Changing Message Retention Period
Scenario
Message retention period is a period that messages in a topic are retained for. Consumers must consume messages before this period ends. Otherwise, the messages will be deleted and can no longer be consumed.
The retention period of normal messages and dead letter messages is controlled by and changes with the message retention period.
After creating an instance, you can modify its message retention period based on service requirements. Changing the retention period does not restart the instance. The default message retention period is 48 hours.
Procedure
- Log in to the console.
- Click
in the upper left corner to select a region.NoteSelect the region where your RocketMQ instance is located.
- Click
and choose Application > Distributed Message Service for RocketMQ to open the console of DMS for RocketMQ. - Click a RocketMQ instance to go to the details page.
- Click
next to Message Retention, enter a value in the range from 1 to 720, and click 
.The modification result is displayed in the upper right corner of the page.
Parent topic: Managing Messages
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