Github user zentol commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3709
@WangTaoTheTonic The purpose of the cache is to reduce queries to the
JobManager; and since the state of the job is available through the
ExecutionGraph the cache still fulfills its purpose.
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