diff --git a/container/types.proto b/container/types.proto
index c2d3ad2..cfed745 100644
--- a/container/types.proto
+++ b/container/types.proto
@@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ message Container {
   //   accepted in a NeoFS network only if the global network hashing configuration
   //   value corresponds with that attribute's value. After container inclusion, network
   //   setting is ignored.
+  // * __NEOFS__METAINFO_CONSISTENCY \
+  //   Policy rule that defines the condition under which an object is considered
+  //   processed. Acceptable values and meanings:
+  //     1. <empty>/<missing attribute>: SN does not process objects' meta
+  //       information, it is not indexed and object presence/number of copies
+  //       is not proved after a successful object PUT operation; the behavior
+  //       is the same as it was before this attribute introduction
+  //     2. "strict": SN processes objects' meta information, it is validated,
+  //       indexed and signed accordingly by a required minimal number of nodes
+  //       that are included in the container, a corresponding object inclusion
+  //       notification can be catch
+  //     3. "optimistic": the same as "strict" but a successful PUT operation
+  //       do not mean objects' meta information has been multi signed and
+  //       indexed correctly, however, SNs will try to do it asynchronously;
+  //       in general PUT operations are expected to be faster than in the
+  //       "strict" case
   //
   // And some well-known attributes used by applications only:
   //
diff --git a/proto-docs/container.md b/proto-docs/container.md
index 6bd2879..a6acdac 100644
--- a/proto-docs/container.md
+++ b/proto-docs/container.md
@@ -605,6 +605,22 @@ There are some "well-known" attributes affecting system behaviour:
   accepted in a NeoFS network only if the global network hashing configuration
   value corresponds with that attribute's value. After container inclusion, network
   setting is ignored.
+* __NEOFS__METAINFO_CONSISTENCY \
+  Policy rule that defines the condition under which an object is considered
+  processed. Acceptable values and meanings:
+    1. <empty>/<missing attribute>: SN does not process objects' meta
+      information, it is not indexed and object presence/number of copies
+      is not proved after a successful object PUT operation; the behavior
+      is the same as it was before this attribute introduction
+    2. "strict": SN processes objects' meta information, it is validated,
+      indexed and signed accordingly by a required minimal number of nodes
+      that are included in the container, a corresponding object inclusion
+      notification can be catch
+    3. "optimistic": the same as "strict" but a successful PUT operation
+      do not mean objects' meta information has been multi signed and
+      indexed correctly, however, SNs will try to do it asynchronously;
+      in general PUT operations are expected to be faster than in the
+      "strict" case
 
 And some well-known attributes used by applications only: