[jira] [Created] (FLINK-3089) OperatorState timeout

[Shang Yuanchun (Jira)]

Niels Basjes created FLINK-3089:
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             Summary: OperatorState timeout
                 Key: FLINK-3089
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-3089
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: New Feature
            Reporter: Niels Basjes


In some usecases (webanalytics) there is a need to have a state per visitor on a website (i.e. keyBy(sessionid) ).
At some point the visitor simply leaves and no longer creates new events (so a special 'end of session' event will not occur).

The only way to determine that a visitor has left is by choosing a timeout, like "After 30 minutes no events we consider the visitor 'gone'".

Only after this (chosen) timeout has expired should we discard this state.

In the Trigger part of Windows we can set a timer and close/discard this kind of information. But that introduces the buffering effect of the window (which in some scenarios is unwanted).

What I would like is to be able to set a timeout on a specific OperatorState value which I can update afterwards.

This makes it possible to create a map function that assigns the right value and that discards the state automatically.




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