Synthetic demonstration — not a production scan.

Remove-OldFiles · Retention engine

Inspect first.
Decide with evidence.

Partial

INCOMPLETE INSPECTION: some paths could not be checked. Candidate totals are incomplete.

Report only — no files deleted.

Candidate files2
Potential space reclaimable82 MiB
Inspected regular files3
Observed exclusions2
Errors1

85983232 candidate bytes across observed files, not guaranteed recoverable disk space. Protected subtrees are not counted. This report is a scan-time snapshot, not deletion authorisation.

Policy & scope

SettingValue
Policysample-automation-logs
Original root/example/automation-logs
Scanned root/example/automation-logs
Age basisLastWriteTimeUtc
Evaluation time2026-10-26 12:00:00 UTC
Cutoff (strictly older)2026-09-26 12:00:00 UTC
Started2026-10-26 12:00:00 UTC
Finished2026-10-26 12:00:02 UTC
Execution hostexample-worker
Engine version2.0.0-alpha1
Run identifiersample-report-not-a-production-run
FilePattern*.log
RetentionDays30
RecurseTrue
EnabledTrue

Errors requiring attention

PathOperationCategoryMessage
/example/automation-logs/restrictedInspectDirectoryDirectoryAccessSynthetic example: permission denied. This directory was not inspected.

Candidate files

File pathBytesLast write (UTC)Selection reason
/example/automation-logs/nightly/2026-08.log734003202026-09-01 06:00:00 UTCLastWriteTimeBeforeCutoff
/example/automation-logs/import/2026-08.log125829122026-09-03 08:30:00 UTCLastWriteTimeBeforeCutoff

Observed exclusions

Entries actually observed; no estimate is made for unseen descendants.

PathKindReason
/example/automation-logs/protectedDirectoryIgnoreMarker
/example/automation-logs/current.logFileNotOldEnough