I’m using PostgreSQL 14.4 with docker. I’ve configured the postgresql.conf archive to delete the wal files automatically, but somehow it’s not working.

the archive_cleanup_command is configured, but it’s not cleaning the folder which contains the archived wal files.

Here’s my postgresql conf file:

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# WRITE-AHEAD LOG
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# - Settings -

wal_level = logical     
#fsync = on             
#synchronous_commit = on        
#wal_sync_method = fsync        
#full_page_writes = on          
#wal_log_hints = off            
#wal_compression = off          
#wal_init_zero = on         
#wal_recycle = on           
wal_buffers = 8MB           
#wal_writer_delay = 200ms       
#wal_writer_flush_after = 1MB       
#wal_skip_threshold = 2MB

#commit_delay = 0           
#commit_siblings = 5            

# - Checkpoints -

#checkpoint_timeout = 5min      
#checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9 
#checkpoint_flush_after = 256kB     
#checkpoint_warning = 30s       
max_wal_size = 2GB
min_wal_size = 1GB

# - Archiving -

archive_mode = on       
archive_command = 'cp %p /var/lib/postgresql/data/wal_archive/%f'       /mnt/server/archivedir/%f'

#archive_timeout = 0    

# - Archive Recovery -


#restore_command = 'cp /var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_wal/%f %p'   

archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup /var/lib/postgresql/data/wal_archive 0000000100000059000000DC >> /var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_log/archive_cleanup.log 2>&1' 
#recovery_end_command = ''