ECO-DAT-DATA-008 — Storing ephemeral data permanently¶

Category: Data (DAT)
Family: Data (DATA)
Layer: Data
Tier: 4
Severity: warning
Tags: retention
Legacy ID: ECO-DATA-008

Summary¶

Ephemeral data kept forever becomes waste by default.

Temporary data should expire; permanence requires justification.

{
  "confidence": 0.7,
  "notes": "Often caused by missing TTLs.",
  "type": "storage"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "infra"
  ],
  "method": "config"
}

{
  "guidance": "Add TTL/expiration and lifecycle policies.",
  "tradeoffs": "Risk if used unexpectedly later."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "data"
  ]
}