[HBASE-16504] Replication is not preserving the timestamp of the cell

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: Replication
• Labels: question replication
• Assignee: Sai Teja Ranuva
• Reporter: Sai Teja Ranuva
• Created: 25/Aug/16 21:55
• Updated: 26/Aug/16 18:05
• Resolved: 26/Aug/16 06:13

Description

The Replication procedure in ReplicationSink.replicateEntries() method is not preserving the timestamp of the cell.

Pointer to the code:
m = CellUtil.isDelete(cell) ? new Delete(cell.getRowArray(), cell.getRowOffset(),cell.getRowLength()) : new Put(cell.getRowArray(), cell.getRowOffset(),cell.getRowLength());

The Put and Delete constructors called here assign the timestamp with HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP. Instead we need to keep the timestamp of the cell here.

Also there doesn't seem to be a test which checks if replication is preserving the timestamp.