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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-5085: --------------------------------------- Github user tillrohrmann commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2825 Rebasing the PR. > Execute CheckpointCoodinator's state discard calls asynchronously > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-5085 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-5085 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Bug > Components: State Backends, Checkpointing > Affects Versions: 1.2.0, 1.1.3 > Reporter: Till Rohrmann > Assignee: Till Rohrmann > Fix For: 1.2.0, 1.1.4 > > > The {{CheckpointCoordinator}} discards under certain circumstances pending > checkpoints or state handles. These discard operations can involve a blocking > IO operation if the underlying state handle refers to a file which has to be > deleted. In order to not block the calling thread, we should execute these > calls in a dedicated IO executor. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)