Allowed Lateness
An engine that silently drops late records is not misbehaving. Keeping a window open to accept them costs state, which is why the default is to keep nothing.
An engine that silently drops late records is not misbehaving. Keeping a window open to accept them costs state, which is why the default is to keep nothing.
A streaming result describes data received by an agreed boundary. See how windows, lateness, state, and publication rules make revisions understandable.
Build database copies with explicit snapshot boundaries, safe progress tracking, delete handling, and reconciliation.