While retention policies provide timed safeguarding, the system does not guarantee automatic deletion of items once the retention period ends particularly when a purge policy is specified. End users must rely on manual deletion or scheduled processes.

This enhancement would ensure that files automatically expire and are permanently deleted via defined purge policies unless they’re subject to a Legal Hold, which always takes priority.

Proposed Functionality:
At retention expiration, system automatically deletes files according to defined purge rules.

Legal Hold overrides deletion, preventing removal until hold is lifted.

The system logs all auto-deletions in audit trails, identifying the purge policy as the source agent.