docs: Report deletion policy — almost never delete reports

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Knowledge Update: Report deletion policy — almost never delete reports

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Changes

• Reports (concepts/reports.mdx): Added report deletion policy explaining that reports should almost never be deleted, and only for removing accidentally uploaded sensitive information.
• Metrics (concepts/metrics.mdx): Added context clarifying that the Reports Total metric represents the volume of work to check but is less meaningful than Confirmed Threats Count or Takedowns Count.

Knowledge Entry

Topic: Report deletion policy — almost never delete reports
Added by: nikita@chainpatrol.io
Date: 2026-06-05

Content:

Reports in ChainPatrol should almost never be deleted. The only valid reason to delete a report is to remove sensitive information that should not be stored in a report or was uploaded by accident.

Detection sources producing noise do affect report metrics, but this should be solved by configuring detection sources properly rather than deleting reports.

The reports total metric shows the volume of work we have to check through potential threats, but it is not as meaningful as the Confirmed Threats Count or the Takedowns Count.

Original Message

Add to Knowledge. Reports in ChainPatrol should almost never be deleted, unless it's needed for removing sensitive information that should not be stored in a report or was uploaded on accident.

Things like Detection sources producing noise do affect report metrics, but we should solve that by configuring detection sources properly instead of deleting reports

The reports total metric also just shows volume of work we have to do to check through potential threats, but it is not as meaningful as the Confirmed Threats Count or the Takedowns Count.

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