Goal:

Services can find available stores using existing APIs like GET /v2/info/stores and GET /v2/info/stores/detail. These show store names, descriptions, types, and properties that help decide which store to use.

• Performance: A compute node can download from a local store instead of a remote one
• Proximity: Edge compute nodes can download from stores close to them (like "us-east" or "eu-west")
• Testing: Operators can test if a specific store works
• Load distribution: Spread downloads across stores so one store does not get too much load

Acceptance Criteria:

Feature should be fully available upstream with client support, required documentation changes and tempest test(s) for the coverage.