[JENKINS-48715] Retain last N builds #82
Description
I would like the discard old build feature to have an option to always retain the last N builds, regardless of their age. It looks like "Max # of builds to keep" will keep the last N builds, but this is NOT what is does: the "Max 1 of builds to keep" does exactly what it says: once the max number of builds us reached, the oldest builds are deleted, so as to not exceed the max. But the "Max # of builds to keep" is overwritten by the "Days to keep builds". So if you need to keep the last N builds regardless of their age, it is not possible.
Originally reported by 
deepchip, imported from: Retain last N builds
- assignee: nkns165
- status: Open
- priority: Minor
- component(s): discard-old-build-plugin
- resolution: Unresolved
- votes: 1
- watchers: 4
- imported: 20251216-182730
Raw content of original issue
I would like the discard old build feature to have an option to always retain the last N builds, regardless of their age. It looks like "Max # of builds to keep" will keep the last N builds, but this is NOT what is does: the "Max 1 of builds to keep" does exactly what it says: once the max number of builds us reached, the oldest builds are deleted, so as to not exceed the max. But the "Max # of builds to keep" is overwritten by the "Days to keep builds". So if you need to keep the last N builds regardless of their age, it is not possible.