@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ Cleanup policies can be run on all projects, with these exceptions:
The cleanup policy collects all tags in the Container Registry and excludes tags
until only the tags to be deleted remain.
The cleanup policy searches for images based on the tag name. Support for the full path [has not yet been implemented](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/281071), but would allow you to clean up dynamically-named tags.
The cleanup policy:
1. Collects all tags for a given repository in a list.
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@@ -536,6 +538,8 @@ If you edit the policy and click **Save** again, the interval is reset.
Cleanup policies use regex patterns to determine which tags should be preserved or removed, both in the UI and the API.
Regex patterns are automatically surrounded with `\A` and `\Z` anchors. Do not include any `\A`, `\Z`, `^` or `$` token in the regex patterns as they are not necessary.
Here are examples of regex patterns you may want to use:
