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Documentation does not cover flags

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Description

What did you do?
I was looking for data.retention meaning.
I have checked:
https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/configuration/
https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/blob/main/docs/configuration.md
What did you expect to see?
Description of data.retention. and all other flags

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Research direction

Start with docs/configuration.md and compare its coverage with the flags described by the Alertmanager configuration documentation. Document data.retention and the other missing flags, then verify that the configuration reference covers the requested flag descriptions.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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