Hi The folder in prefect is steadily growing in size is this

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Hi The folder in prefect is steadily growing in size is this the default space for the database or is it some temp files that are not deleted

Tim-Oliver · Answer

`storage` is where prefect caches your task run results by default

Stefan · Answer

Oh For representation in the UI or API or for what purpose They are wildly varying in size

Tim-Oliver · Answer

Tim-Oliver · Answer

A task is only executed if the result does not exist yet

Tim-Oliver · Answer

If you run the same flow twice with the same parameters and with persisting results on the second run will use the cached results

Tim-Oliver · Answer

By default prefect uses pickle to save the returned values of a task as binary blob The size of the files you see in `storage` depends on the size of the objects returned by your tasks

Stefan · Answer

OK I see It s the storage of retries results etc How long are they persisted Should we clean the folder

Tim Galvin · Answer

Is the persistent cache the default behaviour In other words are these binary blobs containing task run results unless told otherwise

Christopher Boyd · Answer

Tim Galvin · Answer

Perfect Thanks < Christopher Boyd>