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Negative duration for Spark job
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Description
I wonder if this is an overflow in Dr. Elephant or a bug on SHS side?

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Research direction
Start by comparing the Spark History Server (SHS) duration data shown in the attached screenshot with Dr. Elephant’s handling of that job. Trace where the negative duration originates, whether in SHS or Dr. Elephant; done means identifying the source and establishing a reproducible resolution path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, spark
- Domain
- distributed-systems, observability-sre
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100