diff --git a/backend/src/backend/main.py b/backend/src/backend/main.py
index b8b474c..61fcc40 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/src/backend/main.py
@@ -34,11 +34,18 @@ async def lifespan(app: Any) -> AsyncIterator[None]:
         access_key=settings.rustfs_access_key,
         secret_key=settings.rustfs_secret_key,
     )
+    # Ensure all three purpose-named buckets exist; the storage edge picks
+    # the right one per upload (see resolve_bucket in storage_api.py).
+    for bucket in (
+        settings.rustfs_workspace_bucket,
+        settings.rustfs_version_bucket,
+        settings.rustfs_run_log_bucket,
+    ):
+        await asyncio.to_thread(
+            app.state.object_store.ensure_bucket,
+            bucket,
+        )
     app.state.default_bucket = settings.rustfs_workspace_bucket
-    await asyncio.to_thread(
-        app.state.object_store.ensure_bucket,
-        app.state.default_bucket,
-    )
     storage_http_client = httpx.AsyncClient(
         transport=httpx.ASGITransport(app=app),
         base_url="http://backend.internal",
diff --git a/backend/src/backend/storage_api.py b/backend/src/backend/storage_api.py
index c49261b..2447b79 100644
--- a/backend/src/backend/storage_api.py
+++ b/backend/src/backend/storage_api.py
@@ -58,6 +58,39 @@ def safe_file_name(value: str) -> str:
     return name
 
 
+# Map an upload's usage_type to the RustFS bucket that should hold the
+# resulting object. ``usage_type`` is the only signal available at the
+# storage edge (the request comes from either the public API or the
+# internal schedule worker), so we make the routing decision in one place
+# here and let every other layer — server-object create, multipart upload,
+# direct put — inherit the mapping.
+BUCKET_FOR_USAGE: dict[str, str] = {
+    "working_copy": settings.rustfs_workspace_bucket,
+    "public_script": settings.rustfs_workspace_bucket,
+    "data_resource": settings.rustfs_workspace_bucket,
+    "snapshot": settings.rustfs_workspace_bucket,
+    "version_artifact": settings.rustfs_version_bucket,
+    "run_log": settings.rustfs_run_log_bucket,
+    "run_result": settings.rustfs_run_log_bucket,
+}
+
+
+def resolve_bucket(
+    usage_type: str,
+    *,
+    workspace: Workspaces,
+) -> str:
+    """Pick the bucket for ``usage_type``.
+
+    ``workspace.artifact_bucket`` (per-workspace override) wins over the
+    usage-type default. An unknown ``usage_type`` falls through to the
+    workspace bucket so we never silently drop an object.
+    """
+    if workspace.artifact_bucket:
+        return workspace.artifact_bucket
+    return BUCKET_FOR_USAGE.get(usage_type, settings.rustfs_workspace_bucket)
+
+
 def storage_payload(item: StorageObjects) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return {
         "storage_object_id": item.storage_object_id,
@@ -165,9 +198,7 @@ async def create_upload_record(
         upload = existing
     else:
         upload_id = new_ulid()
-        bucket_name = (
-            workspace.artifact_bucket or request.app.state.default_bucket
-        )
+        bucket_name = resolve_bucket(payload.usage_type, workspace=workspace)
         # Object key is a flat two-level path: workspace id + upload id. The
         # original file name and content type live in the StorageObjects row
         # (file_name / mime_type / object_key) — they are not part of the
diff --git a/common/src/common/config.py b/common/src/common/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f00c121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/common/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+"""Centralised configuration via pydantic-settings.
+
+All Python services (backend / schedule / runtime) import ``settings`` from
+this module. The instance is a process-wide singleton (lru_cache wrapped),
+so each field is parsed from the environment exactly once at first access.
+
+Rules for adding a new variable:
+
+  1. Add the field here with a sensible default that lets local dev
+     boot without the env var set.
+  2. Use ``settings.<name>`` at the call site. Never re-introduce
+     ``os.environ`` / ``os.getenv`` for application config — they
+     bypass this central registry.
+  3. Document the env var name in ``.env.example`` so operators know
+     it exists.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from functools import lru_cache
+
+from pydantic import Field
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
+
+
+class Settings(BaseSettings):
+    # ── database ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    database_url: str = Field(
+        default=(
+            "mysql+asyncmy://model_platform:model_platform@mysql:3306/"
+            "model_platform?charset=utf8mb4"
+        ),
+        description="SQLAlchemy async URI for the platform MySQL.",
+    )
+
+    # ── JWT ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    jwt_secret: str = Field(
+        default="dev-only-not-for-production",
+        description="HS256 secret used by backend's jupyter auth_request.",
+    )
+
+    # ── service identity ──────────────────────────────────────────
+    service_name: str = Field(
+        default="service",
+        description="Service label surfaced in lifespan / health checks.",
+    )
+
+    # ── runtime container endpoint ───────────────────────────────
+    runtime_api_url: str = Field(
+        default="http://runtime:8000",
+        description="Backend → Runtime HTTP endpoint.",
+    )
+
+    # ── RustFS object storage ────────────────────────────────────
+    rustfs_endpoint: str = Field(
+        default="http://rustfs:9000",
+        description="S3 endpoint for the RustFS upstream.",
+    )
+    rustfs_access_key: str = Field(
+        default="modelplatform",
+        description="boto3 access key for RustFS.",
+    )
+    rustfs_secret_key: str = Field(
+        default="modelplatformsecret",
+        description="boto3 secret key for RustFS.",
+    )
+    rustfs_workspace_bucket: str = Field(
+        default="workspaces",
+        description=(
+            "Bucket for workspace files (notebooks / scripts / working "
+            "copies). Layout: s3://<bucket>/<workspace_id>/..."
+        ),
+    )
+    rustfs_version_bucket: str = Field(
+        default="versions",
+        description="Bucket for immutable script-version artifacts.",
+    )
+    rustfs_run_log_bucket: str = Field(
+        default="run-logs",
+        description="Bucket for schedule run logs.",
+    )
+
+    # ── local FS roots ────────────────────────────────────────────
+    workspace_root: str = Field(
+        default="/workspace/workspaces",
+        description=(
+            "Schedule subprocess cwd; staging area for notebook_runner. "
+            "Backend no longer writes here — workspace files live in "
+            "RustFS via rustfs_workspace_bucket."
+        ),
+    )
+    workspaces_root: str = Field(
+        default="/app/workspaces",
+        description="Runtime rclone FUSE mount point for the workspace bucket.",
+    )
+
+    # ── rclone remote spec ────────────────────────────────────────
+    remote_bucket: str = Field(
+        default="rustfs:workspaces",
+        description="rclone remote spec for the workspace bucket.",
+    )
+
+    # ── schedule → backend API ────────────────────────────────────
+    backend_api_url: str = Field(
+        default="http://backend:8000",
+        description="Schedule → Backend HTTP base URL (cron post-back).",
+    )
+
+    # ── runtime public base URL ──────────────────────────────────
+    public_base_url: str = Field(
+        default="http://runtime",
+        description="Public base URL for the runtime container.",
+    )
+
+    # ── readiness probes ──────────────────────────────────────────
+    readiness_targets: str = Field(
+        default="",
+        description=(
+            "Comma-separated host:port list checked by /health/ready. "
+            "Empty disables the check."
+        ),
+    )
+
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
+        env_file=".env",
+        env_file_encoding="utf-8",
+        case_sensitive=False,
+        extra="ignore",
+    )
+
+
+@lru_cache
+def get_settings() -> Settings:
+    """Construct (and cache) the singleton Settings instance."""
+    return Settings()
+
+
+settings: Settings = get_settings()
+
+
+__all__ = ["Settings", "get_settings", "settings"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/src/common/storage/client.py b/common/src/common/storage/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc6b496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/common/storage/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+"""HTTP client for the internal ``/internal/v1/...`` storage surface.
+
+The class accepts an injected ``httpx.AsyncClient`` so callers can wire
+it up with either a real network transport or an ``ASGITransport`` for
+in-process dispatch. ``SchedulerStorageClient`` extends this class to
+add a single ``create_object`` helper used by the schedule service.
+
+All public methods raise :class:`StorageClientError` (or a subclass) on
+failure. Translation to a web-framework exception (e.g. FastAPI's
+``HTTPException``) is the caller's responsibility so this client stays
+usable from non-FastAPI contexts such as the schedule worker.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import base64
+from typing import Any
+
+import httpx
+
+
+class StorageClientError(Exception):
+    """Base class for storage client failures."""
+
+
+class StorageUnavailable(StorageClientError):
+    """Transport-level failure; safe to retry."""
+
+    def __init__(self, message: str) -> None:
+        super().__init__(message)
+        self.retryable = True
+
+
+class StorageRequestFailed(StorageClientError):
+    """Storage endpoint returned a non-2xx response."""
+
+    def __init__(self, status_code: int, detail: Any) -> None:
+        super().__init__(f"storage request failed with status {status_code}")
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.detail = detail
+
+
+class StorageClient:
+    def __init__(self, client: httpx.AsyncClient) -> None:
+        self.client = client
+
+    async def _request(
+        self,
+        method: str,
+        path: str,
+        *,
+        payload: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        try:
+            response = await self.client.request(
+                method,
+                path,
+                json=payload,
+            )
+        except httpx.RequestError as exc:
+            raise StorageUnavailable("Storage service temporarily unavailable") from exc
+        if response.is_error:
+            try:
+                detail = response.json().get("detail", response.text)
+            except ValueError:
+                detail = response.text
+            raise StorageRequestFailed(response.status_code, detail)
+        return response.json()
+
+    async def create_upload(
+        self,
+        payload: dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return (await self._request(
+            "POST",
+            "/internal/v1/uploads",
+            payload=payload,
+        ))["data"]
+
+    async def complete_upload(
+        self,
+        upload_id: str,
+        payload: dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return (await self._request(
+            "POST",
+            f"/internal/v1/uploads/{upload_id}/complete",
+            payload=payload,
+        ))["data"]
+
+    async def create_server_object(
+        self,
+        *,
+        workspace_id: str,
+        user_id: str,
+        usage_type: str,
+        file_name: str,
+        content_type: str,
+        content: bytes,
+        visibility: str,
+        is_immutable: bool,
+        idempotency_key: str,
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        result = await self._request(
+            "POST",
+            "/internal/v1/objects",
+            payload={
+                "workspace_id": workspace_id,
+                "user_id": user_id,
+                "usage_type": usage_type,
+                "file_name": file_name,
+                "content_type": content_type,
+                "content_base64": base64.b64encode(content).decode("ascii"),
+                "visibility": visibility,
+                "is_immutable": is_immutable,
+                "idempotency_key": idempotency_key,
+            },
+        )
+        return result["data"]
+
+    async def create_download_url(
+        self,
+        storage_object_id: str,
+        expires_seconds: int,
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return (await self._request(
+            "POST",
+            f"/internal/v1/objects/{storage_object_id}/download-url",
+            payload={"expires_seconds": expires_seconds},
+        ))["data"]
+
+    async def delete_object(self, storage_object_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return (await self._request(
+            "DELETE",
+            f"/internal/v1/objects/{storage_object_id}",
+        ))["data"]
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "StorageClient",
+    "StorageClientError",
+    "StorageRequestFailed",
+    "StorageUnavailable",
+]
diff --git a/common/src/common/storage/schemas.py b/common/src/common/storage/schemas.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e491774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/common/storage/schemas.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+"""Pydantic request models for the internal ``/internal/v1/...`` storage surface."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Literal
+
+from pydantic import Field, field_validator
+
+from common.schemas import StrictModel
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "CompleteUploadRequest",
+    "CreateUploadRequest",
+    "DownloadUrlRequest",
+    "ServerObjectRequest",
+]
+
+
+class CreateUploadRequest(StrictModel):
+    workspace_id: str = Field(min_length=26, max_length=26)
+    user_id: str = Field(min_length=26, max_length=26)
+    usage_type: Literal[
+        "data_resource",
+        "version_artifact",
+        "snapshot",
+        "run_log",
+        "run_result",
+        "working_copy",
+        "public_script",
+    ]
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=255)
+    content_type: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=255)
+    expected_size_bytes: int = Field(ge=0, le=100 * 1024 * 1024)
+    expected_hash: str | None = Field(default=None, min_length=64, max_length=64)
+    idempotency_key: str = Field(min_length=8, max_length=128)
+
+    @field_validator("expected_hash")
+    @classmethod
+    def validate_hash(cls, value: str | None) -> str | None:
+        if value is None:
+            return None
+        normalized = value.lower()
+        if any(character not in "0123456789abcdef" for character in normalized):
+            raise ValueError("expected_hash must be lowercase SHA-256 hex")
+        return normalized
+
+
+class CompleteUploadRequest(StrictModel):
+    usage_type: Literal[
+        "data_resource",
+        "version_artifact",
+        "snapshot",
+        "run_log",
+        "run_result",
+        "working_copy",
+        "public_script",
+    ]
+    visibility: Literal["private", "workspace", "public"] = "private"
+    is_immutable: bool = False
+
+
+class ServerObjectRequest(StrictModel):
+    workspace_id: str = Field(min_length=26, max_length=26)
+    user_id: str = Field(min_length=26, max_length=26)
+    usage_type: Literal[
+        "data_resource",
+        "version_artifact",
+        "snapshot",
+        "run_log",
+        "run_result",
+        "working_copy",
+        "public_script",
+    ]
+    file_name: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=255)
+    content_type: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=255)
+    content_base64: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    visibility: Literal["private", "workspace", "public"] = "private"
+    is_immutable: bool = False
+    idempotency_key: str = Field(min_length=8, max_length=128)
+
+
+class DownloadUrlRequest(StrictModel):
+    expires_seconds: int = Field(default=300, ge=30, le=3600)