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Data persistence

Persist data to move data between jobs and speed up your build. There are three main methods for persisting data in CircleCI: artifacts, caches, and workspaces.

Note the following distinctions between artifacts, caches and workspaces:

TypeLifetimeUseExample
ArtifactsMonthsPreserve long-term artifacts.Available in the Artifacts tab of the Job page under the tmp/circle-artifacts.<hash>/container or similar directory.