Github user StephanEwen commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2750
A suspension is usually a master failure or loss of leadership. Suspending
a job does not delete/remove any HA checkpoints.
The same should be the case for externalized checkpoints, in my opinion.
Why should an externalized checkpoint be deleted in suspend, when a regular one
is not?
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