Kafka Streams runner: side inputs

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
java, kafka

Research direction

Start with the Kafka Streams runner code that currently uses StateRequestHandler.unsupported(), then read BatchSideInputHandlerFactory and StateRequestHandlers.forSideInputHandlerFactory as the Flink reference. The work is done when side input state is served to the SDK harness during an active bundle and the stage watermark waits for each side input to be ready.

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Description

The Kafka Streams runner executes stages with StateRequestHandler.unsupported(), so a pipeline using side inputs cannot run.

Supporting them means serving side input state to the SDK harness while a bundle is in flight, and holding the stage's watermark until each side input is ready. BatchSideInputHandlerFactory and StateRequestHandlers.forSideInputHandlerFactory are how the Flink runner does it.

Part of #18479.

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