A heartbeat record is returned as a progress indicator, when
there are no data changes or any other partition record types in
the change stream partition.
Attribute
Name
Description
timestamp
google.protobuf.timestamp_pb2.Timestamp
Indicates the timestamp at which the query
has returned all the records in the change
stream partition with timestamp <= heartbeat="" timestamp.="" the="" heartbeat="" timestamp="" will="" not="" be="" the="" same="" as="" the="" timestamps="" of="" other="" record="" types="" in="" the="" same="" partition.="">
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