Github user bowenli86 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4665#discussion_r140645413
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flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/runtime/operators/windowing/EvictingWindowOperator.java
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@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ public void merge(W mergeResult,
// windowAssigner is event time and current timestamp + allowed
lateness no less than element timestamp
if (isSkippedElement && lateDataOutputTag != null &&
isElementLate(element)) {
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I see. Data being side outputted isn't considered being dropped.
LGTM
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