aws / aws/aws-cdk

core: add global `logRetentionDays` setting

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@aws-cdk/core effort/medium feature-request p2
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Description

### Describe the feature

add a global `logRetentionDays` context setting in `cdk.json` and make it the default for all log retention settings

### Use Case

Hello,

Setting the retention period on all resources is quite frustrating.

Moreover, the value is often identical between all resources in the same stack, so it would be awesome to be able to define it in a centralized place.

Also, since the default is `Infinity`, having this setting would potentially have a big impact to help reduce the number of useless logs.

WDYT?

### Proposed Solution

_No response_

### Other Information

_No response_

### Acknowledgements

- [X] I may be able to implement this feature request
- [ ] This feature might incur a breaking change

### CDK version used

2.62.2

### Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

Ubuntu 22.04

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with cdk.json and map how existing log retention settings are defined and propagated across resources. The work is done when a global logRetentionDays setting is accepted there and becomes the default for all log retention settings without requiring each resource to repeat it.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
aws, typescript
Domain
cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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