
How Retention Policies Silently Break Continuous Aggregates
Retention at 3 days with a refresh window reaching back 7 means the aggregate keeps no more history than the raw table. Here’s the invariant that fixes it.
By John Shi
October 23rd, 2026
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Retention at 3 days with a refresh window reaching back 7 means the aggregate keeps no more history than the raw table. Here’s the invariant that fixes it.
By John Shi
October 23rd, 2026
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