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TTL is a janitor
This revision card explains TTL is a janitor. It starts from the need that expecting instant delete surprises users and Streams. It describes number epoch seconds , then enable TTL , then design for delay. The how-to section notes name attr , then put expiresAt , then describe-time-to-live , then alarm storage. An example on the card is amina Otieno documents that deletes may take hours.
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Why do we need it?
Expecting instant delete surprises users and Streams.
What is it?
Number epoch seconds → enable TTL → design for delay.
TTL
How to do it
Name attr → put expiresAt → describe-time-to-live → alarm storage.
Example
Amina Otieno documents that deletes may take hours.