[jira] [Updated] (FLINK-2586) Unstable Storm Compatibility Tests

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

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Fabian Hueske updated FLINK-2586:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: 0.10.0)
                   1.0.0

> Unstable Storm Compatibility Tests
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>
>                 Key: FLINK-2586
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-2586
>             Project: Flink
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Storm Compatibility
>    Affects Versions: 0.10.0
>            Reporter: Stephan Ewen
>            Assignee: Matthias J. Sax
>            Priority: Critical
>              Labels: test-stability
>             Fix For: 1.0.0
>
>
> The Storm Compatibility tests frequently fail.
> The reason is that they kill the topologies after a certain time interval. That may fail on CI infrastructure when certain steps are delayed beyond usual. Trying to guarantee progress by time is inherently problematic:
>   - Waiting too short makes tests unstable
>   - Waiting too long makes tests slow
> The right way to go is letting the program decide when to terminate, for example by throwing a special {{SuccessException}}.
> Have a look at the Kafka connector tests, they do this a lot and hence run exactly as short or as long as they need to.
> Here is an example of a failed run: https://s3.amazonaws.com/archive.travis-ci.org/jobs/77499577/log.txt
> From FLINK-2801
> bq. The tests for the storm compatibiliy layer are all working with timeouts (running the program for 10 seconds) and then checking whether teh expected result has been written.
> bq. That is inherently unstable and slow (long delays). They should be rewritten in a similar manner like for example the KafkaITCase tests, where the streaming jobs terminate themselves with a "SuccessException", which can be recognized as successful completion when thrown by the job client.



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