[BEAM-11114] BigQueryServicesImpl.isTableEmpty could be more reliable

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: P2
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.26.0
• Component/s: io-java-gcp
• Assignee: Andrew Pilloud
• Reporter: Andrew Pilloud
• Created: 23/Oct/20 21:06
• Updated: 06/May/21 23:03
• Resolved: 06/May/21 23:03

Description

BigQueryServicesImpl.isTableEmpty currently uses tabledata.list API, which can return a large number of rows and stale results. This has resulted in flaky tests inside google. The BigQuery team suggests this can be made more reliable if it used the jobs.query API instead.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13184