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Description

create graph_retention_policies table

Motivation and Context

Resolves BED-10148

How Has This Been Tested?

Ran the migration and confirmed the table and base_ttl records were created as expected

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  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Database Migrations

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  • New Features
    • A default data-retention policy is now configured with a seven-day retention period and enabled status. Policies can also be associated with a schema extension, and a default policy is created when one does not already exist.

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@AlyaEru AlyaEru changed the title feat(BED-10011): create graph_retention_policies table feat: BED-10148 create graph_retention_policies table Oct 28, 2026
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The migration creates graph_retention_policies with a seven-day default TTL, enabled-by-default status, a schema-extension reference, timestamps, and a uniqueness constraint. It inserts a default policy. The down migration drops the table.

Changes: Graph retention policy

Layer / File(s) Summary
Create retention policy storage
cmd/api/src/database/migration/migrations/20261028155728_v9_add_retention_policies.sql
The migration creates the policy table with its defaults, foreign key, timestamps, and nulls-not-distinct uniqueness constraint. It inserts a default row and drops the table during rollback.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Possibly related PRs

  • SpecterOps/BloodHound#3588: Both changes address retention TTL configuration. PR #3588 changes the prune.ttl API and its PruneTTL base TTL validation.

Suggested reviewers: mistahj67

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 4bcba

Upgrades on PostgreSQL 14 can fail before the service starts. Restore compatibility before merging.

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The title "feat: BED-10148 create graph_retention_policies table" names the main change: a new database table for graph retention policies, added by a Goose migration. It is concise, specific, and matches the summary and objectives. It includes a ticket ID, which is acceptable.

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The description covers the template's main sections: Description, Motivation and Context (resolves BED-10148), How Has This Been Tested, Types of changes (New feature and Database Migrations), and the checklist. The Description is brief, and it does not name the table's columns or the default policy. The testing section states the migration was run and records were confirmed, but it does not describe the testing environment or name any automated tests. The Screenshots section is empty, which is acceptable because it is optional. The description is mostly complete. Its Motivation section links the issue as BED-10148, while the checklist links issue 672, which is the README link, not a specific ticket.

Resolution

Optional improvements: expand the Description to list the table structure (BIGSERIAL primary key, seven-day default TTL, schema_extensions foreign key, unique constraint) and the default policy inserted. Describe the test environment and any automated tests added or run. Confirm the checklist item linking the issue points to BED-10148 rather than the README link.

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- Around line 1-17: Update the graph_retention_policies uniqueness constraint to
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-- +goose Up
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS graph_retention_policies (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
ttl INTERVAL NOT NULL DEFAULT INTERVAL '7 days',
enabled BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT true,
schema_extension_id INTEGER REFERENCES schema_extensions (id) ON DELETE CASCADE DEFAULT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,
updated_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,

CONSTRAINT schema_extension_id_idx UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT (schema_extension_id)
);

INSERT INTO graph_retention_policies (created_at, updated_at)
values (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;

-- +goose Down
DROP TABLE graph_retention_policies;

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Also prohibit cloned triggers from being renamed.

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Previously `NULL` entries were always treated as distinct values, but this can now be changed by creating constraints and indexes using `UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT`.

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11.6. Unique Indexes

## 11.6. Unique Indexes

Indexes can also be used to enforce uniqueness of a column&#39;s value, or the uniqueness of the combined values of more than one column.
    
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Also prohibit cloned triggers from being renamed.

## E.18.3.1.2. Indexes

- Allow btree indexes on system and TOAST tables to efficiently store duplicates (Peter Geoghegan)

Previously de-duplication was disabled for these types of indexes.

- Improve lookup performance of GiST indexes that were built using sorting (Aliaksandr Kalenik, Sergei Shoulbakov, Andrey Borodin)

- Allow unique constraints and indexes to treat `NULL` values as not distinct (Peter Eisentraut)

Previously `NULL` entries were always treated as distinct values, but this can now be changed by creating constraints and indexes using `UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT`.

- Allow the `^@` starts-with operator and the `starts_with()` function to use btree indexes if using the C collation (Tom Lane)

Previously these could only use SP-GiST indexes.

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- Allow extended statistics to record statistics for a parent with all its children (Tomas Vondra, Justin Pryzby)
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In general, a unique constraint is violated if there is more than one row in the table where the values of all of the columns included in the constraint are equal. By default, two null values are not considered equal in this comparison. That means even in the presence of a unique constraint it is possible to store duplicate rows that contain a null value in at least one of the constrained columns. This behavior can be changed by adding the clause `NULLS NOT DISTINCT`, like

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Keep the migration compatible with PostgreSQL 14.

The repository documents PostgreSQL 14+ support, but UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT was introduced in PostgreSQL 15. The startup migration can therefore fail on PostgreSQL 14 before the service starts or upgrades.

Suggested fix
-    CONSTRAINT schema_extension_id_idx UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT (schema_extension_id)
+    CONSTRAINT schema_extension_id_idx UNIQUE (schema_extension_id)
 );
 
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX graph_retention_policies_one_null_schema_extension
+    ON graph_retention_policies ((schema_extension_id IS NULL))
+    WHERE schema_extension_id IS NULL;
+
 INSERT INTO graph_retention_policies (created_at, updated_at) 
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Suggested change
-- +goose Up
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS graph_retention_policies (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
ttl INTERVAL NOT NULL DEFAULT INTERVAL '7 days',
enabled BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT true,
schema_extension_id INTEGER REFERENCES schema_extensions (id) ON DELETE CASCADE DEFAULT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,
updated_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,
CONSTRAINT schema_extension_id_idx UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT (schema_extension_id)
);
INSERT INTO graph_retention_policies (created_at, updated_at)
values (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
-- +goose Down
DROP TABLE graph_retention_policies;
-- +goose Up
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS graph_retention_policies (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
ttl INTERVAL NOT NULL DEFAULT INTERVAL '7 days',
enabled BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT true,
schema_extension_id INTEGER REFERENCES schema_extensions (id) ON DELETE CASCADE DEFAULT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,
updated_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE,
CONSTRAINT schema_extension_id_idx UNIQUE (schema_extension_id)
);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX graph_retention_policies_one_null_schema_extension
ON graph_retention_policies ((schema_extension_id IS NULL))
WHERE schema_extension_id IS NULL;
INSERT INTO graph_retention_policies (created_at, updated_at)
values (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
-- +goose Down
DROP TABLE graph_retention_policies;
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around lines 1 - 17:
Update the graph_retention_policies uniqueness constraint to use syntax
supported by PostgreSQL 14. Preserve uniqueness for non-null schema_extension_id
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schema_extension_id.

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this should actually be added to bhe

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