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Omer van Kloeten updated KAFKA-8553: ------------------------------------ Description: {{SchemaProjector.checkMaybeCompatible}} checks whether the Connect schema is compatible with another one. This is used for projection when using {{schema.compatibility}}. Unfortunately, nowhere is it documented that if you change the name of the schema, this would break compatibility entirely. For instance, the following two Avro schemas are fully compatible, but Connect says they're not: This is either the expected behavior and is not documented or unexpected behavior and is a bug. was: {{SchemaProjector.checkMaybeCompatible}} checks whether the Connect schema is compatible with another one. This is used for projection when using {{schema.compatibility}}. Unfortunately, nowhere is it documented that if you change the name of the schema, this would break compatibility entirely. For instance, the following two Avro schemas are fully compatible, but Connect says they're not: !data-pipelines________code_data-pipelines__idea_pants-projects_a44ff4d5a7b47b280b58163799be5d1547316f03__-___Library_Preferences_IntelliJIdea2019_1_scratches_scratch_30_json.png! This is either the expected behavior and is not documented or unexpected behavior and is a bug. > Kafka Connect Schema Compatibility Checks for Name Changes > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-8553 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-8553 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: KafkaConnect > Reporter: Omer van Kloeten > Priority: Major > Attachments: foo1.png, image-2019-06-18-14-59-54-643.png > > > {{SchemaProjector.checkMaybeCompatible}} checks whether the Connect schema is > compatible with another one. This is used for projection when using > {{schema.compatibility}}. > Unfortunately, nowhere is it documented that if you change the name of the > schema, this would break compatibility entirely. > For instance, the following two Avro schemas are fully compatible, but > Connect says they're not: > This is either the expected behavior and is not documented or unexpected > behavior and is a bug. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)