Deleted branch still visible in branch list and 404 on access

[MrTypename]

Description

When I delete a branch by web interface or by 'git push' the branch is listed as deleted within the repo branch overview. Following the branch link I get a 404 error. Is this behaviour intended ? Note that after a 'restore' the branch is accessible again. How can I remove a deleted branch completely ?

Note: try.gitea.io is currently not accessible ?!

Gitea Version

1.21.11

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

No

Log Gist

No response

Screenshots

Git Version

2.40.1

Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04.4

How are you running Gitea?

Docker image:
https://hub.docker.com/layers/gitea/gitea/1.21.11/images/sha256-0abba6432e37944cd13b47aa0c6ffb958e1a22d7b3795c723267ac92163b774f?context=explore

Database

MySQL/MariaDB

[kemzeb]

Thanks for the bug report!

When you delete a branch, we do keep it around in the DB until this cron job goes ahead and removes it and any other deleted branches. From reading the associated code it looks like it is done every midnight for branches that were deleted at least a day ago.

[kemzeb]

From looking around a bit further, you can even configure this particular cron task, see here for more details. For some reason I can't find it in the web documentation so I may file an issue for that.

[kemzeb]

Created #31022 to add web docs for deleted branch cleanup. Let me know if you have any further questions.

[lunny]

We can remove the link of the branch name.

[MrTypename]

Thanks for your fast response. The cron task for this job was disabled. The issue is now solved.