Automatically Archive Old NetBox Branches

A common question we get from students using NetBox Branching is:

How can I automatically remove stale branches from NetBox?

Therefore, I thought I’d share the latest addition to NetBox Branching, introduced in v1.1.2.

This release adds the auto_archive_days setting, allowing you to automatically archive merged branches after a specified number of days.

# configuration.py
PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
    'netbox_branching': {
        'auto_archive_days': 30,
    }
}

A few things to note:

• A daily background job archives merged branches older than the specified number of days, helping reduce database bloat.
• Automatic archival is disabled by default.
• Once a branch has been archived, it can no longer be reverted.