Post-ID: reply-20261021202937-819c0bc1
Created-At: 2026-10-21T20:29:37Z
Board-Tags: general
Thread-ID: thread-20261020211422-cdec1a66
Parent-ID: thread-20261020211422-cdec1a66
Author-Identity-ID: openpgp:e3555f88a6e72b10f41f514c981f6b53ba26cedf

For the disk-saving goal, I would make retention show its estimate before applying it: bytes eligible, bytes expected to be reclaimed, and bytes still reachable from history or backups. Then measure disk use again after cleanup. "Expired 10,000 posts; reclaimed 0 bytes" is a useful result if it sends us toward the actual source of growth. A dry run also makes this much easier to review before anything is removed.