[jira] [Created] (FLINK-7388) ProcessFunction.onTimer() sets processing time as timestamp

["Fabian Hueske (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Fabian Hueske created FLINK-7388:
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             Summary: ProcessFunction.onTimer() sets processing time as timestamp
                 Key: FLINK-7388
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-7388
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: DataStream API
    Affects Versions: 1.3.2, 1.4.0
            Reporter: Fabian Hueske


The {{ProcessFunction.onTimer()}} method sets the current processing time as event-time timestamp when it is called from a processing time timer.

I don't think this behavior is useful. Processing time timestamps won't be aligned with watermarks and are not deterministic. The only reason would be to have _some_ value in the timestamp field. However, the behavior is very subtle and might not be noticed by users.

IMO, it would be better to erase the timestamp. This will cause downstream operator that rely on timestamps to fail and notify the users that the logic they implemented was probably not what they intended to do.

What do you think [~aljoscha]?



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