@ public RemoteClusterStateManifestInfo writeIncrementalMetadata(
         ;
         boolean updateSettingsMetadata = firstUploadForSplitGlobalMetadata
             || Metadata.isSettingsMetadataEqual(previousClusterState.metadata(), clusterState.metadata()) == false;
-        boolean updateTransientSettingsMetadata = firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata
-            || Metadata.isTransientSettingsMetadataEqual(previousClusterState.metadata(), clusterState.metadata()) == false;
+        boolean updateTransientSettingsMetadata = Metadata.isTransientSettingsMetadataEqual(
+            previousClusterState.metadata(),
+            clusterState.metadata()
+        ) == false;
         boolean updateTemplatesMetadata = firstUploadForSplitGlobalMetadata
             || Metadata.isTemplatesMetadataEqual(previousClusterState.metadata(), clusterState.metadata()) == false;
 
         final boolean updateDiscoveryNodes = isPublicationEnabled
             && clusterState.getNodes().delta(previousClusterState.getNodes()).hasChanges();
         final boolean updateClusterBlocks = isPublicationEnabled && !clusterState.blocks().equals(previousClusterState.blocks());
-        final boolean updateHashesOfConsistentSettings = isPublicationEnabled && firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata
+        final boolean updateHashesOfConsistentSettings = isPublicationEnabled
             || Metadata.isHashesOfConsistentSettingsEqual(previousClusterState.metadata(), clusterState.metadata()) == false;
 
         uploadedMetadataResults = writeMetadataInParallel(
@@ -401,13 +397,13 @@ public RemoteClusterStateManifestInfo writeIncrementalMetadata(
         if (!updateTemplatesMetadata) {
             uploadedMetadataResults.uploadedTemplatesMetadata = previousManifest.getTemplatesMetadata();
         }
-        if (!updateDiscoveryNodes && !firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata) {
+        if (!updateDiscoveryNodes) {
             uploadedMetadataResults.uploadedDiscoveryNodes = previousManifest.getDiscoveryNodesMetadata();
         }
-        if (!updateClusterBlocks && !firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata) {
+        if (!updateClusterBlocks) {
             uploadedMetadataResults.uploadedClusterBlocks = previousManifest.getClusterBlocksMetadata();
         }
-        if (!updateHashesOfConsistentSettings && !firstUploadForEphemeralMetadata) {
+        if (!updateHashesOfConsistentSettings) {
             uploadedMetadataResults.uploadedHashesOfConsistentSettings = previousManifest.getHashesOfConsistentSettings();
         }
         uploadedMetadataResults.uploadedCustomMetadataMap = allUploadedCustomMap;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteGlobalMetadataManager.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteGlobalMetadataManager.java
index c1ff54d13e9db..2c5aad99adc0c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteGlobalMetadataManager.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteGlobalMetadataManager.java
@@ -284,27 +284,27 @@ DiffableUtils.MapDiff<String, Metadata.Custom, Map<String, Metadata.Custom>> get
         ClusterState currentState,
         ClusterState previousState,
         boolean firstUploadForSplitGlobalMetadata,
-        boolean includeEphemeral
+        boolean isRemotePublicationEnabled
     ) {
         if (firstUploadForSplitGlobalMetadata) {
             // For first split global metadata upload, we want to upload all customs
             return DiffableUtils.diff(
                 Collections.emptyMap(),
-                filterCustoms(currentState.metadata().customs(), includeEphemeral),
+                filterCustoms(currentState.metadata().customs(), isRemotePublicationEnabled),
                 DiffableUtils.getStringKeySerializer(),
                 NonDiffableValueSerializer.getAbstractInstance()
             );
         }
         return DiffableUtils.diff(
-            filterCustoms(previousState.metadata().customs(), includeEphemeral),
-            filterCustoms(currentState.metadata().customs(), includeEphemeral),
+            filterCustoms(previousState.metadata().customs(), isRemotePublicationEnabled),
+            filterCustoms(currentState.metadata().customs(), isRemotePublicationEnabled),
             DiffableUtils.getStringKeySerializer(),
             NonDiffableValueSerializer.getAbstractInstance()
         );
     }
 
-    public static Map<String, Metadata.Custom> filterCustoms(Map<String, Metadata.Custom> customs, boolean includeEphemeral) {
-        if (includeEphemeral) {
+    public static Map<String, Metadata.Custom> filterCustoms(Map<String, Metadata.Custom> customs, boolean isRemotePublicationEnabled) {
+        if (isRemotePublicationEnabled) {
             return customs;
         }
         return customs.entrySet()