From 6b2760754538ae74256cc60aa122db9ec90b853e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michele Cereda <cereda.michele@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 07:39:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore(kb/loki): add note about data being kept forever by
 default

---
 knowledge base/loki.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/knowledge base/loki.md b/knowledge base/loki.md
index 031558c..2aabf68 100644
--- a/knowledge base/loki.md	
+++ b/knowledge base/loki.md	
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ Loki runs in multi-tenant mode by default. It:
 
 Loki accepts out-of-order writes by default.
 
+Retention in Loki is taken care of through the Compactor.<br/>
+By default the `-compactor.retention-enabled` flag is **not** set, so logs sent to Loki live forever.
+
 <details>
   <summary>Setup</summary>