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 ## Retention policy
 
-Deprecated assets will be retained in the container registry ([Bitnami DockerHub org](https://hub.docker.com/u/bitnami)) without changes for, at least, three months after the deprecation.
+Deprecated assets will be retained in the container registry ([Bitnami DockerHub org](https://hub.docker.com/u/bitnami)) without changes for, at least, 6 months after the deprecation.
 After that period, all the images will be moved to a new _"archived"_ repository. For instance, once deprecated an asset named _foo_ whose container repository was `bitnami/foo`, all the images will be moved to `bitnami/foo-archived` where they will remain indefinitely.
 
+Special images, like `bitnami/bitnami-shell` or `bitnami/sealed-secrets`, which are extensively used in Helm charts, will have an extended coexistence period of 1 year.
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 ## Contributing
 
 We'd love for you to contribute to those container images. You can request new features by creating an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/issues/new/choose), or submit a [pull request](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/pulls) with your contribution.