And I can definitely imagine a “savepoint catalog” at some point in the future.
Seth > On May 31, 2019, at 4:39 AM, Tzu-Li (Gordon) Tai <tzuli...@apache.org> wrote: > > @Piotr > Yes, we're aiming this for the 1.9 release. This was also mentioned in the > recent 1.9 feature discussion thread [1]. > > [1] > http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/DISCUSS-Features-for-Apache-Flink-1-9-0-td28701.html > >> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 4:34 PM Piotr Nowojski <pi...@ververica.com> wrote: >> >> I was long awaiting this feature! I can not help much with reviewing, but >> big +1 from my side :) >> >> One thing that would be great for analyzing the state and possible smaller >> modifications, would be to hook this in with Flink SQL :) Especially if it >> could be done in a way that would work out of the box with minimal or no >> configuration required, like just opening SQL CLI with just maybe a pointer >> to savepoint id? >> >> Side question, are you aiming with this for 1.9 release? 1.10? Or you do >> not have a specific time frame? I’m asking since users are quite frequently >> asking for this and it would be good to know what to answer them. >> >> Piotrek >> >>> On 29 May 2019, at 17:51, Seth Wiesman <sjwies...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey Everyone! >>> >>> Gordon and I have been discussing adding a savepoint connector to flink >> for reading, writing, and modifying savepoints. >>> >>> This is useful for: >>> * Analyzing state for interesting patterns >>> * Troubleshooting or auditing jobs by checking for discrepancies in state >>> * Bootstrapping state for new applications >>> * Modifying savepoints to make breaking scheme changes or correct >> invalid state >>> >>> We are looking forwards to your feedback! >>> >>> This is the FLIP: >>> >>> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-43%3A+Savepoint+Connector >>> >>> Seth >> >>