Add unit tests for the retention policy view returning the correct configured values

[Chucks1093]

Summary

A get_retention_policy view should return the current archive retention configuration (retention days, partition strategy, compression enabled, batch size). Unit tests should confirm the returned values match what was set at initialisation.

Scope

• Test get_retention_policy returns the correct retentionDays value
• Test it returns the correct partitionStrategy
• Test it returns the correct compressionEnabled flag
• Assert no panic on the call

Acceptance Criteria

• retentionDays matches configured value
• partitionStrategy matches configured value
• compressionEnabled matches configured value
• No panic

ETA: 12 hours

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