How can I destroy models without destroying their ActiveStorage associations?

[pierry01]

Hello everyone!

Is there a way to .destroy or .destroy_all record(s) without delete the ActiveStorage association?
Example: product = Product.last with 2 images attached

product.destroy
product.deleted_at -> Time.current

It would be great for this behavior to work
product.destroy(keep_storage: true)
product.images.count -> 2

Current behavior: product.images.count -> 0
Expected behavior: product.images.count -> 2

[mvz]

Hi @pierry01 I edited your title a bit because it seemed to be saying the opposite of the body of your issue. Let me know if I misunderstood somehow.

[pierry01]

@mvz sorry for the delay. The title is correct now, thanks!!!

You understood the problem.
Does it make sense to implement a solution for this?

[mvz]

@pierry01 I think the associations should always be kept until the model is fully destroyed. See also the discussion in #103.

[Olgagr]

Is there any solution for keeping ActiveStorage attachments?