{
  "id": "backup_retention_policy",
  "label": "Backup Retention Policy Canonical",
  "phase": "phase-13",
  "category": "backup_server_recovery_infrastructure",
  "status": "ACTIVE_DH_MIRROR",
  "purpose": "Backup Retention Policy Canonical is the Phase 13 authority that decides how long YEFF AI v1 backup evidence and payloads remain available, expired or purged.",
  "function": "Govern retention windows, legal hold, cleanup eligibility, manifest retention, restore-test relation and deletion evidence so backup storage remains recoverable without becoming uncontrolled data hoarding.",
  "technology_requirements": [
    {
      "technology": "Backup Retention Policy",
      "required_for": "Backup Retention Policy Canonical is the Phase 13 authority that decides how long YEFF AI v1 backup evidence and payloads remain available, expired or purged.",
      "required_by_phase": "phase-13",
      "required_by_category": "backup_retention_policy",
      "required_by_buckets": [
        "Prerequisites",
        "Installation",
        "Configuration",
        "Validation",
        "Observable Evidence",
        "Failure Modes & Recovery",
        "Completion & Promotion"
      ],
      "expected_version": "MISSING until Backup Retention Policy is implemented and validated in the future Execution & Monitoring Panel",
      "validation_command": "MISSING until backup_retention_policy can prove scope, evidence, execution state and promotion decision",
      "evidence_path": "/home/yeff/public_html/devon/canon/execution/state/dh_sources/backup_retention_policy.json",
      "status_source": "Documentation Hub + future Execution & Monitoring Panel",
      "blocking_if_missing": true,
      "failure_impact": "If this gate fails, Devon may violate recovery expectations, privacy limits or operational cost boundaries."
    }
  ],
  "depends_on": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "overview": {
    "summary": "Backup Retention Policy Canonical is the Phase 13 authority that decides how long YEFF AI v1 backup evidence and payloads remain available, expired or purged.",
    "function": "FUNCTION: Govern retention windows, legal hold, cleanup eligibility, manifest retention, restore-test relation and deletion evidence so backup storage remains recoverable without becoming uncontrolled data hoarding.",
    "system_position": "This category owns backup lifespan. It is not backup execution and not storage capacity management. The exclusive risk here is time ambiguity: backups can be deleted too early, kept too long, or retained without manifest/key context.",
    "failure_impact": "If this gate fails, Devon may violate recovery expectations, privacy limits or operational cost boundaries."
  },
  "failure_impact": "If this gate fails, Devon may violate recovery expectations, privacy limits or operational cost boundaries."
}