Thursday · Product review · VP decision

Cut default log retention to 30 days

Free and Team move to 30 days.
Enterprise keeps 90 days.

Recommend A, plus a paid 90-day retention add-on for Team.

Approve A so we can give customers the required 60 days’ notice.

Most stored logs sit beyond the main query window

$184k

log storage per quarter
Up 41% on last year

Logs older than 30 days: 78% of stored volume; 6% of all log queries. Bars use a common zero to 100 percent scale. Stored volume older than 30 days 78% Queries touching logs older than 30 days 6% 0%100%

The query figure covers all plans. Most queries touching logs older than 30 days come from Enterprise accounts.

A saves about twice as much as cold storage

OptionA · Shorter defaultB · Cold storageC · Do nothing
Retention30 days: Free, Team
90 days: Enterprise		90 days everywhere90 days everywhere
Savings / qtrAbout $95kAbout half of A$0
ChangeCut default retentionMove logs older than 30 days to cold storage; 6-week buildKeep current storage

B’s savings and build time are engineering estimates.

Team compliance needs are the main risk

3Team customers asked about longer retention for compliance last quarter.

Support
Support expects complaints.
Evidence gap
We don’t know how many Team accounts query logs older than 30 days.
Response
Recommend a paid 90-day Team add-on; pricing is undecided.

Approve A on Thursday to begin customer notice

Will you approve A so we can give Free and Team customers the notice our terms require?

Approval enables customer notice. Our terms require 60 days of notice before the retention change. Customer notice Retention change 60 days’ notice required

The recommendation includes a paid 90-day Team add-on. Its price has not been decided.