message-expiry-duration vs cache-duration config options - eviltoast

What is the difference between the two.

The cache-duration is explained in the docs and is fairly clear:

Duration for which messages will be buffered before they are deleted

so it is to account for network interruptions of subscribers.

message-expiry-duration is mentioned but there is no explanation for it in the docs.

  • binwiederhier@discuss.ntfy.shMEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    --message-expiry-duration is an option that you can pass when creating a new tier (in your selfhosted instance). It is equivalent to the cache-duration for users publishing in that tier.

    For instance, if you are a ntfy Pro user, your messages are cached much longer than the normal 12h (see https://ntfy.sh/v1/tiers).

    The naming is a little odd. I think cache-duration should probably be called something else.

    • loving_ntfy@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Not quite clear.

      Given I have no tiers, I am covered just with cache-duration and can completely ignore message-expiry-duration?

      I have a single service that POSTs messages to ntfy which sends them to subscribers. Any subscriber will have to connect within cache-duration or else ntfy deletes messages older than that from the database. Is that accurate? The intention is to keep the sqlite db lean and small.