# queryStatus storage duration for cleared alarms

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/querystatus-storage-duration-for-cleared-alarms/92542>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [June 28, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/querystatus-storage-duration-for-cleared-alarms/92542 "2024-06-28T17:50:25Z")\
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Does anyone know how long cleared alarms remain in the internal alarm system? Particularly when using the `system.alarm.queryStatus()` function and looking for 'clearUnacked' or 'clearAcked' states? Forever...or until a gateway restart...or 7 days? I know the journal is stored in an external database and has settings in the gateway for that...but I am referring to the internal alarms table.