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Feature Request Automatically delete old builds from Unity Cloud Build

Discussion in 'Unity Build Automation' started by coshea, May 10, 2022.

  1. coshea

    coshea

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    Hi

    Is there a way to automatically delete old builds via a setting in a build config or external script?

    We want to clear out old builds within a config after a certain period of time. This helps keep the data returned by the cloud build api cleaner and also saves spaces on your servers.

    Thanks
     
    coshea, May 10, 2022
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  2. ollieblanks

    ollieblanks

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    Hey Chris,

    Thanks for providing this great feedback. I agree this would be a very healthy feature for the service (and I appreciate your concern about our server space too!)

    I will pass this on to the development team.
     
    ollieblanks, May 11, 2022
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  3. ThisIsNotMyName123

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    Is this not built into the system as a core feature? I am cursorily looking into Cloud Builds and was assuming this would be part of the basic feature set.
     
    ThisIsNotMyName123, May 13, 2022
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  4. ThisIsNotMyName123

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    @ollieblanks Can you confirm that this basic feature is not there yet, and if not when will it be added? Thank you.
     
    ThisIsNotMyName123, May 27, 2022
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  5. coshea

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    Any news on this? Especially as storage costs are going up with this new pricing. Thanks
     
    coshea, Jun 19, 2023
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  6. Fangh

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    Or at least a way to filter by date. So we can select all build before a specific date and delete them.
    You cannot add a "you pay for the storage" and not give us a simple way to clean that storage
     
    Fangh, Jun 27, 2023
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  7. brettkercher

    brettkercher

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    This is currently possible through the API. See the Delete artifacts for a batch of builds section of our API docs.

    For an example, do a POST request to "https://build-api.cloud.unity3d.com/api/v1/orgs/{ORG_ID}/projects/{PROJECT_ID}/artifacts/delete/?allWithExclusions=true"

    and in the body, add:

    Code (JavaScript):
    1. {
    2.     "excludedBuilds": [],
    3.     "filters": {},
    4.     "deleteOnOrBeforeDate": "2023-01-01T18:51:33.412Z"
    5. }
    This will delete every non-favorited build before January 1st 2023
     
    brettkercher, Jun 27, 2023
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  8. Fangh

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    with the API ?
    You mean something that the average Unity Game Developer doesn't know how to use ?

    Thank you for the info
     
    Fangh, Jun 28, 2023
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  9. AlgoritcomDev

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    I agree this automatic deletion feature would be very helpful.
    Many times we do control builds we really don't want to keep.
    It would be useful if we could tag the ones we want to keep and the other ones be automatically deleted over time.
     
    AlgoritcomDev, Aug 8, 2023
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  10. alan-lawrance

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    alan-lawrance, Aug 8, 2023
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