Automatic Log Purge to Prevent Disk Space Issues

[AndyBoot]

Summary

We recently ran into an issue where an environment on Umbraco Cloud ran out of space, which led to Examine being unable to generate its index and automatic upgrades failing with "unknown error" messages.
Upon investigation with support, the cause turned out to be the /Logs folder, which contained several years’ worth of log files totalling around 2GB.

Given that the starter plan has a 5GB total storage limit, with around 2GB already taken up by media, this left little room for application data, cache, and logs — eventually causing the site to become unstable.

Feature Suggestion

Add an automatic log purge mechanism in Umbraco Cloud to help manage disk usage more effectively.

Possible Implementation Options

• Add a setting in the Cloud Dashboard to configure log retention period (e.g. 30 days, 90 days, 1 year, etc.)
• Default to a 1-year retention if not configured manually.
• Option to trigger a manual purge from the dashboard.

Benefits

• Prevents environments from running out of disk space due to unchecked log growth.
• Reduces support overhead for issues caused by full environments.
• Improves overall platform reliability and developer experience.