Should we reintroduce the Delete Apps feature in V1?

[backman-git]

Currently, V1 of Pyroscope lacks the ability to delete apps compared to V0.
Have we considered adding this feature back?
Based on historical feature requests #1416

[kolesnikovae]

Hi @backman-git,

Yes, we are definitely considering adding the feature back. Could you please clarify your use case – would you like to reclaim storage space or simply tidy up the assets?

The former – reclaiming storage space – is particularly tricky since service data is stored together in blocks, i.e., a single block includes multiple (or even all) services. Given that the objects are immutable, we would need to rewrite them without the deleted services. In practice, this could mean rewriting the entire set of stored blocks – in fact, the entire storage.

On the other hand, "soft" deletes where we do not actually remove the data from storage but simply mark it as deleted may be sufficient in many cases.