Core concepts
Retention policy
How retention works in this version, a soft policy, not a lock.
Each master has a retention policy: how long you intend to keep it. In this version, retention is a soft policy: a recorded intent, not an enforced lock.
How it works
- Your workspace has a default retention applied to new masters. You can set it to a fixed term (3, 5, 7, 10, or 25 years) or to Indefinite.
- The policy is recorded against the master and shown on its proof dashboard (for example, “until Jun 16, 2051” or “Indefinite”).
Retention does not delete your data
A retention period is an intent you record, not an automated deletion or a protocol-enforced lock. Reaching a retention date does not cause a master to be removed on its own.
Not a WORM lock
This version intentionally does not implement write-once-read-many (WORM) or an on-chain time-lock that would make a master undeletable until a date. Retention here is organisational policy you can see and manage, nothing more, and nothing that can quietly act on your data.