---
title: lifetime
framework: xctest
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: xctest/xctattachment/lifetime-swift.property
---

# lifetime

Indicates whether the attachment is kept or discarded when its associated test passes.

## Declaration

```swift
var lifetime: XCTAttachment.Lifetime { get set }
```

## Mentioned in

Adding Attachments to Tests, Activities, and Issues

## Discussion

Discussion Defaults to XCTAttachment.Lifetime.deleteOnSuccess, indicating that the attachment should be discarded when its test passes successfully, to save on storage space. Set this property to XCTAttachment.Lifetime.keepAlways to persist an attachment even when its test passes.

## See Also

### Setting an Attachment’s Lifetime

- [XCTAttachment.Lifetime](xctest/xctattachment/lifetime-swift.enum.md)