Github user zentol commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3885#discussion_r116488176 --- Diff: flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/graph/StreamGraph.java --- @@ -318,9 +318,10 @@ public void addVirtualSideOutputNode(Integer originalId, Integer virtualId, Outp continue; } - if (!tag.f1.getTypeInfo().equals(outputTag.getTypeInfo())) { - throw new IllegalArgumentException("Trying to add a side input for the same id " + - "with a different type. This is not allowed."); + if (tag.f1.getId().equals(outputTag.getId()) && + !tag.f1.getTypeInfo().equals(outputTag.getTypeInfo())) { + throw new IllegalArgumentException("Trying to add a side output for the same" + + "side-output id with a different type. This is not allowed."); --- End diff -- Could also include the tag name for good measure.
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