> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://tradepost.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Data retention

> How long each record lives and which windows you control.

Reddit holds the durable version of everything that matters: the listing is a post,
the negotiation is a comment thread, the confirmation is a comment, the trade count
is flair. Trade Post keeps the working copy.

The [privacy policy](/privacy) is authoritative for traders. This page is the same
facts for setting a retention policy.

| Record                     | Lifetime           | Clock                        | Configurable          |
| -------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------- | --------------------- |
| Offer                      | 30 days            | Fixed from when it was made  | No                    |
| Trade                      | 45 days            | Fixed from when it started   | No                    |
| Listing working copy       | 90 days            | Fixed from publication       | No                    |
| Want list                  | 180 days           | Rolling                      | No                    |
| Trade count                | 180 days           | Rolling from last resolution | No                    |
| Recorded back-out or ghost | 180 days           | Fixed from the resolution    | On/off only           |
| Inventory item             | Your idle window   | Rolling from last touch      | Yes                   |
| Traded item                | Your traded window | Rolling from last touch      | Yes                   |
| Ledger line                | Indefinite         |                              | No, it is a wiki page |

**Rolling** restarts on every use, so active records stay and idle ones age out.
**Fixed** is set once and never extended.

The two configurable windows are on [the inventory
page](/moderators/inventory-rules) and both have a 90-day floor.

## Why the ledger persists

Everything above expires, so [the ledger](/moderators/ledger) is the only record
that outlives its subject. It can, because it stores no content: ids, an outcome
and a permalink to a comment Reddit keeps anyway. This is what makes **Rebuild
trade counts** possible.

## Deletion you do not configure

* **A deleted Reddit account's data is removed**: items, want list, saved details,
  trade count. Reddit gives no signal, so Trade Post checks and purges after a
  waiting period.
* **Deleting a listing post erases its record, its offers and its trades.**

<Warning>
  Removing a comment is treated as deleting it. Approving a removed offer comment
  back does not return the offer to the lister's inbox. Prefer a reply over a
  removal on offer comments you may want to keep.
</Warning>

## Never stored

* No cross-subreddit history. Storage is separate in every community, and
  moderators of one subreddit cannot see another's.
* No trust graph, scoring or counterparty weighting.
* Nothing sold, shared with advertisers, or used for training.