lib/storage: support samples with future timestamps (#10718)

Add the support of storage and retrieval of samples with future timestamps as requested in https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/827 What to expect: - By default, the max future timestamp is still limited to `now+2d`. To change it, set the `-futureRetention` flag in `vmstorage`. The max flag value is currently limited to `100y`. It can be extended if we see a demand for this, but it can't be more than `~ 290y` due to how the time duration is implemented in Go. The flag value can't be less than `2d`. - downsampling and retention filters (available in enterprise edition) are currently not supported for future timestamps - If `vmstorage` restarts with a smaller value of `-futureRetention` flag, any future partitions that are outside the new future retention will be automatically deleted. - Data ingestion, data retrieval, backup/restore, timeseries (soft) deletion, and other operations work with future timestamps the same way as with the historical timestamps. - In the cluster version, the affected binaries are `vmstorage` and `vmselect`. This means that `vmselect` version must match `vmstorage` version if you want to query future timestamps. `vminsert` was not affected, so its version can be a lower one. - If you downgrade the `vmstorage`, the data with future timestamps will remain on disk and memory (per-partition caches) but won't be available for querying. Signed-off-by: Artem Fetishev <rtm@victoriametrics.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Fetishev <149964189+rtm0@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: cubic-dev-ai[bot] <191113872+cubic-dev-ai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-17 08:36:55 +03:00 · 2026-04-23 18:12:33 +02:00
parent dcb314ab38
commit e26de23739
14 changed files with 930 additions and 92 deletions
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -1422,11 +1422,7 @@ func getCommonParamsInternal(r *http.Request, startTime time.Time, requireNonEmp
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	// Limit the `end` arg to the current time +2 days in the same way
-	// as it is limited during data ingestion.
-	// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/ea06d2fd3ccbbb6aa4480ab3b04f7b671408be2a/lib/storage/table.go#L378
-	// This should fix possible timestamp overflow - see https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/2669
-	maxTS := startTime.UnixNano()/1e6 + 2*24*3600*1000
+	maxTS := int64(math.MaxInt64 / 1_000_000)
 	if end > maxTS {
 		end = maxTS
 	}
--- a/app/vmstorage/main.go
+++ b/app/vmstorage/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 var (
 	retentionPeriod = flagutil.NewRetentionDuration("retentionPeriod", "1M", "Data with timestamps outside the retentionPeriod is automatically deleted. The minimum retentionPeriod is 24h or 1d. "+
 		"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/single-server-victoriametrics/#retention. See also -retentionFilter")
+	futureRetention = flagutil.NewRetentionDuration("futureRetention", "2d", "Data with timestamps bigger than now+futureRetention is automatically deleted. "+
+		"The minimum futureRetention is 2 days. See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/single-server-victoriametrics/#retention")
 	httpListenAddrs  = flagutil.NewArrayString("httpListenAddr", "Address to listen for incoming http requests. See also -httpListenAddr.useProxyProtocol")
 	useProxyProtocol = flagutil.NewArrayBool("httpListenAddr.useProxyProtocol", "Whether to use proxy protocol for connections accepted at the given -httpListenAddr . "+
 		"See https://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/doc/proxy-protocol.txt . "+
@@ -148,7 +150,12 @@ func main() {
 	mergeset.SetDataBlocksSparseCacheSize(cacheSizeIndexDBDataBlocksSparse.IntN())

 	if retentionPeriod.Duration() < 24*time.Hour {
-		logger.Fatalf("-retentionPeriod cannot be smaller than a day; got %s", retentionPeriod)
+		logger.Fatalf("-retentionPeriod cannot be smaller than a day; got %s. "+
+			"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/single-server-victoriametrics/#retention", retentionPeriod)
+	}
+	if futureRetention.Duration() < 2*24*time.Hour {
+		logger.Fatalf("-futureRetention cannot be smaller than 2 days; got %s. "+
+			"See https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/single-server-victoriametrics/#retention", futureRetention)
 	}
 	if *idbPrefillStart > 23*time.Hour {
 		logger.Panicf("-storage.idbPrefillStart cannot exceed 23 hours; got %s", idbPrefillStart)
@@ -157,6 +164,7 @@ func main() {
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	opts := storage.OpenOptions{
 		Retention:             retentionPeriod.Duration(),
+		FutureRetention:       futureRetention.Duration(),
 		MaxHourlySeries:       getMaxHourlySeries(),
 		MaxDailySeries:        getMaxDailySeries(),
 		DisablePerDayIndex:    *disablePerDayIndex,
--- a/apptest/tests/backup_restore_test.go
+++ b/apptest/tests/backup_restore_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func TestSingleBackupRestore(t *testing.T) {
 			return tc.MustStartVmsingle("vmsingle", []string{
 				"-storageDataPath=" + storageDataPath,
 				"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+				"-futureRetention=2y",
 			})
 		},
 		stopSUT: func() {
@@ -60,11 +61,13 @@ func TestClusterBackupRestore(t *testing.T) {
 				Vmstorage1Flags: []string{
 					"-storageDataPath=" + storage1DataPath,
 					"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+					"-futureRetention=2y",
 				},
 				Vmstorage2Instance: "vmstorage2",
 				Vmstorage2Flags: []string{
 					"-storageDataPath=" + storage2DataPath,
 					"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+					"-futureRetention=2y",
 				},
 				VminsertInstance: "vminsert",
 				VminsertFlags:    []string{},
@@ -97,10 +100,16 @@ func TestClusterBackupRestore(t *testing.T) {
 func testBackupRestore(tc *apptest.TestCase, opts testBackupRestoreOpts) {
 	t := tc.T()

-	genData := func(count int, prefix string, start, step int64) (recs []string, wantSeries []map[string]string, wantQueryResults []*apptest.QueryResult) {
-		recs = make([]string, count)
-		wantSeries = make([]map[string]string, count)
-		wantQueryResults = make([]*apptest.QueryResult, count)
+	type data struct {
+		samples          []string
+		wantSeries       []map[string]string
+		wantQueryResults []*apptest.QueryResult
+	}
+
+	genData := func(count int, prefix string, start, step int64) data {
+		recs := make([]string, count)
+		wantSeries := make([]map[string]string, count)
+		wantQueryResults := make([]*apptest.QueryResult, count)
 		for i := range count {
 			name := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%03d", prefix, i)
 			value := float64(i)
@@ -113,7 +122,15 @@ func testBackupRestore(tc *apptest.TestCase, opts testBackupRestoreOpts) {
 				Samples: []*apptest.Sample{{Timestamp: timestamp, Value: value}},
 			}
 		}
-		return recs, wantSeries, wantQueryResults
+		return data{recs, wantSeries, wantQueryResults}
+	}
+
+	concatData := func(d1, d2 data) data {
+		var d data
+		d.samples = slices.Concat(d1.samples, d2.samples)
+		d.wantSeries = slices.Concat(d1.wantSeries, d2.wantSeries)
+		d.wantQueryResults = slices.Concat(d1.wantQueryResults, d2.wantQueryResults)
+		return d
 	}

 	backupBaseDir, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(tc.Dir(), "backups"))
@@ -190,10 +207,20 @@ func testBackupRestore(tc *apptest.TestCase, opts testBackupRestoreOpts) {
 	// Use the same number of metrics and time range for all the data ingestions
 	// below.
 	const numMetrics = 1000
-	// With 1000 metrics (one per minute), the time range spans 2 months.
 	start := time.Date(2025, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli()
 	end := time.Date(2025, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli()
 	step := (end - start) / numMetrics
+	batch1 := genData(numMetrics, "batch1", start, step)
+	batch2 := genData(numMetrics, "batch2", start, step)
+	batches12 := concatData(batch1, batch2)
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	startFuture := time.Date(now.Year()+1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli()
+	endFuture := time.Date(now.Year()+1, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli()
+	stepFuture := (endFuture - startFuture) / numMetrics
+	batch1Future := genData(numMetrics, "batch1", startFuture, stepFuture)
+	batch2Future := genData(numMetrics, "batch2", startFuture, stepFuture)
+	batches12Future := concatData(batch1Future, batch2Future)

 	// Verify backup/restore:
 	//
@@ -207,24 +234,25 @@ func testBackupRestore(tc *apptest.TestCase, opts testBackupRestoreOpts) {
 	// - Start vmsingle
 	// - Ensure that the queries return batch1 data only.

-	batch1Data, wantBatch1Series, wantBatch1QueryResults := genData(numMetrics, "batch1", start, step)
-	batch2Data, wantBatch2Series, wantBatch2QueryResults := genData(numMetrics, "batch2", start, step)
-	wantBatch12Series := slices.Concat(wantBatch1Series, wantBatch2Series)
-	wantBatch12QueryResults := slices.Concat(wantBatch1QueryResults, wantBatch2QueryResults)
-
 	sut := opts.startSUT()

-	sut.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, batch1Data, apptest.QueryOpts{})
+	sut.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, batch1.samples, apptest.QueryOpts{})
+	sut.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, batch1Future.samples, apptest.QueryOpts{})
 	sut.ForceFlush(t)
-	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch1.*"}`, start, end, wantBatch1Series)
-	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch1.*"}`, start, end, step, wantBatch1QueryResults)
+	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch1.*"}`, start, end, batch1.wantSeries)
+	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch1.*"}`, startFuture, endFuture, batch1Future.wantSeries)
+	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch1.*"}`, start, end, step, batch1.wantQueryResults)
+	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch1.*"}`, startFuture, endFuture, stepFuture, batch1Future.wantQueryResults)

 	createBackup(sut, "batch1")

-	sut.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, batch2Data, apptest.QueryOpts{})
+	sut.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, batch2.samples, apptest.QueryOpts{})
+	sut.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, batch2Future.samples, apptest.QueryOpts{})
 	sut.ForceFlush(t)
-	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, start, end, wantBatch12Series)
-	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, start, end, step, wantBatch12QueryResults)
+	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, start, end, batches12.wantSeries)
+	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, startFuture, endFuture, batches12Future.wantSeries)
+	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, start, end, step, batches12.wantQueryResults)
+	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, startFuture, endFuture, stepFuture, batches12Future.wantQueryResults)
 	createBackup(sut, "batch12")

 	opts.stopSUT()
@@ -233,6 +261,8 @@ func testBackupRestore(tc *apptest.TestCase, opts testBackupRestoreOpts) {

 	sut = opts.startSUT()

-	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch1.*"}`, start, end, wantBatch1Series)
-	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch1.*"}`, start, end, step, wantBatch1QueryResults)
+	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, start, end, batch1.wantSeries)
+	assertSeries(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, startFuture, endFuture, batch1Future.wantSeries)
+	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, start, end, step, batch1.wantQueryResults)
+	assertQueryResults(sut, `{__name__=~"batch(1|2).*"}`, startFuture, endFuture, stepFuture, batch1Future.wantQueryResults)
 }
--- a/apptest/tests/future_timestamps_test.go
+++ b/apptest/tests/future_timestamps_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+package tests
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/apptest"
+)
+
+func TestSingleFutureTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := apptest.NewTestCase(t)
+	defer tc.Stop()
+
+	opts := testFutureTimestampsOpts{
+		start: func() apptest.PrometheusWriteQuerier {
+			return tc.MustStartVmsingle("vmsingle", []string{
+				"-storageDataPath=" + filepath.Join(tc.Dir(), "vmsingle"),
+				"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+				"-futureRetention=100y",
+			})
+		},
+		stop: func() {
+			tc.StopApp("vmsingle")
+		},
+	}
+
+	testFutureTimestamps(tc, opts)
+}
+
+func TestClusterFutureTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
+	tc := apptest.NewTestCase(t)
+	defer tc.Stop()
+
+	opts := testFutureTimestampsOpts{
+		start: func() apptest.PrometheusWriteQuerier {
+			return tc.MustStartCluster(&apptest.ClusterOptions{
+				Vmstorage1Instance: "vmstorage1",
+				Vmstorage1Flags: []string{
+					"-storageDataPath=" + filepath.Join(tc.Dir(), "vmstorage1"),
+					"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+					"-futureRetention=100y",
+				},
+				Vmstorage2Instance: "vmstorage2",
+				Vmstorage2Flags: []string{
+					"-storageDataPath=" + filepath.Join(tc.Dir(), "vmstorage2"),
+					"-retentionPeriod=100y",
+					"-futureRetention=100y",
+				},
+				VminsertInstance: "vminsert",
+				VminsertFlags:    []string{},
+				VmselectInstance: "vmselect",
+				VmselectFlags:    []string{},
+			})
+		},
+		stop: func() {
+			tc.StopApp("vminsert")
+			tc.StopApp("vmselect")
+			tc.StopApp("vmstorage1")
+			tc.StopApp("vmstorage2")
+		},
+	}
+
+	testFutureTimestamps(tc, opts)
+}
+
+type testFutureTimestampsOpts struct {
+	start func() apptest.PrometheusWriteQuerier
+	stop  func()
+}
+
+func testFutureTimestamps(tc *apptest.TestCase, opts testFutureTimestampsOpts) {
+	t := tc.T()
+
+	// assertSeries retrieves set of all metric names from the storage and
+	// compares it with the expected set.
+	assertSeries := func(app apptest.PrometheusQuerier, prefix string, start, end int64, want []map[string]string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		query := fmt.Sprintf(`{__name__=~"metric_%s.*"}`, prefix)
+		tc.Assert(&apptest.AssertOptions{
+			Msg: "unexpected /api/v1/series response",
+			Got: func() any {
+				return app.PrometheusAPIV1Series(t, query, apptest.QueryOpts{
+					Start: fmt.Sprintf("%d", start),
+					End:   fmt.Sprintf("%d", end),
+				}).Sort()
+			},
+			Want: &apptest.PrometheusAPIV1SeriesResponse{
+				Status: "success",
+				Data:   want,
+			},
+			FailNow: true,
+		})
+	}
+
+	// assertSeries retrieves all data from the storage and compares it with the
+	// expected result.
+	assertQueryResults := func(app apptest.PrometheusQuerier, prefix string, start, end, step int64, want []*apptest.QueryResult) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		query := fmt.Sprintf(`{__name__=~"metric_%s.*"}`, prefix)
+		tc.Assert(&apptest.AssertOptions{
+			Msg: "unexpected /api/v1/query_range response",
+			Got: func() any {
+				return app.PrometheusAPIV1QueryRange(t, query, apptest.QueryOpts{
+					Start:       fmt.Sprintf("%d", start),
+					End:         fmt.Sprintf("%d", end),
+					Step:        fmt.Sprintf("%dms", step),
+					MaxLookback: fmt.Sprintf("%dms", step-1),
+					NoCache:     "1",
+				})
+			},
+			Want: &apptest.PrometheusAPIV1QueryResponse{
+				Status: "success",
+				Data: &apptest.QueryData{
+					ResultType: "matrix",
+					Result:     want,
+				},
+			},
+			FailNow: true,
+		})
+	}
+
+	f := func(prefix string, startTime, endTime time.Time, wantEmpty bool) {
+		const numMetrics = 1000
+		start := startTime.UnixMilli()
+		end := endTime.UnixMilli()
+		step := (end - start) / numMetrics
+		data := genFutureTimestampsData(prefix, numMetrics, start, step)
+		if wantEmpty {
+			data.wantSeries = []map[string]string{}
+			data.wantQueryResults = []*apptest.QueryResult{}
+		}
+
+		// Ingest data and check query results.
+		sut := opts.start()
+		sut.PrometheusAPIV1ImportPrometheus(t, data.samples, apptest.QueryOpts{})
+		sut.ForceFlush(t)
+		assertSeries(sut, prefix, start, end, data.wantSeries)
+		assertQueryResults(sut, prefix, start, end, step, data.wantQueryResults)
+
+		// Ensure the queries work after restrart.
+		opts.stop()
+		sut = opts.start()
+		assertSeries(sut, prefix, start, end, data.wantSeries)
+		assertQueryResults(sut, prefix, start, end, step, data.wantQueryResults)
+
+		opts.stop()
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	retentionLimit := 100 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour
+	var start, end time.Time
+
+	start = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day()+1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	end = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day()+2, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	f("future_1d", start, end, false)
+
+	start = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month()+1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	end = time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month()+2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	f("future_1m", start, end, false)
+
+	start = time.Date(now.Year()+1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	end = time.Date(now.Year()+2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	f("future_1y", start, end, false)
+
+	start = now.Add(retentionLimit - 24*time.Hour)
+	end = now.Add(retentionLimit)
+	f("future_1d_before_limit", start, end, false)
+
+	start = now.Add(retentionLimit + time.Minute)
+	end = now.Add(retentionLimit + 24*time.Hour)
+	f("future_1d_beyond_limit", start, end, true)
+
+}
+
+type futureTimestampsData struct {
+	samples          []string
+	wantSeries       []map[string]string
+	wantQueryResults []*apptest.QueryResult
+}
+
+func genFutureTimestampsData(prefix string, numMetrics, start, step int64) futureTimestampsData {
+	samples := make([]string, numMetrics)
+	wantSeries := make([]map[string]string, numMetrics)
+	wantQueryResults := make([]*apptest.QueryResult, numMetrics)
+	for i := range numMetrics {
+		metricName := fmt.Sprintf("metric_%s_%04d", prefix, i)
+		labelName := fmt.Sprintf("label_%s_%04d", prefix, i)
+		labelValue := fmt.Sprintf("value_%s_%04d", prefix, i)
+		value := i
+		timestamp := start + i*step
+		samples[i] = fmt.Sprintf(`%s{%s="value", label="%s"} %d %d`, metricName, labelName, labelValue, value, timestamp)
+		wantSeries[i] = map[string]string{
+			"__name__": metricName,
+			labelName:  "value",
+			"label":    labelValue,
+		}
+		wantQueryResults[i] = &apptest.QueryResult{
+			Metric: map[string]string{
+				"__name__": metricName,
+				labelName:  "value",
+				"label":    labelValue,
+			},
+			Samples: []*apptest.Sample{{Timestamp: timestamp, Value: float64(value)}},
+		}
+	}
+	return futureTimestampsData{samples, wantSeries, wantQueryResults}
+}
--- a/docs/victoriametrics/README.md
+++ b/docs/victoriametrics/README.md
@@ -1511,6 +1511,16 @@ value than before, then data outside the configured period will be eventually de

 VictoriaMetrics does not support indefinite retention, but you can specify an arbitrarily high duration, e.g. `-retentionPeriod=100y`.

+By default, VictoriaMetrics doesn't accept samples with timestamps bigger than `now+2d`, e.g. 2 days in the future.
+If you need accepting samples with bigger timestamps, then specify the desired "future retention" via `-futureRetention` command-line flag.
+This flag accepts values starting from `2d`.
+
+For example, the following command starts VictoriaMetrics, which accepts samples with timestamps up to a year in the future:
+
+```sh
+/path/to/victoria-metrics -futureRetention=1y
+```
+
 ### Multiple retentions

 Distinct retentions for distinct time series can be configured via [retention filters](#retention-filters)
--- a/docs/victoriametrics/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/victoriametrics/changelog/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ See also [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/lts-rel
 * FEATURE: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/single-server-victoriametrics/#vmui): now `Run query` link on the Alerting Rules page correctly propagates the alert’s interval and evaluation time. See [#10366](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/10366).
 * FEATURE: [alerts](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/deployment/docker/rules): add new `MetricNameStatsCacheUtilizationIsTooHigh` alerting rule to track overutilization of [Metric names usage stats tracker](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/#track-ingested-metrics-usage) (used in [Cardinality Explorer](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/#cardinality-explorer)). See [#10840](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/10840). 
 * FEATURE: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/stream-aggregation/): add `vm_streamaggr_counter_resets_total` metric for `total*`, `increase*` and `rate*` outputs that is useful for aggregation behaviour tracking. These metrics help to identify issues described in [Troubleshooting: counter resets](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/stream-aggregation/#counter-resets). 
+* FEATURE: [vmsingle](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/single-server-victoriametrics/) and `vmstorage` and `vmselect` in [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/cluster-victoriametrics/): add the support of ingestion and retrieval of samples with timestamps in the future. The new `-futureRetention` flag controls how far in the future the timestamps are allowed to be. See [827](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/827) and [10718](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/10718).

 * BUGFIX: `vminsert` in [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/cluster-victoriametrics/): fix increased memory usage after upgrade to [v1.140.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.140.0) by properly accounting for internal buffer count when calculating per-storage buffer size. See [#10725](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/10725#issuecomment-4282256709).
 * BUGFIX: all VictoriaMetrics components: properly parse IPv6 source address when accepting connections with proxy protocol v2 enabled. See [#10839](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/10839). Thanks to @andriibeee for the contribution.
--- a/lib/storage/search_test.go
+++ b/lib/storage/search_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
@@ -178,7 +179,9 @@ func TestSearch_VariousTimeRanges(t *testing.T) {
 			mrs[i].Value = float64(i)
 		}

-		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{})
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: time.Duration(math.MaxInt64),
+		})
 		defer s.MustClose()
 		s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
 		s.DebugFlush()
--- a/lib/storage/storage.go
+++ b/lib/storage/storage.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 )

 const (
+	retention2Days  = 2 * 24 * time.Hour
 	retention31Days = 31 * 24 * time.Hour
 	retentionMax    = 100 * 12 * retention31Days
 	idbPrefilStart  = time.Hour
@@ -66,9 +67,10 @@ type Storage struct {
 	// indexdb rotation.
 	legacyNextRotationTimestamp atomic.Int64

-	path           string
-	cachePath      string
-	retentionMsecs int64
+	path                 string
+	cachePath            string
+	retentionMsecs       int64
+	futureRetentionMsecs int64

 	// lock file for exclusive access to the storage on the given path.
 	flockF *os.File
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ type accountProjectKey struct {
 // OpenOptions optional args for MustOpenStorage
 type OpenOptions struct {
 	Retention             time.Duration
+	FutureRetention       time.Duration
 	MaxHourlySeries       int
 	MaxDailySeries        int
 	DisablePerDayIndex    bool
@@ -198,6 +201,7 @@ func MustOpenStorage(path string, opts OpenOptions) *Storage {
 	if retention <= 0 || retention > retentionMax {
 		retention = retentionMax
 	}
+	futureRetention := max(opts.FutureRetention, retention2Days)
 	idbPrefillStart := opts.IDBPrefillStart
 	if idbPrefillStart <= 0 {
 		idbPrefillStart = time.Hour
@@ -206,6 +210,7 @@ func MustOpenStorage(path string, opts OpenOptions) *Storage {
 		path:                   path,
 		cachePath:              filepath.Join(path, cacheDirname),
 		retentionMsecs:         retention.Milliseconds(),
+		futureRetentionMsecs:   futureRetention.Milliseconds(),
 		stopCh:                 make(chan struct{}),
 		idbPrefillStartSeconds: idbPrefillStart.Milliseconds() / 1000,
 	}
--- a/lib/storage/storage_synctest_test.go
+++ b/lib/storage/storage_synctest_test.go
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ package storage
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/synctest"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 )

@@ -857,66 +859,339 @@ func TestStorageNextDayMetricIDs_update(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }

+// TestStorageLastPartitionMetrics checks that "last partition" metrics
+// correspond to the current partition and not some future partition.
 func TestStorageLastPartitionMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	defer testRemoveAll(t)
+
+	const (
+		accountID = 12
+		projectID = 34
+	)
+
+	addRows := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage, prefix string, tr TimeRange) {
+		t.Helper()
+		const numSeries = 1000
+		rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(1))
+		mrs := testGenerateMetricRowsWithPrefixForTenantID(rng, accountID, projectID, numSeries, prefix, tr)
+		want := s.newTimeseriesCreated.Load() + numSeries
+		s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
+		s.DebugFlush()
+		if got := s.newTimeseriesCreated.Load(); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected number of new timeseries: got %d, want %d", got, want)
+		}
+		// wait for merged parts to be attached to the table
+		time.Sleep(time.Minute)
+	}
+	assertLastPartitionEmpty := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage) {
+		t.Helper()
+		var m Metrics
+		s.UpdateMetrics(&m)
+		lpm := m.TableMetrics.LastPartition
+		if lpm.SmallPartsCount != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected last partition SmallPartsCount: got %d, want 0", lpm.SmallPartsCount)
+		}
+		if lpm.IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected last partition IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount: got %d, want 0", lpm.IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount)
+		}
+	}
+	assertLastPartitionNonEmpty := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage) {
+		t.Helper()
+		var m Metrics
+		s.UpdateMetrics(&m)
+		lpm := m.TableMetrics.LastPartition
+		if lpm.SmallPartsCount == 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected last partition SmallPartsCount: got 0, want > 0")
+		}
+		if lpm.IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount == 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected last partition IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount: got 0, want > 0")
+		}
+	}
+
 	synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Advance current time to 2h before the next month, 2000-01-31T22:00:00Z.
 		time.Sleep(31*24*time.Hour - 2*time.Hour)
 		ct := time.Now().UTC()

+		// Open the storage, make sure current partition is empty.
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: 2 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour,
+		})
+		defer s.MustClose()
+		assertLastPartitionEmpty(t, s)
+
+		// Insert rows with future timestamps. Current partition must be empty.
+		addRows(t, s, "future", TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: ct.Add(365 * 24 * time.Hour).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: ct.Add(366 * 24 * time.Hour).UnixMilli(),
+		})
+		assertLastPartitionEmpty(t, s)
+
+		// Insert rows with timestamps within current partition.
+		// Current partition must be not empty.
+		addRows(t, s, "current", TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: ct.UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: ct.Add(time.Hour).UnixMilli(),
+		})
+		assertLastPartitionNonEmpty(t, s)
+
+		// Advance current time to the the next month, 2000-02-01T00:30:00Z.
+		// last partition is now 2000-02 and it must be empty.
+		time.Sleep(2*time.Hour + time.Minute*30)
+		assertLastPartitionEmpty(t, s)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestStorage_futureAndHistoricalRetention(t *testing.T) {
+	defer testRemoveAll(t)
+
+	const (
+		accountID = 12
+		projectID = 34
+	)
+
+	assertData := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage, tr TimeRange, want []MetricRow) {
+		t.Helper()
+		tfs := NewTagFilters(accountID, projectID)
+		if err := tfs.Add(nil, []byte(".*"), false, true); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("TagFilters.Add() failed unexpectedly: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := testAssertSearchResult(s, tr, tfs, want); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("[now: %v tr: %v] search failed unexpectedly: %v", time.Now().UTC(), &tr, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		// synctests start at 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
+
+		var s *Storage
+		retention := 180 * 24 * time.Hour
+		futureRetention := 180 * 24 * time.Hour
+
+		s = MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			Retention:       retention,
+			FutureRetention: futureRetention,
+		})
+
+		// Ingest samples for previous and future year. 10 samples per day.
+		const numSeries = 10
+		start := time.Date(1999, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+		end := time.Date(2001, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+		rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(1))
+		wantData := make(map[TimeRange][]MetricRow)
+		for day := start; day.Before(end); {
+			prefix := fmt.Sprintf("metric_%d_%d_%d", day.Year(), day.Month(), day.Day())
+			tr := TimeRange{
+				MinTimestamp: day.UnixMilli(),
+				MaxTimestamp: day.UnixMilli() + msecPerDay - 1,
+			}
+			mrs := testGenerateMetricRowsWithPrefixForTenantID(rng, accountID, projectID, numSeries, prefix, tr)
+			wantData[tr] = mrs
+			s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
+
+			day = time.Date(day.Year(), day.Month(), day.Day()+1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+		}
+		s.DebugFlush()
+
+		// Advance time one partition at a time. Before each time advancement,
+		// check the query results for each day between the original start and end
+		// time.
+		//
+		// This is to test how historical and future retentions affect the
+		// stored data over time.
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		dataEnd := now.Add(futureRetention - 24*time.Hour)
+		for now.Before(end) {
+			for day := start; day.Before(end); {
+				tr := TimeRange{
+					MinTimestamp: day.UnixMilli(),
+					MaxTimestamp: day.UnixMilli() + msecPerDay - 1,
+				}
+				dataStart := now.Add(-retention)
+				if day.Before(dataStart) || day.After(dataEnd) {
+					assertData(t, s, tr, nil)
+				} else {
+					assertData(t, s, tr, wantData[tr])
+				}
+				day = time.Date(day.Year(), day.Month(), day.Day()+1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+			}
+
+			s.MustClose()
+			nextMonth := time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month()+1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+			time.Sleep(nextMonth.Sub(now))
+			now = nextMonth
+			s = MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+				Retention:       retention,
+				FutureRetention: futureRetention,
+			})
+		}
+
+		s.MustClose()
+	})
+}
+
+func TestStorage_defaultFutureRetention(t *testing.T) {
+	defer testRemoveAll(t)
+
+	const (
+		accountID = 12
+		projectID = 34
+	)
+
+	assertData := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage, tr TimeRange, want []MetricRow) {
+		t.Helper()
+		tfs := NewTagFilters(accountID, projectID)
+		if err := tfs.Add(nil, []byte(".*"), false, true); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("TagFilters.Add() failed unexpectedly: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := testAssertSearchResult(s, tr, tfs, want); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("[now: %v tr: %v] search failed unexpectedly: %v", time.Now().UTC(), &tr, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		// synctests start at 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
+
 		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{})
 		defer s.MustClose()

-		assertLastPartitionEmpty := func() {
-			t.Helper()
-			var m Metrics
-			s.UpdateMetrics(&m)
-			lpm := m.TableMetrics.LastPartition
-			if lpm.SmallPartsCount != 0 {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected last partition SmallPartsCount: got %d, want 0", lpm.SmallPartsCount)
-			}
-			if lpm.IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount != 0 {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected last partition IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount: got %d, want 0", lpm.IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount)
-			}
-		}
-		assertLastPartitionNonEmpty := func() {
-			t.Helper()
-			var m Metrics
-			s.UpdateMetrics(&m)
-			lpm := m.TableMetrics.LastPartition
-			if lpm.SmallPartsCount == 0 {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected last partition SmallPartsCount: got 0, want > 0")
-			}
-			if lpm.IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount == 0 {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected last partition IndexDBMetrics.FileBlocksCount: got 0, want > 0")
-			}
-		}
-
-		// make sure last partition is empty before ingestion
-		assertLastPartitionEmpty()
-
-		const numSeries = 1000
-
+		// Ingest samples for this and several days in the future. 10 samples
+		// per hour.
+		const numSeries = 10
+		start := time.Now().UTC()
+		end := start.Add(10 * 24 * time.Hour)
 		rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(1))
-		tr := TimeRange{
-			MinTimestamp: ct.Add(-time.Hour).UnixMilli(),
-			MaxTimestamp: ct.UnixMilli(),
-		}
-		mrs := testGenerateMetricRowsWithPrefixForTenantID(rng, 0, 0, numSeries, "metric.", tr)
-		s.AddRows(mrs, 1)
-		s.DebugFlush()
-		if got, want := s.newTimeseriesCreated.Load(), uint64(numSeries); got != want {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected number of new timeseries: got %d, want %d", got, want)
-		}
-		// wait for merged parts to be attached to the table
-		time.Sleep(time.Minute)
+		wantData := make(map[TimeRange][]MetricRow)
+		for ts := start; ts.Before(end); {
+			prefix := fmt.Sprintf("metric_%04d_%02d_%02d_%02d", ts.Year(), ts.Month(), ts.Day(), ts.Hour())
+			tr := TimeRange{
+				MinTimestamp: ts.UnixMilli(),
+				MaxTimestamp: ts.UnixMilli() + msecPerHour - 1,
+			}
+			mrs := testGenerateMetricRowsWithPrefixForTenantID(rng, accountID, projectID, numSeries, prefix, tr)
+			wantData[tr] = mrs
+			s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)

-		// last created partition is empty, but we're still at current month
-		assertLastPartitionNonEmpty()
-		// Advance current time to the the next month, 2000-02-01T00:30:00Z.
-		// last partition must be 2000-02 now
-		time.Sleep(2*time.Hour + time.Minute*30)
-		// current month partition has no data ingested
-		assertLastPartitionEmpty()
+			ts = ts.Add(time.Hour)
+		}
+		s.DebugFlush()
+
+		dataStart := start
+		dataEnd := dataStart.Add(2*24*time.Hour - time.Hour)
+		for ts := start; ts.Before(end); ts = ts.Add(time.Hour) {
+			tr := TimeRange{
+				MinTimestamp: ts.UnixMilli(),
+				MaxTimestamp: ts.UnixMilli() + msecPerHour - 1,
+			}
+			if ts.Before(dataStart) || ts.After(dataEnd) {
+				assertData(t, s, tr, nil)
+			} else {
+				assertData(t, s, tr, wantData[tr])
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestStorage_partitionsOutsideRetentionAreRemoved(t *testing.T) {
+	defer testRemoveAll(t)
+
+	const (
+		accountID = 12
+		projectID = 34
+	)
+
+	assertPathExists := func(t *testing.T, path string, want bool) {
+		t.Helper()
+		if got := fs.IsPathExist(path); got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected path existence test result for %s: got %t, want %t", path, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	assertPtExists := func(t *testing.T, pt string, want bool) {
+		t.Helper()
+		assertPathExists(t, filepath.Join(t.Name(), "data", "small", pt), want)
+		assertPathExists(t, filepath.Join(t.Name(), "data", "big", pt), want)
+		assertPathExists(t, filepath.Join(t.Name(), "data", "indexdb", pt), want)
+	}
+
+	synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		// synctests start at 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
+
+		retention := 80 * 24 * time.Hour
+		futureRetention := 180 * 24 * time.Hour
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			Retention:       retention,
+			FutureRetention: futureRetention,
+		})
+
+		// Ingest samples with future timestamps that span the entire retention.
+		// This should create the corresponding partitions.
+		rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(1))
+		mrs := testGenerateMetricRowsWithPrefixForTenantID(rng, accountID, projectID, 1000, "metric", TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Now().Add(-retention).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Now().Add(futureRetention - time.Second).UnixMilli(),
+		})
+		s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
+		s.DebugFlush()
+
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_09", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_10", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_11", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_12", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_01", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_02", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_03", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_04", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_05", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_06", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_07", false)
+
+		// Reopen storage with smaller future retention. Future partitions
+		// outside the new future retention must be removed.
+		s.MustClose()
+		s = MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			Retention:       retention,
+			FutureRetention: 45 * 24 * time.Hour,
+		})
+
+		// Wait for background task to remove future partitions.
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Minute)
+
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_09", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_10", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_11", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_12", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_01", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_02", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_03", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_04", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_05", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_06", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_07", false)
+
+		// Reopen storage with smaller retention. Historical partitions
+		// outside the new future retention must be removed.
+		s.MustClose()
+		s = MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			Retention:       45 * 24 * time.Hour,
+			FutureRetention: 45 * 24 * time.Hour,
+		})
+
+		// Wait for background task to remove future partitions.
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Minute)
+
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_09", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_10", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_11", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "1999_12", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_01", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_02", true)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_03", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_04", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_05", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_06", false)
+		assertPtExists(t, "2000_07", false)
+
+		s.MustClose()
 	})
 }
--- a/lib/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/lib/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ func TestStorageRowsNotAdded(t *testing.T) {
 	})

 	retention = 48 * time.Hour
-	minTimestamp = time.Now().Add(7 * 24 * time.Hour).UnixMilli()
+	minTimestamp = maxUnixMilli + 1
 	maxTimestamp = minTimestamp + 1000
 	f(&options{
 		name:      "TooBigTimestamps",
@@ -2315,7 +2315,9 @@ func TestStorageSearchMetricNames_VariousTimeRanges(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		slices.Sort(want)

-		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{})
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: time.Duration(math.MaxInt64),
+		})
 		defer s.MustClose()
 		s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
 		s.DebugFlush()
@@ -2581,7 +2583,9 @@ func TestStorageSearchLabelNames_VariousTimeRanges(t *testing.T) {
 		want = append(want, "__name__")
 		slices.Sort(want)

-		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{})
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: time.Duration(math.MaxInt64),
+		})
 		defer s.MustClose()
 		s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
 		s.DebugFlush()
@@ -2636,7 +2640,9 @@ func TestStorageSearchLabelValues_VariousTimeRanges(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		slices.Sort(want)

-		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{})
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: time.Duration(math.MaxInt64),
+		})
 		defer s.MustClose()
 		s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
 		s.DebugFlush()
@@ -2684,7 +2690,9 @@ func TestStorageSearchTagValueSuffixes_VariousTimeRanges(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		slices.Sort(want)

-		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{})
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: time.Duration(math.MaxInt64),
+		})
 		defer s.MustClose()
 		s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
 		s.DebugFlush()
@@ -2731,7 +2739,9 @@ func TestStorageSearchGraphitePaths_VariousTimeRanges(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		slices.Sort(want)

-		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{})
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: time.Duration(math.MaxInt64),
+		})
 		defer s.MustClose()
 		s.AddRows(mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
 		s.DebugFlush()
@@ -2779,6 +2789,42 @@ func testStorageOpOnVariousTimeRanges(t *testing.T, op func(t *testing.T, tr Tim
 			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999_999_999, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("future-1h", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		op(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), now.Hour()+1, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), now.Hour()+2, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+	t.Run("future-1d", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		op(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day()+1, 1, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day()+2, 1, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+	t.Run("future-1m", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		op(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month()+1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month()+2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+	t.Run("future-1y", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		op(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year()+1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year()+2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+	t.Run("future-limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+		maxTime := time.UnixMilli(maxUnixMilli).UTC()
+		op(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: maxTime.Add(-24 * time.Hour).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: maxTime.UnixMilli(),
+		})
+	})
 }

 func TestStorageSearchLabelValues_EmptyValuesAreNotReturned(t *testing.T) {
@@ -4462,3 +4508,226 @@ func TestStorageMetrics_IndexDBBlockCaches(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	assertMetrics(s)
 }
+
+// TestStorage_futureTimestamps checks that samples with future timestamps can
+// be ingested, searched, and deleted.
+func TestStorage_futureTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
+	defer testRemoveAll(t)
+
+	const (
+		accountID = 12
+		projectID = 34
+	)
+
+	type want struct {
+		mrs         []MetricRow
+		metricNames []string
+		labelNames  []string
+		labelValues []string
+	}
+
+	const numMetrics = 1000
+	genData := func(prefix string, tr TimeRange) want {
+		mrs := make([]MetricRow, numMetrics)
+		metricNames := make([]string, numMetrics)
+		labelNames := make([]string, numMetrics)
+		labelValues := make([]string, numMetrics)
+		step := (tr.MaxTimestamp - tr.MinTimestamp) / numMetrics
+		for i := range numMetrics {
+			metricName := fmt.Sprintf("metric_%s_%04d", prefix, i)
+			labelName := fmt.Sprintf("label_%s_%04d", prefix, i)
+			labelValue := fmt.Sprintf("value_%s_%04d", prefix, i)
+			mn := MetricName{
+				MetricGroup: []byte(metricName),
+				AccountID:   accountID,
+				ProjectID:   projectID,
+				Tags: []Tag{
+					{Key: []byte(labelName), Value: []byte("value")},
+					{Key: []byte("label"), Value: []byte(labelValue)},
+				},
+			}
+			mrs[i].MetricNameRaw = mn.marshalRaw(nil)
+			mrs[i].Timestamp = tr.MinTimestamp + int64(i)*step
+			mrs[i].Value = float64(i)
+			metricNames[i] = metricName
+			labelNames[i] = labelName
+			labelValues[i] = labelValue
+		}
+		labelNames = append(labelNames, "__name__", "label")
+		return want{mrs, metricNames, labelNames, labelValues}
+	}
+
+	assertMetricNames := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage, tr TimeRange, want []string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		tfs := NewTagFilters(accountID, projectID)
+		if err := tfs.Add([]byte("__name__"), []byte(".*"), false, true); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in TagFilters.Add: %v", err)
+		}
+		got, err := s.SearchMetricNames(nil, []*TagFilters{tfs}, tr, 1e9, noDeadline)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("SearchMetricNames() failed unexpectedly: %v", err)
+		}
+		for i, name := range got {
+			var mn MetricName
+			if err := mn.UnmarshalString(name); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Could not unmarshal metric name %q: %v", name, err)
+			}
+			got[i] = string(mn.MetricGroup)
+		}
+		slices.Sort(got)
+		slices.Sort(want)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got); diff != "" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected metric names (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+		}
+	}
+	assertLabelNames := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage, tr TimeRange, want []string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		got, err := s.SearchLabelNames(nil, accountID, projectID, nil, tr, 1e9, 1e9, noDeadline)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("SearchLabelNames() failed unexpectedly: %s", err)
+		}
+		slices.Sort(got)
+		slices.Sort(want)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got); diff != "" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected label names (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+		}
+	}
+	assertLabelValues := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage, tr TimeRange, want []string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		got, err := s.SearchLabelValues(nil, accountID, projectID, "label", nil, tr, 1e9, 1e9, noDeadline)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("SearchLabelValues() failed unexpectedly: %s", err)
+		}
+		slices.Sort(got)
+		slices.Sort(want)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got); diff != "" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected label values (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+		}
+	}
+	assertData := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage, tr TimeRange, want []MetricRow) {
+		t.Helper()
+		tfs := NewTagFilters(accountID, projectID)
+		if err := tfs.Add(nil, []byte(".*"), false, true); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("TagFilters.Add() failed unexpectedly: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := testAssertSearchResult(s, tr, tfs, want); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("search failed unexpectedly: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	deleteAllSeries := func(t *testing.T, s *Storage) {
+		tfs := NewTagFilters(accountID, projectID)
+		if err := tfs.Add([]byte("__name__"), []byte(".*"), false, true); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in TagFilters.Add: %v", err)
+		}
+		if _, err := s.DeleteSeries(nil, []*TagFilters{tfs}, 1e9); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("DeleteSeries() failed unexpectedly: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	concatUniq := func(s1, s2 []string) []string {
+		var s []string
+		seen := make(map[string]bool)
+		for _, v := range slices.Concat(s1, s2) {
+			if !seen[v] {
+				s = append(s, v)
+				seen[v] = true
+			}
+		}
+		return s
+	}
+
+	futureRetention := time.Duration(math.MaxInt64)
+
+	f := func(t *testing.T, tr TimeRange) {
+		want := genData("batch1", tr)
+
+		s := MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: futureRetention,
+		})
+		s.AddRows(want.mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
+		s.DebugFlush()
+		assertMetricNames(t, s, tr, want.metricNames)
+		assertLabelNames(t, s, tr, want.labelNames)
+		assertLabelValues(t, s, tr, want.labelValues)
+		assertData(t, s, tr, want.mrs)
+
+		// Reopen storage.
+		s.MustClose()
+		s = MustOpenStorage(t.Name(), OpenOptions{
+			FutureRetention: futureRetention,
+		})
+		assertMetricNames(t, s, tr, want.metricNames)
+		assertLabelNames(t, s, tr, want.labelNames)
+		assertLabelValues(t, s, tr, want.labelValues)
+		assertData(t, s, tr, want.mrs)
+
+		// Insert more data and force background merge tasks.
+		want2 := genData("batch2", tr)
+		s.AddRows(want2.mrs, defaultPrecisionBits)
+		s.DebugFlush()
+		if err := s.ForceMergePartitions(""); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("ForceMergePartitions() failed unexpectedly: %s", err)
+		}
+		assertMetricNames(t, s, tr, slices.Concat(want.metricNames, want2.metricNames))
+		assertLabelNames(t, s, tr, concatUniq(want.labelNames, want2.labelNames))
+		assertLabelValues(t, s, tr, slices.Concat(want.labelValues, want2.labelValues))
+		assertData(t, s, tr, slices.Concat(want.mrs, want2.mrs))
+
+		// Delete all series.
+		deleteAllSeries(t, s)
+		assertMetricNames(t, s, tr, []string{})
+		assertLabelNames(t, s, tr, []string{})
+		assertLabelValues(t, s, tr, []string{})
+		assertData(t, s, tr, nil)
+
+		s.MustClose()
+	}
+
+	t.Run("future-1h", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		f(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), now.Hour()+1, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), now.Hour()+2, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("future-1d", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		f(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day()+1, 1, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day()+2, 1, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("future-1m", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		f(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month()+1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month()+2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("future-1y", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		f(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year()+1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year()+2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("future-10y", func(t *testing.T) {
+		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		f(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year()+1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: time.Date(now.Year()+11, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixMilli() - 1,
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("future-limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+		maxTime := time.UnixMilli(maxUnixMilli).UTC()
+		f(t, TimeRange{
+			MinTimestamp: maxTime.Add(-24 * time.Hour).UnixMilli(),
+			MaxTimestamp: maxTime.UnixMilli(),
+		})
+	})
+}
--- a/lib/storage/table.go
+++ b/lib/storage/table.go
@@ -410,13 +410,13 @@ func (tb *table) MustGetIndexDBIDByHour(hour uint64) uint64 {
 func (tb *table) getMinMaxTimestamps() (int64, int64) {
 	now := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp() * 1000)
 	minTimestamp := now - tb.s.retentionMsecs
-	maxTimestamp := now + 2*24*3600*1000 // allow max +2 days from now due to timezones shit :)
 	if minTimestamp < 0 {
 		// Negative timestamps aren't supported by the storage.
 		minTimestamp = 0
 	}
-	if maxTimestamp < 0 {
-		maxTimestamp = (1 << 63) - 1
+	maxTimestamp := int64(maxUnixMilli)
+	if maxUnixMilli-now > tb.s.futureRetentionMsecs {
+		maxTimestamp = now + tb.s.futureRetentionMsecs
 	}
 	return minTimestamp, maxTimestamp
 }
@@ -436,12 +436,14 @@ func (tb *table) retentionWatcher() {
 		case <-ticker.C:
 		}

-		minTimestamp := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp()*1000) - tb.s.retentionMsecs
+		nowMsecs := int64(fasttime.UnixTimestamp() * 1000)
+		minTimestamp := nowMsecs - tb.s.retentionMsecs
+		maxTimestamp := nowMsecs + tb.s.futureRetentionMsecs
 		var ptwsDrop []*partitionWrapper
 		tb.ptwsLock.Lock()
 		dst := tb.ptws[:0]
 		for _, ptw := range tb.ptws {
-			if ptw.pt.tr.MaxTimestamp < minTimestamp {
+			if ptw.pt.tr.MaxTimestamp < minTimestamp || ptw.pt.tr.MinTimestamp > maxTimestamp {
 				ptwsDrop = append(ptwsDrop, ptw)
 			} else {
 				dst = append(dst, ptw)
--- a/lib/storage/time.go
+++ b/lib/storage/time.go
@@ -120,4 +120,16 @@ func (tr *TimeRange) contains(timestamp int64) bool {
 const (
 	msecPerDay  = 24 * 3600 * 1000
 	msecPerHour = 3600 * 1000
+
+	// maxUnixMilli is the max millisecond that is allowed to be used as the
+	// sample timestamp.
+	//
+	// Go's Duration is an int64 and is in nanoseconds. In order for time.Time
+	// math operations and conversion to millis/micros/nanos to work correctly,
+	// the max datetime must be limited to math.MaxInt64 nanoseconds, Which is
+	// time.UnixMicro(math.MaxInt64/1000) == 2262-04-11 23:47:16.854775 UTC.
+	//
+	// Round it to the last millisecond of the last complete partition:
+	// 2262-03-31 23:59:59.999 UTC.
+	maxUnixMilli = 9222422399999
 )
--- a/lib/storage/time_test.go
+++ b/lib/storage/time_test.go
@@ -229,3 +229,10 @@ func TestIsFirstHourOfDay(t *testing.T) {
 	lastHourOfDay := time.Date(2000, 1, 1, 23, 59, 59, 999_999_999, time.UTC)
 	f(lastHourOfDay, false)
 }
+
+func TestMaxUnixMilli(t *testing.T) {
+	lastFuturePtMaxTime := time.Date(2262, 3, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999_000_000, time.UTC)
+	if got, want := lastFuturePtMaxTime.UnixMilli(), int64(maxUnixMilli); got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected maxUnixMilli: got %d, want %d", got, want)
+	}
+}
--- a/lib/timeutil/time.go
+++ b/lib/timeutil/time.go
@@ -268,16 +268,25 @@ func multiplyByDecimalExp(n int64, decimalExp int64) (int64, bool) {

 var decimalMultipliers = [...]int64{0, 1e1, 1e2, 1e3, 1e4, 1e5, 1e6, 1e7, 1e8, 1e9, 1e10, 1e11, 1e12, 1e13, 1e14, 1e15, 1e16, 1e17, 1e18}

+const (
+	maxValidSecond = math.MaxInt64 / 1_000_000_000
+	maxValidMilli  = math.MaxInt64 / 1_000_000
+	maxValidMicro  = math.MaxInt64 / 1_000
+	minValidSecond = math.MinInt64 / 1_000_000_000
+	minValidMilli  = math.MinInt64 / 1_000_000
+	minValidMicro  = math.MinInt64 / 1_000
+)
+
 func getUnixTimestampNanoseconds(n int64) int64 {
-	if n < (1<<31) && n >= (-1<<31) {
+	if n <= maxValidSecond && n >= minValidSecond {
 		// The timestamp is in seconds.
 		return n * 1e9
 	}
-	if n < 1e3*(1<<31) && n >= 1e3*(-1<<31) {
+	if n <= maxValidMilli && n >= minValidMilli {
 		// The timestamp is in milliseconds.
 		return n * 1e6
 	}
-	if n < 1e6*(1<<31) && n >= 1e6*(-1<<31) {
+	if n <= maxValidMicro && n >= minValidMicro {
 		// The timestamp is in microseconds.
 		return n * 1e3
 	}