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Data retention and how your tier ceiling clamps it
How report retention works in Blankitt DMARC, the maximum retention for each tier, and why your retention setting is clamped to your tier's ceiling.
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Blankitt DMARC stores the aggregate (and forensic) reports it ingests so you can see trends, history and compliance evidence over time. Data retention controls how long that report history is kept before it ages out.
Retention by tier
Retention is one of only two things that differ between tiers (the other is domain count):
| Plan | Maximum retention |
|---|---|
| Free | 30 days |
| Starter | 6 months |
| Pro | 12 months |
| Business | 24 months |
The tier ceiling and clamping
You set your desired retention in Settings -> Data retention, but the value you can choose is capped to your tier's ceiling. This is the "clamp": you can never configure retention longer than your plan allows.
- On Free, retention is clamped to 30 days.
- On Starter, you can choose anything up to 6 months.
- On Pro, up to 12 months.
- On Business, up to 24 months.
If you have a setting from a higher tier and then downgrade, your retention is automatically clamped down to the new tier's ceiling. For example, dropping Pro -> Starter clamps a 12-month setting down to 6 months, and reports older than 6 months fall out of range.
Plan ahead before downgrading
Because a downgrade shortens your retention ceiling, review or export any history you still need before you downgrade. To keep longer history, stay on (or upgrade to) a higher tier — Business gives the longest window at 24 months.
What retention does not affect
Retention only governs how long ingested reports are kept. It has no bearing on which features you can use (there is no feature gating) or on live DNS lookups — your DNS records, SPF drift checks and current compliance grade always reflect the present, regardless of retention.
See also: Plans and pricing and Upgrade, downgrade or cancel your plan.