diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a5de96d..1cc9f4b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ services:
       - NODE_CLEANUP_ENABLED=${NODE_CLEANUP_ENABLED:-true}
       - NODE_CLEANUP_DAYS=${NODE_CLEANUP_DAYS:-30}
       # Raw packet capture (derived from FEATURE_PACKETS so one var drives both
-      # capture and the web Packets page). Retention defaults to 7 days.
+      # capture and the web Packets page). Retention defaults to 2 days.
       - RAW_PACKET_CAPTURE_ENABLED=${FEATURE_PACKETS:-true}
-      - RAW_PACKET_RETENTION_DAYS=${RAW_PACKET_RETENTION_DAYS:-7}
+      - RAW_PACKET_RETENTION_DAYS=${RAW_PACKET_RETENTION_DAYS:-2}
       # Observer ingestion filter (allow/deny remote observers by public key/prefix).
       # Allowlist overrides denylist; both empty accepts all observers (default).
       - OBSERVER_ALLOWLIST=${OBSERVER_ALLOWLIST:-}
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index baf580b..e095d72 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ The collector subscribes to MQTT events and persists them to the database. For p
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `CHANNEL_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS` | `300` | Seconds between channel-key refresh from the database (minimum `10`) |
 | `ROUTE_EVALUATOR_INTERVAL_SECONDS` | `300` | Seconds between route health evaluations. `0` disables the background evaluator (route cards then stay `unknown`). See [routes.md](routes.md) |
-| `ROUTE_HISTORY_BACKFILL_INTERVAL_SECONDS` | `3600` | Seconds between route-health history backfill sweeps (recomputes completed-day buckets for the retention window). `0` disables the backfill; the dashboard strip and `/routes/{id}/history` then only reflect the live 60 s evaluator sweeps. See [routes.md](routes.md) |
+| `ROUTE_HISTORY_BACKFILL_INTERVAL_SECONDS` | `3600` | Seconds between route-health history backfill sweeps (recomputes completed-day buckets for the retention window). `0` disables the backfill; the dashboard strip and `/routes/{id}/history` then only reflect the live 300 s evaluator sweeps. See [routes.md](routes.md) |
 
 ### Observer Ingestion Filters
 
diff --git a/docs/seeding.md b/docs/seeding.md
index 86b4f30..7b306b1 100644
--- a/docs/seeding.md
+++ b/docs/seeding.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ routes:
     description: A140 corridor route
     visibility: community
     match_width: 1
-    window_hours: 48
+    window_hours: 6
     packet_count_threshold: 5
     # clear_threshold: 15      # optional; omit/null = 3x threshold
     # max_hop_span: 8           # optional; omit/null = unlimited
diff --git a/example/seed/routes.yaml b/example/seed/routes.yaml
index b5b7bdc..78b4a08 100644
--- a/example/seed/routes.yaml
+++ b/example/seed/routes.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ routes:
     description: A140 corridor route
     visibility: community
     match_width: 1
-    window_hours: 24
+    window_hours: 6
     packet_count_threshold: 3
     # clear_threshold: 10        # optional; omit/null = 2x threshold
     # max_hop_span: 8             # optional; omit/null = unlimited
diff --git a/src/meshcore_hub/api/routes/routes.py b/src/meshcore_hub/api/routes/routes.py
index 1d00564..30ed4e9 100644
--- a/src/meshcore_hub/api/routes/routes.py
+++ b/src/meshcore_hub/api/routes/routes.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ def _load_recent_matches(
     """Return the route's top-3 recent matches in the ``RecentMatchPath`` shape.
 
     Reads the normalized ``route_recent_matches`` table (populated by the
-    background evaluator on every 60s tick), JOINs through ``raw_packets``
+    background evaluator on every 300s tick), JOINs through ``raw_packets``
     for the packet-level metadata, then fetches the matched hop slice from
     ``packet_path_hops`` in a second indexed query and slices
     ``[first_position .. last_position]`` per match in Python. Falls back
diff --git a/src/meshcore_hub/collector/subscriber.py b/src/meshcore_hub/collector/subscriber.py
index 7560233..222a246 100644
--- a/src/meshcore_hub/collector/subscriber.py
+++ b/src/meshcore_hub/collector/subscriber.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Subscriber(LetsMeshNormalizer):
         node_cleanup_days: int = 90,
         channel_refresh_interval_seconds: int = 300,
         raw_packet_capture_enabled: bool = False,
-        raw_packet_retention_days: int = 7,
+        raw_packet_retention_days: int = 2,
         observer_filter: Optional[ObserverFilter] = None,
     ):
         """Initialize subscriber.
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ def create_subscriber(
     node_cleanup_days: int = 90,
     channel_refresh_interval_seconds: int = 300,
     raw_packet_capture_enabled: bool = False,
-    raw_packet_retention_days: int = 7,
+    raw_packet_retention_days: int = 2,
     observer_filter: Optional[ObserverFilter] = None,
 ) -> Subscriber:
     """Create a configured subscriber instance.
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ def run_collector(
     node_cleanup_days: int = 90,
     channel_refresh_interval_seconds: int = 300,
     raw_packet_capture_enabled: bool = False,
-    raw_packet_retention_days: int = 7,
+    raw_packet_retention_days: int = 2,
     observer_filter: Optional[ObserverFilter] = None,
 ) -> None:
     """Run the collector (blocking).