--- title: Store and recover user sessions with RUM Managed Archive description: Datadog's RUM Managed Archive stores every ingested RUM session, even ones dropped by retention filters, so teams can recover individual sessions later. You... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/store-and-recover-user-sessions-with-rum-managed-archive-mqingrblz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Store and recover user sessions with RUM Managed Archive | daily.dev og:description: Datadog's RUM Managed Archive stores every ingested RUM session, even ones dropped by retention filters, so teams can recover individual sessions later. You... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/store-and-recover-user-sessions-with-rum-managed-archive-mqingrblz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MQiNgrblz.png og:image:alt: Store and recover user sessions with RUM Managed Archive og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Store and recover user sessions with RUM Managed Archive **[Datadog](https://daily.dev/sources/datadog)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Datadog's RUM Managed Archive stores every ingested RUM session, even ones dropped by retention filters, so teams can recover individual sessions later. You can set a storage period of 1, 3, or 6 months per application. Archived sessions aren't fully indexed, but include lightweight metadata like timestamp, session ID, user ID, and account ID for search. Recovering a session fully indexes it and makes it available in RUM for a 30-day analysis window with full investigation capabilities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How long can I store sessions in Datadog RUM Managed Archive before they're deleted? You can configure a storage period of 1, 3, or 6 months at the application level. This lets teams apply different archive strategies depending on investigation, risk, or audit requirements for each application. Archived sessions aren't fully indexed during this period, but carry lightweight metadata such as timestamp, session ID, user ID, and account ID so they can be searched and located later. _Weighing retention versus storage cost tradeoffs in RUM tooling is easier to track with daily.dev._ ### What happens when you recover an archived session in Datadog RUM? Datadog fully indexes the recovered session and makes it available in RUM for a 30-day analysis window. It then has the same investigation capabilities as a regularly indexed session retained by a retention filter, including full access to its events and attributes, letting teams investigate support tickets or incidents involving sessions that were originally dropped by retention filters. _Developers debugging incident investigations with RUM data can follow tooling updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Investigate user sessions end-to-end with the new Session Replay](https://daily.dev/posts/investigate-user-sessions-end-to-end-with-the-new-session-replay-y4m6yq89n) · Dynatrace · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Unify and correlate frontend and backend data with retention filters](https://daily.dev/posts/unify-and-correlate-frontend-and-backend-data-with-retention-filters-fs5040sq6) · Datadog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Find, analyze, and collaborate on user sessions in Datadog Session Replay](https://daily.dev/posts/find-analyze-and-collaborate-on-user-sessions-in-datadog-session-replay-maubvv3bz) · Datadog · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [Filterable RUM sessions, richer alerts, and steadier dashboards](https://daily.dev/posts/filterable-rum-sessions-richer-alerts-and-steadier-dashboards-y6d5kqfvj) · Last9 · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Monitor the performance of critical steps in user journeys with RUM operations](https://daily.dev/posts/monitor-the-performance-of-critical-steps-in-user-journeys-with-rum-operations-5t5hw1fsd) · Datadog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/store-and-recover-user-sessions-with-rum-managed-archive-mqingrblz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Store and recover user sessions with RUM Managed Archive","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/store-and-recover-user-sessions-with-rum-managed-archive-mqingrblz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/store-and-recover-user-sessions-with-rum-managed-archive-mqingrblz"},"datePublished":"2026-11-02T14:15:02.746Z","dateModified":"2026-11-02T14:15:29.122Z","description":"Datadog's RUM Managed Archive stores every ingested RUM session, even ones dropped by retention filters, so teams can recover individual sessions later. 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