[NIFI-8183] TailFile intermittently creates records with ascii NULL after rollover

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.12.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.13.0
• Assignee: Denes Arvay
• Reporter: Denes Arvay
• Created: 31/Jan/21 20:29
• Updated: 06/Feb/21 22:36
• Resolved: 03/Feb/21 18:09

Description

NIFI-7972 fixed an issue when TailFile processor tailing files from an NFS mount read unexpected NUL characters due to how NFS works.
The original fix didn't add the NUL check when the processor read the rolled over file.

Issue Links

• relates to: NIFI-7972 TailFile reading from NFS may introduce NUL characters.
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4792