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ClickHouse Deletes Expired TTL Rows Only When Parts Merge

Oct 23, 2026 17 min read Jay Hubbert

ClickHouse stores a per-part TTL expiry bound and removes expired rows during a merge, using a bit mask rather than a rewrite.

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How ClickHouse Recompresses a Part When Its TTL Expires

Oct 23, 2026 13 min read Jay Hubbert

A RECOMPRESS TTL rewrites a whole part with a new codec once all of its rows have expired.

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