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Object retention settings

Every object, including objects assigned to retention classes, has a specific retention setting that specifies when (or whether) the retention period for the object ends. HCP represents the retention setting in numeric and text formats, as shown in the table below.

Numeric value Text value Meaning
0

Deletion Allowed

The object can be deleted at any time.

-1

Deletion Prohibited

The object cannot be deleted, except by a privileged delete, and the retention setting cannot be changed.

-2

Initial Unspecified

The object does not yet have a retention setting. An object that has this value cannot be deleted, except by a privileged delete. You can change this retention setting to any other setting.

An integer number of seconds since January 1, 1970, at 00:00:00 UTC

A datetime value in the format described in Specifying a date and time

The object cannot be deleted, except by a privileged delete, until the specified date and time.

The format used for retention settings depends on whether you’re specifying or retrieving a setting. For information about:

The retention-related request headers you can use with the S3 compatible API, see Retention-related request headers.

The retention-related response headers that are returned with the S3 compatible API, see Retention-related response headers.

The formats that you can use to set a retention value, see Specifying retention settings.

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