diff --git a/app/helpers/application_settings_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_settings_helper.rb
index 0c9f69b6714..9a1c2a4c9e1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_settings_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_settings_helper.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ module ApplicationSettingsHelper
       :akismet_api_key,
       :akismet_enabled,
       :allow_local_requests_from_hooks_and_services,
+      :archive_builds_in_human_readable,
       :authorized_keys_enabled,
       :auto_devops_enabled,
       :auto_devops_domain,
diff --git a/app/models/application_setting.rb b/app/models/application_setting.rb
index b66ec0ffab6..704310f53f0 100644
--- a/app/models/application_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_setting.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
   include CacheMarkdownField
   include TokenAuthenticatable
   include IgnorableColumn
+  include ChronicDurationAttribute
 
   add_authentication_token_field :runners_registration_token
   add_authentication_token_field :health_check_access_token
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   default_value_for :id, 1
 
+  chronic_duration_attr_writer :archive_builds_in_human_readable, :archive_builds_in_seconds
+
   validates :uuid, presence: true
 
   validates :session_expire_delay,
@@ -184,6 +187,10 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates :user_default_internal_regex, js_regex: true, allow_nil: true
 
+  validates :archive_builds_in_seconds,
+            allow_nil: true,
+            numericality: { only_integer: true, greater_than_or_equal_to: 1.day.seconds }
+
   SUPPORTED_KEY_TYPES.each do |type|
     validates :"#{type}_key_restriction", presence: true, key_restriction: { type: type }
   end
@@ -441,6 +448,10 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
     latest_terms
   end
 
+  def archive_builds_older_than
+    archive_builds_in_seconds.seconds.ago if archive_builds_in_seconds
+  end
+
   private
 
   def ensure_uuid!
diff --git a/app/models/ci/build.rb b/app/models/ci/build.rb
index 600c562d05a..d7eab57763e 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/build.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/build.rb
@@ -258,8 +258,24 @@ module Ci
         self.name == 'pages'
     end
 
+    # degenerated build is one that cannot be run by Runner
+    def degenerated?
+      self.options.nil?
+    end
+
+    def degenerate!
+      self.update!(options: nil, yaml_variables: nil, commands: nil)
+    end
+
+    def archived?
+      return true if degenerated?
+
+      archive_builds_older_than = Gitlab::CurrentSettings.current_application_settings.archive_builds_older_than
+      archive_builds_older_than.present? && created_at < archive_builds_older_than
+    end
+
     def playable?
-      action? && (manual? || scheduled? || retryable?)
+      action? && !archived? && (manual? || scheduled? || retryable?)
     end
 
     def schedulable?
@@ -287,7 +303,7 @@ module Ci
     end
 
     def retryable?
-      success? || failed? || canceled?
+      !archived? && (success? || failed? || canceled?)
     end
 
     def retries_count
@@ -295,7 +311,7 @@ module Ci
     end
 
     def retries_max
-      self.options.fetch(:retry, 0).to_i
+      self.options.to_h.fetch(:retry, 0).to_i
     end
 
     def latest?
diff --git a/app/models/commit_status.rb b/app/models/commit_status.rb
index 95c88e11a6e..755f8bd4d06 100644
--- a/app/models/commit_status.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit_status.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class CommitStatus < ActiveRecord::Base
     missing_dependency_failure: 5,
     runner_unsupported: 6,
     stale_schedule: 7,
-    job_execution_timeout: 8
+    job_execution_timeout: 8,
+    archived_failure: 9
   }
 
   ##
@@ -167,16 +168,18 @@ class CommitStatus < ActiveRecord::Base
     false
   end
 
-  # To be overridden when inherrited from
   def retryable?
     false
   end
 
-  # To be overridden when inherrited from
   def cancelable?
     false
   end
 
+  def archived?
+    false
+  end
+
   def stuck?
     false
   end
diff --git a/app/policies/ci/build_policy.rb b/app/policies/ci/build_policy.rb
index 3858b29c82c..0ca3e696f46 100644
--- a/app/policies/ci/build_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/ci/build_policy.rb
@@ -20,12 +20,17 @@ module Ci
       @subject.project.branch_allows_collaboration?(@user, @subject.ref)
     end
 
+    condition(:archived, scope: :subject) do
+      @subject.archived?
+    end
+
     condition(:terminal, scope: :subject) do
       @subject.has_terminal?
     end
 
-    rule { protected_ref }.policy do
+    rule { protected_ref | archived }.policy do
       prevent :update_build
+      prevent :update_commit_status
       prevent :erase_build
     end
 
diff --git a/app/policies/deployment_policy.rb b/app/policies/deployment_policy.rb
index 56ac898b6ab..d4f2f3c52b1 100644
--- a/app/policies/deployment_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/deployment_policy.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,13 @@
 
 class DeploymentPolicy < BasePolicy
   delegate { @subject.project }
+
+  condition(:can_retry_deployable) do
+    can?(:update_build, @subject.deployable)
+  end
+
+  rule { ~can_retry_deployable }.policy do
+    prevent :create_deployment
+    prevent :update_deployment
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/presenters/commit_status_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/commit_status_presenter.rb
index a866e76df5a..0cd77da6303 100644
--- a/app/presenters/commit_status_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/commit_status_presenter.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ class CommitStatusPresenter < Gitlab::View::Presenter::Delegated
     missing_dependency_failure: 'There has been a missing dependency failure',
     runner_unsupported: 'Your runner is outdated, please upgrade your runner',
     stale_schedule: 'Delayed job could not be executed by some reason, please try again',
-    job_execution_timeout: 'The script exceeded the maximum execution time set for the job'
+    job_execution_timeout: 'The script exceeded the maximum execution time set for the job',
+    archived_failure: 'The job is archived and cannot be run'
   }.freeze
 
   private_constant :CALLOUT_FAILURE_MESSAGES
@@ -30,6 +31,6 @@ class CommitStatusPresenter < Gitlab::View::Presenter::Delegated
   end
 
   def unrecoverable?
-    script_failure? || missing_dependency_failure?
+    script_failure? || missing_dependency_failure? || archived_failure?
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/job_entity.rb b/app/serializers/job_entity.rb
index aebbc18e32f..d0099ae77f2 100644
--- a/app/serializers/job_entity.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/job_entity.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class JobEntity < Grape::Entity
   expose :name
 
   expose :started?, as: :started
+  expose :archived?, as: :archived
 
   expose :build_path do |build|
     build_path(build)
diff --git a/app/services/ci/register_job_service.rb b/app/services/ci/register_job_service.rb
index 5a7be921389..e06f1c05843 100644
--- a/app/services/ci/register_job_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/ci/register_job_service.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ module Ci
         return false
       end
 
+      if build.archived?
+        build.drop!(:archived_failure)
+        return false
+      end
+
       build.run!
       true
     end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_ci_cd.html.haml b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_ci_cd.html.haml
index 97be658cd34..adb496495d1 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_ci_cd.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_ci_cd.html.haml
@@ -41,5 +41,13 @@
         The default unit is in seconds, but you can define an alternative. For example:
         <code>4 mins 2 sec</code>, <code>2h42min</code>.
         = link_to icon('question-circle'), help_page_path('user/admin_area/settings/continuous_integration', anchor: 'default-artifacts-expiration')
+    .form-group
+      = f.label :archive_builds_in_human_readable, 'Archive builds in', class: 'label-bold'
+      = f.text_field :archive_builds_in_human_readable, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'never'
+      .form-text.text-muted
+        Set the duration when build gonna be considered old. Archived builds cannot be retried.
+        Make it empty to never expire builds. It has to be larger than 1 day.
+        The default unit is in seconds, but you can define an alternative. For example:
+        <code>4 mins 2 sec</code>, <code>2h42min</code>.
 
   = f.submit 'Save changes', class: "btn btn-success"
diff --git a/app/views/projects/deployments/_rollback.haml b/app/views/projects/deployments/_rollback.haml
index 281e042c915..1bd538a08ff 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/deployments/_rollback.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/deployments/_rollback.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- if can?(current_user, :create_deployment, deployment) && deployment.deployable
+- if can?(current_user, :create_deployment, deployment)
   - tooltip = deployment.last? ? s_('Environments|Re-deploy to environment') : s_('Environments|Rollback environment')
   = link_to [:retry, @project.namespace.becomes(Namespace), @project, deployment.deployable], method: :post, class: 'btn btn-build has-tooltip', title: tooltip do
     - if deployment.last?
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_with_tabs.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_with_tabs.html.haml
index 95bba47802c..66e202103a9 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_with_tabs.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_with_tabs.html.haml
@@ -61,12 +61,14 @@
               %td.responsive-table-cell.build-failure{ data: { column: _("Failure")} }
                 = build.present.callout_failure_message
               %td.responsive-table-cell.build-actions
-                = link_to retry_project_job_path(build.project, build, return_to: request.original_url), method: :post, title: _('Retry'), class: 'btn btn-build' do
-                  = icon('repeat')
-            %tr.build-trace-row.responsive-table-border-end
-              %td
-              %td.responsive-table-cell.build-trace-container{ colspan: 4 }
-                %pre.build-trace.build-trace-rounded
-                  %code.bash.js-build-output
-                    = build_summary(build)
+                - if can?(current_user, :update_build, job)
+                  = link_to retry_project_job_path(build.project, build, return_to: request.original_url), method: :post, title: _('Retry'), class: 'btn btn-build' do
+                    = icon('repeat')
+            - if can?(current_user, :read_build, job)
+              %tr.build-trace-row.responsive-table-border-end
+                %td
+                %td.responsive-table-cell.build-trace-container{ colspan: 4 }
+                  %pre.build-trace.build-trace-rounded
+                    %code.bash.js-build-output
+                      = build_summary(build)
   = render_if_exists "projects/pipelines/tabs_content", pipeline: @pipeline, project: @project
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/disallow-retry-of-old-builds.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/disallow-retry-of-old-builds.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03992fc0213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/disallow-retry-of-old-builds.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Soft-archive old jobs
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: added
diff --git a/db/migrate/20181023104858_add_archive_builds_duration_to_application_settings.rb b/db/migrate/20181023104858_add_archive_builds_duration_to_application_settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..744748b3fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20181023104858_add_archive_builds_duration_to_application_settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddArchiveBuildsDurationToApplicationSettings < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  def change
+    add_column(:application_settings, :archive_builds_in_seconds, :integer, allow_null: true)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index d1815687968..5ad8fb7c5a4 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20181101144347) do
     t.integer "usage_stats_set_by_user_id"
     t.integer "receive_max_input_size"
     t.integer "diff_max_patch_bytes", default: 102400, null: false
+    t.integer "archive_builds_in_seconds"
   end
 
   create_table "audit_events", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/failed.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/failed.rb
index 7cc1cc6b8e3..d40454df737 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/failed.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/status/build/failed.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ module Gitlab
             missing_dependency_failure: 'missing dependency failure',
             runner_unsupported: 'unsupported runner',
             stale_schedule: 'stale schedule',
-            job_execution_timeout: 'job execution timeout'
+            job_execution_timeout: 'job execution timeout',
+            archived_failure: 'archived failure'
           }.freeze
 
           private_constant :REASONS
diff --git a/spec/factories/ci/builds.rb b/spec/factories/ci/builds.rb
index 85ba7d4097d..0cacdf7931f 100644
--- a/spec/factories/ci/builds.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/ci/builds.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ FactoryBot.define do
 
     pipeline factory: :ci_pipeline
 
+    trait :degenerated do
+      commands nil
+      options nil
+      yaml_variables nil
+    end
+
     trait :started do
       started_at 'Di 29. Okt 09:51:28 CET 2013'
     end
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/environments/environment_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/environments/environment_spec.rb
index 70e0879dd81..4f8f67aab22 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/environments/environment_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/environments/environment_spec.rb
@@ -53,10 +53,21 @@ describe 'Environment' do
 
         it 'does show build name' do
           expect(page).to have_link("#{build.name} (##{build.id})")
-          expect(page).to have_link('Re-deploy')
+          expect(page).not_to have_link('Re-deploy')
           expect(page).not_to have_terminal_button
         end
 
+        context 'when user has ability to re-deploy' do
+          let(:permissions) do
+            create(:protected_branch, :developers_can_merge,
+                   name: build.ref, project: project)
+          end
+
+          it 'does show re-deploy' do
+            expect(page).to have_link('Re-deploy')
+          end
+        end
+
         context 'with manual action' do
           let(:action) do
             create(:ci_build, :manual, pipeline: pipeline,
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
index cd6c37bf54d..049bbca958f 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
@@ -388,54 +388,83 @@ describe 'Pipeline', :js do
     let(:pipeline_failures_page) { failures_project_pipeline_path(project, pipeline) }
     let!(:failed_build) { create(:ci_build, :failed, pipeline: pipeline) }
 
+    subject { visit pipeline_failures_page }
+
     context 'with failed build' do
       before do
         failed_build.trace.set('4 examples, 1 failure')
-
-        visit pipeline_failures_page
       end
 
       it 'shows jobs tab pane as active' do
+        subject
+
         expect(page).to have_content('Failed Jobs')
         expect(page).to have_css('#js-tab-failures.active')
       end
 
       it 'lists failed builds' do
+        subject
+
         expect(page).to have_content(failed_build.name)
         expect(page).to have_content(failed_build.stage)
       end
 
       it 'shows build failure logs' do
+        subject
+
         expect(page).to have_content('4 examples, 1 failure')
       end
 
       it 'shows the failure reason' do
+        subject
+
         expect(page).to have_content('There is an unknown failure, please try again')
       end
 
-      it 'shows retry button for failed build' do
-        page.within(find('.build-failures', match: :first)) do
-          expect(page).to have_link('Retry')
+      context 'when user does not have permission to retry build' do
+        it 'shows retry button for failed build' do
+          subject
+
+          page.within(find('.build-failures', match: :first)) do
+            expect(page).not_to have_link('Retry')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when user does have permission to retry build' do
+        before do
+          create(:protected_branch, :developers_can_merge,
+                 name: pipeline.ref, project: project)
+        end
+
+        it 'shows retry button for failed build' do
+          subject
+
+          page.within(find('.build-failures', match: :first)) do
+            expect(page).to have_link('Retry')
+          end
         end
       end
     end
 
     context 'when missing build logs' do
-      before do
-        visit pipeline_failures_page
-      end
-
       it 'shows jobs tab pane as active' do
+        subject
+
         expect(page).to have_content('Failed Jobs')
         expect(page).to have_css('#js-tab-failures.active')
       end
 
       it 'lists failed builds' do
+        subject
+
         expect(page).to have_content(failed_build.name)
         expect(page).to have_content(failed_build.stage)
       end
 
       it 'does not show trace' do
+        subject
+
         expect(page).to have_content('No job trace')
       end
     end
@@ -448,11 +477,9 @@ describe 'Pipeline', :js do
       end
 
       context 'when accessing failed jobs page' do
-        before do
-          visit pipeline_failures_page
-        end
-
         it 'fails to access the page' do
+          subject
+
           expect(page).to have_title('Access Denied')
         end
       end
@@ -461,11 +488,11 @@ describe 'Pipeline', :js do
     context 'without failures' do
       before do
         failed_build.update!(status: :success)
-
-        visit pipeline_failures_page
       end
 
       it 'displays the pipeline graph' do
+        subject
+
         expect(current_path).to eq(pipeline_path(pipeline))
         expect(page).not_to have_content('Failed Jobs')
         expect(page).to have_selector('.pipeline-visualization')
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/job/job.json b/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/job/job.json
index 734c535ef70..f3d5e9b038a 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/job/job.json
+++ b/spec/fixtures/api/schemas/job/job.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "playable",
     "created_at",
     "updated_at",
-    "status"
+    "status",
+    "archived"
   ],
   "properties": {
     "id": { "type": "integer" },
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
     "updated_at": { "type": "string" },
     "status": { "$ref": "../status/ci_detailed_status.json" },
     "callout_message": { "type": "string" },
-    "recoverable": { "type": "boolean" }
+    "recoverable": { "type": "boolean" },
+    "archived": { "type": "boolean" }
   },
   "additionalProperties": true
 }
diff --git a/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb b/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
index 87b91286168..95ae7bd21ab 100644
--- a/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
@@ -594,4 +594,24 @@ describe ApplicationSetting do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#archive_builds_older_than' do
+    subject { setting.archive_builds_older_than }
+
+    context 'when the archive_builds_in_seconds is set' do
+      before do
+        setting.archive_builds_in_seconds = 3600
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_within(1.minute).of(1.hour.ago) }
+    end
+
+    context 'when the archive_builds_in_seconds is set' do
+      before do
+        setting.archive_builds_in_seconds = nil
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_nil }
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb b/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
index b07f8bc98b5..4089f099fdf 100644
--- a/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb
@@ -1314,6 +1314,14 @@ describe Ci::Build do
 
           it { is_expected.not_to be_retryable }
         end
+
+        context 'when build is degenerated' do
+          before do
+            build.degenerate!
+          end
+
+          it { is_expected.not_to be_retryable }
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -1396,6 +1404,14 @@ describe Ci::Build do
           expect(subject.retries_max).to eq 0
         end
       end
+
+      context 'when build is degenerated' do
+        subject { create(:ci_build, :degenerated) }
+
+        it 'returns zero' do
+          expect(subject.retries_max).to eq 0
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 
@@ -1659,6 +1675,12 @@ describe Ci::Build do
 
         it { is_expected.to be_playable }
       end
+
+      context 'when build is a manual and degenerated' do
+        subject { build_stubbed(:ci_build, :manual, :degenerated, status: :manual) }
+
+        it { is_expected.not_to be_playable }
+      end
     end
 
     context 'when build is scheduled' do
@@ -3227,4 +3249,54 @@ describe Ci::Build do
       it { expect(build.deployment_status).to eq(:creating) }
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#degenerated?' do
+    context 'when build is degenerated' do
+      subject { create(:ci_build, :degenerated) }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_degenerated }
+    end
+
+    context 'when build is valid' do
+      subject { create(:ci_build) }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_degenerated }
+
+      context 'and becomes degenerated' do
+        before do
+          subject.degenerate!
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to be_degenerated }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#archived?' do
+    context 'when build is degenerated' do
+      subject { create(:ci_build, :degenerated) }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_archived }
+    end
+
+    context 'for old build' do
+      subject { create(:ci_build, created_at: 1.day.ago) }
+
+      context 'when archive_builds_in is set' do
+        before do
+          stub_application_setting(archive_builds_in_seconds: 3600)
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.to be_archived }
+      end
+
+      context 'when archive_builds_in is not set' do
+        before do
+          stub_application_setting(archive_builds_in_seconds: nil)
+        end
+
+        it { is_expected.not_to be_archived }
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/presenters/ci/build_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/ci/build_presenter_spec.rb
index d7992f0a4a9..676835b3880 100644
--- a/spec/presenters/ci/build_presenter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/presenters/ci/build_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ describe Ci::BuildPresenter do
     let(:build) { create(:ci_build, :failed, :script_failure) }
 
     context 'when is a script or missing dependency failure' do
-      let(:failure_reasons) { %w(script_failure missing_dependency_failure) }
+      let(:failure_reasons) { %w(script_failure missing_dependency_failure archived_failure) }
 
       it 'should return false' do
         failure_reasons.each do |failure_reason|
diff --git a/spec/services/ci/register_job_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/ci/register_job_service_spec.rb
index a6565709641..56e2a405bcd 100644
--- a/spec/services/ci/register_job_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/ci/register_job_service_spec.rb
@@ -478,6 +478,20 @@ module Ci
           it_behaves_like 'validation is not active'
         end
       end
+
+      context 'when build is degenerated' do
+        let!(:pending_job) { create(:ci_build, :pending, :degenerated, pipeline: pipeline) }
+
+        subject { execute(specific_runner, {}) }
+
+        it 'does not pick the build and drops the build' do
+          expect(subject).to be_nil
+
+          pending_job.reload
+          expect(pending_job).to be_failed
+          expect(pending_job).to be_archived_failure
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     describe '#register_success' do