Background tasks list lost after changing token

[ftlvz]

Hi,

yesterday we changed a token on an existing project because the previous token had expired.

After analyzing the project using the new token, I can only see background tasks related to the new token: all previous background tasks are not displayed anymore.

How can I recover them?

Thank you

[Colin]

Hi @ftlvz,

The issue may not be related to a changing token, but rather to reanalyzing a project that hadn’t been analyzed in a while. According to the SonarQube Cloud documentation, background tasks are retained for 6 months, but purging is triggered when a project is reanalyzed.

Could this match what happened in your case?

[ftlvz]

HI @Colin,
this is definitively the case, thanks. Is this a recent change?

[Colin]

June!

Removing background tasks history after 6 months

Hello SonarQube Cloud Users, We’ve implemented a new cleanup policy for background tasks to ensure the future performance and optimal efficiency of SonarQube Cloud. This change affects the history visible under the “Administration > Background tasks” page of your project. Moving forward, the history of background tasks older than 6 months will be automatically removed after a new project analysis. You can find more details about background tasks in our documentation, as well as our housekeepin…