Zapier task history caps at 30 days—where your automation logs go

27 September 2026

Zapier task history caps at 30 days

Most plans only keep task history for 30 days—here’s what that means for debugging, auditing, and compliance.

The automation ran three weeks ago. You remember seeing the confirmation, the green checkmark, the task count incrementing in your dashboard. Now a client asks for proof of delivery, and you open your task history to find nothing. The log vanished on day thirty-one.

Most newsletter operators rely on automation to move data between ESPs, CRMs, and payment processors—but they don’t realize their audit trail has an expiration date. When task history disappears, so does your ability to debug failures, verify compliance, or reconstruct what happened when a subscriber’s record goes missing.

In today's email:

  • Task history retention varies by plan tier
  • What you lose when logs expire
  • How to archive automation logs externally
  • When to upgrade for extended retention

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