Github user Aitozi commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4665#discussion_r138789377 --- Diff: flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/runtime/operators/windowing/WindowOperator.java --- @@ -132,6 +133,13 @@ */ protected final OutputTag<IN> lateDataOutputTag; + /** + * Metrics about the lost data due to arrive late. + * */ + protected final String loseData = "lost_data"; + + protected Counter lostDataCount; --- End diff -- @zentol if i use `protected final Counter lostDataCount = new SimpleCounter()` then i run into `Caused by: java.io.NotSerializableException: org.apache.flink.metrics.SimpleCounter` because `SimpleCounter` is not Serializable, so i think i should use the old way that ` this.lostDataCount = metrics.counter(LATE_ELEMENTS_METRIC_NAME);` in open method
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