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+Tempest cleanup
+===============
+
+Documentation regarding tempest cleanup can be found at the following
+link:
+https://docs.openstack.org/tempest/latest/cleanup.html
+
+When init_saved_state and dry_run variables are set to false, the role
+execution will run tempest cleanup which deletes resources not present in the
+saved_state.json file.
+
+**Role Variables**
+
+.. zuul:rolevar:: devstack_base_dir
+   :default: /opt/stack
+
+   The devstack base directory.
+
+.. zuul:rolevar:: init_saved_state
+   :default: false
+
+   When true, tempest cleanup --init-saved-state will be executed which
+   initializes the saved state of the OpenStack deployment and will output
+   a saved_state.json file containing resources from the deployment that will
+   be preserved from the cleanup command. This should be done prior to running
+   Tempest tests.
+
+.. zuul:rolevar:: dry_run
+   :default: false
+
+   When true, tempest cleanup creates a report (./dry_run.json) of the
+   resources that would be cleaned up if the role was ran with dry_run option
+   set to false.