spena commented on a change in pull request #10917: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/10917#discussion_r661642934
########## File path: streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/internals/KStreamKStreamJoin.java ########## @@ -183,15 +195,27 @@ public void process(final K key, final V1 value) { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") private void emitNonJoinedOuterRecords(final WindowStore<KeyAndJoinSide<K>, LeftOrRightValue> store) { + if (sharedTimeTracker.minTime >= sharedTimeTracker.streamTime - joinAfterMs - joinGraceMs) { + return; + } + if (context.currentSystemTimeMs() < sharedTimeTracker.nextTimeToEmit) { Review comment: Could you add a comment why we're using the system time instead of stream time to emit the results? I think I know why, but it would be good to have it here for future understanding. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: jira-unsubscr...@kafka.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org