Merge pull request #33879 from dimagi/ml/disable-permenant-deletion

Disable permenant deletion task

corehq/apps/cleanup/tasks.py

@@ -23,14 +23,20 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@periodic_task(run_every=crontab(minute=0, hour=0), queue=getattr(settings, 'CELERY_PERIODIC_QUEUE', 'celery'))
+# @periodic_task(run_every=crontab(minute=0, hour=0), queue=getattr(settings, 'CELERY_PERIODIC_QUEUE', 'celery'))
 def permanently_delete_eligible_data(dry_run=False):
     """
     Permanently delete database objects that are eligible for hard deletion.
     To be eligible means to have a ``deleted_on`` field with a value less than
     the cutoff date returned from ``get_cutoff_date_for_data_deletion``.
     :param dry_run: if True, no changes will be committed to the database
     """
+    """
+    NOTE: Do not delete this function! In the interest of keeping deletion records for future reference,
+    data won't be completely hard deleted until the domain is deleted. Instead, they'll be converted
+    into a tombstone after the 90 day safety period. This task will be restructured to do that once a day
+    in a future PR coming soon (Q1 2024).
+    """
     dry_run_tag = '[DRY RUN] ' if dry_run else ''
     cutoff_date = get_cutoff_date_for_data_deletion()
     form_counts = XFormInstance.objects.hard_delete_forms_before_cutoff(cutoff_date, dry_run=dry_run)