[STORM-4116] Heartbeats mechanism is affected by Y2038 bug

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Research direction

Look for places in the Storm codebase (likely in heartbeat related classes) where timestamps (time secs, uptime secs) are stored as 32 bit integers. Replace them with 64 bit longs to avoid the Y2038 overflow.

Tech stack

java

Domain

backend

Issue type

Bug

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

2

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

1-3 hours

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Active

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Clear

Prerequisites

JavaApache Storm

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

60