Methods and systems for ordering operations on a file system having a hierarchical namespace

Example aspects include techniques for ordering operations in a file system having a hierarchical namespace including determining, by a first service that manages file system operations for a first entity in the hierarchical namespace, to perform a file system operation for the first entity, generating, by the first service, a first counter record for the file system operation, obtaining, based on determining to perform the file system operation and from a second service that manages file system operations on a second entity that is a parent of the entity in the hierarchical namespace, a second counter record for a last file system operation performed on the second entity, wherein the second counter record is generated by the second service, and storing, in a change feed, an indication of the file system operation along with the first counter record and the second counter record.