Context

When you provide feedback to CodeRabbit in pull request comments and it responds that it has "stored a learning" or "added to long-term memory", you expect to see these learnings appear in the Learnings section of your CodeRabbit dashboard. However, you may find that despite CodeRabbit's confirmation messages, no new learnings are visible in the UI, and CodeRabbit does not seem to be applying the feedback in subsequent reviews.

Answer

One of the first things to check is whether data retention is disabled in your CodeRabbit account settings, as this is the most common cause of this issue.

When data retention is turned off, CodeRabbit cannot properly store learnings – even though pull request comments may indicate that the learning was saved. Because data retention is a fundamental requirement for learning functionality, it must be enabled for learnings to be stored correctly.

To resolve this issue:

1. Navigate to your CodeRabbit UI > Configuration

2. Under General > Data Retention

3. Ensure the data retention setting is enabled

4. After enabling this setting, test the learning functionality by providing feedback to CodeRabbit in a new pull request

5. Wait a few minutes, then check the Learnings section of your dashboard to verify the learning appears

Once data retention is enabled, CodeRabbit should properly store and display learnings in your dashboard, and apply them in future code reviews.