Github user StephanEwen commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5624
The code and the tests should not rely on eventually consistent operations
at all, but only on strongly consistent operations, like "read after create".
That should also eliminate any need for retries.
Minor comment: `System.currentTimeMillis()` should not be used for interval
measurements. It is not a stable clock. All intervals should be measured in
`System.nanoTime()`.---
