HeatWave: Soft delete of backups reaching retention period
- Services: HeatWave
- Release Date: June 03, 2025
HeatWave now supports soft delete and it is enabled by default for both automatic and manual backups. When a backup with soft delete enabled is due for deletion after its retention period, it is retained for additional 7 days in the DELETE SCHEDULED state before it is permanently deleted. Even though you cannot move, copy, or restore a backup that has the DELETE SCHEDULED state, you can cancel the deletion to convert the backup to an ACTIVE state and perform any of these operations.
For more information, see Soft Delete.