what is the recommended retention period for the identity snapshot?

Administration & Troubleshooting
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what is the recommended retention period for the identity snapshot?

 the value of “Days before snapshot deletion” of identities.

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Short answer: 90 days

Longer answer…

Default behavior:

  • Identity snapshots are created during certification generation and when the “Maintain identity histories” option is enabled in the Identity Refresh task.
  • They store a copy of governance identity data for historical purposes, which can impact database size, certification generation time, and UI rendering performance.

Best practice guidance:

  • SailPoint recommends setting the retention period to match your certification archive policy.
  • This means keeping snapshots for as long as you need historical identity data for compliance, audit, or comparison purposes, but not longer than necessary to avoid unnecessary storage growth.
  • If you keep live certification data for one or more complete certification cycles, you may want to retain snapshots for that same duration; older snapshots can be archived and deleted to improve performance and reduce disk space