SHOW RETENTION seems unavailable in ver. 3.8 OSS/Core

InfluxDB 3
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Hi,

Even though the documentation at influxdb3 show retention | InfluxDB 3 Core Documentation states this command is available, it clearly is not.

influxdb3 --version
influxdb3 3.8.0,

influxdb3 show retention
error: unrecognized subcommand ‘retention’

So, a few questions.

  1. Is this a documentation bug or an issue with the CLI?
  2. I have set the retention during database creation but I am unable to verify it with this command not being available. Are there other options to verify the retention is enabled on a database?
  3. Will switching to Enterprise Home help?

Thanks.

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Thanks for bringing this up, looks like a bug and I’ve informed our engineering team, will share update soon.

3

Thanks for responding.
Any chance you can also respond to the other 2 questions in my original post?

  1. I have set the retention during database creation but I am unable to verify it with this command not being available. Are there other options to verify the retention is enabled on a database?
  2. Will switching to Enterprise Home help?
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That command works on Enterprise so you will be able to run it there if you switch to Enterprise however it will be coming into Core very soon as well.

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