History Cleanup not removing history

Camunda 7 Topics Discussion & Questions
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Hi,

I’m currently trying to get history cleanup running and as far as I can tell its set up and runs but isn’t removing any history.
I have setup the config as follows

camunda:
  bpm:
    generic-properties:
      properties:
        historyCleanupStrategy: endTimeBased
        historyCleanupBatchWindowStartTime: "00:01"
        historyCleanupBatchWindowEndTime: "23:59"
        historyTimeToLive: P1D

In act_hi_actinst I have data from 10 days ago which I would expect to be cleaned up and new processes are getting the removal_time_ populated now which I assume means the config has been picked up.

Using the endTimeBased strategy I believe this will still clean up the old history without the removal_time_ populated.

Is there anything else I need to do or can check to see why its not deleting the history?

Cheers,
Matt

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Do have set the history time to live flag in your models?

you can easily set this in the camunda modeler in the bottom right of the model “Properties Panel”

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You can also set this in the Camunda Cockpit after the deployment.

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No I haven’t set it in the individual models, but have provided an engine-wide default (historyTimeToLive: P1D) which should be applied to all processes, and I can see that it is taken into account as all new process instances get a removal_time_ in the db, but existing history from 2 weeks ago isn’t being cleaned up as I would expect with the endTimeBased strategy

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Hi @matt, how you solved that issue? I faced the same behaviour.
That is a bit weird as it should work well according to Camunda Docs.

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