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Message 2649 - Posted: 10 Aug 2026, 5:02:38 UTC

Why do completed tasks fall off / dissappear within 48 hours? It limits the ability to look back at history and figure out CPU speeds
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Message 2651 - Posted: 11 Aug 2026, 10:18:41 UTC - in response to Message 2649.  

Hello! Yes, we can extend results and workunits retention before archiving. Extended up to 3 days from 1 day.
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Message 2653 - Posted: 11 Aug 2026, 21:11:50 UTC

That would help, thanks. Most projects leave them available for about 30 days. It makes it easier to observe how making configuration changes influences the time it takes to complete a task. IE. I have 4 p-cores and 8 e-cores, for a total of 16 threads.
16 tasks concurrently took about 30 to 36 hours; reducing down to 12 concurrent tasks reduced the time to 23 hours.
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Message 2654 - Posted: 11 Aug 2026, 21:11:52 UTC
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Oops, hit the button too many times
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