Hi,
I think this was last discussed in FLIP-193 [1] where the reasoning is
mostly the same as Matthias said, savepoints are owned by the user and
Flink cannot depend on them.
In older versions Flink also took savepoints into account when restoring a
job, with the possibility to skip savepoints by
One reason could be that the savepoints are self-contained, owned by the
user rather than Flink and, therefore, could be moved. Flink wouldn't have
a proper reference in that case anymore.
I don't have a link to a discussion, though.
Best,
Matthias
On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 8:47 AM Gyula Fóra wrot
Hey Devs!
What is the reason / rationale for savepoints being ignored during failover
scenarios?
I see they are not even recorded as the last valid checkpoint in the HA
metadata (only the checkpoint id counter is bumped) so if the JM fails
after a manually triggered savepoint the job will still f
