Data Retention and Housekeeping
How long Tasks, uploaded files, the history, settings and saved filter links are kept, what users can delete themselves and what support can purge on demand.
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Page type: Reference · Audience: Administrator, Data protection officer
Contains one table:
| Data | Kept | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tasks (staged records, upload record, run headers, per-record results) | 30 days after the last activity | never while a run owns the Task; the "Task Will Be Deleted On" column |
| Uploaded file content | until the upload has staged its records or was stopped | |
| Activity history | 400 days; per-record results 90 days; diagnostics 30 days | |
| Launchpad settings and in-app personalization | 400 days without a change; 500 entries per user and store | |
| Saved filter links (app states) | 30 days |
- What a user can delete themselves (Tasks, records); what support can purge on demand (expired Tasks).
Related information: staging-housekeeping, data-stored, security-and-data-protection.
Source in the product repository: srv/lib/task-retention.js, the activity retention settings in srv/lib, launchpad review (D130), decision D59.
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