Flink Autopilot no longer pauses statements with Java UDFs while scaling

UpdateJul 31, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Autopilot keeps statements that use Java UDFs processing data while it scales them. Existing statements get the behavior after their next restart; Python UDFs are unaffected.

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