Expired articles are visible in global search

[seelamnandh]

Even after the knowledge article’s Valid To date has been passed, the article is still visible to all users in the global search(Native UI). The workflow state of this article is still published, and valid to date is passed

[JulietD]

Add a Scheduled Job 

Automatically retire articles when Valid To is reached. 

var gr = new GlideRecord('kb_knowledge');

gr.addQuery('valid_to', '<=', gs.nowDateTime());

gr.addQuery('workflow_state', 'published');

gr.query();

while (gr.next()) {

    gr.workflow_state = 'retired';

    gr.update();

}