[FLINK-18851] Add checkpoint type to checkpoint history entries in Web UI

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.12.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.12.0
• Component/s: Runtime / REST, Runtime / Web Frontend
• Labels: pull-request-available starter
• Assignee: goutham
• Reporter: Arvid Heise
• Created: 07/Aug/20 13:06
• Updated: 22/Jun/21 14:07
• Resolved: 29/Oct/20 18:04

Description

It would be helpful to users to better understand checkpointing times, if the type of the checkpoint is displayed in the checkpoint history.

Possible types are savepoint, aligned checkpoint, unaligned checkpoint.

A possible place can be seen in the screenshot

Issue Links

• causes: FLINK-21484 Internal enum CheckpointType is exposed via REST API, making it part of Public API
• is related to: FLINK-18694 Add unaligned checkpoint config to web ui
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13458