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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Relay Behavior
 Relays MAY NOT delete an expired message immediately on expiration and MAY persist them indefinitely.  
 Relays SHOULD NOT send expired events to clients, even if they are stored.  
 Relays SHOULD drop any events that are published to them if they are expired.  
-Relays SHOULD persist ephemeral events until their expiration timestamp if an ephemeral event has one, and relays MAY limit the amount of time an ephemeral event is persisted.
+An expiration timestamp does not affect storage of ephemeral events.
 
 Suggested Use Cases
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