Purge the trash
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- Clojure
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
A simple purge trash button that would delete all archived items
Describe the solution you'd like
A simple purge button (along with the endpoint) that deletes all items that are archived
Describe alternatives you've considered
API FTW!
How important is this feature to you?
Would be an easy solution for users who never delete the trash and DB's keep getting bigger. In fact, this is a current problem for big serialization customers
Additional context
Related to https://github.com/metabase/metabase/issues/2783
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing related issue #2783, then trace the existing API and UI paths for archived items. Define the endpoint and purge button behavior, including which archived items are deleted. Done means users can trigger the purge and archived data is removed without leaving the database to grow indefinitely.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- clojure
- Domain
- api, databases, full-stack
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100