Set new (maximum) retention period for all libraries for all users

Seafile Server
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I currently have a server with 28 users that says it’s using 2.6TB, however it actually is using well over 7TB on disk.
Setting a new default retention period and doing a GC has not helped, so I suspect some users or some libraries still have very high retention settings.
To fix this, I would like to set a maximum retention period, or a new retention period for all libraries, whichever is easier (but preferably the first), however I have not found a way to do this.
Could anyone help out?

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Hi there,
little later… but I have the same problem. Did you find same solution?
Regards

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I think the only way would be to change all retention intervals in the database.

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@daniel.pan @Jonathan Can you please add an option in the admin panel (CE + Pro) to change the history settings for existing libraries?

If retention periods change admins should be able to change them on a global scale without the requirement to work with the DBs. This would also allow to enforce history settings if users decide to go for no limit.
Thanks!

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You can set ENABLE_REPO_HISTORY_SETTING to False in seahub_settings.py and then set the default history length in seafile.conf. For existing libraries, you have to change the database manually.

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Thanks, these settings are known.
But this is exactly what is asked to add an option for. Even adding a script to do this would help. Doing something manually in the database is neither a good option nor customer friendly.

Thanks for considering

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