Merge pull request #13049 from nextcloud/backport/13045/stable30

[stable30] fix(admin): Update retention documentation
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Joas Schilling
2025-04-14 23:02:18 +02:00
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@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ The rule from the example will delete all files tagged with ``Temporary file`` 1
You can also use the "Notify owner a day before a file is automatically deleted" option to
make sure the file owner will get a notification before a file will be deleted.
File age
--------
There are 2 options available that can be used to decide when to delete a file:
- **Creation:** Time the file was created on the Nextcloud Server or uploaded to it.
- **Last modification:** Time when the file was last modified. Uploading also counts as a modification,
so files that have not been modified since a long time before uploading are not deleted shortly after the upload.
Common misconfigurations
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@@ -28,12 +37,3 @@ Public collaborative tag
Similar to :doc:`access_control` retention should use ``restricted`` or ``invisible``
tags. Otherwise any user can remove the tag and the file is not removed after the given
period. Use :doc:`automated_tagging` to assign such tags to newly uploaded files.
File age
^^^^^^^^
Currently retention is based on the creation date of the file. The sync client sends
the **original** creation date to the server, while uploading through the web interface
will create a new file with a **new** creation date.
We hope to be able to add a ``upload date`` to the filesystem soon, which would make more
sense. Until then this potentially unexpected behavior has to be taken into account.