Lifecycle Policies | ibee

Lifecycle policie let you automatically manage objects in a bucket over time — expiring old files, cleaning up incomplete uploads, or moving objects to a lower-cost storage class. Rules are evaluated daily and applied automatically.

Before you begin

An active IBEE Cloud project with a bucket (Create a bucket)

1. Go to Lifecycle Policies

Open a bucket, click the Settings tab, then click the Lifecycle Policies tab.

2. Add a rule

Click + Add Rule. If no rules exist yet, click + Create Your First Rule.

3. Configure the rule

Fill in the fields in the ADD LIFECYCLE RULE panel:

Field	Type	Default	Description
Lifecycle rule is enabled	Toggle	On	Enable or disable the rule. Disabled rules remain saved but are not executed.
Rule scope (prefix)	Text	—	Apply the rule only to objects with this prefix (e.g. `logs/`). Leave empty to apply to all objects in the bucket.
Expire (delete) uploaded objects after	Checkbox + days	30 days	Automatically delete objects after the specified number of days.
Abort incomplete multipart uploads after	Checkbox + days	7 days	Automatically abort and clean up incomplete multipart uploads.
Transition objects to Infrequent Access storage class after	Checkbox + days	30 days	Move objects to Infrequent Access storage class after the specified number of days.

Click Save changes.

At least one lifecycle action must be selected when creating a rule.

How lifecycle rules work

Rules are evaluated daily and applied automatically
Use a prefix to target specific folders (e.g. logs/ or temp/)
Disabled rules remain saved but are not executed

Lifecycle actions

Action	Description	Unit
Expire (delete) uploaded objects after	Deletes objects after a specified number of days	Days
Abort incomplete multipart uploads after	Aborts and cleans up incomplete multipart uploads after a specified number of days	Days
Transition objects to Infrequent Access storage class after	Moves objects to Infrequent Access storage class after a specified number of days	Days

Troubleshooting

Save changes is disabled At least one lifecycle action (Expire, Abort multipart, or Transition) must be checked before saving.

Rule is not executing Check that the Lifecycle rule is enabled toggle is on. Disabled rules are saved but not executed.

Rule applying to all objects unexpectedly If the Rule scope (prefix) field is empty, the rule applies to all objects in the bucket. Add a prefix to restrict scope.