diff --git a/components/hydra-cleaner/files/hydra-cleaner.sh b/components/hydra-cleaner/files/hydra-cleaner.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+set -o nounset
+
+# 4 tables to empty, at least
+# oidc, code, flow, authentication_session
+
+# \d hydra_oauth2_flow
+#Referenced by:
+#    TABLE "hydra_oauth2_access" CONSTRAINT "hydra_oauth2_access_challenge_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY (challenge_id) REFERENCES hydra_oauth2_flow(consent_challenge_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+#    TABLE "hydra_oauth2_code" CONSTRAINT "hydra_oauth2_code_challenge_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY (challenge_id) REFERENCES hydra_oauth2_flow(consent_challenge_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+#    TABLE "hydra_oauth2_oidc" CONSTRAINT "hydra_oauth2_oidc_challenge_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY (challenge_id) REFERENCES hydra_oauth2_flow(consent_challenge_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+#    TABLE "hydra_oauth2_pkce" CONSTRAINT "hydra_oauth2_pkce_challenge_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY (challenge_id) REFERENCES hydra_oauth2_flow(consent_challenge_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+#    TABLE "hydra_oauth2_refresh" CONSTRAINT "hydra_oauth2_refresh_challenge_id_fk" FOREIGN KEY (challenge_id) REFERENCES hydra_oauth2_flow(consent_challenge_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+
+# -> delete "cascade" on table "flow" cleans access, code, oidc, pkce and refresh tables.
+
+
+DSN="postgresql://${HYDRA_DATABASE_USER}:${HYDRA_DATABASE_PASSWORD}@${HYDRA_DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME}:5432/hydra?sslmode=disable"
+RETENTION_HOURS="${RETENTION_HOURS:-48}"
+BATCH_SIZE="${BATCH_SIZE:-50}"
+LIMIT="${LIMIT:-1000}"
+BEFORE_DATE="$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' --date=@$(($(date +%s) - RETENTION_HOURS * 3600)))"
+
+
+log() {
+    echo "$(date +'%d-%m-%y %H:%M:%S%z')| $1"
+}
+
+perror() {
+    log "Something went wrong, exiting."
+    trap - EXIT
+    exit 1
+}
+
+trap perror EXIT
+
+if ! [[ ${RETENTION_HOURS} =~ '^[0-9]+$' ]]; then
+    log "Error: variable RETENTION_HOURS is not a positive integer."
+    perror
+fi
+
+if ! [[ ${LIMIT} =~ '^[0-9]+$' ]]; then
+    log "Error: variable LIMIT is not a positive integer."
+    perror
+fi
+
+if ! [[ ${BATCH_SIZE} =~ '^[0-9]+$' ]]; then
+    log "Error: variable BATCH_SIZE is not a positive integer."
+    perror
+fi
+
+log "Starting hydra cleaner"
+
+log "Removing up to ${LIMIT} elements before ${BEFORE_DATE} by batch of ${BATCH_SIZE}"
+
+log "Beginning estimated size:"
+psql "${DSN}" <<EOF
+select
+  table_name, reltuples as estimate,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(quote_ident(table_name))),
+  pg_total_relation_size(quote_ident(table_name))
+from information_schema.tables left join pg_class on information_schema.tables.table_name=pg_class.relname
+where table_schema = 'public'
+order by 4 desc;
+EOF
+
+
+REMAINING_ELMTS="${LIMIT}"
+while [ "${REMAINING_ELMTS}" -gt 0 ]; do
+    OUTPUT=$(psql "${DSN}" <<EOF
+DELETE
+FROM hydra_oauth2_flow
+WHERE login_challenge = ANY (
+  array(
+    SELECT login_challenge
+    FROM hydra_oauth2_flow
+    WHERE requested_at < '${BEFORE_DATE}'
+    LIMIT ${BATCH_SIZE}
+  )
+);
+EOF
+    )
+
+    log "${OUTPUT}"
+
+    if ! [[ "${OUTPUT}" =~ '^DELETE ' ]] ; then
+	log "Output doesn't seems OK..."
+	break
+    fi
+    OUTPUT_NB=$(echo "${OUTPUT}" | cut -d' ' -f 2)
+
+    if [ "${OUTPUT_NB}" -lt "${BATCH_SIZE}" ]; then
+	break
+    fi
+
+    REMAINING_ELMTS=$((REMAINING_ELMTS - BATCH_SIZE))
+    if [ "${REMAINING_ELMTS}" -lt "${BATCH_SIZE}" ]; then
+	BATCH_SIZE="${REMAINING_ELMTS}"
+    fi
+done
+
+
+log "Final estimated size:"
+psql "${DSN}" <<EOF
+select
+  table_name, reltuples as estimate,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(quote_ident(table_name))),
+  pg_total_relation_size(quote_ident(table_name))
+from information_schema.tables left join pg_class on information_schema.tables.table_name=pg_class.relname
+where table_schema = 'public'
+order by 4 desc;
+EOF
+
+trap - EXIT
diff --git a/components/hydra-cleaner/kustomization.yaml b/components/hydra-cleaner/kustomization.yaml
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+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Component
+
+resources:
+- ./resources/hydra-cleaner-cronjob.yaml
+
+configMapGenerator:
+- name: hydra-cleaner-env
+  behavior: create
+  literals:
+  - RETENTION_HOURS="48"
+  - BATCH_SIZE="100"
+  - LIMIT="1000"
+- name: hydra-cleaner-script
+  behavior: create
+  files:
+  - ./files/hydra-cleaner.sh
diff --git a/components/hydra-cleaner/resources/hydra-cleaner-cronjob.yaml b/components/hydra-cleaner/resources/hydra-cleaner-cronjob.yaml
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+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: hydra-cleaner
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: hydra-cleaner
+spec:
+  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
+  schedule: "30 */1 * * *"
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      template:
+        metadata:
+          labels:
+            app.kubernetes.io/name: hydra-cleaner
+        spec:
+          restartPolicy: OnFailure
+          serviceAccountName: hydra-sa
+          containers:
+          - name: hydra-cleaner
+            image: reg.cadoles.com/proxy_cache/alpine/psql:17.4
+            envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: hydra-env
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: hydra-cleaner-env
+            imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+            command: ["/hydra-cleaner.sh"]
+            env:
+            - name: HYDRA_DATABASE_USER
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: hydra-postgres-app
+                  key: username
+            - name: HYDRA_DATABASE_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: hydra-postgres-app
+                  key: password
+            - name: HYDRA_DATABASE_SERVICE_NAME
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: hydra-postgres-app
+                  key: host
+            args: []
+            volumeMounts:
+            - name: hydra-cleaner-script
+              mountPath: "/hydra-cleaner.sh"
+              subPath: "hydra-cleaner.sh"
+          volumes:
+          - name: hydra-cleaner-script
+            configMap:
+              name: hydra-cleaner-script
+              defaultMode: 0544