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Architect, implement, deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot Apache Flink stream processing jobs. Use for Flink SQL, Table API, or DataStream implementation, 1.x to 2.x migration, savepoint and state compatibility, checkpoint failures, backpressure, watermark and late-data problems, K
Architect, implement, deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot Apache Flink stream processing jobs. Use for Flink SQL, Table API, or DataStream implementation, 1.x to 2.x migration, savepoint and state compatibility, checkpoint failures, backpressure, watermark and late-data problems, Kubernetes Operator deployment, Flink CDC pipelines, or Iceberg, Paimon, and Fluss connector work.
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Production Flink architecture, operations, SQL and DataStream implementation, upgrade planning, and lakehouse streaming integrations.
For table-format internals use the iceberg, paimon, or fluss skills. This
skill covers the Flink job and its connectors, not the storage format's own
maintenance operations.
flink-conf.yaml was replaced by standard YAML config.yaml in Flink 2.x.Establish before recommending or changing anything:
--allowNonRestoredState silently discards state for operators missing from
the new job graph. Never pass it to get past a restore failure without first
identifying which operator's state is being dropped and confirming that loss
is acceptable.config.yaml and job arguments; use platform secrets.EXPLAIN plan before running against production
data.name: flink description: Architect, implement, deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot Apache Flink stream processing jobs. Use for Flink SQL, Table API, or DataStream implementation, 1.x to 2.x migration, savepoint and state compatibility, checkpoint failures, backpressure, watermark and late-data problems, Kubernetes Operator deployment, Flink CDC pipelines, or Iceberg, Paimon, and Fluss connector work. license: MIT
--- name: flink description: Architect, implement, deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot Apache Flink stream processing jobs. Use for Flink SQL, Table API, or DataStream implementation, 1.x to 2.x migration, savepoint and state compatibility, checkpoint failures, backpressure, watermark and late-data problems, Kubernetes Operator deployment, Flink CDC pipelines, or Iceberg, Paimon, and Fluss connector work. license: MIT --- # Apache Flink Data Streaming Expert ## Scope Production Flink architecture, operations, SQL and DataStream implementation, upgrade planning, and lakehouse streaming integrations. For table-format internals use the `iceberg`, `paimon`, or `fluss` skills. This skill covers the Flink job and its connectors, not the storage format's own maintenance operations. ## Current Facts - **Current Flink line:** 2.3.x. Flink 2.3.0 was released June 25, 2026 and is the latest stable release. - **Maintained 2.x patch lines:** 2.3.0, 2.2.1, and 2.1.3. The policy is the current and previous minor line, so 2.0.x has dropped out of the main downloads section. - **1.x maintenance line:** 1.20.5, released June 3, 2026, still labelled LTS. Use this as the 1.x migration baseline unless the project is pinned elsewhere. - **Kubernetes Operator:** 1.15.0, released May 26, 2026, supporting Flink 2.2.x, 2.1.x, 2.0.x, 1.20.x, and 1.19.x. It does not yet support 2.3.x. - **Flink CDC:** 3.6.0, with artifacts for Flink 1.20.x and 2.2.x only. There is no Flink 2.3 CDC artifact yet. - **Tooling constrains version choice, not just recency.** 2.3.0 is the newest engine, but the Kubernetes Operator and Flink CDC both top out at 2.2.x. Choose 2.2.x when the deployment needs either of them, and 2.3.x only when it needs neither. - **Java:** Flink 2.x requires Java 11+. Java 17 is the practical default for new deployments; Java 21 support is experimental. ## Critical 2.x Notes - DataSet API removed; use DataStream, Table API, or SQL. - Scala DataStream/DataSet APIs removed from the core distribution. - SourceFunction/SinkFunction and Sink V1 patterns are obsolete; prefer Source/Sink V2 connectors. - `flink-conf.yaml` was replaced by standard YAML `config.yaml` in Flink 2.x. - Per-job deployment mode was removed; use Application mode or Kubernetes Operator patterns. - Validate savepoint compatibility carefully before 1.x to 2.x migrations. ## Inspect First Establish before recommending or changing anything: 1. The Flink version of the running cluster and of the job's dependencies. These drift apart more often than users expect. 2. Deployment mode: Application, Session, Kubernetes Operator, YARN, or standalone. 3. State backend, checkpoint storage location, and whether a recent savepoint exists. 4. For migrations, the exact source version, every connector version, and whether the existing savepoint can be restored by the target version. 5. For troubleshooting, read real metrics rather than inferring: checkpoint duration and failure count, backpressure, restart count, state size, and watermark lag. ## Decision Rules - For greenfield work, prefer 2.2.x when the Kubernetes Operator or Flink CDC is in scope, and 2.3.x only when neither is. Newest is not automatically correct here; check connector and operator support before choosing. - Enable checkpointing and set explicit checkpoint storage. The default is not durable across cluster restarts. - Use savepoints, not checkpoints, for planned upgrades and topology changes. - Set explicit operator UIDs before the first production deploy. A generated UID changes when the job graph changes and silently breaks state restore. - Make event-time assumptions visible: choose watermark strategy and allowed lateness deliberately, and decide explicitly where late data goes. - Prefer the Kubernetes Operator for long-running production jobs on Kubernetes. - Use Iceberg, Paimon, and Fluss connectors only at versions compatible with the selected Flink line. ## Safety - Take a savepoint before any upgrade, topology change, or parallelism change, and confirm it completed before stopping the job. - `--allowNonRestoredState` silently discards state for operators missing from the new job graph. Never pass it to get past a restore failure without first identifying which operator's state is being dropped and confirming that loss is acceptable. - Do not delete checkpoint or savepoint directories until the replacement job has run and completed a checkpoint of its own. - Keep credentials out of `config.yaml` and job arguments; use platform secrets. - Rescaling and state migration are not free. State the expected downtime before proposing them for a production job. ## Verify - Confirm the job reaches RUNNING and completes at least one checkpoint after deployment. A RUNNING job that never checkpoints is not healthy. - After a restore, check that state size is in the expected range. Near-zero state after a restore usually means state was silently dropped. - Compare checkpoint duration, restart count, and backpressure against the values from before the change. - For SQL changes, read the `EXPLAIN` plan before running against production data. - Report the Flink version, deployment mode, and which metrics you actually observed rather than which ones should improve. ## Update Checklist - Recheck Flink downloads for core, CDC, connector, and Kubernetes Operator versions. - Update Helm/doc URLs when operator versions change.
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