Advanced Task: File Storage and Retention

This page explains how we handle input files, result files, and run logs.

Files are not permanent

Input files and result files from an Advanced Task are not stored indefinitely. You should download and back up result files as soon as your run finishes, while they are still available.

How long files stay available depends on overall platform load (how many users are running Advanced Tasks at once). We do not guarantee a fixed retention window.

Virtual environments and capacity

For Advanced Tasks, each user and each task typically gets its own cloud virtual environment to execute the work.

The total number of these environments is limited. When capacity is tight, tasks may queue until an environment is free. After a run completes, environments are reclaimed and recycled according to capacity and scheduling—not on a single fixed timer for every user.

When the environment is released

When the virtual environment for your task is released, result files will no longer be downloadable from that task’s workspace. Plan to save anything you need before that happens.

Run logs for the task are kept in Moely unless you manually delete the task. Deleting the task removes associated logs (and related task data) per our normal deletion behavior.