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Tenable.io: Archived Scan Results

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Caution

The information contained in this changelog has been superseded. Refer to Scan Results Archived at 35 Days for the most recent information about scan result archival.

Tenable.io now categorizes as "archived" any individual scan results that are older than 90 days. For archived results, certain API endpoints return limited or no data. However, you can export complete data for archived scan results in .nessus and .csv formats until the results are purged at 15 months old.

This change is limited to results of individual scans and does not impact aggregated scan results in workbenches, dashboards, reports, and other features of Tenable.io.

The following endpoints are affected:

API EndpointChange
GET /scans/{scan_id}
  • new info.is_archived and history.is_archived attributes in response message
  • limited results returned for archived scan results
POST /scans/{scan_id}/export
  • archived scan results available until 15-month expiration
  • filters not supported for archived scan results
GET /scans/{scan_id}/historynew history.is_archived attribute in response message
GET /scans/{scan_id}/history/{history_uuid}new history.is_archived attribute in response message
GET /scans/scan_uuid/hosts/host_id} returns a 404 error message for archived scan results
GET /scans/{scan_uuid}/hosts/{host_id}/plugins/{plugin_id} returns a 404 error message for archived scan results