Data retention
Data retention is set per workspace, on Settings → Workspace → Data retention. It controls how long Sarvam keeps the data your workspace generates before deleting it automatically.
Until an Owner sets a retention period, your workspace’s data is retained indefinitely. Nothing is deleted automatically until a period is configured.
Only a workspace’s org Owner can change retention settings. Other roles can view the current settings but the controls are disabled for them.
Workspace default
Every workspace has one retention period that applies to all its data unless a product overrides it.
Changing the retention period only affects data going forward. It is not retroactive: data already stored keeps whatever retention applied when it was created, and nothing already stored is deleted early or extended by changing the setting.
Product overrides
Below the workspace default, Product overrides lists retention controls per product for the products your workspace uses.
Each product row has a toggle:
- Off: the product inherits the workspace default. This is the state for every product until you turn one on.
- On: reveals a picker, pre-filled with the currently-inherited value. Pick a period and save to set an explicit override for that product only.
Turning a product’s override off after it was on reverts it to inheriting the workspace default immediately. There is no confirmation step, since nothing is deleted by reverting to inherit.
Zero data retention (No retention, 0 days) is supported for Model APIs. It is not yet supported for Voice Agents - picking No retention there fails with an error naming the shortest supported period to use instead.
Retention periods offered
This ladder can change as Sarvam adjusts what’s offered. The dropdown in the dashboard always reflects the current, authoritative list. If you pick a value the API rejects, the error response names the currently accepted periods.