Github user tillrohrmann commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2358
The stashing is a feature which comes for free with Akka. Of course the
sending side should not rely on this behaviour when implementing its failure
treatment. But in cases where we have a race
Github user tillrohrmann commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2358
Dropping is also a solution. I think this will also happen implicitly if
the mailbox grows too big.
Stashing has the advantage that we try (on a best effort basis) to answer
early
Github user StephanEwen commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2358
Not completely sure about the message stashing. Why not drop the messages?
That would be safer (less to clean up, no overflow).
Is this mainly to not loose the messages from the "self
