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@@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ What deletion does **not** do:
ask the operator — `meshbay-node member unpin <user>` and deleting your files are
their commands to run (§4).
- **It does not erase the connection log.** IP records are kept for their legal retention
- period and stay attributable; that is what they exist for.
+ period and stay attributable: the username is copied onto those rows as the account is
+ deleted, so the log still says *who*, and does not answer `deleted-3f9a1c` for exactly
+ the records anyone would be asking about. Releasing the name for re-registration and
+ keeping it in the log are separate things.
Deletion is refused while you still own a group. Hand the group over or delete it first —
otherwise its members would be stranded. The error names the groups blocking you.