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      Deleted pages will go to Trash and remain there until a space admin clicks on Purge.

      This behaviour unfortunately may be obscure to some space administrators, plus it can be tedious to maintain manually.

      We need to create a function in Confluence to auto purge trash or perhaps create an option of how often the space admin would prefer trash to be purged.

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            [CONFCLOUD-18160] Allow Confluence to auto purge trash over a period of time

            Igor K. added a comment -

            GDPR regulations (e.g. https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/) and security concerns indirectly require companies to remove both personal and non-personal data regularly, in order to comply with those. This was addressed and covered by Confluence server and DC editions, however cloud version does not support this.

            In real life, most Confluence space admins or users are not that knowledgeable to know that when they delete a page, it actually isn't really deleted and they need to request space or Confluence admins to purge the trash. This means that they may in good faith belive that they comply with the regulations, when actually they do not.

            Confluence admins should be responsible for higher level configuration, where retention rules could govern this, thus increasing security and privacy for all. I hope Atlassian will acknowledge how serious the lack of this feature is and implement it ASAP. 

            Igor K. added a comment - GDPR regulations (e.g. https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/) and security concerns indirectly require companies to remove both personal and non-personal data regularly, in order to comply with those. This was addressed and covered by Confluence server and DC editions, however cloud version does not support this. In real life, most Confluence space admins or users are not that knowledgeable to know that when they delete a page, it actually isn't really deleted and they need to request space or Confluence admins to purge the trash. This means that they may in good faith belive that they comply with the regulations, when actually they do not. Confluence admins should be responsible for higher level configuration, where retention rules could govern this, thus increasing security and privacy for all. I hope Atlassian will acknowledge how serious the lack of this feature is and implement it ASAP. 

            Insane this is not a feature already. How are their not more clean up options on cloud?

            Nathan Trout added a comment - Insane this is not a feature already. How are their not more clean up options on cloud?

            Thanks, Sam! Tested on 5.9.9, working nicely. I like the colored layout and configurable holding period. Can't believe this is not a feature in the default install. If you stumble onto this ticket through a search engine, please vote for it. Because life is really enough of a browser game already. Also lol at the ticket age.

            Stephan Eisvogel added a comment - Thanks, Sam! Tested on 5.9.9, working nicely. I like the colored layout and configurable holding period. Can't believe this is not a feature in the default install. If you stumble onto this ticket through a search engine, please vote for it. Because life is really enough of a browser game already. Also lol at the ticket age.

            Sam Hall added a comment -

            If the error page is an Apache one, then that's your culprit. There should be a directive in httpd.conf for that, I think it's called TimeOut.

            Sam Hall added a comment - If the error page is an Apache one, then that's your culprit. There should be a directive in httpd.conf for that, I think it's called TimeOut.

            Wondering if anyone else is getting a timeout error after 120 seconds. This might be a thing in our config behind a frontend Apache server...

            Jan-Peter Rusch added a comment - Wondering if anyone else is getting a timeout error after 120 seconds. This might be a thing in our config behind a frontend Apache server...

            Sam Hall added a comment -

            That icon worked for me too. Cheers!

            If you need any additional fixes or enhancements applied to the macro script, I'd suggest using the GitHub Issue Tracker.

            Sam Hall added a comment - That icon worked for me too. Cheers! If you need any additional fixes or enhancements applied to the macro script, I'd suggest using the GitHub Issue Tracker.

            Doug added a comment -

            Great work everyone!

            I have changed the icon text to use the same code as Atlassian uses in Confluence 5.9.7 and 5.10.4. I do not have an older version of Confluence to test, but this should also make the code work with future versions of Confluence.

            Remove this line
            <div style="margin-left:20px"><img alt="" src="/download/resources/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-page-banner:page-banner-resources/images/grey_attach.png" height="16" width="16" title=""><i>$attId: $fname </i></div>
            
            Use this line
            <div style="margin-left:20px"><span class="icon icon-file-unknown" title="File">File</span><i>$attId: $fname </i></div>
            

            Doug added a comment - Great work everyone! I have changed the icon text to use the same code as Atlassian uses in Confluence 5.9.7 and 5.10.4. I do not have an older version of Confluence to test, but this should also make the code work with future versions of Confluence. Remove this line <div style= "margin-left:20px" ><img alt= "" src=" /download/resources/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-page-banner:page-banner-resources/images/grey_attach.png " height=" 16 " width=" 16 " title=" "><i>$attId: $fname </i></div> Use this line <div style= "margin-left:20px" ><span class= "icon icon-file-unknown" title= "File" >File</span><i>$attId: $fname </i></div>

            No problem, it is a "cosmetic" issue.

            And thanks for the macro. I would not have done modifications if you had not written it.

            Pierre Lejeune added a comment - No problem, it is a "cosmetic" issue. And thanks for the macro. I would not have done modifications if you had not written it.

            Sam Hall added a comment -

            Oh, sorry. It was the attachment icon in 5.7.5, I was trying to be clever. I'll just change it to another li tag.

            I'm actually in the middle of running your version on my production server right now, 200 at a time. 400 pages done, 2500 to go....

            Thanks for contributing the modified date logic.

            Sam Hall added a comment - Oh, sorry. It was the attachment icon in 5.7.5, I was trying to be clever. I'll just change it to another li tag. I'm actually in the middle of running your version on my production server right now, 200 at a time. 400 pages done, 2500 to go.... Thanks for contributing the modified date logic.

            I am using Confluence 5.9.3 and /download/resources/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-page-banner:page-banner-resources/images/grey_attach.png does not display any picture.

            Pierre Lejeune added a comment - I am using Confluence 5.9.3 and /download/resources/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-page-banner:page-banner-resources/images/grey_attach.png does not display any picture.

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