Influxdb: points beyond retention policy !! what does this mean??

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/inflxud has this output

2017-11-13T06:28:54Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=44 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:28:55Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:28:57Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:28:58Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=44 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:28:59Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:00Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:02Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:03Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=44 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:04Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:06Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=44 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:07Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:09Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=44 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:10Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:12Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:13Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=44 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:14Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:15Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:17Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:18Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=44 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:19Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:21Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:22Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=44 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:23Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:24Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=22 service=udp
[I] 2017-11-13T06:29:25Z failed to write point batch to database "udp": partial write: points beyond retention policy

[e-dard]

Hi! We try and keep GitHub Issues for actionable bug reports or feature requests. Please post general questions on the InfluxData community site: https://community.influxdata.com

In this specific case it means that you're trying to write a point to a retention policy that has a timestamp that's so old, that the retention policy would have immediately scrubbed it from the database. For example, if your retention policy is 6 months (keep data for 6 months then delete it), and you try to add a point with a timestamp that's 8 months in the past, then you would see this error.

Thanks.

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thanks

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partial write: points beyond retention policy dropped=801