Notice Archiving

Automatically archive old notices on your status page after a configurable time period, or archive individual past notices manually. Archived notices become visible only to your team, keeping your public page focused on recent, relevant information while preserving your complete history for internal reference.

This applies to all notice types — incidents, maintenance, and general notices.

How does it work?

When you set an archive threshold, any notice older than that threshold is automatically transitioned to an "archived" state. This happens continuously in the background — there's nothing to manage day-to-day.

Automatic archiving is retroactive: when you enable it or change the threshold, the automatic archive rules are recalculated for existing notices.

Automatic archiving is also reversible: increasing the threshold can restore notices that were archived automatically and no longer meet the threshold. Disabling automatic archiving restores automatically archived notices.

What happens to archived notices?

Your team

Archived notices remain fully accessible to your team:

• They are visible on your status page when a team member is logged in, shown with a visual "archived" indicator
• They are also accessible in the management dashboard
• They are included in uptime calculations viewed by team members, preserving full historical accuracy
• They are returned by the authenticated Status API

Everyone else

Archived notices are hidden from anyone who isn't a team member:

• They no longer appear on your homepage or history page
• They are excluded from public uptime calculations
• They are excluded from unauthenticated Status API responses
• Direct links to archived notices show a friendly themed error page, consistent with your status page branding

Search engines

Archived notices are actively removed from search engine visibility:

• They are excluded from your sitemap
• Direct links return an HTTP 410 (Gone) status code, which signals to search engines that the page has been deliberately taken down — prompting faster de-indexing than a standard 404

Uptime calculations

Public uptime figures exclude archived notice impacts. This prevents a confusing situation where your uptime shows less than 100% but no visible notices explain the discrepancy.

Team members and the management dashboard continue to see uptime figures that include all historical notices, archived or otherwise.

How to configure

1. Navigate to your page's Settings
2. Select History & Timeline
3. Find the "Archive notices after" dropdown
4. Choose your preferred threshold, or select "Never Archive" to disable automatic archiving

The archive threshold must be longer than your "show recently resolved" timeline threshold.

Default setting

All existing pages have been configured with a 3-year archive threshold. Notices older than 3 years have been archived automatically. You can change this at any time in your page settings.

Frequently asked questions

Can I manually archive or unarchive individual notices?

Yes. To archive a past notice, choose Archive Notice from the notice's actions menu, either in the notice list or when editing it. Archived notices remain in their usual position in the dashboard and are clearly marked.

Choose Unarchive Notice to restore an individual notice to your status-page history, including a notice that was archived automatically. Your automatic archiving settings continue to work as before.

What if I change the threshold?

The automatic archive rules are recalculated immediately. Lowering the threshold makes more notices old enough for automatic archiving; raising it can restore notices that were archived automatically and no longer meet the threshold.

Can I disable automatic archiving?

Yes. Set the dropdown to "Never Archive" to disable automatic archiving and restore automatically archived notices.

Are archived notices permanently deleted?

No. Archived notices are hidden from public view but remain in your account indefinitely. Choose Unarchive Notice to restore an individual notice. For notices archived automatically, you can also adjust the automatic archive threshold as described above.