matrix.org message retention policy

tried searching but came up short... anyone know what's their message retention policy i.e. how long is chat history available for private, 1on1 chats?

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scott@lem.free.as · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Effectively, forever.

snroh@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

so what unlimited cloud storage a la telegram? can you share where that's stated? thanks.

scott@lem.free.as · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

By default a retention policy isn't set but, if it is set, it's on a per-room basis. You have to remember Matrix is federated so things are not so clear cut as centralised services.

See, https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/develop/docs/message_retention_policies.md

snroh@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

yeah I found that but I don't know how to query matrix.org for those settings, no clients I tried can tell me what the settings are. I'm just interested in 1on1 chat where both users are on matrix.org, so federation shouldn't complicate things (?)