[rules-users] Need clarification on how event expiration offset is calculated in 5.3.0.FINAL

Hi, I've recently started using some of the temporal operators that drools supports (coincides, starts, finishes, during) and have had trouble with events not being expired, causing severe memory consumption. I'd first like to make sure that I'm using these operators appropriately, so as a test case I have rules like: declare A @role( event ) @timestamp( timestamp ) @duration( duration ) end declare B @role( event ) @timestamp( timestamp ) @duration( duration ) end rule "coincides events" when $a: A() from entry-point "a" $b: B(this coincides $a) from entry-point "b" then insert("coincides"); end With classes like: public class A{ public final long timestamp; public final long duration; public A(long timestamp, long duration){ this.timestamp = timestamp; this.duration = duration; } } //B is identical to A. Using a knowledge base configured with stream mode, and a knowledge session with a pseudo clock I'd run this test: A a = new A(0, 1000); B b = new B(0, 1000); entryPointA.insert(a); entryPointB.insert(b); clock.advanceTime(1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS); ksession.fireAllRules(); In this test I'm expecting that the rule will fire to insert "coincides" and expire both A and B. But instead, "coincides" is inserted, B is expired, but A remains in memory permanently. If I use jvisualvm to inspect the expirationOffset for A, I see that it is the Long.MAX value of 9223372036854775807. This behavior persists even after adding an explicit expiration to A. I was under the impression that the offset would be zero (of close to it) since Drools would only need to retain A until the clock reaches A's endTimestamp. The documentation does not cover the calculation of event expiration in great detail, so have I missed something? Thanks in advance.