From ec26f7fabd03930fc115a5f65293c5f9eba71ef9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Daly <stephen.daly@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 12:08:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update retention time on sequence diagram

We now delete all submissions 30 days after they were created. Update
the sequence diagram to reflect this change.
---
 diagrams/sequence-diagrams/sending-submission-emails.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/diagrams/sequence-diagrams/sending-submission-emails.md b/diagrams/sequence-diagrams/sending-submission-emails.md
index 472d4087a..2af74485d 100644
--- a/diagrams/sequence-diagrams/sending-submission-emails.md
+++ b/diagrams/sequence-diagrams/sending-submission-emails.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ else email bounces
   note over ses,sns: We have an SQS queue subscribed to the<br/> SNS topic and a recurring task to poll<br/>the SQS queue.
 end
 
-worker->>worker: Recurring task deletes Submissions<br/>that haven't bounced after 7 days
+worker->>worker: Recurring task deletes Submissions<br/> 30 days after they were created
 ```
 
 ## Handling email bounces/complaints