# Inconsistent weekly retentions **URL:** \ **Category:** General Topics\ **Created:** [January 13, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/inconsistent-weekly-retentions/8767 "2026-01-13T20:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![kapitainsky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/kapitainsky/32/535_2.png) [@kapitainsky](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kapitainsky)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/inconsistent-weekly-retentions/8767/2 "2026-01-14T06:12:46Z")
There is no better snapshots retention logic explanation than this post: > [@Kopia Snapshot Retention Policies Demystified](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-snapshot-retention-policies-demystified/2941): > > With the suggestion of @JayKay729, I decided to create a dummy backup for testing how Kopia choose which backups to save, but in this experiment, I learned much more than I initially planned. In this post, I would like to share these discoveries, along with some examples to demonstrate them. This is a supplement to [his post](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/retention-policies-documentation/2488), so I’ll jump straight to those he hasn’t covered yet. Numbers in Snapshot Retention Except for Latest Snapshots, Kopia considers the number you write here as dura… --- _[View the full topic](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/inconsistent-weekly-retentions/8767)._