Why Do Messages Still Exist After the Retention Period Elapses?¶
If the aging time has been set for a topic, the value of the log.retention.hours parameter does not take effect for the topic. The value of the log.retention.hours parameter takes effect only if the aging time has not been set for the topic.
Possible cause 1: The segment files are in use.
Solution: Wait until the segment is no longer in use or delete the topic where messages have reached their retention period.
Possible cause 2: In a topic, there is a message whose CreateTime is a future time. For example, assume that it is January 1, and the CreateTime is February 1. The message will not be aged after 72 hours from now. As a result, messages created subsequently will also not be aged.
Solution: Delete the topic where the CreateTime of a message is a future time.