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- [WARNING](#warning)
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- [Room history retention settings / state event `m.room.retention`](#room-history-retention-settings--state-event-mroomretention)
- [Notes](#notes)
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# WARNING
**_Don't do this!_**
- [You may corrupt your Synapse database!](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13476)
- If a Synapse homeserver leaves your room for long enough time,
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[it will never be able to rejoin!](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11448)
# Room history retention settings / state event `m.room.retention`
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- https://brendan.abolivier.bzh/matrix-retention-policies/
Read that, it explains what is actually done etc.
## Notes
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- Not part of spec. https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/1763
- Matrix uses milliseconds, keep that in mind!
- Everything requires every server involved to have rention support enabled,
otherwise the messages go nowhere and are fetchable upon request.
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- 86400000 = 1 day (seen in min lifetimes)
- Helpful: https://unitchefs.com/milliseconds/days/ / https://unitchefs.com/days/milliseconds/