## Goal Increase the pending deletion period from 7 to 30 days for all entities on GitLab SaaS, providing users with a longer recovery window before permanent deletion. ### User Benefits - Extended timeframe to recover accidentally deleted content - More flexibility to correct mistakes, even when discovered weeks later - Reduced anxiety about irreversible deletions ### GitLab Benefits - Further reduction in unrecoverable deletion support tickets - Competitive advantage over platforms with shorter recovery windows - Potential marketing point for data safety features ## Requirements - Configuration changes to extend retention period from 7 to 30 days - Updates to deletion scheduler to support the extended timeframe - Storage impact analysis to accommodate increased retention - Performance testing with larger volumes of pending-deletion content - UI updates to reflect the new timeframe in deletion notices - Documentation updates for the new retention period - Monitoring system to track storage consumption trends