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AI-generatedFlink savepoint compatibility mode behavior after a breaking schema change – rollback safety?
The goal is to assess if a Flink job can be safely rolled back to a pre‑change schema after a breaking modification (e.g., field removal or type change) when using the savepoint compatibility mode introduced in Flink 1.16. Current documentation states that automatic restoration is only possible for backward‑compatible schema evolutions; for breaking changes