Bounded Splittable DoFn Support Status
| Google Cloud Dataflow | Prism Local Runner | Apache Flink | FlareDB | Apache Spark (RDD/DStream based) | Apache Spark Structured Streaming (Dataset based) | Hazelcast Jet | Kafka Streams (experimental, not released) | Twister2 | Python Direct FnRunner | |
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| Base | Partially : Only Dataflow Runner V2 supports this. | Yes : fully supported | Partially : Only portable Flink Runner supports this. | Yes : fully supported Bounded Splittable DoFns are expanded (pair-with-restriction, split-and-size, truncate, process) and executed with residual handling. | Partially : Only portable Spark Runner in batch mode supports this. | : | : | : | Yes : | No : not implemented |
| Side Inputs | Partially : Only Dataflow Runner V2 supports this. | Yes : fully supported | Partially : Only portable Flink Runner supports this. | No : not implemented SDF side inputs are modeled in the expansion but not delivered to the harness. | : | : | : | : | : | No : not implemented |
| Splittable DoFn Initiated Checkpointing | Partially : Only Dataflow Runner v2 supports this. | Yes : fully supported | Partially : Only portable Flink Runner supports this. | Yes : fully supported Residual roots returned by the SDF are processed as new work items with output-watermark holds. | Partially : Only portable Spark Runner in batch mode supports this. | : | : | : | Yes : | No : not implemented |
| Dynamic Splitting | Partially : Only Dataflow Runner V2 supports this. | Yes : fully supported | No : | No : not implemented Runner-initiated work splitting is not implemented yet. | No : | : | : | : | Yes : Only with Python SDK | No : not implemented |
| Bundle Finalization | Partially : Only Dataflow Runner V2 supports this. | Yes : fully supported | No : | No : not implemented | No : not implemented | : | : | : | Yes : | No : not implemented |
Last updated on 2026/10/09
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