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How the Archon Cleanup Service Manages Old Workflow Runs and Associated Worktrees

April 10, 2026 coleam00/Archon ↗

The Archon cleanup service automatically reclaims disk space by removing merged and stale git worktrees every 6 hours while preserving active sessions, and provides manual CLI commands to purge old workflow run records from the database.

The Archon project (coleam00/Archon) maintains isolated development environments using git worktrees to sandbox AI-driven workflows. As these isolation environments proliferate across codebases, the cleanup service implemented in packages/core/src/services/cleanup-service.ts provides a robust retention strategy that aggressively targets disk space consumption while implementing strict safety checks

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