Soft delete in Azure container registry doesn't work

Hi Oleg Deribas,

There are a few limitations and considerations while soft delete is in preview. https://learn.microsoft.com/id-id/azure/container-registry/container-registry-soft-delete-policy#preview-limitations

Please check geo-replication is enabled. The soft delete policy doesn't support a geo-replicated registry.

Instead of portal, try to check using cli, as it is in preview. az acr repository list-deleted -n <myregistry> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/acr/repository?view=azure-cli-latest#az-acr-repository-list-deleted

If the soft delete was enabled for your ACR, those images will still be occupying the space in the ACR. Space will be reclaimed only after the retention period. So soft deleted images will be removed only after that retention period and corresponding space will be reclaimed.

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This registry is on "Basic" pricing plan so geo-replication is off and not possible to enable.
Here's a complete response from az acr repository list-deleted -n myregistry and it matches what I see in the portal:

[
  {
    "createdAt": "2024-04-04T06:57:16.1468217Z",
    "deletedAt": "2024-06-24T11:14:52.8084309Z",
    "repository": "my/repository"
  }
]

Retention period is 7 days, so this repository should've been deleted a year ago, but it isn't.

Hi Oleg Deribas,,

Any update?