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Soft-delete vs archive
This revision card explains Soft-delete vs archive. It starts from the need that hard delete removes undo; cold keep needs S3. It describes flag deleted for undo; TTL later; export for compliance. The how-to section notes write policy , then soft window , then TTL/archive , then test restore story. An example on the card is vikram Patil clears expiresAt on paid carts.
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Why do we need it?
Hard delete removes undo; cold keep needs S3.
What is it?
Flag deleted for undo; TTL later; export for compliance.
soft-delete
How to do it
Write policy → soft window → TTL/archive → test restore story.
Example
Vikram Patil clears expiresAt on paid carts.