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pghf.purge_results_before(p_before timestamptz, p_dry_run boolean DEFAULT false)

Deletes every run older than the cutoff you supply — everything that belongs to those runs (raw results, run configuration, evaluations) is deleted automatically along with them — and reports how many rows were (or, for a dry run, would be) removed from each. Nothing in this framework purges automatically; call this yourself, or from your own scheduler. Catalog data is never in scope — only execution history. Deliberately not SECURITY DEFINER — the caller needs their own delete permission on the runs table for a real, non-dry-run purge.

Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
p_before	timestamptz	Yes	—	Cutoff — required, so an accidental unbounded purge can't happen silently. To purge everything, pass an explicit far-future timestamp (for example, 100 years from now) — there is no separate "purge all" entry point.
p_dry_run	boolean	No	false	true runs the exact same counting logic without deleting anything — the preview is exact, not an estimate.

Returns: a result set reporting whether it was a dry run, the cutoff used, and how many rows were removed (or would be) from each of the four affected tables.

pghf.purge_results_before_batched(p_before timestamptz, p_batch_size integer DEFAULT 10000, p_dry_run boolean DEFAULT false)

A batched version of pghf.purge_results_before(): deletes in batches of the given size, committing after each one — useful for a large first-ever purge against long-unpurged history, where deleting everything in one statement would mean one very long-running transaction (heavy write-ahead log generation, a lock held for the entire duration, and a large amount of cleanup work left behind afterwards). This is a procedure, not a function, specifically so it can commit between batches. Progress is reported as it goes, not as a single return value.

Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
p_before	timestamptz	Yes	—	Cutoff — the same "required, no implicit purge-everything" rule as pghf.purge_results_before().
p_batch_size	integer	No	10000	Rows deleted (and committed) per batch. Must be a positive number.
p_dry_run	boolean	No	false	true reports the total count that would be deleted, in one message, without deleting or looping.

Returns: nothing directly (progress is reported as the batches run). This is a procedure, and must be invoked as a standalone CALL statement because it commits internally. Not restricted to a specific role by default, the same as pghf.purge_results_before() — a real, non-dry-run purge still needs the caller's own delete permission on the runs table.

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