Github user uce commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3200#discussion_r97593753 --- Diff: flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/RegisteredBackendStateMetaInfo.java --- @@ -92,10 +94,9 @@ public boolean isCompatibleWith(RegisteredBackendStateMetaInfo<?, ?> other) { return false; } - return ((namespaceSerializer == null && other.namespaceSerializer == null) - || namespaceSerializer == null || other.namespaceSerializer == null - || namespaceSerializer.isCompatibleWith(other.namespaceSerializer)) - && stateSerializer.isCompatibleWith(other.stateSerializer); + return (stateSerializer.isCompatibleWith(other.stateSerializer)) && + (namespaceSerializer.isCompatibleWith(other.namespaceSerializer) + || other.namespaceSerializer instanceof MigrationNamespaceSerializerProxy); --- End diff -- I would add a short comment that it's important to check for the `MigrationNamespaceSerializerProxy`. It could even warrant a test. I can see how someone removes this line in the future.
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