What's default TTL in Redis?

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I can't find anywhere online what is default TTL in Redis. I know that I can set TTL for specific SET, but don't know what is default TTL. Can someone tell me what default time to live is in Redis?

score 62 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '18 at 14:53

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There is no default TTL. By default, keys are set to live forever.

answered Mar 06 '18 at 14:53

dizzyf

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That's all i wanted to know. Thank you a lot. – Vedran Juriša Mar 06 '18 at 14:58
what if I set this value to 0 ? – Simon Su Feb 25 '19 at 08:54
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@SimonSu It deletes the key. – dizzyf Feb 25 '19 at 16:56

vahdet · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-20T06:01:41.053

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The keys with no expiration time set will not expire.

If you mean TTL command specifically, starting with v2.8, it will return -2 if no EXPIRE value is set.

Edit: Itamar Haber's comment is true, I recalled false: There is no such setting in redis config for a global TTL. So I deleted the part about that.

Edit2: Also see the link to the official docs about default expiration of keys here: https://redis.io/commands/expire#appendix-redis-expires

edited Nov 20 '19 at 06:01

answered Mar 06 '18 at 14:55

vahdet

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There is no such config – Itamar Haber Mar 06 '18 at 14:59
is there somewhere in the docs that state this ? I'm happy to have found the answer here, but I was hoping to find it in the docs. – aaaaaa Nov 20 '19 at 03:11

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 23 '20 at 13:00

I suppose value set to '-1' by default which means forever.

127.0.0.1:6379> set datakey "my-data"
OK
127.0.0.1:6379> TTL datakey
(integer) -1
127.0.0.1:6379>

REDIS Docs says

Starting with Redis 2.8 the return value in case of error changed:

The command returns -2 if the key does not exist. The command returns -1 if the key exists but has no associated expire.

What's default TTL in Redis?

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REDIS Docs says