kywe665 commented on a change in pull request #4107:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/4107#discussion_r757680456
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+title: Write Markers
+toc: true
+---
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+## Purpose of Markers
+A write operation can fail before it completes, leaving partial or corrupt
data files on storage. Markers are used to track
+and cleanup any partial or failed write operations. As a write operation
begins, a marker is created indicating
+that a file write is in progress. When the write commit succeeds, the marker
is deleted. If a write operation fails part
+way through, a marker is left behind which indicates that the file is
incomplete. Two important operations that use markers include:
+
+- **Removing duplicate/partial data files**:
+ - in Spark, the Hudi write client delegates the data file writing to
multiple executors. One executor can fail the task,
Review comment:
thanks!
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