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authorShay <hillerys@element.io>2022-08-15 11:54:23 -0700
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@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ and allow server and room admins to configure how long messages should
 be kept in a homeserver's database before being purged from it.
 **Please note that, as this feature isn't part of the Matrix
 specification yet, this implementation is to be considered as
-experimental.** 
+experimental. There are known bugs which may cause database corruption.
+Proceed with caution.** 
 
 A message retention policy is mainly defined by its `max_lifetime`
 parameter, which defines how long a message can be kept around after