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The Art of Simplicity

Azure DevOps maintenance jobs are automated tasks that clean up unused working directories and repositories on self-hosted agents to prevent disk space issues. These jobs can be configured at the agent pool level to run on a schedule, automatically removing stale pipeline data, repository caches, and temporary build files that haven't been used for a specified period. The feature helps improve agent performance, reduces manual cleanup efforts, and can be enabled through Organization Settings by navigating to Agent Pools and configuring the maintenance job settings.

Keeping your Azure DevOps Agents clean: A guide to maintenance jobs