Event retention policy/pruning

[ukazap]

Hi,

Does commanded currently support event retention policies/pruning of old events out of the box? If not, what are the recommended approaches or best practices for implementing event retention policies with commanded?

[daveli]

I'm afraid that this is not supported. A recommended approach would be give a stream a lifetime same as what gets done in accountancy (accounting period, e.g. year, month, etc.). You can read more about this technique here: https://www.eventstore.com/blog/keep-your-streams-short-temporal-modelling-for-fast-reads-and-optimal-data-retention