| = Gerrit Code Review - Change Cleanup | 
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 | Gerrit administrators may configure | 
 | link:config-gerrit.html#changeCleanup[change cleanups] that are | 
 | executed periodically. | 
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 | [[auto-abandon]] | 
 | == Auto-Abandon | 
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 | This cleanup job automatically abandons open changes that have been | 
 | inactive for a defined time. | 
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 | Abandoning old inactive changes has the following advantages: | 
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 | * it signals change authors that changes are considered outdated | 
 | * it keeps dashboards clean | 
 | * it reduces the load on the server (for open changes the mergeability | 
 |   flag is recomputed whenever a change is merged) | 
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 | If a change is still wanted it can be restored by clicking on the | 
 | `Restore` button. | 
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