Old backup files remain past the retention period
Old backup files remain on the storage target years after the retention period, and the user cannot tell which are safe to delete.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 27 September 2026 · last reported 28 September 2026
What's going wrong
A user keeping ten weeks of backups found older index and data files on the storage target going back to the first backup, far beyond the retention setting.
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