# agent r2 lifecycle test deleted real objects

## TL;DR

The lifecycle test ran against the production bucket and deleted real objects. Test lifecycle rules against a scratch bucket with canary objects, never prod. Destructive rules need a sandbox by policy, not by hope.

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agent r2 lifecycle test deleted real objects
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## Steps

1. Assess the deletion: which objects, whether versioning or backups can restore them.
   Expected: The damage is bounded.

2. Restore from versioning/backups if available.
   Expected: The data is recovered.

3. Move all lifecycle testing to scratch buckets with canary objects.
   Expected: Prod is never the test target.

4. Require a bucket-scope check before applying lifecycle rules: prod buckets need human approval.
   Expected: The guard is explicit.

5. Enable versioning on prod buckets as a backstop.
   Expected: Deletions become recoverable.

## When to use

- a lifecycle test deletes real objects
- rules are tested against prod
- the agent manages lifecycle

## When not to use

- versioning saved the day (still fix the process)
- the bucket was intentionally cleaned (then it is not a test)
- the objects were expendable (verify before assuming)

## Tool compatibility

- workerd
- R2 lifecycle

## Variant phrasings

- "r2 lifecycle test deleted objects"
- "lifecycle rule deleted real data"
- "test lifecycle prod bucket"

## Why it happens

Lifecycle rules are destructive by design (expire, delete), and testing them against prod tests the rule and the data. The blast radius of a wrong rule is the whole bucket. Scratch buckets with canary objects prove the rule without risking anything real.

## Edge cases

- versioning is the backstop, not the strategy; it does not excuse prod testing
- the bucket-scope check must be in the tooling, not in a wiki
- canary objects should be obviously fake so nobody mistakes them

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_xr8mfpniBfKukdCts28wRw

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