GitHub user StefanRRichter opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2598
FLINK-4744 - Introduce usercode class loader to deserialize partitionable operator state With this PR, deserialization of partitionable operator state respects user class loader. This fixes a regression in the Kafka consumer. You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/StefanRRichter/flink hotfix-kafka-restore Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2598.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #2598 ---- commit 9a74a4b6116b9888388d1cd66f90dfdf7b904ca4 Author: Stefan Richter <s.rich...@data-artisans.com> Date: 2016-10-05T08:35:13Z [hotfix] Create dedicated state descriptor to snaphot/restor Kafka consumer state ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---