twalthr commented on code in PR #29365:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/29365#discussion_r4285320995


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docs/content.zh/docs/sql/reference/queries/deduplicate-keep-first.md:
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+---
+title: "Deduplicate Keep First"
+weight: 16
+type: docs
+---
+<!--
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+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
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+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+# Deduplicate Keep First
+
+{{< label Streaming >}}
+
+Flink SQL provides the `DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST` process table function (PTF) 
for removing duplicate rows while keeping only the **first** record per key. 
Its output is always **insert-only**, which makes it a concise alternative to 
the `ROW_NUMBER()` [deduplication]({{< ref 
"docs/sql/reference/queries/deduplication" >}}) pattern with more configuration 
options.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|:---------|:------------|
+| [DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST](#deduplicate_keep_first) | Keeps the first record 
per key as an append-only table (first arrival, or earliest event time with 
`on_time`) |
+
+## DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST
+
+The `DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST` PTF keeps the first record per key and drops 
every later record for that key. It supports two ordering modes:
+
+* **Processing time (default):** without `on_time`, the first record 
*observed* for a key is emitted; later records for that key are dropped while 
its state exists. This requires no watermark or event-time attribute.
+* **Event time:** with `on_time`, the record with the *smallest event time* 
per key is kept and emitted once the watermark makes the choice final. A record 
arriving later but carrying an earlier event time replaces the candidate before 
finalization; records that can no longer become the earliest are dropped as 
late.
+
+The input may be an append-only or updating table; the output is append-only 
in every case.
+
+### Syntax
+
+```sql
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE source_table [PARTITION BY (key_col [, key_col2 ...])],
+  [state_ttl => <interval>,]
+  [reset_ttl_on_duplicate => <boolean>,]
+  [on_time => DESCRIPTOR(rowtime_column),]
+  [uid => <string>]
+)
+```
+
+`on_time` and `uid` are system arguments and always come last in the 
signature, which matters when arguments are passed by position.
+
+### Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Required | Description |
+|:----------|:---------|:------------|
+| `input` | Yes | The input table (append-only or updating). Use `PARTITION 
BY` to deduplicate per key; all rows for a key are routed to the same parallel 
instance. Without `PARTITION BY`, the whole input is a single group processed 
at parallelism 1, so only the first row of the entire stream is emitted and 
every later row is dropped regardless of its content. |
+| `state_ttl` | No | An `INTERVAL` giving the processing-time retention for 
the per-key deduplication state. After a key's state expires, a later record 
for that key starts a new deduplication period and may be emitted again. If 
omitted, falls back to `table.exec.state.ttl`; at its default of 0, state is 
retained indefinitely, but a retention can still be introduced later. `INTERVAL 
'0'` also retains state indefinitely, but excludes the TTL from the state 
layout, so a retention cannot be introduced later without losing the state. See 
[State TTL]({{< ref "docs/dev/table/functions/ptfs" >}}#state-ttl). |

Review Comment:
   ```suggestion
   | `state_ttl` | No | An `INTERVAL` giving the processing-time retention for 
the per-key deduplication state. After a key's state expires, a later record 
for that key starts a new deduplication period and may be emitted again. If 
omitted, falls back to `table.exec.state.ttl`; at its default of 0, state is 
retained indefinitely, but a retention can still be introduced later. 
`state_ttl => INTERVAL '0'` also retains state indefinitely, but excludes the 
TTL from the state layout, so a retention cannot be introduced later without 
losing the state. See [State TTL]({{< ref "docs/dev/table/functions/ptfs" 
>}}#state-ttl). |
   ```
   just to avoid confusion with the previous sentence



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flink-table/flink-table-common/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/types/inference/strategies/DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes.Field;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.dataview.ValueView;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableSemantics;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.DataType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.CallContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.InputTypeStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.StateTypeStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.TypeStrategy;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/** Type strategies for the {@code DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST} process table 
function. */
+@Internal
+public final class DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy {
+
+    public static final int ARG_INPUT = 0;
+    public static final int ARG_STATE_TTL = 1;
+    public static final int ARG_RESET_TTL_ON_DUPLICATE = 2;
+    private static final String SEEN_STATE_NAME = "seen";
+    private static final String CANDIDATE_STATE_NAME = "candidate";
+
+    public static final InputTypeStrategy INPUT_TYPE_STRATEGY =
+            new ValidationOnlyInputTypeStrategy() {
+                @Override
+                public Optional<List<DataType>> inferInputTypes(
+                        final CallContext callContext, final boolean 
throwOnFailure) {
+                    final Optional<List<DataType>> stateTtlError =
+                            validateStateTtl(callContext, throwOnFailure);
+                    if (stateTtlError.isPresent()) {
+                        return stateTtlError;
+                    }
+
+                    final Optional<List<DataType>> resetTtlError =
+                            validateResetTtlOnDuplicate(callContext, 
throwOnFailure);
+                    if (resetTtlError.isPresent()) {
+                        return resetTtlError;
+                    }
+
+                    return Optional.of(callContext.getArgumentDataTypes());
+                }
+            };
+
+    public static final TypeStrategy OUTPUT_TYPE_STRATEGY =
+            callContext -> {
+                final TableSemantics tableSemantics =
+                        callContext
+                                .getTableSemantics(ARG_INPUT)
+                                .orElseThrow(
+                                        () ->
+                                                new ValidationException(
+                                                        "First argument must 
be a table for DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST."));
+
+                final List<Field> inputFields = 
DataType.getFields(tableSemantics.dataType());
+                final List<Field> outputFields =
+                        Arrays.stream(
+                                        
ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils.computeOutputIndices(
+                                                tableSemantics))
+                                .mapToObj(inputFields::get)
+                                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+                return Optional.of(DataTypes.ROW(outputFields).notNull());
+            };
+
+    public static final StateTypeStrategy SEEN_STATE_TYPE_STRATEGY =
+            new StateTypeStrategy() {
+                @Override
+                public Optional<DataType> inferType(final CallContext 
callContext) {
+                    return Optional.of(
+                            
ValueView.newValueViewDataType(DataTypes.BOOLEAN().notNull()));
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public Optional<Duration> getTimeToLive(final CallContext 
callContext) {
+                    return callContext.getArgumentValue(ARG_STATE_TTL, 
Duration.class);
+                }
+            };
+
+    public static final StateTypeStrategy CANDIDATE_STATE_TYPE_STRATEGY =
+            new StateTypeStrategy() {
+                @Override
+                public Optional<DataType> inferType(final CallContext 
callContext) {
+                    final TableSemantics tableSemantics =
+                            callContext
+                                    .getTableSemantics(ARG_INPUT)
+                                    .orElseThrow(
+                                            () ->
+                                                    new ValidationException(
+                                                            "First argument 
must be a table for DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST."));
+                    // Only event-time mode buffers a candidate. Without 
on_time a fixed type keeps
+                    // the unused state independent of the input schema across 
query evolution.
+                    if (tableSemantics.timeColumn() == -1) {
+                        return 
Optional.of(ValueView.newValueViewDataType(DataTypes.BOOLEAN()));

Review Comment:
   let's not use boolean but a correct type, allows for switching the mode in 
the future. it doesn't add any additional state.



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flink-table/flink-table-common/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/types/inference/strategies/DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes.Field;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.dataview.ValueView;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableSemantics;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.DataType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.CallContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.InputTypeStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.StateTypeStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.TypeStrategy;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/** Type strategies for the {@code DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST} process table 
function. */
+@Internal
+public final class DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy {
+
+    public static final int ARG_INPUT = 0;
+    public static final int ARG_STATE_TTL = 1;
+    public static final int ARG_RESET_TTL_ON_DUPLICATE = 2;
+    private static final String SEEN_STATE_NAME = "seen";
+    private static final String CANDIDATE_STATE_NAME = "candidate";
+
+    public static final InputTypeStrategy INPUT_TYPE_STRATEGY =
+            new ValidationOnlyInputTypeStrategy() {
+                @Override
+                public Optional<List<DataType>> inferInputTypes(
+                        final CallContext callContext, final boolean 
throwOnFailure) {
+                    final Optional<List<DataType>> stateTtlError =
+                            validateStateTtl(callContext, throwOnFailure);
+                    if (stateTtlError.isPresent()) {
+                        return stateTtlError;
+                    }
+
+                    final Optional<List<DataType>> resetTtlError =
+                            validateResetTtlOnDuplicate(callContext, 
throwOnFailure);
+                    if (resetTtlError.isPresent()) {
+                        return resetTtlError;
+                    }
+
+                    return Optional.of(callContext.getArgumentDataTypes());
+                }
+            };
+
+    public static final TypeStrategy OUTPUT_TYPE_STRATEGY =
+            callContext -> {
+                final TableSemantics tableSemantics =
+                        callContext
+                                .getTableSemantics(ARG_INPUT)
+                                .orElseThrow(
+                                        () ->
+                                                new ValidationException(
+                                                        "First argument must 
be a table for DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST."));
+
+                final List<Field> inputFields = 
DataType.getFields(tableSemantics.dataType());
+                final List<Field> outputFields =
+                        Arrays.stream(
+                                        
ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils.computeOutputIndices(
+                                                tableSemantics))
+                                .mapToObj(inputFields::get)
+                                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+                return Optional.of(DataTypes.ROW(outputFields).notNull());
+            };
+
+    public static final StateTypeStrategy SEEN_STATE_TYPE_STRATEGY =
+            new StateTypeStrategy() {
+                @Override
+                public Optional<DataType> inferType(final CallContext 
callContext) {
+                    return Optional.of(
+                            
ValueView.newValueViewDataType(DataTypes.BOOLEAN().notNull()));
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public Optional<Duration> getTimeToLive(final CallContext 
callContext) {
+                    return callContext.getArgumentValue(ARG_STATE_TTL, 
Duration.class);
+                }
+            };
+
+    public static final StateTypeStrategy CANDIDATE_STATE_TYPE_STRATEGY =
+            new StateTypeStrategy() {
+                @Override
+                public Optional<DataType> inferType(final CallContext 
callContext) {
+                    final TableSemantics tableSemantics =
+                            callContext
+                                    .getTableSemantics(ARG_INPUT)
+                                    .orElseThrow(
+                                            () ->
+                                                    new ValidationException(
+                                                            "First argument 
must be a table for DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST."));
+                    // Only event-time mode buffers a candidate. Without 
on_time a fixed type keeps
+                    // the unused state independent of the input schema across 
query evolution.
+                    if (tableSemantics.timeColumn() == -1) {
+                        return 
Optional.of(ValueView.newValueViewDataType(DataTypes.BOOLEAN()));
+                    }
+                    final List<Field> inputFields = 
DataType.getFields(tableSemantics.dataType());
+                    final List<Field> payloadFields =
+                            Arrays.stream(
+                                            
ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils.computeOutputIndices(
+                                                    tableSemantics))
+                                    .mapToObj(inputFields::get)
+                                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
+                    return Optional.of(
+                            ValueView.newValueViewDataType(
+                                    DataTypes.ROW(
+                                            DataTypes.FIELD(
+                                                    "payload", 
DataTypes.ROW(payloadFields)),
+                                            DataTypes.FIELD("event_time", 
DataTypes.BIGINT()))));
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public Optional<Duration> getTimeToLive(final CallContext 
callContext) {
+                    // The candidate buffer is cleared by its timer, not by 
retention; disable its
+                    // TTL so a global table.exec.state.ttl cannot expire it 
before the timer fires.
+                    return Optional.of(Duration.ZERO);
+                }
+            };
+
+    public static LinkedHashMap<String, StateTypeStrategy> 
stateTypeStrategies() {
+        final LinkedHashMap<String, StateTypeStrategy> strategies = new 
LinkedHashMap<>();
+        strategies.put(SEEN_STATE_NAME, SEEN_STATE_TYPE_STRATEGY);
+        strategies.put(CANDIDATE_STATE_NAME, CANDIDATE_STATE_TYPE_STRATEGY);
+        return strategies;
+    }
+
+    private static Optional<List<DataType>> validateStateTtl(
+            final CallContext callContext, final boolean throwOnFailure) {
+        if (callContext.isArgumentNull(ARG_STATE_TTL)) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        if (!callContext.isArgumentLiteral(ARG_STATE_TTL)) {
+            return callContext.fail(
+                    throwOnFailure,
+                    "The 'state_ttl' argument must be a constant INTERVAL 
literal.");
+        }
+        final Optional<Duration> stateTtl =
+                callContext.getArgumentValue(ARG_STATE_TTL, Duration.class);
+        if (stateTtl.isPresent() && stateTtl.get().isNegative()) {
+            return callContext.fail(
+                    throwOnFailure,
+                    "The 'state_ttl' argument must not be negative, but was 
'%s'. "
+                            + "Use a positive INTERVAL to bound state 
retention, INTERVAL '0' to "
+                            + "retain state indefinitely without a TTL, or 
omit the argument to "
+                            + "fall back to 'table.exec.state.ttl'.",
+                    stateTtl.get());

Review Comment:
   ```suggestion
               return callContext.fail(
                       throwOnFailure,
                       "The 'state_ttl' argument must not be negative, but was 
'%s'. "
                               + "Use a positive INTERVAL to bound state 
retention, INTERVAL '0' to "
                               + "retain state indefinitely without a TTL, or 
omit the argument to "
                               + "fall back to session defaults.",
                       stateTtl.get());
   ```



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flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/DeduplicateKeepFirstRestoreTestPrograms.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.plan.nodes.exec.stream;
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.config.ExecutionConfigOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SinkTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SourceTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.TableTestProgram;
+import org.apache.flink.types.Row;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+/** Restore {@link TableTestProgram}s for the built-in DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST 
PTF. */
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirstRestoreTestPrograms {
+
+    private static final String[] USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {"user_name STRING", 
"action STRING"};
+
+    private static final String[] TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {
+        "user_name STRING",
+        "action STRING",
+        "ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3)",
+        "WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL '0.001' SECOND"
+    };
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram KEYED_RESTORE =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-keyed-restore",
+                            "the keep-first 'seen' state restores via compiled 
plan + savepoint: "
+                                    + "an already-seen key stays deduplicated 
after restore, and a "
+                                    + "key first observed after restore is 
emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .producedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "logout"), 
Row.of("Alice", "hello"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"login"))
+                                    .consumedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Alice", "hello"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram EVENT_TIME_PENDING_RESTORE =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            
"deduplicate-keep-first-event-time-pending-restore",
+                            "an event-time candidate buffered but not yet 
finalized (its timer has "
+                                    + "not fired) survives the savepoint: 
after restore, the "
+                                    + "watermark advances and the buffered 
candidate is emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Bob", "first", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(5)))
+                                    .producedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Bob", "later", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(100)))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedBeforeRestore(new Row[0])
+                                    .consumedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Bob", 
"first"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT user_name, action FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name, "
+                                    + "on_time => DESCRIPTOR(ts))")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram TTL_EXPIRED_RESTORE =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-ttl-expired-restore",
+                            "the 'seen' state in the savepoint has outlived 
state_ttl by the time "
+                                    + "the test restores it, so an 
already-seen key is emitted "

Review Comment:
   this sounds like the test is not deterministic? drop?



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flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/DeduplicateKeepFirstRestoreTestPrograms.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.plan.nodes.exec.stream;
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.config.ExecutionConfigOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SinkTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SourceTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.TableTestProgram;
+import org.apache.flink.types.Row;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+/** Restore {@link TableTestProgram}s for the built-in DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST 
PTF. */
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirstRestoreTestPrograms {
+
+    private static final String[] USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {"user_name STRING", 
"action STRING"};
+
+    private static final String[] TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {
+        "user_name STRING",
+        "action STRING",
+        "ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3)",
+        "WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL '0.001' SECOND"
+    };
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram KEYED_RESTORE =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-keyed-restore",
+                            "the keep-first 'seen' state restores via compiled 
plan + savepoint: "
+                                    + "an already-seen key stays deduplicated 
after restore, and a "
+                                    + "key first observed after restore is 
emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .producedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "logout"), 
Row.of("Alice", "hello"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"login"))
+                                    .consumedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Alice", "hello"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram EVENT_TIME_PENDING_RESTORE =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            
"deduplicate-keep-first-event-time-pending-restore",
+                            "an event-time candidate buffered but not yet 
finalized (its timer has "
+                                    + "not fired) survives the savepoint: 
after restore, the "
+                                    + "watermark advances and the buffered 
candidate is emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Bob", "first", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(5)))
+                                    .producedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Bob", "later", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(100)))

Review Comment:
   add a couple of rows more, not just 2.



##########
flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/ptf/DeduplicateKeepFirst.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions.ptf;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.TypeSerializer;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.dataview.ValueView;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.GenericRowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.RowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.utils.ProjectedRowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.BuiltInFunctionDefinitions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.SpecializedFunction.SpecializedContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableSemantics;
+import org.apache.flink.table.runtime.typeutils.InternalSerializers;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.CallContext;
+import 
org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies.ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils;
+import 
org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies.DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.BigIntType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.LogicalType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.RowType;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+/** Implementation of the {@code DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST} process table 
function. */
+@Internal
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirst extends BuiltInProcessTableFunction<RowData> 
{
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final int CANDIDATE_PAYLOAD = 0;
+
+    private static final int CANDIDATE_EVENT_TIME = 1;
+
+    private final int[] outputIndices;
+
+    private final RowType inputRowType;
+
+    private transient ProjectedRowData projectedOutput;
+
+    private transient RowData.FieldGetter[] payloadGetters;
+
+    private transient TypeSerializer<RowData> candidateSerializer;
+
+    public DeduplicateKeepFirst(final SpecializedContext context) {
+        super(BuiltInFunctionDefinitions.DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST, context);
+        final CallContext callContext = context.getCallContext();
+        final TableSemantics tableSemantics =
+                callContext
+                        
.getTableSemantics(DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy.ARG_INPUT)
+                        .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("Table 
argument expected."));
+        this.outputIndices = 
ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils.computeOutputIndices(tableSemantics);
+        this.inputRowType = (RowType) 
tableSemantics.dataType().getLogicalType();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void open(final FunctionContext context) throws Exception {
+        super.open(context);
+        projectedOutput = ProjectedRowData.from(outputIndices);
+        payloadGetters = new RowData.FieldGetter[outputIndices.length];
+        final LogicalType[] payloadTypes = new 
LogicalType[outputIndices.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < outputIndices.length; i++) {
+            payloadTypes[i] = inputRowType.getTypeAt(outputIndices[i]);
+            payloadGetters[i] = RowData.createFieldGetter(payloadTypes[i], 
outputIndices[i]);
+        }
+        candidateSerializer =
+                
InternalSerializers.create(RowType.of(RowType.of(payloadTypes), new 
BigIntType()));
+    }
+
+    public void eval(
+            final Context ctx,
+            final ValueView<Boolean> seen,
+            final ValueView<RowData> candidate,
+            final RowData input,
+            @Nullable final Long stateTtl,
+            @Nullable final Boolean resetTtlOnDuplicate)
+            throws Exception {
+        // state_ttl is applied at plan time via getTimeToLive(); the PTF 
codegen still requires
+        // a parameter for every declared argument, so it is unused here.
+        final RowKind kind = input.getRowKind();
+        if (kind == RowKind.UPDATE_BEFORE || kind == RowKind.DELETE) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final TimeContext<Long> context = ctx.timeContext(Long.class);
+        final Long rowtime = context.time();
+
+        if (rowtime != null) { // watermark mode
+            final Long watermark = context.tableWatermark();
+            if (watermark != null && rowtime < watermark) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (seen.getValue() == null) { // not yet emitted → buffer the 
earliest candidate
+                final RowData currLowest = candidate.getValue();
+                final Long currentLowestEventTime =
+                        currLowest == null ? null : 
currLowest.getLong(CANDIDATE_EVENT_TIME);
+                if (currentLowestEventTime == null || rowtime < 
currentLowestEventTime) {
+                    if (currentLowestEventTime != null) {
+                        context.clearTimer(currentLowestEventTime);
+                    }
+                    // object reuse may overwrite the input's memory before 
the timer fires
+                    candidate.setValue(
+                            
candidateSerializer.copy(materializeCandidate(input, rowtime)));
+                    context.registerOnTime(rowtime);
+                }
+            } else { // already emitted → drop, optionally refresh the TTL
+                if (resetTtlOnDuplicate == null || resetTtlOnDuplicate) {
+                    seen.setValue(true);

Review Comment:
   did you verify that this indeed causes resetTtlOnDuplicate?



##########
flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/ptf/DeduplicateKeepFirst.java:
##########
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions.ptf;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.TypeSerializer;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.dataview.ValueView;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.GenericRowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.RowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.utils.ProjectedRowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.BuiltInFunctionDefinitions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.SpecializedFunction.SpecializedContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableSemantics;
+import org.apache.flink.table.runtime.typeutils.InternalSerializers;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.CallContext;
+import 
org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies.ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils;
+import 
org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies.DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.BigIntType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.LogicalType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.RowType;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+/** Implementation of the {@code DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST} process table 
function. */
+@Internal
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirst extends BuiltInProcessTableFunction<RowData> 
{
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final int CANDIDATE_PAYLOAD = 0;
+
+    private static final int CANDIDATE_EVENT_TIME = 1;
+
+    private final int[] outputIndices;
+
+    private final RowType inputRowType;
+
+    private transient ProjectedRowData projectedOutput;
+
+    private transient RowData.FieldGetter[] payloadGetters;
+
+    private transient TypeSerializer<RowData> candidateSerializer;
+
+    public DeduplicateKeepFirst(final SpecializedContext context) {
+        super(BuiltInFunctionDefinitions.DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST, context);
+        final CallContext callContext = context.getCallContext();
+        final TableSemantics tableSemantics =
+                callContext
+                        
.getTableSemantics(DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy.ARG_INPUT)
+                        .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("Table 
argument expected."));
+        this.outputIndices = 
ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils.computeOutputIndices(tableSemantics);
+        this.inputRowType = (RowType) 
tableSemantics.dataType().getLogicalType();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void open(final FunctionContext context) throws Exception {
+        super.open(context);
+        projectedOutput = ProjectedRowData.from(outputIndices);
+        payloadGetters = new RowData.FieldGetter[outputIndices.length];
+        final LogicalType[] payloadTypes = new 
LogicalType[outputIndices.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < outputIndices.length; i++) {
+            payloadTypes[i] = inputRowType.getTypeAt(outputIndices[i]);
+            payloadGetters[i] = RowData.createFieldGetter(payloadTypes[i], 
outputIndices[i]);
+        }
+        candidateSerializer =
+                
InternalSerializers.create(RowType.of(RowType.of(payloadTypes), new 
BigIntType()));
+    }
+
+    public void eval(
+            final Context ctx,
+            final ValueView<Boolean> seen,
+            final ValueView<RowData> candidate,
+            final RowData input,
+            @Nullable final Long stateTtl,
+            @Nullable final Boolean resetTtlOnDuplicate)
+            throws Exception {
+        // state_ttl is applied at plan time via getTimeToLive(); the PTF 
codegen still requires
+        // a parameter for every declared argument, so it is unused here.
+        final RowKind kind = input.getRowKind();
+        if (kind == RowKind.UPDATE_BEFORE || kind == RowKind.DELETE) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final TimeContext<Long> context = ctx.timeContext(Long.class);
+        final Long rowtime = context.time();
+
+        if (rowtime != null) { // watermark mode
+            final Long watermark = context.tableWatermark();
+            if (watermark != null && rowtime < watermark) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (seen.getValue() == null) { // not yet emitted → buffer the 
earliest candidate
+                final RowData currLowest = candidate.getValue();
+                final Long currentLowestEventTime =
+                        currLowest == null ? null : 
currLowest.getLong(CANDIDATE_EVENT_TIME);
+                if (currentLowestEventTime == null || rowtime < 
currentLowestEventTime) {
+                    if (currentLowestEventTime != null) {
+                        context.clearTimer(currentLowestEventTime);
+                    }
+                    // object reuse may overwrite the input's memory before 
the timer fires
+                    candidate.setValue(
+                            
candidateSerializer.copy(materializeCandidate(input, rowtime)));

Review Comment:
   this should not be necessary, are there better ways? we have copied the row 
already. why do we need to serialize again, this would be expensive.



##########
flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/DeduplicateKeepFirstTestPrograms.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.plan.nodes.exec.stream;
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SinkTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SourceTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.TableTestProgram;
+import org.apache.flink.types.Row;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.$;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.lit;
+
+/** {@link TableTestProgram} definitions for testing the built-in 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST PTF. */
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirstTestPrograms {
+
+    private static final String[] USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {"user_name STRING", 
"action STRING"};
+
+    private static final String[] TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {
+        "user_name STRING",
+        "action STRING",
+        "ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3)",
+        "WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL '10' SECOND"
+    };
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram KEYED =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-keyed",
+                            "only the first row per PARTITION BY key is 
emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram TABLE_API =

Review Comment:
   we can drop all table API tests, we can assume the framework supports Table 
API well when SQL does.



##########
docs/content.zh/docs/sql/reference/queries/deduplicate-keep-first.md:
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+---
+title: "Deduplicate Keep First"
+weight: 16
+type: docs
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+# Deduplicate Keep First
+
+{{< label Streaming >}}
+
+Flink SQL provides the `DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST` process table function (PTF) 
for removing duplicate rows while keeping only the **first** record per key. 
Its output is always **insert-only**, which makes it a concise alternative to 
the `ROW_NUMBER()` [deduplication]({{< ref 
"docs/sql/reference/queries/deduplication" >}}) pattern with more configuration 
options.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|:---------|:------------|
+| [DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST](#deduplicate_keep_first) | Keeps the first record 
per key as an append-only table (first arrival, or earliest event time with 
`on_time`) |
+
+## DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST
+
+The `DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST` PTF keeps the first record per key and drops 
every later record for that key. It supports two ordering modes:
+
+* **Processing time (default):** without `on_time`, the first record 
*observed* for a key is emitted; later records for that key are dropped while 
its state exists. This requires no watermark or event-time attribute.
+* **Event time:** with `on_time`, the record with the *smallest event time* 
per key is kept and emitted once the watermark makes the choice final. A record 
arriving later but carrying an earlier event time replaces the candidate before 
finalization; records that can no longer become the earliest are dropped as 
late.
+
+The input may be an append-only or updating table; the output is append-only 
in every case.
+
+### Syntax
+
+```sql
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE source_table [PARTITION BY (key_col [, key_col2 ...])],
+  [state_ttl => <interval>,]
+  [reset_ttl_on_duplicate => <boolean>,]
+  [on_time => DESCRIPTOR(rowtime_column),]
+  [uid => <string>]
+)
+```
+
+`on_time` and `uid` are system arguments and always come last in the 
signature, which matters when arguments are passed by position.
+
+### Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Required | Description |
+|:----------|:---------|:------------|
+| `input` | Yes | The input table (append-only or updating). Use `PARTITION 
BY` to deduplicate per key; all rows for a key are routed to the same parallel 
instance. Without `PARTITION BY`, the whole input is a single group processed 
at parallelism 1, so only the first row of the entire stream is emitted and 
every later row is dropped regardless of its content. |
+| `state_ttl` | No | An `INTERVAL` giving the processing-time retention for 
the per-key deduplication state. After a key's state expires, a later record 
for that key starts a new deduplication period and may be emitted again. If 
omitted, falls back to `table.exec.state.ttl`; at its default of 0, state is 
retained indefinitely, but a retention can still be introduced later. `INTERVAL 
'0'` also retains state indefinitely, but excludes the TTL from the state 
layout, so a retention cannot be introduced later without losing the state. See 
[State TTL]({{< ref "docs/dev/table/functions/ptfs" >}}#state-ttl). |
+| `reset_ttl_on_duplicate` | No | Whether a later duplicate refreshes the 
key's `state_ttl`. Defaults to `TRUE`, so retention tracks the most recent 
occurrence of a key. Only meaningful when a TTL applies, whether set through 
`state_ttl` or inherited from `table.exec.state.ttl`. |
+| `on_time` | No | A `DESCRIPTOR` naming a single watermarked column. When 
provided, the row with the smallest event time per key is kept and emitted once 
the watermark passes that timestamp (late rows are dropped). When omitted, the 
function keeps the first row observed for a key (arrival order). Requires 
append-only input; combining `on_time` with an updating input is rejected at 
planning time. |
+| `uid` | No | A unique identifier for the function's state in checkpoints and 
savepoints. Defaults to the function name, so it is required when 
`DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST` is called more than once in the same job. See [Query 
Evolution with UIDs]({{< ref "docs/dev/table/functions/ptfs" 
>}}#query-evolution-with-uids). |
+
+### Output Schema
+
+When `PARTITION BY` is used, the partition key columns are prepended to the 
output, followed by the remaining (non-key) input columns. In event-time mode a 
rowtime column is appended for (potentially following) time-based operations.
+
+```
+[partition_key_columns] + [remaining_input_columns]
+```
+
+### Examples
+
+#### Keyed keep-first (processing time)
+
+```sql
+-- Input (append-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY user_name
+)
+
+-- Output (insert-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+```
+
+The first row for `Vas` is emitted; the later `click` on the same key is 
dropped.
+
+#### Exact duplicates (all columns as key)
+
+```sql
+-- Input (append-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY (user_name, action)
+)
+
+-- Output (insert-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+```
+
+Partitioning by every column drops only exact duplicate rows while still 
distributing the work across parallel instances.
+
+#### Bounded state with state_ttl
+
+```sql
+-- Input (append-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'view']
+
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY user_name,
+  state_ttl => INTERVAL '5' SECOND,
+  reset_ttl_on_duplicate => FALSE
+)
+
+-- Output (insert-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+```
+
+`state_ttl` bounds how long per-key state is retained (processing time). While 
the state exists, duplicates are dropped and only the first row per key is 
emitted; after the state expires, a later record for the key starts a new 
deduplication period. With the default `reset_ttl_on_duplicate => TRUE`, each 
dropped duplicate refreshes the retention window; with `FALSE`, retention is 
measured from the first record for the key.
+
+#### Earliest by event time
+
+```sql
+-- Source declares: WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL '10' SECOND
+-- Input (ts = event time):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login', ts:3.000]
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click', ts:1.000]
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'view',  ts:5.000]
+
+SELECT user_name, action FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input   => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY user_name,
+  on_time => DESCRIPTOR(ts)
+)
+
+-- Output (insert-only, once the watermark finalizes the earliest):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+```
+
+With `on_time`, the record with the smallest event time per key is kept (here 
`click` at `ts 1.000`, not `login` which arrived first) and emitted once the 
watermark passes that timestamp.

Review Comment:
   Do we have a test for this as well?



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flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/DeduplicateKeepFirstTestPrograms.java:
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.plan.nodes.exec.stream;
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SinkTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SourceTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.TableTestProgram;
+import org.apache.flink.types.Row;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.$;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.lit;
+
+/** {@link TableTestProgram} definitions for testing the built-in 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST PTF. */
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirstTestPrograms {
+
+    private static final String[] USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {"user_name STRING", 
"action STRING"};
+
+    private static final String[] TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {
+        "user_name STRING",
+        "action STRING",
+        "ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3)",
+        "WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL '10' SECOND"
+    };
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram KEYED =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-keyed",
+                            "only the first row per PARTITION BY key is 
emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram TABLE_API =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-table-api",
+                            "the generic Table API process() call invokes the 
PTF, matching "
+                                    + "the SQL form")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runTableApi(
+                            env ->
+                                    env.from("user_events")
+                                            .partitionBy($("user_name"))
+                                            .process("DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST"),
+                            "sink")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram TABLE_API_WITH_ARGS =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-table-api-with-args",
+                            "the Table API process() call passes the optional 
state_ttl and "
+                                    + "reset_ttl_on_duplicate as named 
arguments")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runTableApi(
+                            env ->
+                                    env.from("user_events")
+                                            .partitionBy($("user_name"))
+                                            .process(
+                                                    "DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST",
+                                                    lit(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
+                                                            
.asArgument("state_ttl"),
+                                                    lit(false)
+                                                            
.asArgument("reset_ttl_on_duplicate")),
+                            "sink")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram MULTI_KEY =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-multi-key",
+                            "each PARTITION BY key keeps its own first row, 
independently of "
+                                    + "interleaving with other keys")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("Alice", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("Alice", "view"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"login"),
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Alice", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram MULTI_COLUMN_KEY =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-multi-column-key",
+                            "a multi-column PARTITION BY keeps the first row 
per composite key; "
+                                    + "rows differing in either key column 
form distinct groups")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema("region STRING", "user_name 
STRING", "action STRING")
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("EU", "Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("EU", "Vas", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("US", "Vas", "signup"),
+                                            Row.of("EU", "Alice", "view"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema("region STRING", "user_name 
STRING", "action STRING")
+                                    .consumedValues(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "EU", 
"Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "US", 
"Vas", "signup"),
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "EU", 
"Alice", "view"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
(region, user_name))")

Review Comment:
   ```suggestion
                                       + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION 
BY (user_name, region))")
   ```
   challenge the implementation



##########
flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/DeduplicateKeepFirstRestoreTestPrograms.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.plan.nodes.exec.stream;
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.config.ExecutionConfigOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SinkTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SourceTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.TableTestProgram;
+import org.apache.flink.types.Row;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+/** Restore {@link TableTestProgram}s for the built-in DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST 
PTF. */
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirstRestoreTestPrograms {
+
+    private static final String[] USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {"user_name STRING", 
"action STRING"};
+
+    private static final String[] TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {
+        "user_name STRING",
+        "action STRING",
+        "ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3)",
+        "WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL '0.001' SECOND"
+    };
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram KEYED_RESTORE =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-keyed-restore",
+                            "the keep-first 'seen' state restores via compiled 
plan + savepoint: "
+                                    + "an already-seen key stays deduplicated 
after restore, and a "
+                                    + "key first observed after restore is 
emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .producedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "logout"), 
Row.of("Alice", "hello"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"login"))
+                                    .consumedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Alice", "hello"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram EVENT_TIME_PENDING_RESTORE =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            
"deduplicate-keep-first-event-time-pending-restore",
+                            "an event-time candidate buffered but not yet 
finalized (its timer has "
+                                    + "not fired) survives the savepoint: 
after restore, the "
+                                    + "watermark advances and the buffered 
candidate is emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Bob", "first", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(5)))
+                                    .producedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Bob", "later", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(100)))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedBeforeRestore(new Row[0])
+                                    .consumedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Bob", 
"first"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT user_name, action FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name, "
+                                    + "on_time => DESCRIPTOR(ts))")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram TTL_EXPIRED_RESTORE =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-ttl-expired-restore",
+                            "the 'seen' state in the savepoint has outlived 
state_ttl by the time "
+                                    + "the test restores it, so an 
already-seen key is emitted "
+                                    + "again in a new deduplication period")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .producedAfterRestore(Row.of("Vas", 
"logout"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedBeforeRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"login"))
+                                    .consumedAfterRestore(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"logout"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name, "
+                                    + "state_ttl => INTERVAL '10' SECOND)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram GLOBAL_TTL_EXPIRED_RESTORE =

Review Comment:
   same here: most likely not deterministic



##########
flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/plan/nodes/exec/stream/DeduplicateKeepFirstTestPrograms.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.plan.nodes.exec.stream;
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SinkTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.SourceTestStep;
+import org.apache.flink.table.test.program.TableTestProgram;
+import org.apache.flink.types.Row;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.$;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.lit;
+
+/** {@link TableTestProgram} definitions for testing the built-in 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST PTF. */
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirstTestPrograms {
+
+    private static final String[] USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {"user_name STRING", 
"action STRING"};
+
+    private static final String[] TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA = {
+        "user_name STRING",
+        "action STRING",
+        "ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3)",
+        "WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL '10' SECOND"
+    };
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram KEYED =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-keyed",
+                            "only the first row per PARTITION BY key is 
emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram TABLE_API =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-table-api",
+                            "the generic Table API process() call invokes the 
PTF, matching "
+                                    + "the SQL form")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runTableApi(
+                            env ->
+                                    env.from("user_events")
+                                            .partitionBy($("user_name"))
+                                            .process("DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST"),
+                            "sink")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram TABLE_API_WITH_ARGS =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-table-api-with-args",
+                            "the Table API process() call passes the optional 
state_ttl and "
+                                    + "reset_ttl_on_duplicate as named 
arguments")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(Row.of("Vas", "login"), 
Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runTableApi(
+                            env ->
+                                    env.from("user_events")
+                                            .partitionBy($("user_name"))
+                                            .process(
+                                                    "DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST",
+                                                    lit(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
+                                                            
.asArgument("state_ttl"),
+                                                    lit(false)
+                                                            
.asArgument("reset_ttl_on_duplicate")),
+                            "sink")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram MULTI_KEY =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-multi-key",
+                            "each PARTITION BY key keeps its own first row, 
independently of "
+                                    + "interleaving with other keys")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("Alice", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("Alice", "view"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"login"),
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Alice", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram MULTI_COLUMN_KEY =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-multi-column-key",
+                            "a multi-column PARTITION BY keeps the first row 
per composite key; "
+                                    + "rows differing in either key column 
form distinct groups")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema("region STRING", "user_name 
STRING", "action STRING")
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("EU", "Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("EU", "Vas", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("US", "Vas", "signup"),
+                                            Row.of("EU", "Alice", "view"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema("region STRING", "user_name 
STRING", "action STRING")
+                                    .consumedValues(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "EU", 
"Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "US", 
"Vas", "signup"),
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "EU", 
"Alice", "view"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
(region, user_name))")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram NULL_KEY =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-null-key",
+                            "a NULL PARTITION BY key forms its own dedup 
group, keeping only "
+                                    + "its first row")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of(null, "login"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "click"),
+                                            Row.of(null, "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, null, 
"login"),
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram NO_PARTITION_BY =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-no-partition-by",
+                            "without PARTITION BY the whole input is one 
group: only the "
+                                    + "very first row is emitted, regardless 
of its content")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("Alice", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("Bob", "view"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(input => TABLE user_events)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram RESET_WITH_ZERO_TTL =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-reset-with-zero-ttl",
+                            "reset_ttl_on_duplicate=TRUE with 
state_ttl=INTERVAL '0' (TTL "
+                                    + "disabled): only the first row per key 
is emitted")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "view"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "logout"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name, "
+                                    + "state_ttl => INTERVAL '0' SECOND, "
+                                    + "reset_ttl_on_duplicate => TRUE)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram NO_TTL_RESET =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-no-ttl-reset",
+                            "reset_ttl_on_duplicate=FALSE still emits only the 
first row per key")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "click"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "view"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "login"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name, "
+                                    + "state_ttl => INTERVAL '5' SECOND, "
+                                    + "reset_ttl_on_duplicate => FALSE)")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram WHOLE_ROW_KEY =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-whole-row-key",
+                            "PARTITION BY over every column deduplicates 
exact-duplicate rows, "
+                                    + "keeping one row per distinct payload")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login"),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(USER_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .consumedValues(
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"login"),
+                                            Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, "Vas", 
"click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT * FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
(user_name, action))")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram EVENT_TIME =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            "deduplicate-keep-first-event-time",
+                            "with on_time, the row with the smallest event 
time is kept per key, "
+                                    + "not the first to arrive")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(TIMED_EVENTS_SCHEMA)
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(3000)),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "click", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(1000)),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "view", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(5000)))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema("user_name STRING", "action 
STRING")
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "click"))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT user_name, action FROM 
DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name, "
+                                    + "on_time => DESCRIPTOR(ts))")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram EVENT_TIME_CANDIDATE_FIELD_NAMES =
+            TableTestProgram.of(
+                            
"deduplicate-keep-first-event-time-candidate-field-names",
+                            "with on_time, input columns named like the 
buffered candidate's "
+                                    + "fields are emitted unchanged for the 
earliest row")
+                    .setupTableSource(
+                            SourceTestStep.newBuilder("user_events")
+                                    .addSchema(
+                                            "user_name STRING",
+                                            "payload STRING",
+                                            "event_time BIGINT",
+                                            "ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3)",
+                                            "WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL 
'10' SECOND")
+                                    .producedValues(
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "login", 3L, 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(3000)),
+                                            Row.of("Vas", "click", 1L, 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(1000)))
+                                    .build())
+                    .setupTableSink(
+                            SinkTestStep.newBuilder("sink")
+                                    .addSchema(
+                                            "user_name STRING",
+                                            "payload STRING",
+                                            "event_time BIGINT")
+                                    .consumedValues(Row.ofKind(RowKind.INSERT, 
"Vas", "click", 1L))
+                                    .build())
+                    .runSql(
+                            "INSERT INTO sink SELECT user_name, payload, 
event_time "
+                                    + "FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST("
+                                    + "input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY 
user_name, "
+                                    + "on_time => DESCRIPTOR(ts))")
+                    .build();
+
+    public static final TableTestProgram EVENT_TIME_MULTI_KEY =

Review Comment:
   semantic tests are expensive, let's also drop this. we should avoid to many 
tests



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flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/ptf/DeduplicateKeepFirst.java:
##########
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions.ptf;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.TypeSerializer;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.dataview.ValueView;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.GenericRowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.RowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.utils.ProjectedRowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.BuiltInFunctionDefinitions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.SpecializedFunction.SpecializedContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableSemantics;
+import org.apache.flink.table.runtime.typeutils.InternalSerializers;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.CallContext;
+import 
org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies.ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils;
+import 
org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies.DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.BigIntType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.LogicalType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.RowType;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+/** Implementation of the {@code DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST} process table 
function. */
+@Internal
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirst extends BuiltInProcessTableFunction<RowData> 
{
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final int CANDIDATE_PAYLOAD = 0;
+
+    private static final int CANDIDATE_EVENT_TIME = 1;
+
+    private final int[] outputIndices;
+
+    private final RowType inputRowType;
+
+    private transient ProjectedRowData projectedOutput;
+
+    private transient RowData.FieldGetter[] payloadGetters;
+
+    private transient TypeSerializer<RowData> candidateSerializer;
+
+    public DeduplicateKeepFirst(final SpecializedContext context) {
+        super(BuiltInFunctionDefinitions.DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST, context);
+        final CallContext callContext = context.getCallContext();
+        final TableSemantics tableSemantics =
+                callContext
+                        
.getTableSemantics(DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy.ARG_INPUT)
+                        .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("Table 
argument expected."));
+        this.outputIndices = 
ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils.computeOutputIndices(tableSemantics);
+        this.inputRowType = (RowType) 
tableSemantics.dataType().getLogicalType();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void open(final FunctionContext context) throws Exception {
+        super.open(context);
+        projectedOutput = ProjectedRowData.from(outputIndices);
+        payloadGetters = new RowData.FieldGetter[outputIndices.length];
+        final LogicalType[] payloadTypes = new 
LogicalType[outputIndices.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < outputIndices.length; i++) {
+            payloadTypes[i] = inputRowType.getTypeAt(outputIndices[i]);
+            payloadGetters[i] = RowData.createFieldGetter(payloadTypes[i], 
outputIndices[i]);
+        }
+        candidateSerializer =
+                
InternalSerializers.create(RowType.of(RowType.of(payloadTypes), new 
BigIntType()));
+    }
+
+    public void eval(
+            final Context ctx,
+            final ValueView<Boolean> seen,
+            final ValueView<RowData> candidate,
+            final RowData input,
+            @Nullable final Long stateTtl,
+            @Nullable final Boolean resetTtlOnDuplicate)
+            throws Exception {
+        // state_ttl is applied at plan time via getTimeToLive(); the PTF 
codegen still requires
+        // a parameter for every declared argument, so it is unused here.
+        final RowKind kind = input.getRowKind();
+        if (kind == RowKind.UPDATE_BEFORE || kind == RowKind.DELETE) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final TimeContext<Long> context = ctx.timeContext(Long.class);

Review Comment:
   no need to get time context for watermarkless execution. we can derive a 
boolean flag in the constructor to know the mode early.



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docs/content.zh/docs/sql/reference/queries/deduplicate-keep-first.md:
##########
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+---
+title: "Deduplicate Keep First"
+weight: 16
+type: docs
+---
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+# Deduplicate Keep First
+
+{{< label Streaming >}}
+
+Flink SQL provides the `DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST` process table function (PTF) 
for removing duplicate rows while keeping only the **first** record per key. 
Its output is always **insert-only**, which makes it a concise alternative to 
the `ROW_NUMBER()` [deduplication]({{< ref 
"docs/sql/reference/queries/deduplication" >}}) pattern with more configuration 
options.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|:---------|:------------|
+| [DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST](#deduplicate_keep_first) | Keeps the first record 
per key as an append-only table (first arrival, or earliest event time with 
`on_time`) |
+
+## DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST
+
+The `DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST` PTF keeps the first record per key and drops 
every later record for that key. It supports two ordering modes:
+
+* **Processing time (default):** without `on_time`, the first record 
*observed* for a key is emitted; later records for that key are dropped while 
its state exists. This requires no watermark or event-time attribute.
+* **Event time:** with `on_time`, the record with the *smallest event time* 
per key is kept and emitted once the watermark makes the choice final. A record 
arriving later but carrying an earlier event time replaces the candidate before 
finalization; records that can no longer become the earliest are dropped as 
late.
+
+The input may be an append-only or updating table; the output is append-only 
in every case.
+
+### Syntax
+
+```sql
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE source_table [PARTITION BY (key_col [, key_col2 ...])],
+  [state_ttl => <interval>,]
+  [reset_ttl_on_duplicate => <boolean>,]
+  [on_time => DESCRIPTOR(rowtime_column),]
+  [uid => <string>]
+)
+```
+
+`on_time` and `uid` are system arguments and always come last in the 
signature, which matters when arguments are passed by position.
+
+### Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Required | Description |
+|:----------|:---------|:------------|
+| `input` | Yes | The input table (append-only or updating). Use `PARTITION 
BY` to deduplicate per key; all rows for a key are routed to the same parallel 
instance. Without `PARTITION BY`, the whole input is a single group processed 
at parallelism 1, so only the first row of the entire stream is emitted and 
every later row is dropped regardless of its content. |
+| `state_ttl` | No | An `INTERVAL` giving the processing-time retention for 
the per-key deduplication state. After a key's state expires, a later record 
for that key starts a new deduplication period and may be emitted again. If 
omitted, falls back to `table.exec.state.ttl`; at its default of 0, state is 
retained indefinitely, but a retention can still be introduced later. `INTERVAL 
'0'` also retains state indefinitely, but excludes the TTL from the state 
layout, so a retention cannot be introduced later without losing the state. See 
[State TTL]({{< ref "docs/dev/table/functions/ptfs" >}}#state-ttl). |
+| `reset_ttl_on_duplicate` | No | Whether a later duplicate refreshes the 
key's `state_ttl`. Defaults to `TRUE`, so retention tracks the most recent 
occurrence of a key. Only meaningful when a TTL applies, whether set through 
`state_ttl` or inherited from `table.exec.state.ttl`. |
+| `on_time` | No | A `DESCRIPTOR` naming a single watermarked column. When 
provided, the row with the smallest event time per key is kept and emitted once 
the watermark passes that timestamp (late rows are dropped). When omitted, the 
function keeps the first row observed for a key (arrival order). Requires 
append-only input; combining `on_time` with an updating input is rejected at 
planning time. |
+| `uid` | No | A unique identifier for the function's state in checkpoints and 
savepoints. Defaults to the function name, so it is required when 
`DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST` is called more than once in the same job. See [Query 
Evolution with UIDs]({{< ref "docs/dev/table/functions/ptfs" 
>}}#query-evolution-with-uids). |
+
+### Output Schema
+
+When `PARTITION BY` is used, the partition key columns are prepended to the 
output, followed by the remaining (non-key) input columns. In event-time mode a 
rowtime column is appended for (potentially following) time-based operations.
+
+```
+[partition_key_columns] + [remaining_input_columns]
+```
+
+### Examples
+
+#### Keyed keep-first (processing time)
+
+```sql
+-- Input (append-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY user_name
+)
+
+-- Output (insert-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+```
+
+The first row for `Vas` is emitted; the later `click` on the same key is 
dropped.
+
+#### Exact duplicates (all columns as key)
+
+```sql
+-- Input (append-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY (user_name, action)
+)
+
+-- Output (insert-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+```
+
+Partitioning by every column drops only exact duplicate rows while still 
distributing the work across parallel instances.
+
+#### Bounded state with state_ttl
+
+```sql
+-- Input (append-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'view']
+
+SELECT * FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY user_name,
+  state_ttl => INTERVAL '5' SECOND,
+  reset_ttl_on_duplicate => FALSE
+)
+
+-- Output (insert-only):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login']
+```
+
+`state_ttl` bounds how long per-key state is retained (processing time). While 
the state exists, duplicates are dropped and only the first row per key is 
emitted; after the state expires, a later record for the key starts a new 
deduplication period. With the default `reset_ttl_on_duplicate => TRUE`, each 
dropped duplicate refreshes the retention window; with `FALSE`, retention is 
measured from the first record for the key.
+
+#### Earliest by event time
+
+```sql
+-- Source declares: WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts - INTERVAL '10' SECOND
+-- Input (ts = event time):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'login', ts:3.000]
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click', ts:1.000]
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'view',  ts:5.000]
+
+SELECT user_name, action FROM DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST(
+  input   => TABLE user_events PARTITION BY user_name,
+  on_time => DESCRIPTOR(ts)
+)
+
+-- Output (insert-only, once the watermark finalizes the earliest):
+-- +I[user_name:'Vas', action:'click']
+```
+
+With `on_time`, the record with the smallest event time per key is kept (here 
`click` at `ts 1.000`, not `login` which arrived first) and emitted once the 
watermark passes that timestamp.

Review Comment:
   ```suggestion
   With `on_time`, the record with the smallest event time per key is kept 
(here `click` at `ts 1.000`, not `login` which arrived first) and emitted once 
the watermark passes that timestamp. Late events (i.e. events with timestamp 
smaller or equal to the received watermark) are not taken into consideration.
   ```



##########
flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/ptf/DeduplicateKeepFirst.java:
##########
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions.ptf;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.TypeSerializer;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.dataview.ValueView;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.GenericRowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.RowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.data.utils.ProjectedRowData;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.BuiltInFunctionDefinitions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.FunctionContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.SpecializedFunction.SpecializedContext;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableSemantics;
+import org.apache.flink.table.runtime.typeutils.InternalSerializers;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.CallContext;
+import 
org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies.ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils;
+import 
org.apache.flink.table.types.inference.strategies.DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.BigIntType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.LogicalType;
+import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.RowType;
+import org.apache.flink.types.RowKind;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+/** Implementation of the {@code DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST} process table 
function. */
+@Internal
+public class DeduplicateKeepFirst extends BuiltInProcessTableFunction<RowData> 
{
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    private static final int CANDIDATE_PAYLOAD = 0;
+
+    private static final int CANDIDATE_EVENT_TIME = 1;
+
+    private final int[] outputIndices;
+
+    private final RowType inputRowType;
+
+    private transient ProjectedRowData projectedOutput;
+
+    private transient RowData.FieldGetter[] payloadGetters;
+
+    private transient TypeSerializer<RowData> candidateSerializer;
+
+    public DeduplicateKeepFirst(final SpecializedContext context) {
+        super(BuiltInFunctionDefinitions.DEDUPLICATE_KEEP_FIRST, context);
+        final CallContext callContext = context.getCallContext();
+        final TableSemantics tableSemantics =
+                callContext
+                        
.getTableSemantics(DeduplicateKeepFirstTypeStrategy.ARG_INPUT)
+                        .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("Table 
argument expected."));
+        this.outputIndices = 
ChangelogTypeStrategyUtils.computeOutputIndices(tableSemantics);
+        this.inputRowType = (RowType) 
tableSemantics.dataType().getLogicalType();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void open(final FunctionContext context) throws Exception {
+        super.open(context);
+        projectedOutput = ProjectedRowData.from(outputIndices);
+        payloadGetters = new RowData.FieldGetter[outputIndices.length];
+        final LogicalType[] payloadTypes = new 
LogicalType[outputIndices.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < outputIndices.length; i++) {
+            payloadTypes[i] = inputRowType.getTypeAt(outputIndices[i]);
+            payloadGetters[i] = RowData.createFieldGetter(payloadTypes[i], 
outputIndices[i]);
+        }
+        candidateSerializer =
+                
InternalSerializers.create(RowType.of(RowType.of(payloadTypes), new 
BigIntType()));
+    }
+
+    public void eval(
+            final Context ctx,
+            final ValueView<Boolean> seen,
+            final ValueView<RowData> candidate,
+            final RowData input,
+            @Nullable final Long stateTtl,
+            @Nullable final Boolean resetTtlOnDuplicate)
+            throws Exception {
+        // state_ttl is applied at plan time via getTimeToLive(); the PTF 
codegen still requires

Review Comment:
   ```suggestion
           // state_ttl and reset_ttl_on_duplicate is applied at plan time via 
getTimeToLive(); the PTF codegen still requires
   ```



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