diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e39e58df9b4cd62cc75613a91caba6b4e8473bf0..dbed95c565d5c0edba9ce92f035cdedcb8004e16 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ variables:
   CONTAINER_GALAXY_URL: "${NDIP_DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}"
   CONTAINER_GALAXY_BASE_URL: "${CONTAINER_GALAXY_URL}/base"
   CONTAINER_GALAXY_COMMIT_URL: "${CONTAINER_GALAXY_URL}/commit"
-  GALAXY_VERSION_PYTHON: 24.2.dev0+ornl
-  GALAXY_VERSION_DOCKER: 24.2.dev0.ornl
+  GALAXY_VERSION_PYTHON: 24.2.dev1+ornl
+  GALAXY_VERSION_DOCKER: 24.2.dev1.ornl
 
 # This import is for the func_rse_docker_* functions
 before_script:
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ client-tests:
     - rse-multi-builder
   except:
       - docker-base
+  when: manual
+  allow_failure: true
+
 
 #api-tests:
 #  stage: test
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/rucio.py b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/rucio.py
index 97d1bd9f8e143b7850aea61188631607845cfd30..9e6763573b74f572ea4d1814898b201de001b654 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/rucio.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/rucio.py
@@ -93,11 +93,13 @@ def parse_config_xml(config_xml):
             rucio_upload_scheme = e_xml[0].get("scheme", None)
             rucio_scope = e_xml[0].get("scope", None)
             rucio_register_only = string_as_bool(e_xml[0].get("register_only", "False"))
+            rucio_register_with_checksum = string_as_bool(e_xml[0].get("rucio_register_with_checksum", "True"))
         else:
             rucio_upload_rse_name = None
             rucio_upload_scheme = None
             rucio_scope = None
             rucio_register_only = False
+            rucio_register_with_checksum = True
 
         e_xml = config_xml.findall("rucio_auth")
         if not e_xml:
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ def parse_config_xml(config_xml):
             "upload_scheme": rucio_upload_scheme,
             "scope": rucio_scope,
             "register_only": rucio_register_only,
+            "rucio_register_with_checksum": rucio_register_with_checksum,
             "download_schemes": rucio_download_schemes,
             "account": rucio_account,
             "auth_host": rucio_auth_host,
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ class RucioBroker:
         self.upload_rse_name = rucio_config["upload_rse_name"]
         self.scope = rucio_config["scope"]
         self.register_only = rucio_config["register_only"]
+        self.register_with_checksum = rucio_config.get("register_with_checksum", True)
         self.download_schemes = rucio_config["download_schemes"]
         if Client is None:
             raise Exception(NO_RUCIO_ERROR_MESSAGE)
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ class RucioBroker:
 
     def get_rucio_ingest_client(self, auth_token=None):
         client = self.get_rucio_client()
-        ic = InPlaceIngestClient(_client=client)
+        ic = InPlaceIngestClient(client, self.register_with_checksum)
         ic.auth_token = auth_token
         return ic
 
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/rucio_extra_clients.py b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/rucio_extra_clients.py
index 500366ee3618e2f83bd5fb609610edeca4fb10b7..51fa996590550294d6ef0ddd1db20beadf42d55f 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/objectstore/rucio_extra_clients.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/objectstore/rucio_extra_clients.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import copy
 import logging
+import os
 import time
 
 try:
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ try:
         NotAllFilesUploaded,
         RSEWriteBlocked,
     )
-    from rucio.common.utils import generate_uuid
+    from rucio.common.utils import generate_uuid, adler32, md5
     from rucio.rse import rsemanager as rsemgr
 except ImportError:
     UploadClient = object
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ class DeleteClient(UploadClient):
 
 
 class InPlaceIngestClient(UploadClient):
+    def __init__(self, client, register_with_checksum):
+        super().__init__(client)
+        self.register_with_checksum = register_with_checksum
     def ingest(self, items, summary_file_path=None, traces_copy_out=None, ignore_availability=False, activity=None):
         """
         :param items: List of dictionaries. Each dictionary describing a file to upload. Keys:
@@ -195,3 +199,35 @@ class InPlaceIngestClient(UploadClient):
         elif num_succeeded != len(files):
             raise NotAllFilesUploaded()
         return 0
+    def _collect_file_info(self, filepath, item):
+        """
+        Collects infos (e.g. size, checksums, etc.) about the file and
+        returns them as a dictionary
+        (This function is meant to be used as class internal only)
+
+        :param filepath: path where the file is stored
+        :param item: input options for the given file
+
+        :returns: a dictionary containing all collected info and the input options
+        """
+        new_item = copy.deepcopy(item)
+        new_item['path'] = filepath
+        new_item['dirname'] = os.path.dirname(filepath)
+        new_item['basename'] = os.path.basename(filepath)
+
+        new_item['bytes'] = os.stat(filepath).st_size
+        if self.register_with_checksum:
+            new_item['adler32'] = adler32(filepath)
+            new_item['md5'] = md5(filepath)
+        else:
+            new_item['adler32'] = "00000001"  # empty file
+            new_item['md5'] = "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"  # empty file
+
+        new_item['meta'] = {'guid': self._get_file_guid(new_item)}
+        new_item['state'] = 'C'
+        if not new_item.get('did_scope'):
+            new_item['did_scope'] = self.default_file_scope
+        if not new_item.get('did_name'):
+            new_item['did_name'] = new_item['basename']
+
+        return new_item
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