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# Pipeline artifacts **(FREE)**
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Pipeline artifacts are files created by GitLab after a pipeline finishes. Pipeline artifacts are
different to [job artifacts ](job_artifacts.md ) because they are not explicitly managed by
`.gitlab-ci.yml` definitions.
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Pipeline artifacts are used by the [test coverage visualization feature ](../../user/project/merge_requests/test_coverage_visualization.md )
to collect coverage information. It uses the [`artifacts: reports` ](../yaml/index.md#artifactsreports ) CI/CD keyword.
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## Storage
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Pipeline artifacts are saved to disk or object storage. They count towards a project's [storage usage quota ](../../user/usage_quotas.md#storage-usage-quota ).
The **Artifacts** on the Usage Quotas page is the sum of all job artifacts and pipeline artifacts.
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## When pipeline artifacts are deleted
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Pipeline artifacts from:
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- The latest pipeline are kept forever.
- Pipelines superseded by a newer pipeline are deleted seven days after their creation date.
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It can take up to two days for GitLab to delete pipeline artifacts from when they are due to be
deleted.
