Maybe set a lower timeout and have a first time warning before deleting, in case they expected it to save forever. The warning could show the time limit so they learn what it is and it could have an option to disable or set the time limit.
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" Your draft 'lorem ipsum...' is over x days old and will be deleted. (OK) (set time limit)"
Automatically flag the client as having done the prompt so it never shows again.